JP2002336711A - Rice-washing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rice-washing device equipped with a detachable rice receiver and a detachable rice bran lid and preventing the trouble caused by the overflow of rice or the accumulation of overflowed rice at respective places generated when a user does not set or forgets to set the detachable rice receiver arranged to a rice receiving part to a normal position. SOLUTION: A metering part 3 is provided under the rice storage part 2 for housing rice fixed on the rice-washing device body 1 and a rice washing part 4 is provided under the metering part 3 and a rice discharge passage 34 for discharging rice after washing is provided under the rice washing part 4. Rice bran, or the like, separated in the rice washing part 4 is separated and recovered in a rice bran housing part 5, and the detachable box-shaped rice receiver 33 opened upwardly is provided under the rice discharge passage 34 and a rice reception detection part 40 for detecting whether rice is present in the rice receiver 33 is provided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rice cutting device having a removable rice receiver and a rice bran lid.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional rice cutting device comprises a rice storage section, a measuring section, a rice cutting section, a discharge section, a bran storage section, a bran suction section, a rice receiving section, and an operation section. Hereinafter, the configuration will be described.

[0003] A rice storage unit for storing rice is fixed to the rice cutting device main body, and a certain amount of rice that has flowed out of the metering unit is stored under the rice storage unit, and a ring-shaped blade member is driven to rotate. There is a rice pad portion for removing rice bran, and the removed rice is discharged to a rice receiving portion below a discharge portion provided in the rice pad portion, and is stored in a removable rice container installed in the rice receiving portion.

[0004] The bran removed from the rice pad is separated by a polishing rice hopper formed by a number of small holes provided inside the rice pad, and is sucked into the rice bran storage unit by the operation of the rice bran suction unit. Is done. A removable bran lid is attached to the bran storage part, and the bran lid seals the bran storage part with a ring-shaped elastic body. Also, in the sealed bran storage section, for example, a paper bag having a role of a filter is installed, and when the suction fan provided in the bran suction section is driven, the inside of the bran storage section has a sealed structure, The inside of the rice bran storage section is vacuum-sucked, and the rice bran and the like removed in the rice padding section are collected in a paper bag, and the separated air is exhausted outside the rice paddle body. The operation unit includes switches such as a power switch.

[0005]

However, in such a conventional configuration, the user has not set the removable rice receiver provided in the rice receiver in a proper position,
If you forget to set the rice, the rice overflows, and the overflowing rice accumulates in various places and causes a breakdown.

In addition, when the user does not set the removable bran lid in the proper position or forgets to set it, the airtightness of the bran storage unit and the vacuum suction force from the bran suction unit are reduced, Brans and the like that are separated and recovered are not recovered, and brans and the like that are not recovered are accumulated in various places and cause a failure.

Further, there is a problem that the structure is changed in order to prevent the rice from overflowing in the rice receiving portion, and the structure is complicated in order to increase the vacuum suction force of the bran suction portion, so that the cost is increased.

Further, there is a possibility that rice bran or the like always adheres to the rice receiving portion and the rice bran storage portion, and there is a possibility that a malfunction or breakage may occur due to the adhesion of foreign matter during use for a long period of time.

[0009] Further, there is no means for notifying and displaying to the user whether or not the rice tray is attached,
There was a problem that it was easily misused.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems. When the user does not set the removable rice receiver disposed in the rice receiver in a proper position or forgets to set it, The aim is to prevent rice from overflowing and prevent the rice from accumulating in various places and causing failures.

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a weighing section below a rice storage section which is fixed to a rice cutting device main body and stores rice, and a rice lashing section is provided below the measuring section. A rice discharging section is provided below the rice padding section to discharge the rice after the rice padding, and the rice bran separated at the rice padding section is separated and collected in a rice bran storage section. A box-shaped detachable rice receiver is provided, and a rice receiver detector for detecting the presence or absence of the rice receiver is provided.

[0012] Thus, when the user does not set the detachable rice catcher disposed in the rice catcher at the proper position or forgets to set the rice catcher, the rice catcher detector detects the rice catcher. It can prevent the overflowing and overflowing rice from accumulating in various places and causing a breakdown.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is directed to a rice storage section fixed to a rice cutting device main body for storing rice, a measuring section provided below the rice storage section, and a weighing section. A rice padding section provided under the rice padding section, a discharge section provided below the rice padding section for discharging rice after rice padding, and a rice bran storage section for separating and collecting the bran separated at the rice padding section. And a box-shaped detachable rice receiver provided at an upper opening provided below the discharge unit, and a rice receiver detection unit for detecting the presence or absence of the rice receiver is provided. By detecting the presence / absence, that is, whether or not the rice catcher is attached to the predetermined position, if the removable rice catcher placed in the rice catcher is not set in the regular position or if you forget to set it In addition, it is no longer possible to operate without the rice tray attached, and rice overflows and rice overflows everywhere It is possible to prevent the accumulated cause a malfunction.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the bran accommodating portion includes a bran lid that is hermetically sealed and detachable, and detects the presence or absence of the bran lid. A detection unit is provided, and by detecting that the rice bran lid is attached to a predetermined position by a signal from the rice bran detection unit, the user can set the removable rice bran lid to a proper position. If you do not set or forget to set, the airtightness of the bran storage unit and the suction force from the bran suction unit also decrease, and the bran that is separated and collected will not be collected or the unrecovered bran will accumulate in various places, It is possible to prevent a failure.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in accordance with the first or second aspect of the present invention, detection of the presence or absence of a rice pad is performed, and
A detection unit capable of simultaneously detecting the presence or absence of a rice bran lid is provided, and it is possible to simultaneously detect that the rice catcher and the rice bran lid are mounted at predetermined positions with an inexpensive configuration.

The invention described in claim 4 is the above-mentioned claim 1 to claim 1.
3. In the invention described in 3, the detection of the presence or absence of the rice catcher and the detection of the presence or absence of the bran lid are performed in a non-contact manner.
The presence or absence of a bran lid can be detected, and the reliability can be improved.

[0017] The invention described in claim 5 is the above-mentioned claim 1-
3. The invention according to the item 3, wherein a notification means is provided for notifying that either the rice tray or the rice bran lid is not mounted, and that the rice receptacle and the rice bran lid are removable. When the product is not set in the position or forgets to set it, it can notify the user by sound, can alert the user, and can also be used by the elderly and visually impaired. We can provide a thoughtful rice sharpener.

[0018] The invention described in claim 6 is the above-mentioned claim 1-
3. The invention according to the item 3, further comprising a display means for displaying that the rice bran lid and the rice pad are not mounted when either of them is not mounted. The display can notify the user when the product is not set in the position or forgets to set it, and can alert the user, and can also be used by the elderly and the hearing impaired. We can provide a thoughtful rice sharpener.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the rice cutting device main body 1 includes a rice storage unit 2 fixed to the rice cutting device main unit 1 for storing rice, a measuring unit 3 provided below the rice storage unit 2, A rice pad 4 provided below the weighing unit 3, a rice bran storage unit 5 for separating and collecting the rice bran separated by the rice pad 4, and an operation unit 6 are provided.

The rice storage unit 2 is formed by a rice tank 7 whose bottom plate is inclined and a window 8 provided on the front surface of the rice cutting device main body 1. The weighing unit 3 is composed of a weighing device 9 and a weighing motor 10 installed at the bottom of the rice tank 7. The weighing motor 10 is driven to rotate the weighing device 9.
The rice is supplied from the rice tank 7 into the rice tank 7 and cut into a certain amount, and is supplied to the rice cutting unit 4.

The rice pad 4 comprises a rice bran outer container 12, a polishing rice hopper 14 installed with a gap 13 inside the rice bran outer container 12, a blade member 15 installed at the bottom thereof, and a blade member 15. Motor 16 for rotating and polishing rice hopper 14
And a solenoid valve 18 that opens and closes a rice discharge port 17 provided on the side wall of the main body.

The pulley 19 is rotated by an output shaft 20 of the motor 16, and a pulley 21 which is rotated by a belt drive is provided by the pulley 19, and a drive shaft 22 fixed to the pulley 21 rotates to rotate the drive shaft 22. Is rotationally driven. Numerous small holes (not shown) are formed in the side wall and the bottom wall of the polishing rice hopper 14, and rice bran removed from rice falls into the gap 13 through the small holes.

The rice discharge port 17 of the polishing rice hopper 14 is normally closed by the valve element 18a of the solenoid valve 18. A rice discharge port 23 serving as a rice discharge passage is provided at a position facing the rice discharge port 17 of the outer rice bran container 12. In addition, bran suction port 24
Opens toward the gap 13 and serves as a bran discharge passage.

The blade member 15 has a flocked brush, which is planted on the entire outer surface, fixed with a double-sided tape or the like.
The lower surface is formed by a disc-shaped seat 25. The outer shape of the seat 25 is set slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the polishing rice hopper 14 (there is a minute gap that does not allow rice to bite), and its upper surface is set to the same height as the rice discharge port 17 or slightly higher. I have.

As shown in FIG. 2, the bran storage section 5 is constituted by a removable bran lid 26 and a storage chamber 27, which is hermetically sealed. A paper bag 28 having a role of a filter is provided in the storage chamber 27. , A suction fan 29 for vacuum-sucking the inside of the storage chamber 27, a fan motor 30 for driving the suction fan 29, a bran suction path for communicating the bran suction port 24 with the storage chamber 27, and the like. The bran lid 26 is provided with a convex, ring-shaped elastic body 32, and the elastic body 32 is fitted into a concave portion provided in the bran lid 29,
It is fixed by this uneven fitting.

The rice tray 33 is formed in a box shape with an upper opening.
It is detachably installed under a rice discharge path (discharge section) 34 that follows the rice discharge port 17 and the rice discharge port 23.

As shown in FIG. 3, the operation unit 6 is provided with a power switch 35, a rice polishing start switch 36 for starting rice polishing, and a lamp 37, which are installed on the device in accordance with the settings of these switches. The control device 38 controls the motor 1
6. Control the metering motor 10, the fan motor 30, the solenoid valve 18, and the like. The control device 38 is provided with a buzzer 39.

The rice receiving detecting section 40 detects the presence or absence of the rice receiving section 33, and the rice bran detecting section 41 detects the presence or absence of the rice bran 26. These rice receiving detecting section 40 and the rice bran detecting section 41 are provided. Is constituted by permanent magnets 42 and 43 fixed to each other, and a magnetically sensitive element 44 whose contacts are turned on and off by a magnetic field.
Is fixed to the inside of the rice cutting device main body 1 opposed to the main body, so that it can be detected in a non-contact manner. The sensitivity of the magnetic sensing element 44 is set so that the contacts are turned on only when the permanent magnets 42 and 43 are at predetermined positions.

The controller 38 proceeds to the next step when the contact of the magnetic sensing element 44 is on, and when it is off, the lamp 37
Is turned on, and the buzzer 39 is operated to notify that either the rice tray 33 or the bran lid 26 is not mounted, and the system is operated so as not to proceed to the next step and to maintain the standby state.

The operation of the above configuration will be described. First,
The rice grains of the polished rice to be polished are put into the rice storage unit 2 and the operation unit 6
The power switch 35 is turned on. At this time, rice tray 33
The bran lid 26 is set at a predetermined position, the contact of the magnetically sensitive element 44 is on, and the controller 38 proceeds to the next step.

Next, the rice polishing start switch 36 of the operation unit 6
Is turned on, the weighing motor 10 is driven, the weighing machine 9 is rotated, and a certain amount of rice is supplied to the pit 11 to cut it, put it into the polishing rice hopper 14, and stop the weighing motor 10. The motor 16 is driven and the fan motor 30
Drive. By driving the motor 16, the blade member 15 rotates at a constant speed and stirs the rice in the polishing rice hopper 14,
Rice is gradually polished mainly by mutual friction.

On the other hand, the bran removed from the rice falls through the small holes of the polishing rice hopper 14 into the gap 13 and the bran suction port 24,
It is sucked into the paper bag 28 in the storage chamber 27 through the bran suction path 31. Then, when the motor 16 stops after a predetermined time, the solenoid valve 18 operates, the valve element 18a moves backward, and the rice discharge port 17 opens. Then, by driving the motor 16 again, the rice in the polishing rice hopper 14 flows out of the rice discharge port 17 by the centrifugal force given to the blade member 15 and passes through the rice discharge path 34 to the lower rice receiver 33. Is discharged.

Then, the solenoid valve 18 returns, and the valve element 18a
Then, the rice discharge port 17 is closed, the motor 16 is stopped, and the fan motor 30 is also stopped at the same time to finish the rice polishing work.

The user takes out the rice tray 33, transfers the rice to the rice cooker, removes the bran lid 26, takes out the paper bag 28 in the bran storage section 5, and discards the collected bran.

Next, the operation when the user removes the rice catcher 33 and the bran lid 26 and forgets to attach it again will be described with reference to FIG.

When the rice receiver 33 and the bran lid 26 are removed, the permanent magnets 42 and 43 are separated from the magnetically sensitive element 44, and the contact of the magnetically sensitive element 44 is turned off. Here, when the power switch 35 of the operation unit 6 is turned on, since the magnetically sensitive element 44 is off, the controller 38 turns on the lamp 37 and activates the buzzer 39 to notify the user. Hold state.

Therefore, next, the rice polishing start switch 36
When turned on, it does not work and does not overflow with rice or not suck the bran.

In the present embodiment, the detection of the rice catcher 33 and the detection of the bran lid 26 are performed by one magnetically sensitive element 44. However, each of the magnetically sensitive elements may be provided.

Although the magnetic sensing element 44 is used as the detecting means, a similar effect can be obtained by using a micro switch, an optical switch, a laser switch, an ultrasonic switch or the like.

[0041]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a rice storage section fixed to the rice cutting device main body and storing rice, and a measuring section provided below the rice storage section. And a rice dropping section provided below the measuring section, a discharge section below the rice dropping section for discharging rice after the dropping, and a rice bran separated at the padding section. Since the rice bran storage unit, comprising a box-shaped detachable rice receiver with an upper opening provided below the discharge unit, and provided with a rice receiver detection unit for detecting the presence of the rice receiver,
If the detachable rice catcher placed in the rice catcher is not set in the correct position, or if you forget to set it, the rice catcher will not be driven without being installed and rice will overflow. In this way, it is possible to prevent the overflowing rice from accumulating in various places and causing a failure.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the bran storage section has a bran lid that is hermetically sealed and detachable and has a bran lid detecting section for detecting the presence or absence of the bran lid, When the user does not set the removable bran lid in the correct position or forgets to set it, the airtightness of the bran storage unit and the suction power from the bran suction unit are reduced, and the bran is separated and collected. Can be prevented from being collected or bran, which is not recovered, accumulating in various places and causing a failure.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the detection unit capable of simultaneously detecting the presence or absence of the rice catch and the presence or absence of the rice bran is provided, the rice catch and the rice bran are in a predetermined position. At the same time, it can be detected that the camera is mounted at a position with an inexpensive configuration.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the detection of the presence or absence of the rice catcher and the detection of the presence or absence of the bran lid are performed in a non-contact manner.
It is possible to detect the presence or absence of the rice catcher and the presence or absence of the bran lid, thereby improving reliability.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since there is provided a notifying means for notifying that either the rice tray or the bran lid is not mounted, the rice tray is removable from the user. When a possible bran lid is not set in the correct position or the user forgets to set it, the user can be notified by sound, alerting the user, and the elderly It can provide rice sharpeners that are also considered for people with visual impairments.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the display means for indicating that the rice bran lid and the rice tray are not mounted is provided when either the rice bran lid or the rice tray is not mounted. When a possible bran lid is not set in the correct position or the user forgets to set it, the user can be notified by a display, which can alert the user, It can provide rice sharpeners for people with hearing impairments.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a rice sharpener according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the rice cutting device in a state where a rice pad and a bran lid are removed.

FIG. 3 is a front view of an operation unit of the rice sharpener.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Rice-toning device main body 2 Rice storage part 3 Metering part 4 Rice-toning part 5 Rice bran storing part 33 Rice receiving 34 Rice discharging path (discharging part) 40 Rice receiving detecting part

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Masatoshi Yagi 1006 Kazuma Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture Inside Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Terms (reference) 4B053 AA01 BB02 BC12 BL01 BL03 BL12 4D043 DA06 DL03 DL10 JC01 JC07 JC10 JF05 JF09 LA02 LA11 LA18

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A rice storage unit fixed to a rice cutting device main body for storing rice, a measuring unit provided below the rice storage unit, a rice cutting unit provided below the measuring unit, and the rice cutting unit A discharge section for discharging rice after cutting the rice, a bran storage section for separating and collecting the rice bran separated at the cutting section, and a box-shaped upper opening provided below the discharge section. And a rice receiving device for detecting the presence or absence of the rice receiving device. 2. The rice cutting device according to claim 1, wherein the rice bran storage unit includes a rice bran lid that is hermetically sealed and detachable, and a rice bran detection unit that detects the presence or absence of the rice bran lid. 3. The rice cutting device according to claim 1, further comprising a detection unit capable of simultaneously detecting the presence / absence of a rice catcher and the presence / absence of a rice bran lid. 4. The rice cutting device according to claim 1, wherein the detection of the presence of the rice catcher and the detection of the presence or absence of the rice bran are performed in a non-contact manner. 5. The rice cutting device according to claim 1, further comprising a notification unit for notifying that the rice tray or the rice bran lid is not mounted. 6. The rice sharpener according to claim 1, further comprising a display means for displaying that the rice bran lid and the rice catcher are not mounted when they are not mounted.