JPH0337534Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention mainly relates to a rice cooker of a type in which a rice cooking pot is constructed in the form of a relatively flat, substantially rectangular case and is housed in a heating chamber so as to be freely accessible from the front.

The applicant of this application has previously developed a cooking device of this type, in which a heating chamber inside the main body of the cooking device has an opening in the front, a rice cooking pot that can be freely accessed and removed through the opening, and a lower side facing the cooking pot. He proposed a type of rice cooker that was equipped with a heat source and an exhaust port that led the exhaust gas to the outside air, as well as a steam vent on the top surface (for example,
-197261), but when cooking such items,
The steam vent works to discharge the steam inside, but sometimes this tends to cause the starchy juice inside to blow out, and this juice acts on the inner wall surface of the heating chamber above it. This has the disadvantage that it is relatively troublesome to clean it because it is likely to adhere to it and cause contamination of the area.

The purpose of the present invention is to obtain a cooking device that does not have such inconveniences, and is housed in a heating chamber 2 in the cooking device main body 1 through an opening 3 on the front and which can be freely accessed and removed. A rice cooker pot 4, a gas burner or other heat source 5 on the lower side facing the pot 4, an exhaust port 6 for guiding the exhaust gas to the outside, and a steam vent 7 on the top surface of the rice cooker pot 4. In the heating chamber 2, an eave-shaped cover member 8 is provided above the steam vent 7 and facing the steam vent 7.

FIGS. 1 to 4 show one example of this. In this case, the cooking device main body 1 has the heating chamber 2 on one side and a separate heating chamber 9 for grill cooking on the other side. It is equipped with a stove burner 10 above it.
A pair of left and right cookers are provided to form a composite cooker as a whole.

The opening 3 is provided with a normally closed door 3a on its front surface, and the rice cooking pot 4 has a relatively flat, substantially rectangular housing shape, and a supporting frame 11 is provided at the projecting edges 4a, 4a on both sides of the rice cooking pot 4. It is supported by a pair of left and right guide rails 12, 12 and can be freely pulled out together with the support frame 11 to the front, and the steam vent 7 is opened at the rear upper surface thereof, and the exhaust port 6 is located at the rear thereof. However, it communicates with the outside air through a duct 6a connected thereto.

The cover member 8 is as clearly shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, for example, and includes a seat plate 8c on the lower side of a pair of left and right leg pieces 8b, 8b extending downward from a pair of left and right side walls 8a, 8a. Fixed on the seat plate 8c
It is of a type that protrudes forward like a canopy, and is inserted into and out of the duct 6a at the seat plate 8c and held in a detachable manner.

5 and 6 show a modification thereof, in which the cover member 8 has a pair of left and right side walls 8a, 8a.
It is fixed to the cross member 11a at the rear end of the support frame 11 at the back wall 8d between the two and projects forward like a canopy, and its lower end is integrally provided with a juice pan 8e projecting forward. . In this case, the cover member 8 may be attached to the sixth
As clearly shown in the figure, it is pulled out forward together with the support frame 11 and then removed together with the support frame 11 from the rails 12, 12 in preparation for cleaning.

To explain its operation, the rice cooker 4 is heated at a predetermined position in the heating chamber 2 by a heat source 5 below it, and the rice is cooked in a predetermined manner.This point is particularly different from conventional ones. However, if the starchy juice inside is blown out through the steam vent 7 during such an operation, the juice acts on the upper opposing cover member 8 from its lower surface and adheres to it. death,
The inner wall of the heating chamber 2 above it is thus protected from this and free from contamination. The cover member 8 may be removed and cleaned as necessary to prepare for the next use.

In addition, when preparing a batten 13 having upper and lower leg pieces 13a and 13b of different lengths as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, and placing this inside the rice cooker pot 4 as shown in FIG. 7, It can also be used as a steamer, and in this case, when the water injected into the bottom surface of the batten 13 finishes evaporating, the temperature of the rice cooker 4 rises rapidly, and the temperature switch 14 provided on the bottom surface of the rice cooker 4 operates automatically. Heat source 5 is cut off. Therefore, by selecting the water injection amount according to the food to be cooked, the food can be automatically steamed.

According to the present invention, the heating chamber 2 is provided with a cover member 8 above the steam vent 7 on the top surface of the rice cooker pot 4, which is located above the steam vent 7.
When starchy juice is blown out, the juice hits and adheres to the cover member 8, thus protecting the inner wall surface of the heating chamber 2 above the cover member 8. 8 can be configured to be removable as required to facilitate cleaning, and its configuration has advantages such as being simple and inexpensive.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an example of the proposed cooking device, Fig. 2 is a cut-away front view thereof, Fig. 3 is a cut-away sectional view of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a slope view of the main part, Fig. 5 is the other 1
A sectional view corresponding to FIG. 3 of the example, FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the main part in the pulled out state, FIG. 7 is a cutaway side view showing another usage mode, and FIG. The slope view and FIG. 9 are partially cutaway side views. 1...Cooker body, 2...Heating chamber, 3...Opening, 4...Rice cooking pot, 5...Heat source, 6...Exhaust port,
7... Steam vent, 8... Cover member.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A front opening 3 is provided in the heating chamber 2 inside the cooker main body 1.
and a rice cooking pot 4 housed in a manner that can be freely accessed and removed through the opening 3, a gas burner or other heat source 5 on the lower side opposite to the pot 4, and an exhaust port 6 that guides the exhaust gas to the outside. This rice cooker is of a type in which the rice cooker 4 is equipped with a steam vent 7 on the upper surface, and is provided with an eave-shaped cover member 8 on the upper side facing the steam vent 7 inside the heating chamber 2.