JP2778881B2 - Rice cooker - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rice cooker, which is used in restaurants such as large stores, Chinese restaurants, sushi restaurants, and hotels.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A rice cooker in which the steps of measuring, washing, and cooking rice are automated is known from Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 57-53452 (1 of the prior art).

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The above-mentioned prior art 1
Consists of a rice washing device that automatically measures and rinses rice in the main body of the device, and a removable rice cooker provided below the rice washing device.The rice washing device and rice cooker are a set, As described above, it is suitable for small-scale rice cooking, but is not suitable for medium-sized rice cooking, for example, cooking for 150 to 200 meals per hour.

[0004] That is, while rice is being cooked by the rice cooker, the rice washing apparatus is idle, so to speak, and there is a problem in terms of efficiency. on the other hand,
There is a technique of separately performing the rice washing step and the rice cooking step, that is, a technique of washing a large amount of rice at once, and then cooking a plurality of rice in a continuous furnace or a multi-chamber furnace. If it is difficult to control the rice and it takes a long time to put the rice into the rice cooker after washing, there is a problem that the washed rice is swelled and softened, and the cooked food is poor.

[0005] In view of the problems of the prior art, the present invention provides a plurality of rice cookers with respect to the main body of the apparatus, and moves the rice cookers up and down with respect to the rice washing apparatus so that the rice is cooked well. An object is to provide an efficient rice cooker.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a rice washing apparatus 21 having a rice discharge opening 26 which can be freely opened and closed at a lower portion, and a rice washing apparatus 21 which is fixed at an upper portion of the apparatus main body 1 for washing the measured rice. and a removably plurality cooker 6,7 for rice cooker 6,7 below the discharge US opening 26 of the rice washing device 1 is washed rice
A first position 2 for receiving the cooked rice is set, and the device main body 1 is set.
Rice cookers 6 and 7 evacuate from the first position 2 to the second place
Set rice cookers 3 and select rice cookers 6 and 7 placed at each second position 3.
It is characterized in that a moving means for carrying in to the first position 2 is provided .

[0007]

According to the present invention, the rice weighed by the weighing device 4 provided in the hopper 5 is washed by the rice washing device 21 before the rice is weighed down by the first rice washing device 21.
It is thrown into the first rice cooker 6 located at the position 2, and then
該炊rice device 6 rice washing device second one is away from below 21
Evacuate the second rice cooker 7 evacuated to position 3 to the first position 2
It moves and is replaced, and the rice cooking process is started by gas ignition or the like.

During the rice cooking by the first rice cooker 6, the rice washing device 21 and the second rice cooker 7 moved to the first position are vertically opposed, so that the process proceeds to the rice washing process. And the first
Because cooker 6 steamed at a time or the like rice ends, with introducing the rice washing was metered into the second cooker 7 by using this time zone is separated from the lower wash rice device 21 (other second
2 ), the second rice cooker 7 enters the rice cooking process via gas ignition or the like.

The above operations are repeated. Insertion / removal of the rice cooker and gas check are manual (manual) operations, but otherwise are automatically controlled.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIGS. 1 and 2 showing a first embodiment, an apparatus main body 1 is formed in a box shape having an internal space. A hopper 5 with a measuring device 4 is provided on the upper part. On the lower side of the device main body 1, a frame 9
Are protruded, a plurality of, in the embodiment, the first and second rice cookers 6,
7 are placed on substantially the same plane on the base 8 and the gantry 9 of the apparatus body 1, and each of the rice cookers 6, 7 is
8 and slide guides 10 and 11 provided on a gantry 9. As a result, the rice cooker on the base 8 is on the front side,
Further, the second rice cooker on the gantry 9 is movable on the left side by a driving means (not shown) and can be inserted and removed.

The first and second rice cookers 6 and 7 have an inner pot 14 and an outer pot 13.
And an insertion opening 16 with a shutter at the center of the inner lid 15, and the inner lid 15 can be freely opened and closed with a pin shaft 18 as a fulcrum together with the outer lid 17 and not shown in the drawing. This is a gas cooker that can be held in an airtight state with a hook or the like and has a stove section not shown. In the device main body 1 between the hopper 5 with the measuring device 4 and the rice cooker 6, a rice washing device 21 is fixed by being fixed to a partition plate 20, and the rice washing device 21 has a rice washing tank 22 having a funnel portion at a lower portion. In the rice washing tank 22, a stirring member 23 is rotatably provided around a vertical axis by a motor 25 via a bevel gear 24, and a rice discharge opening 26 at the lower end of the rice washing tank 22 is openable and closable. A simple conical valve 27 is provided.

The conical valve 27 is a stirring member 23 having a hollow shaft structure.
The rice discharge opening 26 is opened and closed by moving the valve stem 27A up and down by a cam mechanism or the like (not shown), and receives the weighed rice cut out from the measuring device 4 and shower means (not shown). After the water supply, the rice washing (including polishing rice) by driving the stirring member 23 after the water supply, water control after the rice washing, etc., the slide guides 10, 11 move up and down together with the clear water through the opening 26 through the opening 26. It can be put into the first and second rice cookers 6, 7 which are waiting.

That is, under the rice discharge opening 26 of the rice washing device 1,
Rice cookers 6 and 7 have the first position 2 where they can receive the washed rice.
Rice cookers 6 and 7 are outwardly arranged in two directions from the device main body 1.
A plurality of (two) second positions 3 are provided to retreat from the first position 2.
Rice cookers that are fixed and arranged at each second position 3 via the gantry 9
6 and 7 are first place alternatively through slide guides 10 and 11
2 can be carried into the
The moving means is constituted by the guides 10, 11 and the like.

Since the first and second rice cookers 6 and 7 are slidably moved together with the stove, respectively, the gas hoses and the like have a moving length of the rice cookers.
The measuring device 4 is composed of a cut-out rotary member driven by a motor 28, and puts the measured rice into the rice washing tank 22 through a chute 29. Next, an example of the operation of the first embodiment will be described. The rice in the hopper 5 is measured by the measuring device 4 and the chute 29 is measured.
A predetermined amount is supplied to the rice washing device 21 via the.

Then, the stirring member 23 in the rice washing device 21 is rotated to drive the rice in a state of being closed by the conical valve 27. After the predetermined rice washing is completed, the conical valve 27 is opened while controlling the amount of water. It is put into the first rice cooker 6. That is, the first rice cooker
Reference numeral 6 denotes a first position 2 in the apparatus main body 1.
Then, the first rice cooker 6 is moved from the lower part of the rice washing device 21 to the second position 3 taken out from the device main body 1 via the slide guide 10, and the second rice cooker 7 is replaced with the rice washer 21 instead. The upper and lower sides of the rice discharge opening 26 are vertically opposed to each other. Thereby, the second rice cooker 8 is moved to the first position 2 in the apparatus main body 1.
It is said.

The removed first rice cooker 6 is attached to the apparatus main body 1.
Since the process is shifted to the rice cooking process by performing gas ignition or the like outside the device, steam, hot air, and the like during the rice cooking process do not act on the apparatus main body 1. Therefore, the control section and the sliding section of the apparatus main body 1 do not suffer from problems such as corrosion, failure and malfunction due to moisture and drips, and the rice in the hopper 5 does not get wet.

On the other hand, the time period of the rice cooking process of the first rice cooker 6 is
Utilizing the metered rice into the rice washing device 21, the same rice washing operation as described above is performed . After the measured rice washes are put into the second rice cooker 7, the second rice cooker 7 separates from the rice washing device 21 and is taken out of the device main body 1 (second position ), and the process proceeds to the rice cooking process. While rice is being cooked in the second rice cooker 7 and after the rice is cooked, the first rice cooker 6 is reset ( moved to the first position ),
By repeating the above operations sequentially, the rice washing device 21 has less so-called play and is used efficiently.

FIG. 3 shows a second embodiment of the present invention. In the second embodiment, the moving direction of the slide guide 10 mounted on the base 8 is movable toward the right side of the apparatus main body 1. . That is, two second positions 3 are left and right with respect to the first position 2.
Are arranged in a straight line in the direction, and are located at each second position 3.
The rice cooker 6 is alternatively movable to the first position 2.
You.

FIGS. 4 and 5 show a third embodiment of the present invention. In the third embodiment, a plurality of rice cookers are provided on the lower side of the apparatus main body 1, and in the embodiment, first and second rice cookers 6 are provided. , 7 are forward and reverse motors
It is arranged on a turntable 36 that turns at 35 in an arc shape centered on the motor shaft. That is, the forward / reverse motor 35 and
The moving means is constituted by the
Rice cookers 6 and 7 are placed on the turntable 36 at the same time.
One of the rice cookers 6 is in the first position 2 directly below the rice washing device 21.
The other rice cooker 7 is in its second position 3
And turn the turntable 36 to turn the other rice cooker 7
When it is in 1 position 2, one of the rice washing devices 21
The rice cooker 6 is the second place where the other rice cooker 7 is arranged.
Move to the second position 3 different from the device 3
Only one rice cooker is arranged, and two second
Position 3 is set.

[0020]

As described above, the present invention is directed to a plurality of rice cookers.
Are provided below the rice discharge opening 26 of the rice washing device 1.
First position 2 where rice cookers 6 and 7 can receive washed rice
Then, the rice cookers 6, 7 retreat from the first position 2 outside the apparatus body 1.
A plurality of second positions 3 are set and arranged at each second position 3.
A means of transporting rice cookers 6 and 7 alternatively to the first position 2
Are installed in the first position 2 below the rice washing device 1
Rice cookers 6 and 7 from the second position 3
And the rice cooker can be moved from the first position 2
2 Can be transported to location 3, weigh rice, wash rice and
While supplying this to one rice cooker,
You can cook rice and set the time zone in each process of weighing, washing rice, and cooking rice.
Automatic rice cooking can be performed efficiently , and furthermore, it is possible to prevent problems such as corrosion, failure, malfunction and the like of the device main body 1 due to steam or hot air during the rice cooking process.
It is useful as kitchen equipment for restaurants and the like that require 150-200 / 1 hour rice cooking.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an elevation view showing the entire configuration of a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a main part of a second embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an elevation view showing the entire configuration of a third embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a main part of FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Apparatus main body 2 First posture 3 Second posture 6 First rice cooker 7 Second rice cooker 21 Rice washing device 26 Rice discharge opening

────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Sadao Fukushima 64 Ishizukita-cho, Sakai-shi, Osaka Kubota Sakai Works Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-64-11517 (JP, A) (58) Survey Field (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) A47J 27/00-27/64

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A rice washing apparatus (21) having a rice discharge opening (26) which can be opened and closed at a lower part thereof, which is fixed at an upper part of the apparatus main body (1) to wash the measured rice, and a rice washing apparatus (1). A plurality of rice cookers (6) and (7) that can be inserted and removed, and a rice cooker (6) below the rice discharge opening (26) of the rice washing device (21 ).
(7) sets a first position (2) for receiving the washed rice, and the rice cookers (6) and (7) withdraw from the first position (2) outside the device body (1).
A plurality of second positions (3) to be avoided are set, and each second position (3) is set.
Selectively transport the placed rice cookers (6) and (7) to the first position (2)
Rice cooker, characterized in that the rice cooker is provided with moving means .