KR101223310B1 - Instant noodle cooking machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an instant ramen cooker, the main body housing, the grill provided in the lower portion of the main housing, the container seated on the grill, the heating plate provided in the lower grill, the water supply port for supplying water to the container and the heating plate and In an instant noodle cooker comprising a control panel installed on the front of the main body housing to control the water inlet; The main body housing is further provided with a pump for supplying water to the water supply port in accordance with a control signal of the control unit provided in the control panel; The bottom surface of the vessel is flattened after projecting downwardly so that the heating plate is uniformly contacted over a large area; The grill is further provided with a limit switch to detect whether the container is seated; A hood for sucking and discharging odors is installed at an upper portion of the grill, and a deodorization catalyst heater for removing food odor pyrolysis is further provided in the hood.
According to the present invention, the heating contact area between the vessel and the heating plate is wide, which enables short time heating to meet the concept of instant cooking. It is easy to replace the water tank without receiving it, and it has a built-in deodorizing function, so there is almost no odor, and it is possible to install far-infrared lamps on both sides of the hood to achieve ripening and sterilization effect, and to display billboards or cooking related information on the front part of the cooker. By providing a more familiar and advertising effect other than cooking ramen can be obtained.

Description

Instant ramen cooker {INSTANT NOODLE COOKING MACHINE}

The present invention relates to an instant ramen cooker, and more particularly, it has excellent adhesion between the heating plate and the container, which enables rapid heating, and can be easily used even in a place where water direct connection is difficult. It is an instant noodle cooker that has been improved to be widely used without restriction due to its excellent deodorizing function and minimizes odor.

The common ramen cooking method is made of a form of putting the appropriate amount of water inside the container and heating the container with a heating means to boil water and then input the ramen.

However, such a method has emerged as a cup noodle, such as instant food that can be cooked immediately due to the inconvenience in use, and has been prepared for the convenience of cooking and eating in a short time thanks to the spread of convenience stores.

However, since cup ramen gives a different taste from the general ramen, there are many inconveniences for those who prefer general ramen, but due to limitations of time and place, cooking utensils could not be easily cooked and eaten.

In consideration of such consumer preferences, an instant ramen cooker that can cook general ramen as cup ramen has recently been disclosed.

It is understood that such instant ramen cooker related to the present invention is disclosed in various forms such as, for example, Patent Publication No. 2009-0052707, Patent Publication No. 2008-0078097, Patent Publication No. 2008-0000250, Patent Publication No. 2006-0039091, and the like. Can be.

However, instant commercial instant ramen cookers including the above-described technology, because the center of the bottom surface of the vessel for boiling ramen is formed in the upward direction, it takes a long time to boil the ramen with a small contact area with the heating plate, and a separate deodorizer If it is not equipped with a bad smell when cooking, such as creating a discomfort to people other than eaters.

In addition, most of the water supply structure is directly connected to the water supply system, so the installation site is restricted.If the water supply system is not connected to the water supply system, the water tank is inserted into the upper part of the cooker, such as a water purifier. Because of the need to replace using a sudden increase in inconvenience.

Moreover, since the grill for heating the container is completely fixed by screw type, it is inconvenient to clean the soup when spilling ramen soup or ramen when it is in use, and it is necessary to disassemble all the fixing screws by using a tool for cleaning. It takes a lot, and postponed cleaning had the disadvantage that the odor is not hygienic clean.

The present invention was created in view of the above-mentioned problems in the prior art, and has been created to solve this problem. Its main purpose is to provide an instant noodle cooker with a more advanced concept that is easy to use, excellent in odor removal, easy to dismantle the grill area, and thus maintains hygienic cleanliness.

The present invention is a means for achieving the above object, a main body housing, a grill provided in the lower portion of the main housing, a container seated on the grill, a heating plate provided in the lower grill, a water supply port for supplying water to the container and In an instant noodle cooker comprising a control panel installed on the front of the main body housing to control the heating plate and the water inlet; The main body housing is further provided with a pump for supplying water to the water supply port in accordance with a control signal of the control unit provided in the control panel; The bottom surface of the vessel is flattened after projecting downwardly so that the heating plate is uniformly contacted over a large area; The grill is further provided with a limit switch to detect whether the container is seated; A hood for sucking and discharging odors is installed at an upper portion of the grill, and an instant ramen cooker is further provided in the hood to further install a deodorization catalyst heater for removing food odor generated when cooking the ramen.

At this time, the grill is also characterized in that it is detachably installed in the lower portion of the main body housing through a permanent magnet.

In addition, the grille has a rectangular hole formed in a part of the grille, and installed to fasten the shaft of the rectangular butterfly bolt shape corresponding to the rectangular hole in the main body housing to rotate, the fitting is fitted to the rectangular hole and then the grill is It is also characterized by being configured to hang the fixture on the top surface of the hole by rotating the fixture 90 ° when fully inserted.

In addition, a portion of the hood is also characterized in that the far-infrared lamp installed only during the ramen cooking time is further installed.

In addition, the front of the main body housing is characterized in that the control panel is arranged to be biased, the other side is further provided with an LCD window for performing a cooking method or advertising function.

In addition, the front of the main body housing is characterized in that a speaker for outputting a cooking method or an advertising function as a voice is further installed.

According to the present invention, the heating contact area between the vessel and the heating plate is wide, which enables short time heating to meet the concept of instant cooking. It is easy to replace the water tank without receiving it, and it has a built-in deodorizing function, so there is almost no odor, and it is possible to install far-infrared lamps on both sides of the hood to achieve ripening and sterilization effect, and to display billboards or cooking related information on the front part of the cooker. By providing a more familiar and advertising effect other than cooking ramen can be obtained.

1 is an exemplary view illustrating a ramen cooker according to the present invention.
2 is an exemplary cutaway side view illustrating an example of installation of a ramen cooker according to the present invention.
3 is an exemplary view showing an example in which a plurality of ramen cooker according to the present invention is installed in parallel.
4 is an exemplary perspective view of a ramen cooker according to the present invention.
5 is an exemplary view showing a modification of the ramen cooker according to the present invention.
6 and 7 is an exemplary view including a partial enlarged cross-sectional view showing the seating process of the ramen cooker according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 and 2 and 4, the instant ramen cooker according to the present invention includes a main body housing 100.

The main body housing 100 has a grill 110 for storing and heating the cooking vessel 200 if it protrudes forward from the lower end, and is housed in the grill 110 in the middle of the height direction of the main body housing 100. The water supply port 120 for supplying water to the container 200 is provided, the control panel 130 provided with a plurality of setting buttons on the upper portion of the main body housing 100 to set the conditions for power on / off and cooking ) Is provided, and a hood 140 for removing an odor is provided at a position immediately above the grill 110 that is above the water inlet 120.

At this time, the grill 110 has a shape of the container 200, but is completely open, leaving a slight edge, that is, the locking jaw 118 on the bottom surface so that the container 200 can be placed in a seated state, again. In other words, the hole is kept in a drilled state.

In addition, a heating plate 114 is exposed on the bottom surface of the grill 110 in which the hole is drilled, and the heating plate 114 is fixed to the main body housing 100 as a plate heated by a heating member such as a heater.

In addition, the heating plate 114 is preferable to adjust the heating temperature to boil the ramen completely in a certain time, such as 3 minutes 20 seconds after water supply through a number of experiments, to maintain the same taste. However, it is not necessarily limited in this manner and may be controlled in accordance with the temperature of the water supplied through the water inlet 120 or the heating time.

In addition, the grill 110 is configured to be disassembled and assembled, and since the container 200 is placed and heated, the cooking vessel 200 can be overflowed onto the heating plate 114 such as ramen soup, including soup. Disassembly and assembly should be easily configured to facilitate cleaning for hygienic control.

To this end, the grill 110 has a rectangular hole (H) formed in place of the grill 110, as shown in the enlarged view of Figure 4 and 6, 7, the rectangular butterfly bolt corresponding to the hole (H) The fastener (F) in the form of the shaft (S) is fixed to the main body housing 100 is provided with a heating plate 114 is rotatable by fixing the direction of the fixture (F) and the hole (H) at the time of fixing When the grill 110 is fully fitted, the fixture 110 can be rotated 90 ° so that the fixture F can be caught on the top surface of the hole H to easily dismantle and assemble the grill 110. have.

Here, the disassembly and assembly structure of the grill 110 is not limited to the example illustrated in FIG. 4, but is fixed using two magnets or fixed using a hinged hook. Of course, you can change the structure as much as you like.

In addition, the lower part of the grill 110, that is, the lower end of the main body housing 100, the foreign material receiving 116 is installed to be accessible.

The foreign matter receiver 116 accommodates foreign substances such as ramen soup that has fallen to the heating plate 114, and it is natural that the foreign material receiver 116 is formed larger than the heating plate 114.

In addition, the limit switch 112 is installed at a position adjacent to the heating plate 114 of the main body housing 100 so as to recognize the container 200 seated on the grill 110, and the container 200 is seated. While pressing the limit switch 112, the controller (not shown) provided on the control panel 130 of the cooker is configured to recognize the cooking state.

In other words, the container 200 must be seated on the grill 110 so that the heating plate 114 can be heated to increase safety and reduce unnecessary power consumption.

In addition, the container 200 according to the present invention, as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 6, 7, the bottom surface of the container 200 slightly protrudes downward, so that the protruded cross section forms a completely flat surface of the heating plate ( 114) It is configured to be in uniform surface contact with the whole to maximize the thermal efficiency during heating to finish cooking in the shortest time.

On the other hand, the water supply port 120 can be both a direct type of water supply or a water tank supply type.

At this time, in the case of the direct water connection type is the same as the existing, there is no need to provide a separate pump because there is a water pressure supplied through the water pipe, in the case of the water tank supply type as shown in Figure 2 pump (P) Include.

Here, regardless of whether it is a water direct type or a water tank supply type, the main body housing 100 includes a pump P, and, in the case of a water direct type, a valve (not shown) so as not to pass through the pump P. And, if the water tank supply type by adjusting the valve (not shown) to pass through the pump (P) or by adjusting the pipe is better configured to be freely installed without any restrictions on the installation site.

Then, the supplied water is stored in the water chamber 122, through the water supply port 120 by the control valve 124 is opened and closed according to the operation of the setting button provided on the control panel 130. The water supply to be supplied is regulated.

In addition, in the case of the water tank supply type, the water tank (T) is usually provided above the table-shaped pedestal (D) in consideration that the cooker is installed at a predetermined height, it is preferable that it is provided below the pedestal (D). , The pump (P) is preferably connected via a supply hose 126.

Of course, the water tank (T) does not necessarily need to be disposed below the pedestal (D), and in some cases, may be disposed beside the main body housing (100).

In addition, the water tank (T) may utilize a bottle of water as it is in addition to the illustrated shape.

In addition, the control panel 130 is provided with a plurality of setting buttons (not shown), the setting button is the control of the pump (P) described above, the heating time control of the heating plate 114, the far infrared lamp 150 to be described later Control function), and a setting function for controlling the blowing fan 142 of the hood 140 is provided.

In addition, the hood 140 is for removing the smell of food generated when cooking ramen, the duct 144 is formed through the main body housing 100 in the front and rear direction, the rear end of the duct 144, that is, the outlet The blowing fan 142 is installed in the portion adjacent to the deodorizing catalyst heater 146 for removing the odor on the duct 144 of the tip of the hood 140, that is, the portion adjacent to the suction port.

In this case, the deodorizing catalyst heater 146 is preferably provided and installed in a state loaded in the housing.

In particular, the deodorizing catalyst heater 146 is pyrolysing the factor causing the odor by burning the intake air completely when the temperature is raised to 200 ~ 300 ℃ instantaneous temperature, which is a well-known matter provides an excellent effect in removing the odor.

In the present invention, the deodorizing catalyst heater 146 may be operated during the time that the heating plate 114 is operated.

In addition, the far-infrared lamp 150 may be further installed on the ceiling surface of the hood 140.

The far-infrared lamp 150 is also preferably designed to be interlocked with the driving of the heating plate 114, and aging the ramen during cooking through far-infrared radiation during cooking, as well as sterilizing the air around the grill 110, and also grill (110) A slight deodorizing effect can also be obtained which also removes odors contained in ambient air.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, the control panel 130 may be biased to one side in front of the main body housing 100 of the ramen cooker according to the present invention, and may further include an LCD window 160 over a wide surface.

In this case, the LCD window 160 may be utilized as an advertisement board as needed.

Preferably, when the container 200 is seated on the grill 110, the limit switch 112 detects it and simultaneously displays a cooking method (order) to guide the cook to cook easily and conveniently, and the cooking is completed. When the limit switch 112 is detected at the same time it can be configured to switch to the form of displaying the advertising text, video or photo.

Of course, after the cooking method is displayed, the timer control may be switched to the advertisement function even during cooking after a predetermined time.

In addition, by adding a speaker 162 to the upper side of the LCD window 160 and outputting the cooking method as a voice along with the screen, the convenience of the cook may be further improved, and the advertisement function may also enable voice output. It could be implemented.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of main body housings 100 may be installed in parallel so that several people may enjoy instant ramen at the same time.

Instant ramen cooker according to the invention made in this configuration has the following operational relationship.

First, a predator who wants to cook general ramen like instant ramen puts the instant ramen into the container 200 and then seats the container 200 containing the ramen on the grill 110 of the main body housing 100.

Then, the limit switch 112 provided in the grill 110 is pressed by the container 200 to inform the controller (not shown) that the container 200 is seated on the grill 110.

Accordingly, the controller (not shown) maintains a state capable of heating the container 200.

Subsequently, when the cooker presses the water supply button among the setting buttons provided in the control panel 130, the predetermined amount of water is supplied to the container 200 through the water supply port 120.

In this state, when the cooking start button of the set button is pressed, the heating plate 114 is heated while heating the vessel 200 to boil the ramen.

At the same time, if the far-infrared lamp 150 is provided, the far-infrared lamp 150 is turned on, and the blowing fan 142 in the hood 140 is operated to suck the smell generated during cooking into the hood 140, and suction The deodorant is decomposed through the deodorizing catalyst heater 146.

In addition, after a predetermined time after the start of cooking, the heating plate 114 is turned off, and the ramen cooking is completed. At this time, the far-infrared lamp 150 and the blowing fan 142 which were simultaneously operated are also stopped.

In particular, when cooking, the bottom center of the container 200 is not a recessed structure in the upward direction, but a completely flat type projecting downward, so that the contact area with the heating plate 114 is maximized and uniform, so that the heating efficiency is good, so the shortest time is achieved. I can finish my cooking.

In addition, if the LCD window 160 and the speaker 162 is provided, the convenience of cooking is further improved.

In addition, during the above-described cooking process, the cooker may press the button and do not operate the button one by one, and may be configured to be cooked according to the set conditions at the same time, and the cooker 200 does not operate the button on the grill 110 without the button. If you put it on, it can be set to automatically supply water after a few seconds, heat it to boil the ramen, and then stop and wait all the cooking process when the ramen is completely boiled.

As described above, the instant ramen cooker according to the present invention can be easily installed and used even in places where water is difficult to connect, and can improve heating efficiency by improving the structure of the container 200, and the cooking is easy and simple, and bad smell. Almost no occurrence can be maintained in a clean environment, the disassembly assembly of the grill 110 is easy to clean has the advantage.

While the invention has been shown and described with respect to the specific embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Anyone who has it will know it easily.

100: main body housing 110: grill
120: water supply port 130: control panel
140: hood 150: far infrared lamp
160: LCD 200: container

Claims (6)

The main body housing 100, the grill 110 provided below the main housing 100, the container 200 seated on the grill 110, the heating plate 114 provided under the grill 110, the container In the instant noodle cooker comprising a water supply port (120) for supplying water and a control panel (130) installed on the front of the main body housing (100) to control the heating plate (114) and the water supply port (120);
The main body housing (100) is further provided with a pump (P) for supplying water to the water supply port 120 in accordance with a control signal of the control unit provided in the control panel 130;
A bottom surface of the container 200 is formed to be flattened after projecting downwardly so that the heating plate 114 is uniformly contacted over a large area;
The grill 110 is further provided with a limit switch 112 to detect whether the container 200 is seated;
A hood 140 is installed on the grill 110 to suck and discharge odors, and a deodorization catalyst heater 146 for removing food odors generated when cooking ramen is further installed inside the hood 140;
The grill 110 has a rectangular hole (H) is formed in a part of the grill 110, the axis of the rectangular fastener (F) in the form of a rectangular butterfly bolt corresponding to the rectangular hole (H) to rotate in the main body housing 100 (S) installed so as to fix the fitting (F) in accordance with the rectangular hole (H) and then when the grill 110 is fully fitted to rotate the fixture (F) 90 ° to the upper surface of the hole (H) Instant noodles cooker, characterized in that configured to take the fastener (F).
The method according to claim 1;
Instant ramen cooker, characterized in that the portion of the hood 140 is further installed a far-infrared lamp 150 that operates only during the ramen cooking time.
The method according to claim 1;
Instant control of the main body housing 100, the control panel 130 is disposed to be biased, the other side of the instant noodles cooker, characterized in that the LCD window 160 for performing a cooking method or advertising function is further provided.
The method according to claim 3;
The instant noodles cooker, characterized in that the front of the main body housing 100 is further provided with a speaker 162 for outputting a cooking method or an advertising function as a voice. delete delete

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