JP3574671B2 - Center folding device for sliced meat - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial applications]
The present invention relates to an apparatus for folding a sliced meat into two or three folds substantially from the center thereof.
[0002]
[Prior art]
After cutting the meat mass into thin slices using a meat slicer, the sliced meat is placed on a tray and displayed at a store for sale. In this case, when the sliced meat is large, it is common practice to fold the sliced meat into two folds from almost the center of the meat and to place them. Also, depending on the way of cooking, it is preferable to bend the center in this way and to pile up the meat so that the meat can be easily taken out.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Heretofore, when the middle of the sliced meat is bent, it is conventionally performed exclusively by hand. That is, the meat was sliced by a meat slicer, received in a relatively large container for temporary storage, a pile, in that state, and then taken out one by one from the pile, bent almost from the center and placed on a tray, or bent. In a state where it is received in a pile, it is piled up on a tray.
[0004]
Although these operations are performed mainly by hand, since the meat is soft, considerable skill is required to bend them well from the middle.
[0005]
Performing such a folding operation manually can often cause hygiene problems.
[0006]
For this reason, there has conventionally been a demand for a machine capable of bending sliced meat from the center. However, such machines have rarely been put to practical use.
[0007]
[Object of the invention]
The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned state of the art, and has as its object to provide a machine capable of folding a sliced meat into two pieces from almost the center, and further folding the meat as necessary.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In the present invention according to claim 1 , the above object is achieved by a meat slicer for slicing a meat lump and placing it on a transfer conveyor, and near the bent portion of the sliced meat sliced by the meat slicer at the upper part of the conveyor. A bender that rotates around the center to bend the sliced meat, and the bender rotates from the leading position to the delayed side of the transfer conveyor to bend the sliced meat, and the bent sliced meat is This is achieved by a center folding device for sliced meat, which is adapted to be transported under a vendor .
[0009]
Further , in the present invention according to claim 2, a meat slicer for slicing a meat lump and placing it on a transfer conveyor, and turning the meat slicer in the upper part of the conveyor around the bent portion of the sliced meat sliced by the meat slicer. A bender that moves and bends the sliced meat and a twister that is provided to face the bender and moves between an operating position near the bent portion of the sliced meat and a retracted position away from the operating position. It becomes possible to center folding apparatus slices the meat characterized by.
[0010]
【Example】
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings illustrating embodiments of the present invention. The center-folding apparatus for sliced meat of the present invention includes a meat slicer which slices a piece of meat into sliced meat and places it on a transfer conveyor.
[0011]
As such a meat slicer, for example, a machine manufactured by Viserba of Germany and sold under the trade name of "Automatic Slicer with Conveyor A400FB" can be used. In this apparatus, a bed 1 on which a meat mass (not shown) is placed is moved in parallel with the plane of FIG. 1A, that is, perpendicularly to the plane of FIG. The sliced meat is cut into sliced meat, and the cut sliced meat is cut in a substantially vertical state in parallel with the paper conveyor of FIG. 1A by a barbed conveyor 3 composed of a small chain conveyor and having barbed needles. It is transported to the upper part, and separated from the barbed conveyor 3 by the hataki conveyor 5 which moves to the upper part of the transport conveyor 4 from between the barbed conveyors 3 at the upper part of the transport conveyor 4 and is placed on the transport conveyor 4.
[0012]
Various known meat slicers can be used in addition to the above-mentioned automatic slicer with a conveyor by Viserba. For example, manufactured by Jay E. Grote of Ohio, USA and sold under the trade name "Grothe", supports a meat holder that holds meat chunks and can swing about a horizontal axis, and below the meat holder. Alternatively, a machine may be used in which a meat mass slicing knife is provided, the meat mass such as frozen meat is swung by a meat holder, sliced by the knife, and placed on the transfer conveyor 4 provided below.
[0013]
The sliced meat M sliced by the meat slicer is placed on the transfer conveyor 4 in a spread state. In order to bend the sliced meat M placed in the spread state, in the present invention, the bent portion (the sliced meat M sliced by the meat slicer above the transfer conveyor 4 in synchronization with the movement of the meat slicer). A bender 6 is provided which pivots about the sliced meat M and folds the sliced meat M when folded in two.
[0014]
A bracket 10 is attached to one side edge of the transfer conveyor 4 so that the position can be changed. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a plate-like member is attached to a rotation shaft of a rotary actuator 7 provided on the bracket 10, and the bender 6 is attached. And The vendor 6 extends above the transfer conveyor 4 in the lateral direction. In this embodiment, the bender 6 is formed of a hollow pillow-shaped member for weight reduction. By operating the rotary actuator 7, the bender 6 can rotate between a position indicated by a solid line and a position indicated by a chain line in FIG.
[0015]
A fluid pressure cylinder 9 is attached to a bracket 10 to which the rotary actuator 7 is attached so that the attachment position can be changed, and a twister 8 is attached to a tip of a piston rod 9a of the fluid pressure cylinder 9 extending in the transfer direction of the transfer conveyor 4. Thus, a twister 8 is provided to face the bender 6.
[0016]
The twister is a chopping plate-like member as shown in FIG. 4, and its cross section has a thin and sharp-pointed shape as shown in FIG. 2, in order to reduce the contact resistance with meat on the surface. (See FIG. 4).
[0017]
By changing the mounting position of the bracket 10 with respect to the transfer conveyor 4 and the mounting position of the fluid pressure cylinder 9 with respect to the bracket 10, the relative positions of the bender 6, the twister 8 and the transfer conveyor 4 can be adjusted.
[0018]
Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described. The meat sliced by the rotating blade 2 of the meat slicer is transferred by the barbed conveyor 3 as described above, and is separated from the barbed conveyor 3 by the hataki conveyor 5 above the transfer conveyor 4 which transfers from left to right in FIG. You. This state is referred to as "striking operation" in the time chart shown in FIG. At this time, the bender 6 is in an open position as shown in FIG. In this way, the sliced meat M is dropped on the transfer conveyor 4, and the hataki conveyor 5 returns to the original position. A part of the sliced meat M dropped by the hataki conveyor 5 rides on the transfer conveyor 4 and the other end rides on the bender 6 (see FIG. 5A).
[0019]
Next, the twister 8 is advanced toward the bender 6 by the fluid pressure cylinder 9 and its tip is located near the bending line of the sliced meat M lying between the transfer conveyor 4 and the bender 6 (FIG. 5B). reference).
[0020]
In this state, the rotary actuator 7 rotates the bender 6 from the leading position to the lagging position of the transfer conveyor 4, and the sliced meat M is bent. At this time, by inserting the twister 8, the sliced meat M is more reliably folded into two with the twister 8 as the center of bending (see FIG. 5C).
[0021]
While the twister 8 is sandwiched by the vendor 6 and the bent sliced meat M, the twister 8 starts to retreat, and the twister 8 is pulled out from the bent sliced meat M. Next, the bender 6 is turned to the opposite side to return to the original position, and the movement of the transfer conveyor 4 in the transfer direction is combined with the meat being folded as shown in FIG. Do Ri, folded slice meat M is Ru is placed on the extension Mashimashi transfer conveyor 4 from 2-fold crests of the advance-side transfer conveyor 4 to the delayed side of the transfer conveyor 4.
[0022]
By transferring the transfer conveyor 4 continuously or intermittently in conjunction with the operation of the meat slicer, the folded slice meat M is folded below the bender 6 in a folded state as shown in FIG. And when the number of sliced meats M reaches a predetermined number, the transfer conveyor 4 is moved at a higher speed than before or at a pitch greater than the transfer pitch, thereby grouping the stacked sliced meats M. This greatly facilitates the work when stored in the next tray or palesh. Further, since the bent sliced meat M is transported under the bender 6, it can be used for transporting the sliced meat on both sides of the bender 6, and the degree of freedom of arrangement of the apparatus is greatly improved. I do.
[0023]
In the above-described embodiment, the twister 8 is inserted between the transfer conveyor 4 and the sliced meat M placed on the bender 6, and the bender 6 is bent in that state to bend the meat. If the bending is easy due to the temperature, the twister 8 may be omitted and the bending may be simply performed by the bender 6.
[0024]
In the above-described embodiment, the bender 6 is provided at the position on the advance side of the transfer conveyor 4, and the meat to the advance position of the sliced meat M is bent by the bender 6 on the delay side. The sliced meat M may be bent toward the advance side of the transfer conveyor 4 by providing the vendor 6 on the delay side.
[0025]
Further, in the above-described embodiment, the transfer conveyor 4 is always advanced in the direction of the folded portion. However, the bender 6 is provided on the opposite side to the transfer direction of the entire transfer conveyor 4, however, at the time of bending, The transfer conveyor 4 is advanced little by little to the vendor 6 side, and the transfer conveyor 4 is transferred at a stretch in a direction opposite to the previous transfer direction (the transfer direction of the entire transfer conveyor 4) in a state where a predetermined number of sliced meats M are folded. You may make it.
[0026]
In the above embodiment, the meat is bent on the transfer conveyor 4 about the axis perpendicular to the transfer direction by the bender 6 extending in the direction intersecting the transfer conveyor 4, but the bender 6 of the present invention is The meat may be bent around the axis of the transfer conveyor 4 so as to rotate around the axis extending in the transfer direction. In this case, if the twister 8 is necessary, the twister 8 is made to face the bender 6 and move back and forth in a direction perpendicular to the transfer direction with the transfer conveyor 4.
[0027]
Further, in the present invention, the first bender that rotates around the first bent portion of the sliced meat and bends the sliced meat, and the second vendor that rotates around the second bent portion of the sliced meat and slices the sliced meat. By providing the second bender for bending the meat, the sliced meat can be folded into three.
[0028]
【The invention's effect】
According to the first aspect of the present invention, the meat sliced by the meat slicer is bent by the bender 6 along the bending line, so that the sliced meat M can be automatically and easily bent, and the commercial value is increased. The bent sliced meat M can be used to transport the sliced meat on both sides of the vendor by transferring the bent sliced meat below the vendor. The degree of freedom is greatly improved .
According to the second aspect of the present invention, the twisted meat provided on the transfer conveyor is bent by the bender rotating around the bent portion and is provided to face the bender. By moving the tip between the operating position near the bent portion of the sliced meat and the retracted position, the sliced meat M can be automatically and easily bent, and the bent sliced meat M having high commercial value is obtained. Can be .
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a meat slicer used in one embodiment of the present invention, wherein (a) is a front view and (b) is a side view.
FIG. 2 is a side view of the bender and twister of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a front view of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a plan view of FIG. 2;
FIG. 5 is a side view showing the operation sequence of the present invention, and (a) to (d) show the operation in time sequence.
FIG. 6 is a time chart of the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a side view showing a stacked state of sliced meat M by the apparatus of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
4 Transfer conveyor 6 Vendor 8 Twister M Sliced meat

Claims (4)

A meat slicer that slices the meat mass and puts it on a transfer conveyor, and a vendor that turns the meat around the bent portion of the sliced meat sliced by the meat slicer at the top of the conveyor to bend the sliced meat, folding the slice meat rotates the vendor to lagging position from the advanced side position of said transfer conveyor, that you have so該折bent slice meat is transported dive beneath the vendor Center slicer for sliced meat. Meat slicer for slicing a meat mass and placing it on a transfer conveyor, a bender that turns around the bent portion of the sliced meat sliced by the meat slicer at the upper part of the conveyor and bends the sliced meat, and A center folding apparatus for sliced meat, comprising a twister which is provided to face and moves between an operating position near a bent portion of the sliced meat and a retracted position away from the operating position. 3. The center folding apparatus for sliced meat according to claim 2, wherein the bender pivots from a leading position to a delayed position of the transfer conveyor to bend the sliced meat. 4. 4. The center-folding apparatus for sliced meat according to claim 2, wherein the bent sliced meat is transported under the bender. 5.

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