JPH0760137A - Washed polished rice discharge controller for rice washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to prohibit the discharge of washed polished rice by an erroneous operation when a polished rice receiver is not installed. CONSTITUTION:A means 55 for setting an operating device is operated after the installation of the polished rice receiver 4 under a rice washing device 3 is confirmed. Further, the washed polished rice is not discharged to the polished rice receiver 4 from the rice washing device 3 unless this operation device 5 is operated. Then, the discharge of the washed polished rice is prohibited unless the polished rice receiver 4 is installed even if the operating device 5 is erroneously operated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a discharged rice control device for washed rice in a rice washing machine, and can be used in a rice washing machine for a rice washing and cooking device in commercial facilities.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional rice washing machine, it is possible to confirm various data and various sensor states of white rice stored in an upper rice storage tank by operating an operating device. When the flow rate of water is further detected, a set amount of white rice is weighed and supplied from the rice storage tank to the rice washing machine, and the rice washing machine performs rice washing and water adjustment, and when these are completed, By operating the operating device, both the washed rice and the washed rice are automatically discharged into the polished rice receiver mounted on the pedestal under the rice washer.

Immersion is carried out in either a rice washing machine or a white rice receptor, whichever is set. After soaking, the washed rice and water stored in the polished rice receiver are pulled out of the cradle and moved to the front, and the polished rice receiver is carried to the rice cooker position, for example. Then, washed rice and water are supplied into the rice cooker. When performing the above work, in the state where the white rice receptor is not mounted on the lower side of the rice washer, if the operation until the water addition or dipping is completed and the operation device is operated erroneously, The washed white rice will be discharged onto the cradle even in the absence of the white rice receptor, or if the rice rinsing machine is arranged in a state inclined downward to the drawer side of the cradle, There was a case where the pedestal naturally moved and the white rice receptor was not in a predetermined position, but it is intended to eliminate these.

[0004]

Therefore, the present invention provides
It is equipped with a white rice receptor 4 that receives washed white rice on a cradle 12 that can be pulled out freely under the rice washing machine 3 that receives the supply of white rice from the rice storage tank 2 and performs each work such as weighing, washing rice and adjusting water The operation control device 20 is provided with setting means 55 for setting whether or not the white rice receiver 4 is mounted, and the operation control device 20 discharges the washed rice after the operation. It is configured as a washed rice discharge control device of a rice washing machine characterized by controlling.

Further, a white rice receiver 4 for receiving washed white rice can be mounted on a pedestal 12 provided below the rice washing device 3 so as to incline upward in the drawing direction so as to hold the receiving surface 13 horizontally. Along with the provision, setting means 55 for setting the presence or absence of the white rice receiver 4 is provided in the operating device 5 for driving, and the operation control device 20 controls the discharge of the washed white rice based on the operation of the setting means 55. The configuration of the washed rice discharge control device of the rice washing machine, which is characterized in that

[0006]

The operation and effect of the white rice stored in the rice storage tank 2 in the upper part of the rice washing machine is controlled by operating the operating device 5.
When various data and various sensor states are confirmed and the flow rate of water is further detected, a set amount of white rice is weighed and supplied from the rice storage tank 2 to the rice washing machine 3, and this rice washing machine 3 After washing rice and adjusting water, etc., when these are completed, the operator determines whether or not the white rice receptor 4 is mounted on the receiving surface 13 of the receiving table 12 on the lower side of the rice washing device 3, and the rice is mounted. If it is determined that the rice has been washed, both the washed rice and the water are automatically discharged into the rice receiver 4 by operating the setting device 55 and then operating the operating device 5.

Immersion is carried out either in the rice washing machine 3 or in the white rice receptor 4
One of them is set by the operation of the operation device 5. The washed rice and water stored in the polished rice receiver 4 after completion of the immersion are pulled out of the pedestal 12 to move the polished rice receiver 4 to the front, and the polished rice receiver 4
Is carried to, for example, a rice cooker position, and both washed-polished white rice and water are supplied into the rice cooker.

According to the above, when the washed rice and water are discharged into the polished rice receiver 4, it is confirmed whether or not the polished rice receiver 4 is mounted on the pedestal 12, and after the mounting is confirmed, the setting means is set. If 55 is operated and the operation device 5 is not operated after this operation, the washed rice and water cannot be discharged from the rice washing device 3 into the white rice receiving device 4, so that the white rice receiving device 4 cannot be discharged. It will not be discharged if it is not on the lower side of the rice washing machine 3, and the pedestal 12 will be inclined upward in the drawing direction to hold the pedestal surface 13 horizontally so that the pedestal 12 will move naturally. The pedestal 12 is no longer pulled out.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The illustrated example shows a rice washing machine 1 for storing, washing, and immersing white rice. The rice washing machine 1 is a rice storage tank 2 for storing white rice, and washing, soaking, and immersing rice in the supply of white rice. 1 shows a state including a vessel 3, a white rice receptor 4 for immersing and storing washed rice, and an operating device 5.

The machine frame 6 includes left and right rear parts on the left and right sides in the vertical direction.
Right rear pillars 7a, 7b, left and right bottom frames 8a, 8b in the front-rear direction on the lower left and right sides, and upper, middle, lower rear frames 9a, 9 in the left-right direction
b, 9c and the like, and these left and right bottom frames 8
Left and right support frames 10a and 10b are attached to the inner side surfaces of a and 8b in an upwardly inclined state in the pulling direction (front portion), and the left and right slide rails can be freely drawn into these support frames 10a and 10b. The left and right slide rails 11a and 11b are mounted between the left and right slide rails 11a and 11b in such a manner that the levers 11a and 11b are inclined upward in the pulling-out direction (front part) and one side surface is mounted in the same state as the support frames 10a and 10b with bolts and nuts. And the pedestal 12 on the other side
This pedestal 11 is mounted with bolts and nuts, etc., while the pedestal surface 13 of the pedestal is in a horizontal state. A plurality of rollers 14 'are provided.

The polished rice receiver 4 is a receiving surface 1 of a receiving table 12.
3 is configured so that an operator can easily mount it on the pedestal 3, and by manually pulling out the handle 14, the pedestal 12 slides upward in the pulling-out direction.
The pedestal surface 13 is configured to slide in the horizontal state, and the pedestal 12 is configured to naturally prevent the sliding movement in the drawing direction.

The rice storage tank 2 includes left and right rear columns 7a, 7
The rice washing tank 3 is provided below the rice storage tank 2 and the rice washing container 3 is provided below the rice washing device 3. The rice storage tank 2 has a scale 15 at the bottom. This measuring instrument 15 has a rotary cylinder in the form of a hollow cylinder as the shaft 1.
6 is rotated by a metering motor 17 to pump out the rice in the rice storage tank 2 while rotating the rice in a fixed amount. The rotation sensor 18 detects the number of rotations of the shaft 16. It is configured to input to the CPU 21 of the operation control device 20 in the operation device 5 having a computer to perform measurement (as volume or weight).

The rice washing device 3 is located below the rice storage tank 2, and has a stirring rod 23 rotated by a vertical stirring shaft 22 in a central portion thereof and a worm gear 25 and the like by a rice washing motor 24 provided above. A discharge port 27 is provided in the bottom portion of the discharge valve 26 so as to be conductively rotated through the discharge port. The discharge valve 26 is integrated with a lower end portion of a valve shaft 28 which is inserted along the center of the stirring shaft 22, and an upper portion of the valve shaft 28 is vertically operated by a discharge motor 29 through a crank mechanism or the like. It is configured.

The outlet 27 is connected to a drainage chamber (A) 31 with a mesh 30 on the outer periphery thereof, and the drainage valve 32 in the drainage chamber (A) 31 is opened and closed to supply tap water to the lower nozzle. It is possible to supply water from 33 to the inside of the rice washer 3 or to drain water after washing rice. A water supply pipe 35 which is guided from a water pipe through a flow sensor 34 is opened and closed by a solenoid valve 36 to supply water.
3 and an upper shower 38 which is opened and closed by a solenoid valve 37 to supply water, and is configured to be able to supply water for washing rice and for adjusting water from the upper and lower portions of the rice washing machine 3.
Further, the drain valve 32 in the drain chamber (A) 31 is opened / closed by a solenoid 39 via a wire 40, a bell crank 41 and the like. Reference numeral 41 'is a lower water supply valve.

The rice washing device 3 is deviated toward the front side of the rice storage tank 2, and the drain chamber (A) 31 connected to the drain chamber (B) 42 at the lower end of the rice washing device 3 is rearwardly arranged. The drainage chamber (A) 31 has a shape that does not project outward from the lower region of the rice storage tank 2 in the upper portion. A lid 43 is provided on the rice storage tank 2 so as to be openable and closable so that rice can be supplied and filled. In addition, a rice lower limit sensor 44 for detecting a decrease in rice and urging the supply of rice with a buzzer or the like is provided under the rice storage tank 2. A water upper limit sensor 45 for detecting the full supply of the washing water is provided on the upper part of the rice washing machine 3, and further water supply is discharged from the overflow port 46 to the outside of the machine. Reference numeral 47 is an inspection lid that opens and closes the outer peripheral portion of the rice washing machine 3.

The operating device 5 is mounted on the front surface of the rice storage tank 2 on the pedestal 12, and the operating device 5 has a box shape, and various kinds of ON-OFF switch system are provided on the surface plate of the box body. The operation means, the LED display unit, and the like are arranged. The operation device 5 is configured so as to be commonly used for a rice washing and rice cooking device such as a commercial facility. The display unit 49 normally displays the time, but when the display other than the time is desired to return to the time display, the clock means 50 may be pressed. When the test means 51 is pressed, various display lamps arranged around the display part 49, that is, the help number 52 displayed by the operation means number, the timer reservation 53, the current time 54, and the installation of the white rice receptor 4 are set. Setting means 55, this setting means 55 is an ON-OFF switch system, and L is set by the first operation.
The ED is turned on and displayed, the LED is turned off by the second operation, and the turning on and off are alternately repeated. Cumulative number 56, reserved number 57 and the rice storage tank 2
A step display 58 is sequentially displayed for displaying the steps such as rice replenishment, rice washing, soaking, and soaking in the white rice receptor 4, completion of washing, and remaining time. When the weighing means 59 is pushed, the weighing motor 17 is driven and the weighing device 15 is rotated once. When the rice washing means 60 is pushed, the rice washing motor 24 is driven and the stirring rod 23 is rotated. If the upper water supply means 61, the lower water supply means 62, etc. are pushed, the respective solenoid valves 36, 3
7 is opened and water is supplied into the rice washer 3. When the water level means 63 is pushed, the drainage is adjusted by opening the drainage valve 32 by the output of the solenoid 39 so that the water level in the rice washing device 3 becomes the water level set by the water level adjustment means 64 from the time of detection by the water upper limit sensor 45. It When the drainage means 65 is pushed, the drainage valve 32 is opened by the output of the solenoid 39, and the rice washing drainage is performed through the net 30. If the dropping means 66 is pressed after the LED is turned on by the operation of the setting means 55, the discharge motor 2
9 is driven to open the discharge valve 26. By pressing the reset means 67, the error display flag of the display unit 49 can be canceled. Such test means 51 to reset means 67
Etc. are mainly operated when inspecting before starting work.

As the setting means, the water adding / decreasing means 64 is used.
In addition to the above, a rice cooking amount means 68 for setting the amount of cooked rice, a washing method means 69 for setting the rice washing method, a dipping means 70 for setting the dipping time, a mode means 72 for setting the rice cooking mode, etc. are arranged, and each of them is appropriately arranged. Can be set to. 74 is
A hook setting means for setting the number of hooks, 75 is a measuring device 15
The operating means operated when starting and temporarily stopping the weighing operation of No. 7, 76 is a timer setting means for setting a reservation timer, 77 is clear means for clearing the cumulative number of kettles displayed on the display section 49, and 78 is This is a help means for displaying the failure point by a number by pressing when the failure point to be alarmed by the error lamp 79 or the buzzer 80 is unknown.

The operation process of rice washing is as follows: Weighing by the weighing machine 15 → Rice washing by the rice washing machine 3 → Rice washing part by intermittent shower from the upper shower 38 in the rice washing machine 3
This is a configuration in which each step of dipping → addition of water in the rice washing device 3 → discharging rice in the white rice receiver 4 by opening the discharge valve 26 is performed.
In addition, the immersion in the polished rice receiver 4 can be selected, and either the rice washing device 3 or the polished rice receiver 4 is selected for immersion.

By appropriately setting the dipping step in the white rice receiver 4 as the dipping time by the dipping means 70, it is possible to efficiently carry out the process of washing rice → dipping in the rice washing device 3. . As for the setting of the immersion time by the immersion means 70, either one or both of them may be set. These immersion times are calculated by the CPU 21, and the immersion time in the rice washing machine 3 after this rice washing is calculated and controlled. Water adjustment is started by the outputs of the solenoid valves 36 and 37 so that the immersion time becomes equal to the set value.

By operating the washing method 69, five stages are set from lightly washing rice to careful washing.
When washing rice, set which washing mode to use in advance. When any one of the five steps is selected by the washing method 69, the washing motor 24, the upper water supply solenoid valve 37, the lower water supply solenoid valve 36, and the drain valve 32 are passed through the CPU 21. Solenoid 3
9 is output to control rice washing.

In each of the five modes of washing, the control output includes the washing time, the upper water supply time, the lower water supply time, the drainage time,
Change the number of times such as rice washing, the time for the entire rice washing process, etc. for each process such as bran removal, polishing, rough rinsing, and finishing rinsing due to overflow, etc. The mode is set in 5 steps and is stored.

In order to clean the inside of the rice washing device 3, the discharge valve (B) 42 of the discharge port 27 having the discharge valve 32 as shown in FIG.
Is configured as a cylindrical shape, and the communication passages 81 and 82 between the one side drainage chamber (A) 31 and the drainage chamber (B) are formed.
It is set in a tangential direction with respect to 42, and the pair of left and right drainage valves 32 and the water level valve 83 are opposed to the ends of the communication passages 81 and 82 on the drainage chamber (A) 31 side so as to open and close. Further, the lower nozzle 33 of the water supply pipe 35 is seen in the communication passage 81.

Like the drain valve 32, the water level valve 83 is opened / closed via a solenoid 84, a wire 85, etc. When the lower water is supplied from the lower nozzle 33, the communication passage 81 is closed to drain the water. Guide to room (B) 42 side. Further, when draining water after washing rice, the drain valve 32 is controlled to open. After the washing of rice is completed, the rice and water are dropped by opening the discharge valve 26, and immediately after that, the drain valve 32 and the water level valve 83 are kept closed, the solenoid valve 37 of the top water supply is opened, and water is supplied from the upper shower 38. By doing so, the bran, dust, etc. adhering to the inside of the rice washing device 3 can be washed away. Immediately after that, the drain valve 32 is opened and water is supplied from the lower nozzle 33. From the above into the drainage chamber (B) 42 in a swirling manner, and this cleaning water is drained from the communication passage 82 on the opposite side to the drainage chamber (A) 31, so that effective cleaning can be performed. Reference numeral 86 is a drainage port of the drainage chamber (A) 31. An overflow pipe 87 causes the overflow water from the overflow port 46 to once flow through the drainage chamber (A) 31 to the drainage port 86.

The operation control device 20 is provided in the operating device 19 and is a CPU for inputting the operation of the setting means 55, the operating means 75 and other various means and the detection of various sensors.
21. From this CPU 21, through the panel circuit 88 to the display section 49, through various display and drive circuits 89, the respective motors 17,
24, 29, the solenoid valves 36, 37, the solenoid 39, the buzzer 80, etc. are controlled to start and stop.

The operation control device 20 also has a construction which also serves as a white rice discharge control device 90 for controlling the discharge of washed rice, and the discharge control of washed rice is performed as shown in the following flow chart (FIG. 1). It is a composition to be used. That is, it is started (step 101), various setting data is confirmed (step 102), the states of various sensors are confirmed (step 103), the water pressure is confirmed by the flow rate sensor 34 (step 104), and the measuring process. (Step 10)
5), the rice washing process such as bran removal, polishing, rough rinsing and finish rinsing is performed (step 106), and setting means 55O
If N is detected, the LED is turned on (step 107), and if NO is detected, the process proceeds to the colander raising process (step 10).
8) and the configuration is returned to step 107. When YES is detected, the process proceeds to the step of discharging (dropping) from the rice washing device 3 to the white rice receiving device 4 (step 109), and dipping in either the rice washing device 3 or the white rice receiving device 4 The process is transferred to (step 110), the rice washing is completed (step 111), and the process is completed (step 11).
2).

The operation of the above embodiment will be described below. The white rice supplied from the rice storage tank 2 into the rice washing machine 3 is
Rice is washed, water is added and dipped in the rice washing device 3, and when these are finished, it is checked whether or not the white rice receiver 4 is mounted on the receiving surface 13 of the receiving base 12 on the lower side of the rice washing device 3. If the operator judges that the rice is loaded, the setting means 55 of the operating device 5 is operated, and then the dropping means 66 of the operating device 5 is operated, whereby the washed rice and water in the rice washing machine 3 are washed. And both are discharged from the rice washing device 3 into the white rice receiver 4.

[Brief description of drawings]

 The figure shows an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram.

FIG. 3 is an overall front view of a rice washing machine.

FIG. 4 is an overall side view of the rice washing machine.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a rice washing machine.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged side view of the rice washing device part.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged plan sectional view of the drainage section.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged side view of the machine frame.

9 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 10 is an enlarged front view of the operating device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Rice storage tank 3 Rice washer 4 White rice receptor 5 Operating device 12 Cradle 13 Cradle surface 20 Operation control device 55 Setting means

Front page continued (72) Inventor Naoki Tokunaga 1515 Tokumaru, Matsumae-cho, Iyo-gun, Ehime Hit Engineering Co., Ltd. (72) Masahiro Yamazaki 1515 Tokumaru, Matsumae-cho, Iyo-gun, Ehime Hit Engineering Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. White rice for receiving washed white rice on a cradle 12 provided under the rice washing device 3 for freely performing operations such as weighing, washing, and adjusting water by receiving the white rice supplied from the rice storage tank 2. The receiver 4 is provided so that it can be mounted freely, and the operating device 5 that is operated is provided with setting means 55 for setting whether or not the white rice receiver 4 is installed, and the washed white rice is operated based on the operation of the setting means 55. A discharge control device for washed rice in a rice washing machine, wherein discharge control is performed by a control device 20. 2. The pedestal surface 13 is held horizontally by inclining in the pulling direction to the lower side of the rice washing machine 3 which receives the supply of white rice from the rice storage tank 2 and performs various operations such as weighing, washing, and adjusting the amount of water. A white rice receiver 4 for receiving washed white rice is provided on a cradle 12 that can be pulled out as much as possible, and a setting means 55 for setting whether or not the white rice receiver 4 is installed is provided in an operating device 5 for driving. An operation control device (20) controls the discharge of the washed rice after washing the rice based on an operation of the setting means (55).