JP2557918Y2 - Fully automatic rice cooker - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

The present invention relates to a rice washing section for washing rice while stirring rice and water with stirring blades, and a rice cooker for storing the rice washed by the rice washing section and cooking rice using a predetermined amount of water. The present invention relates to a fully automatic rice cooker provided with a cooking device and a water supply unit for supplying a predetermined amount of water to the rice cooker.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of fully automatic rice cooker, a rice washing section for washing rice in the main body of the apparatus and a water supply section for supplying a predetermined amount of water when cooking the rice washed by the rice washing section. And the rice cooker was detachably mounted on the apparatus main body.

[0003] Then, as shown in FIG.
The control unit 5 2 of rice washing unit and the water supply unit by signals from the various sensors 5 1, and controls the cooker 5 3, rinsed rice, water, the rice cooking system control circuit 5 4 for controlling the operation of each of the rice is provided,該炊provided rice device control circuit 5 4 rice cooking system operation unit for operating the (not shown), to the cooker 5 3該炊rice unit 5
A rice cooker control circuit (not shown) for controlling the heating element (not shown) provided in 5 to cook rice is provided, and a rice cooker (not shown) for operating the rice cooker control circuit is provided. Had been provided.

[0004] a power supply line 5 6 cooker control circuit 炊 rice apparatus control circuit 5 the power supply line 5 5 connected to 4 and cooker 5 3 of the apparatus body is connected to a power supply plug 5 7, the rice cooking system control circuit 5 4 connected to the cooking signal signal lines for transmitting (conductive wire) 5 8 and the above cooker control circuit connected to the signal line 5 9 connected by a connector 6 0,
It sends a control signal to and from the rice cooking system control circuit 5 4 and cooker control circuit, controlled the cooking operation.

[0005]

In fully automatic rice cooking system of the invention It is an object of the above structure, the distance between the rice cooking system control circuit 5 4 and cooker control circuit is separated, the rice cooking system control circuit 5 3 and cooker control circuit since the preparative signal line 5 8, 5 9 becomes longer to connect, the signal line 5 8, 5 9 noise has become easy to ride very, there is a possibility that malfunction this noise.

[0006] The connector 6 0 for connecting the signal line 5 8, 5 9, to be chosen a special connector to be securely connected to satisfactorily transmit a signal of weak current as the control signal not, and since attachment and detachment of such connectors is very difficult and could not be taken out easily cooker 5 3 from the apparatus main body.

[0007] The fully automatic rice cooker according to the present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems. By transmitting control signals between the rice cooker control circuit and the rice cooker control circuit by wireless connection, noise superimposition is performed. To prevent
It is an object of the present invention to be able to easily take out a rice cooker from a rice cooker.

[0008]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, a fully automatic rice cooker according to the present invention has a rice washing section for washing rice while stirring rice and water with stirring blades, and a rice washing section for washing rice. A rice cooker that stores rice and cooks rice using a certain amount of water
And a water supply unit for supplying a predetermined amount of water to the rice cooker.
In a fully automatic rice cooker, the above rice cooker is attached to and detached from the main unit.
The rice cooker is provided freely and the rice cooker lid controls the rice cooker operation.
Gosuru the provided cooker control unit, the rice washing unit and the water supply unit to the apparatus main body, and controls the該炊rice device provided rice cooking system control unit that performs an operation to rice from rice washing, the above-described rice cooking system controller <br / > in a transmission unit for transmitting a cooking control signal provided, the cooker
The lid is provided with a receiving unit for receiving a rice cooker control signal ,
Move the cooker horizontally to open and close the lid
The rice cooker provided with a movement motor and driven by the movement motor
At the time of movement, a lid opening and closing motor for opening and closing the lid is provided,
The receiving unit and the transmitting unit, and a rice cooking system controller of the apparatus main body and rice cooker controller cooker wireless connection, the washing
Until the rice is washed in the rice section and then put into the rice cooker
Is arranged with the rice cooker with the lid open,
With the lid open, the receiver is located near the transmitter.
And put the rice washed in the rice cooker.
After putting, the rice cooker is moved by the above-mentioned movement motor
Then, the lid is closed by the lid opening / closing motor,
With the lid closed, the receiving part is located below the vicinity of the transmitting part.
It arranged so as to be located.

[0009]

According to the above-described fully automatic rice cooker, the stirring blade of the rice washing section stirs the rice and water to wash the rice according to the rice washing control signal from the rice cooker control section, and when the rice washing in the rice washing section is completed. The washed rice is transferred to the rice cooker, the water supply unit supplies a predetermined amount of water by a water supply control signal from the rice cooker control unit, and when this water supply is completed, the rice cooker control signal is transmitted from the rice cooker control unit at the transmission unit, The receiving unit receives the transmitted rice-cooking control signal and provides the rice-cooking control signal to the rice-cooker control unit, so that the rice cooker cooks rice.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the fully automatic rice cooker of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The fully automatic rice cooker of the present invention comprises a drawer-type rice input unit 1 for charging rice, a rice washing unit 2 for washing rice while stirring rice and water, and a predetermined amount of water for washing the washed rice. And a rice cooker 4 for cooking rice with the use of a rice cooker.

A drawer 10 is attached to the rice input section 1 so as to be able to be pulled out and pushed in the direction of the arrow. A rice storage chamber 11 is provided at the tip of the drawer 10, and a rice storage chamber 11 is provided at the tip of the rice storage chamber 11. A weight sensor 12 is provided. A shutter 13 is provided at the bottom of the rice storage chamber 11 so as to be openable and closable, and the shutter 13 is closed by the urging force of a spring 14.

The shutter 13 has an opening / closing projection 13a for contacting the jig 5 provided on the apparatus main body when the drawer 10 is pushed in to open the shutter 13. A lock 15 is attached to the bottom of the drawer 10, and the lock 15 contacts the hook 6 of the apparatus body when the drawer 10 is pushed in, so that the drawer 10 is locked so as not to be pushed further. I have.

A rice cooker having a microcomputer 16 as a rice cooker control unit for controlling the rice feed unit 1, the rice washing unit 2, and the rice cooker 4 below the rice feed unit 1 to perform the entire operation such as rice washing and rice cooking. An apparatus control circuit 17 is provided, and an operation unit 18 as an operation unit for operating the rice cooker control circuit 17 is provided. The rice cooker control circuit 17 is provided with an infrared transmitter 19 for transmitting a rice cooker control signal for controlling rice cooker 4 to the rice cooker 4 by infrared.

The rice washing section 2 includes a rice washing outer kettle 21 provided in a rice washing machine 20, a rice washing inner kettle 22 integrally formed inside the rice washing outer kettle 21, and a rice washing inner kettle 22 inside. It has a stirring blade 23 rotatably inserted and a receptacle 24 for receiving rice transferred from the rice storage chamber 11.

A nozzle 25, which is a water supply unit for supplying water, is provided in the rice washing inner pot 22, and on the peripheral wall of the rice washing inner pot 22, the washed water and trash pass, but the rice passes. A large number of drain holes 22a having a size not to be formed are formed, and the drain holes 22a communicate with a drain pipe 26 for draining water flowing from the rice washing inner pot 22 to the rice washing outer pot 21. A drain pump 27 is interposed. Further, in the center of the bottom of the rice washing inner pot 22, the rice washing outer pot 21 is provided.
2 which penetrates and communicates with rice supply pipe 28 which reaches rice cooker 4
8a are formed.

The stirring blade 23 has a rotating shaft 29 having a blade attached in a cross shape. The rotating shaft 29 is formed by extending the axis of a rice washing motor 30. Above 22, it is vertically movably supported by a lift plate 31. The elevating plate 31 is operated by rotation of cams 7 provided on the apparatus main body . A disc-shaped stopper 32 having tapered upper and lower surfaces is externally fitted to the lower portion of the rotating shaft 29. The stopper 32 is lowered by the lowering of the rice washing motor 30, and the mouth 28a of the rice feed pipe 28 is lowered. Shut off,
The rice cooker 4 and the rice washing section 2 are shielded, and the rice washing motor 3
With the rise of 0, the mouth 28a of the rice feed pipe 28 is opened to bring the rice cooker 4 and the rice washing section 2 into communication.

A damper 34, which is an open / close valve, is attached to the bottom of the rice feed pipe 28 through an O-ring 33 so as to be openable and closable. It operates by rotating the motor 35 for use. A bypass 36 is attached to the damper 34 as a drainage channel.
6, the water received by the damper 34 is discharged to the outside.

The rice cooker 4 can be moved left and right by a movement motor 41,
The lid 42 is configured to be closed by the lid opening / closing motor 43 when the rice cooker 4 moves to the left. And
The lid 42 of the rice cooker 4 is provided with a rice cooker control circuit 43 which is a rice cooker control unit for controlling the heating element (not shown) provided in the rice cooker 4 to cook rice. Rice cooker operation unit (not shown) for operating the cooker control circuit 43
Is provided.

Further, the lid 42 is provided with an infrared receiving section 44 for receiving the rice cooking control signal transmitted from the infrared transmitting section 19 of the rice cooker control circuit 17. Then, the power cord 45 of the apparatus main body and the power cord 46 of the rice cooker 4 are connected to each other by an easily attachable and detachable connector 47 of, for example, a magnet attraction type.

Further, the rice cooker control circuit 17 has stirring,
Various sensors 50 for detecting states such as water supply and rice cooking are connected.

Next, the operation of the fully automatic rice cooker having the above configuration will be described. First, the drawer 10 is pulled out, rice is put on the weight sensor 12 of the rice storage chamber 11, and the weighing key of the operation unit 18 is pressed to store the rice weight signal in the microcomputer 16 and thereafter, the drawer 10 is pulled out. Push until the latch 14 comes into contact with the hook 6.

Then, just before the locking fitting 15 contacts the hook 6, the opening / closing projection 13 a contacts the jig 5 and the spring 1
The shutter 13 starts to open against the urging force of the shutter 4, and when the latch 15 comes into contact with the hook 6, the shutter 13 is fully opened and the rice in the rice storage chamber 11 is transferred to the rice washing section 2.

In the rice washing section 2, the transferred rice enters the rice washing inner kettle 22 through the receiving port 24, and the rice cooker control circuit 1
The stirring spring 23 is driven by the rice washing control signal from 7,
After the sharpening by the stirring blades 23, the water is supplied from the nozzle 25 to perform rough washing, and the drain pump 27 is immediately driven to drain water from the rice washing outer kettle 21 via the drain pipe 26. The coarsely washed rice is fully washed with water supplied from a nozzle 25 and a stirring blade 23, and the water is drained through a drain pipe 26 in the same manner as described above. The rice that was finally washed is
Rinsing is performed with water supplied from the nozzle 25, and the rinsed water is drained through the drain pipe 26 in the same manner as described above.

At the time of washing the rice, the stopper 32 and the O-ring 33 prevent the rice from dropping from the rice washing section 2 to the rice cooker 4 during the rotation of the stirring blade 23.
Water may leak from 2 slightly. In this case, rice pipe 2
Since the damper 34 is attached to the bottom of the nozzle 8 so as to be openable and closable, and the bypass 36 is attached to the damper 34, water leaking during rotation of the stirring blade 23 is received by the damper 34 and discharged to the outside of the apparatus main body through the bypass 36. As a result, it does not shift to the rice cooker 4.

Further, the opening / closing motor 35 is rotated to open the damper 34, and the cams 7, 7 are rotated to raise the elevating plate 31 to raise the stopper 32. Then
The washed rice falls into the rice cooker 4 from the gap between the inner rice washing pot 22 and the stopper 32 by gravity. During the transfer of the rice, water that matches the rice cooking is supplied from the nozzle 25. At this time, the rice placed on the upper surface of the stopper 32 is scraped off by rotating the stirring blade 23. Further, the amount of water flowing out from the drain hole 22a to the rice washing outer pot 21 is small due to the pressure loss of the hole.

In this way, when the washed rice and the water corresponding to the amount of cooked rice are supplied to the rice cooker 4, the rice cooker 4 is moved leftward in FIG. The lid 42 is closed by the motor 43. Then, the rice cooker control signal from the rice cooker control circuit 17 is transmitted to the infrared transmitter 19.
The infrared ray receiving unit 44 receives the transmitted infrared signal, converts the signal into an original rice cooker control signal, and gives the signal to the rice cooker control circuit 43. The rice cooker control circuit 43 The operation of the rice cooker 4 is controlled to cook rice.

When the rice cooking is completed, the connector 47 is removed, the power cord 45 of the apparatus main body is disconnected from the power cord 46 of the rice cooker 4, the rice cooker 4 is taken out of the apparatus main body, and taken out to a dining table or the like.

Further, when using the cooker 4 alone, connector 47 removed cooker 4 from the apparatus main body removed, and the rice was rinsed rice into rice cooker 4 directly user put, rice cooker lid 42 The rice cooker is operated by the operation unit, and cooked by the rice cooker control circuit 43.

[0030]

[Effect of the Invention] Since the fully automatic rice cooker of the present invention has the above configuration, the connection distance between the rice cooker control unit and the transmission unit is reduced.
It is possible to shorten the connection distance between the rice cooker control unit and the receiving unit.
It can be shortened, and it can be used for both rice washing and cooking.
Also, since the distance between the receiving unit and the transmitting unit can be shortened, malfunction due to noise can be reliably prevented, and
The rice cooker can be easily taken out of the rice cooker, the rice cooker can be easily brought to the dining table, and the rice cooker can be used alone as needed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of the fully automatic rice cooker of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the fully automatic rice cooking apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a conventional fully automatic rice cooker.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Rice input part 2 Rice washing part 4 Rice cooker 11 Rice storage room 12 Weight sensor 17 Rice cooker control circuit 18 Operation unit 19 Infrared transmission part 20 Rice washing machine 21 Rice washing outer kettle 22 Rice washing inner kettle 23 Stirrer blade 25 Nozzle 30 Motor for rice washing 34 Damper 35 Opening / closing motor 41 Moving motor 42 Lid 43 Rice cooker control circuit 44 Infrared receiver

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A rice washing section for washing rice while stirring rice and water with stirring blades, a rice cooker for storing the rice washed by the rice washing section and cooking rice using a predetermined amount of water, and the rice cooker And a water supply unit for supplying a predetermined amount of water to the rice cooker, wherein the rice cooker is detachably provided on the main body of the rice cooker, and a lid of the rice cooker controls a rice cooking operation of the rice cooker. the provided section, the rice washing unit and the water supply unit to the apparatus main body, provided with a cooking device controller that performs the operations from rice washing by controlling the該炊rice instrument to the rice, and transmits the cooking control signal to the rice cooking system controller sends the section is provided, a receiver for receiving cooking control signal to the lid of the cooker provided, in order to open and close the lid of the cooker, horizontally該炊rice device
The movement motor that moves the provided upon movement of the cooker according to the moving motor, the lid
The cover opening and closing motor for opening and closing provided by the receiving unit and the transmitting unit, and a rice cooking system controller of the apparatus main body and rice cooker controller cooker wireless connection, the rice and rice washing rice in the rice washing unit Put the rice in a bowl
Until the rice cooker is placed with the lid open,
In both cases, with the lid open, the reception
And then put the washed rice into the rice cooker and then cook the rice
The lid opening / closing motor is moved by moving the container by the moving motor.
With the lid closed, and with the lid closed
Arrange the receiver so that it is located below the vicinity of the transmitter.
Fully automatic rice cooking system, characterized in that that.