JPH0591943A - Rice boiler - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] A rice cooker that sequentially displays the rice-cooking completion times and sets reservations based on the displayed times as a rice-cooking completion time. I will provide a. [Configuration] A reservation time input means is provided which can selectively input a breakfast reservation for a specific time zone in the morning and a dinner reservation for a specific time zone in the afternoon. By limiting the rice cooking completion time to a specific time zone, it is possible to eliminate displaying a time other than the specific time zone, and thus to quickly select and input the rice cooking completion time.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rice cooker provided with a reservation timer mechanism, and more particularly to an improvement of a reservation time input means.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A heating control means for controlling rice cooking, a reservation time input means for inputting a required rice cooking completion time, a storage means for storing a reserved rice cooking completion time, a clocking means for measuring the current time, and a reservation As a conventional rice cooker of this type provided with a timer means for carrying out the operation of the heating control means by comparing and calculating the cooked rice completion time and the present time, one or two 24-hour reservation time input means are provided. There is one provided.

The reserved rice cooked by such a rice cooker is performed by starting the reservation timer mechanism after inputting the required rice cooking completion time by the reservation time input means, and the rice cooking is completed at the reserved time. ..

[0004]

However, in such a conventional rice cooker, the reservation time input means provided therein is a 24-hour reservation time input means for both morning and afternoon hours. Therefore, when entering the time,
If the input time is mistakenly advanced from the desired reservation time, it will be necessary to set the time 24 hours later again, which makes the reservation time input means inferior in operability and difficult to use. There was a problem.

Further, in a rice cooker provided with one reservation time input means, when changing the reservation time from breakfast reservation to dinner reservation, the reservation time input means must be operated every time other reservation times are changed. There is annoying trouble,
In a rice cooker provided with two reservation time input means, each of them is a reservation set type for a time zone of 24 hours,
Since both can be shared for morning and afternoon reservations, the names of the reservation time input means are "Timer 1", "Timer 2", "Memory 1", "Memory 2", etc. There is a problem that it is not possible to immediately determine which reservation time input means is used for breakfast reservation and dinner reservation.

The present invention advantageously solves the problems of the prior art, is extremely easy to use, and can use two types of reservation times separately without operating the reservation time input means. It is intended to provide a rice cooker in which a reservation time input means is displayed as "breakfast reservation", "dinner reservation", "morning reservation", "afternoon reservation", etc. so that the user can easily discriminate.

[0007]

In the rice cooker of the present invention, in particular, two reservation time input means are provided, and one of them can input only the rice cooking completion time in a specific time zone in the morning. In addition to the input means for dinner, the other is used as an input means for dinner that can input only the rice cooking completion time in a specific time zone in the afternoon.

[0008]

In this rice cooker, for example, when the input time zone of the breakfast input means is from 4 am to 10 am and the input time zone of the dinner input means is from 4 pm to 10 pm Even if the reservation time is advanced from the desired time due to a mistake in entering the reservation time, it is possible to adjust the reservation time to the desired time very simply by advancing the input means for 6 hours. it can.

Further, here, by making breakfast reservation and dinner reservation by the two input means respectively, it is possible to make the reserved rice twice a day at the same time every day without operating the reservation input means. Moreover, by distinguishing each input means as, for example, "reservation for breakfast" and "reservation for dinner", it is possible to immediately determine what has been reserved by which input means, and to make a mistake in operating the reserved rice. It can be effectively removed.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below based on illustrated examples.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a breakfast input means, and 2 is a dinner input means provided in parallel with the breakfast input means 1. .. Here, input by the breakfast input means 1,
Cooking completion time in a specific time zone in the morning, for example, required time from 4 am to 10 am, and rice cooking completion time in a specific time zone in the afternoon input by the input means 2 for dinner, for example, The required time from 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm is stored by the storage means 3 connected to both input means 1 and 2.

While one of the reserved time signals is input from the storage means 3, the timer means 5 to which the current time signal is input from the timekeeping means 4 for constantly clocking the current time is used by both of these signals. Is performed and the operation of the heating control means 6 is started so that the rice cooking is completed at the desired reserved time.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an application example of the present invention.
Here, a reservation operation section 7 is provided which has a push button switch type breakfast input means 1 and a dinner input means 2 respectively, and a time display section for selectively displaying either the current time or the reserved time. 8 is provided,
A start switch 9 is provided which also activates the reservation timer mechanism, which is also a pushbutton switch type.

Here, for inputting the required cooking completion time for breakfast, the breakfast input means 1 labeled "Breakfast" is kept pressed until the reserved time displayed on the time display section 8 reaches the required time. The input of the dinner cooking completion time is performed by continuously pressing the dinner input means 2 labeled "dinner" in the same manner. Here, when neither of the input means 1 and 2 is pressed, the time display section 8 displays the current time which is normally clocked by the clock means 4.

After the reservation time is input in this way, when the reserved rice for breakfast is cooked, the start switch 9 is pressed once, for example, and when the reserved rice for dinner is cooked. The start switch 9
, Which is also pressed, for example, twice, activates the reservation timer mechanism and activates the timer means 5 respectively.
The reservation time calculated by comparison with the current time is set as the reservation time for breakfast or dinner, and thereafter, based on the operation of the timer means 5, the heating control means 6 operates in the same manner as described in FIG. To control.

Therefore, here, by using the input means 1 for breakfast and the input means 2 for dinner that are specified, the desired reservation time can be set not only when there is no input error, but also when there is an input error. However, in addition to being able to input data extremely easily, the reserved rice can be cooked twice a day at a reserved time without operating the input means 1 and 2, and further, each input can be performed. Means 1 and 2
It is possible to effectively eliminate the operation error of the cooked rice for reservation by distinguishing the items easily.

The present invention has been described above based on the illustrated example, but it goes without saying that the input time zone of the input means for breakfast and dinner can be increased or decreased as required.

[0018]

As described above, the present invention provides two reservation time input means, one of which is the breakfast input means and the other of which is the dinner input means. Not only can the operability be significantly improved, the two types of reservation times can be used separately without operating the reservation time input means, and the reservation times input by the respective input means can be displayed appropriately. It can be clearly distinguished.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an application example of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 input means for breakfast 2 input means for dinner 3 storage means 5 timer means 6 heating control means 7 reservation operation section 8 time display section 9 start switch

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Kazuo Osawa, Inventor Kazuo Osawa 1728 Omaeda, Hanazono-cho, Osato-gun, Saitama 1 Mitsubishi Electric Home Equipment Co., Ltd. Mitsubishi Electric Home Equipment Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Wataru Matsumoto 1728 Omaeda, Omaeda, Hanazono-cho, Oza-gun, Saitama 1 Mitsubishi Electric Home Equipment Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A heating control unit that controls rice cooking, a reservation time input unit that inputs a required rice cooking completion time, a storage unit that stores a reserved rice cooking completion time, a clocking unit that clocks the current time, and a reservation. In a rice cooker comprising a timer means for controlling the operation of the heating control means by performing a comparative calculation of the cooked rice completion time and the present time, the reserved time input means specifies the morning when the cooked rice completion time is preset. Select the breakfast reservation for the time zone and the dinner reservation for the specific time zone of the afternoon when the rice cooking completion time is preset, and the timer means sets the reserved rice cooking completion time. Rice cooker characterized by selecting one of the times.