JPH037119A - Yeast dropping device of automatic bread making machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent sputter of yeast and allow it to surely fall into a kneading vessel by fitting a slide pipe slidably in a groove provided at the periphery of a lower opening of a yeast vessel, and sliding the slide pipe downward when an opening/closing valve is opened. CONSTITUTION:Materials for bread such as flour, water, etc., are put in a kneading vessel 15 fitted with knead vanes 16, and a lid 17 is shut. When yeast is put in a yeast vessel 19 and current is fed, power is supplied from a control part to a motor 12, and its rotation is transmitted to the knead vanes 16 via a belt 13 to conduct kneading of the bread dough. The dough is kneaded for a given time, and current is fed from the control part 25 to a driver device to open an opening/closing valve 23. Now the yeast in the yeast vessel 19 falls. A slide pipe 22 sinks by its own weight to receive the yeast hopping out vigorously, and thus all the yeast can be dropped without sputter to the outside of the kneading vessel 15.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to an automatic bread maker that can produce freshly baked bread at a desired time simply by adding predetermined ingredients and turning on the power.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In recent years, automatic bread making machines have become popular in general households, which automatically perform rotational kneading and yeast addition by simply adding predetermined ingredients and turning on the power, and can produce freshly baked bread at a desired time.

Conventionally, the yeast dropping device of this type of automatic bread machine has a fourth
The structure was as shown in the figure.

That is, a yeast container 2 is provided above a kneading container (not shown) and has a lower opening 1 for dropping the yeast into the kneading container, and a driving device such as a solenoid (not shown) is provided. The yeast container 2 had an opening/closing valve 4 that engaged with and interlocked with the lower opening 1 of the yeast container 2 and closed the lower opening 1 by coming into contact with the lower surface 3 of the yeast container 2.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, with such a configuration, when the on-off valve 4 is opened, the yeast will fly out from the lower opening 1 with great force, scattering and spilling onto the outside of the kneading container. There was a problem that it ended up happening.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a yeast dropping device for an automatic bread maker that prevents yeast from scattering and reliably drops yeast into a kneading container.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a yeast container provided with a lower opening for dropping yeast into the kneading container, and a groove provided along the outer periphery of the lower opening. A slide vibrator that slides up and down, a groove provided on the lower opening and outer periphery of the yeast container, and an on-off valve that covers the slide vibrator and opens and closes the lower opening in conjunction with a drive device are biased, and the slide vibrator The sliding movement is linked to the movement of the on-off valve, and the slide vibe is slid downward when the on-off valve is opened.

Operation According to the above-described structure of the present invention, when the on-off valve is opened, the slide vibrator descends, and the slide vibrator can catch the yeast that has sprung out, allowing it to fall into the kneading container.

Embodiment Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be explained based on the accompanying drawings. In FIGS. 1 to 3, 11 is a main body, and a motor 12 is built in the main body 11. The rotation of the motor I2 is controlled via a belt 13 in a kneading container 15 installed in a cooking chamber 14. This is transmitted to Nerihane 16. Reference numeral 17 denotes a lid located above the cooking chamber 14 and attached to the main body 11 with the rear part closed.

An inner lid 18 is attached to the inside of the lid 17.

Reference numeral 19 denotes a yeast container disposed on the lid 17 so as to face substantially above the center of the cooking chamber 14, and the yeast container I9 has an inverted truncated conical shape inside. 20 is a lower opening provided at the lower end of one yeast container, and has a circular hole. A groove 21 is provided on the outer periphery of the lower opening 20, and a slide vibrator 22 is installed in the groove 21 so as to be slidable up and down. 23
is an on-off valve that covers the groove 21 of the lower opening 20 and the slide vibe 22; a spring 24 is attached to the on-off valve 23, and normally the lower opening 20 is closed by the spring 24; Reference numeral 25 denotes a control unit that controls the operation timing of the motor 12, a drive device (not shown), and the like.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained. First, bread ingredients such as flour and water are put into the kneading container 15 in which the kneading blade 16 is set, and the lid 17 is closed.

Then, yeast is put into the yeast container 19 and electricity is applied. Then, the control unit 25 applies electricity to the motor 12, and the motor 12 rotates. The rotation of the motor 12 is transmitted to the kneading blades 16 via the belt I3, and the dough is kneaded. After the bread dough has been kneaded for a certain period of time, the control unit 25 energizes the drive device to open the on-off valve 23. Then, as the yeast in the yeast container 19 falls, the slide vibrator 22 descends under its own weight, receives the yeast that has jumped out, and can drop the yeast out of the kneading container 15 without spilling it. In addition, before the on-off valve 23 is opened, the on-off valve 23 covers the lower opening 20 as well as the groove 21 and the slide vibrator 22, so the moisture generated when kneading the dough may cause the groove 21 and the slide vibe 22 to be damaged. never gets damp. Therefore, when the on-off valve 23 is opened, the slide vibrator 22 descends smoothly. Further, the yeast that falls does not adhere to the inside of the slide vibrator 22.

After dropping the yeast as described above, the bread dough is kneaded again, and then various steps such as fermentation, degassing, and baking are performed automatically, and the bread is baked at the set time.

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the description of the embodiments, the present invention is such that a slide vibrator is slidably attached to a groove provided on the outer periphery of the lower opening of a yeast container, and the sliding of the slide vibrator corresponds to the movement of the opening/closing valve. The slide vibrator slides downward when the on-off valve is opened, so the slide vibrator catches the yeast that flies out when the on-off valve is opened, and allows the yeast to fall outside the kneading container without spilling it. I can do it.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an enlarged sectional view of the main parts of an automatic bread maker showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the main parts of the automatic bread maker,
FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the automatic bread maker [4, FIG. 12... Motor, 14... Cooking chamber, 15
...Kneading container, 1 (3...Kneading blades, 1...
... Yeast container, 20 ... Bottom opening, 2
1...Groove, 22...Slide vibe, 23...
...Opening/closing valve.

Claims (1)

[Claims] a kneading container that is installed in the cooking chamber and has kneading blades on the inner bottom that are rotationally driven by a motor; and a lower part that is located above the kneading container and for dropping the yeast into the kneading container. A yeast container provided with an opening, a slide pipe that slides up and down along a groove provided on the outer periphery of the lower opening, and a slide pipe that covers the lower opening of the yeast container, the groove provided on the outer periphery, and the slide pipe. An automatic device comprising an on-off valve that opens and closes a lower opening in conjunction with a drive device, the sliding of the slide pipe being linked to the movement of the on-off valve, and the slide pipe sliding downward when the on-off valve is opened. Yeast dropping device for bread machine.