Space saving kitchen unit

Claim 1

A kitchen unit for providing a space saving compact arrangement for kitchen appliances and equipment integrated with a working and eating surface comprising an elongated table member forming a support surface positioned at about table top level and having a central working station located along one side of said table member spaced between its ends and access being available to the sides and ends of said table member about its entire periphery, a horizontally arranged rotatable disc mounted in and at approximately the same level as said support surface and positioned adjacent one end thereof, said disc having an opening therethrough and a plurality of angularly spaced positions thereon arranged about the opening, said disc spaced from the working station of said table member and by rotating said disc its different positions are accessible from the working station, at least one heating element for cooking purposes located in one of the positions on said disc, an upwardly extending first support member positioned inwardly of the periphery of said disc, storage shelves vertically displaceable on said support member between a storage position and a lower access position in which access position the shelves are located above the support surface of said table member and are accessible from the working station by rotating said shelves, a first vat-like tank closed at its lateral and lower surfaces and open at its upper surface is centrally disposed relative to said disc and extends downwardly from the opening in the surface of said disc, a first insert fitted within said tank and mounted on said support member for upward displacement from within said first tank to a position located above said disc and accessible from the working station, said table member having another opening in its support surface at the opposite end from said disc, a second vat-shaped tank having an open upper end located in the plane of the support surface of said table member and extending downwardly from the another opening, a second insert including shelves positioned within said second tank, an upwardly extending second support member extending upwardly through the support surface of said table member at the end containing said second tank, said second insert vertically displaceably mounted on said second support member for movement upwardly out of said second tank to a position above said table member where the shelves of said second insert are accessible from the working station, a casing disposed laterally about said second support member above the support surface of said table member and being open at its lower end, a third insert located within said casing and mounted on said second support column for displacement downwardly from said casing to a position accessible from said working station, and said third insert including shelves rotatably mounted on said second support member.