JPH0134046B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a toaster for use in general households.

Structure of conventional example and its problems In this type of conventional toaster, as shown in FIG. 3, and a lift lever 4 is rotatably attached with a stud 5.

However, this configuration has a complicated structure, and since the lift plate 2 is designed to hold the bread tray 3, the lift plate 2 itself needs to be large and strong.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves these conventional problems and aims to provide a toaster having a compact and simplified bread tray and lifting plate.

Structure of the Invention In order to achieve the above object, the toaster of the present invention has a bread holder which is formed by bending a wire to form a U-shaped portion and which moves up and down in a roasting chamber, and a U-shaped portion of the bread holder. , an elevating plate rotatably provided to rotate in the same direction as the vertical movement of the bread tray; a hook that engages and holds the elevating plate when the elevating plate is pushed down to the bread roasting position; It is equipped with a lifting spring that constantly urges the lifting plate upwards. With this configuration, the shape and structure of the bread holder and lifting plate can be simplified, so conventional metal fittings such as rivets can also be used. This eliminates the need for a device that is extremely reasonable in terms of cost, and also provides reliable and robust operation. Moreover, even if you want to take out the bread during roasting, the U-shaped part of the bread holder is equipped with an elevating plate that rotates in the same direction as the bread holder moves up and down. By rotating upward, the lifting plate and the hook can be easily disengaged, and the bread holder can be raised by the biasing force of the lifting spring, making it easy to take out the bread. It is possible.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In FIGS. 2 to 8, 11 is a top plate formed into an inverted L shape and equipped with a bread inlet that opens from the top surface to a part of the side surface, and 12 is one side of the top plate 11 in the longitudinal direction. 13 is a handle attached below the top plate 11; 14 is a cover that is provided on the side of the top plate 11, and forms an outer casing together with the top plate 11; 14 is a handle attached to the bottom of the top plate 11; It is a side plate. 15 is a bread tray that moves up and down in the roasting chamber.

The opening of the top plate 11 has an end bent to form a support plate 17 on which the rotating part 16 of the bread holder 15 is rotatably attached. Reference numeral 18 denotes a U-shaped portion formed integrally by bending the tip of the bread holder 15. A lifting plate 19 is attached to this U-shaped portion 18 so as to rotate in the same direction as the vertical movement of the bread holder 15. It is freely penetrated and supported, and is sandwiched between the elevating lever 20 and the elevating plate 19. Further, this elevating plate 19 has a locking opening 19a that engages with a hook to be described later, and the elevating lever 20
operated through. At this time, the lift lever 20 is always urged upward by the lift spring 21.
Bread baking is performed by interlocking a switch provided below the lift lever 20 with a hook 22 which also has the function of electrically opening and closing the switch. 23 is a roasting color adjustment knob, 24 is a back cover attached below the side plate 14 so as to be openable and closable, 25 is a heater provided in the roasting chamber, and 26 is a heater guard.

In the above configuration, when roasting bread, first, the degree of baking of the bread is set using the browning color adjustment knob 23. Then, when bread is placed on the bread tray 15 and the elevator lever 20 is pushed down, the heater 25 is energized, and the elevator lever 20 is moved between the hook 22 and the elevator plate 19.
The bread is held in the roasting position by the engagement of the locking opening 19a. When the bread is baked to the degree set by the browning adjustment knob 23, the hook 22 is attracted by the electromagnet and the locking opening 19a of the lifting plate 19 is closed.
Since the engagement with the bread holder 15 is disengaged from the lifting spring 2
The heater 25 rotates upward due to the spring force of the heater 25.
Power is cut off.

Even if the bread holder 15 is locked and fixed to the hook 22 by the lifting plate 19, by rotating the lifting plate 19 with the knob 27 via the lifting lever 20, a gap G is generated and the lifting plate 1
9 and the hook 22 can be disengaged. Therefore, even in the middle of roasting bread, the bread tray 15 can be immediately rotated and raised by operating the knob 27. In addition, the lifting plate 19 is
It is clamped and rotatably mounted on the U-shaped portion 18 by a lifting lever 20, and is biased in one direction by a lifting spring 21, so that the lifting plate 19 can be moved in parallel even when the bread holder 15 rotates. At the same time, the configuration of the entire elevating plate device can be simplified, and the assembly can be greatly simplified.

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the description of the above embodiments, the toaster of the present invention bends a wire to form a U-shaped portion,
and a bread holder that moves up and down in the roasting chamber, an elevating plate rotatably provided on the U-shaped part of the bread holder so as to rotate in the same direction as the up and down movement of the bread holder, and this elevating plate. It is equipped with a hook that engages and holds the elevating plate when pushed down to the bread roasting position, and an elevating spring that constantly urges the elevating plate upward. and the shape of the elevating plate,
Since the structure is simplified, there is no need for conventional metal fittings such as rivets, resulting in a very reasonable cost, as well as reliable and robust operation.

Moreover, even if you want to take out the bread during roasting, the U-shaped part of the bread holder is equipped with an elevating plate that rotates in the same direction as the bread holder moves up and down. By rotating upward, the lifting plate and the hook can be easily disengaged, and the bread holder can be raised by the biasing force of the lifting spring, making it easy to take out the bread. It is possible.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a sectional view of a conventional toaster, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a toaster showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the toaster, and Fig. 4 is a side view of the roasting chamber of the toaster. A perspective view, FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the cover side of the toaster, FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the lift lever device of the toaster, FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective view of the main parts of the toaster, and FIG. 8 is a side view of the toaster. , FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the elevating lever device. 15... Bread holder, 18... U-shaped part, 19...
Elevating plate, 21... Elevating spring, 22... Hook.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A wire is bent to form a U-shaped part, and a bread holder that moves up and down in the roasting chamber, and the U-shaped part of this bread holder is made so that it rotates in the same direction as the up and down movement of the bread holder. The device includes a rotatable lifting plate, a hook that engages and holds the lifting plate when the lifting plate is pushed down to a bread roasting position, and a lifting spring that constantly urges the lifting plate upward. Toaster.