JP2000296341A - Rice milling machine which facilitates maintenance - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rice milling machine with which the maintenance work can be easily carried out as a result of adoption of such a structure which allows the extremely easy execution of taking out and mounting of a bran removing cylindrical when carrying out the maintenance work. SOLUTION: The front end of the bran removing cylinder 30 is integrally mounted at the rear surface of the pendent part 41a of a supporting bed 41 constituting a pressure regulator 40 and the arrangement of a milled rice chuter 50 for receiving the milled rice on the front surface side of the pendent part 41a is made possible. The milled rice chuter 50 and the pendent part 41a of the supporting bed 41 are made integrally connectable via respective engaging holes 43 and 52 with engaging pawls 33 disposed at the front end of the cover 32 so that the attachment and detachment of the bran removing cylinder 30 can be executed together with the pressure regulator 40.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rice mill for turning brown rice into white rice by rotating a milling roll, and more particularly to a small rice mill used at home.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Since rice mills placed at home are not used every day, the maintenance work is considered to be very troublesome, and is simply omitted.
The maintenance of the rice milling machine is mainly to clean the rice bran cylinder. If this is neglected, the efficiency of the milling will be reduced, causing noise and increasing power consumption.

That is, rice bran and its oil easily adhere to the holes of the bran removing tube, and if the rice bran is left untreated, the above-described problem is likely to occur. In particular, periodic cleaning of the bran removing tube is required. It is. However, since the rice bran cylinder is also the heart of the rice milling machine, it is firmly fixed inside, and it is very difficult to remove it, and the cleaning work, that is, the maintenance is neglected.

For this reason, the applicant has disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-244.
In Japanese Patent No. 173, etc., a rice milling machine which can be easily used and relatively easily maintained has been proposed. However, the ease of use is not enough to make maintenance easy. There was. The reason is that the rice milling machine proposed in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 10-244173 is a so-called medium-sized one installed at a place where brown rice is sold, such as a supermarket or a convenience store, and is a small-sized one used personally. Because it was not something,
This is because it was difficult to directly apply the technology to home use.

Therefore, the present inventors have repeatedly studied how to simplify the maintenance work of a small-sized rice mill used at home, and as a result, completed the present invention. is there.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to perform a maintenance operation without giving a feeling of cock.

That is, an object of the first aspect of the present invention is to provide a structure which makes it very easy to take out and attach a bran removing cylinder which is an object during maintenance work. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a rice mill capable of easily performing a maintenance operation.

Another object of the invention according to claims 2 and 3 is to achieve the same object as that of the above-mentioned claim 1 and to make assembly after maintenance very easy. It is to provide a possible rice mill.

[0009]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, first, means according to the first aspect of the present invention will be described with reference numerals used in the following description of embodiments. “The brown rice fed from the brown rice hopper 13 is forcibly fed into the grinding space between the brown rice roll 30 and the rice bran tube 30 by the rotation of the milling roll 20, and the pressure regulator 40 provided on the front end side of the rice bran tube 30. In the rice milling machine 100 in which the milling accuracy is adjusted by means of a milling machine, and the periphery of the bran removing cylinder 30 is surrounded by a cover 32 supported by the machine frame 10, the front end of the bran removing cylinder 30 is constituted by a pressure regulator 40. In addition to being integrally attached to the back surface of the hanging portion 41a of the supporting base 41, a white rice shooter 50 for receiving white rice can be arranged on the front side of the hanging portion 41a. The depending portion 41a of the base 41, the cover 3
The engaging claw 33 provided at the front end of each
2 so that they can be integrally connected via
Is a rice-milling machine 100 that facilitates maintenance, characterized in that it can be attached and detached together with the pressure regulator 40.

[0010] That is, the rice milling machine 10 according to claim 1
0 is a milling accuracy, that is, a pressure regulator 40 that determines the so-called “minutes of milling”, assembling all the parts on a support 41 formed of one metal plate, and On the back side of the hanging portion 41a, a bran removing cylinder 30 which particularly requires cleaning is integrally provided. As a result, the pressure regulator 40 can be removed, or the
The removal of the bran tube 30 or the assembling is completed by assembling the rice mill 1
The maintenance of 00 was made very easy.

Further, the rice milling machine 100 includes a white rice shooter 50 and a pressure regulator 40 arranged on the front side of the hanging portion 41a of the support table 41, and On the side of the cover 32 to be inserted, the engagement holes 43 and 52 are used to attach to the engagement claws 33 on the cover 32 side. It is made easy to do.

Therefore, according to the rice-milling machine 100 of the first embodiment, the bran removing cylinder 30 which is an object during the maintenance work is provided.
It can be very easily taken out and attached, and maintenance work can be easily performed.

[0013] In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a means adopted by the invention according to claim 2 relates to the rice milling machine 100 of claim 1, wherein "the engaging claw 33 on the cover 32 side is connected to the neck 33a. The engaging hole 33 on the side of the white rice shooter 50 is formed by the engaging claw 33b.
And a large insertion hole 52b through which the engagement portion 33b of the engagement claw 33 can be inserted continuously.

That is, in the rice polishing machine 100 of the second embodiment, the support table 41 of the pressure regulator 40 and the white rice shooter 50 are attached to the engaging claws 33 integrated with the cover 32 fixed to the machine frame 10 side. At this time, after the engaging portion 33b of the engaging claw 33 is inserted into the engaging hole 43 of the support base 41 and the insertion hole 52b that forms the engaging hole 52 of the white rice shooter 50, the white rice shooter 50 side Rice shooter 50 so that neck 33a of engaging claw 33 fits into locking small hole 52a of
A little lower.

Thus, the engaging portion 33b of each engaging claw 33
Is locked to the front side of the base 51 of the white rice shooter 50, so that not only the white rice shooter 50 but also the pressure regulator 40 and the bran removal supporter are supported by the cover 32 on the machine frame 10 side. The positioning of the cylinder 30 with respect to the machine frame 10 is also completed,
Fixation is also completed. Of course, when removing the bran removing cylinder 30 and the pressure regulator 40, the operation opposite to that described above may be performed.

Therefore, the rice milling machine 100 of the present invention
In addition to achieving the same object as in the first aspect, assembly after maintenance can be performed very easily.

[0017] In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the means according to the third aspect of the present invention relates to a rice milling machine 100 according to the first aspect, wherein "the engaging claw 33 on the cover 32 side is connected to the neck 33a. , The engaging portion 33b at the tip thereof, and the engaging portion 33
The lower surface b has a tapered surface 33c inclined from a lower outer end to an upper inner end, and is supported so as to be swingable in a lateral direction with respect to the cover 32. Open projection 54 projecting into mating hole 43
When the white rice shooter 50 is moved upward,
When the release projection 54 comes into contact with the tapered surface 33c provided on the engagement claw 33 on the cover 32 side, the engagement claw 33 is opened laterally, so that the engagement claw 33 and the support table 4 are opened.
1 is disengaged. "

That is, in the rice polishing machine 100 according to the third aspect, the engaging claws 33 integrated with the cover 32 on the machine frame 10 side.
When the support table 41 of the pressure adjuster 40 is mounted, the engaging portion 33b of the engaging claw 33 (inwardly different from the case of the second aspect) faces the engaging hole of the support table 41. 43. The engaging portion 33b is freely openable in the lateral direction, and is always urged inward by the spring 34a. Therefore, when the engaging portion 33b is inserted into the engaging hole 43, it engages with the front surface of the support base 41. Will be.

At this time, the white rice shooter 50 is
A guide collar 55 attached to the screw hole 43b on one side is supported on the support table 41 side so that it can only move up and down.
3 is located below.

Then, when the white rice shooter 50 is slightly raised, each of the release projections 54 comes into contact with the tapered surface 33c on the side of the engagement claw 33, and each engagement claw 33 is opened outward. Then, the engaging portion 33b provided on each engaging claw 33 is disengaged from the front surface of the support base 41, and each engaging portion 33b can be removed from the engaging hole 43 on the support base 41 side. Thus, the support table 41 can be removed from the cover 32.

Therefore, the rice milling machine 100 of claim 3
In addition to achieving the same object as in the first aspect, assembly after maintenance can be performed very easily.

[0022]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a description will be given of a rice-milling machine 100 which is an embodiment shown in the drawings, according to the invention as claimed in the above. Since the rice mill 100 substantially including the invention is shown, the following description will focus on the rice mill 100 of this embodiment.

FIGS. 1 to 5 show a rice mill 10 according to the present invention.
Although the whole shape and a part of the internal structure of the rice milling machine 100 are shown, as shown in FIGS. The outer cover 11 can be removed from the machine frame 10 by turning the cover screw 12 shown in FIG. 1 with a finger. Further, on the outer cover 11, the lid 1 shown in FIG.
4 is removably mounted on the cover 14.
A brown rice hopper 13 indicated by a dotted line in FIG.

Also, on the lower right side in front of the machine frame 10,
As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
A white rice case 60 for receiving the white rice falling from 0 is housed in a freely accessible manner. On the left side of the white rice case 60, rice bran formed by the action of the milling roll 20 and the bran removing cylinder 30 described later is stored. Rice bran case 61 is arranged.

Two openings are formed in the upper front part of the outer cover 11, and through these openings, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, an adjustment dial 45 of a pressure regulator 40 described later.
And the power switch is exposed. Of course, a locking portion is formed at the rear end of the outer cover 11 so as to be engaged with the rear upper end of the machine frame 10, and the outer cover 11 is attached to the machine frame 10 in the state shown in FIG. After being fixed by the cover screw 12 after being assembled, it is fixed in the state shown in FIG. 1 and the like.

Therefore, the outer cover 11 can be removed by removing the cover screw 12 and lifting the front part thereof.
The adjustment dial 45 of FIG. 6 is left on the support table 41 side as shown in FIG.
It is released, leaving it on the side. That is, the outer cover 11 can be opened without using any tool such as a screwdriver, and as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the white rice shooter 50 and the bran removing cylinder 30 are integrated. Thus, the entire pressure regulator 40 can be easily taken out.

The milling machine 100 is for milling brown rice fed from the brown rice hopper 13.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 6, the lower end of the brown rice hopper 13 communicates with the rear end (the right end in FIG. 1) of the milling roll 20. The milling roll 20 is connected to a drive shaft 21 located on the right side in FIG. 1, and the drive shaft 21 is driven to rotate by a drive motor 22 provided on the machine frame 10.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 6, the periphery of the milling roll 20 is a bran removing cylinder 3 having a large number of bran removing holes 31.
0, and the space between the rice bran cylinder 30 and the milling roll 20 is a milling space. That is,
The brown rice fed from the brown rice hopper 13 is forcibly fed into the grinding space by the rotation of the grinding roll 20 and is rotated. The rotation causes the brown rice to rub against the bran removing hole 31 of the bran removing cylinder 30. As a result, the bran on the surface is peeled off and the rice is milled. Then, the bran removing cylinder 30 is attached to the cover 3 fixed to the machine frame 10 side.
The lower part of the cover 32 is opened to the rice bran case 61 as shown in FIG. 4 so that the peeled rice bran is dropped into the rice bran case 61 as shown in FIG. It is.

As shown in FIG. 7, the cover 32 is open at the bottom and surrounds the periphery of the bran removing cylinder 30.
It has a pair of right and left engaging claws 33 integrally formed on the front end side. As shown in FIG. 7, each of the engagement claws 33 includes a neck portion 33a and an engagement portion 33b formed at the tip of the neck portion 33a and having a triangular shape in a plan view.

As described above, pressure is applied to the brown rice in the milling space by the rotation of the milling roll 20, and the pressure is adjusted by the pressure regulator 40. In other words, this pressure regulator 40 is
The front end opening of the bran removing tube 30 is resiliently covered by a pressure plate 42 provided on the front surface.
This adjusts the degree of milling of brown rice, that is, the milling accuracy.

The support 41 constituting the pressure regulator 40
As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, a hanging portion 41 a and a horizontal portion 41 b which extends horizontally at the upper end of the hanging portion 41 a
And a handle mounting portion 41c extending obliquely rearward from the front end of the horizontal portion 41b. As shown in FIG. 6 and the like, the front end of the bran removing cylinder 30 is integrally connected to the back surface of the hanging portion 41a of the support base 41,
The front end side opening of the bran removing cylinder 30 is opened at the hanging portion 41a.

As shown in FIG. 7, a pressure plate 42 is mounted on the front surface of the hanging portion 41a.
2, the front end side opening of the bran removing tube 30 is resiliently closed. That is, as shown in FIG. 7, the pressure plate 42 is supported by a support plate integrated with the upper end thereof and having fulcrum arms 46 on the left and right sides. By pivotally attaching to the fulcrum arm 46 on the side, the swinging fulcrum 42a is tilted using the swing fulcrum 42a as a fulcrum. Then, the swing fulcrum 42 of the support plate
One end of a spring 47 is mounted on a portion located above a.

As shown in FIG. 7, the other end of the spring 47 is mounted on the front end of a slide plate 44 provided to be able to move back and forth with respect to the horizontal portion 41b of the support base 41. In other words, the spring 47 is a so-called tension spring, which always pulls the upper end side of the support plate supporting the pressure plate 42, whereby the pressure plate 42 swings each swing fulcrum 42a. As the fulcrum, the bran tube 30
Is always urged to close the opening.

The tension of the spring 47 is adjusted by the adjusting dial 4 attached to the handle attaching portion 41c of the support base 41.
5 is adjusted by the rotation operation. In other words, by operating the adjustment dial 45, the pressing force of the pressure plate 42 is adjusted, and thereby the polishing accuracy is adjusted. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, a cam plate 45a is integrally provided inside the adjustment dial 45, and the cam plate 45a pushes an engagement pin 44a provided on the slide plate 44. By doing so, the amount of advance and retreat of the slide plate 44 is determined, and the pressing force of the pressure plate 42 is adjusted.

As shown in FIG. 7, engaging holes 43 are formed on both sides of the hanging portion 41a of the support base 41.
Each of these engagement holes 43 is provided in the cover 3 that encloses the bran removing tube 30.
2 can pass through the engaging portion 33b of the engaging claw 33, which is not directly engaged. However, the engaging portion 33b is engaged with the white rice shooter 50 described below. Then, the support table 41 is positioned and pressed between the front end of the cover 32 and the white rice shooter 50.

As shown in detail in FIG. 7, the white rice shooter 50 includes a pressure plate 42 on the pressure regulator 40 side.
It is arranged on the front surface of the hanging part 41a of the support base 41 while wrapping the slide plate 44, and guides the white rice which has come out by pushing the pressure plate 42 toward the pressure plate 42 side. A pair of left and right, that is, a cover 32,
An engagement hole 52 corresponding to each engagement claw 33 on the side is formed. As shown in FIG. 7, each of these engagement holes 52 is formed by connecting an upper locking small hole 52a and a lower insertion large hole 52b in a continuous manner. Dovetail 33
Is large enough to allow the neck 33a of the
2b has a size such that the engaging portion 33b of the engaging claw 33 can be inserted therethrough.

The white rice shooter 50 is mounted on the machine frame 10 as follows. That is, as shown in FIG. 7, the bran removing cylinder 30 into which the milling roll 20 is inserted is covered together with the support table 41 constituting the pressure regulator 40 by the cover 3.
2 and each engaging claw 33 on the cover 32 side is
One of the engagement holes 43 protrudes. This engaging claw 3
Next, the engaging hole 52 on the white rice shooter 50 side is engaged with the engaging hole 52. In this case, first, the engaging claw 33 side is inserted into the insertion large hole 52b of the engaging hole 52. The part 33b is fitted. Then, by slightly lifting the whole white rice shooter 50, the neck 3 on the side of each engaging claw 33 is raised.
3a is completely fitted into the small engaging hole 52a of the engaging hole 52. Then, since the inner surface of the engaging portion 33b of each engaging claw 33 is locked to the front side of the base portion 51, the mounting of the white rice shooter 50 to the machine frame 10 side does not use any tool such as a screwdriver. It can be done with.

Of course, in order to remove the white rice shooter 50, the operation reverse to that described above may be performed. When the mounting of the white rice shooter 50 is completed, the original state is restored by mounting the outer cover 11.

FIG. 10 shows a rice mill 100 according to claim 3.
In this rice milling machine 100, the configuration of each engaging claw 33, the fixing of the support table 41 by the engaging claw 33, and the white rice shooter 5 for the support table 41 are shown.
The way of attaching 0 is different from the example shown in FIG.

That is, each of the engaging claws 33 provided on the cover 32 side has a neck portion 33a and an engaging portion 33b as in the embodiment shown in FIG. Although different from the above embodiment, the engaging portion 33b faces inward. In addition, a tapered surface 33c that is inclined from a lower outer end to an upper inner end is formed on a lower surface of the engaging portion 33b. The engaging claw 33 is attached to a shaft 34 attached to the side of the cover 32.
As a result, each cover 32 can swing freely in the horizontal direction, and is constantly urged toward the cover 32 by a spring 34 a inserted through the cover 32.

In the case of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10, a claw guide 35 is integrally provided on the side surface of the cover 32 located above each engagement claw 33. The guide 35 guides the swinging engagement claw 33 on its lower surface. Positioning pins 35a for positioning the support table 41 are provided on the front surface of each claw guide 35.
Is protruding.

The positioning pin 35a has a support 41
Positioning hole 4 provided slightly above engagement hole 43
3a is inserted through the support base 41a.
Is positioned and attached to the cover 32. When attaching the support base 41 to the cover 32, the front end of the engagement claw 33 is inserted into the engagement hole 43 on the support base 41 side. Since an inclined surface is formed on the front surface of the joining portion 33b as shown in FIG. 10, the inclined surface guides the front end of the engaging claw 33 into the engaging hole 43 on the support base 41 side. It is.

A white rice shooter 50 is mounted on the front surface of the support table 41 so as to be vertically movable by respective guide collars 55. That is, each of the guide collars 55 is inserted into the vertically elongated slide hole 53 provided in the white rice shooter 50 and then screwed to the screw hole 43b provided immediately adjacent to the engagement hole 43 on the support base 41 side. However, since a head larger than the slide elongated hole 53 on the white rice shooter 50 side is integrally formed at the tip, the head prevents the white rice shooter 50 from coming off. That is, the white rice shooter 50 is attached to the front surface of the support base 41 so that it can only move up and down by the engagement of each slide elongated hole 53 with each guide collar 55 fixed to the support base 41 side. .

Therefore, in the rice polishing machine 100 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 10, when the support 41 of the pressure regulator 40 is attached to the engaging claw 33 integrated with the cover 32 on the machine frame 10 side, The engaging portion 33b of the claw 33 is
Is inserted into the engaging hole 43. The engaging portion 33b is freely openable in the lateral direction and is always adjusted inward by the spring 34a. Therefore, when the engaging portion 33b is inserted into the engaging hole 43, it engages with the front surface of the support base 41. Will be.

Then, when the white rice shooter 50 is slightly raised, each of the opening projections 54 comes into contact with the tapered surface 33c on the side of the engaging claw 33, and each engaging claw 33 is opened outward. Then, the engaging portion 33b provided on each engaging claw 33 is disengaged from the front surface of the support base 41, and each engaging portion 33b can be removed from the engaging hole 43 on the support base 41 side. Thus, the support table 41 can be removed from the cover 32.

FIG. 11 shows a part of a rice mill 100 according to another embodiment. In this embodiment, screw pins 70 are integrally attached to both sides of the front surface of the cover 32, and each of the screw pins 70 has an engaging hole 43 of the support base 41 and an engaging hole 52 of the white rice shooter 50. It is to be inserted. That is, each screw pin 70 is for positioning and fixing the support table 41 and the white rice shooter 50, and the nut 71 is screw-fixed to each screw pin 70 protruding from the white rice shooter 50.

[0047]

As described in detail above, first, in the invention according to claim 1, as exemplified in the above embodiment,
"The brown rice supplied from the brown rice hopper 13 is milled on roll 2
By the rotation of 0, while being forcibly fed into the milling space of this and the rice bran cylinder 30, the grinding accuracy is adjusted by the pressure regulator 40 provided on the front end side of the rice bran cylinder 30,
And a cover 32 supporting the periphery of the bran removing cylinder 30 on the machine frame 10.
In the rice milling machine 100 surrounded by the boiler, the front end of the bran removing cylinder 30 is connected to the support base 4 constituting the pressure regulator 40.
1 and attached to the back of the hanging part 41a, and a white rice shooter 50 for receiving white rice can be arranged on the front side of the hanging part 41a.
In addition, the hanging portion 41a of the support base 41 can be integrally connected to the engaging claws 33 provided at the front end of the cover 32 through the respective engaging holes 43 and 52, so that the bran removing cylinder 30 can be attached and detached. The structure is such that the removal and installation of the object of removing the bran can be performed very easily during maintenance work. As a result, the rice polishing machine 10 capable of easily performing the maintenance work as a result.
0 can be provided.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the rice milling machine 100 of the first aspect, "the engaging claw 33 on the cover 32 side is constituted by the neck 33a and the engaging portion 33b at the tip thereof. At the same time, the engaging small hole 5 through which the neck portion 33a of the engaging claw 33 can pass through the engaging hole 52 on the white rice shooter 50 side.
2a and a large insertion hole 52b through which the engaging portion 33b of the engaging claw 33 can be inserted continuously. "And, in the invention according to claim 3, the rice milling machine according to claim 1 100, “the engaging claw 33 on the cover 32 side
Is formed by a neck 33a, an engaging portion 33b at the tip thereof, and a tapered surface 33c inclined from a lower outer end to an upper inner end on a lower surface of the engaging portion 33b, and the cover 32
The rice rice shooter 50
On the side, an open protrusion 54 is formed to project into the engaging hole 43 of the support base 41, and when the white rice shooter 50 is moved upward, the tapered surface 3 provided on the engaging claw 33 on the cover 32 side.
When the release protrusion 54 comes into contact with the engaging claw 3c,
3 is released in the lateral direction to release the engagement between the engaging claw 33 and the support base 41. " According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide the rice milling machine 100 that can achieve the same object as the first aspect and that can perform assembly after maintenance very easily.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a right side view showing a part of an internal structure of a rice mill according to the present invention in a see-through manner.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the rice mill.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the rice mill.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a part of the internal structure of the rice polishing machine in a see-through manner.

FIG. 5 is a rear view showing a part of the internal structure of the rice polishing machine in a see-through manner.

FIG. 6 is a right side view showing components taken out of the rice milling machine.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view mainly showing a pressure regulator and a bran removing cylinder attached to a support base constituting the pressure regulator.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of what is shown in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a rear view of the same.

FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view of the rice mill according to the third embodiment, focusing on a pressure regulator and a bran removing cylinder attached to a support base constituting the pressure regulator.

FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view showing a rice mill according to still another embodiment of the present invention, focusing on a pressure regulator and a bran removing cylinder attached to a support base constituting the pressure regulator.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 rice milling machine 10 machine frame 11 outer cover 12 cover screw 13 brown rice hopper 14 lid 20 milling roll 21 drive shaft 22 drive motor 30 dehulling cylinder 31 dehulling hole 32 cover 33 engaging claw 33a neck 33b engaging part 33c tapered surface 34 Shaft 34a Spring 35 Claw guide 35a Positioning pin 40 Pressure regulator 41 Support base 41a Hanging part 41b Horizontal part 41c Handle mounting part 42 Pressure plate 42a Swing fulcrum 43 Engagement hole 43a Positioning hole 43b Screw hole 44 Slide plate 44a Engagement pin 45 adjusting dial 45a cam plate 46 fulcrum arm 47 spring 50 white rice shooter 51 base 52 engaging hole 52a locking small hole 52b insertion large hole 53 slide long hole 54 open protrusion 55 guide collar 60 pressure plate 70 screw pin 71 nut

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission Date] May 13, 1999 (1999.5.1
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[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Drawing

[Correction target item name] Fig. 7

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

FIG. 7

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A pressure regulator provided at the front end of the rice bran cylinder, while the brown rice fed from the brown rice hopper is forcibly fed into the grinding space between the rice mill and the rice bran cylinder by the rotation of a milling roll. In a rice milling machine in which the milling accuracy is adjusted by, and the periphery of the bran removing cylinder is surrounded by a cover supported by a machine frame, the front end of the bran removing cylinder is supported by the pressure regulator. In addition to being integrally attached to the back of the hanging part of the table, a white rice shooter for receiving white rice can be arranged on the front side of the hanging part, and the white rice shooter and the hanging part of the support stand are provided at the front end of the cover. The rice bran can be integrally connected to the engagement claws through respective engagement holes so that the removal and attachment of the bran removing cylinder can be performed together with the pressure regulator. . 2. An engaging claw on the cover side comprising a neck portion and an engaging portion at the tip thereof, and a neck portion of the engaging claw passing through an engaging hole on the white rice shooter side. 2. The locking device according to claim 1, further comprising a stop hole and a large insertion hole through which the engagement portion of the engagement claw can be inserted continuously.
A rice mill that facilitated the maintenance described in 1. 3. The cover-side engaging claw is constituted by a neck portion, an engaging portion at a distal end thereof, and a tapered surface inclined from a lower outer end to an upper inner end on a lower surface of the engaging portion. With
When the white rice shooter is swingably supported in a lateral direction with respect to the cover, and an open protrusion is formed on the white rice shooter side to protrude into an engagement hole of the support base, and the white rice shooter is moved upward. The engagement between the engaging claw and the support base is released by releasing the engaging claw in a lateral direction by abutting the opening protrusion on a tapered surface provided on the engaging claw on the cover side. The rice mill according to claim 1, wherein the maintenance is facilitated.