| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the following problems of a conventional rice cooker putting overheated steam into a pot that because the whole water of a water tank needs to be heated to raise a temperature of the water to a high temperature, so as to generate the overheated steam at the water boiling point (100°C) or above, a lot of energy (power) and a lot of time are needed; and because it is necessary to additionally provide a steam overheating means so as to generate high-temperature overheated steam (e.g., 200°C), there is risk of leading to increase of size of a rice cooker body. <P>SOLUTION: In the rice cooker, a steam generation means is made of a heat-generating metal body immersed in the vicinity of the water surface of water inside the water tank, the metal body doubles as a steam overheating means, and the steam generation means and the steam overheating means are detachably mounted in a lid with an integral configuration, so that the rice cooker quickly and stably generates the high-temperature overheated steam without sacrificing cleanability though it is compact, and maintains the whole boiled rice at 100°C or above to promote gelatinization, particularly in time of steaming. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |
