JP2014030647A - Kitchen apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a kitchen apparatus that allows a plate having a simplified configuration to be used in the kitchen apparatus capable of being selectively installed with the plate in a forward/backward direction or in a longitudinal direction.SOLUTION: A kitchen apparatus comprises: a counter 2; a sink 21; plate placing surfaces 221 provided along the whole circumference of an opening peripheral portion of the sink 21; erected surface portions 222 upwardly erected from outer edges of the plate placing surfaces 221; and a plate 6 that is disposed between the erected surface portions 222 opposite to each other and is installed on the plate placing surfaces 221 opposite to each other. In the erected surface portions 222, a distance L1 between the erected surface portions 222 opposite to each other in a forward/backward direction is substantially the same as a distance L2 therebetween opposite to each other in a longitudinal direction.

Description

  The present invention relates to a kitchen apparatus.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a conventional kitchen device. The kitchen apparatus described in Patent Document 1 includes a top plate, a water tank provided on the top plate, and a flange portion provided at an opening peripheral edge of the water tank. A plate body is detachably mounted between the opposing flange portions.

  In the water tank described in Patent Document 1, the length in the depth (front-rear direction) and the length in the width direction (left-right direction) are different from each other. The plate body can be expanded and contracted according to the lengths in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction. Thereby, the user can freely select whether the plate body is installed in the front-rear direction of the water tank or in the left-right direction of the water tank.

JP 2001-164627 A

  Incidentally, the plate body described in Patent Document 1 has a structure that expands and contracts in the longitudinal direction. For this reason, this plate body has a complicated structure and may increase the cost. In addition, a plate body having a complicated structure has a problem that it is difficult to remove mold, slime, and the like adhering to an intricate portion, resulting in poor careability.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to use a plate having a simple structure in a kitchen apparatus that can selectively mount a plate in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction. It is in providing the kitchen apparatus which can do.

  The kitchen apparatus of the present invention includes a counter, a sink provided in the counter, a plate placement surface provided over the entire periphery of the opening peripheral edge of the sink and positioned below the upper surface of the counter, The plate mounting surface is erected upward from the outer edge of the plate mounting surface and the upper end of the plate mounting surface is continuous with the counter. The plate mounting surface is detachably installed between the plate mounting surfaces. And a distance between the front-rear facing and the distance between the left-right facing are substantially the same length.

  Further, in this kitchen apparatus, a cabinet is provided below the counter, and the front wall of the cabinet is provided so that a rear surface thereof is closely opposed to an outer surface of the side wall on the front side of the sink, and is positioned on the front side. It is preferable that the plate mounting surface to be provided is provided at a position overlapping the front wall in a plan view.

  According to the kitchen apparatus of the present invention, a plate can be selectively installed in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction using a plate having a simple structure.

It is a principal part horizontal sectional view of the kitchen apparatus of this embodiment. It is a perspective view of the kitchen apparatus of this embodiment. It is a perspective view of the state which removed the plate of the kitchen apparatus of this embodiment. It is a horizontal sectional view of the kitchen apparatus of this embodiment. It is a principal part perspective view around the sink of the kitchen apparatus of this embodiment. It is principal part side sectional drawing around the sink of the kitchen apparatus of this embodiment. It is principal part side sectional drawing around the sink of the kitchen apparatus of another example.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  The kitchen apparatus of this embodiment is a face-to-face system kitchen. As shown in FIG. 2, the kitchen apparatus includes a cooking table 1 and a back guard unit 4.

  In the present embodiment, the direction from the cooking table 1 toward the user who performs the cooking operation is defined as the forward direction (forward). The direction from the user toward the cooking table 1 is defined as the backward direction (backward).

  The cooking table 1 has a length in the left-right direction and a width in the front-rear direction, and thus has a rectangular shape in plan view. The cooking table 1 has a box shape having a longitudinal direction in the left-right direction. The cooking table 1 includes a counter 2 and a cabinet 3. The counter 2 is provided at the upper end of the cabinet 3 and constitutes the upper surface of the cooking table 1.

  The counter 2 is provided with a sink 21 and a cooking unit 22. The sink 21 is integrally formed at the first end (left side in front view) of the counter 2 in the left-right direction. The sink 21 is recessed downward from the upper surface of the counter 2. The sink 21 has a bottomed box shape that opens upward. A plate support portion 22 is formed at the opening peripheral edge portion of the sink 21. The plate 6 is detachably installed on the plate support 22. The plate support portion 22 includes a plate placement surface 221 and an elevation surface portion 222. The plate support portion 22 has an L-shaped cross section because the plate placement surface 221 and the elevation surface portion 222 are continuous.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the plate mounting surface 221 is provided over the entire circumference of the opening peripheral edge of the sink 21. The plate mounting surface 221 faces upward. The plate placement surface 221 is located below the upper surface of the counter 2. The inner edge of the plate mounting surface 221 is continuous with the upper end of the inner surface of the sink 21.

  The upright portion 222 extends upward from the outer edge of the plate mounting surface 221. In other words, the upright portion 222 is erected upward from the outer edge of the plate mounting surface 221. The upper end of the upright portion 222 is continuous with the upper surface of the counter 2. The upright part 222 is provided over the entire periphery of the opening peripheral part of the sink 21. The upright portion 222 is configured by a vertical surface and faces the inside of the sink 21. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the upright portion 222 is formed such that the distance L1 between the front and rear facings and the distance L2 between the left and right facings have substantially the same length. In other words, the upright portion 222 is formed in a substantially square frame shape in plan view.

  The plate 6 is constituted by a plate-like body having a substantially rectangular shape in plan view, and a plurality of drain holes 61 are formed therein. The plate 6 is disposed between the facing elevation portions 222. For example, the plates 6 are arranged so as to span the plate placement surfaces 221 that are separated in the front-rear direction. Moreover, the plate 6 is arrange | positioned so that it may span over the plate mounting surfaces 221 spaced apart in the left-right direction, for example. In other words, the plate 6 is disposed between the opposing vertical surfaces 222 and is detachably installed between the plate mounting surfaces 221.

  When the plate 6 is installed on the plate mounting surface 221, the side end surface of the plate 6 is in contact with or close to the upright portion 222. The thickness of the plate 6 is formed to be approximately the same as the vertical length of the upright portion 222. As a result, the plate 6 placed on the plate placement surface 221 is substantially flush with the upper surface of the counter 2. In addition, the length of the longitudinal direction of the plate 6 is formed longer than the distance between the inner edges of the plate mounting surface 221 which opposes.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the cooking unit 22 includes a work table 23 and a cooking device 24. The cooking table 1 is provided with a sink 21, a work table 23, and a cooking device 24 in this order from the left side to the right side when viewed from the front. The sink 21, the work table 23, and the cooking device 24 are arranged so as to be aligned in the longitudinal direction of the cooking table 1.

  The cooking appliance 24 is installed at the second end (right side of the front view) of the counter 2. The second end is located on the opposite side to the first end. The cooking appliance 24 includes a plurality of heating units 241. Each heating unit 241 is arranged in a straight line along the longitudinal direction of the cooking table 1. The cooking device 24 is, for example, a built-in type electromagnetic heating cooker. The cooking device may be a gas cooking device instead of an electromagnetic cooking device. Moreover, as a heating cooker, a table stove may be used instead of the built-in cooker.

  The work table 23 is disposed between the sink 21 and the cooking appliance 24. The work table 23 is configured by a flat horizontal surface. The work table 23 is used as a work space for cutting a vegetable or the like on which a cutting board is placed. Note that the work table 23 may not be disposed between the sink 21 and the cooking appliance 24, and may be disposed in front of the cooking appliance 24 or the sink 21, for example.

  The cabinet 3 is provided below the counter 2. The cabinet 3 includes a front wall 31, a left side wall 32, a right side wall 33, and a rear wall 34 (FIG. 6). Further, the cabinet 3 has a plurality of storage portions 35. The storage unit 35 is provided below the counter 2. In the cooking table 1, as a plurality of storage units 35, a storage unit 35 having a door 351 that can be opened and closed, and a storage unit 35 formed by a drawer unit 352 that can be pulled out are provided.

  The front wall 31 includes a fixed plate 36, a door 351 of the storage unit 35, and a front plate of the drawer unit 352. The fixed plate 36 is a front wall 31 fixed to the counter 2, unlike the door 351 of the storage unit 35 and the front plate of the drawer unit 352. The front wall 31 is formed by juxtaposing them on the same plane so that the front surfaces of the fixed plate 36, the door 351 of the storage unit 35, and the front plate of the drawer portion 352 are flush with each other.

  The counter 2 has the front wall arrangement | positioning part 25 as FIG. 6 shows. The front wall arrangement portion 25 is provided at the front end portion of the counter 2 over the entire length in the longitudinal direction of the counter 2. The front wall arrangement portion 25 includes a lateral surface portion 251 that extends rearward from the front end surface of the counter 2. The front wall placement portion 25 is formed in a substantially inverted L shape by connecting the lateral surface portion 251 and the outer surface of the side wall on the front side of the sink 21 at a location corresponding to the sink 21.

  An upper end portion of the front wall 31 is disposed in the front wall placement portion 25. At this time, the front wall 31 and the counter 2 may be fixed to each other or may not be fixed. For example, when the front wall 31 disposed in the front wall placement portion 25 is the fixed plate 36, the counter 2 and the front wall 31 are fixed to each other. Moreover, when the front wall 31 arrange | positioned at the front wall arrangement | positioning part 25 is the front board of the door 351 of the accommodating part 35, or the drawer | drawing-out part 352, the closed front wall 31 and the counter 2 are not mutually fixed.

  If the upper end part of the front wall 31 is arrange | positioned at the front wall arrangement | positioning part 25, the horizontal surface part 251 and the front wall 31 will contact | abut or adjoin closely. At this time, the rear surface of the front wall 31 at a location corresponding to the sink 21 is in close proximity to the outer surface of the side wall on the front side of the sink 21. The plate placement surface 221 (front placement surface 223) located on the front side of the four sides is disposed at a position overlapping the front wall 31 in plan view. Further, the front surface of the front wall 31 is substantially flush with the front end surface of the counter 2.

  Thus, by arranging the front placement surface 223 in a position overlapping the front wall 31 in plan view, the front edge of the front placement surface 223 can be brought as close as possible to the front end of the counter 2. Thereby, since the opening peripheral part of the sink 21 can be taken widely, the sink 21 can be shown widely on appearance.

  At this time, the distance between the outer surface of the side wall on the front side of the sink 21 and the front end surface of the counter 2 needs to be at least as long as the thickness of the front wall 31. For this reason, only the plate placement surface 221 (front placement surface 223) located on the front side of the four sides is formed wider than the other plate placement surfaces 221.

  As another example of this part, as shown in FIG. 7, the front mounting surface 223 has the same width as the other plate mounting surface 221, and the rear side edge of the front mounting surface 223 increases toward the rear. You may provide the inclination part 26 inclined so that it may be located below. In addition, an inner surface on the front side of the sink 21 is continuous with a tip on the rear side of the inclined portion 26. Thereby, the sink 21 can be shown more widely in appearance. In addition, according to the kitchen apparatus of another example, when water droplets adhere to the front placement surface 223, the water droplets can be poured into the sink 21.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the back guard unit 4 partitions the work space above the work table 1 and the space behind the kitchen device. The back guard part 4 protrudes upward from the rear end of the cooking table 1. The back guard part 4 is provided over substantially the entire length in the longitudinal direction of the cooking table 1.

  The back guard portion 4 has an upper end portion 41 and a recess 43. The upper end portion 41 is a portion having a predetermined width from the upper end of the back guard portion 4 downward. A mounting surface 42 is formed on the upper surface of the upper end portion 41. The mounting surface 42 is configured by a horizontal surface having a predetermined width in the front-rear direction. For example, a placement object such as a cup or teacup is placed on the placement surface 42. The mounting surface 42 is provided over substantially the entire length of the back guard portion 4 in the longitudinal direction.

  The recess 43 is provided at a location corresponding to the sink 21. Further, the recess 43 is recessed from the front surface of the back guard portion 4 toward the rear. The recess 43 is provided below the upper end portion 41. In other words, the recess 43 is recessed from the front surface of the back guard portion 4 toward the rear, leaving the upper end portion 41 at a location corresponding to the sink 21.

  The recess 43 includes an upper bottom surface portion 44 positioned above, a back surface portion 45 positioned rearward, a left inner side surface portion 46 positioned on the left side when viewed from the front, and a right inner side surface portion 47 positioned on the right side when viewed from the front. ing. As shown in FIG. 5, the upper bottom surface portion 44 is inclined so as to be positioned downward as it goes rearward. The rear surface portion 45 is continuous with the rear end of the upper bottom surface portion 44. The back surface portion 45 is disposed, for example, about 70 mm behind from the front surface of the back guard portion 4. The back surface portion 45 and the inner surface on the rear side of the sink 21 are continuous via the plate support portion 22. Further, the rear inner surface of the sink 21 is located behind the front surface of the back guard portion 4. Thereby, the sink 21 is provided so as to enter the recess 43.

  Note that the rear surface portion 22 of the sink 21 is constituted by a back surface portion 45.

  The length of the recess 43 in the left-right direction is longer than the length of the sink 21 in the left-right direction. Further, the left inner side surface portion 46 of the recess 43 is continuous to the left inner surface of the sink 21 via the plate support portion 22, that is, is disposed at substantially the same position as the left inner surface of the sink 21. . Therefore, the recess 43 is formed over the portion corresponding to the sink 21 and the half of the work table 23. The location corresponding to the half of the work table 23 in the recess 43 is used as an accessory placement space.

  A water faucet 5 is provided on the upper bottom surface 44 of the recess 43. The faucet 5 has a spout 51. A discharge port 511 is formed at the protruding tip of the spout 51. The spout 51 is rotatable in the left-right direction. When the spout 51 is rotated along the front surface of the back guard portion 4, the spout 51 is accommodated in the recess 43. That is, the spout 51 does not protrude from the front surface of the back guard part 4 by rotating in the left-right direction.

  The faucet 5 has an operation portion 52 provided so as to be aligned with the spout 51. The operation unit 52 is provided to operate discharge / stop of hot water from the spout 51. Further, the faucet 5 has a hot and cold mixing part 53. A water supply pipe 54 is connected to the hot water / mixing section 53. The water supply pipe 54 includes a water supply pipe 541 for water and a hot water supply pipe 542 for hot water. The hot and cold mixing unit 53 changes the mixing ratio of hot and cold water by operating the operation unit 52, thereby adjusting the temperature of hot water discharged from the spout 51. The hot and cold mixing unit 53 is housed and disposed within the thickness of the back guard unit 4.

  The upstream end of the water supply pipe 541 is connected to a water supply source (not shown). The water supply source is, for example, a water pipe. Moreover, the upstream end of the hot water supply pipe 542 is connected to a hot water supply device (not shown). The downstream ends of the water supply pipe 541 and the hot water supply pipe 542 (that is, the water supply pipe 54) are connected to the spout 51 of the faucet 5 through the hot water / mixing part 53. As shown in FIG. 6, the water supply pipe 54 is piped inside the upper end portion 41 of the back guard portion 4 located above the recess 43.

  Moreover, the back guard part 4 has the ventilation part 70, as FIG.2, 3 shows. The ventilation part 70 is provided in the location corresponding to the cooking appliance 24 in the back guard part 4. The ventilation unit 70 includes a ventilation device (not shown) built in the back guard unit 4 and an inhalation opening 71 opened on the front surface of the back guard unit 4.

  The ventilation device includes a ventilation path (not shown) that allows the suction opening 71 and the outside to communicate with each other, and a ventilation fan (not shown) that moves the air sucked from the suction opening 71 to the outside. The inhalation opening 71 has a length in the left-right direction and a width in the up-down direction. The inhalation opening 71 is provided in a region corresponding to the heating unit 241 of the cooking appliance 24. For example, the ventilation unit 70 is driven during cooking to capture oily smoke and steam generated during cooking through the suction opening 71 and discharge them outside through the ventilation path.

  Moreover, the outlet part 72 is arrange | positioned at the upper bottom face part 44 of the recess 43 as FIG. 5 etc. show. The outlet portion 72 is connected to a power source via electric wiring (not shown) arranged in the back guard portion 4.

  As described above, the kitchen apparatus of the present embodiment includes the counter 2 and the sink 21. The sink 21 is provided in the counter 2. Further, the kitchen apparatus of the present embodiment includes a plate placement surface 221, an elevation surface portion 222, and a plate 6. The plate mounting surface 221 is provided over the entire circumference of the opening peripheral edge of the sink 21. Further, the plate placement surface 221 is located below the upper surface of the counter 2. The upright portion 222 is erected upward from the outer edge of the plate mounting surface 221. The upper end of the upright portion 222 is continuous with the counter 2. The plate 6 is disposed between the facing elevation portions 222. The plate 6 is detachably installed between the plate mounting surfaces 221. The elevation portion 222 has a length L1 between the front-rear facings and a distance L2 between the front-rear facings substantially the same length.

  For this reason, according to the kitchen apparatus of the present embodiment, the user can freely select the plate 6 in the left-right direction or in the front-rear direction. In addition, since the distance L1 between the front and rear facings of the upright portion 222 and the distance L2 between the facings in the left and right direction are substantially the same length, the structure may not be a structure in which the plate 6 expands and contracts. Plate 6 can be used. For this reason, the direction of the plate 6 can be changed according to the cooking operation while maintaining the care for mold and slime attached to the plate 6.

  In addition, according to the kitchen apparatus of the present embodiment, the user can expand and contract the plate 6 in accordance with the length of the sink 21 in the front-rear direction or the length in the left-right direction, compared to the case where the plate 6 having a stretchable structure is used. Since there is no need to do this, operability is also improved.

  In the kitchen apparatus of the present embodiment, a cabinet 3 is provided below the counter 2. The rear surface of the front wall 31 of the cabinet 3 is provided so as to face and oppose the outer surface of the side wall on the front side of the sink 21. The plate placement surface 221 (front placement surface 223) located on the front side is provided at a position overlapping the front wall 31 in plan view.

  For this reason, the kitchen apparatus of this embodiment can bring the plate mounting surface 221 closer to the front end side of the counter 2 as much as possible, so that the sink 21 can be shown wide in appearance.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cooking stand 2 Counter 21 Sink 22 Plate support part 221 Plate mounting surface 222 Elevation part 22 Cooking part 23 Work table 24 Cooking equipment 25 Front wall arrangement part 26 Inclination part 3 Cabinet 31 Front wall 4 Back guard part 42 Mounting surface 43 recess 5 faucet 51 spout 52 operation part 53 hot water mixing part 6 plate L1 distance between opposites in the front-rear direction L2 distance between opposites in the left-right direction

Claims (2)

Counter,
A sink provided at the counter;
A plate mounting surface provided over the entire periphery of the peripheral edge of the opening of the sink and positioned below the upper surface of the counter;
An upright portion that is erected upward from the outer edge of the plate mounting surface and whose upper end is continuous with the counter;
A plate that is disposed between the opposed vertical surfaces and is detachably mounted between the plate mounting surfaces;
The kitchen apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a distance between the front and rear facing portions and a distance between the left and right facing portions have substantially the same length. A cabinet is provided below the counter,
The front wall of the cabinet is provided so that the rear surface thereof is in close proximity to the outer surface of the front side wall of the sink,
The kitchen apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plate mounting surface located on the front side is provided at a position overlapping the front wall in a plan view.

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