RICE COOKER

• Main Authors: ATSUMI TOSHIYUKI, KAWAI YU, KITAKI HIROSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 28.07.2023
• 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 suppressing deterioration in sealability of a rice feeding port.SOLUTION: A rice cooker of the present invention includes: a pot; a heating part for heating the pot; a housing having an upper surface opening and storing the pot through the upper surface opening; a lid body for covering the upper surface opening openably and closably; a rice container for storing rice; a rice supply part for supplying the rice in the rice container inside the pot; and a rice feeding lid part for covering a rice feeding port provided in the lid body openably and closably. The rice supply part includes a cylindrical rice conveying tube, one end of which is communicated with the inside of the rice container, and the other end of which passes through the inside of the lid body and is opened toward the rice feeding port. The rice feeding lid part is movable to a closing position for closing the rice feeding port and an opening position for opening the rice feeding port. The rice feeding lid part is positioned away from a passage region where the rice fed inside the pot through the opening of the rice conveying tube and the rice feeding port passes when it is located at the opening position.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6 【課題】米投入口におけるシール性の低下を抑え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、鍋と、鍋を加熱する加熱部と、上面開口部を有し、当該上面開口部を通じて鍋を収容する筐体と、上面開口部を開閉自在に覆う蓋体と、米を収容する米容器と、鍋内に米容器内の米を供給する米供給部と、蓋体に設けられた米投入口を開閉自在に覆う米投入蓋部とを備える。米供給部は、一端部が米容器の内部と連通し、他端部が蓋体の内部を貫通して米投入口に向けて開口する筒状の送米管を備える。米投入蓋部は、米投入口を閉鎖する閉鎖位置と、米投入口を開放する開放位置とに移動可能である。米投入蓋部は、開放位置に位置するとき、送米管の開口および米投入口を通じて鍋内に投入される米が通過する通過領域から離れて位置している。【選択図】図６