JP5515578B2 - Automatic rice mill display equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a display device for a fee-type automatic rice milling facility.

  In the automatic rice milling equipment, the operation panel facing the operation room is provided with inserted coin display means for displaying the number or amount of coins inserted into the coin mech. It is known that the number of coins of the means is displayed by subtraction every predetermined time, and when the number of coins becomes 0, the end operation lamp is turned on, the operation of the rice milling machine is finished after a predetermined time, and the coin number display lamp is turned off. Yes (Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent No. 3791488

  The present invention makes it easy to grasp the actual remaining rice operation time in the fee-type automatic rice milling equipment, and when the rice milling time corresponding to the total input usage fee has ended, or a rice mill (15) At the time of the rice milling process just before the completion of the rice polishing when the amount of the brown rice to be fed is detected to be equal to or less than the set amount, no additional rice is mistakenly added, and automatic rice milling is performed smoothly.

The invention of claim 1 is a fee for installing a rice milling machine (15) for processing rice milled rice, an operation panel (8), a display screen (21) of the operation panel (8), and a controller for controlling the rice milling operation. In the automatic rice milling equipment, the remaining time of the rice milling operation is displayed on the display screen (21) of the operation panel (8) while subtracting the rice milling operation time corresponding to the input usage fee, or the rice milling machine (15) When the amount of brown rice to be input is detected to be equal to or less than the set amount, the process proceeds to an end operation process in which the brown rice remaining in the rice mill (15) is processed and discharged, and when the process proceeds to the end operation process, the display screen (21) The display screen (21) of the operation panel (8) has a white character on one end and a black character on the other end. Display the horizontal bar (21a) and close to the white character The portion of the horizontal bar (21a) corresponds to a higher whiteness degree, the portion of the horizontal bar (21a) closer to the black character corresponds to a lower whitening degree, and corresponds to the whiteness selection of the user. The mark (m) is turned on at the part of the bar (21a) .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the horizontal bar (21a) sequentially changes color from white to black from the side representing the white character toward the side representing the black character. It is set as the display apparatus of the automatic rice milling equipment characterized by these.

  In the invention of claim 1, the user can grasp the remaining time of rice milling operation for the input usage fee, and displays that brown rice cannot be thrown in after the transition to the rice milling end operation. Input can be prevented.

Also, the user can be alerted to the whiteness selection.

Process diagram of fee-based rice milling equipment. A plan view of a charge-type rice milling facility. Side view of a charge-type rice milling facility. The front view seen from the operation room side of the fee-type rice milling equipment. flowchart. Perspective view of raw material charging hopper The front view of the operation part of an operation panel. The front view of a display screen. The front view of a display screen. The side view of a rice mill and a white rice extraction tank. The side view of a raw material input hopper. The side view of a raw material input hopper. flowchart. A side view of a brown rice tank. A side view of a brown rice tank. A side view of a brown rice tank. The side view and front view of the shutter valve of a rice removal tank. The front view of the coin mech part of an operation panel.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
First, the whole structure of the fee-type automatic rice milling equipment provided with this invention is demonstrated based on FIGS.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the fee-type automatic rice milling facility divides the building 1 into an operation room 2 and a machine room 3 by a partition wall 4, facing the operation room 2 side, and a raw material charging hopper 5, an operation panel 8, and A white rice take-out tank 7 is provided. Further, on the machine room 3 side, a first elevator 11, a stone remover 12, a second elevator 13, a brown rice tank 14, a rice mill 15 and the like are provided. Then, in accordance with a command from the controller C built in the operation panel 8, the brown rice put into the raw material charging hopper 5 is sequentially fed out by the first elevator 11, destoned by the stone remover 12, and removed by the second elevator 13. It is configured such that it is transferred to the rice milling machine 15 for rice milling, and the rice milling tank 7 performs automatic rice milling to remove the white rice.

  As shown in FIG. 6, an opening / closing door 26 is provided at the inlet of the raw material charging hopper 5. When the automatic rice milling equipment is in a normal operable state, the opening / closing door 26 is lit to display “in operation”. When a failure occurs, “failing” is displayed. Further, as shown in FIG. 7A, “charge input” is displayed on the charge insertion portion 8a of the operation panel 8, a coin mech 16 is provided, a bill insertion slot 16a, a return lever 16b, a coin insertion slot 16c, a charge A display unit 16d and a change-out lamp 16e are provided. As shown in FIG. 7B, the whiteness selection unit 8b of the operation panel 8 includes an upper white button 8c, a standard button 8d, an 8-minute button 8e, and a no-wash rice for the no-wash rice course. A button 8f is provided.

  Although not shown in the figure, the rice mill 15 is provided with a brown rice tank 14 with a brown rice detection sensor, a milling roll is disposed in the milling chamber, and a pressure plate for adjusting the degree of whitening is provided at the milling chamber outlet. Kochi is configured to send the cocoon leaking from the cocoon net of the room to the cocoon processing section by the cocoon exhaust fan. The milling roll is driven by a rice milling motor, and the compression plate is adjusted by the compression plate adjusting motor.

Next, the contents of rice milling control of the fee-type automatic rice milling equipment will be described with reference to FIG.
When the user inserts the usage fee into the coin insertion slot 16c (step S1), the brown rice tank 14 is turned on (step S2), and the user has the previous user's residual grain brown rice in the brown rice tank 14? Then, brown rice is put into the raw material charging hopper 5 (step S3), and the whiteness selection unit 8b is pressed to select the degree of whitening (step S4). Then, the feeding valve 9 starts driving, the brown rice of the raw material charging hopper 5 is taken in (step S5), the driving parts of the automatic rice milling equipment are activated, and the rice milling operation is started (step S6). Next, the operation time is set according to the input fee, and is sequentially displayed while subtracting the remaining rice operation time on the liquid crystal display screen 21 of the operation panel 8 as the rice operation proceeds (step S7).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the rice milling operation time corresponding to the usage fee has elapsed (step S8). When the rice milling operation time has ended, the subtraction display of the usage time is terminated (step S9), and the feeding valve 9 is driven. Is stopped and the process proceeds to an end operation (step S10). In the ending operation, the first elevator 11, the stone remover 12, and the second elevator 13 are sequentially stopped, and the remaining brown rice is processed by the rice mill, and when the set time elapses, the rice mill 15 stops and each part of the automatic rice mill drive is driven. Is stopped and the rice milling operation is terminated (step S11). When it is detected that there is no user in the operation room 2 (step S12), the brown rice tank 14 is turned off (step S13).

Next, the subtraction display of the remaining rice operation time will be described with reference to FIGS.
The operation panel 8 is provided with a liquid crystal display screen 21, and when the user selects the whiteness and starts the automatic rice milling system, the liquid crystal display screen 21 is instructed by the controller according to the input fee as shown in FIG. For example, the following display is made. That is, the mark m corresponding to the degree of whitening set on the horizontal line 21a, which is discolored from white to black in order from the highest degree of whitening, is lit to alert the user. ”, And the time display line 21b is shortened and displayed while the usable time is... Second”, and is subtracted and displayed in a set number of seconds (for example, one second).

  Then, when the operation time corresponding to the charging fee has elapsed, the operation proceeds to the rice milling end operation. Then, the liquid crystal display screen 21 is displayed as shown in FIG. 9, for example. In other words, the message “The end operation has been started. Additional rice cannot be added.” Is displayed and the remaining operation time is not displayed.

  Moreover, the remaining time display of washing-free rice polished rice is as follows. The washing fee for washing-free rice is a fee structure that is the sum of the fee for brown rice (for example, 100 yen for 10 kg / min) and the special price for washing-free rice (for example, 100 yen). Then, when displaying the remaining rice cleaning time of the non-washed rice on the display screen 21, it is displayed sequentially while subtracting the remaining rice operation time corresponding to the input usage fee with respect to the amount of brown rice, and the special fee for non-washed rice is excluded. However, even in the case of washing-free rice milling, the actual remaining rice milling operation time can be displayed.

  According to the said structure, since the driving remaining time according to an input charge is displayed with respect to a user, the user can use it in comfort, grasping | ascertaining the rice operation state. In addition, the display of the remaining time is stopped after the transition to the end operation, and it is displayed that brown rice cannot be put in, so that it is possible to prevent the user from erroneously putting brown rice in advance.

  As a condition for shifting to the end operation, a predetermined time may be passed after the brown rice presence / absence detection sensor S provided at the lower portion of the raw material charging hopper 5 selects that there is no brown rice, in addition to the end of the operation time described above. That is, by displaying that the end operation has been entered even during the operation remaining time, it is possible to prevent the problem that the rice milling operation is terminated without additional rice milling and rice milling treatment.

  In other words, if the operation time display remains on the liquid crystal display screen 21 of the operation panel 8 after the transition to the end operation, it is easy for the user to think that brown rice can still be thrown in. If brown rice is introduced after the transition to the end operation, it is possible to prevent a trouble that the introduced brown rice cannot be polished.

Next, the structure of the white rice discharge port of the rice mill 15 will be described with reference to FIG.
The rice milling machine 15 is disposed in a slanted manner with the white rice take-out side descending, and a pressing plate 23 for adjusting the degree of milling is provided at the discharge port 15a of the rice milling machine 15, and the pressing plate 23 is moved and adjusted by a pressing plate adjusting motor (not shown). The white rice extraction tank 7 is provided below the discharge port 15a. Further, a compression plate 23 that adjusts the size of the discharge port 15 a is provided below the discharge port 15 a of the rice milling machine 15, and the compression plate 23 is configured to be adjustable by an opening / closing adjustment motor 25. During the milling operation in which the compression plate 23 is in close contact with the discharge port 15a of the rice milling machine 15 according to a command from the controller, the discharge port 15a is adjusted to be greatly opened, and the initial stage from the start of rice milling During the period up to the milling, when the milled rice is discharged at the end of the milling operation, the discharge port 15a is opened small.

  From the operation room 2 side, the user puts his hand into the discharge port 15a of the rice milling machine 15, contacts the rotating part of the rice milling machine 15, and may be injured. If the discharge port 15a of the rice milling machine 15 is made small in order to prevent injuries, sticking of potatoes increases and maintenance is required. However, according to the said structure, such a malfunction can be solved and a user's safety can be aimed at.

Next, FIG. 11 will be described.
An open / close door 26 that opens and closes the rice input opening 5a of the raw material input hopper 5 of the automatic rice milling facility while moving in the vertical direction is provided, and the open / close door 26 is opened and closed by an open / close motor (not shown). A bag placement net 28 is provided in the middle portion of the raw material charging hopper 5, a take-out button 27 is provided inside the raw material charging hopper 5, and when the take-out button 27 is turned on, the rice is discharged from the rice milling machine 15 according to a controller command. The rice is returned to the raw material charging hopper 5 through the second elevator 13 and the reduction passage 29, and the opening / closing door 26 is adjusted to be opened.

  If there is a child in the raw material charging hopper 5, when the rice milling operation is completed and the open / close door 26 is closed, there is a problem that the child is trapped inside. According to the said structure, even if a child is confine | sealed in the raw material injection | throwing-in hopper 5, the door 26 can be opened by pushing the take-out button 27, and a child can be taken out and it is safe.

Next, FIG. 12 will be described.
An open / close door 21 that opens and closes the rice input opening 5a of the raw material input hopper 5 of the automatic rice milling facility while moving up and down is provided, and the open / close door 26 is opened and closed by an open / close motor (not shown). When, for example, the front side portion of the bag placement net 28 provided in the intermediate portion of the raw material charging hopper 5 is pivotally supported by the shaft 28a and a grain bag or the like is placed on the bag placement net 28, the bag is placed against the spring 28b. The rear side portion of the placement net 28 is rotated downward by the weight, and the detection switch 31 is turned on. When the ON information of the detection switch 31 is input to the controller, the closing output of the opening / closing door 26 is stopped and the opening is adjusted.

According to the above configuration, when anything other than rice is placed in the raw material charging hopper 5, the open / close door 26 is maintained in an open state, so that a user's forgotten things can be prevented.
Next, FIG. 13 will be described.

  The operation panel 8 of the automatic rice milling facility incorporates a controller C and a coin mech 16 that can refund the charge. When the user inserts the usage fee into the coin mech 16, the opening / closing door 26 is opened, the whiteness is set by the whiteness button, and when the rice milling is started, the input usage fee can be refunded for the first time and the user returns it. The change can be returned by operating the lever 16b. In addition, when the user operates the take-out button 27 for a predetermined time or longer after the start of rice milling, the coin mech 16 can be refunded by a command from the controller C.

  As shown in FIG. 13, when a fee is charged (step S21), the open / close door 26 is opened (step S22), and it is then determined whether or not the user has started using rice milling (step S23). When the use of polished rice is started, a refundable state is entered (step S24). Further, refund is prohibited until the use is started (step S25). Further, in the state where the usage fee is not refundable, it is determined whether or not the take-out button 27 has been turned on for a predetermined time (step S26). If Yes, the refundable state is entered (step S24). The process returns to step S23.

  According to the said structure, the foreign material mixing into the raw material injection | throwing-in hopper 5 and mischief can be suppressed. In addition, if white rice or rice cake is mistakenly introduced, the usage fee can be refunded, and a system that does not damage the user can be constructed.

Next, the brown rice feeding control of the raw material charging hopper 5 in the automatic rice milling facility will be described.
A feed valve 9 for quantitative discharge is provided at the bottom of the raw material charging hopper 5 and a brown rice presence / absence detection sensor S is provided for detecting the presence / absence of brown rice. The feed valve 9 corresponds to each unit usage fee according to a command from the controller. The feeding stop time is set so as to be driven every unit feeding time and not to shift to the end operation regardless of whether the brown rice presence / absence detection sensor is turned on or off.

  For example, the first rice milling unit of brown rice, for example, 10 kg, is fed out at a predetermined feeding time, and then a stop time of 90 seconds is provided, and then the operation ends. If the operation does not proceed to the end operation, the next 10 kg of rice milling unit is fed out over a predetermined feeding time, and then a stop time of 60 seconds is provided. Next, 10 kg of the next rice milling unit is fed out over a predetermined feeding time, and then a stop time of 40 seconds is provided. After the stop time has elapsed, the process proceeds to the finishing process of the rice milling operation only when there is no brown rice.

  If the user's brown rice has been delayed, or if the brown rice has been cut off intermittently, if the transition to the rice milling end operation is completed immediately after the brown rice feed time has ended, the usage time corresponding to the total input usage fee has not ended. However, there was a problem that the milled rice was finished and the brown rice left in the raw material charging hopper 5 remained. However, according to the said structure, such a malfunction can be eliminated, reducing a user's waiting time.

Next, the illumination configuration of the brown rice tank 14 of the rice mill 15 will be described with reference to FIG.
An illuminating device 36 is provided inside the brown rice tank 14 provided in the upper part of the rice mill 15 so as to illuminate the brown rice in the tank. An illuminating device 36 is disposed in the upper part of the brown rice tank 14 in the operation chamber 2 side, and when the brown rice flowing down from the brown rice flow-down passage 14a accumulates in the tank, it is positioned above the inclined upper surface of the repose angle. The lighting device 36 is prevented from being buried by the accumulated brown rice.

  And the confirmation window 37 is provided in the partition wall 4 which divides the operation room 2 and the machine room 3, and the tank side window part 14b is formed in the side near the operation room 2 of the brown rice tank 14 lower part. A confirmation passage 38 is provided between the confirmation window 37 and the tank side window 14b of the brown rice tank 14, and the brown rice in the brown rice tank 14 is passed from the operation chamber 2 through the confirmation window 37, the confirmation passage 38, and the tank side window 14b. Is visible.

  In the conventional configuration, a fluorescent lamp is provided in the machine room 3 and the light is taken into the tank through a transparent acrylic plate on the upper surface of the brown rice tank 14 to confirm the presence or absence of brown rice. If you continue to use the rice milling equipment, dust and soot will adhere to the top surface of the acrylic plate, the light from the fluorescent lamp will not pass through the tank, and the remaining rice in the tank will not be visible from the operation room 2, and maintenance will be performed each time. It was necessary. However, according to the said structure, the maintenance of the brown rice tank 14 is not required, the brown rice accumulated in the brown rice tank 14 can be easily confirmed from the operation room 2, and a user can confirm the completion | finish of rice polishing in peace. Can do.

  Further, lighting control of the lighting device 36 is performed as follows. When a user entry into the operation room 2 is detected by a command from the controller using a user detection sensor (not shown), the lighting device 36 is turned on or the user charges the coin mech 16 with a usage fee. When the automatic rice milling system is activated by selecting the whiteness buttons 8c, 8d, 8e, and 8f, and when the user enters the usage fee, If the user detection sensor detects that the user has left the operation room 2 without turning off the lighting device 36 immediately after the completion, the light is turned off.

  If comprised in this way, the illuminating device 36 in the brown rice tank 14 can be lighted timely when needed, and the energy-saving operation of automatic rice milling equipment and the reduction of a maintenance man-hour can be aimed at.

  Moreover, when providing the illuminating device 36 inside the brown rice tank 14, you may comprise as shown in FIG. The lower end portion of the brown rice flow passage 14a is faced to the side farther from the operation chamber 2 above the brown rice tank 14, and the lighting device 36 is disposed on the upper side of the brown rice tank 14 closer to the operation chamber 2.

  Thus, the lighting device 36 can be arranged at a position away from the brown rice flow position of the brown rice tank 14, and even if a large amount of brown rice accumulates, the lighting device 36 is prevented from being buried, and the user can remove the brown rice in the brown rice tank 14. Can be confirmed reliably.

  Moreover, when illuminating the inside of the brown rice tank 14, you may comprise as FIG. A confirmation window 37 is provided on the partition wall 4, and a tank-side window portion 14 b is provided on the side near the operation chamber 2 below the brown rice tank 14. A communication passage 38 communicates between the confirmation window 37 and the tank side window 14b. The lighting device 36 is disposed near the operation chamber 2 on the lower outside of the brown rice tank 14, and the lighting device 36 is attached to the brown rice tank 14 via a bracket 38.

  According to the said structure, since the illuminating device 36 was provided near the tank side window part 14b of the brown rice tank 14, the brown rice residual state in the brown rice tank 14 can be confirmed correctly also with the cheap illuminating device 36 with low illumination intensity. it can.

Next, the white rice shutter valve 41 of the white rice take-out tank 7 will be described with reference to FIG.
A white rice shutter valve 41 is pivotally supported at the lower outlet of the white rice take-out tank 5 so as to be rotatable about an axis in the left-right direction, and the left and right sides of the white rice shutter valve 41 are covered with left and right surrounding plates 42, 42. The white rice shutter valve 41 is composed of left and right plate bodies 41a and 41a through which the shutter shaft passes, and an arcuate closing plate body 41b attached to the lower ends of the left and right plate bodies 41a and 41a. Is wider than the left and right opening width of the white rice extraction tank 7. Further, left and right surrounding plates 42, 42 are provided on the left and right sides of the arc-shaped closing plate body 41b, and the upper and lower end portions of the left and right surrounding plates 42, 42 are surrounded by upper and lower refracting portions 42a,.

  According to the above configuration, since the arc-shaped closing plate 41b is wider than the left and right plates 41a and 41a, the arc-shaped closing plate 41b can be welded and fixed from the left and right outer sides of the left and right plates 41a and 41a. It can be opened and closed stably without the weld overlay being interfered with the white rice extraction tank 7. In addition, the gap between the white rice shutter valve 41 and the left and right shroud plates 42 and 42 is reduced, and it is safe without fear of entering.

Next, the whiteness adjustment configuration of the rice mill 15 will be described.
In the automatic rice milling equipment equipped with a rice mill 15 capable of setting the whiteness during the period from the start to the initial rice milling, no matter which rice whiteness is selected, a predetermined whiteness position [for example, white The compression plate 23 is made to wait at an intermediate whiteness position moved from a weak side to a strong side for a predetermined time (for example, 8.7 seconds). When the rice mill 15 is activated, the compression plate 23 is moved from the standby position to the designated whiteness position.

  When the compression plate 23 is adjusted to the strong adjustment side and the weak adjustment side by the whiteness adjustment motor, the spring of the compression plate 23 expands and contracts. And if it drive | operates for a predetermined time, the movement adjustment distance of the compression board 23 will change a little. If the whiteness button is repeatedly pressed, a problem occurs in which the whiteness position of the initial milled rice is shifted.

  However, according to the above configuration, after the rice milling operation of the rice milling machine 15 is finished, the compression plate 23 is returned to the whiteness intermediate position, and the compression plate 23 is waiting at the intermediate whiteness position until the initial rice milling stage of the next rice polishing. The spring of the compression plate 23 can be held in a predetermined stretched state, and the whiteness deviation of the compression plate 23 can be reduced.

Next, the whiteness adjustment configuration of the rice mill 15 will be specifically described.
The specified whiteness is raised or lowered by operating the whiteness button and the whiteness strength adjustment snap switch. When the whiteness adjustment range is set by pressing the no-wash rice button 8f, the standard button 8d, the 8 minute button 8e, and the upper white button 8c, and the compression plate 23 is in the upper limit adjustment state or the lower limit adjustment state of the specified whiteness, Even if the whiteness intensity adjustment snap switch is operated to the strong side or the weak side, the whiteness adjustment outside the selected whiteness is stopped by a command from the controller.

  In addition, for example, when adjusting the whiteness of the upper white button 8c, the upper white button 8c is turned on to set the whiteness adjustment range to the upper white range, and then the whiteness strength snap switch is set to the strong side. When operated, it is adjusted one step at a time in accordance with the number of operations. Further, when the whiteness strength snap switch is operated to the weak side, it is similarly adjusted stepwise to the weak side. In addition, when the whiteness adjustment range is specified by pressing the whiteness button, the current whiteness intensity adjustment level is displayed on the display screen of the operation panel 6, and when the intensity adjustment is performed with the whiteness intensity snap switch, the change adjustment state is displayed. It is the structure displayed sequentially.

The whiteness adjustment motor has a very high rotation speed and is difficult to adjust. However, according to the above configuration, the whiteness adjustment can be easily and accurately performed in stages.
Next, FIG. 18 will be described. When a pilot lamp 44 is provided on the side of the coin panel 16 of the operation panel 8 and when a user enters the operation room 2 is detected, the pilot lamp 44 blinks for a predetermined time, and the automatic rice milling equipment can accept brown rice. In this configuration, the pilot lamp 44 is turned on and is turned off when the acceptance is prohibited. According to the said structure, the user can know the first operation site | part by blinking of the pilot lamp 44, and can use operation smoothly.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Building 2 Operation room 3 Machine room 5 Raw material charging hopper 8 Operation panel 7 White rice extraction tank 14 Brown rice tank 15 Rice mill 21 Display screen

Claims (2)

In a fee-type automatic rice milling facility equipped with a rice milling machine (15) for processing the fed brown rice, an operation panel (8), a display screen (21) of the operation panel (8), and a controller for controlling the rice milling operation ,
The display screen (21) of the operation panel (8) is displayed while subtracting the remaining rice milling operation time, and the rice milling operation time corresponding to the input usage fee is completed or the amount of brown rice to be input to the rice mill (15) is set When the amount below is detected, the process proceeds to a finishing operation process in which the brown rice remaining in the rice milling machine (15) is processed and discharged, and when the finishing operation process is entered, the display screen (21) indicates that brown rice cannot be put in. And a configuration that
On the display screen (21) of the operation panel (8), a horizontal bar (21a) indicating a character indicating white on one end side and a character indicating black on the other end side is displayed to indicate the white color. The portion of the horizontal bar (21a) closer to the character corresponds to a higher whiteness degree, and the portion of the horizontal bar (21a) closer to the character indicating black corresponds to a lower whitening degree, and the user selects whiteness. A display device for automatic rice milling equipment, characterized in that a mark (m) is lit on the part of the horizontal bar (21a) corresponding to . In the invention of claim 1, the horizontal bar (21a) is characterized in that the color is changed from white to black sequentially from the side indicating the character indicating white toward the side indicating the character indicating black. Display device for automatic rice milling equipment.

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