JP5019949B2 - Rice sharpener - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a rice sharpening tool capable of easily performing a rice sharpening operation.

Conventionally, as shown in the following Patent Document 1, an operation rod, a holding plate provided on the operation rod, and a pressing portion formed on the lower surface of the holding plate, rice stored in a container together with water A rice sharpener configured to sharpen rice by moving an operating rod while pressing the pressing portion is known.
JP 2001-346701 A

  In the rice sharpener disclosed in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, the rice cake contained together with water in the container is pressed with a pressing portion provided on a flat holding plate, so that the rice bran component adhered to the surface of the rice grain, etc. It is configured to scrape off. If the holding plate is largely moved up and down in the container, there is a risk that water and rice grains will be splashed and scattered when the holding plate is raised. Therefore, in order to sharpen the rice sufficiently while preventing the scattering of water and rice grains, the above-mentioned rice sharpening tool must be operated slowly, and complicated rice sharpening work must be performed for a long time. was there.

  The cited document discloses a rice sharpener equipped with a holding portion made of a plurality of rod-like bodies in place of the flat holding plate, but in this case as well, the holding portion is placed in the container. When moving up and down, it is inevitable that water and rice grains are splashed up by the holding part and scattered. In addition, when the holding portion made of the rod-like body or the like is pressed against the rice, it is inevitable that the rice grains are pushed to the side, so that there is a problem that the rice sharpening operation cannot be performed efficiently.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and is capable of efficiently performing rice sharpening work while preventing the occurrence of water and rice grains being splashed up when sharpening rice. The purpose is to provide sharpening tools.

  The invention according to claim 1 is a rice sharpening tool including an operation rod operated by an operator and a rice sharpening portion provided at a lower end portion thereof, wherein a lower surface is opened at the rice sharpening portion. The pressing members having a narrow cross-sectional shape are arranged at regular intervals.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the rice sharpening tool according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of upper and lower rice sharpening portions are provided at the lower end portion of the operation rod.

  The invention according to claim 3 is the rice sharpening tool according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a plurality of notches are formed in the side wall portion of the pressing member at regular intervals.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the rice sharpening tool, a rice sharpening portion formed in a sector shape obtained by dividing a circle into four in a plan view is provided at a lower end portion of the operation rod.

  In the invention according to claim 1, since the pressing member having a narrowed cross-sectional shape with the lower surface opened in the rice sharpening portion is arranged at a constant interval, water and rice grains are splashed by the side wall portion surface of the pressing member. A pair of side walls that constitute the pressing member while effectively preventing splashing and suppressing the rice grains located below the pressing member from being pushed sideways when the rice sharpening portion is lowered. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently perform the rice sharpening work while holding a predetermined amount of rice grains. In addition, as in the case of sharpening rice by hand, it is possible to effectively remove rice cake components and the like adhering to the surface of the rice grains without working while flowing tap water. .

  In the invention according to claim 2, since the upper and lower stages of the rice sharpening portion are provided at the lower end portion of the operation rod, the area of the rice sharpening portion is not set to a large value in accordance with the single vertical movement. In a state where a predetermined amount of rice grains is held by the pressing member of the rice sharpening portion, it is possible to effectively remove the cocoon component and the like adhering to the surface. Moreover, since the rice grains that protrude outside from the pressing member provided in the lower rice sharpening portion are held in the pressing member provided in the upper rice sharpening portion and are subjected to the sharpening action again, they adhere to the surface of the rice grain. There is an advantage that the soot component etc. which were done can be removed more effectively.

  In the invention according to claim 3, since a plurality of notches are formed at regular intervals in the side wall portion of the pressing member, a part of the rice grains held in the pressing member responds to the pressing force acting when the rice sharpening portion is lowered. Thus, the pressure member protrudes from the notch. Therefore, it is possible to effectively prevent the rice grains held in the pressing member from being crushed by receiving a large compressive force when the rice sharpening portion is lowered, and to protrude outside the pressing member from the notch. There is an advantage that the surface wrinkle component and the like can be effectively removed by bringing the rice grains into pressure contact with the periphery of the notch.

  In the invention which concerns on Claim 4, when performing the sharpening operation | work of the rice grain accommodated in the container in which the surrounding wall part was formed circularly, by making the circular arc-shaped part of the said rice sharpening part along the surrounding wall part of a container The above-mentioned rice sharpening work can be performed efficiently. On the other hand, when grinding the rice grains contained in a container whose peripheral wall portion is formed in a square shape when viewed from above, the container is formed by bringing a right angle portion of the rice sharpening portion along the corner portion of the container. There is an advantage that sharpening force can be reliably imparted to the rice grains located in the corners of the rice.

  1 and 2 show an embodiment of a rice sharpener according to the present invention. This rice sharpening tool includes an operation rod 1 operated by an operator and a pair of upper and lower rice sharpening portions 2 and 3 provided at a lower end portion thereof. The operation rod 1 protrudes in a state of being spread downward from the lower surface of the lower flange portion 6 to the grip portion 4 to be gripped by the operator, flange portions 5 and 6 provided at both upper and lower ends thereof. The three flanged connecting portions 7 are formed, and the lower flange portion 6 is formed with a drain hole 8 for draining water.

  The above-mentioned rice sharpening portions 2 and 3 include a frame body 9 formed in a ring shape in plan view by a plate-like body, and a plurality of pieces disposed in the frame body 9 so as to extend in parallel at regular intervals. The pressing member 10 is provided. Then, the frame 9 molded separately is fixed to the lower portion of the connecting portion 7 by adhesion or the like, or the connecting portion 7 and the frame 9 and the pressing member 10 are integrally formed by means such as injection molding. It is designed to be molded.

  The pressing member 10 is made of a member having a cross-sectional shape of an upper side with an open bottom surface, that is, a member having an isosceles triangular cross-sectional shape having a width of about 15 mm on one side, and a side wall having a width of about 5 mm. A plurality of cutouts 11 having the following are formed at regular intervals. Further, the pressing member 10 disposed in the upper rice sharpening portion 2 and the pressing member 10 disposed in the lower rice sharpening portion 2 are arranged so as to intersect with each other when viewed from above.

  In order to sharpen the rice with the rice sharpening tool having the above-described configuration, as shown in FIG. 3, after filling the container 12 with a predetermined amount of rice and water, the gripper 4 of the operation rod 1 is gripped. The rice sharpening parts 2 and 3 are inserted into the container 12 and moved up and down. The rice contained in the container 12 is pressed when the rice sharpening portions 2 and 3 are lowered while a part of the rice is held in the plurality of pressing members 10 provided in the rice sharpening portions 2 and 3. By being pressed against the inner surface of the side wall portion of the member 10 and receiving an appropriate pressing force, they are rubbed against each other to remove surface wrinkle components and the like. Further, the rice grains held in the pressing member 10 protrude outside from the notches 11 of the pressing member 10 according to the pressing force that is applied when the rice sharpening portions 2 and 3 are lowered. The surface wrinkle component and the like are removed by being pressed against the periphery of the notch 11.

  As described above, the rice sharpening parts 2 and 3 of the rice sharpening tool are moved up and down a predetermined number of times in the container 12, and the above operation is repeated after the water in the container 12 is changed as necessary. Rice can be sharpened in the same way as by hand without submerging in the water in the container 12, and water and rice grains are prevented from scattering even if the rice sharpening tool is moved up and down quickly, Rice sharpening work can be completed in a short time.

  That is, the pressing member 10 has a narrowed cross-sectional shape with an open bottom surface so that water or the like flows down along the surface of the side wall of the pressing member 10 when the rice sharpening portions 2 and 3 are raised. Since it is comprised, it can prevent effectively that water and a rice grain are splashed up by the side wall part surface of the said press member 10, and are scattered. Further, when the rice sharpening portions 2 and 3 are lowered, a predetermined amount of rice grains is formed by the pair of side wall portions constituting the pressing member 10 while suppressing the rice grains located below the pressing member 10 from being pushed sideways. Efficient rice sharpening work can be performed in the held state. Further, as in the case of sharpening rice by hand, since the straw component attached to the surface of the rice grain can be effectively removed without performing work while flowing tap water, there is an advantage that it is useful for saving water.

  In addition, as shown in the above embodiment, when the lower end portion of the operation rod 1 has a structure in which a plurality of upper and lower rice sharpening portions 2 and 3 are provided, the area of the rice sharpening portions 2 and 3 is a large value. In the state where a predetermined amount of rice grains is held in the pressing members 10 of the rice sharpening portions 2 and 3 according to the up and down movement of one time, the rice bran component adhering to the surface is effectively removed. Can be removed. In addition, since the rice grains protruding outside from the pressing member 10 provided in the lower rice sharpening portion 3 are held in the pressing member 10 provided in the upper rice sharpening portion 2 and are subjected to the sharpening action again, the above rice grains There is an advantage that the soot component and the like adhering to the surface can be more effectively removed.

  In particular, as shown in the above embodiment, the pressing member 10 disposed in the upper rice sharpening portion 2 and the pressing member 10 disposed in the lower rice sharpening portion 2 are crossed when viewed from the plane. When arranged, sharpening force can be applied to the rice grain from a plurality of directions. Therefore, when the rice sharpening tool is moved up and down, water and rice grains are prevented from splashing, and the rice cake components attached to the surface of the rice grains are effectively removed, and the rice sharpening work is completed in a shorter time. Can do.

  Moreover, as shown in the said embodiment, when the several notch 11 is formed in the side wall part of the press member 10 with a fixed space | interval, a part of rice grain hold | maintained in the said press member 10 is the rice sharpening part 2. FIG. , 3 protrudes from the notch 11 of the pressing member 10 to the outside in accordance with the pressing force acting when descending. Therefore, it is possible to effectively prevent the rice grains held in the pressing member 10 from being crushed by receiving a large compressive force when the rice sharpening portions 2 and 3 are lowered, and pressing from the notches 11. There is an advantage in that the rice bran component and the like on the surface can be effectively removed by bringing the rice grains protruding outside the member 10 into pressure contact with the periphery of the notch 11.

  Furthermore, as shown in the above-described embodiment, according to the configuration in which the flange portions 5 and 6 are provided at the upper and lower end portions of the grip portion 4 gripped by the operator, for example, the grip portion 4 with the operator facing the thumb upward is provided. When the operating rod 1 is moved up and down in the state of gripping, the operating force can be received by the flange portions 5 and 6 and effectively transmitted to the rice sharpening portions 2 and 3. 3 can be moved up and down quickly with a light force, and the rice sharpening work can be performed efficiently.

  In the above embodiment, an example in which the rice sharpening portions 2 and 3 formed in a circle shape in plan view are provided at the lower end portion of the operation rod 1 is described. However, as shown in FIG. It is good also as a structure which provided the division | segmentation fan-shaped rice sharpening part 2a, 3a. According to this structure, when performing the sharpening operation | work of the rice grain accommodated in the container 12a in which the surrounding wall part was formed circularly, the circular-arc-shaped part 13 of the said rice sharpening parts 2a and 3 is made into the surrounding wall part of the container 12a. By aligning, the above-mentioned rice sharpening work can be performed efficiently. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, when performing the sharpening operation of rice grains accommodated in a container 12 b whose peripheral wall portion is formed in a square shape when viewed from above, the right-angled portion 14 of the rice sharpening portions 2 a and 3 a. By aligning with the corner portion of the container 12b, there is an advantage that a sharpening force can be reliably imparted to the rice grains located at the corner portion of the container 12b.

  Moreover, it is good also as a structure which replaced with the said embodiment which provided the upper and lower two-stage rice sharpening parts 2 and 3 in the lower end part of the said operating rod 1, and provided the one-stage rice sharpening part or the three-stage or more rice sharpening part. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 6, a structure in which a wire mesh material 15 having a mesh of about 5 mm to 7 mm may be disposed between the rice sharpening portions 2 and 3, or below the rice sharpening portion 2 or rice sharpening. A structure in which a wire mesh material is disposed above the portion 3 may be employed. When comprised in this way, the rice sharpening operation | work can be performed effectively by both the said press member 10 and the metal-mesh material 15. FIG.

  Further, instead of the embodiment in which the cross-sectional shape of the pressing member 10 is formed in an isosceles triangle shape, as shown in FIG. 7, one of the side wall portions constituting the pressing member 10a is set to be longer than the other. It is good also as a structure. In this case, for example, as shown by the arrow A in FIG. 7, if the pressing member 10a is operated to move up and down obliquely along the long side wall, the water in the container 12 is greatly scraped. While preventing the disturbance, the rice grains held in the pressing member 10a are brought into sliding contact with the side wall portion of the pressing member 10a, and the fluidity of the rice grains held in the pressing member 10a is increased. , Efficient rice sharpening work.

It is a perspective view which shows embodiment of the rice sharpening tool which concerns on this invention. It is front sectional drawing which shows embodiment of the rice sharpening tool which concerns on this invention. It is front sectional drawing which shows the use condition of the said rice sharpening tool. It is a plane sectional view showing another embodiment of the rice sharpening tool concerning the present invention. It is a plane sectional view showing the condition of use of the above-mentioned rice sharpening tool. It is front sectional drawing which shows another embodiment of the rice sharpening tool which concerns on this invention. It is front sectional drawing which shows another embodiment of the rice sharpening tool which concerns on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Operation rod 2, 3 Rice sharpening part 10 Pressing member 11 Notch

Claims (4)

  A rice sharpening tool provided with an operating rod operated by an operator and a rice sharpening portion provided at the lower end thereof, and having a constricted cross-sectional shape with an open bottom surface in the rice sharpening portion A rice sharpening tool characterized in that members are arranged at regular intervals.   The rice sharpening tool according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of upper and lower rice sharpening portions are provided at a lower end portion of the operation rod.   The rice sharpening tool according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a plurality of notches are formed in the side wall of the pressing member at regular intervals.   The rice sharpening tool according to any one of 1 to 3, wherein a rice sharpening portion formed in a sector shape obtained by dividing a circle into four substantially in plan view is provided at a lower end portion of the operation rod.

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