JPH0636716Y2 - Sushi rice maker - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a rice cooker that can easily make rice.

Next, the details will be described with reference to the illustrated embodiment.
In the figures and FIG. 2, (1) is a cylindrical container having an appropriate shape having an opening (1 ′) at the lower end, and (2) is a pusher fitted in the container (1) slidably in the vertical direction. Board,
(3) is a bellows made of a material having appropriate rigidity and elasticity such as rubber or synthetic resin, whose one end surface (3 ') is fixed to the outer surface of the bottom portion (1 ") of the container (1) by the above-mentioned push plate. The connecting rod (4) is fixed (2 ') to the back surface of (2) by screwing or adhering, and the connecting rod (4) is connected to the bottom (1 ") of the container (1) and the bellows (3). The small-diameter screw part (4 ') at the tip protrudes upward from the opening (5) provided through the one end face (3') and penetrates the inside of the bellows (3) to the other end face (3 ") of the bellows (3). This screw part (4 ') protrudes from the provided opening.
A cap (6) is screwed into the screw, and the plate portion of the other end surface (3 ″) of the bellows (3) is fixed to the end surface of the step portion of the connecting rod (4) by tightening the cap (6). Since (3) acts as a return spring, the push plate (2) is held at the bottom (1 ″) of the container (1) via the connecting rod (4).

The container (1), push plate (2), connecting rod (4), cap (6) and the like are made of hard synthetic resin, but other materials may be used. Although the container (1) is formed in a triangular shape so that ordinary rice balls can be manufactured in the figure, and the pressing plate (2) has a shape corresponding to this, other shapes such as a circular shape and a square shape may be used. The lower surface of the pressing plate (2) is provided with a recessed portion (2 ″) having a rounded edge so as to round the corners of the rice ball.

In FIG. 3, (7) is a rice ball receiver provided as needed,
A receiving member (9) having a shape corresponding to the push plate (2) is fixed on the base plate (8). The receiving member (9) is also provided with a concave portion (9 ') similar to the concave portion (2 ") of the pressing plate (2) facing upward. The base plate (8), the receiving member (9), etc. Is made of hard synthetic resin, but other materials may be used, and the base plate (8), the receiving member (9), etc. may be integrally formed.

When making rice with this rice cooker, since the bellows (3) also serves as a handle, the container (1) or the bellows (3) is held in the hand and the opening (1 ') is directed upwards. Etc. Using the above, the rice (1) is packed in the container (1) to make rice balls, the surface is flattened, the bellows (3) is pushed, and the push plate (2) is moved through the connecting rod (4). The rice ball in the container (1) may be pushed out onto a saucer or the like. After pushing the rice ball out, the bellows (3) will return to its original shape if you release your hand from the bellows (3), and the push plate (2) will also return to the bottom of the container. be able to. If you use sushi rice and ingredients, you can easily make sushi.

When the receiving tool (7) is also used, after filling the rice in the container (1) as described above, the opening (1 ') of the container (1) is fitted from above the receiving member (9). Since the surface of the rice ball is smoothed by the receiving member (9), the container (1) may be pulled up at the position where the bellows (3) is pressed as it is and the rice cake thus prepared may be pushed out onto the receiving member (9). At this time, if desired, the bellows (3) can be pressed while the container (1) is attached to the receiving member (9) to compress the rice in the inside to an appropriate hardness to harden it.

In addition, this rice cooker can remove the connecting rod (4) and the push plate (2) from the container (1) by removing the upper cap (6), which is convenient for cleaning rice grains and the like adhering to the inside. . If necessary, the bottom portion (1 ″) of the container (1) may be provided with air flowability inside and / or outside the bellows (3).

The rice cooker of the present invention has a relatively simple structure as described above and can easily make rice balls, and as described above, the bellows (3) having appropriate rigidity and elasticity for returning the connecting rod (4). )
Since this bellows (3) acts as a return spring for the connecting rod (4) and also serves as a cover for the connecting rod (4), the bellows (3) acts as a dust shield, It is sanitary, and during the production of rice balls, the rice grains that have adhered to the fingers or that are scattered adhere to this connecting rod (4) and enter the gap of the opening (5) at the bottom of the container (1) to form the connecting rod (4). It is possible to prevent the operation of the above from being obstructed, and the bellows (3) is easy to hold in the hand, and can also serve as a handle as described above, so that it can be useful when packing rice, etc., and the connecting rod (4) ) Has a better appearance than when a return coil spring is attached to the outer circumference, and the rice cooker of the present invention, as described above, projects from the other end surface (3 ″) of the bellows (3). Screw the cap (6) onto the small diameter thread (4 ') at the end of the connecting rod (4). Since the other end surface (3 ″) of the bellows (3) is fixed to the step end surface of the connecting rod (4) with this cap (6), the other end surface (3 ″) of the bellows (3) is fixed by the cap (6). And the connecting rod (4) are firmly connected, and the pushing and returning operations are smoothly performed,
The connecting rod (4) and the push plate (2) can be easily removed from the container (1) by removing the upper cap (6), which is convenient for cleaning rice grains and the like attached inside. Have a positive effect.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the rice cooker of the present invention can be connected in plural by fixing (10) the outer walls of the container (1) to each other. In this case, the number of receiving members (9) on the receiving tool (7) may be increased corresponding to the number of containers (1).

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a rice cooker, Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the same, Fig. 3 is a side view of a rice cooker, and Fig. 4 is another embodiment. It is a bottom view shown. (1) ... container, (2) ... push plate, (3) ... bellows, (4) ... connecting rod, (6) ... cap, (7) ... rice cooker, (8) ... base plate, (9) ... Receiving member.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A push plate (2) is slidably fitted in a container (1) having an opening (1 '), and the outer surface of a bottom (1 ") of the container (1) is appropriately fitted. The one end face (3 ') of the bellows (3) made of a material having rigidity and elasticity is fixed, and the connecting rod (4) is fixed to the back surface of the pressing plate (2), and the connecting rod (4) is fixed. From the opening (5) provided through the bottom (1 ″) of the container (1) and one end surface (3 ′) of the bellows (3),
The small-diameter threaded portion (4 ') at the tip of the bellows (3) is penetrated so as to protrude from the other end surface (3 ") of the bellows (3) and screwed into the tip screwed portion (4'). The cap (6) is used to fix the other end surface (3 ″) of the bellows (3) to the end surface of the step portion of the connecting rod (4), and the push plate (2) is repelled by the bellows (3) so that the container ( 1) is held at the bottom, and the other end surface (3 ″) of the bellows (3) is pressed against the elastic force of the bellows (3) to push the pushing plate (2) through the connecting rod (4). A rice cooker in which the rice cake made in the container (1) is pushed out from the opening (1 ') by moving the.