Mobile cooking device

Abstract

The invention relates to a mobile cooking device comprising a container (2) and a cooking point support (3), wherein the cooking point support (3) is arranged inside the container (2) in a use position and wherein the cooking point support (3) can be moved out of the use position relative to the container (2) into a service position, wherein, in the service position, the cooking point support (3) is supported in a mechanically form-fittingly locked manner relative to the container (2) with respect to an action of gravitational force on the cooking point support (3).

Description

[0001] Description

[0002] Mobile cooking device

[0003] The invention relates to a mobile cooking device which has a cooking plate support which is arranged in a use position within a container.

[0004] A variety of mobile cooking devices have become known in the state of the art.

[0005] One category of mobile cooking appliances includes cooking appliances that can be folded down to a minimum size when not in use, or disassembled and stored. A representative of this category is disclosed, for example, in DE 20 2023 106 348 U1. It is a camping stove that can be folded down to save space when not in use. From this non-use position, the mobile cooking appliance can be converted into a usable position by unfolding the adjustable feet and wind protection devices.

[0006] A second category of mobile cooking appliances is characterized by a heating element housed in a container. A camping stove in this category is known, for example, from the German utility model DE 1722885 U.

[0007] A common feature of prior art mobile cooking appliances is that they are relatively cumbersome to handle. In particular, mobile cooking appliances in the first category require a relatively complex assembly process to ensure they are ready for use. After cooking, the mobile cooking appliance also requires a relatively complex disassembly process for storage. Mobile cooking appliances in the second category, in particular, require a high level of equipment complexity. In the event of servicing, for example, to replace a fuel cylinder or to gain access to a storage space, it is disadvantageous that such cooking appliances often have to be disassembled in a laborious manner. Furthermore, such appliances, particularly as camping appliances, are relatively difficult to store.Such cooking appliances are more commonly found as semi-stationary cooking appliances, for example, installed in mobile homes or caravans.

[0008] The object of the invention is therefore to provide a mobile cooking device which, on the one hand, can be operated in a particularly simple manner and, in particular, can be individually stored as an easily portable and movable singular unit.

[0009] Furthermore, the maintenance / servicing of such a mobile cooking device according to the invention should be particularly simple and require little effort. Furthermore, a particularly compact and cost-effective design should be achieved.

[0010] These objects are achieved with a mobile cooking device having the features of claim 1. Advantageous embodiments are specified in the subclaims.

[0011] A mobile cooking device according to the invention comprises a container and a cooking zone support, wherein the cooking zone support is arranged in a use position within the container and wherein the cooking zone support can be displaced from the use position relative to the container into a service position, wherein the cooking zone support is supported in the service position relative to the container in a mechanically form-fitting manner with respect to the effect of gravity on the cooking zone support.

[0012] Such a mobile cooking device according to the invention can be realized with relatively few components. In particular, the inventive positive support of the cooking zone support relative to the container in the service position results in a particularly simple structural design, since no additional holding elements, supports, or the like are required to maintain the service position. At the same time, the mobile cooking device according to the invention makes it possible to dispense with disassembly of the mobile cooking device during servicing. Moving the cooking zone support relative to the container into a service position is entirely sufficient to perform necessary servicing activities, for example, changing a fuel storage container located in a storage space below the cooking zone support.

[0013] A particular embodiment of the mobile cooking device according to the invention is characterized in that the cooking zone support can first be pivoted from the use position relative to the container into an intermediate position by means of a pivoting movement about a pivot axis A and then can be displaced in a translational or arc-like manner from the intermediate position into the service position by means of a sliding movement along a sliding direction SR.

[0014] What is particularly advantageous here is that a simple combination of a pivoting and sliding movement with little design and equipment effort creates a simple way of achieving the desired mechanical form closure in the service position.

[0015] To realize the combined pivoting and sliding movement, a sliding link is advantageously provided which holds the cooking plate support pivotably and displaceably mounted relative to the container, wherein the cooking plate support can be displaced by means of the sliding link relative to the container at least in the sliding direction SR, for example displaceable deviating from a horizontal direction.

[0016] The advantage here is that, by means of the sliding link, a mechanical positive connection between the cooking zone support and the container can be established in a particularly simple manner, starting from the intermediate position of the cooking zone support relative to the container, by moving the cooking zone support along the sliding direction SR.

[0017] It is also expedient to use the sliding link to displace the cooking zone support relative to the container in an unlocking direction ER opposite to the sliding direction SR, thus removing the positive locking between the cooking zone support and the container, which is in the service position.

[0018] This means that the sliding mechanism makes it easy to move the hob support from the service position back into the use position, and this can even be done with one hand and without any additional tools.

[0019] It is also advantageous that a storage space, for example for a fuel supply and / or for cooking utensils, is provided within the container below the cooking hob support when it is in the use position.

[0020] This measure effectively utilizes the empty space in the container beneath the cooking zone support. In particular, it avoids laborious disassembly, such as the laborious disconnection of a fuel container from the cooking zone support when the mobile cooking device is not in use. The fuel supply and the mobile cooking device thus form a single unit.

[0021] To ensure particularly simple establishment of the positive connection, it is expedient for a portion of the hob support to be supported in a form-fitting manner, directly or indirectly, on an inner surface of the container, on a container wall, or on a projection projecting from the container wall into the interior of the container. In particular, the direct support of the hob support or a portion of the hob support on the container wall itself, on the inner surface of the container, or, for example, on a projection integrally formed on the container wall, allows the hob support to be locked in the service position without additional components.

[0022] For safety reasons, a wind shield is provided for a flame point, which can be pivoted about the pivot axis A from a stowed position to a use position of the wind shield.

[0023] Such a windbreak is particularly easy to operate and requires only minimal constructional and equipment expenditure for its implementation, since the pivot axis A is used as a common pivot axis for the windbreak and the cooking zone support.

[0024] It is also useful that the wind shield can be pivoted around the pivot axis A independently of the cooking plate support.

[0025] This allows the common pivot axis A to be used and still allows a relative pivoting movement between the cooking surface support and the wind shield.

[0026] To increase safety against incorrect operation, it is advisable that, in the service position of the cooking zone support, the wind shield is forced to be in a position relative to the cooking zone support that differs from the position in which the wind shield is in use, in particular, it is forced to be in the stowed position.

[0027] This can, for example, prevent the cooktop support from being accidentally shifted into the service position when the windshield is in the upright position. A similar safety improvement goal is achieved by blocking the cooktop support from pivoting around the pivot axis (A) from its use position to the intermediate position when the windshield is in the use position, i.e., when the windshield is in the upright position relative to the cooktop support.

[0028] It is also advantageous if the wind shield, when in the stowed position, covers at least part of the flame point.

[0029] This can reduce the likelihood of the flame point being inadvertently activated or being activated when the windscreen is in the stowed position.

[0030] To ensure that the cooking hob support is properly secured relative to the container during use of the mobile cooking appliances, it is advisable that, in the position of use of the cooking hob support relative to the container, a linear displacement between the cooking hob support and the container is prevented, except for manufacturing tolerances.

[0031] In a particularly simple implementation of the sliding gate, the sliding gate is designed in the form of a first shaped recess on the cooking zone support, which cooperates with at least one first pivoting projection which projects from a container wall of the container into the container interior.

[0032] To achieve easy and flexible storage, the container is designed as a stackable container, in particular a Euronorm container.

[0033] It is particularly simple in terms of design and construction if the at least one pivoting projection, which protrudes from the container wall into the container interior, is a bolt. A particularly simple provision of the common pivot axis is achieved if a central axis M of the at least one pivoting projection forms the pivot axis A.

[0034] It is advantageous if the windshield has shaped recesses with which the windshield can be pivoted coaxially to the cooking zone support about the pivot axis A.

[0035] This allows the functional integration of two independent swivel movements around one and the same axis and thus represents a particularly simple structure.

[0036] In order to reduce the number of individual parts of the mobile cooking devices, it is also particularly advantageous that the wind shield can be locked in its position of use relative to the cooking plate support, whereby elastically pre-tensioned tabs, in particular by bending the wind shield, are supported in a spring-loaded manner on a free flange of the cooking plate support.

[0037] This allows the windshield to be effectively locked without the need for additional components.

[0038] The invention is explained in more detail below using the drawings as examples. They show:

[0039] Figure 1: an exploded view of a mobile cooking device according to the invention in a perspective view;

[0040] Figure 2: a perspective view of the mobile cooking device according to the invention in a use position;

[0041] Figure 3: a perspective longitudinal sectional view of the mobile cooking device according to the invention in an intermediate position; Figure 4: a perspective longitudinal sectional view of the mobile cooking device according to the invention in a service position.

[0042] A mobile cooking device 1 according to the invention is shown in Figures 1 to 4 in different assembly and operating states.

[0043] Figure 1 shows the mobile cooking device 1 according to the invention in an exploded view. A container 2, which is preferably designed as a stackable container, in particular as a Euronorm container, serves to accommodate a cooking zone support 3 having a flame point 4. In the exemplary embodiment, the flame point 4 is designed as a gas burner. The cooking zone support 3 has a fuel connection 4.1 on its underside. Furthermore, the cooking zone support 3 has an operating element 3.1, for example a gas valve, with which a gas flame of the flame point 4 can be regulated. The cooking zone support 3 also has a base plate 3.2, on the side edges of which end flanges 3.3 and long side flanges 3.4 extend upwards in a vertical direction V.

[0044] The dimensions of the cooking zone support 3 are such that the cooking zone support 3 can be inserted from above into an opening 2.1 of the container 2, not projecting beyond an upper edge 2.2 of the container 2.

[0045] The container 2 has container walls 2.3 that define a container interior 2.4. The container walls 2.3, which form the longitudinal sides of the container 2, have container interior surfaces 2.5. Pivoting projections 5 protrude from the container interior surfaces 2.5 into the interior 2.4. The pivoting projections 5 are designed, for example, as pivot pins and are aligned coaxially with one another such that they have a common central axis M, wherein the common central axis M forms a pivot axis A for the cooking zone support 3.

[0046] Viewed in the longitudinal direction of the container 2, at the end region opposite the pivoting projections 5, the container 2 Ab has support projections 6, which also protrude into the interior 2.4 of the container 2. Corresponding to the pivoting projections 5, the cooking zone support 3 has first shaped recesses 3.5, which are designed as sliding guides 3.6. Corresponding to the support projections 6, the cooking zone support 3 has second shaped recesses 3.7, which are designed as wedge-shaped, vertically extending slotted recesses.

[0047] The sliding gate 3.6 has a first, vertical recess leg 3.6.1 and a second, horizontal recess leg 3.6.2. If the cooking hob support 3 is inserted into the container 2 from above in the vertical direction V, the pivoting projections 5 move into the first, vertical recess legs 3.6.1 and the supporting projections 6 find the second shaped recesses 3.7. This position forms the operating position of the mobile cooking device 1, wherein the cooking hob support 3 is inserted into the container 2 ready for use. A hose connection from the cooking hob support 3 to a fuel storage container 4.2, for example a gas cylinder, which is located in the interior 2.4 of the container 2 below the cooking hob support 3 in a storage space 2.6 formed there, is not shown. The storage space 2.6 is dimensioned in particular such that, in addition to the fuel storage container 4.2 There is also sufficient space to store cooking utensils such as cookware and / or cleaning materials if necessary.

[0048] Furthermore, the mobile cooking device 1 according to the invention has a draft shield 10, which has an approximately U-shaped spatial form in a plan view and is formed from flat plate-like structures, such as a bent and / or folded, heat-resistant sheet, for example a stainless steel sheet. The draft shield 10 has an end wall 10.1 and longitudinal walls 10.2. With regard to its dimensions, the draft shield 10 is dimensioned such that it at least partially surrounds the cooking zone support 3, in particular in the region of at least one end flange 3.3 and in partial regions of the longitudinal side flanges 3.4, and can be inserted into a gap between the flanges 3.4 and 3.3 of the cooking zone support 3 and the inner surfaces 2.5 of the container walls 2.3. The windshield 10 also has shaped recesses 10.3, with which the windshield 10 can be plugged onto the pivot projections 5, which form the pivot axis A.The draft shield 10 can thus be pivoted independently of the cooking surface support 3 about the pivoting projections 5, i.e. about the pivot axis A. In a rest position of the draft shield 10, the longitudinal walls 10.2 of the draft shield 10 point downwards into the container interior 2.4. At the same time, the end wall 10.1 of the draft shield 10 is laid flat on the cooking surface support 3, whereby the flame point 4 is advantageously covered at least in part. In order to move the draft shield 10 from its rest position into a use position, it is pivoted upwards about the pivot axis A so that the longitudinal walls 10.2 move from the container interior 2.4 between the cooking surface support 3 and the container walls 2.3 in an area above the cooking surface support 3. In this position, tabs 10.4, which are located on the lower edges of the longitudinal walls 10.2 of the wind shield 10 are provided, are suspended from corresponding areas of free flanges of the hob support 3, which can be, for example, the long side flanges 3.4, by slightly bending the long side walls 10.2 in such a way that the wind shield 10 can no longer fold downwards. In this position, for example, the tabs 10.4 at the free end of the long walls 10.2 are arranged in a spring-loaded manner on an inner side of the long side flanges 3.4.

[0049] Such an arrangement is shown in Figure 2, in which the tabs 10.4 at the free end of the longitudinal side walls 10.2 of the wind shield 10 are arranged on an inner side of the longitudinal side flange 3.4 facing the flame point 4, whereas the free tabs 10.4 arranged closer to the pivoting projection 5 are arranged on an outer side of the longitudinal side flanges 3.4.

[0050] Figure 3 shows the mobile cooking device 1 according to the invention in a longitudinal section, wherein the mobile cooking device 1 is in an intermediate position in which the cooking plate support 3 is pivoted vertically upwards about the pivot axis A in the direction of the arrow PI and thus provides access to the storage space 2.6 in which the fuel storage container 4.2 and / or optionally cooking utensils are located. In order to get from the use position of the mobile cooking device 1, as shown for example in Figure 2, into this intermediate position according to Figure 3, the cooking plate support 3 has been pivoted about the pivot axis A in the direction of the arrow PI. In this intermediate position, the recess leg 3.6.2 which runs horizontally in the illustration according to Figure 1 is oriented in the vertical direction V such that the cooking plate support 3 is pivoted by the length of the horizontal recess leg 3.6.2 can be displaced vertically downwards a little into the interior of the container 2. Thus, from the intermediate position according to Figure 3, the cooking plate support 3 is displaced in the vertical direction V, ie in a sliding direction SR downwards.

[0051] Such a position is shown in Figure 4, which shows the service position of the mobile cooking device 1. In this position, the cooking hob support 3 is in a vertical or almost vertical orientation. The pivoting projections 5 are located at the end of the recess legs 3.6.2, so that the cooking hob support 3 is in a slightly further lowered position relative to the container 2 compared to the intermediate position according to Figure 3. In this service position, the cooking hob support 3 can no longer inadvertently fall back into the use position against the direction of the arrow PI, since the cooking hob support 3 itself is supported, for example with a corner area 3.4.1 of the long side flanges 3.4, directly on the inner surface 2.5 of the container wall 2.3. Thus, a force of gravity acting on the cooking hob support 3 cannot lead to the cooking hob support 3 accidentally falling back.The cooking zone support 3 is thus mechanically locked in the service position.

[0052] In addition to the direct, i.e. immediately contacting, support of the cooking hob support 3 on the container inner surface 2.5, an indirect and / or mediate support of the cooking hob support 3 on container walls 2.3 is of course also within the scope of the invention. For example, a cushioning intermediate layer (not shown) between the container inner surface 2.5 and the cooking hob support 3 can provide indirect support. If necessary, additional components such as stops or attachments (not shown) provided on container walls 2.3 in the area of ​​the contact point can also provide indirect support of the cooking hob support 3. The additional components do not necessarily have to be attached to the container 2. They can equally usefully be attached to the cooking hob support 3.To release the mechanically positive locking of the hob support 3 relative to the container 2, the hob support 3 simply needs to be moved upwards in an unlocking direction ER opposite to the sliding direction SR, i.e., in a substantially vertical direction V, by the length of the horizontal recess leg 3.6.2 against the force of gravity. In this position (intermediate position), the pivot projections 5 are located in the transition area between the horizontal recess legs 3.6.2 and the vertical recess legs 3.6.1, whereby the pivoting ability is released opposite to the arrow direction PI around the pivot axis A and the hob support 3 can be lowered back into its use position.

[0053] List of reference symbols

[0054] 1 mobile cooking device

[0055] 2 containers

[0056] 2.1 Opening

[0057] 2.2 Edge

[0058] 2.3 Container wall

[0059] 2.4 Interior

[0060] 2.5 Container inner surface

[0061] 2.6 Storage room

[0062] 3 cooking hob supports

[0063] 3.1 Control element

[0064] 3.2 Base plate

[0065] 3.3 Front flanges

[0066] 3.4 Longitudinal side flanges

[0067] 3.5 first recesses of the hob support

[0068] 3.6 Sliding gate

[0069] 3.6.1 vertical recess legs

[0070] 3.6.2 horizontal recess leg

[0071] 3.7 second recesses of the hob support

[0072] 4 Flame point

[0073] 4.1 Fuel connection

[0074] 4.2 Fuel storage tank

[0075] 5 swivel projections

[0076] 6 From support projection

[0077] 10 Wind protection

[0078] 10.1 front wall

[0079] 10.2 Longitudinal wall

[0080] 10.3 Mold recesses

[0081] 10.4 Tabs SR sliding direction

[0082] ER unlocking direction

[0083] A swivel axis

[0084] M central axis

[0085] V vertical direction

Claims

Claims 1. Mobile cooking device with a container (2) and a cooking zone support (3), wherein the cooking zone support (3) is arranged in a use position within the container (2) and wherein the cooking zone support (3) can be displaced from the use position relative to the container (2) into a service position, wherein the cooking zone support (3) is supported in a mechanically form-fitting manner in relation to the container (2) with respect to the effect of gravity on the cooking zone support (3).

2. Mobile cooking device according to claim 1, characterized in that the cooking zone support (3) can be pivoted from the use position relative to the container (2) first by means of a pivoting movement about a pivot axis (A) into an intermediate position and then can be displaced in a translational or arc-like manner from the intermediate position into the service position by means of a sliding movement along a sliding direction (SR).

3. Mobile cooking device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a sliding link (3.6) is provided which holds the cooking plate support (3) displaceably mounted relative to the container (2), wherein the cooking plate support (3) is displaceable by means of the sliding link (3.6) relative to the container (2) at least in the sliding direction (SR), for example displaceable deviating from a horizontal direction.

4. Mobile cooking device according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that by means of a sliding link (3.6) a displacement of the cooking plate support (3) relative to the container (2) in an unlocking direction (ER) opposite to the sliding direction (SR) is possible and thus the positive connection between the cooking plate support (3) and the container (2), which is in the service position, can be canceled.

5. Mobile cooking device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a storage space (2.6) is provided within the container (2) below the cooking plate support (3) when it is in the use position.

6. Mobile cooking device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that in the service position, a partial area of ​​the cooking zone support (3) is supported in a form-fitting manner on an inner surface (2.5) of the container, on a container wall (2.3) or on a projection which projects from the container wall (2.3) into a container interior (2.4).

7. Mobile cooking device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a wind shield (10) for a flame point (4) is provided, which can be pivoted about the pivot axis (A) from a stowed position into a use position of the wind shield (10).

8. Mobile cooking device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the wind shield (10) is pivotally displaceable about the pivot axis (A) independently of the cooking plate support (3).

9. Mobile cooking device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that in the service position of the cooking plate support (3) the wind shield (10) is necessarily in a position relative to the cooking plate support (3) deviating from the use position of the wind shield (10), in particular necessarily in the stowage position.

10. Mobile cooking device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the wind shield (10), when it is in the use position, blocks the pivoting movement of the cooking plate support (3) about the pivot axis (A) from its use position into the intermediate position.

11. Mobile cooking device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the wind shield (10), when in the stowed position, covers at least part of the flame point (4).

12. Mobile cooking device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that in the use position of the cooking plate support (3) relative to the container (2), a linear displacement between the cooking plate support (3) and the container (2) is prevented except for manufacturing tolerances.

13. Mobile cooking device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the sliding gate (3.6) is designed in the form of a shaped recess (3.5) on the cooking plate support (3), which cooperates with at least one first pivoting projection (5) which projects from a container wall (2.3) of the container (2) into the container interior (2.4).

14. Mobile cooking device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the container (2) is a stackable container, in particular a Euronorm container.

15. Mobile cooking device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the at least one pivoting projection (5) which projects from the container wall (2.3) into the container interior (2.4) is a bolt.

16. Mobile cooking device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a central axis (M) of the at least one pivoting projection (5) forms the pivot axis (A).

17. Mobile cooking device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the wind shield (10) has shaped recesses (10.3), with which the wind shield (10) is mounted coaxially pivotable to the cooking plate support (3) about the pivot axis (A).

18. Mobile cooking device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the wind shield (10) can be locked in its position of use relative to the cooking plate support (3), wherein elastically prestressed tabs (10.4) are supported in a resiliently prestressed manner on a free flange of the cooking plate support (3), in particular by bending the wind shield (10).

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