JPS61217118A - Automatic rice charging apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is a series of tasks for storing rice, measuring it, washing the rice, and supplying the washed rice and the corresponding water into the pot of a rice cooker. This invention relates to an automatic rice preparation device that automatically performs the following steps.

[Conventional technology]

Conventional devices of this type are disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 59-80217, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 59-80218, and Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 59-80217.
- There are devices shown in Publication No. 80220, etc., and these devices include a rice bin inside the main body, a drawer for putting in and taking out the rice cooker, a rice measuring chamber installed at the bottom of the rice bin, and a rice washing machine installed below the rice measuring chamber. It houses the container, water supply and drainage system, lid opening/closing device for opening and closing the lid of the rice cooker, and control equipment.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, the processes of storing rice, measuring rice, washing rice, preparing rice, and cooking and selling the rice are carried out automatically and continuously, and it is difficult to stop the process midway. However, there is a problem in that, for example, when glutinous rice is mixed and cooked, such as rice for sushi, it is desirable to stop the operation during the rice measuring process.

The present invention was made in order to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to obtain an automatic rice preparation device & that can stop its operation during the rice measuring process.

[Means for solving problems]

The automatic rice preparation system fIL according to the present invention is equipped with a rice measuring switch that performs processes up to measuring rice.

[For production]

The automatic rice preparation device & according to the present invention can stop its operation before the rice measuring process by operating the rice measuring switch.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In Fig. 1, l is the main body, 2 is the rice storage chamber located in the upper part of the main body 1, 3 is the rice measuring device installed at the bottom of the rice storage chamber 2, and 4 is the rice measuring device below the rice measuring device &3. The rice washing equipment arranged, 5 is a water supply equipment provided above the rice washing equipment f14, 6
For example, it is a control device that is electrically connected to each of these component parts and controls each part.

The rice storage chamber 2 has a hopper shape, and an opening is formed at the bottom. At the bottom of this rice storage room 2 is a rice measuring device 3.
A casing 3d constituting the Vcl-r is integrally formed, and a circular cell 3a is rotatably installed inside the casing 3d, and the cell 3a is a cross-shaped partition wall extending radially inside the cylindrical body with an open top and bottom. divided into four rooms,
Measure the specified amount of rice for each rotation. The cell 3a is rotated by a motor 3c via a transmission disk 3b in contact with its outer periphery, and is controlled by a control device 6 for the motor 3c. Moreover, the bottom of the casing 3d that accommodates the cell 3a is the cell 3.
An unopened lower opening 11 having the same shape as the opening shape of the chamber a is formed, and the rice put into the chamber 3a from the rice storage chamber 2 is stored in the chamber 3a.
When the one chamber matches the uninstalled lower opening of the casing 3d due to the rotation of a, it falls downward through the uninstalled lower opening.

The container 4 of the rice washing device 4 is placed at the position where this rice falls.
A chute 7 is provided to drop the material into the container a. The container 4a is a cylindrical container with an open top and bottom, and a stirring rod 4b is arranged inside the container, and the upper end of the stirring rod 4b is connected to the rotating shaft of a motor 4c. The bottom opening of the container 4a can be opened and closed by a bottom plate 4dK, and the opening and closing of the bottom plate 4d is performed in conjunction with the transport device 8. The conveying device 8 has a gutter-like conveying body 8a, and the conveying body 8a is arranged so that its #1 intermediate portion is located directly below the rice washing container 4a, and swings like a seesaw with this intermediate portion as a fulcrum. It is attached to a drive device (not shown). The bottom plate 4d is pivotally supported outside the bottom opening of the rice washing container 4a, and is pressed in the opening direction 11, that is, downward, by a spring force. A motor (not shown) that drives the carrier 8a and the motor 4c are controlled by the control device 6.

A water supply device 5 is provided above the rice washing device 4, and this water supply device 5 has a water receiving tank 5a connected to a suitable water source, one end of which is connected to the bottom of the water receiving tank 5a, and the other end of which is connected to the rice washing container 4.
The water supply pipe 5b facing the upper opening of a and the water supply pipe 5
a solenoid pulp 5 provided in b for controlling the amount of water;
It consists of c.

The solenoid pulp 5c is connected to a control device fjt6, and its opening time is controlled.

Also, at the lowest part in the main body 1, a conveyor 8a is located at its right end 8bt.
- A drainage receiver section 9 is provided to receive and discharge water flowing down from this right end 8b when it is swung downward. Further, the rice cooker 1o is arranged at a position where it receives water and rice flowing down from the left end 8c when the carrier 8a swings with its left end 8c facing down. The lid 11 of the rice cooker 10 is opened so that rice and water that has flowed down can enter the pot. At that time, the second
As shown in the figure, the differential holding device 12 fixed at a predetermined position in the main body 1 is attached to a handle 11a'f formed on the top surface of the lid 11.
t, and hold the lid 11t open in the middle, that is, at an angle of 900 degrees or less. The rice cooker 10 supports a lid 11 with a hinge mechanism so as to be able to open one side, and has a latch mechanism for the lid 11 on the other end side. 12 differential holding devices Fig. 3 (a)
, two opposing plates 13a as shown in (b),
13b is pivotally connected by a pivot s14, an electromagnet 1st is provided at one end of the plate 13a, and a coil spring 16 is provided between one end of the plates 13a and 13b so as to open the gap between them. The plate material 13a is fixed within the main body 1. Further, 17 is a limit switch for determining whether or not the lid holding device [12 is holding the lid 11 or not. If the differential holding device 12 does not hold the lid 11 as shown in FIG. 3(a), the KFX
There is a large gap between one end of the plates 13a and 13b, and the plate 13b
One end contacts the contact 17m of the limit switch 17,
Activate this. The electromagnet 15 and the limit switch 17a are connected to the control device 6. When setting the rice cooker 10 inside the main body 1, as shown in FIG. 3(b)K, the plate material 13a.

The handle 11a is held between the other ends of the lid 13b, and the spring force of the coil spring 16 holds the lid 11 in an open state. To release this holding, the magnet 15 is energized by a signal from the control device 6, one end of the plate 13b is attracted to the electromagnet 15, and the handle 11a is released. Therefore, the lid 11 rotates downward under its own weight, and the latch mechanism is activated by the force of the rotation, thereby closing the lid 11.

In addition, the I
J Mituto Switch, 19 It is a control display board that is provided on the top of the main body 1 and is connected to the control device &6. Rice cooking switch 1
9b and a rice washing switch 19 that controls rice washing.
A selection switch such as c is provided.

Next, the operation of the above device will be explained using chart 70 in FIG. 4. First, if rice is not properly loaded into the rice storage chamber 2), then place the lid 11 of the rice cooker 10 on the lid holding device 1.
2, the control device 6 latches the open state, and the rice cooking
Set the adjustment section and cooking time adjustment section. Next, select the selection switches 19a to 19c to select the range of operations to be performed. Now, when the rice cooking switch 19bi is selected, the control device 6 determines whether or not the lid 11 is open based on the signal from the limit switch 17, and if the limit switch 17 is on, that is, the lid 11 is held, the timer is set. If the limit switch 17 is off, the operation is stopped and the user is immediately notified by an alarm or the like.Next, when the timer set operation start time is reached, the transport body 8a is swung toward the drainage side (two-dot chain line side in Figure 1).
A bottom plate 4 in which the bottom opening of the rice washing container 4a is interlocked with the carrier 8a.
Closed by d. Next, the square 3a of the measuring device 3 is rotated by a predetermined number of revolutions based on the rice cooking amount set, and the weighed rice is thereby passed through the chute 7 to the rice washing container 4.
It can be placed inside a. Thereafter, the solenoid pulp 5C is opened and water is supplied into the rice washing container 4a, and at the same time the stirring rod 4b is rotated to wash the rice. At this time, the bottom opening of the rice washing container 4a and the bottom plate 4d are not completely sealed, so that some water may leak out. As a result, the washed rice wastewater is sequentially passed through the conveyor 8a and drained out of the main body 1 from the drainage receiver section 9. Such rice washing is repeated until the sewage turbidity becomes less than a predetermined value or a predetermined time elapses, and after the final rice washing, the solenoid pulp 5C is closed and the operation is stopped until all drainage is completed. After that, the carrier 8a
8C to the lower side, and open the bottom opening of the rice washing container 4a. Then, the solenoid pulp 5c is opened for a predetermined period of time, water is supplied into the rice washing container 4a, and while washing off the rice adhering to the container 4a and the conveyor 8a, the rice and the amount corresponding to the rice cooker 10 are added to the rice pot. Prepare water. Incidentally, at this time, a watering tool may be attached to the tip of the water supply pipe 5b in order to completely wash off the rice adhering to the rice washing container 4a and the like. Next, the carrier 8a is again swung to the drainage side, and water is supplied for a predetermined period of time to perform post-cleaning. The position of the carrier 8a is detected by limit switches 18a, 18b and accurately controlled by the control device 6. At the same time as post-cleaning, the electromagnet 15 of the lid holding device 12 is energized to attract one end of the plate 13b, and the lid 11 is latched off. Thereby, the lid 11 is closed by its own weight. - 10,000, the rice in the pot is cooked in a heaped state.Actually, the rice cooker 10 is given horizontal vibration by a vibration table installed at the bottom of the rice cooker 10, and the rice is poured into the pot. Arrange evenly. Thereafter, a standby time is taken to soak the rice in water for a predetermined time, and then energy is applied to the rice cooker 10.

The above is the case where the rice cooking switch 19b't- is selected, but when the rice measuring switch 19at- is selected, the transport body 8
A is swung toward the rice cooker 10 from the beginning, and the rice is weighed as described above, and the weighed rice passes through the rice washing container 4a and is stored in the pot of the rice cooker 10 via the conveyor 8a. , the lid 11 is closed.

Also, when the rice washing switch 19c is pressed, the rice cooker 10
The steps up to the input of rice cooking energy to the rice cooker are performed in the same manner as when the rice cooking switch 19b is selected. This is used, for example, when making takikomi rice.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, in the present invention, a rice measuring switch is provided so that the operation can be stopped until the rice is measured, which is convenient when mixing and cooking sticky rice such as rice for sushi. be.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of the device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the lid holding mechanism according to the present invention, and FIGS. Hold state and qjl
FIG. 4, which is a plan view of the holding state, is a flowchart showing the operation of the device of the present invention. 22... Rice storage room, 3... Rice measuring device, 4... Rice washing device, 5... Water supply device, 6... Control device, 8...
Conveyance device, 10... Rice cooker, 12... Lid holding device,
19a...Rice measuring switch. Note that the same reference numerals in the figures indicate the same or corresponding parts.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) An automatic rice preparation device that automatically performs a series of tasks from storing rice to measuring and washing the rice and supplying the washed rice and the corresponding water to the pot of the rice cooker, from measuring the rice to measuring the rice. An automatic rice preparation device characterized in that a rice measuring switch is provided to carry out the process, and the process up to measuring the rice is carried out by the operation of the rice measuring switch.