JP2954804B2 - Cooking device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cooker in which a container having a cooking blade mounted thereon is mounted on a main body containing a driving motor, and the cooking blade is rotated by the motor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a cooker shown in FIG. 16 is known. In FIG. 16, reference numeral 1 denotes a main body having a built-in drive motor (not shown), and a container 3 is detachably mounted on an upper surface 2 of the main body 1. The main body 1 is provided with a drive shaft 4 rotatably driven by the drive motor, and the drive shaft 4 projects from the upper surface 2 and
Penetrates the container 3 through the bottom 5 of the container. A cooking blade 6 rotated by a drive shaft 4 is detachably provided in the container 3. By replacing the cooking blade 6, various kinds of cooking such as grated, shredded, and juice can be performed.

[0003] Reference numeral 7 denotes an operation lid for closing the upper opening of the container 4. The operation lid 7 has an operation part 7 a for covering an upper part of a protruding part 1 a formed integrally with the main body 1.
a is provided with an operation projection 7b that enters the operation hole 9 provided above the protrusion 1a. A switch S for driving the drive motor is provided in the protrusion 1a, and the switch S is turned on / off by an operation protrusion 7b.

That is, when the operation lid 7 is put on the upper opening of the container 4 and pressed by hand from above, the operation projection 7b enters the operation hole 9 and pushes the switch S to turn it on. S is turned off. When the switch S is turned on and the drive motor is driven, the cooking blade 6 rotates and cooks the material placed in the container 4.

[0005]

However, in such a cooking device, if the friction of the operation lid 7 fitted into the opening of the container 3 is large, the hand holding the operation lid 7 is released. Even when the switch S is turned on, the cooking blade 6 continues to rotate even if the hand is released.

[0006] Therefore, there has been proposed a type in which the operation lid 7 is divided into a simple lid and an operation case. That is, a lid (not shown) for closing the opening of the container, the lid and the projection 1a
And an operation case (not shown) which is placed on the operation case to simply cover the operation case. The operation case is provided with an operation protrusion 7b.
A device that operates the switch S by b has been proposed.

However, since the operation case is placed on the lid and the protruding portion 1a, the operation case is tilted when the end of the operation case is pressed from above. 7b is caught in the operation hole 9 and the switch S cannot be operated smoothly. The operation protrusion 7
Since an oblique force is applied to b with the operation hole 9 as a fulcrum, if the operation case is strongly pressed in this state, there is a problem that the operation protrusion may be damaged.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and has as its object to enable the operation of the operation case to be smoothly performed without tilting the operation case even when the end of the operation case is pressed, and the operation projection to be formed. An object of the present invention is to provide a cooker that is not likely to be damaged.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a container having a cooking blade rotatably mounted on a bottom and an opening at an upper portion, and a container having the container removably mounted thereon and the container being detachably mounted. A main body having a built-in motor for rotating the cooking blade, and a protruding portion extending along the side wall of the container placed on the main body to near the upper end portion and integrally formed with the main body and having an operation hole formed on the upper surface, A switch operation unit for turning on / off the motor provided in the protrusion;
A lid having a flange abutting on the upper end of the opening of the container and closing the opening of the container; and an operation case having an operation projection for entering the operation hole and covering over the lid and the protrusion, A cooker in which an operation protrusion that has entered the operation hole when the case is pressed from above operates a switch operation unit to drive a motor, and at a lower end portion of the operation case, the operation protrusion and the center position of the operation case. Is a position symmetrical with respect to this center line with respect to the center line connecting
In addition, a pair of projections are provided to contact the upper surface of the lid flange.

[0010]

According to the present invention, a center line connecting the operation projection and the center position of the operation case is sandwiched between lower ends of the operation case.
A position symmetrical with respect to the center line, and from the upper surface of the flange of the lid is provided with a pair of projections abuts, the operation cases and conditions which rotates in the axis line connecting the projections Become.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a cooking device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 7, reference numeral 20 denotes a motor 2
The main body 20 is provided with a mounting portion 22 on which a transparent container 40 is removably mounted. The main body 20 extends along the side wall of the container 40 to near the upper end. The projected portion 50 is integrally formed.

As shown in FIG. 2, three legs 24a, 24b and 24c are provided on the bottom 23 of the main body 20.
Elastic rubbers K1, K2 are attached to the legs 24a, 24b to provide cushioning. The leg portion 24c is located below the protruding portion 50, is formed of a hard resin integrally with the main body, and has no cushioning property. Also, body 2
, A plurality of ventilation holes 25 and discharge holes 26.
Are provided.

The mounting portion 22 includes a flat mounting surface 22a, a large-diameter cylindrical portion 22b extending downward from the mounting surface 22a, a small-diameter cylindrical portion 22c formed below the large-diameter cylindrical portion 22b, and And a bottom wall 22d formed at the lower end of the small diameter portion 22c. The large-diameter cylindrical portion 22b and the small-diameter cylindrical portion 22c are formed with concave portions 22f and 22g extending upward to form an air passage 22H for allowing air discharged from a hole 27 described later to escape upward.

The bottom wall portion 22d is inclined so that the central portion where the hole 27 is formed is formed high and becomes lower toward the outer periphery. A drain hole 28 is formed at the position of the concave portion 22g of the bottom wall portion 22d, and a partition wall 3 having a passage 29 for guiding water passing through the drain hole 28 to a discharge hole 26 provided in the bottom portion 23 is formed.
0 is provided in the main body 20. The partition wall 30 has a substantially U-shaped cross section, and divides the inside of the main body 20 into a passage 29 and an electric chamber 31 in which the motor 21 is arranged, and prevents water passing through the passage 29 from entering the electric chamber 31. doing.

The drive shaft 33 of the motor 21 is connected to the bottom wall 22d.
A coupling 34 is mounted on the distal end of the drive shaft 33, and a blower fan 35 for cooling the motor 21 is formed on the lower surface of the coupling 34. .

A projection 50a is formed above the projection 50, and an operation hole 51 is formed on the upper surface of the projection 50a. An operation rod 52 is disposed in the protruding portion 50 so as to be vertically movable, and an upper portion of the operation rod 52 is located in the operation hole 51.
The operating rod 52 is constantly urged upward by a spring 53. When the operating rod 52 moves downward against the spring 53, the switch 54 turns on and the motor 21 is driven. When the operating rod 52 moves upward by the urging force of the spring 53, the switch 54 turns off and the motor 21 is driven. Is to be stopped.

A coupling 3 is provided on the bottom 41 of the container 40.
Rotary shaft 43 with coupling 42 coupled to 4
Is rotatably provided, and a cutter 44 for cooking the material put in the container 40 is mounted on the rotating shaft 43.

As shown in FIGS. 8 to 10, the bottom portion 41 of the container 40 has a bottom surface 45 abutting on the mounting surface 22 a of the mounting portion 22 and a cylindrical shape fitted to the small-diameter cylindrical portion 22 c of the mounting portion 22. Are integrally formed. Fitting part 46
Are provided on the outer peripheral surface at predetermined intervals to engage with protrusions T (see FIG. 7) provided on the large-diameter cylindrical portion 22b to prevent the container 40 from rotating. The mounting surface 22 is provided on the bottom surface 45.
A projection 48 for forming a gap D (see FIGS. 3 and 4) between the projection 47 and the projection 47 is provided continuously with the projection 47.

On the upper surface 41a of the bottom 41 of the container 40, as shown in FIG. 11, ribs 41b which scatter the material rotating under the cutter 44 upward to increase the stirring efficiency are formed substantially radially. On the inner peripheral wall 40a, there is formed a rib 40b extending in the vertical direction (see FIG. 9) for increasing the stirring efficiency by scattering the material rotating along the inner peripheral wall 40a toward the center of the container 40.

In FIGS. 3 to 5, reference numeral 60 denotes a lid for closing the opening 49 of the container 40.
As shown in FIG. 2, a dome-shaped top plate portion 61, a flange portion 62 abutting on the upper end of the container 40, a cylindrical portion 63 inserted into the container 40, and a seal portion 64 formed around the cylindrical portion 63. The inside of the container 40 is sealed by the seal portion 64. The top plate 61 is provided with an air hole 65 for communicating the inside of the container 40 with the outside air. Reference numeral 66 denotes a cylindrical portion for preventing juice or the like rising along the inner peripheral wall 40a of the container 40 from jumping out of the air holes 65.

A transparent operation case 70 shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and 4 is a dome-shaped lid case portion 71 for covering the top plate portion 61 of the lid 60 as shown in FIGS.
An operation section 72 is provided extending from the lid case section 71 to the protruding section 50 of the main body 20. A scale M is marked on the lid case 71 so that it can be used as a measuring container.

The operation section 72 includes an operation projection 73 which enters the operation hole 51 provided on the upper surface of the projection 50a of the projection 50 and presses the upper portion of the operation rod 52 downward, and side faces 50b, 5 of the projection 50a.
U-shaped side walls 74 opposing Oc and 50d. On the side wall 74, the side surfaces 50b, 50c,
There are provided ribs 74a, 74b, 74c for abutting the operation projection 73 at the position of the operation hole 51 by making contact with the operation hole 50d.

On the inner surface of the lid case portion 71 of the operation case 70, a rib 75 is formed which comes into contact with the inclined surface 61a of the top plate portion 61 of the lid 60. When the rib 75 comes into contact with the lid 60, the operation projection 73 is formed. From the position of the operation hole 51 to the right (in FIGS. 3 and 4). That is, the rib 75 comes into contact with the lid 60 and is positioned so that the operation projection 73 is located at the position of the operation hole 51.

The lower end surface (lower end portion) 76 of the lid case portion 71 of the operation case 70 has a line Q at a position in front of the center P (left side in FIG. 15) and connecting the operation projection 73 and the center P. The projection 7 which abuts on the upper surface 62 a of the flange portion 62 of the lid 60 is positioned symmetrically with respect to the line Q
The operation case 70 is rotatable about a line 78 connecting the projections 77 with the projections 77.

When the operation case 70 is put on the cover 60, a gap 80 (see FIGS. 3 and 4) is formed between the cover case 71 of the operation case 70 and the top plate 61 of the cover 60. As shown in FIG.
The height is set. Further, the projections 77, 77 form a gap 81 (see FIG. 1) between the flange portion 62 of the lid 60 and the peripheral end surface 76 of the lid case portion 72, and the gap 81 and the gap 80 form an air hole 65. Communicate with outside air.

Next, the operation of the cooker of the above embodiment will be described.

First, the material to be cooked is put in the container 40, and the opening of the container 40 is closed with the lid 60.
Place on 0. Next, the rib 75 of the operation case 70 is
0, and the operation projection 73 is positioned, and the ribs 74a, 74b, 74c of the side wall 74 of the operation section 72 are brought into contact with the side surfaces 50b, 50c, 50d of the projection 50a of the projection 50, thereby operating the operation case 70. Is put on the lid 60 and the protrusion 50. Thereby, the operation protrusion 73 enters the operation hole 51.

Next, when the operation case 70 is pressed from above, the operation projection 73 is opposed to the spring 53 by the operation rod 52.
Is moved downward. As a result, the switch 54 is turned on and the motor 21 is driven.

By the way, the operation case 70 has projections 77, 7
7 is pivoted about the line 78 connecting the
Even if any part of the F portion of 0 (the part on the right side of the line 78 in FIG. 13) is pressed from above, the operation case 70 rotates without tilting (tilting other than the tilt about the line 78 in FIG. 13), The operation protrusion 73 smoothly moves downward to move the operation rod 52 downward. That is, the operation case 7
The operation case can be smoothly operated without tilting the operation case even if the end of the F portion of 0 is pressed.
The operability of 0 is good.

Further, since the operation case 70 is not inclined, even if the end of the operation case 70 is strongly pushed, the operation projection 73 will not be damaged.

When the motor 21 is driven, the rotary shaft 43 and the cutter 44 rotate together with the drive shaft 33, and the materials are cooked by the rotation of the cutter 44. Cutter 44
The material to be cooked is efficiently stirred by the action of the projections 40b and 41b.

When the cooking by the cooking blade 44 is completed, the hand holding the operation case 70 is released. As a result, the operating case 70 and the operating rod 52 are moved upward by the urging force of the spring 53, and the switch 54 is turned off.
1 is stopped. At this time, since the operation case 70 is only placed on the lid 60 and the protruding portion 50, the operation case 70 and the operation rod 52 are actuated by the urging force of the spring 53 if the operation case 70 is released.
Is reliably moved upward, and the driving of the motor 21 is reliably stopped, so that the motor does not continue to be driven even if the hand is released as in the related art.

As described above, according to the present invention,
At the lower end of the operation case, a center line connecting the operation protrusion and the center position of the operation case is sandwiched and symmetrical with respect to this center line.
A a position, and from the upper surface of the flange of the lid is provided with a pair of protrusions abutting, rotating a line connecting the projections without also press the end of the operation case the operation case tilts axis In addition, the operation protrusion can be smoothly moved downward, and the operability of the operation case is improved. Further, since the operation case does not tilt even if its end is pushed, even if the end is pushed hard, the operation projection is not damaged.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view showing the external appearance of a cooking device according to the present invention,

FIG. 2 is a bottom view showing a bottom surface of the cooking device main body,

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view in which the cooking device is disassembled.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a mounting portion of the cooking device main body,

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a part of the mounting portion of the cooking device main body,

FIG. 8 is a side view showing the side of the container,

FIG. 9 is a sectional view showing a section of the container.

FIG. 10 is a bottom view showing the shape of the bottom of the container.

FIG. 11 is a plan view showing the inside of the container,

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of an operation case.

FIG. 13 is a plan view showing a planar shape of the operation case;

FIG. 14 is a sectional view showing a sectional shape of the operation case;

FIG. 15 is a bottom view showing the inside of the operation case;

FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a conventional cooking device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 20 main body 21 motor 40 container 44 cutter (cooking blade) 50 projecting portion 51 operation hole 52 operation rod (switch operation portion) 60 lid 62 flange 70 operation case 73 operation protrusion 77 protrusion

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Ryuji Sakaguchi 43, Horiyamashita, Hadano City, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside the Hadano Plant (72) Inventor Hiroshi Uzawa 43, Horiyamashita, Hadano City, Kanagawa Prefecture Tokyo Electric Company, Limited Hadano Plant (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) A47J 43/046 B02C 18/08

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A container with a cooking blade rotatably mounted on the bottom and an open top, a body on which the container is removably mounted and a motor for rotating the cooking blade of the container is incorporated, and the body is A protruding portion extending along the side wall of the container placed near the upper end portion and integrally formed with the main body and having an operation hole formed on the upper surface; and a motor provided in the protruding portion for ON / OFF of the motor. A switch operation part, a lid having a flange abutting on an upper end of the opening of the container, and closing the opening of the container, and an operation case having an operation projection that enters the operation hole, and covering the lid and the protrusion from above. A cooking device that, when the operation case is pressed from above, causes the operation protrusion that has entered the operation hole to operate a switch operation unit to drive the motor, and the lower end of the operation case includes the operation protrusion and the operation protrusion. Pair for this center line sandwiching the center line connecting the center position of the work Case
A cooker provided with a pair of projections at a position to be referred to and in contact with an upper surface of a flange of the lid.