JPH07194486A - Rice cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To separately take out the rice cooker from a heating device by descending an inner pot temperature sensor to the place where no interference occurs at the time of horizontally moving an outer pot when an inner pot lid is positioned at the ascending position and ascending the inner pot temperature sensor so as to be in contact with the inner pot when the inner pot lid is positioned at the descending position. CONSTITUTION:A pulling plate 33 is moved to the front when a pulling tool 35 is pulled on this side with the hand on a handle part. An outer pot 32 and an inner pot 31 supported by the outer pot 32 are located on the taking out side. In this movement, the inner and outer pots 31 and 32 can be moved separately from a heating device 2 and a rice cooking iron pot 1 can easily be taken out. An inner pot temperature sensor 46 is located below the inner pot 31 when an inner pot lid 37 is moved upwards, resulting in giving no trouble to remove the inner pot 31. The inner pot 31 in the rice cooking pot 1 moved to a prescribed position is lifted up and removed and the rice is shifted from the inner pot 31 to the container.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rice cooker that cooks rice to make rice.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A rice cooker and a heater such as a stove are integrally formed. For example, when the rice is taken out after finishing the rice cooking operation, the rice cooker and the heater are integrally moved.

[0003]

However, since the rice cooker containing the rice and the heater are moved integrally, the work of taking out the rice is heavy and very easy to get tired.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a rice cooker capable of performing work easily, and has taken the following technical means. That is, the rice cooker 1 having the inner pot 31 and the outer pot 32 and the inner pot lid 37 for opening and closing the inner pot 31 are provided on the upper side of the heater 2 whose lateral movement is restricted, and the rice cooker 1 is attached. A rice washing machine having a valve 22 that is provided so as to be movable laterally with respect to the heating machine 2 and that vertically moves up and down below a receptacle 39 provided at a central portion of the inner pot lid 37 to open and close the rice discharge hole 20. A cylinder 16 is provided, and an inner pot temperature sensor 46 that can be raised and lowered to a position facing the valve 22 with the rice cooker 1 sandwiched therebetween and that can be brought into contact with and separated from the inner pot 31 is provided in the central portion of the heater 2, and the inner pot lid 37 is provided.
Is in the lowered position, the inner pot temperature sensor 46 is raised to contact the inner pot 31, and when the inner pot lid 37 is in the raised position, the inner pot temperature sensor 46 does not interfere with the lateral movement of the outer pot 32. The rice cooker is configured to descend to.

[0005]

[Function] For the rice washed in the rice washing cylinder 16, the valve 22 has the rice discharging hole 2
When 0 is opened, the rice drops from the rice discharging hole 20, passes through the receiving port 39 of the inner pot lid 37, and is stored in the inner pot 31. The inner pot lid 37 is put on the inner pot 31. The rice cooking work is started, and then the rice cooking work is finished by the detection of the inner pot temperature sensor 46. When the inner pot lid 37 is in the raised position, the inner pot temperature sensor 46 is lowered to a position where it does not interfere with the lateral movement of the outer pot 32. When the inner pot lid 37 is in the lowered position, the inner pot temperature sensor 46 is raised to contact the inner pot 31. The rice cooker 1 is moved laterally independently of the heater 2 and taken out.

[0006]

[Effect] Since the rice cooker 1 can be independently moved with respect to the heater 2, the inner cooker 31 and the outer cooker 32 containing rice can be easily taken out. Further, the inner pot temperature sensor 46 is the outer pot 3
Since it descends to a position where it does not interfere when moving in the horizontal direction of 2,
The rice cooker 1 can be moved smoothly without difficulty. In addition, the inner pot temperature is set at a position opposed to the valve 22 provided above the receiving port 39 provided at the central portion of the inner pot lid 37 that opens and closes the inner pot 31 that moves in the lateral direction and at the central portion of the heater 2. Sensor 4
Since the heater 6 is provided, the heater 2 can be arranged almost directly below the rice washing cylinder 16 and the body can be made compact. Further, since the heater 2 regulates the movement in the horizontal direction, the valve 22, the receiving port 39, and the inner pot temperature sensor 46 can be arranged in a vertical direction substantially in series, and the rice spills from the inner pot 31. Therefore, the temperature of the inner pot 31 can be detected well.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the structure thereof will be described. The rice washing and cooking device 3 is configured by arranging a rice storage unit 4, a rice washing unit 5, and a rice cooking unit 6 sequentially from the upper side. The rice storage unit 4 is a hollow tank having a rice storage unit 8 having upper and lower ends opened and a thin lower end, and a rice storage amount detection sensor 7 provided at the bottom, and a receiving hole in a part of the outer surface. And a rotatably provided hollow rice roll 9. Further, the rice storage 8 has a front wall integrally attached to a rectangular front plate 10. Then, the lower ends of the front plate 10 and the rear plate 11 are connected to the lower plate 12.

[0008] The rice cooking frame 13 has a pillar 14 which is erected at a predetermined interval in the left-right direction, and both pillars are connected by an upper end portion, an intermediate portion, and a lower end portion by a connecting body having a rectangular cross section. In addition, the leg frames 1 are attached to the lower ends of the columns 14.
5 is provided. The rice washing unit 5 has a cylindrical rice washing cylinder 16 whose upper end is detachably attached to the lower surface of the lower plate 12, and a rice washing blade 18 on the outer peripheral surface of a rotatably provided hollow shaft 17. The rice washing cylinder 16 has a tapered lower portion and an opened lower end, and a net 19 having a large number of drainage holes through which the rice does not pass along the extension of the tapered slope is installed in the lower end portion and drained to the bottom portion. A conical valve 22 for opening and closing a drainage jacket 21 having a rice hole 20 is detachably attached, and an opening / closing shaft 23 is provided so as to be movable in the vertical direction by vertical movement means such as a forward / reverse motor.
Is decorated.

Reference numeral 24 is a water supply pipe having an electromagnetic valve 25, 26 is a drainage box which is detachably attached to the drainage jacket 21 and has an opening / closing valve 27 which opens and closes the drainage port of the drainage jacket 21, and 28 has upper and lower end surfaces opened. Is a guide funnel formed in a funnel shape, the upper opening of which is seen through the discharged rice roll 9, and the lower opening of which is provided in the lower plate 12 so as to communicate with the rice washing cylinder 16. It is detachably attached to the lower plate facing the.

The rice storing section 4 and the rice washing section 5 are integrally formed.
Is a lateral moving means provided with a rotary roller 30 rolling on a connecting body provided on the upper end portion, a forward / reverse rotation motor (not shown) for rotating the rotary roller, and the like. It is configured so that it can reciprocate to a predetermined position and stop. The rice cooker 6 includes an inner pot 31 for storing rice, water, etc. and an outer pot 32 for supporting the inner pot 31.
The rice cooker 1 and the heater 2 for heating the inner pot 31 are provided. The outer hook 32 is fitted in a plurality of receiving holes (not shown) provided in the central portion of the drawer plate 33 to prevent lateral movement. Further, the drawer plate 33 is configured such that both left and right ends thereof in front view are attached to slide bearings 34 attached to the inner surface of the leg frame 15, and can be moved in the front-rear direction. Reference numerals 35 and 36 denote drawers in which the middle portion is bent at approximately 90 degrees and the base portion is attached to the front surface of each of the drawer plates 33.

The inner pot lid 37 is a shutter 38 which is moved directly below the rice discharge hole 20 by a solenoid (not shown).
It forms a receiving port 39 that can be opened and closed by and is supported by the inner pot 31. The inner hook 37 has a grip 4 at the front end.
0, and the base is pivotally attached to the middle part of a lid opening / closing arm 42 attached to a pivot shaft 41 that is pivotally provided with a shaft center in the left-right direction when viewed from the take-out side of the rice cooker 1. is doing.

The heater 2 uses a gas stove that uses gas as a heat source, and is configured to ignite gas by turning on an ignition switch 43. The legs 45 of the heater 2 are fixed to the receiving plate 44 attached to the leg frame 15. An inner pot temperature sensor 46 detects the temperature of the inner pot 31 by coming into contact with the outer surface of the bottom wall of the inner pot 31 when it moves to the upper side. It is attached to the upper end of the drive shaft 47. A rotary shaft 49 formed in a V-shape and having an intermediate portion in the horizontal direction
Which is attached to the rotary shaft 49 and rotates in the vertical direction about the axis of the rotary shaft 49. Then, the operating body 48
Is a pin 50 provided at the lower end of the vertical shaft 47 at the upper end.
Forming a groove into which the lower end portion and one end portion of the rotary shaft 41 are inserted.
Wire 52 attached to the fixture 51 attached to
Is connected to the other end. Therefore, when the malfunctioning body 48 opens the inner hook lid 37 (moves upward), the malfunctioning body 48 is rotated in the arrow A direction by the wire-52 pulled in association therewith,
The vertical shaft 47 is configured to move downward. In addition,
Each work is configured to be controlled by a microcomputer (not shown).

Next, the operation will be described. First, rice is supplied to the rice storage 8, and then various switches for setting the amount of cooked rice, the hardness, the degree of rice washing, etc. are operated to select a desired condition. Then, press the work switch to start the work
When set to "N", the discharged rice roll 9 rotates to guide the rice to the funnel 2
8. The rice is discharged from the communication hole 29 to the rice washing cylinder 16. When the amount of rice discharged reaches a predetermined amount, the rice discharging roll 9 stops rotating to stop the rice discharging operation.

Next, the hollow shaft 17 and the rice-washing blade 18 rotate to sharpen the rice, and the solenoid valve 25 opens to supply water from the water supply pipe 24 to the rice-washing cylinder 16. Therefore, the rice undergoes both polishing and washing in the washing cylinder. Then, the sewage generated by washing rice enters the drainage jacket 21 from the net 19, and is discharged from the drainage port of the drainage jacket 21 to the predetermined place through the drainage box 26. When the washing work is completed after a predetermined time has passed, the on-off valve 27 closes the drain port of the drain jacket 21,
Further, when a predetermined amount of water for cooking rice is supplied into the washing rice cylinder (when the water adjustment work is completed), the electromagnetic valve 25 is closed to stop the water supply.

When the opening / closing shaft 23 moves downward,
Since the valve 22 opens the rice discharging hole 20, the rice and water in the rice washing cylinder pass through the rice discharging hole 20 and the receiving port 39 and fall into the inner pot 31 to be stored therein. After a predetermined time, the shutter 38 opens the inner pot lid. The receptacle 39 of 37 is closed. When the preparation for the rice cooking work is completed, the worker turns on the ignition switch 43 to start the rice cooking. After that, when each of the rice cooking and the wiping operation is completed, the operator lifts the lid opening / closing arm 42 and moves the inner pot lid 37 to a position higher than the inner pot 31. In connection with this, the wire-52 rotates the actuating body 48 downward, that is, in the direction of arrow a to move the vertical movement shaft 47 and the inner pot temperature sensor 46 downward.

Next, when the grip portion 40 of the drawer 35 is held and pulled toward the front side, the drawer plate 33 is moved to the front side (takeout side).
The outer hook 32 and the inner hook 31 supported by the outer hook 32 are moved to the take-out side. During this movement, the inner pot 31 and the outer pot 32 can move independently of the heater 2 which is a heating source, so that the operator can
Can be taken out and the working condition can be easily performed. Further, since the inner pot temperature sensor 46 is located below the virtual movement path of the inner pot 31 when the inner pot lid 37 is moved upward,
It does not hinder the work of taking out the inner pot 31. In addition, since the heat source gas pipe, electric wire, etc. do not expand or contract, or move, it is possible to prevent cracking or damage due to bending, for example. Then, the inner pot 31 of the rice cooker 1 that has moved to a predetermined position is lifted and taken out, and the inner pot 31 is transferred to a container.

Subsequently, when performing work, a new inner pot 31 is set on the outer pot 32, and then the grip portion 40 is held and pushed to a predetermined position on the back (rear) side. Then, when the lid opening / closing arm 42 is held and lowered to a predetermined position on the lower side, the inner pot 37 also moves downward in relation to this and the inner pot 31 is closed. In this case, since the actuating body 48 is rotated by the wire 52 in the direction opposite to the arrow A, the up-and-down moving shaft 47 moves upward to bring the inner pot temperature sensor 47 into contact with the outer surface of the bottom wall of the inner pot 31. To do. Therefore, at the time of rice cooking work, the inner pot temperature sensor 46 detects the temperature of the inner pot 31 and outputs temperature information, and in connection with this, the rice cooker control suitable for the work (for example, the heating amount. Temperature, etc.) can be performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a rice washing and rice cooking device.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a rice washing and cooking device.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of the rice washing and cooking device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Rice Cooker 2 Heater 16 Rice Washing Cylinder 20 Rice Ejection Hole 22 Valve 31 Inner Pot 32 Outer Pot 37 Inner Pot Lid 39 Receiving Port 46 Inner Pot Temperature Sensor

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A rice cooker 1 having an inner pot 31 and an outer pot 32, and an inner pot lid 37 for opening and closing the inner pot 31 are provided on the upper side of a heating device 2 whose lateral movement is restricted, and the rice cooker is also provided. Kettle 1
Is provided so as to be movable laterally with respect to the heater 2, and has a valve 22 which vertically moves up and down below a receiving port 39 provided in the central portion of the inner pot lid 37 to open and close the rice discharge port 20. An inner pot temperature sensor 46 is provided which is provided with a rice washing cylinder 16 and which can be raised and lowered to a position facing the valve 22 with the rice cooker 1 interposed therebetween and which can be brought into and out of contact with the inner pot 31.
Is provided in the center of the heater 2, and when the inner pot lid 37 is in the lowered position, the inner pot temperature sensor 46 is raised to contact the inner pot 31, and when the inner pot lid 37 is in the raised position, the inner pot is A rice cooker configured to lower the temperature sensor 46 to a position that does not interfere with the lateral movement of the outer pot 32.