CN115251125B - Meat product's section device - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a meat product slicing device, which relates to the technical field of slicing and comprises a feeding cover, wherein the top end of the feeding cover is fixedly connected with the feeding cover, a feeding mechanism is arranged in the feeding cover, an external driving component for driving the feeding mechanism is arranged outside the feeding cover, one end of the feeding cover is provided with an opening, and one end of the feeding cover, which is positioned at the opening of the feeding cover, is provided with a slicing component and a discharging component; the feeding mechanism comprises a push block which is connected in the feeding cover in a sliding manner, the two sides of the feeding cover are provided with push openings, the outer part of the feeding cover is fixedly provided with a side cover corresponding to the push openings, a conveying belt is arranged in the side cover, and one side of the conveying belt penetrates through the push openings and is positioned in the feeding cover; the meat slicing machine has the advantages that the feeding mechanism and the external driving assembly are arranged and used in a combined mode, meat products can be conveyed and moved, the slicing assembly is used for rapidly slicing the meat products, the slicing processing of the meat products is efficient and automatic, and the using effect is good.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of slicing, in particular to a meat product slicing device.
Background
Slicers are machines for cutting thin, uniform pieces of tissue, including food slicers, by using the sharp cut surface of the slicer to slice an object and material into pieces at a ratio or width of one point, and automatically advancing the slicer by a desired distance with a slice thickness gauge each time a cut is made.
The slicing machine can improve the efficiency of processing the sliced meat products, the slicing thickness is uniform, frequent manual feeding is needed when the slicing machine is used for the existing slicing machine, the automation degree is low, and further improvement is needed.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides a meat product slicing device, which solves the problems in the background technology.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme:
a meat product slicing device comprises a feeding cover, wherein the top end of the feeding cover is fixedly connected with the feeding cover, a feeding mechanism is arranged in the feeding cover, an external driving assembly used for driving the feeding mechanism is arranged outside the feeding cover, one end of the feeding cover is opened, and a slicing assembly and a discharging assembly are arranged at one end, positioned at the opening of the feeding cover, of the feeding cover;
the feeding mechanism comprises a push block which is connected in the feeding cover in a sliding manner, push openings are formed in two sides of the feeding cover, a side cover corresponding to the push openings is fixedly arranged outside the feeding cover, a conveying belt is arranged in the side cover, and one side of the conveying belt penetrates through the push openings and is positioned in the feeding cover;
the external driving assembly comprises a mounting seat fixedly arranged on one side of the feeding cover, the top end of the mounting seat is fixedly connected with a driving motor, an output shaft of the driving motor penetrates through the mounting seat and is coaxially and fixedly connected with a driving wheel, moving plates are arranged on two sides of the driving wheel, driving teeth are arranged on the outer portion of the driving wheel, driven teeth meshed with the driving teeth are arranged on one side, close to the driving wheel, of the moving plate, a pushing block is fixedly connected with a pressing rod, one end, far away from the pushing block, of the pressing rod penetrates through the feeding cover and is fixedly connected with a moving seat, the moving seat is fixedly connected with the moving plate, two inner sides of the conveying belt are rotatably connected with driving rollers, one of the driving rollers is coaxially and fixedly connected with a driving rod, and the driving rod extends out of the side cover and is in transmission connection with the output shaft of the driving motor;
the slicing assembly comprises a driving cover fixedly arranged at the bottom end of the feeding cover, a slicing motor is arranged in the driving cover, an output shaft of the slicing motor extends to the outside of the driving cover and is coaxially and fixedly connected with a driving shaft, an external fixed connection cutter of the driving shaft is arranged, a blocking seat is arranged on one side of the open end of the feeding cover, the cutter is positioned between the open end of the feeding cover and the blocking seat, and the cutter is close to one side of the blocking seat and is fixedly connected with a meat scraping blocking strip.
As a preferable technical scheme of the invention, a base plate is arranged below the feeding cover, a plurality of first support rods are fixedly connected between the feeding cover and the base plate, and a plurality of second support rods are fixedly connected between the baffle seat and the base plate.
As a preferable technical scheme of the invention, the feeding cover is fixedly provided with a guide sleeve outside, and the moving plate penetrates through the guide sleeve and is connected with the guide sleeve in a sliding manner.
As a preferred technical scheme of the invention, the discharging assembly comprises a collecting cover fixedly connected with the blocking seat, one side of the bottom of the collecting cover is fixedly connected with a discharging cover, the discharging cover is obliquely arranged, and the discharging cover is arranged outside the cutter.
As a preferable technical scheme of the invention, the top of the feeding cover is provided with a feeding hole corresponding to the feeding cover, and the top of the push block is provided with an arc-shaped surface.
As a preferable technical scheme of the invention, the driving teeth are distributed in an arc shape on the outer part of the driving wheel, and the central angle of the distribution of the driving teeth is less than ninety degrees.
As a preferable technical scheme of the invention, a vibration motor is fixedly arranged at the bottom end of the discharging cover.
The invention has the following advantages: the automatic feeding device can convey and move meat products by arranging the feeding mechanism and the external driving assembly in a combined application mode, has an automatic feeding effect, can perform quick slicing processing through the slicing assembly, has the characteristics of high efficiency and automation in slicing processing of the meat products, and is good in using effect.
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Fig. 1 is a right side perspective view of a meat product slicing apparatus.
Fig. 2 is a left side perspective view of the meat product slicing apparatus.
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of an external drive assembly in the meat product slicing apparatus.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the inside of a feed housing in a meat product slicing apparatus.
Fig. 5 is a schematic view of the structure of the driving wheel in the meat product slicing apparatus.
Fig. 6 is a schematic view of the discharge cover of the meat product slicing apparatus.
In the figure: 1. a substrate; 2. a feeding cover; 3. a feed hood; 4. a first support bar; 5. a blocking seat; 6. a second support bar; 7. a mounting base; 8. a drive motor; 9. a drive wheel; 10. moving the plate; 11. a movable seat; 12. a pressure lever; 13. a drive housing; 14. a collection hood; 15. a discharging cover; 16. a side cover; 17. a drive rod; 18. a drive shaft; 19. a cutter; 20. scraping meat and blocking strips; 21. a drive tooth; 22. a passive tooth; 23. pushing a block; 24. a feeding port; 25. a conveyor belt; 26. an arc-shaped surface; 27. a vibration motor.
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The preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, and it will be understood that they are described herein for the purpose of illustration and explanation and not limitation.
It should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the referred devices or elements must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
Example 1
Referring to fig. 1-5, a meat product slicing device includes a feeding cover 2, the top end of the feeding cover 2 is fixedly connected with a feeding cover 3, a feeding mechanism is arranged in the feeding cover 2, an external driving component for driving the feeding mechanism is arranged outside the feeding cover 2, one end of the feeding cover 2 is open, and a slicing component and a discharging component are arranged at one end of the feeding cover 2, which is located at the opening end;
the feeding mechanism comprises a push block 23 which is connected in the feeding cover 2 in a sliding manner, push openings are formed in two sides of the feeding cover 2, a side cover 16 corresponding to the push openings is fixedly arranged outside the feeding cover 2, a conveying belt 25 is arranged in the side cover 16, and one side of the conveying belt 25 penetrates through the push openings and is positioned in the feeding cover 2;
the external driving assembly comprises a mounting seat 7 fixedly arranged on one side of the feeding cover 3, the top end of the mounting seat 7 is fixedly connected with a driving motor 8, an output shaft of the driving motor 8 penetrates through the mounting seat 7 and is coaxially and fixedly connected with a driving wheel 9, both sides of the driving wheel 9 are provided with moving plates 10, driving teeth 21 are arranged outside the driving wheel 9, one side, close to the driving wheel 9, of each moving plate 10 is provided with driven teeth 22 meshed with the driving teeth 21, a push block 23 is fixedly connected with a press rod 12, one end, far away from the push block 23, of the press rod 12 penetrates through the feeding cover 2 and is fixedly connected with a moving seat 11, the moving seat 11 is fixedly connected with the moving plate 10, both sides inside the conveying belt 25 are rotatably connected with driving rollers, one of the driving rollers is coaxially and fixedly connected with a driving rod 17, and the driving rod 17 extends out of the side cover 16 and is in transmission connection with the output shaft of the driving motor 8;
the slicing assembly comprises a driving cover 13 fixedly arranged at the bottom end of the feeding cover 2, a slicing motor is arranged in the driving cover 13, an output shaft of the slicing motor extends to the outside of the driving cover 13 and is coaxially and fixedly connected with a driving shaft 18, the outside of the driving shaft 18 is fixedly connected with a cutter 19, one side of the opening end of the feeding cover 2 is provided with a blocking seat 5, the cutter 19 is positioned between the opening end of the feeding cover 2 and the blocking seat 5, and the cutter 19 is fixedly connected with one side of the blocking seat 5 to scrape a meat blocking strip 20.
The discharging assembly comprises a collecting cover 14 fixedly connected with the baffle base 5, one side of the bottom of the collecting cover 14 is fixedly connected with a discharging cover 15, the discharging cover 15 is obliquely arranged, and the discharging cover 15 is arranged outside the cutter 19.
The top of the feeding cover 2 is provided with a feeding opening 24 corresponding to the feeding cover 3, and the top of the push block 23 is provided with an arc-shaped surface 26.
The drive teeth 21 are distributed in an arc shape outside the drive wheel 9, and the central angle of the distribution of the drive teeth 21 is less than ninety degrees.
Example 2
Referring to fig. 1-6, a meat product slicing device includes a feeding cover 2, the top end of the feeding cover 2 is fixedly connected with a feeding cover 3, a feeding mechanism is arranged in the feeding cover 2, an external driving component for driving the feeding mechanism is arranged outside the feeding cover 2, one end of the feeding cover 2 is open, and a slicing component and a discharging component are arranged at one end of the feeding cover 2, which is located at the opening end;
the feeding mechanism comprises a push block 23 which is connected in the feeding cover 2 in a sliding manner, push openings are formed in two sides of the feeding cover 2, a side cover 16 corresponding to the push openings is fixedly arranged outside the feeding cover 2, a conveying belt 25 is arranged in the side cover 16, and one side of the conveying belt 25 penetrates through the push openings and is positioned in the feeding cover 2;
the external driving assembly comprises a mounting seat 7 fixedly arranged on one side of the feeding cover 3, the top end of the mounting seat 7 is fixedly connected with a driving motor 8, an output shaft of the driving motor 8 penetrates through the mounting seat 7 and is coaxially and fixedly connected with a driving wheel 9, moving plates 10 are arranged on two sides of the driving wheel 9, driving teeth 21 are arranged on the outer portion of the driving wheel 9, driven teeth 22 meshed with the driving teeth 21 are arranged on one side, close to the driving wheel 9, of the moving plate 10, a push block 23 is fixedly connected with a press rod 12, one end, far away from the push block 23, of the press rod 12 penetrates through the feeding cover 2 and is fixedly connected with a moving seat 11, the moving seat 11 is fixedly connected with the moving plate 10, transmission rollers are rotatably connected to two inner sides of the conveying belt 25, one of the transmission rollers is coaxially and fixedly connected with a driving rod 17, and the driving rod 17 extends out of the side cover 16 and is in transmission connection with the output shaft of the driving motor 8;
the slicing assembly comprises a driving cover 13 fixedly arranged at the bottom end of the feeding cover 2, a slicing motor is arranged in the driving cover 13, an output shaft of the slicing motor extends to the outside of the driving cover 13 and is coaxially and fixedly connected with a driving shaft 18, the outside of the driving shaft 18 is fixedly connected with a cutter 19, one side of the opening end of the feeding cover 2 is provided with a blocking seat 5, the cutter 19 is positioned at the opening end of the feeding cover 2 and between the blocking seats 5, and one side of the cutter 19, which is close to the blocking seat 5, is fixedly connected with a meat scraping blocking strip 20.
The feeding cover is characterized in that a base plate 1 is arranged below the feeding cover 2, a plurality of first supporting rods 4 are fixedly connected between the feeding cover 2 and the base plate 1, and a plurality of second supporting rods 6 are fixedly connected between the blocking seat 5 and the base plate 1.
The outer part of the feeding cover 3 is fixedly provided with a guide sleeve, and the moving plate 10 penetrates through the guide sleeve and is connected with the guide sleeve in a sliding manner.
The discharging assembly comprises a collecting cover 14 fixedly connected with the baffle base 5, one side of the bottom of the collecting cover 14 is fixedly connected with a discharging cover 15, the discharging cover 15 is obliquely arranged, and the discharging cover 15 is arranged outside the cutter 19.
The top of the feeding cover 2 is provided with a feeding opening 24 corresponding to the feeding cover 3, and the top of the push block 23 is provided with an arc-shaped surface 26.
The drive teeth 21 are distributed in an arc shape outside the drive wheel 9, and the central angle of the distribution of the drive teeth 21 is less than ninety degrees.
The bottom end of the discharging cover 15 is fixedly provided with a vibration motor 27.
In the implementation process of the invention, meat products are put into the feeding cover 3 and then fall into the feeding cover 2, then the driving motor 8 is started to drive the driving wheel 9 to rotate, the driving wheel 9 drives the two moving plates 10 in sequence through the meshing of the driving teeth 21 and the driven teeth 22, so that the two moving plates 10 push and pull the moving seat 11 in a reciprocating manner, the push block 23 pushes and feeds the meat products in the feeding cover 2 in a reciprocating manner, the driving motor 8 can also synchronously drive the conveying belt 25 to operate, the meat products are conveyed, when the meat products are conveyed to the opening end of the feeding cover 3, the blocking seat 5 blocks the meat products, the slicing motor is started to drive the cutter 19 to rotate to slice the meat products, and the cut meat pieces are pushed by the meat scraping blocking strip 20 to fall into the collecting cover 14 and are discharged through the discharging cover 15.
Finally, it should be noted that: although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that modifications may be made to the embodiments described above, or equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.
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1. A slicing device for meat products comprises a feeding cover (2), and is characterized in that the top end of the feeding cover (2) is fixedly connected with a feeding cover (3), a feeding mechanism is arranged in the feeding cover (2), an external driving assembly for driving the feeding mechanism is arranged outside the feeding cover (2), one end of the feeding cover (2) is provided with an opening, and one end of the feeding cover (2) positioned at the opening is provided with a slicing assembly and a discharging assembly;
the feeding mechanism comprises a push block (23) which is connected in the feeding cover (2) in a sliding manner, push openings are formed in two sides of the feeding cover (2), a side cover (16) corresponding to the push openings is fixedly arranged outside the feeding cover (2), a conveying belt (25) is arranged in the side cover (16), and one side of the conveying belt (25) penetrates through the push openings and is positioned in the feeding cover (2);
the external driving assembly comprises a mounting seat (7) fixedly arranged on one side of the feeding cover (3), the top end of the mounting seat (7) is fixedly connected with a driving motor (8), an output shaft of the driving motor (8) penetrates through the mounting seat (7) and is coaxially and fixedly connected with a driving wheel (9), moving plates (10) are arranged on two sides of the driving wheel (9), driving teeth (21) are arranged on the outer portion of the driving wheel (9), driven teeth (22) meshed with the driving teeth (21) are arranged on one side, close to the driving wheel (9), of the moving plates (10), a push block (23) is fixedly connected with a pressing rod (12), one end, far away from the push block (23), of the pressing rod (12) penetrates through the feeding cover (2) and is fixedly connected with a moving seat (11), the moving seat (11) is fixedly connected with the moving plates (10), driving rollers are rotatably connected on two sides in the conveying belt (25), one of the driving rollers is coaxially and fixedly connected with a driving rod (17), and the driving rod (17) extends out of the side cover (16) and is in transmission connection with the output shaft of the driving motor (8);
the slicing assembly comprises a driving cover (13) fixedly arranged at the bottom end of the feeding cover (2), a slicing motor is arranged in the driving cover (13), an output shaft of the slicing motor extends out of the driving cover (13) and is coaxially and fixedly connected with a driving shaft (18), a cutter (19) is fixedly connected to the outer part of the driving shaft (18), a blocking seat (5) is arranged on one side of the opening end of the feeding cover (2), the cutter (19) is positioned between the opening end of the feeding cover (2) and the blocking seat (5), and a meat scraping blocking strip (20) is fixedly connected to one side, close to the blocking seat (5), of the cutter (19);
the driving teeth (21) are distributed in an arc shape outside the driving wheel (9), and the central angle of distribution of the driving teeth (21) is smaller than ninety degrees.
2. The meat product slicing device according to claim 1, wherein a base plate (1) is arranged below the feeding cover (2), a plurality of first support rods (4) are fixedly connected between the feeding cover (2) and the base plate (1), and a plurality of second support rods (6) are fixedly connected between the baffle seat (5) and the base plate (1).
3. The meat product slicing device of claim 1, wherein the feeding housing (3) is externally fixed with a guide sleeve, and the moving plate (10) penetrates through the guide sleeve and is slidably connected with the guide sleeve.
4. The meat product slicing device according to claim 1, wherein the discharging assembly comprises a collecting cover (14) fixedly connected with the baffle seat (5), one side of the bottom of the collecting cover (14) is fixedly connected with a discharging cover (15), the discharging cover (15) is obliquely arranged, and the discharging cover (15) is arranged outside the cutter (19).
5. The meat product slicing device according to claim 1, wherein a feeding opening (24) corresponding to the feeding cover (3) is formed at the top of the feeding cover (2), and an arc-shaped surface (26) is formed at the top of the push block (23).
6. The meat product slicing device as defined in claim 4, wherein a vibration motor (27) is fixedly provided at a bottom end of the discharging cover (15).
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