JP4033717B2 - Outdoor automatic rice milling machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an automatic rice milling apparatus, and more particularly to an outdoor type automatic rice milling apparatus that can be installed outdoors.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art An automatic rice milling apparatus that automatically performs a rice milling operation by inserting coins or bills is known. In this type of automatic rice milling apparatus, as a type installed outdoors, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-272373, the interior of the building is separated by a partition wall (partition wall). The room is divided into a room where people can freely come and go and a machine room that can only be accessed by a limited number of people such as managers and maintenance inspectors. In the machine room, rice mills that actually perform the rice milling operation and removal of foreign substances such as stones are removed. What is equipped with a stone remover is generally known.
[0003]
However, as a type of automatic rice milling machine installed outdoors in this way, a machine room and guest room with a machine room in the building require a large space for its installation area, so a large space is secured as the installation space. While it is suitable for places such as suburbs where it is easy to do, there is a drawback that it is often impossible to secure the installation space in a densely populated area.
[0004]
An automatic rice milling device disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-5037 is available as a solution to this drawback. This automatic rice milling machine is roughly shaped like a vending machine, and when used, the inlet is pulled out from the front of the box-shaped main body to the front side, and then opened. It is configured to use brown rice. Also, a discharge port for discharging white rice is provided inside the main body, the front side portion of this discharge port is pulled out to the front side, a bag containing white rice is put in advance, and the location where this bag is stored is based on The rice milling operation is started in the state where it is returned.
[0005]
According to this type of automatic rice milling apparatus, since it can be installed with a small installation area, it is easy to secure the installation space even in a densely populated city.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, according to the conventional automatic rice milling apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-5037, the brown rice is introduced in a state where the introduction port is drawn out from the front of the main body to the outside of the main body. Occasionally brown rice spilled from the inlet will be scattered as it is on the floor or ground where automatic rice milling equipment is installed, which may become unsanitary or unsightly, and also collect spilled brown rice If you try to re-enter the battery, there will be a problem that you have to remove the dirt that has adhered to it.
[0007]
In addition, when this automatic rice milling device is installed in a densely populated city, etc., many people other than users pass near the automatic rice milling device, so some people are littering, etc. It is conceivable to open the slot and throw it inside. In this case, the thrown-in waste is mixed with the brown rice and processed, so the internal passage becomes unclean, internal devices such as a rice milling machine are damaged, and what is contained in the waste is white rice. There is a risk of mixing.
[0009]
The present invention solves the above problem, and even when brown rice spills from the inlet when brown rice is introduced, the brown rice is not scattered as it is on the floor or the ground where the automatic rice milling apparatus is installed, and other than users Prevent people from throwing in garbage, etc. wear The object is to provide an outdoor type automatic rice milling apparatus.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 is an outdoor type automatic rice milling apparatus which can be installed with the rice milling apparatus body itself having a rice milling machine exposed to the outdoors and automatically performs the rice milling work. In the place where the user inserts the brown rice into the back side of the main body of the rice milling device, the front side is inclined so that the front side is downward, and is provided at the back of the input port. The front part around the rotation support shaft From the front Open and close the inlet by opening upward Have a handle Provided with an inlet opening / closing door, a space for opening the inlet opening / closing door above the inlet at a position recessed from the front side of the main body of the rice milling apparatus. From the position that is obliquely lower toward the front side from the rotation support shaft to the region that is obliquely upward from the rotation support shaft, and above the space for opening the input port opening / closing door in the rice milling device body, A closed space surrounded by the casing of the rice milling machine body was provided. It is characterized by that.
[0011]
According to this configuration, since the inlet is disposed at a position recessed from the front surface of the rice milling apparatus main body, the inlet is provided even if brown rice is spilled when brown rice is introduced. It is only necessary to collect spilled brown rice in the lower surface portion of the depression, that is, in the vicinity of the inlet, and the spilled brown rice is prevented from being scattered on the floor or the ground. Moreover, even if brown rice spills in the vicinity of the insertion port, these brown rice can be picked up by hand and thrown in again, and these brown rice does not fall on the floor or the ground, so it does not become dirty. Furthermore, since the inlet opening / closing door is configured to open and close the inlet by opening the front part upward, even if the front portion of the rice milling device main body is open only in a narrow space, the inlet The door can be opened and closed without hindrance.
[0012]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the outdoor type automatic rice milling apparatus according to the first aspect, a light-transmitting portion is provided in at least a part of the inlet opening / closing door, and the inlet can be visually recognized through the light-transmitting portion. It is characterized by that.
[0013]
According to this configuration, it is possible to confirm whether or not brown rice remains on the portion below the inlet, etc., even after the inlet opening / closing door is closed.
The invention according to claim 3 is an outdoor type automatic rice milling apparatus that can be installed with the rice milling apparatus body itself having a rice milling machine exposed to the outdoors and automatically performs the rice milling work, and the user inputs the brown rice A closing opening that opens and closes the closing opening, a locking means that locks the closing opening and closing door, and a control means that controls the locking state of the locking means. The opening / closing door is locked in the closed state, and the lock is released when an instruction to start the rice milling operation is issued.
[0014]
According to this configuration, since the slot opening / closing door is locked in the closed state at times other than the rice milling operation, it is possible to prevent a person other than the user from opening the slot opening / closing door and throwing garbage into the interior.
[0021]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an outdoor type automatic rice milling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0022]
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 7, the rice mill main body 1 of the outdoor type automatic rice milling apparatus does not have a building and does not include a guest room. And the rice milling apparatus main body 1 itself provided with the rice milling machine 3 and the stone punching machine 2 for removing foreign substances can be installed in an exposed state outdoors. Note that reference numeral 100 in FIG. 1 denotes a barn shed for collecting the barn discharged from the rice milling apparatus main body 1.
[0023]
The rice milling apparatus main body 1 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the front part is provided with a platform 4 on the lower part on the right side, on which a bag X containing brown rice brought by the user is placed, protruding forward. Above the platform 4, there is provided a feeding space portion 5 that is recessed in a substantially V shape so as to become narrower from the front surface of the rice milling apparatus body 1 toward the back side. In addition, a charging port 6 for a user to input brown rice is provided at a lower surface portion of the charging space 5, and a transparent charging port opening / closing door 7 for opening and closing the charging port 6 is provided. Yes. A tension hopper 8 that receives the introduced brown rice is disposed below the input port 6 inside the rice milling apparatus main body 1, and a stone remover that removes foreign substances such as stones from the brown rice is provided below the tension hopper 8. 2 is disposed. A brown rice chute 9 that collects brown rice from which foreign substances such as stones have been removed is provided on the back side of the stone remover 2, and the stone collected by the stone remover 2 is placed inside the platform 4 on the front side of the stone remover 2. A foreign matter storage box 10 from which foreign matters such as are discharged is provided.
[0024]
The brown rice chute 9 is adjacent to an elevator 11 made of a screw conveyor that sends the brown rice sent from the brown rice chute 9 upward, and the brown rice discharged from the upper end opening of the elevator 11 is contained in the rice milling apparatus main body 1. After being discharged into the brown rice tank 12 disposed on the upper left side, the brown rice from the brown rice tank 12 is polished into white rice by the rice milling machine 3 disposed below the brown rice tank 12, and then below the rice milling machine 3. The polished white rice is stored in the white rice hopper 13 disposed on the left side. Below the white rice hopper 13, a white rice storage portion 15 for placing a white rice storage bag Y (which may be used as a bag X containing brown rice) brought by the user is provided from the front portion 1 a of the rice milling apparatus main body 1. The white rice discharging pedal 40 disposed in the vicinity of the lower end of the platform 4 with the white rice storage bag Y placed in the white rice storage portion 15 is provided so as to be recessed outside and exposed to the outside. By stepping on, the white rice stored in the white rice hopper 13 is discharged into the white rice containing bag Y.
[0025]
As shown in FIG. 2, an operation control panel 20 having a plurality of whiteness selection push buttons 16, glutinous rice selection buttons 17, a coin insertion slot 18, and the like is provided on the upper right side of the front portion of the rice milling apparatus main body 1. Is provided.
[0026]
Hereinafter, each part of the rice milling apparatus main body 1 will be described in detail.
As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the insertion port 6 is formed to be opened in the insertion portion lower surface plate 21 that forms the lower surface of the insertion space portion 5, and the insertion portion lower surface plate 21 is slightly so that the front side is downward. It is inclined and arranged. A horizontal rotation support shaft 22 is rotatably supported on both sides of the rear upper surface of the input portion lower surface plate 21, and the input port opening / closing door 7 is formed in the input space portion 5 around the rotation support shaft 22. In 8 (a), it can be opened and closed up and down from a closed posture shown by a solid line to an open posture shown by a virtual line.
[0027]
In addition, the inlet upper inclined plate 23 that forms the upper surface of the inlet space 5 is magnetically attached when the inlet opening / closing door 7 is opened to maintain the inlet opening / closing door 7 in the open state. A magnet 24 is attached. A handle 25 for a user to open the inlet opening / closing door 7 is attached to the front surface of the inlet opening / closing door 7, and the rear surface of the front surface of the inlet opening / closing door 7 is bent and extended obliquely downward. The stop hook 26 is attached, and the retracting rod 27a is engaged with the locking hook 26 on the lower surface of the input portion lower inclined plate 21 in front of the front end portion of the input port 6 (FIG. 8B). Reference) A solenoid 27 is attached as a locking means for locking the inlet opening / closing door 7 in the closed position. A closed state detection sensor 28 for detecting that the inlet opening / closing door 7 is closed is attached so as to face the inner end of the inlet 6 and the solenoid 27 closes the inlet opening / closing door 7. When locking to the posture, the closed state detection sensor 28 detects that the inlet opening / closing door 7 is closed, and as shown by the phantom line in FIG. The retracting rod 27a is protruded and engaged with the locking hook 26.
[0028]
As shown in FIG. 4, in the vicinity of the lower end portion of the tension hopper 8, a tension state detection level meter 29 that detects the presence of brown rice in the tension hopper 8 is provided on the back side of the tension hopper 8. It is attached. Further, the opening area of the discharge port 8a provided at the lower end of the tension hopper 8 can be adjusted by an adjustment door 19 that can be manually raised and lowered, so that it can be adjusted according to the processing capacity of the stone puncher 2 and the like. It has become.
[0029]
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 10, the stone punching machine 2 is swung in an inclined state so that the front stone outlet 31 a side is upward, and the screen 31 having air permeability and the screen 31 are swung. A drive mechanism such as a swing drive motor 32 and a windmill 33 and a windmill box 34 for blowing air from below the screen 31 are provided. Then, the screen 31 is blown and swung upward from below with respect to the screen 31 swung in an inclined posture in which one stone outlet side is raised and the other brown rice outlet side is lowered. By supplying brown rice on 31, while collecting foreign substances such as stones contained in brown rice at the closed stone outlet 31 a side, the brown rice overflowing from the brown rice outlet 31 b side on the back side is discharged. Yes. Further, by opening the stone discharge shutter 35 provided at the stone outlet 31a so as to be freely opened and closed, the foreign matter collected on the stone outlet 31a side is discharged together with the brown rice.
[0030]
In addition, a remaining rice return passage 36 for discharging the remaining rice remaining on the screen 31 is partitioned and formed on one side of the screen 31 by the partition plate 37. After the stone discharging operation described above, the partition plate 37 The remaining rice discharge shutter 38 provided to be openable and closable at a position close to the stone outlet 31a is left to be discharged from the remaining rice outlet 36a through the remaining rice return passage 36. It has become so.
[0031]
As shown in FIG. 4, as described above, a platform 4 on which a bag x containing brown rice brought by a user is placed on the front side of the rice milling apparatus main body 1 in front of the lower portion of the right side toward the rice milling apparatus main body 1. Are disposed in close contact with each other. The mounting table 4 is configured by an inclined surface on which the mounting surface 4a on which the bag x is mounted is lower toward the back side. Further, in the foreign matter storage box 10 disposed inside the platform 4, foreign matter such as stones from the stone remover 2 is received by a foreign matter discharge port 81 and a stone discharge guide disposed on the front side of the stone remover 2. 39 is discharged. The front surface of the platform 4 is provided with a foreign matter discharge opening / closing door 42 that can be opened by releasing the locking device 41. By opening the foreign matter discharge opening / closing door 42, foreign matter such as stones is collected. The storage box 10 can be taken out.
[0032]
The brown rice outlet 31b of the screen 31 in the stone remover 2 is plunged into the brown rice chute 9, and the brown rice from which foreign matters such as stones have been removed is introduced from the brown rice chute 9 into the elevator 11.
[0033]
The brown rice tank 12 to which the brown rice is supplied from the elevator 11 is disposed at this lower level position so that the supply of the brown rice to the brown rice tank 12 has started or the brown rice is no longer in the brown rice tank 12 A lower limit level sensor 43 that detects the state and an upper limit level sensor 44 that is disposed at the upper limit level position and detects an overflow state in the brown rice tank 12 are attached. A return passage 45 is provided across the brown rice tank 12 and the brown rice chute 9 to return the overflow amount exceeding the upper limit level of the brown rice tank 12 to the brown rice chute 9.
[0034]
The rice mill 3 has a structure as shown in FIG. A hollow rotating shaft 54 that is rotated through a driving pulley 53 by a driving motor 52 (see FIGS. 5 and 6) of the rice milling machine 3 is disposed in a main body casing 51 that is disposed in the vertical direction. A feed roll 55 is attached to the upper portion of the rotating shaft 54 and a rice milling roll 56 having a ridge portion is attached to the lower portion of the rotating shaft 54, respectively. Reference numeral 57 denotes a metal net which is disposed on the outer peripheral side of the feed roll 55 and the rice milling roll 56 and forms an outer shell portion of the rice milling chamber 58. The firewood blower 59 (see FIGS. 5 and 6) is sucked together with the air and discharged into the firewood shed 100. Further, a supply screw 60 and a supply casing 61 for feeding the brown rice from the brown rice tank 12 into the milled rice chamber 58 are disposed on the upper portion of the main body casing 51.
[0035]
At the lower end of the main body casing 51, an opening degree regulating member 62 that adjusts the pressure at the time of milling by adjusting the opening degree from the rice milling chamber 58, and between the opening degree regulating member 62 and the milling roll 56. A discharge cylinder 63 that guides the white rice discharged from the bottom is fitted in such a manner that it can be moved up and down. Then, while detecting the load of the rice milling roll 56 from the electric energy of the drive motor 52 that drives the rice milling roll 56, the opening degree adjusting motor 64 is operated, and the opening degree regulating member via the opening degree adjusting arm 65. By changing the vertical position of 62, whiteness control is performed so that rice having whiteness matching the whiteness of rice polished selected by the user can be obtained.
[0036]
The white rice hopper 13 disposed below the rice milling machine 3 is a small one that does not protrude forward from the rice milling apparatus body 1 in order to make the rice milling apparatus body 1 itself compact. Further, a front door 50 as a white rice discharge portion cover that can be opened and closed sideways is provided on the upper left side of the rice milling apparatus main body 1, and the lower portion of the front door 50 provides a space between the rice mill 3 and the white rice hopper 13. The space is covered from the front. Below the front door 50 is provided a confirmation window 66 fitted with a transparent plate so that the white rice discharged from the rice mill 3 can be seen. The whiteness of the white rice discharged from the rice milling machine 3 can be confirmed through the confirmation window 66. In addition, by re-pressing the whiteness selection pushbutton 16 during the milling while confirming the whiteness of the white rice, it is possible to change and adjust the milled rice whiteness from that point. 2, 67 is a viewing window provided on the front door 51 for confirming the remaining state of the brown rice in the brown rice tank 12, and 68 is a locking device with a lever provided on the front door 51. By inserting a key (not shown) into the device 68 and unlocking it, and opening the front door 51, maintenance work and the like of the rice milling machine 3 can be easily performed.
[0037]
A white rice upper limit level sensor 69 that detects that white rice has reached the upper limit level of the white rice hopper 13 is provided above the white rice hopper 13. In the middle of the rice milling operation, when the white rice reaches the upper limit level of the white rice hopper 13 and is detected by the white rice upper limit level sensor 69, the rice mill 3 is prevented from overflowing from the white rice hopper 13. The operation of supplying brown rice to rice and the rice milling operation of the rice mill 3 are temporarily interrupted. Thereafter, when the user steps on the white rice discharge pedal 40 to store the white rice in the white rice storage bag Y and the white rice is reduced below the upper limit level of the white rice hopper 13, the supply operation of the brown rice to the rice mill 3 is performed. In addition, the rice milling operation of the rice milling machine 3 is resumed.
[0038]
The white rice discharge pedal 40 for opening the discharge port of the white rice hopper 13 is opened in conjunction with the discharge gate 72 provided at the discharge port of the white rice hopper 13 by the wire cable 71 passed through the rice milling apparatus main body 1. It is configured as follows. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the white rice discharging pedal 40 is disposed in a recess 4 b provided in the lower left portion of the platform 4. Then, by arranging the white rice discharge pedal 40 in the recess 4b, the feet are intentionally pushed into the recess 4b of the platform 4, and the white rice hopper 13 is discharged by stepping on the white rice discharge pedal 40. The white rice discharge pedal 40 is not accidentally stepped on when the white rice storage bag Y is placed in the white rice storage portion 15. Further, a tray (not shown) can be placed on the bottom surface portion of the white rice container 15 so that it can be taken out and drained when rainwater or the like is accumulated.
[0039]
As schematically shown in FIG. 12, the casing portion of the rice milling apparatus main body 1 is fixed to the bottom surface portion 1b, a plurality of support frames 1c erected on the bottom surface portion 1b, and the upper end of the support frame 1c. The upper surface frame 1d, the side surface portion 1e attached to and welded to the support frame 1c from both sides, the ceiling surface portion 1f covered from above the upper surface frame 1d, the back surface portion 1g, and the front door 50 are included. It consists of the front part 1a. And when assembling the rice milling apparatus main body 1, as a housing | casing part of the rice milling apparatus main body 1, in the state which fixed the part except the front part 1a and the back part 1g by welding etc., internal components (rice milling machine 3 or The stone punching machine 2, the tension hopper 8, the brown rice tank 12, the white rice hopper 13, the elevator 11 and the like) are assembled, and then the front part 1a and the rear part 1g are attached. About the back surface part 1g, after inserting the lower part into the groove | channel 1h provided in the bottom face part 1b, the upper end part is fixed from the inside with the volt | bolt (what is called a knob bolt) 73 which can be rotated by hand, Then, back surface The back surface portion 1g can be fixed by screwing a plurality of fixing bolts 74 from the outside. Further, in the assembled state, the elevator 11 is fixed to the bottom surface portion 1g and extends to the vicinity of the ceiling surface portion 1f. However, the upper end of the elevator 11 may be fixed to the ceiling surface portion 1f. In this case, the elevator 11 itself can also be used as a pillar that supports the casing portion of the rice milling apparatus main body 1, and the strength of the rice milling apparatus main body 1 as the casing portion can be improved.
[0040]
According to the above configuration, since the installation can be performed with a small installation area, the installation opening / closing door 7 faces the input space portion 5 that is recessed in the back while ensuring the installation space even in a densely populated city. Therefore, even if brown rice is spilled when the brown rice is introduced, the spilled brown rice only needs to be accumulated on the bottom plate 21 of the introduction portion, which is the lower surface portion of the depression where the introduction port 6 is provided. It is hygienic because the brown rice is prevented from being scattered on the floor and ground. Moreover, even when brown rice spills in the vicinity of the insertion port 6 on the lower surface plate 21 of the input part, these brown rice can be picked up by hand and input again, and these brown rice does not fall on the floor or the ground. Therefore, it will not be filthy.
[0041]
Further, the insertion opening / closing door 7 can be opened only in the following cases. In other words, in the standby state, the retractable rod 27a of the solenoid 27 is protruded and engaged with the locking hook 26, the opening / closing door 7 is maintained in an unopened state, and of course, the rice milling operation is also performed. Absent. Then, when the user inserts a coin from the coin insertion slot 18, the exit / retraction rod 27 a of the solenoid 27 is retracted to be unlocked, and in this state, the user opens the insertion slot opening / closing door 7 to open the brown rice. Can be inserted. In this state, when brown rice is thrown in and a user initiates a milling start operation by pressing the whiteness selection push button 16 or the like, the fed brown rice is processed while being sequentially conveyed through the rice milling apparatus main body 1. When the closed state detection sensor 28 and the tension state detection level meter 29 detect that the inlet opening / closing door 7 is closed and the brown rice in the tension hopper 8 has disappeared, the solenoid 27 again. The retractable rod 27a is protruded to be locked.
[0042]
As a result, when the rice milling operation is not performed, the inlet opening / closing door 7 cannot be opened, so that it is possible to reliably prevent garbage from being thrown into the inlet 6 by a passerby other than the user. Moreover, since the inlet opening / closing door 7 is locked when it is detected that the inlet opening / closing door 7 is closed and the brown rice in the extension hopper 8 is lost, just before the rice milling process is finished, Again, brown rice is introduced, and the introduced brown rice remains in the rice milling apparatus main body 1 and can be prevented from being mixed with the next user's brown rice.
[0043]
Further, since the inlet opening / closing door 7 is configured to be opened and closed up and down in the insertion space portion 5 recessed from the front surface portion 1a of the rice milling apparatus main body 1, even when the inlet opening / closing door 7 is opened. The inlet opening / closing door 7 does not protrude forward from the front surface portion 1 a of the rice milling apparatus main body 1. Therefore, even when this outdoor type automatic rice milling apparatus is installed in a narrow place, there is no problem that the inlet opening / closing door 7 comes into contact with a thing arranged in front of the outdoor type automatic rice milling apparatus, etc. The open / close door 7 can be opened and closed satisfactorily. This increases the possibility that the space can be arranged even in a limited space.
[0044]
Further, since the inlet opening / closing door 7 is formed transparently, the inside of the inlet 6 (inside the tension hopper 8) can be seen directly from above even after the inlet opening / closing door 7 is closed. Even if brown rice is caught on the mixed hopper 8, such brown rice can be written down. In addition, since the inlet 6 is formed so as to be inclined so that the front side is downward, the user can easily see the inside of the inlet 6 while introducing brown rice through the inlet 6. Therefore, convenience is improved when the rice milling apparatus main body 1 is used.
[0045]
Moreover, since the space between the rice mill 3 and the white rice hopper 13 is covered from the outside by a front door 50 as a white rice discharge part cover, even when the rice milling apparatus body 1 is installed outdoors, the rice mill 3 and the white rice It is possible to prevent rainwater from entering between the hopper 13 and the introduction of garbage by passersby. And since it is also possible to see the white rice discharged | emitted from the rice milling machine 3 through the confirmation window part 66, it is convenient. By pressing the whiteness selection pushbutton 16 again, the rice milling from that point is performed. Whiteness can be adjusted.
[0046]
Furthermore, since this automatic rice milling device can be installed in the city, a small rice hopper 13 that does not protrude forward from the rice milling device main body 1 is used. It can be set as the structure which does not protrude ahead, The installation space of the rice milling apparatus main body 1 can be suppressed to the minimum. In addition, when a thing with a small capacity is used as the white rice hopper 13, it is considered that white rice overflows from the white rice hopper 13, but the white rice in the white rice hopper 13 reaches the upper limit level, and this state is detected by the white rice upper limit level sensor 69. When this is detected, the brown rice supply operation to the rice milling machine 3 and the rice milling operation of the rice milling machine 3 are temporarily interrupted, so that overflow of the polished rice from the white rice hopper 13 is prevented. In this case, the user presses the white rice discharge pedal 40 to store the white rice in the white rice storage bag Y, and the white rice is reduced below the upper limit level of the white rice hopper 13, thereby bringing the brown rice to the rice mill 3. Supply operation and the rice milling operation of the rice mill 3 can be resumed.
[0047]
Further, since the white rice container 15 is arranged facing the outside, the white rice container bag Y can be easily put in and out of the white rice container 15. That is, when the white rice storage bag Y is arranged in the white rice storage portion 15, it is not necessary to open or pull out the door, so that the operability is improved. Further, since the white rice storage portion 15 is disposed so as to be recessed from the front surface portion 1a of the rice milling apparatus main body 1, and the white rice storage bag Y is received in the recessed white rice storage portion 15, this white rice storage portion is provided. 15 can be effectively used as an installation space for the rice milling apparatus main body 1.
[0048]
Moreover, although the case where the confirmation window part 66 by which the board | plate material which has translucency was fitted was provided in the lower part of the front door 50 in the said embodiment was described, it does not restrict to this. As shown in FIGS. 13 to 18, for example, a confirmation hole 85 made of a through hole having the same shape as the confirmation window 66 is formed in the lower part of the front door 50 and the upper part of the white rice hopper 13. A rice opening machine 85 is provided with a confirmation opening / closing door 86 which has translucency and can be opened and closed on the back side, and opens the confirmation opening / closing door 86 and inserts a hand into the white rice hopper 13. You may comprise so that the white rice discharged | emitted from 3 can be touched and taken out by a hand. Reference numerals 87a and 87b in FIGS. 13 to 15 denote hinges attached to the upper side portion of the confirmation opening / closing door 86 and the attachment plate 89 fixed to the upper portion of the confirmation window portion 85 in the front door 50, respectively. The pivot shaft 88 is connected to be openable and closable. The pivot shaft 88 is provided with a helical spring 84 that urges the confirmation opening / closing door 86 in the closing direction.
[0049]
A lock unit 90 as a confirmation opening / closing door locking means is provided below the location where the confirmation opening / closing door 86 is provided, so that the confirmation opening / closing door 86 cannot be opened except during rice milling. It is configured. The lock unit 90 is swingable about a support bracket 91 fixed to a back surface portion below the confirmation hole 85 of the front door 50 and a rotation shaft 92 provided at a lower portion near the center of the support bracket 91. A lock lever 93, a solenoid 95 that swings the lock lever 93 via a connecting link 94, and a tension spring 96 that pulls the lock lever 93 in a predetermined direction (a direction opposite to the attracting direction of the solenoid 95). . As shown in FIGS. 13, 14, and 16, the lock lever 93 has a closed posture in which its upper end protrudes upward from the lower side of the confirmation hole 85 and prevents the confirmation opening / closing door 86 from opening. As shown in FIGS. 15 and 17, the upper end of the open / close door 86 is retracted below the lower end of the confirmation opening / closing door 86 (closed position) to permit the opening operation of the confirmation opening / closing door 86. The lock lever 93 is configured to be maintained in the open position against the tensile force of the tension spring 96 only when the solenoid 95 is driven to attract the retractable rod 95a. Yes.
[0050]
Here, the solenoid 95 is driven when a user inserts a coin from the coin insertion slot 18 (see FIG. 2) and this insertion operation is detected by the operation control panel 20, and at this time, a confirmation opening / closing door is provided. When the lock 86 is released and the rice milling operation is completed, the suction operation of the solenoid 95 is stopped, and the closed posture is again maintained and held in the locked state.
[0051]
In the example shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the whiteness selection pushbutton 16 and the like are provided on the front door 50. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
According to the above configuration, when the user inserts a coin, the confirmation opening / closing door 86 is unlocked. Therefore, the user opens the confirmation opening / closing door 86 during rice milling, and the user opens a hand from the confirmation hole 85. Can be checked by touching or removing the white rice by hand. Further, since the confirmation opening / closing door 86 has translucency, the discharged white rice can be visually confirmed through the confirmation opening / closing door 86. During milling, the whiteness whiteness from that point can be adjusted by pressing the whiteness selection pushbutton 16 again.
[0052]
Further, when the rice milling is finished, the suction operation of the solenoid 95 is stopped when the rice milling operation is finished, and the closed posture is locked again, so that a passerby can open the confirmation opening / closing door 86. Therefore, it is possible to prevent dust and the like from being put into the white rice hopper 13. Therefore, it is possible to prevent garbage from being put into the white rice hopper 13 and becoming dirty, or what was contained in the garbage to be mixed with the white rice.
[0053]
Note that the unlocking timing of the confirmation opening / closing door 86 is not limited to when a coin is inserted, and may be set at the start of driving of the rice milling machine 3. In addition, the unlocking timing of the confirmation opening / closing door 86 is not strictly limited to the end of the rice milling operation, and is configured to be locked before a predetermined time or after a predetermined time has elapsed after the completion of the rice milling operation. May be. In the above embodiment, the case where the entire confirmation opening / closing door 86 is formed of a translucent material has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and only a part of the confirmation opening / closing door 86 is made translucent. You may comprise with the material which has.
[0054]
In the above embodiment, the case of using the stone removing machine 2 with the remaining rice collecting function has been described, but it is needless to say that the present invention can also be applied to the case of using a stone removing machine without the remaining rice collecting function. Moreover, although the case where the vertical type was used as rice milling machine 3 was described, it cannot be overemphasized that it can apply also to other kinds of rice milling machines, such as a horizontal type.
[0055]
Moreover, in the said embodiment, not only the front door 50 is used as a maintenance door of the rice milling machine 3 as a structure that covers the space between the rice milling machine 3 and the white rice hopper 13 from the outside by the front door 50. In this case, the case where the rice mill is also used as a white rice discharge portion cover covering the space between the rice mill 3 and the white rice hopper 13 is described. In this case, since the front door 50 also functions as the two functions, the number of parts is reduced. Although there is an advantage that can be reduced, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, while the front door is configured to cover only the portion of the rice milling machine 3, the front side of the white rice hopper 13 is extended upward, and this extended portion The space between the rice mill 3 and the white rice hopper 13 may be covered so as to function as a cover.
[0056]
Further, in the above embodiment, the case where the entire inlet opening / closing door 7 is transparent has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and only a part of the inlet opening / closing door 7 is translucent so that the main part in the inlet 6 can be seen. It is also effective to provide this part.
[0057]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, the user inserts the brown rice into the portion recessed from the front side of the rice milling apparatus body to the back side, and is arranged so that the front side is downward, The front part around the rotation support shaft provided at the back of the inlet From the front Open and close the inlet by opening upward Have a handle Provided with an inlet opening / closing door, a space for opening the inlet opening / closing door above the inlet at a position recessed from the front side of the main body of the rice milling apparatus. From the position that is obliquely lower toward the front side from the rotation support shaft to the region that is obliquely upward from the rotation support shaft, and above the space for opening the input port opening / closing door in the rice milling device body, A closed space surrounded by the casing of the rice milling machine body was provided. Thus, even when brown rice is spilled when the brown rice is introduced, the spilled brown rice is prevented from being scattered on the floor, the ground, etc., and the installation location can be prevented from being soiled. Moreover, even if brown rice spills in the vicinity of the insertion port, these brown rice can be picked up by hand and thrown in again, and these brown rice does not fall on the floor or the ground, so it does not become dirty. Furthermore, since the inlet opening / closing door is configured to open and close the inlet by opening the front part upward, even if the front portion of the rice milling device main body is open only in a narrow space, the inlet The door can be opened and closed without hindrance.
[0058]
In addition, a translucent part is provided in at least a part of the inlet opening / closing door, and the inlet is made visible through the transparent part, so that the inlet can be opened even after the inlet opening / closing door is closed. You can check whether brown rice is stuck on the lower part and so on, which is convenient.
[0059]
In addition, by locking the inlet opening / closing door in the closed state during non-milling operations, it is possible to reliably prevent people other than the user from opening the inlet opening / closing door and throwing in garbage, etc. It is possible to prevent the passage from becoming unclean, internal devices such as the rice milling machine from being damaged, and things contained in the garbage from being mixed with the white rice.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a side view showing a schematic configuration of an outdoor type automatic rice milling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front view of a main body of the rice milling apparatus in the outdoor type automatic rice milling apparatus.
FIG. 3 is a front view schematically showing a rear portion of a front surface portion of the rice milling apparatus main body.
FIG. 4 is a right side cross-sectional view of the same rice milling apparatus main body.
FIG. 5 is a left side sectional view of the same rice milling apparatus main body.
FIG. 6 is a view of the front portion of the same rice milling apparatus main body as viewed from the back side.
FIG. 7 is a schematic plan view of a lower portion of the rice milling apparatus main body.
FIG. 8A is a side sectional view of a space portion for introduction of the rice milling apparatus main body, and FIG. 8B is an enlarged side sectional view of an essential part thereof.
FIG. 9 is a schematic plan view of the opening opening / closing door and its vicinity of the rice milling apparatus main body.
FIG. 10 is a plan view of a screen of a stone remover in the same rice milling apparatus main body.
FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of a rice mill in the rice milling apparatus main body.
FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view of a housing part in the rice milling apparatus main body.
FIG. 13 is a schematic side sectional view of a white rice hopper and the vicinity thereof in an outdoor type automatic rice milling apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 14 is a schematic front view of a white rice hopper and the vicinity thereof in the outdoor type automatic rice milling apparatus, showing a case where a confirmation opening / closing door is locked in a closed state.
FIG. 15 is a schematic front view of a white rice hopper and its vicinity in the outdoor type automatic rice milling apparatus, and shows a case where the confirmation opening / closing door is unlocked so that it can be opened.
FIG. 16 is a front view of the lock unit and its vicinity in the outdoor type automatic rice milling apparatus, showing a case where the lock unit is in a locked state.
FIG. 17 is a front view of the lock unit and the vicinity thereof in the outdoor type automatic rice milling apparatus, showing a case where the lock unit is in an unlocked state.
FIG. 18 is a plan view of the lock unit and its vicinity in the outdoor type automatic rice milling apparatus, showing a case where the lock unit is in a locked state.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Rice mill body
2 Stone extraction machine
3 Rice milling machine
4 platform
5 Input space
6 slot
7 Opening door
8 tension hopper
9 Brown rice chute
10 Foreign material storage box
11 Elevator
12 Brown rice tank
13 White rice hopper
15 White Rice Containment Department
20 Operation control panel (control unit)
27 Solenoid (locking means)
28 Closed state detection sensor
29 Level meter for tension detection
40 White rice discharge pedal
50 Front door (cover)
66 Confirmation window
85 Confirmation hole
86 Opening / closing door for confirmation
90 Lock unit (Confirming open / close door lock)
100 hut

Claims (3)

It is an outdoor type automatic rice milling machine that can be installed with the rice milling machine itself with the rice milling machine exposed to the outdoors and automatically performs the rice milling work. Place the front side part upward from the front side centering on the rotation support shaft provided in the back part of the insertion port. An opening / closing door having a handle for opening / closing the opening by opening is provided, and the opening / closing door is opened above the charging opening at a position recessed from the front surface of the rice milling apparatus main body. A space is provided from a position that is obliquely lower toward the front side of the rotation support shaft to a region that is obliquely upward from the rotation support shaft, and is above the space for opening the inlet opening / closing door in the rice milling apparatus body. Of the main body Outdoor type automatic rice apparatus characterized in that a closed space surrounded by the body.   The outdoor type automatic rice milling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a translucent portion is provided in at least a part of the inlet opening / closing door, and the inlet is made visible through the translucent portion. Comprising a locking means for locking the projecting inlet door in the closed state, and control means for controlling the locking state of the lock means, the control means, when other than rice operation, the inlet door locked in the closed state, rice The outdoor type automatic rice milling apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the lock is released when a work start instruction is issued.

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