JP2021146139A - rice cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a rice cooker in which an IoT adapter is mounted to an existing rice cooker lid body in an appropriate position, mounting direction, and mounting method.SOLUTION: In the present invention, a lid body 3 of a rice cooker has an Iot adapter 7 and an Iot adapter holder 8 for installing the Iot adapter 7. The Iot adapter 7 and the Iot adapter holder 8 are arranged in parallel with a display unit 12 between an operation panel and an operation display substrate 11. A display unit holding member 13 and the Iot adapter 7 are arranged at positions where they do not overlap. Thereby, even if the display unit holding member 13 is moved first when the lid body 3 is disassembled for repair or the like, it is possible to prevent the Iot adapter from being impacted.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

The present invention relates to an installation structure of an IoT adapter installed in a lid housing of a rice cooker lid.

As a conventional rice cooker, a rice cooker characterized in that it is equipped with an NFC board that performs wireless communication in order to cooperate with a smartphone is known. (See Patent Document 1)

The rice cooker disclosed in Patent Document 1 is close to a display unit for displaying various displays, an operation panel having a display window for visually recognizing the display unit, an operation board equipped with the display unit, and a wireless communication terminal. It includes an NFC board that performs range wireless communication, and the NFC board is arranged between the operation panel and the operation board.

JP 2017-56049

However, in the conventional configuration, the operation panel and the display unit holding member are adhered with a seal member to prevent the inflow of outside air and the display unit from fogging, and the operation is performed when the lid is disassembled when the IoT adapter is repaired. In the process of removing the panel from the lid, stress is also applied to the bonded display unit holding member. Therefore, if the IoT adapter holder is placed directly on the display unit holding member as in the background technology, the IoT adapter holder and IoT adapter placed on the display unit holding member will be impacted in the process of removing the operation panel. It was a structure that would be given and damaged.
An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and to provide a lid rice cooker capable of repairing a rice cooker provided with an IoT adapter without damaging the IoT adapter.

In order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention is provided with a display unit for displaying various displays, an operation panel having a display window for visually recognizing the display unit, and a display unit in the lid of the rice cooker. , An open flat plate-shaped IoT adapter with an operation display board provided inside the operation panel and an antenna pattern that serves as an antenna for wireless communication with the wireless communication terminal, and a lid for installing the IoT adapter. The IoT adapter holder and the IoT adapter holder are arranged in parallel with the display unit between the operation panel and the operation display board, and the display unit holding member and the IoT adapter are in a position where they do not overlap. It is a lid rice cooker characterized by being arranged.

According to the present invention, when disassembling the lid of a rice cooker equipped with an existing IoT adapter for repair or the like, it is possible to disassemble the lid without giving an impact to the IoT adapter.

It is a perspective view which shows the rice cooker of Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the rice cooker of FIG. It is an exploded view of the lid body which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a top view of the lid body of the rice cooker which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a perspective view of the lid housing in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a perspective view of the IoT adapter holder in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a perspective view of the IoT adapter in Embodiment 1 of this invention. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a rice cooker lid in which an IoT adapter holder and a display holding member according to a first embodiment of the present invention are adjacent to each other. It is a perspective view which looked at the IoT adapter holder of FIG. 6 from the opposite side. FIG. 5 is a perspective view in which a lead wire connecting the operation display board and the IoT adapter according to the first embodiment of the present invention is assembled to the IoT adapter holder. It is a perspective view which made the IoT adapter of FIG. 7 face down. It is a figure which shows the communication between the rice cooker and the smartphone which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a perspective view of the lid body of the rice cooker in which the IoT adapter holder and the lid housing which concern on Embodiment 1 of this invention are adjacent to each other. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a rice cooker lid in which an IoT adapter holder and an operation display board according to a first embodiment of the present invention are adjacent to each other.

Hereinafter, an actual embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The present invention is not limited to this embodiment.

Embodiment 1.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the rice cooker 1 according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the rice cooker 1 according to the first embodiment.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the rice cooker 1 is, for example, an electromagnetic induction heating type cooker, and has a main body 2, a lid 3, a heating means 4, and an inner pot 5. The main body 2 has a bottomed cylindrical shape with an opening 29 on the upper surface, and a hollow portion 30 is formed inside. The lid 3 is attached to the upper surface of the main body 2 so as to be openable and closable, and closes the opening 29 of the main body 2. Further, an operation panel 28 for operating the rice cooker is provided on the top surface. The heating means 4 is provided on the bottom surface of the hollow portion 30 of the main body 2, and has a shape along the bottom surface of the inner pot 5. The heating means 4 is, for example, a heating coil, and induces an eddy current in the inner pot 5 to heat the inner pot 5. The heating means 4 may be flat.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the rice cooker 1 of FIG. 1 in a disassembled state. FIG. 4 is a top view of a state in which the display unit 6, the IoT adapter 7, and the IoT adapter holder 8 are assembled to the lid 3. The lid body 3 is formed with a storage portion 10 in which the display unit 6 is housed inside the lid housing 9. The display unit 6 is provided with an operation display board 11, a display 12, and a display holding member 13. The display unit 6 is housed in the storage unit 10, and the IoT adapter 7 and the IoT adapter holder 8 are housed so as not to overlap the display unit holding member 13 of the display unit 6. The IoT adapter 7 and the IoT adapter holder 8 are arranged in the upper right portion of the storage portion 10. The IoT adapter holder 8 is fixed by the screw 14.

FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of the lid housing 9. FIG. 6 shows a perspective view of the IoT adapter holder 8. FIG. 7 shows a perspective view of the IoT adapter 7. Assembling method is to arrange the lead wire coming out of the operation display board 11 so that the hole through which the screw 14 of the lid housing 9 is passed and the screw joint 15 are aligned with each other through the IoT adapter holder 8. After confirming that the positioning rib 16 on the lid housing side, the positioning rib 17 on the display unit holding member side, and the positioning rib 18 on the operation display board side do not sit on the adjacent parts, install them with the screws 14. Since the mounting position of the lid housing 9 and the IoT adapter holder 8 is determined by the positioning rib 16 on the lid housing side, the lid housing 9 and the IoT adapter holder 8 can be fixed with a single screw 14 and the assembly time can be shortened. Further, if the IoT adapter 7 and the IoT adapter holder are arranged between the operation panel and the operation display board, positioning so as not to come into contact with the operation panel 28 becomes easy. The lead wire coming out of the operation display board 11 is connected to the IoT adapter 7, passes between the lead wire collecting rib 19 and the lead wire guide 20 of the IoT adapter holder 8, and stays under the lead wire collecting rib 19. The IoT adapter 7 and the IoT adapter holder 8 can be installed simply by rotating the IoT adapter 7 so that the antenna pattern 21 faces upward, inserting it into the fixed portion 22 of the adapter holder 8, and pushing it into the claw portion 23. Can be shortened.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view in which a portion where the display unit holding member 13 and the IoT adapter holder 8 are adjacent to each other can be seen. In order to prevent the display unit 12 from fogging, the operation panel 28 and the display unit holding member 13 are adhered to the rice cooker lid 3 with a seal member, and a step of removing the operation panel 28 when disassembling the lid 3. Then, stress is applied to the display unit holding member 13 and the display unit holding member 13 moves upward. At that time, if the IoT adapter 7 is placed on the display unit holding member 13, an impact may be transmitted to the IoT adapter 7. Therefore, by not placing the IoT adapter 7 and the IoT adapter holder 8 on the display unit holding member 13 and providing the positioning rib 17 as a restriction in the left-right direction, the IoT adapter holder 8 can be easily positioned and displayed. The structure is such that a large impact is not applied during disassembly even when it comes into contact with the portion holding member 13, and the assembling time for positioning can be shortened.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the IoT adapter holder 8 as viewed from the opposite direction of FIG. FIG. 10 is a perspective view in which the lead wire 24 is attached to the IoT adapter holder 8. FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the lower side of the IoT adapter 7. As shown in FIG. 9, the IoT adapter holder 8 is provided with a rib shape 19 for gathering the lead wires 24 connecting the operation display board 11 and the IoT adapter 7, and a lead wire guide 20. With reference to FIG. 10, the lead wire 24 connected to the operation display board 11 passes between the lead wire collecting rib 19 and the lead wire guide 20, and is assembled so as to be wound from the bottom to the top of the lead wire collecting rib 19. .. By providing these shapes, the IoT adapter 7 to which the lead wire 24 is connected can be stably assembled. Further, as shown in FIG. 11, there are two switches 25 under the IoT adapter 7. These switches 25 are WPS switches that can be easily connected to the power switch of the IoT adapter 7 via Wi-Fi. In the present invention, the IoT adapter 7 is provided in a place where the user does not touch it, and is operated via Wi-Fi, so that it is not necessary. That is, since the switch 25 does not need to be pressed, it is possible to prevent accidental pressing by determining the flow line of the lead wire by the lead wire collecting rib 19.

FIG. 12 is a diagram in which the rice cooker 1 and the smartphone 26 are communicating with each other. By setting Wi-Fi, it is possible to operate by wireless communication from the smartphone 26 using the application. That is, by making the settings, it is possible to execute the operation corresponding to the rice cooker 1 via the platform and the router using the public line without approaching the rice cooker 1.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view when the IoT adapter holder 8 is attached to the lid housing 9. FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view of a portion where the operation display board 11 and the IoT adapter holder 8 are adjacent to each other. As shown in FIG. 13, when the IoT adapter holder 8 is fixed in one place by the screw 14, the two positioning ribs 16 of the IoT adapter holder 8 sandwich the rotation prevention rib 27 of the lid housing 1. , Installation and removal rotation can be suppressed. Further, the positioning rib 17 of FIG. 8 can also suppress the rotation of attachment by coming into contact with the display portion holding member 13. Further, by bringing the upper side surface of the operation display board 11 into contact with the positioning rib 18 of the IoT adapter holder 8 as shown in FIG. 14, the rotation of removal can be suppressed. Alternatively, a structure may be used in which a hole is also made in the operation display board 11 and both the IoT adapter holder 8 and the operation display board 11 are fixed by fixing the screw 14.

By arranging the IoT adapter 7 so that the antenna pattern 21 faces the operation panel 28 side as shown in FIG. 4, the IoT adapter 7 can be arranged so as not to be affected by the noise of the heating means 4.

By configuring the IoT adapter holder 8 inside the rice cooker lid 3 as described above, the IoT adapter 7 can be easily assembled.

As described above, the present invention can be widely used in a rice cooker in which the display unit holding member 13 and the IoT adapter 7 are assembled to the lid 3 of the rice cooker.

1 rice cooker, 2 main body, 3 lid, 4 heating means, 5 inner pot, 6 display unit, 7 IoT adapter, 8 IoT adapter holder, 9 lid housing, 10 storage, 11 operation display board, 12 display , 13 Display part holding member, 14 screws, 15 screw joint, 16 Positioning rib (cover housing side), 17 Positioning rib (display part holding member side), 18 Positioning rib (operation display board side), 19 Lead wire summary rib , 20 Lead wire guide, 21 Antenna pattern, 22 Fixed part, 23 Claw part, 24 Lead wire, 25 Switch, 26 Smartphone, 27 Positioning rib, 28 Operation panel, 29 Opening, 30 Hollow part

Claims (6)

A lid housing for a rice cooker lid provided on a rice cooker, which is equipped with a display unit for displaying various displays, an operation panel having a display window for visually recognizing the display unit, and the display unit for the operation. An open flat plate shape provided with an operation display board provided inside the panel, a display unit holding member to which the operation display board of the previous term is attached, and an antenna pattern that serves as an antenna for wireless communication with a wireless communication terminal. It has an IoT adapter and an IoT adapter holder that is attached to the lid housing in the previous term to install the IoT adapter, and is arranged in parallel with the display unit. The position where the display unit holding member in the previous term and the IoT adapter do not overlap. Rice cooker located in. The rice cooker according to claim 1, wherein the IoT adapter and the IoT adapter holder are arranged between the operation panel and the operation display board. The claim that the IoT adapter holder is provided with a shape having the parts such as the operation display board, the IoT adapter, and the IoT adapter holder, and the lead wires connecting the IoT adapter and the operation display board can be put together. The rice cooker described in 1 and 2. The IoT adapter can be connected to a smartphone application by Wi-Fi connection, and when set, it communicates with the rice cooker via a platform and a router using a public line. The rice cooker according to 3 to 3. The rice cooker lid has the parts such as the operation display board, the IoT adapter, and the IoT adapter holder, and the IoT adapter holder is placed on the lid housing and screwed in one place. The rice cooker according to claim 1 to 4, wherein the IoT adapter holder is provided with a rib that can suppress rotation. The rice cooker lid has the parts such as the operation display board, the IoT adapter, and the IoT adapter holder, and is formed so that the antenna pattern is arranged so as to face the operation panel side. The rice cooker according to 5.

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