KR20110078910A - Cooking appliance - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A cooking appliance is provided to install a drawer heater and to check the installation state of a drawer heater easily, and to assemble a terminal after fixing a drawer heater. CONSTITUTION: A cooking appliance includes a drawer having an inside space and sliding forward or backward, a drawer heater(42) applying heat to the inside space of the drawer, a first top panel(45) shielding the top of the drawer, and a second top panel(46) locating in the rear side of the first top panel and protecting a terminal of the drawer heater.

Description

Cooking appliance {Cooking appliance}

The present invention relates to a cooking appliance, and more particularly, to a cooking appliance in which an assembly property of a drawer part is improved.

The cooking appliance is one of home appliances for cooking food and is installed in a kitchen space to cook food according to a user's intention. Such cooking apparatuses may be classified into various types according to heat sources or types used and types of fuels used.

When the cooking apparatus is classified according to the type of cooking food, the cooking apparatus may be classified into an open type and an enclosed cooking appliance according to the shape of the space in which the food is placed. The hermetic cooker includes an oven and a microwave oven, and the open cooker includes a cooktop and a hop.

The hermetic cooking device is a cooking device that shields a space where food is located and cooks food by heating the shielded space. The open type cooking appliance is a cooking appliance in which a container containing food or food is placed in an open space, and the food or food container is heated to cook food.

The hermetic cooking device is provided with a cooking chamber that is a space that is blocked when food is to be cooked while food is being placed. Such a cooking chamber becomes a space where food is cooked. A heat source is provided inside or outside the cooking chamber to heat the cooking chamber.

Recently, the hermetic cooking device and the open cooking device are installed at the same time, and a combination of a plurality of heat sources has been proposed. A cooking appliance in which a plurality of heat sources are installed is accompanied by a flow path of cooling air for cooling a plurality of heat sources and electrical components.

In the composite cooking appliance, the open cooking appliance is located above the sealed cooking appliance. In addition, the open cooking appliance is provided with a plurality of heaters or burners are installed to enable a plurality of dishes at the same time.

In addition, the composite cooking apparatus is provided with a drawer for performing a function of keeping or warming food warm. The drawer part keeps food warm or warmed by a draw heater installed above the inner space.

On the other hand, the drawer heater is provided in the drawer upper panel forming the upper surface of the drawer portion. As the draw heater is electrically connected, heat is radiated by an external power source, and the food is warmly stored or warmed by the heat.

As such, the drawer must be electrically connected to the drawer by installing the drawer heater.

In the present invention, to propose a cooking apparatus that is easy to check the installation and installation state of the drawer heater.

In the present invention, it is proposed a cooking apparatus in which the terminal unit is assembled after the drawer heater is fixed.

Cooker according to the present invention, the drawer for sliding back and forth while having an inner space; A draw heater for heating the inner space of the drawer; A first upper panel shielding an upper surface of the drawer; And a second top panel positioned at a rear side of the first top panel and protecting a terminal of the draw heater. This includes.

According to the cooking apparatus according to the present invention as described above, it is possible to expect the effect of confirming the connection state of the terminal portion of the drawer heater and the power line during the assembly process of the drawer.

In addition, in the assembling process of the drawer part, an effect of confirming the installation state of a power line for supplying external power to the drawer heater can be expected.

Accordingly, an advantage of preventing the assembly of the drawer part in which the drawer part is assembled in the unconnected state of the drawer heater and the power line is expected, and the effect of greatly improving the assembly and workability of the drawer part is expected. Can be.

By assembling the workability and workability of the drawer portion greatly improved, it is possible to expect the effect of reducing the assembly time of the cooking appliance and the productivity by reducing the assembly time.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, a cooking apparatus according to the present invention having the problems and effects as described above will be described by way of example.

However, the spirit of the present invention may not be limited to the embodiments by the embodiments described below, and those skilled in the art who understand the spirit of the present invention may easily use other embodiments falling within the scope of the same idea. It may be suggested that the present invention be included, but this is also included in the spirit of the present invention.

Further, hereinafter, the electric oven range is described through the embodiment for convenience of description, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and it will be described in advance that it is applicable to both the cooktop and the cooking apparatus in which the control unit is installed.

In addition, terms used in the present specification or claims are concepts selected for convenience of description and should be properly interpreted as meanings corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention in grasping the technical contents of the present invention.

1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a side cross-sectional view showing the internal configuration of the cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to these drawings, the cooking apparatus according to the present invention forms an appearance by the main body 10. The main body 10 is formed in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape and is formed of a material having a predetermined strength. This is to protect a plurality of components installed in the inner space of the main body 10 from external impact.

The main body 10 is a cooktop unit 20 for cooking food by heating a container containing food or food placed on the upper side, and an oven unit 30 for cooking food by heating an internal space in which a container containing food or food is placed. ), A control unit 50 for controlling the drawer unit 40 and the cooktop unit 20 and the oven unit 30 and the drawer unit 40 to keep or warm food or food placed in the inner space warmly. Has a configuration that includes

The cooktop unit 20 is installed at an upper end of the main body 10. The cooktop unit 20 is an open space, that is, a portion for cooking food by heating a container containing food or food placed thereon.

The cooktop 20 is configured to heat the container containing the food or food supported by the top glass 21 and the top glass 21 supporting the container containing the food or food to be cooked while forming the top appearance A cooktop heater 22 dissipating heat and a cooktop case (not shown) for providing a space in which the cooktop heater 22 is located are provided.

The upper glass 21 is made of a ceramic material having a predetermined thickness and excellent heat resistance. The upper glass 21 secures the safety of the user while supporting a container containing food or food placed on the upper side.

An upper side of the upper glass 21 may be provided with a tribit for supporting the food or a container containing the food. The tribit is supported on the upper surface of the upper glass 21 to support the food or food container from the lower side.

The cooktop case 22 of FIG. 3 has a predetermined internal space and is formed in the form of a hexahedron having an open top surface. The top glass 21 is positioned on the open upper surface of the cooktop case 23 to shield the internal space of the cooktop case 23.

A plurality of cooktop heaters 22 are installed in the inner space of the cooktop case 23. The cooktop heater 22 is formed in a disc shape having a predetermined height as a whole and having a predetermined internal space. The cooktop heater 22 performs a function of dissipating heat for heating food or food containers to be cooked.

That is, the cooktop heater 22 dissipates heat by the external power supplied to heat the food or the food container located above the upper glass 21 to cook the food.

The cooktop heater 22 is installed in a number to have a different output so that the user cooks food using the cooktop heater 22 suitable for the amount or volume of food. In addition, the cooktop heater 22 is installed in close contact with the bottom surface of the top glass 21 so that the heat dissipated is transferred to the top glass 21.

A lower side of the cooktop heater 22 is provided with a supporter (not shown) for supporting the upper surface of the cooktop heater 22 to be in close contact with the lower surface of the upper surface glass 21. The cooktop heater 22 is supported by the supporter (not shown) so that the cooktop heater 22 is in close contact with the bottom surface of the upper glass 21.

An oven unit 30 is installed below the cooktop unit 20. The oven unit 30 includes a cooking chamber 31 that provides a space where food is cooked, a door 32 that selectively opens and closes the cooking chamber 31, and a plurality of heating spaces inside the cooking chamber 31. It has a configuration including a heater.

The cooking chamber 31 has a shape of a hexahedron having an open front surface, and the door 32 is rotatably installed on the open front surface to selectively open and close the cooking chamber 31.

The user places a food or food container to be cooked in the inner space of the cooking chamber 31 to shield the cooking chamber 31 and to heat the shielded cooking chamber 31 to cook food.

Accordingly, the oven unit 30 may provide a space in which the food is cooked in the inner space of the cooking chamber 31.

An upper heater 34 for heating the inner space of the cooking chamber 31 from the upper side of the cooking chamber 31 or the upper end of the inner space of the cooking chamber 31 is provided. In addition, a lower heater 35 is provided below the cooking chamber 31 to heat the inner space of the cooking chamber 31 from the lower side.

In addition, a convection part 36 is further provided on the rear or rear side of the inner space of the cooking chamber 31 to convection hot air to heat the inner space of the cooking chamber 31. The convection unit 36 forcibly flows air in the inner space of the cooking chamber 31.

In other words, the air in the cooking chamber 31 is sucked and heated, and then the air flows while discharging the air in the cooking chamber 31 to heat the internal space of the cooking chamber 31. Due to the flow of air by the convection unit 36, the food placed in the inner space of the cooking chamber 31 is uniformly heated.

The drawer part 40 is installed below the oven part 30. The drawer unit 40 is provided with an internal space in which food is located, and performs a function of heating the internal space to keep food warm or in a warm state.

The front of the drawer 40 is provided with a handle 41 for the user's grip. The drawer unit 40, when the user grips the handle 41 and moves the drawer forward, the inner space is opened while the drawer slides forward.

The drawer part 40 places the food in the inner space and then moves the drawer backward to shield the inner space of the drawer part 40 and then warm the food or keep it warm.

The drawer part 40 is provided with a drawer heater 42 above and / or below the inner space. The internal space of the drawer part 40 is heated to a predetermined temperature by the draw heater 42. As such, the drawer unit 40 may warm or store food by the heat emitted from the drawer heater 42.

The control panel 51 is positioned on the front surface of the cooktop 20, that is, above the door 32. The control panel 51 is formed in the form of a cube having a predetermined internal space. The front of the control panel 51 is provided with an input unit 52 for inputting an operation signal for the user to operate the cooktop unit 20, the oven unit 30 and the drawer unit 40.

The input unit 52 is provided with a plurality of operation switches so that the user can directly input the operation signal. Of course, the input unit 52 may be configured in any form, such as a touch screen form or a button form, rather than a plurality of operation switch forms.

In addition, the control panel 51 is further provided with a display unit for the user to provide the operation information of the main body 10 or the cooking information of the food. The display unit allows the user to check various information in the external space.

The display unit may be formed of an LCD to transmit information to a user on a screen or an image. The display unit may be configured of an LED to transmit information to a user in a symbol or a letter. Whatever the configuration, the user can easily check the information.

In the internal space of the main body 10, that is, the space between the cooktop part 20 and the oven part 30, an electric component part 50 is provided to provide a space in which a plurality of electric component parts are located. The control panel 51 is located on the front of the electric part 50. Therefore, the control panel 51 substantially shields the front surface of the electric compartment 50.

3 is a perspective view illustrating a drawer part of the cooker according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a drawer part configuration of the cooker according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, the drawer part 40 includes a drawer 43 having a predetermined internal space, and the drawer heater 42 for heating the internal space of the drawer 43; , A drawer frame 44 supporting the drawer 43, a first top panel 45 and the first first shielding the upper surface of the drawer 43 while being supported by the drawer frame 44. The second upper panel 46 is supported by the drawer frame 44 while supporting the rear end of the upper panel 45.

Looking at the drawer part 40 in detail, the drawer part 40 is provided with the drawer 43 sliding in the front-rear direction while having a predetermined internal space. The drawer 43 has a form of a rectangular parallelepiped with an open top surface, and provides a space in which an inner space of the drawer or food container is placed.

Outside the drawer 43, the drawer frame 44 which forms the entire skeleton of the drawer part 40 while supporting the drawer 43 is located. The drawer frame 44 is formed by connecting a plurality of frames, and is provided with a sliding guide 441 for guiding forward and backward sliding of the drawer 43.

The sliding guide portion 441 may also be configured in a rail shape, or may be configured to guide the movement of the rollers fixed to both sides of the drawer 43. Any configuration is configured to guide the sliding of the drawer 43.

The first upper panel 45 is positioned on the open upper surface of the drawer 43. The first top panel 45 is formed of a material having a predetermined thickness and strength to shield the open top surface of the first top panel 45.

The first top panel 45 is provided with an extension portion 451 whose front end is supported by the drawer frame 44 and the rear end thereof is bent downwardly and extended. The extension part 451 extends downward by a predetermined length from the rear rear side of the drawer 43.

Therefore, when the first top panel 45 is viewed from the side, the assembly of the first top panel 45 is guided by the extension part 451 which is formed to have a substantially "대략" shape and is bent downwardly and extended. .

The extension part 451 has a heater through hole 452 through which the rear end of the draw heater 42 passes. When the rear end of the draw heater 42 passes through the heater through hole 452, the rear end of the draw heater 43 is positioned in the rear space of the drawer 43.

If the rear end of the drawer heater 42 is located in the rear space of the drawer 43, the terminal portion connecting the drawer heater 42 and the external power source is located in the outer space of the drawer 43. . When the terminal portion is located in the outer space of the drawer 43, there is an advantage that the connection of the power supply line for supplying the terminal portion and the external power is easy.

That is, a rear end portion of the draw heater 42 protrudes into an outer space of the first top panel 45 so that the first top panel 45 shields the open top surface of the drawer 43. At this time, the draw heater 42 and the power line can be connected.

On the rear side of the first top panel 45, the second top panel 46 is disposed to protect the terminal of the draw heater 42. The second top panel 46 is formed of a material having a predetermined thickness and strength, and protects the terminal portion of the draw heater 42 from an upper impact.

At the front end of the second top panel 46, a panel support part 461 for supporting the rear end of the first top panel 45 protrudes forward. The panel support part 461 is formed to protrude forward while having a predetermined area from the front end of the second top panel 46.

The extension part 451 of the first top panel 45 is provided with a support hole 453 into which the panel support part 461 is inserted. The support part hole 453 is formed to have a shape corresponding to that of the panel support part 461.

The rear end of the first top panel 45 is supported by the panel support part 461 while the panel support part 461 passes through the support part hole 453. In addition, the panel support part 461 guides the coupling of the second top panel 46 while passing through the support part hole 453.

In other words, while the panel support part 461 penetrates the support part hole 453, the front end part of the second top panel 46 is temporarily fixed, and in this state, the rear end part of the second top panel 46 is removed. While supporting the lower frame 44, the second top panel 46 is fixed to the drawer frame 44.

As described above, the second upper panel 46 is supported by the front end of the support part hole 453 and the rear end thereof is fixed to the drawer frame 44 by the fastening member, and the drawer part 40 The outer appearance of the upper surface of) is formed.

Air flow holes 454 for cooling the drawer part 40 are formed at left and right ends of the upper surface of the first upper panel 45. The air flowing along the outer surface of the drawer 43 through the air flow hole 454 flows to the oven unit 30.

Accordingly, the outside air of the main body 10 flows along the outer surface of the drawer 43 and passes through the air flow hole 454 to the oven unit 30. At this time, while the external space of the drawer 43 is cooled, the heat of the drawer 43 is prevented from being transferred to the outer surface of the main body 10 or the front of the drawer part 40.

Hereinafter, the assembly process of the drawer unit will be described.

First, the drawer 43 is assembled to the drawer frame 44. At this time, the drawer 43 is coupled with the sliding guide portion 441 provided on the drawer frame 44, the sliding portion formed on both sides, the guide while being guided by the sliding guide 441 The lower 43 slides back and forth.

When the drawer 43 is supported by the drawer frame 44, the first upper panel 45 is fixedly installed on the open upper surface of the drawer 43. In this case, the draw heater 42 is installed on the lower surface of the first upper panel 45 in a fixed state. The rear end of the drawer heater 42 passes through the heater through hole 452 formed in the extension part 451 to be located at the outer space of the drawer 43, that is, at the rear side.

When the first top panel 45 is fixedly installed on the upper surface of the drawer 43, the second top panel 46 is installed. In this case, first, connect the terminal portion of the drawer heater 42 and a power line to which external power is supplied. As such, since the second top panel 46 is provided, the terminal unit of the draw heater 42 may be connected to the power supply in a state in which the first top panel 45 is fixedly installed.

In addition, in the assembling process of the drawer part 40, the drawer heater 42 has an advantage of checking the power connection state. By this advantage, there is an advantage that the misassembly of the drawer part 40 is prevented.

The panel support part 461 is inserted into the support part hole 453 formed in the extension part 451 while the terminal part and the power line of the draw heater 42 are connected to pass through the support part hole 453.

When the panel support part 461 penetrates the support part hole 453, the front end part of the second top panel 46 is fixed. The rear end of the second top panel 46 is fixed to the drain frame 44 while the front end of the second top panel 46 is temporarily fixed.

As such, when the rear end of the second top panel 46 is fixed to the drain frame 44, the drawer part 40 is formed by the first top panel 45 and the second top panel 46. The outer appearance of the upper surface of) is formed.

On the other hand, the extension portion 451 is formed with a plurality of heater through-hole 452 is configured to be able to use the draw heater 42 of various forms to improve the ease of use.

According to the cooking appliance according to the present invention as described above, there is an advantage that the assembly, serviceability and ease of use are improved. This advantage has the effect of improving productivity.

Accordingly, the cooking appliance according to the present invention will be greatly used in the cooking appliance industry.

1 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a side cross-sectional view showing the internal configuration of the cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a perspective view showing a drawer of the cooking apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view showing a drawer configuration of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (7)

A drawer sliding forward and backward with an inner space; A draw heater for heating the inner space of the drawer; A first upper panel shielding an upper surface of the drawer; And A second top panel positioned at a rear side of the first top panel and protecting a terminal of the draw heater; This includes cooking appliances. The method of claim 1, The second top panel is a cooking apparatus in which a support for supporting the rear end of the first top panel protrudes forward. The method of claim 1, The outside of the drawer cooking apparatus is provided with a drawer frame for supporting the first top panel and the second top panel while supporting the drawer. The method of claim 3, wherein The drawer frame further comprises a guide for guiding the sliding of the drawer. The method of claim 1, And an extension portion provided at a rear end portion of the first upper panel such that a heater through-hole is provided at the rear end portion thereof so that the rear end portion of the draw heater protrudes downward from the second upper panel. The method of claim 5, And a support part hole formed in the extension part through a support part for supporting the first top panel while guiding the coupling of the second top panel. The method of claim 1, The first upper panel cooking apparatus is formed with an air flow hole for providing a flow passage of air for cooling the drawer portion.

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