JP2010004912A - Automatic bread maker - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a user-friendly automatic bread maker which can select from a menu to a crust color and can set a delay bake time with a small number of switches. <P>SOLUTION: The automatic bread maker includes a baking chamber 2 having a heater 3, a bread baking pan 4 which is detachably placed in the baking chamber 2, a kneading paddle 7 which is rotatably arranged inside the bread baking pan 4, a motor 5 for driving the kneading paddle 7, a temperature detecting means 10 which detects the temperature inside the baking chamber 2, an input means 13 which performs selection of menus or crust colors, setting of cooking finish time or cooking start and a display means 14 which indicates the selected menu or the set cooking finish time. The input means 13 is composed of a selection switch 23, a fixing switch 25 which sets the selected matters, and a cancel switch 24 for cancelling the set matters. In this manner, selection of a menu, selection of a crust color, and setting of cooking finish time can be performed in an orderly sequence. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic bread maker used in general households.

  In recent years, an automatic bread maker that can easily make bread even in general households has been frequently used (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the input means and display means of the conventional automatic bread maker described in Patent Document 1, wherein 31 is a liquid crystal display device, 32 is a menu switch, 33 is a reservation switch, and 34 is an hour. A switch, 35 is a minute switch, 36 is a start switch, and 37 is a cancel switch.

Here, the user presses the menu switch 32, selects the menu, presses the reservation switch 33, presses the hour switch 34 or the minute switch 35, sets the cooking end time, and presses the start switch 36 to cook. Start to do.
JP 2004-16313 A

  However, the configuration of the conventional automatic bread maker has a problem that there are many switches for operating and setting, and the usability is poor.

  The present invention solves the above-described conventional problems, and is a user-friendly automatic device that can perform menu selection, grill color selection, cooking end time or remaining time until cooking end with few switches. The object is to provide a bread machine.

  In order to solve the above-described conventional problems, an automatic bread maker according to the present invention includes a baking chamber having a heating unit, a baking mold detachably mounted in the baking chamber, and rotatable inside the baking mold. A kneading blade disposed in the motor, a motor for driving the kneading blade, a temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature in the baking chamber, selection of a menu and a baking color, a cooking end time or a setting of the remaining time until cooking An input means for starting cooking, and a display means for displaying a selected menu or a set time or time. The input means includes a selection switch, a confirmation switch for setting the selected content, and a setting. It consists of a cancel switch for canceling the contents that have been done, and with few switches, menu selection, grill color selection, cooking end time or remaining time until the end of cooking are performed in order. It can be, to have good selfish use.

  The automatic bread maker of the present invention can be used in order by selecting a menu, selecting a baked color, and setting a cooking end time or a remaining time until the end of cooking with only a selection switch, a confirmation switch, and a cancel switch. It is a good thing.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a baking chamber having a heating means, a bread baking mold detachably mounted in the baking chamber, a kneading blade rotatably disposed in the bread baking mold, and the kneading blade. A motor for driving, temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature in the baking chamber, selection of menu and baking color, setting of cooking end time or remaining time until the end of cooking, input means for starting cooking, and selected menu Display means for displaying the set time or time, and the input means is composed of a selection switch, a confirmation switch for setting the selected content, and a cancel switch for canceling the set content Thus, the menu selection, the selection of the baking color, the setting of the cooking end time or the remaining time until the end of cooking can be performed in order with few switches, and it is easy to use.

  In the second invention, in particular, the selection switch of the first invention is used to select the menu, the grill color, the cooking end time or the remaining time until the cooking is completed. Selection, the cooking end time or the remaining time until the cooking end can be set in order, and it is easy to use.

  In the third aspect of the invention, in particular, the order of selection with the selection switch of the second aspect is menu, baking color, cooking end time or remaining time until cooking end. Selection, the cooking end time or the remaining time until the cooking end can be set in order, and it is easy to use.

  In the fourth aspect of the invention, in particular, the selection by the selection switch is partially disabled by the selected menu of the third aspect of the invention, and the selection of the setting contents is changed according to the menu with a small number of switches. Settings can be made easily.

  In the fifth invention, in particular, the cancel switch of any one of the first to fourth inventions is operated once, so that the previous setting content being selected is restored and the cancel switch is operated twice. In this way, all the setting contents are canceled, and the settings are made in a fixed order from the menu selection with few switches, and even if they are set incorrectly, the setting can be easily changed by a cancel operation. it can.

  In the sixth aspect of the invention, in particular, when the selection switch of any one of the first to fifth aspects is used to select the menu, the baked color, the cooking end time or the remaining time until the end of cooking, If it is the first selection and is the same as the previous cooking setting, cooking can be set only by operating the confirmation switch.

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

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an automatic bread maker according to the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of input means and display means of the automatic bread maker, FIG. 3 and FIG. These are figures which show operation | movement of the input means and display means of the automatic bread maker.

  1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes an automatic bread maker main body, 2 a heater 3 as a heating means and a baking mold 4 inside, and a baking chamber for baking bread, and 7 an inside of the baking mold 4. A kneading blade for rolling up the dough 5, a motor for transmitting power through a belt 6 and a pulley 8 to rotate the kneading blade 7, and a temperature detection including a thermistor 9 for detecting the temperature in the baking chamber 2. Means 12, motor control means for driving and controlling the motor 5, 11 heating control means for driving and controlling the heater 3, 13 input means for menu selection and the like, 14 for the menu being selected and selected And a display means 15 equipped with a liquid crystal display device 21 for displaying the set cooking end time and the setting time, 15 is a temperature detection means 10, a heating control means 11, a motor control means 12, an input means 13, and a display means. 14 It is equipped with control unit a microcomputer to control.

  The liquid crystal display device 21 displays all segments. Here, “bread bread”, “French bread”, and “soft bread” can be selected in order from the top. Next, for the raisins setting, “no raisins” and “with raisins” are selected. Next, “light color”, “standard color”, and “dark color” can be selected to select a baked color.

  The ruled line below the character is the set display. Moreover, the cooking time is displaying the remaining time until the end of cooking. Reference numeral 22 denotes an LED which means that cooking or setting of a menu or the like is in progress, and that the cooking of the LED 22 is in progress. The lighting of the LED 22 indicates that cooking is in progress. Show.

  In the present embodiment, the input means 13 selects each setting and changes the settings, and sets the selection switch 23 that can increase the remaining time until the end of cooking in units of 10 minutes, and the selected content. It consists of three switches, a confirmation switch 25 and a cancel switch 24 for canceling the set contents.

  The actual setting of the automatic bread maker in the present embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 3 shows the initial display state (a). Here, the selection switch 23 is operated to select a desired bread menu. Here, since bread is selected from the beginning, there is no need to operate the selection switch 23. When the menu is determined and the confirmation switch 25 is operated, (b) is displayed. Next, the selection switch 23 is operated to set raisins. Here, raisins can be set from “without raisins” and “with raisins”.

  When “Raisin” is set and the confirmation switch 25 is operated, the display of (c) is displayed. The selection switch 23 is operated to set the baked color. In this case, the baked color can be set from “light color”, “standard color”, and “dark color”. For example, when “dark color” is selected and the confirmation switch 25 is operated, the display of (d) is obtained. Finally, the remaining time until the end of cooking is changed. Here, it can be selected in increments of 10 minutes from 4 hours to 13 hours later. Operate the selection switch 23 to select the desired 7 hours later. Thereafter, when the confirmation switch 25 is operated and the reservation is completed, the display (e) is displayed, the LED 22 is turned on, and cooking starts.

  Here, if it is noticed that an incorrect setting has been made, the cancel switch 24 is operated. In this embodiment, however, if the cancel switch 24 is operated once, Only the item immediately before the set item is canceled, and when the operation is continued once again, all the settings are canceled.

  In FIG. 4, (a) is displayed when the time until cooking is completed is set, but when the cancel switch 24 is operated, the previous setting of the baked color is canceled ( The display switches to b). Further, when the cancel switch 24 is operated, all the settings are canceled and (c) is displayed.

  In addition, when the menu setting is French bread, the baked color cannot be selected and (d) is displayed. French bread is not selectable because it has less fat and sugar, making it difficult to bake.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to easily set the menu, the presence / absence of raisins, the baking color, and the cooking time with few switches.

(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the configuration of the input means and display means of the automatic bread maker according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the operation of the input means and display means of the automatic bread maker. It is. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same part as the automatic bread maker in the said 1st Embodiment, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  In FIG. 5, a liquid crystal display device 26 displays menus and setting contents. The liquid crystal display device 26 displays all segments. Here, the current time is set in advance so that the cooking end time can be set. 27 can set the setting items in the left order with the left selection switch, and can return the cooking end time. 28 can set the setting items in the right order with the right selection switch, and can advance the cooking end time.

  Here, the actual setting will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 6 shows an initial display state. The setting that was cooked last time is bread, raisins, dark color, cooking end time is 17:00. When cooking with the same setting, bread menu is selected as shown in (a). Has been. Here, if the setting is acceptable, the confirmation switch 25 is operated. Next, also in the raisins setting, since the presence of raisins is selected in advance as shown in (b), the confirmation switch 25 is operated. Next, also in the color selection, since the dark color is selected in advance as shown in (c), the confirmation switch 25 is operated.

  Finally, 17:00 which is the cooking end time is set in advance in the setting of the cooking end time. Here, when the current time is from 13:00 to 17:00, since the minimum cooking time is 4 hours, the cooking end time cannot be set to 17:00. In this case, for example, when the current time is 15:00, as shown in FIG. 6E, the time calculated from the minimum cooking time, that is, 19:00 after 4 hours is set as the cooking end time. It is set up.

  Thus, in the case of the same setting as the previous time, cooking can be started only by operating the confirmation switch four times.

  Although the minimum cooking time is 4 hours, the present invention is not limited to this time.

  As described above, since the automatic bread maker according to the present invention can efficiently perform menus and settings with a small number of switches, it can be applied to a rice cake maker, an oven toaster, or the like.

Block diagram of the automatic bread maker in the first embodiment of the present invention The figure which shows the input means and display means of the automatic bread machine (A)-(e) The figure which shows operation | movement of the input means and display means of the automatic bread machine (A)-(d) The figure which shows operation | movement of the input means and display means of the automatic bread maker The figure which shows the structure of the input means and display means of an automatic bread maker in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. (A)-(e) The figure which shows operation | movement of the input means and display means of the automatic bread machine The figure which shows the input means and display means of the conventional automatic bread machine

Explanation of symbols

1 Automatic bread machine body 2 Baking chamber 3 Heater (heating means)
4 Bread baking mold 5 Motor 6 Belt 7 Kneading blade 9 Thermistor 10 Temperature detection means 11 Heating control means 12 Motor control means 13 Input means 14 Display means 15 Control devices 21, 26 Liquid crystal display device 22 LED
23 selection switch 24 cancel switch 25 confirmation switch 27 left selection switch (selection switch)
28 Right selection switch (selection switch)

Claims (6)

A baking chamber having a heating means; a bread baking mold detachably mounted in the baking chamber; a kneading blade rotatably disposed in the bread baking mold; a motor for driving the kneading blade; Temperature detection means for detecting the temperature in the baking chamber, selection of menu and baking color, setting of cooking end time or remaining time until cooking end, input means for starting cooking, selected menu or set time or An automatic bread maker comprising display means for displaying time, wherein the input means comprises a selection switch, a confirmation switch for setting the selected content, and a cancel switch for canceling the set content. 2. The automatic bread maker according to claim 1, wherein the selection switch selects a menu, a baked color, a cooking end time, or a remaining time until the cooking ends. The automatic bread maker according to claim 2, wherein the order of selection with the selection switch is a menu, a baked color, a cooking end time, or a remaining time until the end of cooking. 4. The automatic bread maker according to claim 3, wherein selection by a selection switch is partially disabled by the selected menu. The operation according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the cancel switch is operated once to return to the previous setting content being selected, and the cancel switch is operated twice to cancel all the setting content. 2. An automatic bread maker according to item 1. 6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein when the selection switch is used to select a menu, a baked color, a cooking end time, or a remaining time until the cooking end, the previous setting content is selected first. The automatic bread machine described.

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