JPS6312830Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] This invention relates to a household electric mochi making machine that stores sticky rice in a hopper, steams it, and kneads it to make mochi.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

FIG. 1 shows a conventional rice cake making machine of this type. In the figure, 1 is a main body, and the main body 1 is made up of a cabinet 2 and a cover 3 attached to the top surface. A base 2a is installed below the inside of the cabinet 2.
A container 4 as a steam generation mechanism and a motor 5 are supported at a. The container 4 has a heater 6 on the outer bottom.
A hollow cylindrical support 7 integrally projects from the center of the inner bottom surface of the container 4. A shaft 8 is rotatably inserted into the support column 7, and a driven pulley 9 is attached to the lower end of the shaft 8. A drive pulley 1 is attached to the output shaft 10 of the motor 5.
1 is attached, and a V-belt 12 is stretched between the driving pulley 11 and the driven pulley 9. A step 13 is formed at the upper opening of the container 4, and a locking pawl 14 is protruded from a portion of the peripheral wall of the step 13.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a hopper formed into a cylindrical shape with a bottom, and a seating plate 2 having a trapezoidal cross section is provided on the outer bottom surface of the hopper 20.
1 is attached via rivets 22, 22. A horizontal flange 23 is integrally formed on the periphery of the seating plate 21, and a packing 24 is provided on the lower surface of the horizontal flange 23.
is attached. A portion of the horizontal flange 23 is inserted inside the locking claw 14 to fit the seating plate 21 into the stepped portion 13, whereby the hopper 20 is removably supported at the upper end opening of the container 4. ing. A circular opening 25 is formed in the center of the seating plate 21, and a large number of steam passage holes 26 are bored in the bottom surface of the hopper 20 at a portion opposite to the opening 25. Further, a mounting hole 27 is formed in the center of the bottom surface of the hopper 20, and a feather-shaped kneading tool 29 is inserted from the inside of the hopper 20 through the mounting hole 27.
is inserted into the upper end of the shaft 8 so as to be freely inserted and removed. This pounding tool 29 is connected to the shaft 8 so that it can be inserted into and removed from the shaft 8, but when the shaft 8 rotates, it rotates together with the shaft 8.

A cover 3 attached to the top surface of the cabinet 2 has a charging port 30 for loading the hopper 20 into the cabinet 2. When the hopper 20 is seated on the stepped portion 13 of the container 4, the upper end of the hopper 20 projects upward from the charging port 30. A step-like receiving part 31 and a curl-like gripping part 32 are formed on the periphery of the upper opening of the hopper 20, and a lid body 33 is placed over the opening of the hopper 20 via the receiving part 31. Note that reference numerals 34 and 34 are handles provided on the sides of the cabinet 2 for carrying.

To use the mochi pounding machine having such a configuration, first, the pounding tool 29 is pulled out from the shaft 8, and then the hopper 20 is gripped and pulled out by hooking the fingers on the gripping portion 32 at the upper peripheral edge of the hopper 20. Then, a predetermined amount of water is stored in the container 4, and then the hopper 20 is again seated on the stepped portion 13 of the container 4 through the charging port 30, and the kneading tool 29 is attached to the shaft 8. This completes the preparation, and then a predetermined amount of washed glutinous rice is placed in the hopper 20, and the power is turned on. When the power is turned on, only the heater 6 is energized, and the water in the container 4 is heated to near its boiling point, and the steam permeates into the sticky rice in the hopper 20 through the steam passage holes 26. When the sticky rice steams up as the steam permeates, this is detected by a detection mechanism (not shown), and in response to this detection, power to the heater 6 is cut off and power is switched to the motor 5. Then, the motor 5 starts, and the pounding tool 2
9 rotates, the mochi rice in the hopper 20 is kneaded, and after a certain period of time, it is finished into mochi.

The upper end of the hopper 20 protrudes above the loading port 30, that is, at a higher position than the top surface of the main body 1, in order to enable the peripheral edge of the hopper 20 to be gripped by the gripping portion 32 when the hopper 20 is attached or detached. However, if it protrudes like this, a large space is required to store the main unit 1 when it is not in use, that is, when it is stored in a kitchen or the like, and it also becomes difficult to stack other kitchen utensils on top of it. The disadvantage is that it is difficult to Furthermore, when storing and packing the main body 1 in a packaging box for shipping from a production factory, a large packaging box is required, and
Complicated packing must be installed to fill the area around the upper end of the hopper 20, which is a major disadvantage both economically and in terms of work.

Therefore, it is conceivable to keep the height of the hopper 20 small so that its upper end does not protrude from the top surface of the main body 1. However, with such a measure, the capacity of the hopper 20 decreases, A problem arises in that the amount of rice cake that can be finished is significantly regulated.

[Purpose of invention]

This idea was made with this in mind, and its purpose is to keep the entire top surface of the hopper flush without reducing the actual capacity of the hopper, making it suitable for use in small spaces such as kitchens. It can be stored and stored, and other kitchen utensils etc. can be stably stacked on the top surface.Furthermore, when shipped, it can be made compact and economical and efficient by using a small packaging box and simple packing. An object of the present invention is to provide an electric rice cake making machine for home use that can be packed in a package.

[Summary of the idea]

That is, this invention comprises a main body having a charging port on a flush upper surface and a steam generating mechanism inside, and a hopper that is charged from the charging port and is removably seated on the steam generating mechanism. is a main body whose upper end is located flush with or below the charging port when seated in the steam generation mechanism, and a main body that is connected to the upper end opening of this main body and can be stored inside the main body by inversion. The device is characterized by comprising an auxiliary cylinder and a lid that is placed over the upper opening of the auxiliary cylinder and can be stored inside the main body.

[Example of idea]

Examples of this invention will be described below.

First, FIGS. 2 and 3 show a first embodiment, and the same components as those of the conventional system are given the same reference numerals. The upper surface of the cover 3 that is attached to the upper surface of the cabinet 2, that is, the upper surface of the main body 1, is flush with each other, and a charging port 41 is formed in this flush portion, and a tapered shape is formed downward from the periphery of the charging port 41. A guide tube 42 is integrally formed to extend, and this guide tube 4
A hopper 43 is disposed within 2. This hopper 43 includes a main body 44, an auxiliary cylinder 45, and a lid body 46.
It consists of The main body 44 is removably seated on the stepped portion 13 of the container 4 of the steam generation mechanism via the seat plate 21, and in this seated state, its upper end faces the same position as the opening surface of the charging port 40. There is. A step is formed on the upper end periphery of the main body 44 so as to extend to the outer periphery, and the inner periphery of this step forms a receiving part 47, and the outer periphery forms a grip part 48, respectively. A gap 49 for insertion of the hand is provided between the upper end periphery of the main body 44, that is, the grip portion 48, and the periphery of the loading port 40.

The auxiliary cylinder 45 has a lower end periphery with a cross section L on its outer periphery.
It expands to form a shape, and the horizontal part of the hook part 5
3, a connecting portion 54 is formed at the edge of the vertical portion. By placing the connecting portion 54 in contact with the receiving portion 47, the auxiliary cylinder 45
is supported on the upper end of the main body 44. Furthermore, the upper end periphery of the auxiliary cylinder 45 has the above-mentioned hook portion 5 on its outer periphery.
A step is formed that is shorter than 3, and the support portion 55 is formed on the inner periphery of this step. The peripheral edge of the lid body 46 is placed in contact with this support portion 55, and thereby the lid body 46 is supported so as to cover the upper end opening of the auxiliary cylinder 45. Note that 56 is a knob provided at the center of the top surface of the lid body 46.

In the rice cake making machine constructed in this manner, the lid 46 is removed, sticky rice is stored in the hopper 43, and the rice is steamed and kneaded in the same manner as described above to form a rice cake. Then, the user inserts his hand through the gap 49 around the upper end of the main body 44, grips the grip part 48, pulls out the entire hopper 43 through the charging port 40, carries it to a predetermined location, and takes out the rice cake inside.
After this, the hopper 43 is inserted into the charging port 40 again.
It is inserted into the main body 1 through the container 4 and is seated on the stepped portion 13 of the container 4. Note that it is of course possible to take out the rice cake inside while the hopper 43 remains seated on the stepped portion 13.

On the other hand, when not in use, the lid 46 and the auxiliary tube 45 are removed from the main body 44. As shown in FIG. 3, first, the auxiliary cylinder 45 is turned upside down and inserted into the main body 44 from the upper end opening, and the hook part 53 is brought into contact with the receiving part 47 of the main body 44. Holds the auxiliary cylinder 45. Then, the lid body 46 is turned upside down and housed in the auxiliary cylinder 45.

By such treatment, the auxiliary cylinder 45 and the lid body 4
6 is entirely accommodated within the main body 44, the protruding member is removed from the top surface of the main body 1, and the entire top surface is kept flush, so the main body 1 can be stored in a narrow space such as a kitchen in this state. It can be stored and other kitchen utensils etc. can be stably stacked on the top surface. Furthermore, even at the time of shipment, the main body 1 can be stored in a small packaging box and packed up in a compact, economical and efficient manner using simple packing.

In this way, when the hopper 43 is not in use, it is disassembled into smaller pieces and its capacity becomes smaller, but when it is actually used, by connecting and placing the auxiliary cylinder 45 on the upper end of the main body 44, the capacity increases and becomes the same as the conventional one. It is possible to secure rice cakes of a size equal to or larger than that, and therefore there is no restriction on the amount of rice cakes that can be finished at one time.

FIGS. 4 and 5 show a second embodiment of this invention, in which the same components as the conventional ones are given the same reference numerals. The auxiliary cylinder 45 in this embodiment is shaped like an inverted bowl and has a relatively small opening 45a in the center of its upper surface, and is further provided with a hook 53 integrally protruding from the outer periphery of its lower end. The portion 53 is placed on the receiving portion 47 of the main body 44 and is supported by the upper end of the main body 44 . A step-shaped support portion 55 is provided at the periphery of the opening 45a.
is formed, and a circular flat plate-shaped lid 46 is placed on this support portion 55 to cover the opening 45a.

In the mochi pounding machine having such a configuration, the auxiliary cylinder 45 is formed in the shape of an inverted bowl, so even if you remove the lid 46 and look inside the mochi rice while pounding the mochi rice, you will not be able to see the inside of the mochi. However, this is advantageous in that moisture does not scatter to the outside of the hopper 43. Also in this embodiment, when not in use, the auxiliary cylinder 45 is turned upside down and the hooking part 53 is
is hooked onto the receiving portion 47 of the main body 44 and stored inside the main body 44, and the lid 46 is turned upside down and stored inside the auxiliary tube 45, thereby achieving the same effect as in the first embodiment. can be obtained. In addition, since the lid body 46 in this second embodiment is formed into a flat plate shape, it is possible to store it in the auxiliary tube 45 even in the upright position without having to turn it upside down. In addition, in any of the above embodiments,
Although the upper end of the main body of the hopper is placed flush with the opening surface of the charging port, it may be placed slightly lower than that.

[Effect of idea]

As explained above, according to this invention, it is possible to secure a sufficient capacity of the hopper when in use, and when it is not in use, the entire top surface of the main body can be kept flush, making it ideal for use in kitchens, etc. It can be stored and stored in a small space, and other kitchen utensils can be stably stacked on top of it.Furthermore, when shipped, it can be made small and compact using a small packaging box and simple packing. This has the effect of being able to pack economically and efficiently.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a conventional mochi pounding machine, Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the mochi pounding machine according to the first embodiment of this invention when it is in use, and Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the mochi pounding machine when it is not in use. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a rice cake making machine according to a second embodiment of the invention when it is in use, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the rice cake making machine when it is not in use. 1...Main body, 4...Container (steam generation mechanism), 4
0...Charging port, 43...Hopper, 44...Main body, 45...Auxiliary cylinder, 46...Lid body.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] (1) A main body having a charging port on a flush upper surface and a steam generation mechanism inside, and a hopper that is charged from the charging port and removably seated on the steam generation mechanism. The hopper is equipped with a main body whose upper end is located flush with or below the charging port when seated on the steam generation mechanism, and a main body which is connected to the upper end opening of the main body and is inverted. An electric rice cake making machine for home use, comprising: an auxiliary cylinder that can be stored inside the main body; and a lid that is placed over the upper opening of the auxiliary cylinder and can be stored inside the main body. (2) The household electric mochi making machine according to claim 1, which is characterized in that a gripping portion is formed on the upper edge of the main body of the hopper. (3) The household according to claim 1 or 2 of the utility model registration claim, characterized in that a gap is provided between the periphery of the charging port of the main body and the upper end periphery of the main body of the hopper for insertion of the hand. Electric rice cake making machine.