JPH0785730B2 - Bread maker - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bread maker for automatically baking bread at a desired time at home.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When baking bread, ingredients such as wheat flour, yeast, an appropriate amount of fats and oils such as butter or shortening, sugar, salt, and milk powder are put in a container together with water. If you want to bake the bread at the desired time, for example, at 7 am, it takes about 3 and a half to 4 hours for the bread making process, that is, mixing, fermentation bench time, baking, etc.
The bread-making process must be started from time to time.

Especially in the cold season, the bread ingredients and the water are cold, so if water is poured into the bread ingredients in advance,
During the period from the evening of the previous day to 3:00 am of the following day, the cells of yeast cells were opened and the contents (glutathione, etc.) leaked out, and the resilience was lost, and the baking process started around 3:00 am At times, the fermentation effect is lost, so
At the start of the bread making process, water was poured from a water tank attached to the bread making machine at the same time as the start of the mixing.

[0004]

In a conventional bread maker that automatically bakes bread at home, a water tank is provided to separate water from yeast and bread ingredients, or yeast is stored separately. For this reason, a separate yeast storage box was provided, and the operation to add them together was performed after the bread-making process was started, so the structure of the bread maker became complicated, and its control circuit also became complicated, increasing the cause of failures. Also, there are many inconveniences such as an increase in cost.

[0005]

A bread maker according to the present invention is provided with a rotary blade for mixing at the bottom, and a bread container for holding bread ingredients, yeast, and water, and a heater for heating the bread container. In a bread maker that is equipped with an oven and a motor that drives a rotary blade for mixing, in a bread maker that performs a bread making process of kneading, fermentation, and baking, yeast yeast or water is used until the start of the bread making process. It does not have a means to store it separately from the bread container.

[0006]

Example: Bread ingredients containing wheat flour as a main component and containing oils and fats are put in a container, and water is infused into the ingredients of breads containing oils and fats unless they are stirred or mixed even if water is poured. It was found that the speed was very slow and only penetrated about 5 mm in 8-9 hours.

The present invention was conceived on the basis of such knowledge, and as shown in FIG. 1, a bread container 3 having a mixing blade 4 at the bottom of a bread maker body 9 is provided. When,
An oven 10 having a heater 11 for heating the bread container 3, a rotary blade 4 for mixing, a belt 8 and a pulley 7 are provided.
A motor 6 for rotating through a motor, a motor 6 and a heater 1.
1 and a control unit 5 having a timer for controlling 1, and does not have a means for storing yeast bacteria or warm water separately from the bread container 3 until the start of the baking process.

Next, a procedure for making bread by the bread maker of the present invention having the above-described structure will be described.

As shown in FIG. 2, a prescribed amount of yeast 1 is sprinkled into the bottom of the bread container 3, and bread ingredients 2 such as wheat flour, oils, fats, sugars, salt, and milk powder are placed on the bottom of the bread container 3 and further at 35 ° C. Pour about 12 warm water.

When the bread making process is started immediately, the motor 6 is driven to rotate the rotary vanes 4 to start the mixing, and the bread is baked through the steps of fermentation, bench time and baking.

To bake bread at a desired time, for example, around 7 am, set a timer at 3-4 am and sprinkle yeast fungus 1 on the bottom of the bread container 3,
Bread ingredients 2 such as wheat flour, fats and oils, sugar, salt and powdered milk are put on it, and hot water 12 at about 35 ° C. is further poured.

Thus, even if the bread ingredient 2 and the warm water 12 are put in the bread container 3 at the same time and left as they are, it is difficult for the water 12 to penetrate into the bread ingredient 2 unless they are stirred or mixed.
Even if it is left for 9 hours, it penetrates only about 5 mm, so that the yeast 1 sprayed on the bottom is not affected by water.

At 3:00 am to 4:00 am, the control unit 5 is activated by a timer.
When the operation starts and the mixing is started, the yeast 1 and the bread ingredient 2 and the separated water 12 are mixed, and after the baking process of fermentation, bench time and baking, around 7 am The bread is baked.

The reason why hot water of about 35 ° C. is used instead of cold water is that when cold water of 5 ° C. or less is used in severe cold, a substance of glutathione is leached from the yeast and the susceptibility of bread is deteriorated. . Even if warm water of about 35 ° C. is left for several hours, since it is surrounded by the oven 10, the temperature does not drop significantly and the bread is not greatly affected.

In the bread making procedure described above,
Yeast is sprinkled on the bottom of the bread container 3,
As shown in FIG. 3, hot water 12 at about 35 ° C. is poured into the bottom of the bread container 3, and the bread ingredient 2 such as flour, fats and oils, sugar, salt, and milk powder is put on the bottom of the bread ingredient 2 surface. It is also possible to sprinkle a prescribed amount of yeast strain 1 on and leave it until the start of the baking process.

Alternatively, the yeast and the bread ingredients may be mixed and placed in the bread container 3, and at the same time, hot water may be poured and left to stand until the start of the baking process. In this case, at the boundary between the hot water and the bread ingredients. Some yeasts come in contact with warm water, but most other yeasts have closed cell networks, so even if some yeasts become original living yeasts and start fermentation, 10 hours left
It was proved that it was not significantly affected within the time, and it was found that it did not hinder the expansion of the bread.

[0017]

As is clear from the description based on the above embodiments, according to the bread maker of the present invention, the ingredients of bread containing wheat flour as a main component and the yeast are put in a container and water is poured thereinto. As long as the yeast does not stir or mix, it does not ferment by acting with water before mixing, so there is no need to provide a water tank or yeast storage box separately and operate at the start of mixing. The structure of the pan is simplified, the cause of failure can be reduced, and the cost of the device can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a bread making method using the bread maker of the present invention, prior to the bread making step, the bread ingredients are placed in a bread container,
Sectional drawing which shows the state which put yeast bacteria and warm water.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing a modified example of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols] 1 yeast fungus 2 bread material 3 bread container 4 rotary blade for mixing 5 control unit 9 bread-making device body 10 oven

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A bread maker in which yeast, various materials and water are put in a material container and the steps such as mixing and fermentation are automated, and the material container stores all the yeast, various materials and water. The bread maker is characterized in that the start time of the process is controlled by a timer. 2. A bread container at the bottom of which a mixing rotary blade is attached to hold bread ingredients, yeast, and water,
In a bread maker that includes an oven equipped with a heater for heating the bread container and a motor that drives the mixing blades, a bread maker that performs a bread making process of kneading, fermentation, and baking. A bread maker characterized in that it does not have means for storing yeast or water separately from the bread container until the start of the process.