RICE COOKER

• Main Authors: OYA HIROSHI, KAWAMURA NAOYA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 21.05.2024
• 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 which suppresses uneven boiling and also can be downsized.SOLUTION: A rice cooker includes: a pot (2); a housing (11) having a housing area (12) housing the pot (2); and an annular flat coil (7) provided in the housing (11) and heating the pot (2) from below. The inner surface of a bottom wall (2a) of the pot (2) has an annular inflection point (2e) as a lowest point, and inclines upward as going toward its outer peripheral part from the inflection point (2e). The inflection point (2e) is provided on a side inner than a center (C1) between the inner diameter of the flat coil (7) and the outer diameter of the flat coil (7), in a plan view where the bottom wall (2a) of the pot (2) is viewed in a thickness direction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8 【課題】炊きムラを抑えるとともに、小型化を図ることができる炊飯器を提供する。【解決手段】本炊飯器は、鍋（２）と、鍋（２）を収容する収容領域（１２）を有する筐体（１１）と、筐体（１１）内に設けられ、鍋（２）を下方から加熱する環状の平面コイル（７）と、を備え、鍋（２）の底壁（２ａ）の内面は、最下点となる環状の変曲点（２ｅ）を有し、変曲点（２ｅ）から外周部に向かうに従い上方に傾斜し、変曲点（２ｅ）は、鍋（２）の底壁（２ａ）を厚さ方向に見た平面視において、平面コイル（７）の内径と平面コイル（７）の外径との中心（Ｃ１）よりも内側に設けられている。【選択図】図８