JPH0411649Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] This invention relates to a discharging device for measuring rice bins.

[Conventional technology]

The discharging device for measuring rice bins usually divides the discharging shutter into two or three sections and provides independent discharging passages, and a shutter is provided in each passage, and an operating lever associated with the shutter is connected to the discharging passage so that the amount of rice to be discharged is different from each other. The user selects and operates the desired lever from the plurality of levers to discharge the required amount of rice.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

In the past, the desired lever was selected from a plurality of levers to operate it depending on the amount of rice needed, so due to the design, the heads of the plurality of operating levers were necessarily arranged on the front of the rice bin. Therefore, it was impossible to change the design of the front of the rice bin due to functional constraints.

Also, depending on the household, the amount of rice cooked each time may be the same, and in such cases there is no need to select a lever, making other levers useless. This can also lead to mistakes in operation.

Therefore, the object of this invention is to provide a discharge device that solves the above problems.

[Means for solving the problem] In order to solve the above problem, the inside of the discharge shutter is divided into a plurality of passages, a shutter is provided for each passage, and the lower blocking plate of the shutter is closed under normal conditions. In a weighing rice bin discharging device in which a shutter is energized to close a passage, the tips of discharge operation levers attached to each shutter are arranged horizontally at regular intervals, and an operation plate is provided opposite to the tip of each lever. is slidably provided on the inner surface of the front panel of the rice bin, and the operation plate is slidably mounted on a support shaft, and the slide piece slides in conjunction with the slide piece on the support shaft, and is rotated by an ejection operation member. The lever operation piece is configured in combination with a lever operation piece, and one end of the lever operation piece is provided with an engagement portion for each lever, and the engagement portion is provided with a plurality of notches, so that the engagement portion can be placed at multiple locations. The levers are separated, and the spacing between the levers is set so that the relationship between the separated engaging portions and the notches and the tips of the levers is changed every time the operating panel is moved by one scale. be.

[Effect]

When you operate the slide piece of the operation plate in the horizontal direction to set the positional relationship for the desired discharge amount, and then operate the discharge operation member, only the lever that is engaged with the engagement part of the lever operation piece operates, and that lever The shutter to which it is attached will be opened. To change the discharge amount, move the position of the operating plate one scale at a time to change the correspondence between the engaging part and the lever.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of this invention will be described based on the accompanying drawings. In the illustrated discharge device, the interior of a shooter 1 is divided into three vertical passages 3 by a partition wall 2. The passages 3 at the center and right ends are formed to have twice the capacity of the passage 3 at the left end, for example, if the left end has one volume, the center and right ends have two volumes.

Shutter 4 provided corresponding to each passage 3
consists of a front plate 5 (see Fig. 3) that closes the front side of the passage 3, and an upper closing plate 6 and a lower closing plate 7 that protrude in opposite directions to alternately close both the upper and lower ends of the passage 3. It is rotatably supported by inserting a common first support shaft 9 supported by both side walls of the shooter 1 into a pair of left and right brackets 8 (see FIG. 1) protruding from the back surface of the face plate 5. .

Further, a second support shaft 10 is provided above the first support shaft 9 and parallel thereto, and one end of the coil spring 11 attached to the first support shaft 9 corresponds to each shutter 4 and is attached to the lower rear surface of each shutter 4. By pressing the other end against the second support shaft 10, the lower closing plate 7 of each shutter 4 advances into the passage 3,
The upper closing plate 6 is energized to retreat and closes the lower end of the passage 3 in a normal state.

Further, interlocking fittings 12 are rotatably attached to the first support shaft 9 corresponding to the shutters 4 at the center and right end. This interlocking fitting 12 has mounting pieces 13, 13 at both ends, and each mounting piece 13, 13 is rotatably attached to the first support shaft 9. Further, an arm 14 is provided near each mounting piece 13, 13 to abut on the back surface of each shutter 4, and the arm 14 for the center shutter 4 abuts above the first support shaft 9, and the arm 14 for the rightmost shutter 4 abuts above the first support shaft 9. The arms 14 have opposite protruding directions so as to come into contact with the lower part thereof.

Because of the interlocking metal fitting 12 mentioned above, when the right end shutter 4 is rotated in the opening direction, the interlocking metal fitting 12
The movement in the opening direction is also transmitted to the central shutter 4 through each arm 14, 14, and both shutters 4, 4 are opened. However, even if the center shutter 4 rotates in the opening direction, the rightmost shutter 4
are never linked. Also, shutter 4 on the far left
operates independently and independently of the interlocking fitting 12.

In addition, a lever mounting portion 15 is provided protrudingly from the lower part of the front plate 5 of each of the above-mentioned shutters 4, and when viewed from the front, the leftmost shutter 4 has a first lever 16, the center shutter 4 has a second lever 17, and the rightmost shutter 4 has a first lever 16, A third lever 18 is attached to each shutter 4.

The tips of the first lever 16 to the third lever 18 are appropriately bent so that they are arranged centrally at the same height and at the same interval (see FIG. 2).

A pair of brackets 2 are provided on the inner surface of the rice bin front panel 19, facing each of the levers 16 to 18 mentioned above.
A third support shaft 21 supported by 0 is provided,
An operation plate 22 is attached to the third support shaft 21.

The operation plate 22 consists of a combination of a lever operation piece 23 and a slide piece 24. Lever operation piece 23
A horizontal through hole is provided in the center, and the third
It is inserted into the support shaft 21 so as to be slidable and rotatable.

The lever operating piece 23 is inclined in a normal state, and has an engaging portion 2 bent in the horizontal direction at its lower end.
5, and its engaging portion 25 is connected to each of the levers 16.
It engages with the lower tip of ~18. Two notches 26 are formed in the engaging portion 25, and the engaging portion 25 is separated into three portions by these notches 26. Further, the upper end of the lever operation piece 23 is bent in the horizontal direction and engages with the step tightening surface of the discharge operation member 28 provided on the inner surface of the window portion 27 of the panel 19 (see FIG. 3).

Further, the slide piece 24 has two legs 29 that are slidably attached to the third support shaft 21 on both sides of the lever operation piece 23, and when the slide piece 24 is slid in the axial direction, the legs 29 are interlocked with the third support shaft 21. The lever operation piece 23 also slides. Further, the central part of the slide piece 24 is bent in the horizontal direction, and a protrusion 30 that protrudes in the horizontal direction is provided on the distal end surface of the slide piece 24. 32 is installed. Further, an upright protrusion 33 is provided at the tip of the slide piece 24, and the protrusion 33 is inserted into the guide groove 31.
The slide piece is pressed against a large number of click protrusions 34 formed at regular intervals on the inner surface of the panel 19 along the upper edge of the panel 19 to provide a click feeling when the slide piece moves horizontally.

Note that the coil spring 35 is attached to the third support shaft 21 using the hole provided in the center of the lever operation piece 23.
, and by locking one end to the lever operating piece 23 and the other end to the slide piece 24, the lever operating piece 23 is energized and the engaging part 25 is pressed against the lower surface of the tip of each lever 16 to 18. are doing.

Note that, as shown in FIG. 4, numbers indicating the discharge amount are attached to the front surface of the panel 19 along the guide groove 31.

The embodiment of this invention has the above-mentioned structure, and the operation thereof and the positional relationship between the engaging portion 25 and the levers 16 to 18 will be described next with reference to FIGS. 5 to 9.

Now, if the knob 32 is set to number 1, the operation plate 22 integrated with the knob 32 will move to the left end as shown in FIG. At this time, the first lever 1
6 is in contact with the engaging portion 25, so when the ejection operation member 28 is pushed down, the lever operation piece 23 rotates (see the chain line in FIG. 3), pushing up the first lever 16 and releasing the left end shutter integrated with it. 4 is opened and one cup of rice in the passage 3 is discharged into the rice receiving box 36.

Next, when the knob 32 is set to number 2 as shown in FIG. 6, the operation plate 22 moves to the right by one scale, the first lever 16 faces the notch 26, and the second lever 17 engages. 25. When the ejection operation member 28 is pushed down in this state, only the second lever 17 operates, the central shutter 4 is opened, and the second lever 17 is operated.
Drain the rice.

When the knob 32 is set to number 3, the operation plate 22 moves one scale further to the right as shown in FIG. 7, and the first lever 16 and second lever 17 engage with the engaging portion 25. , the right end and center shutters 4 are opened, and 3 cups of rice are discharged.

When the knob 32 is set to the number 4, only the third lever 18 engages with the engaging portion 25, and the first and second levers 16 and 17 each face the notch 26, as shown in FIG. Since the rightmost shutter 4 and the center shutter 4 are interlocked by the aforementioned interlocking metal fitting 12, both shutters 4, 4 are opened and four cups of rice are discharged.

When the knob 32 is set to the number 5, all the levers 16 to 18 are moved to the engaging portion 25, as shown in FIG.
, a total of 5 cups of rice is discharged.

As described above, when the operating plate 22 is moved by one scale, the levers 16 to 18 are connected to each other by the two notches 26 and the three engaging parts 25 separated by these. A total of 5 as the correspondence relationship of
It is possible to create two different situations. Therefore, by arranging the tips of the first to third levers 16 to 18 at intervals of one scale, five different correspondence relationships can be obtained.

In the above embodiment, five different correspondence relationships are provided, and the shutters 4 in each of the left end, center, and right end passages 3 have capacities of 1, 2, and 2.
By associating the first to third levers 16 to 18 and interlocking the right end shutter 4 and the center shutter 4 through an interlocking fitting 12, 1 to 5 cups of rice can be sequentially discharged.

[Effect of idea]

As described above, in this invention, by operating the slide piece of the operation plate, the correspondence relationship between the engagement part and the notch of the lever operation piece and the lever can be set to a constant value. Just by operating it, you can discharge a certain amount of rice. Therefore, the design is simple because only a knob for moving the operation panel and a portion of the ejection operation member are exposed on the front surface of the panel. Furthermore, once the discharge amount is set, a fixed amount of rice can be discharged by simply operating the operation panel, eliminating the hassle of selecting the operation head each time, and eliminating the risk of erroneous operation.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a perspective sectional view showing a part of the embodiment, Figure 2 is a perspective sectional view showing a part of the embodiment.
The figure is a perspective sectional view showing a part of the same as above, FIG. 3 is a partially omitted sectional view of the same as above, FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the embodiment, and FIGS. be. 1... Shooter, 3... Passage, 4... Shutter, 9... First support shaft, 10... Second support shaft, 1
2... Interlocking bracket, 13... Mounting piece, 14... Arm,
16...first lever, 17...second lever, 18
...Third lever, 19...Panel, 21...Third
Support shaft, 22... Operation plate, 23... Lever operation piece, 24... Slide piece, 25... Engaging portion, 26
... Notch, 28 ... Ejection operation member, 32 ... Knob.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A discharging device for a weighing rice bin, in which the interior of the discharging shutter is divided into a plurality of passages, a shutter is provided for each passage, and the shutter is energized so that a lower closing plate of the shutter closes the passage in a normal state, The tips of the discharge operation levers attached to each shutter are arranged horizontally at regular intervals, and an operation plate facing the tip of each lever is slidably provided on the inner surface of the front panel of the rice bin, and the operation plate slides on the support shaft. It consists of a combination of a freely attached slide piece and a lever operation piece that slides in conjunction with the slide piece on the support shaft and is rotated by the ejection operation member, and each lever operation piece is attached to one end of the lever operation piece. In addition to providing an engaging part with the lever,
By providing a plurality of notches in the engaging part, the engaging part is separated into multiple parts, and the correspondence relationship between each separated engaging part and the tip of each lever with respect to the notch is determined by one scale on the operation plate. A device for discharging a weighing rice jug, characterized in that the arrangement interval of each lever is set so as to change with each movement.