JPH07106558B2 - Food cutting machine - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cutting machine for continuously slicing food with a rotating blade that revolves around its axis.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, such food cutting machines have been used for meat chunks, fish meat,
By placing foods such as vegetables on a chute or a conveyor and feeding them into the rotation transfer path of the rotary blade, it was possible to slice beautifully and efficiently to the same thickness.

[0003]

[To solve the problem to be solved by the invention] To cut a large fish such as salmon into pieces, the fish is grated into three pieces, and one piece is placed on a chute and sliced. The tail side is smaller than the side, and the weight is not uniform. In addition, if the cut thickness on the caudal side is made larger than that on the caudal side to make the weight uniform, the fillet may not fit well in the tray for sale, and the display effect is impaired.

In order to make the weight of the fillets uniform and to store them well in the tray, as shown in FIG. 14, the fish pieces (80)
The cutting length L ₁ on the head side and the cutting length L ₂ on the caudal side may be made as uniform as possible. For this reason, the cutting line (82) is cut so that the fillet thickness of the ventral side (80b) becomes larger than that of the dorsal side (80a) as it approaches the caudal side, which is conventionally done manually. It requires skill and work efficiency is poor. The present invention clarifies a food cutting machine that solves the above problems.

The food cutting machine of the present invention is a food cutting machine for slicing food by placing the food on a chute and sending it to the public transfer path of a rotary blade, and supporting the upstream end of the food (8) in the inclination direction of the chute. Tilted with respect to the rotary blade (3)
And a guide means (23) for automatically guiding food in a direction in which the X-axis direction parallel to the rotation transfer path and the Y-axis direction orthogonal to the X-axis direction and along the inclination direction of the chute are combined. It

[0006]

[Operations and effects] One end of the food product (8) is supported by the guide means (23), and the food product is guided to the transition path of the rotary blade (3) along a predetermined movement trajectory as the cutting progresses. As a result, as shown in FIG. 14, the cutting length L on the head side of the fish piece (80) is L.
₁ and cut length of the caudal L to ₂ and such are aligned as much as possible, the cutting lines (8
You can slice 2) with the caudal side gradually tilting. Workers do not need to have the skill to slice manually, and work efficiency is greatly improved.

[0007]

EXAMPLES As shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, a cutting machine is provided with a box (11) on a machine base (1), and a rotary blade (3) is rotated and revolved in the box (11). It is possible to deploy. box
On the lid plate (12) pivotally attached to the front opening of (11), a chute (2) on which the food to be sliced is placed is projected. The discharge conveyor (5) is arranged so that one end thereof enters the box (11) and faces rearward.

As shown in FIG. 4, rotary blades (3) and (3) are rotatably attached to both ends of the rotary member (36). Rotating member (3
6) has hollow arms (33) and (33) projecting from both sides of the boss (34), and the rotary drive shafts (35) and (35) projecting from the front surface of the distal end side of the arms through centering means (37). A rotary blade (3) is attached.
In the rotary arms (33) (33), a rotation transmission means (not shown) for transmitting the rotational force to the rotary member (36) to the rotary drive shaft (35) in the reverse rotation direction is incorporated.

The centering means (37) includes a taper sleeve (32) detachably fitted to the rotary drive shaft (35), and the taper sleeve (32).
It is composed of a holder (31) into which (32) fits. On the taper sleeve (32), cut off the entire length at one place and cut (32a)
Is opened, and three screw holes (32b) are formed on the tip surface of the small diameter side.

The holder (31) is formed in a front closed cylinder having a taper hole (31b) into which the taper sleeve (32) is fitted. ) Is projected, and three screw holes (31d) and 3 are provided on the outer periphery of the boss (31a).
Three counterbore bolt holes (31e) are opened.

The rotary blade (3) has a hole (3c) in which the boss (31a) of the holder (31) fits tightly in the center and three holes around the hole (3c).
Three counterbore bolt holes (3a) are opened. Further, the rotary blade (3) has a screw hole (30) for screwing the removal handle (30).
a) is opened, and when the rotary blade (3) is attached to or removed from the holder (31), the handle (30) is screwed into the screw hole (30a) to support the handle and safely rotate the rotary blade ( 3) can be attached or removed. Fit the taper sleeve (32) on the rotary drive shaft (35), the holder (31) on the taper sleeve (32), and tighten the bolts (38) to tighten the taper sleeve (3).
When 2) is retracted to the inner side of the tapered hole (31b) of the holder (31), the taper sleeve (32) is reduced in diameter and holds the rotary drive shaft (35) under pressure, and the rotary drive shaft (35). And the holder (31) are concentric. Insert the fitting boss (31a) of the holder (31) into the hole of the rotary blade (3).
If it is fitted in (3c) and fixed to the holder (31) with bolts (39), the center of the rotary blade (3) will automatically coincide with the rotary drive shaft (35).

The screw shaft (46) freely penetrates through the center of the rotating member (36) regardless of the rotation of the member, and the contact plate (4) is screwed onto the screw shaft. The contact plate (4) is arranged so as to be rotatable integrally with the rotating member (36) and to be able to approach and separate from the rotating member (36). The contact plate (4) is a substantially circular notch (41) in which the rotary blade (3) is fitted at an opposing position on the diametrical line of the disc and is opened at the outer peripheral edge.
(41) is opened and the central boss (42) is projected. Two guide shafts (44) are provided slidably across the contact plate (4) with the boss (42) sandwiched therebetween, and the receiving plate (43) extends across the rear end of the guide shaft (44). It is installed. Guide shaft (44)
A stopper (not shown) is provided at the tip of the spring, and a spring (45) is provided between the receiving plate (43) and the boss (42).

The screw shaft (46) penetrates through the receiving plate (43) with a margin and is screwed into the boss (42). The base end of the screw shaft (46) has a control motor such as a pulse motor. (Not shown) are connected. The control motor is controlled by a control means in a control panel (7) described later, and rotates the screw shaft (46) to move the contact plate (4) back and forth.

An opening (13) is provided in the lower portion of the cover plate (12) of the box (11) for feeding food into the public transfer path of the rotary blade (3).
On the front surface of the cover plate (12), receiving plates (21) having an L-shaped cross section are provided on both sides of the opening so as to be obliquely upward and adjustable in mounting angle. The chute (2) is detachably attached between the receiving plates (21) and (21).

As shown in FIG. 8, the chute (2) is formed in a rectangular shape, and two guide grooves (24) (24) are opened from the outer end so as to be bilaterally symmetrical. Both guide grooves (24) and (24) are linear portions (24a) gradually approaching each other toward the rotary blade (3) side and an arc portion (24b) which is continuous with the linear portion and bulges outward in an arc shape. Consists of. The guide groove (24) is slidably provided with a support tool (25) for guiding the outer end of the food (8) along the guide groove (24) in combination with the groove.

The support (25) shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 is a handle.
A columnar piece (26) is projectingly provided on the upper end of (27), and the piece (26) has a thin shaft portion slidably fitted in the guide groove (24) of the chute (2).
(26a) is formed. Attach the downward U-shaped receiving member (26b) to the upper surface of the piece (26), slidably penetrate the shaft core of the piece (26) and insert the piercing pin (29), and the pointed tip of the pin It faces the receiving member (26b). Piercing pin (2
9) is urged downward by a spring (29a).

A piercing pin (29) is attached to the handle (27) by a spring (2
A lever (28) that pushes upward against 9a) is pivotally supported by a support shaft (28d). The lever (28) has a ratchet gear (2
8a) and the handle (27) has a ratchet gear (28a).
A ratchet (28b) that is engaged and disengaged with the ratchet (28b) is pivotally supported.
Is urged by the spring (28c) in the biting direction of the gear portion (28a). Grip the handle (27) and lever (28) together,
Install the ratchet (28b) against the spring (28c) by the ratchet gear (28
When removed from a) and loosen the grip on the lever (28), the piercing pin (29) is lowered by the force of the spring (29a), and the receiving member
(26b) Open the inside.

The tail of the fish piece (80) is inserted into the receiving member (26b), the handle (27) and the lever (28) are again gripped together, and the piercing pin (29) is raised by the lever (28). Push it up to
Stick the piercing pin (29) into the tail. In this state, the ratchet (28b) is engaged with the ratchet gear portion (28a), and the tail portion of the fish piece (80) is supported by the support tool (25).

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 11, the conveyor (5) is provided with rollers (50) and (51) between both ends of both side plates (57) and (57), and between the rollers (50) and (51). An endless belt (58) is stretched. The roller (51) on the downstream side is a roller with a built-in motor.
Two pins (52) and (53) are projectingly provided on the front end sides of both side plates (57) of the conveyor (5), and the pins (52) and (53) are provided inside the box (11). The support member (54) which engages and supports the conveyor (5) in parallel is fixed. The support member (54) has a hook (55) at the tip and a receiving groove (56) opening upward at the rear.

With the rear part of the conveyor (5) slightly lifted up, the front part of the conveyor (5) is inserted into the box (11),
The front pin (52) is placed on the support member (54) and slid to the hook (55) side to fit the pin (52) into the hook (55). Conveyor
(5) Lower the rear part and fit the rear pin (53) into the receiving groove (56) of the support member (54). By this, the conveyor (5) can be easily set, and the conveyor (5) can be installed in the reverse order of the above.
Can be removed.

A control board (7) is provided on the box (11), and a slice thickness setting button (7) is provided on the front surface of the control board (7).
1), a slice number setting button (72), a set button (73), a slice speed setting button (74), a start button (75), a stop button (76) and the like are provided. Control board (7)
A motor (not shown) for driving the rotating member (36) in response to a button operation and a screw shaft (4) for moving the contact plate (4) back and forth are provided therein.
A microcomputer (not shown) for controlling a motor (not shown) for driving 6) is incorporated.

As shown in FIG. 3, the cover plate (12) of the box (11)
A switching plate (6) for switching between the rotation direction and the revolution direction of the rotary blade (3) is provided in the. As shown in FIG. 10, the switching plate
(6) is attached so that it can be flipped 180 ° around the longitudinal axis (60), and the punching pattern (61) of the fish piece is formed obliquely on the plate surface, and when the switching plate (6) is inverted , Punching pattern (61)
The inclination of is displayed in the opposite direction, and the sensor (3) has the switching plate (6).
Can be detected and the direction of rotation of the motor can be switched.

As shown by the solid line in FIG. 10, the punching pattern (61)
When the head side of the is tilted to the right rather than the caudal side and the dorsal fin (62) is located on the right side, the rotary blade (3) rotates clockwise and revolves counterclockwise as shown in FIG. As shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 10, when the head side of the punching pattern (61) is tilted to the left rather than the caudal side and the dorsal fin (62) is located on the left side, as shown in FIG. ) Rotates counterclockwise and revolves clockwise.

However, the tail portion of the fish piece (80) on the side corresponding to the fish punching pattern (61) of the switching plate (6) shown by the solid line in FIG. 10 is supported by the support tool (25) by the above-mentioned procedure. Place the fish piece (80) on the chute (2) and shoot the thin shaft part (26a) of the support (25).
Fit in the guide groove (24) of (2). At this time, the inner side of the fish piece (80) should face down, and the tip of the back side (80a) of the fish piece (80) should be on the receiving plate.
The vertical wall (21a) of (21) is applied, and the support tool (25) is engaged with the guide groove (24) farther from the vertical wall (21a).

The buttons on the control panel (7) are operated. Whole fish
Considering from the size of (80), for example, if you slice 3 cm width 3 pieces first, then 3.5 cm width 2 pieces, and further 4 cm width 2 pieces, slice thickness setting button (71 ) To set the slice thickness to 3 and the slice number setting button (7
Set the number of slices to 3 by 2). Press the set button (73) to finish the first set. Next, set the slice thickness to 3.5 and the number of slices to 2,
Press the set button (73) to finish the second set. Similarly, perform the third set.

When the start button is pressed, the rotary blade (3) revolves around its own axis. The fish piece (80) slides on the chute (2) by its own weight and enters the public transfer path of the rotary blade (3) through the opening (13) of the cover plate (12) and hits the hit plate (4). At that moment, it is cut by the rotary blade (3). The contact plate (4) moves back and forth according to the preset slice thickness, and the contact plate (4) and rotary blade
Since the distance from (3) changes, the fish piece (80) can be cut according to the set thickness. However, the fish piece (80) does not enter the transition path of the rotary blade (3) straight from the direction orthogonal to the official transfer path of the rotary blade (3), but the tip of the back side (80a) is always Since it hits the vertical wall (21a) of the receiving plate (21) and the tail side is guided along the inclination of the guide groove (24), the inclination becomes larger as the cutting progresses and the rotary blade (3) Break into the transition.

Therefore, the inclination angle of the ventral side (80b) of the fish piece (80) with respect to the public transfer path of the rotary blade (3) becomes smaller as the cutting progresses, that is, from the dorsal side (80a). The cutting thickness on the ventral side (80b) becomes large. The cutting thickness on the back side is determined by the slice thickness initially set, and the cutting thickness on the ventral side (80b) is determined by the inclination angle of the guide groove (24) of the chute (2). Therefore, as shown in FIG. 14, the fish piece (80)
The cutting line (82) can be cut so that the caudal side gradually inclines so that the head side cutting length L ₁ and the caudal side cutting length L ₂ are as long as possible. The operator does not need to have the skill to slice manually and the working efficiency is greatly improved.

In order to cut the other piece of fish meat that has been grated into three pieces, as shown in FIG. 9, the support tool (25) is slidably fitted in the guide groove (24) on the right side of the chute (2), Whole fish (80)
Apply the ventral tip of the to the vertical wall (21a) of the left support plate (21). As shown by the chain double-dashed line, the switching plate (6) shown in FIG. 10 is reversed to the left, and the rotation and revolution directions of the rotary blade (3) are rotated in the opposite direction to the above, that is, counterclockwise rotation, and clockwise. Revolve around. Similar to the above, as the cutting progresses, it is possible to slice by increasing the thickness of the ventral side than the dorsal side.

FIG. 12 shows another embodiment of the chute (2) in which the two guide grooves (24), (24) linearly gradually approach each other from the outside to the inside. In addition, like a two-dot chain,
Guide grooves (24) (24) can be opened in parallel, shoot
For (2), it is possible to prepare a plurality of types of guide grooves having different shapes in advance according to the shape of each type of fish and use the optimum one.

FIG. 13 shows another embodiment of the guide means (23). A first slide rod (23a) is provided on the chute (2) so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction (Y-axis direction), On the first slide rod (23a), the second slide rod is provided in the left-right direction (X-axis direction).
(23b) is provided, and a support member (25a) for supporting the tail of the fish piece is provided on the second slide rod (23b). A computer-controlled slide driving device (not shown) is connected to both the slide rods (23a) and (23b) to manually input the cutting thickness and the like from the shape of the fish or the fish body is automatically read by the image identification device. The slide driving device is automatically controlled according to the desired size of the fillet from the read result.

The above description of the embodiments is for explaining the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the invention described in the claims or limiting the scope. The configuration of each part of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made within the technical scope described in the claims.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a food cutting machine.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a food cutting machine.

FIG. 3 is a front view with a chute removed.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a rotary blade mounting portion.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a rotary blade mounting portion.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a chute and guide means.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a support tool.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram at the start of cutting a piece of fish.

9 is an explanatory diagram at the start of cutting a piece of fish on the side opposite to the piece of fish in FIG. 8. FIG.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a switching plate.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the mounting side of the conveyor.

FIG. 12 is a plan view of another embodiment of the chute.

FIG. 13 is a plan view of another embodiment of the guide means.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of a sliced state of a fish piece.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (2) Chute (3) Rotating blade (4) Contact plate (5) Conveyor

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A food cutting machine for slicing food by placing the food on a chute and feeding it to the public transfer path of a rotary blade, and supporting the upstream end of the food (8) and tilting it obliquely with respect to the inclination direction of the chute. , X parallel to the rotary transfer path of the rotary blade (3)
A food cutting machine comprising guide means (23) for automatically guiding food in a direction that is a combination of the axial direction and the Y-axis direction orthogonal to the X-axis direction and extending along the inclination direction of the chute.