JP2001245797A - Rice washing utensil - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rice washing utensil which eliminates the nuisance of an upper lid which is placed on a rice washing bowl of a conventional rice washing utensil and through which an axis of rotation of blades 6 for stirring penetrates for washing rice without wetting hands. SOLUTION: The rice washing utensil is provided with a colander 3 having meshes 2 of a size small enough not to let grains of rice pass through and having a fixed shaft 1 in the center of its bottom and the colander 3 is stacked on a washing water receptacle 4. A rotary cylinder 7 which is provided with a handle 5 on its upper end and is provided with plural blades 6 for stirring on its lower end is rotatably fitted on the fixed shaft 1 and rice and water is put into the colander 3 for washing rice by turning the handle 5.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a household rice sharpener capable of sharpening rice without wet hands, and more particularly to a rice sharpener having a structure without an upper lid.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There are various conventional techniques for sharpening rice without wet hands. For example, relatively simple ones are disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 59-162636 and Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 59-181.
No. 629 “rice paddle”, a mesh-like container that does not allow the passage of rice grains is placed on another container, and rice and water are put in this container, and another stirring tool is used. The one that grinds rice is the most basic one. Also,
In many cases, a rod or a blade is used as a stirring tool, and these are arranged in a zigzag container and rotated by a handle or a motor provided above. There is a "Rice sharpener" of Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 7-36981 for turning a rod with a handle, and a "rice sharpener" of Utility Model Registration No. 3038296 for turning a blade with a handle, and a blade is turned with a motor. As an example, there is “Automatic rice cutting device” of Utility Model Registration No. 3016081.

[0003] In any of the prior arts described above, in which a stirrer such as a blade is turned by a handle or a motor, there is an upper lid that covers a zigzag container or the like, and a rotary shaft having a stirrer passes through a center hole of the upper lid. It has become. Therefore, it is necessary to remove the top cover each time rice or water is to be put into a corrugated container or the like.

[0004] As the one without the upper lid, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 7-77
There is No. 36 "Electric rice washing machine". In this method, a stirrer is mounted at the center of the bottom in the elongated container, and the stirrer is inserted into the rotating shaft of the mixer and rotated. That is, it is intended to use the mixer itself, and is an insertion device for inserting an elongated container with a stirrer into an elongated container of the mixer.

Further, there are rice cookers with a rice washing function and large-scale rice washing machines of a hopper type. In addition, there is a method of washing rice using the water pressure of a tap, but these are complicated and large-scale.

[0006]

First, the configuration is simple,
Want to be cheap and easy to buy at home. As a function, the problem is to make it possible to wash rice efficiently without wet hands and without using electricity, and to make each of the constituent parts usable independently.

[0007] Specifically, it is desired to eliminate the upper lid. Without the top lid, you would not have to remove the top lid each time you put rice in and out of the rice washing container. First, the degree of sharpening of rice can be seen at a glance from above, and sharpening can be done under a faucet, so tap water can be easily poured, and you can grind while supplying water. In the above-mentioned conventional example having no upper lid, since the stirrer is provided at the bottom in the zigzag container, the zigzag container is a dedicated container for the mixer and is difficult to use as a single unit.

[0008] It is said that the rice that has been polished is cooked deliciously if it is drained and left in the garbage for a while before being cooked. Good. Furthermore, it is desirable to make the means for keeping the rice-free container and the container for receiving the sharpening juice from moving when they are overlapped and sharpened as much as possible. The present invention has been made to solve these problems.

[0009]

The structure of the present invention is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, a mesh container 2 which is a mesh 2 having a fixed shaft 1 at the center of the bottom and of a size which does not allow rice grains to pass through is used. Layer on. At this time, means is provided between both the zigzag container 3 and the sharpening juice container 4 so that they do not shift during use.

[0010] A rotating cylinder 7 provided with a handle 5 at the upper end and a plurality of stirring blades 6 at the lower end is rotatably fitted on the fixed shaft 1, and rice and water are put in the zigzag container 3. The handle 5 was turned to sharpen the rice.

As means for preventing the two from slipping and moving between them, an appropriate uneven portion is provided on a part of the upper edge of both the zigzag container 3 and the sharpening juice container 4, and they are combined with each other and fixed together. Alternatively, a handle 8 may be provided on both upper edges. For example, one handle 8 has a concave shape in the length direction, and the other handle 8 has a convex shape in the length direction so as to fit into the concave portion.

Further, the stirring blade 6 is attached at an angle such that rice is scooped up from below with respect to the axis of the rotating cylinder 7;
It is preferable that the length be near the bottom of the container 3 without wings and near the side. Further, an outlet 9 for water or sharpening juice is preferably provided at the upper edge of the sharpening juice container 4. Although there is no particular need to specify these materials, plastic moldings will generally be used to reduce the cost.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In order to enhance rice sharpening efficiency, the egg-shaped container 3 is designed so that more rice grains come into contact and rub.
It is preferable that the mesh 2 is provided over the entire surface of the zigzag container 3. Further, as shown in the figure, the mesh 2 itself may have the vertical bar 10 slightly convex inward. However, it is only a slight convexity. Otherwise, there is a risk that the rice grains may hit the projections and chip. Of course, conversely, the cross rail 11 may be convex, or the entire mesh 2 may be flat.

The fixed shaft 1 at the center of the bottom is simply a cylinder. However, since a force is applied at the time of using the ratio, it is necessary to consider the design together with the mesh 2 around the fixed portion so as not to break from the root. The upper edge of the zigzag container 3 has a flange-shaped protruding side 12 over the entire periphery, and has a projection (not shown) on the back side.

The sharpening container 4 has an outer diameter up to the outer diameter of the protruding side 12 of the container 3 having a smaller outer diameter, and is larger than the outer diameter of a portion having the mesh 2. That is, when the zigzag container 3 is stacked on the sharpening juice container 4, the zigzag container 3 is prevented from further dropping at the protruding side 12, and is located between the two by the projection on the back side of the protruding side 12. It creates an interval.

Of course, the depth is set so as to produce an appropriate space between the bottom of the zigzag container 3 and the bottom surface 13 of the sharpening juice container 4. However, these intervals are not absolutely necessary. Because the egg container 3 and the sharpening juice container 4
Water and rice juice during grinding work are mixed with rice grains through the mesh 2 regardless of whether or not they are in close contact with each other, and there is not much reason to separate only water or rice juice within the interval. Because. On the contrary, the overlapping of the sieve-shaped container 3 and the sharpening juice container 4 where there is no gap is settled down.

The outlet 9 is not necessarily provided, but it may be necessary if water is to be taken in at the same time as the rice is being turned by turning the handle 5, and the sharpening juice container 4 is used as a simple container alone. It is preferable to provide a spout when it is done.

The stirring blade 6 is preferably attached at an angle such that rice is scooped up from below with respect to the axis of the rotary cylinder 7. In addition, it is preferable that the length of the container 3 reaches the vicinity of the side portion along the vicinity of the bottom of the wingless container 3 because the efficiency is high and it is preferable. Further, at least two stirring blades 6 are provided symmetrically with respect to the rotary cylinder 7. In the case of three places, 120 around the rotary cylinder 7
° will be provided at intervals.

If the container 3 is dropped into the above-mentioned sharpening juice container 4, the dropping is stopped at the protruding side 12, and those having projections and the like are spaced apart by an amount corresponding to the protrusion and overlap. At this time, if the handles 8 are provided on the upper edges of the both, it goes without saying that the handles 8 are overlapped. FIG. 2 shows this state.

Then, a rotary cylinder 7 having stirring blades 6 is inserted into the fixed shaft 1 of the sharpening juice container 4, and an appropriate amount of rice and water are put therein. When the handle 5 is pressed or the handle 8 is held, and the handle 5 is turned with the other hand, the rice grains are turned into rice grains by the agitating blades 6 and rubbed between the rice grains and the mesh 2 to be sharpened.

When the sharpening is completed, the stirring blade 6 is taken out by holding the handle 5 and only the container 3 containing no rice grains is lifted. The sharpened juice passes through the mesh 2 and remains in the sharpened juice container 4. The rice can be discarded from the inflow / outflow port 9 and the rice after being polished is retained in the zigzag container 3 because the mesh 2 has a size that does not allow the rice grains to pass through, so that the rice can be transferred into the rice cooker as it is. . Of course, it is easy to get rice from rice stockers.

[0022]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A zigzag container 3 shown in FIG.
mm fixed shaft 1. The depth from the lower side of the protruding side 12 as a portion overlapping and entering the sharpening juice container 4 is 60 mm.
And The width of the protruding side 12 is set to 7 mm, and the outer width 18 is set.
A handle 8 having a length of 85 mm and a length of 85 mm and curved upward was provided. Below the handle 8, there is a step 14 having an outer width of 14 mm for fitting to the handle 8 of the sharpening juice container 4. Reference numeral 15 denotes a place where other fingers are added to stably lift the handle 8 of the container 3 when lifting it.

The mesh 2 is different from the illustrated example in this case,
The vertical bar 10 was slightly convex on the outer side. That is, inside the corrugated container 3, the horizontal rail 11 is slightly convex inward. In this example, since the convex shape becomes the horizontal rail 11 and the rotation direction of the stirring blade 6 is the same, the contact with the rice grains in contact with the mesh 2 becomes gentle. Of course, the vertical bar 10 is also the horizontal bar 1
As described above, 1 does not have to be convex, and the entire two surfaces of the mesh may be flat.

The sharpening juice container 4 has an inner diameter of 183 mm and a depth of 7
0 mm, the back bottom of the stack-like container 3 is 1 mm.
This results in an interval of less than 0 mm. Since the handle 8 has an outer width of 18 mm, an inner width of 14 mm, and is curved downward in a concave shape with a length of 90 mm, the step portion 14 of the handle 8 of the zigzag container 3 fits into the concave portion. Thus, a cylindrical body is formed by the two handles 8. The material is a general plastic integral molded product such as polypropylene. Numeral 16 is a nail hole for hanging from a wall or the like.

The handle 5 of the embodiment is of a crank type and need not be described.
The stirring blade 6 provided on the rotating cylinder 7 having a width of 5 mm has a width of 18 mm, a length of 65 mm, and is close to the bottom of the zigzag container 3 so as to form an acute angle toward the tip, and is slightly curved so as to match the bottom. We established three places.

The mounting angle of the stirring blade 6 is assumed to be 30 degrees with respect to the longitudinal axis of the rotary cylinder 7 as shown in FIG. In this way, when the handle 5 is turned clockwise, the rice grains are sharpened by being scooped upward, so that there is no force for pressing the rice grains between the narrow stirring blade 6 and the bottom of the shredded container 3. Therefore, there is less possibility that the rice grains will be broken by being strongly pressed. The above rice sharpener has a size suitable for two to three rice use.

The outlet 9 of the sharpening juice container 4 is provided in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the handle 8 as shown in FIG.
One outlet 9 is provided with a hose retainer for holding a hose from a faucet, and the other is provided with a drain outlet deeper than that shown in FIG. Conventional means such as adding a member for selecting the height and adjusting the discharge amount may be provided.

[0028]

According to the present invention, since the fixed shaft 1 on which the rotary cylinder 7 having the stirring blade 6 is mounted is located at the bottom of the zigzag container 3, a conventional upper lid is not required. Therefore, there is no top lid, so you can put rice and water in and out of the rice washing container,
It is not necessary to remove the top lid each time, and you can see the sharpness of rice at a glance, and even under a faucet, it is easy to pour water, and you can polish while pouring water.

Of course, since the handle 5 is turned and sharpened without using electricity, rice can be washed efficiently without getting hands wet. In addition, the zigzag container 3 is placed on the sharpening juice container 4 and the handle 5 can also be assembled as a whole by simply inserting the rotary cylinder 7 into the fixed shaft 1 of the zigzag container 3. It is very simple and convenient because it can be separated with one touch. In addition, since the fixed shaft 1 of the zigzag container 3 is a mere short rod, the zigzag itself does not hinder the utility of the zigzag itself.

The zigzag container 3 and the sharpening juice container 4
As a means for preventing the two parts from shifting and moving, if both are provided with a handle 8, they can be gripped with one hand during use, so that both handles 8 can be a means for preventing displacement, and the utility of the handle 8 even when used alone can be used. There is. As described in detail above, since there is no upper lid, the invention has a simple configuration with a small number of parts, and is an excellent invention that can be easily operated before and after use.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing components of an embodiment of the present invention before separation and assembly.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the embodiment of FIG. 1 of the present invention in an assembled state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Fixed axis 2 Mesh 3 Crazy container 4 Sharpening container 5 Handle 6 Stirrer blade 7 Rotating cylinder 8 Handle 9 Outlet

Claims (4)

[Claims] Circular container (3) which is a mesh (2) having a fixed axis (1) at the center of the bottom and of a size (2) through which rice grains cannot pass.
Is placed on a sharpening container (4) having means that does not move between them, a handle (5) is attached to the upper end, and a rotating cylinder (7) provided with a plurality of stirring blades (6) at the lower end. ) Is rotatably fitted to the fixed shaft (1), and the zigzag container (3)
A rice sharpener in which rice and water are put inside and the handle (5) is turned to sharpen rice. 2. A handle (8), which is combined with and fixed to both upper edges of the zigzag container (3) and the sharpening juice container (4), as means for preventing the two from shifting. Rice sharpener as described. 3. An agitating blade (6) is attached at an angle such that rice is scooped up from below with respect to the axis of the rotary cylinder (7), and is located near the bottom of the bladeless container (3). The rice sharpener according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the length of the rice sharpener reaches near the side portion. 4. A rice sharpener according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an outlet for water or sharpened juice (9) is provided at the upper edge of the sharpened juice container (4).