CN207486930U - A stove plate protector for kitchen stove plate - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a plate guard for a kitchen plate, arranged to be located on and secured to a surface of the kitchen plate or furnace, wherein the plate guard comprises a front portion and a first side portion and a second side portion, the front portion comprising first and second mutually slidably engageable parts, the first and second mutually slidably engageable parts allowing the front portion to extend in a length direction allowing the first and second side portions to be spaced at a variable distance from each other such that the plate guard can be adjusted to accommodate kitchen plate surfaces of various sizes. The first and second side portions are fixed to the surface of the hob by means of an adhesive in the form of adhesive strips attached to the lower surfaces of the first and second side portions.

Description

Hob guards for kitchen hobs

technical field

The utility model relates to a hob protection device, which is used for protecting hot dishes, pans or dishes on the hob, especially away from children.

Background technique

There is a danger with modern hobs, where hobs are placed in the work surface or as part of the stove top, children could reach up and touch the hot surface, or pull hot pans off the hob, thereby injuring themselves, in more at worst pouring very hot water or other liquids on themselves causing very serious injury

The utility model aims to prevent these accidents from happening, especially to prevent children from touching hot dishes, pans or plates.

The problem is not limited to modern hobs placed in worktops. The same problem arises with regular freestanding cookers, although children are usually aware of the dangers of cookers and know to steer clear of them. This hazard is not apparent when the hob is placed on a work surface, so this can lead to an increased risk of a child reaching up and grabbing or tipping over a hot pan, dish or pot.

It is known to provide cooker guards per se, and these guards can be found in the prior art such as in EP 00277 86 and US patent application 201332 7311, but these guards are difficult to adapt to the unskilled person and do not solve the hob , especially the problem that the hobs located in the workshop have significantly different dimensions. This makes it logistically difficult to find a guard that fits a particular hob size, and it is economically prohibitive for the guard to be commercially available for all available hob sizes.

Utility model content

According to the present invention, an improved hob guard is provided which overcomes the disadvantages and is defined in the appended claims.

According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a hob guard for a kitchen hob arranged to be positioned on and fixed to the surface of a kitchen hob or stove, wherein the hob guard comprising a front part and a first side part and a second side part, characterized in that the front part comprises first and second mutually slidably engaging parts, the first and second mutually slidably engaging parts allowing the front part to Extending lengthwise, and correspondingly allowing the first and second side portions to be spaced a variable distance from each other, enables the hob guard to be adjusted to accommodate kitchen hob surfaces of various sizes.

Optionally, the first and second side parts are secured to the surface of the hob by means of an adhesive.

Optionally, the adhesive is in the form of an adhesive strip attached to the lower surface of the first and second sides.

Optionally, a release film layer is provided which covers the adhesive strip and is removable when the user is ready to secure the hob guard to the hob surface.

Optionally, corner pieces are provided between each side and the front.

Optionally, the sides are curved such that when assembled the sides are oriented at 90 degrees relative to the front.

Optionally, attachment means are provided to attach the front part to a corner part and each side part to a respective corner part at each end of the front part.

Optionally, the front part includes an upper part and a lower part.

Optionally, both the upper and lower parts of the front are telescoping.

Optionally, the front part includes a first part and a second part, the first part is hollow, and the second part slides in the hollow part of the first part to form a telescopic and extendible connection.

Optionally, the first part of the front upper part and the second part of the front lower part are connected to the same corner part, so that the corresponding telescoping parts of the upper part and the lower part are arranged oppositely.

Optionally, each corner piece is attached to the respective side by means of a tongue comprising a protruding section located in a corresponding hole in the side to form a retention stop when attached.

Optionally, each corner piece is attached to the front by means of a respective tongue comprising a protruding section seated in a corresponding hole in the front to form a retention stop when attached .

Description of drawings

Embodiments of the hob protection device of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view viewed from the side of the hob when the hob protection device of the present invention is in the installation position,

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the hob protection device of Fig. 1 viewed from the outside,

Figure 3 is a front perspective view from the hob guard in the installed position when viewed from the hob side,

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the side of the hob protection device of Fig. 1,

Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of a corner of the hob protection device in Fig. 1 ,

Figure 6 is a bottom view of the side member portion of the hob guard of Figure 1 at its distal end,

Fig. 7 is a general view showing all the parts unassembled.

Detailed ways

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 7 , there is shown a hob guard 1 comprising a front portion 2 , side portions 3 , 4 and corner portions 5 , 6 . The front part 2 comprises a first upper part 7 and a first lower part 8, each of the upper part 7 and the lower part 8 comprises a corresponding second upper part 7a and a second lower part 8a, the second upper part and the second lower part are telescopic and each second upper part and second lower part slides within the corresponding first upper part and first lower part. Thus, the first upper part 7 is hollow along its length and contains a second upper part 7a which is dimensioned in its cross-section to fit within the hollow of the first upper part 7 such that the second upper part 7a can slide in and out of the first upper part 7 . The second upper part 7a is approximately the same length as the upper part 7, so that the width of the hob guard extends as long as possible and almost as long as the second upper part 7a. The first lower part 8 is constructed similarly to the second lower part 8 a which is arranged telescopically within the hollow length of the first lower part 8 . This allows the width of the hob guard to be adjusted eg from the smallest to the largest possible width which is almost twice as wide.

The first upper part 7 of the front part 2 is connected to the same corner part 6 as the second lower part 8a of the front part, so that the corresponding telescoping parts of the upper part and the lower part are arranged oppositely. This has the important advantage of keeping the guard evenly sized and supported on the hob surface. The first upper part 7 and the first lower part 8 are in particular made of a thin-walled aluminum profile and the corresponding second upper part 7a and second lower part 8a are dimensioned to fit completely into the entire width of the hollow so that Sufficient clearance is left between the respective parts for the user to be able to freely move the respective parts to adjust the width. In this way, in the installed position, there is only a very small gap between the second lower part 8a and the first upper part 7, and correspondingly at the other end of the front part 2 between the first lower part 8 and There is only a very small gap between the second upper parts 7a, so a child's little finger cannot fit between them.

The corner parts 5, 6 are preferably made of molded material and are uniformly bent so that one end is attached to the front 2 and the opposite end is attached to the sides 3, 4 so that the front 2 and side 3 , 4 are oriented at 90 degrees to each other. The front part 2 and the side parts 3, 4 are preferably made of extruded aluminum profiles and are lightweight and heat resistant. Similarly, the corner parts 5, 6, although preferably made of molded plastic material, will be made of temperature resistant plastic. Thus, it can be seen that the sides 3, 4 can be located in desired positions on the hob, wherein the upper and lower parts of the front section are freely movable and adjustable into a rest position corresponding to the position of the hob. width. Once in place, the sides 5, 6 are secured to the hob surface and in this way the entire hob guard 1 is secured to the hob surface and the upper part 7 and the lower part 8 of the front section 2 remain in the assembly position.

Referring now to FIG. 4 , there is shown an enlarged view showing the lower edge of the sides 3 , 4 to the edge of one of the connected sides 3 , 4 of the lower connection bar 9 . The lower edge of each of the side parts 3, 4 forms a hollow U-shaped slot 10 corresponding to the U-shaped male part 11 of the connecting strip 9 for positioning each side part 3, 4 in the Lower the connecting strips 9 and connect them firmly together and fixedly. The U-shaped male part 11 of the connecting strip 9 comprises an upwardly extending side wall 13 corresponding to the vertical side wall 12 of the female U-shaped groove 10 of each side part 3, 4 when the side wall is in the assembled position, so that the side The parts 3, 4 are fixedly connected to the connection bar 9 and are prevented from any unwanted lateral movement or bending. The lower connecting bar 9 also includes a base 14 extending along the length of the lower connecting bar 9, and the base also extends in the width direction to a width wider than the thickness of the side wall 13 to form on the surface of the hob for the furnace. Reliable support for the disc guard 1. The base 14 comprises on its underside a double-sided self-adhesive strip 15 comprising a release layer. To fit the hob guard 1 to the hob surface, the user peels off the release layer to expose the adhesive of the adhesive strip 15, then positions the sides 3, 4 on the hob surface, aligning the sides 3, 4 towards the surface of the hob. Press down to achieve adhesive fixation of the adhesive strip 15 to the surface of the hob. In this way, the hob guard 1 can be adjusted to the correct size with the strips still in place, and when the user is ready, the strips can be removed and the sides 3, 4 secured in place to The hob guard 1 is fixed to the hob surface. The self-adhesive layer 15 can be selected from a range of known suppliers of the double-sided adhesive strip, and preferably the adhesive has a very high bond strength, of the type such as VHB tape manufactured by 3M.

Reference is now made to FIG. 5 , which is an enlarged view showing that one of the corner pieces 5 , 6 will also be connected to the connection strip 9 . The connecting strip 9 comprises a hollow section 16 which receives a corresponding shape positioning tab 17 of each corner part 5 , 6 which is arranged to extend from the bottom edge of the corner part 5 , 6 . This serves to provide additional stability to the front 2 of the hob guard 1 via the connecting strip 9 which is fixedly fixed to the hob surface by means of an adhesive strip 15 and serves to prevent the front 2 of the hob guard 1 from any bending or movement in the

FIG. 6 shows a bottom view showing the underside of the connecting strip 9 and the adhesive layer 15 at the end section of one of the sides 3 , 4 . A finishing strip 18 is provided for rounding off the end sections of the sides 3, 4 and is fixed to each of the sides 3, 4 by means of a connecting tongue 19, which Cooperates with the hollow section 16 of the connecting strip 10 at its opposite end to each positioning tongue 23 , 24 of the corner parts 5 , 6 .

Figure 7 shows the components of the hob guard in an unassembled state, in particular the corner part 6 and the corner part 5, the corner part having a first upper part attachment means 27, a second lower part attachment means 28a and side attachment means 24, the corner part has a second upper part attachment means 27a, a first lower part attachment means 28 and a side attachment means 23. Each of these attachment means 23, 24, 27, 27a, 28, 28a comprises a tongue 29 corresponding respectively to the hollow of the respective part to be attached, and these attachment means 23, 24, 27, Each of 27a, 28, 28a additionally includes a protruding stop 30 located on the tongue and intended to snap resiliently into a corresponding receiving hole 31 in the side wall of the corresponding part to hold the respective part in place. Together.

Furthermore, the finishing strip 18 comprises a flange 32 on which two stops 33 are positioned, corresponding to holes 34 in the respective sides 3, 4 to position and fix each finishing strip to each side piece.

It should be understood that while specific embodiments of the invention have been described in detail herein, such description is for purposes of illustration only and modifications are possible within the scope of the invention.

The specification and drawings illustrate presently preferred embodiments of the invention. We intend that the specification and drawings describe the embodiments, not limit the scope of the invention. Obviously, the embodiments may be modified while remaining within the scope of the following claims. Therefore, within the scope of the claims, the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described in the specification and shown in the drawings.

Claims (13)

1. A hob guard for a kitchen hob arranged to be positioned on and secured to a surface of a kitchen hob or stove, wherein the hob guard comprises a front portion and a first a side portion and a second side portion, wherein the front portion includes first and second mutually slidably engageable parts, the first and second mutually slidably engageable parts allow the front part to extend in a lengthwise direction, and This in turn allows the first and second sides to be spaced a variable distance apart from each other so that the hob guard can be adjusted to suit various sized kitchen hob surfaces. 2. The hob guard of claim 1, wherein the first and second side portions are secured to the hob surface by means of an adhesive. 3. The hob guard of claim 2, wherein the adhesive is in the form of an adhesive strip attached to the lower surface of the first and second sides. 4. The hob guard according to claim 3, characterized in that a release film is provided which covers the adhesive strip and is removable when the user is ready to secure the hob guard to the hob surface. remove. 5. The hob guard of claim 1, wherein a corner piece is provided between each side portion and the front portion. 6. The hob guard of claim 5, wherein the sides are curved such that when assembled, the sides are oriented at 90 degrees relative to the front. 7. A hob guard as claimed in claim 1 wherein attachment means are provided to attach the front to a corner piece at each end of the front and each side to a corresponding corner widgets. 8. The hob guard of claim 1, wherein the front portion includes an upper part and a lower part. 9. Hob guard according to claim 8, characterized in that both the upper part and the lower part of the front part are telescopic. 10. The hob protection device according to claim 1, wherein the front part comprises a first part and a second part, the first part is hollow, and the second part slides in the hollow part of the first part to form a telescopic type can extend the connection. 11. The hob protection device according to claim 9, wherein the front part comprises a first part and a second part, the first part is hollow, and the second part slides in the hollow part of the first part to form a telescopic The type can be extendedly connected, and the first part of the upper part of the front part and the second part of the lower part of the front part are connected to the same corner part, so that the corresponding telescoping parts of the upper part and the lower part are arranged oppositely. 12. The hob guard of claim 1, wherein each corner piece is attached to the respective side by means of a tongue, the tongue comprising a protruding section located on a corresponding side in the side. hole to form a retention stop when attached. 13. The hob guard of claim 1, wherein each corner piece is attached to the front by means of a respective tongue, the respective tongue comprising a protruding section located in the front into the corresponding holes of the to form a retention stop when attached.