JPH05326126A - Electromagnetic induction heating cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an electromagnetic induction heating cooker excellent in operability, a housing property, and useability, without trouble of selecting a useable pan eliminated. CONSTITUTION:This cooker is composed of a cooking vessel main body 4, consisting of a rice cooking pan 9, at least two kinds of pans such as fry cooking and deep fry cooking pans 5 and 7, and a heating apparatus 1 for induction- heating the cooking vessel main body 4. In this constitution, the heating apparatus 1 and the cooking vessel main body 4 are made separable.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electromagnetic induction heating cooker.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an example of an electromagnetic induction heating type rice cooker that cooks rice using induction heating from an electromagnetic induction heating device equipped with an induction heating coil or the like, a device disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. Sho 63-108197 has been proposed. is there.

The electromagnetic induction heating type rice cooker disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 63-108197 has an induction heating coil, a cooling fan, etc. built-in, and an electromagnetic induction having a top plate in the upper center opposite to the induction heating coil. It consists of a heating device, a rice cooker body in which the inner pot is detachably accommodated, and an operation unit provided with an electromagnetic induction heating device, such as a rice cook mode, a fry mode, or a normal heating mode. The main body of the rice cooker is attached on the electromagnetic induction heating device, and the bottom of the inner pot is placed on the top plate.

When the rice cooker main body is placed on the electromagnetic induction heating device and heated in the rice cooking mode, an eddy current is generated in the inner pot by the electromagnetic induction action, and the inner pot is heated by the eddy current, which is a delicate operation. While adjusting the heating power, shorten the cooking time and cook good rice.

[0005]

As described above, in the conventional electromagnetic induction heating type rice cooker, it is possible to finely adjust the heating power,
The rice can be cooked while shortening the cooking time. However, the pot installed corresponding to this electromagnetic induction heating device is only a pot for cooking rice, and the cooking range is mainly limited to cooking rice and the cooking range is limited. Also,
When cooking other than cooking rice, a general-purpose pot had to be used, so it is very inconvenient to know what kind of pot can be used for electromagnetic induction heating, and it is troublesome to select a pot. It was hanging.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and provides an easy-to-use electromagnetic induction heating cooker which saves the trouble of selecting a pot that can be used and is excellent in operability and storability. The purpose is to do.

[0007]

An electromagnetic induction heating cooker according to the present invention comprises a cooking vessel body composed of at least two types of pots such as a rice cooking pot and a pan for frying and frying.
It comprises a heating device for induction heating the cooking container body, and the heating device and the cooking container body are separable. Further, a receiver for supporting the pan is provided, and a step is provided between the bottom surface of the receiver and the bottom surface of the pan.

Further, the heating device is provided with an operating portion having operation keys for the cooking mode corresponding to any of the plurality of cooking container bodies and the cooking mode of the heating device. Also, the cooking mode operation keys of the operation unit are divided into rice cooking mode operation keys and other cooking mode operation keys, and the other cooking mode operation keys are provided on the top surface of the heating device and the rice cooking mode operation keys are also provided. Is provided on the side surface of the heating device.

[0009]

[Function] The pan of the cooking container body corresponding to the cooking mode is selected, placed on the heating device, the power is turned on, and then the operation key of the operation unit provided in the heating device is operated to set the cooking mode or the like. When the cooking mode is set, the heating device is energized to generate heat in the cooking container body and heat the cooking material in the cooking container body. After cooking, stack the separated pans on a heating device and store.

Further, by providing a receiver for supporting the pan and providing a step between the bottom surface of the receiver and the bottom surface of the pan, the cooking container body can be firmly supported on the heating device. By the step, after cooking, the cooking container main body can be placed on a table or the like together with the receiving tool.

Further, by providing the heating device with an operation section having operation keys for the cooking mode corresponding to any of the plurality of cooking container bodies and the cooking mode of the heating device, the structure of the cooking container body is simplified. , The operation unit is integrated and easy to use.

In addition, the operation keys for the cooking mode of the operation section are divided into the operation keys for the rice cooking mode and the operation keys for the other cooking modes, and the operation keys for the other cooking modes are provided on the upper surface of the heating device and the rice cooking mode. By providing the operation key of (1) on the side surface of the heating device, when rice is cooked, the operation key of the rice cooking mode can be operated without erroneously operating the other operation keys of the cooking mode.

[0013]

【Example】

Example 1. FIG. 1 is an exploded schematic view of a first embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a heating device of an electromagnetic induction heating cooker, on the upper surface of which a placing table 2 made of, for example, ceramic glass that transmits electromagnetic waves is disposed, and inside, an induction heating coil 3 and a cooling fan are built in. Has been done.
Reference numeral 4 denotes a cooking container main body composed of a plurality of pots for cooking rice and stir-frying, which is configured to be separable from the heating device 1.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a shallow pan such as a hot plate in the cooking container body 4, which is made of a magnetic material such as magnetic stainless steel and a material having good thermal conductivity such as aluminum.
It is supported by the receiver 6. The receiver 6 is made of a thermoplastic resin such as polyphenylene sulfide resin (hereinafter referred to as PPS resin), and is formed by the heating device 1 and the mounting table 2 on the outer periphery of the bottom as shown in FIG. A fitting piece 6a that fits with the step 1a is provided, and a step 6b with which another cooking container body 4 described later is fitted is provided on the outer periphery of the upper surface. To be done.

A pot 7 made of the same material as the shallow pot 5 is supported by a receiver 8 having a fitting piece 8a and a step 8b.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a rice cooking container in which the inner pot 10 is detachably accommodated and the upper part is covered with a lid 11 which has a fitting piece 9a fitted to the step 1a or the like on the outer periphery of the bottom part. Further, the inner pot 10 is composed of, for example, a magnetic material such as magnetic stainless steel or iron and a material having good heat conductivity such as aluminum in four layers or more.

Reference numeral 12 denotes an operation unit provided in the heating device 1,
As shown in FIG. 3, operation keys for selecting a cooking mode and the like, a display for displaying time and the like are provided. Thirteen
Is an operation key for selecting the cooking mode. The heating key 13a in the normal heating mode, the rice cooking key 13b in the rice cooking mode, the hot plate key 13c in the hot plate mode, and the coffee maker key 13d in the coffee maker mode are 4 keys.
It consists of one operation key. A plurality of small circular display windows 14 are provided corresponding to the rice cooking keys 13 in each rice cooking mode, and light emitting diodes (hereinafter, referred to as LEDs) are arranged opposite to each other on the back side of each display window 14. For example, when the heating key 13a is pressed, the "heating" display window 14a is turned on.

Reference numeral 15 is a display window on the back side of which a liquid crystal display is arranged so as to face it, and the timer time set by the time key 16 and the like are displayed. Reference numeral 17 is a knob for setting and adjusting the energization amount of the induction heating coil 3, and 18 is a display unit for displaying the heating amount corresponding to the energization amount set and adjusted by the knob 17.
Displayed by turning on the LED. And the knob 17
When is moved to the right, the energization amount increases and the lighting of the LED of the display unit 18 increases to the right. When the knob 17 is moved to the left, the energization amount decreases and the lighting of the LED of the display unit 18 moves to the left. Decrease.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be described.
For example, when cooking rice, as shown in FIG.
The rice-cooking container 9 is placed on the mounting table 2 by fitting the fitting piece 9a of the above into the step 1a, and the rice cooker 9 is set with the inner pot 10 containing rice and an amount of water corresponding to the amount of rice. Close 11 Then, a plug cord (not shown) connected to the heating device 1
Is connected to an outlet and the power is turned on, and the rice cooking key 13b of the operation unit 12 provided in the heating device 1 is pressed. Cooking key 1
When 3b is pressed, the display window 14b for "cooking rice" lights up, the induction heating coil 3 is energized, and the induction heating coil 3 is excited to generate a magnetic flux. And the inner pot 1 by the electromagnetic induction
Alternating eddy currents flow in 0 to generate Joule heat, and the inner pot 10 rapidly generates heat to start cooking rice. The rice in the inner pot 10 has a good heat distribution in the inner pot 10 so that the rice is cooked evenly and deliciously. When the rice cooks and the inner pot 10 reaches the rice cooking end temperature, the induction heating coil 3 is automatically de-energized. And finish cooking rice.

After the rice is cooked, the inner pot 10 and the like in the rice cooker 9 are washed and placed on the heating device 1 together with the separated cooking pot body 4 such as the shallow pan 5 and the like.

For example, in the case of cooking with stew, as shown in FIG. 5, the pot 7 supported by the receiving tool 8 is placed on the heating device 1 and the power is turned on, and the heating key 13a of the operating section 12 is turned on.
When is pressed, the "heating" display window 14a lights up. And
The induction heating coil 3 is energized with an energization amount corresponding to the moving direction and the moving amount of the knob 17, and the pot 7 heats due to the electromagnetic induction action. Then, cooking ingredients are put in the pot 7 to start cooking, and the knob 17 is moved while watching the heating amount displayed on the display unit 18 to adjust the energization amount to proceed with the cooking. When cooking ingredients are cooked, heating key 1
3a is pushed again to stop the energization of the induction heating coil 3 to finish the cooking.

After cooking, the food is placed on a plate,
Alternatively, it can be placed on the table or the like while being put in the pot 7. At this time, since the pot 7 is supported by the receiving member 8, it can be easily carried to a table or the like without directly holding the pot 7, and there is no fear of burns or the like. Further, since the step d is provided on the bottom surface 7a of the pot 7 and the bottom surface 8c of the receiving tool 8, it is possible to prevent the bottom surface 7a of the pot 7 that has generated heat from directly contacting a table or the like.

Example 2. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the essential parts of the second embodiment of the present invention. The first embodiment described with reference to FIG.
The same parts as those in FIG. In the figure, reference numeral 21 is a heating device of an electromagnetic induction heating cooker, a mounting table 22 is disposed on the upper surface, and an induction heating coil and the like are incorporated inside.

Reference numeral 23 denotes an operating portion provided on the heating device 21, and a first operating portion 23 provided on a side surface of the heating device 21.
a and the second operation unit 2 provided on the upper surface of the heating device 21.
3b and. The first operation unit 23a is provided with operation keys 24 used for the rice cooking mode, such as reservation, menu, heat retention, and rice cooking, and a display window 25 of a display device for displaying reserved time and the like. The operation unit 23b includes operation keys 26 for other cooking modes, such as hot plate, normal heating, and coffee maker, and a heating device 2.
A temperature / heat power set key 27 for setting a heating amount and a heating temperature corresponding to the induction heating coil provided in 1 is provided. The rice cooking container 9 is configured to cover the upper surface of the heating device 21, and when the rice cooking container 9 is placed on the heating device 21, the second operation unit 23b is hidden.

In this embodiment configured as described above, when cooking rice, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, a rice cooking container 9 is placed on a heating device 21 and an inner pot containing rice and water is set. The lid 11 is closed, the power is turned on, and the operation keys 24 are operated while observing the display window 25 of the first operation unit 23a provided on the side surface of the heating device 21 to start cooking rice. At this time, since the second operation portion 23b is hidden by the rice cooking container 9, the operation keys 26 in other cooking modes are not operated by mistake. Then, the rice is cooked in the same manner as the operation described in the first embodiment, and the rice in the inner pot is cooked up.

In the first and second embodiments described above, the operation unit 1
Although the case where the cooking modes such as the normal heating mode and the hot plate mode are provided in Nos. 2 and 23 is shown, the cooking mode is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment and can be appropriately changed.

[0027]

As described above, the present invention comprises a cooking container body composed of at least two kinds of pans such as a rice cooking pot and a pan for stir-fry or frying, and a heating device for induction heating the cooking container body. Since the heating device and the cooking container body are configured to be separable from each other, the electromagnetic induction heating cooker can be configured compactly and the storability can be improved.
You can save the trouble of selecting the pots that can be used and extend the range of cooking. Further, the cooking container body installed exclusively for the heating device can improve efficiency and save energy.

Furthermore, since a receiver for supporting the pan is provided and a step is provided between the bottom surface of the receiver and the bottom surface of the pan, the cooking container main body can be firmly supported on the heating device, and the cooking device can be cooked. After that, the cooking container body can be easily carried. In addition, the step allows the cooking container body to be placed on the table or the like without the bottom surface of the pan that has generated heat directly contacting the table or the like.

Further, since the heating device is provided with the operating section having the operation keys for the cooking mode corresponding to any of the plurality of cooking container bodies and the cooking mode of the heating device, the structure of the cooking container body is simplified. As a result, the operation unit is integrated, and an easy-to-use electromagnetic induction heating cooker can be obtained.

Further, the operation keys for the cooking mode of the operation section are divided into the operation keys for the rice cooking mode and the operation keys for the other cooking modes, and the operation keys for the other cooking modes are provided on the upper surface of the heating device and the rice cooking mode is set. Since the operation key of (3) is provided on the side surface of the heating device, when rice is cooked, the operation key of the rice cooking mode can be operated without operating the other operation keys of the cooking mode by mistake, and the operability is good.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an exploded view of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a cross section of a shallow pan according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of an operation unit of the heating device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory view when the rice cooking container according to the present invention is used.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of the operation when the pot according to the present invention is used.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an essential part of the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an operation explanatory view when the rice cooking container according to the present invention is used.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 21 Heating device 3 Induction heating coil 4 Cooking container body 5 Shallow pan 6,8 Receptor 6a, 8a, 9a Fitting piece 6b, 8b, d Step 7 Deep pan 7a, 8c Bottom 9 Cooking container 12, 23 Operation part 13, 24, 26 operation keys 23a first operation section 23b second operation section

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yoshihiro Kosano 1728 Omaeda, Hanazono-cho, Oza-gun, Saitama 1 Mitsubishi Electric Home Equipment Co., Ltd.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A cooking container body comprising at least two types of pans, such as a pan for cooking rice and a pan for stir-frying or frying.
An electromagnetic induction heating cooker, comprising: a heating device that induction-heats the cooking container body, wherein the heating device and the cooking container body are separable from each other. 2. The electromagnetic induction heating cooker according to claim 1, wherein a receiver for supporting the pan is provided, and a step is provided between the bottom surface of the receiver and the bottom surface of the pan. 3. The heating device is provided with an operation section having operation keys for a cooking mode corresponding to any of the plurality of cooking container bodies and a cooking mode of the heating device. Electromagnetic induction heating cooker. 4. The cooking mode operation key of the operation section is divided into a rice cooking mode operation key and another cooking mode operation key, and the other cooking mode operation key is provided on the upper surface of the heating device. The electromagnetic induction heating cooker according to claim 3, wherein the rice cooking mode operation key is provided on a side surface of the heating device.