Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A22—BUTCHERING; MEAT TREATMENT; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH
  • A22C—PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH
  • A22C17/00—Other devices for processing meat or bones
  • A22C17/006—Putting meat on skewers

Definitions

• the invention relates to the technical sector of shaping and processing of food products.
• the racking and cutting devices can have different embodiments.
• the racking device can be of the type described in patent FR 2535169, which implements a system for pre-drilling the different layers of meat and / or vegetables, or else of the type described in the patent.
• European 0278879 which implements a system of tubes into which the wooden spikes are inserted.
• the cutting device it can be of the type described in patent FR 9010227. Skewering operations on the one hand, and on the other hand, can be performed at the same station, or at different stations.
• the cutting of the different layers of meat and / or vegetables skewered beforehand, is obviously done in two orthogonal planes, to obtain skewers as such.
• either two cutting devices are offset by 90 ° to successively obtain the two orthogonal cuts, or the machine implements a single cutting station, the tray being in this case pivoted by 90 ° to obtain the two orthogonal cuts .
• This type of machine in which there is a linear transfer of the trays relative to the different work stations, is also found in patent FR 2668995 which also relates to a machine for the preparation of skewers.
• This machine successively comprises an entry station, a skewering station, a cutting station, an unloading or demolding station for the contents of the trays, and an emptying station for the empty tray.
• racking is done in a horizontal plane, by means of a system of tubes and pre-drilling rods.
• the cutting station comprises a plurality of blades arranged vertically, to cooperate with the different slots of the tray, arranged in a horizontal plane.
• the tray is subject to means capable of rotating it 90 °, in order to obtain the two orthogonal cuts.
• the object of the invention is to remedy these drawbacks in a simple, safe, efficient and rational manner.
• the problem which arises in solving the invention is to carry out, in an automatic manner, the manufacture of skewers of meat and / or vegetables strung in particular on wooden spikes, with the aim of integrating into a reduced space and compact, as opposed to any linear transfer, a tray introduction station, a skewering station, a cutting station and a discharge station for said tank.
• a machine has been designed and developed for the automatic manufacture of skewers, from a tray whose lateral faces are split and filled with layers of meat and / or vegetables, said machine comprising:
• a cutting station cooperating with the slots in the tray, for cutting the layers of meat and / or skewered vegetables
• a tray evacuation station with the different layers of skewered and cut meat and / or vegetables characterized in that it further comprises a support member having peripherally arrangements for mounting and centering of at least one tray, said support member being subject to rotational drive means for presenting the tray or trays, successively, opposite each of said stations arranged circularly with respect to said member.
• the axis of rotation driving the support member is arranged in a vertical plane, or the axis of rotation for driving the support member is arranged in a horizontal plane.
• Another problem which the invention proposes to solve is to be able to work in concealed and continuous time and to submit several bins to each of the work stations.
• the support member is constituted by a carousel, having a generally cubic shape, and the two directly opposite faces of which are crossed by the axis of rotation, the other four faces having arrangements for positioning and centering of a tank.
• the various loading, skewering, cutting and evacuation stations are suitably mounted on a support frame, and are offset in space, so that under the effect of the carousel being driven by a quarter turn , the same bin is brought successively opposite each of said stations.
• the insertion station is arranged in the lower part of the carousel to be in communication with the positioning and centering arrangements of one of the faces of said carousel,
• the racking-in station of the tank is offset by 90 ° with respect to the loading station, so that the spikes are driven in a horizontal plane
• the cutting station is arranged so as to present the cutting blades in a horizontal position, the slots in the bin being arranged vertically, - the discharge station is offset by 90 ° relative to the loading station, in a direction opposite to that of the embankment station.
• Another problem which the invention proposes to solve is to use only four covers for all of the containers.
• the carousel has support elements capable of receiving the cover of the corresponding container, said elements being subject to means for positioning at will. the cover on the open side of the tank.
• the skewering station comprises a series of tubes arranged in a horizontal plane, in alignment with holes in the cover and / or the sole of the tank, said tubes receiving the spikes; all of said tubes is integral with a support member subject to means of displacement in translation to penetrate the tubes equipped with spikes in the different layers of meat and / or vegetables, then remove said tubes, so that only the pikes remain embedded in the different layers of meat and / or vegetables.
• the tubes cooperate with an automatic spike loading system.
• the cutting station includes two cutting systems offset by 90 ° to correspond to the two adjacent perpendicular faces of the container, each system having a plurality of blades corresponding to each of the slots on one face of the container, said blades being subject to means of displacement to subject them to a translational movement combined with a pivoting movement.
• Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of the machine according to the invention.
• Figure 2 is a front view illustrating in particular the design of the support member of the trays for their successive and continuous presentation opposite each of the workstations.
• FIG. 3 is a side view in partial section according to FIG. 2.
• FIGS 4, 5, 6 and 7 are schematic views illustrating the principle of operation of the machine according to the invention. For reasons of clarity of the drawings, there is illustrated, in strong lines, a single tray subjected successively to the different stations; the other tanks are shown in broken lines.
• a machine for the industrial and automatic manufacture of skewers of square or rectangular shape uses tubs or molds (B) of parallelepiped shape, intended to be filled with different layers of meat and / or vegetables arranged in superposition.
• Each mold has four vertical faces drilled right through by vertical slots for the passage of cutting blades, as will be indicated in the following description.
• the four side faces of the mold are arranged in combination with a sole (S) and a cover (C).
• S sole
• C cover
• the cover and / or the sole are pierced with a plurality of holes for the introduction of wooden spikes (P).
• These molds or trays, as described, can open and close in different ways, automatically or not.
• the bins are made of stainless steel or food plastic, for example.
• the frame of the machine comprises a support member (1) having peripherally arrangements for mounting and centering of at least one, but preferably several trays (B).
• the support member (1) is subject to rotational drive means in order to present a tray successively opposite the different work stations, namely, an introduction station (PC), a skewering station (PE ), a cutting station (PD) and an evacuation station (PS).
• PC introduction station
• PE skewering station
• PD cutting station
• PS evacuation station
• the support member (1) consists of a carousel having a generally cubic shape.
• the axis (2) for rotating the carousel (1) is advantageously arranged in a horizontal plane.
• the whole carousel (1) with the axis of rotation (2) is suitably mounted inside the frame of the machine, for example by means of an arm system or support gantry (3). According to these provisions, two directly opposite faces (la) and (lb) of the mold are crossed by the axis of rotation (2).
• the other four faces (le), (ld), (le) and (lf) of the carousel (1) are therefore arranged at 90 ° and each have arrangements for positioning and centering a tray (B).
• each of the faces (le), (ld), (le) and (lf) present at level of each of its angles of the support arms (4) receiving directly or in an attached manner, guide elements (5) and holding the tank position (B).
• the rotational drive of the carousel (1) is carried out by any suitable known means and arrangement, so as to successively bring each of the faces of the carousel (1) equipped with support arms between which the trays are positioned and centered, opposite each of the work stations (PC), (PE), (PD) and (PS).
• the various introduction (PC), skewering (PE), cutting (PD) and evacuation (PS) stations are suitably mounted on parts of the support frame and are offset in space, so that under the effect of driving the carousel (1) by a quarter turn, the same tank (B) is brought successively opposite each of the stations.
• a time delay system makes it possible to immobilize the carousel in rotation, so as to present each of its faces opposite the different work stations, for a determined period necessary for the work to be performed.
• the introduction station (PC) is arranged for example in the lower part of the carousel, to be in communication with the positioning and centering arrangements of one of the faces.
• the skewering station (PE) is offset by 90 ° with respect to the introduction station (PC), this offset by 90 ° being considered for example in the trigonometric direction.
• the insertion of the spikes is carried out in a horizontal plane.
• the cutting station (PD) is arranged above the skewering station, so as to present the cutting blades in a horizontal position in the center of the tray, but also opposite the slots of the corresponding part of the tray where they are arranged vertically.
• the evacuation station (PS) is offset by 90 ° relative to the loading station (PC), the offset of 90 ° being considered in a clockwise direction. In other words, the evacuation station (PS) is arranged opposite the skewering station.
• the machine has for example a conveyor (6) on which can be arranged several trays previously filled with different layers of meat and / or vegetables.
• a jack (7) or other arranged in a plane perpendicular to the conveyor (6), pushes the bin in the arrangements (4) and (5) of any one of the faces (le), (ld), (le) and (lf) of the carousel, it being understood that the different positioning and centering arrangements for each of the faces of the carousel are strictly identical.
• the skewer device can have different embodiments.
• the skewering device is of the type described in European patent 0278179.
• this skewering station comprises a series of tubes (8) arranged in a horizontal plane, in alignment with the holes that have the cover and / or the sole of the tank (B).
• These tubes are intended to receive wooden spikes and are integral with a support member (9), subject to means of displacement in translation (10) of the jack type for example.
• the tubes filled with the spikes penetrate into the different layers of meat and / or vegetables under the effect of displacement. in translation, then under the effect of displacement in reverse translation, are removed from the different layers of meat and / or vegetables, so that only the wooden spikes remain driven.
• the skewering device in particular the guide tubes (8), cooperate with any system allowing their automatic feeding of wooden spikes.
• the guide tubes are arranged strictly perpendicular to the corresponding face of the carousel in the racking-in position.
• this cutting station is advantageously of the type described in patent FR 9010227.
• this cutting station has a pivoting head (11) secured to a plurality of blades (l ia) corresponding to the different slots that the side faces of the tank.
• This pivoting head (11) is subject, on the one hand to a control cylinder (12) to be moved in translation, and on the other hand to a cylinder (13) to be controlled in rotation, so as to be subjected to a movement in a limited arc to make the cut, in combination with the translational movement.
• Another cutting system is arranged at 90 ° to correspond to the other adjacent face of the container offset by 90 °.
• These provisions therefore make it possible to cut the different layers of meat and / or vegetables in combination with the slots in the tray according to two orthogonal planes.
• the tray (B) contained in the positioning and centering arrangements of the corresponding face of the carousel cooperates with a support sole (14) subject to a jack for keep the container firmly in position, taking into account the forces generated resulting from the penetration of the cutting blades inside the container.
• the machine frame has a pusher (15) secured to a jack to allow the evacuation of the racked-in and cut-out tray on a work surface.
• each of the sides of the trays for positioning and centering the trays can be equipped with any type of arrangement, allowing the fixing of covers by means of any mechanical system allowing them to move away and get closer to the center of the carousel during the different work phases.
• These provisions make it possible to use only four covers for all of the molds.
• the cover in addition to its function of closing the mold, can also participate in the immobilization of the latter relative to the carousel.
• the cycle performed by a mold is as follows: - The mold or tray is introduced in the lowest position of the carousel. If necessary, the cover located above the mold descends and closes the mold.
• the carousel (1) performs a quarter turn, the mold is therefore in a position allowing racking in with the axis of the spikes in the horizontal position, which allows the latter to remain in the horizontal position throughout their cycle. selection and skewering.
• the carousel (1) performs another quarter turn, the mold is therefore in a position allowing the cutting of the meat.
• the slots are arranged vertically, as are the blades (l ia), which are arranged in a vertical plane. This position provides a good quality cut.
• the carousel performs another quarter turn. If necessary, the cover moves away from the mold, the mold can then be ejected. Note that in this ejection position, the spikes are arranged in a horizontal plane, which facilitates the release conditions.

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