JPH11141945A - Cooking room - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To discharge steam and oil produced from a cooking utensils smoothly by providing an air regulator for regulating the air flow direction, the air flow rate and the opening position of a suction port at the suction port. SOLUTION: In case of a cooking utensil, e.g. a pan or a frying pan, having low profile, upward inclination of the blade 23 in a lower regulation mechanism 18 is increased (indoor side of the blade 23 is directed upward) or the air passage 20 of an upper regulation mechanism 18 is closed. in case of a cooking utensil, e.g. a pan, having high profile, upward inclination of the blade 23 in the lower regulation mechanism 18 is increased (indoor side of the blade 23 is directed upward). Consequently, the air flow direction, the air flow rate and the opening position of a suction port are regulated to produce a suitable air flow freely from the suction port toward a range hood depending on the profile (depth) of the cooking utensil.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a cooking room such as a dining room.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the following types of cooking chambers are known. That is, a cooking device, and a range hood having a ventilation fan disposed above the cooking device,
One having a side wall provided on the rear side (rear side) of the cooking device, and an intake port formed on the side wall so as to be located immediately above a top plate of the cooking device for communicating between the room and the outside. Is known (see Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-8426). The cooking chamber has an advantage that ventilation with a range hood can be efficiently performed by sucking outside air from an intake port even when a window, a door, and the like in the room are closed.

[0003]

Disadvantages of the prior art The conventional cooking chamber has the following disadvantages. That is, it was not possible to adjust the direction of the air flowing into the room from the air inlet, the flow rate of the air, and the opening position of the air inlet, so that the height (depth) of the cooking container such as a pan or a frying pan could be adjusted. As a result, it is not possible to freely create a suitable flow of air from the intake port to the range hood, and as a result, it is possible to discharge steam and oil, etc., from the cooking container smoothly (by minimizing scattering into the room). There was a drawback that it was not possible.

[0004]

The present invention employs the following means to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks. The invention of claim 1 is a cooking device, a range hood having a ventilation fan disposed above the cooking device, and a side wall provided on at least one of the left and right sides or the rear of the cooking device, An air inlet formed in at least one of the side walls for communicating between a room and the outside, and an air conditioner provided in the air inlet capable of adjusting an air flow direction, an air flow rate, and an opening position of the air inlet. And

[0005]

The first aspect of the present invention has the following functions. According to the height (depth) of cooking vessels such as pots and pans, adjust the direction of air flow, air flow rate, and opening position of the air inlet to adjust the height (depth) of cooking vessels. It is possible to freely create a suitable air flow from the intake port to the range hood, so that steam, oil, etc., coming out of the cooking vessel can be discharged smoothly (with minimal splashing into the room). .

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In this description, “front” refers to the front side of FIG. 1, “back” refers to the back side, “left” refers to the left side in FIG. 1, and “right” refers to the right side in FIG.

The cooking room 1 such as a dining room has a right outer wall 2, a rear outer wall 3, a floor 4 and a ceiling 5.

On the floor 4, a cooking cabinet 8 having a heating cooker 7 such as a gas cooker or an electromagnetic cooker is located at a corner between the right outer wall 2 and the rear outer wall 3. The sink 9 is placed on the left side of the cooking cabinet 8. A range hood 11 having a ventilation fan (not shown) is provided on the rear outer wall 3 so as to be located above the heating cooker 7, and is located on the left side of the range hood 11 (above the sink 9). Thus, the hanging cabinet 12 is provided on the outer wall 3 and the ceiling 5 on the rear side.

An intake port 14 for communicating between the room (inside the cooking chamber 1) and the outside is formed in an upper portion of the rear outer wall 3 facing the cooking device 7, and an air flow is formed in the intake port 14. An air adjuster 16 is provided which can adjust the direction of the air, the flow rate of air, and the opening position of the intake port 14.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the air conditioner 16 has a frame 17 fixed to an edge of the intake port 14. The frame 17 has a lower / middle / upper adjusting mechanism 18 attached thereto. Is provided. Each of the adjusting mechanisms 18 has an air passage 20
, A slide plate 22 movable up and down between two positions, that is, a state in which the fixed plate 21 overlaps the fixed plate 21 and a state in which the air passage 20 is completely closed;
At least one sheet, specifically, two sheets, is provided on the frame 17 so as to be rotatable up and down around a horizontal axis in a state opposite to 0.
And two blades 23. The slide plate 22
Has a knob 24, and this knob 24 is
1 and protrudes forward through a vertically long slot 25 formed in the vertical direction. The direction of the blade 23 can be manually changed. With such a configuration, by rotating the blade 23 up and down, the air passage 20
The direction of the flow of air passing through can be changed in the vertical direction. The blade 23 is generally turned upward (so that the indoor end of the blade 23 faces upward). Needless to say, after the blade 23 is turned, the blade 23 keeps its state unless a person applies force. Further, by moving the slide plate 22 up and down, the flow rate passing through the air passage 20 can be changed, and the vertical position of the air passage 20 (that is, the opening position of the intake port 14) can be adjusted. Needless to say, after the slide plate 22 is changed to the predetermined height position, the slide plate 22 does not move at that position unless a force is applied by a person.

The upper edge of the fixing plate 21 of the lower adjustment mechanism 18 (the lower edge A of the lower air passage 20) (see FIGS. 4 and 6)
Distance M (cm) between the lower edge of the range hood 11 and the upper edge of the air conditioner 16 and the lower edge A of the lowest air passage 20 from the lower edge of the range hood 11 above the upper edge of the pot placing frame 10 of the cooking device 7
(Refer to FIG. 6). That is, the fixing plate 21 of the lower adjustment mechanism 18
The distance H (see FIG. 1) between the upper edge (lower edge A of the lowermost air passage 20) and the upper end of the pot placing frame 10 of the cooking device 7 is
It is designed to be from 10 cm to (LM) cm. In the above, L is the pan-mounting frame 1 of the cooking device 7.
0 to the lower end of the range hood 11 (c
m) (see FIG. 1).

The right outer wall 2 also has a rear outer wall 3
The air inlet 14 is formed in the same manner as described above, and an air conditioner 16 is provided.

A hollow partition side wall 32 is provided on the right side of the bottom plate of the hanging cabinet 12 via a required number of hinges 31 so as to be vertically swingable about a swing center oriented in the front-rear direction. The partition side wall 32 has an air passage 33 inside, and the intake port 14 is formed on the right side in the state of FIG. 1, and the air regulator 16 is attached to the intake port 14. A through hole 35 is formed in a partition wall 34 that defines an air passage 33, and the through hole 35 is formed of a flexible tube made of a bellows tube or the like.
One end of a connecting pipe 36 having elasticity is connected, the other end of the connecting pipe 36 penetrates the bottom plate of the cabinet 12 and is connected to one end of a conduit 37, and the other end of the conduit 37 is connected to a rear outer wall. 3
Is fitted in the through hole 38 formed in the hole. Note that the conduit 37 is in a state of being stored in the hanging cabinet 12.
With such a configuration, the outside air is supplied to the conduit 37 and the connecting pipe 3.
6, through the air passage 33 and the air conditioner 16, it can be introduced into the room (inside the cooking chamber 1). In addition, the intake port 14 of the partition side wall 32 is formed at a height position that satisfies the same condition as the height position of the intake port 14 of the rear outer wall 3 in the state of FIG.

The distance J between the lower end of the hanging partition wall 32 and the top plate of the cooking device 7 is 20 cm to 40 cm, and the lower end of the hanging partition wall 32 and the top plate of the cooking device 7 are set. And a gap through which a cooking container such as a pan or a frying pan can pass.

When not used, the partitioning side wall 32 is in a horizontal state (a state in which it is in contact with the bottom plate of the cabinet 15) and is held by a known locking device (not shown).

[0016]

Next, an example of use of the embodiment of the present invention will be described. When the height of a cooking vessel such as a pan or a frying pan is low, generally, the degree of upward of the blade 23 of the lower adjustment mechanism 18 (the degree of turning the indoor side end of the blade 23 upward). Or the air passage 20 of the upper adjustment mechanism 18 is closed. On the other hand, when the height of a cooking vessel such as a pan is high, generally, the air passage 20 of the lower adjustment mechanism 18 is closed or the upper adjustment mechanism 18 is closed.
Of the blade 23 (the degree to which the indoor end of the blade 23 faces upward) is increased. In this manner, the direction of the air flow, the flow rate of the air, and the opening position of the intake port are adjusted, and a suitable direction from the intake port 14 to the range hood 11 corresponding to the height (depth) of the cooking container is adjusted. The air flow can be created freely.

[0017]

[Modifications and the like] Modifications and the like will be described below. (1) The side wall having the intake port 14 (air conditioner 16) is 1
I just need to get it. That is, at least one of the right outer wall 2, the rear outer wall 3, and the partition side wall 32 shown in the drawing is sufficient. More specifically, the air inlet 14 may be formed in at least one of the right outer wall 2, the rear outer wall 3, and the partition side wall 32, and the right outer wall 2 having the air inlet 14 may be provided.
Of the rear side outer wall 3 and the partition side wall 32, two may not be provided. (2) The heating cooker 7 is not built in the cooking cabinet 8, and the heating cooker 7 may be mounted on a cabinet in which the heating cooker 7 can be mounted. (3) The structure of the air conditioner 16 is arbitrary as long as the direction of the air flow, the flow rate of the air, and the opening position of the intake port can be adjusted. (4) When there is no fixed side wall on the left and right sides of the cooking device 7, the partition side wall 32 may be provided on the right side of the cooking device 7.

[0018]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained by the above configuration. According to the first aspect of the present invention, the direction of the air flow, the flow rate of the air, and the opening position of the intake port are adjusted in accordance with the height (depth) of a cooking vessel such as a pan or a frying pan, and cooking is performed. It is possible to freely create a suitable air flow from the intake port to the range hood corresponding to the height (depth) of the container, so that steam, oil, etc. coming out of the cooking container can be smoothly dispersed (splashing into the room). Can be discharged). According to the invention of claim 2, when the partition side wall is unnecessary,
This is convenient because the partition side wall can be swung upward and retracted. According to the invention of claim 3, since a gap through which a cooking vessel such as a pan or a frying pan can pass is formed between the lower end of the hanging partition side wall and the top plate of the cooking device, the pot is passed through the gap. Etc. can be moved to the cooking device side or in a direction away from the cooking device, which is convenient.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially fragmented front view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged front view of a partially crushed air conditioner.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line VV of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line VI-VI of FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cooking room 2 Right outside wall 3 Rear outside wall 7 Heating cooker 8 Cooking cabinet 11 Range hood 14 Inlet 16 Air conditioner 32 Partition side wall

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A cooking device, a range hood having a ventilation fan disposed above the cooking device, a side wall provided on at least one of the left and right sides or a rear side of the cooking device, and the side wall An air inlet formed in at least one of the above and communicating between the room and the outside, and an air conditioner provided in the air inlet and capable of adjusting the direction of air flow, the flow rate of air, and the opening position of the air inlet. Having a cooking room. 2. The side wall is a partition side wall provided to be swingable up and down around a swing center that is oriented in the front-rear direction on at least one of the left and right sides of the cooking device,
2. The cooking chamber according to claim 1, wherein an intake port is provided in the partition side wall. 3. The cooking chamber according to claim 2, wherein a gap through which a pot or the like can pass is formed between a lower end of the hanging partition side wall and a top plate of the cooking device.