JP6720839B2 - Rice washing rice cooker - Google Patents

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rice washing/cooking device for washing stored rice to cook rice.

In many cases, the rice-washing and rice-cooking device is installed in the kitchen. However, since the kitchen tends to have high humidity, the rice-cooking and rice-cooking device provided in the kitchen has a problem that dew condensation easily occurs. Therefore, in order to prevent the occurrence of dew condensation inside the rice storage case of the rice washing and cooking device, an automatic rice cooking device has been proposed which is provided with an exhaust pipe and a fan communicating with the exhaust pipe (for example, Patent Document 1). reference).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-66650

However, even in the automatic rice cooker described in Patent Document 1, it is not possible to completely prevent dew condensation when the humidity is high, and the condensed water is not only stored inside the rice storage case but also in the rice storage case. It is also likely to occur outside, especially when water condenses on the lid that covers the upper surface of the rice storage case, the water that has accumulated due to dew condensation flows down to the side surface of the rice storage case, and water enters the inside of the rice storage case and accumulates. There is a problem that not only the quality of the rice that is being produced deteriorates, but also the equipment below the rice storage case may be damaged or deteriorate.

Therefore, the present invention prevents the accumulated water from flowing down to the side surface of the rice storage case even when water is accumulated due to dew condensation on the upper part of the rice storage case of the rice washing and cooking apparatus in a high humidity environment. It is an object of the present invention to provide a rice washing and cooking device capable of appropriately removing water accumulated on the upper portion of the rice storage case.

The object of the present invention is to provide a box-shaped rice storage case for storing rice, a rice washing machine located below the rice storage case to wash rice by receiving rice from the rice storage case, and below the rice washing machine. In a rice washing and cooking device provided with a mounting table on which a rice cooker is mounted, the rice storage case has an opening for introducing rice on the upper surface and a lid for covering the upper surface and engaging with the opening. The rice washing and cooking device is characterized in that the lid has a frame body projecting upward at a predetermined height over the entire periphery.

According to the present invention, the rice storage case has, on the upper surface, an opening for introducing rice and a lid that covers the upper surface of the rice storage case and engages with the opening. Since it has a frame that protrudes upward at a predetermined height over all sides, even if water accumulates on the lid of the rice storage case due to condensation, Since it does not flow out, it can be prevented from flowing down to the side wall of the rice storage case.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the lid has a handle on the front side, and a portion on the back side of the frame body is inclined outward.

According to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, since the lid has the handle on the front side, when the handle is grasped and the lid is lifted from the front side, dew condensation is formed on the lid of the rice storage case. The accumulated water is drained to the back of the frame, and because the back of the frame is inclined outward, the water drained to the back of the frame is sent to the rear of the rice storage case. It can be made to flow easily.

In a further preferred aspect of the present invention, the back surface of the lid is mirror-finished.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, since the back surface of the lid is a mirror surface, when the front side of the lid is lifted to open the lid, the inside of the rice storage case is reflected on the back surface of the lid by the reflection of light. Therefore, it is possible to visually confirm the amount of rice stored in the rice storage case.

In a further preferred aspect of the present invention, the lid is a hook member that extends downward along left and right inner walls of the rice storage case when the lid is positioned to cover the opening of the rice storage case. Is provided on the back surface side of the lid, and the hook member has a tip bent at a predetermined angle in a direction away from the inner wall of the rice storage case.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the lid is positioned so as to cover the opening of the rice storage case, hook members extending downward along the left and right inner walls of the rice storage case are provided on the back surface side of the lid. Since it is easy to position when closing the lid, further, since the tip of the hook member is bent at a predetermined angle toward the direction away from the inner wall of the rice storage case, when removing the lid, The removed lid can be hung on the side wall of the rice storage case.

In a further preferred aspect of the present invention, a peripheral portion of the lid is protruded outward from a peripheral wall of the rice storage case.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, since the peripheral edge portion of the lid of the rice storage case is projected to the outside of the peripheral wall of the rice storage case, water accumulated due to dew condensation on the lid of the rice storage case, When the water condensed and attached to the frame body flows out beyond the frame body, the water flowing down from the frame body can be prevented from being applied to the side wall of the rice storage case.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, even if water is accumulated due to dew condensation on the lid of the rice storage case of the rice washing and cooking apparatus in a high humidity environment, the accumulated water flows down to the side surface of the rice storage case. In addition, it is possible to provide a rice rinsing and cooking device that can prevent water and can properly remove water accumulated on the lid of the rice storage case.

It is the front view (a) and side view (b) of the rice washing and cooking device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is the longitudinal cross-sectional view which looked at the rice washing machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention from the side surface. It is a perspective view of a rice storage case concerning an embodiment of the invention. It is the longitudinal cross-sectional view which looked at the rice storage case from the front which shows the aspect which attached and detached the lid of the rice storage case which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 shows an overall front view (a) and an overall side view (b) of a rice washing and cooking device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention having a rice washing machine.

As shown in FIG. 1, a rice washing and cooking device 1 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a rice washing machine S having a rice storage case 2 and a rice washing tank 3 on an upper portion thereof, and a rice washing machine S below the rice washing machine S. It is provided with the rice cooker 5 arrange|positioned.
The rice washing machine S is composed of a rice storage case 2 provided above a supporting machine frame, and a rice washing tank 3 provided with a water supply/drainage unit is integrally connected to a lower portion of the rice storage case 2. The rice cooker 5 is arranged below the rice washing tank 3 with a gap, and includes a rice cooker 6, a burner 7 for heating the kettle, and a drawer-type mount 10.
The rice washing/cooking device 1 performs from the weighing process by the rice storage case 2 to the rice washing, soaking, diluting, and dropping processes by the rice washing tank 3 to the rice cooking process by the rice cooker 5 according to the setting of the preset rice cooking conditions. It is configured to perform a series of processes.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional side view of the rice washing machine S of the rice washing and cooking apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 2, the rice storage case 2 is provided with a rice charging port 18 having an opening on the upper surface thereof, and has a charging lid 19 which engages with the rice charging port 18 and opens and closes the rice charging port 18. However, the operation panel 11 is provided on the front surface. As shown in FIG. 2, the charging lid 19 is provided with a handle 193. The lower half of the rice storage case 2 is formed in a hopper shape, and the weighing machine 12 is attached to the lower end of the hopper.

The weighing machine 12 has a fixed-quantity feeding valve driven by a motor 12a, and the weighing machine 12 is configured to be supplied and filled with a fixed amount of rice from the rice storage case 2. Therefore, a certain amount of rice can be supplied from the rice storage case 2 to the rice washing tank 3 by rotating the weighing device 12, so that the weighing device 12 is fed a predetermined number of times depending on the amount of rice to be cooked. By rotating only the rice, the amount of rice to be cooked can be supplied from the rice storage case 2 to the rice washing tank 3.

As shown in FIG. 2, the rice washing tank 3 is connected at its upper portion to a funnel-shaped receiving portion 13 for receiving the rice supplied from the weighing device 12, a cylindrical body portion 3b at an intermediate portion, and a hopper at a lower portion. It has a profile 3c. A jacket portion 31 is connected below the hopper-shaped portion 3c of the rice washing tank 3, and a filter 15 having an opening that does not allow rice grains to leak is provided at the boundary between the hopper-shaped portion 3c and the jacket portion 31.

The area of the back surface of the charging lid 19 that overlaps the opening of the rice charging port 18 is mirror-finished. Therefore, when the back surface of the charging lid 19 is viewed by grasping the handle 193 and pulling it up and tilting the charging lid 19 backward to open, the inside of the rice storage case 2 is reflected on the back surface of the charging lid 19. It is projected. With this, the user does not have to remove the charging lid 19 and look into the rice storing case 2 in order to confirm the amount of rice stored in the rice storing case 2, and pull up the charging lid 19 to lift the charging lid 19. The amount of rice stored in the rice storage case 2 can be easily confirmed only by visually observing the back surface of the.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the rice storage case 2 of the rice cooker according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention. In the following description, with respect to the rice storage case 2, the surface with the operation panel 11 is called the front surface, and the opposite surface is called the back surface. The direction from the back surface to the front surface is the front, and the direction from the front surface to the back surface is the rear. The front and back are combined and called the front-back direction. The side of the rice storage case 2 that faces the front of the drawing is the left side, the opposite side is the right side, and the direction in which the left side and the right side face is the left-right direction. Further, the outer surface of the rice storage case 2 is referred to as an outer wall, and the inner surface thereof is referred to as an inner wall.

As shown in FIG. 3, the charging lid 19 covering the upper surface of the rice storage case 2 is provided with a frame body 191 whose peripheral edge portion 194 projects upward by a predetermined height over all sides. In this way, since the charging lid 19 is provided with the frame 191, the charging lid 19 is surrounded by a wall of a predetermined height, and therefore the rice washing and cooking device 1 is installed in a high humidity environment. Even if water is generated due to dew condensation on the charging lid 19, the condensed water is prevented from moving outside the charging lid 19, so that the condensed water is prevented from flowing down to the side surface of the rice storage case 2. be able to.

Further, a peripheral edge portion 194 of the charging lid 19 where the frame body 191 is provided protrudes outward from the peripheral wall of the rice storage case 2. Therefore, a large amount of condensed water is accumulated on the charging lid 19 and spills out of the frame body 191, or water is generated due to dew condensation on the upper and outer side surfaces of the frame body 191. Even if water flows down to the outer side surface, the water that has flowed down drips at the position of the peripheral edge 194 of the charging lid 19, so it is difficult to flow down to the side surface of the rice storage case 2, so that dew condensation forms on the side surface of the rice storage case 2. It is possible to prevent water from flowing down.

Further, as shown by a broken line in FIG. 3, there are two sets of two hook members 192 which are separated by a predetermined width in the front-rear direction on the back surface of the insertion lid 19, and the two sets are symmetrical with respect to the left-right direction. It is installed so that. Each hook member 192 protrudes vertically downward along the inner wall of the left side or the right side of the rice storage case 2 from the back surface of the charging lid 19 at a position in contact with the inner wall of the left side or the right side of the rice storage case 2, and has a predetermined length. By the way, the tip of the hook member 192 is bent at a predetermined angle in the direction away from the inner wall of the rice storage case 2. As described above, since the hook member 192 is provided, the charging lid 19 can be engaged with the rice charging port 18 of the rice storage case 2, and when the charging lid 19 is closed, the positioning is easy and the closing is performed. Since the deviation is less likely to occur at this time, the end of the charging lid 19 comes into contact with the upper part of the side wall of the rice storage case 2 so that the water attached to the end of the charging lid 19 flows down to the inside or the side surface of the rice storage case 2. Can be prevented.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the present embodiment, a handle 193 is provided on the front surface side of the charging lid 19, and among the four side edges of the frame 191 of the charging lid 19, the side edge on the back surface side is the one. Inclined to the rear. Therefore, by grasping the handle 193 and pulling up the charging lid 19, the front surface side of the charging lid 19 is lifted and the charging lid 19 is tilted, and when condensed water is accumulated on the charging lid 19, the condensed water is removed. It can be poured on the back side of the charging lid 19. Further, since the side edge on the back side of the frame body 191 is inclined rearward, the condensed water can be made to flow to the rear of the charging lid 19 and discharged, so that the condensed water is stored in the rice storage case. 2 can be prevented from flowing down.

Further, as described above, in order to confirm the amount of rice stored in the rice storage case 2, the handle 193 is gripped, the input lid 19 is lifted, and the inside of the rice storage case 2 reflected on the back surface of the mirrored input lid 19 is shown. Each time the user sees the state of, the water that has condensed on the input lid 19 is discharged to the rear of the input lid 19, so every time the amount of rice stored in the rice storage case 2 is checked without consciously draining the water. Since the water condensed on the charging lid 19 is removed, it is possible to further prevent the water from flowing down the side of the rice storage case 2 along the frame 19.

FIG. 4A is a vertical cross-sectional view of the rice storage case 2 as viewed from the front, showing a state in which the input lid 19 of the rice storage case 2 is closed, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the rice storage case 2 seen from the front, showing a state in which a lid 19 is leaned against the edge of the rice storage case 2.

As shown in FIG. 4( a ), when the loading lid 19 is closed, the hook member 192 contacts the inner wall of the rice loading port 18 of the rice storage case 2, and the loading lid 19 and the rice loading case 2 are loaded. The mouth 18 is engaged. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4B, the loading lid 19 is removed from the rice storage case 2, and the bent portions of the two hook members 192 on one side of the loading lid 19 are connected to the upper end of the side wall of the rice storage case 2. The loading lid 19 can be leaned against the side wall of the rice storage case 2 by being hooked on the portion. Since the bent portion at the tip of the hook member 192 is hooked on the upper end of the side wall of the rice storage case 2 in this manner, the loading lid 19 does not slide down from the side wall of the rice storage case 2. Further, as described above, since the two sets of the hook members 192 are provided so as to be symmetrical with respect to each other in the left-right direction, the loading lid 19 can be slid and hung on either the left or right of the rice storage case 2. ..

In this way, since the input lid 19 can be leaned against the side wall of the rice storage case 2, the input lid 19 does not get in the way when the rice is supplied to the rice storage case 2, and the rice can be smoothly supplied. It can be carried out. Therefore, even when the rice is supplied to the rice storage case 2 in a high humidity environment, it is possible to prevent the rice from being exposed to moisture for a long time, and suppress deterioration of the quality of the rice due to moisture. You can

1 Rice-washing/cooking device 2 Rice-storing case 3 Rice-washing tank 6 Rice-cooking pot 19 Input lid 191 Frame 192 Hook member 193 Handle 194 Peripheral part S Rice-washing machine

Claims (4)

A box-shaped rice storage case for storing rice, a rice washing machine located below the rice storage case for washing rice by receiving rice from the rice storage case, and a mounting table for mounting a rice cooker under the rice washing machine. In a rice washing and cooking device equipped with
The rice storage case has an opening on the top surface for introducing rice and a lid that covers the opening and engages with the opening.
The lid has a frame body that protrudes upward at a predetermined height over all sides of the peripheral portion, has a handle on the front side, and a portion on the back side of the frame body is inclined outward. rice washing rice cooking system you wherein a. The rice washing and cooking device according to claim 1 , wherein the back surface of the lid is a mirror surface. A box-shaped rice storage case for storing rice, a rice washing machine located below the rice storage case for washing rice by receiving rice from the rice storage case, and a mounting table for mounting a rice cooker under the rice washing machine. In a rice washing and cooking device equipped with
The rice storage case has an opening on the top surface for introducing rice and a lid that covers the opening and engages with the opening.
The lid has a frame body that projects upward at a predetermined height over all sides of the peripheral edge portion, and when the lid is positioned so as to cover the opening of the rice storage case, the rice storage case Hook members extending downward along the left and right inner walls of the lid are provided on the back side of the lid, and the hook members are bent at a predetermined angle in a direction away from the inner wall of the rice storage case. rice washing rice cooking system shall be the feature. The rice rinsing and cooking device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a peripheral portion of the lid projects outward from a peripheral wall of the rice storage case.