KR100848295B1 - Lifting structure for moving grill of hood - Google Patents

Abstract

A structure for lifting a moving grill of a hood is provided to improve the convenience of use by allowing a cooking vessel to be shifted between predetermined positions of an interior and an exterior of a housing of a hood. A structure for lifting a moving grill of a hood comprises a movable deck(120) and a controller. The movable deck includes guide rails installed at internal left and right sides of a hood at regular intervals and racks(150) moving along the guide rains. The controller includes a rotating shaft(142) formed in the hood, a pinion(146) fixed to the rotating shaft to engage with the racks, a driving motor(140) for rotating the rotating shaft, and a manipulation button for turning on and off power supplied to the driving motor. A sensor detects the position of the movable deck to provide the controller with position information of the movable deck. The controller receives the position information and a manipulation signal from the sensor and the manipulation button, respectively, and then turns on and off the power supplied to the driving motor according to previously input program.

Description

Lifting structure for moving grill of hood}

1 is a perspective view of an overall view of a hood having a lifting structure of the present invention;

2 is an exploded perspective view showing the hood with the lifting structure of the present invention as a whole;

3 is a right side view of FIG. 2;

4 is a perspective view showing a moving grill of the present invention;

5 is a front view of FIG. 4;

6 is a right side view of FIG. 4;

7 is a plan view of FIG.

※ Explanation of symbols about main part of drawing ※

110: housing

120: platform

128: slider

130: container

140: drive motor

142: axis of rotation

146: Pinion

150: rack

160A, 160B: limit switch

170: cover

172: heater

174: fan

176: motor

190: guide rail

The present invention relates to a moving grill lifting structure of a hood, and more particularly, to a moving grill lifting structure of a hood configured to move a platform up and down using a rack and pinion.

In general, the kitchen is provided with a hood for removing the smell, smoke and moisture generated when cooking food.

Usually, the hood is disposed at a certain height apart from the top of the gas range and has an inlet for sucking odor, smoke and moisture, and an outlet for discharging odor, smoke and moisture, etc. sucked through the inlet. The hood also has a fan and a motor for rotating the fan.

Therefore, when the fan is rotated by driving the motor, smells, smoke, and moisture generated when cooking food are discharged to the outside through the hood, and the room is kept in a comfortable state.

Recently, at the request of the consumer, development of a technology for attaching an oven, a microwave oven, or the like to a hood has been actively performed.

When the oven or microwave oven is attached to the hood, the smell, smoke and moisture generated when cooking food using the oven or microwave oven mounted on the hood are not discharged to the kitchen, thereby maintaining a comfortable indoor environment. .

However, the known prior art has a structure in which a position such as an oven or a gas stove mounted on the hood is fixed, and such a structure makes it difficult for a short person to use an oven or a gas stove mounted on the hood, for example.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, by moving the oven or gas range and other cooking vessels up and down using a lifting platform and lifting the moving grille of the hood to make the movement of the lifting platform quickly and safely by the rack and pinion The purpose is to provide a structure.

The moving grill lifting structure of the hood according to the present invention for achieving the above object is to be installed in the hood to suck out the odor, smoke and moisture generated when cooking food in the kitchen to discharge to the outside, the hood inside A guide rail disposed parallel to each other and spaced apart from each other at predetermined intervals, the guide rails being extended vertically along the guide rails, and having a rack having a predetermined length vertically arranged along the guide rails, and having a rack having a predetermined length vertically; A rotating shaft which is formed to have a predetermined length and is rotatably mounted, a pinion fixed to the rotating shaft and coupled to the rack, a driving motor connected to rotate the rotating shaft, and power supplied to the driving motor. And a control unit provided with an operation button for turning off, and detecting the position of the platform and its position information. The sensor further includes a sensor installed to provide the control unit, wherein the control unit receives the position information of the elevator platform input from the sensor and the signal input by the operation of the operation button is supplied to the drive motor by a program input in advance It is configured to turn on / off the power, characterized in that the rack and pinion are installed so as to be disposed on each of the rear left and right of the platform.

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According to these configurations, an oven, a gas range, and other cooking vessels for cooking food can be moved between preset positions by a platform.

In addition, since food is cooked in an oven, a gas range, and other cooking vessels located inside the hood, most of the smell, smoke, and moisture generated when cooking is discharged to the outside through the duct to keep the room comfortable.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.

1 is an external perspective view showing a moving grill lifting structure of the hood according to the present invention as a whole, Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the moving grill lifting structure of the present invention as a whole, Figure 3 is a right side view of FIG.

The hood 100 has a housing 110 fixed to a wall or a ceiling of a kitchen such that the hood 100 is disposed at a predetermined height apart from the top of the gas range.

An exhaust port 112 is provided at an upper portion of the housing 110, and the exhaust port 112 is connected to a duct not shown. The housing 110 is a lower plate 113, the upper plate 114, the rear plate 115 and the edge plate 116 is installed to surround the edge portion between the lower plate 113 and the upper plate 114 in the side and front. Can be configured.

 A lower portion of the exhaust port 112 is provided with a suction and discharge unit 118 having a fan (not shown) and a motor (not shown) for rotating the fan. Therefore, when the fan is rotated by driving the motor of the suction and discharge unit 118, odor, smoke, and moisture generated when cooking food may be removed.

The housing 110 is mounted so that the platform 120 is movable up and down, and a container 130 for storing food to be cooked on the platform 120 is placed. Such a container 120 may be configured as an oven, a gas range, and other cooking vessels. If necessary, the container 120 may be configured integrally with the platform 120 or may be separated from each other.

Moving means for moving the platform 120 is provided. The moving means causes the container 130 to be positioned at a preset position (hereinafter, referred to as an “internal position”) inside the housing 110 by moving the platform 120, and also in advance outside the housing 110. To be located at a set position (hereinafter referred to as "external position").

The moving means of this embodiment includes a container supporting part for supporting the container 130, a driving part for generating power by supplying power, and a converting part for converting the power of the driving part to move the container supporting part.

The container support portion of the moving means is in charge of the platform 120, the platform 120 is a lower plate 122 having a flat plate shape so that the container 130, and the left and right sides of the lower plate 122 Each has a vertical stand 124 fixed to have a shape extending upwardly perpendicular to each other. Preferably, the riser 124 is formed to have an elongated shape extending upward from both rear edge portions of the rear plate 122, and the container support further includes a rear plate 126 connecting the riser 124. Have

A driving motor 140 may be used as the driving unit of the moving means, and the driving motor 140 is fixedly installed on the partition wall 180 installed inside the housing 110 as shown in FIG. 4. The partition wall 180 is vertically disposed between the lower plate 113 and the upper plate 114, and is located at the left and right sides of the movement path of the platform 120.

The drive motor 140 is connected to provide a rotational force to the rotating shaft 142. This rotating shaft 142 is formed to have a long length in the left and right directions of the housing 110, as shown in Figure 7 and is rotatably installed on the partition wall 180 via the bearing 144.

At this time, the rotary shaft 142 is located in a position away from the path that the platform 120 is moved so as not to interfere with the movement of the platform 120, preferably in a position adjacent to the rear plate 115 forming the housing 110. The pinion 146 is fixed to the left and right sides of the rotation shaft 142, respectively.

In addition, the racks 150 are engaged with the pinion 146 to be engaged with each other, and the rack 150 is formed to have a long length in the vertical direction on the platform 120. Preferably, the rack 150 is formed at the rear of the vertical stand 124 forming the platform 120, respectively.

The length of the rack 150 is set in consideration of the distance that the platform 120 moves. That is, the length of the rack 150 is formed long enough to allow the container 130 placed on the platform 120 to move to the internal position and the external position.

A sensor, for example, a limit switch for turning on / off the driving motor 140 is installed at an appropriate position in a path in which the platform 120 moves by operating the platform 120 to generate an electrical signal ( Hereinafter referred to as 'limit switch'). Preferably, the limit switch is the upper limit limit switch 160A for detecting that the platform 120 ascends to a preset position, as shown in Figure 6, and detects that the platform 120 is lowered to a predetermined position It includes a limit switch 160B for. Here, the limit switch is sufficient to sense the position of the lifting table 120 by a contact method or a non-contact method.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, but the configuration for detecting the vertical lifting degree of the container support 110 by a limit switch, but installing a sensor such as a pulse generator for measuring the rotational speed of the drive motor 140 By determining the position of the platform 120 can also be configured to limit the vertical lift position of the platform 120.

And, when the elevating platform 120, the elevating platform 120 can be provided to move stably without shaking, in an embodiment of the present invention is installed on the partition wall 180 and formed up and down long guide rail ( 190 and a slider 128 mounted on the platform 120 and sliding along the guide rail 190 is shown (see FIG. 6).

In detail, the guide rail 190 is fixedly installed at portions facing each other of the partition wall 180, and the slider 128 is fixedly installed at the left and right vertical stands 124 of the platform 120. In addition, the guide rail 190 is formed to have a cross-sectional shape of the 'c' shape is mounted so that the open portions face each other, the slider 128 is formed to have a cross-sectional shape of the 'c' shape is opened The parts are mounted so that they face away from each other. At this time, the slider 128 is sized to be accommodated in the open portion of the guide rail 190, it is preferable to form the length of the slider 128 vertically long to the lifting platform 120 It is effective to prevent shaking.

More preferably, the guide rail 190 is provided with an idle roller (not shown) positioned on both left and right sides of the slider 128 to idle, and the idle roller is spaced along a longitudinal direction of the slider 128. It is good to be located in several places apart.

Of course, the present embodiment shows an example in which one slider 128 is configured. However, a plurality of sliders may be provided to be connected to each other so as to overlap and unfold.

This embodiment has a heating means for heating the food contained in the container (130).

The heating means may be built in the container 130 to heat the food contained in the container 130 by receiving power through an electric wire, or may be installed in the cover 170 provided to cover the upper portion of the container 130. At this time, the wire is formed long to have a sufficient length in consideration of the vertical lifting distance of the lifting table 120.

In the case of the structure in which the heating means is installed on the cover 170, the container 130 facilitates washing after cooking.

Such heating means may be configured in various ways, for example, may be configured to use a heater for heating food by releasing heat by the supply of power. In another example, the heating means may be configured to use a magnetron that emits radio waves by the supply of power to heat food.

An embodiment of the present invention proposes a configuration adopting a structure using a heater, which will be described later.

The cover 170 is installed at the inner upper portion of the housing 110 and is disposed at a position capable of covering the upper portion of the container 130 when the container 130 is raised together with the platform 120.

The inside of the cover 170 is a heater 172 for heating the food contained in the container 130 is generated by being supplied with power through the electric wire 173. In this case, the cover 170 may have a configuration detachably installed in the housing 110. In addition, the wires connected to the cover 170 may also have a configuration that is detachably connected to the cover 170, which facilitates the cover 170 is removed from the hood and cleaned as necessary.

In addition, the cover 170 may be provided with a fan 174 for circulating the heat generated from the heater 172 in the interior of the container 130 so that the heating of food can be made more quickly, the fan ( 174 is rotationally driven by motor 176.

In addition, the cover 170 may be formed with a groove (not shown) penetrated to discharge the smell, smoke, and moisture generated when heating the food contained in the container 130 to the outside of the container 130. It is preferable that the groove is formed in at least one so as to penetrate the cover 170. Of course, the smell, smoke and moisture discharged through the groove formed in the cover 170 is discharged to the outside through the duct.

In addition, the front surface of the housing 110 is preferably provided with a see-through window 119 formed of a transparent or semi-transparent material, the see-through window 119 is roughly the position of the container 130 is placed on the lifting platform 120 and raised It is good to be located at the same height. According to this configuration, the cooking state of the food put into the container 130 can be visually confirmed through the viewing window 119, which is useful for food cooking.

In addition, the control unit 111 is provided on one side of the front surface of the housing 110, which is a predetermined position of the housing 110, for example, a part which is easy for the user to operate, and the control unit 111 is connected to the driving motor 140. An operation button 111a for turning on / off the power supplied is provided. Of course, such operation buttons may include driving the heaters 172 installed in the components operated by the power supply, for example, the cover 170.

In addition, the control unit 111 receives the position information of the lifting platform input from the sensor, that is, the limit switch and the signal inputted by the operation of the operation button to perform the control to turn on / off the power supplied to the driving motor. The program can be input in advance so as to.

Moving grill of the hood having such a configuration makes it easy to cook food using a container installed in the hood. This will be described in more detail.

When food is not cooked using the container 130, the lifting table 120 maintains an elevated state so as to be positioned inside the housing 110. Of course, in this case, the container 130 may be placed on the platform 120 or may be stored in another place of the kitchen.

At this time, the smell, smoke, and moisture generated when cooking food in the kitchen using a gas range is discharged to the outside through the hood.

When food is to be cooked using the container 130, when the driving motor 140 is driven, the pinion 146 of the rotating shaft 142 rotated by the driving motor 140 lowers the rack 150. Therefore, the platform 120 is lowered, and when the platform 120 is lowered to a certain position, the lower limit switch 160B is operated to stop the driving motor 140.

In this state, the platform 120 is lowered than the lower end of the housing 110, and even if the person is a short person, the container 130 placed on the platform 120 can be easily contained or taken out of food.

When food is contained in the container 130 and the container 130 is placed on the lower plate 122 of the platform 120, the stopped driving motor 140 is driven in the opposite direction to the above, As a result, the platform 120 and the container 130 mounted on the platform 120 are raised to enter the inside of the housing 110.

When the platform 120 and the container 130 mounted on the platform 120 are raised to a predetermined height, the upper limit switch 160A is operated to stop the driving motor 140, and in this position, the container ( The cover 170 is covered at the top of the 130.

Subsequently, power is supplied to the heater 172 and the food contained in the container 130 is heated. As the fan 174 rotates by the driving of the motor 176, the internal air of the container 130 is circulated, and thus the food and beverage is circulated. Cooking takes place quickly.

When the cooking of the food contained in the container 130 is completed, the power supplied to the heater 172 and the motor 176 is cut off.

When the cooking of food is completed as described above, the lifting platform 120 is lowered by the above-described method, and the food contained in the container 130 is taken out of the container 130 and tasted, and if necessary, the container 130 is washed.

As described above, according to the moving grille lifting structure of the hood according to the present invention, a container for containing food for cooking is installed to move between a predetermined position inside and outside the housing of the hood to contain food or cooked in the container. It is easy to take food out of the container, and it is convenient to use.

In addition, since the food is cooked while the container is located inside the housing, most of the smell, smoke, and moisture generated when cooking is discharged to the outside through the duct to keep the room comfortable.

Claims (3)

It is installed in a hood that sucks the smell, smoke and moisture generated when cooking food in the kitchen and discharges it to the outside. 190); A lift table 120 installed to be movable up and down along the guide rail 190 and having a rack 150 having a predetermined length up and down; A rotating shaft 142 which is formed to be rotatably mounted to have a predetermined length to the left and right inside the hood; A pinion 146 fixedly installed at the rotating shaft 142 and engaged with the rack 150; A drive motor 140 connected to rotate the rotation shaft 142; And a control unit 111 is provided with an operation button (111a) for turning on / off the power supplied to the drive motor 140, It further includes a sensor installed to detect the position of the platform 120 to provide the position information to the control unit 111, the control unit 111 and the position information and the operation of the platform 120 input from the sensor Receiving a signal input by the operation of the button 111a and configured to turn on / off the power supplied to the driving motor 140 by a previously input program, The rack (150) and pinion (146) is a lifting grill lifting structure of the hood, characterized in that installed on both sides of the left and right of the platform 120. delete delete

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