JPS59232517A - Rice cooking apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rice cooking device that cooks rice and keeps it warm while the rice cooker is housed in the rice cooker.

Conventional configurations and their problems In recent years, the types and quantities of cooking equipment and food in the kitchen have increased, and there has been an increasing demand for storing them well and making effective use of space. It is beginning to change. However, rice cookers were insufficient as rice cooking devices because steam was generated during rice cooking, which caused problems such as condensation of steam, humidity, and temperature.

Hereinafter, the conventional rice cooking device as described above will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a side cross section of a conventional rice cooking device. In Fig. 1, 1 is the main body of the rice cooker, 2 is the heating device, and 3 is the main body of the rice cooker.
is a rice cooker; 4 is a lid that covers the top surface of the rice cooker 3; 5 is a rice cooker storage that stores the heating device 2, the rice cooker 3, and the lid 4; 6 is an opening/closing door provided at the front of the rice cooker storage; 7 8 is an air intake port provided below the opening/closing door, 8 is an exhaust port provided above the opening/closing door, 9
1o is the exhaust port installed on the upper back of the rice cooker storage, and 1o is the main unit 1.
11 is an exhaust port provided above the exhaust passage.

The operation of the rice cooking device configured as above will be explained below. When rice and water are put in a rice cooker pot 3 and the rice cooker is heated by a heating device 2 to cook rice, steam comes out from the gap between the lid 4 and the rice cooker pot 3 into the rice cooker storage 5.

Furthermore, the steam filling the rice cooker pot storage 6 is discharged from the exhaust port 8 and the exhaust port 9. Steam discharged from the exhaust port 9 passes through the exhaust passage 1o and is discharged to the outside of the main body 1 from the exhaust port 11.

However, with the above configuration, high-temperature, high-humidity steam is discharged into the room, which causes a large amount of moisture to build up inside the room, and further condenses on the walls, making it extremely inconvenient to use. there were.

Since the steam that is evacuated is at a high temperature, there is a risk of burns if the user accidentally touches it, and there are also safety issues. Furthermore, there was a drawback that dew condensed on the inner wall of the rice cooker storage 5 and the inner wall of the opening/closing door 6, and water droplets were likely to adhere thereto, causing corrosion.

In other conventional rice cookers, an exhaust fan is installed in the rice cooker storage to forcibly exhaust steam. In this method, although the temperature of the exhausted steam is lowered, a large amount of moisture is discharged into the storage and into the room, so there is a problem similar to that of the conventional example.

Purpose of the Invention The rice cooking device of the present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems.The rice cooking device of the present invention is capable of easily disposing of condensed water after steam generated during rice cooking is treated with a steam processing device, and is easy to use. It provides equipment.

Structure of the Invention In order to achieve the above objects, the present invention provides a rice cooker equipped with a removable soup receiver, a main body of the device for storing the rice cooker,
The device is equipped with a steam processing device that is installed in the main body of the rice cooker and guides condensed water to the soup receiver.The steam processing device generates high-temperature and humid steam during rice cooking, and the steam is processed by the steam processing device and sent to the soup receiver installed in the rice cooker. It was meant to be guided.

Description of examples Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In FIGS. 2 to 5, reference numeral 21 denotes a box-shaped device main body, with a storage cabinet 22 at the bottom and a drawer 23 at the top. A rice cooker 24 is placed on the drawer 23, has a steam vent 26 on the lid 25, a rice cooking lamp 27 and a heat-retaining lamp 28 on the side, and is powered by a power plug 29.

Further, a soup receiver 32 having an opening 31 is detachably provided near the hinge portion 30 of the lid 25 of the rice cooker 24.

33 is a display board provided on the front upper part of the device body 21; 34 is a recess provided in the drawer 23 in which the rice cooker 24 is placed; 35;
is a power outlet.

Next, the steam treatment equipment will be explained. 36 is an exhaust passage provided in the upper part of the device body 21, and one end is connected to an exhaust port 37 in the display board 33.
The other end is equipped with three fans driven by an electric motor 38.

Reference numeral 40 denotes a partition plate that divides the exhaust passage 36 into an air passage and a steam passage B, and is made of metal or the like with high thermal conductivity, and on the exhaust port 37 side, the air passage A and the steam passage B intersect, forming a mixing chamber. It is C. A steam inlet 41 is provided in the middle of the steam passage B, into which a steam guide made of a flexible material is fitted. 43 is a drain pipe attached to the lowest part of the steam passage B, and is provided with a cock 44 in the middle.

Reference numerals 45 and 46 indicate a rice cooking detection sensor and a heat retention detection sensor that are provided inside the main body 21 of the rice cooker 24 to face the rice cooking lamp 27 and the warming lamp 28, respectively. The rice cooking indicator lamp and the keep warm indicator lamp indicate the keep warm status, and the display board 3
It is provided in 3. The rice cooking sensor 45 is connected to the cock 44 and the electric motor 38 to control their respective operations.

In the above configuration, when the rice cooker 24 is housed in the main body 21, the rice cooking lamp 27 and the rice cooking detection sensor 45, and the heat retention lamp 28 and the heat retention detection sensor 46 face each other as described above, and the drain pipe 43 is connected to the soup receiver 320. Opposed to the opening 31, the steam hole 26 is connected to the steam passage B by a steam guide 42.

The operation of the rice cooking device configured as described above will be explained below. First, pull out the rice cooker 24
be installed on. At this time, the rice cooker 24 is fitted into the fourth part 34,
The rice cooker 24 is installed at a predetermined position.

Next, the power plug 29 is connected to the power outlet 36, the drawer 23 is closed, and the rice cooker 24 is housed in the main body 21 of the apparatus. At this time, as described above, the rice cooking lamp 27 and the rice cooking detection sensor 45 and the heat retention lamp 28 and the heat retention detection sensor 46 are opposed to each other, and the steam vent 26 of the rice cooker 24 is
The drain pipe 43 comes into contact with the steam guide 42, and the terminal end of the drain pipe 43 faces the opening 31 of the soup receiver 32.

When the rice cooker 21 is in the rice cooking state, the rice cooking lamp 27 lights up, and the rice cooking detection sensor 45 detects this light, lights up the rice cooking display lamp 47, operates the electric motor 38, and opens the cock 44. Then, as the fan 39 rotates, air flows through the mixing chamber C from the air passageway and is discharged to the outside of the device body 21 through the exhaust port 3. Also,
Steam discharged from the steam hole 26 of the rice cooker 24 passes through the steam guide 42 and flows into the steam passage B from the steam inflow hole 41. At this time, the partition plate 4o prevents the steam from flowing back into the steam inlet 41, and the steam flows smoothly. Furthermore, since the partition plate 40 is made of a material with high thermal conductivity, heat exchange occurs between the steam flowing through the steam passage B and the air flowing through the air passage A, and the steam flows through the steam passage B. It cools down and condenses. Then, the condensed water is drained from drain pipe 4.
3 flows through the opening 31 and is stored in the soup receptacle 32.

The steam flowing into the mixing chamber C from the steam passage B is further mixed with the air flowing through the air passage A, the temperature and humidity are further reduced, and the steam is discharged from the exhaust port 37.

Next, when the rice cooking is finished and the rice is kept warm, the rice cooking lamp 27
goes out, and the heat retention lamp 28 lights up.

This light is detected by the heat retention detection sensor 46, and the heat retention indicator lamp 48 is turned on, and the operation of the staining machine 38 is stopped based on the detection output of the rice cooking detection sensor 45, and the cock 44 is closed at the same time. Therefore, even if the drawer 23 is opened to take out the rice cooker 24, condensed water will not drip because the cock 44 is closed.

After the rice is cooked, the user opens the drawer 23, removes the soup receiver 32 from the rice cooker 24, and discards the water as appropriate.

The soup receiver 32 also has the function of collecting soup adhering to the lid 26 of the rice cooker 24 when the lid 25 is opened and storing water when the rice cooker 24 is used alone.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the condensed water generated in the steam processing device provided in the main body 21 is removed from the hinge portion 3 of the rice cooker 24.
Since water is stored in the soup receptacle 32 provided near zero, there is no need for a dedicated soup receptacle for the steam processing device, and the soup receptacle can be shared. Therefore, since there is only one soup receptacle, there is less time and effort to throw away the condensed water, making it very convenient to use.

In the above embodiment, a drawer 23 is provided in the main body 21 of the apparatus, and the rice cooker 24 is placed and stored thereon.
3 is not necessarily necessary, and the rice cooker may be directly housed in the main body of the device. Further, the soup receiver 32 may be provided in a location other than the vicinity of the hinge portion 3o, and in short, it may be provided in the rice cooker 24.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION As described in detail, the present invention directs the condensed water generated in the steam processing device to the soup receptacle provided in the rice cooker, making it easy to remove the rice cooker from the main body of the device. The condensed water collected in the dipping saucer can be thrown away, greatly improving usability. Further, since the steam is processed by the steam processing device, high temperature and humid steam is not discharged from the main body of the device.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a side sectional view of a conventional rice cooking device, Fig. 2 is an external perspective view showing the rice cooking device according to an embodiment of the present invention with the drawer opened, and Fig. 3 is a partially cutaway view of the rice cooking device. Front view,
FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the same side, and FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the same soup holder. 21... Apparatus body, 24... Rice cooker,
26... Lid, 30... Hinge part, 32...
...Tsuyu receiver. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao and 1 other person -@

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Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A rice cooking device comprising a rice cooker equipped with a removable soup receiver, a device main body housing the rice cooker, and a steam processing device provided in the device main body and guiding dew condensation water to the soup receiver. (2) The rice cooker according to claim 1, wherein the soup receiver is provided near the hinge of the lid of the rice cooker.