JPH09300U - Handle structure of kneading container in bread maker - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) 【Abstract】 PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bread making machine, in which kneading and baking of bread ingredients can be simplified to simplify the handle structure of a kneading container, to omit the manufacturing process, and to manufacture at low cost. To do. SOLUTION: A part of an upper end flange part is cut and raised in a substantially mountain shape to form a void, and both ends of a handle are inserted into and engaged with the void.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the invention belongs]

 The present invention relates to a kneading container in a bread making machine, and more particularly to a handle structure thereof.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 The bread maker has a chamber equipped with a heater and a rotating shaft inside. After the kneading container is housed and installed in this chamber, the kneading blade is attached to the rotating shaft protruding through the container. In some cases, the bread-making ingredients (flour, yeast, etc.) that have been added are rotated and kneaded in this container, further fermented for an appropriate period of time, and then heated by the heater to bake.

When the baked bread is taken out, the kneading container together with the kneading container is detached from the baking machine body and lifted, and then the baked bread is taken out of the kneading container.

As described above, the kneading container is attached to and removed from the bread machine main body. For convenience of such operation, the kneading container has a handle made of a wire bent in an inverted U shape. is there.

This handle is attached by inserting the L-shaped bent portions at both ends of the wire into a bearing plate (3) fixed to the flange portion (2) of the kneading container (1) as shown in FIG.

This bearing plate (3) has an inverted T-shaped side surface shape, the bearing portion is erected upward through a slit (4) formed in the flange portion (2), and the lower horizontal portion is flanged. The rivet (5) is fixed to the part (2).

[0007]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention In the kneading container and the handle having the above-described structures, there are drawbacks that many steps are required for mounting the bearing plate, and that the labor cost is increased and the component cost is increased.

This invention is intended to solve the above drawbacks.

[0009]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 This invention is a kneading container which can be detached from the main body of a bread maker, and has a wide portion at a part of its upper end flange portion, and the distance from the inner edge of the flange of the wide portion is approximately equal to the thickness of the handle. The recessed portion is cut and raised in a substantially mountain shape to form a void, and the bent ends of the handle are inserted into and engaged with the void.

[0010]

[Embodiment of the invention]

 FIG. 3 shows an overall perspective view of a bread maker (7) including the kneading container (6) according to the present invention.

The bread machine (7) of this embodiment has a storage chamber (9) for a kneading container (6) which is opened and closed by a lid (8), and a heater (not shown) and a kneading device are provided in this chamber. The blade has a rotating shaft (not shown). (10) is a handle for opening and closing the lid.

As shown in FIG. 1, the main body (11) of the kneading container is an aluminum cylinder having an upper opening edge formed in a flange portion (12), and the storage chamber ( 9) A locking portion (13) for mounting inside is fixed by rivets. The locking portion (13) is bayonet-coupled to a mounting portion (not shown) on the storage chamber (9) side.

Of course, the lower surface of the main body is provided with a hole (14) through which the rotary shaft of the kneading blade passes.

Then, the substantially cylindrical shape of the main body including the flange portion (12) and excluding the locking portion (13) is integrally molded by press molding, but a part of the flange portion (12) has the following shape. The substantially U-shaped cut-and-raised part (15) described in detail in (1) is formed, and the inverted U-shaped wire-like handle (17) is attached to the void (16) formed by the cut-and-raised part (15). It has become.

That is, in the wide portion (12a) of the annular flange portion (12) (about 10 mm in this embodiment), there are two gaps (about 5 mm) that occupy almost half of this width. Parallel cuts (18) are formed, and the distance of this cut (the cut closer to the inner edge of the flange) to the inner edge of the flange is set to a length approximately equal to the diameter of the wire of the hand. Then, the space between the notches (18) is pressed from below to be raised in a mountain shape.

Therefore, the void (16) also has a mountain shape in this example, but this shape can be modified in various ways such as a semicircle and an ellipse.

The handle (17) is made of a spring steel material having a thickness such that the L-shaped bent portion (17a) thereof can just enter the space (16), and has appropriate elasticity and rigidity.

[0018] Moderate rigidity means that the handle (17) is grasped by hand in the state shown in Fig. 1 in which the handle (17) is raised, and the kneading container (6) is rotated clockwise or counterclockwise. The rigidity is such that the locking part (13) can be bayonet-fitted to the locking part in the storage chamber (9) or the fitting can be released by rotating.

That is, it is a spring-rigid material having elasticity and rigidity such that it is not easily plastically deformed by applying a force with the handle (17) in order to attach and detach the kneading container (6).

Further, the inverted U-shaped handle (17) is inserted into the storage chamber (9) in an upright state shown in FIG. At the time of closing, the height (h) is such that the upper end of the handle (17) collides with the inner surface (8a) of the lid (8) to prevent the lid (8) from being completely closed.

That is, by setting the height (h) as described above, the upright state of the handle (17) is always the point of notice of the user when the lid (8) is closed, and the handle (17) It is possible to avoid the following trouble caused by starting the baking process in the state where 17) is kept upright.

In other words, the bread that rises and expands in the kneading container (6) during the fermentation process and the baking process may have its upper portion rising above the flange portion (12) of the kneading container (6). However, if the handle (17) remains upright at that time, there is a risk that the bread will eat into the handle (17). In this case, take out the baked bread from the kneading container. Becomes difficult.

In any case, in the kneading container (11) and the handle (17) having the above-mentioned configurations, between the cut-and-raised parts (15) on both sides of the interval (d) of the inverted U-shaped lower end of the handle (17). The gap between the two is slightly larger than the above, and both ends of the handle (17) are grasped by hand, and the above-mentioned interval (d) is fitted against the elasticity of the handle (17) so that the L-shaped bent portion (17a) is empty. Insert it into the place (16) and attach the handle (17) to the kneading container body (11).

Due to the springiness of the handle (17) attached to the kneading container body (11), the protrusion of the L-shaped bent portion (17a) into the void (16) does not come off, and the handle (17) described above is not removed. The user can twist the handle (17) in the storage chamber (9) to release the engagement of the kneading container (6) with the bread machine body (7).

Further, a cavity formed by cutting and raising a part of the wide portion (12a) of the flange (12) is provided by retreating from the inner edge of the flange by a distance corresponding to the thickness of the handle (17). Therefore, even when the handle (17) that engages with the empty space (16) is tilted along the flange (12) of the kneading container (that is, the state at the time of bread making), the handle (17) kneads the opening edge of the container. It does not protrude further inward. Therefore, even when the bread expands beyond the flange portion (12) of the kneading container, the handle (17) does not bite into the bread and the bread shape is not broken by the handle (17).

In the above embodiment, the cut (18) for forming the cut-and-raised portion (15) is a parallel straight line, but the cut (18) inside the container has the following waveform. The L-shaped bent portion (17a) of the handle (17) can be given different stability depending on the angle of the handle (17), and the angle of the handle (17) can be held at a specific position. .

That is, as shown in FIG. 4, one of the notches has a dent at the center (18a), both sides (18b) are swollen, and both ends (18c) are further dented. If the notch (18) is raised by a press so as to have the shape shown in FIG. 5, the L-shaped bent portion (17a) of the handle (17) that comes into contact with this corrugation with an appropriate pressure has the above-mentioned center (18a). And both ends (18c) are stable, and both sides (18b) in the center are unstable.

That is, the handle (17) is stable in an upright state as shown in FIG. 1 and in a state in which the handle (17) is horizontally tilted, and becomes unstable at an intermediate angle, so that the handle (17) can be carried. The handle is stable and upright when the handle is used at times such as when it is not used, and when the other handles are not used, the L-shaped bent portion (17a) is bulged on both sides (18b) by simply tilting the handle upright. When the handle (17) crosses over, the handle (17) automatically falls to a stable position where it is completely leveled horizontally, so it is possible to prevent problems such as the handle (17) biting into the baked bread. sell.

Further, as described above, the height (h) of the handle (17) is such that if the lid (8) is upright when the lid (8) is closed, the upper end thereof collides with the inner surface of the lid (8). However, if the inner surface (8a) of the lid (8) is formed as an inclined surface, the lid (8) can hit the upper end of the handle (17) to apply a lateral force to the handle (17), By this lateral force, the handle (17) can be automatically tilted from the upright state to the left or right.

Also in this case, if one of the cut-and-raised parts (15) is formed into a corrugated shape as described above, the handle (17) leaning from the upright position to the one side can be smoothly and completely leveled. Become.

[0031]

[Effect of the invention]

 As described above, the handle structure of the kneading container according to the present invention does not require a separate component such as a bearing plate and a rivet, can be manufactured at low cost, and requires few manufacturing steps. Also, since these separate parts are not required, it is possible to set the formation position of the space where both ends of the handle engage with a wide degree of freedom, and therefore the width of the flange need not be made wider than necessary. Also, the position where the empty space is formed can be set so that the handle does not protrude inward from the opening edge of the kneading container during bread making.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a kneading container according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view showing a mounting portion of the handle.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the entire bread making machine.

FIG. 4 is a development view showing a cut of a cut and raised portion in another embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view showing a handle mounting portion according to another embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a handle attaching portion in a conventional kneading container.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (6) Kneading container (7) Baking machine body (11) Kneading container body (12) Flange portion (15) Cut and raised portion (16) Empty space (17) Handle (18) Notch

Claims (1)

[Utility model registration claims] 1. A kneading container which is detachable from a bread machine body, wherein a wide portion is provided at a part of an upper end flange portion thereof, and a distance substantially corresponding to a thickness of a handle from an inner edge of the flange of the wide portion. A handle structure for a kneading container in a bread maker, wherein a recessed portion is cut and raised in a substantially mountain shape to form a void, and the bent ends of the handle are inserted into and engaged with the void.