JP2005169230A - Rice polisher and automatic rice cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the amount of internal adhesion/accumulation of rice bran, to improve maintenance easiness and usefulness and further to assure bran recovering performance in a rice polisher mainly used for cleaning cooking rice. <P>SOLUTION: A rice storage vessel 5 having holes 4 which selectively hinders rice from passing therethrough is provided in an outer vessel 3 which has a sidewall of a nearly cylindrical shape and is provided with bran discharge pores. A rotary vane 6 is disposed in a freely rotatable manner in the rice storage vessel 5, and rice bran produced in rice polishing is recovered into a bran recovering section 11. The side face of the rice storage vessel 5 has a tilted surface spreading from a bottom face toward an upper face. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a white rice sharpener and an automatic rice cooker mainly used for rice cooking.

  Conventionally, this type of automatic rice cooker that cuts and cooks rice is configured as shown in FIG. 6 (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Hereinafter, the configuration will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the automatic rice cooker 61 has a rice storage part 62 for storing rice, a rice weighing means 63 for weighing rice, and a rice edge part 64 having a rice polishing means for breaking the rice. Discharging means 69 for discharging the rice into the rice container 68, conveying means 78 for conveying the rice from the rice container 68 to the rice cooking unit 79, rice cake collection drive means 70, rice cake collection path 75, and rice cake collection unit 71 are provided.

  The rice binding portion 64 has an outer container 67 having a substantially cylindrical side wall and connected to the straw collection path 75, and a hole that has a substantially cylindrical side wall inside thereof and does not allow rice to pass selectively. A rice storage container 66 provided, a rotary blade 65 rotatably disposed therein, a brush provided on the rotary blade 65 and removing rice bran on the surface of white rice, and a rice top located above the rice storage container 66 It consists of a container lid.

  The paddle collecting unit 71 can be replaced by a user such as a paper pack used in a vacuum cleaner or the like, and is connected to the paddle collecting path 75 to collect the rice paddy and the paddle collecting unit 71 in a sealed configuration. It is comprised with the soot collection | recovery part cover 73. FIG. The control means 77 controls the steps of rice weighing, rice cutting, rice discharge, rice bran recovery, rice conveyance, and rice cooking.

  The operation of the above configuration will be described. When the user puts rice into the rice storage unit 62 and inputs the amount of rice to be cut, when the operation start button (not shown) is pressed, the automatic rice cooker 61 is operated. Start.

  When the operation of the automatic rice cooker 61 is started, the control unit 77 operates the rice weighing unit 63 to measure a predetermined amount of rice input by the user from the rice stored in the rice storage unit 62. I do. Then, a predetermined amount of rice is supplied to the rice binding unit 64.

  When a predetermined amount of rice is supplied to the rice binding section 64, the control means 77 operates the polishing means of the rice binding section 64 to rotate the rotary blade 65. The rice circulates between the outer surface of the brush of the rotary blade 65 and the inner surface of the rice storage container 66, so that the rice cutting process for removing the rice bran on the surface of the rice from the rice is mainly performed by frictional force, and the rice cake recovery driving means 70 is operated simultaneously. The rice straw 74 discharged from the side hole of the rice storage container 66 is conveyed to the straw collection unit 71 via the straw collection path 75. The air from which the rice bran has been removed is discharged out of the automatic rice cooker 61 through the air discharge path 76.

  The rice from which the rice bran has been removed is supplied to the rice container 68 by the discharging means 69 after the end of the rice cutting process. Furthermore, after the rice is conveyed from the rice container 68 to the rice cooking unit 79 by the conveying means 78 and a predetermined amount of water is supplied, rice cooking is started.

In this way, just input the amount of rice you want to cook and press the operation start button, and from the rice stored in the rice storage unit 62, rice weighing, rice cutting, rice discharge, rice cake recovery, rice transport, rice cooking automatically Do.
Japanese Patent No. 1576510

  However, in such a conventional configuration, the rice storage container 66 has a substantially cylindrical side surface. Therefore, when rice bran adhering to several grams around the hole on the upper outer surface of the rice storage container 66 falls off due to its own weight or the like. To the bottom of the outer surface of the rice container 66. This causes generation of pests in the rice bran, so that the rice bran deposited on the lower portion of the outer surface of the rice storage container 66 needs to be removed, which has a problem of poor care and ease of use.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and has as its first object to reduce the amount of internally deposited deposits of rice bran, improve care and usability, and ensure the performance of collecting rice bran.

  In addition to reducing the amount of internal deposits of rice bran, improving care and usability, we will measure the stored rice and automate from rice cutting to rice cooking, and provide an automatic rice cooker with higher added value The second purpose.

  In order to achieve the first object, the rice sharpener of the present invention has a rice container having a hole that does not allow rice to selectively pass through an outer container having a substantially cylindrical side wall and provided with a straw discharge hole. A container is provided, and a rotating blade is rotatably disposed in the rice storage container so that the rice bran generated at the time of rice cutting is collected in the straw collecting part, and the side surface of the rice storage container extends from the bottom surface to the upper surface. It is what has.

  As a result, the fall of the rice bran attached to the outer surface of the rice storage container can be promoted, and the amount of the internally attached deposit that the dropped rice bran adheres to the lower part of the outer surface of the rice storage container can be reduced. As a result, it is possible to improve the ease of handling and usability, and to efficiently collect rice bran in the rice bran collection unit.

  Moreover, in order to achieve the said 2nd objective, the automatic rice cooker of this invention was equipped with the said rice sharpener, a rice cooking part, and the rice conveyance means which conveys rice from a rice sharpener to a rice cooking part. is there.

  As a result, the amount of internal deposits on rice bran can be reduced, and care and usability can be improved. The stored rice is weighed to automate everything from rice binding to rice cooking. Can be provided.

  The rice sharpener and the automatic rice cooker of the present invention can reduce the amount of internally deposited deposit of rice bran, can improve care and usability, and can ensure the performance of collecting rice bran.

  A first invention includes an outer container having a substantially cylindrical side wall and provided with a rice cake discharge hole, a rice storage container provided in the outer container and having a hole through which rice is not selectively passed, and the rice storage container The rice blade is provided with a rotary blade rotatably disposed therein and a rice cake collecting portion for collecting rice cake generated during rice cutting, and the side surface of the rice container is a rice knife having an inclined surface extending from the bottom surface to the upper surface. The rice bran attached to the outer surface of the rice storage container can be reduced in its own weight, and the amount of the internal rice deposited on the lower part of the outer surface of the rice storage container can be reduced, resulting in the generation of pests on the rice bran. Since the factors can be suppressed, careability and usability can be improved, and rice bran can be efficiently collected in the soot collecting section, so that the usability can be improved and the soot collecting performance can be ensured.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the rice bran collection unit is a rice sharpener that is disposed in contact with the outer container and is detachably connected. There is no adhesion, and it is extremely cheap and easy to perform. Furthermore, care and usability can be improved, and soot collection performance can be ensured.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the invention, the rice storage container is a rice sharpener that is vibrated by vibration means, and accelerates and accelerates the fall of the rice bran attached to the rice storage container. It can be made at a very low price, can be simplified, can be further improved in care and convenience, and can secure the soot collection performance.

  A fourth invention is the rice storage container according to any one of the first to third inventions, wherein the rice storage container is a rice sharpener having an outer surface subjected to a surface active treatment, and the rice bran adhering to the rice storage container is dropped by its own weight. Further, it can be further promoted, can be made very inexpensively and easily, can be further improved in care and ease of use, and can secure the soot collection performance.

  5th invention is the automatic rice cooker provided with the rice sharpener as described in any one of said 1st-4th invention, a rice cooking part, and the rice conveyance means which conveys rice from a rice sharpener to a rice cooking part. In addition to being able to reduce the amount of internal adhesion of rice bran, it is possible to improve care and ease of use, and we measure the stored rice and automate everything from rice cutting to rice cooking. Can be provided.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 shows a vertical cross-sectional view of a rice sharpener according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the housing 1 is provided with an outer container 3 below a rice storage portion 2 for storing rice. The outer container 3 has a substantially cylindrical side wall in a sealed configuration, A discharge hole is provided. Inside this outer container 3, there is provided a rice storage container 5 having a side surface with an inclined surface extending from the bottom surface to the upper surface and having a hole 4 that does not allow rice to pass through selectively, and a rotating blade 6 is rotated inside this rice storage container 5. A brush 7 that is freely arranged and that removes rice bran on the surface of white rice is provided on the rotary blade 6. These outer containers 3, rice storage containers 3, rotary blades 6 and rice storage container lids provided on the upper parts of the rice storage containers 5 are organically related to each other to form rice binding parts.

  The rice storage unit 2 has a supply hole 8 for supplying rice to the rice storage container 5 at the bottom, and is provided above the rice storage container 5. The rice supply means 9 is rotatable and can open and close the supply hole 8, and supplies rice to the rice storage container 5 from the rice storage unit 2.

  The rotary blade driving means 10 drives the rotary blade 6, and the rice bran collection unit 11 collects the rice bran generated at the time of rice cutting by the rice cake collection driving means 12. Moreover, the control means 13 is comprised so that the measurement of a rice sharpener, the rice threading, discharge | emission, and a rice cake discharge process may be controlled.

  The operation and action of the above configuration will be described. From the rice storage unit 2 that stores a certain amount of rice, the rice supply means 9 introduces the rice to be cooked into the rice storage container 5 in the rice cutting portion through the supply hole 8. Then, an operation start button (not shown) is pressed to start the operation. When the operation is started, the control means 13 operates the rotary blade driving means 10 according to the rice cutting process program. When the rotary blade driving means 10 is operated, the rotary blade 6 is rotated, and the rice cutting process for cutting the rice stored in the rice storage container 5 is performed.

  The scraped rice bran is discharged between the outside of the side wall of the rice container 5 and the inside of the side wall of the outer container 3 through the hole 4 provided in the rice container 5. At the same time, the rice bran is collected from the discharge hole of the outer container 3 to the straw collecting unit 11 by the suction force when the straw collecting driving means 12 is operated. The air from which the rice bran has been removed is discharged out of the housing 1 through the air discharge path 14. After completion of the rice cutting process, the rice from which the rice bran has been removed is discharged into the rice container 16 by the discharging means 15.

  Although rice bran adheres to the periphery of the hole 4 on the outer surface of the rice storage container 5, the outer surface of the rice storage container 5 has an inclined surface extending from the bottom surface to the upper surface, so that the rice bran adhered to the outer surface of the rice storage container 5 The fall of the rice bran can be promoted, the amount of the deposited rice bran attached to the lower part of the outer surface of the rice storage container 5 can be reduced, the cause of pests of the rice bran can be suppressed, and the rice bran collecting unit can be efficiently 11 can recover rice bran.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the side surface of the rice storage container 5 has an inclined surface that spreads from the bottom surface to the upper surface, so that the falling of the rice bran attached to the outer surface of the rice storage container 5 can be promoted. It is possible to reduce the amount of internally deposited deposits of the rice bran that adheres to the lower part of the outer surface of the rice container 5 and to reduce the occurrence of pests on the rice bran. It is possible to often collect rice bran in the paddy collection unit, improve usability, and ensure paddy collection performance.

(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 2 shows a vertical cross-sectional view of a rice stirrer according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the rice bran collection unit 20 collects the rice bran that is driven by the rice bran collection driving means 12 and is generated at the time of rice cutting. It is comprised with the soot collection filter 22 contact | abutted to the soot collection container 21 inner surface. The soot collection container 21 is connected to the soot collection drive means 12 through the air discharge path 14, and the soot collection filter 22 has a substantially cylindrical shape with an open top surface, and paper or nylon, PP, polyester, ABS, etc. at the bottom. The filter part of the mesh structure comprised with the resin material of.

  The bag collection container 21 is held and held on the outer container 3 by a patchon lock 23, and can be separated by releasing the patchon lock 23. The latch holding means for the bag collecting container 21 and the outer container 3 is shown by the patch lock 23, but may be a latch means such as a screw connection or a hook stop.

  The rotary blade drive means 10 drives the rotary blade 6. For example, the outer container 3 and the soot collection part 20 can be attached and detached from the rotary blade drive means 10 by using coupling coupling used in a juicer or the like. ing. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, and the same reference numerals are given and description thereof is omitted.

  The operation and action of the above configuration will be described. In addition, since the basic operation | movement of a rice cutting process is the same as the operation | movement of the said Embodiment 1, description is abbreviate | omitted.

  The rice bran scraped off in the rice cutting section in the rice cutting process is discharged between the outside of the side wall of the rice container 5 and the side wall of the outer container 3 through the hole 4 provided in the rice container 5. At the same time, it is collected in the soot collection filter 22 in the soot collection unit 20 from the discharge hole of the outer container 3 by the suction force when the soot collection drive means 12 is operated.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, since the soot collection unit 20 is disposed in contact with the outer container 3 and is detachably connected, there is no soot collection path, so that the cost can be reduced and the inside of the soot collection path can be reduced. The rice bran is not attached, and it is extremely inexpensive and simple, can be further improved in care and convenience, and can ensure the performance of collecting rice bran.

  In addition, in this Embodiment, the soot collection | recovery part 20 and the outer container 3 were used as separate parts, However, It is good also as an integral component and has the same effect.

(Embodiment 3)
FIG. 3 shows a vertical cross-sectional view of a rice stirrer according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the rice container 5 is configured such that vibration is forcibly applied by the vibration means 30. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, and the same reference numerals are given and description thereof is omitted.

  The operation and action of the above configuration will be described. In addition, since the basic operation | movement of a rice cutting process is the same as the operation | movement of the said Embodiment 1, description is abbreviate | omitted.

  The rice bran scraped off in the rice cutting section in the rice cutting process is discharged between the outside of the side wall of the rice container 5 and the side wall of the outer container 3 through the hole 4 provided in the rice container 5. At this time, the rice bran adheres to the periphery of the hole 4 on the outer side surface of the rice storage container 5, but the rice storage container 5 is configured to be vibrated by the vibration means 30, so that it can be dropped by its own weight. it can.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, since the rice storage container 5 is vibrated by the vibration means 30, the fall of the rice bran adhering to the rice storage container 5 can be promoted, which is extremely inexpensive. Therefore, it is possible to simplify, further improve the careability and usability, and ensure the soot collection performance.

(Embodiment 4)
FIG. 4 shows a vertical cross-sectional view of a rice sharpener according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the rice container 5 is subjected to a surface activation treatment 40 on the outer surface. Other configurations are the same as those in the first to third embodiments.

  The operation and action of the above configuration will be described. In addition, since the basic operation | movement of a rice cutting process is the same as the operation | movement of the said Embodiment 1-3, description is abbreviate | omitted.

  The rice bran scraped off in the rice cutting section in the rice cutting process is discharged between the outside of the side wall of the rice container 5 and the side wall of the outer container 3 through the hole 4 provided in the rice container 5. At this time, since the rice storage container 5 is subjected to the surface-active treatment 40 on the outer surface, the rice bran can be dropped by its own weight without adhering to the periphery of the hole 4 on the outer surface of the rice storage container 5.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, since the rice storage container 5 is subjected to the surface activation treatment 40 on the outer surface, it is possible to promote the fall of the weight of the rice bran adhering to the rice storage container 5. Inexpensive and simple, can be further improved in care and usability, and can secure the soot collection performance.

(Embodiment 5)
FIG. 5: shows the longitudinal cross-sectional view of the automatic rice cooker in Embodiment 5 of this invention.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the rice cooking unit 50 cooks the rice from which the rice bran has been removed in the rice binding part in the rice cutting process, and the rice stored in the rice container 52 is passed through the rice conveying means 51. It is made to convey directly to the rice cooking part 50. FIG. The control means 13 controls the weighing of the rice sharpener, the rice cutting, the discharge and the paddy discharge process, and stores the rice discharged by the discharge means 15 in the rice container 52 after the rice cutting process is completed, It is comprised so that it may convey to the rice cooking part 50 via. Other configurations are the same as those of the first to fourth embodiments, and the same reference numerals are given and description thereof is omitted.

  The operation and action of the above configuration will be described. In addition, since the basic operation | movement of a rice cutting process is the same as the operation | movement of the said Embodiment 1-4, description is abbreviate | omitted.

  After completion of the rice cutting process, the rice discharged by the discharging means 15 is stored in the rice container 52 and directly conveyed into the pot of the rice cooking unit 50 via the rice conveying means 51. When the user puts the amount of water necessary for rice cooking in the pot in advance, a series of automation from rice weighing, rice cutting, rice discharge, rice cake recovery, rice conveyance, and rice cooking can be achieved.

  As mentioned above, in this Embodiment, the rice conveying device in any one of the said Embodiment 1-4, the rice cooking part 50, and the rice conveyance means 51 which conveys rice from the rice sharpening device to the rice cooking part 50, It is possible to reduce the amount of rice sticking to the inside, improve care and ease of use, and weigh the stored rice to automate everything from rice cutting to rice cooking. Can be provided.

  As described above, the rice edger and the automatic rice cooker according to the present invention can reduce the amount of internal deposition of rice bran, can improve care and usability, and can ensure the recovery performance of rice bran. It is useful as an automatic rice cooker and rice cooker for white rice used in rice cooking.

The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the rice sharpener in Embodiment 1 of this invention The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the rice sharpener in Embodiment 2 of this invention The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the rice sharpener in Embodiment 3 of this invention The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the rice sharpener in Embodiment 4 of this invention The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the automatic rice cooker in Embodiment 5 of this invention Vertical section of a conventional automatic rice cooker

Explanation of symbols

3 Outer container 4 Hole 5 Rice storage container 6 Rotating blade 11 Reed collection part

Claims (5)

An outer container having a substantially cylindrical side wall and provided with a straw discharge hole, a rice storage container provided in the outer container and having a hole through which rice is not selectively passed, and a rice storage container rotatably disposed in the rice storage container A rice cutter having a rotary blade provided and a rice cake collecting part for collecting rice cake produced at the time of rice cutting, wherein the side surface of the rice container has an inclined surface extending from the bottom surface to the upper surface. The rice scissor according to claim 1, wherein the rice bran collecting unit is disposed in contact with the outer container and is detachably connected. The rice cutter according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the rice container is vibrated by vibration means. The rice container according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the rice container is subjected to a surface-active treatment on the outer surface. The automatic rice cooker provided with the rice sharpener of any one of Claims 1-4, a rice cooking part, and the rice conveyance means which conveys rice to a rice cooking part from a rice sharpener.

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