JP5974296B2 - Cooking container and automatic bread machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a cooking container for an automatic bread maker and 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 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2011-45414).

  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.

JP 2011-45414 A

  The automatic bread maker disclosed in Patent Document 1 has a problem that there is little space between the handle and the baking chamber, and after baking the dough, it is difficult to grasp and remove the handle while wearing the mittens.

  Moreover, since the height of the handle is below the upper part of the baking chamber, there is a problem that when the bread swells, the bread gets in the way and the handle cannot be gripped.

  Further, in the automatic bread maker of Patent Document 1, there is no place for fixing the handle of the cooking container, and when the container is turned upside down to dry after washing the cooking container, the handle becomes an obstacle and is left upside down as it is. As a result, there is a problem that the cooking container cannot be sufficiently dried.

The present invention is for solving such a problem, and the invention according to claim 1 is a cooking container housed in a baking chamber provided inside an apparatus body, and the cooking container includes a handle. the possess a first regulating portion for stopping at the position of the two stages and the second restricting portion, the first restriction portion includes a first inclined surface having a slope, substantially perpendicular to the upper surface of the cooking container A first side surface that is a plane, and the second restricting portion is a second upper surface that is substantially parallel to the upper surface of the cooking container, and a plane that is substantially perpendicular to the upper surface of the cooking container. A second restricting portion is formed so as to protrude in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the first restricting portion, and the handle of the cooking container is positioned in the first restricting portion. , the insertable space mittens between the cooking vessel and the handle is formed, stopped at said second restricting portion The state, when placed in the cooking vessel upside down, the opening at an angle to the extent that the cooking vessel is not falling, the handle, the second restriction as compared with the state has stopped at the first restricting portion It is characterized in that the rotation of the handle is restricted in a state where it is stopped at the portion .

The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the handle of the cooking container is restricted to one of the first restriction part and the second restriction part , and the cooking container is A space is formed between the handle and the device main body so that the handle does not contact the device main body when stored in the firing chamber.

  According to the present invention, the handle can be easily grasped and taken out with the mittens attached after baking the dough.

  Also, according to the present invention, when the cooking container is turned upside down after being washed, the handle can be fixed at an angle that does not cause the cooking container to fall down, so that the cooking container can be easily dried. Is possible.

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. It is a perspective view of the cooking container which is a present Example. It is an expansion perspective view of the handle attachment part of the cooking container shown in FIG. It is the figure which looked at the handle attachment part shown in FIG. 7 from the A direction. It is the figure which looked at the handle attachment part shown in FIG. 8 from the B direction.

In 1st invention, it is a cooking container accommodated in the baking chamber provided in the inside of an apparatus main body, and the said cooking container has a 1st control part and a 2nd control part which stop a handle in a two-step position, have a, the first restriction portion includes a first inclined surface having a slope, and a first side surface which is a plane substantially perpendicular to the upper surface of the cooking vessel, the second regulating portion, The surface is substantially parallel to the upper surface of the cooking container.
The second restricting portion is formed to have a second upper surface and a second side surface that is a plane substantially perpendicular to the upper surface of the cooking container, and project in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the first restricting portion. state, the handle of the cooking vessel, wherein in the first state is located in the regulating portion of said insertable space mittens between the cooking vessel and the handle is formed, stopped at said second restricting portion So when you put in the cooking vessel upside down, the opening at an angle to the extent that the cooking vessel is not falling, the handle, rather than the state in which stops at the first restricting portion at the second restricting portion The rotation of the handle is restricted in the stationary state.

In 2nd invention, in the 1st invention, when the handle of a cooking container is regulated in the position of either the 1st regulation part and the 2nd regulation part , when the cooking container is stored in the baking room A space is formed between the handle and the device main body so that the handle does not contact the device main body.

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

  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 the 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 this 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.

  In addition, a first one-way clutch 68 is provided 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. 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 FIG. 5, 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.

  FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the cooking container 40 as viewed from the upper oblique direction. In FIG. 6, the cooking container 40 includes a handle 100, and the user can attach and detach the cooking container 40 to and from the automatic bread maker main body by gripping the handle 100 after fitting mittens or the like into the hand. It is.

  Moreover, the cooking container 40 has the attachment member 101 for attaching the handle 100 on either side, and FIG. 7 is the perspective view which expanded this attachment member. As shown in FIG. 7, the attachment member 101 has a hole 102 for rotatably attaching the handle 100 at the center, and the handle 100 is attached to the hole 102.

  The mounting member 101 has a first restricting portion 103 and a second restricting portion 104 on the left and right sides, and can regulate the movement of the handle 100 in two stages, the first restricting portion 103 and the second restricting portion 104. It is. The first restricting portion 103 has a first slope 105 having a gradient of about 45 degrees (for example, between 30 degrees and 50 degrees) on its upper surface and a plane substantially perpendicular to the upper surface of the cooking container 40 on its side surface. And a first side face 106. The first slope 105 and the first side surface 106 are integrally formed on the surface of the mounting member 101 where the hole 102 is formed.

  The first side surface 106 may have a slight gradient (for example, 1 degree).

  On the other hand, a second restricting portion 104 is formed so as to protrude in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the first restricting portion 103 (the surface on which the hole portion 102 of the mounting member 101 is formed). Similarly to the first restricting portion 103, 104 is formed integrally with the mounting member 101.

  The second restricting portion 104 has a second upper surface 107 that is substantially parallel to the upper surface of the cooking container 40 on the upper surface, and a second side surface 108 that is a plane substantially perpendicular to the upper surface of the cooking container 40 on the side surface. Have.

  The second upper surface 107 and the second side surface 108 may have a slight inclination (gradient) (for example, 1 to 7 degrees).

  In a state where the cooking container 40 is mounted in the baking chamber of the automatic bread maker main body, the handle 100 can be maintained at an angle of about 26 degrees by placing the handle 100 on the first slope 105 (first state). It is.

  In this state, since the handle 100 is opened at an angle of about 26 degrees, the user can easily put a hand fitted with mittens between the handle 100 and the upper surface of the cooking container 40. For this reason, the user can remove the cooking container 40 from a main body easily in the state which fitted the mittens.

  In a state where the handle 100 is positioned on the first slope 105, the user further pushes the handle 100 toward the cooking container 40, so that the handle 100 is moved by the elastic force of the first regulating portion 103 below the first slope 105. When the rider rides on the side surface and further pushes the handle 100, the handle 100 finally stops on the second upper surface 107 of the second restricting portion 104.

  In this state (second state), the handle 100 is applied with a force so as to spread in the lateral direction of the first restricting portion 103 by the elastic force, and the handle 100 is rotated further downward by the second upper surface 107. Is regulated.

  In this way, the rotation of the handle 100 is more restricted when the handle 100 is positioned on the second upper surface 107 than when the handle 100 is simply on the first slope 105.

  In a state where the handle 100 is on the first slope 105, when the user turns the cooking container 40 upside down, the handle 100 is easily rotated, and the handle 100 is suspended in a direction perpendicular to the ground. On the other hand, in the state where the handle 100 is positioned on the second upper surface 107, even if the user turns the cooking container 40 upside down, the handle 100 extends in a direction that hits the side surface of the first restricting portion 103 due to the elastic force of the handle 100. Therefore, the handle 100 does not rotate but maintains the state of being located on the second upper surface 107.

  For this reason, even if a user turns it upside down to dry the cooking container 40 with the handle 100 positioned on the second upper surface 107, the handle 100 does not rotate and the cooking container 40 is about 7 with respect to the ground. It is possible to maintain a tilted state at an angle of degrees. That is, the cooking container 40 does not fall down and the user can easily dry the cooking container 40. Moreover, since the cooking container 40 is placed upside down in an inclined state, a gap is formed between the upper surface of the cooking container and the ground, and the wind from the outside can be easily guided into the cooking container. It is possible to dry the inside of the cooking container 40 efficiently.

  The cooking container and the automatic bread maker according to the present invention can be easily attached to and detached from the main body of the automatic bread maker and can be easily cared for, so that it is used particularly in general households. Useful as a cooking container and automatic bread machine.

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 83 Domed cover 83a Window portion 84 Kneading blade 85 Safety cover 90 Control unit 100 Handle 101 Mounting member 102 Hole portion 103 First restricting portion 104 Second restricting portion 105 First slope 106 First side surface 107 Second upper surface 108 Second side surface

Claims (2)

It is a cooking container stored in a firing chamber provided inside the device body,
The cooking container has a first restricting portion and a second restricting portion for stopping the handle at a two-stage position,
The first restricting portion includes a first slope having a slope and a first side surface that is a plane substantially perpendicular to the upper surface of the cooking container,
The second restricting portion has a second upper surface that is a surface substantially parallel to the upper surface of the cooking container, and a second side surface that is a plane substantially perpendicular to the upper surface of the cooking container,
A second restricting portion is formed so as to protrude in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the first restricting portion;
The handle of the cooking vessel, wherein in the first state is located in the regulating portion of the insertable space mittens between the cooking vessel and the handle is formed in a stopped state by the second restricting portion When the cooking container is placed upside down, the cooking container opens at an angle that does not fall down,
The handle is a cooking vessel toward the state of being stopped at the second restricting portion than in the state in which stops at the first restricting portion, characterized in that the rotation of the handle is restricted. In a state where the handle of the cooking container is regulated at the position of either the first regulation part or the second regulation part , when the cooking container is stored in the baking chamber, the handle does not contact the device body. 2. The automatic bread maker according to claim 1 , wherein a space is formed between the handle and the device main body.

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