JP2002165711A - Blender - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make not only juice and the like but also shaved and/or crushed ice. SOLUTION: In a container bottle 16, a cylindrical-shaped container for shaved ice 18 narrower at its bottom end, surrounding upper choppers 12 of the mixing blades 8 at the lower part, is inserted. Within the cylindrical-shaped container for shaved ice 18, a cylinder for crushed ice 23 is furnished in such a way to share the same opening in the bottom with that of the lower part of the container 18. A height of the cylinder 23 is lower than that of the container 18 so that crushed ice is to be heaped up in an annular space 26 which is formed between the cylinder 23 and the container 18 when the cylinder 23 is placed into the container 18.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a mixer capable of crushing ice.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a mixer which puts liquids such as water and milk together with vegetables and fruits in a bottle, and crushes these materials while rotating them by convection to produce juices and soups does not contain liquids. No consideration was given to the grinding of the material, for example the formation of shaved ice.

That is, in the bottle of the conventional mixer, the interval between the bottle and the cutter is set to a certain extent because the rotation of the cutter causes convection of the material containing liquid between the cutter and the bottle to improve the stirring efficiency. And
When ice is thrown into such a bottle and the cutter is rotated, the ice is stuck between the cutter and the bottle and cannot be convected, so that the ice cannot be finely crushed.

[0004] The applicant has devised a device in which a cylindrical body is provided in a mixer bottle so that fine shaved ice can be generated in such a mixer (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-192158 (A47J43 /)). 046)).

[0005] In the structure of the mixer described above, not only can juice and soup be produced by the conventional use method, but also fine shaved ice can be produced by inserting a cylindrical body into a mixer bottle for use. it can.

However, in such a mixer, when making relatively large crushed ice used for drinks and the like, so-called crash ice, the size of the ice in the bottle is checked during operation so that the ice does not become too fine. The operation must be stopped while the vehicle is running, which has been a troublesome problem.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide a mixer which can easily produce not only juice and the like but also shaved ice and crushed ice.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided a main body containing a motor, a bottle base mounted on the main body, a bottle detachably attached to the bottle base, and a rotatable base mounted on the bottle base. A cutter having an upper blade and a lower blade rotatably driven by a motor and disposed in the bottle; a first cylindrical body of a lower taper that is inserted into the bottle and surrounds the upper blade of the cutter at a lower portion thereof; A second cylindrical body detachably mounted in the first cylindrical body and having an inner portion formed to have a diameter communicating with a lower opening of the first cylindrical body; and a height of the second cylindrical body. Are formed lower than the height of the first cylinder, and the first cylinder and the second cylinder are inserted in a state where the second cylinder is inserted into the first cylinder.
A space is formed between the cylindrical body and the cylindrical body.

With the above arrangement, the first cylindrical body is mounted in the bottle, and the second cylindrical body is further mounted in the first cylindrical body.
After installing the cylindrical body of the above, when ice is thrown into the second cylindrical body and the cutter is rotated, ice is crushed by the upper blade of the cutter in the second cylindrical body and crushed to an appropriate size. Ice, which is used for so-called drinks, is scattered from the upper opening of the first cylindrical body and accumulates in the space, so that the crushed ice can be easily formed without visually confirming the crushed state of the ice. And improve usability.

[0010] Further, since an inclined wall and a vertical wall are formed at a lower portion of the first cylindrical body, an outer peripheral space of the upper blade is narrowed, and crushed ice is removed from the first cylindrical body. Can be suppressed from falling from the lower opening.

[0011] Further, a wall is formed on a lid for closing an upper opening of the bottle, and the lid is attached to the bottle,
Since the lower end of the wall is in contact with the upper end of the first cylinder, it is possible to prevent the first cylinder from rising upward.

Further, since the wall is formed in an annular shape, it is possible to reliably prevent the first cylinder from rising upward.

Further, the difference between the upper opening diameter of the first cylindrical body and the upper opening diameter of the second cylindrical body is set to about 20 mm, so that the pulverization in the second cylindrical body is achieved. When the formed ice has a size of about 10 mm square, it is accumulated in the space, and crushed ice of about 10 mm square can be produced.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a main body having a built-in motor 2;
Joint member 3 fixed to the rotating shaft of electric motor 2 on the upper surface
have.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a bottle table which is removably mounted on the main body 1, and rotatably supports a rotating shaft 9 of a cutter 8 described later in the center. Reference numeral 5 denotes a screw portion formed inside the peripheral wall of the upper surface of the bottle base 4, and a bottle 16 described later is screwed into the screw portion 5 to attach the bottle 16.

Reference numeral 6 denotes an annular groove formed in the upper surface of the bottle base 4 and a packing 7 made of an elastic material such as rubber is disposed in the annular groove 6. When screwed to the table 4, the bottle 16 and the bottle table 4 are kept liquid-tight.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a cutter rotatably supported at the center of the bottle base 4. At the lower end of a rotary shaft 9 of the cutter 8, a coupling member 10 which engages with the joint member 3 of the main body 1 is provided. It is fixed.

The cutter 8 has a pair of upper blades 12 bent upward from a rotary shaft mounting portion 11 which is substantially horizontal.
And a pair of lower blades 13 bent downward from the rotating shaft mounting portion 11.

The upper blade 12 has an inclined portion 14 bent upward by about 40 ° from the rotating shaft mounting portion 11, and an inclined portion 1.
Approximately 85 ° to 90 ° with respect to the rotating shaft mounting portion 11 continuously from 4
And a vertical portion 15 bent in the range of °.

As shown in FIG. 8, the vertical portion 15 is located at an arbitrary point B on the rotation front side edge (bladed portion) of the vertical portion 15 and at the rear of the vertical portion 15 at the same height as the point B. A first side E connecting the point C of the rotation center side edge of the side end and a second side F connecting the point B and the center point A of the cutter rotation axis form an obtuse angle (about 110 ° in the present embodiment). It is bent to make. Thereby, the cutting edge of the vertical portion 15 faces inward with respect to the tangential direction of the circle of the rotation locus of the upper blade 12, and when the ice is crushed, the cutter 8 rotates without causing the ice to fly outward. Ice can be reliably crushed by the cutting edge of the upper blade 12.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a glass bottle formed in a cylindrical shape having a large-diameter upper opening and a small-diameter lower opening. A screw formed on the outer periphery of the lower opening is screwed to the screw 5 of the bottle base 4. By being screwed together, it can be detachably attached to the bottle base 4. On the inner surface of the bottle 16, a rib 17 is integrally formed in the longitudinal direction of the bottle 16, and when stirring a liquid such as juice, a turbulent flow is caused in the flow of the liquid accompanying rotation of the cutter 8, and the stirring is performed. It is designed to improve efficiency.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a shaved ice cylinder having an upper opening and a lower opening, which is selectively mounted in the bottle 16, and an upper wall 19 formed of a resin such as polypropylene so as to be substantially perpendicular to the upper opening.
And a vertical wall 21 connected to the lower end of the upper wall 19 and gradually decreasing in diameter toward the lower opening, and a vertical wall 21 connected to the lower end of the inclined wall 20. 1
When 8 is mounted in the bottle 16, the vertical wall 21 of the shaved ice cylinder 18 surrounds the upper blade 12 of the cutter 8 and is located above the lower blade 13. A handle 22 which can be turned upside down is attached to the upper part of the shaved ice cylinder 18.

In the shaved ice cylinder 18, the bottle 1
6 is formed at a position corresponding to the rib 17, and when the shaved ice cylinder 18 is inserted into the bottle 16, the engagement recess engages with the rib 17 of the bottle 16. The rotation of the shaved ice cylinder 18 is prevented.

Reference numeral 23 denotes the shaved ice cylinder 1 in the bottle 16.
8 with the crushed ice cylinder attached to the inside of the shaved ice cylinder 18 further,
The crushed ice cylinder 23 is formed so as to surround the outer periphery of the upper blade 12 of the cutter 8. The height dimension of the crash ice cylinder 23 is smaller than the shaved ice cylinder 18. Numeral 24 is a handle which can be turned upside down and which is disposed above the crash ice cylinder 23.

Reference numeral 25 denotes a plurality of fixed legs (four at 90 ° intervals in the present embodiment) formed at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction on the outer peripheral surface of the lower part of the crash ice cylinder 23. It is formed in a shape corresponding to the inner surface of the inclined wall 20 of the cylindrical body 18, and when the crushed ice cylinder 23 is mounted in the shaved ice cylindrical body 18, the fixed leg portion 25 tilts the shaved ice cylindrical body 18. Crush ice cylinder 2
3 is kept substantially vertical in the shaved ice cylinder 18 and the rattling of the crash ice cylinder 23 during operation is prevented.

The crushed ice cylinder 23 is formed in a cylindrical shape having substantially the same diameter as the vertical wall 21 of the shaved ice cylinder 18, so that the crushed ice cylinder 23 is mounted in the shaved ice cylinder 18. Then, the lower end of the crushed ice cylinder 23 comes into contact with the small-diameter end portion of the inclined wall 20 of the shaved ice cylinder 18 so that the inside of the crushed ice cylinder 23 and the vertical wall 21 of the shaved ice cylinder 18 are formed.
The inner wall communicates with a smooth cylindrical shape, and the upper wall 19 and the inclined wall 20 of the shaved ice cylindrical body 18 are formed.
A space 26 having an upper opening is formed over the entire circumference between the inner surface and the outer surface of the crash ice cylinder 23.

The height of the crushed ice cylinder 23 is set to be lower than the upper end of the shaved ice cylinder 18 when the crushed ice cylinder 23 is mounted in the shaved ice cylinder 18. The difference between the upper opening diameter of the cylinder 23 and the diameter of the upper wall 19 of the shaved ice cylinder 18 is set to about 20 mm in the present embodiment, and the ice crushed in the crush ice cylinder 23 is about 10 mm. When the size is about the corner, the crushed ice is scattered from the upper opening of the ice cylinder 23 and accumulates in the space 26 between the crushed ice cylinder 18.

Reference numeral 27 denotes a lid for closing the upper opening of the bottle 16. An annular wall 28 inserted into the bottle 16 is integrally formed on the inner surface of the lid 16 of the lid 27, and a lower end of the annular wall 28 is formed. The portion comes into contact with the upper end of the shaved ice cylinder 18 mounted in the bottle 16 so that the shaved ice cylinder 18
Is prevented from rising upward.

When making a juice or soup, the bottle 16 is attached to the bottle base 4, materials such as fruits and milk are put into the bottle 16, the lid 27 is attached, and the cutter 8 is rotated. I do. Then, the upper blade 12 coarsely crushes the material, and the material crushed by the upper blade 12 and dropped falls onto the lower blade 1.
3 is crushed finely, and the operation of returning the upper blade 12 upward is repeated for an arbitrary time.

When making shaved ice, use bottle 1
The shaved ice cylinder 18 is mounted in the inside 6, the ice is thrown into the shaved ice cylinder 18, the cover 27 is attached, and the cutter 8 is rotated. When the shaved ice cylinder 18 is mounted on the bottle 16, the engaging recess formed in the shaved ice cylinder 18 engages with the rib 17 of the bottle 16 and is stopped from rotating. The cylinder 18 does not rotate.

When dice-shaped ice made by, for example, an ice tray of a freezer is thrown into the shaved ice cylinder 18 and the cutter 8 is rotated, the upper blade 12 of the cutter 8 crushes the ice and crushes the ice. Is returned above the shaved ice cylinder 18, and the operation of the crushed ice falling toward the upper blade 12 of the cutter 8 is repeated.

As described above, the edge of the vertical portion 15 of the upper blade 12 is directed inward with respect to the tangential direction of the circle of the rotation locus of the upper blade 12, so that the rotation of the cutter 8 causes the ice to fly outward. Thus, the ice can be crushed by the cutting edge of the upper blade 12 without fail.

Since the shaved ice cylinder 18 is formed of a resin having a high thermal conductivity such as polypropylene, it is difficult for the coarsely crushed ice to be melted even when it comes into contact with the shaved ice cylinder 18 when crushing the ice. In addition, it is possible to suppress hindrance of convection of ice due to accumulation of ice in the shaved ice cylinder 18, thereby improving ice crushing efficiency.

The inclined wall 20 and the vertical wall 21 formed in the shaved ice cylinder 18 reduce the outer peripheral space of the upper blade 12, so that crushed ice is prevented from falling from the lower opening of the shaved ice cylinder 18. Then, the completed shaved ice is accumulated in the shaved ice cylinder 18, and when the shaved ice is taken out, the handle 22 of the shaved ice cylinder 18 is raised and grasped, the shaved ice cylinder 18 is removed from the bottle 16, and the shaved ice is removed. The cylindrical body 18 is inverted and taken out of the container from the upper opening.

When making crushed ice, the shaved ice cylinder 18 is mounted in the bottle 16, and the crushed ice cylinder 23 is further mounted in the shaved ice cylinder 18. Then, ice is put into the crash ice cylinder 23 and the bottle 16 is charged.
Then, the cutter 8 is rotated by covering the upper surface opening.

Then, the ice is crushed and scattered by the upper blade 12 of the cutter 8 in the crushed ice cylinder 23, and the ice is scattered about the size between the crushed ice cylinder 23 and the shaved ice cylinder 18 (in this embodiment, From the crushed ice to about 10 mm), the ice falls and accumulates sequentially in the space 26 between the crushed ice cylinder 23 and the shaved ice cylinder 18.

In order to take out the so-called crashed ice that has been coarsely crushed, first, the lid 27 of the bottle 16 is removed, the handle 22 of the shaved ice barrel 18 is raised, and the shaved ice barrel 18 is removed. Take out with 23 attached.

Then, on a container for crushed ice,
The handle 24 of the crushed ice cylinder 23 is held upright and the crushed ice cylinder 23 is pulled out of the shaved ice cylinder 18, so that the crushed ice accumulated in the space 26 is removed from the lower opening of the shaved ice cylinder 18. Fall into container.

According to the above configuration, not only juice and soup but also shaved ice can be easily produced by using the shaved ice cylinder 18 in the bottle 16 and using the shaved ice. The whole body 18 can be taken out and transferred to a container, and the usability can be remarkably improved as compared with a case where the heavy glass bottle 16 is inverted and shaved ice is taken out.

Further, by mounting the crushed ice cylinder 23 inside the shaved ice cylinder 18 and using it, coarsely crushed crushed ice can be easily produced. With the crash ice cylinder 23 mounted inside the shaved ice cylinder 18,
It is formed lower than the shaved ice cylinder 18, and the crushed ice to an appropriate size is scattered and automatically accumulated in the space 26, so the operation is stopped while visually checking the crushed ice state. There is no need to perform this, and usability can be improved.

Further, when taking out the crushed ice, the crushed ice cylinder 18 is removed with the crushed ice cylinder 23 attached, and the crushed ice cylinder 23 is pulled out from the shaved ice cylinder 18 on a container. Shaved ice cylinder 23
The ice can be dropped out of the lower opening of the container and taken out, so that usability can be further improved.

In the above embodiment, the crushed ice cylinder 23 is made cylindrical so that the crushed ice cylinder
Although it was configured to facilitate processing and improve productivity,
When the crushed ice cylinder 23 is mounted in the shaved ice cylinder 18, a space 26 for accumulating ice is formed between the crushed ice cylinder 23 and the shaved ice cylinder 18, and the crushed ice cylinder 23 is formed. The lower opening of the ice cylinder 23 may have a diameter such that it does not interfere with the upper blade 12 of the cutter 8, and for example, may have a shape such that the diameter of the shaved ice cylinder 18 is reduced.

[0044]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the height of the second cylinder is formed lower than the height of the first cylinder, and
In the state where the second cylinder is inserted into the cylinder, a space is formed between the first cylinder and the second cylinder. The scattered ice is scattered from the upper opening of the cylindrical body and accumulates in the space, and crushed ice can be easily produced without visually confirming the crushed state of the ice, thereby improving the usability.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the inclined wall and the vertical wall are formed at the lower portion of the first cylindrical body, the outer peripheral space of the upper blade is narrowed, and the crushed ice is removed from the first cylindrical body. It is effective in suppressing falling from the lower opening of the cylindrical body and reliably performing the crushing of the ice.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a wall is formed on a lid that closes an upper opening of the bottle, and the lower end of the wall is the first cylindrical body with the lid attached to the bottle. Since the first cylindrical body is in contact with the upper end of the first cylindrical body, it is possible to prevent the first cylindrical body from being lifted upward.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the wall is formed in an annular shape, it is possible to prevent the first cylinder from being lifted upward.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the difference between the upper opening diameter of the first cylindrical body and the upper opening diameter of the second cylindrical body is set to about 20 mm. It produces effects such as the ability to make ice.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway view of a mixer according to an embodiment of the present invention, showing a use state when making crushed ice.

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a top view of the crash ice cylinder.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing an operation start state when making the crushed ice.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the crushed ice is formed.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where a shaved ice cylinder is taken out when crushed ice is taken out from the bottle.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing a state in which the crushed ice is transferred to a container.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the direction of the cutter upper blade.

FIG. 9 is a partially broken view of the mixer.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body 4 Bottle stand 8 Cutter 12 Upper blade 13 Lower blade 16 Bottle 18 Shaved ice cylinder (first cylinder) 23 Crash ice cylinder (second cylinder) 26 Space 20 Slope wall 21 Vertical wall 27 Lid 28 annular wall

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A main body containing a motor, a bottle base mounted on the main body, a bottle removably mounted on the bottle base, and a rotatable motor disposed on the bottle base and rotated by the motor. A cutter having an upper blade and a lower blade to be driven, a first cylindrical body of a lower taper inserted into the bottle and surrounding the upper blade of the cutter at a lower portion thereof;
A second cylindrical body which is detachably mounted in the cylindrical body of which the inside is formed to have a diameter communicating with the lower opening of the first cylindrical body, and wherein the height of the second cylindrical body is A space is formed between the first cylindrical body and the second cylindrical body in a state where the first cylindrical body is formed to be lower than the height of the first cylindrical body and the second cylindrical body is inserted into the first cylindrical body. A mixer characterized in that: 2. The mixer according to claim 1, wherein an inclined wall and a vertical wall are formed at a lower portion of said first cylindrical body. 3. A wall is formed on a lid for closing an upper opening of the bottle, and in a state where the lid is attached to the bottle, a lower end of the wall contacts an upper end of the first cylindrical body. A mixer according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that: 4. The mixer according to claim 3, wherein the wall is formed in an annular shape. 5. An upper opening diameter of the first cylindrical body and the second opening diameter.
5. The mixer according to claim 1, wherein the difference from the diameter of the upper opening of the cylindrical body is set to about 20 mm.