CN216609203U - Strip-shaped food material positioning device for cutting and food processing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a strip is eaten material positioner and food preparation machine for cutting, positioner includes: a barrel for containing a bar of food material; the counterweight block is arranged in the charging barrel and is used for abutting against the top surface of the strip-shaped food material; clamping mechanism sets up at the opening part of feed cylinder lower extreme, including pressing from both sides tight piece and with pressing from both sides the driving piece that tight piece is connected, press from both sides tight piece and be used for eating the side looks butt of material with the strip that stretches out from the feed cylinder lower extreme, the tight piece motion of driving piece drive clamp is eaten the material with being close to or keeping away from the strip, positioner configures to: when cutting action is carried out, the balancing weight and the clamping block are both abutted with the strip-shaped food material; after cutting, the clamping blocks are separated from the strip-shaped food materials, and the strip-shaped food materials move downwards under the action of the balancing weights. When the cutting, the balancing weight goes on spacing, and it is spacing with circumference down to press from both sides tight piece, guarantees to eat the material gesture stable, and it is certain to eat the distance of material every turn downstream, and the slice of cutting is eaten material thickness homogeneous, realizes standardized processing, and the helping hand is upgraded in the digitization of trade company.

Description

Strip-shaped food material positioning device for cutting and food processing machine

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the technical field of food processing, in particular to a strip-shaped food material positioning device for cutting and a food processing machine.

Background

At present, hamburgers, sandwiches and the like are popular food in fast food, the content of the hamburgers, the sandwiches and the like is manually cut when the content of the hamburgers, the sandwiches and the like is sliced, the automation degree is low, the time and the labor are consumed, and the labor cost is high. In addition, when cutting action is carried out, due to the lack of a positioning device, the posture of the strip-shaped food material is unstable, so that the slice thickness is uneven, and standardized processing cannot be realized.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a positioning device for cutting strip-shaped food material and a food processing machine using the same, so as to solve the problem of unstable posture of the food material during cutting.

In order to achieve the above object, the present disclosure provides a device for positioning a strip-shaped food material for cutting, comprising:

a barrel for containing a bar of food material;

the counterweight block is arranged in the charging barrel and is used for abutting against the top surface of the strip-shaped food material; and

the clamping mechanism is arranged at an opening at the lower end of the charging barrel and comprises a clamping block and a driving piece connected with the clamping block, the clamping block is used for abutting against the side surface of the strip-shaped food material extending out of the lower end of the charging barrel, the driving piece drives the clamping block to move to be close to or far away from the strip-shaped food material,

wherein the positioning device is integrally configured to: when cutting action is carried out, the balancing weight and the clamping block are both abutted with the strip-shaped food material; after cutting, the clamping blocks are separated from the strip-shaped food materials, and the strip-shaped food materials move downwards under the action of the balancing weights.

Optionally, the charging barrel comprises a charging barrel body and a charging barrel frame connected with the lower end of the charging barrel body, the charging barrel frame is provided with a through hole communicated with an opening at the lower end of the charging barrel body, a mounting groove for the clamping block to extend out or retract is formed in the hole wall of the through hole, and the driving piece drives the clamping block to move along the horizontal direction so as to enable the strip-shaped food material to be abutted to the inner wall of the through hole.

Optionally, the charging barrel body is arranged in a plurality of spaced positions along a moving direction perpendicular to the clamping block, and the clamping block is provided with a plurality of abutting parts to abut against a plurality of strip-shaped food materials extending from the lower end of the charging barrel body respectively.

Optionally, the driving member is an electromagnet and is connected with the clamping block through a connecting plate, two sides of the connecting plate, which are located on the clamping block, are respectively connected with a guide post and an elastic member sleeved on the guide post, a guide hole matched with the guide post is formed on the charging barrel rack, wherein,

the electromagnet is electrified, the elastic piece is compressed, and the clamping block is driven to move towards the direction close to the charging barrel; and

the electromagnet is powered off and moves in the direction far away from the charging barrel under the action of the elastic restoring force of the elastic piece.

Optionally, the abutting surface of the clamping block for contacting with the strip-shaped food material is provided with a notch, and the shape of the notch is matched with the outer contour of the strip-shaped food material.

Optionally, the feed cylinder still includes the feed cylinder lid that is used for sealing the upper end open-ended, still be provided with one end in the feed cylinder and fix on the feed cylinder lid, the other end with the chain that the balancing weight is connected.

Optionally, the positioning device further comprises a detection element mounted on the outer peripheral wall of the cartridge for acquiring the position information of the balancing weight.

Optionally, the counterweight is made of metal, and the detection element is a metal detector with a detection end extending into the charging barrel.

Optionally, the positioning device further comprises a first bracket for mounting the driving member, and the detecting element is disposed near the lower end of the cartridge and fixed to the first bracket by a second bracket.

According to a second aspect of the disclosure, a food processor is also provided, which comprises the above-mentioned cutting strip-shaped food material positioning device.

Through the technical scheme, when cutting action, the balancing weight leans on self gravity to press on the top surface of strip edible material, it is unsettled to prevent that strip edible material is unsettled, go on it spacing, press from both sides tight piece to support on the side of strip edible material, it is spacing with circumference down to carry on, can guarantee that the gesture of strip edible material can not change when cutting action at every turn, and through the motion of control clamp tight piece and with the cooperation of balancing weight, can guarantee that the distance of strip edible material downstream is certain at every turn, make the slice edible material thickness homogeneous of cutting, realize standardized processing, can help in the digital upgrading of trade company.

Additional features and advantages of the disclosure will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the disclosure and together with the description serve to explain the disclosure without limiting the disclosure. In the drawings:

fig. 1 to 4 are schematic structural views of a strip-shaped food material positioning device provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure from different viewing angles;

fig. 5 is a partially enlarged view of a clamping mechanism in the bar-shaped food material positioning device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

Description of the reference numerals

1100-material cylinder, 1110-material cylinder body, 1120-material cylinder frame, 1121-through hole, 1122-installation groove, 1123-guide hole, 1130-material cylinder cover, 1140-chain, 1200-balancing weight, 1300-clamping mechanism, 1310-clamping block, 1311-notch, 1320-driving piece, 1330-first support, 1340-connecting plate, 1341-guide column, 1342-elastic piece, 1400-detection element and 1410-second support.

Detailed Description

The following detailed description of specific embodiments of the present disclosure is provided in connection with the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the present disclosure, are given by way of illustration and explanation only, not limitation.

In the present disclosure, unless otherwise stated, the terms of orientation such as "upper", "lower", "top" and "bottom" are generally used to define the case where the bar-shaped food material positioning device for cutting provided in the present disclosure is normally used, and particularly, referring to the drawing directions shown in fig. 1 and 2, "inner" and "outer" refer to the inner and outer of the profile of the corresponding component, and furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" and the like used in the present disclosure are used to distinguish one element from another element, and have no order or importance. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated.

In the process of making fast food such as hamburgers, sandwiches and the like, the content of the fast food such as cucumbers needs to be cut into slices from strips, and when the fast food is cut, a positioning device is lacked, so that the posture of the strip-shaped food is unstable, and the problem of uneven slice thickness is easy to occur.

To solve the above problem, as shown in fig. 1 to 4, the present disclosure provides a positioning device for cutting strip-shaped food material, the positioning device for cutting strip-shaped food material comprises a material cylinder 1100, a weight block 1200, and a clamping mechanism 1300, wherein the strip-shaped food material is accommodated in the material cylinder 1100, the weight block 1200 is disposed in the material cylinder 1100 and is used for abutting against a top surface of the strip-shaped food material, the clamping mechanism 1300 is disposed at an opening at a lower end of the material cylinder 1100, the clamping mechanism 1300 comprises a clamping block 1310 and a driving member 1320 connected to the clamping block 1310, the clamping block 1310 is used for abutting against a side surface of the strip-shaped food material protruding from the lower end of the material cylinder 1100, the driving member 1320 drives the clamping block 1310 to move to approach or leave the strip-shaped food material, and the positioning device provided by the present disclosure is configured as a whole: when cutting, the weight block 1200 and the clamping block 1310 are both abutted against the strip-shaped food material; after cutting, the clamping block 1310 is separated from the strip-shaped food material, and the strip-shaped food material moves downwards under the action of the weight block 1200.

Here, it should be noted that, in the cutting food material positioning device provided by the present disclosure, the material cylinder 1100 is designed to have an open lower end, the strip-shaped food material can extend out of the lower end opening by a predetermined length to form a section to be cut, and the cutting mechanism can be any suitable structure, and the section to be cut is cut by the horizontal movement of the cutting knife to obtain the sheet-shaped food material. The bar-shaped food material may be any food material such as cucumber and cheese that needs to be cut, and the material cylinder 1100 may be designed according to the shape of the bar-shaped food material, for example, it may be a cylinder, a square cylinder, etc., all of which fall within the scope of the present disclosure. In addition, when the clamping block 1310 is separated from the strip-shaped food material, in order to prevent the food material from falling from the opening at the lower end, a material carrying plate (not shown) may be disposed at an interval at the lower end of the charging barrel 1100, and the clamping block 1310 may be controlled to move to abut against the side surface of the strip-shaped food material after the strip-shaped food material moves downward by a predetermined distance, thereby preventing the food material from falling from the charging barrel 1100. In this disclosure, the effect of clamping block 1310 is similar to the process that people's hand supported the dish when cutting the dish, and this disclosure can include that the lower extreme of feed cylinder 1100 sets up the baffle, and clamping block 1310 supports the strip edible material to push up the embodiment on the baffle, also includes clamping block 1310 to be two, can move in opposite directions and clamp the lower extreme of strip edible material, and the embodiment of reverse motion and strip edible material separation, and this disclosure does not do any restriction to this.

Through the technical scheme, when cutting the action, balancing weight 1200 leans on self gravity to press on the top surface of strip edible material, it is unsettled to prevent that strip edible material from eating, go on it spacing, press from both sides tight piece 1310 to support and push up on the side of strip edible material, it is spacing with circumference down to carry out it, can guarantee that the gesture of strip edible material can not change when cutting the action at every turn, and through the motion of control clamp piece 1310 and with balancing weight 1200 cooperation, can guarantee that the distance of strip edible material downstream at every turn is certain, make the slice edible material thickness homogeneous of cutting, realize standardized processing, can help in the digital upgrading of trade company.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the cartridge 1100 includes a cartridge body 1110 and a cartridge holder 1120 connected to a lower end of the cartridge body 1110, the cartridge holder 1120 has a through hole 1121 communicating with an opening at the lower end of the cartridge body 1110, a mounting groove 1122 for extending or retracting the clamping block 1310 is formed on a hole wall of the through hole 1121, and the driving member 1320 drives the clamping block 1310 to move in a horizontal direction to push the strip-shaped food material against an inner wall of the through hole 1121. Thus, the lower end of the strip-shaped food material extends out of the through hole 1121, cutting operation is performed through horizontal movement of the cutter to obtain the sheet-shaped food material, the clamping block 1310 abuts against the strip-shaped food material from the side surface and abuts against the inner wall of the through hole 1121, positioning of the lower end of the strip-shaped food material is achieved, and deviation in slicing is prevented.

In order to improve the slicing efficiency, in the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the cartridge body 1110 may be a plurality of cartridges arranged at intervals in a direction perpendicular to a moving direction of the clamping block 1310, as shown in fig. 5, the clamping block 1310 has a plurality of abutting portions to abut against the strip-shaped food materials protruded from the lower ends of the plurality of cartridge bodies 1110, respectively. Like this, can carry out the cutting of eating the material in a plurality of feed cylinders 1100 simultaneously, a plurality of feed cylinder bodies 1110 share same clamp tight piece 1310, press from both sides tight piece 1310 motion through same driving piece 1320 drive, overall structure is simpler, convenient the arrangement. The present disclosure does not limit this with respect to the number of cartridge bodies 1110, and may be increased or decreased as desired.

The manner in which the clamp block 1310 is driven to move horizontally may be varied. For example, the driving member 1320 may be a linear motor, a linear module, a cylinder, etc. In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 5, the driving member 1320 may be an electromagnet and is connected to the clamping block 1310 through a connecting plate 1340, two sides of the connecting plate 1340 located at the clamping block 1310 are respectively connected with a guiding post 1341 and an elastic member 1342 sleeved on the guiding post 1341, a guiding hole 1123 matched with the guiding post 1341 is formed on the cartridge holder 1120, wherein the electromagnet is powered on to compress the elastic member 1342, so as to drive the clamping block 1310 to move towards the direction close to the cartridge 1100; and the electromagnet is de-energized and moves away from the cartridge 1100 by the elastic restoring force of the elastic member 1342. In this embodiment, a first bracket 1330 is disposed on one side of the cartridge 1100, the first bracket 1330 may be of a U-shaped configuration, and the driving member 1320 may be mounted in an inner cavity of the U-shaped configuration without affecting or interfering with the telescopic movement thereof.

As shown in fig. 5, the abutting surface of the clamping block 1310 for contacting with the strip-shaped food material has a notch 1311, and the shape of the notch 1311 matches with the outer contour of the strip-shaped food material. For example, the notch 1311 can be triangular, arc-shaped, zigzag-shaped and the like, so that the abutting area of the side face of the strip-shaped food material can be increased, circumferential limitation can be better performed, and the abutting stability can be improved.

There may be various ways to arrange the weight block 1200. E.g., the upper end of the cartridge 1100 is open, and the weight 1200 enters the interior cavity of the cartridge 1100 through the upper end opening, and the other end is attached to a pulley. In the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the cartridge 1100 further includes a cartridge cover 1130 for closing the upper end opening, and a chain 1140 having one end fixed to the cartridge cover 1130 and the other end connected to the weight block 1200 is further disposed in the cartridge 1100. The weight block 1200 applies downward pressure to prevent the food bar from hanging in the air, and when the cutting operation is completed, the food bar is displaced downward as a whole. The weight member 1200 may be of a dumbbell shape, a cylinder shape, or the like, and has a plane contacting the top surface of the food material to better position the weight member. In addition, different weights of the weight block 1200 may be selected depending on the type of food material in the cartridge 1100.

Further, in the present disclosure, the positioning device further includes a detection element 1400 mounted on the outer circumferential wall of the cartridge 1100 for acquiring position information of the weight block 1200. The detection element 1400 can acquire the position of the weight block 1200 in real time, so as to feed back the remaining amount of the food material in the charging barrel 1100 and remind the user to replenish the food material in time.

Here, the weight block 1200 may be made of metal, and the sensing element 1400 may be a metal detector having a sensing end protruding into the cartridge 1100. In other embodiments, the detecting element 1400 may also be a position sensor, etc., which can timely transmit the acquired information to the controller, and the controller can control the movement of the driving element 1320 and the cutting mechanism according to the received signal.

Specifically, in the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 2, the detection element 1400 is disposed near the lower end of the cartridge 1100 and is fixed to the first bracket 1330 through the second bracket 1410. The second bracket 1410 may be an L-shaped structure, one end of the second bracket is fixed on the first bracket 1330, and the other end of the second bracket is used for fixing the detecting element 1400, as shown in fig. 3, a mounting hole is opened on a side wall of the charging barrel 1100, the detecting element 1400 is disposed in the mounting hole, and the detecting end extends into the inner cavity of the charging barrel 1100, so as to ensure the accuracy of the detecting result.

According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, there is also provided a food processor comprising the above-described cutting bar-shaped food material positioning device. This food preparation machine can be for being arranged in processing and the machine of making foods such as hamburg, sandwich, Chinese hamburger, and the positioner that this disclosure provided can regard as partly among the cutting loading attachment, realizes improving the stability of cutting process to the location of eating the material, realizes the standardized processing of product, simple structure, and occupation space is little, can the helping hand in the digital upgrading of trade company.

The preferred embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, however, the present disclosure is not limited to the specific details of the above embodiments, and various simple modifications may be made to the technical solution of the present disclosure within the technical idea of the present disclosure, and these simple modifications all belong to the protection scope of the present disclosure.

It should be noted that, in the foregoing embodiments, various features described in the above embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner, and in order to avoid unnecessary repetition, various combinations that are possible in the present disclosure are not described again.

In addition, any combination of various embodiments of the present disclosure may be made, and the same should be considered as the disclosure of the present disclosure, as long as it does not depart from the spirit of the present disclosure.

Claims (10)

1. A device for positioning a strip-shaped food material for cutting, comprising:

a cartridge (1100) for containing a bar of foodstuff;

the balancing weight (1200) is arranged in the charging barrel (1100) and is used for abutting against the top surface of the strip-shaped food material; and

a clamping mechanism (1300) arranged at an opening at the lower end of the charging barrel (1100), wherein the clamping mechanism (1300) comprises a clamping block (1310) and a driving member (1320) connected with the clamping block (1310), the clamping block (1310) is used for abutting against the side surface of the strip-shaped food material extending from the lower end of the charging barrel (1100), the driving member (1320) drives the clamping block (1310) to move to approach or depart from the strip-shaped food material,

wherein the positioning device is integrally configured to: when cutting action is carried out, the balancing weight (1200) and the clamping block (1310) are both abutted with the strip-shaped food material; after cutting, the clamping block (1310) is separated from the strip-shaped food materials, and the strip-shaped food materials move downwards under the action of the balancing weight (1200).

2. The device for positioning the food bar for cutting as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cartridge (1100) comprises a cartridge body (1110) and a cartridge holder (1120) connected to the lower end of the cartridge body (1110), the cartridge holder (1120) has a through hole (1121) communicating with the opening of the lower end of the cartridge body (1110), a mounting groove (1122) for extending or retracting the clamping block (1310) is formed on the wall of the through hole (1121), and the driving member (1320) drives the clamping block (1310) to move along the horizontal direction to push the food bar against the inner wall of the through hole (1121).

3. The device for positioning the food bar for cutting as claimed in claim 2, wherein the cartridge body (1110) is plural in a spaced arrangement in a direction perpendicular to a moving direction of the clamping block (1310), and the clamping block (1310) has a plurality of abutting portions for abutting against the plurality of food bar protruding from the lower end of the cartridge body (1110), respectively.

4. The device for positioning food bar for cutting as claimed in claim 2, wherein the driving member (1320) is an electromagnet and is connected to the clamping block (1310) through a connecting plate (1340), the connecting plate (1340) is connected to a guiding post (1341) and an elastic member (1342) sleeved on the guiding post (1341) at two sides of the clamping block (1310), the cartridge holder (1120) is formed with a guiding hole (1123) matching with the guiding post (1341), wherein,

the electromagnet is electrified, the elastic piece (1342) is compressed, and the clamping block (1310) is driven to move towards the direction close to the cartridge (1100); and

the electromagnet is powered off and moves away from the charging barrel (1100) under the action of the elastic restoring force of the elastic piece (1342).

5. The food bar positioning device for cutting as claimed in claim 1, wherein the contact surface of the clamping block (1310) for contacting the food bar has a notch (1311), and the shape of the notch (1311) matches the outer contour of the food bar.

6. The device for positioning food bar for cutting as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the charging barrel (1100) further comprises a barrel cover (1130) for closing the upper opening, and a chain (1140) having one end fixed to the barrel cover (1130) and the other end connected to the weight block (1200) is further provided in the charging barrel (1100).

7. The food bar positioning device for cutting as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a detecting element (1400) mounted on the outer peripheral wall of the cartridge (1100) for acquiring the position information of the weight block (1200).

8. The food bar positioning device for cutting as claimed in claim 7, wherein the weight block (1200) is made of metal, and the detecting element (1400) is a metal detector with a detecting end extending into the charging barrel (1100).

9. The device for positioning food bar for cutting as claimed in claim 7, further comprising a first bracket (1330) for mounting the driving member (1320), wherein the detecting member (1400) is disposed near the lower end of the barrel (1100) and fixed to the first bracket (1330) by a second bracket (1410).

10. A food processor comprising a device for positioning food material in the form of a strip for cutting according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

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