DE2053873A1 - System elements for small kitchen appliances - Google Patents

Description

Dr.-Ing. Paul KRAFT 734 Geislingen (Steige)

At the Linsenbrunnen 1

October 29, 1970

System elements for small kitchen appliances

The invention relates to a system of uniform components for housing and commissioning without set-up time of the common kitchen appliances.

Stand for easier kitchen work in the household A large number of the most varied of small appliances are available today. With the acquisition of such devices However, the question of appropriate and space-saving accommodation, rapid operational readiness, arises immediately, cheap connection to electricity and water. The housewife's unused devices are often left in the house Away and disturb more than they are used. The devices gather dust, must then be cleaned before use. So there is double the work. By scientists and Specialists were given work processes and set-up times for kitchen work in connection with the preferably electrical ones Kitchen appliances examined without providing real system solutions for this important complex of housework were elaborated.

The difficulty in arriving at a real solution to this multifaceted problem has so far been that all investigations and proposed solutions always only from the usual accommodation of the devices in cabinets, shelves, etc. of the known Embodiments ran out.

Occasionally partial solutions to the problem have been proposed and also implemented, in which one or the other device is housed in the cupboards, drawers or shelves,

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from which it is then pivoted or driven out with the aid of τοη devices and then used. Here acts However, it is only a single solution and not a basic system solution, i.e. up to now components of the same type for the different * - The most suitable kitchen appliances, which result in minimal set-up times and optimal use of space, with the modern kitchen equipment brought into meaningful, rational connection with regard to production, assembly, utility value and costs.

The object of the invention is therefore to find a solution in which all or almost all small kitchen appliances The smallest room according to a uniform system within the kitchen, as close as possible to the housewife's workplace are that they can be stored at any time without the so-called set-up time, i.e. without laborious removal from the storage location, Installation and connection to electricity, water etc. put into operation and after use with minimal cleaning effort can again be stored in a dust-proof and space-saving manner in just a few simple steps. It must also be easy to assemble System elements can be given individually, next to, against and / or one above the other on the wall.

At the same time, the components developed for such a system must match all kitchen furniture on the market in order to in the production to economical batch sizes and thus to inexpensive and competitive with the "non-built-in devices" Products to come.

The most common kitchen furniture on the market today are the add-on kitchens, on which the new system is primarily based relates. These add-on kitchens consist of base cabinets with worktop and wall cabinets arranged above them (wall cabinets). The kitchen grid dimensions (the width of the individual cabinets) are highly standardized, as is the depth of the Countertop. Such add-on kitchens have been developed by kitchen specialists and rational work flow, short kitchen routes and minimal

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Space requirement represents an optimum. Despite this optimal design, such add-on kitchens are surprisingly found Between the lower and upper cabinets on the wall side there is still a space about 20 cm deep, which is used when working on the worktop is only rarely used and which is available for additional useful use.

According to the invention the object is achieved in such a way that in the case of add-on kitchens in the space between the lower and upper cabinets Complete, uniform system elements for small kitchen appliances are arranged above the rear part of the worktop consisting of a vertically arranged rectangular flat housing with a front, open or lockable Opening in which one or more small kitchen appliances are either permanently connected to the housing in the working position are installed or through the front housing opening via devices connected to the housing in the working position can be brought, the width of the housing corresponds to the kitchen grid and the housing depth no longer than 20 cm and the installation of electricity, water and steam, suction or compressed air is permanently installed in the housing, so that the housing with the kitchen appliances including the necessary work equipment along with the installation of electricity, water etc. forms a complete unit, which is provided with facilities for simple wall mounting and a seamless and directional assembly of the housing and the necessary installation lines with others Elements of this system.

The newly developed system elements can also be attached directly to the wall without kitchen furniture, both next to and next to also one above the other and then result in complete device walls arranged next to one another and / or one above the other.

Other uses are also conceivable: e.g. a number of system elements are placed next to and / or on top of one another arranged on a mobile frame and thus form a mobile device wall, so that e.g. hotplates, infrared grill, toaster,

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Juicer etc. can be put together for any use. In this case, the system elements Rear wall assembled against rear wall.

Exemplary embodiments of the invention are shown in the drawing:

Fig. 1 shows a representation of an add-on kitchen in side view with base cabinet 1, upper cabinet 2, worktop 3, kitchen wall 13 and system element 4 with the dimensions cabinet distance S and worktop depth A, as well as system element depth T.

Fig. 2 shows an add-on kitchen in a front view. The system elements 4 are closed. The opened system element 5 is ready to work with the device 6 shown. B is the kitchen grid size (cabinet width).

Fig. 3 shows a system element 4 in section from the side with the housing 7 and closed shutters 8 and Folded up built-in device 6 in gaunt condition.

Fig. 4 shows a system element 4 in section from the side open, the built-in device 6 is folded out by carrier hinge 9 in the working position. The roller shutter guides 10 are in the front, upper and rear part of the housing 7 with the current bridge 11 and the terminal box 12.

Flg. 5 shows several system elements 4 attached to one another on a kitchen wall 13 as closed ones Device unit.

6 shows the arrangement of a number of system elements 4 on a chassis 14 as a mobile device unit.

In the case of the add-on kitchens, this is for the width B of the individual cabinets Kitchen grid dimensions binding and fairly uniform. Most often-

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Most used dimensions are 50 and 60 cm or a multiple or integer fractions of it. The depth T of the worktop is also uniformly defined; it is 60 cm. Bas dimension 3 the distance between the upper and lower cabinet is not the same. Taking into account the most common kitchen units on the market, this distance S is always greater than 45 cm.

Owing to. in-depth research and practical experience it was found that the wall-side, rear 20 cm of the worktop are only rarely used. The space This part of the worktop is therefore available for accommodating the new system elements.

The dimensions of the most common kitchen units on the market " appropriately designed rectangular-flat components are the basis of the system according to the invention. Considering the predominantly used kitchen grid dimensions for the external dimensions of the system elements according to the invention the following dimensions were chosen:

Width 50 and 60 cm, or a multiple or

integer fractions of it. Maximum depth 20 cm
Minimum height 45 cm

The system elements 4 are outside or inside with devices

provided that allow them to be seamless and true to direction

Lined up next to each other, on top of each other and attached to the wall.

The front end of the housing, as far as a conclusion as a look and Dust protection is appropriate and necessary, is designed in such a way that when opening and closing the housing of the plat « in front of the dta system element as a workplace on the worktop is not impaired.

For this purpose, known shutters 8 made of plastic, HoIx or metal has proven to be awakened, which when opened via guides 10 in the upper or side part of the housing 7

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unroll on the back; However, other qualifications that do not affect the previous job are also possible.

The housing 7 of the system elements 4 can be made of any suitable Material consist of metal, wood, chipboard, chipboard with plastic covering or plastic and can be pressed, be injected or foamed.

When producing the housing 7, all assembly and fastening elements for all are expediently later for installation provided devices are incorporated at the same time, so that a standard housing is created for all kitchen devices that are to be embossed, which in particular simplifies storage.

In this described housing 7, the small kitchen appliances are then 6 can be installed individually or in groups according to their size, and depending on the mode of operation and function of the devices they are fixedly attached to the housing 7 or can be swiveled out or swung out via devices 9. if required a support 15 of the device 6 can be made on the worktop 3 of the base cabinet 1. This support 15 can also be used as Handle can be designed to move the device.

Electric power is permanently installed on the built-in devices and, if necessary, water, steam, suction or Compressed air. Because the built-in kitchen appliances are either always in the working position or in the working position by means of a handle can be brought, there is an elimination of set-up times in the embodiment of the system elements according to the invention. The cleaning work is also reduced to what is absolutely necessary, since you only have to take out the work equipment and has to be cleaned in the normal wash cycle, while the electrical units and power lines remain in the housing so that they cannot be touched.

By storing the built-in devices in system elements, in future only the external design of the devices will be required to be done according to their technical function, the effort for expensive surface finish and costly design can add up can be reduced to a minimum. The system according to the invention

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provides for the creation of uniform components with the following devices such as:

Slicer

Coffee machine (possibly water installed) coffee grinder

Toaster

egg cooker

Juice centrifuge

Juicer

Mixer

Schnitzelwerk

tin opener

Knife sharpener

Infragrill

Cold and hot beverage dispenser

Hotplates with and without turf extraction Time clock

Sockets

radio

Intercom

phone

Kitchen scales etc.

If necessary, the devices intended for installation must the internal dimensions of the housing thanks to a special construction be adjusted. The kitchen appliances are built into the system elements individually or in groups, depending on their size, whereby When installing in groups, a functional association must be observed i: .- t.

In the system elements 4 a continuous current bridge 11 with connection} * J amme or plug-in device 12 (connection box) is provided; ν that the network connection can be made to any Jystem element ki.nn. The supply to the other system elements is then done by connecting the current bridges 11. Only in the case of system elements with a higher outlet value (, hotplate, grill, etc. _, must the necessary higher connection and the separate connection be noted on the housing will.

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Claims (8)

Claims 1. System preferably for add-on kitchens acid storage and Set-up time-free commissioning of small cow devices marked that in the space between lower and upper * cabinet over the wall-side part of the worktop 3 complete system elements 4 are arranged, which consist of a rectangular-flat housing 7 provided with a front, open or closable opening, on which one or more small kitchen appliances 6 either permanently installed in the working position or attached to the devices 9 with which they are in the working position outside of the housing can be brought, the width B of the housing T the usual cow pitches 50 and 60 cm, the depth T of the housing is no more than 20 cm and the height 3 of the housing is more than 45 cm » 2. According to claim 1, characterized in that the housing 7 made of any suitable material such as sheet metal »wood, chipboard, Chipboard with Kunststpffbelag or plastic after pressed, injected or foamed manufacturing process consists. 3.! Fold claim 1 and 2, characterized in that the front Dust and eye closure 8 of the housing 7 is designed so that when opening and closing the one in front of this © Workplace is not impaired by using a Holladens 8 or other suitable degree. 4 · According to claims 1-3 characterized in that the built-in Small kitchen appliances 6 electrical and if necessary with water,) affipf, SaUg ^ or compressed air connection are installed 5. According to claim t- 4, characterized in that dit; casing are provided with devices 16, which are faithful to a directive and seamless i ^ ibeneinsßder- mid / oif <; r i. line up and Also allow fastening to the wall. BATH ORIGINAL 709870 / Π718 6. According to claims 1-5, characterized in that a current bridge 11 and a terminal box 12 on each system element are present, so that the network installation on any system element, the power supply to the other System elements are carried out by connecting them to one another. 7. According to claim 1-6, characterized in that the system elements even without add-on kitchen furniture, lower and upper cabinets side by side and / or lined up on the wall and represent fixed device walls or departments. 8. According to claim 1-7, characterized in that the system elements also in other combinations, e.g. several system elements mounted on a chassis 14 and designed to be mobile be used. / 0 iiJ U / 0? 1