RICE COOKER

• Main Authors: OKAWA YUSUKE, TSUBAKI MEGUMI, OMURA TAKUMASA, KAWAMURA NAOYA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 12.10.2023
• 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 inhibiting non-uniform cooking.SOLUTION: A rice cooker comprises: a pot; a housing comprising a housing region for housing the pot; a lid body for covering an upper opening part of the pot; and a rice supply part for supplying rice into the pot. The lid body is provided with a rice charging port for charging the rice into the pot. The rice supply part comprises a cylindrical rice conveying pipe comprising an opening part open toward the rice charging port, in one end part. The lid body comprises a rice diffusing member arranged in a passage region through which the rice to be charged into the pot through the rice charging port passes, and is arranged on the pot side with respect to the rice charging port. The rice diffusing member comprises a center part, and a plurality of arm parts extending radially from the center part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 9 【課題】炊きムラを抑制することができる炊飯器を提供する。【解決手段】炊飯器は、鍋と、鍋を収容する収容領域を有する筐体と、鍋の上部開口部を覆う蓋体と、鍋内に米を供給する米供給部とを備える。蓋体には、鍋内に米を投入するための米投入口が設けられている。米供給部は、一端部に米投入口に向けて開口する開口部を有する筒状の送米管を備える。蓋体は、米投入口を通って鍋内に投入される米が通過する通過領域であって、米投入口に対して鍋側に配置された米拡散部材を備える。米拡散部材は、中心部と中心部から放射状に延びた複数の腕部とを備える。【選択図】図９