JP2003048192A - Transfer device for sliced meat piece - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To widen application ranges for both softness and hardness of block meat and article constitution of sliced meat. SOLUTION: A pushing tool 11 brought into contact with a relative portion, of a sliced meat piece m under cutting-out from a cutter 4, to a needle-like protrusion 8 of a rotary transfer body 7 to push a meat piece m from a surface side toward the needle-like protrusion 8 is attached to make a clearance between a sliced meat piece m contact face of the pushing tool 11 and a tip of the needle-like protrusion 8 brought into a sliced thickness or less. A stopping position of the sliced meat piece m transferred by the rotary transfer body 7 is changed to allow reversed transfer in either of the condition where the sliced meat piece m is folded in two-fold or the condition where it is spread, in constitution thereof.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for transferring sliced meat pieces obtained by cutting a block-shaped beef or a partial meat such as pig with a slicer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Patent Publication No. 51-33621 discloses an example of a technique of receiving and transferring sliced meat pieces cut out from a blade of a slicer without damaging the shape. That is, a multi-stage cut is provided along a comb-shaped conveyor having a large number of needles erected on the side of the blade, and a sliced meat piece to be cut out is provided with a member that guides the needle to pierce it by pressing it. . As is clear from the drawings presented, this member has a plate shape with multiple cuts formed, avoiding the conveyor needle, and has a large area of contact with the sliced meat piece and is located between adjacent needles. Therefore, the resistance is large, and since there is no guiding member at the corresponding position of the needle, in the case of soft raw meat, it escapes from the needle tip, weakening the transfer force by the needle, and as a result clogging at the guiding part. I had a problem.

Further, the present applicant has filed Japanese Patent Application No. 2000-404.
At 820, the sliced meat piece is transferred by a rotary transfer body having a large number of needle-shaped protrusions on its outer periphery and stopped at a predetermined position. However, we have proposed a transfer device for sliced meat pieces equipped with a transfer device for reversing transfer, but in the case of sliced meat with a lot of fat and a little high rigidity, the transfer device is poorly aligned with the needle-like protrusions of the rotary transfer body. When peeled off by using, although the latter half of the sliced meat piece needs to be properly entwined with the needle-shaped protrusions, it is easily peeled off, and there is a problem that the sliced meat piece is bent insufficiently. Further, in this transfer device, sliced meat pieces cannot be taken out in an expanded state without being folded in two, and there is a resent lack of adaptability to the assortment of the sliced meat products.

[0004]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION In the present invention, by solving the above problems, the hardness and softness of block meat, and
It is an object of the present invention to provide a sliced meat piece transfer device which has a wide range of application to the product composition of sliced meat.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes the following technical means. That is, the sliced meat piece transfer device according to the invention of claim 1 is configured such that the meat box moves upward relative to the cutter at a fixed position to slice the block meat, and a needle is provided on the outer periphery in front of the cutter. A large number of rotary transfer bodies that are formed in the rotational direction with a proper interval in the width direction are formed by a row of convex protrusions, which are cut out in a sliced meat piece transfer device that receives sliced meat pieces in conjunction with the upward movement of the meat box. A sliced meat piece that is being abutted only on a portion that is relative to the needle-shaped protrusions, and a pressing tool that presses the sliced meat piece from the surface toward the needle-shaped protrusions, the sliced meat piece contact surface of the pressing tool and the needle-shaped protrusion tip. It is characterized in that it is attached so that the gap between and is less than or equal to the slice thickness.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sliced meat piece transfer device characterized in that the pressing tool comprises a plurality of rods.

In the sliced meat piece transfer device according to the third aspect of the present invention, the sliced meat piece transfer device is transferred by a rotary transfer body in which a large number of rows of needle-like protrusions are provided in the outer periphery at appropriate intervals in the width direction in the rotational direction. , A slice meat piece transfer device provided with a transfer device for inverting and transferring, while supporting the center portion from the back surface side of the sliced meat piece stopped at a predetermined position at the end face, straddling it in the front and back and folding it in half, It is characterized in that a pressing tool for pressing the sliced meat pieces from the surface toward the needle-like protrusions before the transfer is provided.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sliced meat piece transfer device in which a plurality of rows of needle-like projections are provided on the outer periphery by a rotary transfer body in which a plurality of rows are formed in the rotational direction at appropriate intervals in the width direction. In the device for transferring a sliced meat piece provided with a transfer device that peels and reverses the sliced meat piece from the back side of the sliced meat piece stopped at a predetermined position, by changing the stop position of the sliced meat piece, the sliced meat piece is folded in two. It is characterized in that it can be reversed and transferred in either the folded state or the unfolded state.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, the meat box 1 for holding the block meat M placed substantially horizontally is not shown, but a feed conveyor 2 is provided at the bottom and a holder 3 is provided at the top, and It is appropriately configured to reciprocate in the vertical direction (including a slight diagonal direction) indicated by arrows A and B.

A cutter 4 is placed in front of the meat box 1.
The cutter 4 may be a disc blade, a blade, or the like, but in the present embodiment, a band-shaped blade 4a is used. This strip-shaped blade 4a is guided with its blade edge downward in a guide groove formed in the lower end surface of a guide plate 5 which is horizontally stretched across the entire width of the front end portion of the meat box 1. Although not shown, a drum provided on the left and right sides of the machine body It is wrapped around and rotates at high speed.

Below the guide plate 5, there is a width that can cover the entire front end face portion of the meat box 1, and the upper end portion is opposed to the cutting edge of the band-shaped blade 4a, and the sliced meat pieces m are appropriately spaced. The regulation plate 6 that constitutes the cutout port 6a is provided. The regulation plate 6 is provided with respect to the cutting edges of the meat box 1 and the band-shaped blade 4a.
A device (not shown) serves to regulate the slice thickness dimension of the block meat M, which is adjusted in the perspective movement. In addition, a large number of needle-like projections 8 formed on a rotary transfer body 7 described later are arranged at positions corresponding to the rows of the needle-like projections 8 so as not to hinder the approaching to the cutout portion of the sliced meat piece m. The notch groove 6b is formed.

At a position near the front of the guide plate 5 and the regulation plate 6, a rotary transfer body 7 having a large number of needle-like protrusions 8 on its outer circumference is provided.
To arrange. The rotary transfer body 7 is composed of an arc cylinder having a large number of needle-like projections 8 planted on its surface and having a size of about 1/4 of the entire circumference, and extends along the outer peripheral surface of the fan-shaped side plates 7a. A large number of needle-shaped protrusions 8 are planted on the plate member 7b having an arcuate cross-section with an equal interval in the width direction to form a row of needle-shaped protrusions 8. The sliced meat pieces m cut out from the cutter 4 are supported and transferred on the tips of the many needle-like protrusions 8. The side plate 7a is fixed to the center portion of the arc of the side plate 7a by penetrating the rotary shaft 9. One end of the rotary shaft 9 is fixed to an output shaft of a servo motor 10 attached to a machine body (not shown). Although not described in detail, the rotary transfer body 7 is rotated in the direction of the arrow or is preset. Stopped at a certain position,
Alternatively, it is configured such that control such as backward swinging from the stop position to the standby position shown by a virtual line is possible. Note that the rotary transfer body 7 may be formed by stacking a large number of plate-shaped plate-shaped gears having pointed tooth tips that are appropriately spaced. Furthermore, a chain or the like may be used to form an endless belt.

In the front part of the guide plate 5 of the strip-shaped blade 4a, near the cutout 6a of the sliced meat piece m, only the portion of the sliced meat piece m being cut out, which is opposed to the needle-like protrusion 8 of the rotary transfer body 7, is contacted. Then, the pressing tool 11 for pressing the sliced meat piece m from the surface toward the needle-like protrusion 8 is attached. In this example, as shown in FIG. 2, a round bar 11b, in which a large number of fine rods 11a are planted in a comb shape over the entire width of the cutout 6a of the sliced meat piece m, is laterally fixed to the guide plate 5. Constitute. A large number of fine rods 11a are arranged so as to be located immediately above the row of needle-like projections 8 that are arranged in a large number on the outer periphery of the rotary transfer body 7.
In this case, it is possible to freely select whether to make all the rows face each other or to thin them as appropriate. In FIG. 4, the fine rods 11a are opposed to each other every two rows. Further, the sliced meat piece m passes through a gap formed by the fine rod 11a and the needle-like projections 8 that are planted on the outer periphery of the rotary transfer body 7, and the gap size is appropriately set to be equal to or less than the thickness of the sliced meat piece. Set. As shown in FIG. 3, it is desirable that the fine rod 11a be curled at its tip end into a smooth shape so that the sliced meat piece m can be smoothly guided.

The fine rod 11a of the pressing tool 11 has a contact surface with the sliced meat piece m as small as possible, and it is desirable that it has a smooth shape. However, it is also possible to use a thin plate shape instead of the wire rod, and to make the edge side of the plate face the row of the needle-like projections 8 of the rotary transfer body 7. Further, although the structure becomes complicated, a large number of thin plate-shaped rotating bodies that are axially mounted in parallel with the rotating transfer body 7 are arranged so as to face the rows of the needle-like projections 8 and are rotated and transferred. Alternatively, the sliced meat piece m may be pressed in such a manner that the sliced meat piece m is rotated in synchronization with the body 7.

In front of the rotary transfer body 7, a sliced meat piece feeding device 12 for receiving the sliced meat piece m and sending it out of the machine is arranged. In addition, this sliced meat piece delivery device 1
The sliced meat piece m, which is transferred by the rotary transfer body 7 and stopped at a predetermined position, is peeled from the back side between the two and the rotary transfer body 7, and is in a state of being folded in two or in a state of being expanded. And a transfer tool 13 for reverse transfer is provided.

The transfer tool 13 is constructed by arranging a large number of fine rods 13b in a comb shape on a horizontal bar 13a having a length approximately the same as the horizontal width of the rotary transfer body 7, and the open end of the comb rod 13b. Side
A standby state in which a large number of rows are planted on the outer circumference of the rotary transfer body 7 at equal intervals and are immersed in a space formed between rows of needle-like projections 8 (state shown by a solid line in FIG. 1). ) To the receiving position (state of phantom line display in FIG. 1) of the sliced meat piece m of the sliced meat piece sending device 12 (FIG. 1).
Motor 1 so that the motor 1
4 is directly attached to the extended end of the horizontal bar 13a. Further, this motor 14 is mounted on the rod tip of an air cylinder 15 with a guide mounted on a machine body (not shown), and the transfer tool 13 together with the motor 14 receives the sliced meat piece m of the sliced meat piece feeding device 12. It is possible to retreat from the position to the virtual line display F position shown in FIG.

The sliced meat piece feeding device 12 is a flat belt 1.
6 is hung between the pulleys 17 and appropriately driven to receive the sliced meat piece m on the upper surface from the transfer tool 13 and send it out in the direction of the arrow. 1 and 2 show an example in which the sliced meat piece m is transferred in a state of being folded in two. In this case, when the sliced meat piece m is placed on the flat belt 16 at the receiving position, The pressurizing device 18 that presses the vicinity of the fold line of the sliced meat piece m from above is required. The structure is such that the pressure rod 18a attached to the rod tip of the air cylinder 19 with a guide mounted on the machine body (not shown) has a length that extends the width of the sliced meat piece m to the sliced meat piece m.
Can be moved back and forth between an operating state (indicated by an imaginary line) for pressurizing and a standby state at an upper position.

The receiving position of the sliced meat piece m of the sliced meat piece feeding device 12 is such that the movable pulley 17a is brought into contact with the back side of the flat belt 16 so that when the sliced meat piece m is received, relative to the transfer tool 13. It is desirable that the intervals be adjusted according to the number of stacked sliced meat pieces m as shown by the phantom line in FIG. 1 (the adjusting device is not shown).

The operation of the sliced meat piece transfer device configured as described above will be described. The block meat M placed on the meat box 1 is fed by a conveyor 2 provided at the bottom of the meat box 1.
Similarly, it is held by a holder 3 also provided on the upper part and reciprocates in the directions of arrows A and B (vertical direction) shown in FIG. 1, but when the meat box 1 moves upward A, it moves to the front of the meat box 1. The block meat M is fixed by the band-shaped blade 4a that is stationary and rotating at high speed.
The front end portion of is sliced to a preset thickness and discharged from the cut-out port 6a as shown in FIG. 3. At this time, the rotary transfer body 7 is moved from the standby position shown by the phantom line in FIG.
The servo motor 10 is controlled to rotate in the same direction (arrow A1 in FIG. 3) in synchronization with the upward movement A of the meat box 1, and the sliced sliced meat piece m is planted on the surface of the rotary transfer body 7. It is received by the tips of a large number of needle-like protrusions 8 that are formed, and passes through the gap between the pressing tool 11 attached near the cutout 6a.

As described above, the pressing tool 11 comprises a large number of fine rods 11a formed in a comb shape. Each fine rod 11a is planted on the surface of the rotary transfer body 7 as shown in FIG. The gap between the needle-like projections 8 and the tips of the needle-like projections 8 is set to be smaller than the thickness of the sliced meat pieces m, so that the sliced meat pieces m being cut out are thin. When passing in contact with the rod 11a, sliced meat pieces m
The portion relative to the needle-shaped protrusions 8 is pressed from the surface toward the needle-shaped protrusions 8 by the thin rod 11a by an amount set smaller than the thickness of the sliced meat piece m. Therefore, since the sliced meat piece m can be reliably held by the needle-shaped protrusions 8, it is possible to prevent the posture of the sliced meat piece m from being disturbed when the sliced meat piece m is largely pulled by the band-shaped blade 4a. Moreover, since the sliced meat pieces m other than the relative portions of the needle-shaped projections 8 that are in contact with the fine rods 11a do not receive any resistance from the surface, even soft raw meat can be reliably transferred without stagnation.

The sliced meat piece m stopped at a predetermined position is sunk into the space formed between the rows of the needle-like projections 8 planted on the surface of the rotary transfer body 7, and is in a standby state. It is peeled off from the back side by 13 and is inverted and transferred to the delivery position of the sliced meat delivery device 12 either in a folded state in two or in an expanded state.

When the sliced meat piece m is transferred in an inverted state in a folded state, the sliced meat piece m is rotated and transferred so that the center position of the sliced meat piece m in the cutting direction coincides with the vicinity of the tip of the transfer tool 13 on the release side. The servo motor 10 that drives the body 7 is controlled. When the transfer tool 13 shown in FIG.
The front half of the sliced meat piece m with which the comb rod 13b abuts is stripped off by the comb rod 13b, but the latter half portion left on the needle-like projections 8 of the rotary transfer body 7 is the pressing tool 11,
Due to the effect of being pressed, it surely follows the needle-like protrusions 8 and is slightly delayed with respect to the movement of the transfer tool 13 and is folded in two so as to be folded over in the first half portion and then inverted to be sliced meat pieces. It is placed on the flat belt 16 of the delivery device 12.

Next, the pressing rod 18a advances (indicated by the phantom line in FIG. 1), and the vicinity of the fold line of the sliced meat piece m is pressed from above to adjust the degree of folding of the sliced meat piece m. Subsequently, the transfer tool 13 retreats to the virtual line display F position in FIG. 1 by the air cylinder 15 with a guide,
Since the pressing rod 18a presses the sliced meat piece m onto the surface of the flat belt 16, there is no concern that the sliced meat piece m will be moved even if it is attached to the transfer tool 13. Then, when the pressure bar 18a returns to the upper retracted position, the flat belt 16 of the sliced meat piece feeding device 12 moves by a predetermined distance to send out the sliced meat piece m. After that, the transfer tool 13 returns to the standby state in which the transfer tool 13 is immersed in the row gap of the needle-like projections 8 that are planted on the surface of the rotary transfer body 7.

When the sliced meat piece m is inverted and transferred in the expanded state, the stop position of the sliced meat piece m transferred by the rotary transfer body 7 is delayed from the state in which the sliced meat piece m is folded in two. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the rotary motor 7 is controlled so that the rotary transfer body 7 advances to a position where the sliced meat piece m rides over the comb rod 13b of the transfer tool 13 in standby. Next, the transfer tool 13 is rotated E. At this time, the comb rod 13b of the transfer tool 13 abuts the sliced meat piece m on the entire back surface, peels it off, and inverts the sliced meat piece m when it is spread out. It is transferred to the flat belt 16. In this case, the pressure bar 15a is not operated and is kept in the standby state.

The above-described series of operations of the respective parts are controlled so as to be sequentially and interlocked with each other on the basis of the reciprocating movement of the meat box 1 based on a preset program, but the details are omitted.

[0026]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the sliced meat piece transfer device of the present invention, even if the raw meat is soft, it can be reliably transferred without being disturbed.
Further, even a sliced meat with a lot of fat and a little high rigidity can be folded in two. Further, the sliced meat pieces can be taken out either in a folded state in two or in an expanded state.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing the configuration and operation of a main part.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of which part is omitted.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing the operation by enlarging the main part of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a plan view in which a part of the view seen from D of FIG. 3 is omitted and is broken.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing an operation of a usage example different from that in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 meat box 4 cutters 5 information board 7 Rotary transfer body 8 needle-shaped protrusions 11 Pressing tool 12 Slice meat delivery device 13 Transfer tool 18 Pressurizing device

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Ken Yokoyama             Equity Prefecture Matsuyama City Higashigakicho 980-5 Stock Association             Company Japan Carrier Industry F-term (reference) 4B042 AC09 AD39 AE05 AG02 AG03                       AH01 AP21 AT02

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A structure in which a meat box moves upward relative to a cutter at a fixed position to slice block meat, and a row of needle-like projections is formed in the width direction in front of the cutter. A number of rotary transfer bodies that are created in the rotational direction at appropriate intervals are provided in the transfer device for the sliced meat pieces that receive the sliced meat pieces in conjunction with the upward movement of the meat box, the sliced meat pieces being cut out, and the needle-shaped protrusions. The pressing tool that presses the sliced meat piece from the surface toward the needle-like protrusion by contacting only the relative part of the slicer so that the gap between the sliced meat piece contact surface of the pressing tool and the tip of the needle-like protrusion is less than the slice thickness. A sliced meat piece transfer device characterized by being worn. 2. The sliced piece transfer device according to claim 1, wherein the pressing tool is composed of a large number of fine rods. 3. A sliced meat piece, which is transported by a rotary transporter having a large number of rows of needle-like projections on the outer periphery in the rotational direction with a proper interval in the width direction and stopped at a predetermined position, from the back surface side. Almost the center part is supported by the end face, while being folded in two while straddling the front and back, in a sliced meat piece transfer device equipped with a transfer tool for reverse transfer, until the reverse transfer, the sliced meat piece from the surface is A device for transferring sliced meat pieces, comprising a pressing tool for pressing the needle-like projections. 4. A sliced meat piece, which is transferred by a rotary transfer body having a large number of needle-like projections on the outer periphery in the rotation direction, with a proper spacing in the width direction, and is stopped at a predetermined position from the back surface side. In the transfer device of the sliced meat piece provided with a transfer tool for stripping and reversing transfer, by changing the stop position of the sliced meat piece, the sliced meat piece, in a state of being folded in two, or in a spread state. An apparatus for transferring sliced meat pieces, which is capable of being inverted and transferred by either of them.