JP2001087146A - Rice washer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rice washer having a means for surly generating circulating water flow for washing rice and a changeover means for washing of the rice and completely ejecting the washed rice without leaving any grains at all in a container. SOLUTION: This rice washer has a rice washing tank section for washing the rice. This rice washing tank section is provided with an ejection port for pressurized water opened in the central position of its bottom, a water flow guide pipe supported perpendicularly with a spacing opened between the ejection port and a lid, and a drain hole and rice discharge port opened at the circumference of the ejection port. Further, the outer side in the bottom of the rice washing tank section is disposed with an opening/closing plate for selectively changing over the washing of the rice and the ejection of the washed rice by opening and closing of the rice discharge port bored in the rice washing tank section and a receiving body having an ejection port for white water and the washed rice past the opening and closing plate.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rice washer for sharpening rice for cooking rice.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a prior art of a rice washing machine, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No.
There is an invention described in Japanese Patent Application No. 99203 (FIG. 11). This rice washing machine is provided with a cylindrical container having a conical protrusion at the bottom center, and a lid with a water jet pipe vertically installed at the center. By pouring tap water from the container, water is spouted toward the conical protrusion on the bottom of the container, and the protrusion disperses the water in all directions to generate a circulating water flow in the container. The rice is circulated and stirred to rub against each other and sharpen.

[0003] Other rice washing machines are disclosed in JP-A-9-23.
No. 9280, for example.

[0004]

In the above-described rice washing machine in the prior art, the distance between the outlet at the lower end of the water jet pipe and the conical projection in the container is widely separated, and during this time, the rice to be sharpened and washed is not removed. Since it is present, there is a possibility that the jet water from the water jet pipe may not reach the projections, and it is not possible to expect the generation of a circulating water flow enough to agitate while circulating the rice, so there is a question about the cleaning ability. Also, since the rice after sharpening is transferred to another container, the rice grains remain on the inner wall surface of the container, and the object of the invention is to be able to sharpen rice without touching water. Nevertheless, it is unsanitary to touch rice and cold water during the last removal.

An object of the present invention is to provide a means for generating a circulating water flow in a container, a means for sharpening rice by the circulating water flow, and a means for easily switching an operation for carrying out all the polished rice grains. Accordingly, the present invention provides a sanitary rice washer in which rice can be sharpened and washed out without contact with water or rice.

[0006]

A rice washing machine for achieving the above object has a rice washing machine main body having a rice washing tank portion for sharpening and washing rice, and a lid for covering an upper opening of the rice washing tank portion.
In the rice washing tank part, a jet of pressure water opened at the center of the bottom, and a water flow guide pipe vertically supported at a position just above the jet with a gap between the jet and the lid, There is a drain hole and rice discharge port established around the spout,
Furthermore, on the outside of the bottom of the rice-washing tank, a rice-washing opening and a rice-opening opening in the rice-washing tank are opened and closed. A receiver is provided which has an outlet for the washed white water and the washed rice.

[0007]

According to the rice washing device of the present invention, since the water is provided from the jet port opened at the bottom of the rice washing tank and the water flow guide pipe into which rice flows, the circulating water flows into the rice washing tank. The rice is agitated and sharpened by this, and the rice is washed and sharpened by opening and closing the rice discharge opening at the bottom of the rice washing tank. An opening / closing plate and a receiver for taking out the white water and the washed rice that passed through the opening / closing plate are located nearby, and the sharpened and washed rice can be immediately carried out from the white water turbidity judgment,
It is excellent in operability and can perform these operations without touching rice, so that it is sanitary.

[0008]

1 shows an embodiment of a rice washing machine according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional side view of a rice washing state, FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view of a taken out state, FIG. 3 is a plan view of a taken out state, and FIG. 5 is a plan view of the opening / closing plate, FIG. 6 is a vertical side view of the same, FIG. 7 is a plan view of the receiver, FIG. 8 is a vertical side view of the same, FIG. 9 is a view of the opening / closing plate and the receiver. FIG. 10 is a longitudinal sectional side view showing a rice washing state of an integrally formed rice washing machine, FIG. 10 is a plan view of an integrally formed opening / closing plate and a receiver, and FIG. 11 is a longitudinal sectional side view of a conventional rice washing machine;
Hereinafter, description will be made with reference to the respective drawings.

[0009] In the figure, reference symbol A indicates a rice washing machine,
This rice washing machine A is a rice washing tank 1a for sharpening and washing rice.
Washing machine main body 1 having an opening and upper opening 1 of rice washing tank 1a
b, an opening / closing plate 3 for selectively switching between the sharpening of the rice and the removal of the sharpened rice, and a receiver 4 for white water (water that is white and cloudy when the rice is sharpened) and for the sharpened rice 4 It is composed of

The rice-washing tank 1a is formed in a warhead shape in which the lower part is gradually thinned, and a spout 1d for jetting water into the rice-washing tank 1a is provided at the center of the bottom 1c.
Are open upward. The spout 1d is provided in a bar-like portion 1e protruding outside the bottom 1c of the rice washing tank 1a, and the direction of the rice washing tank 1a is narrow.

A water flow guide pipe 5 is provided in the rice washing tank section 1a for introducing jet water to generate a circulating water flow (convection) in the rice washing tank section 1a.
Is a tubular member whose upper end is formed to have a large diameter again by being gradually squeezed upward from the lower end.
f, horizontal support pieces 5a,
5a is locked and is vertically disposed immediately above the spout 1d in a suspended fishing state with a space between the spout 1d and the lid 2.

Further, around the spout 1d, a drain hole 1 for discharging white water having a width small enough to prevent rice from passing therethrough.
h, and a rice discharge port 1j for discharging the polished rice is opened, and the drain holes 1h and the rice discharge ports 1j are alternately formed at an equidistant range of 60 ° around the spout 1d. It is arranged.

The opening and closing plate 3 is provided at the bottom 1c of the rice washing tank 1a.
A tapered peripheral surface portion 3a in contact with the outer side surface; and a tubular portion 3 projecting downward from a central small diameter portion of the tapered peripheral surface portion 3a.
b, and has a substantially funnel shape provided with an operation piece 3c protruding outward from the wide-diameter peripheral portion 3f. The tapered peripheral surface 3a has a drain hole 1h opened to the rice washing tank 1a and a drainage hole 1h. Drainage holes 3d and rice discharge ports 3e similar to the rice discharge port 1j are alternately opened with an equal degree range of 60 ° around the tubular portion 3b.

The receiver 4 has an upper opening 4a, a bottom 4b inclined in one direction, an outlet 4c opened at the lowest value of the inclined bottom 4b, and a hole opened at the center of the bottom 4b. The opening / closing plate 3 and the receiving pan 4 are disposed outside the bottom 1c of the rice washing tank 1a.

That is, the tubular portion 3b of the opening / closing plate 3 is rotatably fitted to a rod-like portion 1e projecting outside the bottom 1c of the rice washing tank 1a, and the tip of the operation piece 3c is attached to the side wall of the rice washing container body 1. And is projected outwardly through a horizontal regulating slot 1n provided in the washing machine, and the tapered peripheral surface portion 3a is attached to the rice washing tank portion 1.
a, and then the mounting hole 4d of the receiver 4 is fitted into the upper part 1e of the rod, and the upper opening 4a is provided with the drain hole 1h, the rice discharging port 1j and the opening / closing plate 3 of the rice washing tank 1a. Over the tapered peripheral surface portion 3a, and then the rod-shaped portion 1e
Is supplied to the rice washing machine main body 1 by screwing and tightening the tightening body 6 to the screw portion 1p formed in the above, and supplying pressurized water such as tap water to the remaining protruding portion of the rod-shaped portion 1e. Tube 7 is connected.

As a result, the opening / closing plate 3 reciprocates in the circumferential direction of the operation piece 3c inserted into the regulating long hole 1n, whereby the tapered peripheral surface 3a comes into contact with the outer surface of the bottom 1c of the rice washing tank 1a. The restricting slot 1n rotates while the operation piece 3c of the opening and closing plate 3 is positioned at one end of the restricting slot 1n. The rice discharging port 3e opened in the rice washing tank 1a matches the rice discharging port 3e opened in the rice washing tank 1a.
When the operation piece 3c is positioned at the other end from the unloading position (FIGS. 2 and 3) of the sharpened rice in which the and the receiver 4 are in communication with each other, the draining hole 3d of the opening / closing plate 3 causes the rice washing tank. 1
A rice washing port where the rice discharge port 1j is closed (FIG. 1,
The hole is formed over a range indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 3).

When the rice is sharpened and washed with the rice washer A,
When the operation piece c of the opening / closing plate 3 is moved to the rice washing position which is one end position of the regulating long hole 1n, the drain hole 3d of the opening / closing plate 3 is located at the position of the rice discharging port 1j of the rice washing tank 1a as described above. The rice discharge port 3e of the opening / closing plate 3 is located below the drain hole 1h of the rice washing tank 1a (see the two-dot chain line in FIGS. 1 and 3). Then, pressurized water such as tap water is supplied from the supply pipe 7 to the jet port 1d.
At this time, the pressurized water is spouted from the spout 1d into the water flow guide tube 5 in the rice washing tank 1a, and the rice is also blown up into the water flow guide tube 5 along with the spouted water flow, accelerated by the upper wide-diameter portion, and accelerated from the upper end. The water and the rice are discharged and discharged downward in the rice washing tank part 1a while being diffused in the circumferential direction on the lower surface of the lid 2 and blown up again into the water flow guide pipe 5 by the spouted water. The rice is agitated and rubbed against each other by (convection), so that the rice is sharpened and washed. White water is discharged from the bottom 1c of the rice washing tank 1a and the drain holes 1h and 3d opened in the opening and closing plate 3 through the receiver 4 and the carry-out port 4c. Is more exhausted.

The removal of the sharpened rice from the rice washing tank 1a is performed by the circulating water flow as described above, and the white water discharged from the outlet 4c of the receiver 4 becomes clear when the rice is sharpened. Then, when the rice is sharpened and washed, the operation piece 3c of the opening / closing plate 3 is moved to the carry-out position, which is the other end of the regulating slot 1n. 3d and rice discharge port 1j and drain hole 1 of rice washing tank 1a
h coincide with each other (FIGS. 2 and 3), and the sharpened rice flows into the receiver 4 from both the rice discharge ports 1j and 3e together with the water flow, and is discharged from the carry-out port 4c. At this time, the remaining rice grains adhering to the inner wall of the rice washing tub 1a are also washed down by the circulating water flow and discharged.

FIGS. 9 and 10 show another embodiment of the rice washer. Members having the same functions as those of the above-described embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and duplicate description will be omitted.

The rice washer B in this embodiment has an opening / closing plate 3 and a receiver 4 disposed outside the bottom 1c of the rice washing tank 1a, and is formed integrally. Reference numeral 3f is fitted and fixed to a peripheral step 4e formed in the opening 4a of the receiving body 4, and is a restriction opened in the operation piece 3c of the opening and closing plate 3 and the rice washing machine main body 1 in the above embodiment. It does not have the long hole 1n.

Therefore, the means for selecting a rice washing position and a carry-out position in the rice washing machine B is provided by reciprocating the receiver 4 in the circumferential direction, thereby forming a drain hole 3d in the opening / closing plate 3 integrated therewith.
When the part is located at the rice discharging port 1j of the rice washing tank part 1a, the rice is washed and the rice is washed (FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, two-dot chain line), and the rice discharging port 3e of the opening / closing plate 3 and the rice discharging tank part 1a are discharged. The time when the rice mouth 1j coincides is set as the unloading position of the sharpened rice (solid line in FIG. 10).

The above-mentioned rice washing machine is provided with a water flow guide pipe through which water is spouted from an outlet opened at the bottom of the rice washing tank and rice flows in, so that a circulating water flow is reliably generated in the rice washing tank.
With this, the rice is agitated and sharpened and washed, and an opening / closing plate for selectively switching between the sharpening of the rice by opening and closing the rice discharge opening at the bottom of the rice washing tank and the discharge of the washed rice,
A receiver for taking out the white water and the washed rice that passed through the opening / closing plate is located nearby, and the sharpened and washed rice can be immediately taken out from the white water turbidity judgment, so it is excellent in operability and moreover, The operation can be performed without touching the rice, which is hygienic.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional side view of a rice washing state.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view of a take-out state.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a take-out state.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a water flow guide tube.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of an opening / closing plate.

FIG. 6 is a vertical side view of the opening / closing plate.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a receiver.

FIG. 8 is a vertical sectional side view of a receiver.

FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional side view showing a rice washing state of another example of a rice washing machine.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of an opening / closing plate and a receiver in another example of a rice washing machine.

FIG. 11 is a vertical side view of a conventional rice washing machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A, B Rice Washer 1 Rice Washer Main Body 1a Rice Washing Tank 1b Upper Opening 1c Bottom 1d Spout 1e Rod 1h Drainage Hole 1j Rice Discharge Port 1n Regulatory Slot 2 Lid 3 Opening / closing Plate 3a Tapered Peripheral Surface 3b Tubular Portion 3c Operation One piece 3d Drainage hole 3e Rice discharge port 4 Receptor 4a Opening 4b Bottom 4c Carrying outlet 4d Mounting hole 5 Water flow guide pipe 7 Supply pipe

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A rice-washing machine body having a rice-washing tank portion for sharpening and washing rice, and a lid for covering an upper opening of the rice-washing tank portion, wherein the rice-washing tank portion has a pressure opening at a central position of a bottom portion. A water spout, a water flow guide pipe vertically supported at a position directly above the spout with an interval between the spout and the lid, and a drain hole and a rice discharge port opened around the spout. There is an opening / closing plate on the outside of the bottom of the rice-washing tank that opens and closes the rice discharge opening in the rice-washing tank and selectively switches the discharge of the washed rice. A rice washing machine provided with a receiver having a discharge port for white water passed through an opening / closing plate and for rice that has been sharpened and washed.