JPH0155959B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention provides a sausage in which several diagonal cuts are made on the body of the sausage in order to make the sausage easier to eat and to improve the appearance of the dish. This invention relates to a scoring device.

[Prior art] As a conventional scoring device, for example,
-108992 is known. In this system, sausages are held and moved between a pair of upper and lower conveyors by controlling their posture in advance at an angle to the axis of movement of the conveyors.
Several disk-shaped cutters are coaxially mounted above this moving area in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the conveyor.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The conventional scoring device described above determines the number of cuts based on the number of disk-shaped cutters, so even if you want to increase or decrease the number of cuts, it is not possible. Even if it is desired to adjust the interval between the cut and the cut, it is not possible to do so, and furthermore, there is a problem that it is impossible to make continuous cuts with high efficiency. On the other hand, in terms of structure, there are inconvenient problems in that the conveyor must be provided with means for controlling the oblique posture of the sausages, and cutters must be provided for the number of cuts.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the present invention provides a sausage scoring device with a simple configuration, which can increase the number of cuts on sausages or set the cut interval arbitrarily, and can make cuts with high efficiency. The purpose is to

[Means for Solving the Problems] The configuration of the present invention to achieve the above object includes a pair of upper and lower conveyors for moving sausages in a sandwiched state, and a system for making cuts in the sausages facing the moving area of the conveyors. In the scoring device, the conveyor has a pair of upper and lower cutters that transport the sausages, which are dropped and fed from a hopper provided at one end of the conveyor, in series with their axes aligned with the moving axis of the conveyor. The rotary cutter is a conveyor, and the rotary cutter is made of a disk with a knife attached to it protruding from one location on its periphery,
The gist of the sausage scoring device is that the knife is arranged at the side between the upper and lower conveyors in a manner that intersects with the axis of the sausage.

[Example] Conveyor A consists of a lower belt 1 (chain belt) and an upper belt 2 (chain belt) facing parallel to each other in order to convey sausages in a sandwiched state.
is provided horizontally, one end of the conveyor A on the supply side extends from one end of the lower belt 2,
The lower end drop opening 4 of the sausage supply hopper 3 is made to face the upper part of this extended lower belt,
Further, the drop opening of the supply hopper 3 is formed into an elongated shape so that the attitude of the sausage is controlled so that its axis coincides with the moving direction of the conveyor. In the middle of the conveyor A, the upper and lower belts 1,
Knives 5 constituting a rotating cutter are installed on both sides between the two and intersect diagonally with respect to the axis of the sausage.
is coming.

The knife 5 is a so-called involute knife attached to a disk 6 so as to protrude from one point on its periphery, and this knife 5 is connected to a flexible wire 7 connected to a motor (not shown).
The knife 5 is rotated by the knife 5, and the knife 5 can be adjusted laterally in movement and inclination.

Furthermore, on the inner surface of the tension side of the belts 1 and 2,
Tension mechanisms 8 and 9, which are vertically adjustable, are slidably connected to each other to adjust the interval between the belts in order to accommodate sausages of different thicknesses, and to elastically clamp the sausages from above and below.

[Operation of the invention] The sausages that are dropped and fed from the hopper 3 are controlled in attitude in parallel to the moving direction of the conveyor A at the drop opening 4 of the hopper, so that the sausages are moved up and down in a serial state in which the axis of the sausages coincides with the axis of the conveyor A. The sausages are conveyed one after another while being held between conveyors, and then arrive at the position of the knife 5, where the sausages are diagonally scored by the rotating knife 5.

The interval between the cuts is S/Ncm, assuming that the number of rotations of the knife 5 is N rotations per minute and the moving speed of the conveyor is Scm per minute. Therefore, by changing S or N, or both S and N, an arbitrary cut interval can be obtained.

Further, the depth of the cut can be arbitrarily set by setting the amount of lateral movement of the knife 5, and the angle of the cut can be arbitrarily set by setting the inclination angle of the knife. Furthermore, if the knife 5 is arranged in an inverted V shape when viewed from the side, it becomes possible to make cuts in the shape of a mesh pattern on the body of the sausage.

In this embodiment, the knife 5 is arranged on both sides of the conveyor to make cuts on both sides of the sausage body, but it is of course possible to cut only on one side.

[Effects of the Invention] In short, according to the present invention, the sausages being moved while being sandwiched between a pair of upper and lower conveyors are moved in series with their axes aligned with the movement axis of the conveyors, and in this moving state, the side portions of the sausages are Since the cuts are made with a knife protruding from one location on the periphery of the rotating disk, the cuts can be made continuously at pitch intervals corresponding to the moving speed of the conveyor and the rotational speed of the knife. Further, by setting the speed, the number of cuts on the sausage can be increased or decreased, or the interval between cuts can be arbitrarily selected. In addition, the conveyor can be an ordinary chain belt, and the rotary cutter is a single knife, so the device has a simple configuration, which has excellent features that cannot be expected from conventional scoring devices of this type. It is something.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view, FIG. 2 is a side view of the same, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the hopper portion. A...Conveyor, 3...Hopper, 5...Knife.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A scoring device comprising a pair of upper and lower conveyors for moving sausages in a sandwiched state, and a rotary cutter for scoring sausages facing the moving area of the conveyor, wherein the conveyor is provided at one end on the supply side. A pair of upper and lower conveyors transports the sausages that are dropped and fed from the hopper in series with their axes aligned with the moving axis of the conveyor, and the rotary cutter has a knife protruding from one point on the periphery of the disk. The sausage scoring device is characterized in that the knife is attached to the side between the upper and lower conveyors and faces in an intersecting manner with respect to the axis of the sausage.