JPH06304070A - Automatic rice cooking device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an automatic rice cooking device which prevents a hose or electric wiring, etc., from breaking, and prevents flame failure from happening. CONSTITUTION:An automatic rice cooker 6 is equipped with an inner pot 6A and outer pot 6B, and is also equipped with a range part 6C on which the lower bottom part of the outer pot is put by a rack 8 at a fixed location. The range part is equipped with a heat sensing part 6D for ignition, and the heat sensing part is vertically movable to approach or separate from the previously mentioned inner pot. On a handle 8A of the rack, a control unit 15 which vertically moves a lid 7 and the heat sensing part is formed. Then, the control unit, lid and heat sensing part are linked by a linking means 16 which operates in such a manner that when the lid is closed at a descending position, the heat sensing part is raised and brought into contact with the inner pot to set a rice cooking attitude, and at the same time, when the lid is opened at an ascending position, a horizontal movement of the rice cooker is allowed by the rack, and the heat sensing part is separated from the inner pot and moved to the descending position where the heat sensing part does not interfere with the rack.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic rice cooker, especially
The present invention relates to an automatic rice cooker provided for business use.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an automatic rice cooker for business use, the height of the rice cooker is made as low as possible so that rice can be easily supplied.
It is known from JP-A-4-218115.

[0003]

In the technique described in the above publication, the rice cooker is provided so as to be movable in the horizontal direction. However, in this case, if the cooker is also made movable, a gas hose and the like will accompany it. The gas hose may be damaged by repeated bending, gas may leak, and the gas hose may disappear due to fluctuations in gas pressure.

For this reason, the cooker may be set stationary and the rice cooker consisting of the inner pot and the outer pot can be moved. However, in the stove part having the heat sensitive part for ignition, the heat sensitive part becomes a movement obstacle of the rice cooker. However, the rice cooker could not be moved, leaving the stove part substantially. Therefore, according to the present invention, when the rice cooker is horizontally moved through the gantry, the lid and the heat-sensitive part are moved up and down, so that the cooker can be horizontally moved so that the gas leaks and disappears. The purpose is to prevent such problems.

[0005]

The present invention comprises a rice washing section 4 for washing the weighed rice, and a rice cooking section 5 for cooking rice by adding water to the rice discharged from the rice washing section 4, and cooking the rice. Is an automatic rice cooker 1 including a rice cooker 6 mounted on a gantry 8 that has a handle 8A and is movable in the horizontal direction, and a lid 7 that opens and closes the rice cooker 6 by a lifting operation. In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the following technical measures are taken.

That is, according to the present invention, the rice cooker 6 is provided with an inner pot 6A and an outer pot 6B, and a lower part of the outer pot 6B is fixedly provided with a stove part 6C to be mounted via the frame 8. The stove portion 6C is provided with a heat-sensitive portion 6D for ignition, and the heat-sensitive portion 6D is movable up and down so as to press and separate from the inner pot 6A. The handle 8A of the gantry 8 has the lid 7 And an operating section 15 for moving up and down the heat sensitive section 6D.
5, the lid 7 and the heat-sensitive portion 6D, when the lid 7 is closed at the lowered position, raise the heat-sensitive portion 6D to press the inner pot 6A to be in a rice cooking posture, and when the lid 7 is opened at the raised position, the pedestal. It is characterized in that the rice cooker 6 is allowed to move horizontally via 8 and is linked by a linking means 16 which brings the heat-sensitive part 6D away from the inner pot 6A so as not to interfere with the pedestal 8. is there.

[0007]

Operation: The conical valve 14 of the outflow port 13 provided at the bottom of the rice washing tank 11 is opened to wash a predetermined amount of rice through the opening (inflow port) 7 of the lid 7.
Supply from A to the inner pot 6A of the rice cooker 6. At this time, the lid 7
Even if the rice cooker 6 is in the lowered position and the rice cooker 6 is covered, rice is accepted because the shutter 7C is open.

After supplying a predetermined amount of rice to the inner pot 6A, the opening 7A of the lid 7 is closed by the shutter 7C, and the lid 7 is closed and the predetermined rice cooking process is started. The cooked rice is heated by the control unit 9A, and the heat-sensitive unit for ignition 6D is pressed against the inner pot 6A.
Is activated automatically. After the completion of the predetermined rice cooking, the operation portion 15 provided on the handle 8A of the gantry 8 is operated to raise the lid 7 in the vertical direction via the linking means 16 to avoid the interference with the rice cooker 6 and the heat sensitive portion. 6D is the outer pot 6
The descent position does not interfere with B.

As described above, when the rice cooker 6 is horizontally moved from the stove portion 6C, the rice cooker 6 is also pulled out when the pedestal 8 is pulled out while the lid 7 is raised and the heat sensitive portion 6D is lowered. A new inner pot 6A is set in the rice cooker 6 outside the refrigerator, the lid 7 is raised by the operation of the operating portion 15, and the pedestal 8 is pushed into the refrigerator with the heat-sensitive portion 6D lowered, and the rice is cooked on the stove portion 6C in the refrigerator. When the vessel 6 is set again, and the lid 7 is closed after the treatments such as weighing, washing, and addition of water are performed in the same manner as described above, the heat-sensitive portion 6D is pressed against the inner pot 6A in conjunction with this.

[0010]

EXAMPLE An example of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. An automatic rice cooking apparatus 1 according to the present invention is provided with a hopper-shaped rice storing section 2 for storing rice in the upper part of a storage box. A rotary type weighing unit 3 for weighing and discharging the rice contained therein is provided at the lower part of the unit 2, and a rice washing unit 4 for washing the rice discharged from the weighing unit 3
And a rice-cooking part 5 for adjusting the rice discharged from the rice-washing part 4 with water to cook the rice. The rice-cooking part 5 has a handle 8A and is placed on a gantry 8 which is horizontally movable. Rice cooker 6
And a lid 7 for opening and closing the rice cooker 6.

The rice storage unit 2 is located in the upper part of the inside of the refrigerator, has an automatic control operation unit 9 on its front surface, and has a lid 10 that can open and close the upper opening of the rice storage unit 2. The washing section 4
It is equipped with a funnel-shaped rice washing tank 11, a stirring blade 12 provided therein so as to be rotatable about a vertical axis, and a conical valve 14 capable of opening and closing a discharge port 13 at a lower portion of the rice washing tank 11.

The rice cooker 6 is provided with an inner pot 6A and an outer pot 6B, and a lower part of the outer pot 6B is fixedly provided with a stove part 6C to be mounted via a pedestal 8, and the stove part 6C is provided with the stove part 6C. , A heat-sensitive portion 6D for automatic ignition, and the heat-sensitive portion 6D is the inner pot 6A.
It is designed to be able to move up and down so that it can be pressed against and separated from the lower bottom part. As shown in FIG. 4, the heat-sensitive portion 6D is guided up and down by a guide 20 and is biased by a spring 21 so as to be pressed against the bottom portion of the inner pot.

The handle 8A of the pedestal 8 is provided with an operating portion 15 shown in the form of a lever. When the operating portion 15 is grasped together with the handle 8A, the lid 7 is lifted in the vertical direction to open the rice cooker 6 and to sense the heat. The linking means 16 is provided to bring the portion 6D away from the inner hook 6A and to the lowered position where it does not interfere with the gantry 8. As shown in FIG. 5, the linking means 16 includes an operating lever 15B rotatably provided on the handle 8A via a support shaft 15A, and a strip 17 such as a wire connecting the lid 7 and the heat-sensitive portion 6D. The strip 17 is connected to the lid 7 and the heat-sensitive portion 6D via the guide sheave 18.

The connecting means 16A for the lid is a pair of left and right,
The heat-sensitive linking means 16B is one in the center, and both are
If the operating lever 15B is grasped together with the handle 8A with the support shaft 15A as the fulcrum as shown by the arrow A, the linking means 16A and 16B are provided.
Is pulled in as shown by arrow B, the lid 7 is raised, and the heat-sensitive portion 6D is lowered against the spring 21. As described above, the rice cooker 6 is moved horizontally by raising the lid 7 to avoid the interference with the rice cooker 6 and lowering the heat-sensitive part 6D to avoid the interference with the pedestal 8 and pulling out the gantry 8 It is supposed to do.

Here, the strip 17 of the linking means 16A for the lid
A is provided with a buffer spring 22 on the way and allows the pedestal 8 to be pulled out. Therefore, for example, 18A and 18B of the guide sheave 18 are used as dancer sheaves to secure the path length of the strips 17A and 17B. ing. When the rice cooker 6 is pulled out to the outside to release the operation portion 15, the lid 7
Is lowered by its own weight, the heat-sensitive portion 6D is raised by the spring 21, and at this time, the dancer sheaves 18A and 18B are returned to the old positions.

Therefore, when the new inner pot 6A is reset to the outer pot 6B and the pedestal 8 is pushed into the cabinet, the operation lever 15B
By grasping the above, the lid 7 is raised and the heat-sensitive portion 6D is lowered in the same manner as described above, so that the rice cooker 6 through the pedestal 8
Can be reset without any problem. The stove portion 6C is provided with a hose 24 connected to a gas main plug or the like, and the outer pot 6B mounted on the stove portion 6C is horizontally movable by a pedestal 8 having a slide rail 25 of a substantially telescopic shape. Has been done.

The lid 7 of the rice cooker 6 is provided with an opening 7A for receiving rice in the center thereof as shown in FIG. 3, and the opening 7A can be opened and closed by a shutter 7C which swings through a swing arm 7B. And the guide plate 2 fixed to the rice washing tank 11
By inserting an up-and-down guide rod 7D which is erected from the lid 7 into the cover 3, it is possible to guide vertically. Figure 6
The 2nd Example of this invention is shown and the operation part 15 is comprised by attaching the switch 26 to the handle 8A, and the motor for lid | cover 2 can be freely reversible by turning on / off this switch 26.
Comprised of a pair of 7A and one of the heat-sensitive part motor 27B,
The winding drums 28A and 28B are attached to the motor, and the winding drums 28A and 28B are connected to the lid 7 and the heat-sensitive portion 6D by the ribs 30A and 30B guided by the guide sheep 29A to form the linking means 16. There is.

Therefore, in the second embodiment, when the rice cooker 6 is pulled out through the frame after the rice has been cooked, the motors 27A and 27B are started by turning on the switch 26 of the handle 8A. 28A, 28B
The lid 7 is lifted through the strips 30A and 30B by driving the coil in the winding direction, and the heat-sensitive part 6D is pulled down against the spring, so that the rice cooker 6 is pulled out of the refrigerator by pulling out the rack horizontally. It is taken out.

After the rice cooker 6 is taken out of the refrigerator, after a predetermined time has passed, the motors 27A and 27B are turned off so that the winding drums 28A and 28B are free, or the motors 27A and 2B.
By reversing 7B and rotating the winding drums 28A and 28B in the feeding direction, the lid 7 is lowered by its own weight,
The heat sensitive portion 6D is pulled up by a spring. Therefore, when the rice cooker 6 is set on the stand and pushed into the refrigerator, the switch 26
Is turned on to rotate the winding drums 28A and 28B in the winding direction to pull up the lid 7 and pull down the heat-sensitive portion 6D to avoid interference with the rice cooker 6 and the pedestal, and place the rice cooker 6 directly below the rice washing part. Then, the lid 7 is closed and the heat-sensitive portion 6D is pressure-welded.

By pressing a push button or the like of the automatic control operation unit 9, the automatic weighing, the washing time, the amount of water addition and the like can be set by a predetermined program, and the control unit 9A also includes automatic ignition. The time etc. can be set. However, manual ignition is also possible for ignition of the stove section. Further, in the above-described illustrated example, the stove portion is explained as being made of gas, but it may be made of electricity. Further, the heat sensitive portion can be composed of a fuse metal, a thermistor or the like.

Further, the linking means 16 may be a link type, a combination type of wire and link, or the like, in addition to a strip of wire or the like.

[0022]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, when a rice cooker is placed on a pedestal having a handle and horizontally moved, the lid of the rice cooker and the heat-sensitive part of the stove are moved up and down to cook the rice. Since it prevents the hindrance of the horizontal movement of the vessel, the stove section can be placed in the refrigerator, which can completely prevent breakage, fluctuations, and flame extinction of the gas hose (electrical wiring).

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of an opening / closing shutter.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a stove portion.

FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a first embodiment of the linking means.

FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram showing a second embodiment of the linking means.

[Explanation of symbols]

 4 Rice-washing part 5 Rice-cooking part 6 Rice-cooker 6A Inner pot 6B Outer pot 6C Stove part 6D Heat-sensing part 7 Lid 8 Frame 8A Handle 15 Operation part 16 Linking means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A rice washing section (5) for washing the weighed rice, and a rice cooking section (5) for adjusting the rice discharged from the rice washing section (4) with water to cook the rice. Is the handle (8
A pedestal (8) that has A) and is movable in the horizontal direction
An automatic rice cooker (1) comprising: a rice cooker (6) placed on a table and a lid (7) for opening and closing the rice cooker (6) by raising and lowering the rice cooker (6). A cooker (6A) and an outer cooker (6B) are provided, and a stove part (6C) on which the lower bottom part of the outer cooker (6B) is mounted via the frame (8) is fixedly provided. 6C) is provided with a heat-sensitive part (6D) for ignition, and the heat-sensitive part (6D) is movable up and down so as to press and separate from the inner pot (6A), and the handle (8A) of the mount (8). ) Is provided with an operating part (15) for moving up and down the lid (7) and the heat sensitive part (6D). The operation part (15), the lid (7) and the heat sensitive part (6D) are When closed in the lowered position When the heat-sensitive part (6D) is lifted and brought into pressure contact with the inner pot (6A) to bring it to the rice cooking posture, and when the lid (7) is opened in the raised position A linking means (16) for allowing the rice cooker (6) to move horizontally through the gantry (8) and for moving the heat-sensitive part (6D) away from the inner pot (6A) so as not to interfere with the gantry (8). )
An automatic rice cooker characterized by being linked with.