JP7122750B2 - rotary cooker - Google Patents

Description

This invention relates to rotary cookers. In particular, it consists of a main body part with a built-in motor and a cooking part that can be attached to and detached from the main body part. It relates to a rotary cooker that connects a rotating shaft of a motor in a cooking section and a blade shaft in a cooking section, and rotates the blade shaft by rotating the motor to cut the cooking material and perform predetermined cooking. .

It consists of a main body part with a built-in motor and a cooking part that can be attached to and detached from the main body part. Conventional rotary cookers connect a rotating shaft of a motor and a blade shaft in a cooking section, and rotate the blade shaft by rotating the motor to cut the cooking material and perform predetermined cooking. have made various proposals (Patent Document 1).

JP 2017-121440 A

The present invention consists of a main body section containing a motor and a cooking section which is detachable from the main body section. , a rotary cooking in which a rotating shaft of a motor in a main body and a blade shaft in a cooking portion are connected, and the motor is rotated to rotate the blade shaft to cut the cooking material, and perform predetermined cooking. To provide a rotary cooker in which the rotation shaft of a motor and a blade shaft can be easily connected with one touch.

[1]
a main body side cover;
a motor provided with a rotating shaft built in the main body side lid portion and extending in the vertical direction;
a body portion including a body portion side connector provided on the lower end side of the rotating shaft;
A rotary cooker comprising: a cooking part that can be attached and detached from a horizontal direction orthogonal to the vertical direction on the lower side of the main body side lid part of the main body,
The cooking part is
a container part having an upper opening at its upper end into which ingredients for cooking are introduced from the upper opening;
A cooking section side lid body that can be attached to and detached from the upper opening, the blade shaft extending in the vertical direction and having a cutting blade on the lower end side, and the main body disposed on the upper end side of the blade shaft a cooking part-side lid body provided with a cooking part-side connector that can be connected to a cooking part-side connector,
A rotary cooker, wherein the main body side lid part has a cam mechanism that switches connection and disconnection between the main body side connector and the cooking part side connector with one touch.

[2]
The cam mechanism is
an operation rod projecting from the inside of the main body side lid toward the outside of the main body side lid through an operation groove formed in the side wall of the main body side lid;
a cam shaft connected to the inside of the main body side lid portion of the operating rod;
a cam plate that rotates according to the rotation of the cam shaft while the outer peripheral surface is in contact with a flat contact surface that is positionally fixed within the main body side lid portion,
The operating rod moves along the operating groove from one end of the operating groove toward the other end, and moves from the other end of the operating groove toward the one end. The rotary cooker according to [1], wherein the switching is performed by rotating the cam shaft and the cam plate in accordance with [1].

[3]
The cam mechanism is
urging means for always urging the motor upward within the main body side cover,
As the operating rod moves from one end of the operating groove toward the other end along the operating groove, the motor moves downward against the biasing force of the biasing means. Then, the main body side connector and the cooking section side connector are connected, and the operation rod moves along the operation groove from the other end of the operation groove toward one end. By moving, the connection between the main body side connector and the cooking part side connector is released, and the motor moves upward by the biasing force of the biasing means [2]. vessel.

[4]
The outer peripheral surface of the cam plate is divided between the main body side connector and the cooking section side connector by moving the operating rod from one end of the operating groove toward the other end along the operating groove. and when the operation rod moves along the operation groove from the other end of the operation groove toward the one end, the main body side coupler and the The rotary cooker according to [3], further comprising a cam profile that maintains a state in which the motor is moved upward by the biasing force of the biasing means when the connection with the cooking section side connector is released. .

According to the present invention, the main body section has a built-in motor, and the cooking section is detachable from the main body section. After mounting, the rotary shaft of the motor in the main body and the blade shaft in the cooking section are connected, and by rotating the motor, the blade shaft is rotated to cut the cooking material and perform predetermined cooking. It is possible to provide a rotary cooker in which the rotary shaft of the motor and the blade shaft can be easily connected with one touch.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The side view showing an example of the rotary cooker which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. 2 is a plan view of FIG. 1; FIG. FIG. 2 is a partially omitted schematic cross-sectional view for explaining the internal structure of the main body of the rotary cooker according to the embodiment of the present invention, in which the main body-side connector provided on the rotation shaft of the motor is on the cooking part side; FIG. 4 is a partially omitted schematic cross-sectional view for explaining the state of the cam structure and the motor side when it is at a height position where it is not connected to the connector; 1 is a partially omitted schematic cross-sectional view for explaining the internal structure of a rotary cooker according to an embodiment of the present invention in a state where the cooking unit is attached to the main body, and is provided on the rotating shaft of the motor. FIG. 4 is a partially omitted schematic cross-sectional view when the main body side connector is at a height position where it is not connected to the cooking part side connector; FIG. 2 is a partially omitted schematic cross-sectional view for explaining the internal structure of the main body of the rotary cooker according to the embodiment of the present invention, in which the main body-side connector provided on the rotation shaft of the motor is on the cooking part side; FIG. 4 is a partially omitted schematic cross-sectional view for explaining the state of the cam structure and the motor side when it is at a height position where it is connected to the connector; 1 is a partially omitted schematic cross-sectional view for explaining the internal structure of a rotary cooker according to an embodiment of the present invention in a state where the cooking unit is attached to the main body, and is provided on the rotating shaft of the motor. FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view with a part omitted when the main body side coupler is at a height position where it is connected to the cooking section side coupler.

A rotary cooker 1 of this embodiment includes a body portion 2 and a cooking portion 3 .

The body portion 2 includes a body portion side cover portion 4 , a motor 5 , and a body portion side connector 7 .

The motor 5 is provided with a rotating shaft 6 that is built in the main body side lid portion 4 and extends in the vertical direction (vertical direction in FIG. 3).

The main body side coupler 7 is provided on the lower end side of the rotary shaft 6 .

The cooking part 3 can be attached to and detached from the lower side of the main body side cover part 4 of the main body part 2 from the left and right directions perpendicular to the vertical direction.

The cooking section 3 includes a container section 8 and a cooking section side lid body 9 .

The container part 8 has an upper opening (not shown) at its upper end. Cooking materials such as vegetables, fruits, seasonings, and water are introduced into the container 8 through an upper opening (not shown) at the upper end of the container 8 .

The cooking part side lid body 9 can be attached to and detached from an upper opening (not shown) at the upper end of the container part 8 . The cooking section-side lid body 9 includes a blade shaft 11 and a cooking section-side connector 13 . The blade shaft 11 extends vertically. A cutting blade 12 is provided on the lower end side of a blade shaft 11 extending in the vertical direction. The connectable cooking part side connector 13 is arranged on the upper end side of the blade shaft 11 and is connectable with the main body part side connector 7 .

As described above, the rotary cooker 1 of the present embodiment is composed of a body portion 2 containing a motor 5 and a cooking portion 3 detachable from the body portion 2, and is used for cooking vegetables, fruits, and the like. The cooking part 3 into which the material is put is attached to the main body part 2, the rotary shaft 6 of the motor 5 of the main body part 2 and the blade shaft 11 in the cooking part 3 are connected, and the motor 5 is rotated to rotate the blade. The shaft 11 is rotated to cut the material for cooking, and the like to perform predetermined cooking.

In the rotary cooker 1 of this embodiment, the main body side lid part 4 has a cam mechanism that switches between the connection between the main body side connector 7 and the cooking part side connector 13 and the disconnection of the connection with one touch. I have it.

Therefore, according to the rotary cooker 1 of this embodiment, the connection between the rotary shaft 6 of the motor 5 and the blade shaft 11 can be easily performed with one touch.

The cam mechanism described above in this embodiment comprises an operating rod 24 , a cam shaft 20 and a cam plate 21 .

The operation rod 24 protrudes from the inside of the main body side lid portion 4 toward the outside of the main body side lid portion 4 via an operation groove 23 formed in the side wall of the main body side lid portion 4 .

The cam shaft 20 is connected to the inner side of the main body side lid portion 4 of the operating rod 24 .

The cam plate 21 rotates according to the rotation of the cam shaft 20 while keeping its outer peripheral surface in contact with the flat contact surface 19 fixed in the main body side lid portion 4 .

Thus, in the above-described cam mechanism including the operating rod 24, the cam shaft 20, and the cam plate 21, the operating rod 24 extends along the operating groove 23 from one end 23a of the operating groove 23 to the other. , and the cam shaft 20 and the cam plate 21 rotate in accordance with the movement from the other end 23b of the operation groove 23 toward the one end 23a of the operation groove 23. The connection between the side connector 7 and the cooking section side connector 13 and the disconnection of the connection are switched.

The cam mechanism described above in this embodiment comprises a spring 16 . The spring 16 is an urging means that always urges the motor 5 upward within the main body side lid portion 4 .

In the above-described cam mechanism of this embodiment, the operating rod 24 moves along the operating groove 23 from one end 23 a of the operating groove 23 toward the other end 23 b of the operating groove 23 so that the motor 5 is biased by the spring 16 . The main body side connector 7 and the cooking section side connector 13 are connected by moving downward against the pressure. Further, when the operating rod 24 moves along the operating groove 23 from the other end 23b of the operating groove 23 toward the one end 23a, the space between the main body side connector 7 and the cooking section side connector 13 is moved. are released, and the motor 5 moves upward by the biasing force of the spring 16 .

In the cam mechanism described above in this embodiment, the outer peripheral surface of the cam plate 21 has the following cam profile. That is, when the operating rod 24 moves along the operating groove 23 from one end 23a of the operating groove 23 toward the other end 23b, the space between the main body side connector 7 and the cooking section side connector 13 is moved. and the operation rod 24 moves along the operation groove 23 from the other end 23b of the operation groove 23 toward the one end 23a, so that the main body side connector 7 and the cooking unit The outer peripheral surface of the cam plate 21 has a cam profile that maintains the state in which the connection with the side connector 13 is released and the motor 6 is moved upward by the biasing force of the spring 16 .

A rotary cooker 1 shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 includes a body portion 2 and a cooking portion 3 .

The body portion 2 includes a body portion side lid portion 4 . A motor 5 is provided inside the main body side lid portion 4 . A rotating shaft 6 of the motor 5 extends vertically in FIG. A main body side connector 7 is provided on the lower end side of the rotating shaft 6 .

The cooking part 3 is detachable from the lower side of the main body side lid part 4 of the main body part 2 . The direction in which the cooking portion 3 is attached to and detached from the lower side of the main body side lid portion 4 is the horizontal direction perpendicular to the vertical direction in which the rotating shaft 6 of the motor 5 extends. FIG. 1 shows a state in which the cooking section 3 is attached to the lower side of the main body side lid section 4 by moving the cooking section 3 from the left side to the right side in FIG.

The cooking part 3 includes a container part 8 and a handle part 10 attached to the outer periphery of the container part 8 . The container part 8 has an upper opening (not shown) at its upper end, and cooking materials such as vegetables, fruits, water, and seasonings are introduced into the container part 8 through this upper opening.

The cooking section 3 includes a cooking section side lid 9 that can be attached to and detached from the upper opening of the container section 8 . The cooking part side lid body 9 has a blade shaft 11 extending in the vertical direction in FIG.

A cutting blade 12 is provided on the lower end side of the blade shaft 11 . Further, on the upper end side of the blade shaft 11, a cooking portion side connector 13 that can be connected to the main body portion side connector 7 is arranged.

After removing the cooking section side lid body 9 from the upper opening of the container section 8 and putting ingredients for cooking such as vegetables, fruits, water and seasoning into the inside of the container section 8 through the upper opening, the cooking section The side lid body 9 is attached to the upper opening of the container part 8 .

Holding the cooking portion 3 in this state by the handle portion 10, as shown in FIG.

Next, the main body side connector 7 arranged on the lower end side of the rotating shaft 6 of the motor 5 and the cooking section side connector 13 arranged on the upper end side of the blade shaft 11 are connected, and the motor 5 is Driving is started, the rotating shaft 6 and the blade shaft 11 are rotated, and the cutting blade 12 cuts the vegetables, fruits, etc. contained in the container part 8 and cooks them.

In this embodiment, the connection and As will be described below, switching between , and release is performed with a single touch by a cam mechanism provided on the main body side lid portion 2 .

This cam mechanism has an operating rod 24 , a cam shaft 20 and a cam plate 21 . The cam plate 21 has a flat contact surface 19 that is positionally fixed within the main body side lid portion 4 in the directions indicated by arrows 31 and 32 in accordance with the rotation of the cam shaft 20 in the directions indicated by arrows 31 and 32 . It rotates while keeping its outer peripheral surface in contact with. In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, the flat contact surface 19 positionally fixed in the main body side lid portion 4 is horizontal, which is the horizontal direction orthogonal to the vertical direction in which the shaft 6 of the motor 5 extends. As the cam shaft 20 rotates, the cam plate 21 rotates in the directions indicated by arrows 31 and 32 while keeping its outer peripheral surface in contact with the cam plate 21 .

The operation rod 24 protrudes from the inside of the main body side lid portion 4 toward the outside of the main body side lid portion 4 via an operation groove 23 formed in the side wall of the main body side lid portion 4 .

1, the operation groove 23 is continuously curved downward from one end 23a toward the other end 23b which is located obliquely to the lower right side in FIG. 1 with respect to the one end 23a. there is

The operating rod 24 moves along the operating groove 23 from one end 23a of the operating groove 23 toward the other end 23b as indicated by an arrow 31 (FIG. 1). It is movable from 23b toward one end 23a as indicated by an arrow 32 (FIG. 1).

The operating rod 24 is connected to the camshaft 20 on the inner side of the main body side lid portion 4 . Accordingly, the operating rod 24 moves along the operating groove 23 from one end 23a of the operating groove 23 toward the other end 23b as indicated by an arrow 31 (FIG. 1). The cam shaft 20 also rotates in the directions indicated by the arrows 31 and 32 corresponding to the movement from the end 23b toward the one end 23a as indicated by the arrow 32 (FIG. 1).

A plurality of support rods 14 extending vertically in a fixed position are arranged in the main body side lid portion 2 . Although only two support rods 14a and 14b are shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, in the state of the plan view (FIG. 2), there are three rods in total, one at each of the vertices of the triangle. In the state shown in FIG. 2), a structure in which four support rods 14 are arranged, one at each vertex of the square, can be employed.

A motor base 15 supporting the motor 5 is attached to the support rod 14 so as to be vertically slidable.

A spring 16 is attached to each of the support rods 14a and 14b, and the urging force of the spring 16 causes the motor base 15 and the motor 5 supported thereon to move upward in FIGS. is always energized as indicated by .

Stoppers 17a and 17b are provided on the upper end sides of the respective support rods 14a and 14b, and the motor base 15 is urged by the spring 16 to rise to a height position where the upper side faces the stoppers 17a and 17b.

In this way, the connection between the main body side connector 7 arranged on the lower end side of the rotating shaft 6 of the motor 5 and the cooking section side connector 13 arranged on the upper end side of the blade shaft 11, The spring 16 provided in the above-described cam mechanism for performing one-touch switching of the release functions as an urging means for always urging the motor 5 upward within the main body side lid portion 4 .

As the operating rod 24 moves along the operating groove 23 from one end 23a toward the other end 23b of the operating groove 23, the outer peripheral surface of the cam plate 21 is connected to the main body side connector 7 and the cooking section side. When the operation rod 24 moves along the operation groove 23 from the other end 23b of the operation groove 23 toward the one end 23a, the main body side It has a cam profile that maintains the state in which the connection between the connector 7 and the cooking part side connector 13 is released and the motor 6 is moved upward by the biasing force of the spring 16 .

As shown in FIG. 5, the outer peripheral surface of the cam plate 21 is formed with a concave portion 25 and a concave portion 26 which are recessed inwardly from a smoothly curved surface.

When the operating rod 24 moves along the operating groove 23 from one end 23a toward the other end 23b of the operating groove 23 as indicated by an arrow 31, the cam shaft 20 and the cam plate 21 move along the arrow 31. The motor base 15 and the motor 5 supported thereon descend in the direction opposite to the direction indicated by the arrow 30 against the biasing force of the spring 16 . Finally, when the concave portion 26 formed on the outer periphery of the cam plate 21 horizontally faces the flat contact surface 19 fixed in the main body side lid portion 4 (FIG. 5), The rotation in the direction indicated by the arrow 31 stops, and the connection between the main body side connector 7 and the cooking section side connector 13 is performed and this state is maintained.

On the other hand, when the operating rod 24 moves along the operating groove 23 from the other end 23b toward the one end 23a of the operating groove 23 as indicated by an arrow 32, the cam shaft 20 and the cam plate 21 are moved along the arrow 32. 32, the connection between the main body side connector 7 and the cooking section side connector 13 is released, and the motor base 15 and the motor 5 supported thereon are rotated by the biasing force of the spring 16. Ascend in 30 directions. Finally, when the concave portion 25 formed on the outer periphery of the cam plate 21 horizontally faces the flat contact surface 19 fixed in the main body side lid portion 4 (FIG. 3), The rotation in the direction indicated by the arrow 32 stops, and the state in which the connection between the main body side connector 7 and the cooking section side connector 13 is released is maintained.

In this manner, the cam mechanism including the spring 16, the operating rod 24, the cam shaft 20, and the cam plate 21 causes the operating rod 24 to move along the operating groove 23 from one end 23a of the operating groove 23 to the other. , and moves from the other end 23b of the operation groove 23 toward the one end 23a, thereby rotating the cam shaft 20 and the cam plate 21 to move toward the main body side. One-touch switching between the connection tool 7 and the cooking part side connection tool 13 and the disconnection of the connection is performed.

A rotary cooker 1 of this embodiment includes a body portion 2 and a cooking portion 3 . The body portion 2 includes a body side lid portion 4 , and a motor 5 is built in the body side lid portion 4 . The motor 5 has a rotating shaft 6 extending in the vertical direction, and the lower end of the rotating shaft 6 is provided with a main body side connector. On the other hand, the cooking portion 3 is attached to and detached from the lower side of the main body side lid portion 4 of the main body portion 2 from the left and right directions perpendicular to the vertical direction.

Although the rotary cooker 1 of this embodiment has such a structure, it can be made compact with a relatively small size in the vertical direction.

In addition, it is a small one that suppresses the sound generated when it is used for cooking.

(Cooking example)
A potage soup using vegetables as ingredients was cooked using the rotary cooker 1 of the above-described embodiment.

The cooking part side lid 9 is removed from the upper opening of the container part 8 in the cooking part 3, and the diced ingredients (vegetables), water, and soup stock are placed inside the container part 8 through the upper opening. After putting in, the cooking part side cover body 9 was attached to the upper opening part of the container part 8 .

The cooking portion 3 in this state was held by the handle portion 10 and mounted horizontally below the main body side lid portion 4 of the main body portion 2 as shown in FIG.

An operation rod 24 protruding from the inside of the main body side lid portion 4 toward the outside of the main body side lid portion 4 through an operation groove 23 formed in the side wall of the main body side lid portion 4 is inserted into the operation groove. By moving the operation groove 23 from one end 23a toward the other end 23b along the groove 23 as indicated by an arrow 31 (FIG. 1), the operation groove 23 can be incorporated in the main body side cover 4 with one touch. A main body side connector 7 arranged on the lower end side of the rotating shaft 6 of the motor 5 in which the blade is provided, and a blade provided in the cooking section side lid body 9 attached to the upper opening of the container section 8 in the cooking section 3 The upper end side of the shaft 11 was connected to the cooking part side connector 13 .

On the operation panel 27 arranged on the upper side of the main body side cover portion 4, "soup" is selected from the menu and the operation is started.

After sufficient heating is performed by the heater mechanism provided on the bottom surface of the main body portion 2 on which the bottom surface of the container portion 8 in the cooking portion 3 is mounted, the driving of the motor 5 starts and the blade shaft 11 rotates. , the food material (vegetables) contained in the container part 8 was cut by the cutting blade 12 arranged on the lower end side of the blade shaft 11, and mixing with the water and soup mix that were put together was started. . After about 30 minutes, the potage soup was prepared, the driving of the motor 5 was stopped, and the rotation of the blade shaft 11 was completed.

Although the embodiments and examples of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and examples, and can be variously modified within the technical scope grasped from the description of the claims. be.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 rotary cooker 2 main body 3 cooking part 4 main body side cover 5 motor 6 rotating shaft 7 main body side connector 8 container part 9 cooking part side cover 11 blade shaft 13 cooking part side connector 15 motor base 16 spring 20 cam shaft 21 cam plate 23 operating groove 24 operating rod

Claims (2)

a main body side cover;
a motor provided with a rotating shaft built in the main body side lid portion and extending in the vertical direction;
a body portion including a body portion side connector provided on the lower end side of the rotating shaft;
A rotary cooker comprising: a cooking part that can be attached and detached in a horizontal direction, which is a horizontal direction orthogonal to the vertical direction, below the main body side lid part of the main body,
The cooking part is
a container part having an upper opening at its upper end into which ingredients for cooking are introduced from the upper opening;
A cooking section side lid body that can be attached to and detached from the upper opening, the blade shaft extending in the vertical direction and having a cutting blade on the lower end side, and the main body disposed on the upper end side of the blade shaft a cooking part-side lid body provided with a cooking part-side connector that can be connected to a cooking part-side connector,
The main body side lid part has a cam mechanism that switches between the connection between the main body side connector and the cooking part side connector and the release of the connection with one touch ,
The cam mechanism is
The body-side lid portion is provided with an operation groove formed in the side wall of the body-side lid portion and extending obliquely downward from one end located on the upper side toward the other end located on the lower side. an operation rod protruding from the inside of the body portion toward the outside of the main body side lid portion;
a cam shaft connected to the inside of the main body side lid portion of the operating rod;
a cam plate that rotates in accordance with the rotation of the cam shaft while keeping its outer peripheral surface in contact with a flat contact surface that is fixed in the main body side lid portion in the horizontal direction;
an urging means for always urging the motor upward within the main body side cover,
As the operating rod moves along the operating groove from the one end of the operating groove toward the other end in an oblique downward direction, the cam plate is fixed in position in the horizontal direction. The motor rotates while the outer peripheral surface is in contact with the flat contact surface, and the motor moves downward against the biasing force of the biasing means to connect with the main body side coupler. Connection between the cooking part side connector is performed,
As the operating rod moves along the operating groove from the other end of the operating groove toward the one end in an oblique upward direction, the cam plate is fixed in position in the horizontal direction. The motor rotates while the outer peripheral surface is in contact with the flat contact surface, and the connection between the main body side connector and the cooking section side connector is released, and the motor is activated by the biasing means. move upward due to the biasing force of
rotary cooker. The outer peripheral surface of the cam plate is moved along the operation groove from the one end of the operation groove toward the other end of the operation groove so that the outer peripheral surface of the cam plate is connected to the main body side connector and the cooking section side. When the operation rod is moved along the operation groove from the other end of the operation groove toward the one end, the main body side The cam profile maintains a state in which the connection between the connector and the cooking part side connector is released and the motor is moved upward by the biasing force of the biasing means.
A rotary cooker according to claim 1.

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