JPH1085169A - Installation structure for drain unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To arrange a drain unit while effectively utilizing the dead space of a sink by arranging a hanging cupboard above a cabinet provided with the sink and attaching the drain unit, with which tableware is drained, above near the deep side corner of the sink on the lower face side of the hanging cupboard. SOLUTION: A kitchen cabinet 1 is provided with a cabinet 2, hanging cupboard 3 to be attached onto the wall, and drain unit 5 to be attached on the lower face side of the hanging cupboard 3. Concerning the cabinet 2, cooking equipment such as a sink on one side of a counter 9 and cooking equipment such as a gas oven 8 on the other side are provided and a gap between the sink 4 and the gas oven 6 is used as a cooking space 6. The hanging cupboard 3 is composed of a storage cabinet 3a and a range hood 3b provided above the gas oven 8 but on the lower face side of this hanging cupboard 3, the drain unit 5 is attached so as to be positioned near above a deep side corner part 4a of this hanging cupboard 3. Then, waterdrops drained here are dripped and collected into the sink 4 as they are.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a draining unit mounting structure for draining tableware.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when draining tableware, a draining basket, a draining shelf, a tableware dryer, and the like have been used, but various arrangements have been made for installing these in a kitchen. For example, in a kitchen cabinet 1 in which a hanging cabinet 3 is arranged above a cabinet 2,
As shown in FIG. 5, a tableware dryer 50 is provided on the cooking space 6 between the sink 4 of the cabinet 2 and the gas stove 8.
Or, as shown in FIG. 6, a cabinet 51 is separately provided on the side of the sink 4.
A dish dryer 52 is installed in the space between the cabinet 1 and the hanging cabinet 3, or a wide draining cabinet 53 is attached to the lower surface of the hanging cabinet 3 as shown in FIG.

[0003]

However, when the tableware dryer 50 is installed on the cooking space 6 as shown in FIG. 5, the cooking space 6 is narrowed. Due to the limited size, the cooking space 6 is further narrowed, and the tableware dryer 50
If a draining basket or the like is installed, there is a problem that the cooking operation becomes more difficult.

When a cabinet 51 is separately provided on the side of the sink 4 as shown in FIG. 6 and a dish dryer 52 is installed on the cabinet 51, the cabinet 51 is separately provided on the side of the sink 4. It is necessary to do this, and there is a problem that the whole kitchen becomes large,
Further, since the dish dryer 52 is arranged close to the side of the sink 4, a feeling of oppression is felt when the sink 4 is used,
There is also a problem that the work in the sink 4 becomes difficult.

[0005] Further, in the case where a wide draining shelf 53 is provided on the lower surface side of the hanging closet 3 as shown in FIG. 7, since the draining shelf 53 is at a high place, dishes are placed on the draining shelf 53. There is a problem that water drops of tableware are transmitted down the arm and fall because the hands need to be extended upward when storing. In addition, since the depth of the draining shelf 53 is substantially the same as the depth of the hanging closet 3, work is difficult. There is a problem that the user feels a feeling of pressure from the draining shelf 53 and the work in the sink 4 becomes difficult. In addition, since a part of the draining shelf 53 is located above the cooking space 6, the draining shelf 53 is provided. Drops from the cooking space 6
There is also the problem of falling up.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and a drain unit can be disposed by effectively utilizing a dead space of a sink, so that the whole kitchen can be made compact and the drain unit can be used easily. It is an object of the present invention to provide a draining unit mounting structure in which the draining unit is improved, and to provide a draining unit mounting structure in which the draining unit can have a function as a dish dryer.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a hanging cabinet 3 above a cabinet 2 having a sink 4 and a lower surface of the hanging cabinet 3 on the lower surface side of the hanging cabinet 3. A drain unit 5 for draining tableware is mounted so as to be positioned above the vicinity of the rear corner 4a, and thus, the rear corner of the sink 4, which is a dead space, is provided. The draining unit 5 can be disposed by effectively utilizing the vicinity of the part 4a, and the feeling of the pressure from the draining unit 5 is not felt, so that the work in the sink 4 is facilitated and the whole kitchen can be made compact. it can. Further, even when the lower surface of the drain unit 5 is brought close to the sink 4, only the vicinity of the rear corner portion 4a is covered, and the use of the sink 4 is hardly affected. Therefore, the height of the drain unit 5 can be reduced. Since it is not necessary to reach up when storing the tableware, the waterdrops on the tableware can be prevented from falling along the arm, and even if the waterdrops drop from the draining unit 5, the waterdrops can be stored in the back. Simply dropping into the sink 4 near the side corner portion 4a does not drop into the cooking space 6 on the side of the sink 4, thereby improving usability.

It is preferable to provide a drying means 7 inside the draining unit 5. In this case, the draining unit 5 can be used as a dish dryer.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below. As shown in FIG. 1, a kitchen cabinet 1 of the present embodiment includes a cabinet 2 installed on a floor,
The cabinet includes a hanging cabinet 3 attached to a wall, and a drain unit 5 attached to a lower surface of the hanging cabinet 3.

The cabinet 2 is provided with a sink 4 on one side of a counter 9 and cooking equipment such as a gas stove 8 on the other side. A cooking space 6 is provided between the sink 4 and the gas stove 8. The hanging cabinet 3 is a storage 3a.
And a range hood 3b provided above the gas stove 8
It is composed of Note that the configuration of the hanging cabinet 3 is not limited to this, and for example, the range hood 3b may be omitted.

A draining unit 5 for draining tableware is arranged on the lower surface side of the hanging cabinet 3. The drain unit 5 is attached to the lower surface of the end of the storage 3a so as to be positioned above the vicinity of the back corner 4a of the sink 4 opposite to the cooking space 6 side. In addition, the draining unit 5 may be disposed above the vicinity of the back corner 4 b on the cooking space 6 side of the sink 4.

The draining unit 5 includes, as shown in FIG.
For example, a top plate 10 having a square shape in plan view, an L-shaped base plate 11 facing the top plate 10 in an L-shape in plan view, and 2 provided between two adjacent sides of the top plate 10 and two adjacent sides of the base plate 11. Side plate 1
2 constitutes a wooden unit body 15. The base plate 11 is open at a portion facing the upper part of the inner corner portion 4 a of the sink 4, so that water droplets in the unit body 15 can drop into the sink 4 from the opening portion 14.

[0013] Of the four side surfaces of the unit body 15, two adjacent side surfaces are closed by the two side plates 12, and the remaining two side surfaces (front and side surfaces) are open. Further, an L-shaped door 16 is attached to the open front side and the near side of the lateral face so as to be openable and closable, and a fitting door 17 is attached to the far side of the lateral face. By opening the L-shaped door 16, the front surface of the unit body 15 and the front side of the lateral surface can be greatly opened at the same time.

Further, an inner box 18 made of a resin molded product is adhered to the entire inner surface of the unit body 15. A plurality of horizontal rail-shaped shelf supports 19 having a substantially U-shaped cross section are provided on the inner side surface of the inner box 18 (three steps in the present embodiment).
Can be detachably attached. Here, a ridge 21 that can be slidably inserted into the shelf receiver 19 is provided on the periphery of the receiving basket 20, and a portion inside the ridge 21 is a tableware storage portion 22. As the receiving basket 20, a draining basket 20a having a draining function and a tray 20b having no draining function can be appropriately used.
By setting the size of the tray 20b to be the same as that of the tray 20b, for example, when the draining basket 20a is arranged in the upper stage and the tray 20b is arranged in the lower stage,
Can be selected as appropriate according to the application, such as when the upper part of the tray 20b is arranged, or when only the drainage basket 20a is arranged plurally above and below, or when only the tray 20b is arranged plurally above and below.

Here, the width D of the hanging cabinet 3₁Is shown in FIG.
So, the width L of the cabinet 2₁Set to approximately the same width as
And the depth D of the storage cabinet 3_TwoIs the depth of cabinet 2
L_TwoSmaller than, for example, 375mm
You. On the other hand, the width d of the draining unit 5₁Is 300 ~
Set to about 450mm, depth of draining unit 5
d _TwoIs the depth D of the storage cabinet 3_TwoIs set to be almost the same as
You. Further, the height H from the floor to the ceiling is, for example, 2300.
mm, for example, the height H of the cabinet 2₁Is 850
mm, height H of the cabinet 3_TwoIs 600 mm
Height 5_ThreeIs 600 mm and the draining unit 5
H between the lower surface of the cabinet and the upper surface of the cabinet 2 _FourIs 200
A space 23 of about mm is secured.

Thus, the inner corner 4a of the sink 4 is provided.
These days, things are not usually used effectively.
As described above, the back side of the sink 4 is
Drain unit so that it is located above the vicinity of the
5 is a dead space.
Drainage by effectively utilizing the area near the back corner 4a of the sink 4
Unit 5 can be arranged. Moreover, draining
Depth d of unit 5 _TwoIs the depth L of cabinet 2_Two
Since it is set smaller, the draining unit 5 is
So that it will not protrude in the direction
The feeling of oppression from knit 5 is no longer felt,
Around the dish 4 is a conventional dish dryer or drainer
There is no need to provide space for installing
As a result, the entire kitchen can be made more compact.
You. Also, bring the lower surface of the draining unit 5 close to the sink 4
In this case, only the area near the back corner 4a is covered,
Since there is almost no problem in using the sink 4, the draining unit
The height of the drain 5 can be reduced,
You don't have to reach out when storing dishes in
So that water drops on tableware will not fall down your arm,
Furthermore, after storing the tableware, the lower surface of the draining unit 5
Even if a water drop falls from the opening 14 of the
Just drop into the sink 4 near the back corner 4a,
Dropping into the cooking space 6 beside the sink 4
Is eliminated, and usability is improved. Drainer unit
Space between the lower surface of the cabinet 5 and the upper surface of the cabinet 2
23 is secured, so that the sink
4 as a place for garbage containers 60 and the sink 4
The upper surface can be used as a detergent storage area as before.
You. In addition, when installing the kitchen cabinet 1
, Even if the height H from the floor to the ceiling changes,
Between the counter 9 of the cabinet 2 and the draining unit 5
Only the height of the space 23 changes, adjusted with a baseboard
And the construction work is simplified.
There are points.

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the draining unit 5. In this embodiment, a hot air generator 7 a as a drying unit 7 is built in the draining unit 5. Other structures are the same as the embodiment of FIG. The hot air generator 7a contains, for example, a heater unit and a fan unit (not shown) inside a flat case, and has an operation unit 61 on the front surface of the case and a hot air outlet (not shown) on the lower surface of the case. The hot air is blown into the unit body 15 from the hot air outlet. Therefore, the draining unit 5 also functions as a dish dryer. At this time, a drain basket 20a may be provided in the shelf receiver 19 in the unit body 15, but a tray 20b is provided in the lowermost shelf receiver 19. As a result, the opening 14 of the base plate 11 of the unit body 15 is closed by the lowermost tray 20b, and the opening 1
Since it is possible to prevent hot air from escaping from 4, the dishes in the unit body 15 can be efficiently dried. Further, by disposing the hot air generator 7a at the uppermost part of the unit main body 15, water drops of tableware do not fall on the hot air generator 7a, so that it is possible to prevent the occurrence of the failure of the hot air generator 7a.

Although the hot air generator 7a is exemplified as the drying means 7, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a blower that performs only air blowing may be used.

[0019]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a hanging cabinet is provided above a cabinet provided with a sink, and a back corner of the sink is provided on a lower surface side of the hanging cabinet. By installing a draining unit that drains tableware so that it is located above the vicinity of the sink, the draining unit can be arranged by effectively utilizing the vicinity of the deep corner of the sink, which is originally a dead space, and the draining unit Since the unit does not protrude forward, you do not feel the pressure from the draining unit when using the sink, it is easier to work with the sink, and also use a conventional dish dryer or drain basket around the sink. Since there is no need to provide a space for installation, it is possible to reduce the size of the entire kitchen. Also, even when the lower surface of the draining unit is brought close to the sink, only the vicinity of the back corner is covered, and use of the sink is hardly affected, so that the height of the draining unit can be reduced, and therefore tableware is stored. In this case, it is not necessary to reach for the hand, so that water drops on tableware can be prevented from falling along the arm, and even if water drops fall from the draining unit after storing tableware, the water drops are not Simply dropping into the sink near the inner corner does not drop into the cooking space on the side of the sink, and the usability is improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect, since the drying means is provided inside the draining unit, the draining unit can be used as a dish dryer, and the draining unit is provided with a drying means. Tableware can be efficiently dried.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the same draining unit.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a draining unit according to another embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a conventional kitchen cabinet.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of another conventional kitchen cabinet.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of still another conventional kitchen cabinet.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Cabinet 3 Hanging cabinet 4 Sink 4a Back corner 5 Draining unit 7 Drying means

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A drain unit that disposes a hanging cabinet above a cabinet provided with a sink, and on a lower surface side of the hanging cabinet, drains tableware so as to be positioned above a vicinity of a deep corner of the sink. A draining unit mounting structure characterized by being mounted. 2. The mounting structure of a draining unit according to claim 1, wherein a drying means is provided inside the draining unit.