JPH07227355A - Cooking rice net - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Easily remove the rice from the rice cooker and easily clean the rice cooker. [Structure] A net 1 made of cloth or an elastic resin material is provided with a large number of meshes through which rice does not leak, and is formed into a bag shape having an opening 2 and a ring 3 having elasticity along the opening edge. A rice cooking net which is integrated with Net 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rice cooking net used in a rice cooking device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Means for cooking rice by directly supplying rice or water to a pot is generally used.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned means, since rice adheres to the inner surface of the pot, much labor is required to clean the pot. As a means for solving this problem, it is possible to lay a net inside the pot and then supply rice, water, etc. to cook the rice. This method can prevent rice from adhering, but if the net is on rice when cooking rice, it will be cut off early (finishing the rice cooking work before it becomes normal rice), resulting in poor quality rice. .

[0004]

The present invention provides a rice-cooking net for rice-cooking without erroneous rice-cooking, and has taken the following technical means. That is, the net 1 having a large number of meshes through which rice does not leak is formed into a bag shape having an opening 2, and a ring 3 having an elastic force is provided along the opening 2 to form a rice cooking net.

[0005]

[Operation] First, the rice cooking net is provided in the inner pot of the pot main body.
Then, rice and water are supplied into the bag portion from the opening 2 of the rice cooking net, and the rice cooker is started after the pot is covered. After that, when the rice cooking work is completed, the lid is removed from the pot, and then the rice net containing the rice is taken out by holding the ring 3 or the like.

[0006]

[Effect] When the rice cooking net is removed after the rice cooking work, the rice is stored in the rice cooking net and does not remain in the pot.
Therefore, it becomes easy to wash the pot after cooking rice. In addition, it is possible to cook high quality rice without unevenness in cooking.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the configuration will be described. In the rice washing and cooking device 4, a rice storing section 6, a grain cleaning section 7, and a rice cooking section 8 are arranged in this order from the upper side of a main body frame 5 in which vertical and horizontal frames are framed. .

The rice storing section 6 is detachably mounted on a top plate which is detachably mounted on the main body frame 5, and a funnel or a fixed quantity supply roll is attached to a box-shaped case 9 having an open lower surface. And so on. Reference numeral 10 is a lid for opening and closing a rice supply hole opened on the upper wall of the case 9, and 11 is an operation panel detachably provided on the front wall of the case 9 having various switches and indicators. . The grain cleaning unit 7 includes grains (hereinafter referred to as “rice”) and water (for cleaning,
It is provided with a tank 12 for storing rice etc.) and a cleaning means provided in the tank. The tank 12 has open upper and lower end surfaces and a narrow lower end, and an upper end portion is detachably attached to the lower surface of the top plate. Further, the tank 12 is provided so as to be able to communicate with the funnel via the fixed quantity supply roll. A tank lid 13 opens and closes an inspection hole on the front surface of the tank 12.

At the center of the tank 12, a hollow rotary shaft 14 having a longitudinal axis is provided. A gear 18 meshing with a gear 17 attached to the motor shaft 16 of the forward / reverse motor 15 is detachably attached to the upper end of the rotary shaft 14. Further, a plurality of stirring members 19 are provided on the outer surface of the rotating shaft 14. Reference numeral 20 denotes a tank plate integrally attached to the lower end of the tank 12, and a jacket 22 having a cylindrical filter 21 having a large number of holes in the lower surface of the tank 12 that do not allow rice to pass therethrough. Is detachably installed. 23 is a packing having a hole having a diameter substantially the same as the inner diameter of the filter-21, 24 is a hole slightly larger than the hole of the packing 23, and the packing 23 is a jacket 22
It is a fixed plate that is fixed to.

The valve shaft 25 has an intermediate portion internally mounted on the rotary shaft 14,
An upper end portion protruding from the rotary shaft 14 is provided so as to be engageable with a cam mechanism 27 operated by a motor 26, and a lower end portion is extended to the inside of the filter 21 and a screw portion 28 is provided. The valve 29 is a conical valve having a valve shaft hole 30 through which the valve shaft 25 is inserted, and has a large and small recess 31,
32 is provided. 33 is a spring, 34 is a valve shaft 25
A spring receiving member having a hole through which 35 passes, a reference numeral 35 denotes a wing nut, and a lower end portion 36 has a surface 37 having a diameter substantially equal to or larger than that of the lower surface of the valve 29 and an upper surface formed in a flat shape. It is a conical heat shield with a slope between the surface 37 and the surface 37.

The rice cooker 8 is a rice cooker 39 movably provided in the front-rear direction with respect to the leg frame 38 of the main body frame 5 when viewed from the front of the rice washing and rice cooker 4, and the outside placed on the rice cooker. Rice cooker 4 consisting of a pot 40a, an inner pot 40b, a lid 40c, etc.
Equipped with 0 etc. The rice cooker 39 is provided with a plurality of casters 41 on the lower surface thereof, and a drawer arm 42 having a height of an intermediate portion of the rice cooker 40 in the vertical direction at the front end thereof.
Is provided. Further, the gas stove provided in the outer pot of the rice cooker 40 communicates with the gas pipe 43 communicating with the gas supply source,
A valve (a solenoid valve in the embodiment) while the gas reaches the gas stove 4
4 is provided.

The rice-cooking net 45 is provided with a large number of small meshes to prevent rice from leaking. The net 1 is made of cloth or a resin material having elasticity and is formed in a bag shape having an opening 2 and along the opening edge. A ring (heat-resistant resin material, stainless steel, piano wire, etc.) 3 having elastic force is provided integrally with the net 1. The ring 3 has substantially the same shape as the inner pot 40b (round shape or square shape), and the outer diameter (outer width) is slightly larger than the inner diameter (inner width). Therefore,
When the rice cooking net 45 is put in the inner pot, the elastic body 3 is
It is pressed and held by the inner surface of 0b.

The rice cooking net 45 shown in FIG. 8 is provided with a plurality of handles 47 integrally with the ring 3. Although the number of the grips 47 is two in the embodiment, the number of the grips 47 is not limited to this and may be three, four, or the like, and may be made of a heat resistant resin or a metal. The nets 45 are provided at substantially symmetrical positions so as to improve stability when the nets 45 are lifted.

The rice cooking net 45 shown in FIG. 10 is provided with an opening at the lower end of the bag-shaped portion formed by the net 1, and the opening is provided with an opening / closing tool (for example, metal such as string, rubber, wire, etc., It can be opened and closed with a resin band 48). The block circuit of FIG. 11 will be described. Reference numeral 49 is an arithmetic control unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) of a microcomputer having a memory in which various data and programs are built.
Therefore, arithmetic, logical and comparison operations are performed. As the information input to the CPU 49 via the input interface 50, signals from various switches provided on the operation panel 11 (for example, device ON information from the main switch, rice cooking amount selection information from the rice cooking amount switch, etc.) ).
The information output from the CPU 49 via the output interface 51 includes drive / stop command signals to the drive motor 52 for driving the constant quantity supply roll, and normal rotation to the forward / reverse rotation motor 15. And reverse drive / stop command signal and rotation speed adjustment signal, drive / stop command signal to the motor 26, valve 4
4, an excitation signal, a drive / stop command signal to a fan drive motor 53 that rotates a fan (not shown) provided on the top plate and blows downward, a display signal to a display tool provided on the operation panel 11. Etc.

Next, the operation will be described. First, the rice cooker 40 with the lid 40c removed is placed on the rice cooker 39, and the rice cooker net 45 is put in the inner cooker 40b of the cooker 40. At this time, since the outer diameter (outer width) of the ring 3 of the rice cooking net 45 is provided to be slightly larger than the inner diameter (inner width) of the inner pot 40b, the rice cooking net 45 may be pressed by the inner pot 40b and fall off. Absent. Then, the rice cooker 39 is pushed along the leg frame 38 and set at a predetermined position.
Then, turn on the main switch on the operation panel 11.
Then, select the amount of cooked rice with the cooked rice amount switch. At this time, the CP output via the output interface 51
The fan drive motor 53 is driven by the signal of U49 to rotate the fan. Then, turn on the work start switch.
If so, the CPU 49 outputs a drive command signal to the drive motor 52, and in connection with this, the fixed amount supply roll rotates to supply a predetermined amount of rice to the tank 12 for each rotation. When the number of rotations corresponding to the set amount of rice is reached, the CPU
49 outputs a stop signal to the drive motor 53.

Subsequently, the CPU 49 outputs a forward drive command signal to the forward / reverse rotation motor 15 via the output interface 51, so that the forward / reverse rotation motor is output via the gears 17 and 18.
The rotary shaft 14 which is transmitted with the rotational power of the rotor 15 rotates in the forward direction to rotate the agitator 19 in the same direction. Further, water is supplied to the tank 12 by the water supply means that communicates with the water supply source. Therefore, the rice is agitated by the agitator 19 and foreign matter such as bran and dust attached is separated. And foreign matter is filtered
It enters the jacket 22 through the hole 21 and is then discharged to a predetermined place.

When a predetermined time elapses, the CPU 49 outputs a reverse drive command signal to the forward / reverse rotation motor 15 via the output interface 51, so that the rotating shaft 14 reversely rotates and the stirring body 19 reverses. Therefore, the stirring body 19 is reversed to stir and wash rice and water. Thereafter, the stirring body 19 repeats forward and reverse to wash the rice. After the above washing work is completed, the drain hole of the jacket 22 is closed and the tank 12 is closed by the water supply means.
Supply a predetermined amount of water to. Next, the CPU 49 outputs a drive command signal to the motor 26 via the output interface 51, so that the motor 26 is driven to move the valve shaft 25 downward via the cam mechanism 27. Then filter-2
Since the lower end of 1 opens to discharge rice and water, the dropped rice and water enter the rice cooking net 45 of the rice cooker 40 located below. In addition, a part of the water comes out from the mesh of the net 1 and the inner pot 4
It is stored at 0b. And the worker pulls out the arm 4
2 is pulled and the rice cooker 39 is pulled out from the leg frame 38 and the lid 40c is attached to the inner pot 40b. Next, the operator pushes the drawer arm 42 to push the rice cooker 39 into a predetermined position of the leg frame 38.

Subsequently, when the worker turns on the rice cooking switch, the CPU 49 outputs an "open" signal to the valve 44 via the output interface 51. And
When the ignition switch is turned "ON", the gas is ignited and the inner pot 40b is heated to start the rice cooking operation. After that, when the rice cooking work is completed, the display of the operation panel 11 displays the completion of rice cooking together with other displays.

When the operator confirms that the rice has been cooked, the operator pulls the arm 42 again to pull the arm 42 from the leg frame 38 to the rice cooker 39.
Pull out. And if you want to take out the rice immediately,
First, the lid 40c is removed, and then the rice cooking net 45 is pulled up from the inner pot 40b while holding the ring 3. After that, the rice is transferred from the rice cooking net 45 to a tray, a box, a container or the like at a predetermined place. In addition, when the handle 47 is provided, by holding the handle 47, the rice cooking net 45 can be easily attached to and detached from the inner pot 40b and can be easily transported. Further, when the opening / closing tool 48 is provided at the lower end of the bag portion of the rice cooking net 45 as shown in FIG. 10, the opening of the lower side of the bag portion is opened by the opening / closing tool 48 so that the rice is trayed from the rice cooking net 45. Etc. can be easily transferred.

Further, since the rice does not remain in the inner pot 40b, cleaning the inner pot 40b becomes very easy. Furthermore, since the net 1 is not covered on the rice when cooking rice, it is possible to cook high quality rice.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a rice washing and cooking device.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the rice washing and cooking device.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a rice washing and rice cooking device.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of a grain cleaning unit.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a rice cooking net.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a partially cooked rice cooker.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a partially cooked rice cooking unit.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a rice cooking net provided with a handle.

FIG. 9 is a front cross-sectional view of an inner pot provided with a rice cooking net having a handle.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a rice cooking net having an opening / closing tool.

FIG. 11 is a block circuit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Net 2 Opening 3 Ring

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yumiko Ota No. 1 Yakura, Tobe-cho, Iyo-gun, Ehime Pref.Iseki Agricultural Machinery Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Yoji Fukuda No. 1 Yakura, Tobe-cho, Iyo-gun Ehime Prefecture Department

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A net 1 provided with many meshes through which rice does not leak.
Is formed into a bag shape having an opening 2, and a ring 3 having an elastic force is provided along the opening 2 to form a rice cooking net.