JP4961216B2 - Automatic bread machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic bread maker, and more particularly to an automatic bread maker suitable for cooking using a timer reservation.

  In general households, an automatic bread maker that can easily bake various types of bread such as bread, gourmet bread, and French bread, and can also bake cakes and the like, is commercially available.

  In such an automatic bread maker, there is one that can automatically cook by setting the completion time so that it can be completed at a desired time using timer reservation when making bread etc. (for example, the following patent document) 1).

  The automatic bread maker disclosed in the following Patent Document 1 includes a baking chamber having a heater, a baking mold that can be detachably mounted in the baking chamber, and a kneading machine that is provided on the inner bottom of the baking mold and is driven by a motor. Selection of a blade, a temperature detection unit for detecting the temperature in the baking chamber, a control device for performing baking control, a time measuring means for measuring the current time, a storage device for storing the completion time in advance, and a cooking menu selection Menu key, reservation setting key and time setting key for setting the time of completion for timer cooking, and an operation unit consisting of a start key for starting cooking, the current time, the completion time, and the selected menu are displayed. Display means for setting a time for timer cooking by calling a time stored from a storage device by a reservation setting key. It is determined whether the set time is from a time later than the time required for cooking in the selected menu to a time earlier than the time obtained by adding a predetermined time to the current time. The time is displayed.

Further, as a more detailed modification of this automatic bread maker, when the reservation setting key is operated, the previously reserved reservation time stored in the storage device is displayed, but it is determined that this reservation time is not a settable time. In some cases, the set time that is set to the earliest or latest settable time that can be cooked or the reservation setting key is operated, the reserved time stored in the storage device is displayed. When it is not the possible time, the thing which is set to the settable time which can be cooked after displaying temporarily that it is this reservation time and the setting prohibition time is also disclosed.
Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-040484 (Claims 1, 3, 4, 6)

  However, in the automatic bread maker disclosed in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, when the reservation setting key is operated in order to make a timer reservation, the completion time by the previous timer reservation may be temporarily displayed. Basically, if the previous completion time is outside the settable time, it is automatically changed and displayed within the settable time. In addition, it is possible to select only within the settable time even when the final time is selected by the time setting key. Therefore, depending on the user, the selectable time may not be recognized as the settable time and may be mistaken for failure.

  In view of the above problems, the present inventors have studied various things that can be notified of a time range that can be set by timer reservation in a form that is easier for the user to understand, and have reached the present invention.

  In other words, an object of the present invention is to prompt the user to select a finish time within the settable time by displaying the display more easily for the user when setting the finish time using timer reservation in an automatic bread maker. It is to provide an automatic bread maker that can.

In order to achieve the above object, an invention of an automatic bread maker according to claim 1 includes a cooking container into which a material to be cooked is charged, a bread maker main body that accommodates the cooking container, and the bread maker main body. In an automatic bread maker, comprising: a display unit that is mounted on the display unit to perform various displays; an operation unit that operates various settings displayed on the display unit; and a control unit that controls various cooking processes. ,
The operation means includes at least a course button for selecting various cooking courses, a reservation setting button for timer reservation, a time setting button for setting a completion time at the timer reservation, and a start button for starting cooking. The control means is a time setting means for measuring the current time, a setting that can be set as a finished time based on the time required for cooking the cooking course selected by the course button and the current time timed by the time measuring means. Comparing / calculating means for outputting possible time, and determining means for determining whether or not the completion time input by the time setting button is within the settable time, the display means includes the determining means When it is determined that the completion time is within the settable time, a determination result display means for displaying the fact And the control means hides the determination result display means when the completion time input by the time setting button is determined to be outside the settable time in the determination means, and the start button It is characterized by not accepting the operation.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the automatic bread maker according to the first aspect, the control means further includes a storage means for storing a completion time set in the past, and the reservation setting button is displayed. The latest completion time stored in the storage means is displayed on the display device.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the automatic bread maker according to the first aspect, the reservation setting button is operated, and the finished time input by the time setting button is outside the settable time. The apparatus further comprises warning means for giving a warning when the start button is operated.

  By providing the above configuration, the present invention has the following excellent effects. That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when making a timer reservation, it is determined whether or not a time within a settable time that can be set as the finish time is selected, and a finish time outside the settable time is selected. Since the display of the discrimination result display means is not displayed and the start button operation is not accepted at the time, it is possible to prompt the setting of the completion time within the settable time in a form that is easy for the user to understand, A user-friendly automatic bread maker can be provided.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to always notify the user of the past completion time by displaying the past completion time stored in the storage means at the time of timer reservation.

  Further, according to the invention of claim 3, when a completed time outside the settable time is selected, warning means, for example, display, LED, buzzer or the like can be notified, so that it can be reliably set for the user. It becomes possible to notify that it is out of time.

  Hereinafter, the best embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, the embodiment shown below exemplifies an automatic bread maker for embodying the technical idea of the present invention, and is not intended to identify the present invention. Other embodiments within the scope are equally applicable.

  1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a state where a cooking container is attached to an automatic bread maker according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an operation display panel of the automatic bread maker of FIG. 1, and FIG. It is a control block diagram of the automatic bread maker of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic bread maker 1 includes a cooking container 30 into which a predetermined amount of bread or cake material and a cooking material such as water are charged, and the cooking container 30 that houses the cooking material. An agitation means for agitation and a heating means for heating and cooking, and a bread maker body 2 having a control means 20 for controlling these agitation means and heating means to automatically perform mixing from cooking to baking. .

  The bread maker 2 includes a case 3 made of a box-shaped container, an opening / closing lid 4, an operation display panel 5, a baking tank 6, a baking heater 7, a boiler 8, a motor 19, a power transmission unit 13, a control means 20, and the like. It is configured. The cooking container 30 is detachably mounted above the boiler 8 inside the baking tank 6.

  The case 3 is formed of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped box-shaped container, and an opening 3a for inserting the container is provided in an upper part of the case 3, and an opening / closing lid 4 is attached to the opening 3a so as to be opened and closed. In addition, an operation display panel 5 is mounted at a location close to the opening 3a.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the operation display panel 5 selects a type of rice flour such as rice flour, wheat flour, natural yeast, etc., and selects a cooking menu and a reservation for setting a timer reservation. An operation means comprising a setting button 5c, a time setting button 5d used for timer reservation, a start button, a tear-off button, and a menu display section 5b for displaying a menu selected by the course button 5a And a display unit comprising a time / reservation time display unit 5e for displaying the reservation time set by the current time and reservation / time setting buttons 5c and 5d. Note that the start button constituting the operation means is pressed when setting the timer reservation in addition to being pressed when starting cooking.

  Further, a reservation availability determination LED 5f is attached to a part of the start button of the operation display panel as a determination result display means that is turned on or off based on the determination result of the determination means 24 described later. This reservation availability determination LED 5f lights or blinks when the reservation time displayed on the time / reservation time display unit 5e is within the settable time when the reservation is set, and when it is outside the settable time. It is controlled to turn off.

  The baking tank 6 creates an atmosphere for baking bread dough, and is disposed in a region corresponding to the opening 3 a of the case 3. As shown in FIG. 1, a thermistor 6 a that detects the atmospheric temperature inside the firing tank 6 is provided on the outer peripheral wall of the firing tank 6. The firing heater 7 adjusts the atmospheric temperature inside the firing tank 6 and is provided on the inner peripheral wall near the bottom of the firing tank 6. The firing heater 7 is also used as a preheating heater, but a preheating heater may be provided separately.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the boiler 8 is installed at the bottom of the baking tank 6 and is formed in a substantially oval shape in plan view and contains water that opens upward, and the outer periphery of the bottom of the water container 8 a The boiler heater 8b is attached to the wall and evaporates the water in the water container 8a. A cylindrical wall 9 is provided in the central region of the water container 8a, and a spindle shaft 10 is vertically passed through a horizontal wall in the middle of the cylindrical wall 9 in the vertical direction. A drive gear 12 is fixed to the upward projecting end of the spindle shaft 10. The bread maker 2 is a multi-function device that can also be used as various bread maker, cake dough, rice cake maker, and steamer for cooked food. Used for steaming cooked items.

  The motor 19 rotates the spindle shaft 10 provided in the boiler 8 via the power transmission unit 13, and is disposed in a region below the operation display panel 5. The power transmission unit 13 is provided over almost the entire inner bottom portion of the case 3 and transmits the rotational power of the motor 19 to the spindle shaft 10. The pulley 13 c fixed to the output shaft of the motor 19 and the spindle shaft 10 The pulley 13a is attached to the lower end, and the endless belt 13b is wound around the pulleys 13a and 13c.

  The cooking container 30 has a slightly elongated rectangular shape that is large enough to bake a bread of bread. At the center of the bottom of the cooking container 30, a rotating shaft 31 is provided so as to penetrate vertically. An agitating blade 32 for mixing and kneading bread ingredients is detachably provided at the upper projecting end of the rotating shaft 31, and the lower projecting end of the rotating shaft 31 is connected to the drive gear 12 of the spindle shaft 10. A driven gear 14 is attached.

  Further, a pedestal 15 for fixing to the water container 8 a of the boiler 8 is provided on the bottom outer wall surface of the cooking container 30. The pedestal 15 is formed in a shape that serves as a lid that covers the water container 8a of the boiler 8 and seals the water container 8a.

  The control means 20 is for performing bread making control by inputting various information from the operation display panel 5 and the thermistor 6a, and is provided between the operation display panel 5 and the motor 19 in the case 3. . As shown in FIG. 3, the control means 20 comprises an MCU (Micro Controller Unit) 21 which is a microcomputer in which a CPU, ROM, RAM, input / output communication ports and the like are integrated on a single chip, and the thermistor 6a. A switch such as a course button 5a, a start button, a tear-off button, a reservation setting button 5c and a time setting button 5d, which are operation means provided on the operation display panel 5, a menu display section 5b of the operation display panel 5, An LCD for performing an electric light display such as a reservation time display unit 5e, an LED for performing a start display, a trimmed display, and a reservation display, a motor 19, a heater circuit including a firing heater 7 and a boiler heater 8b, and a buzzer Connected. The MCU 21 controls the operation of the firing heater 7 and the boiler heater 8b based on setting / control instructions input from switches such as a start button, takeover button, reservation / time setting buttons 5c and 5d, and information input from the thermistor 6a and the like. At the same time, various LCDs and LED displays on the operation display panel 5 are controlled.

  Further, the MCU 21 includes a time measuring unit 22, a comparison / calculation unit 23, a determination unit 24, and a storage unit 25.

  Among these, the time measuring means 22 measures the current time, and the comparison / calculation means 23 refers to the time required for cooking the cooking course selected by the course button 5a, and the time required for cooking and the time measuring means 22 are as follows. The settable time at the time of timer reservation is calculated and output based on the current time measured in step (b). The settable time is a time having a predetermined width that is a minimum of the time obtained by adding the time required for cooking to the current time, and the maximum time is the food to be cooked in the cooking container 30 (for example, dough for bread) ) Is set to a time that does not rot, for example, 12 hours after the current time.

  Further, the discriminating means 24 compares the time selected by the user with the time setting button 5d when making a timer reservation with the settable time outputted by the comparing / calculating means 23, and compares this time. It is determined whether or not the completion time selected by the user is within the settable time. If it is determined by the determination means 24 that it is outside the settable time, a signal indicating that is output from the MCU 21 to the warning means, that is, the LCD (or LED) and the buzzer. Is displayed, the LED is turned off, or the buzzer is sounded to notify the user.

  The storage means 25 stores time information previously set as the completion time. When the reservation setting button 5c is pressed, the latest completion time in the storage means 25 is displayed by default. It has become. In addition, the latest completion time described here is the latest completion time of past time information including normal cooking or the completion time at the time of cooking using the latest timer setting, and this completion time is More preferably, it is stored and displayed for each course.

  Next, a timer reservation setting process in the automatic bread maker 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a control flowchart showing a process for performing timer reservation setting in the automatic bread maker.

  The user first selects the cooking course associated with the object to be cooked by pressing the course button 5a (step S01). Next, when the start button is pressed (Yes in step S02), the automatic bread maker 1 starts a normal cooking process in the selected cooking course. If the reservation setting button 5c is pressed without pressing the start button (No in step S02) (Yes in step S03), the completion time can be input and the storage means 25 is referred to. Then, the time information of the latest completion time among the past timer reservation settings is displayed on the time / reservation time display section 5e (step S04). Such a display is preferable because the user can always check the last completed time.

  When the reservation setting button 5c is pressed (Yes in step S03), the reservation time can be selected by the time setting button 5d. In this state, the time setting button 5d is not pressed (step S05). No), the settable time is calculated in the comparison / calculation means 23 as it is (step S07). If the time setting button 5d is pressed (Yes in step S05), the reservation completion time is changed in accordance with the operation of the time setting button 5d (step S06), and at the same time, the reservation completion time is displayed on the menu display portion 5b. After the display, the settable time is calculated in the comparison / calculation means 23 (step S07).

  Then, based on the reservation completion time and the settable time set in this way, the determination unit 24 determines whether or not the reservation completion time is within the range of the settable time (step S08). At this time, if the reservation completion time, that is, the time displayed on the menu display portion 5b is within the settable time range (Yes in step S08), it is displayed that the reservation can be set at this reservation completion time. (Step S09). Specifically, this display is performed by turning on or blinking the reservation possibility determination LED 5f. If the start button is not pressed in this state (No in step S10), the process returns to step S04 to maintain a state in which the reservation completion time can be changed by the time setting button 5d, and when the start button is pressed (step In S10, the timer reservation is started and the timer reservation setting process is ended.

  On the other hand, in step S08, when the reservation completion time, that is, the time displayed on the menu display portion 5b is outside the settable time range (Yes in step S08), the reservation availability determination LED 5f is not notified, If the start button is pressed in this state (Yes in step S11), the user is notified that the reservation setting is impossible by warning notification by the buzzer and various display means (step S12). If the start button is not pressed (No in step S11), the state where the reservation completion time can be changed by the time setting button 5d is maintained.

  As described above, the automatic bread maker of the present invention can eliminate the selection of the completion time outside the reservation setting time at the time of timer reservation, and whether or not the time selected as the completion time is outside the reservation setting time. This can be easily known from the display by the reservation enable / disable determination LED 5f, so that it is possible to provide an easy-to-understand display and notification, so that the user-friendly automatic bread maker is obtained.

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a state where a cooking container of an automatic bread maker according to one embodiment of the present invention is mounted. FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an operation display panel of the automatic bread maker shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a control block diagram of the automatic bread maker shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a control flowchart showing a process for setting a timer reservation in the automatic bread maker.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automatic breadmaker 2 Breadmaker body 3 Case 4 Opening / closing lid 5 Operation display panel 5a Course button 5b Menu display part 5c Reservation setting button 5d Time setting button 5e Time / reservation time display part 5f Reservation availability determination LED
6 Firing tank 6a Thermistor 7 Firing heater 20 Control means 21 MCU
22 Timekeeping means 23 Comparison / calculation means 24 Discrimination means 25 Storage means 30 Cooking container

Claims (3)

  A cooking container into which a material to be cooked is charged, a bread maker main body that accommodates the cooking container, display means that is mounted on the bread maker main body and performs various displays, and various displays displayed on the display means In an automatic bread maker provided with operation means for operating settings and the like and control means for controlling various cooking processes, the operation means performs at least a course button for selecting various cooking courses and timer reservation. A reservation setting button, a time setting button for setting a completion time at the time of timer reservation, and a start button for starting cooking, and the control means is selected by the timekeeping means for measuring the current time and the course button A ratio for outputting a settable time that can be set as a completion time based on the time required for cooking of the prepared cooking course and the current time measured by the timing means A calculation unit and a determination unit that determines whether or not the completion time input by the time setting button is within the settable time, and the display unit sets the completion time by the determination unit When it is determined that it is within the possible time, a determination result display means for displaying the fact is provided, and the control means has a finished time inputted by the time setting button in the determination means outside the settable time. If it is determined, the automatic bread maker is configured to hide the determination result display means and not accept the operation of the start button.   The control means further comprises a storage means for storing a completion time set in the past, and when the reservation setting button is displayed, displays the latest completion time stored in the storage means on the display device. The automatic bread maker according to claim 1.   The apparatus further comprises warning means for giving a warning when the reservation setting button is operated and the start button is operated when the completion time input by the time setting button is outside the settable time. The automatic bread maker according to claim 1.

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