JP6000913B2 - Cooking equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a cooking device for cooking a heated object.

  A cooking device called a griddle, a charcoal grill, a griller, or the like includes a cooking unit having a uniform cooking surface for cooking a heated object at the top of the device body. The cooking surface in the heating cooking unit is configured by an iron plate or a net on which an object to be heated is placed according to the cooking method, and a heat source unit such as a gas burner or a heater is disposed below the cooking unit ( For example, see Patent Document 1).

JP-A-8-206033

  The above-described cooking device has a usage situation in which a cooking surface such as an iron plate is kept at a high temperature before starting cooking. In particular, when it is used for business purposes in a kitchen such as a restaurant, it takes too much time from order to food to be provided if the cooking surface is heated after the order is placed. During cooking hours, the cooking surface is always kept at a high temperature so that cooking can be started immediately when spills.

  For this reason, the cooking surface is often kept at a high temperature for a relatively long time, and there is a problem that the working environment of the cook is deteriorated by radiant heat from the cooking surface. In addition, in order to improve such a work environment, the room temperature in the kitchen is lowered by air conditioning, and an increase in energy consumption due to a large air conditioning load is a problem.

  This invention makes it an example of a subject to cope with such a problem. In other words, the spread of radiant heat from the cooking surface is suppressed without deteriorating the usability during cooking, thereby improving the comfort of the cook's work environment and reducing the amount of energy used by reducing the air conditioning load It is the object of the present invention.

  In order to achieve such an object, the cooking device according to the present invention has at least the following configuration. In the following description, “front” or “front” refers to the side where the cook stands and cooks with respect to the cooking device, and “rear” or “rear” refers to the cooking device. The side opposite the side where the cook stands and cooks. “Left and right” refers to the left and right as viewed from the cook standing on the front side of the cooking device.

An apparatus main body provided with a cooking unit having a uniform cooking surface at the top, a heat source unit for heating the cooking unit below the cooking unit, and a top plate on the front side of the cooking unit; And a pair of heat shields that are supported by the device main body and that can be opened and closed at a heat shielding position that shields the front side of the cooking unit and an open position that opens the front side of the cooking unit, respectively. The heat shield is configured to open and close between the heat shield position and the open position on a moving path that avoids the storage space on the top plate portion in a state where the cooking surface is always open. Cooking equipment.

  According to the cooking device having such characteristics, the heat shield is moved to the open position during cooking using the cooking portion, and the heat shield is moved to the heat shielding position when the heating cooking portion is kept warm. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the radiant heat from diffusing from the cooking surface of the cooking section without deteriorating the usability during cooking. Thereby, the comfort of the cooker's work environment can be improved, and the amount of energy used can be reduced by reducing the air conditioning load.

  In addition, the pair of heat shields open and close between the heat shield position and the open position in a movement route that avoids the space on the top plate portion storage space provided on the front side of the cooking portion. Even in the state where a seasoning or the like is placed in the space, the heat shield can be opened and closed without being affected thereby, and good usability of the cooking portion can be ensured.

It is explanatory drawing which showed the heating cooking appliance which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention ((a) is the whole structure, (b) has shown the support structure of a heat shield and a side wall part). It is explanatory drawing which showed the opening-and-closing movement of the heat shield in the heating cooking appliance which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed the opening-and-closing movement of the heat shield in the heating cooking appliance which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed the opening-and-closing movement of the heat shield in the heating cooking appliance which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed the heating cooking appliance which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed the means for partitioning the storage space where the opening / closing movement of a heat shield does not interfere. It is explanatory drawing which showed the specific structural example of the heat shield.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a cooking device according to an embodiment of the present invention ((a) shows the entire configuration, and (b) shows a support structure for a heat shield and a side wall). The cooking device 1 includes a device body 10. The apparatus main body 10 includes a heating cooking unit 11 having a uniform cooking surface 11A formed of an iron plate, a net, or the like, and a heat source unit (not shown) for heating the heating cooking unit 11 below the heating cooking unit 11. The heat source unit includes a gas burner, a heater, a solid fuel mounting unit such as charcoal, and the like. Moreover, the apparatus main body 10 is provided with a top plate portion 12 on the front side of the cooking portion 11 and an exhaust portion 13 on the rear side of the cooking portion 11. The exhaust unit 13 is provided as necessary to exhaust the combustion exhaust of the heat source unit disposed in the apparatus main body 10 and the heated air to the outside.

  The cooking device 1 includes side wall portions 14 (14L, 14R) arranged on the left and right sides of the cooking portion 11 in the device main body 10, and is supported by the front end portion of the side wall portion 14, respectively. A pair of heat shields 20 (20L, 20R) that can be opened and closed are provided at a heat shield position that shields the front side and an open position that opens the front side of the cooking unit 11. Here, the heat shield position of the heat shield 20 is the front side of the cooking portion 11 and the rear position of the top plate portion 12. The opening position of the heat shield 20 is a position along the side wall portion 14 in front of the side wall portion 14. Each of the heat shields 20 (20L, 20R) is provided with a handle 21 for opening and closing the heat shield 20.

  The side wall portions 14 </ b> L and 14 </ b> R are extended forward and backward at a predetermined height on the left and right sides of the cooking portion 11. In the illustrated example, the side and rear of the cooking unit 11 are surrounded by left and right side walls 14L and 14R and an inner wall 13A of the exhaust unit 13, and a pair of heat shields 20 (20L, 20R) is extended to the left and right, and thereby the front side of the cooking section 11 is surrounded. The cooking device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention thus surrounds the cooking portion 11 from the cooking portion 11 by surrounding the cooking portion 11 with the heat shield 20 (20L, 20R) and the side wall portion 14 (14L, 14R). It is possible to effectively prevent the radiant heat from diffusing around.

  In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the heat shield 20 (20L, 20R) is supported by the front end portion of the side wall portion 14 (14L, 14R) via the support portion 22. The support portion 22 supports the upper corner portion of the heat shield 20 formed in a rectangular shape in the same manner as the upper corner portion of the side wall portion 14 formed in a rectangular shape, and is connected to the side wall portion 14. A first connecting shaft 20A and a second connecting shaft 20B connected to the heat shield 20 are provided, and an end of the first connecting shaft 20A is fixed to a sphere housing housing 20D that rotatably houses the sphere 20C, and a second The end of the connecting shaft 20B is fixed to the sphere 20C. The spherical housing 20D is provided with a guide groove 20D1 that is refracted so as to be orthogonal, and the guide groove 20D1 restricts the movement path of the second connecting shaft 20B. According to this support portion 22, with respect to the first connecting shaft 20A arranged in the front-rear direction, the second connecting shaft 20B is directed along the guide groove 20D1 from the left-right direction to the front-rear direction via the up-down direction. It can be moved and can rotate about its own axis.

  The pair of heat shields 20 supported by the front end portion of the side wall portion 14 through the support portion 22 opens the heat shield position that shields the front side of the cooking portion 11 and the front side of the cooking portion 11. The opening position can be freely opened and closed, and can be opened and closed between the heat shielding position and the opening position described above by a moving path that avoids the storage space 12S on the top plate portion 12.

  2-4 is explanatory drawing which showed the opening-and-closing movement of the heat shield in the heating cooking appliance which concerns on embodiment of this invention (The same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the description location mentioned above, and duplication description is abbreviate | omitted). ). 2 is a front view of the cooking device, FIG. 3 is a plan view of the cooking device, FIG. 4A is a side view of the cooking device, and FIG. 2B is a plan view of the cooking device.

  In order to move the pair of heat shields 20 (20L, 20R) in the heat shield position to the open position as shown by the solid line in FIG. 2, first, the heat shield 20 (20L, 20R) shown in the solid line in FIG. ) Is rotated by 90 ° around the longitudinal axis of the support portion 22 as indicated by the arrows in FIG. 2 and moved to the state indicated by the one-dot broken line in FIG. 2 (the state indicated by the solid line in FIG. 3). Next, the heat shield 20 (20L, 20R) in the state shown by the solid line in FIG. 3 is rotated by 90 ° about the vertical axis of the support portion 22 as shown by the arrows in FIG. It moves to the state shown by the broken line (shown by the one-dot broken line in FIG. 4A). Further, the heat shield 20 in the state shown by the one-dot broken line in FIG. 4 is rotated by 90 ° about the left and right axis of the support portion 22 as shown by the arrows in FIG. Move to the state (open position) indicated by the solid line in b). Further, the heat shield 20 (20L, 20R) in the open position can be returned to the heat shield position by following a movement path opposite to the movement path of the procedure described above.

  According to the cooking device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the heat shielding position of the pair of heat shields 20 (20L, 20R) is the front side of the cooking portion 11 and the back of the top plate portion 12. The opening position of the heat shield 20 is a position along the side wall 14 in front of the side wall 14, but when the heat shield 20 is opened and closed between the heat shield position and the open position. The heat shield 20 can be moved while avoiding the storage space on the top plate 12. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the pair of heat shields 20 (20L, 20R) is opened / closed using the space above the upper edge of the side wall portion 14 as a movement path. According to this, in the state which put the seasoning etc. on the storage space 12S of the top-plate part 12, the heat shield 20 can be opened and closed without interfering with this seasoning etc. at all.

  FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a cooking device according to another embodiment of the present invention (the same parts as those in the above-described embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted). FIG. 5 (a) shows the heat shield 20 (20L, 20R) in the heat shield position and its opening / closing movement path, and FIG. 5 (b) shows the heat shield 20 (20L, 20R) in the open position. Show. Similarly to the embodiment described above, the cooking device 1 according to this embodiment is also a pair of heat-opening positions that shield the front side of the cooking unit 11 and the open position that opens the front side of the cooking unit 11. The heat shield 20 (20L, 20R) is provided, and the heat shield position of the heat shield 20 is the front side of the heating cooking unit 11 and the rear position of the top plate 12, and the heat shield 20 The open position is a position along the side wall portion 14 in front of the side wall portion 14. Each of the heat shields 20 (20L, 20R) is provided with a handle 21 for opening and closing the heat shield 20. The handle 21 is provided at the outer end of the heat shield 20 at the heat shield position, and the handle 21 is moved forward to move from the heat shield position to the open position.

  In the cooking device 1 according to this embodiment, the heat shield 20 (20L, 20R) is supported on the front end portions of the side wall portions 14 (14L, 14R) via the support portions 122, respectively. The support portion 122 includes a link 122C, one end side of the link 122C is pivotally supported by a support shaft 122A at the front end portion of the side wall portion 14, and the other end side of the link 122C is a support shaft at a left and right intermediate position of the heat shield 20. It is pivotally supported by 122B. The support shafts 122A and 122B are both shafts extending in the vertical direction, and the link 122C is pivotally supported by a support shaft 122A that is fixed to the side wall portion 14 on the plan view, and the other end is swung around the support shaft 122A. The heat shield 20 is rotatable about the support shaft 122B on the other end side that is swingable.

  The pair of heat shields 20 supported by the front end portion of the side wall portion 14 through the support portion 122 is heated and shielded from the heat shielding position that shields the front side of the cooking portion 11 as in the above-described embodiment. It can be opened and closed to an open position that opens the front side of the cooking unit 11, and is opened and closed between the heat shield position and the open position described above by a movement path that avoids the storage space 12 </ b> S on the top plate 12. Can do.

  In this embodiment, as shown by the broken lines in FIG. 5A, the pair of heat shields 20 (20L, 20R) uses a part of the top plate 12 as a moving path, but the top plate The space outside the storage space 12S partially formed at the center position of the portion 12 is opened and closed as a movement path. Thus, as in the above-described embodiment, the heat shield 20 can be opened and closed without any interference with the seasoning or the like in a state where the seasoning or the like is placed on the storage space 12S of the top plate 12. .

  At this time, in this embodiment, the storage space 12S becomes a limited space on the top plate portion 12, and therefore, when an object is placed outside the storage space 12S on the top plate portion 12, the heat shield 20 It is possible that the opening / closing movement may interfere with an object placed on the top 12. In order to avoid this, it is preferable that the storage space 12S that does not interfere with the opening / closing movement of the heat shield 20 on the top plate 12 is clearly defined.

  FIG. 6 shows a means for partitioning the storage space 12S where the opening / closing movement of the heat shield 20 does not interfere. The means shown in FIG. 6A prepares a receiving tray 30 that divides a space corresponding to the storage space 12S, and places the receiving tray 30 on the storage space 12S specified on the top plate portion 12. is there. According to this, interference with the opening / closing movement of the heat shield 20 can be effectively avoided by placing an object in the tray 30. Moreover, it becomes convenient for carrying a seasoning etc. by moving the saucer 30 as it is. The means shown in FIG. 6B divides this space by forming a recess in the storage space 12S that does not interfere with the opening / closing movement of the heat shield 20 on the top plate 12. Also by this, by placing an object in the recess, interference with the opening / closing movement of the heat shield 20 can be effectively avoided.

  FIG. 7 shows a specific configuration example of the heat shield. The heat shield 20 shown in FIG. 7A includes an air heat insulating layer 20S inside. By providing such an air heat insulation layer 20S inside, it becomes possible to effectively block the diffusion of radiant heat from the cooking portion 11. In the illustrated example, the space of the air heat insulating layer 20S communicates with a lower opening 20S1 that opens forward of the heat shield 20 and an upper opening 20S2 that opens upward. As a result, when the heat shield 20 is heated, an airflow that flows from the lower opening 20S1 into the air heat insulating layer 20S and flows upward from the upper opening 20S2 is formed. The heat insulation effect of the air insulation layer 20S can be further enhanced.

  As shown in FIG. 7B, the heat shield 20 has the above-described air heat insulating layer 20S openable. The heat shield 20 is provided with a lid member 20P so as to be removable in order to open the air heat insulating layer 20S. By making the air heat insulating layer 20S freely openable, when the air heat insulating layer 20S having an opening becomes dirty, the lid member 20P can be removed and easily cleaned.

  As described above, when the cooking device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention keeps the heating cooking unit 11 at a high temperature, the heat shield 20 is disposed at the heat shielding position, and the heating cooking unit 11 It is possible to prevent the radiant heat from diffusing around. As a result, it is possible to prevent the cook from being exposed directly to the radiant heat of the cooking section 11 to deteriorate the work environment of the cook. In addition, by improving the work environment in this way, it is possible to avoid excessive air conditioning in the kitchen, so that energy consumption used for air conditioning can be reduced.

  Moreover, since the heat cooking appliance 1 can open and close the heat shield 20 to an open position with the handle 21 when cooking using the heat cooking part 11, the usability of the heat cooking part 11 is improved. It can be ensured satisfactorily. In addition, when the top plate 12 in front of the cooking unit 11 is used as a storage space for seasonings or the like, the heat shield 20 is opened and closed without affecting the objects placed in the storage space 12S on the top plate 12. Since it can be moved, good usability can be ensured also in this respect.

  In the embodiment described above, the side wall 14 (14L, 14R) is provided on the device main body 10, but the side wall 14 may be omitted and a support such as a support may be provided on the device main body 10.

  As described above, the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to these embodiments, and the design can be changed without departing from the scope of the present invention. Is included in the present invention. In addition, the above-described embodiments can be combined by utilizing each other's technology as long as there is no particular contradiction or problem in the purpose and configuration.

1: cooking device, 10: device body, 11: cooking unit, 11A: cooking surface,
12: Top plate part, 12S: Storage space,
13: exhaust part, 14 (14L, 14R): side wall part,
20 (20L, 20R): heat shield, 20P: lid member,
20S: air insulation layer, 20S1: lower opening, 20S2: upper opening,
21: Handle, 22, 122: Support part,
30: saucer

Claims (7)

An apparatus main body provided with a cooking unit having a uniform cooking surface at the top, a heat source unit for heating the cooking unit below the cooking unit, and a top plate on the front side of the cooking unit; ,
Each of which is supported by the device main body, and includes a heat shield position that shields the front side of the heating cooking unit and a pair of heat shields that are openable and closable in an open position that opens the front side of the heating cooking unit,
The pair of heat shields open and close between the heat shield position and the open position on a moving path that avoids the storage space on the top plate part with the cooking surface being always open. Heating cooking equipment. Deploy side walls on both the left and right sides of the cooking unit in the device body,
The cooking device according to claim 1, wherein the pair of heat shields are respectively supported on front end portions of the side wall portions. The cooking device according to claim 2, wherein the open position is a position along the side wall portion in front of the side wall portion. The cooking apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the pair of heat shields open and close using a space above the upper edge of the side wall portion as a movement path. The pair of heat shields are opened and closed using a space outside the storage space partially formed at a central position of the top plate portion as a moving path. The cooking apparatus according to claim 1. The cooking device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the pair of heat shields includes an air heat insulating layer therein. The cooking device according to claim 6, wherein the pair of heat shields are detachably provided with a lid member that opens the air insulation layer.

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