JP3798334B2 - Household rice milling machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a rice milling mechanism of a domestic rice mill, and more particularly to a rice bran receiver and a rice receiver container.
[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 installed 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 returned to their original positions.
[0003]
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.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, when the bran container and the rice container are arranged on the left and right, the width of the front surface of the rice milling machine becomes large, and there is an inconvenience that it is impossible to effectively use the installation space in the kitchen of a general household.
[0005]
Further, in any of the above-mentioned types, the bran receiving container is often forgotten and the bran accumulates one after another, and finally the bran fills the rice milling mechanism, resulting in a machine failure.
[0006]
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to make the width of the rice mill small and not forget to remove the bran receiving container.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention is configured so that a bran receiving container for receiving bran discharged from the rice milling chamber during rice milling and a rice receiving container for receiving rice discharged after the rice milling can be installed and removed freely below the rice milling chamber. The rice bran receiving container and the rice receiving container are arranged side by side with the bran receiving container in front and the rice receiving container in the back, with reference to the direction in which the bran receiving container is removed from the rice mill. The configuration was adopted.
[0008]
According to said structure, since a bran receptacle container and a rice receiving container are arrange | positioned in the front-back direction, the width | variety of a rice mill becomes small compared with the case where it arrange | positions in the left-right direction.
[0009]
Also, by adopting the configuration of this, it is necessary sure to remove the bran receiving vessel before taking out the rice receptacle, it is prevented from forgetting to take the bran receiving vessel.
[0010]
The rice receiving container is installed on a tray, and the bran receiving container is detachably installed on a part of the tray protruding forward from the rice receiving container, or on the front of the rice receiving container. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which a recess is provided and the bran receptacle is detachably fitted in the recess.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 and 2 is an inclined circulation type rice milling machine, and a rice milling motor 3 is mounted on the machine base 2 with a certain gradient inside the casing 1, and the motor shaft thereof. The rice milling roll 4 attached to the head also extends obliquely upward with the gradient. 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 9.
[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 8. The upper end of the return passage 8 is opened to the hopper 5. Thereby, as shown by the arrow in FIG. 2, a circulation passage through which rice grains circulate in the order of the hopper 5, the discharge port 6, the rice milling chamber 7, the return passage 8, 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]
As shown in FIG. 1, the rice receiving container 12 and the bran receiving container 15 are installed on a base 19 recessed inwardly below the operation panel 18 on the front surface of the rice milling machine. A bran receiving container 15 made of a cylindrical container is fitted into the recess 21 on the front surface of the front panel. The bran receptacle 15 is provided with a handle 27, and the handle 27 is gripped and taken out in the take-out direction indicated by the arrow A (that is, the direction from the inside of the rice mill to the outside of the front of the rice mill).
As described above, the context in this specification is based on the reference with the removal direction of the bran receptacle 15 indicated by the arrow A in FIG.
[0016]
A tool case 23 is detachably provided by a magnet 24 on a step portion 22 provided above the rear portion of the casing 1. In the tool case 23, a measuring cup 25, a cleaning brush 26, and the like are stored.
[0017]
FIG. 3 shows various examples of the combination of the rice receiving container 12 and the bran receiving container 15, and FIG. 3 (a) is the same as that shown in FIGS. The bran receptacle 15 is provided with a handle 27. When the bran receiving container 15 is fitted into the concave portion 21 provided on the front surface of the rice receiving container 12 with the handle 27, about half of the bran receiving container 15 enters the concave portion 21. Can be formed small. In addition, the structure which provides the recessed part 21 in the front surface of the rice receiving container 12 is the same also in other examples.
[0018]
FIG. 3B shows a case where the bottom surface of the rice receiving container 12 is fixed to the tray 28. Rice grains spilling out of the rice receiving container 12 can be received by the tray 28.
[0019]
FIG. 3 (c) shows a box-shaped rice receiving container 12 provided with a circular hole 29 into which the bran receiving container 15 can be attached and detached.
[0020]
FIG. 3D shows a box-shaped tray 30 in which the rice receiving container 12 and the bran receiving container 15 are arranged forward and backward with the bran receiving container 15 in front.
[0021]
The domestic rice milling machine of the embodiment is as described above, and the operation thereof will be described next. At the time of milling, the user puts a predetermined amount of brown rice into the hopper 5, turns on the power switch 32 of the operation panel 18 provided on the front surface of the casing 1, and then operates the milling degree setting key 31 to operate the desired milled rice. Input the degree into the microcomputer. Thereafter, when the start key 33 is turned on, the microcomputer executes the rice milling process, the rice milling motor 3 is driven, and rice milling is started. Brown rice that has entered the rice milling chamber 7 from the discharge port 6 of the hopper 5 is caused by friction between the brown rice inside the rice milling screen 34 due to the feeding action and reverse feeding action of the rice milling roll 4 and the action of gravity due to the inclination of the rice milling chamber 7. However, the rice is gradually polished by the friction.
[0022]
Further, the bran generated with the progress of the rice milling action is sucked by the suction device 17 and discharged to the outside through the slit of the rice milling screen 34. Then, it is separated from air in the cyclone device 14 and discharged into the bran receptacle 15.
[0023]
In this way, the rice milling is progressed while circulating through the circulation path, and when it is detected by a suitable sensor that the predetermined rice milling degree has been reached, the rice milling is stopped and the shutter (not shown) below the discharge port 6 is opened. As a result, the polished rice in the hopper 5 passes through the rice guide member 11 and is discharged into the rice receiving container 12.
[0024]
After that, when the user tries to cook rice using the rice in the rice receiving container 12, it is necessary to remove the bran receiving container 15 in front of the rice bran. The user can be made aware of the existence of the turtle.
[0025]
In addition, although the case of the circulation type rice milling system was described in the above embodiment, the same rice receiving container 12 and bran receiving container 15 can be used also in other systems such as a single-pass system.
[0026]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, since the rice receiving container and the bran receiving container are arranged in the front-rear direction, the width of the rice milling machine is reduced, and the rice milling machine can be installed using a narrow space in a home kitchen. . In addition, when trying to take out the rice after milling, the user is forced to touch the bran receiving container, so that the user can be aware of the bran inside the rice bran and prompt the appropriate processing.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the same. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of examples of combinations of a rice receiving container and a bran receiving container.
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Casing 2 Machine base 3 Rice milling motor 4 Rice mill roll 5 Hopper 6 Discharge port 7 Rice milling chamber 8 Return passage 9 Lid 11 Rice guide member 12 Rice receiving container 13 Bran guide member 14 Cyclone device 15 Bran receiving container 16 Hose 17 Suction device 18 Operation panel 19 Base 21 Recess 22 Step 23 Tool case 24 Magnet 25 Measuring cup 26 Cleaning brush 27 Handle 28 Tray 29 Circular hole 30 Box-shaped tray 31 Rice milling setting key 32 Power switch 33 Start key 34 Rice milling screen

Claims (4)

In domestic rice mill consisting installed freely out rice receiving vessel for receiving the rice is discharged after bran receptacle and polished rice subjected to bran discharged below the respective rice chamber from rice compartment at rice, container receiving bran above A rice mill for household use, wherein the rice bran receiving container is arranged in front and back with the rice bran receiving container in the front and the rice receiving container in the rear, based on the direction in which the bran receiving container is removed from the rice mill. Housing according to claim 1, characterized in that the rice receptacle above was placed on the tray, and detachably installing the rice receiving part receiving the bran container of the tray protrudes forward from the container Rice milling machine. 3. A domestic rice milling machine according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein a concave portion is provided on the front surface of the rice receiving container, and the bran receiving container is detachably fitted into the concave portion. The rice receiving container is formed in a box shape, a circular hole is provided in a front portion of the box-shaped rice receiving container, and a bran receiving container is detachably installed in the circular hole. Rice milling machine for home use.

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