JP5985233B2 - Kitchen equipment and kitchen cabinet in which the kitchen equipment is incorporated - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a so-called kitchen cabinet built-in type kitchen device incorporated in a recessed portion of a kitchen cabinet in a system kitchen, such as a dishwasher, a dishwasher / dryer, a grill, a microwave oven, an oven, and the like, and the kitchen. The present invention relates to a kitchen cabinet in which equipment is incorporated.

  As a dishwasher which is an example of the above-described cabinet built-in type kitchen equipment, for example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, a box-shaped main body with an open front is incorporated in a kitchen cabinet and a drawer provided with a washing tub. The unit is mounted on the front of the main unit so that it can be pulled out, the operation unit and the operation status indicator lamp are equipped on the upper surface near the front end of the drawer, and the drawer is pushed upward from the lamp when it is pushed into the main unit. It is known that the display light is reflected by the lower surface of the front end portion of the countertop in the kitchen cabinet and guided forward from the gap between the lower surface of the countertop and the upper end of the drawer portion.

JP 2007-97804 A

  According to the above configuration, light from the lamp provided on the upper surface of the front end of the drawer part is guided forward through the gap between the upper end of the drawer part and the counter top, so that the operation part and the operation display part cannot be seen from the front of the drawer part. However, there is room for improvement in the visibility of the display light indicating the driving state.

  That is, since the viewpoint of the user standing in front of the kitchen cabinet is at a high position and looks down on the counter top, the display light from the gap between the upper end of the drawer and the counter top is difficult to see. In general, the counter top protrudes about a few millimeters forward from the stored equipment and storage door for design reasons, and the display light is obstructed by the front end of the counter top, making it difficult to see. It may be necessary to crouch for a good visual observation, which is troublesome.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such a situation, and the kitchen equipment incorporated in the kitchen cabinet is designed so that the operation section and the operation display section are not visible from the front of the kitchen cabinet. It is a problem to be solved to make it easy to visually recognize the operating state of the kitchen appliance while exhibiting the feature that it can be made excellent.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is configured as follows.

Kitchen equipment according to the present invention is to provide a kitchen cabinet front of the housing recess, a cabinet built-in kitchen device provided with a drawer unit that is capable of storing push the drawer movement and backward to its forward, the kitchen equipment Is provided with an operation part exposed to the outside of the housing recess in the drawer state, and the drawer part is provided with a light-emitting part that emits display light according to the operating state of the kitchen appliance, and the drawer part is operated as described above. In the state of being pushed in and stored together with the portion, the display light emitted from the light emitting portion is incident and guided in a predetermined direction, and then from the side surface of the drawer portion toward the front of the storage recess of the kitchen cabinet. A light guide unit that reflects the light guide unit, the light guide unit facing the light emitting unit when the drawer unit is pushed in and stored; A light incident part into which display light from the light emitting part can be incident; a guide part for guiding the incident light laterally; a reflection part for reflecting the light guided by the guide part toward the front of the kitchen cabinet; A main body case that is housed and fixed in the housing recess on the front surface of the kitchen cabinet and has an open front surface, and the drawer portion can be pulled out from the opening of the main body case and can be pushed and stored. The front end of the main body case is provided with a vertically long projecting portion projecting laterally, and the light projecting portion is provided on the projecting portion, and the projecting portion is formed of a decorative cover. The light guide part is provided at an upper end part, and the reflection part is inclined at 45 degrees in a plan view that reflects the light guided by the guide part toward the front of the kitchen cabinet. It is characterized in that an end of the Kishirube light unit.

  When the kitchen device of the present invention is housed in the housing recess of the kitchen cabinet, in the kitchen device of the present invention, in the state where the drawer portion is pushed into the housing recess, the operation unit and the light emitting unit on the front surface of the drawer portion are external. The front door and the like provided on the front surface of the drawer portion are not affected by the operation portion and the light emitting portion, and can be made into any harmonious design together with the entire kitchen cabinet, for example.

  Nevertheless, in the state where the kitchen equipment is housed in the housing recess of the kitchen cabinet, the display light emitted from the light emitting section is notified to the drawer door and the storage door adjacent to the side of the drawer section and the other side. Because it can be guided forward from the vertically long gap formed between the device and the device, the user standing in front of the kitchen cabinet will not be disturbed by the countertop and will not bend The light can be visually recognized, and as a result, the operation status of the kitchen device can be easily confirmed.

  In addition, the light guide unit includes a light incident unit that is close to and opposed to the light emitting unit in the push-in storage position, a guide unit that guides incident light laterally, and a light guided by the guide unit is directed forward. And the reflecting part that reflects the light can be efficiently guided in a desired direction without diffusing the display light from the light emitting part. In addition, a light guide part can be comprised from the single light guide member which consists of transparent materials.

In this onset bright, forward the apertured body case houses fixed on kitchen cabinet front face of the accommodating recess, configured to pull-out and push movably accommodating the lead portions in the main body case, the main body case The front end portion is provided with a vertically long protruding portion protruding laterally, and the light guide portion is attached to the protruding portion.

  According to this configuration, the projecting portion of the main body case functions as a positioning flange when the main body case is inserted and fixed to the kitchen cabinet, and also functions as a support member for the light guide section.

The said overhang | projection part is comprised with the decorative cover .

  In another embodiment of the present invention, the light guide part is composed of a single light guide member made of a transparent material, and a light incident part that is close to and faces the light emitting part in the pushed-in storage position. The guide unit guides the incident light laterally and the reflection unit reflects the light guided by the guide unit forward.

  According to this configuration, the single light guide member can efficiently guide the display light from the light emitting unit in a desired direction without diffusing.

  In another embodiment of the present invention, the display light of the light emitting unit is for driving information notification according to driving conditions and for abnormal information notification according to abnormality information, and is used for the driving information notification and the abnormality information. It is possible to select whether to perform both display light for notification or to perform display light only for the abnormality information notification.

  According to this configuration, not only the operation status of the device but also the occurrence of an abnormality can be easily notified.

In the other embodiment of this invention, the said drawer | drawing-out part is equipped with the dishwashing tank in the inside. Preferably, an execution function of the drying operation inside the dishwashing tank, a circulation flow function of the air of the dishwashing tank when the drying operation is performed, and a dehumidification function of the air during the circulation flow by the circulation flow function It has. According to this structure, it can be set as the dishwasher excellent in the design property of the front surface. A dishwasher having a dehumidifying function does not need to provide a dehumidifying exhaust on the front surface.

  A kitchen cabinet according to the present invention is a kitchen cabinet that includes a kitchen equipment receiving recess on the front surface and incorporates the kitchen equipment into the receiving recess, wherein the kitchen equipment described above is incorporated in the receiving recess. .

  Preferably, the kitchen cabinet affixes a reflector that increases the reflectance of light at a position facing the reflecting portion of the light guide portion.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the drawer portion is obstructed by the counter top of the kitchen cabinet while exhibiting a feature that makes it possible to make the operation portion and the operation display portion invisible on the front surface and have excellent design. The driving state can be easily visually recognized with an optical display.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a dishwasher with a front door as an example of kitchen equipment. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the dishwasher in a state in which the drawer portion is slightly pulled out from the main body case. FIG. 3A is a plan view of the dishwasher shown in a state where the drawer portion is pushed into the main body case and stored, and FIG. 3B is a plan view of the dishwasher shown in a state where the drawer portion is slightly pulled out from the main body case. is there. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the dishwasher shown with the front door removed. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the dishwasher in a state in which the main body case and the drawer portion are disassembled. 6A and 6B are perspective views of a side cover attached to the front right side of the main body case. FIG. 7 is a plan view of the operation unit attached to the upper part of the drawer unit of the dishwasher. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the operation unit of FIG. FIG. 9A is a perspective view from the front side of the light emitting unit with a built-in LED light emitting element attached to the right side of the operation unit in FIG. 7, and FIG. 9B is a perspective view from the back side of the light emitting unit. FIG. 10A is a perspective view from one side of the light guide unit attached to the upper portion of the side cover so as to face the light emitting unit of FIG. 9, and FIG. 10B is a perspective view from the other side of the light guide unit. FIG. FIG. 11 is a front view of a system kitchen incorporating the dishwasher. FIG. 12 is an enlarged plan view of the system kitchen shown in FIG. FIG. 13 is a schematic configuration diagram for explaining the basic configuration and functions of the dishwasher.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 to 5 show a dishwasher A which is an example of a cabinet-incorporated kitchen device according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a dishwasher with a front door as an example of kitchen equipment, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the dishwasher with its drawer part slightly pulled out from a main body case, FIG. Is a plan view of the dishwasher shown in a state where the drawer portion is pushed into the main body case and stored, FIG. 3B is a plan view of the dishwasher shown in a state where the drawer portion is slightly pulled out of the main body case, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the dishwasher in a state in which the main body case and the drawer portion are disassembled, with the front door removed. With reference to these drawings, the dishwasher A according to the embodiment has a drying function, and has a box-shaped main body case 1 that opens toward the front surface. The drawer portion 2 is assembled in such a manner that a dishwashing tub 3 is provided inside the drawer portion 2, and a front door 4 with a handle is attached to the front surface of the drawer portion 2. This dishwasher A is accommodated in the accommodating recess of the kitchen cabinet 5 in the system kitchen shown in FIG. Since the dishwasher A is housed in the housing recess of the kitchen cabinet 5, the housing recess does not appear in FIG.

  The main body case 1 is housed in a housing recess on the front surface of the kitchen cabinet 5 and fixed with screws, and is attached to the left and right lateral sides of the front end opening of the main body case 1 so as to form an outward flange. The side cover 6 (refer FIG.2, FIG.4, FIG.6) as a part is attached. The side cover 6 can be configured as a cosmetic cover for improving aesthetic appearance.

  When the main body case 1 is inserted into the storage recess of the kitchen cabinet 5 from the front, the side cover 6 is received and supported by the front portions on both sides of the entrance of the storage recess of the cabinet 5 so that the main body case 1 is placed in the storage recess of the cabinet 5. It is positioned and connected and fixed in the receiving recess.

  The drawer unit 2 is provided with a dishwashing tank 3 (see FIG. 5) and is configured in a box shape opened upward. Inside, various mechanisms for cleaning / drying are provided as described later, and a drawer is provided. The material and surface specifications of the front cover 2a (see FIGS. 4 and 5) provided at the front end of the section 2 are matched to the front design of the storage door and other devices adjacent to the left and right sides of the dishwasher A. The front door 4 is attached.

  At the upper end of the front cover 2a, a horizontally long bracket 9 (see FIGS. 7 and 8) is attached as an operation unit having a touch panel type operation switch 7 group and a monitor 8 group on the upper surface formed in a stepped shape. Thus, an operation unit 10 (see FIGS. 1 to 5) for performing operation mode selection, activation operation, and the like of the dishwasher A is configured. In the state where the drawer 2 is pushed into the kitchen cabinet 5 and stored (see FIGS. 11 and 3A), the operation unit 10 is hidden under the counter top 5a of the kitchen cabinet 5 and the drawer 2 is pulled out. In the state (see FIG. 11 and FIG. 3B), the operation unit 10 is exposed and the operation switches 7 can be operated.

  The left and right ends of the operation unit 10 are provided with light emitting units 11 (see FIGS. 4 and 9) for notifying the driving situation by display light. The light emitting unit 11 is configured by assembling two upper and lower LED light emitting elements 13 (see FIG. 9) to a bracket 12 screwed to the bracket 9 (see FIGS. 7 and 8) of the operation unit 10 as a light emitting unit. These LED light emitting elements 13 emit display light for informing the driving situation toward the laterally outer side. A hole 14 (see FIG. 9B) for transmitting display light emitted from the LED light emitting element 13 is formed on the lateral side surface of the bracket 12 and a connector 15 for connecting the LED light emitting element 13 to the wiring. (See FIG. 9B) are integrally formed.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 6 (a) and 6 (b), the drawer portion 2 is pushed into and stored in the upper end portions of the side covers 6 provided on the left and right sides of the main body case 1 (FIG. 11, FIG. 12) is provided with a light guide 16 facing the light emitting direction of the LED light emitting element 13 of the light emitting part 11. The light guide unit 16 is configured as a single light guide member 17 made of a transparent resin material that is positioned and engaged so as to be connected to the upper end of the side cover 6 and screw-connected.

  And the inner edge part of the light guide member 17 opposes the light emission direction of the LED light emitting element 13 of the light emission part 11, as shown to Fig.6 (a) (b), FIG. 10 (a), and the display. The light incident portion 17i is where light is incident, and the light guide member 17 itself is a guide portion 17g that guides the incident light laterally outward. The outer end portion of the light incident portion 17i of the light guide member 17 is inclined 45 degrees in plan view, and the display light incident on the light incident portion 17i and guided laterally outward from the guide portion 17g is forwarded 45 degrees forward. It is set as the reflection part 17r which totally reflects (preferably irregular reflection) toward.

  Here, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the lateral outer end of the front door 4 in the drawer portion 2 is set to be slightly inward (about several mm) inward from the lateral outer end of the side cover 6, A gap c is formed between the front door 4 and an adjacent portion B such as a storage door or a device that is provided next to the dishwasher A. Accordingly, the reflection portion 17r of the light guide member 17 is located in the back of the gap c, and the display light emitted from the LED light emitting element 13 of the light emitting portion 11 as indicated by the dotted line arrow is transmitted from the light guide member 17. The light enters the light incident portion 17i, is guided by the guide portion 17g, and is totally reflected 45 degrees forward by the reflecting portion 17r, so that the gap c between the front door 4 and the adjacent portion B is directed forward. Will be irradiated.

  Thus, the user standing in front of the kitchen cabinet 5 pushes the drawer part 2 into the front and stores it without being disturbed by the front end of the countertop 5a and without bending. This can be confirmed by the display light emitted from the vertically long gap c formed between the door 4 and the adjacent portion B.

  The light notification of the driving situation can be turned on / off by a selection operation on the operation unit 10, and when the driving information notification is unnecessary, the light emission from the light emitting unit 11 can be stopped. . However, even when the operation information notification is set to stop, when the abnormality occurs, the abnormality information notification is executed, and the necessity of immediate maintenance is notified.

  Various operation modes can be selected in the operation unit 10, and a continuous operation mode in which washing operation, rinsing operation, drainage operation, drying operation, and deodorizing operation are executed in this order, or a drying operation mode in which only the drying operation is executed. Further, a standard operation course, a careful operation course, a speedy operation course, and a rapid operation course are prepared as continuous operation modes.

  FIG. 13 shows an outline of a functional unit in the dishwasher A, and its basic configuration and function will be described below.

  The drawer 2 is provided with a water supply path 20 for supplying cleaning water to the tableware washing tank 3 and a water supply valve 21 for opening and closing the water supply path, and below the bottom of the tableware washing tank 3 by forward / reverse switching. A pump 22 that functions as a cleaning pump and a drainage pump is provided. The dish washing tub 3 is provided with a washing nozzle 23, a heater 24, and the like, and a washing basket 25 for storing the dishes is detachably mounted.

  The pump 22 is connected to a water storage recess 26 formed at the bottom of the tableware washing tank 3 via a water supply pipe 27 and also connected to a drain pipe 28. A water level sensor 30 is connected to the water storage recess 26 through a water conduit 29.

  A drying unit 31 is installed on the front side of the dishwashing tank 3 to dehumidify and dry the inside of the dishwashing tank 3 while circulating and flowing the air in the dishwashing tank 3. That is, on the front wall portion of the dishwashing tank 3, an intake port 32 that takes out air from the dishwashing tank 3 and supplies it to the drying unit 31, and a reduction port that returns the air dehumidified by the drying unit 31 to the tableware washing tank 3 33 is formed, the air sucked from the intake port 32 by the circulation fan 34 made of a sirocco fan is guided to the dehumidifying part 36 through the intake path 35 and dehumidified, and then passed through the reduction path 37 and the reduction port 33 to the dishwashing tank. It is configured to return to 3.

  The dehumidifying unit 36 includes a plurality of flat plate-like heat transfer bodies 37 arranged in parallel in a vertically oriented posture, and an ejection nozzle 38 that blows dehumidifying water from above toward the heat transfer body 37 group. The air sucked from the air intake port 32 is blown up with water through the ejection nozzle 38 while flowing upward between the groups of the heat transfer bodies 37, thereby condensing moisture in the air and sucking the condensed drain water. It is configured to flow down along the bottom of the path 35 and collect in the water storage recess 26.

  A part of the water supply for dehumidification is supplied to the injection nozzle 38 through the shutoff valve 40 and the governor 41 for stabilizing the water pressure.

  Then, after the heater 24 is energized and heated, the dehumidifying unit 36 dehumidifies the air sucked from the dishwashing tank 3 by performing the ventilation operation of the circulation fan 34 and the water injection operation of the injection nozzle 38. Then, the drying operation is performed to return to the dishwashing tank 3 and to dry the tableware stored by heating by the heater 24.

  The drainage control by the pump 22 is executed based on the water level detection information by the water level sensor 30 so that the heater 24 is not immersed in the water stored in the water storage recess 26.

  In addition, when the heater 24 is stopped, the circulation fan 34 is ventilated and the spray nozzle 38 is sprayed with water, so that the odor components in the air sucked from the dishwashing tank 3 are dehumidified in the dehumidifying section. The deodorized operation can be performed by reducing and supplying the absorbed and deodorized air to the dishwashing tank 3.

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The present invention can also be implemented in the following forms.

  (1) In the above embodiment, the light emitting unit 11 and the light guide unit 16 are provided on both sides of the drawer unit 2 and the display light is guided to the left and right portions of the drawer unit 2. Since there is a vertically long gap c between the left and right with the adjacent part B, the light emitting part 11 and the light guide part 6 are arranged vertically long only on the horizontal side of the drawer part 2 and only on the horizontal side of the drawer part 2 It is also possible to display in a concentrated manner. In this case, if the display light of a different color from the light emitting unit 11 is emitted according to the content to be displayed, the display content can be easily recognized.

  (2) In the above embodiment, the dishwasher A is illustrated in which the box-shaped drawer portion 2 provided with the dishwasher 3 is linearly slid in and out, but the front door as the drawer portion 2 is swung forward. It can also be applied to a front-opening dishwasher that moves and opens.

  (3) The light guide unit 16 may be configured using only a reflection plate that is obliquely opposed to the light emitting unit 11.

  (4) A reflective seal (reflector) may be attached to the side surface of the adjacent portion B. Since a portion 17j of the reflection portion 17r of the light guide member 17 is a straight line as shown in FIG. 12, a part of the display light guided from the guide portion 17g hits the reflection seal, and the entire reflection seal is Shine. Even if the entire light guide member 17 is hidden by the installation position of the front door 4, the display light can be confirmed from the gap C.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body case 2 Drawer part 3 Dishwashing tank 4 Front door 5 Kitchen cabinet 6 Overhang part (side cover)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Operation part 11 Light emission part 16 Light guide part 17 Light guide member 17i Light incident part 17g Guide part 17r Reflective part

Claims (6)

Against kitchen cabinet front of the housing recess, a cabinet built-in kitchen device provided with a drawer unit that is capable of storing push the drawer movement and backward to its forward,
The kitchen device includes an operation unit exposed to the outside of the housing recess in the pulled out state,
In the drawer unit, a light emitting unit that emits display light according to the operation state of the kitchen device is provided,
In the state where the drawer portion is pushed and stored together with the operation portion, the display light emitted from the light emitting portion is incident and guided in a predetermined direction, and then the side of the drawer portion is connected to the kitchen cabinet. A light guide part that reflects toward the front of the housing recess,
The light guide unit includes a light incident unit that can receive display light from the light emitting unit facing the light emitting unit when the drawer unit is pushed in and stored, and the incident light laterally A guide part for guiding, and a reflecting part for reflecting the light guided by the guide part toward the front of the kitchen cabinet ;
It is housed and fixed in the housing recess on the front of the kitchen cabinet, and has a main body case with an open front,
The drawer part can be pulled out from the opening of the main body case and can be pushed and stored.
The front end portion of the main body case is provided with a vertically long protruding portion protruding laterally, and the light guiding portion is provided in the protruding portion,
The overhanging portion is constituted by a decorative cover, and the light guide portion is provided at an upper end portion of the decorative cover,
The reflection part is an end face of the light guide part inclined at 45 degrees in a plan view for reflecting light guided by the guide part toward the front of the kitchen cabinet.
Cabinet built-in kitchen equipment characterized by this. The display light of the light emitting unit is for driving information notification according to driving conditions, and for abnormal information notification according to abnormality information, whether to perform both display light for driving information notification and abnormal information notification, Or it is configured to be able to select whether to perform display light only for the abnormality information notification,
Cabinet built-in kitchen equipment according to claim 1. The drawer part is provided with a dishwashing tank inside thereof,
Cabinet built-in kitchen equipment according to claim 1 or 2. A function of executing the drying operation inside the dishwashing tank, a function of circulating and flowing air of the dishwashing tank when the drying operation is performed, and a function of dehumidifying the air during the circulating flow by the circulating flow function ,
Cabinet built-in kitchen equipment according to claim 3. It is a kitchen cabinet which equips a front surface with the accommodation recessed part of the kitchen apparatus, and incorporates the said kitchen apparatus in the said accommodation recessed part, Comprising: The kitchen apparatus in any one of the said Claim 1 thru | or 4 is integrated in the said accommodation recessed part, It is characterized by the above-mentioned. And kitchen cabinet. The kitchen cabinet of Claim 5 which stuck the reflector which increases the reflectance of light in the position facing the said reflection part of the said light guide part in the said kitchen cabinet.

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