JPH049512B2 - - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION A. Object of the invention (industrial field of application) The present invention is a shredded food manufacturing apparatus used in the processed food manufacturing industry. Specifically, the tip of the material to be transferred is cut vertically into small pieces on an empty container, the cut parts are cut into slices, a fixed amount of the slices are stored in the container, and the container is replaced. This invention relates to an apparatus for repeatedly and automatically manufacturing containers of chopped foods.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, when producing shredded kamaboko in the processed food manufacturing industry, the raw kamaboko a is supplied to a conveyor 29 and conveyed in the vertical direction as shown in FIG. 30, the cutter 31, which moves up and down at regular intervals, cuts it to the desired thickness to obtain a plate-shaped slice a'.
A' are piled up in large numbers and transferred onto a conveyor 29 as shown in FIG. 9, and when they are held down by a holding roller 30, they are cut into a desired width by a knife 31 that goes up and down at a constant cycle to make thin rod-shaped chopped kamaboko. a″ is obtained, and this chopped kamaboko a″ is placed on the scale 3 as shown in Figure 10.
The shredded food packaged in the container is obtained by manually weighing the food into the container 33 placed on the container 33 with a knob.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) After slicing the raw kamaboko to a certain thickness as described above, the sliced pieces are stacked and cut to a certain width to obtain chopped kamaboko, which is then manually pinched into a container. When weighing, the increments are two-stroke cutting,
In addition, the operation of stacking the required number of slices between the front and rear machines and placing them on the conveyor, as well as putting the products into containers and weighing, is done manually, which increases labor costs and increases the manufacturing cost of chopped foods. In addition, when stacking the slices and placing the product in a container, there are many opportunities for bacteria to adhere and propagate due to manual contact with the slices, resulting in a problem that the shelf life of the product is significantly reduced.

The present invention was made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and involves rotating a slitting blade and a slicing blade intermittently above a container to obtain thin slices, and storing the slices in the container. The aim is to automate the production of packaged products by replacing the container when the amount reaches a set value, thereby making it possible to provide hygienic and inexpensive products.

B. Structure of the invention (means for solving problems) The means of the present invention for achieving the above-mentioned object is such that a shaft is provided on the delivery side of the feeding means for gripping and feeding the material so as to cross the traveling path of the material. A rotating slicing blade and a slit blade are provided close to the delivery end,
A large number of thin blades are attached to the slit blade in the space between the comb-shaped receiving blades close to the sending side of the feeding means, and below the slicing blade and the slitting blade are containers for sending containers of shredded food to this part. a means of transport;
collecting means for collecting the chopped food into the container; means for detecting the arrival of the container and starting the chopping and storing operations; and means for stopping the storage operation and replacing the container.

(Function) When the device configured as described above is used to manufacture chopped kamaboko, the material kamaboko a is supplied so that the tip thereof hits the slicing blade 13, and the container at the tip is transferred onto the container transfer means 22. 23 is in a position to activate the detector 28, and then the control panel 26 allows the device to be automatically operated. 16 and collection means 1
The drive motors 20 of 8 and 19 are started, and the feeding means 2 and 3 feed out the kamaboko a at a predetermined speed,
The slit blade 14 and the slicing blade 13 rotate, and the slitting blade 14 first cuts into the tip of the kamaboko (a) and cuts this part into intervals of each thin blade 15, and then the slicing blade 13 cuts off the cut part. By performing the operations alternately, the kamaboko a is automatically chopped into bar-shaped slices with a rectangular cross section, that is, chopped kamaboko a', and a portion of these chopped kamaboko a' is placed in the container 2 as it is.
Some of the shredded kamaboko a′ that fell into the collection means 18 and 19 and were blown away hit the collection means 18 and 19.
8, 19 is collected into the container 23, and the amount of chopped product is proportional to the time, and the desired value is reached after a certain time, so this time is set in the timer 27 of the control panel 26. When the time has elapsed, the timer 27 stops the kamaboko transfer means 2, 3, the slit blade 14, and the slicing blade 13, and starts another timer (not shown). Collection method 1: No products left behind
8 and 19 into the container 23. but,
At this time, a timer (not shown) is activated by the collection means 18,
19 is stopped, the transfer means 22 of the container 23 is activated, the container 23 containing the shredded kamaboko a' is sent out from the collection position, and when the next container 23 is positioned at the collection position of the shredded kamaboko a', this is detected. At the same time as the container 28 detects and stops the container transfer means 22,
Since the above action is repeated, kamaboko a
The operation of chopping the meat and filling a certain amount of it into the container 23 is automatically and continuously performed.

(Example) An example of an example of an apparatus related to the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

In Figures 1 to 3 of the drawings, 1 is a frame, on one side of which a pair of upper and lower conveyors 2 and 3 for transporting materials are suspended between rollers 4, 4 and 5, 5 and knife edge materials 6 and 7. the lower conveyor 2 is longer than the upper conveyor 3,
In order to feed the material a onto this and sandwich the material between the upper conveyor 3 and the upper conveyor 3 as it progresses, the rotation of the motor 8 is reduced via a deceleration mechanism 9 in order to ensure that the material is fed to the cutter described later. The conveyors 2 and 3 have their tips supported by the knife edges 6 and 7 described above, so that the material can be sufficiently gripped at a position close to the cutter, which will be described later. In order to ensure that the material is stable even when cutting force is applied, the upper conveyor 3 is equipped with lifting adjustment screws 10, 1.
0 is engaged so that the distance from the lower conveyor 2 can be adjusted according to the thickness of the material a.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a shaft provided on one side of the conveyors 2, 3 in parallel with the shaft, and a rotating body 12 is attached to a portion corresponding to the tips of the conveyors 2, 3, as shown in FIG. The conveyor 2,
A slicing blade 13 and a slitting blade 14 are attached to the slitting blade 14, which rotates across the traveling path of the material a fed by the slit blade 14, and the slitting blade 14 has a thin blade that cuts the material a into pieces in the longitudinal direction as shown in FIG. By attaching a large number of blades 15 at intervals corresponding to the desired increment size, when the rotating body 12 is rotated by the motor 16, the slit blade 14 first cuts the tip of the material a vertically to the desired size using the many thin blades 15. Then, the sliced portion is cut off by a slicing blade 13 to automatically cut out bar-shaped slices with a rectangular cross section, for example, shredded kamaboko.

Reference numeral 17 denotes a comb-shaped receiving blade attached to the tip of the lower conveyor 2, which is formed into a comb-teeth shape in which the thin blades 15 of the slit blade 14 are intersected, and the slit blade 14 removes the material a. When cutting, the lower side of the material a is supported so that even if the material is soft and easily deformed, the cutting can be performed stably and reliably.

18 and 19 are the other upper side of the frame 1 described above;
That is, the conveyor for collecting shredded pieces a' is provided on the opposite side of the conveyors 2 and 3 for conveying the material, and the vertical conveyor 18 located on the side of the slitting blade 14 and the slicing blade 13 is connected to the conveyor for collecting chopped pieces a'. and the diagonal conveyor 19 provided at the lower part, and rotate both of them downward by the reducer motor 20 to receive the chopped piece a' to be cut off, and lower the conveyor 19.
The collection conveyor 1 is fed downward into a container 23 sent by a transfer conveyor 22 which is operated intermittently by a motor 21 equipped with a clutch brake, and a fixed amount is stored in the container 23.
The upper part 19 of the parts 8 and 19 may be a plate chute if the rotation of the rotating body 12 is slow and the chopped piece a' is not blown off to this extent.

Reference numeral 24 denotes a scraping member for shredded kamaboko a' disposed close to the tip side of the lower collection conveyor 19, which scrapes off shredded kamaboko a' that has adhered to the collection conveyor 19 from the conveyor 19 into the container 23. let

Reference numeral 25 denotes a plate chute provided on the opposite side corresponding to the collection conveyors 18 and 19, and the chopped kamaboko a' that falls towards this chute is collected in the container 23 described above.
It guides the body and causes it to work within this direction.

26 is a control panel that controls the operation of the device, and includes a power switch S1, a selection switch S2 that changes the operation of the device between automatic, manual, and stop, and a slicing blade 13.
and a switch S that starts and stops the slit blade 14.
3, a switch S4 for starting and stopping the material transfer conveyors 2 and 3, and product recovery conveyors 18 and 19.
a switch S5 that starts and stops the container transfer conveyor 22; a switch S6 that starts and stops the container transfer conveyor 22;
It is activated by the pilot lamps L1, L2, L3, L4 and a detector to be described later, and when the set time has elapsed, the slicing blade 13, the slitting blade 14 and the material transfer conveyors 2, 3 are immediately stopped, and a little later,
That is, a timer 27 is provided to stop the collection conveyors 18 and 19 by a timer function (not shown) provided in a sequencer (not shown) after the collection of chopped kamaboko a' is completed.

28 is the detector of the container 23 mentioned above,
When the container 23 installed at the storage position a' and transported by the conveyor 22 reaches this position and blocks the light,
The transfer conveyor 22 is stopped, and the slicing blade 13,
A phototube type device that starts the slit blade 14, material transfer conveyors 2, 3, product recovery conveyors 18, 19, and timer 27 is used.

50 mm thick and 600 mm long kamaboko are fed to the conveyors 2 and 3 of the apparatus shown in the above embodiment, the conveyors 2 and 3 are run, and the slitting blade 13 and the slicing blade 14 and the product recovery conveyors 18 and 19 are removed. While rotating, the amount of increments and the amount of storage were regulated by the operating time of these. As a result, the tip of the kamaboko a is vertically sliced by the many thin blades 15 of the slit blade 14, and then this part is cut off by the slicing blade 13 and processed into chopped pieces a' in one stroke, and some parts remain as they are. It falls into the container 23, and some of it is on the collection conveyor 1.
8 and 19, and are recovered in the container 23. Therefore, it takes only about 35 seconds to process one kamaboko a into chopped kamaboko a' and fill a certain amount into several containers 23. The finished and formed chopped pieces a′ have extremely high commercial value as they have exactly the same thickness and width, and the amount of product in each container 23 is accurate to the extent that weighing can be omitted. Since neither the materials nor the product were touched during production, the adhesion and propagation of bacteria was prevented, and the shelf life of the product was as good as that of the raw material kamaboko a.

C. Effects of the Invention As described above, the device according to the present invention completes the cutting and cutting of the material in one stroke while the material is being transferred.
Packing the product into containers is completed automatically, eliminating the need for labor costs and improving work efficiency compared to conventional equipment.
Since it is more than 10 times higher, it is said that it can significantly reduce the manufacturing cost of the product.

The material is supported by a comb-shaped receiving blade, cut into pieces by a slitting blade, and then cut by a slicing blade, so even soft, elastic and viscous paste products, ham, sausages, etc. can be easily and reliably chopped into thin sticks. , it is possible to obtain products with high commercial value that have accurate shapes and dimensions.

Since the cutting and storing operations of the products are regulated by time, the products are packed into containers with extremely small errors, and there is no need to carry out weighing tests for each product.

Since neither the materials nor the product are touched during manufacturing, the adhesion and propagation of bacteria is prevented, and the shelf life of the product is extended to the same level as the raw material.

It has the following unique effects.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an example of the implementation of the device related to the present invention. Figure 2 is a side view of the same as above. FIG. 3 is a side view showing an enlarged main part of the same as above. FIG. 4 is a partial plan view showing the relationship between the slit blade and the slit plate in the same as above. FIG. 5 is a front view showing how the slitting blade and slicing blade are attached to the rotating body in the same as above. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the processing procedure for raw kamaboko. 7th
The figure is a perspective view of the product. FIG. 8 is a schematic side view of a thickness cutting device used in the production of conventional shredded kamaboko. FIG. 9 is a schematic side view of the width cutting device same as above. FIG. 10 is a schematic front view of a state in which the above chopped food is placed in a container and weighed. In the figure, 2 and 3 are feeding means for material a, 11 is a shaft, 13 is a slicing blade, 14 is a slitting blade, and 15
17 is a comb-shaped receiving blade, 18 and 19 are collection means for the chopped product a', 22 is a feeding means for the container 23, and 27 and 28 are control means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A slicing blade rotated by a shaft so as to cross the traveling path of the material and a slitting blade are provided on the sending side of the feeding means for gripping and feeding the material, and a slitting blade is provided close to the feeding end, and the slitting blade is connected to the feeding means. A large number of thin blades are installed in between the comb-shaped receiving blades close to the delivery side of the comb, and below the slicing blade and slit blade there is a container transfer means for transporting a container of chopped food to this part, and a container transfer means for transporting a container of chopped food to this part, and a collection means for collecting the shredded food, a means for detecting the arrival of the container and starting the chopping and storing operation, and a chopping and storing operation when a certain amount of the shredded food is collected into the container. 1. A chopped food manufacturing apparatus characterized by comprising: a control means for stopping the container and replacing the container.