JP5081182B2 - rice cooker - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a rice cooker that mixes steam in a pan generated during rice cooking with outside air using a blower to lower the temperature and then discharges the steam to the outside.

Conventionally, various types of rice cookers have been known. For example, in Patent Document 1, air (outside air) is blown from a blower to steam discharged during rice cooking to lower the temperature of the steam, and the steam mixed with the air is provided on the front side of the lid body. A rice cooker that is discharged from the mouth is disclosed. Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a rice cooker that discharges steam mixed with the air from an exhaust port provided at the center of the upper surface of the lid body.
Japanese Patent No. 1823119 Japanese Patent No. 3560203

  However, in any of the rice cookers of Patent Documents 1 and 2, for example, when driving of the blower is stopped immediately after the completion of the rice cooking process, the steam filled in the steam exhaust passage leading the steam to the exhaust port is supplied to the blower. There is a risk that the air blower may be condensed and broken. For this reason, it is necessary to continue driving the blower for a certain period of time, and there is a problem that it is not possible to reduce power consumption and shorten the duration of noise by driving the blower.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, in a rice cooker that discharges the steam in the pan generated during rice cooking to the outside after mixing with the outside air using a blower and lowering the temperature. It is providing the rice cooker which can suppress generation | occurrence | production of the dew condensation of an air blower, without driving an air blower.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is configured as follows.
According to the first aspect of the present invention, a substantially bottomed cylindrical rice cooker body having a pot storage portion formed therein,
A pan stored in the pan storage unit;
A pot heating device for heating the pot;
A lid body that can be rotated around a hinge shaft arranged at a part of the periphery of the opening of the rice cooker body to open and close the opening of the rice cooker body;
An air blower that is disposed within the lid body and sucks and blows outside air;
An intake path for guiding outside air taken in from an intake port provided on an outer wall of the lid body to the blower;
An exhaust path for guiding outside air blown from the blower to an exhaust port provided on an outer wall of the lid body;
A steam path for guiding the steam generated in the pan into the exhaust path;
A rice cooker that mixes the steam in the pan with outside air and discharges it to the outside,
In a state where the opening of the rice cooker main body is closed by the lid main body, the upper end of the intake path is located at substantially the same height or lower than the upper end of the bottom of the exhaust path, and the steam path A steam inlet serving as a connection portion with the exhaust path provides a rice cooker that is positioned above a blower opening that communicates the blower and the exhaust path .

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the state where the opening of the rice cooker body is closed by the lid body, the upper end of the intake path is located below the lower end of the bottom part of the exhaust path. A rice cooker according to the first aspect is provided.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the bottom of the exhaust path is provided with a drain hole for discharging water condensed in the exhaust path to the outside of the exhaust path. The rice cooker as described in is provided.

  According to the 4th aspect of this invention, the bottom part of the said exhaust path provides the rice cooker as described in a 3rd aspect formed so that it may have an inclined surface which inclines below as it goes to the said drain outlet. .

  According to the 5th aspect of this invention, the upper end of the said intake path provides the rice cooker as described in any one of the 1st-4th aspect connected with the lower part of the said air blower.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the blower, the intake path, and the exhaust path are arranged closer to the hinge shaft than the display unit installed in the lid body. The rice cooker as described in any one of 5 aspects is provided.

  According to the rice cooker concerning the 1st mode of the present invention, since it is constituted so that the upper end of the above-mentioned intake passage may be located in the height position substantially the same as the upper end of the bottom part of the above-mentioned exhaust passage, or below it, it is an air blower. The air mixed with the steam filled in the exhaust passage due to the stop of the driving is pushed by the flow of outside air flowing into the blower through the intake passage and flows to the exhaust port side. That is, when air mixed with steam is present in the exhaust path, the air density is surely lower in the exhaust path than in the intake path through which the outside air passes. Since the low density air has the property of moving upward (the so-called hot air balloon principle), an air flow from the intake path toward the exhaust path is generated. This flow of air can suppress the flow of steam to the exhaust device and suppress the occurrence of condensation in the exhaust device. At this time, it is not necessary to drive the exhaust device.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

<< First Embodiment >>
The structure of the rice cooker concerning 1st Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated using FIGS. 1-3. FIG. 1: has shown the longitudinal cross-sectional view of the rice cooker concerning 1st Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway top view of the rice cooker according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the lid body of the rice cooker according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the rice cooker according to the first embodiment includes a substantially bottomed cylindrical rice cooker body 1 having a pot storage portion 1 a formed therein, and a pot 2 stored in the pot storage portion 1 a. And the lid body 3 attached to the rice cooker body 1 so that the opening of the rice cooker body 1 can be opened and closed, and the lid 2 is detachably attached to the inside of the lid body 3 (the side covering the opening of the pan 2). A substantially disc-shaped inner lid 4 capable of sealing the opening of the pot 2 and a pot heating device 5 for heating (induction heating) the pot 2.

  The pot storage portion 1 a of the rice cooker body 1 is formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape corresponding to the shape of the substantially annular upper frame 1 b fitted into the inner periphery of the upper opening of the rice cooker body 1 and the pot 2. The coil base 1c is integrally connected to the upper frame 1b at the upper opening side end.

  An inner bottom heating coil 5a and an outer bottom heating coil 5b constituting the pot heating device 5 are attached to the outer peripheral surface of the coil base 1c. The bottom heating coil 5a is arranged so as to face the periphery of the center of the bottom of the pan 2 via the coil base 1c, and the outside bottom heating coil 5b is a corner of the bottom of the pan 2 via the coil base 1c. It arrange | positions so that a part may be opposed.

  An opening is provided in the central portion of the bottom of the coil base 1c. A pan temperature sensor 6, which is an example of a pan temperature detection unit for measuring the temperature of the pan 2, is disposed in the opening portion so as to be able to contact the bottom of the pan 2.

  In the rice cooker main body 1, a control unit 7 for performing rice cooking by driving and controlling each unit and each device is installed. The control unit 7 performs drive control of each unit and each device in accordance with a user instruction performed using the operation unit 19 provided on the lid body 3.

  A hook 1 d that can be engaged with the hook 8 of the lid body 3 is provided on the upper part of the front wall of the rice cooker body 1 (upper left side in FIG. 1). A spring 1e is provided between the hook 1d and the upper frame 1b. The hook 1d is biased forward (left side in FIG. 1) by a spring 1e.

  The lid body 3 is provided with an inner lid temperature sensor 9, which is an example of an inner lid temperature detector, an inner lid heating device 10, and a hinge shaft A. The inner lid temperature sensor 9 is provided so as to be able to come into contact with the inner lid 4 and configured to detect the temperature of the inner lid 4. The inner lid heating device 10 is composed of a heating coil disposed in the lid body 3 so as to face the upper opening of the pan 2 through the inner lid 4, and the inner lid 4 is induction-heated under the control of the control unit 7. To do. The hinge axis A is an opening / closing axis of the lid body 3, and both ends of the hinge axis A are rotatably supported by the upper frame 1 c of the rice cooker body 1. The lid body 3 is urged in a direction to rotate away from the upper opening of the rice cooker body 1 by a rotating spring (not shown) such as a torsion coil spring provided in the vicinity of the hinge axis A.

  A part of the inner lid 4 is made of a metal such as stainless steel capable of induction heating. In order to discharge the steam generated in the pot 2 to the outside of the pot 2, the inner lid 4 is provided with a steam port 4a composed of a plurality of holes. A substantially annular inner lid packing 17 that is in close contact with the pan 2 when the lid body 3 is in a closed state is attached to the surface of the outer peripheral portion of the inner lid 4 on the pan 2 side. The inner lid packing 17 is made of an elastic body such as rubber.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the lid body 3 has a display unit 18 such as a liquid crystal display that displays various information such as a rice cooking menu and a rice cooking time, selection of the rice cooking menu, start of rice cooking, cancellation, reservation, etc. An operation unit 19 for instructing execution is provided. The operation unit 19 includes a plurality of buttons such as a rice cooking start button. The user can cook rice by instructing the start of cooking with the operation unit 19 while referring to the display content of the display unit 18. The control part 7 which received the instruction | indication of the rice cooking start controls the drive of the pan heating apparatus 5 and the inner cover heating apparatus 10 based on the memorized rice cooking program and the detected temperature of the pot temperature sensor 6 and the inner cover temperature sensor 9 ( Operate or stop) and execute the rice cooking process.

  In addition, the lid body 3 has a blower 11 that sucks and blows air (outside air), and an intake path 13 that guides the outside air taken in from the inlet 12 provided on the outer wall of the lid body 3 to the blower 11. And an exhaust path 15 that guides air (outside air) blown from the blower 11 to the exhaust port 14 provided on the outer wall of the lid body 3, and steam that guides the steam generated in the pan 2 into the exhaust path 15. A route 16 is provided.

  The blower 11 is configured by a fan such as an axial fan, a sirocco fan, a scroll fan, or a turbo fan, for example. From the viewpoint of cost, it is preferable to use an axial fan as the blower 11. In addition, it is preferable to use a sirocco fan from the viewpoint of minimizing the size of the lid body 3 and preventing a decrease in the air volume due to the air path pressure loss. Driving of the blower 11 is controlled by the control unit 7. The control unit 7 controls (operates or stops) the driving of the blower 11 according to the progress of the rice cooking program.

  The air inlet 12 is composed of a plurality of slit-like through holes provided so as to penetrate the side wall of the lid body 3. The intake passage 13 is a cylindrical passage disposed substantially parallel to the hinge axis A, and its upper end 13 a communicates with the lower portion of the blower 11.

  The exhaust port 14 is configured by a plurality of slit-like through holes provided so as to penetrate the upper wall of the lid body 3. The exhaust passage 15 is a cylindrical passage disposed substantially parallel to the hinge axis A, and an upper end 15 a thereof communicates with the exhaust port 14. Further, the exhaust path 15 is arranged so that the lower end 15b thereof is positioned at substantially the same height as the upper end 13a of the intake path 13 when the lid body 3 is closed. Note that the exhaust path 15 may be disposed such that the lower end 15b thereof is positioned above the upper end 13a of the intake path 13. Here, since the exhaust path 15 is disposed so that the entire bottom portion thereof is located at the same height, the lower end 15b of the exhaust path 15 and the upper end of the bottom of the exhaust path 15 are substantially the same height. Located in position. The blower 13 and the exhaust passage 15 are communicated with each other through the blower port 20, and the air blown from the blower 13 is supplied to the exhaust route 15 through the blower port 20.

  One end of the steam path 16 is connected to the steam port 4 a of the inner lid 4 and the other end is connected to a part of the exhaust path 15 so that excess steam in the pan 2 can be guided into the exhaust path 15. Has been. A steam inlet 16 a, which is a connection portion between the steam path 16 and the exhaust path 15, is disposed above the blower opening 20 and in the vicinity of the blower opening 20.

  The blower 11, the intake path 13, and the exhaust path 15 are disposed on the side closer to the hinge axis A than the display unit 18 and the operation unit 19 (the second half portion of the lid body 3). Thereby, the gravity center position of the lid body 3 can be brought closer to the hinge axis A, and the usability of the opening / closing operation of the lid body 3 can be improved.

  Next, the operation of the rice cooker according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. Drawing 4 is a figure showing the temperature change of a pan in a rice cooking process, and the drive state of a heating device (pan heating device 5 and inner lid heating device 10).

  First, when rice and water are set in the pan 2 by the user and the rice cooking menu is selected by the operation unit 19, when the rice cooking start is instructed, the rice cooking process is started by the control of the control unit 7. .

  Here, the rice cooking step is mainly composed of four steps of a pre-cooking step (also referred to as an immersion step), a temperature raising step (also referred to as a cooking step), a boiling maintenance step, and a steaming step. . During these steps, gelatinization of rice is promoted and rice is cooked. In this rice cooking process, the control unit 7 controls the pot heating operation of the pot heating device 5 and the inner lid heating device 10 according to the detected temperature of the pot temperature sensor 6 and the inner lid temperature sensor 9 and the rice cooking program corresponding to the rice cooking menu. Is done. In the first embodiment, a plurality of rice cooking menus are prepared according to the type of rice and the like, and a rice cooking program corresponding to each rice cooking menu is stored in the control unit 7.

  When the rice cooking process is started, first, the pre-cooking process is started. The pre-cooking process is a process in which the rice is absorbed by keeping the water at a constant temperature. In this pre-cooking process, the control unit 7 controls the temperature of the pan 2 so that the temperature of the water in the pan 2 does not become higher than the temperature at which gelatinization of rice begins (about 60 ° C.) or higher. Based on the detected temperature of the sensor 9, the pan heating device 5 and the inner lid heating device 10 are controlled. Thereby, water absorption of rice is promoted.

  When a preset time has elapsed from the start of the pre-cooking process, the process proceeds to the temperature raising process. The temperature raising step is a step in which the pot 2 is heated at once by the pot heating device 5 and the inner lid heating device 10 to bring the water in the pot 2 into a boiling state (about 100 ° C.). In this temperature raising step, the controller 7 controls the driving of the pot heating device 5 and the inner lid heating device 10 so that the pot 2 is rapidly ripened to bring the water in the pot 2 to a boiling state.

  When the temperature detected by the pan temperature sensor 6 reaches about 100 ° C. by performing the temperature raising step, the process proceeds to the boiling maintaining step. The boiling maintaining step is a step of gelatinizing rice starch to raise the degree of gelatinization to about 50% to 60%. In this boiling maintenance step, the control unit 7 controls the pot heating device 5 and the inner lid heating device 10 so as to maintain the boiling state of the water in the pot 2. More specifically, the control unit 7 performs duty control that repeats driving and stopping of the pot heating device 5 and the inner lid heating device 10 at regular time intervals to intermittently heat the pot 2.

  In this temperature raising step, water is continuously boiled, and a large amount of steam at about 100 ° C. is generated. When the inside of the pan 2 is filled with the generated steam, excess steam flows into the exhaust path 15 through the steam path 16. At this time, the control unit 7 detects that the water in the pan 2 has boiled by the pan temperature sensor 6 and starts driving the blower 11. Thereby, the blower 11 sucks outside air from the intake port 12 through the intake passage 13 and blows the outside air toward the exhaust port 14. The steam flowing into the exhaust path 15 from the steam path 16 is mixed with the outside air blown from the blower 11 in the exhaust path 15. The mixed fluid of the outside air and the steam is discharged from the exhaust port 14 of the lid body 3 to the outside of the rice cooker by the wind power of the blower 11. By mixing steam (about 100 ° C.) with outside air (for example, about 25 ° C.), the temperature of the discharged mixed fluid can be made lower than the temperature of the steam.

  In addition, in the rice cooker concerning this 1st Embodiment, since the steam inlet 16a is arrange | positioned in the vicinity of the ventilation port 20, the low temperature of a steam | steam can be implement | achieved efficiently. Moreover, in the rice cooker concerning this 1st Embodiment, since the exhaust path 15 is comprised so that the external air ventilated from the air blower 11 may flow toward the exhaust port 14 substantially linearly, The air blowing performance can be maximized.

  When most of the water in the pan 2 disappears due to the implementation of the boiling maintenance step, the temperature in the pan 2 rises above the boiling point of water. When the pan temperature sensor 6 detects that the temperature in the pan 2 has reached the boiling point of water (for example, about 130 ° C.), the process proceeds to the steaming step. The steaming process is a process of evaporating excess water using preheating and raising the degree of gelatinization of rice to nearly 100%. In this steaming step, the controller 7 controls the pan heating device 5 and the inner lid heating device 10 so as to heat the pan 2 each time the temperature of the pan 2 falls below a certain temperature. More specifically, the control part 7 performs duty control which repeats the drive of the pot heating apparatus 5 and the inner cover heating apparatus 10, and a drive stop at a fixed time interval similarly to a boiling maintenance process, and heats the pot 2 intermittently. . In this steaming process, not a little steam is discharged from the steam path 16, so the control unit 7 controls the air blower 11 to continue driving.

  When a preset time has elapsed from the start of the steaming process, the steaming process is terminated (that is, all the rice cooking processes are terminated), and the process automatically shifts to the heat retaining process. During the transition to the heat retaining process, the control unit 7 stops driving the blower 11. However, even at this time, since the steam is slightly discharged from the steam path 16, the inside of the exhaust path 15 is filled with air mixed with the steam.

  In the rice cooker according to the first embodiment, the upper end of the intake path 13 is configured to be located at substantially the same height position (or lower than the lower end 15b) as the lower end 15b of the bottom of the exhaust path 15, that is, Since the exhaust path 15 is disposed at a position higher than the intake path 13, the air mixed with the steam filled in the exhaust path 15 due to the stop of the driving of the blower 11 flows into the blower 11 through the intake path 13. Will flow to the exhaust port 14 side. That is, when air mixed with steam is present in the exhaust path 15, the air density is surely lower in the exhaust path 15 than in the intake path 13 through which the outside air passes. Since the low-density air has the property of moving upward, an air flow is generated from the intake path 13 toward the exhaust path 15 as indicated by arrows in FIG. This flow of air suppresses the flow of steam to the exhaust device 11 and suppresses the occurrence of condensation in the exhaust device 11.

  In contrast to the configuration of the rice cooker according to the first embodiment, when the lower end of the intake path 13 is located above the upper end of the exhaust path 15, that is, the exhaust path 15 is lower than the intake path 13. When arranged at the position, an air flow is generated from the exhaust path 15 toward the intake path 13. In this case, the air mixed with the steam in the exhaust passage 15 passes through the blower 11 and flows into the intake passage 13, and condensation of the blower 11 occurs.

  Further, when the intake path 13 and the exhaust path 15 are located at substantially the same height as in the rice cookers of Patent Documents 1 and 2, there is an air flow between the intake path 13 and the exhaust path 15. Since it hardly occurs, the occurrence of condensation in the exhaust device 11 cannot be suppressed.

  Moreover, in the rice cooker concerning this 1st Embodiment, since the steam inlet 16a is arrange | positioned upwards rather than the blower outlet 20, the blower outlet 20 is located on the opposite side to the upward direction where a steam moves. It becomes. Accordingly, the flow of steam to the blower 11 is further suppressed, and the occurrence of condensation in the exhaust device 11 is further suppressed.

  Moreover, in order to accelerate | stimulate temperature reduction of a vapor | steam, it is preferable that the steam inlet 16a and the ventilation port 17 are adjoining. However, in this case, there is a problem that condensation of the exhaust device 11 is likely to occur. On the other hand, according to the rice cooker according to the first embodiment, the air flow from the intake passage 13 to the exhaust passage 15 is formed using the law of nature without driving the exhaust device 11. Therefore, the occurrence of condensation in the exhaust device 11 can be suppressed, so that the steam inlet 16a and the air blowing port 17 can be arranged close to each other.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said 1st Embodiment, It can implement in another various aspect.

<< Second Embodiment >>
FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of a rice cooker according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6: is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the cover main body of the rice cooker concerning 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The difference between the rice cooker according to the second embodiment and the rice cooker according to the first embodiment is that water condensed in the exhaust passage 15A is discharged to the bottom 15Ab of the exhaust passage 15A to the outside of the exhaust passage 15A. The drainage hole 15Ad is provided. Since the other points are the same as those in the first embodiment, overlapping description will be omitted, and differences will be mainly described.

  The rice cooking menu for cooking using the rice cooker according to the second embodiment includes, for example, a menu with a large amount of steam generated from the pan 2 (200 ml or more) such as a steaming course and a brown rice course. When these rice cooking menus are selected and cooked, the steam generated from the pan 2 is not sufficiently discharged from the exhaust port 14 and is condensed in the exhaust path 15A, and the condensed water enters the exhaust path 15A (for example, 10ml or more). In this case, there is a possibility that dew condensation may occur in the blower 11 or that the condensed water flows out through the exhaust port 14 when the outer lid 3 is opened.

  On the other hand, in the second embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the bottom portion 15 of the exhaust path 15 </ b> A is formed to have an inclined surface 15Ac that is inclined downward toward the drain port 15 </ b> Ad. Has been. By the inclined surface 15Ac, water condensed in the exhaust passage 15A is guided to the drain hole 15Ad. In the second embodiment, the upper end 15Ab of the bottom of the drainage path 15A is located at substantially the same height as the upper end 13a of the intake path 13. The upper end 15Ab at the bottom of the drainage path 15A may be located above the upper end 13a of the intake path 13. Further, the drain hole 15Ad located at the lower end of the bottom portion 15A of the drain passage 15A is located below the upper end 13a of the intake passage 13. That is, the drain hole 15Ad is located below the blower 11. Thereby, it is possible to prevent water condensed in the exhaust passage 15A from flowing into the blower 11 and breaking the blower 11.

  The lid body 3 is also provided with a drainage passage 3a that penetrates the outer wall of the lid body 3 in order to allow the drainage hole 15Ad to communicate with the outside. The condensed water discharged from the drain hole 15Ad is discharged to the outside of the lid body 3 through the drain passage 3a. In the second embodiment, the condensed water is discharged to the water storage portion 1f configured by the upper frame 1b.

  In the rice cooker according to the second embodiment, since the drain hole 15Ad is provided in the lower end 15Ab of the bottom portion of the exhaust path 15A, even if steam is condensed in the exhaust path 15A, the condensed water is discharged into the exhaust path. It can be discharged out of the lid body 3 from within 15A. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of dew condensation in the blower device 11 without driving the blower device 11.

  In addition, since the components which comprise the exhaust path 15A are easy to get dirty, it is preferable to be detachable. Thereby, care can be simplified.

  Since the rice cooker concerning this invention can suppress generation | occurrence | production of the dew condensation of an air blower, without driving an air blower, the vapor | steam in the pan which generate | occur | produces during rice cooking is mixed with external air using an air blower. It is useful for all rice cookers that are discharged to the outside after being cooled down.

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the rice cooker concerning 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a partially notched top view of the rice cooker concerning 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the lid body of the rice cooker concerning 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the temperature change of the pan in a rice cooking process, and the drive state of a heating apparatus. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the rice cooker concerning 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the lid body of the rice cooker concerning 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Rice cooker main body 1a Pan storage part 2 Pan 3 Lid main body 4 Inner lid 5 Pan heating apparatus 6 Pan temperature sensor 7 Control part 8 Hook 9 Inner lid temperature sensor 10 Inner lid heating apparatus 11 Blower 12 Inlet 13 Intake path 14 Exhaust Port 15, 15A Exhaust path 16 Steam path 16a Steam inlet 20 Air outlet A Hinge shaft

Claims (6)

A substantially bottomed rice cooker body with a pot storage part formed inside,
A pan stored in the pan storage unit;
A pot heating device for heating the pot;
A lid body that can be rotated around a hinge shaft arranged at a part of the periphery of the opening of the rice cooker body to open and close the opening of the rice cooker body;
An air blower that is disposed within the lid body and sucks and blows outside air;
An intake path for guiding outside air taken in from an intake port provided on an outer wall of the lid body to the blower;
An exhaust path for guiding outside air blown from the blower to an exhaust port provided on an outer wall of the lid body;
A steam path for guiding the steam generated in the pan into the exhaust path;
A rice cooker that mixes the steam in the pan with outside air and discharges it to the outside,
In a state where the opening of the rice cooker main body is closed by the lid main body, the upper end of the intake path is located at substantially the same height or lower than the upper end of the bottom of the exhaust path, and the steam path A steam inlet, which is a connection portion with the exhaust path, is located above a blower opening that communicates the blower and the exhaust path .   2. The rice cooker according to claim 1, wherein an upper end of the intake passage is positioned below a lower end of a bottom portion of the exhaust passage in a state where the opening of the rice cooker body is closed by the lid body.   The rice cooker according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a drainage hole for discharging water condensed in the exhaust path to the outside of the exhaust path is provided at a bottom portion of the exhaust path.   The rice cooker according to claim 3, wherein a bottom portion of the exhaust path is formed to have an inclined surface that is inclined downward toward the drain outlet.   The rice cooker according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein an upper end of the intake path communicates with a lower portion of the blower. The said air blower, the said intake path, and the said exhaust path are arrange | positioned rather than the display part installed in the said lid body at the side near the said hinge axis | shaft, The description in any one of Claims 1-5 . rice cooker.

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