JPH0295310A - Automatic rice cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the necessity to reset rice cooking quantity and proper amount of water and to facilitate the operation by providing a rewritable storage circuit to store either or both of the rice cooking quantity or/and water amount at the time of executing the rice cooking once at the beginning. CONSTITUTION:Since the standard rice cooking quantity and water amount are stored into a rewritable storage circuit 14 at the time of inputting a power source, at the time of executing the rice boiling for the first time, the favorable rice cooking quantity and water degree are set through an operating part 13, the set rice cooking quantity and water amount are stored into the storage circuit 14 by pushing the start switch, the rice in the set rice cooking quantity is discharged, the rice is washed by a rice washing part 5, and the proper quantity of water to be set is poured into a pan 1. The pan 1 is heated by a heating means 2, the temperature is detected by a temperature detector 15, simultaneously, the heating means 2 is controlled, and the rice cooking is completed. At the time of the rice cooking after the second time, if the rice cooking quantity and water amount of one's own favor are not changed, only by pushing a start switch, the rice cooling quantity and water amount of the previous time are called from the storage circuit 14, the rice cooking is started, and the rice cooking is automatically completed by a series of actions.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to an automatic rice cooker used in general households.

Conventional technology In conventional automatic rice cookers that perform a series of operations from washing rice to adjusting water level and cooking rice, settings for the amount of rice to be cooked and the level of water level are stored in a ROM (!j-de-only memory) of a memory circuit. was using data.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, with these conventional methods, the settings return to the initial state each time you cook rice, so even if you cook rice with the same amount of rice and water every day, you need to reset the settings every time you cook rice. was there.

An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic rice cooker that solves these problems.

Means for Solving Problem 1 In order to solve the above problems, the automatic rice cooker of the present invention includes a rice cooking section consisting of a pot for cooking rice and a heating means hakama, and a rice cooking section for storing rice and preparing a predetermined amount of rice at a time. It has a rice bin part that can discharge rice, a rice washing part that washes the rice discharged from the rice bin part, a water supply part that supplies water necessary for cooking rice, and a control circuit part that controls each of these parts, and the control circuit part that controls each of these parts. The circuit section includes an operation section for setting a predetermined amount of rice to be cooked and amount of water, and a rewritable memory circuit that stores either or both of the amount of rice cooked and the amount of water used once the rice is cooked. This device is configured so that the amount of rice cooked and the water level from the previous time can be called up when cooking rice.

Effects of the present invention With the above-described configuration, either or both of the amount of rice cooked and the amount of water used when cooking rice can be stored in a rewritable memory circuit, so that the amount of rice cooked once and/or the amount of water can be stored in a rewritable memory circuit. When cooking, it is possible to cook rice with the same amount of rice and water as the previous time by simply pressing the start switch once.

EXAMPLE Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be explained based on FIGS. 1 and 2.

FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of an automatic rice cooker according to an embodiment of the present invention, and 1 is a pot for cooking rice;
This pot 1 is heated by heating means 2. 3 is a rice bin part for storing rice, and this rice bin part 3 is provided with an uncultivated outlet 4, from which a predetermined amount of rice is discharged. 3 and 5 are discharged from the uncultivated outlet 4. The rice washed in the rice washing section 6 is transferred to the pot 1 by the transfer section 6. 7 is a water tank that stores water necessary for cooking rice, and the water in this water tank 7 is fed to a water supply pump 8)
, water is supplied into the pot 1 through the water supply pipe 9 and the water supply nozzle Jv1o attached to the tip of the water supply pipe 9. 11 is a control circuit 12 for automatically cooking rice by controlling each of the above parts, and an operation section 13 for setting the amount of rice to be cooked and the amount of water.
and a rewritable memory circuit 14 that stores the amount of cooked rice and the amount of water.

FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of an automatic rice cooker according to an embodiment of the present invention, and the operation will be explained according to this block diagram.

First, when the power is turned on, the standard amount of rice to cook and the amount of water are stored in advance in the rewritable memory circuit 14.
When cooking rice for the first time, set the desired amount of rice to be cooked and the amount of water through the operation unit 13, and press the start switch. of rice is discharged from the rice pot section 3, washed in the rice washing section 6, and placed in the pot 1. Further, the amount of water enters the pot 1 from the water supply section 8 according to the set amount of water.

When the set amount of rice and water are not used in the pot 1, the pot 1 is heated by the heating means 2, and the heating means 2 is controlled while the temperature sensor 16 detects the temperature of the pot 1. Complete cooking.

All of these series of movements are controlled by the control circuit 12.

When cooking rice for the second time onwards, if the desired amount of rice and amount of water do not change, just press the start switch and the previous amount of rice and amount of water will be recalled from the memory circuit 14 and cooking will start. Cooking rice is completed automatically through a series of operations.

In addition, in the above embodiment, an example was shown in which both the amount of cooked rice and the amount of water are stored, but it is also possible to store only one of these.

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the description of the above embodiments, according to the present invention,
If you first set either or both of your preferred cooking amount and water level, the second and subsequent times when cooking rice, if your preferred cooking amount and water level do not change,
Just by pressing the start switch, the previous rice cooking amount and water level are recalled from the memory circuit and rice cooking begins.The rice cooking is completed automatically through a series of operations, so you can set the rice cooking amount and water level each time. There is no need to redo it, thus making the operation extremely simple.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of an automatic rice cooker showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the same automatic rice cooker. 1... Pot, 2... Heating means, 3...
...Rice bin section, 6...Rice washing section, 8...
・Water supply section, 11... Control circuit section, 13...
...Operation unit, 14...Memory circuit. Name of agent: Patent attorney Shigetaka Awano and one other person Figure No--Kin 5 / / --- Take 17 Tsutomu Gin Completed]〉Miguri 1 Figure

Claims (1)

[Claims] a rice cooking section consisting of a pot and heating means for cooking rice;
A rice bin section that stores rice and discharges it in predetermined amounts, a rice washing section that washes the rice discharged from the rice bin section, a water supply section that supplies water necessary for cooking rice, and controls that control each of these sections. and a circuit section, the control circuit section having an operation section for setting a predetermined amount of rice to be cooked and the amount of water, and a rewriting device for storing either or both of the amount of rice cooked and the amount of water once cooked. This automatic rice cooker is equipped with a storage circuit that can store rice, and is configured so that the amount of rice cooked and water level from the previous time can be recalled the next time the rice is cooked.