JP2002292293A - Domestic rice mill - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform the rice polishing to while rice and the making rice unwashed which removes skin bran from the white rice, in the same device. SOLUTION: This domestic rice mill is provided with a polished rice cage 9 which comprises a porous container in which unpolished rice is housed and which is made of wire mesh, etc., vanes 11 for rice polishing which are arranged in the polished rice case 9 and a driving means 15 which reversibly rotates and drives the vanes 11 for rice polishing. Therein, a means E for removing skin bran which removes the skin bran from rice particles when the vanes 11 for rice polishing are rotated in the inverse direction to the rotating direction on the rice polishing of the vanes 11 for rice polishing is disposed, after the rice polishing, the skin bran attached to white rice is removed by a skin bran removing means E by rotating the vanes 11 for rice polishing in the inverse direction to the rotating direction on the rice polishing and, as a result, the rice polishing from unpolished rice to white rice (rice polishing process) and the making rice unwashed by the removal of skin bran from white rice (skin bran removing process) in the same device are performed with time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a household rice mill configured to be able to mill unwashed rice.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, rice is considered to be most delicious when freshly polished from brown rice to polished rice. However, in the past, large rice polishers (that is, commercial rice polishers) were mostly used. At home, it is customary to mill rice in an amount sufficient to eat for a certain period (for example, one month) at a time.

[0003] In recent years, gourmet-oriented homes have been increasing their desire to obtain delicious rice by polishing rice at home and cooking rice with freshly polished rice. Small household rice mills have been developed (e.g., such that the amount after milling is consumed in one day, e.g., about 5 go).

[0004] The above-mentioned household rice mill comprises a milling basket made of a perforated container such as a wire mesh for accommodating brown rice, milling blades disposed in the milling basket, and driving means for rotating the milling blades. A rice bran catcher disposed below the rice milling basket and receiving the rice bran discharged from the rice milling basket, wherein brown rice in the rice milling basket is stirred and milled by rotation of the milling blades. It has become.

[0005] In recent years, interest in non-washed rice that can be cooked immediately without washing rice has been increasing due to the advantage of preventing environmental pollution due to domestic wastewater. Although it can do so, it cannot remove the bran (hereinafter referred to as "skin bran") adhering to white rice and is not suitable for washing unwashed rice.

[0006] Then, I bought the polished white rice,
The step of removing skin bran from white rice is performed using a non-washing rice cooker having a configuration different from that of a rice mill.

[0007]

[SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION However, in the conventional technique, a step of rice brown rice to white rice, and a step of the non-removed skin bran from rice bran rice is performed by using a separate device Therefore, two devices are required, the workability is poor, and the cost is disadvantageous.

[0008] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to be able to use the same apparatus to clean rice to white rice and to remove the rice bran from the white rice without washing the rice. It is.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, as a means for solving the above-mentioned problems, there is provided a milled rice basket made of a perforated container such as a wire mesh for accommodating brown rice, and a rice basket arranged in the milled rice basket. In a home rice mill comprising a milling blade and a driving means for reversibly rotating the milling blade, removing the rice bran from the rice grains when the milling blade rotates in a direction opposite to the rotation direction during milling. Skin bran removal means is additionally provided.

With the above-described structure, when a predetermined amount of brown rice is put in a rice-milling basket and the rice-milling blades are driven to rotate, the rotating force of the rice-milling blades causes the rice-milling blades to rise along the inner peripheral surface of the rice-milling basket. The germ and the like of the unpolished brown rice are scraped off by the contact with the milled rice basket and between the unpolished rice to become white rice, and the rice bran composed of the scraped germ and the like is discharged outward from the hole of the milled rice basket. Thereafter, when the rice polishing blades are rotated in the opposite direction to the rice polishing, the skin bran attached to the white rice is removed by the skin bran removing means. Therefore, it is possible to perform, with the same apparatus, polished rice from brown rice to polished rice (rice polishing step) and non-washing of rice by removing skin bran from polished rice (skin bran removal step) with time.

As in the second aspect of the present invention, the first aspect
In the household rice mill according to the above, the skin bran removing means, a vertically extending projection formed on the inner surface of the rice basket,
When configured with a brush provided on one surface of the side facing the definitive in the rotational direction during skin bran removing the rice vane at the projecting portion, rotating the rice vane (i.e., the rotation of the milled rice when the reverse ), The skin bran adhering to the milled white rice is removed by the brush provided on the protrusion, and the same device is provided by a simple configuration in which the brush is provided on the protrusion formed on the milled rice basket. Thus, it is possible to perform, over time, rice polishing from brown rice to white rice (rice polishing process) and non-washing of rice by removing skin bran from white rice (skin bran removal process).

As in the invention of claim 3, claim 1
In domestic rice milling device according, the skin bran removal means, when configured by the brush which is provided in the rotating direction side surface at the time of skin bran removing the rice vanes, the rice vane reverse rotation (i.e., when rice Rotation in the opposite direction), the skin bran attached to the polished white rice is removed by the brush provided on the polished rice blade, and the simple configuration of providing a brush on the polished rice blade provides the same With the apparatus described above, rice can be polished from brown rice to polished rice (polished rice step) and non-washed rice by removing skin bran from polished rice (skin bran removal step) can be performed with time.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, as means for solving the above-mentioned problems, a rice-milling basket composed of a perforated container such as a wire mesh for accommodating brown rice, a rice-milling blade disposed in the rice-milling basket, and In a domestic rice polishing machine having a driving means for rotating and driving the rice polishing blades, a brush surface provided with a brush on the outer surface and a hollow portion formed only of an outer frame portion are alternately formed in the rice polishing basket. A rotating body having a cylindrical shape which rotates together with the rice-milling blade is detachably provided after the milling.

[0014] By the structure described above, when the rice vane is rotated to put a predetermined amount of brown rice in the rice basket, raised along the inner peripheral surface of the rice basket by the rotational force of the rice vanes The resulting brown rice has its germ and the like scraped off by the contact with the milled rice basket and the contact between the brown rice to become white rice, and the rice bran composed of the scraped germ and the like is discharged to the outside through the hole of the milled rice basket. After that, the rotating body is arranged in the rice-milling basket so as to rotate together with the rice-milling blades, and is rotated in the same direction as the rice-milling time. Is removed by contact with the brush surface. Therefore, without changing the structure of the rice unit, pre-washed rice reduction (Hadanuka removal by the removal of skin bran from rice from brown rice milled rice to white rice and (rice step) in the same device by simply attaching the rotary member after rice Step) can be performed over time.

As in the invention of claim 5, claim 4
In the household rice mill described, if a brush is also provided on the inner surface side of the brush surface, with the rotation of the rotating body that rotates together with the rice polishing blades, the removal of skin bran by the brush on the inner surface will also proceed. In addition, the removal of skin bran is further promoted.

According to the invention of claim 6, as means for solving the above-mentioned problems, a rice-milling basket composed of a perforated container such as a wire mesh for accommodating brown rice, a rice-milling blade disposed in the rice-milling basket, and In a domestic rice polishing machine provided with a driving means for rotatingly driving the rice-milling blade, a brush is provided on the inner surface of the rice-milling basket. It is arranged in.

With the above-described structure, when a predetermined amount of brown rice is put into a rice-milling basket and the rice-milling blades are driven to rotate, the rotating force of the rice-milling blades causes the rice-milling blades to rise along the inner peripheral surface of the rice-milling basket. The germ and the like of the unpolished brown rice are scraped off by the contact with the milled rice basket and between the unpolished rice to become white rice, and the rice bran composed of the scraped germ and the like is discharged outward from the hole of the milled rice basket. Then, after taking out the white rice,
The rice in basket, the basket for bran removing and arranged to rotate together with rice vanes, rotating put rice into rice at the same direction to the bran removing in-basket basis of the condition, rice skin bran adhering to comes to be removed by contact with the brush bran removing a cage inner surface. Therefore, without changing the structure of the rice mill, the rice bran removal basket is simply attached after the rice milling, and the same equipment is used to mill rice from brown rice to white rice (rice milling process) and to remove rice bran from white rice to eliminate the need for washing rice (skin) And the step of removing bran) can be performed with time.

[0018] As in the invention of claim 7, in domestic rice milling device according to any one of claims 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, the rotational speed of the rice vanes, from the time of rice In the case where the control is performed so that the amount of the skin bran is reduced, the skin bran can be slowly and reliably removed over time.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Some preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First Embodiment FIGS. 1 and 2 show a household rice mill according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

This household rice mill has a rice mill body 1 comprising an upper case 2 forming a shoulder portion and an upper surface portion, a lower case 3 forming a bottom portion, and a body case 4 forming a body portion. The upper case 2 is integrally provided with a bottomed cylindrical partition wall 5 for partitioning a milling section A for disposing a milling basket 9 described later and a driving section B for disposing driving means and the like described later. Is formed.

[0022] rice portion A serving as the inner side of the partition wall 5, bran receptacle 6 of the bottomed cylindrical shape having an opening 8 surrounded by the annular wall 7 is set along the partition wall 5 to the center of the bottom portion It is arranged detachably. A rice basket 9 described later is placed on the annular wall 7, and a clutch or the like for connecting a driving means and a blade for rice polishing so as to be able to transmit power is disposed in the opening 8 as described later. It is to be done.

[0023] Within the bran receiving vessel 6 is placed on rice basket 9 made of a porous container wire mesh or the like and is suspended on the upper end opening edge 6a of 該糠 receiving vessel 6 the annular wall 7 for containing the brown rice It is arranged detachably in the state where it was placed. This milled rice basket 9
Is made into a cylindrical shape with an open top, and has a pore size such that rice after rice polishing cannot pass through. For example, about 825 g of brown rice (the amount of rice after rice is eaten a day (For example, about 5 pairs) is a capacity that can be accommodated. Reference numeral 10 denotes a lid that removably closes an upper end opening of the partition wall 5.

In the above-mentioned rice basket 9, rice-milling blades 11 are rotatably arranged. The milling blades 11 are attached to the outer periphery of a boss 13 that co-rotatably engages with a rotating shaft 12 that penetrates through the bottom of the basket 9 and projects downward.
It is implanted at an interval of 0 °. Each of the rice polishing blades 11
A horizontal portion 11a extending horizontally from the outer periphery of the boss 13;
And a vertical portion 11b extending vertically upward from the outer end of the horizontal portion 11a. The upper end of the vertical portion 11b is capable of stirring the whole brown rice stored in the milled rice basket 9. The milled rice basket 9 extends almost to the upper end.

On the other hand, wherein the driving unit B, the drive means 15 for rotating driven the rice vane 11 is disposed. The driving means 15 includes a reversible rotatable motor 17 serving as a driving source mounted and supported on a support 16 provided at the upper end of the lower case 3 in the rice polishing machine main body 1, and a rotating shaft 17 a of the motor 17. pivotally mounted driven pulley 18
And a driven side pivotally attached to a lower end of a rotary shaft 20 rotatably supported on a bearing 19 provided on the support base 16 at a lower position concentric with the rotation center of the rice polishing blade 11. A pulley 21, a belt 22 stretched over the pulleys 18, 21, a drive-side clutch 23 provided at an upper end of the rotating shaft 20, and a lower end of the rotating shaft 12 of the milling blade 11, A driven-side clutch 24 is engaged with the driving-side clutch 23 so as to transmit power when the milled rice basket 9 is mounted.

The driving force of the motor 17, pulley 18,
Due to the difference in the outer diameter of the blade 21, the speed is reduced and transmitted to the milling blade 11. In the present embodiment, during the normal rotation of the rice-milling blades 11 (that is, at the time of rotation in the direction indicated by the arrow M in FIG. 2), a rice-milling step of milling brown rice into white rice is performed, and the rice milling blades 11 rotate in the reverse direction. at the time (that is, as shown in FIG. 2
At the time of rotation in the direction indicated by the arrow N), a skin bran removal step of removing the skin bran attached to the white rice and eliminating the need for washing rice is performed.

In the above-structured household rice mill, the rice grains are removed from the rice bran when the rice-milling blades 11 rotate in the direction opposite to the rotation direction (ie, the direction of arrow M) during the rice polishing (ie, the direction of arrow N). There is provided a skin bran removing means E for removing the skin bran.

[0028] In this embodiment, the skin-bran removing means E includes a projection 25, 25 ... extending in a plurality of vertically formed on the inner surface in the circumferential direction at equal intervals of the rice basket 9, respective Brushes 26, 26,... Provided on one surface of the protrusion 25 (for example, one surface facing the direction of arrow N, which is the direction of rotation of the rice-milling blade 11 when removing rice bran). .

[0029] In the configured home rice device as described above, the following effects can be obtained.

That is, when a predetermined amount of brown rice is put in the rice-milling basket 9 and the rice-milling blades 11 are driven to rotate forward (ie, driven in the direction of the arrow M), the brown rice is milled by the rotational force of the rice-milling blades 11. Embryos and the like are scraped off by contact with the inner peripheral surface of the basket 9 (particularly, the side of the protrusions 25, 25. Then, the rice bran made of the shaved germ and the like is discharged to the outside from the hole of the rice mill basket 9 by centrifugal force and received in the rice bran receiving container 6.

[0031] In rice R obtained as described above, as shown in FIG. 3, in a stripe groove in the surface S is adhered Hadanuka, this Hadanuka may be removed by centrifugal force difficult, unless, not a rice suitable for rice washed off.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, after milling, the milling blade 11 is driven in reverse rotation (ie, driven in the direction of arrow N). Then, the skin bran attached to the white rice is removed by contact with the brushes 26 constituting the skin bran removing means E. Therefore, rice mill 9
The brushes 26, 26,.
By a simple structure only provided with, since milled rice from brown rice to white rice in the same device (rice step) and non-bran rice of by removal of skin bran from rice and (Hadanuka removing step) may be performed over time is there.

It should be noted, the rotational speed of the rice vane 11, to control such people during Hadanuka up is less than the time of rice,
This is preferable in that skin bran can be removed slowly and securely over time.

In the present embodiment, rice bran generated in the rice polishing step and the skin bran removing step is received in the rice bran receiving container 6 detachably inserted in the rice polishing section A. 4 and the modification shown in FIG.

First Modification In this modification, as shown in FIG. 4, the bran receiving container 6 has an opening 27 formed at the lower end of the body case 3 between the partition wall 5 and the support base 16. It is arranged so that it can be put in and out freely through. At the bottom of the partition wall 5, a rice bran falling port 28 is formed at a position corresponding to the upper side of the bran receiving container 6. Therefore, rice bran discharged by centrifugal force from the rice basket 9, once it is received by the partition wall 5, and is discharged toward the container 6 receives bran from rice bran chute 28. In this case, the rice bran falling port 2 in the partition wall 5
In order to guide the rice bran discharged to the side opposite to the rice bran 8 toward the rice bran falling port 28 side, the bottom of the partition wall 5 is provided with a downwardly inclined portion 5a. In order to suspend and support the rice basket 9, an inward flange portion 29 is formed on the inner wall at the upper end of the partition wall 5 instead of the bran receiving container 6. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment.

Second Modification In this modification, as shown in FIG. 5, the bran receiving container 6 is disposed on a motor 17, and the bran receiving container 6
Of which is connected by a derived pipe 31 and the upper and the outlet 30 formed in the bottom portion of the partition wall 5. A suction fan (not shown) is provided in the bran receiving container 6. By driving the suction fan, the bran discharged into the partition wall 5 is sucked into the bran receiving container 6 through the outlet pipe 31. It is supposed to be. By doing so, the bran and the rice are completely separated, and the amount of bran adhering to white rice after milling can be significantly reduced. Although a dedicated motor may be used as a driving source of the suction fan, a double-axis motor is used as the rice polishing motor 17, and the number of parts can be reduced by using the dual-axis motor.

Second Embodiment FIGS. 6 to 8 show a home rice polishing machine according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

In this case, the milled rice basket 9 has a substantially cylindrical shape in which the upper part has a larger diameter than the lower part and the upper part is open. On the upper part of the boss 13, a rotating member 14 extending to the upper end of the rice basket 9 and having a flange 14a at the lower end.
Are installed so that they can rotate together. Then, on the outer periphery of the boss 13, the rice polishing blades 11A,
11B is planted. One of the rice for the wings 11A is,
Wherein and from the outer periphery of the boss 13 are horizontally projected cross-section Roh-shaped, on one surface thereof (i.e., one side of the rotational direction N side during skin bran removing), brush acting as Hadanuka removing means E Are provided, and the other milling blade 11 is provided.
B is composed of a horizontal portion 11Ba having a cross-sectional shape of a letter protruding horizontally from the outer periphery of the boss 13 and a vertical portion 11Bb extending upward from an outer end of the horizontal portion 11Ba.
Brushes 26, 26,... Acting as skin bran removing means E are provided on one surface of the horizontal portion 11Ba (that is, one surface in the rotation direction N side when removing the bran) (FIGS. 7 and 8).
reference).

[0039] By the structure described above, rice vanes 11A, the reverse rotation of the 11B (i.e., rice a direction opposite N
When the rotation) is to the brush 26 skin bran adhering to rice has been polished rice is provided on rice vanes 11A, 11B,
The be removed by 26 .... Therefore, with a simple configuration in which the brushes 26, 26,... Are provided on the rice-milling blades 11A, 11B, the same device is used to mill rice from brown rice to white rice (milling process), and to eliminate rice washing by removing skin bran from white rice ( Skin bran removing step) can be performed with time.

The other configuration and operation and effect are the same as those in the first embodiment, and the description is omitted.

Third Embodiment FIG. 9 shows a rice mill for domestic use according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

In this case, as in the second embodiment, the milled rice basket 9 has a substantially cylindrical shape in which the upper side has a larger diameter than the lower side and the upper side is open. Boss 1
The third upper extends to the upper portion of the rice basket 9, the rotary member 14 is mounted for co-rotation with a flange portion 14a at the lower end portion. Then, the outer periphery of the boss 13,
Rice polishing blades 11A and 11B are planted at intervals of 180 °. One of the rice polishing blades 11A has a square cross-section projecting horizontally from the outer periphery of the boss 13;
On one surface thereof (that is, one surface on the rotation direction N side at the time of removing the skin bran), brushes 26, 26.
Is provided, and the other milling blade 11B is provided with the boss 1
3 is a horizontal portion 1 having a square cross section protruding horizontally from the outer periphery of
1Ba, and a vertical portion 11Bb extending upward from the outer end of the horizontal portion 11Ba to the upper end of the milled rice basket 9. One surface of the horizontal portion 11Ba (that is, rotation during removal of skin bran). Brushes 26, 26,... Acting as skin bran removing means E are provided on one surface in the direction N (see FIGS. 7 and 8).

In the present embodiment, a charging plate 32 is provided in the partition wall 5, and the charging plate 3
No. 2 is charged to “+” at the same time as the start of the skin bran removing step of reversely rotating (ie, rotating in the direction of arrow N) the rice polishing blades 11A and 11B.

With the above configuration, the rice-milling blades 11A and 11B are rotated in the reverse direction (that is, in the direction N opposite to the direction in which the rice is milled).
Is rotated), the skin bran adhering to the milled white rice is removed from the brushes 26 provided on the milling blades 11A and 11B.
Normally, the skin bran is attracted to the charging plate 32 provided in the partition wall 5 from the place where the rice bran is charged to “−”, and the white rice is removed. Skin bran is completely separated, and re-adhesion of bran to white rice is prevented. Therefore, rice vanes 11A, 11
B is provided with the brushes 26, 26,... And the charging plate 32 is disposed, so that the same device can be used to mill rice from brown rice to milled rice (milling process) and remove rice bran from milled rice to eliminate rice washing. (Hadanuka removing step) and can be carried out over time and efficiently a.

[0045] Other configurations and effects will be omitted because it is the same as in the first embodiment.

Fourth Embodiment FIG. 10 shows a household rice mill according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

In this case, as in the second embodiment, the milled rice basket 9 has a substantially cylindrical shape with the upper part having a larger diameter than the lower part and the upper part opened. Boss 1
The third upper extends to the upper portion of the rice basket 9, the rotary member 14 is mounted for co-rotation with a flange portion 14a at the lower end portion. Then, the outer periphery of the boss 13,
Rice polishing blades 11A and 11B are planted at intervals of 180 °. One rice vane 11A is a horizontally projecting cross-section Roh-shaped from the outer periphery of the boss 13,
On one surface thereof (that is, one surface on the rotation direction N side at the time of removing the skin bran), brushes 26, 26.
- is provided, the other rice vane 11B, the boss 1
3 is a horizontal portion 1 having a square cross section protruding horizontally from the outer periphery of
And 1Ba, from the outer end of the horizontal portion 11Ba until the upper end of the rice basket 9 upwards and consists an extending, vertically portion 11Bb, one surface of the horizontal portion 11Ba (i.e., rotation during skin bran removing the direction one side of the N side), a brush 26, 26 ... which acts as a Hadanuka removing means E are provided (see FIGS. 7 and 8).

In the present embodiment, the brush member 3 is provided on the vertical portion 11Bb of the rice polishing blade 11B.
3 is detachably mounted. The brush member 33 includes
Is intended to act as a Hadanuka removing means E, for example, have been a bag-shaped member formed by planting a number of brush on the outer surface, it is attached to the rice vane vertical portion 11Bb in Hadanuka removing step. In some cases, the brush on the side of the milling blade 11A may be omitted.

With the above configuration, the rice-milling blades 11A and 11B are rotated in the reverse direction (ie, in the direction N opposite to the direction of the rice-milling).
When the rotation) is to the brush 26 skin bran adhering to rice has been polished rice is provided on rice vanes 11A, 11B,
26. At the same time, the skin bran attached to the white rice is also removed by the brush member 33, and the skin bran is more efficiently removed. Therefore, the brushes 26, 26,.
And by a simple structure only provided a brush member 33, milled rice from brown rice in the same device to white rice (rice step) and non-bran rice of by removal of skin bran from rice (Hadanuka removing step)
Can be performed over time and efficiently.

[0050] Other configurations and effects will be omitted because it is the same as in the first embodiment.

Fifth Embodiment FIG. 11 shows a household rice mill according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

In this case, as in the second embodiment, the milled rice basket 9 has a substantially cylindrical shape in which the upper part has a larger diameter than the lower part and the upper part is open. Boss 1
A rotating member 14 extending to the upper end of the rice basket 9 and having a flange 14a at the lower end is attached to the upper part of 3 so that it can rotate together. And, on the outer periphery of the boss 13,
Rice polishing blades 11A and 11B are planted at intervals of 180 °.

In the present embodiment, one of the rice-milling blades 11A has a rectangular cross section protruding horizontally from the outer periphery of the boss 13 and has a pair of movable pieces 11A ₁ , It is the 11A ₂ separation, these movable pieces 11A _1, 11A _2, at the time of forward rotation (i.e., rotation time of the direction of the arrow M) keeping a straight line state, the time of reverse rotation (i.e., direction of the arrow N At the time of rotation), the hinges 34 are connected so as to maintain a predetermined angle α (see FIG. 12). Further, brushes 26, 26,... Acting as skin bran removing means E are provided on one surface of the movable pieces 11A ₁ and 11A ₂ (that is, one surface in the rotation direction N side when removing the bran). .

[0054] On the other hand of rice for the wings 11B, the boss 13
Horizontal portion 11 having a square cross section protruding horizontally from the outer periphery of
Ba and a vertical portion 11Bb extending upward from the outer end of the horizontal portion 11Ba to a vertical intermediate portion of the milling basket 9. Rice grains cannot pass through the upper end of the vertical portion 11Bb. Perforated plate 3 having a large number of holes 36, 36,.
5 is mounted in a horizontal position.

With the above configuration, the rice-milling blades 11A and 11B are rotated in the reverse direction (ie, in the direction N opposite to the direction of the rice-milling operation).
When the rotation) is to the brush 26 skin bran adhering to rice has been polished rice is provided on rice vanes 11A, 11B,
The be removed by 26 ... but rice vanes 1
The movable pieces 11A ₁ and 11A ₂ constituting 1A are tilted in the anti-rotational direction about the hinge 34 and assume a posture maintaining a predetermined angle α. Accordingly, brush 26 of rice vanes 11A,
26 ... becomes to contact soft and white rice, the removal of skin bran from rice by the brush 26, 26 ... is facilitated.

On the other hand, on the milling blade 11B side, the holes 3 of the perforated plate 35 rotated together with the milling blade 11B.
After the rice bran separated from the white rice through 6, 36,... Rises on the perforated plate 34, it is discharged outside the milled rice basket 9 by centrifugal force. Therefore, the white rice and the bran are completely separated, and the reattachment of the bran to the white rice is prevented.

[0057] As described above, provided with a brush 26, 26 ... to the rice vanes 11A, rice vanes 11B
With the simple configuration of providing the perforated plate 35 in the same apparatus, the same apparatus can be used to efficiently and efficiently remove rice from brown rice to polished rice (rice polishing step) and eliminate washing rice by removing skin bran from polished rice (skin bran removal step). Can be done

The other configuration and operation and effect are the same as those in the first embodiment, and the description is omitted.

[0059] The embodiment 13 and 14 of the embodiment of the sixth, household rice apparatus according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention is shown.

In this case, as in the second embodiment, the milled rice basket 9 has a substantially cylindrical shape in which the upper part has a larger diameter than the lower part and the upper part is open. Boss 1
A rotating member 14 extending to the upper end of the rice basket 9 and having a flange 14a at the lower end is attached to the upper part of 3 so that it can rotate together. And, on the outer periphery of the boss 13,
A pair of rice polishing blades 11A, 1 of the same shape at 180 ° intervals
1A is planted horizontally.

[0061] Then, in the present embodiment, wherein the inside rice basket 9, the brush surface 37 and the hollow portion 3 composed of only the outer frame portion formed by providing a brush 26 ... on the inner and outer surfaces
8 are alternately formed, and the milling blades 11A, 11
A rotating body 39 having a cylindrical shape co-rotating with A is detachably provided after the rice polishing. The rotating body 39
Is a cylindrical portion 39a mounted on the rotating member 14, a circular frame 39b on the outer peripheral side of the cylindrical portion 39a and slightly smaller than the milled rice basket 9, and connects the circular frame 39b and the cylindrical portion 39a. The circular frame 39b has brushes 26, 26 on its inner and outer surfaces.
Are alternately provided at 90 [deg.] Intervals with the brush surface 37 provided with. In this case, it is not necessary to use a reversible motor as the motor 17. The brushes 26 may be provided only on the outer surface of the brush surface 37. Further, in the present embodiment, the rotating body is provided with two brush faces and two hollow portions alternately, but the number may be increased.

With the above-described structure, after finishing the rice polishing, the rice polishing blades 11A, 11A are placed in the rice polishing basket 9.
When the rotating body 39 is disposed so as to rotate together with the rice, the rice bran adhered to the polished rice is brushed on the brush surface 3.
7 will be removed by contact. Moreover, rice R positioned inward of the rotating body 39, after escaping to the outside of the rotating body 39 from the cut out portion 38, the removal of skin bran is carried out by contact between the brush surface 37 (see FIG. 14). And
The skin bran separated from the white rice is discharged outside the milled rice basket 9 by centrifugal force. In the present embodiment, since the brushes 26 are also provided on the inner surface side of the brush surface 37, skin bran is also removed from the white rice on the inner surface side of the rotating body 39.

[0063] As described above, without changing the structure of the rice device, by mounting the rotary body 39 after rice, the brown rice in the same device to white rice milled rice skin bran from (rice process) and rice pre-washed rice reduction by removal (Hadanuka removing step)
Can be performed over time and efficiently.

The other configuration and operation and effect are the same as those in the first embodiment, and the description is omitted.

Seventh Embodiment FIG. 15 shows a household rice mill according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.

In this case, as in the second embodiment, the milled rice basket 9 has a substantially cylindrical shape in which the upper part has a larger diameter than the lower part and the upper part is open. Boss 1
A rotating member 14 extending to the upper end of the rice basket 9 and having a flange 14a at the lower end is attached to the upper part of 3 so that it can rotate together. And, on the outer periphery of the boss 13,
A pair of rice polishing blades 11A, 1 of the same shape at 180 ° intervals
1A is planted horizontally.

[0067] Then, in the present embodiment, wherein the inside rice basket 9, it is provided a brush 26 ... on the inner surface, the rice vanes 11A, bran removing a cage 40 to 11A and co-rotation is It has become to be detachably attached after rice. The bran removing basket 40 is provided with a flange 14 a of the rotating member 14.
It is to be attached to.

With the above configuration, after the white rice is once taken out after the completion of the rice polishing,
When the rice bran basket 40 is arranged so as to rotate with the rice polishing blades 11A, 11A, and white rice is put into the rice bran basket 40 and rotated in this state, it adheres to the white rice that has been milled. brush 26, 26 to have skin bran basket for rice bran up 40 inner surface
・ ・ It will be removed by contact with. Then, the skin bran separated from the white rice is centrifugally applied to the bran removing basket 4.
0 and discharged to the outside of the rice mill 9.

[0069] As described above, without changing the structure of the rice unit, by attaching the bran removing a cage 40 after rice, milled rice from brown rice to white rice in the same apparatus skin bran from (rice process) and rice it is possible to perform pre-washed rice of by the removal of the (Hadanuka removing step) over time and efficiently.

The other structure, operation, and effect are the same as those in the first embodiment, and the description is omitted.

By the way, as the brush 26 used in each of the above embodiments, FIGS.
It is desirable to adopt the type shown in FIG. Brush 2
Bristle length of 6 are not the same, desirable for increasing the area that is exposed to the US.

The brush shown in FIG. 16A has a large chevron shape. In this case, the valley portion is desirably made sufficiently larger than the size of the rice so that the rice is not pinched, or conversely, is considerably narrowed.

The brush shown in FIG. 16B has an elongated mountain shape. In this case, flocking interval as possible to desirably narrow.

In the case of the brush shown in FIG. 16 (c), the hairs are intensively planted in one place so as to make use of the bending effect of the "hairs". This reduces the friction on the rice by bending the hair.

In the case of the brush shown in FIG. 16D, hairs of random length are planted. In this case, a sufficient effect can be expected no matter where the brush portion hits.

The brush material is nylon,
A synthetic resin such as polypropylene is desirable.

[0077]

According to the invention of claim 1 according to the present invention, the rice basket made of porous container wire mesh or the like for accommodating the brown rice, and rice vanes disposed purifier rice within cage, reversible The purified rice vane A home rice mill having a driving means for driving, wherein a rice bran removing means for removing skin bran from rice grains at the time of rotation in a direction opposite to the rotation direction at the time of rice polishing of the rice polishing blades is provided, By rotating the blades for polishing rice in the opposite direction to the rice polishing, the skin bran adhering to the white rice is removed by the skin bran removing means. there is an effect that (rice step) and non-bran rice of by removal of skin bran from rice (Hadanuka removing step) and can over time performing.

As in the invention of claim 2, claim 1
In the household rice mill according to the above, the skin bran removing means, a vertically extending projection formed on the inner surface of the rice basket,
When configured with a brush provided on one surface of the side facing the definitive in the rotational direction during skin bran removing the rice vane at the projecting portion, rotating the rice vane (i.e., the rotation of the milled rice when the reverse ), The skin bran adhering to the milled white rice is removed by the brush provided on the protrusion, and the same device is provided by a simple configuration in which the brush is provided on the protrusion formed on the milled rice basket. Thus, it is possible to perform, over time, rice polishing from brown rice to white rice (rice polishing process) and non-washing of rice by removing skin bran from white rice (skin bran removal process).

As in the invention of claim 3, claim 1
In domestic rice milling device according, the skin bran removal means, when configured by the brush which is provided in the rotating direction side surface at the time of skin bran removing the rice vanes, the rice vane reverse rotation (i.e., when rice Rotation in the opposite direction), the skin bran attached to the polished white rice is removed by the brush provided on the polished rice blade, and the simple configuration of providing a brush on the polished rice blade provides the same it can be carried out from brown rice in the apparatus rice to white rice (rice step) and non-bran rice of by removal of skin bran from rice and (Hadanuka removing step) over time.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a polished rice basket made of a perforated container such as a wire mesh for accommodating brown rice, a polished rice blade disposed in the polished rice basket, and a drive for rotating the polished rice blade. in domestic rice equipped with a means, the in rice in basket, it is formed alternately a brush surface and outer frame portion formed of hollow portion only formed by providing the brush on the outer surface, the rice vanes co A rotating cylindrical rotating body is detachably disposed after the rice polishing, and after the rice polishing, the rotating body is disposed in the rice polishing basket so as to co-rotate with the rice polishing blades and is rotated in the same direction as the rice polishing. by skin bran adhering to rice moved to the outside of the rotating body from the cut-out portion, since to be removed by contact with the brush surface, without changing the structure of the rice device, rotating after rice from brown rice in the same device by simply attaching the body There is an effect that it is possible to perform milled rice to rice (rice step) and non-bran rice of by removal of skin bran from rice and (Hadanuka removing step) over time.

As in the invention of claim 5, claim 4
In domestic rice milling device according, the case of providing a brush to the inner surface of the brush surface, with the rotation of the rotating body rotates together with rice vanes, it becomes possible to progress the skin bran removed by the brush in the inner surface side , Hadanuka removal is further promoted.

[0082] According to the invention of claim 6, the driving and rice basket made of porous container wire mesh or the like for accommodating the brown rice, and rice vanes disposed purifier rice in basket, that rotates the purifier US vane in domestic rice equipped with a means, in the rice inside basket, it is provided a brush on the inner surface, detachably be disposed a cage for bran removing that rotates together with the rice vanes after rice, after rice After removing the white rice, a rice bran basket is arranged so as to rotate together with the rice milling blades in the rice mill basket. By rotating the rice bran in the same direction as above, the rice bran attached to the white rice is removed by contact with the brush on the inner surface of the basket for removing the rice bran. Milling rice from brown rice to white rice with the same device just by attaching a basket for rice bran removal ( There is an effect that US step) and non-bran rice of by removal of skin bran from rice (Hadanuka removing step) and can over time performing.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the household rice polishing apparatus according to any one of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth aspects, the rotation speed of the rice polishing blade is set to In the case where the control is performed so that the amount of the skin bran is reduced, the skin bran can be slowly and reliably removed over time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a household rice apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional plan view of a rice grinder basket in the household rice grinder according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged partial cross-sectional view of polished rice.

4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a first modification of the bran receiving structure in the domestic rice apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a second modified example of the bran receiving structure in the household rice polishing machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of a household rice mill according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a rice grinder basket in a household rice grinder according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a rice-milling blade in a household rice-mill according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view of a household rice mill according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a longitudinal sectional view of a household rice mill according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a longitudinal sectional view of a household rice mill according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of a rice-milling blade in a household rice mill according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention, wherein (a) shows a state during forward rotation, and (b) shows a state during reverse rotation. Is shown.

FIG. 13 is a longitudinal sectional view of a household rice mill according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

14 is a plan view of a rotating member in a household rice apparatus according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

15 is a longitudinal sectional view of a household rice apparatus according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.

[16] (a) to (d) are explanatory views showing some preferred shapes of the brush which is used in the embodiments of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 rice body, the rice basket 9, 10 lid, 11, 11
A and 11B are milling blades, 15 is a driving means, 25 is a projection, 26 is a brush, 37 is a brush surface, 38 is a hollow portion, 39 is a rotating body, 40 is a bran removing basket, and E is a skin bran removing means. .

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Kazunobu Noda 3-1, Hayamicho, Kadoma City, Osaka Inside Hohei Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Masahiko Iijima 116 Wada-do, Sukagawa-shi, Fukushima Prefecture F-term (reference) 4B053 AA01 BA11 BB02 BC12 BE06 BE12 BE13 BE14 BK02 BL02 4D043 DA03 DA06 DL04 DL08 DL10 FA10 HA05 HB08 JC02

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A household equipped with a milling basket made of a perforated container such as a wire mesh for accommodating brown rice, milling blades disposed in the milling basket, and driving means for reversibly rotating the milling blades. A rice mill for household use, characterized by further comprising skin bran removing means for removing skin bran from rice grains when the blades for milling rotate in the direction opposite to the direction of rotation during rice milling. 2. A method according to claim 1, wherein said skin bran removing means includes a vertically extending projection formed on an inner surface of said rice mill basket, and a side of said projection facing a rotating direction of said rice-milling blade when removing the rice bran. The household rice polishing machine according to claim 1, wherein the rice polishing machine comprises a brush provided on one surface of the rice mill. 3. The household rice polishing machine according to claim 1, wherein said skin bran removing means is constituted by a brush provided on a rotation-direction side surface of said blade for rice bran removal. 4. A rice basket made of porous container wire mesh or the like for accommodating the brown rice, and rice vanes disposed purifier rice in basket, household and a driving means for rotationally driving the said purified rice vane A rice mill, in which the rice milling basket is formed by alternately forming a brush surface provided with a brush on the outer surface and a hollow portion formed only of an outer frame portion, and has a cylindrical shape co-rotating with the rice milling blade. A rice mill for household use, characterized in that the rotating body of (1) is detachably arranged after the milling. 5. The rice polishing machine according to claim 4, wherein a brush is provided on an inner side of the brush surface. 6. A domestic household comprising: a rice mill basket formed of a perforated container such as a wire mesh for accommodating brown rice; rice milling blades disposed in the rice milling basket; and driving means for rotating and driving the rice milling blades. A rice polishing machine, characterized in that a brush is provided on the inner surface of the rice-milling basket, and a bran-removing basket that co-rotates with the rice-milling blades is removably disposed after the rice milling. vessel. 7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the number of revolutions of the milling blades is controlled so that the number of revolutions at the time of removing rice bran is lower than at the time of milling. A household rice mill according to any one of the preceding claims.