Driving mechanism for kneading blade of a bread production device

• US 5,364,183 A
• Filed: 10/15/1992
• Issued: 11/15/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Shibata, Masaharu
• Primary Examiner(s): JENKINS, ROBERT
• Application Number:
  US07/961,468
• Time in Patent Office: 761 Days
• Field of Search: 366/98, 366/99, 366/97, 366/100, 366/314, 366/205, 366/601, 99/348, 74/421 A
• US Class Current: 366/98
• CPC Class Codes: A21C 1/1465 Drives
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/19684 Motor and gearing

Abstract

In a driving mechanism of a kneading blade of a bread production device driven by a motor through the reduction gear, a reduction ratio of the reduction gear is adapted to be more than 10:1. By this, the motor which drives the kneading blade is miniaturized.

Claims

1. A driving mechanism for a kneading blade of a bread making device, comprising:

a motor having a rotating shaft and axis associated therewith;

a revolving shaft, and axis associated therewith, extending from one side of said kneading blade;

a first driving member positioned on said rotating shaft;

a first driven member linked with said first driving member and rotating at a speed slower than a speed of said first driving member, and said first driven member having a longitudinal axis;

a second driving member connected to said first driven member;

a second driven member linked with said second driving member, said second driven member rotating with a speed slower than a speed of said second driving member;

said revolving shaft and said kneading blade are driven by said second driven member; and

said axes of said revolving shaft, rotating shaft and at least said first driven member are substantially parallel to each other; and

wherein said motor having a body with an outside periphery, and wherein said outside periphery projects within an imaginary circle having a diameter substantially equal to a sum of a diameter of said second driven member, a radius of said first driven member and a radius of said driving member.

2. A driving mechanism according to claim 1, wherein said driving mechanism is provided with a speed reduction ratio of more than 10:

1.

3. A bread making device comprising:

an inner case having bottom wall and a side wall, said bottom wall and side wall forming a chamber;

a bread baking case situated within the chamber;

a kneading blade rotatably mounted within said bread baking case;

a base stand having at least an upper part;

said inner case connected to said base stand, a support structure positioned within the base stand in the vicinity of said upper part;

a driving mechanism positioned between said support structure and said upper part of the base stand, said driving mechanism including

a rotating shaft, a revolving shaft extending from said kneading blade, an intermediary shaft, a first driving member positioned on said rotating shaft, a first driven member attached to said intermediary shaft and linked with said first driving member, a second driving member supported by said intermediary shaft consentrically to said first driven member, a second driven member linked with said second driving member, wherein said revolving shaft and said kneading blade being driven by said second driven member.

4. A bread making device according to claim 3, wherein one end of said intermediary shaft is rotatably supported by said support structure and other end of said intermediary shaft is rotatably supported by said upper part of the base stand, said second driven member, said revolving shaft and said kneading blade are rotatably supported only by a bearing plate interposed between said bottom wall of the inner case and said upper part of the base stand.

5. A bread making device according to claim 4, wherein said rotating shaft is connected to a motor;

and wherein longitudinal axes of said revolving shaft, said intermediary shaft, and said rotating shaft are substantially parallel to each other.

6. A bread making device according to claim 5, further comprising said motor having a body with an outside periphery, wherein said outside periphery projects within an imaginary circle having a diameter substantially equal to a sum of a diameter of said second driven member, a radius of said first driven member and a radius of said second driving member.