JPH0755185B2 - Cooking device - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a cooker capable of both cooking rice and making bread.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a rice cooker has been used to cook rice, and a bread maker has been used to make bread. And, in general, it is rare to eat bread or rice at the same time,
Therefore, either the rice cooker or the bread maker was used according to preference, and both were rarely used at the same time.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention Even though the rice cooker and the bread maker are not used at the same time as described above, since both of them are conventionally required, a lot of storage space is required, and they are used at the same time. Therefore, there is a problem that the rice cooker and the bread maker are not effectively used.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cooking machine capable of cooking rice and making bread by itself.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a container for containing contents, a heating device for heating the container, a stirring device for stirring the contents in the container, and A temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature in the container, and a control means for inputting a signal from the temperature detecting means to drive and control the heating means and the stirring means, wherein the control means stores a rice cooking process. The first storage means and the second storage means for storing the bread making process are provided, and the process control by the first or second storage means is performed in accordance with the signal of the selection means for selecting each process. The rice cooking process and the bread making process are both configured using the same container.

According to the above configuration, if either the rice cooking process or the bread making process is selected by the selection means, the control means controls the temperature in the container according to the selected process and stirs the contents to cook the rice. Alternatively, bread is to be made.

Embodiments Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

The configuration of the cooking machine in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 1, a rotary blade 2 which is a stirring means for stirring contents is provided in a container 1, and the rotary blade 2 is driven by a rotary blade driving means 3. The heater 4, which is a heating means for heating the container 1, is driven by the heater driving means 5. The temperature detecting means 6 for detecting the temperature in the container 1 heated by the heater 4 outputs its output signal to the comparator 7. The comparator 7 compares the signal of the reference temperature signal generating means 8 with the signal of the temperature detecting means 6 and outputs the result to the first and second process storing means 9 and 10. The first and second process storage means 9 and 10 also input the output of the time limit means 11,
Moreover, it is selected by the select switch which is a selecting means. The first process storage means 9 stores the rice cooking process,
The heater drive means 5 and the rotary blade drive means 3 are controlled by the signal from the comparator 7 and the count signal of the time limit means 11 to perform temperature control and time control suitable for cooking rice. Further, the second storage means stores the bread making process, and controls the heater driving means 5 and the rotary blade driving means by the signal from the comparator and the count signal of the timing means 11 to control the temperature suitable for the bread making. And time control. The control means 13 comprises a comparator 7, a reference temperature signal generation means 8, a time limit means 11, and first and second process storage means 9 and 10.

Next, a specific configuration of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 2, the control means is composed of a microcomputer 13, an A / D converter 14 is connected to the input side of the microcomputer 13, and the signal of the temperature detecting means 6 such as a thermistor and the signal of the select switch 12 are supplied. Inputting after converting to digital. Switching means 15a to 15c are connected to the output side of the microcomputer 13, and these switching means 15a to 1c make contact with a relay coil 16a for turning on / off the heater 4 via a contact point 17a and a motor 18 for driving the rotary blade 2.
The relay coil 16b that turns on and off and the yeast charging device 20 that charges the yeast 19 into the container 1 are controlled via 17b and 17c.

Next, the control of the microcomputer 13 will be described with reference to FIG. That is, it is determined whether or not the first sequence has been set by the select switch 12, and if the first sequence has been set, control is performed based on the contents of the first process storage means 9. First, the switching means 15a, 15b are operated to drive the heater 4 and the motor 5 to heat and stir the rice and water in the container 1. And the temperature from the temperature detecting means 6 determines whether or not reached T ₁ ° C., and turns off the motor 5 when reached T ₁ ° C.. Then, the heater 4 continues to be driven and the temperature rises as shown in FIG. When the temperature reaches T ₂ ℃ which is higher than T _{1, the} heater 4 is turned off and the rice cooking process is completed.

If it is determined that the first sequence is not set by the select switch 12, the control is performed based on the contents of the second process storage means 10. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, since the bending step is performed for T ₁ hour, the motor 5 is turned on for T ₁ hour to drive the rotary vanes 2 to bend the bread material in the container 1. Next, the switching means 15c is operated to feed the yeast 19 from the yeast feeding device 20. And heater 4 so that the temperature becomes T ₃ ℃
Is controlled on and off, and this temperature control is performed for T ₂ hours (fermentation process). When this fermentation process is completed, the process moves to a firing process in which the heater 4 is controlled to be turned on and off at a temperature of T ₄ ° C, and the operation is ended after T ₃ hours.

The rotary blades 2 are driven in the above rice cooking process in order to make the temperature of the contents uniform, and the rotary blades 2 used in the kneading process necessary in the bread making process can be effectively used in the rice cooking process.

Although a heater is used as the heating means in this embodiment, heating by a baking tool or induction heating may be used.

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION As is apparent from the above description of the embodiments, according to the present invention, bread ingredients or rice cooking ingredients are put in one container,
If either the rice cooking or the bread making process is selected by the selecting means, the rice cooking and the bread making can be performed in one container, and the rice cooking and the bread making can be combined by one device. Furthermore, the unevenness of temperature can be reduced by utilizing the stirring means used for bread making when cooking rice, and the uneven cooking at the time of cooking rice can also be prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a cooker according to an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 2 is the same specific circuit diagram, FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the same control, FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of the same rice cooking process, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of the same bread making process. 1 ... container, 2 ... rotor, 3 ... rotor drive means, 4
...... Heater, 5 ...... Heater driving means, 6 ...... Temperature detecting means, 7 ...... Comparator, 8 ...... Reference temperature signal generating means, 9 ・ ・ ・
... first process storage means, 10 ... second process storage means, 10
...... Time means, 12 …… Select switch, 13 …… Control means.

Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Yasuhiko Tanaka 1006 Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (56) References: Sho 63-196631 (JP, U)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A container for containing contents, a heating means for heating the container, a stirring means for stirring the contents in the container, a temperature detecting means for detecting a temperature in the container, and a temperature for detecting the temperature. A control means for inputting a signal from the detection means and drivingly controlling the heating means and the stirring means is provided, and the control means stores a first storage means for storing a rice cooking process and a bread making process. 2 storage means, the first or second depending on the signal of the selection means for selecting each step
The cooker uses the same container for both the rice cooking process and the bread making process while controlling the process by the storage means.