JPH0140559Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the invention] This invention uses an imitation container that hides the picture of the food when it is dry, but reveals the picture of the dish when it gets wet. It concerns cooking toys for play.

The applicant previously proposed an imitation paper with a water-added developing paper on the top surface, on which the picture of the dish was hidden from view while it was drying, and when it was wetted with water, the picture of the dish was revealed. The container is stored in a cooking space of a microwave-like imitation cooking device, and the top surface of the imitation container is wetted using a water adding means provided in the imitation cooking device to expose the picture, so that the food is prepared as if it were cooked. We introduced a cooking toy that has been modified to allow children to play with cooking.

However, the water adding means is made of a soft porous material such as a sponge and has a large volume;
This was soaked with water, and the water adding means was manually lowered to press the top surface of the imitation container to wet it. Therefore, the existence of the water addition means is noticeable and the action of wetting the container with water is emphasized.
The problem was that it deviated considerably from the image of an actual cooking device and lacked a sense of realism.

In view of the above points, this invention provides a cooking toy that can have an appearance similar to a cooking device that uses electromagnetic energy or thermal energy, such as a microwave oven or a gas oven, by improving the water addition means. The purpose is to

Next, an embodiment of this invention will be described based on the drawings.

The cooking toy according to this invention consists of an imitation cooking device A as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, and an imitation container B as illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 5. .

The imitation cooking device A includes a housing 3 having a cooking space 1 that can be opened and closed, and a transparent window portion 2 through which the inside of the cooking space can be seen. It is equipped with a spraying means for spraying mist droplets toward.

In the illustrated example, the cooking space 1 is closed off with a lid that can be opened and closed, and the lid is made of a synthetic resin plate, so that the transparent window portion 2 is constituted by the lid. 4 is a handle for opening and closing the lid. However, the lid may be openable and closable only at the front of the cooking space, may be made of a non-transparent material, and a transparent window may be provided at the top of the cooking space.

A spray means attachment part 5 is provided on the side of the housing, in which the spray means is provided. As shown in FIG. 3, the spraying means is operated by a motor 8 that is rotated by electric power supplied from a power source 6 such as a dry battery through a switch 7 provided on the surface of the housing.
Water from a water storage tank 9 provided in the spray means attachment portion is pumped through a water pipe 10, and mist particles are sprayed from a spray pipe 11 facing into the cooking space.
To spray from a spray pipe using a motor, the motor may compress air and discharge it to the upper end of the water pipe to atomize it using the atomizing principle, or a water supply pump may be connected to the motor and the A nozzle may be connected to the discharge side of the pump and provided within the spray pipe 11.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a lid provided on the upper surface of the housing 3 for opening and closing a water supply port for supplying water to the water storage tank 9.

With the above configuration, when the switch 7 is turned on while there is water in the water storage tank 9, the spraying means is activated and mist particles are sprayed from the spray pipe 11 into the cooking space.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the imitation container B includes, for example, a colored layer 13 in which pictures of fish and other dishes that are familiar to young children are colored with pigments, and a colored layer 13 is laminated on the top surface of the colored layer 13, and is dried. When wet, the light transmittance is low and it is impossible to see through the picture in the colored layer, but when it gets wet, the light transmittance increases and the picture can be seen through. It is constructed by pasting developing paper on the top surface of the container body 15.

Therefore, when the imitation container B is placed in the cooking space of the imitation cooking device A and the switch 7 of the spraying means is turned on, the top surface of the imitation container B is gradually wetted by the mist droplets sprayed into the cooking space. As time passes, the picture of the food that was expressed in the colored layer appears on the top surface of the imitation container, which had no display on it.

In the above embodiment, the imitation container B stored in the cooking space is simply left standing; however, in this invention, as another embodiment, as illustrated in FIG. A turntable 16 is rotatably mounted on the top, and a motor 17 is connected to the rotating shaft via a speed reduction means such as a gear.
By supplying the power to the motor via the switch 7 or another switch, when the switch is turned on, the imitation container B also rotates.
It is possible to evenly fall and adhere the mist droplets to the top surface of the imitation container, and it is expected that the picture of the food will be completely exposed. In addition, when switch 7 is also used,
The operation of the spray means and container rotation means becomes easier.

In the above embodiment, the electrical energy of a dry cell battery was used as the energy for the spraying means and the container rotation means, but it is not possible to use mechanical energy such as a spring or human power to perform the same spraying action and container rotation action. It is possible.

In this invention, a spraying means that sprays mist droplets toward the cooking space is used as the water addition means, so as is clear from the example in Fig. 1, most of the water is stored in the imitation cooking device. Since the presence of the mist is invisible, it can have an appearance that is almost the same as a real cooker, and since water is added by spraying microscopic mist droplets, cooking can be done in the same way as with a microwave oven or gas oven. It feels real because it shows the action.

As described above, according to this invention, it is possible to provide a cooking toy that has an appearance and cooking action that are more similar to the real thing, and is safe for children and the like.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawing shows an example of this invention.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the imitation cooking device, Fig. 2 is a sectional view thereof, Fig. 3 is a block diagram systematically showing the configuration of an example of the spraying means, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the imitation container in a state in which water is added. FIG. 5 is also a sectional view. A... Imitation cooking device, 1... Cooking space, 2... Transparent window, 3... Housing, 5... Spraying means attachment part,
6-11... Spraying means, B... Imitation container, 13...
... Colored layer, 14 ... Covering layer, 15 ... Container body.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] (a) A housing having an openable and closable cooking space and a transparent window through which the cooking space can be seen, and a spraying means provided within the housing for spraying toward the cooking space. and (b) having a water-added developing paper with a picture of a dish on the top surface,
A cooking toy comprising an imitation container that can be stored in the cooking space of the imitation cooking device.