Kitchen furnishing accessory for outdoor and indoor use, provided with equipment for cooking foods and with a modular support structure of the interchageable hob

Abstract

Kitchen furnishing accessory, for outdoor or indoor type, provided with an interchangeable hob for cooking food and with a modular support structure of the interchangeable hob composed of tubular uprights, where, at the lower end, a bottom is fitted, surrounded around the edge by side panels, also anchored to said uprights, and a door, hinged at the side, said panel and said door being curved. At the upper part of the modular structure, the hob is fitted onto the upper ends of said uprights, comprising essentially a circular plate, the heating and cooking means, and the respective controls for controlling the working temperature of the heating and cooking means, positioned along the front of the hob assembly. The furnishing accessory may consist of one, two or more support structures which are fitted together. Different kinds of household appliances may be located in them: e.g. refrigerators, dishwashers, ovens.

1 . Kitchen furnishing accessory, of the outdoor/indoor type, provided with an appliance for cooking food and with a modular support structure of the hob, characterised in that the hob support structure is composed of at least three tubular uprights, where, at the lower end, a bottom is fitted, surrounded around the perimeter by at least one vertical curtain panel, also anchored to said uprights, and a door, hinged at the side, said panel and said door being curved, and where, at the upper part of the modular structure, the interchangeable hob is fitted onto the upper ends of said uprights, comprising a circular plate, the heating and cooking means, and the respective controls for controlling the working temperature of the heating and cooking means, positioned along the front of the hob assembly.  
   
   
       2 . Kitchen furnishing accessory, of the outdoor/indoor type, according to  claim 1 , characterised in that a ring element is positioned projecting from at least one hob support structure.  
   
   
       3 . Kitchen furnishing accessory, of the outdoor/indoor type, according to  claim 1  and  2 , characterised in that said hob support structure is integrated in a furnishing accessory which has a second hob support structure.  
   
   
       4 . Kitchen furnishing accessory, of the outdoor/indoor type, according to  claim 1 , characterised in that the furnishing accessory composed of two hob support structures joined together by connecting means, has an intermediate area intended for other functions, such as the function of an oven, refrigerator, freezer, dishwasher, or simply a compartment with shelves, and on the top the function of sink or of an additional hob, these being possibly positioned between said two analogous support structures, each of a corresponding hob, wherein said hob, being interchangeable, may also be of the type with a different configuration from the opposite one.  
   
   
       5 . Kitchen furnishing accessory, of the outdoor/indoor type, according to  claim 1 , characterised in that wheels are fitted at each lower end of at least two uprights.  
   
   
       6 . Kitchen furnishing accessory, of the outdoor/indoor type, according to  claim 1 , characterised in that at least one upright has an adjustable foot at the lower end.  
   
   
       7 . Kitchen furnishing accessory, of the outdoor/indoor type, according to  claim 1 , characterised in that, at each end of each upright, respectively upper and lower, there is a double shoulder, one diametrically opposite the other, where at least one shoulder has a slot for receiving transversely an anchoring tab, which projects with respect to said upright with a wide supporting end at a right angle to said upright.  
   
   
       8 . Kitchen furnishing accessory, of the outdoor/indoor type, according to  claim 1 , characterised in that said anchoring tab is a substantially flat metal element with the protruding end wider than the opposite end which is fixed to the shoulder, where at the upper end of the uprights it provides peripheral support for the circular plate which forms the hob.  
   
   
       9 . Kitchen furnishing accessory, of the outdoor/indoor type, according to  claim 1 , characterised in that the circular plate, which forms the hob and supports the heating and cooking means, has along a sector of the same the respective controls for controlling the working temperature of the heating and cooking means.  
   
   
       10 . Kitchen furnishing accessory, of the outdoor/indoor type, according to  claim 1 , characterised in that the curtain panels of the support structure are joined to the uprights by connecting flanges with a “U” shape.  
   
   
       11 . Kitchen furnishing accessory, of the outdoor/indoor type, according to  claim 1 , characterised in that the circular plate which forms the hob and supports the heating and cooking means, has along it two semicircular seats, each of which surrounds the profile of the respective upright to which it is joined.  
   
   
       12 . Kitchen furnishing accessory, of the outdoor/indoor type, according to  claim 1 , characterised in that the ring element surrounds the furnishing accessory.  
   
   
       13 . Kitchen furnishing accessory, of the outdoor/indoor type, according to  claim 1 , characterised in that the combined support structure is composed of a first and a second support structure, each of which is without the curtain panel on the side of the two structures that face each other and that are connected to each other by a bottom which connects the two support structures at the lower part, by a top which connects said two support structures at the upper part, and a back.  
   
   
       14 . Kitchen furnishing accessory, of the outdoor/indoor type, according to  claim 1 , characterised in that the bottom has openings at the rear for the passage of possible connections both for pipes and for the electric connection for the supply of the supported accessories, and it is fixed along the side ends at the bottom of each support structure, while the upper connecting top has its side ends made in such a way as to have two opposed semicircular seats, each one of which ends with two opposing end peninsulas, said peninsulas being engaged at the upper end of two uprights.  
   
   
       15 . Kitchen furnishing accessory, of the outdoor/indoor type, according to  claim 1 , characterised in that against the shoulders of the upper end of at least one of the uprights is fixed a flat arm which, being at a right angle to the respective upright, projects towards the outside of the support structure of the first furnishing accessory for cooking and supports a ring which surrounds, on the outside, the upper end of the support structure of the furnishing accessory for cooking.