JPH02154723A - Added substance dropping device for automatic bread making machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To suppress a sound when an added substance such as yeast is dropped by rotating a gate valve by a driving device, making the opening of an added substance container, the dropping hole of the gate valve, and the hole of a separation wall communicate with each other, 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 slide-contacts with the inner surface of the lower edge opening 32 of this container 30, freely rotates approximately around a horizontal shaft center, and has a dropping hole 34, is made to execute a rotary motion by a driving device 36. Further, a separation wall 29 is provided, and the wall 29 is positioned in the lower part of the gate valve 33 and has a hole 35 at a position to overlap with the opening 32. Further, the gate valve 33 is rotated by the driving device 36, the opening 32, the dropping hole 34, and the hole 35 of the separation wall 29 are made to communicate with each other, and the added substance is dropped in the kneading container 21. As the result, the sound when the added substance is dropped can be suppressed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an additive dispensing device for an automatic bread maker 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. Reference numeral 5 denotes an on-off valve that engages and interlocks with a lever 4 of a drive device (not shown) such as a solenoid to open and close the hole 1a of the separation wall 1. This on-off valve 5 engages a flat valve portion 5a and the drive device. It consists of a rotating shaft 5b that rotatably supports the joint valve part 5a, and is biased by a tension coil spring 6 so that the valve part 5a always comes into contact with the hole 1a of the separation wall 1.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, with such a structure, when the drive device is released after opening the valve portion 5a and dropping the yeast, the valve portion 5a is separated by the tension coil spring 6. There was a problem in that the car was struck by the car and produced a loud banging sound, which disturbed sleep, especially when driving at night.

The present invention is intended to solve this problem, and aims to suppress the noise when dropping additives such as yeast.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve this problem, the present invention provides a kneading container that is installed in the cooking chamber and has kneading blades on the inner bottom that are transmitted and driven by a motor, and a kneading container that is located above the kneading container. An additive container is provided with an opening at the lower end for dropping additives into a kneading container; The gate valve includes a gate valve having a hole, a drive device that rotates the gate valve, and a separation wall that is located below the gate valve and has a hole at a position overlapping the opening, and the gate valve is rotated by the drive device. The opening, the dropping hole, and the hole in the separation wall are communicated with each other so that the additive is dropped into the kneading container.

Effect: With this configuration, the sound when dropping additives such as yeast is reduced.
Compared to conventional models in which the gate valve opens wide and slams against the separation wall, the gate valve opens and closes by rotating the gate valve, making it possible to suppress noise to a low level.

Embodiment Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be explained based on two drawings.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, 10 is the main body of the bread making machine, 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 small pulley attached to the motor shaft 14;
A large pulley 5 is attached to one end of a shaft 17 supported by a bearing 16, and a belt 19 is hung between the small pulley 13 and the large pulley 15.

18 is a connector attached to the other end of the shaft 17; 20 is a container fixing guide provided on the chassis 11;
1 is guided by this container fixing guide 20 to the chassis 11
It is a removable kneading container installed on top. 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 a bearing that supports the shaft 23. A connector 25 on the kneading container 21 side is attached to the other end of the shaft 23 and is detachably connected to the connector 18. 26 is a heater provided around the lower end of the kneading container 21;
2 is a cooking chamber that accommodates the heater 26 and is fitted with the kneading container 21; 28 is a lid that closes the upper end of the bread making machine main body IO;
9 is a separation wall that covers the upper end of the cooking chamber 27. Reference numeral 30 indicates an additive container having an inverted truncated cone shape located above the separation wall 29 and provided approximately in the center of the cooking chamber 27; 31 indicates this additive container 3;
0 lid. 32 is a cylindrical opening provided at the lower end of this additive container 30, and 33 is a gate valve that is rotatable around a horizontal axis inside this opening 32, and is in contact with the inner surface of the opening 32 with a spherical surface. The gate valve 33 has a drop hole 3.
4 is formed. 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. 36 is a drive device such as a solenoid, and this drive device! The linear motion of 36 is transmitted to the first transmission plate 37, and then converted into rotational motion by the transmission plate 38 of the cylinder 2 and transmitted to the gate valve 33. 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 IO located above the drive device 36, and input information from this operation section and input information from the temperature detection section 39 are provided. Based on the control table [(not shown), motor 12, heater 26 . It controls conditions such as operation timing and time of the drive device 36 that slides the gate valve 33.

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 ingredients other than yeast such as small flour and water is set in the cooking chamber 27.

Close the lid 28 and put a predetermined amount of yeast into the additive container 30. In this state, select the type of bread from the operating section.

Enter the baking time etc. and start.

Then, after a predetermined period of time has elapsed, the motor 12 starts operating, the small pulley 13 rotates, and the dog 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 device 36 is energized, which causes the first transmission plate 37 to move linearly and, via the second transmission plate 38, to rotate the gate valve 33. At this time, the opening 32
The drop-in 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. after that,
When the power supply to the drive device 3b is stopped, the gate valve 33 is returned to its original position by the spring 40, and the opening 32 is closed.

After the yeast dropped into the kneading container 21 is kneaded with other materials for a predetermined time, the temperature of the kneading container 21 is adjusted by the heater 26 while taking in information from the temperature detection section 39 based on the process control of the control device. 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, the sound generated when dropping additives such as yeast is made smaller than the conventional example of closing by rotating the on-off valve and slamming it against the separation wall. be able to.

[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 an additive container showing a conventional example, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view thereof. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 12... Motor, 21... Kneading container, 22... Kneading blade, 27... Cooking chamber, 29... Separation wall, 30...
... Additive container, 32... Opening, 33... Gate valve, 34... Dropping hole, 35... Hole, 36... Drive device. Agent Yoshihiro Morimoto Figure 3 Otori

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. a gate valve that is in sliding contact with the inner surface of the lower end opening of the additive container, is rotatable around a substantially horizontal axis, and has a drop-in hole, and a drive device that rotates the gate valve. and a separation wall located below the gate valve and having a hole at a position overlapping with the opening, and the gate valve is rotated by the drive device to communicate the opening, the drop hole, and the hole in the separation wall. An additive dropping device for an automatic bread maker configured to drop additives into a container.