JPS6247676B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a cheese cutting device, and more specifically, it is capable of accurately cutting a predetermined amount of cheese chips when topping the surface of a pizza pie crust with cheese.
The purpose is to uniformly disperse this so that it can be topped on the top of the pizza pie crust.

The device of the present invention includes a pair of transfer devices installed opposite each other to form a transfer path for cheese, a rotary cutter provided at the bottom of the transfer device, and a rotary cutter that rotates with the rotary cutter at the bottom of the transfer device and moves downward. It consists of a cylindrical body that becomes narrower as it goes and a compressed air nozzle provided at the center of this cylindrical body.

The cheese, which is sandwiched and fed from both sides by a large number of feeding members provided on the endless belt of the transfer device, is cut into cheese chips by the blade of a rotating cutter, and is then delivered from the supply port of the cylindrical body onto the pizza pie placed at the bottom of the cheese chips. At this time, the cheese chips that remain attached to the cutter blade or the slope surface of the cylindrical body are blown away by the compressed air ejected from the compressed air nozzle and dropped. This allows a predetermined amount of cheese chips to be accurately and uniformly topped on the crust of a pizza pie. Furthermore, each time the cheese is cut, compressed air is ejected to remove adhering cheese, so processing can be carried out hygienically.

Furthermore, in the present invention, transferring the cheese,
Since the rotation of the cutter and the jetting of compressed air are performed intermittently with a predetermined time difference, the amount of cheese to be cut can be precisely controlled, making it possible to topping the pizza pie. ing.

To explain the present invention based on an embodiment thereof, the transfer device 20 includes sprockets 2, 2' and 3, 3' provided on shafts 18, 19, a guide member consisting of rollers 17, 17, and this guide member. It consists of chains 1 and 1' extending over.
A feed rod 5 is fixed between attachments 4 and 4' provided on the chains 1 and 1'.

A transfer device 2 having a symmetrical shape with this transfer device 20
0' are provided facing each other, and a transfer passage 21 for the cheese 16 is provided.
A feed rod 5 facing this transfer passage 21,
Guides 6 and 6' are provided on the back surface of the cheese 5' and are urged toward the passage by a spring 7, so as to sandwich and feed the cheese 16.

At the lower end of the transfer path 21, the chains 1, 1' are guided by small diameter rollers 17 in order to minimize the radius of rotation when the feed rods 5, 5' descend vertically and then move horizontally. The lower end of the clamping portion is placed close to the 8 surfaces of the rotary cutter to enable accurate feeding.

The rotary cutter 8 is rotated by a drive device (not shown) via a gear 9 attached thereto, and blades 8' having a predetermined shape are arranged in a row on its surface. A cylindrical slope 10 provided at the bottom of this cutter 8
is formed into a cone shape whose diameter narrows as it goes downwards, and the diameter of the supply port at the bottom is slightly smaller than the diameter of the pizza crust, and the inner surface is made of non-adhesive material. A plastic sheet 11 is applied.

A compressed air nozzle 12, which is provided hanging below the cutter from a hole provided at the center of rotation of the rotary cutter 8, is provided with a first outlet 13 and a second outlet 14, which are made up of a large number of holes.

Transfer device 20, 20' and rotary cutter 8
are driven intermittently in connection with the pizza crust supply device, and each drive and compressed air injection are performed at time differences as shown in FIG.

To further explain the effects of the present invention,
As shown in FIG. 4, the cheese 16 supplied to the transfer passage 21 is held from both sides by feed rods 5 and 5' pressed by a guide 6 biased by a spring 7, and is transferred intermittently. be done. During this transfer, the feed rods 5, 5' slightly sink into the cheese 16, and the cheese escapes to the outside through the gap between the feed rods.

And the feed rods 5, 5' are 6 as shown in the figure.
Even if it is made of a round bar instead of a square bar, it is fine as long as the feeding action is performed reliably.
Even if there is some variation in the thickness of the supplied cheese blocks, the guide 6, which is biased by the spring 7,
6' presses the feed rods 5, 5' toward the passage 21, so that changes in thickness can be followed and the transfer is performed accurately.

In addition, although the example describes two chains and a large number of feed bars provided between the chains, the transfer device is not limited to this, and protrusions were formed at predetermined intervals in the width direction. It is also possible to use a belt or a belt with a large number of protrusions arranged in a row, and it is also possible to attach the feed rod using a narrow two-strip belt instead of a chain. In any case, the driving member and the endless band,
It is necessary to ensure reliable transfer without causing slips between the cheese and the feeding member provided on the endless band.

Further, when a wide belt with protrusions is used, it may be necessary to provide a small-diameter roller or the like on the guide that comes into contact with the back surface of the belt.

However, when cheese is held using a flat belt that does not have a feeding member such as a feeding rod or protrusion, when the cheese is pressed against the rotating cutter, the cheese is pushed back due to the resistance of the cutter, causing slippage. It may get stuck, making it impossible to feed accurately.

Since the cutting amount of the cheese 16 in the apparatus of the present invention is determined by the cheese transfer speed and transfer time during rotation of the cutter 8, the feed rods 5, 5'
Since the cheese 16 is reliably held and transferred by a feeding member such as the above, a certain amount of cheese 16 can be cut without slipping.

The cheese cut in fixed quantities by the rotary cutter 8 becomes chip-shaped and becomes the pizza crust 1.
5, but at this time, in order to prevent cheese chips from remaining on the blade part 8' of the rotary cutter 8 and the inner surface of the cylindrical slope 10, from the outlet 12, 13 of the nozzle 12, Compressed air is injected toward the inner surface of the cylindrical slope 10 to blow off the attached chips and make them fall. This injection of compressed air is effectively performed in conjunction with the rotation of the cutter and cylindrical slope. The cut cheese chips are also topped uniformly by the rotation of these rotating members.

The non-adhesive sheet 11 applied to the inner surface of the cylindrical slope 10 is effective for preventing chips from adhering.

Moreover, each outlet 12 of the compressed air nozzle 12,
Needless to say, the angle of the air outlet from the air outlet 13 is determined through experiments to achieve the best effect, and the number of holes in the air outlet is also determined depending on the nature of the object.

As described above, according to the apparatus of the present invention, the amount of cheese cut is determined by the cheese transfer speed and the cutting time, and the cutting amount can be easily controlled, so that a pizza pie of uniform quality can be obtained. It is easy to produce.

Furthermore, the device of the present invention is not limited to pizza pie.
Of course, it can also be used in other food processing equipment to uniformly topping the surface of food with chips.

The shape of the tip can also be arbitrarily selected by changing the shape of the blade of the rotary cutter.

The present invention automates the process of topping pizza crust in a pizza pie manufacturing apparatus, and moreover, enables products of uniform quality to be produced hygienically and efficiently.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a partially cutaway side view showing the configuration of the device of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the clamping portion of the transfer device, and Figs. 3 and 4 show a part of the device of the present invention. 5 is a sectional view, and FIG. 5 is a time chart showing the driving time of each operating part. 1,1'...Chain, 6,6'...Guide,
2, 3...Sprocket, 7...Spring, 4...Attachment, 8...Rotary cutter, 5, 5'...
...Feeding rod, 9...Gear, 10...Cylindrical slope,
11...Non-adhesive sheet, 12...Nozzle, 13
...First outlet, 14...Second outlet, 15...
Pizza crust, 16...Cheese, 17...Roller, 18,19...Shaft, 20,20'...
Transfer device, 21... transfer passage.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A pair of transfer devices are provided facing each other, a number of feeding members are attached at predetermined intervals to an endless body provided on the transfer devices, and the cheese is sandwiched and fed between the opposing feeding members. A guide is provided in contact with the back side of the feeding member facing the transfer passage, and an interval between the pair of transfer devices can be adjusted with a spring, and the gap between the pair of transfer devices is adjusted by a spring. A rotary cutter is provided facing the lower part, and a cylindrical slope that is rotated at the same time as the cutter is provided at the lower part of the rotary cutter, and a nozzle that blows compressed air toward the inner surface of the cylindrical slope is provided. Cheese cutting equipment. 2 The nozzle is the first one facing the bottom of the rotating cutter.
It has an ejection hole and a second ejection hole facing the inner surface of the cylindrical slope, and is configured to perform an operation of intermittently ejecting compressed air in conjunction with the rotation of the cutter and the drive of the transfer device. A cheese cutting device according to claim 1.