RICE COOKER

• Main Authors: HOKIMOTO AKIO, OYA HIROSHI, OMURA TAKUMASA, KAWAMURA NAOYA, KITAKI HIROSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 18.08.2022
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES; COFFEE MILLS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; FURNITURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL

To provide a rice cooker capable of improving rice measuring accuracy while reducing clogging of rice grains in conveying rice.SOLUTION: A rice cooker of the present invention includes a rice supply member 600 for supplying rice stored in a rice container to a pot. The rice supply member 600 includes a rice moving part 610 having a rice transfer blade 611B formed spirally on an outer peripheral surface 611Ab of a shaft 611A and a casing 620 for covering the rice moving part 610. The casing 620 includes a first internal space defined by an internal surface 631Aa and communicated with the inside of the rice container, and a second internal space defined by an internal surface 631Ba and communicated with the outside of the rice container. The rice moving part 610 is disposed in the first and second internal spaces and sends the rice supplied from inside the rice container to the outside of the rice container. The space between the rice transfer blade 611B and the internal surface 631Ba when viewed in a shaft direction 600A is narrower than the space between the rice transfer blade 611B and the internal surface 631Aa at the same height as the height of a center line of the shaft 611A of the rice transfer part 610.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 12 【課題】送米に際しての米粒の詰まりを低減しつつ、米の計量精度を向上することができる炊飯器を提供する。【解決手段】本発明に係る炊飯器は、米容器に収容された米を鍋に供給する米供給部材６００を備える。米供給部材６００は、軸６１１Ａの外周面６１１Ａｂに螺旋状に形成された米移送羽根６１１Ｂを有する米移動部６１０と、米移動部６１０を覆うケーシング６２０とを備える。ケーシング６２０は、内面６３１Ａａにより画定されて米容器内と連通する第１内部空間と、内面６３１Ｂａによって画定されて米容器外と連通する第２内部空間とを有する。米移動部６１０は第１及び第２内部空間に配置され、米容器内から供給された米を米容器外へ送る。軸方向６００Ａに見て、米移送羽根６１１Ｂと内面６３１Ｂａとの間隔は、米移動部６１０の軸６１１Ａの中心線と同じ高さにおける米移送羽根６１１Ｂと内面６３１Ａａとの間隔より狭い。【選択図】図１２