JP2002136421A - Electric cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent sprout brown rice from being rotted by increasing contacting parts of the sprout brown rice and a plurality of contact panels consisting of antibacterial material. SOLUTION: A plurality of contact panels 12 and 13 consisting of antibacterial material and the brown rice are housed within a pot 8 and kept to be at a low temperature for a prescribed period by an electric heating source. The contacting panels are housed parallel to each other in a horizontal direction and the brown rice is interposed between the contacting panels.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an electric cooker for cooking germinated brown rice.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a general electric rice cooker, polished white rice is placed in a pot together with a predetermined amount of water and heated in a high temperature state by a heater or an induction coil. When the water runs out, the heating is stopped. I finish cooking rice and then try to do spots.

On the other hand, it is said that brown rice has sufficient nutrients, and an electric rice cooker capable of brown rice cooking has been proposed, but it is possible to select white rice cooking according to preference.

[0004] Furthermore, a germination rice cooker in which brown rice is kept at a low temperature for a long time to germinate for about 1 to 2 mm due to diversification of health consciousness and taste and mixed with ordinary white rice to cook rice is disclosed in JP-A-9-275786. And Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-117713. In particular, there is a defect that germinated brown rice is putrefied because it is kept at a low temperature for a long time.
In the publication No. 0-117713, after germinated brown rice is put into a mesh pot with antibacterial properties, this mesh pot is stored in the pot and cooked,
Try to prevent corruption.

[0005]

However, as described above, when brown rice is put into an antibacterial pot and cooked, rice is surely not rotten due to its antibacterial action at the portion where the brown rice comes into contact with the pot. However, the farther away from the pot, the closer to the rot state, and if such a rot state or a close one is mixed with white rice and cooked, there is a disadvantage that not only the sprouted brown rice but also the white rice will have a bad taste. Was.

[0006] The above-mentioned phenomenon tends to occur, for example, in the vicinity of the upper center of an antibacterial pot, and this portion is also far from a heat source and tends to rot in a portion where the temperature during germination and cooking cannot be sufficiently controlled.

The present invention increases the number of contact portions between brown rice and the contact plate of the antibacterial material, and shortens the distance between the untouched portions and the contact plate to prevent spoilage of germinated brown rice.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a frame,
A pot provided so as to be housed in the frame, an electric heating source for heating or heating the pot, control means for keeping the heating temperature of the electric heating source at a low temperature for a predetermined time, and a pot stored in the pot. A plurality of contact plates made of freely provided antimicrobial material are provided, and brown rice and the contact plates are housed in the pot to perform low-temperature germination, wherein the contact plates are arranged in parallel in the horizontal direction. It is stored in a pot and brown rice is interposed between the contact plates.

The pan has a circular shape in plan view and a U-shaped cross section, and one of the contact plates is set to have a diameter smaller than that of the other contact plates.

At least one of the contact plates, which is accommodated in the upper layer of the pot, is provided with a large-diameter finger hole at the center thereof, and a small-diameter hole is formed at a peripheral portion thereof. Are provided with a plurality of through holes.

Further, a leg portion which is in point or line contact with the inner bottom portion of the pot is integrally formed below a contact plate having a short diameter among the contact plates.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a pot of an electric cooker according to the present invention in which a contact plate is stored, FIG. 2 is an overall cross-sectional view of the same, FIG. 3 is a plan view of a contact plate also stored in an upper layer in the pan, FIG. FIG. 5 is a plan view of a contact plate housed in a lower portion of the pot, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the same.

(1) As one embodiment, a cooker body using an electric rice cooker, (2) a frame, (3) a storage case fixed in the frame (2), (4) and (4) An electric heating source (induction coil, hereinafter referred to as a coil) provided in close contact with the outer bottom of the storage case (3). Although not shown in detail, control means (5) by a microcomputer (see FIG. 5) Control the applied current. In this control means, a timer (6) for setting the germination time to 24 hours (FIG. 5)
See also).

(7) a thermosensitive element provided at the center of the bottom of the storage case (3) so as to be freely retractable, and (8) a pan made of a polymer of stainless steel and aluminum having a circular planar shape and a U-shaped vertical sectional shape. , (9) is a substrate provided and fixed in the space between the frame (2) and the storage case (3) and to which the control means (5) is attached, and (10) is provided on the upper front side of the frame (2). The operation display unit includes a rice-cooking execution button such as a rice-cooking button and a germination button, and a process indicator (11).

(12) Reference numerals (12) and (13) denote a plurality of disk-shaped contact plates provided horizontally and storably in the pan (8), each formed of a copper plate having an antibacterial action. In the embodiment, two copper plates (12) and (12) formed in three copper plates and stored in the upper layer in the inner pan have the same shape, and about 20 mm in the center as shown in FIG. And a plurality of through-holes (15) (15) smaller in diameter than the radially-pierced finger-holding holes formed in the periphery thereof. )…have.

The hole edge and the outer peripheral edge of the finger hook holes (14) (14) are folded upward as shown in FIG.

The other one except for the contact plates (12) and (12) is located below the two contact plates (12) and (12) housed in the upper layer of the pan as shown in FIG. The contact plate (13) to be housed in the inner bottom portion is smaller in diameter than the above-mentioned two contact plates and has a large-diameter finger hole (16) at the center and four leg portions at the lower portion. (17) (17) (17) (1
7) is integrally formed.

The legs (17), (17), (17) and (1)
7) is a semicircular sphere, the lower end of which has a shape close to a pointed shape. Of course, each of said contact plates (12) (1
2), (13) The finger holes (14), (14), and (16) are folded upward.

(17) is a lid.

Next, the rice cooking procedure will be described mainly with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, after a predetermined amount (about 3 go) of germinated brown rice and water (the amount up to the MAX position in FIG. 1) are stored in the pot, first, a small-diameter contact plate (13) is placed in the pot. After placing the legs (17), (17), (17) and (17) on the bottom of the pot, put a fixed amount (about 1.5 go) of germinated brown rice on the top.

Then, after the contact plate (12) having a large diameter is put in, a fixed amount (about 1.5) of germinated brown rice is put again, and another contact plate (12) having a large diameter is put in and put into contact. Plates (12) and (12) are placed on brown rice.

Then, the amount of water up to the position of MAX in FIG.
2) Complete the setting of (13) and the storage of brown rice (S
1).

Subsequently, the "germination rice cooking course" is selected by operating the germination button of the operation display section (10) (S2), and a predetermined time (T = 24 hours) by the timer (6) in the control means (5). Is started (S3), and the coil (4) is energized to generate heat by the eddy current generated through the pot (8) to start germination rice cooking (S4).

At this time, the amount of current supplied to the coil (4) is small, and is set to such an extent that a water temperature described later is maintained at 32 degrees by the control means (5).

The water temperature (t) rises due to the heat generated by the pot, and the heat-sensitive element (7) detects the temperature (S5). When the temperature reaches 32 degrees, the current to the coil (4) decreases (S6). , (S
7).

When the water temperature drops to 32 degrees or less (S
8) The current to the coil (4) is increased again to maintain this water temperature for 24 hours.
mm.

The timer (6) starts 24 hours after the start of germination rice cooking.
If it is counted that the time has elapsed (S9), the current to the coil (4) is cut off to complete the rice cooking (S10), (S10).
11).

Thereafter, the lid (17) is opened and the finger hole (1) is opened.
Put your finger in 4), take out the top contact plate (12),
Take out the cooked brown rice under it and transfer it to another container,
The next contact plate (12) is also taken out by putting a finger into the finger hole (14), and the cooked brown rice thereunder is taken out and transferred to the same vessel.

Finally, the lowermost contact plate (13) is put into a finger hole (16) by putting a finger, and the germinated brown rice put in another container is washed with water and mixed with pre-washed white rice. The mixed rice and a predetermined amount of water are put into the pot again and the rice cooker button is operated (S12).

By operating the rice cooker button, a large current different from that of the germinated brown rice is supplied to the coil to perform normal rice cooker.

In the present invention, one small-diameter contact plate and two large-diameter contact plates are used. However, when three or more germinated brown rice are obtained, one small-diameter contact plate and a large-diameter contact plate are used. Three to four plates may be used.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, a contact plate made of water, brown rice and a plurality of antibacterial materials is stored in a pot in parallel in a horizontal direction, and brown rice is interposed between the contact plates for a predetermined time. Since the temperature is maintained at a low temperature, brown rice in the middle part of the pot can also be brought into contact with the contact plate, and rot can be prevented by the antibacterial action of the contact plate.

Also, the pot has a U-shaped cross-section, and a contact plate having a small diameter is stored and arranged at the bottom of the pot, so that a plurality of contact plates can be stored along the pot shape. Space can be used without waste.

Further, of the contact plates, the contact plate accommodated in the upper layer portion of the pot is provided with a finger hole at the center and a small-diameter through hole at the peripheral portion. The contact plate can be easily stored and taken out by the holes, and in a state where brown rice and the contact plate are set in the pan, when water is poured from above the pan, water falls through the through hole and the pot is evenly spread in a short time By providing a large number of through-holes, the surface area of the contact plate is increased, and the antibacterial action is further increased.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view when a contact plate is stored in a pot of an electric cooker according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall sectional view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a contact plate housed in an upper layer of the pot.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a contact plate housed in a lower part of the pot.

FIG. 5 is also a flowchart.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cooker main body 2 Frame 4 Electric heating source (coil) 5 Control means 6 Timer 8 Pot 12 Large diameter contact plate 13 Small diameter contact plate 14 Finger hole 16 Finger hole 15 Through hole 17 Leg

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Isamu Yamazaki 3-201 Minamiyoshikata, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture Inside Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Daisuke Ikemoto 3-201 Minamiyoshikata, Tottori City, Tottori Sanyo Electric Tottori (72) Inventor Naomi Kadoya 3-201 Minamiyoshikata, Tottori-shi, Tottori Prefecture Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Masami Fukumoto 3-201, Minamiyoshikata, Tottori-shi, Tottori Sanyo Electric Tottori F Terms (reference) 2B027 NA02 NB01 NC08 NC18 ND03 QA02 QC18 QC28 WA05 4B023 LE01 LG03 LP10 LT08 4B055 AA03 BA14 BA38 BA73 CA09 CB07 CC44 CD02 DB14 GB09 GB12 GD02

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A frame, a pot storably provided in the frame, an electric heating source for heating or generating heat in the pot, and control for maintaining a heating temperature of the electric heating source at a low temperature for a predetermined time. Means, comprising a plurality of contact plates made of an antibacterial material provided storable in the pot, to store the brown rice and the contact plate in the pot to perform low-temperature germination, the contact plate, An electric cooker wherein each of them is stored in a pot in parallel in a horizontal direction and brown rice is interposed between contact plates. 2. The pot has a circular plane shape and a U-shaped cross section.
2. The electric cooker according to claim 1, wherein the electric cooker has a shape, and one of the contact plates has a smaller diameter than the other contact plates. 3. 3. A large-diameter finger-holding hole is formed at the center of at least one of the contact plates accommodated in the upper layer of the pot, and a small-diameter hole is formed on a peripheral portion thereof. The electric cooker according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of through holes are formed. 4. The electric device according to claim 2, wherein a leg portion that is in point or line contact with the inner bottom portion of the pot is formed integrally with a lower portion of the contact plate having a small diameter among the contact plates. Cooking device.