JPH11346930A - Automatic bread baking machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically supply a comparatively large amount of succeeding additional bread material containing granular or liquid material in a small-sized and inexpensive construction by holding bread material, and disposing above a bread container a bread material supply container which is inverted to supply the bread material in the bread container. SOLUTION: In using an automatic bread baking machine, first, main bread materials 18 such as flour, water or the like are put in a bread container 10, raisons and a yeast are put in a bread material supply container 20, and after the lapse of a designated time, additional bread materials 19 are put therein. Secondly, a blade 11 is driven in rotation by a motor 14 to mix and knead the main bread baking materials 18, a lever 23 is pushed by a solenoid 6 to release a rotation inhibit force for a reversing shaft 21 so that the reversing shaft 21 is rotated by energizing force of a torsional spring 22 to invert the bread material supply container 20, and the additional bread materials 19 are dropped and supplied into the bread container 10. At this time, the inverting timing of the bread material supply container 20 is adjusted to suitably supply the additional bread materials 19 in the kneading or fermentation process for the main bread materials 18.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic bread maker having a function of automatically kneading and fermenting bread ingredients and baking the bread.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional automatic bread maker will be described.
FIG. 3 shows a sectional view of a conventional automatic bread maker. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a bread material supply container, 2 denotes an opening / closing stopper, 3 denotes a first lever that rotates while holding the opening / closing stopper 2, 4 denotes a first return spring that engages with the first lever 3, and 5 denotes a first return spring. A second lever that engages and slides with the lever 3, 6 is a solenoid that presses the second lever 5, 7 is a second return spring that engages with the solenoid 6, 8 is a firing chamber, 9
Is a heater, 10 is a bread container, 11 is a mixing blade, 12 is a driving shaft for rotating the mixing blade 11, 13 is a first pulley fixed to the driving shaft 12, 14 is a motor for driving the mixing blade 11, and 15 is a motor. A second pulley fixed to a rotation shaft 14, a belt 16 for transmitting rotation from the second pulley 15 to the first pulley 13, and a control circuit 17.

The operation of the automatic bread maker configured as described above will be described below. First, a first bread material such as flour or water is placed in the bread container 10 (from the beginning, the bread container 10).
Bread ingredients) 18 is put. Next, the second bread material 19 (bread material to be added later) to be added to the bread container 10 after a predetermined time such as dry yeast is put into the bread material supply container 1 and the process is started. The motor 14 drives the kneading blades 11 to rotate and stir and knead the first bread material 18. After a predetermined time, the solenoid 6 pushes the second lever 5 in the direction of the arrow. When the second lever 5 slides in the direction of the arrow to rotate the first lever 3 in the direction of the arrow, the opening / closing stopper 2 is opened and the second bread material 19 falls into the bread container 10 and is kneaded into the bread dough. . Subsequently, the bread is baked through the steps of kneading, fermenting, degassing, and baking.

[0004]

The automatic bread maker constructed as described above has the following problems. That is, in order to automatically supply a relatively large amount of the second bread material or the large-grained second bread material, it is necessary to increase the size of the opening / closing stopper, and the realization thereof requires an increase in the size of the main body. There were challenges. Further, in order to be able to automatically supply the liquid second bread material, there is a problem that it is costly to secure the sealing property of the opening / closing stopper.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and provides an automatic bread maker which can automatically supply a relatively large amount of second bread material including granular or liquid materials. The purpose is to provide.

[0006]

According to the present invention, a bread material supply container for supplying bread material to a bread container by holding and inverting the bread material is provided above the bread container. An automatic bread maker characterized by being provided. As a result, an automatic bread maker capable of automatically supplying a relatively large amount of bread ingredients including granular or liquid ones is obtained.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a bread material supply container for supplying bread material to a bread container by holding and inverting the bread material is provided above the bread container. An automatic bread maker characterized by the fact that
This has the effect of automatically supplying a relatively large amount of bread ingredients, including granular or liquid ones.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic bread maker wherein a bread material supply container is detachably provided, and has an effect that the bread material supply container is easily washed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic bread maker wherein a rotation center when the bread material supply container is inverted is provided at a position substantially at the top of the baking chamber. Has the effect of reducing the size.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic bread maker wherein the timing of reversing the bread material supply container is set in the course of the kneading process, and the bread material is automatically converted into bread dough. It has the effect that it can be kneaded.

[0011] The invention according to claim 5 of the present invention is an automatic bread maker wherein the timing of inverting the bread material supply container is set in the middle of the fermentation step, and the bread material is automatically converted into bread dough. It has the effect of topping.

[0012]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the reversing part of the present embodiment. In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 20 denotes a bread material supply container; 21, a reversing axis for reversing the bread material supply container 20;
Are detachable. Reference numeral 22 denotes a torsion spring that applies a rotational force to the reversing shaft 21, one end of which is engaged with the reversing shaft 21, and the other end is fixed. 23 is a lever for suppressing the rotation of the reversing shaft 21, 24 is a first return spring that engages with the lever 23, 6 is a solenoid that presses the lever 23, 7 is a second return spring that engages with the solenoid 6, and 8 is a firing chamber. , 9 is a heater, 10 is a bread container, 11 is a dough blade, 12 is a drive shaft for rotating the dough blade 11, 13 is a first pulley fixed to the drive shaft 12, 14 is a motor for driving the dough blade 11, 15 Is a second pulley fixed to the rotating shaft of the motor 14, and 16 is a second pulley 15 to the first pulley 13
And 17 is a control circuit.

The operation of the automatic bread maker constructed as described above will be described below. First, a first bread material 18 (bread material that is initially contained in the bread container 10) such as flour or water is placed in the bread container 10. Next, after a predetermined time such as raisins, nuts, yeasts (dry yeast), etc., the second bread material 19 (bread material to be added later) to be added to the bread container 10 is started in the bread material supply container 20. The motor 14 drives the kneading blades 11 to rotate and stir and knead the first bread material 18. After a predetermined time, the solenoid 6 pushes the lever 23 in the direction of the arrow. Lever 2
3 slides in the direction of the arrow to release the rotation inhibition of the reversing shaft 21, the reversing shaft 21 rotates in the direction of the arrow by the force of the torsion spring 22, and the bread material supply container 20 is reversed, and is indicated by a two-dot chain line. And the second bread material 19 falls into the bread container 10. If the timing at which the bread material supply container 20 is inverted is set during the kneading process, the second bread material 19 is kneaded into the dough. If the timing at which the bread material supply container 20 is inverted is set in the middle of the fermentation step, the second
The bread material 19 is topped on the dough. Subsequently, the bread is baked through the steps of kneading, fermenting, degassing, and baking.

Here, yeast (dry yeast)
Is added to the bread container 10 after a predetermined time after being put into the bread material supply container 20, but may be put into the bread container 10 from the beginning so as not to touch water. In this case, only the raisins and nuts are put in the bread ingredient supply container 20.

When no nuts or raisins are added, only yeast (dry yeast) may be added to the bread container 20 and then added to the bread container 10 after a predetermined time.

The bread material supply container 20 has a reversing shaft 21.
It can be detached and washed after baking.

The rotation center of the bread material supply container 20 is formed at a position substantially at the top of the baking chamber 8, and the bread material supply container 20 is located in the baking chamber before the supply of the second bread material. After the bread ingredients are supplied, they are located outside the baking chamber so that they do not interfere with the bread as it is baked. That is, the bread material supply container 20 is always in the baking chamber 8.
The body is smaller than the configuration outside.

In this embodiment, the torsion spring 22 is used as a driving force source for rotating the reversing shaft 21. However, the reversing shaft 21 is rotated by the force of a solenoid using a link mechanism, or the motor is used to rotate the reversing shaft 21. Obviously, the same function can be realized by rotating the shaft 21.

[0019]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the bread material supply container for supplying the bread material to the bread container by holding and inverting the bread material is provided above the bread container. The effect is obtained that a relatively large amount of bread ingredients, including granular or liquid ingredients, can be automatically supplied.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the bread material supply container is detachably provided, an effect is obtained that the bread material supply container is easily washed.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the rotation center when the bread material supply container is inverted is provided at a position substantially at the top surface of the baking chamber, an effect that the main body can be downsized can be obtained.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, the timing at which the bread material supply container is inverted is set in the middle of the kneading process, so that the effect that the bread material can be automatically kneaded into the dough can be obtained.

According to the fifth aspect of the invention, the timing at which the bread material supply container is inverted is set in the middle of the fermentation step, so that the effect that the bread material can be automatically topped on the bread dough can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a reversing part of the automatic bread maker in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a conventional automatic bread maker.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1, 20 Bread material supply container 2 Opening / closing plug 3 First lever 4, 24 First return spring 5 Second lever 6 Solenoid 7 Second return spring 8 Firing chamber 9 Heater 10 Pan container 11 Mixing blade 12 Drive shaft 13 First pulley 14 Motor 15 Second Pulley 16 Belt 17 Control Circuit 18 First Bread Material 19 Second Bread Material 21 Reversing Shaft 22 Torsion Spring 23 Lever

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An automatic bread maker, wherein a bread material supply container for supplying bread material to a bread container by holding and inverting the bread material is provided above the bread container. 2. The automatic bread maker according to claim 1, wherein the bread material supply container is detachably provided. 3. The automatic bread maker according to claim 1, wherein a rotation center when the bread material supply container is inverted is provided at a position substantially at the top of the baking chamber. 4. The automatic bread maker according to claim 1, wherein the timing of inverting the bread material supply container is set during the kneading process. 5. The automatic bread maker according to claim 1, wherein the timing at which the bread material supply container is inverted is set during the fermentation step.