JP3118931B2 - Rice washing 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-washing / cooking apparatus for washing rice, and performing rice-washing / cooking work for cooking the washed rice.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A rice-washing rice cooker arranged in this order is a rice-storage, a rice-washing tank and a rice cooker movably provided in the front-rear direction, and rice is cooked after measuring and washing rice. .

[0003]

However, there is a case where the number of kettles processed by the above-mentioned means is inadvertently forgotten. Therefore, when the amount of cooked rice has passed, rice is wasted. The work efficiency may be reduced due to the time and labor required for additional cooking.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a rice-washing / cooking apparatus capable of improving work efficiency, and employs the following technical means. That is, in the first aspect, a leg portion provided with a rice cooker on which a rice cooker is mounted so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, and a vertically long support column arranged at a rear end portion of the leg portion at a lateral interval. 9 and L-shaped frame in a side view.
A frame 2 is formed on the top of the frame 2 with a funnel for storing rice, a weighing means, a water supply pipe 78 for guiding water to the rice washing tank side, etc. above the top plate 44 with the top plate 44 interposed therebetween. The rice storage 3 is disposed on the top plate 44 so as to be detachable, and a rice washing means 15 is provided below the top plate. The rice washing tank 15 is detachably provided on the top plate 44, and a net 16 having a large number of small holes is provided at the lower end of the rice washing tank 15 at the center to form a rice passage 17 communicating with the rice washing tank 15 and move vertically. Thereby, the jacket 18 having the rice discharge valve 20 for opening and closing the rice passage 17 is detachably attached, automatically weighed by the weighing means in the rice storage, washed in the washing tank, and then dropped through the rice passage 17. With water for cooking A rice cooker is configured to cook rice by a rice cooker, and a manual input means capable of setting and increasing or decreasing the number of times of rice processing, an automatic changing means capable of automatically changing the number of processing times, and displaying the number of times of manual or automatic processing 1 One operation in which the number of display means, the total change means for automatically changing the total number of processing for each processing, and the total processing display means for displaying the total number of processing are detachably attached to the front wall of the rice storage 3 A rice washing and rice cooking device provided in the display means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a frame 2 having an L-shape in side view is formed by integrally providing a longitudinally long column 9 which is provided at a rear end of a leg portion with a horizontal space therebetween. And the frame
A box-shaped rice storage 3 in which a funnel for storing rice, a weighing means, a water supply pipe 78 for guiding water to the rice washing tank, and the like are disposed above the rice pad 2 with the top plate 44 interposed therebetween. A cylindrical rice-washing tank 15 having a rice-washing tank lid 74 provided with a rice-washing means provided below and openable and closable is disposed on the top plate 44 and is detachably attached to the top plate 44. A plurality of rice cookers 5 and 6 provided so as to be repositionable in the front-rear direction with respect to the legs are provided side by side, and a net 16 having a large number of small holes is provided at the lower end of the rice washing tank 15 at the center. A rice passage 17 communicating with the rice washing tank 15 is formed, and a jacket 18 having a rice discharge valve 20 for opening and closing the rice passage 17 by opening and closing the rice passage 17 by being moved up and down is detachably attached. Measured and washed in the washing tank The rice stored together with the water for rice cooking that falls through the rice passage 17 is cooked by a rice cooker, and the operation display means is detachably attached to one front display wall of the rice storage 3. A rice-washing rice cooker provided with a notification means for reporting the completion of cooking of the plurality of rice cookers 5 and 6 was provided.

[0006]

The rice in the rice storage 3 is automatically weighed by the weighing means provided therein and supplied to the rice washing tank 15, and then subjected to a washing treatment by washing with the washing means and water in the washing tank. When the rice discharging valve 20 is lowered after the washing process, the net 1
Since the rice passage 17 formed in 6 is opened, the rice and the water for cooking fall through the rice passage 17 and are stored in the rice cooker,
After that, it is cooked.

A rice cooker on which a rice cooker is mounted is provided so as to be movable in a front-rear direction, and a vertically long column 9 is provided at the rear end of the leg at a lateral interval. To form the L-shaped frame 2 when viewed from the side, the frame 2 can be simplified and lightened, and the convenience of transportation and movement of the rice washing and rice cooking device 1 can be improved. A box-shaped rice storage 3 containing a funnel for storing rice, a weighing means, a water supply pipe 78 for guiding water to the rice washing tank side, and the like above the frame 2 with the top plate 44 interposed therebetween. Is disposed on the top plate 44 so as to be detachable, and a cylindrical rice washing tank 15 having a rice washing tank lid 74 which is provided with a rice washing means and is openably and closably provided below the top plate is disposed. , The rice storage 3 and the rice washing tank 15 can be detached separately, the convenience of maintenance such as inspection of equipment can be improved, and the rice washing tank lid 74 can be detached. Opening also makes it easier to check the inside of the rice washing tank and the cleaning means for dirt and damage. By attaching and detaching the jacket 18, it is easy to check whether the net 16 is clogged or deformed.

Further, one operation display means detachably attached to the front wall of the rice storage 3 has manual input means for setting the number of times of rice processing and increasing / decreasing the number of times of processing and automatically changing the number of times of processing. Automatic change means, one display means for displaying the number of manual or automatic processing, total change means for automatically changing the total number of processing for each processing, and total processing display means for displaying the total number of processing. Therefore, the setting of the number of times of rice processing and the increase / decrease of the number of times of processing can be performed easily and erroneously by looking at the display means, and the operation display means can be easily inspected, thereby improving work efficiency.

[0009] The rice cookers 5, 6 are provided on one operation display means detachably attached to the front wall of the rice storage 3 so as to be repositionable in the front-rear direction and arranged side by side. Since the notifying means for notifying the rise is provided, even if a plurality of rice cookers are cooked in parallel, the worker can be notified of the cooked rice, so that work efficiency can be improved.

[0010]

According to the first aspect, the frame configuration can be simplified and the weight can be reduced. Then, the rice storage 3 and the rice washing tank 15 can be detached separately, so that the convenience of maintenance such as inspection of equipment can be improved, and if the rice washing tank lid 74 is opened and closed, the rice washing tank inner wall can be opened. Inspection of dirt and cleaning means can be easily performed. In addition, it is easy to check the adhesion and clogging of the net 16 with rice and dust and the rice discharge valve 20. Further, the setting of the number of times of processing of rice and the increase / decrease of the number of times of processing can be performed simply and without erroneous operation by looking at the display means, and the inspection of the operation display means can be facilitated, so that work efficiency can be improved.

According to the second aspect, the frame structure can be simplified and the weight can be reduced. Then, the rice storage 3 and the rice washing tank 15 can be detached separately, so that the convenience of maintenance such as inspection of equipment can be improved, and the rice washing tank lid 7 can be removed.
By opening and closing 4, it is possible to easily check the inner wall of the rice washing tank and the cleaning means. In addition, it is easy to check the adhesion and clogging of the net 16 with rice and dust and the rice discharge valve 20. Further, even if a plurality of rice cookers are cooked in parallel, the worker can be notified of the cooked rice, so that the work efficiency can be improved.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the configuration will be described. The rice-washing / cooking apparatus 1 is provided with a frame 2 and a rice storage 3 and a rice-washing machine which are provided integrally with the frame 2 and are movably provided in the frame 2 in the left-right direction. An apparatus 4 and rice cookers 5, 6 and the like, which are arranged side by side below the frame 2 so as to be repositionable in the front-back direction, are provided.

The frame 2 is provided with legs 7 long in the front-rear direction at predetermined intervals in the left-right direction, and is provided at an intermediate portion in the left-right direction of the legs. Then, the front end of the leg 7 is fixed to a rectangular front connecting body 8 which is long in the left-right direction, and a vertically long support 9 is fixed to the upper surface of the rear end of the leg 7 located at the left and right ends. It is formed in an L shape. Accordingly, when the rice cookers 5 and 6 are placed on a predetermined position of the rice cooker and moved toward the middle toward the front side, the rice cookers 5 and 6 are removed from the large space portion without obstacles formed on the lateral side of the frame 2. The maintenance work of the equipment behind 6 becomes easier.

Further, rear connecting members 10, 11, and 12 for connecting the columns 9 are provided at the upper end, the intermediate portion, and the lower end of the columns 9 respectively. The rear connector 10 is formed in a square pipe. Then, the legs 7 located at the left and right ends are connected to the rear connecting body 1.
3, and the rear ends of the legs 7, which are located in the middle, are fixedly connected to the rear connecting body 13.

The rice washing device 4 is provided with a rice washing blade 14 rotatably provided by a driving means such as a motor or a transmission means, and has a hollow cylindrical rice washing tank having a tapered lower end with open upper and lower ends. 15 are provided. At the lower end of the rice washing tank 15, a net 16 having a large number of small holes through which rice of a normal size cannot pass is formed in a cylindrical shape and provided at a central portion to form a rice passage 17 communicating with the rice washing tank 15. The detached jacket 18 is detachably attached.

At the lower center of the jacket 18,
For example, a rice discharging valve 20 which is detachably attached to the lower end of a vertically moving shaft 19 which can be moved vertically by a vertically moving means such as a motor or a solenoid is provided. When the vertical movement shaft 19 moves to a predetermined upper position, the rice discharging valve 20 moves the rice passage 1.
7 is closed, and when the vertical drive shaft 19 moves downward,
7 is opened. The vertical movement shaft 19 is inserted through a hollow shaft space having the rice washing blades 14 on the outer peripheral surface. The outer space of the net 16 is formed in a water supply / drainage channel 21.

Then, the jacket 18 is connected to the rice washing tank 15.
An intermediate body 24 having a drainage port 23 communicating with the water channel 21 and being detachably attached to the lower surface of the upper lid 22, and a hole communicating with the rice passage 17 at the center portion. A lower lid 25 and the like detachably attached to the body 24 are provided. Further, the intermediate body 24 is provided with a water adjusting port 26 which is juxtaposed to the drain port 23 in the left-right direction and communicates with the water channel 21.

The lower lid 2 forming a part of the water channel 21
The upper surface of 5 has a rear portion, that is, a discharge port side lower than a front portion in the front-rear direction, and a right portion lower than a left portion in the left-right direction. It is formed on the lower slope. In addition, the diameter of the drainage port 23 is formed larger than the diameter of the water control port 26, and when the both ports 23, 26 are opened, the drainage amount per unit time is made larger than the water control port 26.

The drain box 27 is located in the space behind the rice washing tank 15 and is detachably attached to the jacket 18. Reference numeral 28 denotes a drain valve for opening and closing the drain port 23, and 29 denotes a valve for opening and closing the water inlet 26, and both valves 2.
When the drain port 23 and the water adding / decreasing port 26 are opened at 8 and 29, both ports 23 and 26 communicate with the drain box 27.

Driving means for the two valves 28, 29 include valve shafts 30, 31 having distal ends removably mounted on the valves 28, 29 and having shaft axes in the front-rear direction. Link 3 which abuts against the plate 32, 33 attached to the end
4, 35, and connecting shafts 38, 3 having lower ends pivotally connected to links 34, 35 and upper ends attached to solenoids 36, 37.
9 and so on.

Reference numerals 40 and 41 denote valve shaft guides for slidingly guiding the valve shafts 30 and 31, which are mounted on the upper surface of the bottom wall of the drain box 27. Then, the valve shaft guides 40, 41 and the plate 32,
33 and a spring 4 inserted through the valve shafts 30 and 31.
The solenoids 36 and 37 are detachably mounted on a solenoid mounting plate 45 provided on an upper surface of a top plate 44 on which a flange at the upper end of the rice washing tank 15 is mounted.

On the rear side of the rice washing tank 15, there is provided an overflow pipe 47 whose upper end communicates with the overflow port 46 of the rice washing tank 15 and whose lower end communicates with the drain box 27. ,
A drain pipe 48 communicates with the lower surface of the drain box 27. In addition,
The upper lid 22 and the intermediate body 24 are connected to the water channel 21 and the
A water supply passage 49 communicating with the water supply passage 49 is provided, and a lower water supply pipe 50 communicating with the water supply passage 49 is detachably attached to the upper lid 22. Reference numeral 51 denotes a drain box lid for opening and closing the upper surface of the drain box 27.

Next, the means for laterally moving the top plate 44 to which the rice washing device 5 is attached will be described.
Attachment plates 52 are provided at both upper and lower ends of the outer surface of the rear wall 7, and shafts 53 having a longitudinal axis are provided on the attachment plates 52 at predetermined intervals in the left-right direction. A rotating body 54 that can slide on the front surface of the rear connecting body 11 is rotatably provided at the lower end of the shaft 53.

A reversible motor 55 is removably attached to the center of the rear side of the top plate 44, and a rotating body formed in an inverted U-shape in cross section also behind the motor 55. The support cover 56 is detachably attached. Slots are formed at predetermined intervals in the left-right direction at locations covered by the rotating body support cover 56 of the top plate 44, and the rear connector 10 is passed through the slots.
The rotating body 57 abutting on the upper surface of the rotating body support cover 5
6 is provided rotatably. A friction member such as rubber is integrally provided on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body 57, and a conductive color is provided between the shaft of one rotating body 57 and the motor shaft of the motor 55.
58 is fitted and fixed to each shaft with a stopper 59.

A rectangular rotating body supporting plate 60 having a wide width in the left-right direction is disposed back and forth with the rear connecting body 10 interposed therebetween, and is detachably attached to the lower surface of the top plate 44. A shaft 61 having a longitudinal axis at both ends and a rotatable rotating body 62 at the lower end capable of sliding on the front or rear surface of the rear connector 10 is attached.

Each of the rotating body support plates 60 is provided with a long hole in the front-rear direction, and by adjusting the movement of the rotating body support plate 60 in the front-rear direction, the rotating body 62 is provided on the front surface or the rear surface of the rear connector 10. It is configured so that the perspective position can be adjusted. The rice storage 3 has front and rear and left and right walls in which an upper wall and a lower end portion are bent inward to form a mounting portion, and a lower portion is opened to form a box shape. The rice storage 3 has a mounting portion removably attached to the top plate 44, and front and rear and left and right walls are provided to be substantially the same width as the top plate 44 to cover the motor 55, the rotating body 57 and the like. . The rice storage 3 is provided with a funnel 63 having a lower portion formed on an inner wall and having upper and lower surfaces opened.

The measuring roll 64 has a shaft center in the left and right direction of the top plate 44 and is located rearward of the vertical movement shaft 19 in a side view, and is detachably attached to the top plate 44. It is attached to a shaft 65 rotatably provided on the attached measuring roll receiving plate 66 (one is not shown because it overlaps in side view).

The upper end of each measuring roll receiving plate 66 is bent outward (left or right) to form a bent portion, and a part of the outer peripheral surface of the measuring roll 64 is cut out. And can store a predetermined amount of rice. Therefore, if the amount of stored rice is measured in advance, a predetermined amount of cooked rice can be obtained by calculating the rotation speed of the measuring roll 64 and the amount of stored rice.

The funnel 67 is open at both upper and lower sides and is formed in a cylindrical shape having a lower portion than the upper portion, and an inner surface at an upper end overlaps an outer surface at a lower end of the funnel 63 and a lower end at an outer periphery of the measuring roll 64. Each shatterproof plate 6 along the front and rear of the surface
8 and an attachment 69 so as to be detachable. The funnel 67 has a mounting plate 70 attached to the outer surface of the lower end, and the mounting plate 70 is detachably attached to the bent portion of the measuring roll receiving plate 66.

A guide tube 72 having a cylindrical shape with both upper and lower sides open is provided detachably on the top plate 44 below the measuring roll 64, and the upper opening of the guide tube 72 is scattered. The lower opening covers the lower part of the prevention plate 68, and the lower opening communicates with the inlet 71 formed by cutting out the top plate 44.

Reference numeral 73 denotes an opening / closing lid provided on the upper wall of the rice storage 3 so as to be openable and closable, and reference numeral 74 denotes a rice washing tank lid provided at the front of the rice washing tank 15 with an opening / closing tool 75 so as to be openable and closable. Next, the water supply means will be described. A base water supply pipe 77 connected to a water supply pipe 76 communicating with a water supply source (for example, water supply) is provided at a rear end portion of the top plate 44, and branched from the base water supply pipe 77 into a plurality of paths. The water supply pipe 78 is connected to the nozzles 79, 80, 81 provided on the top plate 44 so as to look into the rice washing tank 15 to form a flowing water channel. The base water supply pipe 77 is connected to the lower water supply pipe 50 and is connected to the water supply pipe 78 and the lower water supply pipe 50.
Are provided with solenoid valves 82 and 83.

The overflow sensor 84 is located at substantially the same height as the overflow port 46 of the rice washing tank 15 and is detachably mounted on the top plate 44. Reference numerals 86 and 87 denote limit switches provided on the upper surface of the rear connector 10 and are turned “ON” when the rice washing device 4 is located above the central portion of the rice cooker 5 or the rice cooker 6. At this time, the microcomputer outputs a stop signal to the motor 55. The microcomputer has a monitoring timer function.

The rice cookers 5 and 6 are arranged side by side at predetermined intervals in the left-right direction, and a slide bearing 8 provided between the rice cookers 5 and 6 and the leg 7.
5 is placed on a rice cooker movably provided in the front-rear direction. The rice cookers 5 and 6 are heating means (not shown) for heating the outer pot 88, the inner pot 89, the lid 90, and the inner pot, respectively.
Etc. are provided.

An actuator mounting plate 91 is formed by bending a flat plate in a plan view as viewed from the front and forming a U-shape in a plan view, and is mounted on the rear surface of the rear connecting body 12. A shaft 92 having a shaft center in the left-right direction is attached to the front end of the actuator mounting plate 91. The front end of the shaft 92 comes into contact with a lid 90 covering the inner hook 89, and the base thereof is mounted on the actuator mounting plate 91. A switch 95 for turning ON and OFF a switch 93 provided at 91 is provided rotatably, and a switch 95 provided at the tip thereof in contact with the inner hook 89 and the base provided at the actuator mounting plate 91 is provided. An inner hook sensing actuator 96 that turns "ON" and "OFF" is provided rotatably.

The operation panel 97 is provided with a control unit, and switches such as "ON" and "OFF" for each operation, operation display lamps, and abnormalities such as when the amount of rice stored in the rice storage 3 is less than a predetermined amount. A warning buzzer or the like for notifying an alarm is provided at the front wall of the rice storage 3 so as to be detachable and openable.
Of the various buttons, 98 is a start button for starting work, 99 is a button for increasing the number of reserved kettles,
100 is a button to reduce the number of reserved kettles, 101
Is a button for clearing the total number of pots, and 104 is an automatic button for automatically operating operations such as weighing and washing rice.

In the display lamps, reference numeral 102 denotes a reserved kettle number display for displaying the reserved kettles, and reference numeral 103 denotes a total kettle number display for displaying the total number of processed kettles. Reference numeral 105 denotes an ignition switch provided on the outer hook 88. Next, the operation of the rice cooker 5 will be described.
8, the lid 90 is positioned on the front side of the outer pot 88 (in a state where the inner pot 89 is not covered with the lid 90), and the rice cooker is moved rearward via the slide bearing 85 to a predetermined position. To the position. In this case, since the lid 90 and the lid sensing actuator 94 are not in contact with each other, the switch 93 is turned "OFF", and since the inner hook 89 and the inner hook sensing actuator 96 are in contact, the switch 95 is turned "ON". , And the rice cook ignition switch 105 is "OFF", so that the kettle set OK signal is output.

Subsequently, when the rice is lifted upward by opening the lid 73 and supplied to the funnel 63 of the rice storage 3, at this time, if the amount of rice is less than a predetermined amount (insufficient), a notification buzzer is activated. Since an additional alarm is issued, even when the position of the rice storage 3 is high, it is possible to easily determine this state and respond.

Then, the operator operates the button 10 for automatic operation.
4 is set to "ON", the desired number of cooked rice cookers is input by pressing the reserved kettle increase button 99 or the reserved kettle decrease button 100, and the accumulated number of cookers button 101 is pressed. Then, the reservation pot indicator 1
In 02, for example, if the number of kettles is five, "05" is displayed, and the total number of kettles indicator 103 is displayed as "00".

Therefore, the metering roll 64 discharges the rice into the guide cylinder 72 while rotating, and rotates when the predetermined rotational speed is reached. During this time, the rice sent to the guide cylinder 72 is
The rice enters the rice washing tank 151 through the input port 71 provided in the container.
In addition, since the electromagnetic valve 82 that has received the control signal from the control unit of the operation panel 97 opens, the water supply pipe (for example, water supply) supplies the water supply pipe 7.
6. The high-pressure water sent through the base water supply pipe 77 is diverted and jetted from the nozzle 80 toward the center of the rice washing tank 15 and the upper inner wall through each water supply pipe 78. At this time, since the solenoids 36 and 37 are not energized and are in a non-excited state, the valve shafts 30 and 31 and the valves 28 and 29 are moved rearward by the springs 42 and 43, and the drain port 23 and the Is open.

Accordingly, sewage, which is generated during the washing operation and contains foreign matter such as dust and debris, is removed from the washing tank 15 by the jacket 1.
8 into the waterway 21 through the net 16 and then each port 23,
The water is discharged from the drain box 27 through the water pipe 26 to a predetermined place. After a predetermined time, the solenoid valve 82
In this connection, the electromagnetic valve 82 is closed to stop the water supply, but the rotating rice washing blades 14 perform the polishing operation called so-called empty cutting for a predetermined time (a few times). 10 seconds). This rice polishing operation is performed a plurality of times during the rice washing operation.

Thereafter, when the solenoids 36 and 37 are energized and energized, the valve shafts 30 and 31 move along the longitudinal axes 38 and 39 and the link 3
With the aid of 4.35, it moves to the front side against the force of the springs 42 and 43, and closes the drain port 23 and the water adjusting port 26. When the solenoid valve 83 is energized and excited, the water sent to the base water supply pipe 77 is divided and a part of the water enters the water supply passage 49 through the lower water supply pipe 50, and then the water flows from the water passage 21 to the net 16. Through the rice washing tank.

Accordingly, the water is increased in the rice washing tank by the upper water supplied from each nozzle 80 and the lower water supplied from the lower water supply pipe 50, so that the rice is washed over at the end of the rice washing operation. The water supply time until the water volume is reached can be shortened, and the work efficiency can be improved. Further, at this time, since the washed rice blade 14 is rotating, the foreign matter mixed into the rice can be easily separated in combination with the lower water supply, and the washing effect can be enhanced. The overflowing water enters the overflow pipe 47 from the overflow port 46, falls into the drain box 27, and then passes through the drain pipe 48 together with foreign matter to a predetermined location. Is discharged.

After a predetermined time, the solenoid valve 83 is closed to stop the lower water supply, the drainage port 23 and the water control port 26 are opened by stopping the power supply to both solenoids 36 and 37, and the rotation of the rice washing blade 14 is stopped. The electromagnetic valve 82 is closed and the upper water supply is stopped in that order. Accordingly, the water stored in the rice washing tank 15 is discharged from the drain pipe 48 to a predetermined place through the net 16, the water channel 21, the drain port 23 and the drain box 27.

At this time, the water is discharged to the drain port 23 and the
, Discharge time can be shortened, work efficiency can be improved, and the lower surface of the water channel 21, that is, the lower lid 25 can be discharged.
Since the upper surface is inclined, the flow of water in the water channel 21 can be made smooth, and the amount of residual water can be significantly reduced. Therefore, the amount of foreign matter remaining can be greatly reduced.

Next, when both solenoids 36 and 37 are energized and energized, the valve 28 closes the drain port 23 and the valve 29 closes the water control port 26 as described above. Subsequently, the solenoid valve 83 is opened to supply water to the rice washing tank 15 through the lower water supply, that is, the lower water supply pipe 50, the water supply passage 49, the water passage 21, and the net 16. Then, the water valve check timer is operated, and it is determined whether or not the overflow sensor 84 has been turned "ON" within a predetermined time. If it is determined that the overflow has not been reached, the electromagnetic valve 83 is closed and The energization of the solenoids 36 and 37 is stopped to perform an abnormality process, that is, an alarm is issued.

On the other hand, when the overflow sensor 84 senses, the solenoid valve 83 is closed after a short wait, and after a short wait, the power supply to both solenoids 37 is stopped and the solenoid 37 is de-energized. I do. In this connection, the lower water supply is stopped, and the valve shaft 31 and the valve 29 are moved to the rear side so that the water in the rice washing tank 15 is supplied to the water channel 21, the water supply channel 49, the water inlet / outlet 26.
Then, the water enters the drain pipe 48 through the drain box 27 and is discharged to a predetermined place.

In this case, since the water adjusting port 26 is smaller than the diameter of the drain port 23, the amount of water discharged from the drain port 23 is smaller than the amount of water discharged from the drain port 23 when compared per unit time. Then, the power supply to the solenoid 37 is stopped when the time to reach the water amount for cooking calculated from the amount of cooked rice input by the worker, that is, when the water addition and subtraction time by the water addition and subtraction check timer times out.

Accordingly, in connection with this, the valve 29 closes the water adjusting port 26 to complete the water adjusting operation. In addition, it is determined whether or not the overflow sensor 84 has been turned "OFF" during the water addition / reduction operation, and if the water addition / reduction time has been reached even though the water addition time has not been set to "OFF", it is determined that an abnormality has occurred. A warning buzzer sounds.

Next, the rice washing blade rotating motor is driven to rotate the rice washing blade 14, and then the rice discharging motor is driven. Then, in connection with this, the vertical movement shaft 19 moves downward, so that the rice discharge valve 20 also moves in the same direction to open the rice passage 17. Therefore, the rice and water in the rice washing tank fall through the rice passage 17 into the inner pot 89 of the rice cooker 5, but at this time, since the rice washing blades 14 are also rotating, the rice can be drained smoothly and the rice remains. Can prevent rice.

When the rice discharging operation is completed, the rotation of the rice washing blade rotating motor and the rice discharging motor are stopped, and the power supply to both solenoids 36 and 37 is stopped, so that the drain port 23 and the water level are adjusted. The mouths 26 are each opened. In addition, since the electromagnetic valve 83 is opened to supply water from the water supply channel 49 to the water channel 21, foreign matter, broken rice, and the like remaining in the water channel can be flushed from the drain port 23 and the water control port 26 to the drain box 27.

When the worker puts the lid 90 on the shuttle, the lid 90
Is in contact with the lid sensing actuator 94 so that the switch 9
Turn 3 ON. Then, after the predetermined immersion time is over, the operator turns on the ignition switch 105 to start the rice cooking operation. When the rice discharging and draining operation is completed, the rice discharging motor is reversed, the vertical shaft 19 is moved to a predetermined upper position, the rice passage 17 is closed by the rice discharging valve 20, and the rice weighing motor is then turned on. The metering roll 64 is driven to rotate, and the same operation as described above is performed to supply a predetermined amount of rice into the rice washing tank. Less than,
The same operation as above is performed until the rice washing operation.

Then, when the rice washing operation is completed, it is determined whether or not the kettle set is OK immediately below. However, since the condition of the kettle set OK, that is, “without lid” is not provided, “NO” is determined.
Next, it is determined whether or not the other kettle (the rice cooker 6 side in this embodiment) is set OK. However, since the lid 90 is not placed on the inner kettle, the switch 93 is turned OFF and the inner kettle 89 is set.
The switch 95 is turned "ON" because the pot and the inner pot sensing actuator 96 are in contact with each other.
5 is "OFF", so that the signal of the shuttle set OK is output. As a result, it is determined that the other shuttle set is present, and a drive command signal is sent to the motor 55 to drive the motor 55.

Then, the rotating power is transmitted through the motor shaft, the transmission collar 58, and the shaft of the rotating body 57, and
7 rotates counterclockwise in front view. At this time, the rotating body 57 moves to the left while sliding due to friction between the friction body provided on the outer peripheral surface and the upper surface of the rear connecting body 10, and the rice storage 3
And when the center switch of the rice washing device 4 and the limit switch 87 overlap in the vertical direction, the limit switch 87 is turned “ON”.
The output of the drive command signal to the motor 55 is stopped. Therefore, the rice passage 17 of the rice washing tank 15 is stopped at a position above the center of the inner pot 89.

Subsequently, the rice discharging motor is driven to move the vertical movement shaft 19 downward, so that the rice discharging valve 20 also moves in the same direction to open the rice passage 17. Thereby, the rice and water in the rice washing tank fall into the inner pot 89 of the rice cooker 6 through the rice passage 17 while being stirred by the rotating rice washing blades 14.

When the rice washing operation is completed, the driving of the rice washing blade rotating motor and the rice discharging motor is stopped, the power supply to both solenoids 36 and 37 is stopped, and the drain port 23 and the water addition / reduction port 26 are stopped. To release. In addition, since the electromagnetic valve 83 is opened to supply water from the water supply channel 49 to the water channel 21, the residue in the water channel can be washed out, and cleaning after work can be facilitated.

Then, the worker puts the lid 90 on the pot and immerses it for a predetermined time, then turns on the ignition switch 105 to start the rice cooking operation. Next, after the rice discharging valve 20 is closed, the weighing and washing operation is performed as described above. Subsequently, it is determined whether or not it is the shuttle set OK immediately below. However, since the condition of the shuttle set OK, that is, “without lid” is not provided, “NO” is determined.
Next, it is determined whether or not the other kettle (the rice cooker 5 side in the embodiment) is set OK. However, since the other kettle is cooking rice, "NO" is determined and the process stands by on the spot.

When the rice storage 3 and the rice washing device 4 do not reach the predetermined position within a predetermined time from the start of the lateral movement, that is, when the monitoring timer is up, the output of the drive command signal to the motor 55 is stopped. An alarm is sounded with a buzzer to notify that it is abnormal. When it is determined that the rice has been washed, the number of pots displayed on the reserved pot number display device 102 is displayed by a number reduced by one. Also, during the work, increase the reservation kettle button 99
Alternatively, each time the reserved shuttle reduction button 100 is operated, the number is displayed by adding or subtracting one by one each time.

When the rice is washed, the accumulated pot number display 103 displays the number added by one. Therefore, since the worker can grasp the number of remaining pots and the number of accumulated pots from these numbers, for example, it is possible to predict whether or not rice preparation is necessary, the work end time, and the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view.

FIG. 2 is a partially broken side view.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a rice washing tank.

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the partially washed rice washing tank.

FIG. 6 is a left side view of the partially-washed rice washing tank.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a top plate.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of a partially removed kettle.

FIG. 9 is a front view of an operation panel.

FIG. 10 is a control flowchart of the whole rice cooking.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of the number of reserved pots.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of the cumulative number of shuttles.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart for lateral movement.

FIG. 14 is a time chart.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Rice washing rice cooker 2 Frame 3 Rice storage 5 Rice cooker 6 Rice cooker 9 Prop 15 Rice washing tank 16 Net 17 Rice passage 18 Jacket 20 Rice discharge valve 44 Top plate 74 Rice washing tank lid 78 Water supply pipe

Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Masahiro Yamazaki 1515 Tokumaru, Matsumae-cho, Iyo-gun, Ehime Prefecture Examiner, Hit Engineering Co., Ltd. Kazuhiro Kosuge (56) References JP-A-4-2307 (JP, A) JP-A-50- 160466 (JP, A) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A47J 27/14

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A rice cooker on which a rice cooker is mounted is moved in a front-rear direction.
A laterally interposed leg is provided for movement guidance and a rear end of the leg.
A vertically long strut 9 arranged at a distance is integrally provided.
To form an L-shaped frame 2 when viewed from the side.
Funnel or weighing machine that stores rice on the upper side with the top plate 44 in between
Provide water supply pipes 78 for guiding steps and water to the rice washing tank side.
A rice box 3 formed in a box shape is arranged and attached to the top plate 44.
It is detachably installed and rice washing means is installed under the top plate.
Cylindrical rice washing having a rice washing tank lid 74 that can be freely opened and closed
The tank 15 is arranged and provided on the top plate 44 so as to be detachable,
A net 16 having many small holes at the lower end of the rice washing tank 15
A rice passage 17 provided in the center and communicating with the rice washing tank 15
Rice passage by forming and moving up and down
Wearing a jacket 18 having a rice discharge valve 20 for opening and closing the valve 17
Removably mounted, automatic weighing by weighing means in rice storage
After processing and washing in the washing tank,
Rice cooker containing rice with water for cooking rice falling
And set the number of rice treatments
Manual input means that can increase or decrease the number of processing and the number of processing automatically
Changeable automatic change means and number of manual or automatic processing
One display means for displaying and the total number of processes for each process
Displaying the total change means and the total number of processing automatically changed
The cumulative processing display means is detachably mounted on the front wall of the rice storage 3
A rice-washing / cooking apparatus provided on one attached operation display means . 2. A rear end of the leg is spaced laterally.
L-shape when viewed from the side
Is formed, and a top plate 44 is provided on the upper part of the frame 2.
Wash the funnel, weighing means and water to store rice on the upper side
Formed in a box shape with a water supply pipe 78 etc. that guides to the tank side
The rice storage 3 is placed and detachably mounted on the top plate 44
A rice washing means is installed under the top plate so that it can be opened and closed freely.
The cylindrical rice washing tank 15 having the washed rice washing tank lid 74 is removed.
It is arranged and provided detachably on this top plate 44,
Rice cookers 5 and 6 that can be repositioned
Are provided in a row at the bottom of the rice washing tank 15.
A net 16 having a large number of holes is provided at the center to prepare a rice washing tank 15.
Move up and down Direction to form a rice passage 17 which communicates with the
A rice discharge valve 20 that opens and closes the rice passage 17 by moving
The removable jacket 18 is attached to the rice storage
Automatic weighing processing by weighing means and cleaning processing in the cleaning tank
With the water for rice cooking that falls through the rice passage 17
Rice stored in a rice cooker is processed by a rice cooker,
One operation display means detachably attached to the front wall of the storage 3
To the cookers 5 and 6
Rice washing rice cooker provided with notification means .