EP0693348A1 - Système pour la coupe de légumes - Google Patents

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EP0693348A1
EP0693348A1 EP94305326A EP94305326A EP0693348A1 EP 0693348 A1 EP0693348 A1 EP 0693348A1 EP 94305326 A EP94305326 A EP 94305326A EP 94305326 A EP94305326 A EP 94305326A EP 0693348 A1 EP0693348 A1 EP 0693348A1
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Max Frey
Marc A. Frey
Peter C. Smith
Darrell B. Brooks
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D7/00—Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D7/06—Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
    • B26D7/0658—Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form using fluid, e.g. hydraulic, acting directly on the work
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D7/00—Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D7/01—Means for holding or positioning work

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  • This invention relates to a mechanism that delivers vegetables to a cutter for slicing them.
  • Potatoes and other vegetables may be sliced transversely, for example, into helical strips.
  • One type of prior-art system comprises a mechanical device to deliver the vegetables to the cutter.
  • the vegetables are mixed with water, and are hydraulically delivered horizontally through a tapered, elastomeric conduit to a cutter.
  • a third type of prior-art system hydraulically delivers the potatoes vertically, through a tapered, elastomeric conduit to a mechanically rotated cutter.
  • a fourth type of prior art system is disclosed in U.S. patent no. 5,168,784.
  • the performance of these prior art systems is not as high as it could be.
  • Perfectance is dictated by three criteria.
  • the first criterion is referred to as "throughput” which basically refers to the quantity of vegetables that is cut. It is important that the throughput be as high as possible.
  • quality two other considerations can limit the throughput.
  • One is quality, and the other is yield.
  • an additional quality aspect is considered in the processing of helical french fries. This additional quality aspect relates to the number of coils produced of one turn or greater versus the smaller segments less than one complete coil, or the smaller pieces produced. The fewer the smaller pieces and segments less than one coil, the higher the quality.
  • the second consideration, yield has the normal meaning when used in french fry processing, that of acceptable quality produced versus the amount of incoming raw potatoes to the process line.
  • the throughput is generally maintained low in order to maximize the quality of the cut and the yield.
  • Another object is to provide a system which will cut vegetables into slices, such as helical strips, in an improved way.
  • Another object is to stabilize or orient the vegetables as they proceed to and through the cutter.
  • Another object is to stabilize, orient and centralize the vegetables as they proceed to and through the cutter.
  • a vegetable cutting system comprising means for conveying vegetables to a point defining the start of a predetermined path, at least one set of nozzle means arranged around the path for generating jets of water intersecting at a point in the path, and cutting means at the end of the path.
  • FIG. 1 there is depicted a system 20 for cutting potatoes into generally helically shaped strips and incorporating the features of the present invention. It is to be understood that vegetables other than potatoes could be processed in system 20 and they could be cut into shapes other than helically shaped strips. Potatoes 21 are preferably of a variety having a long axis and a generally round cross section, for example, like the Russet Burbank variety of potato. Of course, many kinds of potatoes may be processed by system 20.
  • the potatoes Before being applied to system 20, the potatoes may be fed via a typical french fry process line which may or may not include cleaning, washing, de-vining, peeling, scrubbing, brushing, preheating, defect removal, and any other processing steps which may be appropriate preparation prior to the cutting of the potatoes into helical strips. After being cut into helical strips, they are further processed, including one or more of grading, blanching, sugar flume, drying, frying, freezing, grading and packaging. The system herein is not limited to only these processing steps, and additional processing steps can be added which may be deemed appropriate to the production of the product. Potatoes 21 may be sized into various groups depending on their cross dimensions.
  • System 20 comprises a conveying mechanism 25 which includes a trough 26 that is tapered in order to singulate the potatoes, that is, placed in single file.
  • An endless main belt 27 lies on the bottom of trough 26 and passes around a large main wheel 28, an outlet pulley 29 and additional pulleys 30 and 31.
  • the outer surface of wheel 28 can be dished or concave as can be seen in FIG. 3.
  • Belt 27 has ribs 27a which mate with V-grooves in main wheel 28, as show in FIG. 3.
  • Conveying mechanism 25 also includes a secondary belt 33 which extends around an outlet pulley 34 and additional pulleys 35 and 36.
  • Belt 33 has ribs 33a which mate with grooves in pulleys 34, 35 and 36.
  • pulleys 34 and 35 and 36 can actually consist of a pair of pulleys in tandem. Ribs 33a would respectively reside in the V-grooves of such pulley pairs.
  • the location of pulleys 34 and 35 is such as to cause secondary belt 33 to continuously bear against the adjacent portion of main belt 27.
  • Pulley 36 is laterally movable, as shown by the dotted line, and, therefore, provides a means for controlling the force by which belt 33 presses against belt 27. The farther out pulley 36 is, the greater the pressure between belts 27 and 33.
  • One or more of the pulleys are driven so that both belts are continuously moving. As shown in FIG. 4, the singulated potatoes rest upon main belt 27 which brings them toward the nip between belts 27 and 33.
  • the potatoes are held by the two belts as they are projected or fall along a predetermined path 37.
  • the path may be horizontal or the path may be vertical as in the embodiment depicted in the drawings.
  • the path may be at any angle between horizontal and vertical. It is substantially straight if vertical and curved to some extent because of the force of gravity when it is other than vertical.
  • the moving belts 27 and 33 fling or project the potatoes along such path.
  • the potatoes are projected from conveying mechanism 25 at a speed related to the speed of the cutter, as will be described. In a particular embodiment, the speed is about 270 feet per minute. It is understood, however, that the speed can be varied and adjusted to suit optimum flow conditions of maximizing throughput at good yield and cut quality.
  • the potatoes are projected or delivered into a water-guide mechanism including a series of four rings 40, 50, 60 and 70.
  • Each ring carries a plurality of nozzles, which will be described in further detail, that serve to guide, orient and centralize the potatoes as they move along path 37.
  • the series of rings 40, 50, 60 and 70 is mounted on a carriage 80 which includes a long base 81 that is U-shaped in transverse cross section (FIG. 6).
  • Base 81 is movable on a track system (not shown) carried by supports 82 (FIG. 1).
  • a cylinder 83 is mounted on frame 22, its associated piston 84 being attached at its forward end to base 81 by means of a flange 85.
  • System 20 further comprises a water delivery system 120 which includes a manifold 121 having its inlet connected by a hose 122 to a source of water (not shown). Manifold 121 also includes four outlets 123, two of which are visible in FIG. 1. The four outlets are connected by means of hoses 124 to rings 40, 50, 60 and 70, respectively. Water delivery system 120 is mounted on base 81 by means of saddles 125.
  • a stabilizer or orienter 140 orients and stabilizes the potatoes passing through it.
  • Turbine 170 At the end of path 37 is a cutter 150 which can be rotated by a water-driven turbine 170 having a construction such as described in U.S. patent no. 5,179,881 assigned to the assignee of this application.
  • Turbine 170 has a water outlet 171 and a product outlet 172.
  • Water delivered by the guide mechanism, consisting of the series of the four rings, is, in part, directed laterally, as indicated by arrows 173, along with potato scraps. Water with potato scraps entrained therein fall into chaff flume 174. Water with the cut potatoes is directed through product outlet 172 to product flume 175.
  • Ring 40 is located at the top of the series or stack and is generally ovoid shaped in plan view. It includes a top wall 41 and a bottom wall 42 which are essentially congruent and are each ovoid shaped.
  • An outside wall 43 closes the outside of ring 40.
  • An inside ring-like wall 44 which is essentially V-shaped in transverse cross section, closes the inside of ring 44 thereby defining a chamber 46.
  • the lower surface of wall 44 is inclined and has a set of six equiangularly spaced threaded bores 47 (FIG. 7).
  • Protruding from bottom wall 42 and attached thereto is an elbow 48 having a passageway which communicates with chamber 46.
  • Welded to outside wall 43 are three bushings 49a, b and c.
  • nozzles 90 associated with ring 40 are six nozzles 90, each of which has a threaded body 91 and a wrenching surface 92.
  • Nozzles 90 are mounted within bores 47 in ring 40.
  • Nozzle 90 has a bore 93 defined by a frustoconical surface at an angle 94, of 12° in the embodiment depicted.
  • Nozzles 90 are preferably equiangularly spaced about wall 44 and, therefore, there is a 60° spacing between them.
  • the other three rings 50, 60 and 70 have substantially the same construction as ring 40.
  • the parts of rings 50, 60 and 70 bear corresponding reference numerals to those of ring 40 to the extent these parts are visible in any of the figures. There are some differences.
  • the orientations of elbows 48, 58, 68 and 78 differ, as can be seen in FIG. 8.
  • Elbows 48, 58, 68 and 78 are located such that the axes of their horizontal portions are substantially parallel as can be seen in FIG. 8.
  • the elbows 48 and 58 of the top two rings 40 and 50 are directed downwardly, whereas, for rings 60 and 70, the respective elbows 68 and 78 are directed upwardly.
  • Rings 40, 50, 60 and 70 are held together by four threaded rods 110.
  • One rod passes through all four bushings 49a, 59a, 69a and 79a.
  • a second one of the rods 110 passes through all four bushings 49b, 59b, 69b and 79b.
  • a third rod passes through bushing 49c of ring 40 and the corresponding bushing of ring 60.
  • a fourth threaded rod 110 passes through the third bushings respectively of the rings 50 and 70.
  • the four rods 110 extend through holes 81a (FIG. 9) of base 81 and are attached thereto by means of nuts 111 and 112 (FIG. 6).
  • Nuts 114 are also applied to the upper ends of rods 110, and nuts 113 are applied to such rods beneath the series of rings, thereby firmly attaching the series of rings to carriage 80. It is understood that the above-described manner of connecting the series of rings together and to the carriage is just an example of how mounting can be accomplished.
  • nozzles 90 in rings 40 and 60 were respectively vertically aligned and nozzles 90 in rings 50 and 70 were respectively vertically aligned.
  • the vertical axes defined by each pair of vertically aligned nozzles 90 in rings 40 and 60 alternated with the vertical axes defined by each pair of vertically aligned nozzles 90 in rings 50 and 70.
  • Nozzles 90 in rings 40 and 60 were 30° offset from those in rings 50 and 70.
  • water through manifold 121 is directed through elbows 48, 58, 68 and 78 of the four rings, into chambers 46, 56, 66 and 76 of the rings and from there is forced under pressure out of nozzles 90.
  • the six nozzles 90 create water jets 130.
  • the six water jets from ring 40 intersect substantially at point 131 in path 37.
  • water jets from nozzle 90 in ring 50 intersect at point 132 in vertical path 37
  • the nozzles in ring 60 produce water jets that intersect at point 133 in such path and the nozzles in ring 70 produce six water jets that intersect at point 134 in vertical path 37.
  • Each water jet 130 is directed toward the cutter, preferably at an acute angle with respect to path 37.
  • the nozzles need not be all at the same angle nor need they be directed toward the cutter. Certain of the nozzles could be directed away from the cutter. Different nozzles in the same ring could have different inclinations. In an actual embodiment, the angle was 30°. The angle of each water jet with path 37 is substantially the same. The reason that the phantom lines in FIG. 6 are not parallel is because of the 30° offset of the nozzles in rings 40 and 60 with respect to the nozzles in rings 50 and 70.
  • Each potato is discharged by conveying mechanism 25 down vertical path 37, through rings 40, 50, 60 and 70.
  • Each potato is forced towards a central position and oriented with its longitudinal axis coincident with the center line axis of the rings and the orienter by means of the water jets.
  • orienter 140 includes an upper collar 141, a lower retainer 142 and a plurality of vertical rods 143 arranged substantially in a circle. Each rod may have any cross section, such as round or rectangular.
  • Orienter 140 guides and orients the potato as it engages cutter 150.
  • rods 143 are welded to collar 141 and retainer 142.
  • Orienter 140 includes a plate 145 having a cut-out 146 therein. Cut-out 146 removably receives collar 141.
  • Rods 110 pass through holes 145a in plate 145.
  • Plate 145 carries bolts 144 that pass through holes in collar 141. Nuts 147 are applied to bolts 144, thereby attaching orienter 140 to plate 145.
  • plate 145 is secured in place by means of nuts 115 and 116 on rods 110. The height of plate 145 and the orienter 140 of which plate 145 is a part can readily be adjusted by means of these nuts.
  • different orienters 140 were used, depending on the size of the transverse dimension of the potatoes.
  • the potatoes may be grouped according to size.
  • an orienter 140 with a relatively small internal diameter (“ID”) is used to process potatoes.
  • ID an orienter with a relatively small internal diameter
  • the orienter with a medium ID is employed and with the largest potatoes, an orienter with the largest ID is employed.
  • rings 30, 40, 50 and/or 60 may have different sizes depending on the size of the transverse dimension of the potatoes.
  • the system may have means to adjust the axial position of the rings to optimize performance.
  • Orienter 140 maintains the potatoes oriented so that their axes are along path 37, vertical in the particular embodiment depicted. Orienter 140 accommodates passage of the potato therethrough while maintaining its proper orientation, yet accommodating passage of the water from rings 40, 50, 60 and 70, transversely through rods 143.
  • cutter 150 has a portion 151 which is substantially flat and lies in a plane substantially perpendicular to the direction of potato movement, that is, path 37. In other words, portion 151 is substantially horizontal in the particular embodiment depicted in FIGS. 1 to 10.
  • Cutter 150 has a second portion 153, which is inclined upwardly, from fold line 152. In an operating embodiment, portion 151 had an extent of 225° and portion 153 had an extent of 135°.
  • Cutter 150 is slit radially to produce a pair of edges 154 and 155 which are substantially parallel and axially displaced. Edge 154 is sharpened to create a blade.
  • a quill 156 projects axially from the center.
  • Mounted on the upstream face of flat section 151 are five slitter blades 157.
  • Cutter 150 has a number of openings 158 which accommodate passage of water. Also, cutter 150 has mounting holes 159.
  • Cutter 150 is mounted in a cutter carrier 160, sandwiched between elements 161 and 162.
  • the upper surface of element 161 matches the lower surface of cutter 150 and the lower surface of element 162 matches the upper surface of cutter 150.
  • Pins 163 on elements 161 project through aligned holes 159 in cutter 150 and holes 164 in element 162.
  • Carrier 160 includes a main body 165 keyed into element 161 as indicated. Cutter 150 and cutter carrier 160 mounting same are mounted in turbine 170.
  • the potatoes are thrown against cutter 150 so that the potato becomes impaled on quill 156.
  • cutting edge 154 slices the potato into a helix and slitter blades 157 slit the helical slice into strips. These strips are delivered through product outlet 172 to the next processing station in the line (FIG. 1).
  • the speed of the potatoes from conveyor mechanism 25 is adjusted to match the speed of cutter 150.
  • the potatoes travel at a higher velocity than they would be processed through cutter 150, in order to impale them on quill 156 and also to push the last piece of the preceding potato through the cutter.
  • conveying mechanism 25 is the means by which the potatoes are conveyed to cutter 150 along path 37. Rings 40-70 and orienter 140 guide and orient the potatoes along that path. The jets from the nozzles on rings 40-70 prevent or resist rotation of the potato as it is being cut by cutter 150. While rings 40-70 and orienter 140 are depicted as being arranged to orient and guide the potatoes along a vertical path 37, it is to be understood that the configuration of these elements can be modified to orient and guide the potatoes along a path that is horizontal, vertical or any angle inbetween. Orienter 140 also helps to prevent excess tilt of the potato as it is being cut.
  • cutter 150 When it is desired to replace cutter 150, cylinder 83 is operated to move carriage 80 to the left. As can be seen in FIG. 2, this procedure exposes cutter 150 and cutter carrier 160 (FIG. 10) carrying same. The assembly can then be removed and cutter 150 replaced.
  • FIGS. 11 and 12 A second embodiment of an orienter which may be used in system 20 is depicted in FIGS. 11 and 12.
  • Orienter 180 depicted therein includes three substantially identical sections 181, each including an arcuate upper ring segment 182, an arcuate lower ring segment 183 and a plurality of vertical rods 184 therebetween.
  • Attached to each upper ring segment 182 is a plate-like arm 185 having a slot 186.
  • Fasteners are used to attach arms 185 to a mounting plate (not shown).
  • Slots 186 enable ready radial adjustment of each section 181.
  • sections 181 could be moved radially to that diameter which best matches the incoming potato size range.
  • FIG. 13 depicts yet another embodiment of an orienter 190 also having three sections 191.
  • Each section 191 is defined by an upper arcuate ring segment 191, an arcuate plate 194 depending from each section 191, a plurality of rods 195 depending from each plate 194 and arcuate lower ring segments 196 attached to the rods.
  • Orienter 190 may be mounted in the same way as orienter 180, using a set of arms 185.
  • FIG. 14 depicts cutting system 20 within a removable housing 200 to minimize splashing water during operation.
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