JPS5934254B2 - Cooking device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a cooking appliance, and more particularly, to a cooking appliance that has a front-folding lid, such as a toaster oven, to prevent the cooking appliance from tipping over.

Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 6, this type of cooker has a front opening of the cooker body a, such as a toaster oven, which has a front opening and closing lid that can be opened and closed using the lower end as a fulcrum. When the opening/closing lid is opened, there is often a distance from the mounting surface C of the mounting table on which the main body a is placed to the tip of the opening/closing lid in the open state. If force is applied toward the lower blade, the body a will tilt forward as a unit when opening and closing the lid, and if this inclination becomes excessive, the body a itself will tilt forward around the fulcrum at the bottom of the lid. With such a structure, if the opening/closing lid is inadvertently pushed down strongly when the opening/closing lid is opened, the main body (a) will fall forward while the opening/closing lid is closed, causing heated objects to fall from the mounting table and causing burns. There was a risk.

In view of these points, the present invention is designed to lock the opening/closing lid in an open state by the operation of a detector that detects the inclination of the main body of the cooker, thereby regulating the closing operation of the opening/closing lid. This prevents the main body from tipping over, thereby providing a cooking device that can be placed stably and safely.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a cooking device main body, and inside the main body 1, there is a main frame (not shown) that stands upright on both sides of the main body 1, and a top surface and a back surface that are located from the top to the back of the main body 1 and are integrally formed. A roasting chamber 4 is formed by the heat shield plate 2 and the bottom cover 3 of the main body 1, and a heat insulating space 5 is formed between the roasting chamber 4 and the main body 1.

Moreover, rod-shaped heating elements 6, 6 such as sheathed heaters that generate infrared rays are removably installed between the two frames (not shown) in the upper and lower parts of the roasting chamber 4, and the two total heating elements 6, A grill support member (not shown) is provided between the two.

Further, an entrance/exit port 1 for the roasting chamber 4 is opened in the front surface of the main body 1, and an opening/closing lid 8 for closing the entrance/exit lower end is rotatably pivoted to the main body 1 at its lower end. It is installed so that it can be opened and closed in a forward-folding manner using the lower end as a fulcrum.

The opening/closing lid 8 has a roasting chamber viewing window 9 made of a transparent plate such as heat-resistant glass, and an opening/closing handle 10 is provided protruding from the outside of the upper end of the opening/closing lid 8.

Further, protruding rods 11 protrude from both sides of the opening/closing lid 8.
A grill 12 whose front end is rotatably supported by a shaft and on which the roasted material is placed is installed horizontally in the roasting chamber 4 and slides on the grill support member (not shown) inside the roasting chamber 4. freely supported.

This gridiron 12 has a plurality of metal pieces 12a which are long in the front and back force direction, and both ends thereof are attached to a plurality of grid supporting shafts 12b and 12c which are slidably fitted into both guide grooves 13 on both sides of the grid supporting member. A spring 14 is tensioned between the front grill support shaft 12b and the rear upper end of the main body 1, and when the opening/closing lid 8 is incompletely opened, it always urges the grilling grill 12 rearward to close the opening/closing lid. 8 is energized toward the closing force.

Further, a heating time adjustment knob 15 which also serves as an energization switch for the heating elements 6, 6 is mounted on the front surface of the main body 1 below the insertion/exit opening 1.

Furthermore, in FIGS. 1 to 3, a stopper 16 in the shape of an abbreviated letter or, although not shown, in the shape of an inverted T, whose lower end is bent toward the front blade and protrudes, is located on the upper blade behind the opening/closing lid 8. The upper end portion is rotatably supported by a pin 17 or the like in the upper part of one side of the main body 1, and is held in a suspended state.

When the stopper 16 is pressed further downwards from the fully open state, or when the main body 1 is inadvertently tilted forward, the pin 17 is moved by its own weight as the main body 1 is tilted forward.
The stopper 16 rotates toward the opening/closing lid 8 around , and is inserted through the stopper guide hole 18 formed in the main body 1, so that the lower edge of the stopper 16 engages with the upper surface of the lower end of the opening/closing lid 8, thereby locking the opening/closing lid 8. This makes it impossible to close the opening/closing lid 8.

Therefore, the stopper 16 functions as both a detector for detecting the inclination of the main body 1 and a lock for locking the opening/closing lid 8.

Next, another embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. Projecting engagement ends 16a and 16b are formed above the gridiron 12 and have both ends projecting downward to form an abbreviated shape. The formed stopper 16 is rotatably supported at its intermediate portion on one side of the main body 1 by a pin 11 or the like, and is held horizontally.

When the opening/closing lid 8 is pushed down further below the fully open state, the stopper 16 rotates its rear end toward the grill 12 around the pin 17 due to its own weight as the main body 1 tilts forward. The protruding engaging end 16a engages with the grill support shaft 12c at the rear of the grill 12, thereby locking the opening/closing lid 8 by preventing the grill 12 from moving backward. This makes it impossible to close the lid 8.

Further, when the main body 1 is tilted backward, the protruding engagement end 16b of the stopper 16 engages with the gridiron support shaft 12b, and the same effect as described above is obtained.

Furthermore, as a modification of the stopper 16, the main body 1
It is also possible to provide a detector in the main body 1 that releases the reserved state of the stopper 16 when the detector is tilted, and the stopper 16 is operated by the operation of the detector.

According to the present invention, the main body of the cooker has a front-folding opening/closing lid;
When the main body is tilted with the opening/closing lid in an open state, the opening/closing lid is locked by the activation of a detector that detects the inclination of the main body. Even when the cooker is pushed down strongly, the lid is locked as the cooker body tilts forward, so the lid does not close and the main body does not fall further onto the front blade. If you let go, it will return to its original stable state.

In addition, even if the main unit inadvertently tilts backwards when the lid is opened, the stopper prevents the lid from closing, and the center of gravity of the main unit is located forward, keeping the main unit in a stable state, resulting in a chain reaction accident. etc. can be prevented.

With this simple device, you can prevent the cooker from tipping over.
It is extremely safe to be placed, and there is no risk of burns caused by the object to be heated or the main body itself due to the main body falling over.

[Brief Description of the Drawings] Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the cooking device of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the cooking device of the present invention;
The figure is a simplified side view of the same as above when the above is normal, Fig. 3 is a simplified side view of the above when the above is tilted forward, Fig. 4 is a longitudinal cross-sectional side view of another embodiment when the above is tilted forward, and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal cross-section of the above when the above is tilted forward. FIG. 6 is a side view showing a conventional cooking device in an overturned state. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Cooker main body, 8... Front-folding opening/closing lid, 12... Grilling grid, 16... Stopper (detection object).

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Operation of a detector which is fixed to a cooking device main body having a forward-folding opening/closing lid that opens and closes using a lower end as a fulcrum in a front opening and detects the inclination of the main body when the opening/closing lid is in an open state. The cooking appliance is characterized in that the opening/closing lid is locked to prevent the main body from falling over. 2. A cooker main body having a front opening with a forward-folding lid that opens and closes using the lower end as a fulcrum, and a cooking device that is fixed to the main body and locks the opening/closing lid when the main body is tilted in the open state. 2. The cooking device according to claim 1, further comprising a stopper. 3. The cooking appliance according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that a detection body that is activated by detecting the inclination of the cooking appliance body and a stopper that locks the opening/closing lid are integrally formed. 4. The cooking appliance according to claim 2, wherein the stopper is configured to rotate by its own weight. 5 A stopper is rotatably supported on the upper blade behind the lower end of the opening/closing lid and provided in a suspended manner, and as the stopper rotates, the lower edge of the stopper engages with the upper surface of the lower end of the opening/closing lid in the open state. 3. The cooking appliance according to claim 2, wherein the opening/closing lid is locked by fitting the opening/closing lid together. 6. Cooking according to claim 2, characterized in that one end of the stopper locks the opening/closing lid by engaging with a grill that moves forward and backward in unison with the opening/closing operation of the opening/closing lid. vessel.