JPH0661090U - Device with rice cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] An even amount of cooked rice can be placed in a plurality of bento boxes located below by a branched weighing hopper. [Structure] A weighing hopper 4 is provided below the outlet of the loosening hopper 3, and the weighing hopper 4 is branched in accordance with the number of containers 7 such as a lunch box to be supplied at the same time. The shutter 5 and the lower shutter 6 are provided at intervals in the vertical direction, and a distribution damper 2 that can open and close each passage 4a of the branched weighing hopper 4 is provided on the way.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a cooked rice applicator for supplying cooked rice in a container such as a lunch box and feeding it in a fixed amount.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 As a conventional cooked rice applicator, there is one that has a weighing hopper installed below the loosening hopper and has two upper and lower shutters that slide inward and outward at the bottom of the loosening hopper. The cooked rice is divided between the upper and lower two shutters. By opening the lower shutter and dropping it into two lunch boxes located below, rice is supplied and arranged at the same time.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in the conventional rice cooker, the cooked rice loosened in the loosening hopper is supplied to the weighing hopper by natural fall, so that the flow of cooked rice inevitably causes unevenness in the weighing hopper, and the cooked rice is evenly distributed. Since it is difficult to separate the boxes and the softness of the cooked rice, it is very difficult to evenly distribute the serving amount of each lunch box.

Therefore, the present invention is intended to provide a cooked rice applicator capable of serving an equal amount of cooked rice on a plurality of lunch boxes or the like located below by a branched weighing hopper.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above object, a measuring hopper is provided below the outlet of the loosening hopper, and the measuring hopper is branched according to the number of containers such as lunch boxes to be supplied at the same time, and the inside of the measuring hopper is opened and closed. An upper shutter and a lower shutter are provided at intervals in the vertical direction, and a distribution damper that can open and close each passage of the branched weighing hopper is provided on the way.

Further, it is preferable to provide a cooked rice sensor capable of detecting cooked rice supplied to each of the branched passages of the weighing hopper due to the effects described later.

Further, the weighing hopper may be bifurcated to form a guide portion, and a distribution damper may be installed in a substantially lower center of the loosening hopper to open and close each passage.

[0008]

[Action]

 As described above, according to the cooked rice applicator of the present invention, the cooked rice is fed into the loosening hopper from the rice cooker to loosen the cooked rice inside, and the distribution damper provided in the middle of the branching passage of the weighing hopper. By supplying the cooked rice with only the supply passage opened and the other passages closed, it is possible to sequentially supply the cooked rice to the branched passages in the weighing hopper in a uniform state. Then, with the lower shutter closed, the upper shutter was opened and closed to hold a certain amount of cooked rice between the upper and lower shutters, and the lower shutter was opened to position it below. It is possible to supply and serve a fixed amount of cooked rice at the same time in multiple lunch boxes and other containers.

Further, in the case of using a cooked rice sensor capable of detecting cooked rice supplied to each of the branched passages of the weighing hopper, each cooked rice is detected by the cooked rice sensor. The amount of cooked rice supplied into each branched passage in the weighing hopper that supplies containers such as boxes can be made constant.

[0010] Next, the weighing hopper is branched into two to form a guide portion, and a distribution damper is installed in the lower center of the loosening hopper at approximately the center, so that each passage can be opened and closed. By rotating the sorting damper located in the lower part of the loosening hopper, the inside of one guide part of the weighing hopper is closed and the inside of the other guide part is opened, so that cooked rice can be supplied alternately.

[0011]

【Example】

 The details of the present invention will be described with reference to further illustrated embodiments. 1 to 4 show a cooked rice applicator A according to a typical embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the apparatus A with cooked rice includes a stirring hopper 1, a loosening hopper 3 having a distribution damper 2, a weighing hopper 4, an upper shutter 5, a lower shutter 6, and a container 7 such as a lunch box. It is composed of transfer means 8 for sequentially feeding, and a reversing machine B is installed on the side thereof. Particularly, in the cooked rice applicator A of the illustrated example, as shown in FIG. 1, the two rows of the loosening hoppers 3 and the weighing hoppers 4 are incorporated into the machine body 9, and the stirring hopper 1 is provided on the machine body 9 so that they can be moved. It is possible to add cooked rice to any of the loosening hoppers 3. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the weighing hopper 4 is branched into two rows to supply cooked rice to a container 7 such as a lunch box fed in two rows. Hereinafter, description will be made in order.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the stirring hopper 1 is provided with a stirring blade 10 inside and is made rotatable by a driving unit, and stirs the cooked rice that has been thrown in and stirs it. It has agitating shutters 11, 11 that can be opened and closed with an a cylinder or the like. The stirring hopper 1 is incorporated in an assembly frame and can be moved on the machine body 9 by a drive unit (not shown).

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the disentanglement hopper 3 is provided with a pair of disentanglement blades 12 and 12 facing each other, is rotatable by a drive unit, and further stirs the stirred rice.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the distribution damper 2 penetrates the rotary shaft 14 and is fixed to the base end of the blade body 13 having a sharp tip, and the rotary shaft 14 is loosened and positioned under the hopper 3. Now, the both ends are attached so as to be supported by bearings 15, and one end of the rotary shaft 14 is connected via a coupling 16 to a distribution damper drive unit 17 using a rotary actuator etc. As shown by the imaginary line in Fig. 3, 13 can be rotated left and right.

The weighing hopper 4 is composed of an upper weighing hopper 18 and a lower weighing hopper 19. The upper weighing hopper 18 has a receiving portion 20 positioned at the outlet of the loosening hopper 3 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, and two rectangular tubular guide portions 21 are extended downward from the receiving portion 20. The guide parts 21, 21 are separated into two parts by a flange or the like, the upper part is an intermediate hopper 18a, and the lower part is a measuring member 18b. A rice sensor 22 for confirming that the supplied rice has reached a certain amount is installed in the passage 21a in each guide portion 21. The lower weighing hopper 19 is located at the outlet of the upper weighing hopper 18 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, and has spaces 23, 23 for weighing the cooked rice supplied from the guide portion 21 to a constant amount. .

The upper shutter 5 is located between the upper weighing hopper 18 and the lower weighing hopper 19 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, and shuts off the cooked rice supplied from the upper weighing hopper 18. Is a pair of plate-shaped upper shutters 5 and 5 whose front ends are bent downwards, and can be opened and closed by being slidable by an air cylinder 24 or the like.

The lower shutter 6 is located below the lower weighing hopper 19 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, and shuts off the cooked rice supplied from the lower weighing hopper 19, and specifically, a pair of plates. The lower shutters 6 and 6 are shaped to face each other and can be opened and closed by sliding with an air cylinder 25 or the like.

Therefore, by arranging the lower weighing hopper 6 between them and partitioning them by the upper shutter 5 and the lower shutter 6, it is possible to set a fixed amount of cooked rice. Further, although not particularly shown, it is possible to provide an upper shutter 5 and a lower shutter 6 that operate independently for each guide portion 21 of the lower weighing hopper 19.

As shown in FIG. 4, the transfer means 8 has two endlessly rotatable transfer chains 26 horizontally arranged, and as shown in FIG. 4, a container 7 such as a lunch box is placed on the transfer chain 26. A pair of locking members 27, 27, which can be locked at both ends, are provided upright at equal intervals, and are connected by a transfer means drive unit 28 using a motor or the like to be connected by a chain so that the lower weighing hopper 19 can be rotated. The container 7 such as a lunch box can be continuously supplied downward.

As shown in FIG. 1, the reversing machine B is provided with an endless rotating feeding chain 29 from the lower side to the upper side, which is connected by the reversing machine driving unit 30 to be rotatable and the rice cooker 31 can be rotated. It is possible to feed the cooked rice to the stirring hopper 1 by moving it and rotating it upward.

In addition, in the above-mentioned rice cooker A, the distribution damper 2 is located inside the lower portion of the loosening hopper 3, but it is not particularly limited, and for example, the upper portion of the upper weighing hopper 18 can be used. It is also possible to provide a cylindrical body of another member having the distribution damper 2 inside or inside, and to position it between the loosening hopper 3 and the weighing hopper 4.

Further, in the above-mentioned upper weighing hopper 18 of the weighing hopper 4, the guide portion 21 is extended so as to have a bifurcated shape, but the present invention is not limited to branching into two directions, and three directions and four directions. It may be branched in a plurality of directions such as. In that case, the flow of cooked rice can be similarly regulated by increasing the number of distribution dampers 2.

Further, the structure of the distribution damper 2 is not limited to the one described above, and various known dampers can be adopted as long as they can regulate the flow of the cooked rice sent in. .

Thus, according to the rice cooker A of the representative embodiment of the present invention, the rice cooker 31 is moved upward from below by the feed chain 29 of the adjacent reversing machine B, and rice is cooked above. The pot 31 is turned upside down, the cooked rice is put into the stirring hopper 1, stirred by the stirring blade 10 inside and stirred, and then the stirring shutters 11 and 11 that have been closed are opened to cook the cooked rice. The rice is put into the loosening hopper 3, and the cooked rice is pushed out while being loosened by the rotation of the unwinding blades 12 in the loosening hopper 3. Further, with the upper shutters 5, 5 and lower shutters 6, 6 closed, at the outlet side of the loosening hopper 3, the sorting damper 2 is tilted to one side as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. When one guide part 21 is closed and cooked rice is thrown into the other guide part 21 and the amount of cooked rice reaches a certain amount, the cooked rice sensor 22 detects it, and the distribution damper 2 is moved to the other side as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. Tilt to the other side to close the other guide part 21 of the upper weighing hopper 18, the cooked rice is fed into the one guide part 21, and the cooked rice sensor 22 detects that the cooked rice reaches a certain amount, and the unwinding blades 12, 12 Supply is stopped. Then, after the upper shutters 5 and 5 are opened and rice is supplied into the space portion 23 of the lower weighing hopper 19, the upper shutters 5 and 5 are closed and the lower shutters 6 and 6 are opened, so that the lunch boxes located below are opened. A fixed amount of cooked rice is simultaneously supplied into the container 7 such as a box. Furthermore, the container 7 such as a lunch box is sequentially fed by the transfer chain 26 of the transfer means 8, and a fixed amount of cooked rice is similarly supplied into the container 7 such as a lunch box. When the amount of cooked rice in the upper weighing hopper 18 decreases, cooked rice is detected by the cooked rice sensor 22 and the sorting damper 2 moves in the same manner. .

As described above, according to the rice cooker A of the representative embodiment according to the present invention, the outlet side of the loosening hopper 3 is rotated by the distribution damper 2 as shown in FIG. Since the passages 21a, 21a in the respective guide parts 21, 21 of the weighing hopper 18 can be alternately opened and closed, one of the guide parts 21 can be closed and the other guide part 21 can be opened by the distribution damper 2. By feeding the cooked rice and detecting it by the cooked rice sensor 22, it is possible to supply a fixed amount of cooked rice in the respective guide portions 21, 21. Therefore, the density of the cooked rice in the respective guide portions 21, 21 can be kept uniform, and the cooked rice is stored in the space 23 of the lower weighing hopper 19 by the movement of the upper shutters 5, 5 and the lower shutters 6, 6. It is possible to supply a certain amount of cooked rice into the container 7 such as a lunch box. Particularly, in the cooked rice apparatus A of the illustrated example, since the upper weighing hopper 18 is divided into the intermediate hopper 18a and the weighing member 18b as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the guide portions 21 of the intermediate hopper 18a are separated. The cooked rice sensor 22 supplies the cooked rice with a constant height, and the cooked rice in the measuring member 18b is kept at a constant density.

[0026]

[Effect of device]

 Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. According to the cooked rice applicator of claim 1, among the branched passages of the weighing hopper, only the supply passage is opened and the other passages are closed by the distribution damper provided on the way to supply the cooked rice. This makes it possible to supply cooked rice in a uniform manner to the branched passages in the weighing hopper. Therefore, the density of cooked rice in each passage can be kept uniform, and a fixed amount of cooked rice can be simultaneously supplied into the containers such as a plurality of lunch boxes located below by the movement of the upper shutter and the lower shutter. Can be done.

According to the cooked rice applicator of the second aspect, the amount of cooked rice supplied into the branched passage of the weighing hopper supplied to each container such as a lunch box can be made constant. The volume density of the cooked rice stored in the branched passage can be kept constant, and the cooked rice can be kept in a more uniform state.

According to the cooked rice applicator of claim 3, by rotating the distribution damper provided at the center of the lower part of the loosening hopper, the inside of one guide part of the weighing hopper is closed and the inside of the other guide part is closed. Since rice can be supplied alternately by opening it, it is possible to easily operate with one sorting damper.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a device with rice cooker according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory front view of a partial cross-sectional state showing the main part of the same.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory side view of a partial cross-sectional state showing the main part of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Boiler-equipped device B Reversing machine 1 Stirring hopper 2 Sorting damper 3 Disentangling hopper 4 Weighing hopper 5 Upper shutter 6 Lower shutter 7 Container 8 Transfer means 9 Machine body 10 Stirring blade 11 Stirring shutter 12 Disentangling blade 13 Blade body 14 Rotating shaft 15 Bearing 16 Coupling 17 Damper drive part 18 Upper weighing hopper 19 Lower weighing hopper 20 Receiving part 21 Guide part 22 Rice sensor 23 Space part 24 Air cylinder 25 Air cylinder 26 Transfer chain 27 Locking member 28 Transfer means drive part 29 Feed chain 30 Inverter drive unit 31 Rice cooker

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An upper shutter and a lower portion which have a weighing hopper below the outlet of the loosening hopper, branch the weighing hopper according to the number of containers such as a lunch box to be simultaneously supplied, and open and close the inside of the lower portion of the weighing hopper. A device with rice cooker characterized in that shutters are provided at intervals in the vertical direction, and a distribution damper that can open and close each passage of the branched weighing hopper is provided in the middle. 2. The cooked rice applicator according to claim 1, further comprising a cooked rice sensor capable of detecting cooked rice supplied to each of the branched passages of the weighing hopper. 3. The weighing hopper is bifurcated to form a guide portion, and a rotatable sorting damper is installed in the lower center of the loosening hopper so that each passage can be opened and closed. The cooked rice appetizer according to claim 2.