JPH0423504Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to a measuring device for rice bins used in kitchens, etc., and has a relatively simple structure that allows the desired amount of rice to be accurately measured and taken out from the rice bin. .

Next, the details will be explained with reference to the illustrated embodiment. In FIGS. 1 and 2, 1 is a storage box for the kitchen, 2 is a rice bin body stored in this, and 3 is a storage shelf board, which is attached to the rice bin body 2. As shown in FIG. 3, the rice bin is equipped with a hopper 4 for storing rice at the top, a measuring device 5 at the middle, and a tray 6 for taking out rice at the bottom. The lid 8 at the top can be opened, rice can be inserted into the hopper 4 through the opening and stored, and the tray 6 can be pulled out from the rice bin main body 2 using the handle 9 at the bottom to take out the weighed rice. It's getting old.

The weighing device 5 includes a partition plate 1 as shown in FIG.
0, 10... for each predetermined volume of the partitions a, a
A metering frame 11 which is divided into sections and opened in the vertical direction is fixed to the edge of the bottom opening 4a of the hopper 4, and the upper opening of each dividing band a, a... is connected to the bottom opening 4a of the hopper. Further, the lower openings face the trays 6, respectively. The partition plate 10 is the frame body 1
1. It is installed between the plates on both sides.

Reference numeral 12 denotes an operating tool having a substantially U-shaped cross section and having upper and lower shielding plates 12a and 12b.
a, 12b are slidably fitted into cut grooves (not shown) provided on the upper and lower edges of both side plates of the measuring frame 11, and are provided so as to be movable in the front and back direction, and are biased by a return spring 13. It is then locked in a locking tool fixed at an appropriate position on the rice jug body, and is locked in the return position on the right side. An opening 12a' is provided at the rear (left side in the figure) of the upper shielding plate 12a, and in the return position shown in the figure, this opening 12a' almost coincides with the opening 4a at the bottom of the hopper, and each partition band a is inserted into the hopper 4. It's starting to communicate. In addition, an opening 12b' is provided in the front part (right side in the figure) of the lower shielding plate 12b, and it is removed from the lower opening of the measuring frame 11 in the return position as shown in the figure.
The lower ends of each of the partition bands a, a, . . . of the frame body 11 are closed by lower shielding plates 12b. A connecting rod 14 is protruded from the front surface of the actuator 12 via a mounting piece 14a, an upwardly directed engagement piece 14b is protruded from the front end thereof, and an engagement groove 14c is provided on the lower surface of the front end. For this, attach the lower end to the attachment piece 2' of the rice jug body 2.
Engagement pin 1 at the upper end of lever 15 which is pivotally mounted 15a on
5b is slidably fitted, and an engagement pin 15c protruding from the middle part of the lever 15 is slidable into a groove 16a of an operating member 16 provided on the front plate of the rice bin body 2 so as to be slidable back and forth. is fitted.

Since this measuring device 5 has the structure as described above,
By pushing the actuating member 16, the actuating tool 12 moves rearward via the lever 15 and the connecting rod 14, and the opening 12a' of the upper shielding plate 12a moves rearward, opening the upper opening of the dividing band a sequentially from the front. At the same time as the opening 12b' of the lower shielding plate 12b is closed, the lower opening 12b' of the lower shielding plate 12b is also moved to sequentially open the lower opening from the partition band a where the upper opening is closed. Therefore, when rice is charged into the hopper 4 from the upper opening, at the right end return position of the operating tool 12, the rice is divided and stored in each zone a through the opening 4a at the bottom of the hopper and the opening 12a' in the upper shielding plate. be done. Then, if the actuating member 16 is pushed as necessary, the actuating tool 12
The upper opening of each partition band a is sequentially closed by the upper blocking plate 12a according to the moving distance of the partition band a, and the lower opening of the partition band a is opened by the opening 12a' of the lower blocking plate 12b. An amount of rice corresponding to the moving distance is discharged into the tray 6. Therefore, by providing a stopper device for regulating this moving distance, it is possible to take out a desired amount of rice from the rice bin body 2. Reference numeral 17 indicates a stopper device, in which a rotating shaft 19 is supported 19' at the bottom of a cylindrical body 18 fixed to the front surface of the rice bin main body 2, and the above-mentioned partition plates are attached to the circumferential surface of the rotating shaft 19. Locking protrusions 20 arranged in a spiral manner with intervals corresponding to the intervals of 10, 10... and with appropriate angular intervals,
20 . It's starting to stop. A knob 21 is fixed to the front end of the rotating shaft 19 so as to face the front of the rice bin body 2, and there are arrows around the knob 21 and the knob on the front of the body, respectively, and corresponding to the locking positions of the locking protrusions 20 described above. Since a measurement scale 22 is engraved, after turning the knob 21 to align the arrow with the desired scale, turn the operating member 16.
If you press , the engaging piece 14b of the actuator connecting rod 14
is locked by the locking protrusion 20 that has been rotated downward in accordance with the scale position, so the opening 12b' of the lower shielding plate 12b that has moved correspondingly allows the number of divisions corresponding to the movement distance to be divided. The lower end of the band a opens and a desired amount of rice is discharged into the tray 6, which can then be taken out. In addition, 23 in the figure is hopper 4
A peephole 24 is provided on the front side of the rice bin main body 2 to confirm the amount stored in the rice bin, and 24 is a stopper for locking the operating member 16. The stopper 24 is activated by sliding the knob 25 on the front side of the main body 2 in the horizontal direction. Part 1
The actuating member 16 is fixed by being engaged with a notch groove on the 6th side. Although the partition plate 10 is made of hard synthetic resin, a relatively soft synthetic resin is integrally molded on its lower edge 10', so that there is no space between the partition plate 10 and the lower shielding plate 12b. Even if rice grains enter, the lower edge 10' deforms and can escape, allowing the lower shielding plate 12b to move smoothly.

FIG. 4 shows another example of the stopper device 17,
In this case, a gear 26 is attached to the rotation shaft 19 in place of the rotation knob 21 of the previous example, and a rack 27 is provided on the main body side, and the knob 27' of the rack 27 is made to protrude from the slit 27'' on the front of the main body. By raising and lowering the rotating shaft 19 through the gear 26,
The other parts are exactly the same as the previous example. A measuring scale is provided on the front panel of the main body in relation to the movement of the knob 27'.

FIG. 5 shows still another example of the stopper device 17, in which the rotation locking protrusion 20 in the previous example is
Instead, a locking block 29 having step-shaped steps 28, 28, . . . corresponding to the spacing between the partition plates 10, 10, . Protrude from 29″,
This knob 29' moves the locking block 29 up and down so that the engaging piece 14b of the actuating tool 12 engages with the stepped portion 28 corresponding to the desired amount of rice. It is exactly the same.

Since the rice bin measuring device of the present invention has the above-described structure, it has practical effects such as being able to accurately measure and take out rice with a relatively simple structure and being extremely easy to operate. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of the storage box, FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the storage box with the rice bin main body pulled out, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional side view of the rice bin main body. , 4 and 5 are enlarged longitudinal sectional side views of the rice bin main body 2 showing other embodiments of the present invention. 1... Storage box, 2... Rice bin body, 4... Hopper, 5... Measuring device, 6... Tray, 7... Rice bin body handle, 8... Hopper lid, 9... Tray handle, 10... Partition plate, 11... Measuring frame, 1
2... Actuation tool, 13... Return spring, 14... Connection rod, 14b... Engagement piece, 15... Lever, 16...
...Operating member, 17... Stopper device, 18...
Cylindrical body, 19... Rotating shaft, 20... Locking protrusion, 21
... Rotating knob, 26 ... Gear, 27 ... Rack, 29 ... Locking block.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] (1) Divided by partition plates 10, 10... into partition bands a, a... of respective predetermined volumes, with the upper opening connected to the bottom opening 4a of the hopper 4 on the upper part of the rice bin main body 2, Also, a measuring frame 11 whose lower opening faces the tray 6 at the bottom of the rice bin main body 2; and the hopper 4.
The opening 1 is interposed between the bottom of the frame 11 and the frame 11.
2a' communicates the upper opening of the frame 11 with the hopper bottom opening 4a in the returned position;
An upper shielding plate 12a that sequentially closes the upper opening of each partition band a by movement, and the frame 11
The opening 12b' closes the lower opening of the frame 11 in the returned position, and the upper opening is closed by the movement of the partition band a.
an operating tool 12 equipped with a lower shielding plate 12b that sequentially opens the lower opening; an operating member 16 that operates the operating tool 12 on the front surface of the rice bin body 2;
A rice bin measuring device comprising a stopper device 17 that stops at a corresponding position. (2) The stopper device 17 provides locking protrusions 20, 20, . At the same time, the above-mentioned operating tool 1
2 is an engagement piece 1 to be engaged with the engagement protrusion 20;
4b. The rice bin measuring device according to claim 1 of the claimed utility model registration. (3) A rotating knob 2 is attached to the shaft end of the rotating shaft 19.
1, and the knob 21 faces the front of the rice bin main body 2, as set forth in claim 2. (4) A utility model in which a gear 26 is provided at the shaft end of the rotating shaft 19, and a rack 27 that meshes with the gear 26 is provided, and the driving knob 27' is made to protrude from the slit 27' on the front surface of the rice jar main body 2. A rice bin measuring device according to registered claim 2. (5) The stopper device 17 has stepped locking step portions 28, 28, .
A locking block 29 having... is movably provided, and the actuating tool 12 is provided with an engaging piece 14b to be locked to each locking step 28, and the locking block 29 has a moving knob 29'. A slit 2 is provided on the front plate of the rice bin body 2.
The rice bin measuring device according to claim 1 of the utility model registration, characterized in that it protrudes from 9''.