JP6973780B2 - Cheese shaving machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a shaving machine, and more particularly to a shaving machine for fish ass such as cheese and dried bonito, salami and Chinese herbs.

Cheese has a long history in Japan and was already eaten during the Asuka period. The tradition of enjoying cheese has been suspended, but today various cheeses are being eaten again. In recent years, characteristic cheese produced in other countries has become popular, and it has become an indispensable ingredient for Japanese dining tables.

Cheese is classified according to raw materials and processing methods, and according to one theory, there are more than 1000 types. There are several classification methods, but the general method is to classify by appearance and hardness. From hard cheeses such as ultra-hard cheeses and hard cheeses to semi-hard cheeses such as blue cheese and soft cheeses such as Camambale cheese and fresh cheese.

Soft cheese is often eaten as it is, but hard cheese and ultra-hard cheese are very hard, so they are often cut into small pieces with a knife or processed into powder. Cheese knives and grated cheese have been developed as equipment for that purpose.

By the way, bonito flakes are a well-known food that is sliced thinly. Many tools have been developed to slice dried bonito into very thin slices and make them into shavings, and many machines for producing shavings in large quantities are also distributed mainly in Japan. For example, Patent Document 1 describes a commercial bonito shaving machine that manufactures bonito flakes with a blade rotated by a motor.

Both cheese and dried bonito are sliced thinly and eaten in common. However, there is no example of thinly slicing cheese until it is reminiscent of shavings. Shaving flowers are a food culture that has developed in Japan, and it is thought that they are not familiar in Europe and the United States, which is the home of cheese. Therefore, the inventor got the idea to realize a cheese shaving flower, which is an unprecedented food, by slicing cheese using a commercial bonito shaving machine in order to open up a new food culture.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2014-161994

When I actually put the cheese on a commercial bonito shaving machine, it turned out to cause more troublesome problems than I had imagined.

Cheese contains more fat and water than dried bonito. Therefore, it adheres to various parts inside the commercial bonito shaving machine and cannot be easily peeled off. If left as it is, it will rot over time and give off a foul odor. Regular cleaning is essential not only for hygienic reasons but also to keep the quality of the shavings high, as they may get mixed in with the shavings.

There is no particular problem even if the bonito flakes and powder are left in the scraper. This is because the water and fat are extremely low and the state is like wood, so that the decay does not proceed. Therefore, the commercial shaving machine is not configured so that the inside can be cleaned with water or the like. Therefore, it is not necessary to design the inside strongly against water, electric parts such as motors are exposed, and iron is used as it is for the members.

However, it is not easy to peel off the adhered cheese. Relatively large sections and powder can be removed to some extent by wiping with a cloth. However, it is not possible to completely remove the fat that has stuck to the members of the commercial shaving machine. We examined various methods, but found that it was necessary to wash them off with water or hot water after using a surfactant or detergent.

Therefore, in the present invention, the cheese shaving machine made of stainless steel is used.
The cheese shaving machine is composed of a power chamber and a rotary blade chamber.
The power chamber is equipped with a motor that rotates around a motor rotation shaft using electricity as power.
The rotary blade chamber is provided with a rotary blade, which is a disk having blades at one or more points rotating about a disk axis.
The motor rotation shaft and the disk shaft are pierced by one shaft.
Provided is a cheese shaving machine characterized in that the power chamber and the rotary blade chamber are separated by the isolation cover covering the power chamber.

In the cheese shaving machine of the present invention, since the power chamber and the rotary blade chamber are separated by an isolation cover, there is no risk of cheese sliced in the rotary blade chamber being mixed into the power chamber. Since the power chamber in which the electric parts are located is isolated from the rotary blade chamber, it is possible to wash the rotary blade chamber with water. Furthermore, because it is made of stainless steel, there is no risk of rusting even when washed with water.

Therefore, the cheese shaving machine of the present invention can stably provide very thin cheese and cut cheese flowers, and enjoy a new way of eating cheese, the texture of cheese, and a rich aroma. It has become possible.

The figure which showed the machine of this invention

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

There are various types of cheese, but the cheese targeted by the present invention is hard or ultra-hard cheese. More specifically, it is cheese such as Parmigiano Reggiano, Mimolette, Pecorino (hereinafter referred to as "hard cheese"). Those that are softer than Comte cheese are excluded.

FIG. 1 is the cheese shaving machine 1 of the present invention. The cheese shaving machine 1 is largely composed of a power chamber and a rotary blade chamber.

A motor 2 is provided in the power chamber and operates by electric power supplied from the outside. It is better if the motor 2 is water resistant, but a normal motor may be used.

The torque of the motor 2 is usually insufficient for cutting hard cheese, and a transmission mechanism is often required. The cheese shaving machine 1 uses a winding electric device, and power is transmitted from a motor 2 serving as a prime mover to a driven vehicle 4 via a belt 3. The ratio of the diameters of the driven vehicle 4 and the motor 2 serving as the driving vehicle may be designed in consideration of the torque required for shaving the hard cheese.

A transmission shaft 5 is connected to the central portion of the driven vehicle 4. The transmission shaft 5 is an elongated cylinder and is made of a water-resistant metal such as stainless steel. The transmission shaft 5 extends from the power chamber to the rotary blade chamber, and transmits the power of the motor 2 to the rotary blade. If a motor that exceeds the torque required to scrape hard cheese is adopted, the belt 3 and the driven vehicle 4 are unnecessary, and the rotating shaft of the motor 2 and the transmission shaft 5 may be directly connected.

The rotary blade chamber is provided with a rotary blade support disk 6. A transmission shaft 5 is connected to the central portion of the rotary blade support disk 6, and the rotary blade support disk 6 rotates about the transmission shaft 5. The rotary blade support disk 6 is provided with a large number of blade edges at regular intervals. The tuyere is a hole that penetrates from one side to the other side of the disk, and is equipped with an instrument for attaching the sword 7, such as a screw hole. It is desirable to have about 4 to 12 per rotary blade support disk 6.

How thin the hard cheese is cut is determined by how much the cutting edge of the cutting blade 7 can be seen from the rotary blade supporting disk 6 at the cutting edge. Therefore, a plurality of types of blade edges may be configured, and a mechanism may be provided so that the angle of the cutting blade 7 can be easily changed as needed, or the angle of the blade edge can be adjusted with a screw or the like. Hereinafter, the side where the sword 7 of the rotary blade support disk 6 looks into the face is referred to as a front surface, and the opposite side is referred to as a back surface.

A shooter 8 is installed near the surface of the rotary blade support disk 6. The shooter 8 is a ramp for guiding cheese. If the shooter 8 has a built-in mechanism for pressing the hard cheese against the rotary blade support disk 6, it is convenient because the cheese can be scraped to the end without the risk of injury by the rotating sword 7. Any configuration can be adopted for the cheese shaving machine 1, but for example, the pressing plate may be in a state where tension is always applied to the rotary blade support disk 6 side by the repulsive force of the spring.

A saucer 9 is installed below the rotary blade chamber. Although the saucer 9 is a box, it is a double box provided with a powder receiving chamber 10 (not shown) in a region directly below the front side of the rotary blade support disk. When hard cheese is applied to the front side of the rotary blade support disk 6 and cut out by the cutting blade 7, the cheese shaving flower 8 becomes the rotary blade support disk via the space between the cutting blade 7 and the tuyere. While it reaches the back side of No. 6 and falls downward due to gravity, hard cheese powder, which can be said to be shavings, is generated on the front side of the rotary blade support disk 6 at that time. This powder also falls downward due to gravity, but the powder receiving chamber 10 is a mechanism for collecting those powders.

Slightly above the saucer 9 of the rotary blade chamber, a slanted wall 11 (not shown) is provided from the four sides of the rotary blade chamber toward the center. The slanted wall 11 functions as an umbrella to prevent hard cheese from entering the gap between the saucer 9 and the side surface of the rotary blade chamber.

The above structure of the rotary blade chamber is made of a material that is resistant to water. It is preferably stainless steel or resin. A plurality of materials may be mixed, such as the rotary blade support disk 6 and the blade 7 which are required to have rigidity are made of stainless steel, and the saucer 10 is made of resin.

The power chamber is covered by the isolation cover 12. The isolation cover 12 encloses the entire power chamber, but has a hole 13 slightly larger than the axle 5 from which the axle 5 extends into the rotary blade chamber. The isolation cover 12 must also be made of a water resistant material.

An axle bearing 14 is provided on the inner portion of the isolation cover 12 of the axle 5 so as to surround the axle 5. The axle bearing 14 is configured to be larger than the hole 13, and even if water or the like enters through the hole 12, the axle bearing 14 becomes an obstacle and cannot enter the power chamber any more.

By adopting the above configuration, when the hard cheese is put into the shooter 8, the hard cheese is cut out one after another by the cutting blade 7 peeping from the front surface of the rotary blade support disk 6 by the pressing means, and is extruded as a cheese shaving flower from the back surface. It accumulates in the saucer 9. The uncut or powdered hard cheese that is inevitably generated at that time accumulates in the powder receiving chamber 10 below the surface.

The conventional method of slicing cheese as thinly as possible is to cut cheese using a slicer, which is a machine for slicing prosciutto and meat. Since the minimum thickness of the rotary blade of the slicer is 0.5 mm, the minimum thinness of cheese is also 0.5 mm, which is the limit thinness.

On the other hand, in the present invention utilizing a bonito shaving machine, when very hard cheese is used, it can be thinned from 0.01 mm to a minimum thickness of about 0.003 mm. When a slightly softer hard cheese is used, the thickness becomes thicker by the amount that the hard cheese is bitten into the sword 7 by the pressing means, and the thickness is about 0.05 mm to 0.03 mm.

Evaluation by the inventor and chefs of Italian and French cuisine shows that when it is thinner than 0.1 mm, it has a completely different texture, texture, and properties from the conventional thinly sliced cheese of 0.5 mm, which is new. It is said that it has an impact that can be said to be a food material, and it can be said that it is a new food material made possible for the first time by the present invention.

Expressed more objectively, even hard cheese, which normally does not melt in the oral cavity, can be given the sensation of melting because of its thinness. Therefore, when sprinkled on a salad or the like, it is possible to add a new tactile sensation that has never been seen before. Compared to the case where cheese is powdered and sprinkled, it has a more voluminous appearance, so it looks very good.

Due to its thinness, its reactivity with heat also increases dramatically. Specifically, when you look back at hot pasta or risotto, it melts even though it is a hard cheese that normally does not melt. Since the taste remains the same, it is possible to provide an unprecedented sensation.

Unfortunately, the hard cheese accumulated in the powder receiving chamber 10 does not exhibit such properties, but it can still be sufficiently utilized as a food material similar to the conventional one, and may be used depending on the intended use.

When hard cheese is shaved, cheese shaving flowers and cheese powder adhere to various parts of the rotary blade chamber, including the rotary blade support disk 6, and adhere to each other and stick to each other. Cheese is a preserved food, and hard cheese in particular can be stored for a long period of time, but it is inevitably deteriorated and spoiled because it contains fat. Therefore, it is necessary to clean it within a certain period of time.

In the cheese shaving machine 1 of the present invention, all the structures in the rotary blade chamber are resistant to water, so that they can be washed with water. Therefore, the cheese can be washed off with water and kept clean. If it is extremely dirty, it may be washed with water using a detergent such as a surfactant.

Since the power chamber is protected by the isolation cover 12, there is no risk of water entering the power chamber even when the rotary blade chamber is washed with water. Although there is a possibility that water may slightly enter through the hole 13 in which the axle 5 extends, the water is also blocked by the axle bearing 14, so if it gets wet with water such as electric parts such as the motor 2 in the power room, it will be defective. There is no need to worry about water splashing on the structure.

Since the cheese shaving machine 1 of the present invention wants to be sliced thinly but contains a large amount of fat, it is possible to use a food material that has been given up as a shaving flower that cannot be shaving with a conventional bonito shaving machine. Therefore, it is also ideal for applications such as slicing salami thinner than prosciutto and slicing Chinese herbal ingredients containing fat.

The cheese shaving machine 1 of the present invention was developed to use hard cheese, which is a hard food containing a large amount of fat, as a shaving flower. It may be used for cutting fish bonito such as bonito flakes.

Although the present invention has been described above, a part or all of the embodiments of the present invention are described as the following appendices.
[Appendix 1]
A cheese shaving machine made of stainless steel
The cheese shaving machine is composed of a power chamber and a rotary blade chamber.
The power chamber is equipped with a motor that rotates around a motor rotation shaft using electricity as power.
The rotary blade chamber is provided with a rotary blade, which is a disk having blades at one or more points rotating about a disk axis.
The motor rotation shaft and the disk shaft are pierced by one shaft.
A cheese shaving machine characterized in that the power chamber and the rotary blade chamber are separated by an isolation cover covering the power chamber.
[Appendix 2]
A cheese shaving machine equipped with a power chamber and a rotary blade chamber made of stainless steel.
The power room is equipped with a motor and a driven vehicle.
The movement of the motor rotating with the supplied electric power as a power source is transmitted to the driven vehicle by a belt.
The driven vehicle transmits the rotational movement transmitted by the belt to an axle connected to the center of the driven vehicle.
The rotary blade chamber is equipped with a rotary blade support disk, a saucer, and a shooter.
The axle is connected to the center of the rotary blade support disk, and a plurality of swords are looking into the surface of the rotary blade support disk.
A shooter is installed near the surface of the rotary blade support disk, and the shooter is equipped with a pressing plate for pressing hard cheese against the surface of the rotary blade support disk.
The power chamber is covered with a cover except for a part of the axle, and the rotary blade chamber is washed with water because the axle bearing is provided in the area covered by the axle cover. A cheese shaving machine that is characterized by the fact that the motor in the power room does not get wet.
[Appendix 3]
The cheese shaving machine described in Appendix 2,
A saucer is installed below the rotary blade support disk.
The cheese shaving machine is characterized in that the saucer is further provided with a powder receiving chamber in a region corresponding to the lower part of the front side of the rotary blade support disk.
[Appendix 4]
Cheese shaving flowers cut using the cheese shaving machine described in Appendix 1 to 3.
[Appendix 5]
Hard cheese shavings characterized by a thickness of 0.1 mm or less.

1 Cheese shaving machine 2 Motor vehicle 3 Belt 4 Passive vehicle 5 Axle 6 Rotating blade support disk 7 Shaving blade 8 Shooter 9 Sink 10 Powder receiving chamber 11 Slanted wall 12 Isolation cover 13 Hole 14 Axle bearing

Claims (3)

A cheese shaving machine equipped with a power chamber and a rotary blade chamber made of stainless steel.
The power room is equipped with a motor and a driven vehicle.
The movement of the motor rotating with the supplied electric power as a power source is transmitted to the driven vehicle by a belt.
The driven vehicle transmits the rotational movement transmitted by the belt to an axle connected to the center of the driven vehicle.
The rotary blade chamber is equipped with a rotary blade support disk, a saucer, and a shooter.
The axle is connected to the center of the rotary blade support disk, and a plurality of swords are looking into the surface of the rotary blade support disk.
In the vicinity of the surface of the rotating blade support disc shooter is disposed, the shooter is provided with a pressing plate because Installing press hard cheese to the surface of the rotary blade supporting disk,
The power chamber is covered with a cover except for a part of the axle, and the rotary blade chamber is washed with water because the axle bearing is provided in the area covered by the axle cover. A cheese shaving machine that is characterized by the fact that the motor in the power room does not get wet. The cheese shaving machine according to claim 1.
A saucer is installed below the rotary blade support disk.
The cheese shaving machine is characterized in that the saucer is further provided with a powder receiving chamber in a region corresponding to the lower part of the front side of the rotary blade support disk. A cheese shaving flower cut using the cheese shaving machine according to claims 1 and 2.

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