JPH1189714A - Apparatus for cooking rice - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To save workload on a worker to take out or attach a lid covering an upper opening of an inner pot for cooking rice every time when cooking rice. SOLUTION: In an apparatus for cooking rice is comprised in a manner that rice cookers 2 are provided at a side of a rice washer 1, and inner pots 27 for cooking rice of the rice cookers 2 are moved from a side of the rice cookers 2 to a side of the rice washer 1. After cleansed rice is supplied to the inner pots 27 in the side of the rice washer 1, the inner pots 27 for cooking rice are returned from the side of the rice washer 1 to cook rice. In this case, when the inner pots 27 for cooking rice are moved from the side of the rice cookers 2 to the side of the rice washers 1, lifting up means 57 for lifting up an upper lids 47 of the inner pots 27 for cooking rice are provided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rice cooker for business use, in which a rice cooker is provided beside a rice washer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 8-140846, a commercial rice cooker provided with a rice cooker beside a rice washer is provided with a rice cooker 2 from the rice cooker 2 side. The rice cooker 27 is moved to the rice washer 1 side, and the rice washer is supplied to the rice cooker 27 on the rice washer 1 side, and then the rice cooker 27 is returned from the rice washer 1 to the rice cooker 2 and cooks rice. There is something like that.

[0003] However, in this type of conventional rice cooker, when the rice cooker of the rice cooker is moved from the rice cooker side to the rice washer side to supply the rice wash to the rice cooker, the operator needs to remove the rice cooker. It is necessary to remove the upper lid that closes the upper end opening of the kettle, and when returning the rice cooker 27 from the rice washer 1 to the rice cooker 2 to cook rice, the worker closes the upper end opening of the rice cooker. It was necessary to attach the upper lid to the rice cooker, which made the cooking operation very troublesome.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, the present invention eliminates the hassle of removing and attaching an upper cover for closing an upper end opening of a rice cooking inner pot every time when cooking rice.
It is intended to make rice cooking work easier.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems A first technical means of the present invention for solving this technical problem is that a rice cooker 2 is provided on a side of a rice washer 1 and a rice cooker is provided from the rice cooker 2 side. The rice cooker 27 of No. 2 was moved to the rice washer 1 side, and after the rice washer was supplied to the rice cooker 27 at the rice washer 1 side, the rice cooker 27 was returned from the rice washer 1 to the rice cooker 2 side. In the rice cooker configured to cook rice, lifting means 57 is provided to lift the upper lid 47 of the rice cooker 27 upward when moving the rice cooker 27 of the rice cooker 2 from the rice cooker 2 side to the rice washing machine 1 side. It is in the point.

Therefore, the rice cooker 27 of the rice cooker 2 is moved from the rice cooker 2 side to the rice washer 1 side, and before the rice washer is supplied to the rice cooker inner kettle 27 by the rice washer 1 side, the rice cooker 27 is The upper lid 47 that closes the upper end opening is automatically lifted and the rice cooker 27
Get off. The second technical means of the present invention is the rice cooker 2
When the rice cooker 7 is returned from the rice washer 1 to the rice cooker 2, the upper lid 47 is lifted down to attach the upper lid 47 to the rice cooker 27.

Therefore, after the rice washes are supplied to the rice cooker 27 on the rice washer 1 side, the rice cooker 27 is moved from the rice washer 1 side to the rice cooker 2.
When it is returned to the side, the upper lid 47 is automatically lowered and attached to the rice cooker 27.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a rice washing machine. Reference numeral 2 denotes a plurality of rice cookers, which are provided in a plurality of stages beside the rice washer 1. The rice washer 1 comprises a rice storage tank 3 and a rice storage tank 3
And a rice washing tank 5 for receiving the measured rice from the measuring instrument 4. The rice in the rice storage tank 3 is measured to a set amount and dropped into the rice washing tank 5. It is supposed to be.

The rice washing tank 5 has a stirring member 7 driven to rotate by a stirring motor, and the rice supplied from the rice storage tank 3 and water supplied by a water supply means (not shown) are stirred by the stirring member 7. It is configured to wash rice. A discharge port 9 that can be opened and closed by a rice discharge valve 8 is provided below the rice washing tank 5.
In the rice washing tank 5, the water supply means, the drainage device, and the like are controlled by the controller, so that the rice is washed, zipped, and water is adjusted according to the set amount of rice. The water-washed rice is dropped and supplied to the rice cooker 27 described below from the discharge port 9 of.

An elevating table 13 is provided below the rice washing tank 4, and a nut 16 screwed to the vertical screw shaft 14 is moved up and down by rotating the vertical screw shaft 14 forward and reverse around the axis by an elevating motor 15. As a result, the lift 13 fixed to the nut 16 is moved up and down.
The horizontal screw shaft 19 is held by the lifting platform 13, and the horizontal screw shaft 19 is rotated forward and reverse around the axis by a horizontal movement motor 20 attached to the lifting platform 13, thereby being screwed to the horizontal screw shaft 19. The nut 21 is moved left and right, whereby the moving arm 22 fixed to the nut 21 is moved left and right together with the nut 21.

The rice cooker 2 includes a rice cooker 26 having a rectangular parallelepiped shape, a rice cooker 27 stored in the rice cooker 26,
And a cooking stove 28 stored in a rice cooking case 26. On the front of the rice cooker case 26, an opening / closing door 29 that can be opened and closed with its lower end as a fulcrum is provided. An opening 30 is provided in a side wall of the rice cooker 26 on the rice washer 1 side, and the rice cooker 27 can be taken out of the rice cooker 26 to the rice washer 1 through the opening 30 of the rice cooker 26.

Each rice cooker 2 is provided with a mounting table 32 on which the rice cooker 27 is mounted. The mounting table 32 has a guide rail 33 attached to the bottom of the rice cooker case 26 with the rice cooker 27 mounted thereon. By moving above, the rice cooking case 26
Through the opening 30 of the rice cooker 26 and the rice washer 2 side. Mounting table 32
Is provided with a lid 35 for opening and closing the opening 30 of the rice cooking case 26 so that the mounting table 32 is moved into the rice cooking case 26.
0 is opened and closed freely.

The mounting table 32 has an opening 37 corresponding to the bottom of the rice cooker 27. When the table 32 is moved into the rice cooker case 26, the rice cooker 27 is mounted on the table 32. In a state where the rice is placed, the rice in the rice cooker 27 can be cooked by the rice cooker 28. A hook 39 having an engagement groove 38 protrudes from the lid 35 of the mounting table 32. When the solenoid 40 is attached to the moving arm 22 and the solenoid 40 is operated, the operating piece 40a of the solenoid 40 projects downward and engages with the engaging groove 38 of the hook 39 so as to be freely engaged and disengaged.
0 and the moving arm 22 and the mounting table 32 via the hook 39.
And are detachably connected.

Therefore, if the moving arm 22 and the mounting table 32 are connected by operating the solenoid 40, the mounting table 32 on which the rice cooker 27 is mounted is guided by the driving of the horizontal moving motor 20. The horizontal screw shaft 19 moves horizontally between the rail 33 and the lift 13.
The horizontal moving motor 43, the nut 21, the moving arm 22 and the like constitute horizontal moving means 43 for horizontally moving the mounting table 32 on which the rice cooker 27 is mounted between the rice cooking case 26 and the rice washing machine 1 side. I have.

When the placing table 32 on which the rice cooking pot 27 is placed is on the lifting table 13, the lifting table 13 is moved up and down by driving the lifting motor 15, and the rice cooking pot placed on the placing table 32 is moved. The rice cooker 27 can be moved up and down to a rice washing supply position A immediately below the discharge port 9 of the rice washing tank 5 and a position corresponding to each rice cooker 2. The screw shaft 14, the motor 15, the nut 16, and the like constitute an elevating means 45 for elevating the rice cooker 27 together with the mounting table 32.

An upper lid 47 for closing the upper end opening of the rice cooking pot 27 is provided. An annular locking piece 48 is provided on the upper lid 47 so as to protrude upward. A lid support link 51 is supported on the rice cooking case 26 so as to be swingable about a horizontal axis 52, and an engagement portion 53 bent in a hook shape is formed at one end of the lid support link 51, and the engagement portion 53 is an upper lid. The other end of the lid support link 51 is engaged with the locking piece 48 of the solenoid 47.
When the solenoid 54 is operated, the operating piece 54a protrudes downward, whereby the lid supporting link 51 swings around the horizontal axis 52 as shown by a chain line in FIG. The lid support link 51 and the solenoid 54 constitute lifting means 57 for lifting the upper lid 47 of the rice cooker 27 upward.

The agitating motor, the lifting motor 15, the horizontal moving motor 20, the solenoid 54, and the like are controlled by a controller (not shown), and are configured to operate automatically as shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. . That is, when the operation start switch of the control panel is pressed, in step 1, the mounting table 3 in the rice cooking case 26 is set.
Rice cooker 2 on standby with rice cooker 27 on top
Is selected, and in step 2, the solenoid 54 of the selected rice cooker 2 is activated, whereby the upper lid 47 is lifted from the rice cooking inner pot 27.

In step 3, the lifting motor 15 is driven,
The elevator 13 moves up and down toward the selected rice cooker 2 side. In step 4, it is determined whether or not the elevator 13 has moved up and down to the position corresponding to the selected rice cooker 2, and if the elevator 13 has not reached the elevator position corresponding to the selected rice cooker 2, the process proceeds to step 3. Then, the drive of the elevating motor 15 is continued. When the elevator 13 reaches the elevating position corresponding to the selected rice cooker 2, the process proceeds to step 5, and the elevating motor 15 is stopped. Thereby, the elevator 13 stops at the position corresponding to the rice cooker 2.

Whether the elevator 13 has moved up or down to the position corresponding to the selected rice cooker 2 can be determined by detecting the elevation position of the elevator 13 by a position sensor such as a limit switch, or by elevating the elevator. This is performed by detecting the number of rotations of the motor 15. In step 6, the solenoid 40 is activated. As a result, the operating piece 40a of the solenoid 40 protrudes downward and engages with the engaging groove 38 of the hook 39 so as to be freely engaged and disengaged, and the moving arm 22 and the mounting table 32 of the selected rice cooker 2 are connected.

In step 7, the horizontal moving motor 20 is driven so that the mounting table 32 moves toward the rice washing machine 1, whereby the mounting table 32 and the moving arm 22 are moved to the rice cooking case 26.
It moves horizontally from the side to the rice washing machine 1 side. In step 8, it is determined whether or not the mounting table 32 has reached the rice washing machine 1 side.
If 2 has not reached the rice washing machine 1 side, the process returns to step 7 and the driving of the horizontal movement motor 20 is continued. Mounting table 32
If reaches the rice washer 1, the process proceeds to step 9 and the horizontal movement motor 20 is stopped. As a result, the mounting table 32 on which the rice cooker 27 is mounted is placed on the lift 13 and the rice cooker 2
7 is located below the outlet 9 of the rice washing tank 5.

Whether the mounting table 32 has reached the rice washing machine 1 or not can be determined by detecting the horizontal movement position of the mounting table 32 by a position sensor such as a limit switch, or by detecting the horizontal movement motor 20. This is performed by detecting the number of revolutions. In step 10, the lifting motor 15
Is driven so that the lift 13 moves to the ascending side, whereby the lift 13 rises. In step 11, it is determined whether or not the elevating platform 13 has reached the rice washing supply position A where the rice cooking pot 27 is located immediately below the discharge port 9 of the rice washing tank 5.
If the lift 13 has not reached the rice washing supply position A, the process returns to step 10 and the drive of the lift motor 15 is continued. When the elevator 13 reaches the rice washing supply position A, the process proceeds to step 12, and the elevator motor 15 is stopped. Thus, the rice cooking pot 27 is set at the rice washing supply position A immediately below the outlet 9 of the rice washing tank 5.

Whether the lift 13 has reached the rice washing supply position A can be determined by detecting the lift position of the lift 13 with a position sensor such as a limit switch, or by detecting the rotation speed of the lift motor 15. Is performed by detecting. When the rice cooker 27 of the upper rice cooker 2 is moved to the rice washing supply position A, the mounting table 32 of the upper rice cooker 2 is horizontally moved from the rice cooker case 26 side to the rice washer 1 side. Even if the mounting table 32 is not raised from above, since the lifting table 13 is located at the rice washing supply position A, it is not necessary to raise the mounting table 32 by the raising / lowering means. Only by moving horizontally from the 26 side to the rice washing machine 1 side, the elevator 13 is moved to the rice washing supply position A.
Can be located.

In step 13, the rice discharge valve 8 of the rice washing tank 5 is opened, and the washed rice drops from the discharge port 9 of the rice washing tank 5. Thereby, the rice cooker 27 at the rice washing supply position A is provided.
Is supplied with washed rice. After the water-washed rice is supplied to the rice cooker 27, the elevator motor 15 is driven in step 14 so that the elevator 13 moves to the lower side, whereby the elevator 13 descends. Step 15
Then, it is determined whether or not the elevator 13 has moved down to a position corresponding to the rice cooker 2 to which the rice cooker 27 should be returned.
If has not descended to the position corresponding to the rice cooker 2, the process returns to step 14, the driving of the elevating motor 15 is continued, and the elevating table 13 is continued to descend. If the elevator 13 is lowered to the position corresponding to the rice cooker 2, the process proceeds to step 16, and the elevator motor 15 is stopped. Thereby, the elevator 13 stops at the position corresponding to the rice cooker 2.

Whether the elevator 13 has been lowered to a position corresponding to the rice cooker 2 to which the rice cooker 27 should be returned is determined by detecting the elevating position of the elevator 13 by a position sensor such as a limit switch. This is performed by detecting the rotation speed of the lift motor 15.
When the rice cooker 2 to which the rice cooker 27 is to be returned is the uppermost rice cooker 2, the rice washing supply position A is a position corresponding to the rice cooker 2 to which the rice cooker 27 is to be returned. Since the rice cooker 27 at the position A does not need to be further lowered, the lowering operation of the elevator 13 is omitted.

In step 17, the horizontal movement motor 20 is
The mounting table 32 is driven to move to the rice cooker 2 side, whereby the mounting table 32 moves horizontally together with the moving arm 22 from the rice washing machine 1 side to the rice cooking case 26 side. Step 1
In step 8, it is determined whether or not the mounting table 32 has entered the rice cooking case 26. If the mounting table 32 has not entered the rice cooking case 26, the process returns to step 17, and the driving of the horizontal movement motor 20 is continued, and The horizontal movement of the table 32 toward the rice cooking case 26 is continued. If the mounting table 32 is in the rice cooking case 26, the process proceeds to step 19, and the horizontal movement motor 20 is stopped. Thereby, the mounting table 32 on which the rice cooker 27 is mounted.
Enters the rice cooker case 26, and the opening 30 of the rice cooker case 26 is closed by the lid 35.

The determination as to whether the mounting table 32 has entered the rice cooking case 26 can be made by detecting the horizontal movement position of the mounting table 32 by a position sensor such as a limit switch, or by rotating the horizontal movement motor 20. This is done by detecting the number. In step 20, the operation of the solenoid 40 and the solenoid 54 is stopped. As a result, the operating piece 40a of the solenoid 40 retreats upward, disengages from the engagement groove 38 of the hook 39, and the connection between the moving arm 22 and the mounting table 32 is released. In addition, the upper lid 47 is lowered, and the upper lid 47 closes the upper end opening of the rice cooker 27.

Next, in step 21, the rice cooker 28 is ignited and rice cooking is started.

[0028]

According to the present invention, the rice cooker 27 of the rice cooker 2 is moved to the rice washer 1 from the rice cooker 2 side, and before the rice washer is supplied to the rice cooker 27 by the rice washer 1 side. The upper lid 47 for closing the upper end opening of the rice cooker is automatically moved to the upper lid 4 of the rice cooker 27.
7 can be lifted and removed from the rice cooker 27. Therefore, every time when rice is supplied to the rice cooker 27 on the rice washer 1 side,
There is no need for the worker to remove the upper lid 47 from the rice cooking pot 27, and the rice cooking operation can be easily performed.

Further, after rice is supplied to the rice cooker 27 on the rice washer 1 side, when the rice cooker 27 is returned from the rice washer 1 side to the rice cooker 2 side to cook rice, the worker needs Kettle 27
In addition, the trouble of attaching the upper lid 47 can be eliminated, and the rice cooking operation can be further facilitated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Rice washing machine 2 Rice cooker 27 Cooking rice pot 47 Top cover 57 Lifting means

Claims (2)

[Claims] A rice cooker (2) is provided beside a rice washer (1), and a rice cooker (27) of the rice cooker (2) is moved from the rice cooker (2) side to the rice washer (1) side. After moving, the rice washer is supplied to the rice cooker (27) on the rice washer (1) side, and then the rice cooker (2) is supplied.
In the rice cooker in which 7) is returned from the rice washer (1) to the rice cooker (2), rice is cooked, and the rice cooker (27) of the rice cooker (2) is washed from the rice cooker (2). A rice cooker comprising a lifting means (57) for lifting an upper lid (47) of the rice cooker (27) upward when moving to the cooking device (1) side. 2. When the rice cooker (27) is returned from the rice washer (1) side to the rice cooker (2) side, the lifted upper lid (4) is removed.
The rice cooker according to claim 1, wherein the rice cooker (27) is put down to attach the upper lid (47) to the rice cooker (27).