JPH11318725A - Rice washer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rice washer which enables washing of rice in a short time with limited amount of water by a very simple operation without dipping a hand into water. SOLUTION: In this rice washer, the body 1 of the rice washer and a rice washing tank 3 are formed separately and the body of the rice washer is provided with a power receiving port 10 to be changed by a battery for charging. A battery 9 for charging, a drive motor 2 to be driven by the battery for charging and a drive switch 8 for driving the motor are arranged inside being waterproof closed. The rice washer detachably disposed in the body has a water pouring hole 6 disposed in a lid body 4 and an agitation body 5 inside and a part of a bottom side and a sidewall separated therefrom in height are provided respectively with drain ports 7b and 7a. An agitation body is held between a joint part 12 placed almost at the center of the bottom part and a bearing 13 formed on a lid body of the rice washing tank. The agitation body in the rice washing tank is made up of a cylindrical shaft part and an agitation blade 5a and an outer end part 5b and an inner end part 5c both at left and right ends of the agitation blade are provided with corrugated agitation plates separately and a cylindrical shaft part of the agitation body has a plurality of corrugated protruded parts 17 formed on the outer circumferential surface thereof.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rice washing machine used in ordinary households.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the rice washing operation, water is poured into the rice to be washed, and the rice is stirred by hand to remove rice powder and bran adhering to the surface of the rice. The dirty water was washed away with fresh water, and the rice was agitated again by hand, and the rice was washed again and again until the water became clean. Therefore, various rice washing machines have been provided to facilitate such complicated rice washing operations. Hereinafter, a conventional rice washing machine will be described. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a conventional rice washing machine. A container 3 having an opening 2 is made of metal or the like, and an opening 2 is formed on the side of the container 3 so as to be detachable. A lid 5 having a plurality of claws 6 formed of a U-shaped elastic body is placed. Further, two stirring blades 11 are installed near the bottom of the container 3 around the shaft 10, and the shape of the stirring blade 11 is horizontal at the upper end and slightly tapered toward the outside from the shaft 10 at the lower end. It is formed of a single plate formed in a shape. A hole 12 is formed in the stirring blade 11, and the shape of the stirring blade 11 and the size and shape of the hole 12 are appropriately selected and determined according to the amount of processed rice and the level of tap water in the container 3. . Further, four flat plate-like rotating blades 13 are installed via bearings 8 around a shaft 10 in a cylindrical casing 7 formed at the center of the lid 5, and the rotating blades 13 are rotated. Tap water inlet 16 and tap water outlet 1 on the side of 7
7 is drilled in the lid 5. In addition, the outlet 18 of tap water is
The rice is formed on the side of the container 3 at a position where the rice is not discharged together, and discharged by a hose (not shown). The operation of the conventional rice washer having the above configuration will be described. First, container 3
Rice is put in through the opening of and the lid 5 is fixed. The claw 6 formed on the side of the lid 5 is fixed to the container 3 by an elastic action. Thereafter, when tap water is injected from a tap water inlet 16 with a hose, the rotary wings 13 rotate by the pressure of the tap water, and the tap water is supplied into the container 3 from the outlet 17. Also, the rotating wing 13
As a result, the stirring blade 11 also rotates, and the rice previously put into the container 3 is washed by the stirring blade 11, and the washing wastewater is discharged from the discharge port 18. In this way, the stirring blade 11 is rotated by the pressure of tap water and used as washing water for rice. After a predetermined time required for washing, the supply of tap water is stopped.
The rice washing operation is completed by removing the lid 5, separating the rice in the container 3 from the washing wastewater, taking out the washed rice, transferring it to a rice cooker, and adding a predetermined amount of tap water.

[0003]

However, in the above-described conventional rice washer, the rotating blades 13 are rotated by using the pressure of tap water, and the rotating force rotates the stirring blades 11 in the container 3 to stir the rice. In order to wash rice, the tap water pressure must be changed in accordance with the amount of rice to be washed. , It is necessary to fix and connect firmly, and also use a large amount of tap water for washing rice,
It had troublesome handling problems. An object of the present invention is to solve such a conventional problem and to provide a rice washing machine capable of washing rice with a small amount of water without any trouble.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above object, a rice washing machine of the present invention is provided with a power receiving port in a rice washing machine main body, a charging battery therein, and a motor driven by the charging battery therein. The rice-washing tank which is detachably disposed in the rice-washing tank has an agitator therein, and a drain port is provided on a part of the bottom and a side wall at a height apart from the bottom.

Further, the present invention provides a rice washing machine body having a power receiving port, a charging battery therein, a motor driven by the charging battery therein, and a rice washing tank removably provided in the body. A stirrer, a drain port is provided in a part of the bottom and a side wall at a height distant from the stirrer, and the stirrer is provided with a joint disposed substantially at the center of the bottom of the rice washing tank, and a lid of the rice washing tank. Characterized in that it is sandwiched between the bearing and the bearing formed in (1).

Further, the present invention provides a rice washing machine body provided with a power receiving port, a charging battery therein, a motor driven by the charging battery therein, and a rice washing tank detachably disposed in the main body.
It has a stirrer inside, a drain port is provided on a part of the bottom and a side wall at a height distant from this, and the stirrer has a joint part arranged at the approximate center of the bottom of the rice washing tank, The stirrer sandwiched between the bearings formed on the lid and arranged in the rice washing tank is formed of a cylindrical shaft and stirring blades, and the outer and inner ends of the left and right ends of the stirring blade are Both are characterized by having a corrugated stirring plate.

Further, the present invention

[0006] In the above paragraph, a plurality of corrugated convex portions are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical shaft portion of the stirring body.

[0008]

In the above construction, a fixed amount of rice is put into the lid of the rice-washing tank, and a certain amount of water is constantly drained from the drain hole when tap water is injected from the water injection hole. When the agitator is rotated by driving the motor while pouring tap water to the extent that it is immersed, the rice in the rice washing tank is agitated and the rice rubs each other, causing rice powder and bran adhering to the rice surface. Etc. are removed and dissolved in water and become dirty and cloudy water,
Since the water is drained from the drainage outlet where the rice does not pop out, the water becomes clean and can be cooked in a short time.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the rice washing machine of the present invention is shown in FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a use state of a rice washing machine in one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the rice washing machine, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of a stirring body disposed inside a rice washing tank. It is a figure, a fracture front view, and a side view.
1 and 2, a rice washing machine body 1 is provided with a power receiving port 10 for charging with a charging adapter 11, and a charging battery 9, a driving motor 2 driven by the charging battery 9, and a motor are provided therein. A drive switch 8 (hereinafter referred to as a drive switch) for driving is provided in a water-tight manner, the rice-washing tank 3 is detachably disposed on the rice-washing machine main body 1, and the lid 4 of the rice-washing tank 3 is detachable and water-injected. A hole 13 and a bearing 13 for preventing rotation of the stirrer 5 are provided.
A take-out stirrer 5, which is rotatable at 4 and stirs rice, is arranged and connected to a joint 12 at the bottom of the rice washing tank 3, and the joint 12 is also connected to a rotating shaft 14 of a motor. The handle 15 may not be attached if it is not necessary during the rice washing operation. The handle 15 is provided with a drain port 7b (or drain groove) on a part of the bottom and a drain port 7a on a side wall at a height higher than that. is there. In FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the cylindrical shaft of the stirrer 5 disposed inside the rice-washing tank is arranged so that the rice in the rice-washing tank 3 is uniformly stirred and the rice rubs against each other. A plurality of corrugated projections 17 are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the stirring blade 5a in a positional relationship of approximately 90 ° with respect to the stirring blade 5a, and the outer end 5b and the inner end 5c at both left and right ends of the stirring blade 5a are both corrugated stirring plates. It is formed by. Next, the operation of the rice washing machine having the above configuration will be described. First, a certain amount of rice is put into the rice washing tank 3 while the lid is opened, and the lid 4 is closed. When the drive switch 8 is turned on and the motor 2 is driven while pouring water into the rice washing tank 3 through the water pouring hole 6, the agitator 5 disposed inside rotates to agitate the rice inside, so that the rice is mixed. The rice powder and bran adhering to the rubbed rice surface are removed, they dissolve in water, become dirty and cloudy water, and are drained from a drain port 7b provided at the bottom of the rice washing tank 3. Small rice grains mixed in the rice to be washed cause clogging of the bottom drain port 7b to raise the water level in the rice washing tank. In this case, the side wall at a height away from the bottom (the height near the top of the rice) ) Is drained from the drain port 7a provided in 7a, the become a rice that can be rice water free of dirt and drainage than 7b. At this time, the drive switch 8 is turned off, the driving of the motor 2 and the water injection are stopped, the rice washing tank 3 is removed from the rice washing machine main body 1, the lid 4 of the rice washing tank 3 is opened, and the internal stirring body 5 is taken out. ,
(At this time, the rice grains adhering to the stirring body 5 are taken out of the rice washing tank 3 while being washed off with tap water.) Then, the rice in the rice washing tank 3 is transferred to a rice cooker, and the amount of water required for rice cooking is determined. With the addition, the rice washing operation is completed. When rice is cooked with water other than tap water, the water injection and the drive of the motor 2 are stopped, the stirring body 5 inside the rice washing tank 3 is taken out, and the rice washing tank 3 is left alone for several tens of seconds. The accumulated water is drainage 7b
The water is drained more, so you can drain the water without hassle. After that, you can transfer the washed rice to the rice cooker and add the amount of water (natural water, etc.) necessary for cooking rice.

[0007]

As described above, the rice washing machine of the present invention uniformly agitates and rinses rice while pouring water and drains dirty water at the same time. By operation, rice can be washed with a small amount of water in a short time. Further, in the rice washing machine of the present invention, when transferring the washed rice to the rice cooker, the stirring body is taken out of the rice washing tank first, so that transfer to the rice cooker is extremely easy without interruption. Furthermore, when cooking rice with natural water other than tap water, there was trouble such as draining tap water, but the rice washing machine of the present invention can easily drain by simply leaving it for several tens of seconds after washing rice. It has an unprecedented superior effect.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a use state of a rice washing machine in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of a rice washing machine.

3 (a) to 3 (c) are a plan view, a cutaway front view, and a side view of the stirring blade main body of the above.

Fig. 4 Conventional rice washer

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Rice washing machine main body 2 ... Motor 3 ... Rice washing tank 4 ... Lid 5 ... Stirrer 5a ... Stirrer blade 5b ... Outer end of stirrer blade 5c ... Inner end of stirrer blade 6 ... Water injection hole 7a ... Drain port of side wall 7b: drainage hole (drainage groove) at the bottom 8: drive switch 9: battery for charging 10: power receiving port 11: charging adapter 12: joint part 13: bearing 14 ... rotating shaft of the motor 15 ... handle 16: sink 17 ... corrugated Convex part 18: faucet

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A rice washing machine main body is provided with a power receiving port, a charging battery and a motor driven by the charging battery are provided inside, and a rice washing tank detachably provided in the main body has a stirring body therein. A rice washer having a bottom and a drain port provided on a part of the bottom and a side wall at a height higher than the bottom. 2. A rice washing machine main body is provided with a power receiving port, a charging battery and a motor driven by the charging battery are provided inside, and a rice washing tank detachably provided in the main body has a stirring body inside. A drain port is provided on a part of the bottom and on a side wall at a height distant from the bottom, and the agitator is formed at a joint portion disposed substantially at the center of the bottom of the rice washing tank and at the lid of the rice washing tank. A rice washing machine characterized by being sandwiched between bearings. 3. A rice washing machine main body is provided with a power receiving port, a charging battery and a motor driven by the charging battery are provided inside, and a rice washing tank detachably provided in the main body has a stirring body therein. A drain port is provided on a part of the bottom side and a side wall at a height distant from the bottom, and a stirrer is provided at a joint portion disposed substantially at the center of the bottom of the rice washing tank and a bearing formed on a lid of the rice washing tank. The stirrer sandwiched between the agitators and arranged in the rice washing tank is formed by a cylindrical shaft portion and stirring blades, and the outer and inner ends of the left and right ends of the stirring blades are both corrugated stirring plates. A rice washing machine characterized by comprising: 4. A rice washing machine according to claim 3, wherein a plurality of corrugated projections are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical shaft of the stirring body.