To provide a rice cooker which is compact and is capable of suppressing a manufacturing cost though it has a stirring mechanism for stirring cooked rice and a steam diluting mechanism for diluting steam.
A stirring body 11 for stirring cooked rice is turnably attached to a lid body 2, and a sirocco fan 18 for sending air for diluting steam is fixed to the lid body 2. Inside the lid body 2, a steam discharge duct 26 for leading the steam generated inside an inner pot 10 to a steam blow-off port 8 and a fan duct 27 for leading air from the sirocco fan 18 into the steam discharge duct 26 are formed. Power of a motor 19 for both of the fan and the stirring body, which drives the sirocco fan 18, is transmitted to the stirring body 11 via a power transmission mechanism 20.
Mitsuo Tanaka
Yukinori Nakakura