JP2000184961A - Rice cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To cook rice without discharging steam to the outside of a rice cooker by providing a second space for collecting steam generated during cooking rice and a cooling means and permitting the cooling means to collect and condense steam by means of cooling the second space. SOLUTION: Air tightness in a pot 12 and a lid 13 is held by a packing 14 such as rubber, a large spoon 17 is stored in the first space 18 and steam generated during cooking rice is collected by the second space 19. Then the collected steam is condensed and collected by cooling the second space 19 by the cooling means 20 consisting of a cooling fan and a heat discharge fin or the like so that rice is cooked without discharging steam to the outside of a rice cooker main body 11. Thus, the large spoon 17 is sterilized by generated steam and also the rice cooker main body 11 is made to be compact.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a rice cooker.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional rice cooker will be described below.

In FIG. 4, 1 is a rice cooker main body, 2 is a pot for putting rice and water, 3 is a lid, 4 is a packing made of rubber or the like for keeping the pot 2 and the lid 3 airtight, 5 is a heater or A heating means such as an induction heating coil, 6 is a power supply for supplying electric power to the heater or the induction heating coil, and 7 is a steam hole. Electric power is supplied from the power source 6 to the heating means 5, and the rice is cooked by heating the pot 2, and steam generated during the rice cooking is discharged to the outside of the rice cooker main body 1 through the steam holes 7.

[0004]

However, in the conventional rice cooker, the steam generated during the cooking is discharged through the steam hole and closely adheres to other parts due to dew condensation and contamination around the rice cooker main body. There is a problem that it cannot be installed, and a rice cooker that does not emit steam is strongly desired.

The present invention is intended to solve such a conventional problem. The steam generated during rice cooking is collected by dew condensation inside the rice cooker main body, and the steam is not discharged to the outside of the rice cooker main body. Another object of the present invention is to provide a rice cooker that can sterilize with steam generated during rice cooking by storing rice scoop in a rice cooker main body and, at the same time, realize further compactness. .

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems To solve the above-mentioned problems, a rice cooker according to the present invention comprises a second space for recovering steam generated during rice cooking, and cooling means, and the cooling means comprises: The second space is cooled so that the dew can be collected by condensation.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to claim 1 includes a second space for recovering steam generated during rice cooking, and cooling means, and the cooling means cools the second space. Since the dew condensation of the steam can be performed, the steam is not discharged to the outside of the rice cooker main body.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the second space is provided via the first space for accommodating the rice scoop, and the rice scoop can be sterilized with steam. You can sterilize rice scoop.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the rice cooker body can be made compact by using the second space as the first space.

[0010]

(Embodiment 1) In FIG. 1, 11 is a rice cooker main body, 12 is a pan, 13 is a lid, and 14 is the pan 12 and the lid 1.
3 is a packing made of rubber or the like for maintaining airtightness with 3, 15 is a heating means such as a sheath heater for heating the pan 12, 16 is a power supply for supplying electric power to the heating means 15, 17 is a scoop, and 18 is a scoop. The first space to do, 19
Is a second space for collecting steam generated during cooking rice, 2
0 is a cooling means including a cooling fan and a radiation fin,
The configuration is such that the second space 19 is cooled. Steam generated during rice cooking is cooled in the second space 19 and collected by dew condensation, so that rice can be cooked without discharging steam to the outside of the rice cooker main body.

(Embodiment 2) In FIG. 2, 21 is a rice cooker main body, 22 is a pan, 23 is a lid, 24 is a packing made of rubber or the like for maintaining the airtightness between the pan 22 and the lid 23, and 25 is the pan Heating means such as a sheath heater for heating 22;
Is a power source for supplying power to the heating means 25, 27 is a first space for storing the rice scoop, and 28 is a first space for storing the rice scoop.
9 is a second space for collecting steam generated during cooking,
Numeral 30 is a cooling means including a cooling fan, a radiation fin, and the like, and is configured to cool the second space 29.
Although the steam generated during rice cooking is cooled in the second space 29 and collected by dew condensation, rice can be cooked without discharging steam to the outside of the rice cooker main body, as in the first embodiment. Providing the first space between 23 and the second space 29 makes it possible to sterilize rice scoop with generated steam.

(Embodiment 3) In FIG. 3, 31 is a rice cooker main body, 32 is a pot, 33 is a lid, 34 is a packing made of rubber or the like for maintaining the airtightness between the pot 32 and the lid 33, and 35 is the pot Heating means such as a sheath heater for heating 32;
Is a power supply for supplying power to the heating means 35, 37 is a shampoo, 38 is a space for recovering steam generated during rice cooking, and 39 is a cooling means comprising a cooling fan, a radiation fin, or the like, for cooling the space 38. It has become.
The steam generated during rice cooking is cooled in the space 38 and collected by dew condensation, so that rice can be cooked without discharging steam to the outside of the rice cooker main body, as in the first embodiment. By inserting the rice scoop, the rice cooker main body can be made compact.

[0013]

As described above, according to the first to third aspects of the present invention, the steam generated during the rice cooking is dew-collected and collected, so that the rice can be cooked without discharging the steam to the outside of the rice cooker main body. In addition, the rice scoop can be sterilized with the generated steam, and a compact rice cooker can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a main part of a rice cooker according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a main part of a rice cooker according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a main part of a rice cooker according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a main part of a conventional rice cooker.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 11, 21, 31 Rice cooker main body 2, 12, 22, 32 Pot 3, 13, 23, 33 Lid 4, 14, 24, 34 Packing 5, 15, 25, 35 Heating means 6, 16, 26, 36 Power supply 7 Steam hole 17, 27, 37 Rice scoop 18, 28, 38 First space 19, 29 Second space 20, 30, 39 Cooling means

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Izumi Hirota 1006 Kadoma Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Atsushi Fujita 1006 Odaka Kadoma Kadoma City, Osaka Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hideki Omori 1006 Kazuma Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture F-term in Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. 4B055 AA02 BA25 BA54 CA01 CA68 CA71 CA73 CB06 CB08 CB17 CB27 CC64 CD60

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A rice cooker comprising: a second space for recovering steam generated during rice cooking; and a cooling means, wherein the cooling means cools the second space to enable condensation and recovery of the steam. 2. The rice cooker according to claim 1, wherein the second space is provided through the first space for accommodating the rice scoop, and the rice scoop can be sterilized by steam. 3. The rice cooker according to claim 2, wherein the second space also serves as the first space.