JPH0415155Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a mochi making machine that steams glutinous rice in the same hopper and then makes it into mochi.

(Prior art) This type of electric rice cake making machine is called "Musu" or "Tsuku".
It is becoming common to be able to perform these steps in the same hopper.

Therefore, conventional mochi making machines, for example as shown in Figure 3, double as a steamer and a mochi making box.
Hopper 1 whose inner surface is treated with fluororesin
Below this, there is a steam tank 3 which is airtightly provided with packing 2 provided at the bottom of this hopper 1 and which generates steam to be guided into the hopper 1, and a steam tank 3 which is attached to the outer bottom using the heat source of this steam tank 3. The sheathed heater 4 and the steam tank 3
Below is a motor 7, which is provided with a rotating shaft 6 that passes through the central bearing 5 of the steam tank 3 and the bottom of the hopper 1; The mochi pounding blade 8 is rotatably driven by a motor 7.
Further, 9 is a lid placed on the hopper 1.

With this configuration, the glutinous rice in the hopper 1 is first steamed by steaming the steamed water prepared in the steam tank 3 by energizing the sheathed heater 4, and after this is completed, the lid 9 is opened and the motor 7
The ``sticking'' was carried out by switching the energization and rotating the blade 8, and the rice cake rose.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) With the conventional mochi pounding machine, the trick to making soft and delicious mochi was to add water little by little at the time of "pounding".

However, it was very time consuming.

The present invention takes the above-mentioned conventional problems into consideration and provides an easy-to-use mochi pounding machine.

(Means for solving the problem) In order to solve this problem, the present invention includes a hopper with mochi pounding blades installed in the bottom, a steam tank that generates steam guided into the hopper,
a motor that rotationally drives the blade; a lid that is rotatable by having one end pivoted on the main body; and a lid that allows the upper end of the hopper to be opened and closed; and a lid opening device that tilts the lid and holds it open during mochi pounding. and a water sprinkling tank that is attached to the lid and has a water sprinkling hole substantially at the upper end of the lid on the pivot side.

(Function) With this configuration, when the water is turned on, the water prepared in the water tank is held at an angle by the lid opening device together with the lid, and the water hole is lowered below the water level due to the inclination of the water tank, and the water is inside the hopper. It will be dripped gradually as a hand wash.

(Example) The following is an example of the present invention in Figures 1 to 3.
This will be explained with reference to the figures.

In the figure, a hopper 1, a packing 2, a steam tank 3, a sheathed heater 4, a bearing 5, a rotating shaft 6, a motor 7, and a blade 8 are the same as those in the conventional example shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a top frame made of synthetic resin or the like and covering the outer periphery of the hopper 1 at the upper part of the main body. Reference numeral 12 denotes a lid which is placed on the upper opening of the hopper 1 so as to be openable and closable, with one end supported by a pivot 13 provided at one corner of the ceiling frame 11 near the upper end of the hopper 1. 12a, and an opening 12b is provided near the upper end of the recess 12a near the pivot 13. 14
is a water spray tank placed in a recess 12a of the lid 12, the side wall on the side of the pivot 13 is provided with an inclined wall 14a that narrows the bottom surface, and the upper end thereof is provided with a water spray hole 14b. Further, a water supply port sealed with a plug 14c is provided on the top surface.

A main pulley 15 is fixed below the steam tank 3 on the rotation shaft 6 and rotates together with the rotation shaft 6, and rotates a slave pulley 17 and an engagement pulley 18 via a belt 16. A push-up bar 19 is provided near the pivot 13 and penetrates the top frame 11, and is biased to tilt the lid 12 open by a compression spring 20. 2
Reference numeral 1 denotes a hook piece provided at the bottom of the push-up bar 19 so as to be freely rotatable in the vertical direction.A hook spring 22 that biases this hook piece 21 toward the engagement pulley 18 side causes the hook piece 21 to be attached to the engagement pulley 18 when the lid 12 is closed. This engages to keep the lid 12 closed. Reference numeral 23 denotes a support for the lid opening device, which includes the slave pulley 17, engagement pulley 18, push-up bar 19, compression spring 20, hook piece 21, and hook spring 22.

The operation of the mochi pounding machine configured as described above will be explained below.

First, the steam tank 3 is filled with steaming water, and the sprinkling tank 14 is filled with hand water.Next, glutinous rice R is poured into the hopper 1, and the lid 12 is set to complete the preparation.

Next, turn on the switch and energize the sheathed heater 4 to start "bugging". After a predetermined period of time has elapsed and the ``picking'' is completed, the power supply is switched to the motor 7 side, and the blade 8 is rotated by the motor 7, after which ``picking'' begins.

At this time, the tank 14 placed on the lid 12 together with the lid 12 is held tilted by the lid opening device, and the water prepared in the watering tank 14 is transferred to the lid 12.
Sprinkle holes 14 that are lower than the water level due to the slope of the opening
b, and drips into the hopper 1 through the opening 12b of the lid 12 as hand water. In addition,
The water sprinkling hole 14b provided in the water sprinkling tank 14 has an opening that prevents the prepared water from dripping in a short period of time. In addition, the lid 1 on which the watering tank 14 is mounted
2 is supported by a compression spring 20, and this compression spring 2
0 is due to water dripping from the water tank 14,
In other words, in response to reducing the weight of the watering tank 14,
The inclination angles of the lid 12 and the water spray tank 14 are made large, and the amount of water flowing out and dripping from the water spray tank 14 is kept almost constant.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the lid 12 is pivotally supported on the pivot 13 of the ceiling frame 11, the watering tank 14 is placed in the recess 12a of the lid 12, and the watering tank 14 has a side wall on the pivot 13 side. Slanted wall 14 in the direction of narrowing the bottom surface
As a, by having the water sprinkling hole 14b at the upper end, the water sprinkling tank 14, which is held tilted together with the lid 12 by the lid opening device at the time of "splashing", can have a hopper from the water sprinkling hole 14b lowered from the water level. 1, it automatically flows out and drips into the water for washing.

In addition, in this embodiment, the water spray tank is described as having a configuration in which it is placed on the lid, but the point is that it only needs to be tilted when the lid is opened. It is possible. It goes without saying that the same effect can be obtained by configuring a pivot that holds the lid on which the watering tank is mounted at an inclined angle during "turning on".

(Effects of the invention) As is clear from the above explanation, the present invention has a lid that is rotatable by having one end pivoted on the main body, and the upper end of the hopper can be opened and closed, and the lid is tilted when pounding mochi. This structure consists of a lid opening device that holds the lid open when the rice cake is pounded, and a watering tank that is installed in the groove and has a watering hole at almost the upper end of the pivot side of the lid. Water is gradually dripped from the watering tank, which is held in a vertical position, through the watering hole, which is lowered from the water level due to this slope, making it possible to automatically perform hand washing.The structure is simple, low-cost, and practical. The effects are significant.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of the main parts of the rice cake making machine of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the rice cake making machine of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a conventional rice cake making machine. 1...Hopper, 3...Steam tank, 7...
...Motor, 8...Blade, 11...Top frame, 12...
... Lid, 13 ... Axis, 14 ... Water tank, 14
b... Watering hole, 17... Follow pulley, 18... Engagement pulley, 19... Push-up bar, 20... Compression spring, 2
1... Hook piece, 22... Hook spring, 23...
Support.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] A hopper with mochi pounding blades installed in its bottom, a steam tank that generates steam to be guided into the hopper, a motor that rotationally drives the blade, and one end of which is pivotally supported in the main body. a lid that is rotatable and allows the upper end of the hopper to be opened and closed; a lid opening device that tilts and holds the lid open during mochi pounding; A mochi pounding machine consisting of a watering tank equipped with watering holes.