JPH0310324B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a rice cooking device that cooks rice and keeps the rice warm while the rice cooker is housed.

Conventional Structures and Their Problems In recent years, in order to make effective use of kitchen space, there has been an increasing demand for rice cookers that can cook rice and keep warm while the rice cooker is stored. However, when the rice cooker is stored, it has disadvantages in that the display section provided on the rice cooker that indicates the rice cooking status cannot be checked from the outside, and the operation section provided on the rice cooker has poor operability.

Purpose of the Invention The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and makes it possible to easily check the rice cooking status from the outside when the rice cooker is stored, and the operation part of the rice cooker has good operability. The present invention provides a rice cooking device.

Structure of the Invention In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a recess for placing a rice cooker and a notch for placing a display part of the rice cooker on the front surface of the device. According to this configuration, the rice cooker has a drawer section for storage toward the front side, and a hinged door that covers the front side of the rice cooker body, and a see-through window of the hinged door faces the display section of the rice cooker. Due to the presence of the recess and notch in the drawer, the rice cooker is stored so that the display part always faces the front of the device, and as a result, it is possible to see through the see-through window in the hinged door. Even when checking the rice cooking status by looking at the display section of the rice cooker, reliable confirmation can be made. In addition, since the door that covers the front of the device is a swinging door, it is easy to operate the switch on the rice cooker's display, and when serving, only the drawer that supports the rice cooker can be used. Since it can be pulled out to the front, it can be easily served.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In Figures 1 to 4, 1 is a box-shaped device body;
Storage cabinet 2 at the bottom, rice bin on the side,
A drawer section 4 is provided at the top. 5 is a rice cooker placed on the drawer part 4, and the lid 6 has a steam hole 7.
The rice cooker is equipped with a display panel 14 on the side, which is composed of a display section 10 consisting of a rice cooking lamp 8 and a heat preservation lamp 9, and an operation section 13 consisting of a rice cooking button 11 and a heat preservation button 12, and is powered by a power plug 15. Ru. Reference numeral 16 denotes a front plate provided at the upper front of the apparatus main body 1, and is provided with an exhaust port 17. 1
Reference numeral 8 designates a recess provided in the drawer portion 4 in which the rice cooker 5 is placed, and 19 represents a notch provided in the front surface of the drawer 4 in which the display board 14 of the rice cooker 5 is placed.
The notch 19 allows the display plate 14 to be attached to the main body 1 of the device.
The rice cooker 5 is housed so as to face the front of the rice cooker.

20 is a power outlet. Reference numeral 21 denotes a hinged door, and a see-through window 22 is provided opposite to the display section 10. Reference numeral 23 denotes an exhaust passage provided in the upper part of the apparatus main body 1. One end communicates with an exhaust port 17 provided in the front plate 16, and the other end is provided with a fan 25 driven by an electric motor 24. 26 is a steam inlet provided in the middle of the exhaust passage 23, and the rice cooker 5 is connected to the main body 1 of the apparatus.
The steam hole 7 faces the steam inlet 26 when the steam inlet 7 is housed in the steam inlet 26 .

The operation of the rice cooking device configured as described above will be explained below. First, the rice cooker 5 is placed on the drawer section 4. At this time, the rice cooker 5 is fitted into the recess 18 and the display board 14 is fitted into the notch 19, respectively, and the rice cooker 5 and the display board 14 are placed in the front. Next, connect the power plug 15 to the power outlet 2.
0, close the drawer 4, and store the rice cooker 5 in the main body 1 of the device. At this time, the steam hole 7 faces the steam inlet 26 as described above.

Next, press the rice cooking button 11 and close the hinged door 21. Steam generated during rice cooking enters the steam inlet 26 from the steam hole 7 and is led to the exhaust passage 23, where it is exhausted to the outside from the exhaust port 17 by air blown by a fan 25 driven by the electric motor 24.

The state of the stored rice cooker 5 can be confirmed through the see-through window 22 even when the hinged door 21 is closed.
Operation 2 can be easily performed by opening the hinged door 21.

Effects of the Invention As described above, the rice cooker of the present invention is provided with a recess for placing the rice cooker and a notch on the front for placing the display part of the rice cooker, so that the display part of the rice cooker can be placed on the main body of the apparatus. The rice cooker has a drawer section for storage toward the front of the rice cooker, and a hinged door that covers the front surface of the rice cooker, and a see-through window is provided in the hinged door facing the display section of the rice cooker. Because of the recess and notch provided in the drawer, the rice cooker is stored so that the display section always faces the front of the device, and the front of the device is covered with a hinged door. Therefore, when the rice cooker is housed in the main body of the device, the display section of the rice cooker cannot be seen from the outside. Since there is a window, when the hinged door is closed,
In other words, with the rice cooker stored inside the device,
The rice cooking status can be easily confirmed by viewing the display section of the rice cooker from the outside through a see-through window provided in the hinged door.

In addition, the door that covers the front of the device is a hinged door, so even when operating the switch on the rice cooker, when the door is opened, the rice cooker's display always faces the front of the device, making it easy to operate. A switch operation can be performed, and when serving, only the drawer portion supporting the rice cooker can be pulled forward, making it easy to serve the rice cooker.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an external perspective view of a rice cooker according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the rice cooker with the hinged door opened, and Fig. 3 shows the rice cooker with the drawer pulled out. FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view and a side sectional view of the rice cooking device. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Apparatus body, 4... Drawer part, 5... Rice cooker, 10... Display part, 21... Swinging door, 22...
...perspective window.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A drawer section that is provided with a recess for placing the rice cooker and a cutout section on the front for placing the display section of the rice cooker, so that the display section of the rice cooker is opened and stored toward the front of the device body; A rice cooker comprising a hinged door that covers the front surface of the apparatus main body, and a see-through window provided in the hinged door facing a display section of the rice cooker.