JPH0153050B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a rice cooking device that cooks rice and keeps it warm while the rice cooker is housed.

Conventional configurations and their problems In recent years, the types and quantities of cooking equipment and tableware in the kitchen have increased, and there has been an increasing demand for storing them well and making effective use of space. It is beginning to change. However, rice cookers generate steam when cooking rice, which causes problems such as condensation of steam, humidity, and temperature. Furthermore, since there are many types of rice cookers to be stored, the structure of the rice cooking device that stores the rice cookers has become complicated.

Purpose of the Invention The rice cooking device of the present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and uses a steam processing device to process the steam generated during rice cooking. It provides equipment.

Structure of the Invention In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a drawer portion for storing an exhaust pipe and a rice cooker in the main body of the device and a part of its inner wall, and the drawer portion is connected to the main body of the drawer and a drawer portion that can be freely moved up and down. It consists of a support plate to which it is attached, and a bottom plate which is selectively attached to the support plate in its plane, and is designed to accommodate various rice cookers with different sizes and steam vent positions.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In Figures 1 to 5, 1 is a box-shaped device body;
A storage cabinet 2 is provided at the bottom, and a drawer section 3 is provided at the top. Reference numeral 4 denotes a rice cooker placed in the drawer 3, which is equipped with a display plate 5 and a steam vent 6, and is powered by a power plug 7.

Next, the steam treatment equipment will be explained. Reference numeral 8 denotes an exhaust passage provided in the upper part of the apparatus main body 1, one end of which opens as an exhaust port 10 in the display panel 9, and the other end of which is provided with a fan 12 driven by an electric motor 11. Reference numeral 13 denotes a partition plate that divides the exhaust passage 8 into an air passage A and a steam passage B, and is made of metal or the like with high thermal conductivity.
The two intersect to form the mixing room C. 14 is a steam inlet provided in the middle of the steam passage B. 15 is
A thermal reed switch is attached to the partition plate 13 directly above the steam inlet 14 and is connected to the electric motor 11 to control its operation. 16 is a drain pipe attached to the lowest part of the steam passage B, and is connected to a soup receiver 17.

Next, the configuration of the drawer section 3 will be explained.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a drawer main body having walls 19 at the front and rear, and rollers 20 at the rear. 21 is a square hole A provided in the wall 19 in the vertical direction. Reference numeral 22 denotes an L-shaped support plate, which is equipped with a hook A23 and a square hole B24 provided in a plane.
By selectively inserting the support plate 21 into the
Can be installed up or down freely. 25 is a bottom plate on which the rice cooker 4 is placed, and is provided with a hook B26, and by inserting the hook B26 into the square hole B24, a plane can be selected. 27 is the front of the positioning table with protrusions A28 and B29, 30 is the rear of the positioning table with the protrusion C31, and the front of the positioning table is attached to the bottom plate 25 by the shaft 32
It is fixed to a lever 33 rotatably attached to the base plate 25, and rotates on the bottom plate 25. The rear part of the positioning table is fixed to the bottom plate 25 so as to be freely forward and backward. The rice cooker 4 has four points: the protrusion A28 and the protrusion C31.
The front, rear, left and right positions are fixed, and the front positioning table 27 is further rotated to bring the display board 5 to a position where it faces the front.
By fixing 29, the rotation of the rice cooker 4 is also fixed. 34 is a power outlet.

In the above configuration, when the rice cooker 4 is housed in the device main body 1, the steam hole 6 faces the steam inlet 14,
Further, the display board is placed facing forward.

The operation of the rice cooking device configured as above will be explained below. First, drawer body 1
8, select the upper and lower square holes A21 depending on the size of the rice cooker 4 to be stored and the position of the steam hole 6, insert the hook A23, and attach the support plate 22. Next, select square hole B24 and hook hook B26.
and attach the bottom plate 25. And rice cooker 4
is placed with the display board 5 facing forward so as to abut against the protrusion A28 on the front 27 of the positioning table and the protrusion C31 on the rear side of the positioning table. Next, rotate the positioning table front 27,
By fixing the protrusion B29 at the position where it contacts the display board 5, the front, rear, left, right, and rotational positions of the rice cooker 4 are fixed. Next, the power plug 7 is connected to the power outlet 34, the drawer body is closed, and the rice cooker 4 is housed in the device body 1. At this time, the steam hole 6 and the steam inlet 14 face each other.

When rice cooking is started and steam is discharged from the steam hole 6, the steam flows into the steam passage B from the steam inlet 14. At this time, the thermal reed switch 15 is closed by the heat of the steam, the electric motor 11 is operated, and the fan 12 is rotated, so that air flows from the air passage A through the mixing chamber C, and from the exhaust port 10 to the main body of the apparatus.
is discharged to the outside. At this time, since the partition plate 13 is made of a material with high thermal conductivity, heat exchange occurs between the steam flowing through the steam passage B and the air flowing through the air passage A, and the steam is cooled and condensed. The dew condensation water is then stored in the drip tray 17 through the drain pipe 16. The steam flowing into the mixing chamber C from the steam passage B further mixes with the air flowing through the air passage A, has its temperature and humidity further reduced, and is discharged from the exhaust port 10.

Next, when the cooking is finished and the rice is kept warm, the steam vent 6
As steam is no longer discharged, the thermal reed switch 15 opens and the operation of the electric motor 11 is stopped.

As described above, according to this embodiment, since the bottom plate of the drawer is selectively attached to the top and bottom, front and back, it is possible to store rice cookers having different sizes and steam vent positions.

Effects of the Invention As explained above, the present invention provides a drawer portion for storing a rice cooker, which includes a drawer main body, a support plate selectively attached to the drawer body so as to be vertically movable, and a support plate selectively attached to the support plate in a plane. Since it consists of a bottom plate, it can be adjusted depending on the size of the rice cooker to be stored and the position of the steam vent.
The bottom plate can be selectively installed up and down, front and rear, so the steam vents and steam inlets are always facing each other.
No steam will escape.

Also, since the bottom plate is removable, it is easy to clean and is very convenient to use.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an external perspective view showing the open state of the drawer of a rice cooker according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a side sectional view of the steam processing device of the rice cooker, and Fig. 3 is a drawer portion of the device. 4 is a plan view of the same, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the same. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Apparatus body, 3... Drawer part, 4... Rice cooker, 18... Drawer main body, 22... Support plate, 25
……Bottom plate.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A drawer part for housing the exhaust pipe and rice cooker is provided in the main body of the device and a part of its inner wall, and the drawer part includes the main body of the drawer, a support plate that is selectively attached to the main body so as to be able to move up and down, and a support plate that extends in a plane to the support plate. A rice cooker consisting of a bottom plate that can be attached selectively.