JPH0856837A - Rice cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To improve efficiency of use of a rice washing tank and to perform simply and easily feeding of rice by arranging a plurality of automatic rice cookers on the upper part of a rice storage container with a built-in measuring instrument and providing freely movably and stoppably rice washing tanks just above it. CONSTITUTION: Rice in a rice storage container 2 is measured by means of a measuring instrument 3 and is lifted through a lift device 7 and is fed into a rice washing tank 9 through a chute 8. Then, the rice is washed by rotating a stirring member 11 and, after rice washing is finished, the rice is fed into the first rice cooker 6 by opening a conical valve 13 while the quantity of water is controlled and the process is transferred to a rice cooking process by igniting gas. During this rice cooking process, the next rice washing is performed and the first rice cooker 6 which has finished rice cooking is taken out of an apparatus main body 1 through a sliding trestle 5 and a measured washed rice is fed into the second rice cooker 6 and the rice washing tank 9 is moved to the quantity measuring position and the rice to be measured is received thereby. On the other hand, the second rice cooker 6 is transferred to the cooking process and the first rice cooker 6 is reset. The rice washing tank 9 is efficiently utilized by this repeating.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rice cooker and is used in kitchens such as large restaurants, Chinese restaurants, sushi restaurants, and hotels.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A rice cooker that automates the steps of weighing rice, washing rice, and cooking rice is known from Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 57-53452. In this conventional example, a rice washing device for automatically measuring and washing rice in the main body of the device and a removable rice cooker provided under the rice washing device are provided, and the rice washing device and the rice cooker are a set. However, it was suitable for small-scale rice cooking for household use, but was not suitable for medium-scale rice cooking, for example, 150 to 200 meals / hour of rice cooking.

That is, the rice-washing device is idle while the rice is cooked in the rice cooker, and there is a problem in efficiency. on the other hand,
There is a method of separately performing the rice washing process and the rice cooking process, that is, a technique of washing a large amount of rice at once and then cooking multiple rice in a continuous furnace or a multi-chamber furnace. It is difficult to control, and if it takes a long time to put it in the rice cooker after washing the rice, there is a problem that the washed rice is softened and the cooked rice becomes bad.

Therefore, the applicant of the present invention has a rice washing device for washing the weighed rice and a rice cooker for receiving the cooked rice and cooking the rice, and the rice cooker is removable from the device body. In the rice cooker, a plurality of the rice cookers are arranged in a straight line or a circular arc on the substantially same plane at the lower side in the main body of the rice cooker, and the rice washing device is separately provided above each rice cooker for each rice cooker. A rice cooker that is movable to supply washed rice has been proposed (see Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-56850).

[0005]

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-56850
The commercial rice cooker described in the publication has advantages such as efficient use of a rice washing device (tank) and easy and easy rice replenishment, but a hopper that receives rice from a lift device is provided. Since the hopper is provided in the upper part and the weighing machine is provided, the whole apparatus becomes bulky, and there is a problem that it is very difficult to perform because the maintenance of the weighing machine including the hopper is high.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the rice washing tank can be efficiently used, and the rice can be easily and easily replenished, and the whole device can be designed to be low in bulk, so that it can be easily installed in the kitchen room and the weighing machine can be maintained. It is an object of the present invention to provide a rice cooking device, especially a commercial rice cooking device that can be easily processed.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention relates to a rice storage 2 for storing rice, a rice weighing machine 3, a rice washing tank 9 for washing the weighed rice, and automatic rice cooking for receiving the washed rice and cooking the rice. In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the following technical means is taken in the rice cooker provided with the cooker 6. That is, according to the present invention, the rice storage 2 is provided at the lowermost stage, and a plurality of the automatic rice cookers 6 are arranged on the upper part of the rice storage 2 on the same plane with a space therebetween. The tank 9 is movable and stopable so as to face directly above the plurality of automatic rice cookers 6, the weighing machine 3 is incorporated in the rice storage 2, and the rice weighed by the weighing machine 3 is stored. A lift device 7 for supplying to the rice washing tank 9 is provided.

Further, in the present invention, the number of the automatic rice cookers 6 is arranged so that the number of the rice cookers can be increased or decreased, and the lift device 3 can be provided on one side of the device body 1.

[0009]

According to the present invention, the rice in the rice storage 2 is weighed by the weighing device 3 and supplied to the rice washing tank 9 through the lift device 7 to shift to the rice washing process. After the rice washing, the first rice cooker below the rice cooker. It is put in No. 6 and the rice cooking process is started by gas ignition or the like. While the rice is cooked in the first rice cooker 6, the next measured amount of rice is put into the rice washing tank 9 to shift to the rice washing process, and the rice is moved horizontally after the rice washing process or after the second rice cooker. Wait immediately above 6.

When the rice cooking process of the first rice cooker 6 is almost completed,
Rice is dropped from the rice washing tank 9 to the second rice cooker 6 with the water added, and the second rice cooker 6 shifts to the rice cooking process, while the rice washing tank 9 receives the measured rice for the next rice cooking. Enter the rice washing process. Therefore, one rice washing tank 9 is efficiently used for a plurality of rice cookers 6, and the rice storage 2 is at the lowest stage, so that rice can be easily supplied.

Further, since the weighing machine 3 is incorporated in the lowermost rice storage box 2, the whole apparatus becomes bulky and the weighing machine 3
Maintenance is also easy.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIGS. 1 to 3, the apparatus main body 1 is formed in a box shape having an internal space, and the rice storage is at the bottom of the box. 2 is provided, and a meter 3 such as a rotary type is incorporated in the rice storage 2, and rice can be replenished through a door 4 that can be opened and closed.

A plurality of automatic rice cookers 6 for gas, electricity, etc. are arranged on the top of the rice storage 2 via a slide base 5 at intervals on the same plane. Each rice cooker 6 can be inserted into and removed from the front side, and the number of rice cookers 6 can be increased or decreased on condition that a plurality of rice cookers are used. The weighed rice cut out from the weighing machine 3 can be lifted by a lift device 7 standing upright on one side of the device body 1, and the lifted weighed rice can be put into a rice washing tank 9 via a chute 8. Is.

The lift device 7 is shown as a bucket elevator in which a bucket is attached to an endless belt or chain, and weighing rice is received in the bucket at the lower part of the casing and conveyed through a chute 8 at the upper part, which is a screw conveyor. And so on. The rice washing tank 9 has a funnel-shaped lower portion, is equipped with a stirring member 11 which is rotatable around a vertical axis center by a motor 10, and has a conical valve 13 which can be opened and closed at a rice discharging port 12 at a lower end. The conical valve 13 has a valve shaft inserted into the hollow shaft of the stirring member 11, and the rice bar 1 is moved by moving the valve shaft up and down by a cam (not shown).
It is designed to open and close 2.

The rice washing tank 9 has a pair of horizontal rails 14.
It is mounted so as to be reciprocally movable in the horizontal direction via wheels 9A driven by a motor, and is stopped relative to directly above the rice cooker 6 arranged below.
In the rice washing tank 9, water is supplied by a shower means (not shown), and rice is washed (including polishing) by driving the stirring member 11 after water supply,
After controlling the amount of water after washing the rice, clear rice and the rice outlet 12
It is possible to put washed rice into the rice cooker 6 that is waiting for downwards from below under the condition of water addition, and these are automatically controlled.

It should be noted that the rice washing tank 9 can be freely reciprocated and stopped, and the water supply hose or the like for this is made a length in consideration of the moving length of the tank. Next, an example of the operation of the above-described embodiment will be described. The rice in the rice storage 2 is weighed by the weighing device 3, lifted by the lift device 7, and dropped into the rice washing tank 9 by the chute 8. .

The stirring member 11 with the conical valve 13 closed.
The rice is washed (polished) by the rotation of and the rice is thrown into the first rice cooker 6 by opening the conical valve 13 while controlling the water amount after the predetermined washing. Next, the first rice cooker 6 is ignited with gas to shift to the rice cooking process, while the weighed rice is put into the rice washing tank 9 and the same rice washing work as described above is performed using the time zone of the rice cooking process. , Move on the second rice cooker 6 to wait. The rice may be washed after waiting on the second rice cooker 6.

During this rice cooking process, rice is washed,
The first rice cooker 6 that has finished cooking rice is taken out from the device main body 1 through the slide stand 5, and using this time zone, the weighed washed rice is fed to the second rice cooker and the rice washing tank 9 moves to the weighing position. And accept the weighed rice. On the other hand, the second rice cooker 6 shifts to the rice cooking process, and the first rice cooker 6 is reset using this rice cooking time zone. By repeating the above operation in sequence, the rice washing tank 9 has no so-called play and can be efficiently used.

Further, it is easy to supply rice to the rice storage 2 because the rice storage 2 is at the lowest stage, and since the weighing device 3 is incorporated in the rice storage 2, Not only can it be made bulky and the installation in the kitchen is good, but also the maintenance of the weighing device 3 can be done easily. In the above description, the number of rice cookers 6 is two, but the number can be increased or decreased to three or more, and the arrangement is linear, but the arrangement may be circumferential.

[0020]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the rice washing tank can be efficiently used, and the rice can be easily supplied to the rice storage, but the entire device can be designed to be bulky and can be installed in the kitchen. There is no restriction on the pillars, and the maintenance of the weighing machine is easy, which is a great profit as a commercial rice cooker.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of the overall configuration showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Device main body 2 Rice storage 3 Measuring device 6 Rice cooker 7 Lift device 9 Rice washing tank

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[Submission date] September 1, 1994

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[Title of Invention] Rice cooker

[Claims]

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rice cooker and is used in kitchens such as large restaurants, Chinese restaurants, sushi restaurants, and hotels.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A rice cooker that automates the steps of weighing rice, washing rice, and cooking rice is known from Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 57-53452. In this conventional example, a rice washing device for automatically measuring and washing rice in the main body of the device and a removable rice cooker provided under the rice washing device are provided, and the rice washing device and the rice cooker are a set. However, it was suitable for small-scale rice cooking for household use, but was not suitable for medium-scale rice cooking, for example, 150 to 200 meals / hour of rice cooking.

That is, the rice-washing device is idle while the rice is cooked in the rice cooker, and there is a problem in efficiency. on the other hand,
There is a method of separately performing the rice washing process and the rice cooking process, that is, a technique of washing a large amount of rice at once and then cooking multiple rice in a continuous furnace or a multi-chamber furnace. It is difficult to control, and if it takes a long time to put it in the rice cooker after washing the rice, there is a problem that the washed rice is softened and the cooked rice becomes bad.

Therefore, the applicant of the present invention has a rice washing device for washing the weighed rice and a rice cooker for receiving the cooked rice and cooking the rice, and the rice cooker is removable from the device body. In the rice cooker, a plurality of the rice cookers are arranged in a straight line or a circular arc on the substantially same plane at the lower side in the main body of the rice cooker, and the rice washing device is separately provided above each rice cooker for each rice cooker. A rice cooker that is movable to supply washed rice has been proposed (see Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-56850).

[0005]

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-56850
The commercial rice cooker described in the publication has advantages such as efficient use of a rice washing device (tank) and easy and easy rice supply, but a lift device (supply unit ).
Since the hopper that receives rice from the feeding device is installed in the upper part and this hopper is equipped with a weighing machine, the whole device becomes bulky, and the maintenance of the weighing machine including the hopper is at a high place, so it is extremely difficult to do. There was a problem of difficulty.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the rice washing tank can be efficiently used, and the rice can be easily and easily replenished, and the whole device can be designed to be low in bulk, so that it can be easily installed in the kitchen room and the weighing machine can be maintained. It is an object of the present invention to provide a rice cooking device, especially a commercial rice cooking device that can be easily processed.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention relates to a rice storage 2 for storing rice, a rice weighing machine 3, a rice washing tank 9 for washing the weighed rice, and automatic rice cooking for receiving the washed rice and cooking the rice. In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the following technical means is taken in the rice cooker provided with the cooker 6. That is, according to the present invention, the rice storage 2 is provided at the lowermost stage, and a plurality of the automatic rice cookers 6 are arranged on the upper part of the rice storage 2 on the same plane with a space therebetween. The tank 9 is movable and stopable so as to face directly above the plurality of automatic rice cookers 6, the scale 3 is incorporated in the rice storage 2, and the rice measured by the scale 3 is stored. A supply device 7 for supplying to the rice washing tank 9 is provided.

Further, in the present invention, the number of the automatic rice cookers 6 is arranged so that the number of the rice cookers can be increased or decreased, and the supply device 7 can be provided on one side of the device body 1.

[0009]

According to the present invention, the rice in the rice storage 2 is weighed by the weighing device 3 and supplied to the rice washing tank 9 through the lift device 7 to shift to the rice washing process. After the rice washing, the first rice cooker below the rice cooker. It is put in No. 6 and the rice cooking process is started by gas ignition or the like. While the rice is cooked in the first rice cooker 6, the next measured amount of rice is put into the rice washing tank 9 to shift to the rice washing process, and the rice is moved horizontally after the rice washing process or after the second rice cooker is moved to the second rice cooker. Directly above 6
Reach

If the second rice cooker 6 is empty at this time,
Immediately after the water is dropped, rice is washed in the washing tank 9
Accepts the measured rice for the next rice cooking and enters the washing process. Second when the second rice cooker 6 is cooking rice or waiting to cook rice
Stand by directly above the rice cooker 6 and add water if the second rice cooker 6 is empty.
Drop the reduced rice. Therefore, multiple rice cookers 6
On the other hand, since one rice washing tank 9 is efficiently used and the rice storage 2 is at the bottom, it is easy to supply rice.

Further, since the weighing machine 3 is incorporated in the lowermost rice storage box 2, the whole apparatus becomes bulky and the weighing machine 3
Maintenance is also easy.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIGS. 1 to 3, the apparatus main body 1 is formed in a box shape having an internal space, and the rice storage is at the bottom of the box. 2 is provided, and a meter 3 such as a rotary type is incorporated in the rice storage 2, and rice can be replenished through a door 4 that can be opened and closed.

A plurality of automatic rice cookers 6 for gas, electricity, etc. are arranged on the top of the rice storage 2 via a slide base 5 at intervals on the same plane. Each rice cooker 6 can be inserted into and removed from the front side, and the number of rice cookers 6 can be increased or decreased on condition that a plurality of rice cookers are used. The weighed rice cut out from the weighing machine 3 can be lifted by a supply device 7 standing on one side of the device body 1, and the lifted weighed rice can be put into a rice washing tank 9 via a chute 8. Is.

The feeding device 7 is a bucket elevator in which a bucket is attached to an endless belt or chain, and weighing rice is received in the bucket at a lower portion of the casing and conveyed through a chute 8 at an upper portion, which is a screw conveyor. And so on. The rice washing tank 9 has a funnel-shaped lower portion, is equipped with a stirring member 11 which is rotatable around a vertical axis center by a motor 10, and has a conical valve 13 which can be opened and closed at a rice discharging port 12 at a lower end. The conical valve 13 has a valve shaft inserted through the hollow shaft of the stirring member 11, and the rice bar 12 is moved up and down by a cam (not shown).
It is designed to open and close.

The rice washing tank 9 has a pair of horizontal rails 14.
It is mounted so as to be reciprocally movable in the horizontal direction via wheels 9A driven by a motor, and is stopped relative to directly above the rice cooker 6 arranged below.
In the rice washing tank 9, water is supplied by a shower means (not shown), and rice is washed (including polishing) by driving the stirring member 11 after water supply,
After controlling the amount of water after washing the rice, clear rice and the rice outlet 12
It is possible to put washed rice into the rice cooker 6 that is waiting for downwards from below under the condition of water addition, and these are automatically controlled.

It should be noted that the rice washing tank 9 can be freely reciprocated and stopped, and the water supply hose or the like for this is made a length in consideration of the moving length of the tank. Next, an example of the operation of the above-described embodiment will be described. The rice in the rice storage 2 is weighed by the weighing device 3, lifted by the lift device 7, and dropped into the rice washing tank 9 by the chute 8. .

The stirring member 11 with the conical valve 13 closed.
The rice is washed (polished) by the rotation of and the rice is thrown into the first rice cooker 6 by opening the conical valve 13 while controlling the water amount after the predetermined washing. Next, the first rice cooker 6 is ignited with gas to shift to the rice cooking process, while the weighed rice is put into the rice washing tank 9 and the same rice washing work as described above is performed using the time zone of the rice cooking process. , Move on the second rice cooker 6 to wait. Note that after the wait on the second cooker 6 may be rinsed rice.

During this rice cooking process, rice is washed,
The first rice cooker 6 that has finished cooking rice is taken out from the device main body 1 through the slide stand 5, and using this time zone, the weighed washed rice is fed to the second rice cooker and the rice washing tank 9 moves to the weighing position. And accept the weighed rice. On the other hand, the second rice cooker 6 shifts to the rice cooking process, and the first rice cooker 6 is reset using this rice cooking time zone. By repeating the above operation in sequence, the rice washing tank 9 has no so-called play and can be efficiently used.

Further, it is easy to supply rice to the rice storage 2 because the rice storage 2 is at the lowest stage, and since the weighing device 3 is incorporated in the rice storage 2, Not only can it be made bulky and the installation in the kitchen is good, but also the maintenance of the weighing device 3 can be done easily. In the above description, the number of rice cookers 6 is two, but the number can be increased or decreased to three or more, and the arrangement is linear, but the arrangement may be circumferential.

[0020]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the rice washing tank can be efficiently used, and the rice can be easily supplied to the rice storage, but the entire device can be designed to be bulky and can be installed in the kitchen. There is no restriction on the pillars, and the maintenance of the weighing machine is easy, which is a great profit as a commercial rice cooker.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of the overall configuration showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the same.

[Explanation of symbols] 1 main body 2 rice storage 3 weighing device 6 rice cooker 7 supply device 9 rice washing tank

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A rice storage box 2 for storing rice and a rice weighing machine 3
And a rice washing tank 9 for washing the weighed rice, and an automatic rice cooker 6 that receives the washed rice and cooks the rice, wherein the rice storage 2 is provided at the bottom, A plurality of the automatic rice cookers 6 are arranged on the upper surface of the refrigerator 2 with a space on the same plane, and the rice washing tank 9 is movable and stopable so as to face directly above the plurality of automatic rice cookers 6. The rice cooker 2 has the weighing machine 3 incorporated therein, and a lift device 7 for supplying the rice weighed by the weighing machine 3 to the rice washing tank 9 is provided. apparatus. 2. The automatic rice cooker 6 is arranged such that the number thereof can be increased or decreased on the condition that a plurality of rice cookers are provided, and the lift device 3 is provided on one side of the device body 1. Item 1. The rice cooker according to item 1.