JPS628759Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (Field of industrial application) The present invention is a kitchen utensil storage furniture equipped with a cooking utensil stand, and is particularly suitable for rice cookers and steam type microwave ovens that generate steam and smoke during cooking. The present invention relates to kitchen utensil storage furniture with a cooking utensil mounting stand, which is suitable for use when cooking utensils such as kitchen utensils and electric ovens are placed on the mounting stand.

(Prior Art) A conventional kitchen utensil storage furniture of this type with a cooking utensil mounting stand is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 106637/1983.

In other words, the storage furniture disclosed in this publication is
As shown in FIG. 6, a cooking utensil mounting stand 2 is provided on the upper part of the storage furniture main body 1, and on the mounting stand 2,
The support wall 7, which has a U-shaped cross section and has both side walls 7a (only one shown) and a rear wall 7b, supports the storage box 5, which has a door 6 that can be opened and closed at the front. The inside of the wall 7 is used as a storage space 4 in which the cooking utensils 3 are stored, and a flat steam shield 8 is installed directly below the door 6 of the storage box 5 from the front side of the door 6 over its entire width. It is provided so as to be movable up and down between a steam-preventing position where it protrudes by a slight amount (the position shown by the solid line) and a storage position where it does not protrude from the front surface of the door 6 (the position shown with the chain line).

In the case of storage furniture having such a configuration, the cooking utensil 3 placed on the mounting table 2 may be a rice cooker, a steam type microwave oven, an electric oven, etc. that generates steam or smoke during cooking. Even in this case, if the steam shielding body 8 is brought to the steam shielding position, the steam etc. emitted from the cooking utensil 3 will rise at the front end position of the steam shielding body 8, that is, at a position away from the door 6. It turns out. Therefore, it is possible to prevent steam, etc. from rising while directly touching the door 6 to some extent, and various inconveniences caused by steam, etc. rising in such a state, for example, unless the door 6 is cleaned frequently, the door 6 can be prevented from rising. If the door 6 is made of wood, it may become warped; if it is made of steel, it may rust easily; or, if the door 6 is made of wood, it may rust easily; or steam may enter the storage box 5 and cause humidity. It is possible to prevent as much as possible the occurrence of inconveniences such as not being able to store foods that one dislikes.

Further, when the cooking utensil 3 is not in use, by bringing the steam shielding body 8 to the storage position, it does not get in the way and is convenient for use.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) However, in the conventional furniture described above, when the amount of protrusion of the steam shield 8 from the front surface of the door 6 is increased beyond a certain level, the steam shield 8 is rotated vertically upward. In order to store the door 6 in the storage position, the distance between the steam shield 8 and the lower end of the door 6 when placed horizontally must be made larger than necessary. When the steam shield 8 is brought to the door 6, the steam shield 8 is located far below the door 6, and the steam shield 8 hardly acts to avoid contact with the door 6, such as steam. The amount of protrusion mentioned above has to be small, and therefore, depending on the cooking utensil 3 and the food being cooked, the provision of the steam shield 8 may become completely meaningless. I had a problem.

In other words, if the cooking utensils or food items do not generate a large amount of steam, etc., there is no problem even if the steam shield 8 does not protrude much from the front of the door 6, but it may generate a large amount of steam, etc. If the amount of protrusion of the steam shield 8 from the front surface of the door is small, the steam etc. may rise at a position away from the front surface of the door 6 immediately after passing the front end of the steam shield 8. , after which it spreads and ends up being lifted up while directly touching the door 6. Therefore, in such a case, there is a possibility that steam etc. will not come into direct contact with the lower end of the door 6, but if only the lower end of the door 6 is prevented from coming into contact with the steam etc.,
Condensation occurs on the door portion above the bottom edge, which falls as water droplets, resulting in the same situation as if steam etc. had touched the entire surface of the door 6. Therefore, a steam shield 8 is provided to prevent steam. There is no point in holding it in place.

In this way, with conventional furniture, depending on the cooking utensils 3 used and the food being cooked, it may not be possible to effectively avoid the negative effects of steam, etc.
The same inconvenience as with the one without the provision occurred. Further, since the steam shielding body 8 is vertically rotated upward and stored, there is a problem in that an unnecessary space is created in the height direction for storage.

The present invention solves such problems with conventional furniture and provides kitchen utensil storage furniture with a cooking utensil stand that can always effectively eliminate the negative effects of steam, etc., regardless of the cooking utensils or food being cooked. It is something.

(Means for Solving the Problems) That is, the kitchen utensil storage furniture of the present invention particularly includes a steam shield that doubles as a kitchen utensil mounting stand and extends over the entire width of the door, located directly below the door of the storage box. The drawer can be freely pulled out horizontally from the front of the door.

(Function) According to this configuration, when there is a large amount of steam or smoke emitted from the cooking utensils, by increasing the amount of drawer or protrusion of the steam shield from the front of the door, the steam, etc. can be removed from the door. Even when the steam is raised far away from the door and diffused after passing through the front end of the steam shield, it will not come into direct contact with the door. In addition, if the amount of steam etc. generated is small, even if the amount of protrusion of the steam shield is reduced, that is, even if the steam etc. rises near the door, the steam etc. will not come into direct contact with the door. There is no. In this manner, by adjusting the amount of protrusion of the steam shielding body according to the amount of steam etc. generated, the adverse effects of steam etc. are always reliably eliminated, regardless of the type of cooking utensil or food being cooked.

Embodiment Next, an embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

In Fig. 1, 11 has an opening/closing door 1 on its front side.
This storage furniture body is made of a steel plate and is formed by integrating a storage box 12 equipped with a storage box 2a and a rice rack 13 equipped with a measuring mechanism for taking out a predetermined amount of rice in parallel. Note that the opening/closing door 12a is made of a wooden board.

A cooking utensil mounting stand 14 made of a wooden board is fixed to the upper surface of the storage furniture main body 11 and also serves as a top plate of the storage furniture main body 11. Further, above this mounting stand 14, a storage box 15 made of a steel plate is fixed. is installed.

This storage box 15 includes a U-shaped steel plate peripheral wall 16 having both side walls 17, 17 and a rear wall 18, upper and lower walls 19, 20 attached to the peripheral wall 16, and a box 1.
It consists of a shelf board (not shown) provided inside 5. A decorative edge body 19a made of synthetic resin is attached to the front end of the upper wall 19 along the upper edge of the door 21, and the lower wall 20 includes a floor plate 24 and a bottom plate 25. It has a double wall structure made of steel plates bent into a flat U-shape. Further, on the front side of the storage box 15, there is a door 21 in the form of a double door facing forward, which is made up of a pair of wooden door bodies 21a, 21a, which are attached to each side wall 17 via hinges (not shown) so as to be openable and closable. A handle 21b made of synthetic resin is provided at the lower end of each door body 21a.
is installed.

The lower end portion of the peripheral wall 16 is connected to a lower wall 20.
The storage box 15 is extended downward by a predetermined amount to form a support wall 16', and by fixing the lower end of the support wall 16' to the upper surface of the wall of the storage furniture main body 11, the storage box 15 is At least one or two cooking utensils 22 such as a rice cooker, a steam type microwave oven, an oven, etc. can be stored above the mounting table 14 and between the mounting table 14 and the lower wall 20 of the storage box 15. It is fixedly supported so that a storage space 23 of about 100 mL is secured. Both side portions of the support wall 16' have a double wall structure as shown in FIG. That is, as shown in FIG.
The front end portion of each side wall portion 17' is bent inward in a U-shape to form a front portion 17'a, an inner side surface portion 17'b, and a mounting portion 17'c.
Each of the engaging pieces 27a, which are provided to project forwardly and outwardly from the front end edge of each inner wall plate 27, is plunged into each engaging elongated hole 17''c formed in 7'c. The rear end portion 27b of the inner wall plate 27 is bent into an L shape.
is engaged with the rear wall portion 18' of the support wall 16' to form a double wall structure. The inner side surface 17'b of the side wall 17' and the inner wall plate 27 are flush with each other. The lower end of each of the inner wall plates 27 is in contact with the upper surface of the wall of the storage furniture main body 11, and both inner wall plates 27, 27 are closely contacted with the peripheral end surfaces of the mounting base 14 and the bottom plate 25 of the lower wall 20. is engaged with. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a large number of steam vent holes 18'a... are formed in the upper part of the rear wall 18' of the support wall 16', and the lower part of the holes 18'a... A cord insertion hole 18'b is provided. The front end of each side wall 17 of the peripheral wall 16 is also bent in a U-shape so as to be continuous with each side wall 17' of the support wall 16', and each door body 21a is attached to each bent portion. A support section is attached to which the hinge is attached. In addition, each side wall portion 17 and rear wall portion 18 of the peripheral wall 16 are provided with a space 2 of a lower wall 20 having a double structure.
A large number of through holes 17a... and 18 communicating with 0a
a... is drilled.

Directly below the door 21, there is provided a rectangular plate-shaped steam shield 28 which also serves as a kitchen utensil mounting table. The steam shield 28 is made of a steel plate, synthetic resin, etc. that has excellent heat resistance, moisture resistance, and mechanical strength, and as shown in FIGS.
The lower wall 20 of 5 has a kitchen utensil mounting position (position shown by the chain line) which is the maximum drawer position that protrudes a predetermined amount l forward from the front surface of the door 21 over its entire width, and the door 21
It is inserted and supported so as to be horizontally slidable between a storage position (position shown in solid line) where it is stored in the space 21a of the lower wall 21 without protruding from the front surface of the housing. The maximum amount l of forward protrusion of the steam shield 28 allows the steam shield 28 to be favorably cantilevered on the lower wall 20 of the storage box 15 when placed in a position where kitchen utensils can be placed, and When the steam shield 28 is brought to the storage position, its front end is connected to the door 21.
The cooking utensils 2 that are expected to be used are set as appropriate on the condition that they can be stored in the space 20a in the lower wall 20 without protruding from the front surface of the cooking utensils 2, that is, in a flush state.
When using the one that generates the largest amount of steam or smoke among 2, it is necessary that the steam shield 28 can reliably prevent steam, etc. from coming into direct contact with the front surface of the door 21. , steam avoidance body 28
It is necessary that relatively small kitchen utensils such as coffee cups and bread plates can be placed on top. It will be understood that it is possible to set the maximum protrusion amount l above such a degree, considering the width of the side wall portion 17 of the peripheral wall 16.

With the above configuration, the steam avoidance body 28
By setting an appropriate amount of protrusion from the door 21, it is possible to reliably prevent steam, etc. 30 from rising while directly touching the door 21, no matter what kind of cooking utensil 22 is used. For example, if a large amount of steam, etc. 30 is generated, the amount of protrusion of the steam shielding body 28 is increased, so that the steam, etc. 30 is not located near the lower end of the door 21, but is located far ahead of the lower end of the door 21. If you allow it to rise from
Even if the steam etc. 30 passes through the front end of the steam shielding body 28 and rises while diffusing, the door 2
There is no direct contact with 1. Further, if the amount of steam etc. 30 generated is not so large, it is sufficient to set the amount of protrusion of the steam shield 28 to the level of the conventional furniture shown in FIG. 6, for example.

In this way, by adjusting the amount of protrusion of the steam shield 28 according to the amount of steam, etc. 30 generated, it is possible to always reliably prevent the steam, etc. 30 from rising while directly touching the door 21. From, steam, etc. 3
0, the door 21 and the handles 21b, 21b will not get dirty, and the painted surfaces of the door 21, that is, the door bodies 21a, 21a will not be damaged or deformed. Furthermore, there is almost no possibility that steam or the like 30 will enter the storage box 15 through the gap 31 between the lower wall 20 and the door 21 of the storage box 15, or that condensation will occur. It is also possible to suitably store and preserve them in the storage box 15.

In addition, steam etc. 30 emitted from the cooking utensil 22
is quite high temperature, so when a large amount of steam 30 is generated, the lower wall 20 of the storage box 15 located directly above the cooking utensils 22 is heated considerably, and the kitchen utensils stored in the storage box 15 are heated. However, in the embodiment described above, such a risk is reliably prevented, especially by making the lower wall 20 have a double wall structure. That is, the lower wall 20
Although the lower surface portion is heated by the steam etc. 30, this heat is not transmitted to the upper surface portion of the lower wall 20 due to the space 20a formed by the drawer of the steam shield 2, and the heat is not transmitted to the upper surface portion of the lower wall 20. , 18a to the outside.

In addition, steam etc. 30 filled in the storage space 23
is guided by the steam shield 28 and released forward, and is also released backward from the steam vent hole 18'a in the rear wall 18' of the support wall 16'.
It is quickly escaped to the outside of the storage space 23 and the lower wall 20
It is possible to prevent condensation from forming on the bottom surface as much as possible.

Further, the steam shield 28 can be suitably used as a table for placing kitchen utensils by pulling it out to a position where the kitchen utensils can be placed or a position close to this. That is, even when the steam shield 8 in the conventional furniture mentioned at the beginning is held in a horizontal position (the state shown by the solid line in FIG. 6), kitchen utensils such as coffee cups can be placed on it. is completely impossible, but
In the furniture according to the present invention, since the steam shielding body 28 can be made to protrude significantly forward within a maximum range of 1, kitchen utensils can be placed sufficiently. Therefore, when the cooking utensil 22 is a coffee pot, toaster, etc., kitchen utensils such as a coffee cup or bread plate for storing the food should be placed on the steam shield 28 near the cooking area. However, since cooking can be carried out at the same time, it is necessary to carry the coffee cup etc. from the table to the cooking area after cooking is finished, transfer the cooked food from the cooking utensil 22 to the coffee cup etc., and then carry it back to the table. It is extremely convenient. This becomes more noticeable when it is necessary to transfer cooked food to a large number of coffee cups and the like. By the way, since the cooking utensil 22 is placed on the table 14, there is usually no space to place a coffee cup or the like. Cooking can be carried out with the utensils placed on the table 14, and the work after cooking can be carried out conveniently, as in the case where the steam shield 28 is also used as a table for placing kitchen utensils as described above. However, in such a case, there is a risk that the coffee cup or the like may become dirty due to steam or the like, or that it may acquire an unpleasant odor. In this respect, if the coffee cup is placed on the steam shield 28, the steam etc. will not come into direct contact with the coffee cup, so there will be no inconvenience such as the coffee cup getting dirty. Moreover, since the furniture in question is quite tall, it is common for short housewives to organize and store many items in the storage box 15, or to place items in the back of the storage box 15 in the front. In cases such as when taking out an object after removing it from a container, it is extremely troublesome and difficult to take the object in and out, but if the steam shield 28 is used as a mounting table in such a case, You can also put things in and take them out easily.

Of course, if the steam shield 28 is not needed, it will not be a hindrance at all by bringing it to the storage position.

Furthermore, in the embodiment, the support wall 16'
The front end of each side wall portion 17' is bent inward into a U-shape, and the inner wall plate 27 is attached to this bent portion as described above to form a double wall structure. In addition to these advantages, it also has the following advantages: That is, the support wall 16' and the like are often painted after being bent and formed, but in the case where the support wall 16' and the like are painted afterward, the inner surface portions 17'd and 17' of the front end of the side wall 17' e, 17'f is not completely painted, and the part 17' where this painting is not complete
There is a risk that d, 17'e, and 17'f may come into contact with the steam 30 and be corroded. However, in the above embodiment,
Since the portions 17'd, 17'e, and 17'f are shielded from steam etc. 30 by the inner wall plate 27, the above-mentioned risk does not occur at all. It should be noted that bending the front end of the steel plate side wall 17' inward in a U-shape is generally done in the past for reasons of strength or appearance. Since the wall plate 27 is not provided, the portion 1
The portions corresponding to 7'd, 17'e, and 17'f are often corroded by steam or the like.

(Effect of the invention) In the kitchen utensil storage furniture of the present invention, the steam shield is provided so that it can be horizontally slid back and forth, so compared to conventional furniture, the steam shield can be placed closer to the bottom edge of the door. This makes it more difficult for the diffused steam to come into contact with the door, and the storage space for the steam shield does not have to be large in the vertical direction.
No unnecessary space is created. Furthermore, since the amount of protrusion of the steam shield body can be adjusted, regardless of the amount of steam emitted from cooking utensils, it is possible to reliably prevent steam from rising while directly touching the door. A steam shield provided to eliminate the adverse effects caused by the like will not lose its significance, regardless of the cooking utensils or food items used.

Furthermore, if the steam shield is pulled forward to a certain extent, it can be used not only as a means of eliminating the harmful effects of steam, etc., but also as a stand for placing kitchen utensils such as coffee cups. It is extremely convenient for cooking or taking things in and out of high-position storage boxes, and can further enhance the significance of the steam shield.

Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide kitchen utensil storage furniture that is extremely easy to use and has extremely high commercial value.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 to 5 show an embodiment of the kitchen utensil storage furniture according to the present invention. Figure 1 is a perspective view of the entire furniture as seen from the front, and Figure 2 is a perspective view of the furniture as seen from the rear. A perspective view of the upper half, FIG. 3 is a schematic longitudinal sectional side view taken along the - line in FIG. 1, and FIG.
FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the portion shown in FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is a schematic longitudinal sectional side view showing a conventional kitchen utensil storage furniture. 11...Storage furniture body, 14...Cooking utensil mounting stand, 15...Storage box, 20...Lower wall of storage box, 2
1...Door, 22...Cooking utensils, 23...Storage space, 28...Steam shield that doubles as a table for kitchen utensils.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A cooking utensil mounting stand is provided on the upper part of the storage furniture body, and a storage box with a door that can be opened and closed at the front part is arranged above the mounting stand, across a storage space in which the cooking utensils can be stored. In the kitchen utensil storage furniture with a cooking utensil mounting stand, a steam shield that also serves as a kitchen utensil mounting stand is placed directly below the door of the storage box and extends horizontally forward from the front of the door, spanning the entire width of the door. Kitchen utensil storage furniture with a cooking utensil mounting stand, which is characterized by being freely installed.