JP2006075707A - Automatic rice milling equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic rice milling facility capable of saving electricity bills and preventing troubles for users.
SOLUTION: A clock unit that detects time, a setting unit that sets business hours capable of performing rice milling, and a rice milling operation is performed at or near the end of business hours. If it is detected, the control means for extending the business hours and controlling the rice milling process to be executable. With this configuration, if a customer has a rice milling process at or near the end of business hours, the business hours are automatically extended so that the rice milling process is performed to the end. Therefore, reliability and convenience are improved for the user.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic rice milling facility that automatically performs a rice milling process on rice to be treated that has been introduced by a user.

  An automatic rice milling facility called a so-called coin-type rice milling facility that automatically performs a rice milling operation by inserting coins or bills is known. In such an automatic rice milling facility, as disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2 as a generally used building type, the user can freely come and go inside the building by a partition wall. The machine can be divided into a machine room that can only be accessed by limited persons such as managers and maintenance inspectors, and a rice mill that actually performs rice milling in the machine room, and a stone remover that removes foreign substances such as stones. There is a known arrangement.

  In this automatic rice milling equipment, a feeding hopper for feeding the rice to be treated and a white rice hopper for discharging the rice to be treated are provided so as to protrude from the machine room side into the cabin. And, when the user throws in the treated rice from the throwing opening opened on the top surface of the throwing hopper, the treated rice is passed through the conveying device such as an elevator provided inside, and the side of the stone removing machine or the rice milling machine Are sequentially sent to the slab to perform stone removal processing (foreign matter removal processing) and rice milling processing, and the white rice is discharged into the white rice hopper. In addition, the insertion port is arranged in a state of being exposed to the cabin, and the insertion port is often provided with a metal net or the like so that a large foreign object does not enter. In addition, an operation control unit is arranged so that the front face of the guest room faces, and on the front side of this operation control unit, a coin insertion unit into which a charge from a user is inserted, the type of rice to be processed and the desired white An operation control unit having a selection push button for selecting the degree is disposed, and a control unit for controlling the stone punching machine, the rice milling machine, and various conveying devices is built in the operation control unit.

  In this type of automatic rice milling equipment, there is one configured to be able to set business hours during which the rice milling process can be executed. Specifically, a timer to turn on / off the power supply from the power supply is added to the rice milling facilities that have been provided in the past, so that it corresponds to business hours (for example, from 6 am to 8 pm). The rice milling process can be performed only during business hours by turning on / off the power supply to the operation control unit. When business hours are set, paper or the like on which the business hours are described is pasted in the guest room.

According to this configuration, it is possible to save electricity costs during times when rice milling is not normally performed, and it is possible to prohibit rice milling from being performed at midnight, etc., so that noise is generated by rice milling at midnight. There is also an advantage that can be prevented.
JP-A-10-180124 (FIGS. 1 and 2) JP-A-9-276721 (FIGS. 3 and 5)

  However, as described above, with the conventional automatic rice milling equipment that simply adds a timer for turning on / off the power supply, the rice milling process is forcibly terminated even during the milling at the end of business hours. The rice to be treated remains in the rice mill, stone remover, and transport path. Therefore, for the customer, the treated rice during the milling process could not be collected, and the charged usage fee did not return, which was one of the causes of trouble. In addition, if the user mistakenly puts the treated rice into the loading hopper outside business hours, there arises a problem that the treated rice cannot be recovered again.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic rice milling facility capable of preventing the occurrence of a troubled situation for a user while saving an electricity bill.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention is an automatic rice milling facility that automatically performs rice milling on the treated rice that has been input, and can perform a clock unit that detects time and a rice milling process. Setting method to set proper business hours, and control that rice milling processing can be executed by extending business hours when it detects that rice milling work is being done at or near the end of business hours And a control means for performing the above.

  With this configuration, it is possible to set the power supply not to be supplied outside business hours and save electricity costs, but at the end of business hours or close to business hours, When the rice milling process is performed, the business hours are automatically extended and the rice milling process is performed satisfactorily.

  In addition, the present invention is an automatic rice milling facility that automatically performs rice milling on the treated rice that has been input, and sets a clock unit that detects time and a business time during which rice milling can be performed. When detecting that there is a person at the end of business hours or close to the end of business hours, and a human detection sensor that detects the presence or absence of people in the guest room where users can freely come and go And a control means for extending the business hours so as to execute the rice milling process.

  With this configuration, you can set the power supply not to be supplied outside business hours and save electricity costs, but in the room at the time of business close or close to business close If there are customers, the business hours are automatically extended and the rice milling process is performed well to the end.

  In addition, the control means of the present invention further increases the business hours, or when it is detected that the rice milling process has been performed at a time close to the business end time, even if the rice milling process is completed, the control means further continues for a predetermined time. It is characterized by extending business hours.

With this configuration, after the completion of the rice milling process, it is convenient to continue the rice milling process even when it is desired to additionally perform the rice milling process or when there is a next user.
Further, the control means of the present invention is characterized in that when extending the business hours, the control means notifies the user of information indicating that the business hours are extended by display or voice.

  According to this configuration, when the business hours are extended, the user can easily know this, so that the user can insert a coin and perform a new rice milling process without panic. Or subsequent rice milling.

  As described above, according to the present invention, when it is detected that a rice milling operation or a person is present at the time of business closing time or approaching the business closing time, the business time is extended and the rice milling process is performed. If you have customers and are processing rice at the end of business hours, etc., you can save electricity costs when rice milling equipment is not used. Thus, the rice milling process is performed well to the end, and as before, the rice milling process is forcibly terminated during the milling process, and the treated rice during the milling process cannot be recovered, or the input usage fee is returned. An unexpected and inconvenient situation for the user who does not exist will not occur, improving the reliability and convenience for the user.

  In addition, when business hours are extended, or when it is detected that rice milling has been performed just before the end of business hours, even if the rice milling process is completed, the business hours are further extended by a predetermined time to After the completion, even if the user wants to add additional rice milling, or even if there are other customers, it can continue the rice milling process, which is convenient for the user and increases sales. it can.

  In addition, when extending the business hours, by notifying the user of the information to extend the business hours by display or voice, the user does not panic and inserts coins to newly process rice milling. It can be carried out or subsequently subjected to rice milling, which is convenient for the user and can increase sales.

Hereinafter, automatic rice milling equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIGS. 1-5, also in this automatic rice milling facility, the interior of the building 2 is separated by a partition wall 1 into a guest room 3 where a user can freely go in and out, and a machine room 4 where staff, managers, etc. can go in and out. The structure is divided into two. 1 in FIG. 1 is a white rice storage bag for storing polished white rice, 6 in FIG. 2 is an entrance / exit door disposed at the entrance to the cabin 3, and 7 is for management where an attendant or a manager enters and exits. It is a door. In addition, the presence or absence of a user in the guest room 3 is detected in a part of the guest room 3 of the building 2, for example, above the portion of the guest room 3 where the entrance door 6 is provided (for example, the presence or absence of infrared rays emitted from the human body) A human detection sensor 80 is provided.

  The machine room 4 is loaded with a main body frame portion of a loading hopper 8 into which treated rice (brown rice) is charged, and a tension elevator 10 that conveys the treated rice charged into the charging hopper 8 to the stone remover 9 side. A stone remover 9 for removing foreign substances such as stones from the treated rice, a rice lifting machine 12 for conveying the treated rice from which foreign matters have been removed by the stone remover 9 to the rice milling machine 11 side, a rice milling machine 11 for actually performing rice milling, and rice milling A soot discharge blower 14, a soot discharge duct 15, a soot discharge cyclone 16 and the like for discharging soot generated in the machine 11 to the soot collection bag 13 side are disposed. Further, a rice milling tank 17 for temporarily storing the processed rice to be supplied to the rice milling machine 11 is disposed at a position substantially above the rice milling machine 11 in the machine room 4. The brown rice tank 18 in which the rice to be treated is temporarily stored or the rice to be treated overflowing in the rice milling tank 17 is temporarily stored is provided.

  The rice mill 11 has a structure as shown in FIGS. A hollow rotating shaft 22 that is rotated via a driving pulley 25 by a driving motor 27 (see FIG. 5) is disposed in a main body casing 21 that is disposed in the vertical direction, and a feed roll 23 is disposed above the rotating shaft 22. In addition, rice mill rolls 24 having protrusions are respectively attached to the lower part of rotating shaft 22, and these feed roll 23 and rice milling roll 24 rotate integrally with rotating shaft 22. Reference numeral 26 denotes a metal net that is disposed on the outer peripheral side of the feed roll 23 and forms an outer shell portion of the rice milling chamber 28. Aspirated and discharged into the soot collection bag 13. Although not shown, the soot discharge fan 14 has a structure in which the air blowing blades are rotated by the soot discharge motor in the air blowing casing. In addition, a supply screw 30 and a supply casing 31 for feeding treated rice (brown rice) from the rice milling tank 17 into the rice milling chamber 28 are disposed on the upper part of the main body casing 21. At the lower end of the main body casing 21, an opening degree regulating member 32 that adjusts the pressure at the time of milling by adjusting the opening degree from the rice milling chamber 28, and between the opening degree regulating member 32 and the rice milling roll 24. A discharge cylinder 33 that guides the white rice discharged from the bottom is fitted in such a manner that it can be raised and lowered. Then, the opening adjustment arm 35 is operated by operating the opening adjustment motor 34 while detecting the load of the polishing rice roll 24 (the load in the polished state) from the electric energy of the drive motor 27 that drives the rice milling roll 24. The whiteness control is performed so as to obtain rice having a whiteness suitable for the whiteness of the milled rice selected by the user by changing the vertical position of the opening degree regulating member 32 via. 6 and 7, reference numeral 36 denotes a brown rice supply motor that rotates the supply screw 30, and 37 denotes an opening adjustment that is screwed up and down by a screw shaft connected to the opening adjustment motor 34. Blocks 38 are urging springs whose downward pressure is adjusted by the opening adjustment block 37.

  As shown in FIG. 3 and FIGS. 8 to 12, the upper portion of the charging hopper 8, which is the upper surface opening portion of the charging hopper 8, is integrally formed so as to be recessed from the partition wall 1 to the machine room 4 side (back side). An input hood 41 is provided, and an input space portion 42 is formed by the input hood 41. And through this insertion space part 42, the insertion port 40 is arrange | positioned so that it may open to the cabin 3 and it may open. Note that a metal net is attached to the insertion port 40 so that large foreign substances do not enter inside. In addition, in the vicinity of the introduction portion 8a (see FIG. 11) for introducing the treated rice in the charging hopper 8, a charging state detection sensor 8b for detecting that the processing rice has been input into the charging hopper 8 is attached. Yes.

  In this automatic rice milling equipment, a communication opening 43 that communicates between the input space 42 facing the input port 40 and the space in the cabin 3 is configured to be opened and closed by an open / close door 44. The open / close door 44 moves to a position that closes the communication opening 43 (see the phantom line (two-dot chain line) portion in FIG. 3 and the solid line portion in FIG. 10) and the communication opening. It moves up and down over the open posture (see the solid line portion in FIG. 3 and the phantom line (two-dot chain line) portion in FIG. 10) that opens the portion 43. When the communication opening 43 is closed by the opening / closing door 44, the opening / closing door 44 is arranged so as to be in a posture along a substantially vertical plane. That is, the left vertical frame 77A extending up and down is provided on the left side of the rear surface of the partition wall 1 where the opening / closing door 44 and the insertion hopper 8 are provided, and the right vertical frame 77B extending up and down is provided on the right side. Are fixed, and guide rails 78 are attached so as to extend upward from both sides of the communication opening 43 in the left vertical frame 77A and the right vertical frame 77B. The open / close door 44 moves up and down in a state where the four guide rollers 79 attached to the upper and lower portions of both sides of the open / close door 44 are slidably contacted with the guide rail 78 from the inside. Have been guided.

  As shown in FIGS. 3, 8 to 10, and 12 (a) and 12 (b), a part of a loop-like lifting chain 45 for raising and lowering the opening / closing door 44 is provided on the upper side of the opening / closing door 44. And the lower end part of the pulling-up chain 46 for pulling up the opening / closing door 44 with substantially the same force as the weight of the opening / closing door 44 is fixed.

  The raising / lowering chain 45 includes a driven sprocket 47 rotatably supported via a bracket 81 mounted on a horizontal frame 74 (see FIG. 12A) fixed to the upper side of the top surface portion of the input hood 41, and a partition. It is arranged in a loop so as to circulate up and down with a driving sprocket 48 rotated by a lifting motor 82 (see FIG. 10) attached to the upper end of the back surface of the wall 1. The upper side part of the opening / closing door 44 is being fixed to a part of this through the fixing member 77 (refer Fig.12 (a)). The opening / closing door 44 is moved up and down when the drive sprocket 48 is rotationally driven by the lifting motor 82.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 8 to 12, the lifting chain 46 includes a first intermediate sprocket 49 that is rotatably attached to the upper end portion of the rear surface of the partition wall 1, and a bracket on the upper end portion of the tension elevator 10. The lower end portion of the pulling chain 46 hanging from the first intermediate sprocket 49 is attached to the open / close door 44. On the other hand, a counterweight 51 having substantially the same weight as that of the opening / closing door 44 is attached to the lower end portion on the rear side of the lifting chain 46 that hangs down from the second intermediate sprocket 50. Then, the weight of the counterweight 51 acts in the pulling direction with respect to the opening / closing door 44, the weight of the opening / closing door 44 and the weight of the counterweight 51 are balanced, and the lifting chain 45 is not moved. The opening / closing door 44 is designed so that its position does not fluctuate, and is configured so that the opening / closing door 44 can be raised and lowered without any trouble by the force of the raising / lowering motor 82 having a relatively small driving force.

As described above, the elevating motor 82, the drive sprocket 48, the driven sprocket 47, and the elevating chain 45 constitute an open / close door opening / closing means for opening / closing the open / close door 44.
Further, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 10, a position detecting protrusion 71 for detecting the raising / lowering position of the opening / closing door 44 is attached to a part of the upper side of the opening / closing door 44. An upper limit position detection switch 72 with which the position detection protrusion 71 abuts when the opening / closing door 44 is moved to the upper limit position (open position) is attached to the upper end of the back surface. A lower limit position detection switch 73 with which the position detecting protrusion 71 abuts when moved to the lower limit position (closed posture position) is attached to a part of the horizontal frame 74. The upper limit position detection switch 72 detects that the open / close door 44 has been moved to the open position, and the lower limit position detection switch 73 detects that the open / close door 44 has been moved to the closed position. It has become.

  Also, as shown in FIGS. 10, 11, and 12 (c), a part of the upper side of the opening / closing door 44 is attached so that a locking plate 75 with a hole in the part extends upward. On the other hand, a solenoid 76 as a locking means having a retractable rod 76a that can be moved in and out in the horizontal direction is attached to the horizontal frame 74. Then, when the door 44 is in the closed position, the retracting rod 76a of the solenoid 76 is projected so that the retracting rod 76a is inserted into the hole 75a of the locking plate 75 (see FIG. 12C). Thus, the opening / closing door 44 is locked in the closed posture.

  As shown in FIG. 10, a viewing window 81 in which a transparent plate is fitted is provided in a part of the opening / closing door 44 so that the state of the input space 42 and the input port 40 can be seen from the outside. ing. In addition, a platform 20 is provided at a position below the communication opening 43 on the front side of the partition wall 1 so as to protrude to the near side, and a bag containing treated rice brought by the user can be placed thereon. It can be done.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an operation control panel 60 is disposed so that the front surface of the cabin 3 faces the cabin 3. On the front surface of the operation control panel 60, a coin insertion slot 61 for inserting coins as a rice processing fee and a plurality of milling degree selections for selecting milling degrees (for example, five, seven, normal, upper white, etc.) A button 62, a sticky rice selection button 63 for selecting sticky rice, and the like are provided. Inside the operation control panel 60, each part is controlled in accordance with detection of coin insertion, selection of the whiteness selection button 62, and the like, and a control unit 64 that functions as an automatic closing means and an automatic opening means as will be described later. Is built in, and the control unit 64 is provided with a clock function for timing and outputting time data such as year / month / day / hour / hour / minute / second.

  Here, a handle 65 with a lock is provided on the front surface of the operation control panel 60. Then, an administrator or a staff member inserts a predetermined key into the lock of the handle 65 to unlock it, and grips the handle 65 and pulls it toward the front, so that the front portion of the operation control panel 60 rotates toward the front. A setting operation unit 66 provided as an internal setting unit as shown in FIG. 13 can be operated. In the setting operation unit 66, a plurality of input push buttons 67a to 67i for setting various operation conditions of the automatic rice milling equipment and performing a test operation of the rice milling machine and the stone removing machine and liquid crystal A display unit 68 is provided. A business start time and a business end time can be set by performing a predetermined operation while using these input push buttons 67a to 67i. In addition, in FIG. 13, the state which is displaying the input screen of business start time is shown.

  When the business hours, that is, the business start time (for example, 6:00 am) and the business end time (for example, 8:00 pm) are set, the control unit 64 first displays the business end time in step S1, as shown in FIG. If it is detected that the business end time has been reached, the process proceeds to step S2 where it is determined whether or not there is a person in the cabin 3 by the human detection sensor 80. If no person is detected in the guest room 3 by the human detection sensor 80, the process proceeds to step S3 to determine whether or not waiting is performed, that is, a series of rice milling processes such as the rice milling machine 11 and the stone remover 9 are completely performed. If it is not performed and is not driven, and if it is on standby, the process proceeds to step S4, the business lamp 70 to be described later is turned off, and the acceptance of coins from the coin insertion slot 61 is prohibited, Close business.

  On the other hand, after detecting that the business end time has been reached in step S1, it is detected in step S2 that there is a person in the guest room 3, or in step S3, a series of rice milling processes such as the rice milling machine 11 and the stone remover 9 are performed. If it is detected that at least a part of the vehicle is driven, the person detecting operation in step S2 and the rice milling confirmation operation in step S3 are performed again without performing the operation closing operation in step S4, and the operation is ended. Do not (ie extend business hours).

  At the end of the business, the coin insertion slot 61 is switched to a state where coins cannot be inserted, and the power supply to the portions other than those related to the timer control of the operation control panel 60 is cut off. Although not shown, generally, the building 2 is provided with a lighting device that illuminates the interior of the cabin 1, but this lighting device is also turned off when the business is over.

  When the business start time of the next day is reached, the operation control panel 60, the rice milling machine 11, the stone remover 9 and the like are put into a stand-by state in which they can be operated, and the coin insertion slot 61 is switched to a state in which coins can be inserted. When the control unit 64 detects that a coin has been inserted from the coin insertion slot 61, the door 44 is unlocked and the door 44 is moved to an open position and opened. Yes.

  It should be noted that a guidance display board is attached to a conspicuous location in the guest room 3, and a guidance display indicating that the opening / closing door 44 is automatically opened by inserting a coin or the like is described. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a business lamp 70 indicating that the partition wall 1 is above the communication opening 43 is provided with a business lamp 70 indicating that the business is in business. It is lit during (including extended business hours) and turned off outside business hours. In addition, although not shown in the drawing, sound generation means such as a speaker is provided in a part of the operation control panel 60, and a guidance message for a user or the like is stored in a storage unit provided in the control unit 64.

  In the above configuration, when the control unit 64 recognizes that the business start time is reached, the business standby state is entered, the business lamp 70 is turned on, and the coin insertion slot is switched to a state where coins can be inserted.

  Further, in this embodiment, even when the business start time comes, when the user or the like is not in the guest room 3 of the building 2, the open / close door 44 is closed and the lock plate 75 is opened. A retractable rod 76a of the solenoid 76 is inserted, and the door 44 is locked in a closed state. In this state, even when a person who is not a user such as a mere passerby enters the room 3 of the building 2, the open / close door 44 is closed and locked. Thereby, it is prevented that garbage etc. are thrown into the insertion port 40 by a person who is not a user and the like, that is, a problem caused by this, that is, the internal conveyance path into which the treated rice is introduced, the rice mill 11, and the stone remover 9. It is possible to prevent problems such as dirty internal processing equipment, damage to these equipment, or mixing of waste contained in white rice, such as rice milling machine 11 and stone remover 9 The processing equipment etc. are maintained hygienically.

  When the user enters the guest room 3 of the building 2 during business hours, it is detected by the human detection sensor 80 that a user or the like has entered, and a voice prompting the user to insert a fee (coin) is output. In response to this, when the user enters the guest room 3 of the building 2 and inserts a rice milling fee such as coins from the coin insertion slot 61, the insertion of this fee is detected, and the control unit 64 locks the open / close door 44. The door 44 is automatically opened while being released. At this time, the user is notified by voice that the door 44 is automatically opened. In addition, a voice for prompting the user to select a whitening degree selection button 62 having a desired whitening degree is also output.

  Thereafter, the user inputs rice to be processed into the inlet 40 through the input space portion 42, and selects one of the whiteness degree selection buttons 62 to select the whiteness degree (for example, five, seven, normal, upper white). Etc.) or the glutinous rice is selected by the glutinous rice selection button 63, the rice milling process is started. That is, the tension lifting machine 10 and the stone punching machine 9 are driven to perform the foreign substance removing operation, and the rice milling machine 12 and the rice milling machine 11 are subsequently driven to perform the rice milling process. When the rice milling process is finished, the white rice is discharged into the white rice hopper 19, so that the user places the white rice storage bag 5 under the white rice hopper 19 and steps on the stepping type step 19 a. White rice is collected in the white rice storage bag 5.

  When the user who collects the white rice leaves the guest room 3, it is detected by the human detection sensor 80 that the user has come out. And the control part 64 which input the signal from the human detection sensor 80 is moved to the closed posture side and automatically closed until the door 44 reaches the lower limit position (closed position). In this embodiment, it is also announced that the door 44 is automatically closed by voice. Thus, when the opening / closing door 44 is completely closed, the opening / closing door 44 is locked in the closed posture.

  With this configuration, you can basically set the power supply not to be supplied outside business hours, save electricity costs, and prevent the generation of noise due to the prohibition of rice milling treatment such as late at night. When the end of business hours, it is detected that there is a customer, or if it is recognized that rice milling is being performed, the business hours are automatically extended, and the rice milling process is improved to the end. Done. Therefore, as in the past, the milling process is forcibly terminated during the milling process, and the untreated rice during the milling process cannot be collected, and the input usage fee does not return. Thus, reliability and convenience are improved for the user.

  In this embodiment, a case has been described in which, when the end-of-business time is reached, when the rice milling process is completed and there are no customers, the business is immediately terminated. However, the present invention is not limited to this. If the business hours are extended, even if the rice milling process ends and there are no customers, the business hours may be extended for a predetermined time (for example, 5 minutes) from this point. .

  With this configuration, for example, even if the next customer is waiting outside the building 2, even after the previous customer leaves, the business does not end immediately. It is possible to enter the building 2 for rice milling, which is convenient and increases sales.

  Further, as described above, even when the rice milling process is completed and there are no customers, it is detected that there is a customer when the business hours are further extended by a predetermined time, etc. Recognize that the process is being performed, for example, when it approaches the business end time (for example, when it reaches 5 minutes before the business end time) , Business hours may be extended.

  When the scheduled closing time is reached or approaching the scheduled closing time, it is detected that the user has entered the guest room 3 and the opening time is extended. “Scheduled closing time (approaching scheduled closing time) will be extended, but we will extend the business.” Audio (or extended indicator lamp, etc.) is provided to inform you that the business hours will be extended. May be notified to the user.

  In this way, when extending the business hours, by notifying the user of the information to extend the business hours by voice or display, the user does not panic and inserts a new rice mill. The processing can be performed or the rice milling can be subsequently performed, which is convenient for the user and can increase the sales.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the opening / closing door 44 is configured to be opened when coins are inserted and closed and locked when it is detected that a guest has come out of the cabin 3, but this is not the only case. Instead of this, the door 44 may be opened when the business start time or the business start time approaches, and the door 44 may be closed and locked when the business end time and the business end extension time are reached. . In this case, the user can freely input the treated rice into the inlet 40 during business hours, while the user erroneously throws the treated rice into the inlet 40 outside the business hours. It can prevent itself. Therefore, unlike the conventional case, there is no problem that the user mistakenly inserts the treated rice outside business hours and cannot collect the treated rice, and the reliability can be improved. In addition, there is an advantage that mischief such as throwing in garbage by a person other than the user outside business hours can be prevented.

  In addition, instead of providing the opening / closing door 44 for opening and closing the communication opening 43 communicating with the insertion port 40, a so-called automatic door structure capable of automatically opening and closing the entrance door 6 disposed at the entrance to the cabin 3 is provided. The door 6 may be configured to be closed when it is out of business hours. In this case, it is possible to prevent a person from entering the cabin 3 itself. It is possible to improve the anti-theft function that can prevent theft of usage fees.

  In the above embodiment, a case is described in which the person detection sensor 80 is provided to detect that there is no person when the business end time is reached, and the business is ended. In this case, even if there is a person, if no coin is inserted for a predetermined time (for example, 10 minutes) or more, it may be determined that there is no intention to perform the rice milling process and the business is terminated. In addition, the present invention is not limited to this, and without providing the human detection sensor 80, an operation such as rice milling processing is simply recognized at the end of business hours, and the operation ends or ends after a predetermined time. You may end business later. On the contrary, a person detection sensor 80 may be provided to simply detect that there are no people at the end of business hours and end the business.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the opening / closing door 44 for opening and closing the communication opening 43 communicating with the inlet 40 is described, but it can also be applied to an automatic rice milling facility that does not have such an opening / closing door 44. Needless to say.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the treated rice is brown rice has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and automatic rice milling is provided with a rice huller and the treated rice to be thrown into the inlet is rice bran. Of course, it can also be applied to equipment.

It is a front view of the automatic rice milling equipment concerning an embodiment of the invention. It is a top view of the automatic rice milling equipment. It is the III-III arrow directional side view of FIG. It is the IV-IV arrow line side view of FIG. It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the automatic rice milling equipment. It is front sectional drawing of the rice milling machine of the automatic rice milling equipment, and shows the state where the rice milling room is closed by the opening restriction member. It is front sectional drawing of the rice milling machine of the automatic rice milling equipment, and shows the state where the rice milling room is opened by the opening restriction member. It is side surface sectional drawing which shows the structure of the opening / closing door of the automatic rice milling equipment, and its vicinity. It is side surface sectional drawing which shows the structure of the opening / closing door of the automatic rice milling equipment, and its vicinity. It is a front view which shows the structure of the opening / closing door of the automatic rice milling equipment, and its vicinity. It is a top view which shows the structure of the charging hopper and loading stand of the automatic rice milling equipment, and its vicinity. (A)-(c) is the principal part expanded side sectional drawing of the opening / closing door of the automatic rice milling facility, and its vicinity part, respectively. It is a front view of the setting operation part of the automatic rice milling equipment. It is a flowchart which shows the control operation | movement which concerns on the completion | finish of business and extension of business in the automatic rice polishing equipment.

Explanation of symbols

2 Building 3 Guest Room 4 Machine Room 6 Entrance Door 11 Rice Milling Machine 40 Insertion Port 43 Communication Opening 44 Opening / Closing Door 60 Operation Control Panel 61 Coin Insertion Port 62 Milling Level Selection Button 64 Control Unit 66 Setting Operation Unit 67a to 67i Push for Input Button 68 Display unit 70 Operating lamp 80 Human detection sensor

Claims (4)

An automatic rice milling facility that automatically performs rice milling on the treated rice that has been input,
A clock that detects time,
Setting means for setting business hours during which rice milling can be performed;
Automatic rice milling equipment with control means to extend the business hours and control so that the rice milling process can be executed if it is detected at the end of business hours or close to the end of business hours. . An automatic rice milling facility that automatically performs rice milling on the treated rice that has been input,
A clock that detects time,
Setting means for setting business hours during which rice milling can be performed;
A human detection sensor that detects the presence or absence of a person in the guest room
Automatic rice milling equipment equipped with a control means that extends the business hours and controls the rice milling process so that it can be executed when it detects that there is a person at or near the end of business hours. If the control means extends the business hours or detects that the rice milling process has been performed at a time close to the business end time, the control means further extends the business hours by a predetermined time even if the rice milling process is completed. The automatic rice milling equipment according to claim 1 or 2. The automatic rice milling apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the control means outputs information indicating that the business hours are extended when the business hours are extended.

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