JP4028526B2 - Gas stove operation button lock mechanism - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a lock mechanism that locks or unlocks an operation button disposed on a front panel of a gas stove.

A point fire button (operation button) for igniting and extinguishing the gas stove burner is disposed on the front panel, and a lock mechanism is provided to prevent accidental ignition of the burner. As this type of locking mechanism, if a plate-like slider is provided with a locking arm and the slider's operating part is slid to the locking side, the slider's locking arm will enter the back of the point-extinguishing button so that the point-extinguishing button cannot be pressed. Is known (for example, see Patent Document 1). In such a lock mechanism, when the operation portion of the slider is slid to the release side, the lock arm of the slider is retracted from the back of the point fire extinguishing button, and the point extinguishing button can be pushed.
JP-A-9-89264

  By the way, in recent years, a gas cooker has favored a clean and high-class design as a whole, and a plurality of point-extinguishing buttons may be arranged in a straight line below the front panel.

  On the other hand, especially in the built-in type stove, an air hole for sending combustion air to the burner in the stove body or sending air for cooling the gas valve, etc. is arranged on the lower side of the front panel. There is a need to. Such an air hole requires a certain size in order to obtain an appropriate amount of air. However, if a large air hole is provided in the front panel, the inside of the stove body becomes completely visible from the air hole and the appearance is impaired. In addition, it may be possible to provide a horizontally elongated air hole so that the inside of the stove body is difficult to see, but this may cause clogging with dust or the like.

  Accordingly, the present invention has an object to provide a lock mechanism for an operation button having an action of preventing the appearance from being damaged by the air hole in the gas stove in which the operation button and the air hole are arranged on the front panel. To do.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, an operation button and an air hole for sending air into the stove body are arranged on the front panel of the gas stove, and the operation button is locked or unlocked. This is a button locking mechanism. An engaging part is provided on a plate-like slider that slides in the horizontal direction. When the slider is slid to the locking side, the engaging part engages with the engaged part of the operation button. When the button is locked and the slider is slid to the release side, the engagement is released and the operation button is unlocked.In the operation button lock mechanism, the slider is provided inside the stove body, separated from the air hole. The slider is arranged so that the plate surface of the slider hides the air hole.
(Function)
Since the slider plate surface conceals the air hole and makes it difficult to see the inside of the stove body from the front of the gas stove, the appearance of the gas stove is not impaired even if the air hole is large. Further, since the slider is provided apart from the air hole, outside air (air) is taken into the stove body from the separated gap. In addition, since the slider is located inside the stove body, separated from the air hole, the slider knob is placed on the back side, making it difficult for children to understand, and it is safe without touching the knob unnecessarily. .

Further, an operation button is disposed below the front panel, an air hole extending substantially horizontally is disposed below the operation button, and an engaging portion is provided above the slider.
(Function)
An operation button is placed on the lower side of the front panel, and an air hole that extends almost horizontally is placed on the lower side of the front panel, making it difficult to see the air hole from the outside, giving a clean and high-class appearance. Moreover, sufficient air can be taken into the stove body.

  According to the present invention, the air hole can be enlarged without impairing the appearance of the gas stove, and sufficient air can be taken into the stove body. Further, since the slider also functions as a blind hole for the air hole, it is not necessary to provide a separate blindfold, and the number of components, assembly man-hours, and the like are reduced.

  Moreover, a clean and high-quality appearance can be obtained by arranging an operation button on the lower side of the front panel and an air hole on the lower side thereof.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on the illustrated embodiments.

  FIG. 1 is a front view showing a gas stove 1 according to this embodiment, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view of the vicinity of the point-extinguishing buttons 7 and 8 in FIG.

  The gas stove 1 includes three stoves 2 to 4 (the stove 2 is rearward) and a grill (heating cooker) 5. The grill 5 is incorporated in the central portion when the gas stove 1 is viewed from the front. ing. In the present embodiment, the front panel 6 is made of heat-resistant resin, and a display relating to operation is printed on the surface. On the lower side, point-extinguishing buttons (operation buttons) 7 to 10 having a square front shape and the same shape are aligned. Is arranged. Reference numeral 11 denotes a handle for the front door of the grill 5, and the handle 11 is arranged so as to be in line with the fire extinguishing buttons 7 to 10.

  The point-extinguishing buttons 7 to 10 are resin push buttons, the first point-extinguishing button 7 is the first stove 3, the second point-extinguishing button 8 is the second stove 2, and the third point-extinguishing button 9 is the first. The third stove 4 and the fourth point fire extinguishing button 10 are used to ignite or extinguish the grill 5. These point-extinguishing buttons 7 to 10 are for igniting and extinguishing the gas burner by pushing a push-push mechanism type gas valve (not shown). The point-extinguishing buttons 7 and 8 and the point-extinguishing buttons 9 and 10 A lock mechanism 13 for locking or releasing the lock is provided. Also, horizontally extending air holes 12 are provided below the point fire buttons 7 and 8 and the point fire buttons 9 and 10, respectively.

  FIG. 3 is a rear view of FIG. 2 as seen from the inside of the stove body, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. Hereinafter, the fire extinguishing buttons 7 and 8 and the lock mechanism 13 will be described with reference to FIGS. The point fire extinguishing buttons 9 and 10 and the lock mechanism 13 have the same structure.

  The front panel 6 is formed with a square button window 6a, and the fire extinguishing buttons 7 and 8 are attached so that the front faces 7b and 8b of the fire extinguishing buttons 7 and 8 enter and exit from the button window 6a. That is, (only the point-extinguishing button 7 will be described here), as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, support shafts 7 a and 7 a are formed at both upper ends of the point-extinguishing button 7, and the supporting shafts 7 a and 7 a The front panel 6 is rotatably supported by a bearing 6b. Then, when the point-extinguishing button 7 rotates about the support shafts 7a and 7a, the front surface 7b enters and exits from the button window 6a. A push plate 14 that pushes the gas valve is attached to the back side of the point fire extinguishing button 7, and a convex engaged portion 14 a is formed at the center of the lower end of the push plate 14. Further, concave retracting portions 14b are formed on both sides of the engaged portion 14a, and the retracting portion 14b also has an air flow path.

  With the point-extinguishing buttons 7 and 8 attached in this manner, a horizontally extending gap is formed between the lower ends of the point-extinguishing buttons 7 and 8 and the lower end edge 6c of the button window 6a. The gap is an air hole 12. A lock mechanism 13 is provided inside the stove body of the air hole 12.

  The locking mechanism 13 has a plate-like slider 15 which is located at substantially the same position as the air hole 12 when the front panel 6 is viewed from the front and separated from the air hole 12 (as shown in FIG. 4). , So that a gap with the air hole 12 occurs when viewed from the side). A rib-like lower end edge 15a of the slider 15 is sandwiched between a lower end edge 6c of the button window 6a and a rib-like guide 16 provided therebelow. As shown in FIG. 3, a guide pin 15b formed on the lower end edge 15a of the slider 15 is inserted into a guide hole 16a formed in the guide 16, and the slider 15 is connected to the lower end edge 6c of the button window 6a and the guide. 16 and the guide hole 16a while being slid in the horizontal direction.

  The plate surface of the slider 15 has a slightly larger shape than the air hole 12, and the air hole 12 is hidden by the plate surface of the slider 15 when the front panel 6 is viewed from the front. At the upper end (upper side) of the slider 15, two L-shaped engaging portions 15 c whose open ends face the point on the fire extinguishing buttons 7 and 8 are formed so as to oppose the point extinguishing buttons 7 and 8. . A knob 15d is formed at one end of the slider 15. The knob 15d protrudes from the front panel 6 through a knob window 6d of the front panel 6. When the slider 15 is slid to the lock side (the state shown in FIGS. 2 and 3) with the knob 15d, the engaging portion 15c is positioned on the back surface of the engaged portion 14a of the push plate 14, and the fire extinguishing button 7 , 8, the engaged portion 14a hits (engages) the engaging portion 15c, and the fire extinguishing buttons 7, 8 are locked and cannot be pressed. When the slider 15 is slid to the release side (opposite to the state shown in FIGS. 2 and 3) with the knob 15d, the engaging portion 15c is positioned at the retracting portion 14b of the push plate 14, and the engaging portion 15c The contact (engagement) with the engaged portion 14a is released, and as shown in FIG. 5, the fire extinguishing buttons 7 and 8 can be pushed (the lock is released). As described above, in this embodiment, the lock mechanism 13 is configured by the front panel 6, the slider 15, the guide 16, and the push plate 14 attached to the point-extinguishing buttons 7 and 8.

  According to the lock mechanism 13 having such a configuration, the plate surface of the slider 15 conceals the air hole 12 and makes it difficult to see the inside of the stove body. Therefore, even if the air hole 12 is large, the appearance of the gas stove 1 is impaired. There is no. Further, since the slider 15 is provided apart from the air hole 12, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, outside air (air) is taken into the stove body from the separated gap. For this reason, the air hole 12 is enlarged without deteriorating the appearance of the gas stove 1, and sufficient air in the stove body, that is, sufficient air necessary for the combustion of the burner and the cooling of the gas valve, etc. Can be sent within. In addition, since it is not necessary to make the elongated air holes 12 so that the inside of the stove body is difficult to see, the air holes 12 are not clogged by dust or the like. Moreover, since the slider 15 also functions as a blindfold for the air hole 12, it is not necessary to provide a blindfold separately, and the number of parts, the number of assembly steps, and the like are reduced.

  By the way, as mentioned above, the fire extinguishing buttons 7 to 10 and the handle 11 of the front door of the grill 5 are arranged so as to be in a straight line, and the height of the fire extinguishing buttons 7 to 10 (in the vertical direction). The height) and the height of the handle 11 are the same height. Furthermore, the protrusion amount of the point-extinguishing buttons 7 to 10 (the amount protruding from the front panel 6) and the protrusion amount of the handle 11 are designed to be the same. Thereby, the point-extinguishing buttons 7 to 10 and the handle 11 are integrally disposed below the front panel 6 in the horizontal direction, the height direction, and the depth direction (direction perpendicular to the front panel 6). As a result, a clean and good appearance with a continuity and unity as a whole can be obtained. In addition, as described above, since the horizontally extending air holes 12 are arranged below the point-extinguishing buttons 7 to 10, the air holes 12 themselves are difficult to see from the outside, and are neat and clean. It has a luxurious appearance.

  By the way, in this embodiment, the point fire extinguishing buttons 7-10 are arrange | positioned on the lower side of the front panel 6, However, Of course, not only a point extinguishing button but another operation button may be sufficient. Moreover, in this embodiment, although the to-be-engaged part 14a is provided in the push board 14, you may provide an to-be-engaged part in the point fire extinguishing buttons 7-10 itself.

  Moreover, it is good also as a structure as shown in FIG. That is, a blindfold plate 6e that conceals the air hole is provided at the lower edge 6c of the button window 6a, and a plurality of slits (vent holes) 6f are provided in the blindfold plate 6e. On the other hand, the slider 15 is also provided with a plurality of slits (vent holes) 15e having the same shape as the slits 6f of the blindfold plate 6e. Further, regardless of whether the slider 15 is positioned on the lock side or the release side, the slit 15e of the slider 15 and the slit 6f of the blindfold plate 6e do not coincide with each other, and the slit 6f of the blindfold plate 6e is always changed by the plate surface of the slider 15. The slits 15e and 6f are arranged so that is hidden. The outside air (air) is sent into the main body through the slit 6f of the blindfold plate 6e, the gap (space) between the blindfold plate 6e and the slider 15, and the slit 15e of the slider 15. is there. In this case, when the slider 15 is slid to the release side (at the time of combustion), if the slit 15e of the slider 15 approaches (not coincides with) the slit 6f of the blindfold plate 6e, the outside air becomes more efficient. It is sent into the main body.

The front view which shows the gas stove which concerns on this embodiment. The front view which expanded the vicinity of the left point fire extinguishing button in FIG. The rear view which looked at FIG. 2 from the stove main body inner side. AA sectional drawing in FIG. Sectional drawing which shows the state which pressed the point-extinguishing button in FIG. Sectional drawing which shows the same state as FIG. 4 in the case of having another slider in this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

1 Gas stove 2-4 Stove 5 Grill 6 Front panel 6a Button window 7-10 Fire extinguishing button (operation button)
11 Handle of front door of grill 12 Air hole 13 Lock mechanism 14 Push plate 14a Engagement part 15 Slider 15c Engagement part 16 Guide

Claims (3)

On the front panel of the gas stove, an operation button and an air hole for sending air into the stove main body are arranged, and the operation button lock mechanism for locking or unlocking the operation button,
An engaging portion is provided on a plate-like slider that slides in the horizontal direction, and when the slider is slid to the lock side, the engaging portion engages with an engaged portion of the operation button, and the operation button is locked. In the operation button lock mechanism in which the engagement is released and the operation button is unlocked by sliding the slider to the release side,
The slider is provided at the inner side of the stove body apart from the air hole, and the slider is disposed so that the plate surface of the slider hides the air hole.
An operation button locking mechanism characterized by that. A blind plate that conceals the air hole is provided in front of the air hole, and a vent hole is provided in the blind plate and the slider, so that the plate surface of the slider can be used regardless of whether the slider is positioned on the lock side or the release side. The vent hole is arranged so that the vent hole of the blindfold plate is blindfolded by
The operation button lock mechanism according to claim 1. The operation button is disposed on the lower side of the front panel, the air hole extending substantially horizontally is further disposed on the lower side of the operation button, and the engagement portion is provided on the upper side of the slider.
3. The operation button locking mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the operation button is locked.

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