JP2001204452A - Device for cutting rod-like vegetable into round slices - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the subject device intended to be fed with rod-like vegetables such as radish without causing any clogging and cut them into round slices with equal thickness in a clear-cut fashion by a rotary cutter. SOLUTION: This device has a charging hopper 25 for feeding rod-like vegetables such as radishes 24 into the device, a plurality of rotary plates 22 for feeding the rod-like vegetables to a cutting section 27, a plurality of rotary cutters 26 situated and arranged in parallel among the rotary plates 22, and a plurality of curved press pieces 40 corresponding to the rotary plates 22 and provided among the rotary cutters 26.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for cutting and cutting bar-shaped vegetables such as radish and burdock.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in facilities where large quantities of food are cooked, such as lunch facilities, cafeterias, convenience store supply facilities, etc., there are many opportunities to cut and slice bar-shaped vegetables, and there is an increasing demand for mechanization. Although it is not particularly a bar-shaped vegetable, as a bar-shaped food cutting device, a bar-shaped food is put into a rotating plate having a concave portion on the peripheral surface, and the bar-shaped food is sent along a guide arranged around the rotating plate, and the food is rotated. A device for cutting a circle with a cutter is known (see Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 59-101691).

[0003]

When a bar-shaped vegetable, for example, radish, is cut by such a conventional cutting device, a problem specific to raw vegetables is caused. For example, the radish fed by the rotating plate may not be able to be cut cleanly by rotating the radish in the recess and slipping while the rotary cutter bites into the radish having a large amount of water.

If the diameter of the radish fed from the rotating plate is large, the radish may be clogged between the guide and the rotating plate, and the rotation of the rotating plate may be restricted. Furthermore, when the radish once sliced approaches the position away from the rotating plate, it moves in the axial direction, and the sliced slice is further cut by the rotating cutter, thereby deforming from the desired sliced state. was there.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem and to supply a radish or the like smoothly without clogging a cutting portion, and to make a round slice cutting device for a bar-shaped vegetable which can be sliced uniformly and uniformly. I will provide a.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention has a supply hopper for supplying a bar-shaped vegetable and a cutting chamber, in which the bar-shaped vegetable is received and sent. A plurality of rotating plates spaced apart from each other, a plurality of rotating cutters that are separated so as to be located between the plurality of rotating plates, and that cut the bar-shaped vegetables into slices, and corresponding to the plurality of rotating plates, A device for cutting and cutting a bar-shaped vegetable including a plurality of curved holding pieces provided between rotary cutters, wherein lower ends of the plurality of holding pieces are provided in a cutting chamber below the plurality of rotary cutters. A bar-shaped vegetable attached to a horizontal rod fixed to a side wall, wherein upper ends of the plurality of holding pieces are elastically attached to a front edge of the supply hopper via a spring. Cutting machine Subjected to.

[0007] Bolts are passed through the upper ends of the plurality of holding pieces and the front edge of the supply hopper, and a compression coil spring is provided between the nut screwed to the bolt and the front edge of the supply hopper. Is mounted.

[0008] A plurality of holes are formed in each of the plurality of rotary cutters.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a bar-shaped vegetable cutting device 1 according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 to 4 are diagrams showing an embodiment in which the bar-shaped vegetable cutting device 1 according to the present invention is applied to radish cutting, and FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a side cross-section of the bar-shaped vegetable cutting device 1. 2 to 4 are views for explaining the structure and operation in the cutting chamber 8. Bar-shaped vegetable round slicer 1
Has a rectangular main body cabinet 2 and a take-out tank 3.

In the main body cabinet 2, a cutting chamber 8 is formed from both side walls 4, a rear wall 5, an inclined bottom wall 6 and a front wall 7, and both sides of the cutting chamber 8 are inside the cabinet 2. , And a driving chamber 9 is formed. Together with the cutting chamber 8,
A take-out tank 3 is provided in front of the main body cabinet 2. Both side walls 4 and the inclined side wall 6 of the cutting chamber 8 are connected to both side walls and the bottom wall 10 of the take-out tank 3, and both spaces of the cutting chamber 8 and the take-out tank 3 communicate with each other. A caster 11 is attached to the bottom of the main body cabinet 2 and the take-out tub 3, and the bar-shaped vegetable cutting device 1 is configured to be movable.

In the cutting chamber 8, a supply rotating shaft 12 is provided rearward.
The cutting rotary shafts 13 are arranged in front of each other in parallel with each other. The supply rotation shaft 12 includes a coupling 14
2 and 3 (see FIGS. 2 and 3), penetrate the side walls 4 and are rotatably supported in the drive chamber 9 by bearings 15. A sprocket 16 is attached to one end (the left end in FIG. 2) of the supply rotation shaft 12. Cabinet 2
The output of the motor 18 is transmitted to the supply rotary shaft 12 via the sprocket 19, the chain 20, and the sprocket 16.

A plurality of rotary plates 2 are provided on the supply rotary shaft 12 with a predetermined gap therebetween by a spacer 21 in the longitudinal direction.
2 are fixedly arranged. The plurality of rotating plates 22 are formed with a plurality of radish receiving recesses 23 at regular intervals in the circumferential direction on the peripheral surface thereof. The recesses 23 of the plurality of rotary plates 22 formed on the peripheral surface are formed so as to be aligned in a horizontal direction with respect to each other, whereby the radish 24 to be cut is formed in the recesses 23 in a row. It can be charged inside.

The rotating plates 22 provided in a plurality are arranged.
Hopper 25 for supplying radish into the cutting chamber 8 above
Are attached to the cabinet 2.
The width of the input hopper 25 is formed to be slightly larger than the length in the longitudinal direction of a cutting portion 27 composed of a row of rotating plates 22 attached to the supply rotating shaft 12 and a row of rotating cutters 26 described below attached to the cutting rotating shaft 13. Have been. The front edge of the front wall 28 of the input hopper 25 (the lower end folded portion of the front wall)
Reference numeral 29 extends downward to near the cutting portion 27 of the cutting chamber 8.

The cutting rotary shaft 13 extends to both sides via a coupling 30, penetrates both side walls 4 of the cutting chamber 8, and is rotatably supported in the drive chamber 9 by bearings 31. A pulley 32 is attached to one end (the left end in FIG. 3) of the cutting rotary shaft 13. A motor 33 is disposed on the bottom wall 17 of the cabinet 2, and the output of the motor 33 is a pulley 34,
The power is transmitted to the cutting rotary shaft 13 via the V-belt 35 and the pulley 32.

A plurality of rotary cutters 26 are fixed to the cutting rotary shaft 13 with a predetermined gap therebetween by a spacer 36. In this case, the rotary cutter 26 is
The spacers 2 are spaced (attached at regular intervals) by spacers 36 so as to be located approximately at the center of the gap. The rotary cutter 26 is provided with a plurality of through holes 37 on its surface, and the radish 24 cut by this is
And reduce friction.

The diameter of the rotating plate 22 and the rotating cutter 26,
The mounting positions of the supply rotary shaft 12 and the cutting rotary shaft 13 are configured as shown in FIGS. In short, the peripheral surface of the rotary cutter 26 is
Of the trajectory 24 in the recess 23 can be completely cut.

A plurality of holding pieces 40 are disposed in respective gaps in which the plurality of rotary cutters 26 are spaced.
Each of the plurality of holding pieces 40 is slightly smaller than the width of the gap in which the rotary cutter 26 is separated, and is provided corresponding to the rotary plate 22. The holding piece 40 is made of a material such as steel or reinforced plastic, and is formed in a curved shape along a circumference coaxial with the rotation center of the rotating plate 22.

At a position below the rotary cutter 26 and slightly below the rotary plate 22, a horizontal support rod 41 is horizontally installed between the side walls 4 of the cutting chamber 8, and both ends of the horizontal support rod 41 are attached to the mounting bracket 42. Fixed. Mounting bracket 4
2, a long hole 43 for mounting is formed, and a bolt 44 is passed through the long hole 43 to fix the mounting bracket 42 to the both side walls 4 so as to be adjustable. Both ends are fixed horizontally to both side walls 4 so that their positions can be adjusted.

Each of the plurality of holding pieces 40 has its lower end bent outward to form a mounting lower end 45.
The mounting lower end 45 is fixed to the horizontal support rod 41 with a bolt or the like. Thereby, the lower end portions 45 of the plurality of holding pieces 40 are located below the rotary cutter 26,
Moreover, it is attached to a position slightly below the rotating plate 22.

The upper ends of the plurality of pressing pieces 40 are bent outward at substantially right angles to form mounting upper ends 46. A bolt 47 is inserted through the upper end 46 of the attachment and the front edge 29 of the input hopper 25.

A nut 48 is screwed to the tip of the bolt 47, and a compression coil spring 49 is interposed between the nut 48 and the folded back portion. As a result, the pressing piece 40 is urged toward the front edge 29 of the input hopper 25, and the pressing piece 40 always keeps a fixed pressing position with respect to the rotating plate 22. In addition, the pressing piece 40 is elastically movable with respect to the front edge portion 29, and can move so as to expand outward (see FIG. 4B). The elasticity (biasing force) of the compression coil spring 49 can be adjusted by the degree of tightening of the nut 48.

The operation of the apparatus for cutting and cutting bar-shaped vegetables 1 according to the present invention having the above-described configuration will be described. 1 to 4, a radish 24 to be cut is put into a loading hopper 25. The injected radish 24 descends in the input hopper 25 and is inserted into the recesses 23 of the plurality of rotating plates 22 rotated by the motor 18. The radish 24 is sent in a clockwise direction in the figure by the rotation of the rotating plate 22 while being pressed in the direction of being pushed into the recess 23 by the holding pieces 40. And
It is cut by a plurality of rotary cutters 26 into round slices.

The radish 24 sliced by the rotary cutter 26 in this manner is further fed downward while remaining in the recess 23 of the rotary plate 22. And slides on the inclined bottom wall 6 and is sent into the take-out tank 3 in the front. Then, the radish 24 that has been sliced can be taken out from the upper opening 50 of the take-out tank 3.

A device for cutting and cutting bar-shaped vegetables according to the present invention 1
In this case, the radish 24 fed by the rotary plate 22 is elastically pressed in the recess 23 by the pressing piece 40 urged by the compression coil spring 49, so that the rotary cutter 26 cuts into the radish 24 during cutting. The radish 24 does not rotate and slip in the recess 23 as it is. Thereby, the rotary cutter 26 can cut the radish 24 clearly.

The pressing piece 40 is a compression coil spring 4
9 is elastically attached to the front edge 29 of the input hopper 25 via the rotary hopper 9, the slightly thick radish 24 is sent by the rotating plate 22, and is sandwiched between the holding piece 40 and the rotating plate 22. Even if a force that prevents the rotation of the rotation plate 22 is generated, the holding piece 40 moves outward and escapes against the urging force of the compression coil spring 49, restrains the rotation of the rotary plate 22, stops the rotation, There is no stopping of the supply of 24 or overloading the motor 18.

The radish 24 sent by the rotating plate 22 is completely cut at a position of 3 o'clock in FIG. And FIG.
At the position of the lower radish 24 shown in (c), the radish 24 in the ring-cut state is separated from the rotary cutter 26. The radish 24 in this wheel-cut state is the rotary cutter 2 around the position of 3 o'clock in the figure.
Since 6 is in contact with most of the side surface of the radish 24, the radish 24 that has been sliced does not shift in the axial direction (the width direction of the bar-shaped vegetable cutting device 1). However, the rotary cutter 26 shown in the lower radish 24 in FIG.
When you come to the position just before leaving from the radish 2
4 is smaller on the side area side where the rotary cutter 26 contacts the rotary cutter 26.

Here, if the holding piece 40 is not provided at all, or even if the holding piece 40 is provided, the position where the radish 24, which is to be sliced as in the present invention, separates from the rotary cutter 26 is held to a position that is too far. Unless the configuration is such that the piece 40 is extended, there is a tendency that the radish 24 cut into a circle is shifted as if inclined in the lateral direction. Then, the radish 24 shifted in the lateral direction is cut again by the rotary cutter 26, and the radish 24 that has been cut into pieces is deformed, so that the radish 24 having an uneven thickness is generated. In short, the production yield of the radish 24 is reduced.

However, in the present invention, the holding piece 40 is extended to a position below the rotary cutter 26, and the lower end thereof is attached to the horizontal support rod 41. Up to the position where the radish 24 is completely separated, it is restrained by the holding piece 40 to prevent the lateral movement, and is prevented from being cut again by the rotary cutter 26, thereby improving the production yield of the round radish 24.

Although the embodiment of the device for cutting and cutting a bar-shaped vegetable 1 according to the present invention has been described above with reference to the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to such embodiments, but falls within the scope of the above claims. It goes without saying that there are various modes in the present invention.

[0030]

According to the present invention having the above-described structure, the following effects can be obtained. The radish 24 is pressed into the recess 23 by the pressing piece 40 urged by the compression coil spring 49, so that the rotary cutter 26 does not bite into the radish 24 and slip, and the rotary cutter 26 The radish 24 can be cut off clearly.

Since the holding piece 40 is elastically attached to the lower end of the front wall of the input hopper 25 via the compression coil spring 49, even if a slightly thick radish 24 is fed by the rotary plate 22, the radish 24 is There is no clogging between the rotating disk and the holding piece 40 to restrain and stop the rotating disk, stop the supply of the radish 24, and do not overload the motor.

The holding piece 40 is extended to a position below the rotary cutter 26, and the lower end thereof is attached to the horizontal support rod.
6 is prevented from moving in the lateral direction by the pressing piece 40, the cutting is prevented from being cut again by the rotary cutter 26, and the yield of manufacturing the round radish 24 is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of the inside of a rod-shaped vegetable cutting device according to the present invention as viewed from the side.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a cross section taken along line AA of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a BB cross section of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a view for explaining the operation of the bar-shaped vegetable cutting device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 bar-shaped vegetable cutting machine 2 main body cabinet 3 take-out tank 12 supply rotating shaft 13 cutting rotating shaft 18, 33 motor 22 rotating plate 23 rotating plate recess 24 radish 25 input hopper 26 rotating cutter 40 holding piece 41 horizontal support rod 42 Mounting bracket 47 Bolt 48 Nut 49 Compression coil spring

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A supply hopper for supplying bar-shaped vegetables and a cutting chamber, wherein a plurality of rotating plates spaced apart from each other for receiving and feeding the bar-shaped vegetables, and a plurality of rotating plates are provided. A plurality of rotary cutters that are separated so as to be located between the plates and cut the bar-shaped vegetables into slices, and a plurality of curved pressing pieces corresponding to the plurality of rotary plates and provided between the plurality of rotary cutters. Wherein the lower ends of the plurality of holding pieces are attached to a horizontal rod fixed to a side wall of a cutting chamber below the plurality of rotary cutters, and An apparatus for cutting and cutting a bar-shaped vegetable, wherein an upper end of the holding piece is elastically attached to a front edge of the supply hopper via a spring. 2. A bolt is penetrated through upper ends of the plurality of holding pieces and a front edge of the supply hopper, and compression is performed between a nut screwed to the bolt and a front edge of the supply hopper. The apparatus for cutting and cutting a bar-shaped vegetable according to claim 1, wherein a coil spring is mounted. 3. The apparatus for cutting and cutting bar-shaped vegetables according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of holes are formed in each of the plurality of rotary cutters.