JP2002018781A - Driving operation device for food slicer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve workability, and to make an operation manipulating device sanitary when performing single cut operation. SOLUTION: In this food slicer where a round cutter 3 and a butting plate 5 are vertically juxtaposed, a supply unit 6 of foods is arranged so as to be reciprocatable between the forward moving end opposed to the round cutter 3 and the backward moving end opposed to the butting plate 5, and every time when the supply unit 6 returns to the backward moving end, the foods set in the supply unit 6 are supplied a cutting thickness quantity by a cutting thickness quantity, the tip of the foods abuts to the butting plate 5, and every time when the supply unit 6 reaches the forward moving end, the tip of the foods is cut by the rotating round cutter 3, and slices f of the foods are delivered from between the round cutter 3 and the butting plate 5, this operation manipulating device is constituted so that an operation switch 7 actuated by being pushed by the back of a hand or an elbow is arranged on a plate surface on the opposite side of the supply unit 6 side of the butting plate 5, and when actuating the operation switch 7, the supply unit 6 reciprocates, and when actuating the operation switch 7 again, the reciprocating supply unit 6 does not stop immediately, and stops when reaching the forward moving end thereafter.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for operating a food slicer for cutting food such as meat.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A meat slicer for meat is provided on a machine base with a round blade for cutting food and a backing plate on which the food comes in contact. The backing plate and the round blade are respectively placed in a vertical plane along the front-rear direction. Has been placed.

[0003] On the machine base, a feeder for supplying food is provided so as to be able to reciprocate in the front-rear direction between a forward end facing the round blade and a backward end facing the backing plate.

[0004] The contact plate is movable in the left-right direction, and the contact surface is arranged on the back side of the round blade by the cutting thickness from the cut surface of the round blade.

[0005] On the front surface of the machine base, there is provided a driving operation lever which is gripped by hand and tilted right and left.

When the operation lever is tilted to the right, the round blade is driven to rotate, and the feeder is reciprocated between the forward end and the backward end. Each time the feeder moves backward and returns to the return end, the food set on the feeder is supplied by the cut thickness, and the tip of the food hits the abutment plate. Each time the feeder moves forward and reaches the forward end, the tip of the food projecting at the tip of the feeder is cut by the rotating round blade.

When the operation lever is tilted back to the left and returned, the reciprocating feeder does not stop immediately, and then stops when it reaches the forward end. When the feeder reaches the forward end,
The rotation drive of the round blade stops.

When arranging the food pieces on a saucer or a conveyor as desired, the operator tilts the operation lever to the right to move the feeder forward, and immediately thereafter, lowers the operation lever to the left. And return the feeder once. A so-called single-piece operation is performed. After the single-sheet cutting operation, the food pieces fed out from between the round blade and the backing plate during the forward movement of the feeder are picked up and placed on a tray or a conveyor as desired.

When arranging a large number of food slices on a saucer or a conveyor as desired, the operation of the single slice operation and the picking and arrangement of the food slices are repeated.

[0010]

However, in the food slicer as described above, when the food slices are arranged as desired on a saucer or a conveyor, the operator manually holds the food slices on the front of the machine base. Since the operation lever is operated, and thereafter, a piece of food that is fed out from between the round blade and the backing plate is picked, the movement locus of the hand is long. Poor workability.

Further, since the food piece is picked with the hand holding the operation lever, if the operation lever is dirty, the dirt adheres to the food piece through the palm of the hand. Not hygienic.

[0012]

Means for Solving the Problems 1) A round blade for cutting food and a backing plate on which the food comes in contact are provided, and the round blade and the backing plate are vertically arranged in parallel, and a supply device for supplying food is opposed to the round blade. The reciprocating movement is provided between the reciprocating end of the feeding device and the reversing end facing the backing plate. Each time the food is fed, the tip of the food hits the backing plate, and each time the feeder moves forward and reaches the forward end, the tip of the food projecting at the tip of the feeder is cut by a rotating round blade, In a food slicer in which a section of the plate is fed out from between the round blade and the patch, an operation switch that is pressed and operated by the back of the hand or elbow is provided on the plate surface opposite to the feeder side of the patch, and the operation switch is operated. Then, the feeder reciprocates between the forward end and the backward end, and when the operation switch is operated again, the forward Feeder in the kinetic is not stopped immediately,
Then, when reaching the forward end, the operation control device is configured to stop.

2) In the above operation device, the operation switch is made detachable from the backing plate.

3) In the above operation device, when the operation switch is detached from the backing plate, the supply device does not reciprocate even when the operation switch is operated.

[0015]

1) When arranging the food pieces on a saucer or a conveyor as desired, the operator operates the operation switch on the plate surface opposite to the feeder side of the backing plate with the back of the hand or elbow. Since the operation is performed, the finger is used to pick up a piece of food that is fed out from between the caul plate and the round knife, so that the movement trajectory of the hand is shorter than before. Workability is improved.

Further, since the operation switch is operated with the back or elbow of the hand and is not operated on the palm side of picking food pieces, dirt on the operation switch does not adhere to the food pieces through the hand. It is hygienic.

2) When the operation switch is made detachable from the backing plate, the operation switch is removed from the backing plate when cleaning the backing plate and the operation switch. Easy to clean.

3) When the supply unit does not reciprocate even when the operation switch removed from the backing plate is operated,
The supply device is prevented from suddenly starting to reciprocate while the backing plate or the operation switch is being cleaned. It is safe.

[0019]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A food slicer provided with a driving operation device is for meat, and as shown in FIGS.
A tool post 2 is established on the left rear portion of the tool post 2, and a rotating shaft 4 fixed to the center of the round tool 3 is supported on the tip of the tool post 2 in the left-right direction. attachment,
The cut surface including the cutting edge of the peripheral edge of the dish-shaped round blade 3 is arranged on a vertical surface along the front-rear direction. Although not shown, the rotating shaft 4 is connected to an electric motor via a belt transmission mechanism, and constitutes a device for rotating and driving the round blade 3.

On the front left side of the machine base 1, a contact plate 5 is vertically mounted on the front side of the round blade 3, and the contact surface of the contact plate 5 is arranged in parallel with the cut surface of the round blade 3.

A feeder 6 for supplying food is provided on the machine base 1.
Is provided so as to be able to reciprocate back and forth between a forward end facing the cut surface of the round blade 3 and a backward end facing the abutment surface of the abutment plate 5. Although not shown, the feeder 6 is connected to an electric motor via a crank mechanism, and constitutes a device for driving the feeder 6 back and forth.

The backing plate 5 can be moved in the left-right direction, which is the same as the food supply direction of the feeder 6, and the right side of the backing surface is a round blade 3.
Is arranged on the back side, that is, on the left side of the round blade 3 by the cut thickness from the cut surface of the round blade 3.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an operation switch 7 of an operation device is provided on the back surface, that is, the left side surface of the backing plate 5. When the operation switch 7 provided on the plate surface opposite to the supply device 6 side of the backing plate 5 is pressed by the back of the hand or the elbow, the round blade 3
Is driven to rotate, and the supply device 6 is reciprocated between the forward end and the backward end.

Each time the feeder 6 moves back and returns to the return end, the food set on the feeder 6 is supplied by the cut thickness, and the tip of the food hits the abutment surface of the abutment plate 5. Each time the feeder 6 moves forward and reaches the forward end, the tip of the food projecting at the tip of the feeder 6 is cut by the rotating round blade 3. As shown by a chain line in FIG. 1, the food section f is fed out from between the round blade 3 and the backing plate 5 to the rear side of the round blade 3.

When the operation switch 7 is pressed again with the back of the hand or the elbow, the reciprocating supply device 6 does not stop immediately, but when it reaches the forward end, the reciprocation is braked and stopped. When the supply device 6 reaches the forward end, the rotation drive of the round blade 3 also stops.

An emergency stop switch 8 is provided on the front of the machine base 1. When the emergency stop switch 8 is pressed by hand or the like, the rotational driving of the round blade 3 and the reciprocating driving of the supply device 6 are immediately stopped.

When arranging the food pieces f on a saucer or a conveyor as desired, the operator pushes the operation switch 7 with the back of the hand or elbow to drive the round blade 3 and the feeder 6,
Immediately after that, the operation switch 7 is pushed again by the back of the hand or the elbow or the like, and the supply device 6 is reciprocated once. After the operation of the so-called single-piece cutting operation, the food section f fed out between the round blade 3 and the backing plate 5 during the forward movement of the feeder 6 is picked up and placed on a saucer or a conveyor as desired. Deploy. The operation position of the operation switch 7 and the picking position of the food piece f are close.
The saucer and the conveyor are arranged at a position close to the picking position of the food piece f.

When a large number of food pieces f are to be arranged on a saucer or a conveyor as desired, the operation of the single piece operation and the picking and arrangement of the food pieces f are repeated.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the movable mounting structure of the abutment plate 5 is such that a mounting member 11 is fixed on the left front portion of the machine base 1, and a small-diameter guide shaft 12 and a large-diameter guide are attached to the mounting member 11. The shaft 13 projects leftward and is fixed, and the small-diameter guide shaft 12
And the large-diameter guide shaft 13 penetrates the movable body 14
Is movably mounted in the left and right direction.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a pinion shaft 15 passes through the movable body 14 in the front-rear direction.
The pinion 5 is engaged with a rack formed above the large-diameter guide shaft 13, and a knob is fixed to the front end of the pinion shaft 15 protruding forward of the movable body 14. The lower end of the backing plate 5 is fixed to the upper part of the movable body 14.

When the pinion shaft 15 rotates forward or backward, the movable body 14 and the abutment plate 5 move rightward or leftward.
The position of the backing plate 5 is adjusted according to the cut thickness of the food.
When the movable plate 14 is pulled out from the small-diameter guide shaft 12 and the large-diameter guide shaft 13, the backing plate 5 is largely moved to the left, and is removed from the machine base 1.

On the lower surface of the movable body 14, there is provided a fixing lever 16 for pressing the large-diameter guide shaft 13 against the movable body 14 to fix the movable body 14 and the abutment plate 5 at that position.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the structure of the operation switch 7 is such that a magnetic metal plate 21 such as a steel plate is embedded and fixed on the back surface of the aluminum alloy backing plate 5, A permanent magnet 23 is fixed to each of the bent pieces, and the upper and lower permanent magnets 23 are attracted to the magnetic metal plate 21 so that the substrate 22
On the back of the backing plate 5. Substrate 22
When the two permanent magnets 23 are separated from the magnetic metal plate 21,
It is removed from the caul plate 5. The substrate 22 is provided with a microswitch 24 that operates when a roller is pressed.

The upper and lower bent pieces at the front of the substrate 22 include a round shaft 2
5 and penetrates the front end of an operation panel 26 which also serves as a cover for covering the permanent magnet 23, the microswitch 24, etc., between the two bent pieces of the round shaft 25 along the vertical direction.
6 is mounted on the round shaft 25 so as to be rotatable therearound within a narrow angle range. An operation piece 27 for operating the microswitch 24 is fixed to the inner surface of the operation panel 26 also serving as a lid. When the operation panel 26 is pushed by the back of the hand or the elbow and rotated toward the microswitch 24, the operation piece 27 activates the microswitch 24.

Pins 28 project from the upper and lower portions of the substrate 22, respectively, and helical springs 29 for restoring the operation panel 26 are fitted and attached to the upper and lower pins 28, respectively. The tips of the respective spiral springs 29 abut against the inner surface of the operation panel 26, respectively. After the operation panel 26 is pushed and rotated to the micro switch 24 side to operate the micro switch 24, when the force for pressing the operation panel 26 is lost, the operation panel 26 is brought into contact with the micro switch 24 side by the elastic force of the spiral spring 29. Rotation to the opposite side restores, and the operation of the micro switch 24 stops.

When the micro switch 24 is operated, the round blade 3 is driven to rotate, and the supply unit 6 is driven to reciprocate. When the microswitch 24 is actuated again, the reciprocating supply device 6 does not stop immediately, and then stops when the forward end is reached. When the supply device 6 reaches the forward end, the rotation of the circular blade 3 stops.

The lower end of the round shaft 25 protruding from the lower bent piece at the front of the substrate 22 is connected to the upper end of the square shaft 32 via a connecting piece 31 so that the square shaft 32 overlaps the rear surface of the backing plate 5. Are arranged in parallel with the round shaft 25, and a square shaft 32 extending in the vertical direction penetrates the movable body 14.

When the operation switch 7 is moved upward along the back surface of the backing plate 5 and the square shaft 32 is pulled out of the movable body 14, it is removed from the backing plate 5 as shown in FIGS.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a switch box 33 is fixed to the mounting member 11 by protruding leftward, and a proximity switch 34 that operates when metal comes close to the operation surface is provided in the switch box 33. Attachment, the operation surface of the proximity switch 34 is exposed to the front opening of the switch box 33 and is disposed in the space of the movable body 14, and the lower end of the metal square shaft 32 is located in front of the operation surface of the proximity switch 34, Square shaft 32 is proximity switch 3
4 is activated.

When the operation switch 7 is pressed while the proximity switch 34 is operated, the round blade 3 and the supply device 6 are driven,
Be driven. When the operation switch 7 is pressed in a state where the proximity switch 34 is not operated, neither the round blade 3 nor the supply device 6 is driven, and the operation is not performed. The proximity switch 34 is an operation prohibition switch.

When the operation switch 7 is removed from the backing plate 5 for cleaning or the like, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the square shaft 32 moves from the front position of the operation surface of the proximity switch 34,
Even if the operation of the proximity switch 34 is stopped and the operation switch 7 is pressed, the operation is not performed.

When the backing plate 5 to which the operation switch 7 is attached is removed from the machine base 1 for cleaning or the like,
Similarly, even if the operation of the proximity switch 34 is stopped and the operation switch 7 is pressed, no operation is performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a left side view of a food slicer including a driving operation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial front view of the food slicer.

FIG. 3 is a partially longitudinally enlarged left side view of the food slicer.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a left side view similar to FIG. 3, showing a state in which the operation switch is removed from the caul plate in the food slicer.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 4, showing a state in which the operation switch is removed from the caul plate in the food slicer.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view similar to FIG. 5, showing a state in which the operation switch is removed from the caul plate in the food slicer.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 3 round blade 5 backing plate 6 feeder 7 operation switch 21 magnetic metal plate 22 substrate 23 permanent magnet 24 micro switch 26 operation panel 27 operation piece 32 square axis 34 proximity switch, operation prohibition switch f food slice

Claims (3)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A round blade for cutting food, and a backing plate on which the food abuts, a round blade and a backing plate are vertically arranged in parallel, and a feeder for supplying food is provided with a forward end facing the round blade, Provided so as to be able to reciprocate between the return end facing the abutment plate, and each time the feeder moves back and returns to the return end, the food set on the feeder is supplied by the cut thickness and the food is fed. The tip of
Each time the feeder moves forward and reaches the forward end, the tip of the food projecting at the tip of the feeder is cut by the rotating round blade, and the food piece is fed out from between the round blade and the abutment plate. In the food slicer, an operation switch that is operated by being pushed by the back of the hand or elbow is provided on the plate surface opposite to the supply device side of the backing plate, and when the operation switch is operated, the supply device moves between the forward end and the return end. Reciprocating between
When the run switch is actuated again, the reciprocating feeder will
A driving operation device which does not stop immediately, but stops when it reaches the forward end thereafter. 2. The driving operation device according to claim 1, wherein the operation switch is detachable from the backing plate. 3. The operation device according to claim 2, wherein the operation switch is configured such that when the operation switch is removed from the backing plate, the supply device does not reciprocate even when the operation switch is operated.