JP2003266375A - Food slicer - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To extend the operation time per food and ensure the safety in the input of the next food by forming a food receiving box fixed to a machine body larger than a conventional food receiving box and, consequently, to enable the continuous operation of a food slicer by additionally providing equipment capable of continuously putting foods. <P>SOLUTION: To the food receiving box 40 fixed to the machine base 10 of this food slicer, a round knife 50 having a vertical cutting surface is horizontally reciprocated, and a knife driving member 54 for driving the round knife 50 is arranged above the round knife 50. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a food slicer for cutting a soft food product such as a raw lump of meat into pieces having a predetermined thickness.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a food slicer has a lower food supply section for supplying soft food such as raw meat chunks by cutting thickness and pressing the food from above in the vicinity of the front end of the lower food supply section. A food receiving box consisting of an upper food supplying section and a round blade which is sandwiched between the upper and lower food supplying sections and cuts the food protruding from the front end of the food receiving box, and the cutting surface is fixed vertically. The meat receiving box is reciprocated horizontally relative to the round blade, and when passing through the round blade, the upper and lower food supply sections push the food out of the meat receiving box to the desired thickness and cut into pieces with the round blade. be able to.

Further, a box driving member such as a drive motor for reciprocating the meat receiving box in the horizontal direction is arranged below or in the lateral direction of the meat receiving box so as not to interfere with the loading of food into the meat receiving box. Has been done.

[0004]

However, the meat sack of such a food slicer cannot be formed in a very large size in order to move itself. Also, if the food becomes smaller as it cuts and a small gap is created in the reciprocating direction of the meat receiving box, the raw meat tree will dance in the meat receiving box and the raw meat tree pressed by the upper food supply section will It was easy for bending to occur at the cut location and uneven thickness of the sections. Furthermore, when the food becomes smaller and you want to add the next food, the meat receiving box can not be inserted accurately because it reciprocates, and the meat receiving box is stopped and the next food is input. It was difficult to operate the slicer continuously. In addition, since the position where the box driving member of the meat receiving box is attached to the machine base is below or lateral to the meat receiving box, the cleaning liquid sprayed for cleaning is applied to electric parts such as motors in the box driving member. I had to scatter them to break down and equip them with waterproof materials.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and the invention according to claim 1 is a lower food supply unit for supplying food by cutting thickness. And a food receiving box consisting of an upper food supplying section that presses food from above in the vicinity of the front end of the lower food supplying section, and food that is sandwiched between the upper and lower food supplying sections and protrudes from the front end of the food receiving box. In a food slicer equipped with a round blade for cutting, with respect to the food receiving box fixed to the machine stand, while reciprocating the round blade having a vertical cutting surface in a direction parallel to the cutting surface, In the food slicer, the blade driving member for driving the round blade is arranged above the round blade. As a result, the food receiving box fixed to the machine base can be formed larger than the conventional food receiving box, so that the input amount becomes large, the operation time between the input operations can be lengthened, and the next food input can be performed. Since it can be done safely, the food slicer can be continuously operated by additionally equipping it with a device that can continuously feed food. Further, since the position of the blade driving member is above the food receiving box, the cleaning liquid splashes scattered from the food receiving box for cleaning does not reach the blade driving member, so that there is no failure of the electric components as in the conventional case. The circular blade is a blade having a blade on the circumference and a rotating shaft at the center, and is used for a food slicer that reciprocates one of the blade and the food container in the cutting direction. In addition, the food receiving box fixed to the machine base, in order to handle raw meat or frozen meat, the bottom surface or the upper surface of the lower food supply unit,
The cutting surface of the cutting tool with the cutting surface perpendicular to the food receiving box may be parallel to the surface plate of the machine base, or may be installed in the direction of the cutting tool in the front downward direction. On the other hand, it is attached vertically or with its upper end inclined in the direction of the rotation axis.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the lower food supply unit according to the first aspect of the present invention mounts the food product on the round blade side and conveys the food product, and the conveyor unit is placed and rotated to the front end side. A substrate provided with a shaft, the rear end side of which is rotated downward, and a connecting member for axially connecting a drive shaft provided on a machine base to a drive drum of the conveyor section are provided. The substrate from which the conveyor section is removed is rotated from the horizontal state by the rotation shaft, and the upper surface of the substrate can be tilted to provide a food slicer. Accordingly, since the upper surface of the substrate which is tilted by rotating the substrate from the horizontal state can be directly washed, a fine portion of the substrate on which the food is placed can be washed. The horizontal substrate may be rotated in any of the front-rear direction of the machine base, the left-right direction, the middle thereof, or the oblique direction. Should be removable. Further, since the width of the machine base in the left-right direction is small and the round blade at the cutting position interferes with the rotation of the substrate in the front direction, it is preferable to rotate the substrate in the rear direction.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the upper food supply section according to the first aspect has a pressing roller provided with protruding teeth that mesh with food, and the pressing roller is rotatably attached to the tip. A base frame, an intermediate shaft attached to the base frame, a distal end of the intermediate shaft, and a connecting member rotatably attached to a transmission shaft end attached to the machine base, and fixed to the machine base. With the guide hole that inserts the guide shaft, the base frame moves forward and the pressing roller descends straight while the connecting member rotates forward while the guide shaft is inserted into the arc-shaped guide hole. The upper food supply unit is a food slicer characterized in that the front end can move up and down in parallel or perpendicularly to the cutting surface of the blade while changing the inclination angle. As a result, since the upper side food supply unit can press the food just before the cutting surface, it is possible to prevent the food from being bent without being able to press the food as in the conventional case and the shape and thickness of the slice cannot be provided, It was possible to improve the yield in which the pieces were cut by pressing firmly to the end.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the upper food supply portion according to the first aspect, a pressing roller provided with a tooth piece that meshes with food is provided in a protruding manner, and the pressing roller is rotatably attached to the tip. A base frame, an intermediate shaft attached to the base frame, a distal end of the intermediate shaft, and a connecting member rotatably attached to a transmission shaft end attached to the machine base, and fixed to the machine base. 1 to 4 sets of guide holes for inserting the formed guide shafts are provided in parallel in the axial direction of the pressing roller, and the unevenness on the upper surface of the food is pressed and rotated, and as the food becomes smaller, While the connecting member rotates forward, the base frame moves forward while the guide shaft is inserted into the arc-shaped guide hole, and the presser roller descends straight, so that the front end can move up and down in parallel with the cutting surface of the tool. It is a characteristic food slicer. As a result, in addition to the function and effect of the invention according to claim 3, the upper and lower food supply units are enlarged, and not only one food product such as meat log but also a plurality of meat log are loaded and loaded. Even if the unevenness of their upper surfaces is large because they are cut simultaneously, the individual pressing rollers can separately press the upper surface of the food.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Here, FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing the outline of the food slicer according to the present invention. Machine 10 for food slicer
Includes a lower conveyor 20 that is a lower food supply unit that supplies food such as raw meat wood by a predetermined cutting thickness, and an upper food supply unit that presses food from above near the front end of the lower conveyor 20. Food receiving box 40 consisting of an upper roller 30
And a round blade 50 that cuts the food that is sandwiched between the upper and lower food supply parts and that protrudes from the front end of the food receiving box. Next to the round blade 50, the meat pieces cut off by the round blade 50 are collected and sent out. A number of belt conveyors 60 can be placed. The upper and lower food supply parts of the lower conveyor 20 and the upper roller 30 are fixed to the machine base 10 as a food receiving box as described later. On both sides of the lower conveyor 20, side plates 20a that can be freely removed by screwing are provided. The substrate 23 to which the side plate 20a is attached can be rotated from the horizontal state by the rotation shaft 22, and the upper surface of the substrate 23 can be inclined so that it can be easily seen from the side of the machine base 10. In order to rotate the substrate 23, the substrate 23
At the edge of the rotary arm 23a, the base end of which is fixed to the machine base 10.
An auxiliary rod 23b for connecting with is attached. This makes it possible to clean the upper surface of the board by tilting the board from the horizontal state while looking directly at the operator standing on the side of the machine base. You can wash up to the part. In addition, since the board can be tilted to the rear side or to the side without the round blade, it is immediately ready for cleaning work behind the machine base without a cover, and the rotated board may contact the round blade due to some obstacle. Can be prevented.

A round blade 50, which rotates a cutting surface vertically with respect to the upper and lower food supply parts, reciprocates in the horizontal direction in the front and back of the paper surface. The circular blade 50 is rotated by a drive motor 51 via a drive transmission member 52, and the drive motor 51
Is installed on the blade moving body 53. A blade moving body 53 that pivotally supports the round blade 50 at the lower end of the suspended drive transmission member 52 is slidably attached to a rail 11 installed on the machine base 10. Since the drive motor 51 for rotating the round blade 50 is located above the blade moving body 53, the cleaning liquid for the round blade 50 below the blade moving body 53 does not scatter to the drive motor 51. Occurrence of failures due to such things as can be suppressed low. The blade reciprocating member 54 that slides the blade moving body 53 along the rail 11 includes a drive motor 54a provided on the machine base 10, a rotating arm 54b that is rotated via the speed reducer 54a, and a rotating arm 54b. Is provided with a crank mechanism including a driven arm 54c that rotatably connects the blade moving body 53, and the driving force of the motor 54a causes the round blade 50 to reciprocate between the cutting position and the supply position. Since these blade reciprocating members 54 are arranged on the machine base 10 above the round blade 50, the cleaning fluid sprayed on the round blade 50 and the upper and lower food supply portions that need cleaning does not scatter and fall. The occurrence of failures due to electric leakage, rusting, etc. can be kept low. In addition, the blade moving body 53
A well-known one-way clutch that comes into contact with each reciprocating movement of the blade moving body 53 is mounted on the reciprocating orbit. However, illustration is omitted in FIG. Then, when the blade moving body 53 that returns from the cutting position to the supply position comes into contact, the drive member of the upper and lower food supply units connected to the one-way clutch supplies the food to the round blade side by one unit of the meat piece thickness.
Then, when moving from the supply position to the cutting position, the round blade can cut one piece of meat. Further, the thickness of the meat piece can be adjusted by one unit, and the thickness can be adjusted by adjusting the operating range of the one-way clutch. The driving force for food supply by the one-way clutch is transmitted to the food supply drive shaft concentric with the rotation shaft 22 of the base plate 23, and the chains 27, 27a engaged with the sprockets provided on the food supply drive shaft.
Are transmitted to the upper and lower food supply units of the lower conveyor 20 and the upper roller 30, respectively.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the upper and lower food supply parts of FIG. The lower conveyor 20 includes a conveyor section 21 for carrying food and conveying it to the round blade side, and a conveyor section 21.
And a substrate 23 whose front end side is provided with a rotation shaft 22 and whose rear end side is rotated downward, and a driving force is transmitted from the food supply drive shaft provided on the machine base 10 to the conveyor section 21. And a drive transmission member 27. Conveyor section 21
Respectively supports a driving drum 24 and a driven drum 25 at both ends of a frame 21a mounted on the substrate 23, and prevents an endless belt 26 from contacting the substrate 23 at its lower surface between the drums 24 and 25. It is stretched. As a result, the conveyor section 21 can be removed from the upper surface of the substrate 23, so that the cleaning work and the replacement work of the endless belt 26 can be performed at another place, and the endless belt 26 is rotated downward to drop the food. The work of removing the scrap pieces can be easily performed from the space formed by removing the conveyor unit 21. Then, the driving force transmitted from the food supply drive shaft to the conveyor section 21 via the drive transmission member 27 is transmitted as one-way rotation of the drive drum 24, and the round blade feeds the food placed on the endless belt 26. Each time you return to, move forward in the direction of the round blade.

The upper roller 30 is provided with a pressing roller 31 provided with protruding tooth pieces for piercing food, a base frame 32 having two pressing rollers 31 rotatably attached to the tips thereof, and a pressing roller attached to the base frame 32. An intermediate shaft 33 in which a chain 33a is installed on the roller 31, a connecting member 34 having a tip end rotatably attached to the intermediate shaft 33 and a base end rotatably attached to the transmission shaft 12 attached to the machine base 10, and an intermediate shaft 33. A drive transmission mechanism 35 that connects the drive shaft to the food supply drive shaft, and a guide hole 3 that is inserted through the guide shaft 13 that is drilled in the base frame 32 and fixed to the machine base 10.
6 and. Further, at the rear end of the base frame 32, a handle 37 for pulling up the upper roller 30 when an operator cleans the food receiving box 40 is extended. The drive transmission mechanism 35 includes gears 12a and 12b that are rotatably supported by the machine base 10 and mesh with each other, chains 27a and 35a installed from the intermediate shaft 33 to the transmission shaft 12, and sprockets attached to the shafts. Consists of. However, the drive transmission method is not limited to these, and the design can be appropriately changed depending on the drive direction and the position of the member. The driving force of the food supply drive shaft 35 is first transmitted from the rotary shaft 22 to the gear 12b coaxial with the sprocket 12d via the chain 27a, and then from the gear 12a meshed with the gear 12b to the transmission shaft 12a.
And drives the chains 35a engaged with the sprockets 35b attached to the transmission shaft 12, respectively.
The driving force of the chain 35a is transmitted to the chain 33a through the sprockets 33b and 33c of the intermediate shaft 33, and the pressing rollers 31 and 31 provided on the base frame 32 are rotated in a certain direction to move the food toward the round blade. To move forward.

The state of the upper roller 30 shown by the solid line in FIG. 2 shows the position when the food is large, and as the food becomes smaller, the pressing roller 31 always passes through the vicinity of the cutting position and straightly descends to hold the food. be able to. At this time, when the pressing roller 31 descends, both end shafts of the connecting member 34 rotate forward and the base frame 32 moves forward, while the fixed guide shaft 13 moves along the arcuate guide hole 36. Therefore, the presser roller 31 descends straight. Further, since the pressing force from the upper roller 30 to the food is derived from the weight of the upper roller 30 itself, if there is a portion where the height of the food becomes high, the upper roller 30 can be raised according to the outline of the upper roller 30. The front end provided with the pressing roller 31 can move up and down in parallel with the cutting surface of the blade while changing the inclination angle. As a result, since the upper roller 30 can reliably press the food until just before the cutting surface, it is possible to prevent the food from being bent and being unable to provide the one having a constant shape and thickness of the slice as in the conventional case. It was possible to improve the yield in which the section was cut by pressing firmly to the end of. In addition, the weight plate can be removed from the base frame 32 of the upper roller 30 so that the pressing force of the upper roller 30 can be adjusted according to the type of food, the difference in processing state of raw meat / frozen meat, or the user's request. It is provided to adjust the number of weight plates to be attached according to a desired pressing force, or to urge the pressing roller 31 of the upper roller 30 downward by an urging member.
The urging force can be adjusted.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing the food slicer of FIG. 1 from the right side, and the upper roller 30 is omitted. The round blade 50 that reciprocates left and right stands by at the food supply position, and pad plates 50a and 50b are provided on the left and right sides of the round blade parallel to the cutting plane. The round blade 50 is hung from the blade moving body 53 by the drive transmission member 52, and the drive motor 51 for rotating the round blade 50 is installed on the blade moving body 53. The blade moving body 53 is applied with a driving force in the left-right direction along the rail 11 by the blade reciprocating body 54. The blade reciprocating body 54 includes a motor 54a and a speed reducer 54d fixed to the upper part of the machine base 10, and a rotary arm 5 fixed to a rotation shaft of the speed reducer 54d protruding downward from the surface plate.
4b and a dependent arm 54c connected to the blade moving body 53. 24b located on the left side of the base plate 23 is a connection for transmitting the driving force by engaging the drive drum 24 of the removable conveyor section 21 with the sprocket 24a meshed with the chain 27 pivotally supported by the machine base 10. It is a rod, and is inserted from one end of the drive drum 24, protrudes from the other end, and is screwed to the sprocket 24a side, so that the removed drive drum 24 is integrated with the sprocket 24a driven by the chain 27. Let The base plate 23 is rotatably supported by the rotary shaft 22, and the auxiliary arm 23b connected to the rear end of the base plate 23 is connected to the rotary shaft 23d which is rotated by the handle 23c. As a result, when cleaning the handle 23c in one direction, the substrate 2
The rear end of 3 is lowered to be in an inclined state, and the substrate 23 can be returned to the horizontal state by rotating the handle 23c in the reverse direction. Two sprockets are attached to the one end side of the rotating shaft 22 as drive transmission shafts 28 and 28a, and a chain is attached to the drive transmission members 27 and 27a. Further, the tip end of the rotary shaft 22 is connected to the transmission shaft 55b of the one-way clutch 55 (not shown).

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing the drive transmission to the food receiving box, and not the orthographic projection but the display of each member shown in FIG. 3 to show the connection relationship of each shaft and each driving member. The position is changed and displayed on the plane. The cylindrical pressing roller 31 has a cantilever structure in which the base end side is rotatably supported by the base frame 32, and the base end side extends through the base frame 32 and is extended to attach the sprocket 31a, and the chain 33a. One of them is stretched. The other side of the chain 33a has a base frame 3
A chain 35 that is stretched around an intermediate shaft 33 that is rotatably supported by 2 and that is coaxially attached to the intermediate shaft 33 is connected to the transmission shaft 12. The transmission shaft 12 is rotatably supported by the machine base 10, and a sprocket for tensioning each chain 35 is fixed. A gear 12a is attached to one end of the transmission shaft 12, and a chain 27 is attached to a sprocket 12d provided coaxially with a gear 12b meshing with the gear 12a.
Are connected. Four sets of cylindrical pressing roller 31, base frame 32, chain 33a, intermediate shaft 33, and chain 35 are assembled to one transmission shaft 12, and a chain 27a is rotated at the tip of the transmission shaft 12. A gear 12a for tensioning the moving shaft 22 is fixed. The guide shaft 13 is inserted through the guide holes 36 formed in each base frame 32, and both ends of the guide shaft 13 are fixed to the machine base 10. Next, the driving force transmission means for the upper and lower food supply and supply units will be described. The transmission shaft 55b of the one-way clutch 55 having the contact arm 55a that comes into contact with the blade moving body 53 is connected to the rotating shaft 22. The rotation shaft 22 that rotates the substrate 23 is a substrate 23.
The drive transmission shaft 28 disposed on the lower side of and concentric therewith,
28a is extended in the lateral direction of the board 23, and the chain 27,
27a is stretched. This rotating shaft 22 is used for the chain 2
7 is connected to the drive drum 24 of the lower conveyor 20, and is connected to the drive shaft 12 by the chain 27a to transmit the driving force to the pressing roller 31 of the upper roller 30, so that the upper and lower supply belts 20 and 30 are synchronized. Is being measured. In addition, the pressing roller 31 has a structure that can be disassembled for cleaning, and the cylindrical body portion having the teeth that pierce the food protruding around it can be rotated to the attachment portion protruding from the base frame 32. It is attached, and the tip of the attachment portion is prevented from coming off by a holding screw having a diameter larger than that of the tubular portion.

[0016]

As described in detail, according to the present invention, with respect to the food receiving box fixed to the machine stand of the food slicer, the round blade whose cutting surface is vertical is parallel to the cutting surface. By arranging the blade driving member for reciprocating the blade and driving the round blade above the round blade, the food is cut and the food becomes small and a small gap is created in the moving direction of the meat receiving box. However, since the upper food supply unit presses the slice to the point just before the cutting point of the raw meat tree, the food does not jump in the meat receiving box, unevenness of thickness due to flexure does not easily occur, and slice pieces of uniform thickness was gotten. Further, since the food receiving box fixed to the machine base can be formed larger than the conventional food receiving box, the amount of input is increased and the operation time between the input operations can be lengthened. Further, since the next food can be safely added, the food slicer can be continuously operated by additionally equipping the device for continuously feeding the food.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of a food slicer according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged explanatory view of the food container of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a right side surface of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing drive transmission to a food container.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Machine stand, 11 ... Rail, 12 ... Transmission shaft, 12
a, 12b ... Gears, 13 ... Guide shaft, 20 ... Lower conveyor, 20a ... Side plate, 21 ... Conveyor section, 22 ...
.Rotation axis, 23 ... Board, 23a ... Rotation arm, 23b.
・ Auxiliary rod, 23c ・ ・ Handle, 24 ・ ・ Drive drum,
24a ... Sprocket, 24b ... Connecting rod, 25.
・ Driving drum, 26 ・ ・ Endless belt, 27, 27a ・ ・
Drive transmission member, 28 ... Drive transmission shaft, 30 ... Upper roller, 31 ... Holding roller, 32 ... Base frame, 33 ... Intermediate shaft, 34 ... Connecting member, 35 ... Drive transmission mechanism, 35a
..Chains, 36..Guide holes, 37..Handles, 4
0 ··· Food storage box, 50 · · Round blade, 50a, 50b ·
.Pattern plate, 51..Drive motor, 52..Drive transmission member, 53..Movement of blade, 54..Reciprocating member of blade, 5
4a ... motor, 54b ... rotating arm, 54c ... dependent arm, 54d ... reducer, 55 ... one-way clutch, 55
a ... Contact arm, 55b ... Transmission shaft, 60 ... Delivery conveyor.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A food receiving box comprising a lower food supply unit for supplying food in cut thickness increments and an upper conveyor for pressing food from above near the front end of the lower food supply unit; In a food slicer provided with a round blade that is sandwiched between food supply parts and projects from the front end of the food receiving box, a round slice whose cutting surface is perpendicular to the food receiving box fixed to a machine base is used. A food slicer, characterized in that the blade reciprocates in a direction parallel to the cutting surface and the blade driving member for driving the round blade is arranged above the round blade. 2. The lower food supply unit according to claim 1, wherein a conveyor unit for loading food and conveying it to the round blade, and a conveyor shaft on which the conveyor unit is mounted and a rotary shaft provided on the front end side are provided at the rear end. A substrate whose side is rotated downward, and a connecting member for axially connecting the drive drum of the conveyor unit to the drive shaft provided on the machine base, and removing the connecting member to remove the conveyor unit The food slicer, wherein the substrate is rotated from the horizontal state by the rotation shaft, and the upper surface of the substrate can be inclined. 3. The upper food supply unit according to claim 1, wherein a pressing roller provided with protruding teeth that mesh with food, a base frame having the pressing roller rotatably attached to a tip thereof, An attached intermediate shaft, a connecting member having a tip attached to the intermediate shaft and a transmission shaft end attached to the machine base rotatably, respectively, and a fixing member drilled in the base frame and fixed to the machine base. A guide hole is inserted through the guide shaft, and while the connecting member rotates forward, the base frame advances along the guide shaft along the guide hole and the presser roller descends straight, so that the cutting surface is cut. On the other hand, a food slicer whose front end can move up and down in parallel. 4. The upper food supply section according to claim 1, wherein a pressing roller provided with protruding tooth pieces that mesh with food, a base frame having the pressing roller rotatably attached to a tip thereof, and the base frame. A guide for inserting an attached intermediate shaft, a connecting member having a tip attached to the intermediate shaft and a transmission shaft end attached to a machine base rotatably, and a guide shaft fixed to the machine base. One to four pairs of holes are provided in parallel in the axial direction of the pressing roller so that the projections and depressions on the upper surface of the food are pressed and rotated, and as the food becomes smaller, the connecting member rotates forward. The food slicer is characterized in that the base frame moves forward while the guide shaft is inserted into the arc-shaped guide hole, and the pressing roller moves straight down, so that the front end can move up and down in parallel to the cutting surface of the blade.