CN105145716B - Paper inserting device of cake cutting machine - Google Patents
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The invention provides a paper inserting device of a cake cutting machine, and belongs to the technical field of food processing machinery. The cake cutting machine solves the problem that an existing cake cutting machine cannot insert paper into cakes in the cutting process. The invention is arranged on a frame of a cake cutter, the cake cutter comprises a cutter knife and a cake rotating device, the cake cutter knife comprises a bracket arranged between the cutter knife and the cake rotating device and paper sucking devices arranged on the bracket, paper inserting gaps are reserved between the paper sucking devices, a paper groove is arranged on the frame, a paper outlet is arranged at the bottom of the paper groove, a first driving mechanism for driving the bracket to link the paper sucking devices to move back and forth between a cutting station and a paper sucking station is arranged on the frame, when the paper sucking devices move to the cutting station, a knife edge of the cutter knife is opposite to the paper inserting gaps between the paper sucking devices, and a second driving mechanism for driving the paper sucking devices to vertically move up and down is also arranged on the bracket. When the cake cutting knife cuts cakes, the paper can be inserted into the cakes together with the cutting knife to prevent the cake blocks from adhering.
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Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of food processing machinery, and particularly relates to a paper inserting device of a cake cutting machine.
Background
After the cake is made, the cake needs to be cut into small blocks for people to eat, the traditional cake cutting and dividing is mainly carried out by adopting a manual method, and the cake cutting machine is also used for cutting, so that the existing cake cutting machine generally has only a cutting function, and the cake is rarely inserted with paper while being cut, so that the cut cake blocks are adhered.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims at overcoming the defects of the prior cake cutting machine, and provides a paper inserting device of the cake cutting machine, in particular to a paper inserting device of the cake cutting machine, which can cut cakes and insert paper between cut cake blocks so as to prevent adhesion between the cake blocks.
The aim of the invention can be achieved by the following technical scheme:
the cake cutting machine comprises a cutting knife and a cake rotating device, and is characterized in that the cake cutting machine comprises a support arranged between the cutting knife and the cake rotating device and a paper sucking device arranged on the support, a paper inserting gap is formed in the paper sucking device, a paper groove is further formed in the support, a paper outlet is formed in the bottom of the paper groove, a cutting station is arranged below the cutting knife, a paper sucking station is arranged below the paper groove, a first driving mechanism for driving the support to link the paper sucking device to move back and forth between the cutting station and the paper sucking station is arranged on the support, a knife edge of the cutting knife is opposite to the paper inserting gap on the paper sucking device when the paper sucking device moves to the cutting station, a suction port of the paper sucking device is opposite to the paper outlet, and a second driving mechanism for driving the paper sucking device to vertically move up and down is further arranged on the support. The method comprises the steps that a complete cake is conveyed onto a cake rotating device by a conveying device, a first driving mechanism drives a support to horizontally move until a paper suction device is located at a paper suction station, namely below a paper outlet of a paper groove, a second driving mechanism drives the paper suction device to upwards move to enable a suction port of the paper suction device to approach the paper outlet of the paper groove, the suction port sucks paper in the paper groove, the middle of the paper is located at a paper inserting gap, a second driving mechanism drives the paper suction device to descend, the first driving mechanism drives the support to horizontally move until the paper suction device is located at a cutting station, at the moment, a knife edge of a cutting knife is aligned with the paper inserting gap, the cutting knife downwards moves, the knife edge of the cutting knife is contacted with the middle of paper on the paper suction device, the cutting knife continuously downwards moves, the paper is folded along a central line and is inserted into the paper inserting gap together with an ultrasonic cutting knife, finally the paper is inserted into the cake to finish paper inserting operation, after the cake is cut by the cutting knife, and the paper is left at a gap between cut cake blocks.
In the paper inserting device of the cake cutting machine, the paper sucking device comprises two rows of suction nozzles arranged on the support, a fixing plate with a long hole is fixedly arranged on the upper portion of the support, two supporting rods are arranged below the long hole, the two rows of suction nozzles are correspondingly arranged on the two supporting rods, the suction nozzle heads of the suction nozzles extend out of the long hole, the long Kong Genshang is opposite to the paper inserting gap, and the second driving mechanism is connected with the two supporting rods and drives the two supporting rods to vertically move up and down.
In the paper inserting device of the cake cutting machine, the first driving mechanism comprises a first driving cylinder, a piston rod of the first driving cylinder is connected with the bracket, sliding rails are arranged on two sides of the frame, sliding blocks are arranged on two sides of the bracket and are clamped in the sliding rails, and the first driving cylinder drives the bracket to move back and forth along the sliding rails.
In the above-mentioned cake cutting machine's paper inserting device, second actuating mechanism include two second actuating cylinder that set up on the support, two branch parallel arrangement, the both ends of two branch correspond respectively fixed setting on a dead lever, the piston rod of two second actuating cylinder is connected with corresponding dead lever respectively.
In the paper inserting device of the cake cutting machine, the paper inserting device further comprises a wheel leaning mechanism, the wheel leaning mechanism comprises a fixing frame and two rows of leaning legs, the fixing frame is arranged on the upper end face of the support, one end of each leaning leg is hinged to the fixing frame for a hinged end, the other end of each leaning leg is a paper inserting gap between the two rows of suction nozzles for a free end, return springs are arranged between each leaning leg and the fixing frame, the two rows of leaning legs can be oppositely gathered and pressed against the side part of the cutting knife under the action of the corresponding return springs, and the free end of each leaning leg is located below the suction nozzle head. When the cutter moves downwards to cut cakes, the knife edge of the cutter contacts the middle part of the paper, so that the paper moves downwards along the middle part along with the cutter, and meanwhile, the paper is tightly attached to the side part of the cutter by the free end of the foot until the paper and the cutter are inserted into the cakes together, and the position of the paper is not deviated when the cutter inserts the paper into the cakes by the wheel mechanism.
Compared with the prior art, the invention can enable paper to be inserted into a cake along with the cutting knife when the cake cutting knife cuts the cake, and after the cake is cut, the paper is also divided into two pieces to be adhered to the cake, so that the cake is convenient for people to eat immediately.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a cake cutter to which the present invention is applied.
Fig. 2 is a side view of a cake cutter to which the present invention is applied.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of the paper aspirator.
In the figure, 1, a rack; 2. a cutting knife; 3. a bracket; 4. a paper inserting gap; 5. an elongated aperture; 6. a fixing plate; 7. a support rod; 8. a suction nozzle; 9. a suction nozzle head; 10. a suction nozzle lever; 11. a paper slot; 12. a paper outlet; 13. a cutting station; 14. a paper suction station; 15. a first driving cylinder; 16. a slide rail; 17. a second driving cylinder; 18. a fixed rod; 19. a fixing frame; 20. leaning the feet;
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The following are specific embodiments of the present invention and the technical solutions of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to these embodiments.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the paper inserting device of a cake cutter provided by the invention is arranged on a frame 1 of the cake cutter, the cake cutter comprises a cutter 2 and a cake rotating device, the cake cutter comprises a bracket 3 arranged between the cutter 2 and the cake rotating device and a paper sucking device arranged on the bracket 3, and a paper inserting gap 4 is formed on the paper sucking device. In this embodiment, two rows of suction nozzles 8 are disposed on the support 3, a fixing plate 6 with an elongated hole 5 is fixedly disposed on the upper portion of the support 3, two supporting rods 7 are disposed below the elongated hole 5, the two rows of suction nozzles 8 are correspondingly disposed on the two supporting rods 7, the upper ends of the suction nozzles 8 extend out of the elongated hole 5, the elongated hole 5 faces the paper inserting gap 4 vertically, the suction nozzles 8 in this embodiment comprise suction nozzle heads 9 and suction nozzle rods 10, the lower ends of the suction nozzle rods 10 are fixedly connected to the supporting rods 7, and the suction nozzle heads 9 are located at the upper ends of the supporting rods 7 and extend out of the elongated hole 5.
The machine frame 1 is also provided with a paper groove 11, the bottom of the paper groove 11 is provided with a paper outlet 12, the lower part of the cutting knife 2 is provided with a cutting station 13, the lower part of the paper groove 11 is provided with a paper sucking station 14, the machine frame 1 is provided with a first driving mechanism for driving the bracket 3 to link the paper sucking device to move back and forth between the cutting station 13 and the paper sucking station 14, the first driving mechanism comprises a first driving cylinder 15, a piston rod of the first driving cylinder 15 is connected with the bracket 3, two sides of the machine frame 1 are provided with sliding rails 16, two sides of the bracket 3 are provided with sliding blocks, the sliding blocks are clamped in the sliding rails 16, and the first driving cylinder 15 drives the bracket 3 to move back and forth along the sliding rails 16.
When the suction nozzle 8 moves to the cutting station 13, the edge of the cutting knife 2 is opposite to the paper inserting gap 4 between the suction nozzles 8, and when the suction nozzle 8 moves to the paper sucking station 14, the suction nozzle head 9 of the suction nozzle 8 is opposite to the paper outlet 12, and a second driving mechanism for driving the suction nozzle 8 to vertically move up and down is further arranged on the bracket 3. The second driving mechanism comprises two second driving air cylinders 17 arranged on the bracket 3, two supporting rods 7 are arranged in parallel, two ends of the two supporting rods 7 are correspondingly and fixedly arranged on a fixed rod 18 respectively, and piston rods of the two second driving air cylinders 17 are connected with the corresponding fixed rods 18 respectively.
As shown in fig. 3, the invention further comprises a wheel leaning mechanism, wherein the wheel leaning mechanism comprises a fixing frame 19 and two rows of leaning legs 20, the fixing frame 19 is arranged on the upper end face of the bracket 3, one end of each leaning leg 20 is hinged to the fixing frame 19 through a hinged end, the other end of each leaning leg is a free end positioned at a paper inserting gap 4 between the two rows of suction nozzles 8, return springs are arranged between each leaning leg 20 and the fixing frame 19, the two rows of leaning legs 20 can be oppositely close and pressed against the side part of the cutting knife 2 under the action of the corresponding return springs, and the free ends of the leaning legs 20 are positioned below the suction nozzle heads 9. When the cutter 2 moves downwards to cut cakes, the edge of the cutter 2 contacts with the middle part of paper, the middle part of the paper is folded downwards and is inserted into the paper inserting gap 4 along with the cutter 2, at the moment, the paper is tightly attached to the two side parts of the cutter 2 by the free ends of the legs 20 until the paper and the cutter 2 are inserted into the cakes together, and the paper position is not deviated when the cutter 2 inserts the paper into the cakes by the aid of the wheel mechanism.
The cake is sent to the cake rotating device by the conveying device, the first driving mechanism drives the bracket 3 to horizontally move until the suction nozzle 8 is positioned at the paper suction station 14, the second driving mechanism drives the suction nozzle 8 to upwardly move so that the suction nozzle head 9 approaches to the paper outlet 12 of the paper groove 11, the suction nozzle head 9 sucks paper in the paper groove 11, the middle part of the paper is positioned at the paper insertion gap 4, the second driving mechanism drives the suction nozzle 8 to descend, the first driving mechanism drives the bracket 3 to horizontally move until the suction nozzle 8 is positioned at the cutting station 13, at the moment, the edge of the cutting knife 2 is opposite to the paper insertion gap 4, the cutting knife 2 downwardly moves, the edge of the cutting knife is contacted with the middle part of the paper on the suction nozzle 8, the cutting knife 2 continues to downwardly move, the middle part of the paper is downwardly folded along with the cutting knife 2 to be inserted into the cake through the paper insertion gap 4, the paper insertion effect and the cutting operation are completed, then the mechanisms are reset, and the paper is left at the gap between the cut cake blocks.
It should be understood that in the claims, the specification of the present invention, all "including … …" should be interpreted as open-ended meaning that it is equivalent to "at least … …", and not as closed-ended meaning that it should not be interpreted to "include … …" only.
The specific embodiments described herein are offered by way of example only to illustrate the spirit of the invention. Those skilled in the art may make various modifications or additions to the described embodiments or substitutions thereof without departing from the spirit of the invention or exceeding the scope of the invention as defined in the accompanying claims.
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1. The paper inserting device of the cake cutting machine is arranged on a cake cutting machine frame (1), the cake cutting machine comprises a cutting knife (2) and a cake rotating device, and is characterized by comprising a bracket (3) arranged between the cutting knife (2) and the cake rotating device and a paper sucking device arranged on the bracket (3), a paper inserting gap (4) is formed in the paper sucking device, a paper groove (11) is further formed in the frame (1), a paper outlet (12) is formed in the bottom of the paper groove (11), a cutting station (13) is arranged below the cutting knife (2), a paper sucking station (14) is arranged below the paper groove (11), the frame (1) is provided with a first driving mechanism for driving the bracket (3) to link the paper absorber to move back and forth between the cutting station (13) and the paper absorbing station (14), when the paper absorber moves to the cutting station (13), the edge of the cutting knife (2) is opposite to a paper inserting gap (4) on the paper absorber, when the paper absorber moves to the paper absorbing station (14), the suction port of the paper absorber is opposite to a paper outlet (12), the bracket (3) is also provided with a second driving mechanism for driving the paper absorber to vertically move up and down, the paper absorber comprises two rows of suction nozzles (8) arranged on the bracket (3), the upper part of the bracket (3) is fixedly provided with a fixing plate (6) with a long hole (5), two supporting rods (7) are arranged below the long holes (5), two rows of suction nozzles (8) are correspondingly arranged on the two supporting rods (7), the suction nozzle heads (9) of the suction nozzles (8) extend out of the long holes (5), the long holes (5) are opposite to the paper inserting gaps (4) up and down, a second driving mechanism is connected with the two supporting rods (7) to drive the two supporting rods (7) to vertically move up and down, the paper inserting device further comprises a wheel leaning mechanism, the wheel leaning mechanism comprises a fixing frame (19) and two rows of leaning legs (20) which are arranged on the upper end face of the support (3), one ends of the leaning legs (20) are hinged to the fixing frame (19) through hinged ends, the other ends of the leaning legs are free ends of the paper inserting gaps (4) between the two rows of suction nozzles (8), reset springs are arranged between the leaning legs (20) and the fixing frame (19), the two rows of leaning legs (20) can be oppositely gathered and pressed against the side parts of the cutting knife (2) under the action of the corresponding reset springs, and the free ends of the leaning legs (20) are arranged below the two rows of suction nozzles (9) of the combined leaning legs (20) are upwards.
2. The paper inserting device of a cake cutting machine according to claim 1, wherein the first driving mechanism comprises a first driving cylinder (15), a piston rod of the first driving cylinder (15) is connected with the support (3), sliding rails (16) are arranged on two sides of the frame (1), sliding blocks are arranged on two sides of the support (3) and are clamped in the sliding rails (16), and the first driving cylinder (15) drives the support (3) to move back and forth along the sliding rails (16).
3. The paper inserting device of a cake cutting machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the second driving mechanism comprises two second driving cylinders (17) arranged on the bracket (3), two supporting rods (7) are arranged in parallel, two ends of the two supporting rods (7) are correspondingly and fixedly arranged on a fixing rod (18) respectively, and piston rods of the two second driving cylinders (17) are connected with the corresponding fixing rods (18) respectively.
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