JPH0125898Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to an operating device that can control gas appliances such as gas ovens and gas toasters using a timer.

It has long been possible to control gas appliances with timers, but conventionally, the time setting using the timer and the ignition of the gas burner were performed one after the other using separate devices. Therefore, the disadvantage is that the operation is troublesome and inconvenient. The present invention solves the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional gas burner by allowing the ignition of the gas burner and the time setting of the timer to be performed using the same control knob. The present invention will be described in detail below based on examples.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a gas valve, and the gas valve 1 can open and close a valve body 4 using a valve opening/closing rod 2 and an electromagnet 3. To explain in more detail one example of such a gas valve 1, the gas valve 1 has the valve element 4 brought into contact with the valve seat 6 by the spring of the spring 5 to cut off the gas, and the valve opening/closing rod 2 is moved by the spring 5. By pushing the valve body 4 away from the valve seat 6, the gas can freely pass through. Next, numeral 7 is a timer capable of controlling the electromagnet 3, and 8 is a rotation axis for time setting. Thus, the gas valve 1 and the timer 7 are arranged side by side so that the valve opening/closing rod 2 and the rotating shaft 8 are on the same side. They are supported by a suitable support member 9 such as a chassis. Furthermore, the operation rod 10 is supported by a suitable support member 11 such as an operation panel so as to be freely rotatable and movable in the axial direction so as to face the rotation shaft 8 . The operating rod 10 is movable in the axial direction and can freely drive the rotation shaft 8. Such a configuration may be constructed using any suitable conventional mechanism. Next, reference numeral 12 denotes an actuating member that can freely push the valve opening/closing rod 2, and the actuating member 12 is configured to be interlocked with the movement of the operating rod 10 in the axial direction. The embodiment of FIG.
2 is configured in the shape of a disk fixed to the operating rod 10, and the embodiment shown in FIG.
is configured as a rotating plate rotatably provided on a support member 13 such as a chassis. Further, in FIG. 2, reference numeral 14 is a rotation shaft for adjusting the opening degree of the gas valve 1, and such a configuration is also suitable for the present invention.

In this configuration, when the operating rod 10 is pushed by the operating knob 15, the actuating member 12 moves in this direction, so the valve opening/closing rod 2 is pushed, thereby separating the valve body 4 from the valve seat 6. to allow gas to pass freely. By operating an appropriate ignition circuit in conjunction with this operation, the gas burner can be ignited. When performing the above operations, rotate the rotation axis 8.
is not an obstacle.

Next, when the operating rod 10 is rotated using the operating knob 15, the rotating shaft 8 is rotated, and, for example, the contact is turned OFF.
You can set the time until Such operation does not affect the valve opening/closing rod 2.

Thus, in the present invention, by pushing and rotating the operating rod 10 using the operating knob 15, it is possible to very easily perform the ignition operation of the gas burner and the setting of the time until extinguishing with one touch.

In this way, the present invention requires pushing and rotating as an essential requirement for ignition operation, but this rotating operation is an operation for setting the time by the timer 7, and is not required for the timer-equipped gas. Since this operation is inseparable from the ignition operation in the case of appliances, it can be performed unconsciously. Therefore, the ignition operation is not troublesome, and there is no inconvenience such as forgetting the rotation operation and not being able to ignite smoothly.

As described above, the present invention allows the ignition of the gas burner and the time setting of the timer to be performed with one touch using the same control knob, making it easy to operate and difficult to operate incorrectly.Moreover, it does not require both pushing and rotating operations. Since the ignition state of the gas burner cannot be maintained for as long as possible, it is also highly safe against mischief.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1A and 1B are explanatory cross-sectional views of essential parts showing the configuration and operation of one embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 2A and 2B are explanatory sectional views of essential parts showing another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. c is a sectional view taken along the line X-X, and FIG. 3 is an example diagram of the control circuit. Code, 1...Gas valve, 2...Valve opening/closing rod, 3...
Electromagnet, 4...valve body, 5...spring, 6...valve seat,
7...Timer, 8...Rotation axis, 9, 11, 13
... Support member, 10 ... Operation rod, 12 ... Operation member, 14 ... Rotating shaft, 15 ... Operation knob, 1
6... Burner, 17... Thermocouple.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A gas valve that can open and close a valve body using a valve opening/closing rod and an electromagnet, and a timer that can control the electromagnet, are provided so that the time setting rotation axis of the timer and the valve opening/closing rod are on the same side. and an operating rod is supported by a suitable support member so as to be freely rotatable and movable in the axial direction so as to face the rotating shaft, and the operating rod is in a state where it is freely movable in the axial direction. An operating device for a gas appliance, characterized in that the rotating shaft is configured to be freely drivable, and an operating member that can freely push the valve opening/closing rod is configured to be linked to movement of the operating rod in the axial direction.