JPH05199944A - Cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] When the container and the container base are screwed together, they are sealed and fitted into the fitting groove on the inner surface of the bottom of the container base so as to prevent the moisture in the container from leaking to the outside. (EN) Provided is a cooker which can be easily removed when the packing is removed for cleaning the packing and the fitting groove. [Structure] A device main body 1 having an electric motor 3 therein and a drive shaft 4 thereof protruding, and a container main body 2 composed of a container base 7 screwed with a container 9 are provided at the tip of the drive shaft 4. The coupling 6 and the coupling 14 provided at the lower end of the cutter shaft 13 rotatably provided at the center of the bottom of the container base 7 are engaged with each other so that the container body 2 is engaged and mounted on the device body 1. In the cooker A that cooks the cooking material in the container body 2 by rotating the cutter 12 provided on the upper end of the cutter shaft 13 with the electric motor 3, the fitting 10 with which the packing 10 provided on the bottom 11 of the container base 7 is fitted. A notch for removing the packing is provided in the mating groove 13.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mixer, a crusher or the like for rotating a cutter provided in a container by an electric motor and cutting and crushing a cooking material such as fruit or dry matter material to produce juice or powder of dry matter. Of the packing for preventing water leakage of the container body in the cooking device of the present invention.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a cooker such as a mixer or a crusher, a container called a bottle is detachably attached to a container base called a bottle support provided with a cutter for cutting and crushing. And in order to prevent the juice made in the container or water added during cooking from leaking from the joint between the container and the container base, a packing made of an elastic material such as an annular rubber is provided at the bottom of the container base. It is provided in. This packing causes water leakage if it is moved or deformed by the rotation of the opening edge of the container that is pressed against the packing when attaching the container to the container base by screwing, etc. A groove formed to have the same shape is provided, and packing is fitted in this groove. After the cooking device is used, the container is washed by removing the container from the container base and then removing the packing from the groove.

[0003]

However, since the packing is fitted in the groove formed in the container base as described above, there is a problem that the packing is difficult to remove during cleaning after use.

The present invention solves the above problems and makes it possible to easily remove the packing from the container base.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a rotatable cutter provided in a container body is rotationally driven by an electric motor provided in an equipment body to cut or crush a material. The container body is formed in a cylindrical shape with a bottom, a cutter shaft is rotatably provided in the central portion, and a connecting portion for detachably connecting the container is provided in the cylindrical portion, and a continuous fitting groove is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the bottom And a packing which is removably fitted in the fitting groove and is pressed into contact with the bottom edge of the container in a state in which the container is coupled to the container base, and the bottom part is provided with the top surface thereof. The packing removing notch communicating with the fitting groove is provided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a rotatable cutter provided in the container body is rotationally driven by an electric motor provided in the equipment body to cut or crush the material, and the container and the container body have a bottom. A container base which is formed in a cylindrical shape and has a cutter shaft rotatably provided in the central portion thereof, a connecting portion for detachably connecting the container provided in the cylindrical portion, and a continuous fitting groove provided in the outer peripheral portion of the bottom portion. And a packing that is removably fitted in the fitting groove and presses against the lower edge of the container in a state where the container is connected to the container base, and at least a part of the thickness of the packing is fitted to the container. The groove was made larger than the depth of the groove and projected from the upper surface of the bottom.

[0007]

According to the invention of claim 1, the packing can be easily removed from the fitting groove by inserting a finger or the like into the bottom of the container base from the upper surface thereof through a notch provided in communication with the fitting groove and pulling up. You can According to the second aspect of the invention, the packing can be easily removed from the fitting groove by pulling it up with a finger or the like through a portion protruding from the bottom upper surface of the packing fitted in the bottom fitting groove of the container base. it can.

[0008]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, an embodiment of the invention of claim 1 will be described with reference to FIGS.
Will be explained. In FIG. 1, A is a cooking device, and the cooking device A is composed of a device body 1 and a container body 2.
An electric motor 3 is attached to the device body 1 by attaching means (not shown). The rotary shaft 4 of the electric motor 3 is projected from a shaft hole 5 provided in the upper part of the device body 1, and a coupling 6 is attached to the tip end thereof. Further, an annular engaging portion 8 is provided on the upper part of the device main body 1 with the rotary shaft 4 as a center, and is detachably engaged with a container base 7 constituting a container main body 2 described later.
Are provided integrally. Next, the container body 2 is a container base 7, a cup-shaped container 9 with one end opening detachably attached to the container base 7, and a container 9 when the opening side of the container 9 is attached to the container base 7. In order to prevent water leakage such as juice in the container, it is composed of a packing 10 which is detachably provided in the container base 7. The container base 7 is formed in a cylindrical shape with a bottom, and is provided with a cutter shaft 13 rotatably supported at the center of a bottom 11 and a cutter 12 fixed to the upper end. The cutter shaft 13
A coupling 14 that engages with the coupling 6 is provided at the lower end of the cutter 6, and the cutter 12 is rotated by the electric motor 3 through the coupling 6 and the coupling 14 so that the fruit or dry matter put in the container is dried. The cooking ingredients such as the above are cut and juice or dry matter is crushed to cook the cooking ingredients. Further, the container base 7 is provided with a skirt portion 15 that engages with the annular engaging portion 8 below the bottom portion 11. The skirt portion 15 and the annular engaging portion 8 have, for example, an uneven shape in the circumferential direction. It is designed to be stopped. Therefore, even if the container body 2 is attached to the device body 1 and the cutter 12 is rotated by the electric motor 3, the container body 2 remains
There is no such thing as turning up. The bottom 1 of the container base 7
A tubular portion 16 is formed as a coupling portion that is formed of an annular wall that rises in a substantially vertical direction from the tubular portion 16.
A female screw portion 17 as a coupling means is formed in the container 9, and a male screw portion 18 as a coupling means that is screwed into the female screw portion 17 is formed in the container 9, and the container base 7 and the container 9 are connected to each other. Is attached by screwing the female screw portion 17 and the male screw portion 18 together. Further, a fitting groove 19 into which the packing 10 is fitted is formed continuously, that is, in an annular shape on the outer peripheral portion of the bottom 11 of the container base 7. The cross-sectional shape of the fitting groove 19 is substantially the same as the cross-sectional shape of the packing 10 and has substantially the same dimensions. The relationship is such that when the container 9 is attached to the container base 7, the lower end opening edge that comes into pressure contact with the packing 10 of the container 9 is the packing 10.
This is to prevent the packing 10 from being deformed or moved when it is rotated while being pressed against. Further, the bottom 11 of the container base 7 is formed with a notch 20 which communicates from the upper surface thereof to the substantially bottom surface of the fitting groove 19. The notch 20 has a size such that a fingertip or a chip, for example, can be inserted therein, and an inner peripheral wall 21 of the packing 10 facing the notch 20 side is exposed in the notch 20. Therefore, when the packing 10 is removed from the fitting groove 19, the fingertips or the like inserted into the notches 20 are brought into contact with the inner peripheral wall 21 thereof. Therefore, the packing 10 can be pulled up from the fitting groove 19 and easily removed.

Next, the operation of the cooker A configured as described above will be described. When crushing juice or dry matter using fruit, first, the container body 2 is removed from the device body 1, and then the container 9 is removed from the container base 7. Then, after placing the necessary materials such as fruits with the open end of the container 9 facing up, the container base 7 is attached again with the cutter 12 facing downward, and the hakama part 15 of the container base 7 is attached to the device. Body 1
The ring-shaped engaging portion 8 is fitted and attached. Then, a power switch (not shown) is turned on and the electric motor 3 is driven to prepare a cooked product of juice or crushed product. When the container body 2 is washed after use, that is, after cooking,
Remove container 9 from container base 7 and then pack 1
0 is removed from the fitting groove 19 of the container base 7 and washed. When the packing 10 is removed from the fitting groove 19, the fingertip or the like is inserted through the notch 20 as described above.
The inner peripheral wall 21 can be easily removed by pulling it up with a fingertip or the like. Although the cup-shaped container 9 is used in the above-described example, it may be opened on the upper end side as in a conventional mixer or the like, or may be a polygonal shape such as a quadrangle instead of a cylindrical shape. .. When the container 9 has a polygonal shape, the container base 7 and the container 9 may be connected by a clamp or the like as conventionally used. When the container 9 has a polygonal shape, the container base 7 may have a polygonal shape corresponding thereto, and in this case, the fitting groove 19 and the packing 10 may correspond to the shape of the opening edge of the container. Therefore, the bottomed tubular shape in the present invention includes a polygonal shape. In the above embodiment, the container body 2
Although the container base 7 is configured to be attachable to and detachable from the device body 1, it may be configured integrally if it is particularly small.

Next, an embodiment of the invention of claim 2 will be described with reference to FIG. The parts common to the above-described embodiment of the present invention will be omitted, and the same parts will be denoted by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. A fitting groove 19 is formed on the outer peripheral portion of the bottom portion 11 of the container base 7, and the packing 10 is fitted into the fitting groove 19. Packing 1
The thickness dimension l _{1 of} 0 is formed larger than the depth dimension l ₂ of the fitting groove 19, and when the packing 10 is fitted in the fitting groove 19, the upper side of the packing 10 is larger than the upper surface of the bottom 11 by l.
It is designed to project by ₁ -l ₂ . The amount of protrusion from the bottom 11 of the packing 10 is determined by the packing 10
When removing from the fitting groove 19, a sufficient amount can be applied to the fingertip. In addition, in FIG.
Is a cutter shaft pivotally supported by a bearing 24 on the bottom 11 of the container base 7. A cutter 12 is attached to the upper end of the cutter shaft, and a coupling 14 is provided to the lower end. Again 1
Reference numeral 5 is a hakama portion, and 16 is a tubular portion as a connecting portion provided with a female screw portion 17 as a connecting means. The projecting portion of the packing 10 may be a part instead of the entire circumference.

Next, the operation will be described. When the container 9 is attached to the container base 7 having the above-mentioned structure and the container body 2 is washed after making juice or the like, the container is removed from the container base 7. Then, the packing 10 is removed from the fitting groove 19, and the container base 7, the container 9 and the packing 10 are washed. When removing the packing 10 from the fitting groove 19, the inner peripheral wall 21 of the packing 10 protruding from the upper surface of the bottom portion 11 can be easily removed by pulling it up with a fingertip. Needless to say, the shape of the container, the shape of the packing corresponding thereto, and the container base and the device body can be integrated as in the first aspect of the invention.

[0012]

According to the invention of claim 1, the packing is fitted in the fitting groove formed in the container base, and the packing is removed by inserting a finger or the like through the notch provided in the bottom of the container base. When the container is attached to the container base, deformation and movement of the packing can be prevented, water leakage can be reliably prevented, and the packing can be easily removed during cleaning, so that an easy-to-handle effect can be obtained. Further, according to the invention of claim 2, the thickness dimension of the packing is made larger than the depth of the fitting groove formed in the container base, and the packing is projected from the upper surface of the bottom of the container base. It is possible to ensure the prevention of water leakage, and it is possible to obtain an effect that the packing can be easily removed by putting a finger on the protruding portion of the packing at the time of cleaning and thus the handling is easy.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a cooker according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the cooker according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the cooker according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the cooker according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Equipment Main Body 2 Container Main Body 3 Electric Motor 4 Drive Shaft 5 Shaft Hole 6 Coupling 7 Container Base 8 Annular Engagement Section 9 Container 10 Packing 11 Bottom 12 Cutter 13 Cutter Shaft 14 Coupling 15 Hakama 16 Cylindrical Part 17 Female Screw Part 18 Male screw part 19 Fitting groove 20 Notch part 21 Inner peripheral wall

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Toru Tanikawa 43 Horiyamashita, Hadano City, Kanagawa Prefecture Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd. Hadano Factory

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A machine in which a rotatable cutter provided in a container body is rotatably driven by an electric motor provided in an equipment body to cut or crush material, and the container body is formed into a container and a bottomed tubular shape. A cutter shaft is rotatably provided in the central portion, a coupling portion for detachably coupling the container is provided in the tubular portion, and a container base having a continuous fitting groove in the outer peripheral portion of the bottom is provided. The packing is detachably fitted in the fitting groove and is in pressure contact with the bottom edge of the container in a state where the container is connected to the container base, and the packing is removed so that the bottom portion communicates with the fitting groove from the upper surface thereof. Cooker characterized by having a notch for use. 2. A machine in which a rotatable cutter provided in a container body is rotationally driven by an electric motor provided in an equipment body to cut or crush a material, and the container body is formed into a cylindrical shape with a container and a bottom. A cutter shaft is rotatably provided in the central portion, a coupling portion for detachably coupling the container is provided in the tubular portion, and a container base having a continuous fitting groove in the outer peripheral portion of the bottom is provided. And a packing which is detachably fitted in the fitting groove and is pressed against the lower edge of the container in a state where the container is combined with the container base, and at least a part of the thickness of the packing is smaller than the depth of the fitting groove. A cooker characterized in that it is made larger and protrudes from the upper surface of the bottom.