JP2015083076A - Washed rice feeder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a washed rice feeder for feeding rice washed in a rice washing tank, to small rice inner pots of small various sizes of electric rice cookers for household.SOLUTION: A washed rice feeder is so constituted as can feed rice to a rice washing tank (23) of a rice washing part (3) and as can feed the rice and water to an inner pot (33) of a rice cooker (32) placed in a washed rice receiving part (4) from a rice drain hole (25a) of the rice washing tank (23). The washed rice receiving part (4) is equipped with regulation means (34) for regulating the center part of the inner pot (33) and the central part of the rice drain hole (25a) in a corresponding manner, so that the position of the regulation means (34) can be changed.

Description

  The present invention relates to a rice-washing supply device including a rice container, a rice-washing unit, and a rice-washing receiving unit.

  An automatic rice-washing rice cooker in which a rice storage, a rice-washing tank, and a rice cooker are sequentially arranged from the upper side to the lower side and rice and water are dropped from the rice-washing tank to the rice cooker is known (Patent Document 1).

JP-A-3-37014

The automatic rice-washing rice cooker is large and is usually used for business in places where rice is cooked in units of 1 kg, such as canteens, sushi restaurants, hospitals, etc., and a dedicated large rice cooker is usually used.
The present invention corresponds to the case where it is desired to wash rice with a relatively small amount of rice, and the rice-washing supply device capable of supplying the washed rice and water to small-sized rice cookers of various sizes in a commercial household electric rice cooker. Is to provide.

  The invention of claim 1 is configured such that rice can be supplied to the rice washing tank (23) of the rice washing section (3), and placed on the rice washing receiving section (4) from the rice discharge port (25a) of the rice washing tank (23). Rice and water can be supplied to the inner pot (33) of the rice cooker (32), and the rice washing receptacle (4) has a central portion of the inner pot (33) and a central portion of the rice discharge port (25a). The rice washing apparatus is characterized in that it is provided with a restricting means (34) for restricting the handling of the rice so that the position of the restricting means (34) can be changed.

  The invention of claim 2 is the invention of claim 1, wherein the rice washing part (3) is supported by the support frame (5), and is located on both the left and right sides below the rice washing tank (23) in the rice washing receiving part (4). The position adjustment shaft (36, 36) to be mounted is attached to the support frame (5) along the front-rear direction, and the restricting means (34) is attached to the position adjustment shaft (36, 36) so as to be adjustable in the front-rear direction. To do.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, the restricting means (34) includes a restricting rod (34a) extending in the left-right direction, and a rearward bulge at the left and right central portion of the restricting rod (34a). It is characterized by providing the regulation fold part (34b) which is.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the second to third aspects, the support frame (5) includes an upper support frame (5a) to which the rice washing tank (23) is attached, and a lower support that contacts the installation surface. The upper support frame (5a) is attached to the lower support frame (5b) such that the upper support frame (5a) can be adjusted up and down, and the restricting means (34) is attached to the lower support frame (5b). And

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the washed rice and water in the rice washing tank (23) can be smoothly dropped and supplied to the inner pot (33) of various sizes of the rice cooker (32).
According to the invention of claim 2, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 1, the inner hook (33) can be easily set from the front side to the restriction position at the left and right center of the restriction means (34). The left and right sides located on the front side of the means (34) can be easily adjusted back and forth from the front side.

  According to the invention of claim 3, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 2, the inside of the restriction bent portion (34b) bulging to the rear side of the left and right central part of the restriction rod (34a) along the left and right direction is provided. The rear side of the hook (33) is restricted from fitting, and the center of the rice washing tank (23) and the center of the inner hook (33) can be easily matched while setting the rice washing tank (23) from the front side. In addition, since the regulation position of the regulation means (34) can be brought closer to the front side by forming the regulation curve portion (34b), the operation is easy.

  According to the invention of claim 4, in addition to the effects of the inventions of claims 2 to 3, the inner hook regulating means (34) for regulating the set position of the inner hook (33) of various sizes is provided on the lower support. By attaching the frame (5b) to a predetermined height, the upper support frame (5a) attached with the rice washing tank (23) in accordance with the various sizes of the inner pot (33) is attached to the lower support frame (5a). Even when the vertical adjustment is performed, the inner hook restricting means (34) is in the same position, and the front / rear adjustment operation can be easily performed.

The front view of a rice washing supply apparatus. The perspective view of a rice washing supply apparatus. The top view of the lower part of a rice washing supply apparatus. The cutting front view of the lower part of a rice washing tank.

Embodiments of the present invention shown in the drawings will be described below.
The rice-washing supply apparatus provided with the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
The rice-washing supply device 1 includes an upper rice container 2, a rice-washing part 3 that flows down from the rice container 2 to receive and wash the rice, and a lower rice-washer that receives the washed rice and water from the rice-washing part 3. It is comprised by the support frame 5 which supports the part 4, the rice accommodating part 2, and the rice washing part 3. As shown in FIG.

  The rice storage unit 2 is provided with a rice storage hopper 12 having a lid 11 that can be freely opened and closed. The rice storage unit 2 is provided with an operation panel 13 on the front surface, and the operation panel 13 is connected to a controller (not shown). A display screen 14, power switch 15, 1 combined supply switch 16, 2 combined supply switch 17, 3 combined supply switch 18 and rice shortage sensor 19 are provided.

  At the lower outlet of the rice storage hopper 12 is provided a metering feeding means 20 having a supply cylinder rotating around the horizontal axis and a driving motor, and the 1-completion supply switch 16, the 2-compartment supply switch 17, and the 3-compartment supply switch 18 are provided. In response to the switch operation, the supply cylinder is rotationally driven to supply white rice to the washing unit 3.

  The rice washing unit 3 is provided with a hopper-shaped rice washing tank 23, and a diffusion blade 24 that rotates about a vertical axis 24 a is provided in the rice washing tank 23 and is driven by a rice washing motor 40. A dropping shaft 26a having a dropping valve 26 attached to the lower portion is inserted into and supported in the hollow portion of the vertical shaft 24a so as to be movable up and down, and the dropping shaft 26a is moved up and down by a dropping motor (not shown). The water is dropped and supplied to the inner pot 33 placed on the washing pad 4.

In the present embodiment, the rice-washing receiving portion 4 indicates a space in which the inner hook 33 can be placed. It may be configured.
At the lower end of the rice washing tank 23, a rice drainage passage 25 constituted by a net body (the rice does not leak but water leaks) 25b is provided, and the net body 25b is covered with a detachable jacket 27. The lower end portion of the rice discharge passage 25 is a rice discharge port 25a.

  The upper side of the water supply pipe 28 is connected to a water supply source (not shown), an electromagnetic valve (not shown) is provided in the middle, and the lower side of the water supply pipe 28 is washed via the jacket 27 and the net-like rice drainage passage 25. It communicates with the lower part of the tank 23 and feeds water from the lower part of the rice washing tank 23.

  A drain port 41 is provided on the side wall of the jacket 27, a drain pipe (not shown) is connected to the drain port, and an open / close valve (not shown) that is opened and closed by a drain solenoid (not shown) is provided in the middle of the drain pipe. The drainage pipe drains the dirty water by washing the rice.

  As shown in FIG. 4, an annular mounting annular groove 23 a is provided at the lower end of the lower flow outlet of the rice washing tank 23, and a mounting hole 29 a is formed at the center of the disk-shaped outer peripheral side downwardly inclined anti-scattering rubber plate 29. The inner end of the mounting hole 29a of the anti-scattering rubber plate 29 is press-fitted into the mounting annular groove 23a of the lower spill opening and detachably attached to the inner pot 33 without scattering rice and water from the rice washing tank 23. I'm trying to drop it.

As described above, the rice-washing receiving portion 4 is configured with a space portion in which a plurality of inner pots 33 of, for example, 0.1 mm to 1 mm of the commercially available electric rice cooker 32 can be arranged.
The support frame 5 includes an upper support frame 5a that supports the rice storage unit 2 and the rice washing unit 3, and a lower support frame 5b that is grounded to the installation surface. The rice container 2 is attached to a body frame 6 surrounding the periphery, and pipe-like upper support frames 5 a are attached to the four corners of the body frame 6 so as to extend downward.

  The lower support frame 5b is composed of left and right grounding frames 5ba along the front and rear, and four lower vertical bars 5bb raised from both front and rear sides of the left and right grounding frames 5ba. The upper support frame 5a and the lower vertical bar 5bb are The fixed knob bolt 42 is replaced with a plurality of adjustment holes so that the vertical adjustment is possible, so that the rice storage part 2 and the rice washing part 3 can be adjusted up and down integrally.

  Inner pot regulating means 34 for regulating the position of the inner hook 33 arranged below the rice washing tank 23 is provided in the space of the rice washing receiver 4. Position adjusting shafts 36 and 36 are fixed to the lower vertical bar 5bb of the lower support frame 5b so as to extend in the front-rear direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the inner hook restricting means 34 has a structure in which a restricting bar 34a extending in the left-right direction and a restricting bent portion 34b are provided at the center of the left and right so as to bulge rearward. The rear side surface of the inner hook 33 is fitted to the front side curved surface of the bent portion 34b to restrict the arrangement position, so that the central portion of the rice washing tank 23 and the central portion of the inner hook 33 are aligned vertically. The position adjusting shafts 36 and 36 are positioned and fixed by fixing knob bolts 44 so that the left and right ends of the regulating rod 34a can be adjusted in the longitudinal direction, so that the central portion of the inner pot 33 of various sizes and the central portion of the rice washing tank 23 are aligned. ing.

  An inner hook detection sensor 38 is attached to either one of the position adjusting shafts 36, 36 along the front-rear direction so as to be adjustable in the front-rear direction with a fixed knob bolt 43, and the presence or absence of various inner hooks 33 for 0.1 mm to 1 mm can be detected. I am doing so.

The inner hook detection sensor 38 includes a detection shaft 38a and a detection shaft detection unit 38b, and is attached to the front side of the position of the regulation rod 34a to facilitate detection of the detection shaft 38a.
Next, the outline | summary of an effect | action of the rice washing supply apparatus 1 is demonstrated.

  White rice is put into the rice storage hopper 12 of the rice storage unit 2, the power switch 15 is turned on, and the 1-completion supply switch 16, the 2-compartment supply switch 17, and the 3-completion supply switch 18 are selectively or redundantly turned on. Then, based on the rice supply command of the controller, the rice supply motor and the metering and feeding means 20 are driven, and 0.1 kg to 1 kg of white rice is supplied to the lower rice washing tank 23.

  Next, the electromagnetic valve of the water supply pipe 29 is adjusted to open based on the rice washing command of the controller, water corresponding to the amount of white rice is supplied from the lower part of the rice washing tank 23 from the water supply pipe 28, and the diffusion blade 24 is rotated by the rice washing motor for a predetermined time. The white rice is driven and washed. Subsequently, the opening / closing valve of the drain outlet of the jacket 27 is adjusted to drain the dirty water. Such a rice washing operation is repeated once or a plurality of times, and then clean water is supplied according to the supplied white rice, and the rice washing operation is completed.

  When the rice washing operation is completed, the controller determines the set state of the inner hook 33 based on the detection information of the inner hook detection sensor 38, and when the inner hook 33 is not set in the OFF state, the display screen 14 indicates that the inner hook 33 is not set. When the inner hook detection sensor 38 is turned on, an alarm for prompting the setting is displayed and the inner hook regulating means 34 detects the set state of the inner hook 33.

  Next, a dropping motor (not shown) is dropped on the basis of a white rice dropping command from the controller, and the dropping shaft 26 a and the dropping valve 26 are moved down, and the white rice and water in the rice washing tank 23 are dropped into the inner pot 33 of the rice washing receiver 4. Next, the dropping shaft 26a and the dropping valve 26 are moved up, the rice discharge passage 25 of the rice washing tank 23 is closed, and the dropping operation is completed. Next, the operator takes out the inner pot 33 from the washed rice receiving portion 4, adjusts the water, sets the inner pot 33 in the electric rice cooker 32, and cooks rice.

Or after completion | finish of the rice washing operation | work, it is good also as a structure which supplies the water of water adjustment according to white rice, and supplies water and white rice to the inner pot 33.
In this embodiment, the inner pot 33 of the electric rice cooker 32 is placed on the rice washing receiver 4, but the rice cooker itself with the inner pot 33 built in is placed on the rice washing receiver 4, and the same regulating means 34 is provided. It is also possible to regulate by. That is, the inner pot of the present invention may be replaced with a rice cooker.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Rice-washing supply apparatus 2 Rice storage part 3 Rice-washing part 4 Rice-washing receiving part 5 Support frame 5a Upper support frame 5b Lower support frame 12 Rice accommodation hopper 23 Rice-washing tank 32 Household electric rice cooker 33 Inner pot 34 Inner pot control means 34a Control bar 34b Restricted bending portion 36 Position adjustment shaft

Claims (4)

  A rice cooker (32) configured to supply rice to the rice washing tank (23) of the rice washing section (3) and placed on the rice washing receiving section (4) from the rice discharge port (25a) of the rice washing tank (23). Restricting means for restricting the center portion of the inner pot (33) and the center portion of the rice outlet (25a) to the inner pot (33) so that rice and water can be supplied. 34), and the position of the regulating means (34) can be changed. In invention of Claim 1, it is set as the structure which supports a rice washing part (3) with a support frame (5),
The left and right support bars (36, 36) located on the lower left and right sides of the rice washing tank (23) in the rice washing receptacle (4) are attached to the support frame (5) along the front-rear direction, and the restricting means (34) is attached to the front and rear. A rice washing supply device characterized in that it is attached to the left and right support bars (36, 36) so that the direction can be adjusted.   In the invention of claim 2, the restricting means (34) includes a restricting bar (34a) extending in the left-right direction, and a restricting bent part (34b) bulging rearward at the left and right central part of the restricting bar (34a). ).   In any one of Claims 2 thru | or 3, the support frame (5) is comprised with the upper support frame (5a) which attaches the rice washing tank (23), and the lower support frame (5b) which earth | grounds to an installation surface. The upper washing frame (5a) is attached to the lower supporting frame (5b) so as to be vertically adjustable, and the regulating means (34) is attached to the lower supporting frame (5b).

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