Classifications

• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
  • F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
  • F24C15/00—Details
  • F24C15/20—Removing cooking fumes
  • F24C15/2078—Removing cooking fumes movable
  • F24C15/2085—Removing cooking fumes movable adjustable in height
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
  • F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
  • F24C15/00—Details
  • F24C15/30—Arrangements for mounting stoves or ranges in particular locations

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a kitchen utensils, and in particular to a kitchen utensils in which an oven, range, hood or a combination of the same are installed, and to an apparatus for lifting and lowering a kitchen utensils, wluch is capable of suspending the kitchen utensils on a wall surface of a kitchen and lifting and lowering the same based on a user's convenience.
• a kitchen utensils such as a gas range installed in a home kitchen is installed together with a hood in an upper space in which the kitchen utensils is installed.
• the hood is capable of discharging a gas generated from the kitchen utensils and a gas generated from a food to the outside.
• an oven integral with a gas range or a separate type oven is installed in a lower portion of the gas range.
• the hood does not effectively discharge the gas generated from the food to the outside.
• a kitchen utensils which includes an electric cooking utensils capable of cooling food using a gas or electricity, a hood which is installed in an upper portion or side upper portion of the electric cooking utensils and discharges a gas from the electric utensils and a food which is cooked to the outside, a casing in which the electric utensils and the hood are installed, which separates the electric utensils and the hood from the kitchen, and a driving plate which is attached on a kitchen wall surface in a slidable method and is fixed to a back surface with respect to the front surface of the casing in the direction of the interior of the kitchen.
• an apparatus for lifting and lowering a kitchen utensils which includes a fixing plate which is attached to the kitchen utensils, a driving plate which is attached to a wall surface of a kitchen and is relatively lifted and lowered with respect to the fixing plate, and a lifting and lowering operation adjusting portion which adjusts a position of a driving plate which is lifted and lowered with respect to the fixing plate based on a user's operation and maintains the adjusted position of the same.
• Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating a kitchen utensils and an apparatus for lifting and lowering the same according to the present invention
• Figure 2A is a front view illustrating an apparatus for lifting and lowering a kitchen utensils according to a first embodiment of the present invention
• Figure 2B is a disassembled perspective view of Figure 2A;
• Figure 3 is a disassembled perspective view illustrating an apparatus for lifting and lowering a kitchen utensils according to a second embodiment of the present invention
• Figure 4A is a front view illustrating an apparatus for lifting and lowering a kitchen utensils according to a second embodiment of the present invention
• Figure 4B is an expanded view of Figure 4A;
• Figure 5 is a side view according to a second embodiment of the present invention
• Figure 6 is a front view illustrating an apparatus for lifting and lowering a kitchen utensils according to a third embodiment of the present invention
• Figure 7A is a front cross-sectional view illustrating a knob apparatus of a knob of a kitchen utensils according to the present invention
• Figure 7B is a plan cross-sectional view of Figure 7A;
• Figure 7C is a disassembled perspective view illustrating a knob apparatus of Figure 7 A or Figure 7B;
• Figure 8A is a front view illustrating an apparatus for lifting and lowering a kitchen utensils according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention
• Figure 8B is a disassembled perspective view of Figure 8A;
• Figure 9 is a disassembled perspective illustrating an apparatus for lifting and lowering a kitchen utensils according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
• Figure 10A is a front view illustrating an apparatus for lifting and lowering a kitchen utensils according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention
• Figure 1 OB is an enlarged view of Figure 10A;
• Figure 11 is a side view of a fifth embodiment of the present invention
• Figure 12 is a front view illustrating an apparatus for lifting and lowering a kitchen utensils according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention
• Figure 13A is a back view illustrating a knob apparatus which is attached to a kitchen utensils and is in a locked state according to the present invention
• Figure 13B is a back view illustrating a knob apparatus which is attached to a kitchen utensils and is in a unlocked state according to the present invention
• Figure 13C is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of Figure 13A.
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a kitchen utensils and an apparatus for lifting and lowering the same according to the present invention.
• reference numeral 200 represents a kitchen utensils
• 100 represents a lifting and lowering apparatus of the kitchen utensils 200.
• the kitchen utensils 200 includes a combination of an electric cooking utensils such as an oven or gas or electron range or a hood or includes a hood.
• Figure 2A is a front view illustrating an apparatus for lifting and lowering a kitchen utensils according to a first embodiment of the present invention
• Figure 2B is a disassembled perspective view of Figure 2A.
• the lifting and lowering apparatus for a kitchen utensils includes a fixing plate 10 which has an outer bracket 11 fomied in an outer side surface and is fixed to a wall surface of a kitchen by screws, a driving plate 20 which has an inner bracket 21 formed at both sides of the same and coiTesponding with an outer bracket 11 and has a hook type engaging plate 22 hooked to a back side of the kitchen utensils 200 at both sides of the front plate which will be lifted or lowered, a guide rail 30 longitudinally installed between the outer bracket 11 and the inner bracket 21 formed at both sides of the driving plate 20, and a lifting and lowering suspension apparatus 40 which is installed in an upper portion of the fixing plate 10 and includes a certain roller, a plate shaped spring wound on the roller, and an engaging portion 43 formed at the end of the plate shaped coil spring wherein the engaging portion 43 is fixed by more than one screws on the upper portion of the driving plate 20.
• the lifting and lowering suspension apparatus 40 adjusts the position of a kitchen utensils by an elastic force of the plate shaped spring.
• the guide rail 30 includes an outer rail 31 fixed in an inner side of the inner bracket 11 of the fixing plate 10, and an inner rail 32 fixed in an outer side of the outer bracket 21 of the driving plate 20.
• the corners of the outer rail 31 and the inner rail 32 are bent to be opposite each other and are foldable.
• a plurality of bearings 33 are disposed between the bent portions.
• the lifting and lowering suspension apparatus 40 includes a channel type roller bracket 44 fixed to the upper portion of the fixing plate 10 at a certain distance, a roller 41 engaged to the roller bracket 44 by a roller shaft 45 and fixed by an E-shaped stop ring, and a plate coil spring 42 which has one end fixed and wound to the roller 41 and the other end fixed to the driving plate 20.
• Figure 3 is a disassembled perspective view illustrating an apparatus for lifting and lowering a kitchen utensils according to a second embodiment of the present invention
• Figure 4A is a front view illustrating an apparatus for lifting and lowering a kitchen utensils according to a second embodiment of the present invention
• Figure 4B is an expanded view of Figure 4A
• Figure 5 is a side view according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
• the apparatus for lifting and lowering the kitchen utensils further includes a lifting and lowering position fixing unit in the fixing plate 10 and the driving plate 20 of the first embodiment of the present invention.
• the lifting and lowering first normal position fixing unit includes a stopper bar 50 which is attached to the fixing plate 10 and includes a toothed portion 51, a stopper 60 which is lifted and lowered in an upper and lower longitudinal direction of the stopper bar 50 and includes an engaging potion 61 which is locked and unlocked through a hole 23 fomied in the driving plate 20, as shown in Figures 4 A and 5, a knob apparatus 70 installed in a handle 210 attached to a lower portion of the kitchen utensils 200, and an action wire 62 which connects the engaging potion 61 and the knob apparatus 70 for pulling and loosening and loosening the engaging portion 61 of the stopper 60 as the knob of the handle 210 is operated.
• the stopper 60 includes a stopper bracket 63 fixed to the driving plate 20, a hook shaped engaging portion 61 which is engaged by a stopper pin 64 of the stopper bracket 63 and is fixed by an E-shaped spot ring, and a torsion spring 65 in which the engaging portion 61 is engaged to the toothed portion 51.
• Figure 6 shows a third embodiment of the present invention.
• An inner cover slide 80 and an outer cover 90 are fixed to the fixing plate 10 and the driving plate 20, respectively. As the kitchen utensils is lifted and lowered, the inner cover slides for thereby covering a flexible pipe or an exposed apparatus.
• Figure 7A is a front cross-sectional view illustrating a knob apparatus of a knob of a kitchen utensils according to the present invention
• Figure 7B is a plan cross-sectional view of Figure 7A
• Figure 7C is a disassembled perspective view illustrating a knob apparatus of Figure 7 A or Figure 7B.
• the handle includes a pipe 72 held by a user, and a supporter 71 for attaching the pipe 72 to a lower surface of the kitchen utensils 200.
• the knob apparatus 70 includes a first end cap 73 and a second end cap 74 installed in an im er portion of the pipe 72 at a certain distance therebetween, a slider 78 fixed between the first and second end caps 73 and 74, a tap rod 75 which passes through the first and second end caps and the slider, a slide knob support member 76 which includes a slider spring which surrounds the tap rod between the slider and the second end cap, and an action wire 62 which connects the slide knob support member and the fixing unit.
• the slider 78 further includes a knob 79 which is exposed to the outside through the pipe 72 and the cut elongated hole 72h.
• both ends of the tap rod include a toothed portion, respectively.
• a bolt is directly engaged with the toothed portion or is engaged therewith using a washer.
• a groove H is formed in a surface of each of the first end cap 73 or second end cap 74 for implementing an easier assembling and disassembling.
• a ball spring member B is installed in the groove H together with a spring S.
• the pipe includes a groove G formed in the groove H.
• the apparatus for lifting and lowering the kitchen utensils does not use an additional locking and unlocking apparatus, but lifts or lowers the kitchen utensils by an elastic force of the plate shaped spring or stops the same at a certain position.
• the engaging groove(not shown) fomied in the back surface is engaged by the hook shaped engaging plate 22 of the driving plate 20 for thereby being engaged to the driving plate 20.
• the fixing plate maintains a balance at a certain position.
• the kitchen utensils 200 When a user uses an electric grill G of the kitchen utensils 200, the user pulls the handle 210 in the downward direction of the fixing plate, the plate shaped coil spring 42 of the lifting and lowering suspension apparatus 40 is unwound from the roller 41, so that a certain balance is obtained between the elastic force of the coil spring and the weight of the kitchen utensils at a certain position that the user wants. Therefore, the kitchen utensils 200 is fixed.
• the guide rail 30 installed between the brackets 211 and 21 of the fixing plate
• the outer rail and the inner rail operate as the bracket(double bracket function) for guiding the lifting and lowering weight together with the bracket and for supporting the weight.
• the plate shaped spring 42 implements a balance between the weight of the kitchen utensil 200 and the elastic force thereof for thereby maintaining the kitchen utensil at the position.
• the lifting and lowering apparatus of the kitchen utensil is capable of easily adjusting the position of the kitchen utensil by the user without using an additional fixing unit, hi addition, since the kitchen utensil such as an electric oven is installed together with the hood, it is possible to fully discharge a gas from the food when the food is cooked and a gas from the kitchen utensils to the outside.
• the lifting and lowering apparatus of the kitchen utensils according to a first embodiment of the present invention does not use an additional fixing unit, the plate shaped coil spring which corresponds to the weight of the kitchen utensils which is changed based on the size and type of the kitchen utensils must be changed.
• a certain fixing unit is further provided.
• the operation of the lifting and lowering apparatus of the kitchen utensils according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be explained.
• a stopper 60 additionally installed in the fixing plate controls the lifting and lowering operation of the kitchen utensils.
• the kitchen utensils 200 which is moved together with the driving plate 20 is positioned at the uppermost portion or a certain portion of the fixing plate 10.
• the stopper pin is installed together with the torsion spring 65 and operates by an elastic force of the torsion spring.
• the other end of the engaging portion 61 is connected with the action wire 62. Therefore, when the user pulls the action wire 62, the engaging portion 61 compresses the torsion spring 654, and one end of the same is disconnected from the toothed portion, so that the user moves the kitchen utensil in the upward or downward directions by holding the handle of the kitchen utensils. Next, when the kitchen utensils is positioned at a certain position that the user wants, the user releases the force for pulling the action wire 62, and the engaging portion 61 is moved to the toothed portion by the torsion spring 65. Since one end of the engaging portion is engaged with the toothed portion, the kitchen utensils is stopped at a certain position that the user wants.
• a unit for pulling and releasing the action wire 62 may be implemented by a certain known member.
• a unit for pulling and releasing the action wire 62 according to the present invention may be installed in the interior of the handle pipe of the kitchen utensils. The operation of the same will be explained with reference to Figures 7A through 7C.
• the slide knob support member 76 may be fixed in the interior of the pipe 72 in the Icnown method.
• the slide knob support member 76 according to the present invention is fixed to the pipe 72 in such a manner that the slide knob support member 76 is inserted into the interior of the pipe 72 using the spring S and the ball spring member B, so that the ball spring member B is fixed to the hole G fomied in a certain portion of the pipe.
• Figure 8A is a front view illustrating the lifting and lowering apparatus of a kitchen utensils according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention
• Figure 8B is a disassembled perspective view of Figure 8a.
• the kitchen utensils lifting and lowering apparatus 100 includes a fixing plate 10 which includes an outer bracket 11 formed in both outer side surfaces and is attached to a wall surface of the kitchen using screws, a driving plate 20 which includes an inner bracket 21 fomied in the inner side for thereby con-esponding to the outer bracket 11 and includes a hook shaped engaging plate 22 to which the back surface of the kitchen utensils 200 which is lifted and lowered at both sides of the front surface plate, is engaged, a guide rail 30 which is longitudinally installed between the outer bracket 11 and the inner bracket 21 formed at both sides of the fixing plate 10 and the driving plate 20 and more than at least one gas spring 40A which is installed between a bent flange 1 OF of the lower portion of the fixing plate 10 and a bent flange F of the upper portion of the driving plate 20 by the screw 41 A.
• a fixing plate 10 which includes an outer bracket 11 formed in both outer side surfaces and is attached to a wall surface of the kitchen using screws
• a driving plate 20 which includes an inner bracket 21 fomie
• the gas spring 40A includes a certain elastic force
• the kitchen utensils is stopped at a portion in which the above elastic force and the weight of the kitchen utensils are balanced.
• the guide rail 30 is constructed in the same manner as the first embodiment of the present invention.
• Figure 9 is a disassembled perspective illustrating an apparatus for lifting and lowering a kitchen utensils according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
• Figure 10A is a front view illustrating an apparatus for lifting and lowering a kitchen utensils according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
• Figure 10B is an enlarged view of Figure 10A, and
• Figure 11 is a side view of a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
• the lifting and lowering apparatus of a kitchen utensils includes a second fixing unit in the fixing plate 10 and the driving plate 10, respectively, of the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
• the second fixing unit includes a stopper bar 50 which is attached to the fixing plate 10 and includes a toothed portion 51 , a stopper 60 which is lifted and lowered in the upper and lower longitudinal direction of the stopper bar 50 and is locked and unlocked through the hole 23 formed in the driving plate 20, a knob 71 A installed in the front surface of the kitchen utensils 200 which will be lifted and lowered, and a knob apparatus 70 A which includes an action wire 62 connecting the engaging portion 61 and the knob 71 A for pulling and releasing the engaging portion 61 of the stopper 60 as the knob 71 A operates.
• the stopper 60 includes a stopper bracket 63 fixed to the driving plate 20, a hook shaped engaging portion 61 which is engaged to the stopper bracket 63 by a stopper pin 64 and fixed by an E-shaped stop ring, a torsion spring 65 which engages one end of the engaging portion 61 to the toothed portion 50 of the stopper bar 50 fixed to the fixing plate 10, and a pin 62P connecting the other end of the engaging portion 61 to the action wire 62.
• Figure 12 is a view illustrating the sixth embodiment of the present invention. As shown therein, an inner cover slide 80 and an outer cover 90 are fixed to the fixing plate 10 and the driving plate 20, respectively. As the kitchen utensils is lifted and lowered, the inner cover slides for thereby covering the flexible pipe or the exposed elements.
• Figure 13A is a back view illustrating a knob apparatus which is attached to a kitchen utensils and is in a locked state according to the present invention
• Figure 13B is a back view illustrating a knob apparatus which is attached to a kitchen utensils and is in a unlocked state according to the present invention
• Figure 13C is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of Figure 13 A.
• the knob apparatus 70 A includes a knob 71 A which is protruded from one side surface of the kitchen utensils 200, a shaft 72 A connected with the center of the knob 71 A, a fixing portion 75 A through which the shaft 72A passes, and which connects the end of the through-passed shaft 72 A and the action wire cable 62-1 and includes a ball spring 73A and an engaging shoulder portion 74A, a guide cut portion 76A which is engaged to the fixing portion 75 A and limits the rotational angle of the knob 71 A by the engaging shoulder portion 74A, and a rotation plate 78A which includes a fixing bracket 77A for fixing the pin 62P which is connected with the end of the action wire 62 A.
• the operation of the lifting and lowering apparatus of the kitchen utensil according to the fourth through sixth embodiments of the present invention will be explained.
• the lifting and lowering apparatus of the kitchen utensils according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention does not use an additional locking and unlocking apparatus and does not use an additional locking and unlocking apparatus after the lifting and lowering operation and lifts or stops the kitchen utensils at a certain position by the elastic force of the gas spring.
• an engaging groove(not shown) fomied in the back surface of the same is engaged with the hook shaped engaging plate 22 of the driving plate 20 for thereby being fixed to the driving plate.
• the gas spring 40 A is installed between the bent flanges 10F and 20F of the fixing plate 10 and the driving plate 20. As the driving plate 20 is lifted and lowered, the length of the gas spring 40A is increased and decreased for thereby maintaining a balance with respect to the kitchen utensils, and the kitchen utensils is stopped with the changed length or at a certain position.
• the kitchen utensils 200 fixed to the driving plate 20 is downwardly moved below the fixing plate 10 as the body and rod of the gas spring 40A are escaped, so that the kitchen utensil 200 is fixed at a certain position that the user wants.
• the elastic force of the gas spring 40A is balanced with the weight of the kitchen utensil based on the changed length of the gas spring 40A.
• the guide rail 30 installed between the brackets 11 and 21 of the fixing plate 10 and the driving plate 20 guides the kitchen utensils for a smooth downward movement.
• the bearings 33 are inserted in the bent portions which are fomied opposite to each other at both sides of the outer rail 31 and the inner rail 32, the kitchen utensils are smoothly lifted or lowered based on the bearings.
• the outer rail and the inner rail operate as the bracket(double bracket function) which guides the lifting and lowering operations together with the bracket and supports the weight of the same.
• the gas spring 40A implements a balance between the weight of the kitchen utensils 200 and the elastic force of the same at the position in which the kitchen utensils 200 is stopped, so that the kitchen utensils is stopped at the above position.
• the handle of the kitchen utensils is held and pulled down a little and then released, so that the kitchen utensils is retumed to the original position.
• the lifting and lowering apparatus of a kitchen utensils it is possible to easily adjust the position of the kitchen utensils without using an additional fixing unit.
• the kitchen utensils such as the electric oven is installed together with the hood, it is possible to fully discharge a gas of the food when the food is cooked and a gas from the kitchen utensils to the outside.
• the lifting and lowering apparatus of the kitchen utensils according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention does not use an additional fixing unit, it is need to design the gas spring 40A which corresponds to the weight of the kitchen utensils which is changed based on the size and type of the kitchen utensils.
• a certain fixing unit is further provided. The operation of the lifting and lowering apparatus of a kitchen utensils according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention will be explained.
• the stopper 60 installed in the fixing plate controls the lifting and lowering operation of the kitchen utensils like the second embodiment of the present invention.
• the kitchen utensils 200 which is moved together with the driving plate 20 is stopped at the uppermost position or at a certain position.
• the stopper pin is installed together with the torsion spring 65 and operates by an elastic force of the torsion spring.
• the other end of the engaging portion 61 is connected with the action wire 62.
• the unit for pulling and releasing the action wire 62 according to the present invention is the knob apparatus 70A installed in the front surface of the kitchen utensils. The operation of the same will be explained.
• the ball spring 73 A installed in the fixing portion 75 A enables a smooth rotation of the rotation plate 78 A on the fixing plate 75 A.
• the rotation angle of the rotation plate is limited and stopped by the engaging shoulder portion 75. Therefore, when the knob is rotated by the rotation angle that the user wants, the action wire cable 62-1 is moved from the toothed portion by the length corresponding to the circular of the rotation of the knob.
• the end of the engaging portion fixed to the toothed portion is disconnected from the toothed portion.
• the kitchen utensils 200 fixed to the driving plate 20 is lifted and lowered with respect to the fixing plate 10 based on the elastic force of the gas spring 40A.
• the knot is retumed to the original position.
• the end of the engaging portion is fixed to the toothed portion, and the kitchen utensils is fixed at the above position.
• the kitchen utensils and an apparatus for lifting and lowering the same according to the present invention is installed on a wall surface of the kitchen, and the installation height of the same is freely adjusted. It is possible to fully discharge a gas from the kitchen utensils and cooked food from the kitchen to the outside.

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