JPH0693863B2 - Automatic rice cooker - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an automatic rice cooker used in general households.

Conventional technology In conventional automatic rice cookers that perform a series of operations from washing rice, adding water, and cooking rice, "white rice", "germ rice", and "brown rice"
The types of rice such as "normal cooking" and "high speed cooking",
How to cook "porridge" etc., the amount of rice cooked and the amount of water
The data stored in ROM (Read Only Memory) was used.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in such a conventional method, since the state returns to the initial state each time rice is cooked, even when cooking with the same rice type and cooking method and the amount of cooked rice and the amount of water added every day, Depending on the household, if there are a couple of fixed types of rice and how to cook and a combination pattern of the amount of rice cooked and the amount of water added depending on the taste of the family, it was necessary to reset these settings each time the rice was cooked. .

An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic rice cooker that solves such problems.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the automatic rice cooker of the present invention is a rice cooker that stores a rice and a rice cooker consisting of a pot for heating rice and a heating means, and can discharge a predetermined amount at a time. Part, a rice washing part for washing rice discharged from the rice bowl part, a water supply part for supplying water necessary for cooking rice, and a control circuit part for controlling these parts, and the control circuit part, An operation part for setting the type of rice and how to cook, the amount of rice cooked and the amount of water added,
A type of rice and how to cook, and a rewritable memory circuit that stores and stores the combination of two or more types of rice and the amount of cooked rice, and a display unit that displays the type of rice, how to cook, the amount of cooked rice, and the amount of cooked water. The operation section is configured so that it can call the type of rice, the cooking method, the amount of cooked rice, and the water addition / reduction of an arbitrary combination stored in advance.

Effect According to the present invention, with the above-described configuration, the type of rice and the cooking method and the amount of cooked rice and the amount of water can be stored in the rewritable memory circuit in a combination of two or more types, so that the rice is cooked next time. Occasionally, operate the switch for calling the rice type and cooking method, the amount of rice cooked, and the amount of rice that have been stored in advance, and select the desired type of rice, the cooking method, and the combination of the amount of rice cooked and the amount of water added. After calling, it is possible to cook rice with a preset amount of cooked rice and a preset amount of water by simply pressing the start switch once.

Embodiment One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

FIG. 1 shows an overall configuration diagram of an automatic rice cooker according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a pot for cooking rice,
The pot 1 is heated by the heating means 2. Reference numeral 3 is a rice bin for storing rice, and a rice outlet 4 is provided in the rice pot 3 so that a predetermined amount of rice is discharged from the rice outlet 4. Reference numeral 5 denotes a rice washing unit for washing the rice discharged from the rice outlet 4, and the rice washed in the rice washing unit 5 is transferred to the pan 1 by the transfer unit 6. Reference numeral 7 denotes a water tank for storing water necessary for cooking rice. The water in the water tank 7 is put into the pot 1 by a water supply pump 8 through a water supply pipe 9 and a water supply nozzle 10 attached to the tip of the water supply pipe 9. Water is supplied. 11 is a control circuit for controlling the above-mentioned parts to automatically cook rice 12
And an operation unit 13 for setting a predetermined rice type, cooking method, rice cooking amount, and water addition / reduction, and a rewritable memory that stores the rice type and cooking method, and the rice cooking amount and water adjustment in two or more types A control circuit unit including a storage circuit 14.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an automatic rice cooker according to an embodiment of the present invention, and the operation will be described according to this block diagram.

First, when the power is turned on, the rewritable storage circuit 14 stores, for example, three types of rice and a method of cooking and a combination of the amount of rice cooked and the amount of water added. Therefore, when the rice is cooked for the first time, the child's preference A, Grandfather's preference B, father's preference C, and the respective types of rice, the cooking method, the amount of cooked rice, and the amount of water to be cooked are stored in the memory circuit 14 through the operation unit 13, and when the children's taste is today, Display the type of rice in the combination of A, how to cook, the amount of rice cooked and the amount of water added
When 16 is displayed and the start switch is pressed, the set amount of cooked rice is discharged from the rice pot part 3 and then washed in the rice washing part 5 into the pot 1. In addition, the amount of water enters the pan 1 from the water supply unit 8 according to the set amount of water.

Then, when the set amount of cooked rice and the adjusted amount of water are prepared in the pan 1, the heating means 2 heats the pan 1, and the temperature detector 15 detects the temperature of the pan 1 to change the heating means 2 to the type of rice. Complete the cooked rice by controlling according to the cooking method.

All of these series of movements are controlled by the control circuit 12.

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which the type of rice and how to cook and the amount of rice cooked and the amount of water added are stored is shown, but it is possible to store any of these.

Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, as is clear from the description of the above embodiments,
First of all, set and memorize the kind of rice and the cooking style, the amount of rice cooked and the amount of water that the family likes. It can be called only by operation, after that the rice is started by pressing the start switch and the type of rice and how it is called, the amount of rice cooked and the amount of water added, and the rice is automatically completed by a series of operations , It is not necessary to reset the rice type and cooking method, and the rice cooking amount and water adjustment each time. Therefore, the operation is extremely easy and it is not necessary for each person to remember the taste of the family. It is the target.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view of an automatic rice cooker showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the automatic rice cooker. 1 ... pan, 2 ... heating means, 3 ... rice pot, 5 ... rice washing part, 8 ... water supply part, 11 ... control circuit part, 13 ... operation part, 14 ... memory circuit, 16 ... ... Display.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A rice cooking unit comprising a pot for heating rice and a heating means, a rice pot for storing rice and discharging a predetermined amount of rice, and a rice washing unit for washing the rice discharged from the rice pot. A water supply unit for supplying water necessary for cooking rice, and a control circuit unit for controlling each of these units, wherein the control circuit unit is
An operation unit for setting a predetermined rice type, cooking method, rice cooking amount, and water addition / decrease, and a rewritable memory circuit that stores the type of rice, rice cooking method, rice cooking amount, and water addition / decrease in a combination of two or more kinds. , A type of rice and how to cook, and a display unit that displays the amount of rice cooked and the amount of water added, and the operation unit calls the combination of the type of rice, how to cook rice, the amount of rice cooked and the amount of water stored in advance. An automatic rice cooker configured to be able to.