JPH02154722A - Added substance dropping device for automatic bread making machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To suppress a sound at added substance dropping time and to dividedly drop added substance by sliding a gate valve by a driving device, making the dropping hole of the gate valve communicate with the hole of a separation wall and the opening of an added substance container, and dropping the added substance in a kneading container. CONSTITUTION:A kneading vane 22, which is to be fitted in a galley 27 and transmit- driven by a motor 12, is provided for the inner bottom part of a kneading container 21. An added substance container 30 equipped with an opening 32 at its lower edge is provided so that the container 30 can be positioned in the upper part of this container 21 and drop the added substance toward the container 21. A gate valve 33, which has a dropping hole 34 at a position in the lower side of this container 30 to never interfere with the opening 32 and is slidably supported, is operated by a driving device 38. A separation wall 29, having a hole 35 at a position to overlap with the opening 32, is provided in the lower part of this gate valve 33. Further, the gate valve 33 is slid by the driving device 38, the dropping hole 34 of the gate valve 33 is made to communicate with the hole 35 of the separation wall 29 and the opening 32, and the added substance is dropped in the kneading container 21.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an additive dispensing device for an automatic bread machine that allows bread to be baked at a desired time simply by setting predetermined ingredients.

Conventional technology Conventionally, additives (among various types) for this type of automatic bread machine have been used.
Here, yeast is described below. ) A known dropping device is one constructed as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, for example.

To explain this in the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a separation wall located above a kneading container (not shown), and on this separation wall 1 there are holes communicating with holes 1a of the separation wall 1 for dropping yeast into the kneading container. A yeast container 3 with a lower opening 2 is provided. 5 is a control vJ device such as a solenoid (not shown)
This on-off valve 5 engages with a lever 4 to open and close the hole 1a of the separation wall 1, and this on-off valve 5 engages with a flat plate-shaped valve portion 5a and a drive device to rotatably support the valve portion 5a. rotation shaft 5b
The valve portion 5a is always urged by a tension coil spring 6 so as to be in contact with the hole 1a of the wall 1.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, with such a configuration, after opening the valve portion 5a and dropping yeast by the operation of the vJ device, the vJ device
When the 1L device is released, the valve portion 5a is struck against the separation wall 1 by the tension coil spring 6, producing a loud banging sound, which disturbs a good night's sleep during night driving.

Also, among the bread-making methods currently widely used, there is a method in which yeast is added in two batches.
Even if the opening time of the valve part 5a, that is, the operating time of the e-drive device is controlled in such a configuration, the yeast will be scattered over a wide range by the valve part 5a, and the yeast will protrude out of the kneading container, or the yeast may be dropped while it is falling. In order to close the valve part 5a, yeast gets caught between the valve part 5a and the separation wall 1, and the water (moisture) in the kneading container enters into the yeast container 3, causing the yeast to stick, and then the yeast There was a problem that the bread did not fall and no bread was made.

The present invention solves these problems, and the present invention
The purpose of this technology is to reduce the noise generated when dropping additives, and to prevent the additives from getting caught or scattering, so that the additives can be dropped in portions.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve this problem, the present invention provides a kneading container in which kneading blades are installed at the inner bottom of the cooking chamber and are driven by a motor, and a kneading blade located above the kneading container. do,
An additive container is provided with an opening at the lower end for dropping additives into the kneading container, and the additive container is slidably supported and has a drop hole at a position that does not interfere with the opening at the bottom of the additive container. a gate valve, a drive device that operates the gate valve, and a separation wall that is located below the gate valve and has a hole at a position that overlaps with the opening; The dropping hole of the valve is configured to communicate with the hole of the separation wall and the opening, so that the additive is dropped into the kneading container.

Function: With this configuration, when dropping additives such as yeast, compared to the conventional method where the valve is closed by rotating and slamming into the separation wall, the valve opens and closes with a sliding movement, making it possible to suppress the noise generated. The addition of additives can be carried out without causing the additives to be caught in or splattered.

EXAMPLE Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

In Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, 10 is the bread making □ main body, 1
1 is a chassis provided inside the bread making machine main body 10;
A motor 12 is attached to this chassis 11. 13 is a pulley attached to the motor shaft 14, 15
A large pulley is attached to one end of a shaft 17 supported by a bearing 16, and a belt 19 is placed between the small pulley 13 and the large pulley 15. 1
8 is a connector attached to the other end of the shaft 17;
20 is a container fixing guide provided on the chassis 11; 21
is a removable kneading container that is guided by this container fixing guide 20 and installed on the chassis 11. A kneading blade 22 is detachably provided at one end of a shaft 23 protruding from the inner bottom of the kneading container 21. 24 is the shaft 23
This is a bearing that supports the A kneading container 21 is attached to the other end of the shaft 23 and is detachably connected to the connector 18.
The side connector 25 is attached. Reference numeral 26 denotes a heater provided around the lower end of the kneading container 21; 27, the 11th floor chamber housing the heater 26 and to which the kneading container 21 is attached; 28, a closing body for closing the upper end of the main body 10 of the bread making 1; 29;
is a separation wall that covers the upper end of the cooking chamber 27. 30 is an additive container located above the separation wall 29 and provided approximately in the center of the cooking chamber 27 and has an inverted truncated conical interior; 31 is this additive container 30;
It is the benefit of 32 is a circular opening provided at the lower end of the additive container 30, and 33 is a gate valve interposed between the lower end of the additive container 30 and the separation wall 29. This gate valve 3
3 is provided with a drop hole 34 having the same shape as the opening 32, and the first
It is supported so as to be slidable in the direction of the arrow in the figure. Reference numeral 35 denotes a hole formed in the separation wall 29, which is located at a position overlapping the opening 32 and is configured to communicate with the opening 32 via the drop hole 34 when the gate valve 33 is operated. By the way, the partition plate 33 is connected to the first
It is biased in the direction of the arrow (a) in the figure, and the linear motion of a drive device 38 such as a solenoid is transmitted via the transmission plate 37 to move in the direction of the arrow (b) in FIG. Reference numeral 39 denotes a temperature sensing portion that comes into contact with the side wall of the kneading container 21 when the kneading container 21 is installed in the cooking chamber 27. A control operation section (not shown) is provided on the top surface of the bread making machine main body 10 located above the drive device @ 38, and input information from this operation section and input from the temperature detection section 39 are A drive position 38 that slides the motor 12, heater 26, and gate valve 33 by a control device (not shown) based on the information.
It controls conditions such as operation timing and time.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained. Kneaded feather 22
A kneading container 21 equipped with a kneading container 21 and containing materials other than yeast such as small powder and water is set in a cooking chamber 27, a mass body 28 is closed, and a predetermined amount of yeast is put into an additive container 30.

In this state, enter the type of bread, baking time, etc. from the control panel and start the process.

Then, after a predetermined period of time has elapsed, the motor 12 starts operating, the small pulley 13 rotates, and the large pulley 15 and the connector 18 rotate via the belt 19. The connector 18 transmits drive to the connector 25, and the kneading container 2
The material is kneaded by rotating the kneading blade 22 in the kneading blade 1. Further, after a predetermined period of time has elapsed, the drive VJ device 38 is energized, which causes the transmission plate 37 to move linearly, causing the gate valve 33 to move as indicated by the arrow in FIG.
(b) direction. Thereby, the opening 32, the dropping hole 34, and the hole 35 of the separation wall 29 are brought into communication, and the yeast is dropped into the kneading container 21. At this time, if the driving device 38 is energized for a sufficiently long time,
All of the yeast in the additive container 30 is dumped at once.

Furthermore, if the electricity is turned off before all of the yeast has fallen, the compression coil spring 36 causes the gate valve 33 to return to its original position, and the gate valve 33 allows communication between the opening 32 and the hole 35. This means that the yeast has been automatically split and dropped. In this way, the driving device 38 is energized rF.
By controlling the time, the dropping and hanging of yeast can be done as desired.

After the yeast dropped into the kneading container 21 is kneaded with other materials for a predetermined period of time, the temperature of the kneading container 21 is adjusted by the heater 26 while taking in the information from the temperature detection section 39 based on the process control shown below. Then, each step of next fermentation, secondary fermentation, degassing, molding fermentation, and baking is performed automatically, and the bread is baked at the set time.

Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, when dropping additives such as yeast, the valve is closed by sliding movement, compared to the conventional example where the valve is closed by rotating it and hitting it against the separation wall. The noise generated can be kept low, and additives can be added in minutes without getting caught or splattering.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 and 2 show an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 1 is an enlarged sectional view of the vicinity of the additive container, FIG. 2 is an overall sectional view, FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway perspective view of the vicinity of the additive container showing a conventional example, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the same. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 12... Motor, 21... Kneading container, 22... Kneading blade, 27... I continuous chamber, 29... Separation wall, 30...
... Additive container, 32... Opening, 33... Gate valve, 34... Dropping hole, 35... Hole, 38... Drive device. Agent Yoshihiro Morimoto Figure 3 Figure 4/.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A kneading container installed in the cooking chamber and equipped with kneading blades on the inner bottom that are driven by a motor, and an opening at the lower end located above the kneading container to drop additives into the kneading container. an additive container having an opening, a gate valve that is slidably supported and has a drop-in hole at a position that does not interfere with the opening on the lower side of the additive container, and a drive device that operates the gate valve. a separation wall located below the gate valve and having a hole at a position overlapping with the opening; the gate valve is slid by the drive device to connect the drop hole of the gate valve to the hole in the separation wall and the separation wall; An additive dropping device for an automatic bread maker configured to communicate with an opening and drop additives into a kneading container.