JPH0622860A - Bread baking machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent a failure by suspending a bread baking operation and raising an alarm, when preparations for a process to its menu are not finished yet, when one of menus of a baking process and a steaming process is selected and inputted, in the bread baking machine provided with a water storage part. CONSTITUTION:By opening the upper cover 2 of the bread baking machine, prescribed quantities of water and various necessary bread baking material are thrown into a bread case 9. Water of a prescribed quantity is put into a water storage part of a vapor generation adaptor 17 being freely attachable and detachable, and the adaptor is installed. An opening amount of an exhaust duct for heat vent is adjusted. Subsequently, in a menu part, one of a baking process and a steaming process is selected and inputted. A control part checks whether preparations for the bread baking machine to the inputted menu are ready or not, and when the preparations are ready, the bread baking process is performed by setting each process time. When the preparations are not finished yet, the bread baking operation is suspended, and also, an alarm is raised. In such a way, a failure is prevented.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bread maker, and more particularly to a bread maker having a function of automatically producing steamed bread.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, to make steamed bread with a bread maker,
Since there was no steaming process, the dough was made with a bread machine until the dough was made by mixing and fermentation, and the dough was taken out and steamed in another steamer.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned prior art, a bread maker and a steamer are required, and they must be transferred, and after the final step of making dough, rounding,
If transfer to the steamer is delayed, the bread ingredients will be fermented too much, which may make it impossible to make good steamed bread.

[0004]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention proposes, in the bread making machine as described above, to provide a water storage portion near the heater and perform steaming in a bread case.

Further, it is proposed that the water storage section is a container that can be attached to and detached from the main body of the bread making machine.

Further, it is proposed to provide means for detecting that water is stored or that a water storage portion is attached.

Next, it is proposed to selectively perform steaming and baking in a bread case.

It is further proposed to provide means for detecting the open or closed state of the exhaust duct.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall front view of the bread maker, and FIG. 2 is an overall explanatory view of the bread maker. Bread machine (1) has an upper lid (2)
And an outer case (3), a lower case (4), an inner case (8) and a pan case (9), and a motor (10).
Is configured to rotate the mixing blade (11) provided in the pan case (9). The upper lid (2) is provided with a handle (12), and the upper lid (2)
Has a structure that can be opened and closed with respect to the outer case (3) via a hinge (13). Further, a menu section (5) is provided on the front surface of the bread maker (1) so that menu input and menu display can be performed.

An exhaust duct (6) for removing heat is provided above the outer case (3), and a slide lever (7) for changing the opening amount is provided in the exhaust duct (6). Further, the bread maker (1) has an air blow passage (14), and has a structure capable of blowing warm air or cold air during mixing or after baking. A heater (15) is arranged on the lower inner side of the inner case (8) so as to surround the bread case (9), and the heater (15) is a heater holder (16a).
It is fixed by (16b). Around the heater (15), a steaming bread adapter (17) that is detachable from the bread machine body (1) is attached.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the steaming pan adapter (17), and FIG. 4 is a partial sectional view taken along the line A--A of FIG. The adapter (17) comprises a cylindrical outer peripheral part (18), an inner peripheral part (19) and a bottom part (20),
The inside is a water storage part (21) for steam generation. Further, the adapter (17) is provided with a heater insertion recess (22) for contacting the heater (15).

Further, an adapter fixing concave portion (23) is provided in the outer peripheral portion (18), and by fitting the heater (15) and the heater holder (16a) to each other, the adapter (17) is baked. It is fixed around the bread case (9) inside the machine (1).

FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the bread maker (1), and FIG. 6 is a flow chart briefly showing the operation of the bread maker (1). Hereinafter, description will be given according to this flow chart.

First, the user puts water and various bread ingredients in the bread case (9), attaches or detaches the adapter (17), and adjusts the opening amount of the exhaust duct (6) for heat removal by the slide lever. Adjust according to (7). At this time, when the adapter (17) is attached, a certain amount of water is put in the steam generating water storage section (21) (step S-
1). Then, the menu is selected by the menu section (5) and the start button (not shown) is pressed (step S
-2). At this time, the selection data is displayed on the menu section (5) which is also the menu display section (26) via the control section (24).

The bread maker (1) has a menu input section (25).
The information selected by the menu unit (5) is sent to the control unit (24), and the control unit (24) discriminates whether the selected bread is for the baking process or the steaming process. (Step S-3).

The exhaust duct (6) is provided with a switch (27a) for detecting an open / closed state, and is a circuit (27b) which is turned off when the switch is opened and closed in the closed state. Similarly, a switch (28a) is also provided at the mounting position of the adapter (17) so that the switch (28b) is turned on in the mounted state and turned off in the non-mounted state. Further, an electrode (29) for detecting the presence or absence of a certain amount or more of water is also provided in the water storage section (21) of the adapter (17).
a) is provided, and when the water level exceeds a certain amount, a current flows between the electrodes (29a) to turn on the switch, and below that, there is no water as a conductor between the electrodes (29a) and the switch turns off. It is a circuit (29). Each of these signals passes through the logic circuit (30) and is output to the control section (24) as a signal A and a signal B.

As for this signal, each circuit (27b) (28b) (29b) outputs a signal of "1" when each switch is turned on, and each circuit (27b) (28b) (28b) when each switch is turned off.
b) and (29b) output a signal of "0", and this signal is a logical product circuit (30) with a logical product circuit (30a) (30b), a negative logical product circuit (30c), and a logical product circuit in which one is a negative input. By passing (30d), the exhaust duct is closed,
When the adapter (17) is attached and the water level shows a certain amount or more, "1" is output to the signal A, the exhaust duct is opened, and the adapter (17) is not attached or the adapter (17) is not attached. ) Is attached, the signal B outputs “1” when the water level is below a certain amount. According to the discrimination information of the previous step, the control section (24) selectively inputs the signal B in the baking step and the signal A in the steaming step, and if the input signal indicates "1". It is determined that the preparation is completed, and if "0" is indicated, it is determined that the preparation is not completed (step S-4).

If the preparation is not completed, an alarm warning is given (step S-5) and the bread making operation is stopped. If the preparation is completed, the operation time of each process for bread making (for example, primary mixing, rest, secondary mixing, fermentation, rounding, molding fermentation, heater heating) is called from the storage unit (31) and set. (Step S-6), information is sent to the drive control unit (32) so as to sequentially perform each process, and the drive control unit (32) performs the bread making operation according to the information (Step S-7), and all the processes are performed. Is completed and the bread making operation is completed. The heater may be heated in the fermentation process during each process, but this is because the bread dough is heated to 20 to 30 ° C., and even if water is contained in the water storage part (21), the amount of evaporation is small and the problem is Absent.

In the above embodiment, the removable steaming pan adapter (17) is used, but the steam generating water storage part (21) may be fixed to the main body of the bread making machine (1). The shape is also not particularly limited.

Further, the means for detecting whether or not the bread is ready for preparation may also be such that the exhaust duct (6) is automatically opened and closed and only the presence or absence of the adapter (17) is detected.

[0021]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects.

By providing a water storage section near the heater,
You can make steamed bread with one bread maker, and you can always get good quality steamed bread. In addition, when a steam input process or a baking process is selected by menu input by providing a storage amount, storage part, and exhaust gas open / close detection means, if the preparation is not completed, the bread making operation is stopped and Since it is also possible to activate the alarm, it is possible to prevent the bread making process from starting and failing even when the preparation is not completed. Furthermore, by making the water storage part a detachable container, it becomes easy to add water for steam generation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall front view of a bread maker according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall explanatory view of a bread maker according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a detachable water storage container for a bread maker according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a block configuration diagram of an embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of a certain embodiment according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (9) Bread case (15) Heater (17) Steaming pan adapter (21) Steam generation water storage unit (24) Control unit (25) Menu input unit (27b) Exhaust duct open / closed state detection circuit (28b) Adapter mounted state Detection circuit (29b) Water level detection circuit (30) Logic circuit

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A bread making machine comprising a bread case and a heater, wherein mixing and fermentation are performed in the bread case, wherein a water storage section is provided near the heater and steaming is performed in the bread case. Bread machine. 2. The bread maker according to claim 1, wherein the water storage portion has a structure which is detachable from the bread maker body. 3. A bread maker according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising means for detecting that water is stored in a water storage section. 4. The bread maker according to claim 2, further comprising means for detecting that the water storage section is mounted. 5. The bread maker according to claim 1, further comprising means for detecting the open or closed state of the exhaust duct. 6. The bread maker according to claim 1, wherein steaming and baking are selectively performed in a bread case.