TWI566727B - Fresh rice box - Google Patents

Description

Fresh rice box

The invention relates to a rice box, in particular to a rice storage box.

White rice is the staple food of Asians. However, white rice may be mildewed due to the humid climate, easy to contact with humid air, and produce various substances that are not conducive to health, such as safrole toxin. Long-term consumption may even cause liver cancer, kidney cancer, etc. Health threats such as diseases, therefore, how to properly preserve the fresh storage process has become an urgent problem to be solved.

The general rice box is mostly a single storage function container. At most, it will be sealed to avoid excessive moisture. However, this sealed design will still be accommodated in the process of daily use of white rice. The white rice is damp.

The filter device disclosed in the TWM270727 patent, as shown in FIG. 1 , is provided with a filter box 12 in a cabinet 11 and an air inlet 13 and a row respectively opened in the filter box 12 . The air hole 14 and a blower 15 , a filter material 16 , and a desiccant 17 respectively disposed in the filter box 12 , the exhaust fan 15 can forcibly pass the air in the cabinet 11 through the air inlet 13 The filter box 12 is drawn into the filter box 12, and pressure is applied to allow air to pass through the filter material 16 and the desiccant 17 to flow back into the cabinet 11 through the vent hole 14.

Since the desiccant 17 is chemically reactive, even if the pumping When the fan 15 is in the deactivated state, the desiccant 17 also continues to absorb moisture, so that the humidity in the filter box 12 is lower than the humidity in the cabinet 11, and the different humidity states in the space will cause the The water in the cabinet 11 has a tendency to diffuse into the filter box 12, and the air inlet hole 13 and the air outlet hole 14 are open through holes, and the water gas can continue to pass through the air inlet hole 13 without any hindrance. The vent hole 14 is sucked into the desiccant 17 until the desiccant 17 is saturated, and therefore, in addition to difficulty in controlling the humidity in the cabinet 11, the life of the desiccant 17 is greatly reduced.

If a non-return damper is used, the overall structure may be too complicated, and the anti-theft damper has the disadvantages of easy failure, difficult maintenance, etc., and its manufacturing and use cost is too high, and it is not suitable for the rice box. Dehumidification.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a rice storage box which is simple in structure and convenient to use.

Therefore, the fresh-keeping rice box of the present invention comprises a box unit, a dehumidifying unit and a fan unit.

The box unit comprises a rice storage chamber, and an opening, a plurality of air inlet holes and a plurality of air outlet holes respectively communicating with the rice storage chamber.

The dehumidifying unit is disposed in the box unit, and includes a suction port that communicates with the vent holes, a discharge port that communicates the air inlet holes, a decoupling member that can be exchanged and replaced, and a suction port and the a front stagnation member between the dehumidifying members, and a rear stagnation member disposed between the discharge port and the dehumidifying member, the front and rear stagnation members respectively having a labyrinthine multi-curved stagnation channel .

The fan unit is disposed in the box unit, and can circulate the air in the box unit, so that the air in the rice storage chamber sequentially enters the dehumidification through the vent holes, the suction port and the front stagnation member. And flowing back to the rice storage chamber through the rear stagnation, the discharge port and the air inlet holes.

The effect of the present invention is that the front and rear stagnation members of the dehumidifying unit respectively have a labyrinth-type multi-curved stagnation flow channel, and when the fan unit is in a deactivated state, even if the dehumidifying member itself is intended to continuously absorb moisture The function can also improve the viscosity of the air and water molecules flowing through the front and rear stagnant members by the design of the labyrinth multi-curved stagnation channel, effectively suppressing the difference in humidity between air and water molecules. The diffusion device is sucked into the dehumidifying member. On the one hand, the dehumidification period can be more surely controlled, the humidity in the rice storage chamber can be preferably controlled to achieve the best fresh-keeping effect, and on the other hand, the dehumidifying member is greatly extended. The effect of the service life.

2‧‧‧ Fresh rice box

3‧‧‧Box unit

31‧‧‧Base

311‧‧‧Exhaust chamber

312‧‧ ‧ room

313‧‧‧Baffle

314‧‧‧through hole

315‧‧‧ partition wall

32‧‧‧Box cover

4‧‧‧Dehumidification unit

41‧‧‧Inhalation

42‧‧‧Export

43‧‧‧Dehumidification parts

44‧‧‧ front stag

45‧‧‧ rear stagnant parts

46‧‧‧ stag

47‧‧‧ stagnation

5‧‧‧Fan unit

51‧‧‧Fan

511‧‧‧ ventilator

512‧‧‧Air supply nozzle

52‧‧‧ indicator lights

53‧‧‧Control unit

54‧‧‧Power supply

6‧‧‧Quantitative rice extraction unit

61‧‧‧ meter box

611‧‧‧ meter room

612‧‧‧Upper mouth

613‧‧‧ under the mouth

62‧‧‧Set rice box

7‧‧‧ cabinet

71‧‧‧ Around the wall

711‧‧・Storage room

712‧‧‧ openings

713‧‧‧ rice outlet

72‧‧‧Exhaust wall

721‧‧‧ venting holes

722‧‧‧Exhaust Road

723‧‧‧Exhaust nozzle

73‧‧‧Intake wall

731‧‧‧Air intake

732‧‧‧ Inlet

733‧‧‧ Intake nozzle

D‧‧‧ spacing

The other features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the accompanying drawings in which: Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view of a filter device; Figure 2 is a preferred embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a partially cutaway perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the preferred embodiment; FIG. 5 is a partial enlarged view of FIG. It is a schematic diagram of the use of the quantitative rice take-up unit at a position of taking the rice in one of the preferred embodiments; FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the use of the quantitative rice take-up unit in the preferred position of the preferred embodiment; and FIG. A schematic diagram of the use of the quantitative rice taker unit in the preferred position of the preferred embodiment.

Before the present invention is described in detail, it is noted that in the following description, similar elements are denoted by the same reference numerals.

Referring to FIG. 2, FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, a preferred embodiment of the fresh rice box 2 of the present invention comprises a box unit 3 and is respectively disposed on the box body. A dehumidifying unit 4, a fan unit 5 and a certain amount of the rice removing unit 6 in the unit 3.

The box unit 3 includes a base 31 for mounting the dehumidifying unit 4 and the fan unit 5, a box 7 mounted to the base 31, and a box cover 32.

The base 31 has a pumping chamber 311, a chamber 312 for receiving the metering unit 6 and being blocked from the pumping chamber 311, a partition 313 located in the chamber 312, and a partition 313. The through hole 314 of the plate 313 and a partition wall 315 blocking the pumping chamber 311 and the chamber 312.

The casing 7 has a surrounding wall 71 and an exhaust inner wall 72 and an intake inner wall 73 which are respectively spaced apart from the inner peripheral surface of the surrounding wall 71.

The lower end of the surrounding wall 71 has a conical shape, and forms a rice storage chamber 711, and an opening 712 respectively communicating with the rice storage chamber 711 and a rice outlet 713 communicating with the chamber 312. The opening 712 is defined by a top edge of the surrounding wall 71 defined by the bottom edge of the surrounding wall 71.

The exhaust inner wall 72 has a plurality of exhaust holes 721 communicating with the rice storage chamber 711, and together with the surrounding wall 71, defines an exhaust passage 722 that communicates with the exhaust holes 711, and communicates with the exhaust passage 722 and the exhaust nozzle 723 of the pumping chamber 311.

The intake inner wall 73 has a plurality of intake holes 731 communicating with the rice storage chamber 711, and together with the surrounding wall 71, defines an intake passage 732 that communicates with the intake holes 731, and communicates with the intake passage Intake nozzle 733 of 732. Referring to FIG. 6, the sides of the intake passage 732 are surrounded by the C-shaped exhaust passage 722, but are not in communication with each other.

The cover 32 is covered by the case 7 and closes the opening 712.

Referring to FIG. 3, FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the dehumidifying unit 4 includes a suction port 41, a discharge port 42, a removable and replaceable dehumidifying member 43, and a front portion disposed between the suction port 41 and the dehumidifying member 43. The stagnation member 44 and a rear stagnation member 45 disposed between the discharge port 42 and the dehumidifying member 43.

The suction port 41 communicates with the suction chamber 311 to communicate with the exhaust nozzle 723 and the exhaust passage 722 and the exhaust holes 721.

The discharge port 42 communicates with the intake nozzle 733 to communicate with the intake port 732 and the intake holes 731.

The dehumidifying member 43 is a cassette containing cerium oxide particles (water glass). When the dehumidifying member 43 is to be replaced, the box 7 may be separated upward from the base 31, and the dehumidifying member 43 may be pulled away from the side of the base 31 for replacement. The abutment of the dehumidifying unit 4 is reversed by 90 degrees, and is replaced by the bottom surface of the base 31. Preferably, the portion of the base 31 and the corresponding portion of the dehumidifying member 43 are transparent to view the cerium oxide. The degree of discoloration of the particles.

The front stagnation member 44 and the rear stagnation member 45 respectively have a plurality of spaced-apart stagnation plates 46. The stagnation plates 46 are parallel to each other and have a spacing D of not more than 5 mm, and respectively form the front stagnation members. 44 and a labyrinthine multi-curved sluice channel 47 in the rear stagnation member 45, the length of the stagnation passages 47 is not shorter than 80 mm. In the present embodiment, the stagnation plates 46 are The spacing D is 3 mm, and the length of the stagnant channels 47 is between 80 mm and 150 mm. It can be known from the theory of fluid mechanics that the smaller the pitch D of the stagnation plates 46 is, the longer the length of the stagnation channels 47 is, the larger the flow resistance is, and the isolation effect on the dehumidifying member 43 is better, but it is also required. Considering that the fan unit 5 can overcome the flow resistance on the circulation path when dehumidification is considered, the spacing D of the stagnation plates 46 and the stagnation channels The length of 47 should not be too extreme, so as to avoid the horsepower specification of the fan unit 5 to be improved.

The fan unit 5 includes a fan 51, an indicator lamp 52 disposed on the box unit 3, a control unit 53 (shown in FIG. 6), and a power supply to the fan 51, the indicator lamp 52, and the control unit 53. Power supply 54. In this embodiment, in order to facilitate the application of the fresh rice box 2 to various environments and placement locations, the power source 54 adopts a battery design that is replaced by the bottom surface of the base 31, but of course, the power source 54 can also be regarded as a special Switch to the design with the need.

The blower 51 has a blower 511 that communicates with the discharge port 42, and a blower 512 that communicates with the intake port 733 to communicate the intake holes 731. In the present embodiment, the fan 51 is a centrifugal induced fan attached to the discharge port 42, but it can be understood that the fan 51 can also adopt a blower fan (forced) attached to the suction port 41. Fan).

The fan 51 can circulate the air in the tank unit 3, and the air in the rice storage chamber 711 sequentially passes through the exhaust holes 721, the exhaust passage 722, the exhaust nozzle 723, and the pumping chamber 311. The suction port 41 and the stagnant channel 47 of the front stagnation piece 44 enter the dehumidifier 43 and are drawn by the fan 51 via the stagnation passage 47 of the rear stagnation member 45 and the discharge port 42. The air vent 511 and the air discharged through the air blowing nozzle 512 sequentially flow back to the rice storage chamber 711 via the air inlet 733, the air inlet 732, and the air intake holes 731.

The control unit 53 enables the fan 51 to operate after the air in the rice storage chamber 711 reaches a predetermined humidity, and causes the indicator light 52 to illuminate.

Referring to FIG. 4, FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, the quantitative rice take-up unit 6 is mounted on the base 31, and includes a measuring meter box 61, and is located under the measuring meter box 61 and the partitioning plate 313 and can be separated from the The rice collection box 62 of the base 31.

The meter box 61 is located between the box body 7 and the partition plate 313 and is pivotally connected to the partition plate 313, and is capable of changing between a metering position and a metering position relative to the box unit 1 and has a The metering chamber 611 and the upper opening 612 and the lower opening 613 are respectively connected to the metering chamber 611 and are misaligned.

Referring to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, in the rice-removing position, the upper opening 612 is connected to the rice outlet 713 and the lower opening 613 is closed by the partition 313. At this time, the rice storage chamber 711 is located. The meter can fall by gravity and fill the meter chamber 611.

Referring to FIG. 4 and FIG. 8 , when the meter box 61 is rotated to rotate to the metering position, the rice box 61 closes the rice outlet 713 and the lower port 613 communicates with the through hole 314 and the set. The rice box 62 allows the rice located in the meter chamber 611 to fall by gravity and fill the rice box 62.

In the present embodiment, the capacity of the measuring chamber 611 is about half a cup of rice. When in use, the rice box 61 is only required to be repeatedly rotated according to the different required rice amount, and the sufficient amount is accumulated in the rice collecting box 62. Then, the rice box 62 is pulled out of the base 31.

Through the above composition, the advantages and effects of the fresh rice box 2 of the present invention can be summarized as follows:

1. When the air in the rice storage chamber 711 does not reach the predetermined humidity, and the fan 51 is in the shutdown state, even if the dehumidifying member 43 itself continues to absorb moisture, the fresh rice box 2 can also be used by the front, The labyrinth-shaped multi-curved stagnation passage 47 of the rear stagnation members 44 and 45 is designed to improve air and water molecules. Viscosity flowing through the front and rear stagnation members 44, 45 effectively suppresses the inhalation of air and water molecules due to the diffusion of the humidity difference, and on the other hand, can more reliably control the dehumidification period. The humidity in the rice storage chamber 711 can be preferably controlled to achieve an optimum fresh-keeping effect. On the other hand, since the dehumidifying member 43 is isolated when the fan 51 is stopped, the service life of the dehumidifying member 43 can be greatly extended. In turn, the cost of use is reduced.

2. The compartment 312 for accommodating the quantitative rice take-up unit 6 and the pumping chamber 311 are blocked by the partition wall 315, so that the quantitative rice take-up unit 6 is self-contained, so during the rice picking process, By using the quantitative rice take-up unit 6, the required rice amount can be conveniently taken out without opening the lid 32, the closed state of the rice storage chamber 711 can be maintained, and the excess moisture from the outside can be prevented from entering the rice storage chamber 711, and Easy to use and further enhance the advantages of fresh-keeping effect.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, that is, the simple equivalent changes and modifications made by the patent application scope and patent specification content of the present invention, All remain within the scope of the invention patent.

2‧‧‧ Fresh rice box

3‧‧‧Box unit

31‧‧‧Base

311‧‧‧Exhaust chamber

312‧‧ ‧ room

313‧‧‧Baffle

314‧‧‧through hole

315‧‧‧ partition wall

32‧‧‧Box cover

4‧‧‧Dehumidification unit

41‧‧‧Inhalation

42‧‧‧Export

43‧‧‧Dehumidification parts

44‧‧‧ front stag

45‧‧‧ rear stagnant parts

46‧‧‧ stag

47‧‧‧ stagnation

5‧‧‧Fan unit

51‧‧‧Fan

511‧‧‧ ventilator

512‧‧‧Air supply nozzle

52‧‧‧ indicator lights

54‧‧‧Power supply

6‧‧‧Quantitative rice extraction unit

61‧‧‧ meter box

611‧‧‧ meter room

613‧‧‧ under the mouth

62‧‧‧Set rice box

7‧‧‧ cabinet

71‧‧‧ Around the wall

711‧‧・Storage room

712‧‧‧ openings

713‧‧‧ rice outlet

72‧‧‧Exhaust wall

721‧‧‧ venting holes

722‧‧‧Exhaust Road

73‧‧‧Intake wall

731‧‧‧Air intake

732‧‧‧ Inlet

733‧‧‧ Intake nozzle

Claims (8)

A fresh-keeping rice box comprises: a box unit, comprising a rice storage chamber, and an opening, a plurality of air inlet holes and a plurality of air outlet holes respectively communicating with the rice storage chamber; a dehumidifying unit disposed in the box unit The utility model comprises a suction port connecting the vent holes, a discharge port connecting the air inlet holes, a decoupling member which can be exchanged and replaced, and a front stagnation member disposed between the suction port and the dehumidifying member. And a rear stagnation member disposed between the discharge port and the dehumidifying member, the front and rear stagnation members respectively having a labyrinth-shaped multi-curved stagnation channel, the front stagnation member and the rear stagnation member respectively a stagnation plate having a plurality of intervals staggered to form the labyrinth-shaped multi-curved stagnation channel, the stagnation plates being parallel to each other with a spacing of not more than 5 mm, and the length of the labyrinth-shaped multi-curved stagnation channel is not Shorter than 80 mm; and a fan unit disposed in the box unit, capable of circulating air in the box unit, so that the air in the rice storage chamber sequentially passes through the vent holes, the suction port and the front lag Flowing into the dehumidifying member, and flowing back through the rear stagnation, the discharge port and the air inlet holes The rice storage room. The fresh-keeping rice box according to claim 1, wherein the dehumidifying member of the dehumidifying unit is a caliper containing cerium oxide particles. The fresh rice box according to claim 1, wherein the fan unit comprises a suction nozzle connected to the discharge port, and a blower that communicates the air inlet holes. The fresh-keeping rice box according to claim 3, wherein the fan unit comprises a fan and a control unit, the fan has the air blowing nozzle and the air blowing nozzle, and the control unit can after the air in the rice storage chamber reaches a predetermined humidity The fan is operated. The fresh rice box of claim 4, wherein the fan unit further comprises an indicator light disposed on the box unit, and a power source, the indicator light can be controlled by the control unit to illuminate when the fan is running The power supply is supplied to the control unit, the fan and the indicator light. The fresh-keeping rice box according to claim 1, wherein the box unit comprises a base for the dehumidifying unit to be installed with the fan unit, a box mounted to the base, and a box cover having a connection a suction chamber of the suction port, a chamber blocked from the suction chamber, and a partition wall blocking the suction chamber and the chamber, the fresh rice box further comprising a quantity installed in the chamber Take the rice unit. The fresh-keeping rice box according to claim 6, wherein the box body of the box unit has a surrounding wall forming the opening and the rice storage chamber, and are respectively disposed in an exhaust gas disposed on the inner circumferential surface of the surrounding wall. a wall and an inner wall of the exhaust, the exhaust inner wall having the exhaust holes, and defining an exhaust passage connecting the exhaust holes together with the surrounding wall, and connecting the exhaust passage and the pumping a gas discharge port of the gas chamber, the inner wall of the gas inlet has the air inlet holes, and together with the surrounding wall, define an air inlet connecting the air inlet holes, and connect the air inlet channel and the discharge port The air inlet nozzle is disposed on the box and closes the opening. The fresh rice box of claim 6, wherein the base of the box unit further has a partition located in the chamber, and a through hole formed in the partition, the box having a opening and The rice storage chamber has a conical surrounding wall at a lower end, and a rice outlet defined by the surrounding bottom edge of the surrounding wall, the quantitative rice take-up unit includes a meter box pivoted to the base and located under the box And a metre box located below the meter box and detachable from the base, the meter box has a meter room, and an upper port and a lower port respectively connected to the meter room and being misaligned The meter box can be changed between a metering position and a metering position relative to the box unit, and in the metering position, the upper port is connected to the rice outlet and the lower port is separated by the outlet The plate is closed. In the rice outlet position, the rice box closes the rice outlet and the lower port communicates with the through hole.