JPH09108103A - Rice washing and cooking device provided with rice polishing function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To cook delicious rice without making moisture and taste come out from the rice at the time of cooking polished rice by providing a rice polishing machine, a hopper, a rice washer and a rice cooking pot. SOLUTION: A rice washing and cooking layer device A is constituted by parallelly providing a rice cooking part A1 and a rice polishing part A2 and the rice cooking part A1 is constituted by disposing the hopper 2 for storing the rice for cooking at the lowest part of a machine frame 1, disposing the rice washer 3 provided with a freely openable and closable water discharge port 30 on a lower end at a highest part, disposing the rice cooking pot 4 between the hopper 2 and the rice washer 3 and covering the machine frame 1 by a decorative panel or the like further. The machine frame 1 is composed of four square pipes 10 and the rice washer 3 of an inverse truncated conic cylindrical shape is provided on a supporting base 11 provided on the upper end of the machine frame 1. The discharge port 30 is formed at the lower end of the rice washer 3 and the opening/closing lid 31 of a truncated conic shape is provided on the discharge port 30.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rice washing and cooking device having a rice polishing function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a rice-washing rice-cooking device that automatically measures the amount of polished rice, washing the rice, adjusting the water content and cooking the rice. For that purpose, in recent years, it is often used in the food service industry and the like.

Such a rice washing and cooking device includes a hopper for storing rice for cooking rice, a rice washing machine for receiving rice from the hopper to wash rice, and a rice cooker for receiving rice after washing rice from the rice washing machine and cooking the rice. The rice washing machine is provided with a stirring blade for washing rice, the water washing pipe is connected to the rice washing machine, and the rice washing machine is arranged above the rice hopper for storing rice. A supply pipe for sending rice is provided inside, and a fixed amount of rice is sent from the hopper into the rice washing machine, water is supplied into the rice washing machine, and the rice is washed by the stirring blades. Send rice to the rice cooker and adjust the water volume, then
The rice is cooked by heating the rice cooker.

[0004]

However, the above-mentioned conventional rice washing and cooking apparatus still has the following problems.

[0005] That is, there are various factors to cook rice deliciously, but generally, when rice is polished, it is important to cook rice as soon as possible before the moisture and other umami components of the rice are removed. Has been done.

[0006] However, the above-mentioned conventional rice washing and cooking device is
Since commercially available polished rice is transferred to a hopper for storage, it is difficult to cook delicious rice when the rice is cooked, because moisture and umami are already removed from the rice.

An object of the present invention is to provide a rice washing and cooking device having a rice polishing function capable of solving the above problems.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention relates to a rice polishing machine for milling brown rice, a hopper for storing rice for rice cooking, which has been milled from the rice milling machine, and a rice washing for washing rice fed from the hopper. A rice-washing rice cooker having a rice-polishing function, comprising a rice cooker and a rice cooker for sending the rice after washing it from the rice-washing machine to cook the rice. It is related.

Further, according to the present invention, a hopper is provided at the lowermost portion of the machine frame, a rice cooker is provided at the middle portion, and a rice washing machine is provided at the uppermost portion, and the rice polishing apparatus of the rice polishing machine is provided in the vicinity of the hopper, and
It is also characterized in that it is arranged above the hopper, and that the rice milling device and the hopper are connected in communication.

Further, the present invention is also characterized in that the above-mentioned rice milling machine is configured to perform rice milling according to the remaining amount of rice in the hopper.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of a rice washing and rice cooking device having a rice polishing function according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a rice washing and cooking device A having a rice polishing function according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view of the rice washing and cooking device A.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the rice-washing / cooking device A is constructed by arranging a rice-cooking part A1 and a rice-polishing part A2 side by side.
The rice cooking unit A1 is provided with a hopper 2 for storing rice for cooking rice at the bottom of the machine frame 1, a rice washing machine 3 having an openable drainage port 30 at the bottom at the top, and the hopper 2 and the rice washing. A rice cooker 4 is disposed between the rice cooker 3 and the container 3, and the periphery of the machine frame 1 is covered with a decorative panel or the like.

The machine frame 1 is composed of four square pipes 10, and an inverted truncated conical tube-shaped rice washing machine 3 is provided on a support 11 provided at the upper end of the machine frame 1.

A discharge port 30 is formed at the lower end of the rice washing device 3, and the discharge port 30 is provided with a frustoconical opening / closing lid 31.

Further, a water supply pipe 12 for connecting to a water source (not shown) is connected to the rice washing device 3, and the water supply pipe 12 is provided with an opening / closing valve V in the middle thereof (see FIG. 2) and upstream of the opening / closing valve V. The water conduit 13 is branched from the side.

The tip of the water supply pipe 12 is connected to the ceiling of the rice washing machine 3 while the tip of the water conduit 13 is connected to the opening / closing lid 31.
And the inside of the rice washer 3 can be raised and lowered.

The opening / closing lid 31 is provided with three water discharge ports 31a, which communicate with the water conduit 13 inside.

Therefore, the opening / closing lid 31 can open and close the discharge port 30 of the rice washing machine 3 by moving the water conduit 13 up and down, and when the opening / closing valve V is closed, the water supply is discharged through the water conduit 13 to the opening / closing lid 31. It is possible to eject from the water outlet 31a.

Further, an air intake pipe 14 is connected to the water conduit 13 so that water containing bubbles can be ejected from the water outlet 31a by the ejector effect.

Further, a water level adjusting pipe 15 is attached to the water guiding pipe 13 so as to be able to move up and down, the water level adjusting pipe 15 is lowered to a predetermined position, and the water in the rice washing machine 3 is sucked and discharged from the tip of the water level adjusting pipe 15. Thus, the lower end position of the water level adjusting pipe 15 can be set to a predetermined water level. Reference numeral 16 is an elevating mechanism for the water level adjusting pipe 15.

A weighing machine 6 having a carrying box 61 is connected to the opening at the lower end of the hopper 2 so as to communicate therewith.

Further, a conveying pipe 8 is provided between the measuring device 6 and the upper part of the rice washing device 3, and a blower device 7 is provided at the starting end side of the conveying pipe 8 communicating with the measuring device 6 to measure the weighed rice. Can be pumped to the rice washer 3.

The blower device 7 is composed of a blower fan 70. The blower fan 70 and the transfer box 61 of the measuring device 6 are connected by a blower pipe 71 so as to communicate with each other. It is located in the back space of the.

Further, the transfer box 61 and the upper part of the rice washing device 3 are connected by a transfer pipe 8 so that the rice metered by the weighing device 6 and stored in the transfer box 61 is stored in the transfer device 61. By driving, the pressure is fed into the rice washing machine 3. It is needless to say that the blower device 7 is controlled so as to be driven until all the predetermined amount of rice is stored in the rice washing machine 3.

The rice cooker 4 arranged between the hopper 2 and the rice washer 3 can be placed on a heater 5 provided in the middle of the machine frame 1, and a rice cooker drive mechanism (not shown) is provided. Thus, the lid 40 of the rice cooker 4 can be opened and closed.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, 17 is an overflow pipe for discharging sewage from the washing rice, 18 is a suction device connected to the water level adjusting pipe 15 in FIG. 2, and 19 is an electromagnetic valve provided in the middle of the water supply pipe 12. It is a valve.

On the other hand, the rice-polishing section A2 comprises a rice-polishing machine S arranged in parallel with the rice-cooking section A1, and the rice-polishing machine S is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 3, a bran tank T is arranged at the bottom of a frame F smaller than the machine frame 1 of the rice cooking unit A1, and a brown rice hopper H for accommodating brown rice is arranged at the top of the frame F. A rice polishing apparatus S1 is provided between T and the brown rice hopper H, and the periphery of the frame F is covered with a decorative panel or the like like the rice cooking section A1.

The operation panel S2 of the rice polishing machine S is provided on the decorative panel, and the operation panel S2 is connected to a control device (not shown) for controlling the operation of the rice cooking section A1 and the rice polishing section A2 to operate the operation panel S2.
The degree of rice polishing can be selected by the operation of.

The rice polishing apparatus S1 in the present embodiment is configured to perform friction-type rice polishing, and rotates a roll body (not shown) in a rice polishing cylinder 21 which is connected to the brown rice hopper H through a conduction pipe 20. Arranged freely to form the lumbar part, and a conduit tube
The brown rice sent from 20 is rolled into a rice mill by rotating the roll 21
It is sent to the front of the roll, and it is made to be friction-polished at the polishing part at the tip of the roll body. A drive motor 25 included in the rice polishing apparatus S1 is interlocked with the roll shaft 22 of the roll body.

The rice polishing apparatus S1 is arranged near the hopper 2 of the rice cooking section A1 and above the hopper 2, and the rice polishing cylinder 21 and the rice cooking section of the rice polishing apparatus S1 are arranged. A1
The rice hopper 2 and the hopper 2 are communicated and connected by a rice polishing transport pipe 23. Therefore, the milled rice will be naturally dropped and stored in the hopper 2 by the pipe 23, and a separate mechanical transport device is not required, which is advantageous in terms of cost, and the whole can be made compact. The device can be.

Further, the rice polishing apparatus S1 is provided with a bran suction fan 24, and the bran suction fan 24 is arranged on a horizontal rail F1 installed above the bran tank T, and the bran tank T and the bran tank T The rice milling cylinder 21 is connected to the rice milling cylinder 21 so that the rice bran generated during rice milling can be forcibly sucked into the rice bran tank T to be stored therein.

A bran amount confirmation window T1 is provided on the front surface of the bran tank T. When the bran amount is larger than a predetermined amount as seen through the bran amount confirmation window T1, the handle T2 is grasped to move the bran tank T. Frame F
It can be pulled out from the inside and processed.

Further, in the present invention, the rice polishing machine S is equipped with a rice cooking section A1.
It is also characterized in that it is constructed so as to perform rice polishing according to the remaining amount of rice in the hopper 2. Therefore, a level sensor 26 for detecting the remaining amount of rice is arranged in the hopper 2. I have set up.

That is, the level sensor 26 is connected to the above-mentioned control device, and when the remaining amount of rice reaches a predetermined value, the level sensor 26 detects it and outputs a rice polishing signal, and the control device receives the same signal. Drives the rice-polishing device S1 of the rice-polishing machine S to perform rice-polishing, and supplies the polished rice to the hopper 2.

When a predetermined amount is stored in the hopper 2, the level sensor 26 detects this and outputs a rice-polishing stop signal, and in response to this signal, the control device stops the driving of the rice-polishing device S1. is there.

Therefore, freshly milled rice is always stored in the hopper 2, and even if the rice is continuously cooked, delicious rice can always be cooked, which is convenient.

As described above, by providing the rice-polishing machine S, it is possible to always automatically wash and cook freshly-polished rice without manpower by simply putting the brown rice in the brown-rice hopper H. .

Further, since the rice is stored in brown rice, the storability is very good, the moisture and umami contained in the rice are hard to come off, and delicious rice can be cooked.

Further, the degree of rice polishing can be selected from so-called white polished rice to seven-part rice according to the type of rice or the like, which is convenient.

From the above, the rice washing and cooking device A having the rice polishing function according to the present invention is extremely useful especially when installed in a place where a large amount of rice is cooked such as in the restaurant industry.

In addition, the main-wash rice-cooking device A has a compact rice cooker A1 and a rice-polishing unit A2 arranged side-by-side, so that the appearance is compact and simple, and the installation location is small. Will not interfere with the installation.

Hereinafter, a case where the rice washing and cooking apparatus A having the rice polishing function according to the present invention is actually operated will be described. The main rice-washing rice cooker A is operated by operating a switch on an operation panel (not shown) provided on the side of the rice cooker A1. Here, the case of operating in the automatic rice cooker mode will be described.

First, when the operation switch of the operation panel is turned on, the rice polishing machine S is operated, the brown rice is supplied from the brown rice hopper H into the rice polishing cylinder 21 of the rice polishing apparatus S1, and the rice is polished from the brown rice to the white rice and the rice is polished. The cooked rice is sent to the hopper 2 for storing rice in the rice cooking section A1 through the polished rice transport pipe 23.

When the amount of rice milled in the hopper 2 reaches a predetermined amount, the rice mill S is stopped by the detection signal of the level sensor 26.

Then, a certain amount of rice is accommodated from the hopper 2 into the transport box 61 by the weighing device 6, and the blower device 7
Drive the rice from the carrier box 61 through the carrier pipe 8 into the rice washer 3 under pressure. At this time, when the amount of rice in the hopper 2 becomes less than or equal to a predetermined amount, the rice milling machine S is driven again by the detection signal of the level sensor 26 to supply the rice that has been polished to a predetermined amount to the hopper 2.

Next, when the solenoid valve 19 of the water supply pipe 12 is opened to fill the inside of the rice washer 3 with water, the opening / closing valve V is closed to guide the water to the water guiding pipe 13 and open / close with the air taken in from the air intake pipe 14. Water mixed with bubbles is ejected from the water discharge port 31a of the lid 31, and the rice can be surely washed without being damaged by the jet flow from below. The time for washing rice is determined in advance by the amount of rice to be cooked.

At this time, the dirt generated during the rice washing floats along with the bubbles on the upper surface of the water, and is gradually discharged from the system as the rice washing wastewater through the overflow pipe 17.

When the rice washing is completed, the water level adjusting pipe 15 descends to a predetermined position, and the water level is adjusted from the lower end of the water adjusting pipe 15 to the water level adjusting pipe.
Water is absorbed until it reaches the same position as the lower end of 15, and the water level in the rice washer 3 is determined.

After that, the rice cooker 4 rises to a position just below the rice washer 3, and the open / close lid 31 of the rice washer 3 descends to discharge the rice.
Open 30 and the washed rice and water are stored in the rice cooker 4 at the same time.

Further, the solenoid valve 19 is opened again, a predetermined amount of water is discharged from the water suction pipe 12 in a shower shape, and the rice partially adhered to the inner wall of the rice washer 3 is washed away while the rice cooker 4
Determine the optimum amount of water for cooking rice. That is, the water level control pipe
The water level adjustment by 15 is adjusted to the amount obtained by subtracting the amount of water added here in advance.

While the rice cooker 4 is automatically closed,
The rice is placed on the heater 5 to cook rice.

After the rice is cooked, the rice cooker 4 is opened and tilted so that the cooked rice can be easily transferred to a heat retaining jar or the like.

[0054]

As described above, according to the present invention,
A rice milling machine that polishes brown rice, a hopper that stores the rice for rice cooking that has been milled from the rice milling machine, a rice washing machine that feeds rice from the hopper to wash the rice, and a rice washing machine that sends the washed rice. It is equipped with a rice cooker that is supplied and cooked rice, and it is possible to cook rice that has been milled with the above-mentioned rice milling machine, so just put the brown rice in the brown rice hopper and always keep the freshly milled rice without manpower. You can automatically wash and cook rice.

Further, since the rice is stored in brown rice, the storability is extremely good, the moisture and umami contained in the rice are hard to come off, and delicious rice can be cooked.

Further, the degree of rice polishing can be selected from so-called white polished rice up to 7 parts, depending on the type of rice or the like, so that it is convenient.

Therefore, the rice-washing and rice-cooking device having the present rice-polishing function is extremely useful especially when installed in a place where a large amount of rice is cooked, such as in the restaurant industry.

Further, according to the present invention, a hopper is provided at the bottom of the machine frame, a rice cooker is provided at the middle, and a rice washing machine is provided at the top, and the rice-polishing device of the rice-polishing machine is provided near the hopper, and
By arranging it above the hopper and connecting the same rice-polishing device and the hopper to each other, the rice that has been milled will fall naturally to the hopper and be stored. Since the device is unnecessary, it is advantageous in terms of cost, and the entire device can be made compact.

Further, the external appearance is compact and simple and the structure is simple, and the installation location may be a small space, so that the installation in a kitchen or the like will not be hindered.

Further, according to the present invention, since the above-mentioned rice milling machine is constructed so as to perform rice polishing according to the remaining amount of rice in the hopper, the hopper always stores freshly milled rice. Even if you cook rice continuously, you can always cook delicious rice and it is easy to use.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view from a front view of a rice washing and cooking device having a rice polishing function according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the rice washing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Rice washing rice cooker A1 Rice cooker A2 Rice milling department S Rice milling machine S1 Rice milling machine 1 Machine frame 2 Hopper 3 Rice washer 4 Rice cooker

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A rice milling machine (S) for milling brown rice and the same rice milling machine.
Hopper (2) for storing rice cooked from (S)
And a rice washing machine for washing rice fed from the hopper (2)
(3) and a rice cooker (4) for sending rice after washing rice from the rice washer (3) to cook the rice, so that the rice milled by the rice mill (S) can be cooked. A rice washing and cooking device with the characteristic rice cleaning function. 2. A hopper (2) is provided at the bottom of the machine frame (1), a rice cooker (4) is provided at the middle, and a rice washing machine (3) is provided at the top of the machine frame (1). The rice-polishing device (S1) is arranged in the vicinity of the hopper (2) and above the hopper (2), and the rice-polishing device (S1) and the hopper (2) are connected for communication. A rice washing and cooking device having a rice polishing function according to claim 1. 3. The rice polishing function according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the rice polishing machine (S) is configured to perform rice polishing according to the remaining amount of rice in the hopper (2). Rice washing and rice cooking equipment.