JP2001231679A - Rice washing rice cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To display each process of rice storage, washing and rice cooking in an automatic rice cooker equipped with one or two rice cookers and washing and cooking rice metered and supplied from a storage unit. , The worker is informed of the current work state, but in the case where two rice cookers are provided, it is easy to determine whether any one of the rice cookers is ready for the next rice cooker. However, in the case of three or more multiple hooks, it is difficult to make a determination and the work efficiency may not be improved. A washing tank is provided above a rice cooker (A) having a rice cooker (1) having three or more rice cookers (1) arranged side by side in a horizontal direction. 3
Is configured to receive the washed rice and the water for cooking at a position immediately above one of the rice cookers 1 and cook rice with the rice cooker 1, and to display an operation indicator 5 provided on the front wall 4 of the rice storage section from above. One rice storage / washing rice display unit 6 and a rice cooker display are provided immediately below the display unit 6 and the remaining rice cooker display unit 8 is provided side by side with the rice cooker display unit 7. A rice-washing rice cooker used as the rice cooker at the end.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rice washing rice cooker for automatically washing and automatically cooking rice that has been automatically weighed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an automatic rice cooker equipped with one or two rice cookers for washing and cooking rice metered and supplied from a storage section, each step of rice storage, washing and rice cooking is displayed, and an operator is displayed. This is a configuration for notifying the current work state.

[0003]

However, in the case where two rice cookers are provided, it is easy to determine whether any one of the rice cookers is ready to perform the next rice cooking operation. In the case of three or more multiple hooks, it is difficult to judge, and the work efficiency may not be improved.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a rice-washing / cooking apparatus which can solve the above-mentioned problems, and employs the following technical means. That is, in claim 1, a rice storage section B having a rice storage 2 and a cleaning section C having a cleaning tank 3 are provided above a rice cooking section A having three or more rice cookers 1 arranged side by side. An operation indicator provided on the front wall 4 of the rice storage unit, wherein the washing tank 3 is configured to receive the washed rice and the water for cooking at a position immediately above one of the rice cookers 1 and cook the rice with the rice cooker 1; A rice-washing rice cooker 5 is provided with one display unit 6 for storing and washing rice from the upper side and a rice-cooking display immediately below the display unit 6 and a remaining rice-cooking display unit 8 arranged in the lateral direction of the rice-cooking display unit 7. The device.

[0005] In the second aspect, the rice cooking display section 8 indicates that the rice is being cooked.
The rice washing and rice cooking device according to claim 1, further comprising a display means capable of identifying and displaying either preparation completed or preparation not completed. In the third aspect, the washing tank 3 moves to the position above the rice cooker 1 indicating that the preparation is completed, and stops.

[0006]

[Function] The rice supplied from the rice storage 2 is washed in the washing tank, and the rice and the water for rice are received and cooked by the rice cooker 1,
Since three or more washing tanks 3 are arranged and stopped just above the rice cooker that notifies the completion of preparation, the operator can easily know which rice cooker is ready. Further, since the display means identifies and displays on each rice cooker display section 8 whether the rice is being cooked, preparation is complete, or preparation is not completed, it is easy to determine what state each rice cooker is in.

[0007]

According to the first and second aspects, even in a multiple kettle provided with three or more rice cookers 1, the work state of each step of rice cooking from rice storage can be easily grasped. According to the second aspect, the display means identifies and displays on the rice cooker display section 8 whether the rice is being cooked, is ready, or is not ready, so that it is easy to determine which rice cooker is in what state. It is easy for the operator to set up the work.

According to the third aspect, the worker can easily know which rice cooker is ready.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. First, the configuration of the rice washing / cooking apparatus 9 will be described.
, A washing section C and a rice cooking section A are sequentially arranged from the upper side.

The storage section B is a hollow hopper type having an opening at both upper and lower ends and a narrower lower end inside a box body 12 detachably attached to the upper surface of the top plate 11 with the bottom surface opened. The rice storage 2, the rice supply guide 13 provided at the lower end portion of the rice storage 2, and the receiving hole 14 in a part of the outer surface, and the rice supply guide 13 is installed inside the rice supply guide 13 so that the axis is aligned in the lateral direction. A rice feeder 15 having a cylindrical shape and a motor shaft having a shaft center positioned in a lateral direction inserted into a rice feeder guide and detachably attached to the rear surface of the rice feeder guide 13. And various transmission mechanisms. Reference numeral 17 denotes a power switch provided at a lower right portion of the front wall 4 of the box 12.

The cleaning section C has a hollow cleaning tank 3 having a lower portion formed to be thin and having a cylindrical shape, which is detachably attached to the lower surface of the top plate 11, and a stirring device 18 provided at the center of the cleaning tank 3. And a drop valve 22 for opening and closing a rice discharge port 21 of a rice discharge passage 20 of a jacket 19 detachably attached to a lower end portion of the washing tank 3.

The washing tank 3 is detachably attached to the lower surface of the top plate 11 by operating a screw at the upper end, and forms a cylindrical portion and a slope portion tapered downward from the lower end of the cylindrical portion. When viewed from the front of the rice-washing / cooking apparatus 9, a hole and a lid 23 for opening and closing the hole are provided on the front part so as to be detachable from the cylindrical part. Therefore, when maintenance such as inspection or cleaning of the cleaning tank 3 is performed, if the cover 23 is opened or removed and the hole is opened, the maintenance of the inner wall of the cleaning tank 3 and the stirring device 18 is easily performed from the exposed large hole. be able to.

The stirring device 18 is provided rotatably with a motor 24 as a drive source and has a hollow stirring shaft 25 having a longitudinal axis and a stirring body 26 attached to the stirring shaft 25.
Is provided. Although the motor 24 rotates in one direction, it is convenient to use a motor that can be rotated forward and backward because the cleaning effect is further improved.

The release valve 22 is formed in a conical shape and has a central portion penetrating through a valve shaft hole fitted into the release valve shaft 27.
A motor (28) is used as a drive source. The lower end of a drop valve shaft (27), which slides on a bearing provided inside the stirring shaft (25) and moves up and down, is detachably provided by a screw (not shown).

The jacket 19 has a drain box 29 detachably provided at the lateral end thereof, and opens and closes a circular drain port 30 formed on the lateral side wall of the drain box 29 via an operating mechanism 32 operated by a solenoid 31. A drain opening / closing valve 33 is provided in the drain box. The rice cooker A is provided with three rice cookers 41 movably provided in the front-rear direction at the lower part of the frame 10 arranged side by side, and each rice cooker 41 has a heating means (gas, electricity, etc.), an outer pot. The rice cooker 1 having an inner pot 35, an inner pot 35, and a lid 36 for opening and closing the inner pot 35 is mounted. The rice cooker 36 is provided with a shutter 38 for opening and closing a circular rice slot 37 provided at the center. The shutter 3
Reference numeral 8 denotes a configuration in which the rice opening 37 is opened and closed by moving in the same direction in association with the movement of the shutter opening / closing arm 40 which reciprocates in the horizontal direction by the forward / reverse rotation motor 39.

When the rice cooker 41 is pulled out to a predetermined position on the front side, the inner pot 35 of the rice cooker 1 and the like can be placed or removed.
Moves below the rice discharge port 21 of the washing tank 3 and the rice discharge port 21
Can contain rice and water discharged from

The rice storage section B and the washing section C are reciprocated in the horizontal direction by the roller R rotated by the forward / reverse motor 42 sliding on the horizontal frame of the frame 10 integrally. The forward / reverse motor 42 is connected to a CPU 5 to be described later.
The rice cooker 1 ready to cook rice arranged side by side by the drive command signal from the rice cooker 9 stops. In addition,
The rice storage unit B and the washing unit C that move together are configured to move above other rice cookers with reference to the rice cooker 1 located on the right end in the front view of the rice washing and rice cooking device 9.

The operation indicator 5 provided in the vicinity of the center of the front wall of the box 12 is used for controlling the amount of cooked rice, water addition, washing, immersion time, and so on.
Switch section 43 with various switches for setting rice cooking conditions, such as switches for setting rice cooking time, pot cooking, batch and continuous rice cooking modes, clock, test, weighing, washing rice, tap water, sewage, water level A manual switch unit 44 capable of performing manual operations such as draining, dropping, resetting, etc., a reservation switch 45 such as an hour / minute setting switch or a day designation switch,
A help switch 46, a scheduled pot number switch 47, a reservation indicator 48, a scheduled pot number display 49 for displaying the current time, the total number of pots and the scheduled pot number, a day of the week display 50, a start switch 51, and the like are provided. ing.

Further, the operation indicator 5 is provided with one display section 6 for LED display during each operation of rice supply, rice washing, and immersion in order from the upper side, and immediately below the display section 6,
Rice cooker L with LEDs indicating each operation during preparation of pot, immersion, ignition, rice cooker, rice cake, rice cooker completion from the top in that order
An ED 52 is provided at the center, and a manual ignition switch 53 is provided on the front side of the outer pot 34 on the left side of the rice cooking LED 52.
An ignition LED 54 is provided to indicate that ignition has occurred due to an input operation.
Minutes to 10 minutes... A rice cooker display section 7 is provided with a rice cooker remaining time LED 55 for displaying the time from completion of rice cooker for 2 minutes to 0 minutes.

A plurality of (two in the embodiment) rice cooker display units 8 having the same structure as the rice cooker display unit 7 are provided side by side to the left side of the rice cooker display unit 7. In addition, a ready LED 5 indicating that the preparation of rice cooking is completed is provided at a position below the rice cooking display unit 7 and a position below both the rice cooking display units 8.
6, 57 and 58 are provided. The ready LED 5
6, 57 and 58 are "blue" when rice preparation is completed, "red" when rice is being cooked, and are turned off at other times.

The block circuit shown in FIG.
Is an arithmetic and control unit (hereinafter referred to as "CP") of a microcomputer having a memory in which necessary data and control programs are built.
U "), which performs operations such as arithmetic, logic, and comparison operations. Among the various types of information input to the CPU 59 through the input interface 60, the main information includes the amount of rice cooked, the amount of water added, the method of washing, and the method of washing provided in the switch unit 43 of the operation display unit 5. Rice cooking information from each switch for setting immersion time, spotting time, one pot / summary / continuous, ignition (manual / automatic), work information by manual operation from manual switch section 44, power on / off information from power switch 17 , Reservation information from the reservation switch 45, help information from the help switch 46, scheduled work number information from the planned work number switch 47, work start information from the start switch 51, and ignition information from the manual ignition switch 53; There are lighting signals to the ready LEDs 56, 57, 58, and the like.

Further, among various drive command signals output from the CPU 59 through the output interface 61,
The main information is motors 16, 24, 28, 39, 4
2, a drive command signal to the solenoid 31, an open / close command signal to the solenoid valve, and a display command signal to the reserved display device 48, the estimated number of pots display device 49, the day of the week display device 50, and the like.

Further, as a drive command signal output from the CPU 59 via the output interface 61, an LED display signal for displaying rice-washing, rice-washing, and soaking operations arranged in order from the upper side of the display unit 6; Display 7,
8 from the upper side to the rice cooker LED 52 that indicates the respective operations of cooking pot preparation, immersion, ignition, rice cooking, rice roasting, and rice cooking completion.
An ED display signal, a display signal to the ignition LED 54 by an input operation of the manual ignition switch 53, a display command signal to the remaining rice cooking time LED 55 for displaying a time until completion of rice cooking, a display command signal to the ready LEDs 56, 57, 58, etc. There is.

Next, the operation will be described. First, after the operator turns on the power switch 17, the display unit 6
When the rice supply LED is lit, rice is supplied to the rice storage 2. Then, each rice cooker 41 is pulled out, the rice cooker 1 is placed thereon, and then pushed into a predetermined position (rice cooking position) again to complete the preparation of the rice cooker 1. Then, the CPU 59 outputs the ready LED of the operation indicator 5 via the output interface 61.
Lighting command signals are output to 56, 57, and 58, respectively, to light up "blue". In this state, the rice storage unit B and the washing unit C are stopped above the rice cooker 1 located at the right end in the front view of the rice washing and rice cooking device 9.

Next, the rice cooker conditions are set by operating the respective switches of the switch section 43 of the operation indicator 5, and when the start switch 51 is turned on, the work conditions are fetched via the input interface 60. Microcomputer C
The PU 59 outputs a drive command signal to the motor 16 via the output interface 61. In connection with this, the activated rice feeder 15 rotates and supplies the rice stored in the rice storage 2 to the washing tank 3 while being guided by the rice feeder guide 13 attached to the top plate 11. Thereafter, when the rotation speed of the rice feeder 15 reaches a predetermined rotation speed, the CPU 59 outputs a stop signal to the motor 16 to stop driving the motor 16.

The CPU 59 outputs an "open" signal to the solenoid valve, and outputs a drive command signal to the motor 24. In this connection, the water sent from the water supply source is diffused from the nozzle through the water supply pipe to the washing tank 3 and the motor 1
The stirring shaft 25 of the stirring device 18 is rotated by the second rotation power. Thereby, the stirring body 26 rotates to stir and wash water and rice. When this washing operation is started, an LED on the display unit 6 indicating that the rice washing operation is being performed is turned on.

The waste water generated by the washing operation enters the drain box 29 from the washing tank 3 through the drain port 30 of the jacket 19, is guided by the guide pipe, and is discharged outside the machine. When the washing operation is completed, the solenoid valve is closed by releasing the power supply to the solenoid, and the driving of the motor 24 is stopped, so that the water supply and the stirring are stopped.

When the sewage in the washing tank 3 is drained (in the embodiment, time is controlled), the solenoid valve opens and C
Solenoid 31 excited by an excitation signal from PU59
Moves the drain opening / closing valve 33 via the operating mechanism 32 to close the drain 30, so that the sent water is supplied from the nozzle of the water supply pipe to the washing tank 3 and stored therein. Then, when a predetermined time has elapsed, the power supply to the solenoid is released, the solenoid valve is closed, and the water supply operation is completed.

Next, the motor 28, which has received a drive command signal from the CPU 59 via the output interface 61, starts up and makes one rotation of the motor shaft. And the drop valve 3 descends to open the rice discharge port 21.
Then, the rice and water in the washing tank 3 fall and are stored in the inner pot 35 from the rice input port 37 of the lid 36 of the rice cooker 1 located below.

After a lapse of a predetermined time (the time for completing the draining of rice and water for cooking, data which is determined by a test in advance is stored in the memory), the CPU 59 outputs the data through the output interface 61. As a result, a drive command signal is output to the motor 28 to rotate the motor shaft. In this connection, the drop valve 22 is raised to a position where the drop valve 22 closes the rice discharge port 21. When rice and water are stored, the CPU 59 outputs a reverse drive command signal to the forward / reverse motor 39 via the output interface 61, and the motor 39 drives the shutter opening / closing arm 40. Move horizontally to shutter 3
8 is moved in the same direction, and the rice inlet 37 is closed.

When the immersion is completed, an ignition signal is output from the CPU 59 via the output interface 61 to start the rice cooking process. However, the ready LED 56 changes from "blue" to "red" and the rice cooking operation is started. Complete (Ready LED
When the rice cooking LED 52 is turned off, the LED indicating the completion of rice cooking is turned on to notify the worker. During the operations of “cooking rice” and “purple”, the LEDs indicating that these operations are being performed are sequentially lit, so that the operator can easily know which operation is being performed. When the immersion operation is performed in the washing tank 3, the display unit 6 indicates that the operation is “immersion”.
ED lights up.

If the ignition is not the automatic point but the turning-on operation of the manual ignition switch 53, the input interface 60
CPU 59 which has taken in the ignition-on signal via
An ignition signal is output via the output interface 61 to ignite. Further, when the remaining time until the completion of the rice cooking is 15 minutes or more, 15 minutes to 10 minutes, and so on, each of 2 minutes to 0 minutes, the remaining rice cooking time LED 55 of the rice cooking display section 7 is lit sequentially, so that the time of the completion of the rice cooking is set. It can be easily known and the work can be planned in a planned manner.

Next, the CPU 59 outputs a forward drive command signal to the forward / reverse motor 42 via the output interface 61 to rotate the roller 43 on the horizontal frame of the frame 10. Then, the rice storage unit B and the washing unit C move to the left side in the front view of the rice washing and rice cooking device 9 and stop immediately above the adjacent rice cooker 1 located at the center. Then, in the same manner as described above, the washing operation is performed from the rice supply operation, and the rice cooking operation is performed.
7 changes from "blue" to "red" lighting. After that, when the rice cooking operation is completed, the rice cooking display section 8 displays rice cooking completion L.
The ED lights up to notify the worker. Even in this case,
In rice cooking work, rice cooking LED52, rice cooking remaining time LED
55 and the like are lit in the same manner as described above. When the cooking operation is completed, the ready LED 56 is turned off.

When the supply of rice and the like to the rice cooker 1 located at the center is completed, the CPU 59 outputs a forward drive command signal to the forward / reverse motor 42 via the output interface 61 again. Then, the roller 43 is rotated on the horizontal frame of the frame 10, so that the rice storage section B and the washing section C move to the left side in the front view of the rice washing rice cooker 9 and the next rice cooker located at the leftmost end. It stops just above the vessel 1. Then, in the same manner as described above, the washing operation is performed from the rice supply operation to the rice cooking operation, but the ready LED 58 is changed from "blue" to "red". Thereafter, when the rice cooking operation is completed, the LED indicating the rice cooking completion of the rice cooking display section 8 is turned on to notify the worker. Also in this case, in the rice cooking operation, the rice cooking LED 52, the remaining rice cooking time LED 55, and the like are also turned on in the same manner as described above. When the cooking operation is completed, the ready LED 56 is turned off.

As described above, when cooking is completed, the preparation is completed.
Although D56 is turned off, the LED indicating the completion of rice cooking in the rice cooking display units 7 and 8 is lit, so that the worker can easily know that rice is stored in the inner pot 35 upon completion of rice cooking. , Prevents forgetting to take out rice.

When the supply of rice to the rice cooker 1 is completed, the CPU 59 outputs a reverse drive command signal to the forward / reverse rotation motor 42 via the output interface 61 to rotate the rice.
The rice storage unit B and the washing unit C are integrally moved to the right side of the rice-washing / cooking apparatus 9 in a front view, so that the rice cooker 1 is located at the rightmost end. Stop right above and wait.

When the planned number of kettles is three, the apparatus stands by at this position, but when cooking rice in four or more kettles, the operator pulls out the rice cooker 41 on which the cooker 1 having finished cooking is placed. . Then, after taking out the inner pot 35 containing the rice, the empty inner pot 35 is set, and the rice cooker 41 is pushed into a predetermined position. Then, the ready LED corresponding to the rice cooker 1 is turned on again. The CPU 59 outputs a forward drive command signal to the forward / reverse motor 42 via the output interface 61 in the same manner as described above to rotate the roller 43 on the horizontal frame of the frame 10. The rice storage section B and the washing section C move to the left side in the front view of the rice washing rice cooker 9 and stop immediately above the rice cooker 1 in which the rice preparation ready LED is lit. Then, from the rice supply operation, the washing operation is performed, and the rice cooking operation is performed.
The ED 57 changes from “blue” to “red” lighting. Thereafter, when the rice cooking operation is completed, the LED indicating the rice cooking completion of the rice cooking display section 8 is turned on to notify the worker. Also in this case, in the rice cooking operation, the rice cooking LED 52, the remaining rice cooking time LED 55, and the like are also turned on in the same manner as described above. When the cooking operation is completed, the ready LED 56 is turned off.

As described above, the rice storing section B and the washing section C move directly above the rice cooker 1 which is ready for rice cooking with reference to one end (the right end in the embodiment). The preparation can be easily understood, and the work process can be easily determined even with three or more rice cookers. Further, the display unit 6 of the operation display device 5,
The picture display of the rice cooker display units 7 and 8 and the lighting display of each LED make it easier to understand the next work process and rice cooker, make it easier to make a work plan, and improve work efficiency.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a rice-washing rice cooker in which a rice storage unit and a washing unit have been moved directly above a rice cooker at a left end.

FIG. 2 is a side view of an automatic rice cooker partially cut away.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of a tank.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a rice cooking section.

FIG. 5 is a front view of an operation panel.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a switch unit of the operation panel.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart.

FIG. 8 shows an arithmetic processing flag.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Rice cooker 2 Rice storage 2 3 Wash tank 3 4 Front wall 5 Operation indicator 5 6 Display part 7 Rice cooker display part 8 Rice cooker display part

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A rice cooker 1 provided with three or more laterally arranged ones
A rice storage section B having a rice storage 2 and a washing section C having a washing tank 3 are provided above a rice cooking section A having a washing tank 3, and the washing tank 3 is a rice washed at a position immediately above one of the rice cookers 1. And water for rice cooking, and rice cooker 1 cooks rice,
An operation indicator 5 provided on the front wall 4 of the rice storage unit is provided with a display unit 6 for storing and washing rice from the upper side and a rice cooker display directly below the display unit 6 and a rice cooker display unit 7 in a lateral direction. A rice-washing rice cooker in which the remaining rice display units 8 are provided side by side. 2. The rice-washing rice cooker according to claim 1, wherein each rice cooker display unit 8 is provided with a display means capable of identifying and displaying any of cooking in progress, preparation completed, and preparation not completed. 3. The rice-washing rice cooker according to claim 2, wherein the washing tank 3 is moved above the rice cooker 1 indicating that preparation is completed and stopped.