JP2022155166A - home bread maker - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a home bread maker capable of easily making "loaf of bread like raw".SOLUTION: A bread maker body 2 has a cylindrical body in which a bottom part is closed and a part of an upper part is opened. An inside of the bread maker body 2 is divided into a lower housing part 2a, an upper housing part 2b, and a baking chamber 4. A microcomputer control unit 12 includes an operation panel 11 in which selection can be made from a bread making menu. A storage unit is arranged in the microcomputer control unit 12, the storage unit storing a program related to the bread making menu that is a menu including a plurality of breads of bread making. The storage unit stores a program related to "loaf of bread like raw".SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a home bakery (household bread maker).

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various home bakeries (bread makers for home use) for making bread at home have been proposed. Patent Literature 1 proposes a home bakery that reduces the number of parts, improves operability and maintenance, and has an ingredient loading structure that allows most of the ingredients to be loaded. Patent Document 2 proposes a home bakery capable of measuring the temperature of dough with high accuracy.

JP 2018-86044 A JP 2013-252206 A

Conventional home bakeries are generally supposed to be capable of producing various types of bread.

By the way, recently, raw bread that can be eaten deliciously as it is without baking, that is, raw bread that contains more moisture than conventional ordinary bread, is soft and has a good mouthfeel. It has a good reputation in the market.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to propose a home bakery (bread maker for home use) that includes the above-described fresh bread in a bread menu capable of producing a plurality of types of bread.

a bread maker body;
a baking chamber provided with a heating means in the main body of the bread maker;
a bread container as a bread pan provided with a stirring means;
a driving unit that rotationally drives the stirring means;
a storage unit storing a program for a bread-making menu, which is a plurality of menus related to bread-making;
a microcomputer control unit having an operation panel capable of selecting the bread making menu,
Bread making ingredients put into the bread container are stirred or kneaded, then heated and baked according to the program for the bread making menu selected through the microcomputer control unit for home use. A bread maker,
The microcomputer control unit performs control to selectably display a plurality of the bread making menus on the operation panel,
A home-use bread maker, wherein one of the plurality of bread-making menus includes a recipe menu for making raw bread.

According to this invention, raw bread, which is bread that can be eaten deliciously as it is without baking, is included in the menu of multiple types of bread that can be produced with a home bread maker (home bakery). A home bread maker (home bakery) user selects and makes bread from a menu containing raw bread that is softer and melts in the mouth with more moisture than ordinary bread. It is possible to provide a home bread maker (home bakery) with which the raw bread described above can be easily made at home.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a figure showing an example of the domestic|home-use bread maker of this invention, Comprising: (a) perspective view, (b) sectional drawing. (a) It is a top view of an example of the lid main body among the lids with which the domestic bread maker of this invention is provided. (b) It is a figure showing an example of the operation panel connected to the microcomputer control unit with which the domestic bread maker of this invention is provided.

Baking bread at home has recently become a common practice, and home bakeries (bread makers) for home use are provided by various manufacturers. The present invention relates to such a home bakery for home use.

A garden bread maker is generally equipped with a baking chamber having a heating means in the bread maker body, a bread container as a bread pan having a stirring means, and a drive section for rotationally driving the stirring means. there is Further, in addition to a driving mechanism for driving the stirring means, heating means such as a motor and a heater, a fan, a dough sensor, a sensor inside the bread container, and the like are provided.

Further, a microcomputer control unit having a storage unit storing a program (computer program) for a bread-making menu, which is a plurality of menus related to bread-making, and an operation panel for selecting the bread-making menu is provided in the garden bread-making. It is generally provided in the bread maker body of the ware.

In the garden bread maker (home bakery) of this embodiment, the microcomputer control unit performs control to selectably display a plurality of the bread making menus on the operation panel.

When the user of the garden bread maker selects a desired bread making menu from among the bread making menus displayed on the operation panel, the program (computer program) for the selected bread making menu is executed. , the stirring means and the heating means perform predetermined operations to stir or knead the bread-making ingredients put into the bread container, and heating and baking are performed to perform the selected above-mentioned The bread of the bread making menu is manufactured.

In this case, the bread-making ingredients put into the bread container include water, strong flour, sugar, salt, oil, eggs, yeast, etc. After these ingredients are put into the bread container, "Kneading process" in which the bread dough is kneaded by rotating the bread blades, etc., which are stirring means, "fermentation process" in which the bread dough kneaded in the "kneading process" and the protein in the strong flour is glutenized, "fermentation process" ”, the bread is finally baked through the “baking process”, which bakes the bread dough that has been fermented. In addition, desired ingredients may be added during the "kneading step" as necessary.

In the garden bread maker (home bakery) of this embodiment, one of the plurality of bread making menus includes a recipe menu for making raw bread.

Therefore, the user selects a recipe menu for making raw bread from the bread-making menu displayed on the operation panel and makes bread, so that it can be eaten deliciously as it is without baking. Raw bread, which is bread that can be made, that is, raw bread that contains more moisture than general bread, is soft and has a good texture, can be easily made with a garden bread maker (home bakery).

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the illustrated embodiment, a home-use bread maker 1 has a bread maker main body 2 , and the top of the bread maker main body 2 can be opened and closed by a lid 3 .

The lid body 3 is rotatably attached to the bread maker body 1 via a hinge portion 13 provided at the rear upper portion of the bread maker body 1, and in the illustrated embodiment, comprises a lid body 3a and an upper lid 3b.

As shown in FIGS. 1(b) and 2(a), the lid body 3a includes a first ingredient container 14 for accommodating relatively small-volume ingredients such as yeast, and relatively small-volume ingredients such as raisins and nuts. A second ingredient container 15 is formed to accommodate bulky ingredients. The first ingredient container 14 or the second ingredient container 15 may be configured to be detachably attached to the lid body 3a.

The upper lid 3b is a lid portion that covers the upper side of the first ingredient container 14 and the second ingredient container 15, and is rotatably attached via a hinge portion 13 arranged on the rear upper portion of the lid main body 3a. It is

The ingredients stored in the first ingredients container 14 or the second ingredients container 15 are put into the bread container 6 described below by various conventionally known injection mechanisms.

The bread maker main body 2 includes a baking chamber 4 , a bread container 6 , a drive section 8 and a microcomputer control unit 12 .

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the bread maker body 2 is a cylindrical body with a closed bottom and a partially open top. It is divided into a storage section 2b and a firing chamber 4. - 特許庁

The baking chamber 4 is equipped with heating means 5 . The baking chamber 4 has a space in which a bread container 6 as a bread baking mold equipped with stirring means can be arranged. When placed in the baking chamber 4 as shown in FIG. In the illustrated embodiment, the bread container 6 is arranged in the baking chamber 4 via a mounting portion 10 arranged in the center of the bottom of the baking chamber 4 .

The bread container 6 placed in the baking chamber 4 is heated by the heat generated by the heating means 5, and the bread dough (not shown) inside is baked.

A bread container 6 as a bread pan has a stirring means consisting of a rotating blade 7 . The drive unit 8 rotates the stirring means composed of the rotating blades 7 .

The microcomputer control unit 12 includes an operation panel 11 that allows selection of the bread making menu, and a storage unit (not shown) storing a program for the bread making menu, which is a plurality of menus related to bread making, is controlled by the microcomputer. Deployed in unit 12 .

The microcomputer control unit 12 performs control to display a plurality of bread making menus on the operation panel 11 in a selectable manner.

This home-use bread maker 1 stirs or kneads bread-making ingredients put into a bread container 6 according to a program for the bread-making menu selected through a microcomputer control unit 12, and then heats and bakes the ingredients. to make bread.

One of the above-mentioned bread-making menus is raw bread, which is bread that can be eaten deliciously as it is without baking. It contains raw bread, which is a loaf of bread that melts well.

In the illustrated embodiment, the stirring means consisting of the rotating blades 7 provided in the bread container 6 is arranged in the baking chamber 4 with respect to the bread container 6 , and the blade mounting shaft 9 is positioned at the center of the bottom of the bread container 6 . The rotary vane 7 is detachably attached to the tip side of the vane attachment shaft 9 which protrudes upward from the bottom of the container 6 .

In the illustrated embodiment, the lower accommodating portion 2a accommodates a driving portion 8 for rotationally driving the rotating blades 7 and a power supply unit 16, and the driving portion 8 rotationally drives the stirring means composed of the rotating blades 7. has the form.

Various conventionally known drive mechanisms can be used as the drive mechanism provided in the drive unit 8 .

When the bread container 6 is set on the mounting portion 10, the rotating shaft 8a of the driving portion 8 is connected to the blade mounting shaft 9, and the driving mechanism of the driving portion 8 operates to rotate the rotating shaft 8a and the rotating shaft 8a. The blade mounting shaft 9 and the rotary blade 7 rotate together.

The power supply unit 16 supplies electric power to the drive unit 8, a microcomputer control unit 12, etc., which will be described later.

In the illustrated embodiment, the microcomputer control unit 12 is housed in the upper housing portion 2b. An operation panel 11 is connected to the microcomputer control unit 12, and the operation panel 11 appears above the bread maker body 2 as shown in FIG. 1(a).

The microcomputer control unit 12 has a storage section that stores programs for menus related to bread making.

As described above, the microcomputer control unit 12 is provided with a storage section (not shown) in which programs for bread-making menus, which are a plurality of menus related to bread-making, are stored.

In this embodiment, one of the above-described bread-making menus is raw bread that can be eaten deliciously as it is without baking, that is, it contains more water than conventional ordinary bread. It contains raw bread, which is soft, chewy bread.

Bread-making menus other than raw bread include various menus that could be made even with a conventional home-use bread maker (home bakery), such as bread (basic), French bread (French), and sweet bread (sweet). , quick-baked bread (quick), rice flour bread, corn-filled bread, sweet bread, and the like.

The microcomputer control unit 12 controls the stirring means consisting of the heating means 5 and the rotating blades 7 according to the computer program set for each of the above-described bread making menus, so that the bread making menu is prepared according to each bread making menu. , stirring or kneading of the bread-making materials put into the bread container 6, followed by heating and baking, and bread making according to each bread-making menu is executed.

In addition, programs for recipes for bread dough, cakes, chocolate, yogurt, jam, udon noodles, rice cakes, etc. can also be stored.

In this embodiment, a program for "raw bread" is stored in the storage unit. Raw bread is bread that melts in the mouth, and a storage unit stores a program for ingredients and a bread-making process (recipe) for realizing such bread.

As shown in FIG. 2(b), the operation panel 11 has various operation buttons 11a and a display section 11b. By pressing or touching each operation button 11a, a desired menu can be selected. Such information is displayed on the display section 11b.

In the example shown in FIG. 2B, the menu displayed on the operation panel corresponds to the program for the bread-making menu stored in the storage unit. In the illustrated example, the above-mentioned raw bread, white bread (basic), French bread (French), sweet bread (sweet), quick-baked bread (quick), rice flour bread, bread with corn grains, sweet bread, bread dough, cake, Menus such as yogurt and jam are displayed.

In the microcomputer control unit 12, various menus including the above-mentioned "raw bread" are selected, and when the start button (operation button 11a) is pressed or touched during baking execution, the driving section 8 is driven, and the heating means 5 is activated. heats and performs the determined steps in sequence.

The home-use bread maker 1 of the present embodiment is provided with the above-described configuration, so that a menu for "raw bread" can be selected, and the bread can be eaten deliciously as it is without baking. That is, it is possible to easily make raw bread, which contains more water than conventional bread, is soft and melts in the mouth, at home.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, the present invention is not limited to such embodiments, and can be modified in various forms within the technical scope grasped from the description of the claims. can be changed to

1 Household Bread Maker 2 Bread Maker Main Body 2a Lower Receiving Part 2b Front Receiving Part 3 Lid Body 3a Lid Body 3b Upper Lid 4 Baking Chamber 5 Heating Means 6 Cooking Vessel 7 Rotating Blade 8 Driving Part 8a Rotating Shaft 9 Blade Mounting Shaft 10 mounting portion 11 operation panel 11a operation button 11b display portion 12 microcomputer control unit 13 hinge portion 14 first ingredient container 15 second ingredient container 16 power supply unit

Claims (1)

a bread maker body;
a baking chamber provided with a heating means in the main body of the bread maker;
a bread container as a bread pan provided with a stirring means;
a driving unit that rotationally drives the stirring means;
a storage unit storing a program for a bread-making menu, which is a plurality of menus related to bread-making;
a microcomputer control unit having an operation panel capable of selecting the bread making menu,
Bread making ingredients put into the bread container are stirred or kneaded, then heated and baked according to the program for the bread making menu selected through the microcomputer control unit for home use. A bread maker,
The microcomputer control unit performs control to selectably display a plurality of the bread making menus on the operation panel,
A home-use bread maker, wherein one of the plurality of bread-making menus includes a recipe menu for making raw bread.

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