JP5957738B2 - Automatic bread machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic bread maker mainly used in general households.

  In recent years, automatic bread machines that produce bread directly from grains such as rice grains have become widespread. An example of this type of automatic bread maker is disclosed in Patent Document 1 (International Publication No. WO2012 / 008263).

  Patent Document 1 includes a blade rotation shaft provided at the bottom of a cooking vessel, a pulverization blade (also referred to as a mill blade) attached non-rotatably to the blade rotation shaft, and a kneading blade (also referred to as a kneading blade). An automatic bread maker is disclosed that includes a dome-shaped cover and a clutch that connects or disconnects the dome-shaped cover and the blade rotation shaft.

  In the automatic bread maker disclosed in Patent Document 1, when the blade rotation shaft is rotated in a state where the dome-shaped cover and the blade rotation shaft are disconnected from each other by the clutch, only the grinding blade rotates. By the rotation of the pulverizing blade, the cereal grains placed in the cooking container can be pulverized to produce a bread-making raw material. On the other hand, when the blade rotation shaft is rotated in a state where the dome-shaped cover and the blade rotation shaft are connected by the clutch, the grinding blade and the kneading blade rotate. By the rotation of the grinding blade and the kneading blade, the bread dough in the cooking container and the auxiliary material such as dry yeast can be kneaded to produce bread dough. The automatic bread maker of Patent Document 1 is configured to bake bread by baking the dough produced in this manner while being put in a cooking container.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a pulverizing blade configured to efficiently pulverize grain grains to produce a bread-making raw material.

International Publication Number WO2012 / 008263

  In the automatic bread maker of Patent Document 1, there is a problem that a large amount of noise is generated when the pulverizing blade uses grain grains as a bread making raw material.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide an automatic bread maker that can reduce the sound generated when grain grains are used as a bread making raw material.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is configured as follows.
According to the present invention, a cooking container that is stored in a baking chamber provided inside the apparatus main body and into which a cooking material containing cereal grains is placed;
Mill blades for pulverizing grains put in the cooking container by rotating around the central axis of the mill shaft in the cooking container,
A dome-shaped cover covering the mill blade;
A motor for generating a rotational driving force of the mill blade;
With
The tip portion of the mill blade is formed so as to have a ground region having a certain length so as to follow the inner peripheral end portion of the dome-shaped cover in a plan view.
Provide an automatic bread machine.

  According to the automatic bread maker of the present invention, both end portions of the mill blade are formed so as to have a certain length of crushed area along the inner peripheral end portion of the dome-shaped cover in plan view. Thus, the grain can be used as a raw material for baking even more efficiently. Thereby, the rotational speed of the mill blade can be reduced, and the noise generated when the grain is used as a bread-making material, that is, when milling can be reduced.

1 is a perspective view of an automatic bread maker according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view which shows the state which opened the cover body of the automatic bread maker of FIG. It is sectional drawing of the automatic bread maker of FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the structure of the components relevant to the inverter motor of the automatic bread maker of FIG. It is a perspective view of the blade | wing unit with which the automatic bread machine of FIG. 1 is provided. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing components that similarly rotate in the forward direction when the output shaft of the inverter motor in FIG. 4 rotates in the forward direction. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing components that similarly rotate in the reverse direction when the output shaft of the inverter motor in FIG. 4 rotates in the reverse direction. It is a bottom view which shows the relative position of the mill blade | wing with respect to a dome-shaped cover. It is a perspective view of a mill blade. It is a side view of a mill blade. It is a side view of a mill blade. It is a figure which shows the stress distribution of the mill blade | wing which concerns on the modification of embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the stress distribution of the conventional mill blade | wing. It is a schematic diagram which shows the flow of the bread-making course for rice grains performed with the automatic bread maker concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a graph which shows the change of the rotation speed of the preferable mixing blade | wing in the kneading process of the bread-making course for rice grains of FIG.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a cooking container that is stored in a baking chamber provided inside the apparatus main body and into which a cooking material containing cereal grains is placed;
Mill blades for pulverizing grains put in the cooking container by rotating around the central axis of the mill shaft in the cooking container,
A dome-shaped cover covering the mill blade;
A motor for generating a rotational driving force of the mill blade;
With
Tip of the mill blades are formed so as to extend along the inner peripheral edge portion of the dome-shaped cover in plan view, having a ground region capable ground the cereal grains have a constant length ,
Provide an automatic bread machine.

According to the 2nd aspect of this invention, the edge of the front-end | tip part of the said mill blade | wing provides the automatic bread machine as described in a 1st aspect currently formed in the waveform or the sine wave shape.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the automatic bread maker according to the first or second aspect, wherein the edge of the tip of the mill blade has a certain thickness .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the mill blade root has a uniform thickness, to provide an automatic bread making machine according to the third aspect.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, in side view, the width of the edge of the tip of the mill blade is longer than the width of the rotation center side portion of the mill blade. The automatic bread machine described in 1. is provided.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

<Embodiment>
An overall configuration of an automatic bread maker according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automatic bread maker according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the lid of the automatic bread maker is opened. FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the automatic bread maker according to the present embodiment. FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged sectional view of the automatic bread maker according to the present embodiment.

  1 to 3, the automatic bread maker 1 according to the present embodiment includes a device body 10 having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape. An operation unit 20 is provided on a part of the upper surface of the device main body 10.

  The operation unit 20 includes an operation key group and a display unit. The operation key group includes, for example, a start key, a cancel key, a timer key, a reservation key, a selection key for selecting a cooking course for bread, and the like. The cooking course includes, for example, a course for manufacturing bread using rice grains as a starting material, a course for manufacturing bread using rice flour as a starting material, a course for manufacturing bread using wheat flour as a starting material, and the like. The display unit is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display panel and displays time, contents set by the operation key group, errors, and the like.

  A firing chamber 30 is provided inside the apparatus main body 10. The baking chamber 30 is formed in a box shape with an upper surface opened. A cooking container 40 for storing cooking materials such as bread dough, cake, and rice cake is detachably stored in the baking chamber 30.

  Moreover, inside the baking chamber 30, as shown in FIG. 3, it is an example of the sheathed heater 31 which is an example of the heating part which heats the cooking container 40, and the temperature detection part which detects the temperature in the baking chamber 30. A temperature sensor 32 is provided.

  The sheathed heater 31 is arranged so as to surround the lower part of the cooking container 40 accommodated in the baking chamber 30 with a gap. The temperature sensor 32 is arranged at a position slightly away from the sheathed heater 31 so that the average temperature in the baking chamber 30 can be detected.

  The upper surface opening of the baking chamber 30 is opened and closed by a lid 50 provided on the upper part of the device main body 10. The lid 50 is rotatably attached to a hinge portion 10A provided at the upper rear portion (upper right side in FIG. 3) of the device main body 10. The lid 50 includes a lid body 51 and an outer lid 52. The lid main body 51 is attached with a secondary material container 53 for storing powdery secondary materials such as gluten and dry yeast, and a secondary material container 54 for storing secondary materials having a relatively large volume such as raisins and nuts. Yes. The auxiliary material containers 53 and 54 are disposed above the cooking container 40. The outer lid 52 is attached so that the upper openings of the auxiliary material containers 53 and 54 can be opened and closed.

  The bottom wall of the auxiliary material container 53 is configured by an opening / closing plate 53a. The opening / closing plate 53 a is configured to be rotatable so that the auxiliary material in the auxiliary material container 53 can be put into the cooking container 40. Similarly, the bottom wall of the auxiliary material container 54 is constituted by an opening / closing plate 54a. The opening / closing plate 54 a is configured to be rotatable so that the auxiliary material in the auxiliary material container 54 can be put into the cooking container 40. The opening / closing timing of the opening / closing plates 53a, 54a is controlled by the control unit 90 described later.

  A cooking container support 11 is provided at a substantially central portion of the bottom wall 30 a of the baking chamber 30. As shown in FIG. 4, the cooking container support portion 11 is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape and has an inner diameter that gradually decreases as the distance from the bottom wall 30 a of the baking chamber 30 decreases. A first pulley 61 is provided via a bearing 12 at the lower end of the outer peripheral surface of the cooking container support 11.

  A substantially cylindrical third one-way clutch 13 is provided in the central hole at the bottom of the cooking vessel support 11. A substantially cylindrical body-side kneading shaft 16A is provided inside the third one-way clutch 13 so as to extend in the vertical direction. The third one-way clutch 13 allows rotation of the main body side kneading shaft 16A in the forward direction (for example, clockwise) while restricting rotation of the main body side kneading shaft 16A in the reverse direction (for example, counterclockwise). It is configured.

  A second one-way clutch 15 is provided at the lower outer periphery of the main body side kneading shaft 16A. The second one-way clutch 15 is provided to engage with the first pulley 61. When the first pulley 61 rotates in the forward direction, the second one-way clutch 15 rotates the main body side kneading shaft 16A in the forward direction, while the first pulley 61 rotates in the reverse direction. The rotation of the main body side kneading shaft 16A is restricted so that the shaft 16A does not rotate in the reverse direction.

  A substantially cylindrical body-side mill shaft 14A is provided inside the body-side kneading shaft 16A so as to extend in the vertical direction. The main body side mill shaft 14A is provided to be rotatable relative to the main body side kneading shaft 16A. A second pulley 62 is fixed to the lower end portion of the main body side mill shaft 14A.

  In addition, an inverter motor 70 which is an example of a motor is provided outside the baking chamber 30 and inside the apparatus main body 10. The inverter motor 70 is a motor that can freely change the rotation speed and rotation direction (forward direction, reverse direction) of the output shaft 71 per unit time.

  A third pulley 63 is fixed to the upper periphery of the output shaft 71 of the inverter motor 70. A first belt 65 is wound around the third pulley 63 and the first pulley 61. When the inverter motor 70 is driven and the output shaft 71 rotates, the rotational force of the output shaft 71 is transmitted to the first pulley 61 via the third pulley 63 and the first belt 65.

  In addition, a fourth pulley 64 is provided via a bearing 67 at the lower outer periphery of the output shaft 71 of the inverter motor 70. A second belt 66 is wound around the fourth pulley 64 and the second pulley 62.

  A first one-way clutch 68 is engaged with the fourth pulley 64 via the housing 68A between the third pulley 63 and the fourth pulley 64 on the outer peripheral surface of the output shaft 71 of the inverter motor 70. It is provided to do. The first one-way clutch 68 rotates the fourth pulley 64 in the reverse direction when the output shaft 71 rotates in the reverse direction, while the fourth pulley 64 rotates in the normal direction when the output shaft 71 rotates in the forward direction. The rotation of the fourth pulley 64 is restricted so as not to rotate in the direction.

  A main body side connector 17A is fixed to the upper end portion of the main body side mill shaft 14A. The main body side connector 17A is configured to be engageable with a container side connector 17B fixed to a lower end portion of a substantially cylindrical container side mill shaft 14B. When the main body side mill shaft 14A rotates with the main body side connector 17A and the container side connector 17B engaged, the container side mill shaft 14B rotates.

  Further, an engagement piece 16Aa is provided at the upper end of the main body side kneading shaft 16A. The engagement piece 16Aa is configured to be engageable with an engagement piece 16Ba fixed to the lower end portion of the substantially cylindrical container side kneading shaft 16B. When the main body side kneading shaft 16A rotates, the engaging piece 16Aa engages with the engaging piece 16Ba, and the container side kneading shaft 16B rotates.

  The container side mill shaft 14B is provided inside the container side kneading shaft 16B via a cylindrical bearing 18. The container-side mill shaft 14B and the container-side kneading shaft 16B protrude into the cooking container 40 through a through hole provided at the center of the bottom of the cooking container 40 when the cooking container 40 is set in the baking chamber 30. It is provided as follows.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a bottomed cylindrical recess 41 is formed at the bottom of the cooking container 40. Moreover, the cylindrical base 42 is provided in the bottom outer surface of the cooking container 40 so that the container side kneading shaft 16B may be surrounded. The cooking container 40 is set in the baking chamber 30 by placing the base 42 on the cooking container support 11 and engaging the main body side connector 17A and the container side connector 17B. On the other hand, the cooking container 40 can be removed from the baking chamber 30 by disengaging the main body side connector 17A and the container side connector 17B. The pedestal 42 may be formed separately from the cooking container 40 or may be formed integrally with the cooking container 40.

  A blade unit 80 is detachably attached to portions of the container-side mill shaft 14B and the container-side kneading shaft 16B that protrude into the cooking container 40.

  The blade unit 80 includes a cap 81, a mill blade 82, a dome-shaped cover 83, a kneading blade 84, and a safety cover 85.

  The cap 81 is detachably provided at the tip of the container side mill shaft 14B. The mill blade 82 is provided so as to protrude outward from the outer peripheral surface of the cap 81. The mill blade 82 is a blade for pulverizing grain grains such as rice grains to produce a bread-making material. In a state where the cooking container 40 is set in the baking chamber 30 and the cap 81 is attached to the container-side mill shaft 14B, the mill blade 82 is provided so as to be generally located in the recess 41 of the cooking container 40. . The specific configuration and preferred shape of the mill blade 82 will be described in detail later.

  The dome-shaped cover 83 is formed so as to cover the mill blade 82 from above. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the dome-shaped cover 83 is provided with a plurality of window portions 83 a that connect the space inside the dome-shaped cover 83 and the space outside the dome-shaped cover 83. The bread-making raw material produced by the rotation of the mill blades 82 is discharged to the space inside the dome-shaped cover 83 and the space outside the dome-shaped cover 83 through the plurality of windows 83a.

  The kneading blades 84 are provided so as to stand vertically on the outer surface of the dome-shaped cover 83. The kneading blades 84 are blades for producing bread dough by kneading the bread-making ingredients in the cooking container 40.

  The safety cover 85 is attached to the lower end portion of the dome-shaped cover 83 and is formed so as to cover the mill blade 82 from below. The safety cover 85 is attached to the container-side kneading shaft 16B so that a part of the safety cover 85 is fitted to the inner surface of the container-side kneading shaft 16B. When the container-side kneading shaft 16B rotates, the safety cover 85, the dome-shaped cover 83, and the kneading blade 84 rotate integrally. In a state where the cooking container 40 is set in the baking chamber 30 and the safety cover 85 is attached to the container-side kneading shaft 16B, the mill blade 82 is provided so as to be generally positioned above the recess 41 of the cooking container 40. It has been. In addition, the safety cover 85 is provided with an opening (not shown) for taking materials such as rice grains and water put in the cooking container 40 into the dome-shaped cover 83.

  A control unit 90 that controls driving of each unit is provided below the operation unit 20 of the device main body 10. The control unit 90 stores cooking sequences corresponding to a plurality of cooking courses. In the cooking sequence, when each manufacturing process such as water immersion, milling, cooling, kneading, fermentation, and baking is performed in order, the energizing time of the sheathed heater 31, the temperature adjustment temperature, the rotation direction of the inverter motor 70, and the rotation speed in each manufacturing process. A cooking procedure program in which the opening and closing timings of the opening and closing plates 53a and 54a are determined in advance. The control unit 90 controls driving of the inverter motor 70, the sheathed heater 31, and the opening / closing plates 53 a and 54 a based on the cooking sequence corresponding to the specific cooking course selected by the operation unit 20 and the temperature detected by the temperature sensor 32. To do.

  Next, the operation when the output shaft 71 of the inverter motor 70 is rotated in the forward direction will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of parts related to the inverter motor 70. In FIG. 6, the hatched portion indicates a component that rotates in the positive direction.

  As shown in FIG. 6, when the output shaft 71 of the inverter motor 70 is rotated in the forward direction, the rotational force of the output shaft 71 is transmitted to the third pulley 63 and the first one-way clutch 68, and these The part rotates in the positive direction.

  The rotational force of the third pulley 63 is transmitted to the first belt 65, the first pulley 61, and the second one-way clutch 15, and these components rotate in the forward direction. The second one-way clutch 15 rotates the main body side kneading shaft 16A in the forward direction because the first pulley 61 rotates in the forward direction. At this time, the third one-way clutch 13 allows rotation of the main body side kneading shaft 16A in the positive direction. The rotational force of the main body side kneading shaft 16A is transmitted to the container side kneading shaft 16B, the safety cover 85, the dome-shaped cover 83, and the kneading blade 84, and these components rotate in the forward direction.

  On the other hand, since the output shaft 71 rotates in the forward direction, the first one-way clutch 68 restricts the rotation of the fourth pulley 64 so that the fourth pulley 64 does not rotate in the forward direction.

  That is, when the output shaft 71 of the inverter motor 70 is rotated in the forward direction, the milling blade 84 rotates in the forward direction, while the mill blade 82 does not rotate.

  Next, the operation when the output shaft 71 of the inverter motor 70 is rotated in the reverse direction will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of components related to the inverter motor 70. In FIG. 7, the hatched portion indicates a component that rotates in the reverse direction.

  As shown in FIG. 7, when the output shaft 71 of the inverter motor 70 is rotated in the reverse direction, the rotational force of the output shaft 71 is transmitted to the third pulley 63 and the first one-way clutch 68, and these The part rotates in the opposite direction.

  The rotational force of the third pulley 63 is transmitted to the first belt 65, the first pulley 61, and the second one-way clutch 15, and these components rotate in the reverse direction. Since the first pulley 61 rotates in the reverse direction, the second one-way clutch 15 restricts the rotation of the main body side kneading shaft 16A so that the main body side kneading shaft 16A does not rotate in the reverse direction.

  On the other hand, since the output shaft 71 rotates in the reverse direction, the first one-way clutch 68 rotates the fourth pulley 64 in the reverse direction. The rotational force of the fourth pulley 64 is transmitted to the second belt 66, the second pulley 62, the main body side mill shaft 14A, the container side mill shaft 14B, the cap 81, and the mill blade 82, and these components are reversed. Rotate in the direction. At this time, the third one-way clutch 13 restricts rotation of the main body side kneading shaft 16A in the reverse direction (so-called co-rotation) by the rotational force of the main body side mill shaft 14A.

  That is, when the output shaft 71 of the inverter motor 70 is rotated in the reverse direction, the mill blade 82 rotates in the reverse direction while the kneading blade 84 does not rotate.

  In the present embodiment, the first pulley 61 is configured to have a larger diameter than the second to fourth pulleys 62 to 64. As a result, the rotational speed of the kneading blade 84 relative to the rotational speed of the output shaft 71 of the inverter motor 70 is reduced (for example, 250 rpm), and a high torque is obtained. Further, the rotational speed of the mill blade 82 relative to the rotational speed of the kneading blade 84 is set to a high speed (for example, 4000 rpm).

  In the present embodiment, the “mill shaft” is constituted by a main body side mill shaft 14A and a container side mill shaft 14B which are connected by engaging the main body side connector 17A and the container side connector 17B. . The “kneading shaft” is constituted by a main body side kneading shaft 16A and a container side kneading shaft 16B which are connected by engaging the engaging pieces 16Aa and the engaging pieces 16Ba. Further, the center axis of the mill shaft that becomes the rotation center of the mill blade 82 and the center axis of the kneading shaft that becomes the rotation center of the kneading blade 84 are provided on the same axis.

  In the present embodiment, the “driving force switching unit” includes the bearings 12, 67, the first to fourth pulleys 61 to 64, the first and second belts 65 and 66, and the first to third one-way clutches. 64,15,13. The “driving force switching unit” switches the transmission path of the rotational driving force of the motor 70 to the mill shaft and the kneading shaft.

  Next, a preferable shape and the like of the mill blade 82 will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9A to 9C. FIG. 8 is a bottom view showing the relative position of the mill blade 82 with respect to the dome-shaped cover 83. 9A is a perspective view of the mill blade 82, and FIGS. 9B and 9C are side views of the mill blade 82.

  As shown in FIG. 8, both end portions of the mill blade 82 are formed not to cut grains but to be ground. Specifically, both end portions of the mill blade 82 are formed to have a ground region 82A having a certain length so as to follow the inner peripheral end portion of the dome-shaped cover 83 in plan view. Thereby, a grain can be efficiently used as a bread-making raw material, and the rotational speed of the mill blade 82 can be reduced. As a result, it is possible to reduce the noise generated when the grain is used as a bread-making material, that is, when milling.

  Moreover, the edge of the both ends of the mill blade | wing 82 is formed in the waveform. Thereby, the contact area of the said edge and a grain can be increased, and the grinding effect of a grain can be improved. Preferably, the edges at both ends of the mill blade 82 are formed in a sine wave shape (a wave shape constituted by a curve). Thereby, it can suppress that a user's finger | toe cuts, when a user touches the mill blade | wing 82. FIG.

  Moreover, the edge of the both ends of the mill blade | wing 82 is comprised so that it may have fixed thickness (for example, 1.5 mm) (namely, it does not have a blade edge | tip). Thereby, it can further suppress that a user's finger | toe cuts, when a user touches the mill blade | wing 82. FIG. Moreover, the contact area of the said edge and a grain grain can be increased, and the grinding effect of a grain grain can be improved. Moreover, the intensity | strength as the whole mill blade | wing 82 is securable. The mill blade 82 may be configured to have a uniform thickness including the edge.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 9B and 9C, both end portions of the mill blade 82 are inclined in opposite directions as viewed from the front. Specifically, the both ends of the mill blade 82 are positioned below the portion positioned on the downstream side (the side that first collides with the rice grains) in the rotational direction of the mill blade 82 than the portion positioned on the upstream side. So as to be inclined. Further, the inclination angle of the both ends of the mill blade 82 with respect to the horizontal plane is larger than the conventional one, for example, 13 degrees. Thereby, a grain can be efficiently used as a bread-making raw material, and the rotational speed of the mill blade 82 can be further reduced. As a result, it is possible to further reduce the noise generated when the grain is used as a bread-making material, that is, when milling.

  In addition, in this embodiment, although the edge of the both ends of the mill blade | wing 82 was formed in the waveform, this invention is not limited to this. For example, the edges at both ends of the mill blade 82 may be curved. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the stress applied to the mill blade 82 when the grain is pulverized by the mill blade 82 having a curved edge. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating stress applied to a mill blade when the grain is pulverized by a mill blade having a conventional cutting edge. 10 and 11, it can be seen that the mill blade 82 having a curved edge can apply a greater force to the grain than the conventional mill blade.

  Next, an example of the flow of the bread making course for rice grains executed by the automatic bread maker 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram showing the flow of the rice grain bread-making course executed by the automatic bread maker 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 12, in the bread making course for rice grains, a water immersion process, a mill process, a cooling process, a kneading process, a fermentation process, and a baking process are sequentially performed.

When starting the rice grain breadmaking course, the user performs the following operations.
First, the user attaches the cap 81 to the container side mill shaft 14B, and fits a part of the safety cover 85 to the inner surface of the container side kneading shaft 16B. Thereby, the blade | wing unit 80 is set in the cooking container 40, as shown in FIG.

  Thereafter, the user puts main ingredients such as rice grains, water, and seasonings (for example, salt, sugar, shortening) into the cooking container 40, and dry yeast, gluten, nuts, etc. that are automatically added during the bread manufacturing process. In the secondary material containers 53 and 54.

  Thereafter, the user sets the cooking container 40 in the baking chamber 30 and closes the upper surface opening of the baking chamber 30 with the lid 50. Thereafter, the user selects the bread making course for rice grains by using the operation unit 20, and presses the start key. Thereby, the control part 90 starts control operation | movement of the bread-making course for rice grain which manufactures bread using rice grain as a starting material.

  When the rice grain breadmaking course is started, the water immersion process is started by a command from the control unit 90. The water immersion process is a process for making the rice grains easily pulverized to the core in the subsequent milling process by adding water to the rice grains. In the water immersion process, the stationary state of the main material charged in advance in the cooking container 40 is maintained for a predetermined time (in this embodiment, 30 minutes).

  When a predetermined time elapses from the start of the water immersion process, the water immersion process is terminated by a command from the control unit 90, and the mill process is started. A mill process is a process of grind | pulverizing the rice grain put in the cooking container 40, and manufacturing a bread-making raw material. In the mill process, the control unit 90 controls the inverter motor 70 to rotate the output shaft 71 in the reverse direction, and as described above with reference to FIG. 7, the mill blade 82 in the mixture containing rice grains and water is used. Is rotated (eg, 4000 rpm). Thereby, a rice grain is grind | pulverized.

  The mixture containing the pulverized rice grains and water is discharged into the space outside the dome-shaped cover 83 through the plurality of windows 83 a of the dome-shaped cover 83. Along with this, a mixture containing rice grains and water in the recess 41 of the cooking container 40 is taken into the space inside the dome-shaped cover 83 from an opening (not shown) provided in the safety cover 85. In this way, rice grains are crushed one after another by the mill blades 82, and as a result, a bread-making raw material containing pasty pulverized powder is produced.

  In addition, when the size of the rice grain colliding with the mill blade 82 is large, a loud collision sound is generated. For this reason, the control unit 90 can control the inverter motor 70 to rotate the mill blade 82 at a low speed for a predetermined time (for example, 5 minutes) from the start of the mill process, and then rotate the mill blade 82 at a high speed. preferable. Thereby, generation | occurrence | production of the loud collision sound in a mill process can be suppressed.

  When a predetermined time (70 minutes in the present embodiment) elapses from the start of the milling process, the milling process is ended by a command from the control unit 90, and the cooling process is started. The cooling step is a step of lowering the temperature of the bread-making material in the cooking container 40 that has been raised by the mill step to a temperature at which the dry yeast actively works (for example, around 30 ° C.). In the cooling process, the control unit 90 stops driving the inverter motor 70.

  When a predetermined time (32 minutes in the present embodiment) elapses from the start of the cooling process, the cooling process is ended by a command from the control unit 90, and the kneading process is started. The kneading step is a step of manufacturing bread dough by adding auxiliary materials such as dry yeast, gluten, and nuts to the bread-making material and kneading them. In the kneading process, the control unit 90 opens the open / close plates 53a and 54a to put the auxiliary material into the cooking container 40, and controls the inverter motor 70 to rotate the output shaft 71 in the forward direction. As described above, the kneading blade 84 is rotated at a low speed (for example, 250 rpm) in the mixture containing the bread-making raw material and the auxiliary material. Thereby, the mixture containing the bread-making raw material and the auxiliary material is kneaded, and the bread dough having a predetermined elasticity is manufactured.

  If the kneading blades 84 are continuously rotated at the same speed during the kneading process, particularly in the initial stage of the kneading process in which the kneading of the mixture containing the bread-making raw material and the auxiliary material has not progressed, There is a possibility that the material scatters outside the cooking container 40. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 13, it is preferable that the control unit 90 controls the inverter motor 70 so that the rotational speed of the kneading blades 84 gradually increases as the kneading process proceeds. Thereby, in a kneading process, it can suppress that a bread-making raw material and an auxiliary material scatter to the outer side of the cooking container 40. FIG.

  When a predetermined time (23 minutes in the present embodiment) elapses from the start of the kneading process, the kneading process is terminated by the command of the control unit 90, and the fermentation process is started. A fermentation process is a process of fermenting bread dough. In the fermentation process, the control unit 90 controls the sheath heater 31 to maintain the temperature of the baking chamber 30 at a temperature at which fermentation proceeds (for example, 38 ° C.).

  When a predetermined time (75 minutes in the present embodiment) elapses from the start of the fermentation process, the fermentation process is terminated by a command from the control unit 90, and the baking process is started. The baking step is a step of baking the fermented dough and baking the bread. In the baking process, the controller 90 controls the sheath heater 31 to raise the temperature of the baking chamber 30 to a temperature suitable for baking (for example, 125 ° C.).

  When a predetermined time (40 minutes in the present embodiment) has elapsed since the start of the firing process, the firing process is terminated by an instruction from the control unit 90. Thereby, all the bread making processes are completed. The completion of all the bread making processes is notified to the user by, for example, a display on the liquid crystal panel of the operation unit 20 or a notification sound.

  According to the automatic bread maker 1 according to the present embodiment, both end portions of the mill blades 82 have the grinding region 82A having a certain length so as to be along the inner peripheral end portion of the dome-shaped cover 83 in plan view. Therefore, the grain can be used as a raw material for bread production more efficiently. Thereby, the rotational speed of the mill blade | wing 82 can be reduced and the sound which generate | occur | produces when using a grain grain as a bread-making raw material can be reduced.

  The automatic bread maker according to the present invention achieves downsizing of the apparatus and can more reliably switch the transmission path of the rotational driving force of the motor. Useful as.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automatic bread machine 10 Apparatus main body 10A Hinge part 11 Cooking container support part 12 Bearing 13 3rd one-way clutch 14A Main body side mill shaft 14B Container side mill shaft 15 Second one-way clutch 16A Main body side kneading shaft 16Aa Engagement piece 16B Container side kneading shaft 16Ba Engagement piece 17A Main body side connector 17B Container side connector 18 Bearing 20 Operation part 30 Firing chamber 30a Bottom wall 31 Sheath heater (heating part)
32 Temperature Sensor 40 Cooking Container 41 Recess 42 Base 50 Lid 51 Lid Main Body 52 Outer Lid 53, 54 Sub-Material Container 53a, 54a Opening / Closing Plate 61 First Pulley 62 Second Pulley 63 Third Pulley 64 Fourth Pulley 65 First belt 66 Second belt 67 Bearing 68 First one-way clutch 70 Inverter motor 71 Output shaft 80 Blade unit 81 Cap 82 Mill blade 82A Crushing area 83 Dome-shaped cover 83a Window portion 84 Kneading blade 85 Safety cover 90 Control unit

Claims (5)

A cooking container which is stored in a baking chamber provided inside the apparatus body and into which cooking ingredients including grain are placed;
Mill blades for pulverizing grains put in the cooking container by rotating around the central axis of the mill shaft in the cooking container,
A dome-shaped cover covering the mill blade;
A motor for generating a rotational driving force of the mill blade;
With
Tip of the mill blades are formed so as to extend along the inner peripheral edge portion of the dome-shaped cover in plan view, having a ground region capable ground the cereal grains have a constant length ,
Automatic bread machine. The automatic bread maker according to claim 1, wherein an edge of a tip portion of the mill blade is formed in a wave shape or a sine wave shape. The automatic bread maker according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein an edge of a tip portion of the mill blade has a certain thickness. The automatic bread maker according to claim 3 , wherein the mill blades have a uniform thickness. 5. The automatic bread maker according to claim 1, wherein, in a side view, the width of the edge of the tip of the mill blade is longer than the width of the rotation center side portion of the mill blade.

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