KR20100102270A - A refrigerator for storing a rice - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A refrigerator for rice is provided to prevent the generation of rice weevils in stored rice by keeping the rice at low temperature. CONSTITUTION: A refrigerator for rice comprises a cabinet(20), a hopper, a hopper cover(40), a rice storage, a rice feed duct, a duct valve, and a rice receiver(80). The cabinet comprises a receiving portion cooled by a cooling unit and a door(25) opening and closing the receiving portion. The hopper is installed on the top of the cabinet. The rice storage is made from a material emitting far infrared rays and installed in the receiving portion to store the rice provided through the hopper. The rice feed duct is installed in the lower part of the cabinet and connected to the lower part of the rice storage. The duct valve opens and closes the rice feed duct. The rice receiver is installed in a recess formed on the lower part of the cabinet to receive the rice provided through the rice feed duct.

Description

Rice refrigerator {a refrigerator for storing a rice}

The present invention relates to a rice refrigerator capable of long-term storage of rice and at the same time combating rice worms.

Typically, rice is stored in several tens of kilograms in a rice container provided in a room temperature environment, and recently, the apartment culture is generally used in the veranda.

On the other hand, as the number of double-earner couples and the eating out culture have increased, the number of meals made at home is decreasing, which has led to a decrease in rice consumption compared to the past, and the length of time that rice is kept in rice barrels has increased. In addition, since rice barrels are mainly placed on the veranda where direct sunlight is exposed, the insides of rice barrels are often raised and moistened by more than 40 degrees in summer.

However, as the rice is stored in the rice container for a long time, and the environment inside the rice container is covered and wet, rice worms such as weevils, rice thieves, and moths have occurred, and the rice has become wet. Furthermore, there is a problem that the taste and nutritional value of the built rice is reduced because the moisture remaining inside the rice evaporates.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, even if the rice is stored for a long time can minimize the occurrence of rice worms and at the same time prevent the rice from being soaked, the taste and nutritional value of the cooked rice can be maintained The aim is to provide a rice refrigerator.

In order to achieve the above object, the rice refrigerator according to the present invention, the receiving portion 21 is formed by the cooling unit 10 is formed and the door 25 for opening and closing the receiving portion 21 in front Installed refrigerator body 20; A hopper 30 installed at an upper portion of the refrigerator body 20 to supply rice; A hopper cover 40 installed at an upper portion of the refrigerator body 20 to open and close the hopper 30; A rice reservoir (50) made of a material which is embedded in the accommodating portion (21) and stores rice supplied from the hopper (30) and emits far infrared rays; A rice supply duct (60) installed at a lower portion of the refrigerator body (20) and connected to a lower portion of the rice reservoir (50); A duct valve (70) for opening and closing the rice supply duct (60);

A rice tray (80) installed in the groove (20a) formed in the lower portion of the refrigerator main body (20) for receiving rice supplied from the rice supply duct (60); It characterized in that it comprises a; to flip over the rice stored in the rice reservoir (50) (90).

In the present invention, the front, side, and back of the rice reservoir 50 is installed to be spaced apart from the wall forming the accommodating portion 21, for forced circulation of cold air in the upper or lower portion of the accommodating portion 21. By installing one or more pans 15a and 15b, the rice reservoir 50 is cooled in three dimensions.

In the present invention, the auxiliary storage unit 21a, in which the auxiliary box 55 may be disposed, is formed at the upper portion of the rice reservoir 50.

In the present invention, while moving together with the tongs 90 further includes a plurality of electric shock bar 100 to give an electric shock to the rice worms inside the rice reservoir (50).

According to the rice refrigerator according to the present invention, a hopper for supplying rice and a hopper cover for opening and closing the hopper is installed in the upper portion of the refrigerator body, a rice reservoir for storing rice supplied from the hopper is installed in the refrigerator body, and a refrigerator By installing a rice supply duct and a duct valve connected to the lower part of the rice reservoir in the lower part of the body, low temperature storage of rice is possible and is very convenient to use.

In addition, according to the rice refrigerator of the present application, even if the external environment is covered and wet, it is possible to prevent the generation of rice worms, such as weevil, rice thief, moth, and also prevents the rice from soaking. Furthermore, it prevents the evaporation of water remaining inside the rice, preventing the taste and nutritional value of the cooked rice from falling.

Hereinafter, a rice refrigerator according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view of a rice refrigerator according to the present invention, Figure 2 is an internal perspective view of the rice refrigerator of Figure 1, Figure 3 is a view for explaining the internal configuration of the rice refrigerator of FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an electric shock bar of FIG. 3.

As shown, the rice refrigerator according to the present invention, the refrigerator main body is provided with a receiving unit 21 is cooled by the cooling unit 10 and the door 25 for opening and closing the receiving unit 21 to the front ( 20); A hopper 30 installed at an upper portion of the refrigerator body 20 to supply rice; A hopper cover 40 installed at an upper portion of the refrigerator body 20 to open and close the hopper 30; The rice reservoir 50, which is built in the receiving portion 21, the rice supplied from the hopper 30 is stored, and emits far infrared rays; A rice supply duct 60 installed at a lower portion of the refrigerator body 20 and connected to a lower portion of the rice reservoir 50; A duct valve 70 for opening and closing the rice supply duct 60; It is installed in the groove (20a) formed in the lower portion of the refrigerator main body 20, the rice receiving container 80 for receiving the rice supplied from the rice supply duct 60; A flipper 90 for flipping the rice stored in the rice reservoir 50; It includes; a plurality of electric shock bar (100) to move with the tongs (90) to give an electric shock to the rice worms inside the rice reservoir (50).

The cooling unit 10 is for cooling the inside of the accommodating part 21. The cooling unit 10 is a cooling plate installed on the outer side of the wall constituting the accommodating part 21, a semiconductor thermoelectric element tightly coupled to the cooling plate, and a thermoelectric element. The heat sink is tightly fixed to the rear side and includes a heat sink for dissipating heat absorbed through the cooling plate. Thus, since the cooling unit 10 has a structure using a semiconductor thermoelectric element, there is no noise during operation. Therefore, even if the rice refrigerator of the present application is used in the room, it does not interfere with life at all.

The cooling unit 10 cools the wall constituting the accommodating part 21, thereby cooling the internal space of the accommodating part 21. At this time, the front, side, and back of the rice reservoir 50 is installed to be spaced apart from the wall constituting the receiving portion 21, at least one or more fans in the upper or lower portion of the receiving portion 21, in this embodiment two fans 15a and 15b are provided. The fans 15a and 15b circulate cold air in the accommodating portion 21, and the rice reservoir 50 is cooled in three dimensions by the circulated cold air. That is, since cooling is made in three dimensions without biasing a specific portion of the rice storage 50, the rice stored in the rice storage 50 is effectively refrigerated. Furthermore, since the rice reservoir 50 is kept refrigerated, the relative humidity is lowered, thereby preventing the rice from being soaked.

At the bottom of the refrigerator body 20, wheels 22 for movement are installed. The rice refrigerator is normally stored in the space between the furniture and the furniture in a built-in manner, if you want to fill the rice storage 50, the rice must be taken out of the furniture. To this end, the wheel 22 is installed on the bottom of the refrigerator body 20.

The front or door 25 of the refrigerator main body 20 is for controlling the rice refrigerator as a whole, and is provided with a controller having a display for displaying the temperature inside the storage unit 21 or the rice reservoir 50. In the present embodiment, the controller 23 is described as an example of being installed in the door 25. The user can check the temperature of the storage unit 21 or the rice reservoir 50 through the display 23a of the controller 23, and accordingly, it is possible to accurately set the temperature so that the stored rice is stored under optimal temperature conditions. It can be done.

The transparent confirmation window 26 may be installed in the door 25 in a vertical direction so that the interior of the accommodating part 21 may be confirmed. By the transparent confirmation window 26 of the door 25 and the transparent confirmation window 51 of the rice reservoir 50 to be described later, it is possible to check the amount of rice inside the rice reservoir 50 from the outside.

The hopper 30 is installed on the upper portion of the refrigerator body 20, and the hopper cover 40 is rotatably installed on the upper portion of the refrigerator body 20 to open and close the hopper 30. Since the hopper 30 and the hopper cover 40 for supplying rice are installed at the upper portion of the refrigerator main body 20, when the hopper cover 40 is to be opened, the rice refrigerator should be pulled out of the furniture.

The rice reservoir 50 is built in the accommodating portion 21, and stores the rice supplied from the hopper 30. The rice reservoir 50 is made of a material that emits far infrared rays, and more preferably is made of a material containing a ceramic that emits far infrared rays. And, the bottom of the rice reservoir 50 has a funnel shape so that the rice can pass through the rice supply duct (60).

The rice reservoir 50 has a transparent confirmation window 51 is formed in the vertical direction so that the amount of stored rice from the outside.

On the upper portion of the rice reservoir 50, an auxiliary storage portion 21a in which an auxiliary box 55 for storing washed rice or a separate food material is formed. The auxiliary box 55 is composed of a box body 55a and a cover 55b, and a seal is installed at an edge of the cover 55b so that the cover 55b can be completely sealed to the box body 55a. . By employing the auxiliary box 55, it is possible to prevent moisture from escaping from the food material such as the washed rice to be stored, thereby preventing the inside of the accommodating portion 21 from being wet.

The rice supply duct 60 is connected to the bottom of the funnel-shaped rice reservoir 50, and is formed as an upper portion of the rice tray 80 for receiving rice. The rice supply duct 60 is provided with a duct valve 70, the duct valve 70 opens and closes the rice supply duct 60, such a duct valve 70 is a structure that the user can operate manually or It can be implemented with a well-known solenoid valve.

The flip crab 90 is installed on the side of the rice reservoir 50 to invert and mix the rice stored in the rice reservoir 50 evenly. The inner circumferential surface of the rice storage unit 50 maintains a cold state, but the rice closely adhered to the inner circumferential surface is sufficiently refrigerated, but the rice at the center side is not relatively cold, and thus refrigeration is not sufficiently made. Moisture is partially generated. In order to prevent this moisture from occurring, the refrigeration temperature of the outside or the center side of the stored rice must be kept constant, for this purpose, the flipper 90 overturns the rice to mix the outside and center rice will be. Such a tongs 90 may be implemented in various ways. In this embodiment, a known speed reduction motor 91 installed on an outer wall of the rice storage 50 and a speed reduction motor installed in the rice storage 50 are provided. 91 is composed of a flip blade 92 that is rotated slowly. At this time, the flip blade 92 is coated with a flexible coating layer of the flexible material, or made of a plastic material in order to prevent the rice eye injured in the process of flipping the rice.

The electric shock bar 100 is to give a high-pressure electric shock to the rice worms stored in the rice reservoir 50 to combat. If the rice is stored for a long time, rice worms may be generated and multiply, and the electric shock bar 100 is employed to combat such rice worms and block the possibility of breeding. The electric shock bar 100 has a bar shape including a plurality of spaced contact terminals 101a and 101b through which high voltage electricity supplied from a high voltage electric supply unit (not shown) for supplying high voltage electricity flows. . At this time, the electric shock bar 100 is preferably installed on the flip blade 92 so as to be in contact with the parasitic rice worms inside the rice is preferably rotated with the flip blade 92. By this structure, the electric shock bar 100 is also rotated as the flip blade 92 rotates to flip the rice, and in this process, the rice worms parasitic inside the rice touch the contact terminals 101a and 101b. At that moment, high pressure flows to kill the rice worms. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent rice worms from breeding and ultimately combat rice worms.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to one embodiment shown in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom.

1 is a perspective view of a rice refrigerator according to the present invention,

Figure 2 is an internal perspective view of the rice refrigerator of Figure 1,

3 is a view for explaining the internal configuration of the rice refrigerator of Figure 1,

4 is a view showing an extract of the electric shock bar of FIG.

<Description of Signs of Major Parts of Drawings>

10 ... Cooling Units 15a, 15b ... Fans

20 ... refrigerator main body 20a ... home

21 ... compartment 22 ... wheels

23 ... Controller 23a ... Display

25 ... Door 26 ... Clear window

30 ... Hopper 40 ... Hopper cover

50 ... rice storage 51 ... transparent window

55 ... Auxiliary box 55a ... Box body

55b ... cover 60 ... rice supply duct

70 ... duct valve 80 ... drip tray

90 ... Flipping 91 ... Reduction Motor

92 ... flip blade 100 ... electric shock bar

101a, 101b ... Contact terminal

Claims (4)

A refrigerator main body 20 in which an accommodating part 21 is formed to be cooled by the cooling unit 10 and a door 25 for opening and closing the accommodating part 21 is installed forward; A hopper 30 installed at an upper portion of the refrigerator body 20 to supply rice; A hopper cover 40 installed at an upper portion of the refrigerator body 20 to open and close the hopper 30; A rice reservoir (50) made of a material which is embedded in the accommodating portion (21) and stores rice supplied from the hopper (30) and emits far infrared rays; A rice supply duct (60) installed at a lower portion of the refrigerator body (20) and connected to a lower portion of the rice reservoir (50); A duct valve (70) for opening and closing the rice supply duct (60); A rice tray (80) installed in the groove (20a) formed in the lower portion of the refrigerator main body (20) for receiving rice supplied from the rice supply duct (60); The rice refrigerator, characterized in that it comprises a; to flip over the rice stored in the rice reservoir (50) (90). The method of claim 1, The front, side, and back of the rice reservoir 50 is installed to be spaced apart from the wall forming the accommodating portion 21, one or more fans for forced circulation of cold air in the upper or lower portion of the accommodating portion 21. (15a) By installing the (15b), the rice refrigerator characterized in that the three-dimensional cooling of the rice reservoir (50). The method of claim 1, The rice refrigerator, characterized in that the auxiliary storage portion (21a) is formed on the upper portion of the rice reservoir (50) can be disposed. The method of claim 1, The rice refrigerator, characterized in that it further comprises a plurality of electric shock bar (100) to move with the flipper (90) to give an electric shock to the rice worms inside the rice reservoir (50).

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