KR20110079007A - Cooking appliance - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A cooking appliance is provided to prevent the inflow of moisture or impurities to an inside space of a control panel. CONSTITUTION: A cooking appliance comprises: a cooktop portion cooking food by heating food or a container filled with food; a control panel(51) located in the front of the cooktop portion and provided with many switches; and a cutoff member(60) preventing the movement of moisture or food from the upper part of the cooktop portion to the control panel with self-elasticity and extended toward the outside of the control panel from different parts.

Description

Cooking appliance {Cooking appliance}

The present invention relates to a cooking appliance, and more particularly, to a blocking member for waterproofing the control panel.

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 where 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.

In recent years, 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 for cooking a variety of foods and cooking multiple foods at the same time. 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.

On the other hand, when food is boiled over the upper surface of the open cooking appliance, or water is used for cleaning, water or food outside the upper surface of the open cooking appliance may be introduced into another part.

When such water or food is introduced into another space along the side of the open cooking appliance, damage caused by the water or food should be prevented from entering the other space.

In the present invention, it is proposed a cooking apparatus that prevents the inflow of moisture or foreign matter into the interior space.

Cooking device according to the present invention, the cooktop portion for heating the food or a container containing the food is located on the upper side; A control panel positioned in front of the cooktop part and provided with a plurality of switches; Blocking member for preventing the flow of water or food flowing in the upper portion of the cooktop to the control panel by its elasticity; Is included, the blocking member extends toward the outer surface of the control panel in different parts.

According to the cooking apparatus according to the present invention, it can be expected that the water or foreign matter flowing in the cooktop for cooking food is prevented from flowing into the control unit for controlling the operation of the cooktop.

By preventing the inflow of moisture or foreign matter into the control unit can be expected to the effect of preventing damage to the control unit.

As a result, the use time of the cooking appliance can be expected to be long, and the service cost and service time can be expected to be reduced according to the use of the cooking appliance.

In addition, it is possible to expect the effect of preventing the malfunction of the control unit by preventing the inflow of moisture or foreign matter by preventing damage to the control component of the control unit.

In addition, as the malfunction of the control unit is prevented, the effect of improving the reliability of the product can be expected.

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 22 to shield the internal space of the cooktop case.

A plurality of cooktop heaters 22 are installed in the inner space of the cooktop case 22. 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 60 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 60 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 32 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 33 is provided below the cooking chamber 31 to heat the inner space of the cooking chamber 31 from the lower side.

Further, a convection part 34 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 part 34 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 part 34, the food placed in the interior 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.

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 partial side cross-sectional view of the cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 is a side cross-sectional view showing a blocking member of the cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to these drawings, the cooktop part 20 has an appearance formed by the top glass 21 and the cooktop case 22, and the cooktop case 22 has an edge portion of the top glass 21. There is provided a top glass supporter 23 for supporting the bottom.

The upper glass supporter 23 is formed of a material having a predetermined strength. The cooktop frame 24 is positioned along the upper edge of the upper glass 21 on the upper side of the upper glass supporter 23. The cooktop frame 24 surrounds an upper edge portion of the upper glass 21.

Therefore, the upper portion of the glass 21 is surrounded by the upper glass supporter 23 and the cooktop frame 24 to support the upper glass 21. The upper glass supporter 23 and the cooktop frame 24 may be integrally formed to surround the edge portion of the upper glass 21.

Hereinafter, a combination configuration of the control panel 51 and the cooktop case 22 will be described.

The control panel 51 is located at the front of the cooktop case 22, the rear of the control panel 51 and the front of the cooktop case 22 are coupled to each other. Panel coupling pieces 52 are provided at both rear end portions of the rear side of the control panel 51 to extend rearward.

The panel coupling piece 52 has a predetermined area and extends rearward from both side end portions of the control panel 51. The panel coupling piece 52 is inserted into the inner surface of the cooktop case 22 and is coupled to the side surface of the cooktop case 22 by a fastening member.

When the panel coupling piece 52 is coupled to the inner surface of the cooktop case 22 by a fastening member, the control panel 51 is fixed to the cooktop case 22.

In addition, a rear panel of the control panel 51 is provided with a panel support portion 53 for supporting the control panel 51. The panel support part 53 is formed integrally with the rear surface of the control panel 51 and has a predetermined thickness and a predetermined area and extends rearward.

In detail, the rear surface of the control panel 51 is bent downward from the rear end of the upper surface and then extended downward to have a predetermined length. The rear surface extending downward to have a predetermined length is bent backward to form a rear having a predetermined thickness and area. That is, it is approximately in the form of "┗" when viewed from the side.

The panel support part 53 is fitted to the panel guide part 25 formed on the front surface of the cooktop case 22. The panel guide portion 25 is cut off to have a length and a thickness corresponding to the panel support portion 53 on the front surface of the cooktop case 22.

The panel support part 53 is fitted to the panel guide part 25 so that the control panel 51 is supported on the front surface of the cooktop case 22 by the panel support part 53. In addition, the rear of the control panel 51 is fixed to the front of the cooktop case 22 by a fastening member.

In other words, the control panel 51 is fixed to the cooktop case 22 while the panel coupling piece 52 extending rearward from both sides thereof is coupled to the side of the cooktop case 22 by a fastening member.

The control panel 51 is fixed to the front surface of the cooktop case 22 while its rear surface is coupled by a fastening member while contacting the front surface of the cooktop case 22. In addition, the panel support part 53 extending rearward from the rear of the control panel 51 is fitted to the cooktop case 22 while the control panel 51 is cooked by the panel support part 53. 22 is supported.

When the control panel 51 is coupled to the front of the cooktop case 22 by a fastening member, the rear end of the upper surface of the control panel 51 and the cooktop case 22 and the cooktop frame 24 The blocking member 60 is located between the front surfaces.

The blocking member 60 is made of a silicone rubber material having a predetermined elasticity, and the front surface is closely located to the rear of the control panel 51, and the rear surface is closely to the front of the cooktop frame and the cooktop case 22. Located.

The lower surface of the blocking member 60 is located closely to the upper surface of the panel support part 53, and the upper surface of the lower half of the blocking member 60 is located closely to the lower surface of the upper glass supporter 23.

The blocking member 60 serves to prevent water or foreign substances flowing out of the cooktop unit 20 from the upper surface of the upper surface glass 21 to flow into the inner space of the control panel 51. .

In detail, even when the control panel 51 is closely coupled to the cooktop case 22, a predetermined gap is formed between the control panel 51 and the cooktop part 20, and the gap is formed in the cooking appliance. It is formed by an assembly error or the like that occurs during the assembly process.

The blocking member 60 is positioned in the gap to prevent moisture or foreign matter flowing from the upper surface of the upper glass 21 to flow into the gap.

Hereinafter, the blocking member will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

The blocking member 60 extends toward the outer surface of the control panel 51 at different portions. The blocking member 60 includes a fixing part 61 coupled to the upper edge of the cooktop part 20 and an intervention part 62 interposed between the cooktop part 20 and an outer surface of the control panel 51. Has a configuration that includes

The fixing portion 61 is fitted to the upper edge portion of the cooktop portion 20, the upper surface from the upper side of the upper surface glass 21 to the upper side of the upper surface of the control panel 51 to have a predetermined angle Is formed extending.

Accordingly, the upper end of the fixing portion 61 extends toward the outer surface of the control panel 51, that is, the upper surface. In detail, the upper end of the fixing portion 61 is located above the upper surface of the control panel 51 and is formed such that the upper surface has a predetermined angle.

The upper surface of the fixing portion 61 is formed in a substantially "＼" shape when viewed from the side to block the flow of water or foreign matter flowing forward from the upper surface of the upper surface glass 21 into the control panel 51. do.

Since the upper end of the fixing part 51 extends above the upper surface of the control panel 51, even if water or foreign matter flows in front of the upper surface glass 21, the moisture or foreign matter is transferred to the upper surface of the control panel 51. The flow is prevented from flowing into the inner space of the control panel 51.

The intervention part 62 is formed below the fixing part 61. The intervention part 62 extends downward from the fixing part 61 and intervenes between the outer surface of the control panel 51 and the cooktop part 20.

That is, the intervention part 62 is interposed between the rear surface of the control panel 51 and the upper surface of the panel support part 53 and the front and lower surfaces of the cooktop case 22. The lower half of the intervention part 62 is formed to have a predetermined internal space.

The lower half of the intervening portion 62 is formed such that its cross section has a substantially " □ " shape, the upper surface of which is in close contact with the lower surface of the upper glass stopper 23, and the lower surface of the panel supporting portion 53. It is closely located with the upper surface of.

The lower surface of the intervening portion 62 which is located in close proximity to the upper surface of the panel support portion 53 is further provided with a protrusion 63 protruding downward. The lower surface of the blocking member 60 is extended toward the outer surface of the control panel 51 by the protrusion 63.

In other words, the protrusion 63 is formed so that the outer surface is rounded downward and extends toward the outer surface of the control panel 51. The protrusion part 63 allows the intervention part 62 to be located more closely with the top surface of the panel support part 53.

The protrusion 63 may have moisture or foreign matter on the upper surface of the panel support 53 even if water or foreign matter on the upper side of the upper surface glass 21 is introduced between the front surface of the intervention part 62 and the rear surface of the control panel 51. It is prevented to flow to the interior space of the control panel 51 through.

In addition, the blocking member 60 is positioned closer to the upper surface of the panel support 53 by the protrusion 63. In addition, the inner space of the lower half of the intervening portion 62 may be varied as much as the protruding range of the protruding portion 63 to facilitate the installation of the blocking member 60.

Hereinafter, the operation of the cooking appliance configured as described above will be described.

Place a container containing food or food to be cooked above the cooktop heater 22 to be used by the user. In this case, the user operates a switch associated with the cooktop heater 22 to be used among a plurality of switches provided to the control panel 51.

When a user operates the switch provided on the front of the control panel 51, an operation signal is generated, and the operation signal is transmitted to the cooktop heater 22 via a microcomputer to operate the cooktop heater 22.

When the cooktop heater 22 is operated, a container containing food or food placed on the upper surface of the upper surface glass 21 is heated by heat emitted from the cooktop heater 22. The food is cooked by this heating.

In this case, the food may boil over from the food container during cooking. When food or water overflowed to the upper surface of the upper surface glass 21 flows in front of the upper surface glass 21, it is prevented from entering the inner space of the control panel 51 by the blocking member 60. .

In addition, even when the user uses water to clean the upper surface of the upper surface glass 21 when the water located on the upper surface of the upper surface glass 21 flows in front of the upper surface glass 21, the The upper surface of the fixing portion 61 prevents water or food from flowing into the interior space of the control panel 51.

In addition, moisture between the intervention part 62 and the outer surface of the control panel 51 or between the blocking member 60 and the upper glass supporter 23 and the intervention part 62 and the panel support part 53. Alternatively, even if foreign matter flows, it is prevented from flowing to the inner space of the control panel 51 by the blocking member 60 located in close proximity.

At this time, water or foreign matter is further prevented from entering the inner space of the control panel 51 by the protrusion 63 provided between the upper surface of the panel support 53 and the lower surface of the intervention part 62. .

According to the cooking appliance according to the present invention configured as described above, water or foreign matter flowing in the upper glass is prevented from entering the inner space of the control panel.

As a result, damage to the control panel is prevented, and malfunction of the control panel is prevented.

Due to this effect, the cooking appliance according to the present invention will have a large industrial applicability of the cooking appliance.

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 partial side cross-sectional view of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a side cross-sectional view showing a blocking member of the cooking apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (7)

Cooktop unit for heating the food or a container containing the food located at the upper side; A control panel positioned in front of the cooktop part and provided with a plurality of switches; Blocking member for preventing the flow of water or food flowing in the upper portion of the cooktop to the control panel by its elasticity; Is included, The blocking member is a cooking appliance extending toward the outer surface of the control panel in different parts. The method of claim 1, The blocking member, A fixed part coupled to the cooktop part, And an intervention part interposed between the cooktop part and an outer surface of the control panel. The method of claim 2, The fixing unit is an upper end of the cooking appliance is formed to extend above the upper surface of the control panel. The method of claim 2, The intervening part is a cooking appliance, the lower surface of which extends toward the outer surface of the control panel. The method of claim 2, The fixing unit is fitted to the cooktop unit is combined. The method of claim 2, The intervention unit has an internal space. The method of claim 2, The fixing unit and the intervention unit is formed integrally.

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