JPS6085715A - Rice cooking apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a rice cooking device that houses a rice cooker.

Conventional configurations and their problems In recent years, the types and amounts of cooking equipment and food in the kitchen have increased, and there has been a growing need to store them well and use space effectively. is being measured. However, rice cookers generate steam when cooking rice, which causes problems such as condensation of steam, humidity, and temperature, and the rice cooker was not sufficient as a rice cooking device that housed the rice cooker.

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, reference numeral 1 denotes the main body of the rice cooker, which has a rice cooker storage 6, in which a heating device 1 and a rice cooker pot 3 are housed. 4 is a lid that covers the top surface of the rice cooker 3.

The rice cooker storage 5 has an opening/closing door 6 on the front side, an intake lower is provided below the opening/closing door 6, and an exhaust port 8 is provided above the opening/closing door 6. Furthermore, an exhaust port 9 is provided above the back surface of the rice cooker storage 6. 10 is an exhaust passage provided on the back surface of the main body 1, and 11 is an exhaust port provided above the exhaust passage 10.

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.

Further, the steam filling the rice cooker storage 5 is discharged from the exhaust port 8 and the exhaust port 9. The steam discharged from the exhaust port 9 passes through the exhaust passage 10 and is discharged from the main body 1 through the exhaust port 11.

However, the above-mentioned configuration has the disadvantage that steam condenses on the inner wall of the rice cooker storage 5 and the inner wall of the opening/closing door 6, causing water droplets to adhere and corrosion. In addition, when the steam condenses on the inner wall of the rice cooker storage 5, latent heat of condensation is released, so the wall surface of the rice cooker storage becomes high temperature, and the rice cooker storage 5
This has the disadvantage that it has a negative effect on other products in the vicinity, and there are restrictions on where the rice cooker can be installed, making it difficult to use.

Purpose of the Invention In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, the present invention has provided a rice cooker that is housed within the main body of the device by discharging steam generated during rice cooking to the outside of the main body of the device using a blower, a wind tunnel, and a steam cooling chamber provided within the main body of the device. A rice cooker that can maintain normal temperature and humidity inside the device even when cooking rice, has excellent corrosion resistance, and can be installed in any location without affecting nearby equipment. It provides:

Structure of the Invention The rice cooking device of the present invention includes a rice cooker, an air blower, a wind tunnel, and a drawer portion having a positioning frame for the rice cooker in the device main body, and a steam outlet is provided on the top surface of the rice cooker.
A steam cooling chamber with a steam inlet and a steam exhaust port is installed in the wind tunnel, and this steam inlet faces the steam outlet on the top of the rice cooker, so that the steam generated from the rice cooker is introduced into the steam cooling chamber, and the steam is Part of the steam is condensed and the remaining steam is discharged into the wind tunnel through the steam exhaust port provided in the steam cooling chamber, and then the steam is discharged outside the device body using the blower, allowing the steam to flow into the rice cooking device. The rice cooker can be installed in any location, improving durability and allowing the rice cooker to be installed in any location.

DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6. In the figure, 2o is the main body of the rice cooker, which is equipped with a timer 21 and a pilot lamp 22 that displays the rice cooking, warming, and timer setting states. A steam outlet 23 is provided at the upper front of the rice cooker main body 2o, a drawer portion 24 is provided at the upper part of the rice cooker main body 20, and a storage compartment 25 is provided at the lower part. Further, at the front of the rice cooker main body 2o, and at the drawer part 24
A rice bin door 26 is provided on the side of the storage compartment 26. A rice cooker main body 27 is removably housed in the drawer portion 24, and the rice cooker main body 27 has a rice cooker lid 28 that covers the top.

The rice cooker lid 28 is provided with a steam outlet 29 to blow out steam generated within the rice cooker body 27 during rice cooking. The drawer section 24 has an outlet 30 and a rice cooker positioning frame 31, and the rice cooker main body 2 is attached to the rice cooker positioning frame 31.
7 in the drawer section 24, the rice cooker main body 27
032 is a weighing rice jug whose surface is provided with irregularities to enable positioning, and is housed within the rice cooker main body 20 so as to be slidable to the sides of the drawer section 24 and storage compartment 26.

33 is a wind tunnel provided above the rice cooker main body 2o, and the front thereof is connected to the steam exhaust port 23.

34 is an air blower, which is composed of a propeller fan and a morph; 035, which is provided at the rear of the wind tunnel 33, is a steam cooling chamber, which is made of a material with good thermal conductivity; In addition to the air blower 3
It is provided so that the air blown by No. 4 comes into contact with the entire surface.

36 is a steam inlet provided at the rear of the steam cooling chamber 35 , and 037 is provided at a position protruding from the wind tunnel 33 and facing the steam outlet 29 provided in the rice cooker lid 28 . This is a steam exhaust port provided at the front of the upper surface of the steam cooling chamber 35. 38 is steam inlet 3
A condensed water drain port provided near 6 is provided for draining condensed water that has condensed in the steam cooling chamber 35.

39 is a condensation water receptacle, which is detachably provided below the drawer part 24 and in front of the rice cooker main body 20. 40 is a drain hose that guides the condensed water from the condensed water drain port 38 to the condensed water receiver 39.

Reference numeral 41 indicates a roller provided at the rear of the lower surface of the pulling ridge portion 24, and reference numeral 42 indicates a partition plate that partitions the rice cooker storage portion and the storage compartment 25. Reference numeral 43 denotes a roller provided in front of the upper surface of the partitioning plate 42.

The operation of the rice cooking device configured as described above will be explained below.

1. When cooking rice, rice and water are placed in the rice cooker main body 27, and the rice cooker main body 27 is placed on the drawer part 24. At this time, the rice cooker body 27 is moved by the rice cooker positioning frame 31.
is installed on the drawer part 24 at a fixed position. Next, connect the power source of the rice cooker body 27 to the outlet 30, turn on the switch, and close the drawer part 24. When opening and closing the drawer part 24, the drawer part 24 can be smoothly opened and closed by the rollers 41 and 43. In addition, when the drawer section 24 is closed, the rice cooker main body 27 is always in the fixed position, and the steam outlet 29 provided on the rice cooker lid 28 is connected to the steam cooling chamber 3.
The position is opposite to the steam inlet 36 provided at 6.

When the time set in the timer 21 comes, rice cooking starts, and the blower 34 starts operating, creating a flow of air that passes through the wind tunnel 33 and is discharged from the steam outlet 23 to the outside of the rice cooker main body.

Steam generated from the rice cooker main body 27 is discharged from the steam outlet 29 provided in the rice cooker flap 28, guided into the steam cooling chamber 35 through the steam inlet 36, and further into the steam cooling chamber 36.
The steam is discharged into the wind tunnel 33 from the steam exhaust port 37 provided at the front of the top surface, and due to the flow of air in the wind tunnel 33, the steam exhaust port 2
3 to the outside of the rice cooker main body 20. Steam cooling room 3
6 is air-cooled by the blower 34, a part of the steam condenses in the steam cooling chamber 36, and the steam inlet 36
A drain hose 40 is connected from the condensation water drain port 38 provided near the
The condensed water is stored in the condensed water receiver 39 as dew water.

When the condensation water receiver 39 is full, the condensation water receiver 39 is removed and the condensation water is discarded.

In addition, since the steam flows inside the steam cooling chamber 35 from the steam inlet 36 provided at the rear of the steam cooling chamber 36 to the steam exhaust port 37 provided at the front of the upper surface of the steam cooling chamber 35, the cooling effect of the steam is enhanced and the The steam discharged from the steam exhaust port 37 provided in the steam cooling chamber 36 is mixed with the air blown by the blower device 34 in the wind tunnel 33, and the steam is discharged from the steam exhaust port 23.
Since the steam is discharged from the air, the humidity per unit volume υ is low, and dew condensation on the inner wall of the wind tunnel 33 and near the steam outlet 23 can be prevented.

Therefore, the inside of the rice cooker main body 2o can be kept at normal temperature and normal humidity, the rice cooker is less likely to corrode and has improved durability, and the storage compartment 26 and the measuring rice jug main body 32 can be stored in the rice cooker main body 20. Furthermore, the humidity of the air discharged from the steam exhaust port 23 is low, and dew condensation near the steam exhaust port can be prevented.

Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, by providing a blower, a wind tunnel, and a steam cooling chamber, the inside of the rice cooker can be maintained at normal temperature and humidity, and the rice cooker is not affected by steam and is free from corrosion. It is possible to improve durability.

Therefore, other functions such as a measuring rice bin and storage space can be incorporated into the rice cooker, and space can be used effectively.

In addition, by having a function that condenses a portion of the steam generated from the rice cooker and collects and stores it as condensation water, it prevents dew condensation in the wind tunnel and at the steam exhaust port, and also reduces the amount of air exhausted from the steam exhaust port to the outside of the rice cooker. Humidity can also be lowered, and dew condensation on walls in the kitchen can be prevented.

Furthermore, the rice cooker is detachable and can be used alone outside the rice cooker, making it possible to provide an easy-to-use rice cooker.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a side sectional view of a conventional rice cooking device, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a rice cooking device according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the weighing rice bin in a pulled out state, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the rice cooking device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 020 is a side sectional view of the rice cooking device, FIG. 5 is a side sectional view of the main part, and FIG. 6 is a plan sectional view of the main part.
24...Drawer part, 27...Rice cooker main body, 29...Steam outlet, 33...
・Wind tunnel, 34...Blower device, 36...
Steam cooling room, 36...Steam inlet, 37...
...Steam exhaust port 0 Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao and 1 other person 1st
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Claims (1)

[Claims] A device main body includes a rice cooker, a blower device, a wind tunnel, and a drawer portion for removably storing the rice cooker, and
A rice cooker, wherein a steam outlet is provided on the top surface of the rice cooker, a steam cooling chamber having a steam inlet and a steam exhaust port is provided in the wind tunnel, and the steam inlet faces the steam outlet on the top surface of the rice cooker.