JPS6315119B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a constant volume and constant shape cutting device for bulk meat materials including beef, pork, chicken, and others.

Conventionally, quantitative cutting has been used for meat sold in trays at supermarkets, etc., but no attention has been paid to its shape. In addition, manual cutting is common for amorphous meat that is used in general meat manufacturing processes, whereas mechanical methods that extrude and fill meat are limited to pasty or minced meat products, which are cut into chunks. It was unreasonable to use it for manufacturing skewered meat or products of fixed volume and fixed shape for frying.

The purpose of the present invention is to obtain a meat material with a uniform volume and shape without impairing the material characteristics of raw meat when the meat is used as a product for skewering or frying. To provide a shape cutting device.

The present invention was made based on the above objectives,
The gist is that a raw material transfer device is equipped with a meat material extrusion means in front of the supply port, which sequentially pressure-feeds bulk meat materials such as beef, pork, chicken, etc. from the supply port to the next connected pressure pipe at a constant pressure. , a cutting device equipped with a cutter in the pressure feeding pipe for separating and cutting the meat material fed by the pressure feeding pipe by the meat material extrusion means of the raw material transfer device; and a cutting device for separately transporting the meat materials separated and cut by the cutting device. a branch supply device comprising a plurality of manifolds connected to the pressure-feeding pipe, and a discharge nozzle serving as an outlet of each of the manifolds;
A mold plate provided corresponding to each discharge nozzle of the branch supply device separates the mold plate provided in the mold into which the meat material discharged from the nozzle is placed, and the meat material discharged from the nozzle and continuously put into the mold. A molding device equipped with a slide cutter installed between the discharge nozzle and the mold for cutting, and a molded meat material formed into a constant volume and shape according to the mold by the slide cutter of the molding device. This is a fixed-volume/fixed-shape cutting device for bulk meat material, comprising a take-out device for taking out meat from the mold plate formwork. Here, the lump meat material refers to beef, pork, chicken, etc. that does not impair the characteristics of the material such as muscle fibers, and excludes paste-like or minced meat-like materials. In addition, the raw material transfer device may be one that sequentially pressure-feeds the meat material from the supply port by extrusion of an extruder, or alternatively, the raw material transfer device may be one that sequentially pumps the meat material from the supply port by extrusion of an extruder. Fill it with
A device equipped with a meat material extrusion means that sequentially pressure-feeds the meat material, for example, a block food material is placed in a raw material supply tray having parallel grooves, and the block food material is slid in a direction crossing the direction in which the raw material is transferred, and then the food material is slid and It is also possible to use a device in which the meat material on each feeding stand is sequentially fed under pressure within a pressure feeding pipe, and the pressure feeding is performed by applying a constant pressure to the food material using a piston. Further, the cutting device may be any cutter that cuts the green meat fed through the pressure-feeding pipe into two or more pieces, and may be a fixed or movable one with a long blade or a round blade. Further, the branch supply device is composed of a manifold pipe that is divided into sections and discharges meat pieces of the meat material cut into multiple pieces by a cutting device from a discharge nozzle at the tip, and each manifold pipe is separated. Alternatively, they may be separated within the same large-diameter pipe. Furthermore, the molding device may be a slide cutter configured to make the meat material introduced from the discharge nozzle into the formwork of the mold plate into a constant volume and constant shape, and at the entrance of the formwork,
Slide the cutter to form. Cutting with the cutter can also be performed using constant pressure from the raw material transfer device or under constant pressure from a separately provided constant pressure device. Further, as a take-out device for taking out the molded meat material, it is possible to use a device that rotates the mold plate or has a through-hole in the mold and punches it out with a punching device so that the molded meat material can be taken out from the mold.

The extrusion force of the extruder in the raw material transfer device can be used as a constant pressure source during subsequent pressure feeding through the pressure feeding pipe and branch pipe, and during cutting of the meat material in the cutting device and forming device.

The relationship between the molding device, which has a slide cutter on the mold plate, and the take-out device is as follows:
A through-hole formwork consisting of two or more groups as described above is provided, and after putting the meat material into the formwork of one group and cutting it with a slide cutter, the mold plate is slid and the next two groups are cut. Put the meat material into the molds, cut the meat in the two groups of molds, insert the weight of the punching device into the first group of molds and take it out, then slide the mold plate and cut the meat in the two groups of molds. The meat material is placed in the original formwork of the first group, cut with a slide cutter, and the meat material is punched out from the formwork of the second group, which are repeated. In this way, in one process, the meat container cutting step using the molding device and the removing step using the takeout device can be performed twice, thereby doubling the efficiency. In terms of quantity alone, by appropriately selecting the number of formworks in the first and second groups and the slide cutter and take-out device that match these, it is of course possible to mass produce according to each type. It is.

Next, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view including a partially transparent part, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the mold plate including the slide device, FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG. 1 including a partial perspective view and longitudinal section, and FIG. 2D is a longitudinal sectional view of the mold plate including the slide device.

<Raw material transfer device> In Fig. 1, 1 is an extruder equipped with a piston mechanism and serves as a means for extruding meat materials.
A lumpy meat material such as chicken meat is fed under pressure from a raw material supply stand 2 to a pressure feed pipe connected thereto. The raw material supply table 2 is equipped with a supply plate consisting of two parallel grooves 3-a and 3-b having the same cross-sectional shape as the extrusion surface of the extruder 1, and the slide device 4 of the raw material supply table 2 is moved along the arrow A.
By sliding the extruder 1 alternately in the direction of
The extruder 1 is pushed in with the leak prevention plate 2' fixed above the raw material supply table 2 so that the extrusion surface and the groove are aligned, and the meat material is filled into the supply trays 3-a and 3-b of each groove. The chunks of meat are alternately pushed into the pressure feeding pipe 5.

<Cutting device> The meat material pushed into the pressure-feeding pipe container 5 is cut into pieces of a certain size or less under a constant pressure generated by the piston pressure of the meat material extrusion means.
It consists of something that is equipped with. Therefore, unlike under atmospheric pressure, cutting is performed while the meat pieces are compressed, resulting in clean cuts. In addition, although the long blade cutter is fixed in the drawing, the round blade may be moved.

<Branch supply device> The meat material cut under constant pressure advances through bifurcated branch pipes 7-a and 7-b, passes through the elbow portion,
It is sent to discharge nozzles 8-a and 8-b.

This branch pipe may be a separate pipe or a pipe that divides the same large diameter pipe as described above, and the number of divisions may be two or more.

<Forming device> Reference numeral 17 denotes a pipe opening support plate that supports the discharge nozzles 8-a and 8-b, and directly below it are the pipe opening support plates 8-a and 8-b, respectively, as shown in the supplementary plan view B translated to the right. and two through holes 8' having the same cross-sectional size and mutual spacing.
Slide cutter 10 with -a and 8'-b
There is a slide device 9 that alternately slides this in the direction of arrow B. Slide cutter 10
There is a mold plate 12 having a certain thickness below, and a slide device 14 that can slide alternately in the direction of arrow C is attached to this plate 12, so that the mold plate 12 overlaps 8-a and 8'-a. Through holes 13-a, 13'-a and 8-b, 8'-b with constant volume and constant shape
Through-holes 13-b and 13'-b, which can overlap with each other, are provided on the mold plate (see supplementary plan view C). Also shown in FIG. 2, below the mold plate 12 is a fixed bottom plate 18 that closes the lower end of the through hole.

Supplementary explanatory diagram D of FIG. 2 shows the moving device for the mold plate 12 when the slide device 14 slides by an arrow C.

<Removal device> Reference numeral 16 shown in FIG. 2 is a punching device for punching out the meat filled in a through hole with a constant volume and a constant shape.
By the piston 15 moving up and down in the direction of arrow D, the two punching weights 11-a or 11-b move the meat filled into the fixed volume and fixed shape through-hole of the mold plate 12 to one of the above-mentioned weights. When one punches, the other punches the blank, and then when one punches the blank, the other punches, so that the meat that has been formed into a constant volume and shape is punched out alternately.If necessary, the next punch is made using a conveyor device, etc. You can go to the processing stage.

Next, the working steps of the apparatus of the present invention will be explained.

In the raw material transfer device, meat is fed to supply trays 3-a,
3-b are alternately supplied manually. The meat is sent to a pressure feed pipe 5 by an extruder 1. At this time, the supply trays 3-a and 3-b are moved by the slide device 4, but stop at a predetermined position under the leakage prevention plate 2, and the meat is intermittently and continuously fed to the supply trays 3-a, 3-b. −
b into the pressure feed pipe 5 at a constant pressure.

Next, the meat fed through the pressure feeding pipe 5 by the cutter 6 is divided into two parts under constant pressure by the extruder 1.

Thereafter, the cut meat is sent from the pressure feeding pipe 5 to bifurcated branch pipes 7-a and 7-b, passes through the elbow portion of each branch pipe, and is then sent to the discharge nozzles 8-a and 8-b.
From there, the mold plate 12 is fed under pressure to through holes 13-a and 13-b.

Furthermore, in the molding device and the ejecting device, to explain in more detail, there is a slide cutter 10 under the pipe port support plate 17, and a mold plate 12 below it.
Furthermore, there is a bottom plate 18 fixed below, and a discharge nozzle 8-a and a hole 8' of the slide cutter 10 are installed.
-a and the through hole 13-a of the mold plate 12 coincide, and at the same time, the discharge nozzle 8-b, the hole 8'-b of the slide cutter 10, and the through hole 1 of the mold plate 12 coincide.
3-b coincide with each other, and the bottom plate 18 closes the lower part of each through hole.

In this state, when the slide cutter 10 moves upward B in this figure by the length of the diameter of the holes 8'-a and 8'-b, the through-hole 13-
The edible meat materials filled in a and 13-b are cut into a constant volume and constant shape according to each through hole, and are supported by the bottom plate 18.
This condition is shown in the diagram above the mold plate in FIG.

Next, as shown in FIG.
descends downward together with the two weights 11-b as shown by arrow D, and punches out the molded material in the through-holes 13-a and 13-b to obtain a lump of meat with a constant volume and constant shape. At this time, the other two weights 11-a hit the air. In addition, in the state D, the through holes 13'-a and 1
3'-b, the slide device 9 has returned to the downward direction indicated by the arrow B and the through-hole 8'- of the slide cutter 10 has been opened.
a and 8'-b, so the meat material is supplied from the discharge nozzles 8-a and 8-b at a constant pressure,
The through-holes 13'-a and 13'-b of the mold plate 12 are filled with the meat material in the through-holes 13'-a and 13'-b at the same time as the weights 11-b and 11-a are punched out. Cut into a certain volume and shape. In this way, the device of the present invention can (1) press the meat material under constant pressure, (2) cut with the cutter, (3) branch supply of the material to the manifold, and (4) maintain a constant volume using the mold plate and slide cutter.・Can perform fixed-shape molding and (5) removing molded materials from mold plates.

In addition, in the apparatus of the present invention, it is not necessarily necessary to use a single edible meat material, and many types of meat materials may be used.

The effects obtained by the constant volume and constant shape cutting device for bulk meat material according to the present invention are as follows.

(1) It is easy to operate and efficiently obtain a lumpy meat material having a constant volume and a naturally defined shape of fibers and skin without impairing the specificity of the material.

(2) It is possible to perform sanitary work by automating everything or by reducing the chances of human hands touching the meat.

(3) Even if the meat material is small pieces or amorphous, it can form a single block during continuous feeding, and the same effect as gluing can be obtained without extra manual work.
Moreover, the quality of the meat is not compromised.

(4) It is also possible to combine two or more different types of materials to create a meat material that looks like a single material.

(5) In the process of providing meat ingredients, various preservatives,
Fortifiers, flavors, colorants, etc. can be added before cutting and shaping into volumetric pieces.

(6) Since the lump meat material is cut under constant pressure, the material is held better than when no pressure is applied, making it easier to cut.

It is also possible to further improve efficiency by installing a plurality of devices in parallel to each other in the constant volume, constant shape cutting device for meat of the present invention and using the devices in series.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a partially transparent plan view of a fixed volume/shaped meat cutting device showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
B is a supplementary plan view of the slide cutter and slide device, C is a supplementary plan view of the mold plate and slide device, Figure 2 is a side view including a partial perspective and cross section of the device in Figure 1, and Figure 2 D is a movement FIG. 3 is a supplementary vertical sectional view including a cross section of the mold plate and slide device. 1... Meat material extruder, 2... Raw material supply table,
3-a, 3-b...supply tray, 2'...leak prevention plate,
4... Slide device for raw material supply table, 5... Pressure feeding pipe, 6... Cutter, 7-a, 7-b... Bifurcated branch pipe, 8-a, 8-b... Discharge nozzle, 9...
Slide cutter slide device, 8'-a,
8'-b...Slide cutter hole, 11-a,
11-b... Weight of punching device, 12... Mold plate, 13-a, 13'-a, 13-b, 13'-
b... Through hole in mold plate, 14... Slide device for mold plate, 15... Piston device, 16...
Punching device, 17...Discharge nozzle 8-a, 8-b
support plate, 18...bottom plate of the mold plate.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A raw material transfer device equipped with a meat material extrusion means in front of the supply port to sequentially pressure feed bulk meat materials such as beef, pork, chicken, etc. from the supply port to the next connected pressure pipe, and the raw material transfer device. a cutting device equipped with a cutter on the pressure feeding pipe for separating and cutting the meat material fed under pressure through the pressure feeding pipe by the meat material extrusion means;
a branch supply device comprising a plurality of manifold pipes connected to the pressure feeding pipe, each of which transports the meat materials separated and cut by the cutting device; and a discharge nozzle serving as an outlet of each of the manifold pipes; A mold plate is provided corresponding to each discharge nozzle of the branch supply device to separate and cut the mold plate provided with a mold into which the meat material discharged from the nozzle is placed, and the meat material discharged from the nozzle and continuously placed into the mold. In order to do this, a molding device is provided with a slide cutter installed between the discharge nozzle and the mold, and the molded meat material is molded into a constant volume and shape according to the mold using the slide cutter of the molding device. A fixed-volume/fixed-shape cutting device for bulk meat material, comprising a take-out device for taking out the mold plate from the formwork.