JPH0824623B2 - Fully automatic rice cooker - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a fully-automatic rice cooker used in general households.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, fully-automatic rice cookers that measure rice, wash rice, adjust water and cook rice have already been proposed. In addition, domestic rice cookers with various cooking functions are also commercially available.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention In the above-mentioned conventional method, when the rice cooker is equipped with a water addition / reduction function, an appropriate range of cooked rice is determined for each menu so that spillage etc. does not occur If the amount was not set, there was a risk of failure, and it was extremely unusable.

The present invention solves the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a fully automatic rice cooker that has a simple structure and is easy to use and does not fail.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a rice pot part capable of storing and discharging a predetermined amount of rice, and a polishing or washing part for removing sugar content of the rice supplied from the rice pot part. And a rice transfer section for transferring the polished or washed rice, a water supply section for supplying water necessary for cooking rice, and a rice cooking section for cooking rice with the rice and water supplied from the rice transfer section and the water supply section. And a control circuit unit that incorporates a microcomputer to perform a series of sequence control and rice cooking control, an input operation unit that inputs rice cooking conditions to the control circuit unit, and an input display unit that is interlocked with the input operation unit. It constitutes a rice cooker, and the input display section has a menu display area for displaying white rice, porridge, etc. and a rice cooking quantity display area for displaying the rice cooking quantity, and the rice cooking quantity is displayed according to the menu selected in the menu display area. The contents of the area are It is configured to be displayed in response.

Effect The present invention has the above-mentioned configuration, and the amount of cooked rice is displayed in the cooked rice amount display area according to the menu you want to cook rice. It is possible.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. In the figure, 1 is a rice pot that can store and discharge a predetermined amount of rice, and 2 is a polishing unit that removes the sugar content of the rice supplied from the rice pot 1. In this embodiment, there is no water using a brush or the like. I am trying to polish the rice. 3 is a rice transfer unit for transferring the polished rice, 4 is a water supply unit for supplying water necessary for cooking rice, and 5 is rice cooked with the rice and water supplied from the rice transfer unit 3 and the water supply unit 4. The rice cooking unit, 6 is a control circuit unit which incorporates a microcomputer and performs a series of sequence control and rice cooking control, 7 is an input operation unit for inputting rice cooking conditions to the control circuit unit 6, and 8 is interlocked with the input operation unit 7. It is an input display section.

FIG. 2 shows a concrete example of the input operation unit 7 and the input display unit 8. 9 is a course key for setting a course, 10 is a menu key for setting a menu, 11 is a rice cooking amount key for setting a rice cooking amount. , 12 is a water addition key to set the desired hardness,
13 is an hour / minute key for time adjustment, 14 is a reservation key for making a reservation, 15 is a start key for starting a sequence, 16 is a cancel key for canceling various inputs, and 17 is a display for fully automatic operation or manual operation. The course display area, 18 is a menu display area that displays white rice, porridge, etc., and 19 is a rice cooking amount display area that displays the number of rice cooking cups. FIG. 3 shows the proper cooked rice amount range corresponding to each menu.

The operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. Taking the case of fully automatic cooking of 5 cups of white rice as an example, the user selects the fully automatic course display area 17 with the course key 9. Then, the menu display area 18 displays a menu that can be performed automatically. Select white rice from the menu key 10 Next, when 5 cups are set with the rice cooking amount key 11, "5 cups" is displayed in the rice cooking amount display area 19. Further, set the desired hardness with the water addition key 12, and press the start key 15. Then, the control circuit unit 6 performs a series of sequence control and rice cooking control according to the input rice cooking conditions. That is, a predetermined amount of rice is weighed from the rice grain portion 1 and supplied to the rice polishing portion 2. The rice polishing unit 2 has a mechanism for grinding and separating sugar from the surface of rice, and the rice from which sugar has been removed is transported to the rice cooking unit 5 by the rice transfer unit 3 having a fan motor built therein. On the other hand, the water supply unit 4 supplies the rice cooking unit 5 with a preset amount of rice cooked, that is, rice cooking water calculated by the amount of rice of 5 cups and the desired hardness. When the rice and water are completely supplied to the rice cooking section 5, the rice cooking operation starts.

Here, the correspondence between the menu display area 18 of the input display section 8 and the rice cooking amount display area 19 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. For example, in the case of a rice cooker that can cook 2 to 10 cups of white rice, the porridge uses more water than rice cooked with white rice, so the whole rice is boiled.
5 to 3.5 cups, 5 minutes boiled and 0.5 to 2 cups are the proper cooking range. Therefore, the menu key of the input operation unit 7
Even if you select 10 rice porridge and try to set 5 cups, you cannot set more than 3.5 cups if all are boiled, and if 5 minutes is boiled, 2 cups is the maximum amount of rice cooked The rice cooking conditions can be set without fail while watching the display.

It should be noted that in the above-mentioned embodiment, the rice is washed in the rice polishing section 2 without water, but a rice washing section may be provided instead to wash the rice with water.

Effect of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, the amount of cooked rice is displayed in the cooked rice amount display area according to the menu to be cooked, and the maximum cooked amount of the menu cannot be set. By doing so, rice can be cooked without failure such as spillage, and a very convenient rice cooker can be provided, and its industrial value is great.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a concrete embodiment of an input operation unit and an input display unit, and FIG.
The figure is a diagram showing a list of appropriate cooked rice amount ranges corresponding to the respective menus. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Rice cracking part, 2 ... Polishing part, 3 ... Rice transfer part, 4 ... Water supply part, 5 ... Rice cooking part, 6 ... Control circuit part, 7 ... Input operation part, 8
… Input display section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A rice grain part capable of storing and discharging a predetermined amount of rice, a grain polishing or washing part for removing sugar content of the rice supplied from the grain grain part, and a rice transporting the grain polished or washed rice. A transfer unit, a water supply unit that supplies water necessary for cooking rice, a rice cooking unit that cooks rice with the rice and water supplied from the rice transfer unit and the water supply unit, and a series of sequence control and rice cooking that incorporates a microcomputer. A control circuit unit for controlling,
It comprises an input operation section for inputting rice cooking conditions to the control circuit section and an input display section interlocking with the input operation section, wherein the input display section is a menu display area on the surface of white rice, porridge, etc. and the amount of cooked rice. A fully automatic rice cooker which has a rice-cooking amount display area for displaying and the content of the rice-cooking amount display area is displayed according to the selected menu in the menu display area.