U.S. patent application number 13/997654 was filed with the patent office on 2014-03-06 for kitchen furniture.
The applicant listed for this patent is Cumhur Ayvazoglu, Hayri Kerem Erenay, Onur Yaman, Namik Yilmaz, Ahmet Yorukoglu. Invention is credited to Cumhur Ayvazoglu, Hayri Kerem Erenay, Onur Yaman, Namik Yilmaz, Ahmet Yorukoglu.
Application Number | 20140060394 13/997654 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 45319095 |
Filed Date | 2014-03-06 |
United States Patent
Application |
20140060394 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Yaman; Onur ; et
al. |
March 6, 2014 |
Kitchen Furniture
Abstract
The present invention relates to a kitchen furniture (1)
comprising a counter (2), a housing (3) disposed on the counter (2)
suitable for placing the cooktop (C) therein, an opening (4)
providing access into the housing (3), a chamber (5) disposed under
the counter (2) and near the housing (3), a cover (6) that enters
into the chamber (5) in the first position and that covers the
opening (4) by coming over the housing (3) in the second position
and a movement mechanism (7) that is suitable for moving the cover
(6) between the first and second positions and moving the cooktop
(C) upwards and downwards inside the housing (3).
Inventors: |
Yaman; Onur; (Istanbul,
TR) ; Yorukoglu; Ahmet; (Istanbul, TR) ;
Yilmaz; Namik; (Istanbul, TR) ; Erenay; Hayri
Kerem; (Istanbul, TR) ; Ayvazoglu; Cumhur;
(Istanbul, TR) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Yaman; Onur
Yorukoglu; Ahmet
Yilmaz; Namik
Erenay; Hayri Kerem
Ayvazoglu; Cumhur |
Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul |
|
TR
TR
TR
TR
TR |
|
|
Family ID: |
45319095 |
Appl. No.: |
13/997654 |
Filed: |
December 6, 2011 |
PCT Filed: |
December 6, 2011 |
PCT NO: |
PCT/EP2011/071864 |
371 Date: |
October 10, 2013 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
108/20 |
Current CPC
Class: |
F24C 15/30 20130101;
F24C 15/103 20130101; A47B 77/08 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
108/20 |
International
Class: |
A47B 77/08 20060101
A47B077/08; F24C 15/30 20060101 F24C015/30 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Dec 24, 2010 |
TR |
A 2010/10888 |
Claims
1. A kitchen furniture (1) comprising a counter (2), a housing (3)
disposed on the counter (2) suitable for placing the cooktop (C)
therein, an opening (4) providing access into the housing (3), a
chamber (5) disposed under the counter (2) and near the housing
(3), a cover (6) that enters into the chamber (5) in the first
position and that covers the opening (4) by coming over the housing
(3) in the second position and a movement mechanism (7) that is
suitable for moving the cover (6) between the first and second
positions and moving the cooktop (C) upwards and downwards inside
the housing (3)characterized by--at least one presence sensor (8)
detecting the object on the cooktop (C) or the cover (6) and--a
control unit (9) preventing the cooktop (C) and/or the cover (6)
from moving by controlling the movement mechanism (7) when an
object is detected on the cooktop (C) or the cover (6) by the
presence sensor (8).
2. The kitchen furniture (1) as in claim 1, wherein the presence
sensor (8) that is a weight sensor,
3. The kitchen furniture (1) as in claim 2, wherein the movement
mechanism (7) further comprises at least one shaft (11) supporting
the total weight of the cooktop (C) and the cover (6) when the
cooktop (C) and the cover (6) are in the second position, wherein
the presence sensor (8) placed on the shafts (11) so as to remain
between the shaft (11) and the cooktop (C).
4. The kitchen furniture (1) as in claim 2, wherein the presence
sensor (8) detecting the weight of the cooktop (C) and when the
cover (6) is in the second position, the combined weight of the
cooktop (C) and the cover (6).
5. The kitchen furniture (1) as in claim 1, wherein the presence
sensor (8) that is an optical sensor.
6. The kitchen furniture (1) as in claim 5, wherein the presence
sensor (8) disposed on the counter (2) and detecting the object on
the cover (6).
7. The kitchen furniture (1) as in claim 5, wherein the presence
sensor (8) disposed at the edge of the housing (3) and detecting
the object on the cooktop (C).
8. The kitchen furniture (1) as in claim 1 further comprising a
cooktop (C) disposed inside a kitchen furniture (1) and changed to
two positions by being moved.
9. The kitchen furniture (1) as in claim 3, wherein the presence
sensor (8) detecting the weight of the cooktop (C) and when the
cover (6) is in the second position, the combined weight of the
cooktop (C) and the cover (6).
10. The kitchen furniture (1) as in claim 6, wherein the presence
sensor (8) disposed at the edge of the housing (3) and detecting
the object on the cooktop (C).
11. The kitchen furniture (1) as in claim 2 further comprising a
cooktop (C) disposed inside a kitchen furniture (1) and changed to
two positions by being moved.
12. The kitchen furniture (1) as in claim 3 further comprising a
cooktop (C) disposed inside a kitchen furniture (1) and changed to
two positions by being moved.
13. The kitchen furniture (1) as in claim 4 further comprising a
cooktop (C) disposed inside a kitchen furniture (1) and changed to
two positions by being moved.
14. The kitchen furniture (1) as in claim 5 further comprising a
cooktop (C) disposed inside a kitchen furniture (1) and changed to
two positions by being moved.
15. The kitchen furniture (1) as in claim 6 further comprising a
cooktop (C) disposed inside a kitchen furniture (1) and changed to
two positions by being moved.
16. The kitchen furniture (1) as in claim 7 further comprising a
cooktop (C) disposed inside a kitchen furniture (1) and changed to
two positions by being moved.
17. The kitchen furniture (1) as in claim 9 further comprising a
cooktop (C) disposed inside a kitchen furniture (1) and changed to
two positions by being moved.
18. The kitchen furniture (1) as in claim 10 further comprising a
cooktop (C) disposed inside a kitchen furniture (1) and changed to
two positions by being moved.
Description
[0001] The present invention relates to a kitchen furniture, on the
counter of which a cooktop is placed.
[0002] In kitchen furniture, the cooktop can be placed by opening a
housing on the counter. The user prefers the cooktop embedded in
the housing because the cooktop does not have the problem of
sliding on the counter and no problem of dirt accumulation between
the counter and the cooktop exists. However, the cooktop occupies
space on the counter unnecessarily when not in use and decreases
the usable area of the counter for the user. Furthermore, the top
surface of the cooktop that is always open gets dirty and cleaning
the dust and dirt collected particularly on the sides of the
heaters becomes difficult. In the state of the art for this purpose
covers are present that are closed over the cooktop. However, these
covers, since closed over the cooktop, occupy space by forming a
protrusion over the area occupied by the cooktop on the counter.
This causes the user not to be satisfied with the kitchen
furniture.
[0003] The kitchen furniture explained in the state of the art
Turkish Patent Application No. TR200910074 comprises a cooktop
disposed in a housing opened on the counter, a movement mechanism
that moves the cooktop towards inside of the housing by being
actuated when the cooktop is not used and a cover that is placed in
a chamber disposed under the counter in the first position and that
is brought over the cooktop in the second position after the
cooktop is placed under the housing. Thus, the cooktop is moved
downwards when not in use and the cover conceals the cooktop by
being changed from the first position to the second position.
[0004] One of the problems encountered in the embodiments where the
cooktop is concealed under the counter is that the cooktop enters
into the housing and the top thereof is covered by the cover when a
cooking container such as pot, pan, coffee pot, is present on the
cooktop. In this case, the cover that covers over the cooktop hits
the cooking containers on the cooktop and causes them to fall and
break.
[0005] The kitchen furniture realized in order to attain the aim of
the present invention, explicated in the first claim and the
respective claims thereof comprises at least one presence sensor
detecting the object on the cooktop or the cover and a control unit
preventing the cooktop and the cover from moving by controlling the
movement mechanism when an object is detected on the cooktop or the
cover by the presence sensor.
[0006] Thus, the cooktop and the cover are prevented from moving
when there is an object thereon and inconveniencies such as the
objects on the cooktop or the cover falling and breaking or the
hand of the user getting stuck therebetween are eliminated.
[0007] In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the
presence sensor is a weight sensor. The weight sensor detects the
weight of the cooktop and in the second position, that is where the
cooktop is concealed under the counter by the cover, detects the
combined weight of the cooktop and the cover.
[0008] In another embodiment of the present invention, the weight
sensor is positioned so as to remain between the cooktop and the
shaft that supports the weight of the cooktop and supports the
total weight of the cooktop and the cover when the cover is in the
second position.
[0009] In an embodiment of the present invention, the presence
sensor is an optical sensor. In different derivatives of this
embodiment, the presence sensor is positioned on the counter so as
to detect the objects placed on the cover or positioned at the
edges of the housing so as to detect the objects placed on the
cooktop.
[0010] By means of the kitchen furniture of the present invention,
the movement mechanism moves the cooktop and the cover by being
activated by the control unit only when there is no object on the
cooktop and the cover. If there is any object on the cooktop and/or
the cover, the movement mechanism is not activated by the control
unit and the cooktop and the cover are provided to remain
stationary in their positions. Thus, the cooktop and the cover are
prevented from being moved when there is any object on the cooktop
and the cover, preventing the objects from falling and breaking and
preventing the hand of the user from getting stuck between the
cover and the cooktop and thus the cooktop that can be concealed
under the counter is provided to operate in a safe manner.
[0011] A kitchen furniture realized in order to attain the aim of
the present invention is illustrated in the attached figures,
where:
[0012] FIG. 1--is the schematic view of a kitchen furniture when
the cover is in the first position.
[0013] FIG. 2--is the schematic view of a kitchen furniture when
the cover is in the second position.
[0014] FIG. 3--is the perspective view of a kitchen furniture when
the cover is in the first position.
[0015] FIG. 4--is the partial perspective view of a kitchen
furniture when the cover is in the second position.
[0016] FIG. 5--is the partial cross-sectional view of a kitchen
furniture when the cover is in the second position.
[0017] The elements illustrated in the figures are numbered as
follows:
[0018] 1. Kitchen furniture
[0019] 2. Counter
[0020] 3. Housing
[0021] 4. Opening
[0022] 5. Chamber
[0023] 6. Cover
[0024] 7. Movement mechanism
[0025] 8. Presence sensor
[0026] 9. Control unit
[0027] 10. Button
[0028] 11. Shaft
[0029] The kitchen furniture (1) of the present invention comprises
a counter (2), a housing (3) disposed on the counter (2) suitable
for placing the cooktop (C) therein, an opening (4) providing
access into the housing (3), a chamber (5) disposed under the
counter (2) and near the housing (3), a cover (6) that enters into
the chamber (5) in the first position and that covers the opening
(4) by coming over the housing (3) in the second position and a
movement mechanism (7) that is suitable for moving the cover (6)
between the first and second positions and moving the cooktop (C)
upwards and downwards inside the housing (3).
[0030] The kitchen furniture (1) furthermore comprises at least one
presence sensor (8) detecting the object on the cooktop (C) or the
cover (6) and a control unit (9) preventing the cooktop (C) and/or
the cover (6) from moving by controlling the movement mechanism (7)
when an object is detected on the cooktop (C) or the cover (6) by
the presence sensor (8).
[0031] The cooktop (C) is placed inside the housing (3) which is
disposed on the counter (2). When the cooktop (C) is at the upper
side of the housing (3) food can be cooked thereon (FIG. 1). In the
meantime, the cover (6) is inside the chamber (5) in the first
position. When not in use, the cooktop (C) is moved in the downward
direction by the actuation of the movement mechanism (7) and goes
down into the housing (3) (FIG. 2). The opening (4) is situated at
the upper side of the cooktop (C) that comes to a level lower than
that of the counter (2) inside the housing (3). The cover (6)
covers the opening (4) by being changed to the second position by
the movement mechanism (7) (FIG. 3). However, this movement of the
cooktop (C) and the cover (6) becomes possible when no object is
detected on the cooktop (C) or the cover (6) by the presence sensor
(8). Thus, the cooktop (C) is seated inside the housing (3) so as
to be accessible by the user when in use, goes into the housing (3)
and is concealed under the cover (6) that is brought over the
housing (3) when not in use. Thus, the cooktop (C) is protected
from external factors when not in use and is prevented from getting
dirty.
[0032] When the cooktop (C) is desired to be used when the cover
(6) is in the second position, the movement mechanism (7) is
actuated once more. When no object is detected on the cooktop (C)
or the cover (6) by the presence sensor (8), the movement mechanism
(7) brings the cover (6) to the first position and then moves the
cooktop (C) upwards so that it can be used.
[0033] When any object is detected on the cooktop (C) or the cover
(6) by the presence sensor (8), the movement mechanism (7) is not
operated by the control unit (9) even if it is actuated by the user
and the cooktop (C) and the cover (6) maintain their positions.
Thus, inconveniences such as the objects on the cooktop (C) or the
cover (6) falling and breaking or getting stuck between the cooktop
(C) and the cover (6) and the like are eliminated, thus providing
the movement mechanism (7) to work in a safe manner.
[0034] In an embodiment of the present invention, the presence
sensor (8) is a weight sensor. The weight sensor (8) detects the
weight of the cooktop (C) and the cover (6) and transmits the data
related to the presence of any object on the cooktop (C) or the
cover (6) to the control unit (9).
[0035] In an embodiment of the present invention, the kitchen
furniture (1) comprises at least one button (10) disposed on the
counter (2), providing energy to be supplied to the movement
mechanism (7) by being actuated by the user.
[0036] In an embodiment of the present invention, the movement
mechanism (7) comprises at least one shaft (11) supporting the
total weight of the cooktop (C) and the cover (6) when the cooktop
(C) and the cover (6) are in the second position. When the user
pushes the button (10), the movement mechanism (7) provides the
cooktop (C) to move in the downward direction by means of the shaft
(11). When the cooktop (C) is desired to be brought to its former
position, the movement mechanism (7) operates in the reverse
direction, providing the cooktop (C) to rise on the shaft (11). In
this embodiment of the present invention, weight sensor is used as
the presence sensor (8). Also in the second position of the cooktop
(C) and the cover (6), the presence sensor (8) is placed on the
shafts (11) supporting the whole weight of the cooktop (C) and the
cover (6), so as to be between the shaft (11) and the cooktop (C).
Thus, the weight of the cooktop (C) and when the cover (6) is in
the second position, the combined weight of the cooktop (C) and the
cover (6) is detected to be transmitted to the control unit
(9).
[0037] In a derivative of this embodiment, the cooktop (C) is
supported by four shafts (11) so that the balance and the weight
detecting are provided in the best manner and presence sensors (8)
are disposed at the portions where the shafts (11) and the cooktop
(C) contact each other.
[0038] In an embodiment of the present invention, the presence
sensor (8) is an optical sensor. In a derivative of this
embodiment, the presence sensor (8) is disposed on the counter (2)
and detects the object on the cover (6). In another derivative of
this embodiment, the presence sensor (8) is disposed at the edge of
the housing (3) and detects the object on the cooktop (C).
[0039] By means of the present invention, in the embodiments
wherein the cooktop (C) is concealed under the counter (2), the
cooktop (C) and the cover (6) are prevented from displacing if
there is any object thereon, thus preventing the objects thereon
from falling and breaking. Thus, a safety control is obtained in
the embodiments wherein the cooktop (C) is concealed under the
counter (2).
[0040] It is to be understood that the present invention is not
limited to the embodiments disclosed above and a person skilled in
the art can easily introduce different embodiments. These should be
considered within the scope of the protection postulated by the
claims of the present invention.
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