JPH0337556Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a guide device for a rice cooking pot in a rice cooker.

The applicant of the present application has previously proposed a rice cooker of this type, for example, as seen in Utility Model Application No. 58-148153. A type that is provided with a pair of left and right guide rails that guide the pan to a predetermined position behind it, and a gas burner or other heat source that cooperates with the guide rails at the predetermined position of the pan and a temperature sensing element below the guide rails. However, in this case, a type in which the temperature sensing element is configured to come into contact with the bottom of the pot from below can be considered, and in such a device, when the pot is guided from the front, the temperature sensing element tends to protrude on its movement locus and become a nuisance, thus causing the inconvenience that it is difficult to obtain a good contact state between the element and the bottom surface.

The purpose of the present invention is to obtain a device that does not have such inconvenience.Inside the rice cooker body 1, there are left and right sides 1 for guiding the rice cooking pot 3, which is guided through the front opening 2, to a predetermined position behind the rice cooker body 1. The rice cooking pot 3 is equipped with a pair of guide rails 4, 4, and a gas burner or other heat source 5 cooperating with the pan 3 at the predetermined position below the guide rails 4, and a temperature sensing element 6.
The pot 3 is provided with a lower protrusion 7 that engages with the guide rails 4, 4 to move the pot 3 upward.

In the illustrated example, the rice cooker main body 1 is equipped with a cooking stove part 8 on its upper part, and the heat source 5 is composed of an annular gas burner, and the element 6 is arranged to protrude upward through the center thereof. . Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the rice cooking pot 3 is detachably held on a support frame 3a and guided on the rails 4, 4 in the support frame 3a, in which case the protrusion 7
are bent on both side edges of the support frame 3a to form left and right 1
However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is optional, such as forming the pot 3 and the frame 3a integrally, or omitting the support frame 3a and providing the protrusion 7 on the pot 3 itself. It is.

To explain its operation, the rice cooker 3 is guided through the front opening 2 and on a pair of left and right guide rails 4 behind the opening 2, and the rice cooker 3 is guided at its protrusion 7 as shown by the chain line in FIG. It is in a state where it is engaged with the rails 4, 4 and moved slightly upward, and thus the temperature sensing element 6 on the lower side thereof
The upper side of the protrusion 7 is guided backward with a small distance between the protrusion 7 and the protrusion 7, and when it reaches a predetermined position, the protrusion 7 comes off the rails 4, 4, as shown by the solid line in the figure. The pan 3 is moved downward, and is brought into contact with the temperature sensing element 6 from above, ready for subsequent operation. The same holds true when the pot 3 is then pulled forward, and the pot 3 is moved slightly upward by the protrusion 7 to remove the element 6.
There is no problem if the upper side is guided with a small distance from this.

According to the present invention, the rice cooking pot 3 is provided with a lower protrusion 7, and the protrusion 7 gives the rice cooker a slight upward movement while being guided to a predetermined rear position on the guide rails 4, 4. The movement of the temperature sensing element 6 on the lower side is not obstructed, making it simple and easy to use, and its configuration is simple and inexpensive since it is sufficient to simply include the protrusion 7. It has the following effects.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cutaway side view of an example of the present device, FIG. 2 is a cutaway front view thereof, and FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a portion thereof. 1... Rice cooker body, 2... Opening, 3... Rice cooking pot, 4, 4... Guide rail, 5... Heat source, 6...
Temperature sensing element, 7...protrusion.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] Inside the rice cooker main body 1, left and right 1 guide the rice cooker 3 guided through the front opening 2 to a predetermined position behind it.
The rice cooking pot 3 is provided with a pair of guide rails 4, 4, and is provided with a gas burner or other heat source 5 and a temperature sensing element 6 below which cooperate with the guide rails at the predetermined position of the pot 3. , the guide rails 4, 4
A guide device for a rice cooking pot in a rice cooker, comprising a lower protrusion 7 that engages with the pot 3 to move the pot 3 upward.