JPH061124B2 - Food heating equipment - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a food heating device, and more particularly to a food heating device in which a toaster unit having a separate heating chamber and a heating cooker unit are provided in one casing. It is about.

[Prior Art] Food heating devices are widely used in general households as microwave ovens, ovens, toasters, and the like, and in recent years, such food heating devices have been multi-functionalized, and microwave ovens can be operated by a single device. Ovens and even devices with toaster functions have been used.

FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of such a conventional food heating device, in which (1) is the food heating device main body,
(2) is a front door.

The front door (2) is a door for opening and closing the heating chamber (3) of the food heating device, and a side-opening door is shown in this example, but a configuration such as upward opening or downward opening is known. Has been.

Reference numeral (4) is an operation panel, which is provided with selection keys for functions such as a microwave oven and an oven, and various cooking mode switching keys.

As described above, in the conventional food heating device, various foods can be cooked by heating in one heating chamber (3). That is, it is possible to perform cooking by a microwave oven, heating by an oven, and further heating by a toaster in the heating chamber (3) by switching the function and the cooking mode.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above-described conventional food heating device, when various functions are selected to perform heating, one heating chamber (3) is always provided.
A heating action takes place within. Therefore, in selecting the function between the microwave oven and the oven, since various kinds of foods are heated respectively, the size of the heating chamber (3) needs to be a large space to some extent, and the heating chamber of a common size is used. Does not cause any problems. However, when the toaster function is selected, even though the object to be heated is limited to the sliced bread, cooking must be performed in the heating chamber (3) with a large space, and a toast with a good taste is obtained. There is a problem that it cannot be baked.

That is, in order to bake the toast with a good taste, it is necessary to bake in a short time before the water contained in the bread does not evaporate, but when baking the toast in a heating chamber having a large space like the above-mentioned conventional example. Has a problem that when the toast is baked, the water content of the bread is evaporated because the bread cannot be baked in a short time, and the toast cannot be baked deliciously.

Therefore, when the function of the toaster is further added to the functions of the microwave oven and the oven by one device having one heating chamber, it is difficult to improve the function of the toaster itself.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and a food heating device capable of performing a heating and cooking function of various foods and a good toaster function by a device including one casing. To provide.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, a food heating device according to the present invention includes a device casing and a heating and cooking chamber provided in the casing and capable of taking food in and taking out from the front surface of the casing. A heating cooker unit having, and a slicer bread heating chamber separate from the heating cooker chamber, and a toaster unit installed below the heating cooker unit in the casing, the toaster unit, slice bread Drawer-type bread placing means that puts the bread into and out of the sliced bread heating chamber by inserting and pulling it out almost horizontally, and the upper and lower sides of the bread when the sliced bread is stored in the sliced bread heating chamber. And a flat heater installed so as to be close to each other.

[Operation] According to the food heating device having the above configuration, the toaster part and the heating cooker part each having a separate heating chamber are provided in one device casing, so that the toaster and the heating cooker are separately provided. The miniaturization of the entire device is achieved as compared with the case where it is formed. Also,. It is also possible to simplify the structure by sharing the power supply unit and the like.

Further, since the flat bread heaters are provided in the sliced bread heating chamber in proximity to both sides of the stored bread, the sliced bread can be rapidly heated and baked. And since the slicer heating chamber which is a unique heating chamber is provided in the toaster part, it is possible to form the space of the heating chamber as a small space suitable for baking sliced bread, It is possible to efficiently heat the sliced bread together with the heater. This allows the sliced bread to be quickly and deliciously baked.

Furthermore, since the toaster part is installed in the lower part of the heating cooker part inside the device casing, and the bread placing means is a drawer type, it is easy to take in and out bread even when the device body is placed at a high position. You can

[Examples] Preferred examples of the food heating device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a front view of an embodiment, and the first characteristic feature of the present invention is that a heating cooker section and a toaster section each having a separate heating chamber are provided in one apparatus casing. Is. In the figure, a heating cooker part (6) is provided on the upper part of the casing (5), and a toaster part (7) is vertically arranged side by side on the lower part thereof.

Reference numeral (8) is a control unit, which has an operation panel (9) installed on the front surface and a control section disposed inside thereof, and which is provided on the side of the heating cooker section (6) and the toaster section (7) arranged in parallel. It is located in the area.

The operation panel (9) is provided with keys for selecting various functions of a microwave oven, an oven, or a toaster, operation keys such as a timer, and displays related to the operation.

A front door (10) and a drawer door (11) are attached to the heating cooker section (6) and the toaster section (7), respectively, so that food and bread can be taken in and out from the front side.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the food heating device for showing the opening / closing operation of the front door (10) and the drawer door (11), and the front door (10) of the heating cooker unit (6) is laterally opened. Arrow 1
It is opened and closed in the 00 direction. Also, the toaster section (7)
The drawer door (11) is opened / closed by a drawer / push-in operation in the direction of arrow 200.

The heating cooker part (6) is provided with one cooking chamber (12) and is used as a heating chamber for a microwave oven and an oven. And, the toaster section (7) is provided with a bread storage room (13) which is a heating room for sliced bread,
The bread storage chamber (13) is formed as a small space storage chamber having an upper and lower width that is slightly larger than the thickness of sliced bread such as a loaf of bread, and flat heaters are provided at positions on both sides of the stored bread.

The drawer door (11) of the toaster part (7) is provided with a placing net (14) as bread placing means for placing bread. In this embodiment, the loading net (14) is a drawer door (11).
Is formed by horizontally attaching a plurality of rod-shaped members at predetermined intervals on the inner surface side of the.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing the operation of taking out and putting in the bread of the drawer type toaster part (7), in which the drawing door (11) is drawn out by a solid line and the drawer door (11) is pushed in. It is indicated by a broken line.

The loaf of bread (15) is placed on the placing net (14) so as to rest. In this embodiment, the placing net (14) is formed in such a size that two ordinary breads can be placed side by side. When storing bread, first, the drawer door (11) is pulled out, the loading net (14) is pulled out, and the loaf of bread (15) is placed (state shown by a solid line in the figure). And the drawer door (11)
When is pushed in, the bread (15) is stored in the bread storage chamber (13) as shown by the broken line in the figure. At this time, the flat heaters (16a) and (16b) respectively installed on the ceiling and the bottom of the bread storage chamber (13) are located at positions close to each other on the upper and lower sides of the stored bread (15). This makes it possible to efficiently bake the bread (15) in a short time.

The flat heaters (16a) and (16b) are formed of, for example, a mica heater. The flat heater (16a) on the ceiling side can be shared with the flat heater provided on the lower surface of the floor of the cooking chamber (12) as a heater for the oven function of the heating cooker section (6). In this case, the number of flat heaters can be reduced as compared with the case where separate flat heaters are provided, and the effect of downsizing the device can be further enhanced.

Next, the arrangement of the high frequency oscillating means required when the heating cooker unit (6) functions as a microwave oven will be described.

FIG. 4 shows the casing (5) for showing the arrangement positions of the heating cooker part (6), the toaster part (7) and the high frequency oscillating means.
The layout drawing seen from above is shown. Casing (5)
Inside the cooking chamber (12) of the heating cooker unit (6) and the bread storage chamber (13) of the toaster unit (7) are vertically arranged with their respective inlets and outlets facing the front side of the casing (5). ing.

Then, on the right side of the cooking chamber (12) and the bread storage chamber (13) in the figure, the operation panel (9) is provided on the front surface of the casing (5).
The control unit (8) is installed. Further, the high frequency oscillating means (17) of the heating cooker section (6) is disposed behind the control unit (8). The high frequency oscillating means (17) is a magnetron, a waveguide for transmitting the high frequency from the magnetron to the cooking chamber without attenuating it, a high voltage transformer, a high voltage capacitor,
Further, it is composed of a cooling fan or the like for cooling these members.

According to the food heating apparatus according to the present embodiment configured as described above, the inlet and outlet of the heating cooker section (6) and the toaster section (7) are vertically adjacent to the front side of the casing (5) of the apparatus body. ) The bread outlets are lined up, so
When heating bread and prepared foods, they can be heated at the same time and in the same place, which makes it convenient to take them in and out.

Further, since the toaster part (7) is constructed as a drawer type and is provided in the lower part of the apparatus casing, there is an advantage that the drawing operation can be performed at a relatively low position and the usability is good.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the food heating device of the present invention, it is possible to heat and cook the food with the microwave oven and the oven by the food heating device including one casing, and the food heating device can be brought closer. A toaster with a flat heater makes it possible to bake sliced bread to a good taste.

Further, since the toaster unit has its own heating chamber, the heating chamber can be formed in a small size within the range where the sliced bread can be stored, the size of the device can be reduced, and the power source of the heating cooker unit and the toaster unit can be further reduced. It is also possible to simplify the structure by sharing members such as parts. Further, since the toaster unit is of a pull-out type, the bread can be easily taken in and out.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an opening / closing operation of a door of the embodiment, FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing an operation of taking in and out bread of a toaster part, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a conventional heating cooker, and FIG. 5 is a layout view of each constituent member in the embodiment. In the figure, (5) is the main casing of the food heating device,
(6) is a cooker part, (7) is a toaster part, (1
0) is a front door, (11) is a drawer door, (12) is a cooking chamber, (13) is a bread storage chamber, and (16) is a flat heater. In the drawings, the same reference numerals denote the same or corresponding parts.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A device casing, a heating cooker unit having a heating cooking chamber in which food can be taken in and out from a front part of the device casing, and a slice bread heating chamber separate from the heating cooking chamber, and the device casing. And a toaster unit installed in the lower portion of the heating cooker unit in the toaster unit, the slice bread is placed almost horizontally, and the bread to the slice bread heating chamber is inserted and pulled out. And a flat heater that is installed so as to be close to both upper and lower surfaces of the sliced bread when the sliced bread is stored in the sliced bread heating chamber. Food heating equipment.