JPH0240294B2 - GYOTAISHORISOCHI - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fish processing device that cuts off the head of a fish, removes the ovaries, and processes the fish into fillets.

Prior Art The fish body processing process can be roughly divided into the ovary removal process and the fillet processing process, and automation of each process has already been proposed, for example in the ovary removal process, in Japanese Patent Application No. 1986-206702. Automation of the fillet processing process was proposed in Japanese Patent Application No. 1983-222804.

With the above-mentioned conventional technology, manual work is required during the processing process when moving to the next process, which may result in damage to the fish body, or the processing time may be long. There were problems such as the freshness of the food decreasing and the food spoiling. In order to solve these problems, a fish processing machine in which the entire process of processing fish is automated has been proposed in Japanese Patent Application No. 58-206701.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a conventional fish processing machine 1. In the fish processing machine 1, the fish F conveyed by the conveyor 2 is vertically clamped between the clamping belts 3 and 4, conveyed in the direction of arrow A1, and the head is removed by the rotary round blade 5. is disconnected. Then fish body F
, the tail part is clamped by the clamping chain 6, and the arrow mark A2
The ovary X is conveyed in this direction and pressed by a pressing means (not shown), and the ovary X is taken out into the chute 7. Thereafter, the fish F is held between other conveyor belts 8 and 9, conveyed, and processed into a fillet state.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention The above-mentioned conventional techniques had complicated structures and large-sized devices. Moreover, this increased the cost of the device and caused other problems, such as ease of failure.

The purpose of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, to have a simple structure, and to be able to be miniaturized.
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel fish processing device capable of fully automating a fish processing process.

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention involves transporting a fish body with its abdomen facing the direction of travel, cutting off the head during transport, and
A first fish processing means for removing the ovaries; and the fish processed by the first fish processing means are transported with the abdomen facing down, and during transport, the abdomen is incised and internal organs, back bones, etc. are removed. a second fish processing means for processing the fish into fillets; a guide member for guiding the fish along the transport direction from an end of the transport path of the first fish processing means; holding means for receiving and holding the fish body with its abdomen facing downward; and extrusion means for pushing out the fish body held by the holding member toward the starting end of the transport path for the second fish transport process. The fish processing apparatus is characterized in that the transport path of the first fish processing means and the transport path of the second fish processing means are arranged at substantially right angles.

Effect According to the present invention, the fish body is transported along the first transport route with its abdomen facing the direction of travel, and the head is cut off.
After the ovary is removed, it is guided by the guide member and received by the holding member with the abdomen facing downward. Thereafter, the fish body is pushed out by the extrusion means toward the starting end of a second transportation path in a direction perpendicular to the first transportation path, and is transported along the second transportation path, where the abdomen is incised and internal organs etc. are removed. , processed into fillet condition.

Embodiment FIG. 1 shows a fish processing device 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a simplified front view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view of the fish processing device 20. The fish processing device 20 includes a fish F ovary extraction section 21, which is a first fish processing means, and a fish F fillet processing section 22, which is a second fish processing means. The ovary extraction section 21 includes a pair of endless conveyor belts 23a and 23b for holding and conveying the fish body F in a direction substantially perpendicular to its longitudinal direction.
4,25 and stretched. Conveyor belt 2
Similarly to the conveyor belt 23a, the conveyor belt 3b is also wound around substantially cylindrical pulleys 26 and 27 and stretched. Pulley 2
4 is rotationally driven in the direction of arrow A11 in FIG.
The conveyor belts 23a, 23a are rotated in 12 directions.
23b are driven to run at substantially the same speed. Further, the ovary extraction section 21 is equipped with a head cutting round blade 28 for cutting the head of the fish F.
A pinching member 29 as described later is provided near the holder 8 .

A pressing member 30 for removing the ovary Y of the fish F is provided on the left side of the pressing member 29 in FIG.

On the left side of the ovary extraction part 21 in FIG.
A generally arc-shaped guide plate 31 is provided on the lower side of the guide plate 31 as a means for guiding the fish body F, and is a means for receiving and holding the fish body F, and is formed in a substantially “V” shape in cross section. A chute 32 is provided. On the opposite side of the chute 32 from the fillet processing section 22, there is a nozzle 42 for ejecting water, which is a means for pushing out fish, a water pressure source 43, and a spouting means 44.
is provided. A water stream with pressure is applied from the water pressure source 43 to the ejection means 44, and water is ejected from the nozzle 42.

The fillet processing section 22, like the ovary extraction section 21, includes a pair of endless conveyor belts 33a, 33b, and the conveyor belts 33a, 33b are provided with substantially cylindrical pulleys 34, 35 and pulleys 36, 3, respectively.
7 and stretched. The pulley 34 is rotationally driven in the direction of arrow A13 in FIG. 1 by a drive means (not shown), the pulley 36 is rotationally driven in the direction of arrow A14, and the conveyor belts 33a, 36a are driven to run at substantially the same speed.

In the transport path of the fish F in the fillet processing section 22, there is a round blade 38 for cutting the abdomen of the fish F;
A visceral removal pulley (hereinafter referred to as gutting pulley) 39 for removing internal organs, etc., and a abdominal cutting round blade 40 for cutting the incised abdominal end of the fish body F (hereinafter referred to as abdominal cavity). , and a fillet knife 41 that cuts and spreads the fish body F into fillets are sequentially provided from the bottom to the top in FIG. The ovary extraction section 21 and fillet processing section 22 are formed roughly in an "L" shape. The operation of the fish processing device 20 having the above configuration will be described below.

The fish F is placed on the conveyor belt 23b from the right side in FIG. 1 of the ovary extraction section 21 with its head facing upward in FIG. 23b and conveyed in the direction of arrow B1 in FIG. Then, the vicinity of the gill cover is clamped and pressed by the clamping member 29. Then, the ovary Y inside the body is pushed into the lower side of FIG. In this state, the head is cut off by the round head cutting blade 28. Since the ovary Y is pressed as described above, it will not be damaged when the head is cut off. Further, the transported fish body F is pressed by the pressing member 30, and the ovary Y is taken out. The removed ovary Y is stored in a saucer (not shown).

When the fish F is transported to the terminal position of the transport path of the ovary extraction section 21, it is guided by the guide plate 31 and received by the chute 32.

At this time, the fish body F is held with its abdomen facing downward. At that time, as mentioned above, nozzle 4
Water is ejected from 2, and the water pressure pushes the fish F toward the starting end P of the transport path of the fillet processing section 22. The extruded fish F is held between conveyor belts 33a and 33b of the fillet processing section 22 with its abdomen facing downward, and is conveyed in the direction of arrow B2 in FIG.

In the fillet processing section 22, the abdomen of the fish F is first incised using the round cutting blade 38. Fourth
FIG. 1 shows a cross-sectional view of the fish F in this state. The fish body F whose abdomen has been incised is further transported, and internal organs and the like are removed by a gutting pulley 39. Figure 4 2 shows the fish body F at that time.
FIG.

Next, in the fish body F, the belly part G to which the remains of, for example, some of the internal organs, are attached, is cut off by the belly part cutting round blade 40. Figure 4 3 shows the fish body F at that time.
FIG. When the fish body F is further conveyed, it is moved by the fillet knife 41 as shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, it is cut open and processed into what is called a fillet. Thereafter, it is stored in a saucer (not shown), moved to another location, and processed into fish paste products such as kamaboko (kamaboko).

FIG. 5 shows a fish processing device 6 according to another embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a sectional view taken along the cutting plane line - in FIG. 5. FIG.

This embodiment is similar to the embodiment of FIG.
Corresponding parts are given the same reference numerals. Only the different points will be explained below. In this embodiment, instead of the chute 32, a pair of support plates 6 are used as the holding means.
1,62, a nozzle 42 as an extrusion means,
In place of the water pressure source 43 and the ejection means 44, an extrusion belt 63 is provided.

As the extrusion means, the above-mentioned nozzle 42,
Water pressure source 43, jetting means 44 and extrusion belt 6
The belt is not limited to three, and may be a chain belt, for example.

Effects As described above, according to the present invention, the structure is simple, the device can be downsized, and all processes of fish processing can be performed automatically. Furthermore, work safety is improved and the yield of fish processing is also significantly increased. Furthermore, the fish can be processed without losing its freshness.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a fish processing device 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a simplified front view of Figure 1.
FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view of the fish body processing device 20, and FIG. 4 is a fish body F in each processing step of the fillet processing section 22.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of essential parts of a fish processing device 60 according to another embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken from the cutting plane line - in FIG. 5, and FIG. 1 is a front view of a conventional fish processing machine 1. FIG. . 20, 60... Fish body processing device, 21... Ovary extraction section, 22... Fillet processing section, 23a, 23
b, 33a, 34b... Conveyor belt, 24, 2
5, 26, 27, 34, 35, 36, 37... pulley, 28... head cutting round blade, 29... pinching member, 30... pressing member, 31... guide plate, 32...
...Shoot, 38...Round blade for laparotomy, 39...Gutting pulley, 40...Round blade for cutting abdomen, 41...
... fillet knife, 42 ... nozzle, 43 ... water pressure source, 44 ... jetting means, F ... fish body, P ... starting end, 61, 62 ... support plate, 63 ... extrusion belt.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A first fish processing means for transporting a fish with its abdomen facing the direction of travel, cutting off the head and removing the ovaries during the transport; a second fish processing means for transporting the processed fish with its abdomen facing downward; during transport, the abdomen is incised, internal organs, bones, etc. are removed, and the fish is processed into fillets; 1. A guide member that guides the fish along the transport direction from the end of the transport path of the fish processing means; and a holding means that receives and holds the fish guided by the guide member with the abdomen facing downward. , extruding means for pushing out the fish held by the holding member toward the starting end of the transport route of the second fish transport process, the transport route of the first fish processing means and the transport of the second fish processing means A fish processing device characterized in that the path is arranged at almost a right angle.