JP3808402B2 - Rice bran receiving container for home use - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a bran receptacle for a rice mill for home use.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In a rice mill for home use, a bran receiving container for receiving the bran discharged from the rice milling machine into the milled rice and a rice receiving container for receiving the polished rice discharged after the completion of the milling Are detachably set side by side on the left and right (see, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-271501). After the completion of the rice milling, the user takes out the rice receiving container, transfers the rice grains inside to a rice cooker or the like, and cooks rice. Also, take out the bran container, discharge the bran inside, and dispose of it appropriately. When these operations are completed, the bran container and the rice container are set to their original positions. In addition, it is also known that only a bran receiving container is provided in the lower part of the front surface of the rice milling machine, and the rice after milling is received in an appropriate container.
[0003]
Furthermore, in order to efficiently capture the bran generated in the milled rice part, a suction force is applied to the milled rice part, the bran sucked and captured together with the air is introduced into the cyclone device, and the bran and air are separated and separated in the cyclone device. As for the rice milling machine for domestic use in which the bran is discharged into the bran receiving container and the air is discharged from the suction device to the outside, the applicant of the present application has already applied for a patent (for example, Japanese Patent Application No. 2001). -263831).
[0004]
As mentioned above, when using a cyclone device, a bran receptacle is installed in the bran discharge part at the lower end. In this case, a funnel-shaped lid is fitted to the opening of the bran receiving container to prevent the inconvenience that the bran separated and accumulated from the cyclone device flies up and scatters due to the airflow inside the cyclone device.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in a conventional bran receiving container in a domestic rice mill, the funnel-shaped lid is fixed to the opening of the container body with a screw or a patchon lock, so the bran is discharged or maintained. When doing this, it was inconvenient because it required work to operate screws and patch locks.
[0006]
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a bran receptacle that can easily open and close the funnel-shaped lid.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is detachably set in the lower end opening of the outer cylinder (21) of the cyclone device (14) in order to capture and accumulate the bran generated in the rice mill (7). in bran receptacle household rice mill (15), said bran receptacle (15) is constituted by an openably mounted lid (24) by a hinge (34) and which in the container body (20), The container body (20) is provided with a collar (26) on the periphery of the opening, and the lid (24) comprises a funnel-shaped opening (29) and a collar (31) formed on the periphery of the opening. The funnel-shaped opening (29) is housed inside the container body (20), the collar (31) is overlaid on the receiving collar (26), and the upper end of the funnel-shaped opening (29) is Open lower end of outer cylinder (21) of cyclone device (14) In which employs the configurations matches.
[0008]
According to the above configuration, when the bran is received in the bran receiving container 15 during the rice polishing, the lid 24 is closed, and the accumulated noodles falling inside through the funnel-shaped opening 29 are swollen by the funnel-shaped opening 29. To prevent. When the rice bran is discharged after the completion of the milling, the lid 24 is rotated around the hinge 34 to open the opening of the container body 20.
[0009]
Further, it is possible to adopt a configuration in which a handle is provided on the rear surface of the container body, the hinge is provided on the periphery of the opening of the upper part of the handle, and a finger hook portion protruding rearward from the hinge is provided on the rear end portion of the lid. it can. According to this structure, there exists the convenience which can open | release a lid | cover by operating a finger hook part with the fingertip of the hand with a handle.
[0010]
Further, the hinges are coaxially provided at the two left and right positions, and each hinge is constituted by a hinge shaft portion provided on the container body side and a U-shaped engagement portion provided on the lid side, and the U-shaped engagement. It is possible to adopt a configuration in which the part is rotatably engaged with the hinge shaft part. By adopting this configuration, the lid can be easily removed from the container body and disassembled, so that the careability is improved.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the household rice milling machine of the embodiment is an inclined circulation type rice milling machine formed so that the entire shape viewed from the front forms a flat shape with a relatively narrow width. As shown in FIG. 2, in this rice milling machine, a rice milling motor 3 is mounted on the machine base 2 with a certain gradient inside the casing 1, and the rice milling roll 4 mounted on the motor shaft is also inclined with the gradient. It extends upward. A hopper 5 having an open top surface is provided at the upper portion of the casing 1, and a discharge port 6 at the lower end thereof communicates with the inside of the rice milling chamber 7. The hopper 5 is provided with a lid 8.
[0012]
The rice milling chamber 7 is provided in an inclined state along the lower portion of the hopper 5, and an outlet at the upper end thereof is opened to a vertical return passage 9. The upper end of the return passage 9 is opened to the hopper 5. Thereby, as shown by the arrow in FIG. 2, a circulation path through which the rice grains circulate in the order of the hopper 5, the discharge port 6, the rice milling chamber 7, the return passage 9 and the hopper 5 is configured.
[0013]
A rice guide member 11 is provided below the discharge port 6 via a shutter (not shown), and the rice guide member 11 is opened on the rice receiving container 12.
[0014]
The lower part of the rice milling chamber 7 is opened in the length direction, and is communicated with the cyclone device 14 via the bran guide member 13. The bran separated by the cyclone device 14 is discharged to the bran receiving container 15 installed below the air, and the air is sucked into the suction device 17 through the hose 16 and discharged to the outside.
[0015]
An operation unit 18 is provided at the upper front of the casing 1, and a front lid 19 that forms a part of the casing 1 is detachably provided below the operation unit 18. The cyclone device 14 is installed inside the front lid 19 (see FIG. 3). As shown in FIG. 6, the cyclone device 14 is provided with an inner cylinder 22 at the center of the upper end wall of the outer cylinder 21 with the lower end open. The open end 13 ′ of the bran guide member 13 is opened toward the tangential direction of the outer cylinder 21 in the circumferential direction. The lower end portion of the outer cylinder 21 is integrated with a base plate 23 having a square collar shape.
[0016]
As shown in FIG. 4, the aforementioned bran receiving container 15 is composed of a container body 20 and a lid 24. A handle 25 is provided on the rear side surface of the container body 20. A receiving collar 26 is provided on the periphery of the opening of the container body 20. The rear end portion of the receiving collar 26, that is, the upper portion of the handle 25 is parallel to the left and right sides, and a hinge shaft portion 27 in the direction perpendicular to the protruding direction of the handle 25 is provided at the end edge. It is done. In a part of the receiving collar 26 along the hinge shaft portion 27, square holes 28, 28 are provided by being distributed to the left and right sides of the handle 25.
[0017]
The lid 24 has a flange 31 formed around the funnel- shaped opening 29. The collar portion 31 is provided with ribs 32 that are parallel to the hinge shaft portion 27 and that are parallel to the left and right sides at the rear end portion, similar to the receiving collar 26 of the container body 20. The rib 32 reinforces the collar portion 31 and the central portion thereof serves as a finger hook portion 30 when the lid 24 is opened as will be described later. As shown in FIG. 5A, the finger hook portion 30 slightly protrudes rearward from the hinge 34.
[0018]
U-shaped engaging portions 33, 33 are provided on the lower surface of the flange portion 31 at positions corresponding to the square holes 28, 28 at two locations along the rib 32. The engaging portions 33 and 33 are rotatably engaged with the hinge shaft portion 27 to constitute hinges 34 and 34 for opening and closing the lid 24 (see FIG. 5). An L-shaped pressing portion 40 is provided on one side of the collar portion 31. As will be described later, the pressing portion 40 is used for detecting whether or not the bran receiving container 15 is set (see FIG. 4).
[0019]
In the bran receiving container 15, the brim 31 of the lid 26 and the lid 24 of the lid 24 are overlapped , and the funnel-shaped opening 29 of the lid 24 is stored in the bran receiving container 15, and both side edges thereof are formed on the base plate. 23, when inserted into a pair of left and right guide portions 35, 35 (see FIG. 6) provided on the lower surface, a recessed portion 36 on the front surface of the rice receiving container 12 and a support plate 37 protruding forward from the lower end of the recessed portion 36. Set between. In the set state, the upper end of the funnel-shaped opening 29 of the bran receptacle 15 matches the lower end opening of the outer cylinder 21 of the cyclone device 14.
[0020]
An air filter 39 is interposed between the upper end wall of the cyclone device 14 and the hose joint 38 fitted to the upper end wall (see FIG. 6). As shown in FIGS. 3 and 7A, the air filter 39 is a circular frame portion 41 having a mesh 42 stretched thereon, and a slit 43 provided on the outer peripheral front surface of the hose joint 38 over a half circumference thereof. Is taken in and out. A knob portion 44 is provided on the front surface of the frame portion 41 when taking it in and out.
[0021]
A projecting portion 45 is provided on one side of the frame portion 41 (see FIG. 3), and a detection lever 47 is suspended by a hinge 46 on the front edge of the projecting portion 45. The detection lever 47 is supported by a hinge 46 so as to be swingable in the front-rear direction.
[0022]
When the air filter 39 and the bran container 15 are set in a normal state, the detection lever 47 is within the movement range to the rear of the pressing portion 40 as shown in FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (b). Is positioned, and the detection lever 47 is swung backward (see the solid line in the figure).
[0023]
On the other hand, a detection switch 52 made of a micro switch is attached to the inner surface of the side surface of the casing 1. The mounting position is selected so that the operating lever 53 is within the range of movement of the detection lever 47 to the rear. In addition, the position of the operating lever 53 is provided at a position separated upward by a slight distance a (see FIG. 7C) from the position of the pressing portion 40.
[0024]
The domestic rice milling machine of the embodiment is configured as described above, and operates the start key of the operation unit 18 to drive brown rice into the hopper 5 and drive the rice milling motor 3. At this time, when both the bran container 15 and the air filter 39 are normally set, the detection lever 47 of the air filter 39 is pushed in by the pressing portion 40 of the bran receptacle 15 as shown in FIG. Further, since the operation lever 53 of the detection switch 52 is pushed, the detection switch 52 is turned on. For this reason, the rice milling motor 3 is driven by the operation of the start key, and rice milling is started.
[0025]
If the air filter 39 is set normally but the bran receiving container 15 is forgotten to be set, the detection lever 47 is not pushed in, and therefore the operation lever 53 is not operated, so the detection switch 52 is not turned on. Conversely, the bran receiving container 15 is normally set, but if the air filter 39 is forgotten to be set, the pressing portion 40 of the bran receiving container 15 cannot push the operating lever 53 (FIG. 7 ( c)), the detection switch 52 is not turned on in this case as well. Similarly, the detection switch 52 is not turned on when both the bran container 15 and the air filter 39 are forgotten to be set. This allows the user to recognize that the rice has been forgotten by not starting rice milling or by issuing an appropriate warning.
[0026]
When these are set normally, the polished rice is circulated while the brown rice in the hopper 5 is circulated through the above-described circulation path, and the rice bran generated in the rice mill 7 is sucked by the suction device 17 and the lower end of the rice mill 7 It falls from the section, moves through the bran guide member 13, and is separated from air in the cyclone device 14 on the way. The separated bran falls into the container body 20 from the funnel- shaped opening 29 of the bran receiving container 15. The funnel- shaped opening 29 prevents the fallen nudder from flying up and flying under the influence of the air current of the cyclone device 14. The separated air passes through the air filter 39 and the hose 16 and flows into the suction device 17 and is discharged to the outside.
[0027]
When the milling is completed, the milling motor 3 is stopped, the shutter (not shown) is opened, and the milled rice grains in the hopper 5 are discharged to the rice receiving container 12 through the rice guide member 11. After the discharge, the bran receiving container 15 and the rice receiving container 12 are taken out in this order, and the bran and polished rice grains are transferred to another container.
[0028]
As shown in FIG. 5 (b), the bran receiving container 15 is configured such that the user holds the handle 25 with one hand, and applies the force by placing the thumb of the hand on the finger hook 30 at the center of the rib 32 of the lid 24. Accordingly, the lid 24 is rotated and opened by the hinges 34 and 34 (see the two-dot chain line in FIG. 5A). By opening the lid 24, the funnel- shaped opening 29 is partially pulled out from the container body 20, and the opening of the container body 20 is largely opened. Thereby, an internal bran can be discharged | emitted smoothly. When the opening angle of the lid 24 is increased, the distal end portion of the engaging portion 33 of the hinge 34 enters the square hole 28. Due to the presence of the square hole 28, interference between the engaging portion 33 and the receiving collar 26 is prevented.
[0029]
Thereafter, the rice receiving container 12 and the bran receiving container 15 are set in the original order in order, and are prepared for the next milling.
[0030]
When the lid 24 is separated from the container body 20, the engaging portion 33 of the hinge 34 is removed from the hinge shaft portion 27.
[0031]
In addition, FIGS. 8A and 8B show a state in which a recess 55 for storing the cleaning brush 54 is provided on one side of the hopper 5 and covered with the lid 8.
[0032]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, a lid having a funnel- shaped opening of a bran receiving container set in a household rice mill is attached to the opening of the container body by a hinge so that the lid can be opened and closed. Is improved, and the drainage of the bran and the maintenance of the bran receiving container are facilitated. In addition, since the lid hinge is provided above the handle at the rear of the container body, the lid can be opened with the finger of the hand holding the handle. Furthermore, by constituting the hinge by a combination of the hinge shaft on the container body side and the U-shaped engagement portion on the lid side, the lid can be easily separated, and the careability is further improved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the same. FIG. 3 is a partially exploded perspective view of the same. FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the same bran receiving container. Sectional view of the receiving container (b) Perspective view of the same bran receiving container in use [FIG. 6] Cross sectional view of the cyclone device part [FIG. 7 (a)] Transverse plan view of the air filter part [FIG. (B)] Longitudinal side view of the cyclone device as above [FIG. 7 (c)] Longitudinal side view when the air filter is forgotten to be set [FIG. 8] (a) Disassembled perspective view of the hopper portion as above (b) Partial plan view of the hopper part same as above [Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Casing 2 Machine base 3 Rice mill motor 4 Rice mill roll 5 Hopper 6 Discharge port 7 Rice milling chamber 8 Lid 9 Return passage 11 Rice guide member 12 Rice receiving container 13 Bran guide member 13 'Open end 14 Cyclone device 15 Bran receiving container 16 Hose 17 Suction device 18 Operation section 19 Front lid 20 Container body 21 Outer cylinder 22 Inner cylinder 23 Base plate 24 Lid 25 Handle 26 Receiving collar 27 Hinge shaft section 28 Square hole 29 Funnel- shaped opening 30 Finger hook section 31 Collar section 32 Rib 33 Engagement part 34 Hinge 35 Guide part 36 Recessed part 37 Support plate 38 Hose joint 39 Air filter 40 Press part 41 Frame part 42 Mesh 43 Slit 44 Knob part 45 Overhang part 46 Hinge 47 Detection lever 52 Detection switch 53 Actuation lever 54 For cleaning Brush 55 recess

Claims (3)

In the bran receiving container (15) of a domestic rice mill that is detachably set in the lower end opening of the outer cylinder (21) of the cyclone device (14) in order to capture and accumulate the bran generated in the rice mill (7) The bran container (15) is composed of a container body (20) and a lid (24) attached to the container body (20) by a hinge (34) so that the container body (20) can be opened and closed. (26) is provided, and the lid (24) includes a funnel-shaped opening (29) and a flange (31) formed at the periphery of the opening, and the funnel-shaped opening (29) is a container body ( 20), the collar (31) is stacked on the receiving collar (26), and the upper end of the funnel-shaped opening (29) is the lower end of the outer cylinder (21) of the cyclone device (14). household rice, characterized in that it is matched to the opening Bran received container. A handle is provided on the rear surface of the container body, the hinge is provided on the periphery of the opening of the upper part of the handle, and a finger hook projecting rearward from the hinge is provided on the rear end of the lid. A bran receptacle for a rice mill for home use as described in 1. The hinges are coaxially provided at two left and right positions, and each hinge is constituted by a hinge shaft portion provided on the container body side and a U-shaped engagement portion provided on the lid side. The bran receptacle for a domestic rice mill as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the brace is rotatably engaged with the hinge shaft.

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