JPH0733042Y2 - Electric cooker - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention has an output setting means for setting a cooking output of a microwave oven, an oven, a toaster, etc., and an output display section for displaying the set cooking output on a panel. It relates to an electric heating cooker provided.

[Conventional technology]

In this kind of electric heating cooker, as means for performing output display, for example, [1] the position of the setting operation tool of the output setting means and the cooking output display symbol written on the front surface of the panel are displayed in correspondence with each other. Configured to.

[2] The display panel portion is divided into areas of two types of strength and weakness in advance and a plurality of types of cooking menus are set, and a plurality of types of menus when performing high heat cooking and a plurality of types of menus when performing low heat cooking And (1) are selectively selected (see, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 52-132434).

Those described in the above [1] and [2] are known.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

According to the conventional technique described in [1] above, since the visibility of the set cooking output is poor, there is a tendency to use the cooking output without confirming the cooking output display. There is a problem in that the cooking time may be too long or too short compared to the cooking output and cooking may not be performed efficiently.

In order to solve this problem, for example, it is considered that a plurality of light emitting diodes are provided in the cooking output display unit and the corresponding light emitting diodes are made to emit light according to the setting of the cooking output to display with good visibility. It is necessary to incorporate the light emitting diode and the electric circuit for blinking these in accordance with the set cooking output, which causes a new problem that the manufacturing cost increases.

Further, according to the conventional technique described in [2], a large number of menus have to be provided in each of a plurality of areas, and there are too many display types, which is apt to cause operational complications. In order to clarify whether the menu of the area of is to be set, it is necessary to provide a plurality of light sources to selectively blink or to change the direction of the light source or the direction of the irradiation light. It was also easy to cause a lot of complications.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and paying attention to the fact that the setting of the cooking output and the setting of the cooking time are related to each other, and by devising the display structure of these display units, a simple It is an object of the present invention to provide an electric heating cooker having a structure that improves not only the visibility of the cooking output display section but also the visibility of the cooking time display section and that allows easy and efficient setting of cooking conditions.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

The technical means of the present invention taken to achieve the above object are:
In an electric heating cooker in which an output setting means for setting a cooking output and an output display section for displaying the set cooking output are provided on a panel, a time setting means for setting a cooking time,
In a position different from the position where the output display unit is provided in the panel, a time display unit that displays the cooking time set by the time setting unit and the remaining cooking time is provided.
Further, one light source is provided on the inner surface side of the panel, and means for guiding the light from the one light source to the both display sections to display the set cooking output and cooking time by light emission, and The display of the cooking output on the output display section is selectively displayed by changing the display position of the light or the display form by the light.

[Action]

The effect of taking the above technical means is as follows.

That is, since the cooking output setting display section and the cooking time setting display section each emit light, the output setting state and the time setting state are both displayed with good visibility.

b. Since both the output setting means and the output display section and the time setting means and the time display section are provided so that the cooking output and the cooking time can be set and displayed separately, for example, the above-mentioned conventional Compared to the technology like the one in which the display panel part is divided into two areas of strength and weakness in advance and a plurality of kinds of cooking menus are provided in each area, it is not necessary to provide a large number of menus on the panel surface, It is easy to avoid complication.

c. Moreover, since the target of the light emission display is the output display unit and the time display unit at different positions, it is necessary to distinguish both of them from each other, as in the case of simultaneously emitting light from multiple regions of the same output display unit. There is no. Therefore, it is not necessary to blink a plurality of light sources according to the set cooking output or the set cooking time, or to change the direction of the light source or the direction of the irradiation light. Thus, the set cooking output and the set cooking time are displayed with good visibility.

[Effect of device]

The effects of adopting the above technical means are as follows.

While displaying both the cooking output display section and the time output display section with light emission, only one light source is required, and a complicated electric circuit such as blinking this light source according to the set cooking output and the set cooking time is used. Since it is unnecessary and the electric circuit is simplified, it is possible to improve the visibility of the cooking output display part and the cooking time display part while avoiding the adverse effects of cooking and heating on the electric circuit as much as possible, so that the electric heating is easy and efficient. We came to be able to provide a cooking machine.

〔Example〕

 Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 3 shows a microwave oven as an example of an electric heating cooker, in which a door (1) for swinging and opening a cooking chamber (1a) is opened and closed in the main body (1).
b) is pivoted.

On the front panel (2) of the body (1), the output switching knob (3a) is slid to set the cooking output to "strong heating" of about 500W or "decompression of weak food" of about 180W. An output setting means (3), an output display section (4) for displaying the set output, and an analog timer (5b) provided inside the front panel (2) by rotating the lever (5a). Set and set the cooking time. For example, the time setting means (5) consisting of a disk-shaped scale and the set cooking time are displayed according to the turning operation amount of the lever (5a), and the remaining cooking time is displayed as time passes. There is provided a time display section (6) for operating.

FIG. 1 shows the inner surface side of the front panel (2). The rack (3b) is slidably moved integrally with the output switching knob (3a) and the rack (3b) pivotally supported by the timer (5b). A pinion (3c) that occludes and a lamp (7) that is attached via a timer (5b) are provided, and the rotation of the pinion (3c) "cooks strongly" or "decompresses weak food". ”.

The output display section (4) is connected to the rack (3b) and two large and small windows (4a) and (4b) closed on the front panel (2) with a translucent resin material, and an output switching knob. In conjunction with the sliding operation of (3a), two large and small windows (4a) and (4b) are selectively opened and closed to prevent light leakage from one of the windows (4a or 4b) ( 4c) is provided, and when the output switching knob (3a) is switched to the "strongly warm" side, the light from the lamp (7) is transmitted through the larger window (4a), and the "weak thing is thawed" side. When switched to, the light of the lamp (7) is transmitted through the smaller window (4b), and means for emitting and displaying the cooking output set in advance with high visibility is configured.

The time display portion (6) is made of a translucent resin material in which a disc (6d) made of a translucent resin material that rotates in association with the turning operation of the lever (5a) is formed on the front panel (2). Semicircular window (6
The time scale (6c) on the minute scale written on the disk (6d) is shown by the pointer (6a) written on the semicircular window (6b). Timer (5
There is a space between it and b) so that the light of the lamp (7)
The means for transmitting the d) and the semi-circular window (6b) to display the set cooking time and the remaining cooking time with high visibility is configured.

The lamp (7) is configured to be turned on when the lever (5a) for setting the timer (5b) is operated and turned off when the remaining cooking time reaches zero, and therefore the lever (5a) is turned off. Since the cooking output is displayed with good visibility at the same time as is operated, the user can be effectively alerted and the cooking time setting is unlikely to be incorrect, and cooking can be performed more efficiently.

[Another embodiment]

As shown in FIG. 5, by swinging the output switching knob (3a), the cooking output is approximately 600W "strong", 500W "medium warm" and 180W "weak thaw". Cooking output written in a disc (4d) made of a translucent resin material that is configured to be switched in three stages and that rotates in conjunction with the swing of the output switching knob (3a) as shown in FIG. Display symbol (4
Alternatively, f) may be selectively exposed through the window 4e formed in the front panel 2, and a means for displaying the cooking output by the light of the lamp 7 with good visibility may be configured.

Although not shown, a plurality of push buttons for selecting the cooking output are provided, a window closed with a translucent resin material is provided corresponding to each of the push buttons, and only from the window corresponding to the selected push button. A means for transmitting the light of the lamp and emitting and displaying the cooking output may be configured.

Alternatively, the light from one light source may be guided by an optical fiber to the output display unit (4) or the time display unit (6) or both, and in this case, restrictions on the position setting of the light source are reduced. Therefore, the entire size can be reduced.

Furthermore, as a light source, an internal lamp that illuminates the inside of the cooking chamber (1a) may be used.

It should be noted that reference numerals are added to the claims of the utility model for convenience of comparison with the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the structure of the accompanying drawings by the entry.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawing shows an embodiment of the electric heating cooker according to the present invention. Fig. 1 is a side view showing the main part, Fig. 2 is a view taken along the line II-II of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is an overall perspective view. 4 and 5 show another embodiment, FIG. 4 is a side view showing a main part, and FIG. 5 is an overall perspective view. (2) ... panel, (3) ... output setting means, (4) ... output display section, (5) ... time setting means, (6) ... time display section,
(7) ... Light source.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An output setting means (3) for setting a cooking output.
An electric heating cooker having a panel (2) provided with an output display section (4) for displaying the set cooking output, a time setting means (5) for setting a cooking time, and the panel (2) A time display unit (6) for displaying the cooking time set by the time setting unit (5) and the remaining cooking time is provided at a position different from the place where the output display unit (4) is provided, Further, one light source (7) is provided on the inner surface side of the panel (2).
And means for guiding the light from the one light source (7) to both the display sections (4) and (6) to display the set cooking output and cooking time by light emission, and An electric heating cooker characterized by being configured to selectively display the display of cooking output on the output display section (4) by changing the display position of light or the display form by light.