JPS62298325A - Rice-cake maker - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

Detailed Description of the Invention 3. Detailed Description of the Invention Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a rice cake making machine that steams Confucian rice in a hopper and then kneads it to make rice cake.

Conventional technology Generally speaking, a good temperature for making mochi is around 65°C to 70°C, and in this type of electric mochi making machine,
After the rice was steamed in the hopper, it was necessary to open the hopper lid as soon as possible to release excess heat and steam inside the hopper.

However, as shown in FIG. 3, conventional mochi pounding machines are generally equipped with a main body 34 having a steam tank 33 and a lid 32 placed on a hopper 31.

The problem to be solved by the invention is that in the conventional mochi making machine, a buzzer notifies the user that the rice in the hopper 31 has finished steaming, and the user quickly closes the lid 3.
2 and then operate a changeover switch to perform the next kneading process, which is extremely inconvenient to use.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, and is designed to allow the steps from "steaming" to "kneading" to be carried out in a continuous manner without requiring any human operations.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a lid that covers the opening of the hopper, a lid opening/closing device that opens the lid by a motor, a steaming-up detection device, and a lid that covers the opening of the hopper. and a blade rotationally driven by the motor, and a control section that drives the motor when the steaming-up detection device detects steaming-up in the potper.

Effects With the above-described configuration, steps from 1-Steaming to kneading can be performed in a series without requiring any human operations.

Example An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, 1 is a main body, and 2 is a large frame that covers the upper part of the main body 1, and is formed so as to cover a hopper 3 that serves both as a steamer and a rice cake making chamber. Reference numeral 4 denotes a lid that covers the opening of the hopper 3 in an openable and closable manner, and one end of the lid is fitted with a bearing 6 provided on the ceiling frame 2 via a shaft 6. 7 is hopper 3
The blade is installed in the center of the bottom of the main body 1 and is detachably attached to the rotating shaft 9 of the motor 8 built in the lower part of the main body 1. A steam tank 10 is fixed to a motor mount 11 to form a steam generation chamber, and a heater 12 is attached to the outer bottom, and a bearing 13 for the rotating shaft 9 is provided in the center. Reference numeral 14 denotes a hopper mounting plate attached to the outer bottom 1η of the hopper 3, and is removably engaged in an airtight manner via a backing 16 provided on a fitting step 1o& provided at the upper end of the steam tank 1o. Reference numeral 16 denotes a temperature regulator that is thermally provided in the steam tank 1o. Reference numeral 17 denotes a steam hole which is opened in the center of the bottom of the pump 3 and also serves as a through hole for the rotating shaft 9.

18 is a main pulley fixedly provided below the steam tank 10 of the rotating shaft 9; 19 is a main pulley 18;
A slave pulley 21 rotationally driven by a belt 20 from
is a locking pulley that rotates in conjunction with the slave pulley 19 via the connecting shaft 22.

Reference numeral 23 denotes a push-up bar that penetrates near the bearing portion of the lid 4 provided on the top frame 2, and urges the lid 4 in the opening direction by a compression spring 24. Reference numeral 26 denotes a hook piece rotatably provided on the protruding piece 23& provided at the lower part of the push-up bar 23, and is biased by the hook spring 26 in the engaging direction of the hook piece 25. The engagement pulley 21 is provided with a claw 21& for disengaging the hook piece 26. 27 is slave pulley 19
, a retaining pulley 21, a connecting shaft 22, a push-up rod 23, a compression spring 24, a hook piece 25, and a hook spring 26. The support 27 has an upper part attached to the ceiling frame 2 and a lower part attached to the motor mount 10.

36 is a control unit that rotates the motor 8 when the temperature regulator 16 detects a sudden temperature rise in the hopper 3.

Next, the operation of the rice cake making machine will be explained.

First, put a predetermined amount of water into the steam tank 1o, put Confucian rice into the hopper 3, and set the lid 4 to complete the preparation. By setting this time difference 4, the push-up rod 23 is pressed against the compression spring 2.
4, the hook piece 26 is engaged with the retaining pulley 21. Then, when the switch is turned on manually, the heater 12 is energized, and after a predetermined time, steam is generated from the steam tank 10, and the rice is steamed in the hopper 3 through the steam hole 17. And steam tank 1
When the evaporation of the water in the steam tank 1o is completed, the temperature controller 16 detects a sudden temperature rise in the steam tank 1o, and the control unit 36 cuts off the power to the heater 12, at the same time the motor 8 starts rotating, and the main pulley -18, the engagement pulley 21 starts rotating via the belt 2o and the slave pulley 19. Then, the claw 21+L releases the hook piece 25, the push-up bar 23 is raised by the compression spring 24, and the lid 4 is opened.Furthermore, the blade 7 also starts to cross-wire, and the rice cake is completed in a few minutes.

As described above, it is possible to perform the steps from "steaming" to "kneading" in a series without requiring any human operations during the process.
Since the lid 4 is opened at the same time as the rice is detected to be steamed, steam and heat can quickly escape from the fully steamed rice, making it possible to make delicious and chewy rice cakes.

i. In one embodiment of the present invention, the motor 8 is used as the lid opening/closing device.
Although the above description has been made with regard to the engagement/disengagement configuration using the rotation of the cover, the effect can be obtained even if the design of this lid opening/closing device is changed as appropriate, such as by direct pushing up with an electric plunger or engagement/disengagement with an electric magnet.

In addition, although the temperature controller 16 has been described as a device for detecting steaming, this device for detecting steaming may also be configured to use a timer or the like to switch the contacts after the time has elapsed for the rice in the hopper 3 to be sufficiently steamed. good.

Furthermore, although the lid 4 has been described as being pivotally supported in the vicinity of the top frame 2 passing through the push-up rod 23 and attached to be openable and closable, it goes without saying that the configuration is not limited to this.

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the description of the embodiments, the present invention includes a lid that covers the opening of the hopper, a lid opening/closing device that opens the lid, a steaming-up detection device, and a control unit, and the steaming-up detection device In the same way as the device detects steaming in the hopper, the control unit drives the motor, activates the lid opening/closing device, opens the lid, and rotates the blades to perform a series of processes from "steaming" to "kneading". This will further improve the operability. Moreover, the effects are great, such as being able to make delicious and chewy rice cakes.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 and 2 are sectional views of a rice cake making machine showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a conventional rice cake making machine. 1...Main body, 2...Top frame, 3...
...Hopper, 4...Lid, 6...Bearing section, 7...Blade, 8...Motor, 1o
...Steam tank, 35...Control section. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao and one other person
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Claims (1)

[Claims] A main body containing a motor and a steam tank, a hopper that engages with the steam tank, a lid that covers the opening of the hopper so that it can be opened and closed, a lid opening/closing device that opens the lid by rotation of the motor, and the hopper. a blade rotatably driven by the motor within the hopper, and a steaming-up detection device for detecting steaming up in the hopper, and driving the motor when the steaming-up detection device detects steaming up in the hopper. A mochi pounding machine having a control section.