JPH10337250A - Cooking stove having rice cooking function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To separately recognize a rice cooking process and a steaming process by providing a display means to visually display the process as the steaming process in a portable cooking stove having a rice cooking function to cook rice by the rice cooking process and the steaming process following it. SOLUTION: A pot 8 housing washed rice together with water is placed on a grate, and when an ignition operation switch 21 is pushed, a burner 11 is ignited by an igniter 15. A rice cooking key 41 is operated in succession to this ignition, and when a standard rice cooking mode is selected, an LED 51 is lighted. Rice of the pot 8 is boiled by this rice cooking process, and becomes boiled rice. When first preset time passes soon, a solenoid valve 18 is put in a closed condition, and the burner 11 is extinguished, and since a buzzer 50 buzzes, a finish of the rice cooking process can be known by hearing a sound of this buzzer 50. Next, it transfers to a steaming process, but at this time, the LED 51 is flashed until second preset time passes from when the rice cooking process finishes, and the process of being the steaming process can be known by this flashing.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cooking stove with a rice cooking function, and more particularly to a cooking stove with a rice cooking function for cooking rice in a rice cooking step and a subsequent steaming step.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, there is a table stove in which cooked rice is made delicious by automatic adjustment of heat power when cooking rice using a pot. In this stove, the rice is cooked in a rice cooking step and a steaming step that follows. In the rice cooking step, the rice in the pan is cooked into rice by heating the pan with a burner. Then, in the steaming step, excess water of the rice is evaporated, and the rice is further pregelatinized.
Through this steaming step, the rice is cooked. still,
At the end of the rice cooking process, the burner is extinguished, and the rice is steamed by the residual heat of the pot.

[0003] In this conventional table stove,
An LED is turned on in the rice cooking step and the steaming step. In this case, by confirming that the LED is turned off, it can be determined that the rice cooking is completed. However, since the same LED is continuously lit in the rice cooking step and the steaming step, it is not known whether the rice cooking step has entered the steaming step.

[0004] On the other hand, in addition to turning on the LED, a buzzer sounds at the end of the rice cooking process. In this case, by hearing the sound of the buzzer, it can be understood that the steaming step has been entered from the rice cooking step.

[0005]

However, since the buzzer is audibly notified only at the end of the rice cooking process, the sound of the buzzer is swept away by other living sounds or the like. By being away from the table stove, it is easy to overlook. When the sound is missed, in addition to confirming the lighting of the LED, by confirming that there is no flame of the burner, it can be understood that the steaming step is performed. The operator has to look into the lower part of the pot, and the confirmation is troublesome.

[0006] An object of the present invention is to provide a cooker with a rice cooking function that can easily identify the steaming step. A second object of the present invention is to provide a stove with a rice cooking function with a simplified configuration in addition to the object of the first invention. A third aspect of the present invention provides, in addition to the object of the first aspect, a simplified cooking stove and a cooking stove with a rice cooking function in which a setting mode can be recognized in a steaming process.

A fourth object of the invention is to provide, in addition to the object of the first invention, a stove with a rice cooking function that clearly indicates that the process is a steaming step. A fifth object of the present invention is to provide, in addition to the object of the first invention, a stove with a rice cooking function that allows the time until the end of the steaming step to be completed.

[0008]

Means for Solving the Problems The object of the present invention is to provide a cooking stove with a rice cooking function for cooking rice by a rice cooking process and a subsequent steaming process. Display means for displaying. "

[0009] In this case, when the steaming step is started from the rice cooking step, the indication means visually indicates that the steaming step is being performed, and it can be understood that the steaming step is the steaming step. Here, as in the invention of claim 2, "the display means includes a display which is turned on in the rice cooking step and blinks in the steaming step".

In this case, the indicator lights up in the rice cooking process, and the indicator flashes in the steaming process. By confirming the blinking, it can be understood that the process is the steaming process. As in the invention of claim 3, "the stove with a rice cooking function has a standard rice cooking mode and a quick cooking mode, and the display means is a first display which is lit in the rice cooking process in the standard rice cooking mode. A cooker, a second display that lights up in the rice cooking step of the quick-cooking mode, and the first display blinks in the steaming step of the standard cooking mode, and the fast-cooking mode And control means for controlling the second indicator to blink in the steaming step.

In this case, the first display is turned on in the rice cooking process in the standard rice cooking mode, and the first display is flickered in the steaming process in the standard rice cooking mode. In addition, the second display is turned on in the rice cooking process in the quick cooking mode, and the second display blinks in the steaming process in the quick cooking mode. Therefore, by checking the blinking of the first display or the second display, it can be understood that the steaming step is performed.

[0012] In addition, by confirming which of the first display and the second display is lit, it is possible to select either the standard rice cooking mode or the quick cooking mode. You can see if it was set. As in the invention of claim 4, "the stove with a rice cooking function has a standard rice cooking mode and a fast cooking mode, and the display means is a first display which is turned on in the rice cooking process of the standard rice cooking mode. And a second display that is turned on in the rice cooking step of the quick-cooking mode, and a control that controls the first display and the second display to be turned on alternately in the steaming step. And means ”.

In this case, the first display is turned on in the rice cooking process in the standard rice cooking mode, and the second display is turned on in the rice cooking process in the quick cooking mode. Then, in the steaming step, the first display and the second display are turned on alternately. Therefore, the first
By confirming the alternate lighting of the display and the second display, it can be understood that this is the steaming step.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the "display means includes a time display means for displaying a remaining time until the end of the steaming step", wherein the remaining time displayed by the time display means is included. Can be seen from the steaming step. The time display means may start displaying the remaining time at the time of entering the steaming step. Alternatively, the time required for the steaming step may be determined in advance, and the remaining time may be set before the steaming step is started. May be displayed.

[0015]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the indication means indicates the steaming step visually, so that the steaming step can be easily understood. According to the second aspect of the present invention, the fact that the process is the steaming step is displayed as blinking of the display, so that the steaming step can be easily understood.

Further, since the indication of the rice cooking step and the steaming step is displayed on the display, the number of indicators is smaller than that of displaying both indications on separate indicators. In addition, the configuration of the stove with a rice cooking function is simplified. According to the third aspect of the present invention, the fact that the steaming step is performed is displayed as blinking of the first display or the second display, so that the steaming step can be easily understood.

In the standard rice cooking mode, the first display indicates that the cooking process is the rice cooking process and the steaming process, and indicates that the rice cooking process is in the quick cooking mode. Since the fact that the steaming process is performed is displayed on the second display, compared to the case where both of the above-mentioned facts are displayed on separate displays in each of the standard rice cooking mode and the quick cooking mode. In addition, the number of indicators is reduced, and the configuration of the stove with a rice cooking function is simplified.

Further, in the steaming step, the first display blinks during the standard cooking mode, and the second display blinks during the fast cooking mode. By confirming which of the second display and the second display is lit, it is possible to know which mode was set in the steaming step. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the fact that the steaming step is performed is displayed as alternate lighting of the first display and the second display, so that the steaming step can be easily understood.

Further, in the steaming step, the first display and the second display are alternately turned on, so that the first display is turned on.
The display is more conspicuous as compared with the case where only the display or only the second display blinks, and it is clearly understood that the steaming step is performed. In the invention according to claim 5, since the steaming step is indicated as the remaining time by the time display means, it is easily understood that the steaming step is performed.

Further, by checking the remaining time displayed by the time display means, the time until the end of the steaming step can be known.

[0021]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.
This will be described with reference to the drawings. [Embodiment 1] FIG. 1 is a front view of a table stove (100) according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a view showing a heat adjusting lever (FIG. 1) of the table stove (100) of FIG. FIG. 3 is a front view of the table stove (100) of FIG.
FIG. 4 is a front view of FIG. 4, and FIG.
100) is an explanatory diagram showing the main internal configuration of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, a table stove (100)
Is the first burner of the normal thermal type provided on the upper surface
(11) and the second burner (12) of the high heat type, and the first burner
(11) and a grill type third burner (13) built in between the second burner (12). On the upper surface of the table stove (100), a pot (110) for placing the pan heated by the first burner (11) and a pot for placing the pan heated by the second burner (12). Gotoku (120) is placed. The first burner (11) is equipped with a temperature sensor (14) for detecting the temperature of the bottom of the pot placed on the gotoku (110).

On the front surface of the table stove (100), an opening / closing door (130) for putting fish and the like into a firing chamber provided with a third burner (13) is attached. In addition, table stove (1
A first ignition operation switch (21) corresponding to the first burner (11) and a second ignition operation switch (21) corresponding to the second burner (12) are provided on the left and right of the opening / closing door (130) in front of the (00). 22) and a third ignition operation switch (23) corresponding to the third burner (13), and further, a first heating power adjusting lever (31) corresponding to the first burner (11), and a second burner ( A second heating power adjustment lever (32) corresponding to 12) and a third heating power adjustment lever (33) corresponding to the third burner (13) are provided.

In this case, each of the first to third ignition operation switches (21), (22), (23) is depressed, so that the corresponding burner is ignited. or,
The heating power of each burner can be adjusted by moving the corresponding heating power control lever from “strong” to “weak”. In particular, as shown in FIG. 2, a bold line (31) as a mark for adjusting the first heating power adjustment lever (31) to a position corresponding to the heating power suitable for rice cooking, as shown in FIG.
0) is printed.

Further, an operation panel (4) is provided on the left side of the front surface of the table stove (100). As shown in FIG. 3, the operation panel (4) is provided with a rice cooking key (41), a fried food key (42), and a water heater key (43). First and second LED (5
1) (52), the third to fifth LEDs (5
3) 6th L corresponding to (54) (55) and water heater key (43)
An ED (56) is provided.

The rice cooker key (41) is used for the first burner (1) when cooking rice.
The control of 1) is for switching between the standard rice cooking mode and the quick cooking mode. When the standard rice cooking mode is selected, the first LED (51) lights or blinks, and when the quick cooking mode is selected. , The second LED (52) is turned on or blinks. This will be described in detail later. Fried key (42)
Is for switching the oil temperature of the pot heated by the first burner (11). When 160 ° C is selected as the hot water temperature, the third LED (53) is turned on and 180 ° C is selected. In this case, the fourth LED (54) is turned on, and when 200 ° C. is selected, the fifth LED (55) is turned on.

The water heater key (43) is used to select whether or not to perform a control operation of the first burner (11) suitable for water heating, and the sixth LED (only when the control operation is selected). 56) lights up. As shown in FIG. 4, first and second flow control valves (16) and (17) for controlling the gas flow to the first burner (11) are provided inside the table stove (100).
Solenoid valve (1 to turn on / off gas supply to burner (11)
8), an ignition device (15) for igniting the first burner (11),
The second flow control valve (17), the solenoid valve (18) and the ignition device (1
And a control circuit (6) for controlling (5).
The first flow control valve (16) has a configuration in which the valve opening is adjusted in conjunction with the operation of the first thermal power control lever (31).

The control circuit (6) is connected to the first ignition operation switch (21) and the rice cooker key (41). The first ignition operation switch (21) and the rice cooker key (41) are connected to the control circuit (6). An instruction signal is applied to the control circuit (6). The control circuit (6) also controls the first and second LEDs (51) (52) and the buzzer (50). The buzzer (50) is provided so as to emit sound from the front of the table stove (100).

Although not shown, the control circuit (6) includes a fry key (42), a water heater key (43), and a third to fourth keys.
The sixth LED (53) (54) (55) (56) is also connected. Although not shown, the table stove (100) has a second
A flow control valve, a solenoid valve corresponding to each of the burners (12) and (13),
It also has a built-in ignition device. And the control circuit (6)
Has a microcomputer (6a), and the microcomputer (6a) includes a first burner.
A control program for controlling the rice cooking operation in (11) is stored.

[Regarding Rice Cooking Operation of Table Stove (100)] FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a control program stored in the microcomputer (6a) of FIG. FIG. 6 is a second flowchart showing the control program. The rice cooking operation of the table stove (100) will be described based on these flowcharts.

* About the standard rice cooking mode * To cook rice in the standard rice cooking mode, wash rice with water in a pot.
(8) Put in for a predetermined time (for example, 30 minutes). Then, after placing, the pot (8) is put on the gotoku (110)
Put on. Thereafter, when the first ignition operation switch (21) is pressed, the first burner (11) is ignited by the ignition device (15) (steps (S1) and (S2)). Following this ignition, rice cooker key (41)
To select the standard rice cooking mode, the first LED (5
1) lights up (steps (S4) (S5)). In addition, cooking rice key (41)
Is pressed once within a predetermined time (for example, for one second), the standard rice cooking mode is selected, and when pressed twice, the early cooking mode described later is selected. The mode may be selected by another operation method.

Although not shown in the flowchart, the second flow rate control valve is not shown in the flow chart of the rice cooking process from the time of the selection until the first set time (71) (for example, 10 minutes) elapses. Thermal power adjustment using (17) is performed. In adjusting the heating power, the temperature of the pot (8) detected by the temperature sensor (14) is monitored. The rice in the pot (8) is cooked into rice by this cooking process. Also, the first LE is set until the first set time (71) elapses from the selected time.
D (51) lights up (steps (S5) and (S6)). This first LE
The lighting of D (51) indicates that the rice cooking process is being performed.

When the first set time (71) has elapsed, the solenoid valve (18) is closed, the first burner (11) is extinguished, and the buzzer (50) beeps (step (3)). S7) (S8)).
By hearing the sound of the buzzer (50), it can be understood that the rice cooking process has been completed. In the steaming step following the rice cooking step, the excess heat of the rice is removed by the residual heat of the pot (8) until the second set time (72) elapses from the end of the rice cooking step, Gelatinization of the rice proceeds (for example, 10 to 15 minutes). By the steaming step, the taste of the rice is improved.

Further, the first LED (51) blinks until the second set time (72) elapses from the end of the rice cooking process (steps (S9) and (S10)). The blinking of the first LED (51) indicates that the steaming step is being performed. When the second set time (72) has elapsed, the first LE
D (51) goes out and the buzzer (50) sounds "p" (steps (S11) and (S12)). By turning off the first LED (51), it can be seen that the steaming process has been completed. Also, beeper (5
The sound of 0) also indicates that the steaming step has been completed.

* About the fast-cooking mode * To cook rice in the fast-cooking mode, wash the rice with water in a pot.
Put it in (8) and put the pot (8) on Gotoku (110) without placing it as above. Thereafter, the first ignition operation switch (2
1) to ignite the first burner (11) (step (S1) (S
2)) Then, when the fast-cooking mode is selected by operating the rice cooker key (41), the second LED (52) is turned on (steps (S4) and (S4)).
13) ).

The second flow control valve (17) is used in the rice cooking process from the time of the selection until the third set time (73) (for example, 15 to 17 minutes) elapses. Thermal power adjustment is performed (not shown). The rice in the pot (8) is cooked into rice by this cooking process. Also, the second LE until the third set time (73) elapses from the selected time.
D (52) lights up (steps (S13) and (S14)). This second L
By the lighting of the ED (52), the fact that it is a rice cooking process is displayed.

When the third set time (73) has elapsed, the first
The burner (11) extinguishes. Then, the steaming step is performed (for example, 3 to 4 minutes) until the fourth set time (74) elapses from the end of the rice cooking step. By the steaming step, the taste of the rice is improved. In this fast-cooking mode, the rice cooking process and the steaming process are performed for a total of 2 times.
The heating power adjustment of the first burner (11) is controlled so as to finish in 0 minutes.

Further, the second LED (52) blinks during a period from the end of the rice cooking process until the fourth set time (74) has elapsed (steps (S16) and (S17)). The blinking of the second LED (52) indicates that the steaming step is being performed. When the fourth set time (74) has elapsed, the second LE
D (52) goes out and the buzzer (50) sounds "p" (steps (S18) and (S19)). The turning off of the second LED (52) indicates that the steaming process has been completed, and the sound of the buzzer (50) indicates that the steaming process has been completed.

In this case, the fact that the steaming step is performed is displayed as blinking of the first LED (51) or the second LED (52), so that the steaming step can be easily understood.
Then, even if the sound of the buzzer (50) is missed at the end of the rice cooking process, it is understood that the process is the steaming process.
In addition, in the standard rice cooking mode, the fact that the cooking process is the rice cooking process and the fact that the cooking process is the steaming process are displayed by the first LED (51). Is displayed by the second LED (52), so that a smaller number of displays are required as compared to a case where both of the above-mentioned facts are displayed on separate displays in each mode.
Therefore, the configuration of the table stove (100) is simplified.

Further, in the steaming step, the first LED (51) blinks in the standard cooking mode and the second LED (52) blinks in the fast cooking mode.
By checking which indicator of the LED (51) and the second LED (52) is turned on, it is possible to know which mode has been set in the steaming step. [Second Embodiment] FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a part of a control program according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

In the first embodiment, the LED corresponding to the selected mode blinks to indicate that the steaming process is being performed. However, this is performed regardless of the selected mode. The first LED (5
A configuration in which 1) and the second LED (52) are alternately turned on may be adopted. In this case, instead of steps (S9) and (S16) in FIG.
Steps (S21) and (S22) in FIG. 7 can be adopted.

In this case, since the indication of the steaming step is displayed as alternate lighting of the first LED (51) and the second LED (52), the steaming step can be easily understood. . In the steaming step, the first
Since the LED (51) and the second LED (52) are turned on alternately, and the lighting locations are alternately switched to the left and right, the display is smaller than that in which only the first LED (51) or only the second LED (52) blinks. The steaming step is clearly noticeable. [Third Embodiment] FIG. 8 is a front view of an operation panel (4) according to a third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a part of a control program according to the third embodiment. It is.

In the first and second embodiments, the first LED
(51) or the blinking of the second LED (52) and the alternate lighting of the first LED (51) and the second LED (52) indicate that the steaming process is in progress. It is good also as a structure which displays the remaining time until. in this case,
Instead of the operation panel (4), a configuration having an operation panel (4a) as shown in FIG. 8 can be adopted. This operation panel (4
In a), a display with a 2-digit 7-segment LED (45)
Is provided. The remaining time (75) until the end of the steaming step is indicated by a numeral on the display (45).

Further, steps (S31), (S32), (S33) and (S34) in FIG. 9 are replaced with steps (S9) and (S16) in FIG. That is, at the end of the rice cooking process, the timer (46) is turned on and the remaining time (75) thereafter is measured, and the remaining time (75) is displayed on the display (45). In this case, since the indication of the steaming step is displayed as the remaining time (75) on the display (45), it is easily understood that the steaming step is the steaming step.

By checking the displayed remaining time (75), the time until the end of the steaming step can be determined. In the third embodiment, the display of the remaining time (75) is started when the steaming step is started. However, this is changed to the time required for the steaming step (for example, 15 minutes).
May be notified to the user in advance, and the remaining time (75) may be displayed before entering the steaming step. In this case, the displayed remaining time (75) indicates that the steaming step is performed. [Other embodiments]. In any of the above-described embodiments, the first burner (11) is extinguished at the end of the rice cooking process. A configuration in which the steaming step is performed in a trowel state may be employed.

[0046] In the above embodiment, the present invention is applied to the table stove (100). However, the present invention may be applied to a drop-in stove embedded in a kitchen countertop or the like. Further, as a heating means for heating the pot, a heater or an electromagnetic type may be used in addition to the gas burner described above.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a table stove (100) according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a first heating power adjusting lever (31) of the table stove (100) of FIG. 1 and its surroundings;

FIG. 3 is an operation panel (4) of the table stove (100) of FIG.
Front view of

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a main internal configuration of the table stove (100) in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a control program stored in the microcomputer (6a) of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a second flowchart showing the control program;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a part of a control program according to the second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is an operation panel according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
(4) Front view

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a part of a control program according to the third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (100) ・ ・ ・ Table stove (11) ・ ・ ・ First burner (21) ・ ・ ・ First ignition operation switch (4) ・ ・ ・ Operation panel (41) ・ ・ ・ Rice cooker key (51) ・ ・ ・First LED (52) ... Second LED (6) ... Control circuit

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A stove with a rice-cooking function for cooking rice in a rice-cooking step and a subsequent steaming step, comprising a display means for visually indicating that the step is a steaming step. . 2. The stove with a rice cooking function according to claim 1, wherein the display means includes a display which is turned on in the rice cooking step and blinks in the steaming step. 3. The stove with a rice cooking function has a standard rice cooking mode and a quick cooking mode, and the display means includes: a first display which is turned on in the rice cooking process in the standard rice cooking mode; The second that lights in the rice cooking process in the cooking mode
An indicator; in the steaming step of the standard rice cooking mode, the first
The cooker with a rice cooker function according to claim 1, comprising: a control unit that controls a display to blink and that the second display blinks in the steaming step of the quick-cooking mode. . 4. The stove with a rice cooking function has a standard rice cooking mode and a quick cooking mode, and the display means includes: a first display which is turned on in the rice cooking process in the standard rice cooking mode; The second that lights in the rice cooking process in the cooking mode
The stove with a rice cooking function according to claim 1, comprising: a display; and control means for controlling the first display and the second display to be alternately turned on in the steaming step. 5. The stove with a rice cooking function according to claim 1, wherein the display means includes a time display means for displaying a remaining time until the end of the steaming step.