JP2001198477A - Apparatus for confirming quantity of residual brown rice in tank of coin-operated rice milling facility - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for confirming the quantity of residual brown rice in a brown rice tank of a coin-operated rice milling facility which stabilizes the flow of brown rice from the tank to a rice mill and does not cause the increase in production costs. SOLUTION: A tank side window part 6 which is installed on a customer room side surface of the brown rice tank 5 and fitted with a transparent plate 7, a residual quantity confirmation window 8 formed in a place dividing a space into a customer room 2 and a machine room 1, and a passage 12 for visual confirmation installed in the machine room 1 to range from the window 8 toward the window part 6 are provided. The passage 12 is arranged on the right or left side of the center line G1 of the tank 5. Since a rice mill 4 and the tank 5 can be ranged so that their center lines G2, G1 coincide with each other, the tank 5 can be shaped symmetrically so that the flow of brown rice from the tank 5 to the rice mill 4 can be improved, and production costs can be reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a brown rice tank remaining amount checking device for checking the remaining amount of brown rice remaining in a brown rice tank in a coin-type rice mill.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is known a so-called coin-type rice mill that automatically performs rice milling by inserting various kinds of coins such as coins and bills. In such a coin-type rice milling machine, as shown in FIG. 6, the interior is divided by a partition wall 3 into a guest room 1 through which users can enter and exit freely, and a machine room 2 through which attendants and the like can enter and exit. Machine room 2
In addition, a rice mill 23, a destoner (not shown) and the like are provided. A brown rice tank 24 for storing brown rice to be supplied to the rice mill 23 is provided substantially above the rice mill 23 in the machine room 2.
Is arranged. As the conventional rice mill 23, a horizontal rice mill is employed. If the rice mill 23 is arranged on the left and right along the partition wall 3, it interferes with a control panel (not shown) or the like. They are arranged along the direction.

[0003] In the coin-type rice milling equipment, the user sees from the passenger cabin 1 that the brown rice is satisfactorily sent from the brown rice tank 24 to the rice milling machine 23 and is browned until the brown rice in the brown rice tank 24 runs out. For confirmation, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a part of the brown rice tank 24 has a tank side window 25.
In some cases, a transparent plate 26 is attached to the tank side window 25 through the tank side window 25. The partition wall 3 separating the cabin 1 and the machine room 2 is also provided with a remaining amount confirmation window 27, and a visual passage 28 extending from the remaining amount confirmation window 27 toward the tank side window 25 is also formed. Have been. The passage 28 for visual recognition is arranged so that the center lines G coincide with each other so that the inside of the brown rice tank 24 can be seen well. In FIG. 6, 16 is a blower for discharging the bran, 21 is a white rice hopper, and 22 is a bran collecting bag.

[0004] When the viewing passage 28 is provided in this manner, it is possible to reach into the machine room 2 from the passenger cabin 1 side for the purpose of theft, etc. In order to prevent this, a transparent plate 29 is also attached to the remaining amount confirmation window 27, and this transparent plate 29 is disposed along the partition wall 3. In FIG. 8, reference numeral 28a denotes an opening formed at the far end of the viewing passage 28.

However, as described above, in the conventional coin-type rice milling equipment, since the horizontal rice milling machine 23 is employed, a large installation space in the front-rear direction is required to arrange the horizontal rice milling machine 23. However, since the direction in which the white rice is discharged from the rice mill 23 is the forward direction, there is a problem that a space for a discharge path for discharging the cleaned white rice in the front-rear direction is required.

As a countermeasure for this problem, as shown in FIG. 9, a vertical type rice mill 4 is adopted, and the rice discharge port 4a of the rice mill 4 is oriented from the lower end thereof to the rice hopper 21. It has been proposed to dispose it and provide it at a position along the partition wall 3 in the machine room 2. In FIG. 9, reference numeral 14 denotes a driving force transmitting unit for transmitting the rotational driving force from the driving motor to a rice milling machine main body such as a rice milling roll.
Reference numeral 15 denotes a transmission unit cover that covers a rotational driving force transmission pulley and the like, and reference numeral 22 denotes a bran collection bag.

When this type of vertical rice mill 4 is employed, the required space in the front-rear direction is smaller than that in the case where the horizontal rice mill 23 is arranged in a direction along the front-rear direction orthogonal to the partition wall 3. Therefore, there is an advantage that space can be saved as a coin-type rice polishing facility.
In addition, when the horizontal rice mill 23 is disposed in the front-rear direction, the discharge direction from the rice mill is in the front direction, so that a space for discharging the milled white rice in the front-rear direction is required. By using the rice mill 4, the lower part of the rice mill 4 serves as a white rice discharge space, and in this respect, space can be saved. In addition, since the blower 16 for discharging the bran can be disposed immediately behind the rice mill 4, the exhaust efficiency is improved.

[0008]

In a coin-type rice mill using such a vertical rice mill 4 as well, in order to check the flow of brown rice in the brown rice tank 5, FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 3, a tank-side window 6 is provided in a part of the brown rice tank 5 so that the tank-side window 6 can be viewed from the passenger compartment 1 side.
The partition wall 3 separating the cabin 1 and the machine room 2 is also provided with a remaining amount checking window 8, and a visual passage 9 extending from the remaining amount checking window 8 toward the tank-side window portion 6 can be formed. Conceivable. Further, the center line G is arranged so that the inside of the brown rice tank 5 can be seen well from the visual passage 9 so as to prevent theft through the visual passage 9.
The transparent plate 10 is also attached to the remaining amount checking window 8 along the partition wall 3. In addition, reference numeral 9a in FIG. 12 denotes an opening formed at the far end of the passage 9 for visual recognition.

As described above, even when the center line G of the brown rice tank 5 and the center line G of the passage 9 for visual recognition are arranged so as to coincide with each other, as shown in FIGS. When the rice is sufficiently expanded, the brown rice flows well from the brown rice tank 5 to the rice mill 4. However, in practice, various devices such as a control device and an elevating device are arranged near the brown rice tank 5, so that the width of the brown rice tank 5 is limited to a predetermined dimension or less. Therefore, if the center line G of the brown rice tank 5 and the center line G of the viewing passage 9 are arranged in such a manner that the width of the brown rice tank 5 is limited to a predetermined size or less, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 14, the brown rice tank 5 is biased relative to the rice mill 4 (FIG. 13,
In FIG. 14, the brown rice tank 5 must be arranged (biased to the left side with respect to the rice milling machine 4).
The brown rice flow from the rice mill 4 to the rice mill 4 becomes unstable, and the brown rice tank 5 becomes irregularly shaped, which causes an increase in production cost.

[0010] The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and the flow of brown rice from the brown rice tank to the rice mill becomes unstable,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a brown rice tank remaining amount checking device for a coin-type rice mill that does not cause an increase in manufacturing cost.

[0011]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 is a coin-type rice polishing facility for checking the remaining amount of brown rice remaining in a brown rice tank for storing brown rice to a rice mill. Device for checking the remaining amount of brown rice tank, which is provided on the tank side window where the transparent plate is installed on the surface of the brown rice tank close to the guest room and the partition wall that separates the guest room from the machine room A window and a visual passage provided between the remaining amount confirmation window and the tank side window in the machine room, and the visual passage is disposed at a position deviated leftward or rightward from the center line of the brown rice tank. The viewing passage is inclined so that the center line of the brown rice tank side opening of the viewing passage is shifted to the left or right from the center line of the remaining amount confirmation window which is the cabin side opening of the viewing passage. It is characterized by being formed by.

As described above, by arranging the viewing passage at a position deviated leftward or rightward from the center line of the brown rice tank,
Because the center line of the rice mill and the center line of the brown rice tank can be arranged so that the brown rice tank can be shaped symmetrically to the left and right, the flow from the brown rice tank to the rice mill can be improved, and it can be manufactured. Costs can be reduced.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the apparatus for checking the remaining amount of brown rice tank of the coin-type rice polishing facility according to the first aspect, the transparent plate for checking the remaining amount is mounted in the viewing passage in an inclined posture. And As described in claim 1, the passage for visual recognition is arranged at a position deviated leftward or rightward from the center line of the brown rice tank, and the center line of the opening of the brown rice tank side of the passage for visual recognition is on the passenger compartment side of the passage for visual recognition. If the viewing passage is formed so as to be inclined to the left or right from the center line of the remaining amount confirmation window that is the opening, the brown rice tank will be obliquely seen through the viewing passage. In comparison with a case where the center line of the brown rice tank and the center line of the passage for visual recognition are arranged to be coincident with each other, the inside of the brown rice tank tends to be difficult to see. In general, the cabin is made transparent by entrance doors or equipped with lighting equipment to make it easier for passengers to use. The room is brighter. In such a state, when the customer looks into the remaining amount confirmation window, the light in the guest room is reflected on the transparent plate of the remaining amount confirmation window and enters the field of view of the user, and as a result, the remaining amount is checked. It may be difficult. In order to cope with this, as described in claim 2, the transparent plate for remaining amount confirmation is mounted in the viewing passage in an inclined posture, so that when a user looks into the remaining amount confirmation window, the passenger side of the guest room side. Light is less reflected on the transparent plate of the remaining amount checking window, and the reflected light is prevented from entering the user's field of view, so that the remaining amount can be checked well.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the first or second aspect.
In the apparatus for checking the remaining amount of brown rice tank of the coin-type rice milling equipment described in the above, the remaining amount confirmation window is perforated in the partition wall, and the passage for visual recognition is fixed to the passage for passengers near the cabin fixed to the partition wall and the brown rice tank. The passage for viewing the passenger compartment is divided into a passage for viewing the vehicle, and the rear end of the passage for viewing the passenger compartment is formed to be inclined, and a transparent plate for remaining amount confirmation is attached to the rear end. .

According to this configuration, the transparent plate for remaining amount confirmation can be attached in an inclined posture by a simple operation of attaching the transparent plate for remaining amount confirmation to the deep end of the passage for visual recognition. Claim 4
According to the invention described in the above, in the apparatus for checking the remaining amount of brown rice tank of the coin-type rice polishing equipment according to the third aspect, the remaining amount confirmation window is formed in a door body that is openably and closably attached to the partition wall, and the visual passage is provided. It is characterized in that the passage is divided into a passage for the passenger's side which is fixed to the door body and a passage for the passenger's side which is fixed to the brown rice tank.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the apparatus for checking the remaining amount of brown rice tank of a coin-type rice polishing facility according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the rice mill is of a vertical type, and the outlet of the milled white rice is provided. It is arranged in a posture facing the white rice discharge point in the passenger compartment below from the lower end portion, and is provided at a position along the partition wall in the machine room. According to this configuration, compared to the case where a horizontal rice polishing machine is employed, a space in the lateral width and the front-rear direction is not taken, and the space can be saved.
Since the blower for discharging the bran can be disposed immediately behind the rice mill 4, the exhaust efficiency is improved. On the other hand, the driving force transmission unit for transmitting the driving force from the drive motor to the rice mill is located directly above the rice mill. The brown rice tank is shifted rearward so as not to interfere with this driving force transmission part,
Therefore, the length of the passage for visual recognition becomes longer, and according to the conventional configuration, the inside of the brown rice tank tends to be more difficult to see. However, such a matter is also improved by adopting the configuration of the second to fourth aspects.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Note that components having functions substantially similar to those of the components of the brown rice tank remaining amount checking device of the conventional coin-type rice polishing facility are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.
As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 5, the transparent rice plate 7 is attached to the brown rice tank 5 for storing the brown rice to the rice milling machine 4 on the surface close to the passenger compartment of the brown rice tank of the coin-type rice polishing equipment. A tank-side window 6, a remaining amount confirmation window 8 formed in a maintenance door 11, which is openably and closably attached to a partition wall 3 separating the cabin 1 and the machine room 2, and a remaining amount window in the machine room 2. A viewing passage 12 extending from the confirmation window 8 toward the tank-side window portion 6 so as to taper inward, and a viewing passage 12
And a transparent plate 13 for checking the remaining amount, which is made of an acrylic plate or the like, which is attached to the inside. The passage 12 for visual recognition is arranged at a position deviated to the left side from the center line G1 of the brown rice tank 5, and the center line G3 of the opening 12c on the brown rice tank side of the passage 12 for visual recognition is the cabin of the passage 12 for visual recognition. The viewing passage 12 is formed in a shape that is inclined in plan view so as to be located at a position deviated leftward or rightward from the center line G4 of the remaining amount confirmation window 8 that is a side opening. The transparent plate 13 for checking the remaining amount is mounted in the viewing passage 12 in an inclined posture.

The viewing passage 12 is provided for the maintenance door 1.
1 and a passage 12b closer to the tank fixed to the brown rice tank 5 and provided separately, and the rear end of the passage 12a closer to the guest room is formed to be inclined. The transparent plate 13 for checking the remaining amount is
Are fixed with screws or the like. On the other hand, the passage 12b for visually checking the tank side is provided with the driving force transmitting unit 14 and the transmitting unit cover 15.
Is fixed with screws.

The rice-milling machine 4 is of a vertical type, which is disposed immediately behind the maintenance door 11, and behind the rice-milling machine 4, a rice bran for sucking and discharging bran from the rice-milling machine body. A blower 16 and the like are provided. Reference numeral 17 denotes a supply screw device for feeding brown rice in the brown rice tank 5 to the rice milling machine main body. According to the above configuration, the visual passage 12 is disposed at a position deviated leftward from the center line G1 of the brown rice tank, so that the center line G2 of the rice milling machine 4 and the center line G of the brown rice tank 5 are arranged.
1 can be arranged so as to coincide with each other, so that the brown rice tank 5 can be shaped symmetrically to the left and right, and the flow of brown rice from the brown rice tank 5 to the rice milling machine 4 becomes stable and good.
Can be manufactured at a low cost.

Further, when the rice milling operation is performed by the coin-type rice milling equipment, the user checks the remaining amount of the brown rice tank 6 from the remaining amount checking window 8 through the visual passage 12 and the tank side window 6. This can be done by looking in an oblique direction. In this case, since the transparent plate 13 for checking the remaining amount is installed in the viewing passage 12 in an inclined posture, the user can check the remaining amount checking window 8.
When looking into the room, the light of the cabin 1 side is less reflected on the transparent plate 13 for checking the remaining amount of the remaining amount checking window 8, and the reflected light is prevented from entering the field of view of the user. As a result, the remaining amount can be checked well. In addition, the transparent plate 13 for checking the remaining amount can prevent the hand from reaching the passenger compartment 1 through the passage 12 for visual recognition.

Further, the passage for visual recognition 12 is divided into a passage for visual recognition 12 close to the passenger compartment and a passage 12b for visual recognition near the tank.
Since the transparent plate 13 for confirming the remaining amount is configured to be attached to the rear end side of 2b, the transparent plate 13 for confirming the remaining amount can be stably attached in an inclined posture by a simple operation. Further, by opening the maintenance door 11, the maintenance of the vertical rice milling machine 4 can be performed easily and satisfactorily.
a and the passage 12b closer to the tank, the maintenance door 11 is compared with the case where the entire passage 12 for visual recognition is fixed to the maintenance door 11 or the location close to the brown rice tank 6. The workability is improved without opening the viewing passage 12 or obstructing the passage 12 when performing maintenance on the vertical rice milling machine 4 or the like.

In the above-described embodiment, a vertical rice mill 4 is employed, and the white rice discharge port 4a of the rice mill 4 is arranged in a posture facing the white rice hopper 21 from the lower end thereof. 2 shows a coin-type rice mill provided at a position along the partition wall 3 in accordance with the present invention. According to this, a horizontal width and a space in the front-rear direction are reduced as compared with a case where a horizontal rice mill is employed. Therefore, space saving can be achieved, and since the blower 16 for discharging bran can be disposed immediately behind the rice milling machine 4, there is an advantage that the exhaust efficiency is improved. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the same configuration can be adopted for a coin-type rice mill that employs a horizontal rice mill, and in this case, the arrangement space of the vertical rice mill is limited. It is possible to arrange a device for another use at a corresponding location.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, the visual passage is disposed at a position deviated leftward or rightward from the center line of the brown rice tank, whereby the center line of the rice milling machine and the center line of the brown rice tank are arranged. Therefore, the brown rice tank can be shaped symmetrically to the left and right, the flow from the brown rice tank to the rice mill can be improved, and the production cost can be reduced.

In addition, since the transparent plate for checking the remaining amount is mounted in an inclined position in the viewing passage for checking the remaining amount of brown rice in the brown rice tank, the passenger compartment can be passed through the viewing passage by the transparent plate for checking the remaining amount. When the customer looks into the remaining amount check window diagonally, the light in the guest room is reflected by the transparent plate of the remaining amount check window and enters the field of view of the user, while preventing the hand from reaching from the side As a result, the remaining amount can be checked satisfactorily.

The passage for viewing is divided into a passage for viewing closer to the passenger compartment fixed to the partition wall and a passage for viewing closer to the tank fixed to the brown rice tank. The transparent plate for checking the remaining amount can be attached to this back end by attaching it to the rear end side with a simple operation. Become. In addition, a window for confirming the remaining amount is drilled in a door body that can be freely opened and closed on the partition wall, and the passage for visual recognition is a passage for the passengers near the cabin fixed to the door and a tank near the tank fixed to the brown rice tank. The maintenance work can be easily performed on the rice milling machine by opening the door body by dividing the passage into the passage for use, and the visibility passage can be prevented from being obstructed. Workability is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a brown rice tank remaining amount checking device of a coin-type rice polishing facility according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic side sectional view of the coin-type rice polishing facility.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a brown rice tank remaining amount checking device of the coin-type rice polishing facility.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the brown rice tank remaining amount checking device.

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view seen from a remaining amount confirmation window of the brown rice tank remaining amount confirmation device.

FIG. 6 is a schematic side sectional view of a conventional coin-type rice polishing facility.

FIG. 7 is a side view of the conventional brown rice tank remaining amount checking device of the coin-type rice polishing facility.

FIG. 8 is a front view of the conventional brown rice tank remaining amount checking device.

FIG. 9 is a schematic side sectional view of another conventional coin-type rice polishing facility.

FIG. 10 is a side view of the conventional brown rice tank remaining amount checking device of the coin-type rice polishing facility.

FIG. 11 is a plan view of the conventional brown rice tank remaining amount checking device.

FIG. 12 is a front view of the conventional brown rice tank remaining amount checking device.

FIG. 13 is a plan view of another conventional brown rice tank remaining amount checking device.

FIG. 14 is a front view of the conventional brown rice tank remaining amount checking device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Guest room 2 Machine room 3 Partition wall 4 Rice mill 5 Brown rice tank 6 Tank side window part 8 Remaining amount check window 11 Maintenance door body 12 Viewing passage 12a Guest room approaching viewing passage 12b Tank approaching viewing passage 13 Remaining amount checking Transparent plate

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Sakae Matsuo 2-35 Jinmucho, Yao-shi, Osaka Inside Kubota Kuhoji Temple Factory (72) Inventor Nobuyuki Saito 2-35, Jinmucho, Yao-shi, Osaka Co., Ltd. Kubota Kuhoji Factory F-term (reference) 4D043 JF05 JF07

Claims (5)

[Claims] An apparatus for checking the remaining amount of brown rice remaining in a brown rice tank for storing brown rice in a rice milling machine, which is provided on a surface of the brown rice tank close to the passenger compartment of the brown rice tank. A tank side window with a transparent plate
It is provided with a remaining amount confirmation window perforated in a partition wall separating the guest room and the machine room, and a visual passage provided between the remaining amount confirmation window and the tank side window in the machine room, and the visual passage is provided. It is located at a position deviated left or right from the center line of the brown rice tank,
The viewing passage is inclined so that the center line of the brown rice tank side opening of the viewing passage is shifted to the left or right from the center line of the remaining amount confirmation window, which is the cabin side opening of the viewing passage. A device for checking the remaining amount of brown rice tank in the coin-type rice milling equipment. 2. The apparatus for checking the remaining amount of brown rice tank of a coin-type rice mill according to claim 1, wherein the transparent plate for checking remaining amount is mounted in the viewing passage in an inclined posture. 3. A remaining amount check window is formed in the partition wall, and the passage for visual recognition is divided into a passage for visual recognition closer to the passenger room fixed to the partition wall and a passage for visual recognition closer to the tank fixed to the brown rice tank. 3. The brown rice tank residue of the coin-type rice polishing facility according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a rear end side of the passage for visually recognizing near the guest room is formed to be inclined, and a transparent plate for remaining amount confirmation is attached to the rear end side. Quantity confirmation device. 4. A window for confirming a remaining amount is formed in a door body which is openably and closably attached to a partition wall, and a passage for visual recognition is fixed to a passage near the passenger compartment fixed to the door body and a brown rice tank. 4. The device for confirming the remaining amount of brown rice tank of a coin-type rice milling machine according to claim 3, wherein the device is divided into a passage for visual confirmation near the tank. 5. A rice milling machine is of a vertical type, and a rice-polished rice discharge port is disposed in such a manner as to face a white rice discharge point in a passenger cabin below from a lower end thereof, and is provided at a position along a partition wall in a machine room. The apparatus for checking the remaining amount of brown rice tank in a coin-type rice mill according to any one of claims 1 to 4.