SI23067A - All-purpose kitchen: all-purpose kitchen element, all-purpose refrigeration cabinet, all-purpose freezer cabinet - Google Patents

Abstract

All-purpose kitchen: all-purpose kitchen element, all-purpose refrigeration cabinet, all-purpose freezer cabinet assures most of basic needs for everyday undisturbed work and life of all people including disabled and other functionally limited persons. The operation and use of all all-purpose kitchen elements and household appliances is carried out according to the same principle, i.e. the principle of horizontal, pull-out or drawer opening of the element/household appliance with vertical rotation of shelves or baskets. Bigger all-purpose kitchen elements/household appliances (kitchen cupboards, refrigeration cabinets, freezer cabinets) wear rollers mounted on the lower edge of the front drawer faces for easier opening and closing of drawers and for preventing their sagging which may result from a too high weight and high loads. Smaller upright drawers for low or combined elements wear no upper or lower sides, what enables access to baskets from the upper side of a drawer and not from the lateral one as in bigger drawers, in which case the front and the rear sides are bound with metal or wood elements which are to be found between baskets or are fixed on corners of the sides, thus acting as guides, at the same time, to enable undisturbed opening of drawers. Hanging elements and other individual elements and household appliances can have no pull-out drawers and wear a mechanism for vertical rotation of shelves or baskets in this case, mounted on the left and right interior wall of the element/appliance.

Description

UNIVERSAL KITCHEN:

universal kitchen cabinet, universal refrigerator, universal freezer

The object of the novelty is a universal kitchen, consisting of kitchen elements and household appliances, which have a horizontal, pull-out or drawer opening element / household appliance with vertical rotation of shelves or baskets instead of the classic door opening.

A technical problem solved by the novelty is the construction of individual kitchen elements and household appliances, which, when used in general, will also be suitable for the use of disabled persons and other functionally disabled people, the elderly, patients and other persons who are of high age and diseases, movement problems due to pain and low growth, difficulty in storing and taking the desired items from the hanging elements.

The well-known solutions for equipping new modern kitchens are enormous. For people with disabilities, there are many well-known kitchen fitting solutions, although these are basically two basic options:

• variant with horizontal layout of kitchen elements, based on the vertical displacement of the worktop and hanging kitchen elements; and • variant with island layout of kitchen elements (model is registered in EU no. work surface displacement and vertical displacement of suspended kitchen elements.

In both cases there are variants, which in most cases are designed for the individual use of an individual disabled person or a small group of disabled people.

A common feature of all new modern kitchens is that in most cases, without special adjustments to the kitchen elements and household appliances, they are not suitable for the use of disabled and other functionally disabled people, while kitchens specially adapted for the disabled are not suitable for the daily use of all other non-disabled persons.

Another problem is that the manufacture of kitchen appliances and household appliances with special adjustments is extremely expensive and inaccessible to most people with disabilities (their production is off-batch - until now they could only be custom-made with customized customization an individual or a small group of people).

The universal kitchen development solution was born out of years of well-known experience in solving the problem of parking cars in Tokyo, Japan, where vertically moving garage boxes were installed in space-limited garage houses.

The novelty is also based on the guidelines of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - an international agreement on the rights of persons with disabilities, stating that persons with disabilities and other functionally disabled persons should not constitute a group that requires special treatment - special measures should be avoided and used instead more universal approaches to design and development.

The basic idea behind the design and development of universal kitchens is that in any modern kitchen there would be no barriers to the inclusion of disabled people and other disabled people.

With a novelty based on the vertical rotation of shelves or baskets, the mechanism of which can be installed in the elements or on a special pull-out drawer for standing or hanging kitchen elements. The mechanism can also be installed in other household appliances, such as: refrigerator, freezer, oven, etc.

The novelty is presented by:

• description of the universal kitchen, • description of the basic (high) kitchen element with: o description of the upright pull-out drawer and o sketch of the basic kitchen element: (Fig. 1; Fig. 2 - without top and bottom sides; Fig. 3 - without bottom and top sides and without baskets; Fig. 4 - system of vertical rotation of baskets only), • description of an alternative design of a small upright drawer for a standing low kitchen element, • description of an alternative design of a hanging kitchen element or other individual elements and household appliances.

• description of the refrigerator / freezer cabinet.

Description of universal cuisine

Universal kitchen consists of individual kitchen elements and household appliances that allow:

• use of the kitchen for all people, including people with disabilities and other functionally handicapped persons, • batch production that provides a lower and affordable price for purchase for all people, • development of new programs, directions for the design of kitchens, kitchen appliances, household appliances and more (also under the Convention UN: Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - International Agreement on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities).

The operation and use of all kitchen appliances and household appliances is carried out according to the same principle.

Instead of the classic door opening, the elements (except the hanging elements) and appliances have a system of horizontal, extended or. drawer opening of an element / appliance with vertical rotation of shelves or baskets, which are housed in a specially designed pull out drawer of an item / appliance.

Description of the universal (high) kitchen element

The basic version is a tall, standing and standard wide kitchen element - a kitchen cabinet with a housing (1), one upright drawer (2), which has a mechanism (3) for a vertical basket circulation system (4).

From the basic model, it is possible to derive other variants of kitchen elements, which may be:

• different dimensions in width and height, • standing (low, high) or suspended, • with one or two upright drawers separated by a pull-out worktop or pull-out electric stove (without oven), an oven, refrigerator or other household appliance that has the same pull-out vertical circular basket or shelf system.

Description of the upright drawer • Like any conventional drawer, the upright drawer (2) has four sides. It has a front (5) and a back (6) side and, unlike the classic drawer, which has left and right sides, the upright drawer has an upper (7) and lower (8) side.

• The drawer is mounted / secured with guides to the element so that the guides allow it to move horizontally automatically or manually to close and open the element.

• The front (5) of the drawer represents the face of the item, much like a classic drawer or kitchen door, except that it does not require a handle when opened automatically.

• There is a mechanism (3) on the inside of the front and back that allows for vertical movement / rotation of baskets (4) or shelves that are housed in a storage compartment for food, cutlery and other household goods / utensils.

• The upper (7) and lower (8) sides are the connecting sides.

• If the baskets (4) are installed, the baskets can be removed, filled and refitted. Baskets can be of different sizes, shapes and colors to facilitate the sorting of foods and for the use of disabled people with mobility and sensory problems.

• Larger drawers of standing kitchen units may have wheels on the lower edge of the front to facilitate opening and closing of the drawer and to prevent the drawer from being swollen due to excessive weight and heavy loads.

Description of an alternative embodiment of a small upright drawer for a standing, low kitchen element:

• Has only two sides: front and back.

• In this case, metal or wooden fasteners connecting the front and back:

o They are positioned in the middle between the baskets in such a way that they allow unobstructed vertical rotation or o are fixed at the corners of the sides and at the same time are guides (9) which allow the drawer to be opened without interruption.

• For smaller drawers, without the top, food items, cutlery, etc. may be taken and inserted from the top rather than the side as with larger items.

Description of an alternative embodiment of the hanging kitchen element or other individual elements and household appliances • Hanging kitchen elements may have a pull-out drawer, but may also be without it, • in this case, the mechanism for vertical circulation of shelves or baskets is mounted on the inner left and right walls of the hanging element • element without pull-out drawer has classically mounted doors that can also be opened in height; height adjustable as shelves or baskets in the lowest position are accessible to most people, including wheelchairs).

Refrigerator / freezer cabinet description:

• Cooling or cooling. freezer cabinet is similarly built to a standing kitchen element / cabinet.

• It differs from the kitchen element in that the materials, the construction of the cabinet, the drawers and other mechanical mechanisms, provide the needs and requirements of all standards of production and use of refrigerating / freezing cabinets (sealing, cooling, freezing, energy consumption, health protection, environment. .)

This innovation provides the foundation for the development of universal cuisine, which provides most of the basic necessities for the day-to-day smooth work and life of all people, including disabled people and other disabled people. Find more flexible solutions for more specific disabilities.

Claims (4)

PATENT APPLICATION 1. Universal kitchen: universal kitchen element, universal refrigerator cabinet, universal freezer cabinet, characterized in that the operation and use of all universal kitchen elements and household appliances is carried out in accordance with the principle of horizontal, pull or drawer opening of the element / household apparatus with vertical circling shelves or baskets. 2. Larger universal kitchen cabinets / appliances (kitchen cabinets, refrigerators, freezer cabinets), characterized by the fact that the drawers at the lower edge of the front can be fitted with casters to facilitate opening and closing of the drawer and preventing the drawer from being swung to it comes from overweight and heavy loads. 3. Small upright drawers for low or combined elements, characterized in that they are free of upper and lower sides, allowing access to baskets from the top of the drawer rather than from the sides of larger drawers, with the front and back being connected to metal or wooden elements located between the baskets or attached to the corners of the sides and at the same time guides (9) allowing the drawer to be opened without interruption. 4. Suspended elements and other individual elements and household appliances, characterized in that they can be without drawers and, in this case, have a mechanism for vertically circulating shelves or baskets mounted on the inner left and right walls of the element or household apparatus.