JP7436039B2 - cooking vehicle - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a cooking vehicle equipped with cooking equipment, and particularly to a cooking vehicle equipped with a steam convection oven as the cooking equipment.

A cooking vehicle equipped with cooking equipment can provide food anywhere by cooking at the destination. Cooking vehicles can also be used as mobile stores (so-called kitchen cars), and demand has been increasing in recent years.

Patent Document 1 discloses a cooking vehicle that is mounted on a trailer of an automobile or a towing vehicle and is equipped with a cooking device, cooking utensils, etc. that uses a combustor that uses gas or liquid as fuel in a vehicle body. Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a cooking vehicle that is equipped with a cooking device that uses electricity as a main or auxiliary power that is mounted on the vehicle itself or on the trailer of a towing vehicle, and that uses electricity from an on-board generator. . Moreover, Patent Document 3 discloses a cooking vehicle that can manage the situation inside the cooking space in a space separated from the cooking space.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 06-305357 Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 07-069122 JP2006-240466A

In cooking vehicles, it is important to efficiently and safely install equipment such as cooking utensils in a limited kitchen space. In particular, when attempting to install a steam convection oven in a cooking vehicle, there are many challenges in order to install it in a usable state, such as supplying water, processing waste heat, and handling vehicle inspections.

The object of the invention is to provide a cooking vehicle in which a steam convection oven can be installed in a usable state.

One aspect of the present invention is a cooking vehicle that includes a kitchen space in which cooking equipment is installed, including a box that constitutes the kitchen space, a steam convection oven fixed to the box in the kitchen space, and a steam convection oven. This cooking vehicle is equipped with a pump for supplying water at a predetermined pressure to the steam convection oven, and an exhaust pipe connected to the steam exhaust port of the steam convection oven and extending from the steam convection oven to the outside of the box.

With this configuration, even in a cooking vehicle, water at a predetermined pressure can be supplied from the pump to the steam convection oven, and the water can be exhausted from the kitchen space where the steam convection oven is installed to the outside of the box. The hot water vapor can be discharged through the pipe.

In the above cooking vehicle, the steam convection oven has a front surface having an opening/closing door and a rear surface opposite to the front surface, the rear surface facing the first side surface of the box, and the steam convection oven on the first side surface It is preferable that a heat exhaust opening is provided at a position facing the back surface of the housing. In this way, by installing the back of the steam convection oven to face the first side of the box, the heat emitted from the back of the steam convection oven can be transferred to the heat exhaust opening provided on the first side. This makes it possible to efficiently discharge water from the inside of the box to the outside of the box.

In the cooking vehicle described above, it is preferable that a customer service opening is provided on a second side surface of the box body opposite to the first side surface. As a result, customers can be served through the customer service opening provided on the second side opposite to the first side of the box where the steam convection oven is installed, and the exhaust heat of the steam convection oven can be used for customer service. It becomes easier to release it to the opposite side.

In the above cooking vehicle, the pump is preferably a continuously operating electric pump that continues to operate when water supply to the steam convection oven is started. As a result, even in a cooking vehicle, water can be supplied from the pump to the steam convection oven with sufficient water pressure.

The cooking vehicle further includes a rack for fixing the steam convection oven to the box body, and the rack includes a shelf board for arranging the steam convection oven at a predetermined height, and four pillars supporting the four corners of the shelf board. , the lower ends of each of the four columns are fastened and fixed to the floor surface of the box body, and three of the four columns are fastened and fixed to the wall surface of the box body, and are fastened and fixed to the wall surface. It is preferable that one of the three pillars is fastened and fixed in a state where it is in contact with a corner of the box. Thereby, the rack provided with four pillars can be firmly fastened and fixed to the corner of the box body, and the steam convection oven can be securely fixed to the box body via this rack.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a cooking vehicle in which a steam convection oven can be installed in a usable state.

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view illustrating the configuration of a cooking vehicle according to this embodiment. FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view illustrating the configuration of the cooking vehicle according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a steam convection oven applied to the cooking vehicle according to the present embodiment. FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating an exhaust pipe. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a steam exhaust port of a steam convection oven. FIG. 6 is a perspective view illustrating the rack. FIG. 7 is a perspective view illustrating the mounting portion of the rack. FIG. 8 is a schematic side view illustrating another embodiment of the cooking vehicle according to this embodiment.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings. In the following description, the same members are given the same reference numerals, and the description of the members that have been described once will be omitted as appropriate.

(Composition of cooking vehicle)
FIG. 1 is a schematic side view illustrating the configuration of a cooking vehicle according to this embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view illustrating the configuration of the cooking vehicle according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a steam convection oven applied to the cooking vehicle according to the present embodiment.
The cooking vehicle 1 according to the present embodiment is a vehicle that includes a kitchen space S in which cooking equipment is installed, and is a so-called kitchen car that uses the luggage compartment of a truck as the kitchen space S, for example. The cooking vehicle 1 has a box body 10 that constitutes a kitchen space S. The box body 10 is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped structure placed behind the driver's seat. The box body 10 has an upper surface 101 that is a ceiling portion, a lower surface 102 that is a floor portion, a front surface 103 that is a front portion, a rear surface 104 that is a rear portion, a right side 105 that is a portion on the right side in the direction of travel of the cooking vehicle 1, and It has a left surface 106 that is the left hand side portion. The interior of this box 10 becomes a kitchen space S.

In the kitchen space S, various kinds of cooking equipment are installed. Examples of the cooking equipment include a sink 51, a refrigerator-freezer 52, a tabletop fryer 53, a workbench 54, an LP gas cylinder 55, a water supply tank 56, and a drainage tank 57. The top plate of the refrigerator-freezer 52 may also be used as a workbench 54. A flow line for workers is secured approximately in the center of the kitchen space S within the box body 10. For this reason, each cooking equipment is arranged at a position close to the wall surface within the box body 10. The box body 10 also includes a distribution board 61 that receives electric power supplied from a generator or the like and distributes it to each cooking equipment, an air supply port 62 that supplies air to the kitchen space S, and an air supply port 62 that supplies air to the kitchen space S. A ventilation fan 63 and a ventilation window 64 for exhausting air are also provided.

The cooking vehicle 1 according to this embodiment includes a steam convection oven 20 as cooking equipment. The steam convection oven 20 is fixed to the box 10 in the kitchen space S via a rack 80, which will be described later.

The steam convection oven 20 is a cooking appliance equipped with a steam generator, and has multifunctional cooking modes such as baking, steaming, boiling, cooking, and frying food using hot air and steam. The steam convection oven 20 includes an opening/closing door 22 provided on the front surface 211 of the casing 21, an operation panel 23, and a steam exhaust port 24 provided on the top surface 212 of the casing 21. High-temperature steam is discharged from the steam exhaust port 24 of the housing 21 as well as inside the housing 21 (inside the refrigerator) of the steam convection oven 20.

Here, in a general kitchen (for example, a kitchen of a fixed store), a range hood is placed above the steam convection oven 20, and the range hood receives the steam discharged upward from the steam convection oven 20 and discharges it to the outside. However, in the cooking vehicle 1, it is difficult to provide a large range hood in the limited kitchen space S. In this embodiment, an exhaust pipe 40 is connected to the steam exhaust port 24 of the steam convection oven 20, and the exhaust pipe 40 is extended from the steam convection oven 20 toward the outside of the box body 10 to exhaust high-temperature steam to the outside. do.

Furthermore, it is necessary to supply water at a predetermined pressure to the steam convection oven 20 that handles steam. In this embodiment, the steam convection oven 20 is equipped with a pump 30 that supplies water at a predetermined pressure. It is preferable that the pump 30 is a continuously operating electric pump that continues to operate when the supply of water to the steam convection oven 20 is started.

That is, in a general kitchen, water is supplied from a water pipe at a stable pressure, so water from the water pipe may be supplied to the steam convection oven 20. However, since the cooking vehicle 1 cannot receive water from the water pipe, it is necessary to supply water to the steam convection oven 20 from the water tank 56 using the pump 30.

In the cooking vehicle 1 according to the present embodiment, the pump 30 is of a continuous operation type. The continuous operation type pump 30 is of a type that always continues to operate (water pumping operation) once water supply is started. In other words, the pump 30 applied in this embodiment is not controlled to repeatedly operate and stop based on a predetermined water pressure, but continuously pumps out water by starting the water supply. Thereby, even in the cooking vehicle 1, water can be supplied from the pump 30 to the steam convection oven 20 with sufficient water pressure.

Furthermore, in the cooking vehicle 1, it is not possible to prepare a very high-voltage power source, and generally power with a voltage of about 100V supplied from a generator is used. For this reason, the steam convection oven 20 and the pump 30 are driven at a voltage of about 100V. As for the continuous operation type pump 30, an electric pump that can be operated continuously at a voltage of about 100V is suitable.

(exhaust pipe)
FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating an exhaust pipe.
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a steam exhaust port of a steam convection oven.
The exhaust pipe 40 is connected to the steam exhaust port 24 provided on the upper surface 212 of the housing 21 of the steam convection oven 20 and extends from the steam convection oven 20 toward the outside of the box body 10. High-temperature (approximately 100° C. or higher) steam is discharged from the steam exhaust port 24 of the steam convection oven 20. Therefore, as the exhaust pipe 40, a metal pipe (for example, stainless steel) that can withstand high-temperature steam is used. The exhaust pipe 40 extends upward from the casing 21 of the steam convection oven 20, is bent approximately 90 degrees, and is provided so as to extend outward from the side surface (for example, right surface 105) of the box body 10. The part of the exhaust pipe 40 that extends outside from the box body 10 is removable, so the exhaust pipe 40 can be removed when the cooking vehicle 1 is running, and the exhaust pipe 40 can be removed when setting up at a destination. Make sure to install it.

When the steam convection oven 20 is provided with a plurality of steam exhaust ports 24, an exhaust pipe 40 is attached to each steam exhaust port 24, respectively. Note that a manifold type may be used in which the exhaust pipes 40 are grouped together for a plurality of steam exhaust ports 24.

In this embodiment, in the kitchen space S of the cooking vehicle 1, the right side 105 of the box 10 is used as the first side, and the back 213 (opposite side to the front 211) of the casing 21 of the steam convection oven 20 is used as the box 10. It is arranged so as to face the right side 105 of. A heat exhaust opening 105h is provided at a position on the right side 105 of the box 10 facing the back 213 of the steam convection oven 20. An exhaust pipe 40 projects to the outside of the box body 10 from this heat exhaust opening 105h.

In addition, since heat is also released from the entire casing 21 of the steam convection oven 20, especially from the back surface 213 of the casing 21, the back surface 213 of the casing 21 and the heat exhaust opening 105h on the right side 105 of the box body 10 are By making them face each other, the heat emitted from the back surface 213 can be efficiently discharged to the outside of the box body 10 from the heat exhaust opening 105h.

Further, in the cooking vehicle 1 according to the present embodiment, the right side 105 of the box body 10 has the opposite left side 106 as a second side, and the left side 106 is provided with a customer service opening 106h. A counter 90 may be provided on the outside of the left surface 106 of the box body 10, corresponding to the position of the customer service opening 106h.

As explained earlier, the steam convection oven 20 is installed on the right side 105, which is the first side of the box 10, and from the right side 105 of the box 10 there is an exhaust pipe 40 for exhausting heat, An opening 105h is provided. By providing a customer service opening 106h and a counter 90 on the left side 106 of the box body 10, which is opposite to the right side 105, customers can be served on the left side 106 of the box body 10. can be emitted to the side opposite to the customer service side, so that the customer does not feel uncomfortable due to the waste heat.

The steam convection oven 20 is convenient as a cooking appliance, and there are many requests to install it in the cooking vehicle 1. However, when attempting to install the steam convection oven 20 in a kitchen that is subject to limited space and resource constraints, such as the kitchen space S of the cooking vehicle 1, there are problems with water supply to the steam convection oven 20, high-temperature steam, and a housing. The problem of exhaust heat from the body 21 arises. In this embodiment, these problems are overcome, and even in the kitchen space S of the cooking vehicle 1, it becomes possible to install the steam convection oven 20 in a usable state and perform cooking.

When the cooking vehicle 1 is used as a so-called kitchen car, the cook needs to efficiently cook in the narrow kitchen space S inside the box 10 and serve customers. In the cooking vehicle 1 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to solve the unique problem when installing the steam convection oven 20 in the kitchen space S of the box body 10. As a result, even in the cooking vehicle 1, the range of cooking by the steam convection oven 20 can be expanded, and the kitchen vehicle can be more considerate of customers.

(rack)
FIG. 6 is a perspective view illustrating the rack.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view illustrating the mounting portion of the rack.
The cooking vehicle 1 according to the present embodiment is provided with a rack 80 for fixing the steam convection oven 20 to the box body 10. The rack 80 includes a shelf board 81 on which the steam convection oven 20 is arranged at a predetermined height, and four supports 82a, 82b, 82c, and 82d that support the four corners of the shelf board 81. The shelf board 81 and the four pillars 82a, 82b, 82c and 82d are made of steel.

The steam convection oven 20 is arranged on the shelf board 81 of the rack 80, and the water supply tank 56, the pump 30, the LP gas cylinder 55, etc. are arranged below the shelf board 81.

In the rack 80, the lower ends of each of the four pillars 82a, 82b, 82c, and 82d are fastened and fixed (for example, fastened and fixed with bolts and nuts) to the lower surface 102, which is the floor portion of the box body 10. Three of the four pillars 82a, 82b, 82c, and 82d are fastened and fixed to the wall surface of the box body 10. Further, one of the three pillars 82a, 82b, and 82c fastened and fixed to the wall surface, one pillar 82b, is fastened and fixed in a state where it is in contact with a corner of the box body 10.

For example, the support column 82a is fastened and fixed to the front surface 103, which is the front part of the box body 10, and the support column 82c is fastened and fixed to the right side surface 105 of the box body 10. The support column 82b is fastened and fixed to the corner of the front surface 103 and right surface 105 of the box body 10. The rack 80 is provided with a frame 83 that supports the back surface of the shelf board 81. Two sides of this frame body 83 are fastened and fixed to the front surface 103 and right side surface 105 of the box body 10, respectively.

The steam convection oven 20 is fastened and fixed to a shelf board 81 of a rack 80 with bolts or the like. In this way, by firmly fastening and fixing the rack 80 provided with the four pillars 82a, 82b, 82c, and 82d to the corners of the box body 10, the steam convection oven 20 can be connected to the box body through this rack 80. It can be securely fixed to the body 10.

The steam convection oven 20 has a weight of about 100 kg, and is one of the heaviest pieces of cooking equipment. When such a heavy object is installed in the box 10, it becomes a problem to deal with the maximum stable inclination angle in the automobile inspection registration system (so-called vehicle inspection) of the cooking vehicle 1. In this embodiment, the rack 80 is securely fastened and fixed to the corner of the box 10, and the steam convection oven 20 is also securely fastened to the rack 80, so even when the cooking vehicle 1 is tilted. It is difficult for the center of gravity of the steam convection oven 20 to shift (relative movement of the center of gravity of the steam convection oven 20 within the box 10). Therefore, the cooking vehicle 1 of this embodiment equipped with the steam convection oven 20 can sufficiently pass the vehicle inspection.

(Other embodiments)
FIG. 8 is a schematic side view illustrating another embodiment of the cooking vehicle according to this embodiment.
The cooking vehicle 1 according to this embodiment has an exhaust pipe 40 connected to the steam exhaust port 24 of the steam convection oven 20. In another embodiment shown in FIG. 8, the exhaust pipe 40 is connected to the steam exhaust port 24 provided on the upper surface 212 of the casing 21 of the steam convection oven 20, and extends upward to form the ceiling portion of the box body 10. It protrudes outward from the upper surface 101. The exhaust pipe 40 protruding to the outside of the box body 10 may face upward as it is, or may be bent forward, backward, sideways, etc.

By extending the exhaust pipe 40 outward from the top surface 101 of the box body 10, the exhaust pipe 40 does not need to extend from the side surface of the box body 10. As a result, even with the exhaust pipe 40 attached, the width of the cooking vehicle 1 does not increase, and it is possible to expand the box body 10 to the vehicle width limit specified by the vehicle and drive with the exhaust pipe 40 attached. becomes.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to provide the cooking vehicle 1 on which the steam convection oven 20 can be mounted in a usable state.

Note that although the present embodiment and its application examples have been described above, the present invention is not limited to these examples. For example, the cooking vehicle 1 can be applied not only to a truck type vehicle in which the cargo area of the truck is the kitchen space S, but also to a one-box type vehicle in which the cargo area of the truck is the kitchen space S, or a towed trailer type vehicle. It is possible. Further, the pump 30 is not limited to an electric pump, but may be an engine pump.

Furthermore, the present invention may be modified by those skilled in the art to appropriately add, delete, or change the design of each of the above-described embodiments or their application examples, or to combine the features of each embodiment as appropriate. As long as it has the gist, it is included within the scope of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Cooking vehicle, 10...Box body, 20...Steam convection oven, 21...Housing, 22...Opening/closing door, 23...Operation panel, 24...Steam exhaust port, 30...Pump, 40...Exhaust pipe, 51...Sink, 52... Refrigerator-freezer, 53... Tabletop fryer, 54... Workbench, 55... LP gas cylinder, 56... Water supply tank, 57... Drainage tank, 61... Distribution board, 62... Air supply port, 63... Ventilation fan, 64... Ventilation window , 80... Rack, 81... Shelf board, 82a, 82b, 82c, 82d... Support, 83... Frame, 90... Counter, 101... Top surface, 102... Bottom surface, 103... Front surface, 104... Rear surface, 105... Right surface, 105h ...Opening for exhaust heat, 106...Left side, 106h...Opening for customer service, 211...Front, 212...Top, 213...Back, S...Kitchen space

Claims (4)

A cooking vehicle equipped with a kitchen space in which cooking equipment is installed,
a box that constitutes the kitchen space;
a steam convection oven fixed to the box in the kitchen space;
a pump for supplying water at a predetermined pressure to the steam convection oven;
an exhaust pipe connected to a steam exhaust port of the steam convection oven and extending from the steam convection oven toward the outside of the box ,
The steam convection oven has a front face having an opening/closing door and a back face opposite to the front face, the back face facing the first side face of the box body,
A heat exhaust opening is provided at a position facing the back surface of the steam convection oven on the first side surface.
cooking vehicle. A customer service opening is provided on a second side surface of the box body opposite to the first side surface.
A cooking vehicle according to claim 1 . The cooking vehicle according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the pump is a continuous operation type electric pump that continues to operate when the water supply to the steam convection oven is started. further comprising a rack for fixing the steam convection oven to the box body,
The rack includes a shelf board for arranging the steam convection oven at a predetermined height;
four pillars that support the four corners of the shelf;
Equipped with
The lower ends of each of the four pillars are fastened and fixed to the floor surface of the box body,
Three of the four pillars are fastened and fixed to the wall of the box,
One of the three pillars fastened and fixed to the wall surface is fastened and fixed in a state in contact with a corner of the box body,
The cooking vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 3 .

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