JP2000262416A - Rice washing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To take out washed rice easily and in a short period of time from a rice washing device without touching water. SOLUTION: This rice washing device consists of a rice container 1, a water jet nozzle 2, a water flow guiding pipe 3, a lid 4 and a hose 6. The rice container 1 consists of a cone-shaped rice washing part 11 with a drain slit 11a" on the bottom and a rice take-out part 12 formed on the upper periphery of the rice washing part 11. The water jet nozzle 2 is open near the center on the bottom of the rice washing part 11, and the water flow guiding pipe 3 is vertically mounted inside the rice washing part 11 with a space above the water jet nozzle 2. The lid 4 for covering the opening of the rice container 1 can be engaged selectively with the rice washing position where the lid is closely fitted to the upper edge of the wall of the rice washing part 11 or with the rice take-out position where the lid is apart from the upper edge of the wall of the rice washing part. The hose 6 is connected between the water jet nozzle 2 and a faucet.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rice washing apparatus for sharpening rice by stirring rice with a water flow.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional rice washing apparatus, those shown in FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 have been known.

FIG. 9 shows a method in which rice is put into a ball 101, a net lid 102 is placed thereon, tap water is directly blown out from a pump 103 into the ball 101, and the rice is stirred and washed.

FIG. 10 ((1) is a longitudinal sectional view, (2) is a plan view, and (3) is a perspective view of a partition plate and the like seen from the drainage chamber side) is shown by a pipe 105 and a partition plate 106. The rice-washing container 104 is divided into a rice-washing room 107 and a drainage room 108, and upper and lower portions of the pipe 105 are communicated with the rice-washing room 107, and the pipe 1
A fountain nozzle 109 is provided below the nozzle 105, and a discharge port 110 is provided in a part of the upper part of the pipe 105.
The rice is connected to the fountain nozzle 10
It is blown up together with the water flow spouting from 9 and hits the lid 114, and is sharpened and washed while circulating as indicated by the arrow shown in FIG.

[0005]

In the rice washing apparatus shown in FIG. 9, the rice is taken out by removing the lid 102, tilting the ball 101, and directly opening the rice in a container such as a shredder. . However, even if the ball 101 is tilted, many rice grains remain without dropping due to the surface tension of the water, and must be removed by hand one by one. Despite the development of a device that can wash rice without touching water, cold water must be touched at the last removal.

In the rice washing apparatus shown in FIG. 10, when the rice is sufficiently ground, the knob 115 is turned to rotate the cylindrical valve body 111.
A part of the rice circulated by the water flow spouted from the fountain nozzle 109 is sent to the rice discharge chute 113 through the communication passage 112 by directing the opening 111a of the pipe 105 toward the discharge port 110 side of the pipe 105. Since the main stream of the flowing water flows toward the rice washing room 107, it takes a long time to discharge all the rice.

An object of the present invention is to enable a rice washing apparatus to take out rice after sharpening and washing easily and in a short time without contact with water.

[0008]

The rice washing apparatus of the present invention comprises a mortar-shaped rice washing section 11 having a drainage slit 11a "at the bottom, and a rice take-out section 12 formed around the upper portion of the rice washing section 11. Rice washing container 1, water jet nozzle 2 opening near the bottom center of rice washing unit 11, water jet nozzle 2
A water flow guide pipe 3 vertically suspended in the rice washing section 11 with an interval above, and a rice washing position that is in close contact with the upper edge of the wall of the rice washing section 11 and a rice removal position that is separated from the upper edge of the wall. And a hose 6 connected between the water jet nozzle 2 and the tap 5 to cover the opening of the rice washing container 1 which can be locked.

A take-out port 12 opened on the outer wall of the rice washing container 1
It is preferable to incline the rice take-out part 12 toward “a” (FIGS. 2 and 3).

[0010] A plurality of narrow blocking protrusions 44 may be provided at intervals on the back surface of the lid 4 corresponding to the inward position of the wall portion 11a of the rice washing section 11 (Fig. 7 (1)).

A connecting portion between the hose and the water tap is constituted by a faucet-side connecting body 8 and a hose-side connecting body 9, and protruding portions 8e 'are provided on both radial sides of one end, and the other end is provided. Holding portions 9a 'for holding the protruding portions 8e' on both radial sides of the
Is provided (FIG. 8).

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a rice washing apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

This rice washing apparatus has a generally mortar-shaped rice washing section 11.
And a rice washing container 1 comprising a rice take-out portion 12 provided around the upper portion of the rice washing portion 11, a water jet nozzle 2 opening at the bottom center or near the center of the rice washing portion 11 (together, near the center), A water flow guide pipe 3 vertically provided in the rice washing section 11 with an interval above the water jet nozzle 2.
A lid 4 that covers an opening of the rice washing container 1 that can be selectively locked at a rice washing position that is in close contact with the upper edge of the wall of the rice washing unit 11 and a rice take-out position that is separated from the upper edge of the wall; It comprises a hose 6 connected between the nozzle 2 and the tap 5.

The appearance of the rice washing container 1 is not particularly limited, but an ideal one is a cylindrical one as shown in FIG. The rice washing unit 11 is located at the center thereof,
A rice take-out unit 12 is provided around the upper part of the rice. The wall surface of the rice extracting unit 12 is extended downward to be an outer wall. Therefore, the area below the rice take-out section 12 is merely a space. A handle 13 is provided on the outer wall for easy transportation.

The rice washing section 11 is a section for stirring the rice with a water flow, and the bottom of the wall section 11a is provided with washing sewage (sharpening juice) as shown in FIGS. 2, 3 and 7 (2). ) To discharge a slit 11 having a width smaller than the size of rice grains.
a "are provided in plurality.

The rice removal section 12 is provided with a rice washing section 1 at the time of rice removal.
1 accepts the rice sent out by the water flow from around,
It is an inclined passage (slope) for discharging to the outside. And the rice washing container 1 at the bottom of the slope
Is provided with a rice outlet 12a. FIG.
3 and FIG. 3, the right side is the uppermost position of the slope, and the left rice outlet 12a is the lowermost position. Therefore, the slope of the rice take-out part 12 exists on both sides from the uppermost position to the lowermost position.

The water jet nozzle 2 is a cylindrical member having an L topography having a narrowed opening. The opening is directed toward the center of the water flow guide pipe 3. A hose 6 for supplying water from a tap 5 to a water flow guide pipe 3 is connected to a rear end of the water jet nozzle 2 by a nut 7. Therefore, at the time of washing the rice, water is blown into the water flow guide pipe 3 from the opening at the tip of the water spray nozzle 2.

The water flow guide pipe 3 serves to blow up the rice put in the rice washing section 11 together with water. As shown in FIG. 4, support wings 31 for supporting the wall 11 a of the rice washing unit 11 are provided on both sides in the longitudinal direction of the water flow guide pipe 3. The support wing 31 is fitted and attached to a concave groove 11a 'formed in the wall 11a. By adopting this supporting method, the water flow guide pipe 3 is supported at a predetermined distance from the bottom of the rice washing unit 11. Note that a similar supporting state can be obtained by forming a concave groove in the support wing 31 and forming a ridge on the wall 11a of the rice washing section 11.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the lid 4 has a flange that covers the upper edge of the outer wall of the rice washing container 1. A thin annular flange 41 is also provided on the inside of the flange to prevent water from leaking outside when the lid 4 is lifted up during rice removal. On the surface,
A handle 42 serving also as a handle for turning the lid 4 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 5, a groove cam 43 is provided at each of three positions in the circumferential direction of the flange portion of the lid 4. Rice washing container 1 facing these groove cams 43
The pins 14 that engage with the groove cams 43 are respectively provided on the outer upper side of the. The same effect can be obtained by attaching the groove cam and the pin to the rice washing container 1 and the lid 4, respectively.

FIG. 6 is a view as seen from the direction of arrow A in FIG. As shown in this figure, the groove cam 43 is
The opening A is provided at a position where the lid 4 is set in the rice washing container 1, that is, when the pin 14 is
Is the position to be engaged. The groove cam 43 extends slightly upward from the opening A and further extends therefrom on both sides in the circumferential direction, one of which is located further away from the flange edge of the lid 4 than the other. In FIG. 6, the right portion B is located farther from the flange edge.

When the pin 14 is engaged with the groove cam 43 and the lid 4 is turned clockwise, the pin 14 moves relatively to the position B along the groove cam 43. Then, the lid 4 is drawn until it comes into close contact with the upper edge of the wall portion 11a of the rice washing container 1, and the state shown in FIG. 2 is obtained. When the lid 4 is turned counterclockwise from that state, the pin 14 relatively moves to the left end position C. As a result, the lid 4 floats slightly away from the upper edge of the wall portion 11a of the rice washing container 1, resulting in the state shown in FIG. The state shown in FIG.
Since the rice washing is possible, the position B of the groove cam 43 can be referred to as a rice washing position, and the state shown in FIG. 3 can be referred to as a rice extracting position because the rice can be taken out.

As shown in FIG. 7A, a plurality of small-width damping projections 44 are provided on the back surface of the lid 4 corresponding to the inward position of the wall portion 11a of the rice washing section 11 at intervals. Has been established. The blocking protrusion 44 is in a rice extracting state shown in FIG.
That is, while the lid 4 is floating slightly away from the wall 11 a of the rice washing unit 11, the rice is discharged from the periphery of the rice washing unit 11 to the rice extraction unit 12 together with the water flow.
The rice grain adhering to a is caused to flow down and the water flow guide pipe 3
Dams a part of the water flow to lead to the bottom of
It is for returning to 1.

As shown in FIG. 8, a connecting portion between the faucet 5 and the hose 6 is constituted by a connecting body 8 on the faucet side and a connecting body 9 on the hose side.

As shown in FIG. 8 (3), the faucet-side connecting body 8 has a receiving member 8a attached to the upper part of the faucet 5, and a receiving member 8a at the upper part, and a thread at the expanded lower part inside. And a faucet fitting 8e which is screwed to the mounting nut 8b via a packing 8c made of an elastic body for preventing water leakage and a faucet mesh 8d for mitigating water flow. A plate-like projection 8e 'is provided on both sides in the radial direction below the faucet fitting 8e.

As shown in FIG. 8D, the hose-side connecting member 9 has a holding portion 9a 'having a U-shaped vertical cross section for holding the projecting portion 8e' of the faucet fitting 8e, which is slightly away from the upper end. The jack 9a has a male thread 9a "below it and has a tapered tapered lower end, and is screwed to the male thread 9a" of the jack 9a. A nut 9b for holding the hose 6 and a jack 9a attached around the upper portion of the jack 9a.
And an O-ring 9c for preventing water leakage when connected.

The connection between the faucet-side connecting member 8 and the hose-side connecting member 9 is made by abutting the projection 8e 'of the faucet fitting 8e in such a manner that the projection 8e' does not hit the holding portion 9a 'of the jack 9a. This is done by turning the hose-side connector 9 in the circumferential direction until the 'engages the holding portion 9a'.

Next, the rice washing operation in the present rice washing apparatus will be described with reference to FIG.

First, prior to washing the rice, the hose 6 is connected to the faucet 5 by connecting the faucet-side connector 8 and the hose-side connector 9 as shown in FIG. 8 (2). Then
The rice to be washed is put into the rice washing unit 11, the pin 14 is engaged with the groove cam 43, the cover 4 is turned clockwise, and the cover 4 is brought into close contact with the upper edge of the wall 11 a of the rice washing container 1. Serve the water. The water is ejected upward through the water ejection nozzle 2 into the water flow guide pipe 3. At that time, the rice is also drawn into the stream and rises. The water flow that rose with the rice
, And flows down the rice washing section 11 along the wall 11a. Part of the water is discharged from the slit 11a "as sharpening juice. The rice which has flowed below the rice washing section 11 is blown up again into the water flow guide pipe 3. During such repetition of the circulation, the rice becomes The rice is sharpened by hitting each other or the lid 4 or the like.

Next, with reference to FIG. 3, a description will be given of the washing-out operation in the present rice washing apparatus.

After the elapse of the estimated time for finishing the rice washing, the lid 4 is turned counterclockwise to separate the lid 4 from the upper edge of the wall 11a of the rice washing container 1 to make a gap. Then, most of the water flow including the rice blown up in the water flow guide pipe 3 in the same manner as during the rice washing proceeds outward from the gap between the wall portion 11 a and the lid 4 without hitting the dam projection 44. . And the collar 4 inside the lid 4
1 and flows down to the rice extraction unit 12, and the rice extraction unit 1
The second slope flows down and is discharged from the take-out port 12a to the outside zebra 10 or the like. A part of the water flow is dammed by the damming projections 44 and returned to the rice washing section 11 again.
The rice grains adhering to 1a are dragged down to the lower side of the water flow guide pipe 3. Therefore, the rice is discharged to the last one grain.

The rice discharge time in the rice washing device of the present invention is as follows:
The time is 0.2 minutes when the input rice is 4 go, and 0.33 minutes when the input rice is 7 go. By the way, in the conventional rice washing apparatus shown in FIG.
0.9 minutes. That is, the rice discharging time of the rice washing device of the present invention is 40% or less of that of the conventional rice washing device shown in FIG.

[0033]

As described above, the rice washing apparatus of the present invention can automatically and simply remove rice after sharpening and washing in a short time without contact with water. In addition, unlike the conventional model that performs the rice washing operation at the same time as rice is removed, only the operation is performed at the time of rice removal, so that the rice discharging time is 40% of that of the conventional model.
It has been shortened to the following. Further, since a member for switching between the rice washing operation and the rice removal operation is unnecessary, the manufacturing cost is low.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 is a schematic view of a rice washing apparatus of the present invention, wherein (1) is a front view, (2) is a side view, and (3) is a plan view.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the rice washing apparatus of the present invention at the time of washing rice.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the rice washing apparatus of the present invention when rice is taken out.

4 is a view related to a water flow guide pipe of the rice washing device of the present invention, (1) is a front view, and (2) is a plan view in an attached state.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a relationship between a pin of a rice washing container and a groove cam of a lid in the rice washing device of the present invention, wherein (1) is a cross-sectional view;
(2) is a XX longitudinal sectional view in (1).

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a relationship between a pin of a rice washing container and a groove cam of a lid in the rice washing device of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a view for explaining the details of a portion of the rice washing apparatus of the present invention, wherein (1) relates to a damming projection protruding from the back surface of the lid, and (2) is formed at the bottom of the rice washing section of the rice washing container. It is related to the slit that was made.

FIG. 8 is a diagram of a connecting member between a water supply hose and a water tap, (1) is an external perspective view, (2) is a longitudinal sectional view at the time of connection,
(3) is a longitudinal sectional view of a water tap faucet side member, and (4) is a longitudinal sectional view of a water supply hose side member.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a conventional rice washing device.

FIG. 10 is a view of another conventional rice washing apparatus, in which (1) is a longitudinal sectional view, (2) is a plan view, and (3) is a member attached to a partition plate for partitioning a rice washing container viewed from the drain chamber side. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Rice washing container 11 Rice washing part 11a Wall part 11a "Drainage slit 12 Rice extraction part 12a Extraction port 2 Water ejection nozzle 3 Water flow guide pipe 4 Cover 44 Weir projection piece 5 Water tap faucet 6 Hose 8 Faucet side connection body 8e Faucet fitting 8e 'Protruding part 9 Hose side connector 9a Jack 9a' Holding part

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Tadashi Kinoshita 8-2, Kokuryo-cho, Chofu-shi, Tokyo F-term in Juke Corporation (reference) 4B053 AA03 AA10 CA11

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A rice washing container comprising a mortar-shaped rice washing portion having a drainage slit at the bottom and a rice take-out portion formed around the upper portion of the rice washing portion, and a water jet nozzle opened near the bottom center of the rice washing portion. A water flow guide pipe vertically suspended in the rice washing section at an interval above the water jet nozzle, a rice washing position in close contact with the upper edge of the wall of the rice washing section, and a rice removal position separated from the upper edge of the wall. A rice washing apparatus comprising: a lid that covers an opening of a rice washing container that can be locked to the water; and a hose connected between a water jet nozzle and a water tap. 2. The rice washing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the rice take-out portion is inclined toward a take-out opening opened in the outer wall of the rice-washing container. 3. The rice washing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of narrow blocking protrusions are provided at intervals on the back surface of the lid corresponding to the inward position of the wall portion of the rice washing section. 4. A connecting portion between a hose and a water tap is constituted by a connecting member on a faucet side and a connecting member on a hose side, and protruding portions are provided on both radial sides of one end, and the diameter of the other end is provided. The rice washing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a holding portion for holding the protruding portion is provided on both sides in the direction.