JPH1156616A - Rice cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rice cooker, in which water entering the main body of a rice cooker can be discharged without touching an inner pot from a hook lever. SOLUTION: A hinge shaft 24 for supporting a cover 23 on one side of the main body of a rice cooker and a hook lever 26 for locking the cover 23 on the other side are provided on the other lower part of the cover 23. A bearing part for pivoting the hook lever 26 is arranged on an upper frame 22, the bearing part is disposed in the vertical direction in the rice cooker main body, the bearing part has a wall provided on the rice cooker main body side, and the rice cooker main body is provided with an exhaust hole provided on the lower part of the hook lever 26.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

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

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, rice cookers have been required to have a compact design in order to improve convenience and pursue additional functions and kitchen conditions. Hereinafter, a conventional rice cooker will be described. FIG. 4 shows a known rice cooker in which the lid can be opened with a single touch. In FIG. 4, reference numeral 1 denotes a cylindrical body having an open upper surface. Inside the body 1, a protection frame 2 serving as an inner pot storage portion is provided.
The protective frame 2 is formed of a nonmetallic material into a bottomed cylindrical shape, and the upper end of the protective frame 2 is engaged with the inside of the upper end of the body 1.

[0003] Reference numeral 3 denotes an inner pot in which a flange 4 protruding outward is formed at an upper end opening.
By being placed in a suspended state on the upper surface of the protection frame 3, the protection frame 2 is detachably disposed in the protection frame 2. An induction coil 5 is provided outside the protection frame 2, and the induction coil 5 is formed of a heat-resistant resin material on a lower portion of the outer circumference of the protection frame 2 so that the distance to the outer peripheral surface of the inner pot 3 is constant. It is supported by the formed coil cover 6.

[0004] Reference numeral 7 denotes an outer cover made of a synthetic resin, and the outer cover 7 is rotatably supported via a pin 9 on a hinge member 8 integrally formed on an upper portion of an upper frame 23. 10 is an inner cover,
The inner cover 10 is fixed to the inner surface of the outer lid 7. A heat radiating plate 11 as a heating element is fixed to the inner cover 10, and an induction coil 12 supported by a coil support 13 is located above the heat radiating plate 11. The heat radiation plate 11 generates heat by the electromagnetic action of the induction coil 12. Further, a sensor 14 for detecting the temperature of the heat radiating plate 11 is directly attached to the heat radiating plate 11 with an aluminum tape, and the temperature of the heat radiating plate 11 is adjusted.

An engaging member 16 is located on the opposite side of the hinge member 8 and is integrally formed on the upper end of the protective frame 2. An engaging lever 17 is provided on the outer lid 7 so as to face the engaging member 16. Is instructed to be rotatable via a pin 18. When the outer lid is closed, the pot packing 20 presses against the flange 4 of the inner pot 3 to seal the inner pot 3.

Reference numeral 24 denotes a steam cylinder, which prevents squirt from leaking outside. Reference numeral 25 denotes a control board, which controls input and output of the current to the induction coil 12 and signals of the operation display unit 26. A cooling fan 27 cools the control board 25 and the induction coil 5.

[0007]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the above-mentioned rice cooker, when a large amount of water is applied to the engagement lever 17 of the rice cooker, the water is accumulated in the upper frame 23, and when the additional water is applied, the inner pot 3
And the protective frame 2 was drained to the outside. At this time, water adheres to the inner pot 3 and the protection frame 2, so that there is a problem that cleaning performance is poor.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem and to realize a rice cooker having a compact structure with good cleaning properties.

[0009]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a rice cooker according to the present invention comprises a rice cooker body having an upper surface opened, an upper frame attached to the upper surface opening, and a rice cooker body. A lid that covers the top opening so as to be openable and closable, a hinge shaft that supports the lid so as to be openable and closable on one side of the rice cooker main body, and a hook lever that locks the lid on the other side; And a bearing portion disposed on the upper frame for fixing the hook lever, and the bearing portion is disposed vertically with respect to the rice cooker main body, and the bearing portion has a wall on the side of the rice cooker main body. And the rice cooker main body is provided with an exhaust hole below the hook lever.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to claim 1 is a rice cooker body having an upper surface opened, an upper frame attached to the upper surface opening, and a lid for opening and closing the upper surface opening of the rice cooker body. A body, a hinge shaft for supporting the lid so as to be openable and closable on one side of the rice cooker body, and a hook lever for locking the lid on the other side are provided at the other lower part of the lid, A bearing portion disposed on the upper frame for fixing the shaft, and by arranging the bearing portion in a vertical direction with respect to the rice cooker main body, water entering from the hook lever portion is surely transferred along the vertical bearing portion. To guide.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the bearing portion has a wall provided on the rice cooker main body side, so that water entering from the hook lever portion is reliably guided along the vertical bearing portion, and the rice cooker main body side is provided. It is a thing which did not enter. Claim 3
In the described invention, a hole serving as an exhaust hole is provided below the hook lever of the rice cooker main body, and water is discharged to the outside through this hole.

[0012]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3, the rice cooker main body 21 includes:
Upper frame 2 provided inside and attached to the upper opening
2 and a lid 23 that covers the upper opening so as to be openable and closable. The upper frame 22 has a hinge shaft 24 that is rotatably supported on one side of the rice cooker main body 21, and a hook lever 26 that is positioned substantially opposite to the hinge shaft 24 and engages the rice cooker main body 21 and the lid 23. It has. The hook lever 26 is provided on the other lower part of the lid 23. The lid 23 is always provided with an opening biasing force by a hinge spring 27. The upper frame 22 is provided with a slant 29 for sliding the shaft 28 of the hook lever 26 in a direction perpendicular to the bearing portion 30. Reference numeral 31 denotes a wall provided on the upper frame 22, which is provided vertically on the rice cooker main body 21 side of the bearing unit 30. This wall 31 is connected to the vertical wall of the protective frame 33 on which the inner pot 35 is placed.

Next, cooling of the bottom heating coil 32 will be described. As for the cooling performance, the cooling fan 77 is arranged at the lower corner of the main body, so that the bottom heating coil 32, the heating substrate 70, and the like can be cooled. Specifically, since the heating substrates 70 and the like are collectively arranged in a narrow space below the hinge portion 60, a problem regarding heat radiation is likely to occur. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, the cooling fan 77 is disposed at a lower corner of the rice cooker main body 21, and an intake hole 78 is provided in a main body portion facing the cooling fan 77. Further, by providing the exhaust holes 79 on the lower front surface and the lower side surface of the main body, the cool air sucked from the intake holes 78 is smoothly guided to the front or the side via the heating substrate 70 and the bottom heating coil 32.

In this respect, the cooling fan 77 is conventionally arranged horizontally below the main body, but in the present invention, the rice cooker main body 2
When the cooling fan 77 was horizontally arranged below as it was when downsizing 1, satisfactory cooling performance could not be obtained. This is because the distance between the inner pot 35 and the bottom surface of the rice cooker main body 21 is shortened with the downsizing, so that when the cooling fan 77 is arranged horizontally, a sufficient cold air suction space can be obtained. , Cold air fan 77
This was due to increased wind resistance at the bottom of the building. Also, in a horizontal arrangement, it is one of the causes of an increase in wind path resistance, due to the difficulty of flowing cool air forward. Therefore, the cooling fan 77 is disposed obliquely, and
Are provided with a large radius at the lower corners thereof, and an intake hole 78 is arranged at such a portion to oppose the cooling fan 77.
Reference numeral 79 denotes an exhaust hole for discharging the air sucked from the intake hole 78. The exhaust hole 79 is also a hole for an outlet of water that has entered from the hook lever 26.

[0015]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the rice cooker main body having the upper surface opened, the upper frame attached to the upper surface opening, and the upper surface opening of the rice cooker main body are formed. A lid that covers the lid so that it can be opened and closed, a hinge shaft that pivotally supports the lid on one side of the rice cooker body, and a hook lever that locks the lid on the other side are provided at the other lower part of the lid. ,
A bearing portion disposed on the upper frame for fixing the hook lever, and the bearing portion is disposed vertically with respect to the rice cooker main body, so that water entering from the hook lever portion is transferred to the vertical bearing portion. You can be surely guided along.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the bearing portion has a wall provided on the rice cooker main body side, so that water entering from the hook lever portion can be surely guided along the vertical bearing portion, It can be kept away from the rice cooker body. According to the third aspect of the present invention, a hole serving also as an exhaust hole is provided below the hook lever of the rice cooker body, and this hole discharges hot air to the outside and also discharges water to the outside.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part of a rice cooker showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of another essential part of the rice cooker.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the rice cooker.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a conventional rice cooker.

[Explanation of symbols]

 21 Rice Cooker Main Body 22 Upper Frame 23 Lid 24 Hinge Shaft 26 Hook Lever 28 Shaft 30 Bearing 31 Wall 79 Exhaust Hole

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A rice cooker main body having an upper surface opened, an upper frame attached to the upper surface opening, a lid for opening and closing the upper surface opening of the rice cooker main body, and the rice cooker comprising: A hinge shaft for pivotally supporting one side of the main body so as to be openable and closable, and a hook lever for locking the lid body on the other side are provided at the lower portion of the other side of the lid body, and the hook lever is disposed on the upper frame for fixing the hook lever. A rice cooker in which a bearing portion and the bearing portion are disposed in a direction perpendicular to the rice cooker main body. 2. The rice cooker according to claim 1, wherein the bearing unit has a wall provided on the rice cooker main body side. 3. The rice cooker according to claim 1, wherein the rice cooker main body is provided with an exhaust hole below the hook lever.