DE29514485U1 - Meat processing device - Google Patents

Description

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DESCRIPTION Device for processing meat

TECHNICAL AREA

The invention relates to a device for processing meat. Such devices can be used to produce a wide variety of sausage fillings.

STATE OF THE ART

Devices for processing meat are known that can be used to chop up pieces of meat. Such devices are called meat grinders. In a meat grinder, a conveyor screw rotates and presses the pieces of meat against blade arrangements. The meat is cut up and pressed out of the device through a perforated disk. The meat pressed through the perforated disk can then be finely chopped in a cutting mixer, a so-called cutter, and mixed with spices and other ingredients. The cutter or cutting mixer has a rotating bowl into which a rotating cutting head with several cutting blades extends. The resulting mass, the sausage meat, can then be pressed into casings using a sausage filling machine, a so-called filler.

These three processing devices, meat grinder, cutter and filler, are known as individual machines.

Due to the very strict hygiene requirements, the surface of the individual devices is made of stainless steel. For the same reasons, the construction effort for the rooms in which these devices or machines are located and operated is very high in comparison to other rooms.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Based on this state of the art, the invention is based on the task of making the processing of meat more economically efficient overall.

This invention is given by the features of claim 1. The invention is accordingly characterized by the fact that there is a movable frame in which the meat grinder, cutter and filler are present as integral components. Due to the movable arrangement of these processing devices, the frame and thus the three devices can be moved together and thus moved to another room when not in use. Consequently, the room, which must meet the high hygiene requirements mentioned above, can be used for other purposes when the meat grinder, cutter and filler are not in use. Since these devices are not constantly needed in the room when processing meat, they do not need to be constantly present in the room in question. The room can therefore be smaller in terms of floor plan than is the case in the prior art, with the constant presence of the devices mentioned.

In order to be able to work well on the mobile device with its several individual processing devices, at least two of the device's travel rollers are designed to be braked and/or blocked. This prevents the device from being accidentally moved or shifted.

The ease of use can be increased by providing a common control panel for the electrical drive and control of the meat grinder as well as for the electrical rotary drive of the bowl and for the knife shaft of the meat grinder. Both the rotary drive for the bowl of the cutting mixer and for the knife shaft of its knife head can be designed in two stages.

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According to a further development of the invention, a foot switch for controlling the hydraulic piston drive of the filler is provided on the device. This means that the hands do not need to be used to operate the drive of the filler; the hands remain free to carry out the actual filling process.

In a preferred embodiment, the operating switch for the filler is a switching element that can be moved in two directions. It has proven to be advantageous to design the switching element in such a way that it can be operated by pushing it away with the foot or leg in one direction and by pulling it in the other direction with the leg. When pushed away, the piston of the filler can be pushed upwards and the sausage meat can be pressed out of the filler, while pulling the switching element in moves the piston in the opposite direction, i.e. downwards, for example. The zero position between the two positions leaves the piston at the respective stroke height.

Emergency stop switches can be fitted on the device to allow the rotating cutting devices to be stopped quickly if the device is handled improperly or in a way that endangers an operator. This ensures that the rotary drive for the knife head engaging in the bowl is stopped immediately, particularly when the cutter's protective hood is opened.

A preferred embodiment is characterized in that the travel rollers are designed to be extendable or retractable, such that in the extended state the device is movable and in the retracted state the device is fixed on bearing units.

Further features and advantages of the invention can be found in the features specified in the subclaims and in the following embodiment.

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The invention is described and explained in more detail below using the embodiment shown in the drawing. The only figure 1 shows a perspective view of the device according to the invention for processing meat.

WAYS TO CARRY OUT THE INVENTION

A device 10 is used for processing meat in different ways. The device is mounted on four castors, three of which are shown in the drawing. The device 10 can therefore be moved as a unit and thus moved from one room to another, for example.

Three different processing devices are integrated into the device 10: a meat grinder 14, a cutting mixer 16, commonly referred to as a cutter, and a filler 18.

The meat grinder 14 is placed on the right side of the device 10 in Fig. 1. It has an input bowl 20 from which a shaft 22 leads out at the bottom. Meat fed into the input bowl 20 can pass through the shaft 22 into the conveyor screw (not shown in the drawing) with the blade arrangements arranged in it. The pieces of meat, cut into long strips, then come out of the meat grinder 14 from the perforated disk 24 visible at the front in the drawing.

The cutting mixer 16 is placed next to the meat grinder 14 and thus in the middle area of the device 10. The cutting mixer 16 has a bowl 32 that can be rotated about a vertical axis 30. A knife shaft 34 engages the side of the bowl 32. At the front end of the knife shaft 34 is a

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Knife head 36 is attached with several cutting knives. The knife shaft 34 can be rotated about its longitudinal axis 38. By simultaneously rotating the bowl 32 and the knife shaft 34, the meat stored in the bowl 32, for example minced in the meat grinder 14, can be completely chopped. In addition, ingredients such as spices can be added to the mixture and mixed in. The bowl 32 and in particular the knife head 36 can be covered by a cover 40. The bowl 32 and knife head 36 can only be driven when covered.

The filler 18 is placed next to the cutting mixer 16. The filler 18 is used to make sausages. For this purpose, it has a cylinder part 50 in which a piston (not shown in detail in the drawing in this case) can be moved up and down. The cylinder part 50 is covered by a lid 52. A recess in the lid 52 ends in a filler sleeve 54. Därnie or other sausage casings can be pushed onto this filler sleeve 54 and filled with the sausage product (meat) located inside the cylinder part 50 through the filler sleeve 54.

The piston, which can be moved up and down in the cylinder part 50, is moved in this case by a hydraulic pump. The piston is controlled by a foot switch 60, which is located in the front side area of the device 10 at about half the height. By pushing the foot switch 60 away in the direction of arrow 62, the piston is moved upwards. This places the filling material in the cylinder part 50 under increased pressure, with the result that it comes out of the filler sleeve 54. By pulling the foot switch 60 in the direction of arrow 64, the piston is moved downwards in this case. This reduces the pressure in the cylinder part 50. The intermediate position of the foot switch 60 shown in the drawing causes the piston to stop in

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its respective height. The foot switch 60 automatically swings back to the so-called zero position shown in the drawing.

In the area next to the cutting mixer 16 and behind the feed bowl 20 of the meat grinder 14 there is a common control panel 68 for the cutting mixer 16 and the meat grinder 14. Two pressure switches 70, 72 are provided for a two-stage drive of the knife shaft 34. In addition there are two further pressure switches 74, 76 for a two-stage drive of the bowl 32. In addition there is a pressure switch 78 with which the two drives for the bowl 32 and for the knife shaft 34 can be switched off. Another emergency stop switch 80 located below interrupts any power supply to the rotating parts and thus enables the various rotating devices to be switched off very quickly.

On the right of the control panel 68, an on switch 82 and an off switch 84 are arranged one below the other, with which the rotary drive of the conveyor screw in the meat grinder 14 can be switched on and off. This rotary drive is also immediately interrupted by the switch 80.

In the front of the panel 90 of the table-like device 10 there is a central door part 92, which in this case can be screwed on and off. This ensures access to the interior of the device 10.

In addition to the door part 92, there is another door part 94 in the area below the filler 18, which can also be screwed on and off the panel. A rotary knob 96 is accessible in this door part 94, with which the pump pressure can be set. The set pressure can be read off a pressure indicator 98 located underneath.

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Finally, in the area of the door part 94, above the foot switch 60, there is an on switch 97 and an off switch 99 for operating the hydraulic pump located inside.

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By arranging the three processing devices, the meat grinder 14, the cutting mixer 16 and the filler 18 in one device 10, a compact device is available that requires only a small amount of space in a room, for example in a sausage kitchen, for the three individual processing devices. In addition, the individual working paths between the respective processing devices are extremely small. This not only enables rapid but also fatigue-free work, for example in connection with the production of sausage products. By arranging the various operating elements in a control panel, quick and clear operation is guaranteed. When the device 10 is not in use, it can be pushed out of the sausage kitchen, for example. The room, which is no longer required for the production of sausage and is lined with hygienic materials, can then be used for other meat processing purposes.

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Claims (1)

PURE-OIgDE 06 September 1995 * &idgr; .. : II I ; ;* -i- EXPECTATIONS 01) Device for processing meat, characterized in that - a device (10) movable on rollers (12) is provided, - are integrated in the device (10) - a meat grinder (14) for mincing pieces of meat, - a cutting mixer (16) for the simultaneous fine cutting of meat minced in particular by the meat grinder (14) and for mixing minced meat with spices and/or other food ingredients, - a filler (18) for filling sausage casings with sausage meat and/or with the mixture taken from the cutting mixer (16). 02) Device according to claim 1, characterized in that - at least two of the rollers (12) on the device (10) are designed to be braked or blocked. 03) Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that - a common control panel (68) is available for the electrical drive and control of the cutting mixer (16) and meat grinder (14). 04) Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that - the electric rotary drive for the bowl (32) and/or for the knife shaft (34) of the cutting mixer (16) is designed in at least two stages. 06 September 1995 JS *··. . I &idgr;*,.&iacgr; . **.;·**, -2- 05) Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that - a foot switch (60) is provided to control the hydraulic piston drive for the filler (18). 06) Device according to claim 5, characterized in that - the foot switch (60) is movable in two directions (62, 64), wherein - by pushing the switch (60) away in one direction (62) the piston can be moved so that the mixture in the filler (18) is compressed, and by pulling the switch (60) in the other direction (64) the pressure is not increased and/or reduced. 07) Device according to claim 6, characterized in that - the foot switch (60) is mounted in such a way that it can be pulled with one leg, such as in particular with the lower leg of an operator. 08) Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that - the travel rollers are designed to be extendable or retractable, such that in the extended state the device is movable and in the retracted state the device is fixed on bearing units.