JPS5854005Y2 - Automatic cleaning type changer - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an automatic cleaning juicer that can dispose of dregs and clean it after use without disassembling it, and particularly relates to an improvement for improving cleaning efficiency.

Generally, a juicer rotates a centrifugal basket at high speed inside the main body case, finely cuts the material to be made into juice at the inner bottom of the basket, discharges the juice from the peripheral wall filter part of the basket, and transfers it to the juice outlet. The strained lees is discharged to the outside from the upper opening edge of the basket into a lees tray provided around the upper opening edge.

Therefore, after use, it is necessary to disassemble the lees container, discard the squeezed lees that have accumulated in the lees container, and clean the inside of the main body case before assembling it again. had the disadvantage of requiring a lot of time and effort.

Therefore, in recent years, a self-cleaning juicer has been developed that allows the waste to be disposed of and cleaned after use without being disassembled.

After use, water is poured into the main case, and the basket is rotated to generate a rotating water flow inside the main case.The rotating water flow cleans the inside of the main case, and the lees receiver collects the lees inside the juice container. The juice was discharged to the outside through the juice outlet.

However, in conventional juicers of this type, the lees tray cannot quickly drain out the lees from inside the juicer, resulting in poor cleaning efficiency.

The present invention was developed based on these circumstances, and its purpose is to create an easy-to-operate self-cleaning juicer that automatically disposes of lees and cleans the inside of the case by generating a rotating water flow inside the main body case. In addition to making it possible to perform automatic cleaning in the machine, the purpose of the lees receiver is to quickly flush out the lees in the chamber, thereby increasing cleaning efficiency.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the present invention will be explained based on embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show the usage and cleaning conditions of the juicer, respectively, and the juicer body 3 is detachably mounted on a juicer base 2 in which a motor 1 is installed.

The juicer main body 3 includes a bottomed, substantially cylindrical main body case 7 with a large diameter part 4 at the top, a small diameter part 5 at the bottom, and a tapered part 6 expanding upward in the middle part, and an upper opening of the case 7. It is composed of a removable lid 8 that closes.

A juice outlet 9 is provided in the lower circumferential wall of the small diameter portion 5, and an outlet pipe 10 is connected to the outlet 9.

Further, a cutter-shaped stirring blade 12 is rotatably mounted in the small diameter portion 5 via a bearing 11 provided at the center of the bottom plate.

The stirring blades 12 are connected to a driving coupling 13 on the juicer base 2 side and a driven coupling 1 on the juicer main body 3 side.
The motor 1 rotates through engagement with the motor 4.

Further, inside the main body case 7, a centrifugal separation cage 15 is housed in a region extending from the large diameter portion 4 to the tapered portion 6.

This basket 15 is formed by cutting and raising a large number of cutting blades 17 on the inner bottom surface of a conical cylindrical filter 16 that expands upward, and is coaxially connected to the stirring blade 12. It rotates together with the stirring blade 12.

The lid body 8 has a slight upward bulge and has engaging protrusions 18 at several locations on the outer periphery, and these protrusions 18 are connected to hook portions 19 provided at the upper end of the outer periphery of the main body case 7. It is attached to the case 7 by being engaged with the case 7.

Note that a seal member 20 is provided between the lid body 8 and the main body case 7.
is inserted.

A material input tube 21 is integrally formed on the lid 8 at a portion slightly offset from the center.

The material input cylinder 21 has an upper portion protruding toward the upper surface of the lid 8 and a lower end close to the cutting blade 17 in the centrifugal separation cage 15 .

An operating ring 22 serving as a rotation operating member is rotatably attached to the upper outer periphery of the material input cylinder 21 on the upper surface side of the lid 8.

As shown in FIG. 3, three spiral grooves 23 are formed in the peripheral wall of the operating ring 22 at equal intervals and open downward, inclining in the same direction.

Further, a water supply cylinder 24 that projects diagonally outward from the top surface of the lid 8 is integrally formed at a position on the side of the material input cylinder 21 of the lid 8.
The upper end opening is closed by a cap 25 rotatably attached to the upper surface of the lid body 8.

Furthermore, the lid 8 has three parts around the material input cylinder 21.
Cylindrical portions 26 passing through are provided at equal intervals.

Around the centrifugal separation cage 15, a flange portion 27 is provided on the outer periphery.
A cylindrical movable partition wall 27 having a diameter a is provided.

The movable partition wall 27 has a lower end facing the tapered part 6 of the main body case 7 and an upper end close to the upper end of the centrifugal separation cage 15. The outer annular space is the lees receiver part 29,
The juice that has passed through the filter 16 is transferred to the juice receiver section 28.
Furthermore, the lees discharged from the upper opening edge of the filter 16 is guided to the lees receiver portion 29, respectively.

Further, an interlocking body 30 as shown in FIG. 4 is attached to the lid body 8.

That is, the interlocking body 30 has three engagement pins 32 inserted into each spiral groove 23 on the inner periphery of an annular flat plate 31 surrounding the material input cylinder 21, and three cylindrical caps on the upper surface of the flat plate 31. 33 at equal intervals, and each cylindrical cap 33 is placed on each cylindrical portion 26 from above.

Further, a rod-shaped support 34 is suspended from the center of the inner bottom surface of each cylindrical cap 33, and each support 34 is inserted into the cylindrical portion 26.

The lower end of each support body 34 is connected to the flange portion 27a of the movable partition wall 27 at equal intervals.

Therefore, when the operating ring 22 is rotated, the engagement pin 32 slides along the spiral groove 23, and the movable partition wall 2 is moved through the interlocking body 30.
7 is raised and lowered to appropriately form an axial outlet 35 between the lower end of the movable partition wall 27 and the tapered part 6 (second
(see figure).

Reference numeral 36 in FIG. 2 is a cleaning tool used for cleaning the inside of the juicer body 3, which includes a cylindrical body 38 having a flange 37 on the outer periphery;
The brush 40 is housed in an opening 39 provided at the side end of the cylinder 38, and the brush 40 is connected to a leaf spring 41.
is always urged outward.

The cylindrical body 38 has a large number of small holes 42 on the peripheral wall and the tip,
Insert the part beyond the flange 37 into the water supply cylinder 24, and in that state insert the brush 40 into the filter 1 of the centrifugal separation basket 15.
6. It is designed to make contact with the inner surface.

-Furthermore, the flange 37 is locked to the end surface of the water supply cylinder 24 by a locking tool 43, and the other end of the cylinder body 38 is connected to a water faucet via a hose 44.

In addition, in the figure, 45 is a push rod 47 that is inserted into the material input cylinder 21 and presses the material 46 to be made into juice against the cutting blade 17.
shows a tip that receives the juice flowing out from the outflow pipe 10.

Therefore, when making juice of vegetables, fruits, etc. using this juicer, place a cup below the outflow pipe 10 as shown in FIG. When the water supply cylinder 24 is closed with the cap 25 and the motor 1 is driven, the stirring blades 12 and the centrifugal separation cage 15 rotate at high speed.

Then, when the material 46 to be made into juice is put into the material input cylinder 21 and pressed against the cutting blade 17 in the centrifugal separation cage 15 with the push rod 45, the material 46 is transferred to the cutting blade 1T rotating at high speed.
The juice is cut more finely, and the juice passes through the filter 16 and is discharged to the juice receiver section 33, and flows out from the outflow pipe 10 into the spout 47.

On the other hand, the squeezed lees squeezed through the filter 16 is filtered through the filter 1.
The lees tray is discharged to the section 34 by passing over the two-end opening edge (No. 6).

After making juice in this way, the juicer body 3
The inside can be cleaned as shown in FIG.

That is, the operating ring 22 is turned in the opposite direction to raise the movable bulkhead 27, forming the axial outlet 35 below the movable bulkhead 27, positioning the open end of the outlet pipe 10 above the sink, and removing the cap 25. and insert the cleaning tool 36 into the water supply cylinder 24.

Then, the brush 40 is brought into contact with the inner surface of the filter 16, and the flange 37 is locked to the end surface of the water supply cylinder 24 with the locking tool 43.
Water is supplied into the main body case 7 through the cylinder 38.

Then, cleaning water is sprayed from each small hole 42 of the cylinder 38, and parts that are normally difficult to clean, such as the back surface of the lid 8 and the upper part of the material input tube 21, are efficiently cleaned.

Therefore, the motor 1 is driven to drive the stirring blades 12 and the centrifugal separation cage 1.
5 is rotated at high speed, a rotating water flow is generated in the main body case 7, and the rotating water flow generated by the rotation of the stirring blade 12 rises along the tapered portion 6 and reaches the shaft outlet 35 that is open all around the circumference.
The lees receiver now enters into the portion 29.

In addition, a rotating water flow is generated inside the lees receiver part 29 by the rotation of the centrifugal separation basket 15, so the squeezed lees in the lees receiver part 29 is carried away by the rotating water flow in the lees receiver part 29 and rotates. Furthermore, the juice receiver quickly flows out into the portion 28 by being drawn by the rotating water flow that enters from below through the shaft outlet 35.

Then, it flows down into the small diameter part 5 of the main body case 7 and is discharged to the outside from the juice outlet 9. However, since relatively large lees are finely cut by the blades of the stirring blades 12 in advance, they are passed through the outlet pipe 10. The dregs discharged to the outside does not contain large particles, and therefore can be disposed of directly to the discharge port.

Further, the dregs adhering to the filter 16 are removed by the brush 40 and discharged to the outside together with the dregs and juice adhering elsewhere within the main body case.

After the lees disposal and washing are completed in this manner, the operating ring 22 is rotated again to lower the movable partition wall 27 and the shaft outlet 35 is closed, thereby making juice.

As described above based on the embodiments, the juicer of the present invention operates the movable partition wall 27 via the interlocking body 30 by rotating the rotary operation member (operation ring 22) attached to the top surface of the lid body 8. Since the shaft outlet 35 can be appropriately formed under the movable bulkhead 27 by moving up and down, the operation is as simple as rotating the rotary operating member, filling the main body case with water, and driving the motor 1. Since the shaft outlet 35 is formed in a large size over the entire circumference in the F direction of the movable partition wall 27, the lees in the lees tray can be quickly flowed out, improving cleaning efficiency. can be increased.

Further, by providing a flange portion 27a on the outer periphery of the movable partition wall 27 and connecting the flange portion 27a to the support body 34, the movable partition wall 27 can be brought closer to the centrifugal separation cage 15, and the movable partition wall 27 and the centrifugal separation cage 15 This has the effect of preventing the lees from falling into the juice receiver part 28 from the gap between the two.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and can be modified in various ways.

For example, in the embodiment described above, the cleaning tool 36 is used to clean the filter 16.
However, a certain degree of cleaning effect can be obtained by using only a rotating water stream without using such a cleaning tool.

Further, although the stirring blade 12 that rotates together with the cage 15 is provided below the centrifugal separation basket 15, this stirring blade 12 is not necessarily required.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention; FIGS. 1 and 2 are sectional views of a juicer, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an operating ring, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an interlocking body. 7...Body case, 15...Centrifugal separation basket, 21...Material input tube, 22...Rotary operation member (operation ring), 27... ...Movable bulkhead, 27a...Flange part, 28...Juice receiver part, 29...Lead receiver part, 30...Interlocking body , 34...Support, 46...Material.

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] (1) A main body case that houses a centrifugal separation basket, a lid body that has a material input tube for introducing material to be made into juice into the centrifugal separation cage and closes an upper opening of the main body case, and an inside of the main body case. A movable partition wall of a cylindrical part that surrounds the centrifugal separation basket and accommodates the dregs discharged from the upper opening edge of the centrifugal separation basket on its outer periphery is connected to a movable partition wall of a cylindrical part, an interlocking body having a plurality of supports introduced into the case and connecting the supports to the movable bulkhead at equal intervals, and an interlocking body mounted on the top surface of the lid body so as to be rotatable in a horizontal direction and accompanying the rotational movement of the interlocking body. and a rotary operation member that raises the movable partition via the interlocking body and forms a lees outlet below the movable partition. (2) The self-cleaning juicer according to claim 0), wherein the movable partition wall has a flange portion on the outer periphery, and the flange portion is connected to each of the supports.