JP2005130839A - Device for conveying piece of sliced meat - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for conveying pieces of sliced meat, capable of receiving the pieces of the sliced meat cut out from a slicer and conveying them in a desired posture. <P>SOLUTION: This device for conveying the pieces of sliced meat is provided by installing a conveying piece 7 having a needle like tip end part as close to the cut out part for block meat M, receiving the pieces of sliced meat (m), compressing the pieces of the slice meat (m) as the conveying pieces 7 by a compressing tool 10 and then conveying them to the receiving surface of a conveyer 8. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus for transferring sliced meat pieces for transferring sliced meat pieces from a slicer for cutting block meat such as cows and pigs to a conveyor.

An apparatus for transferring sliced meat pieces cut out from a slicer to a conveyor is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-191284 by the present applicant.
This transfer device is a device in which the folding transfer piece receives the sliced meat piece directly under the slicer cut-out portion and folds it in half, and when the block meat is sliced, it is attached to the cutter blade surface and pulled, so that the transfer piece It was difficult to receive correctly. Therefore, it could not be placed on the transport conveyor in an orderly manner.

In addition, if the sliced meat pieces are not received in a balanced manner across the center of the sliced meat on the end face of the transfer piece, the sliced meat pieces are displaced, making it difficult to adjust the receiving position and limiting the work range.
JP 2002-191284 A

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is that when the transfer piece receives the sliced meat piece cut by the cutter, the sliced meat piece is pulled by the attachment to the blade surface of the cutter and cannot be received correctly. This is because the range of work is limited.

  In relation to the movement of the meat box, the sliced meat piece obtained by cutting the block meat placed in the meat box with a cutter in a fixed position is received at the needle-shaped tip, and the receiving is arranged in the front. In a sliced meat piece transfer device equipped with a transfer piece that can be swung and delivered to a conveyor, the transfer piece's starting point is close to the tip of the block meat, with the tip of the transfer piece being close to the cutter blade edge. It is characterized by having been determined at the position to be.

  Furthermore, there is provided a pressing tool that is near the rocking locus of the tip of the transfer piece and is close to the cut portion of the sliced meat piece and presses the sliced meat piece that is being cut out toward the tip of the transfer piece. It is a feature.

  In addition, at least until the sliced meat piece is cut off while the transfer piece reaches the conveying conveyor from the starting point of the swing, the tip of the transfer piece is configured to swing substantially in synchronization with the upward movement of the meat box. In addition, there is provided an adjusting means capable of changing the start timing for the movement of the meat box from the swing start point of the transfer piece.

  The position where the needle-like tip of the transfer piece is close to the cutting edge of the cutter and close to the tip of the block meat is the starting point of swinging, and reciprocating swinging from the starting point to the receiving surface of the conveyor is possible, and The transfer piece is provided with a pressing tool that is located near the rocking locus of the tip of the transfer piece and is close to the cutout portion of the sliced meat piece and presses the sliced meat piece being cut out toward the tip of the transfer piece. Can reliably receive sliced meat pieces.

  By adjusting the start timing for the movement of the meat box from the swing start point of the transfer piece, the tip of the transfer piece can be received in contact with an arbitrary position of the slice meat piece, so the bending position is changed. Can do. As shown in FIG. 3, the start timing is advanced, and the rice meat piece is flipped during transfer, and when sliced thickly, it is thrown in the same posture as shown in FIG. 4 without being reversed. Can be placed on a conveyor. In addition, when the block meat temperature is low and the slice meat rigidity increases, a method can be used in which the sliced piece reaches the conveyor with the momentum of being cut out while the transfer piece is left at the starting point of oscillation as shown in FIG. The work range was expanded.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a sectional side view of an essential part of an embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the same, and FIGS. 3 to 5 show states of transfer work possible in the embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention. .

  1 shows a part of the slicer, and a meat box 2 equipped with a feeding device (not shown) placed in a substantially horizontal state holds the block meat M and can be reciprocated in the vertical direction (arrows A and B). A known means is used as appropriate so as to be driven by a servo motor through a crank mechanism that does not.

  A cutter 3 is provided adjacent to the front end of the meat box 2. The cutter 3 is a banded blade 5 having an outer edge that is loosely fitted in a guide groove carved in a lower end of a plate-like member 4 that is mounted in the left-right direction of the slicer machine body and is sharply bladed. And is wound around a pair of drums provided on the left and right of an airframe (not shown) and is rotated at a high speed.

  A slice thickness regulating plate 6 is provided over the entire width of the meat box 2 so that one end faces the cutting edge of the band blade 5 to form a cutout portion of the sliced meat piece m and receives the front end surface portion of the block meat M. Yes. The slice thickness regulating plate 6 is appropriately moved and adjusted in the delivery direction of the block meat M together with a transfer piece 7 and a conveyor 8 which will be described later to determine the slice thickness. In addition, a large number of grooves are created at the end of the regulating plate 6 facing the blade edge of the band blade 5 so that the tip of a transfer piece 7 described later can enter.

  The transfer piece 7 is configured by arranging a comb rod 7b made of a plurality of fine rods in a comb shape on a horizontal bar 7a having a length capable of covering the entire width of the cut portion of the block meat M, and the open end side of the comb rod 7b. The tip portion is configured to be capable of reciprocating rocking (arrows C and D) from the position close to the tip of the block meat M to the receiving surface of the transfer conveyor 8 to be described later, near the cutting edge of the band blade 5. To do. The transfer piece 7 may be a rectangular thin plate whose end face is formed in a sawtooth shape.

  A servo motor 9 is connected to the shaft end of the horizontal bar 7a of the transfer piece 7, and is appropriately controlled using an encoder or a sequencer so as to relate to the reciprocating movement of the meat box 2. The specific control method is not described in detail because it is possible by using ordinary conventional means. However, at least until the slice meat piece m is cut off, the leading end of the transfer piece 7 is substantially synchronized with the upward movement of the meat box 2. Control to swing. Moreover, the starting timing from the said rocking | fluctuation starting point of the transfer piece 7 with respect to the upward movement (arrow A) of the meat box 2 can be changed suitably.

  A servo motor 9 that connects and moves the transfer piece 7 is mounted on the rod end of an air cylinder 11 with a guide that is mounted on a base and mounted on a machine frame (not shown). The transfer piece 7 faces the conveyor 8. At the swing end position to be moved, it is possible to move back and forth (arrows E and F) to the retracted position indicated by the phantom line in FIG.

  On the back side of the plate-like member 4 (side surface of the anti-meat box 2), the leading end is near the cut-out portion of the sliced meat piece m and is extended to near the swinging locus of the leading end of the transfer piece 7. A comb-like pressing tool 10 in which the thin crab 10 a is arranged so as to face each other with a large number of comb scissors 7 b constituting the transfer piece 7 is provided over the breadth of the meat box 2. The pressing tool 10 is not necessarily limited to the one composed of combs, and a strip or the like may be used as appropriate. In either case, an appropriate elasticity is given to the pressing portion of the sliced meat piece m. It is desirable that

  The conveyor 8 has a starting end near the swinging end of the transfer piece 7, forms a receiving surface for the sliced meat piece m along the transfer piece 7, and extends to a place where the sliced meat piece m is appropriately taken out. Is done.

  The slice thickness regulating plate 6, the guide-equipped air cylinder 11 that supports the transfer piece 7, and the transport conveyor 8 are integrally mounted on a machine frame (not shown).

  The operation of the slice meat piece transfer apparatus configured as described above will be described. The meat box 2 holding the block meat M is reciprocated in the vertical direction (arrows A and B) via a crank mechanism driven by a servo motor (not shown). The front end surface portion of the block meat M fed from the meat box 2 by a known appropriate means comes into contact with the slice thickness regulating plate 6 to determine the slice thickness, and rotates at a high speed when the meat box 2 moves up (arrow A). It is cut as a sliced meat piece m from the cut-out portion formed by the cutting edge of the band blade 5 and the cutting edge of the band blade 5 and one end of the thickness regulating plate 6.

In association with the upward movement of the meat box 2, the transfer piece 7 waiting at the swing start point is activated, and the activation timing is appropriately adjusted according to a desired work mode. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, when the sliced meat piece m is to be received in a folded state by abutting the leading end of the transfer piece 7 at a substantially central position in the cutting direction of the sliced meat piece m cut out, it is waiting at the starting point. The transfer piece 7 is started in accordance with the timing when approximately the half of the cutting direction dimension of the cut surface of the block meat M held by the moving meat box 2 passes through the tip of the transfer piece 7.
When it is desired to abut the tip of the transfer piece 7 closer to the cutting start end of the sliced meat piece m shown in FIG. 3, the position to be brought into contact with the tip of the transfer piece 7 of the block meat M cutting surface that moves upward is shown. The transfer piece 7 may be started when the position of the tip of the transfer piece 7 in standby is reached.

  The adjusting means determines the bottom dead center in the vertical movement of the meat box 2 as the origin, and until the contact position of the sliced meat piece with the tip of the transfer piece 7 reaches the tip of the transfer piece 7 from the origin. And an electric program and a circuit using a sequencer or the like may be assembled so as to activate the servo motor 9 that drives the transfer piece 7 in accordance with the time. The contact position can be freely set by adjusting this time. At this time, it is desirable that the size of the block meat M held in the meat box 2 in the cutting direction is detected by a sensor and the result is reflected in the adjustment control.

  As described above, the transfer piece 7 that cuts out the sliced meat piece m that has been cut out from the slicer and has a slightly sagging tip from the lower side of the sliced meat piece m is brought into contact with the tip of the slice piece m. The tip of the transfer piece 7 is above the meat box 2 until at least the sliced meat piece m to be cut is completely separated from the block meat M. It is desirable to set so as to swing in synchronization with the movement.

  The transfer piece 7 oscillates (arrow C) with the sliced meat piece m taken over at the tip thereof, and when the cut piece is passed, the pressing tool 10 awaited on the swing locus of the tip of the transfer piece 7. As a result, the surface of the sliced meat piece m passes while being pressed toward the transfer piece 7. The degree of pressing is determined by the distance between the tip of the transfer piece 7 and the pressing tool 10, but it is possible to the extent that the slice meat m is caught on the tip of the transfer piece 7 so as not to damage the surface of the slice meat piece m as much as possible. It is desirable to press as gently as possible. Moreover, it is desirable to press when the sliced meat piece m being cut is not separated from the block meat M. Since the sliced meat piece m is transferred in a state where it is caught by the tip of the transfer piece 7, it can be reliably transferred to the conveyor 8 without slipping off or being displaced in the middle.

  When the sliced meat piece m shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is transferred, the transfer piece 7 arrives at the swing end position facing the conveyor 8 while holding the sliced meat piece m at the tip, and the receiving surface of the conveyor 8 After the sliced meat piece m is placed on, it retreats to the retracted position (arrow F). When the sliced meat piece m is transferred in the state shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, this exit / retreat operation (arrows E and F) may be omitted.

  The transfer piece 7 swings (arrow D) and returns to the swing start point while immediately returning (arrow E) even if retreating at the swing end position (arrow F). During this time, the transfer conveyor 8 moves by a predetermined amount, and the meat box 2 also moves downward (arrow B) to return to the bottom dead center (origin) and complete one cycle of operation. Although not described in detail, such a series of operations is continuously repeated by a controller programmed in advance.

  It is possible to implement a transfer device that is provided near the sliced portion of the sliced meat piece m of the slicer and that can select various forms such as a folded state and reverse transfer of the sliced meat piece m.

The principal part sectional side view which shows the Example of this invention apparatus. The perspective view of this invention apparatus. The side view which shows the inversion transfer state of the slice meat piece m possible in the Example of this invention apparatus. The side view which shows the transfer state of the slice meat piece m similarly cut thickly. Similarly, the side view which shows the state which cuts out the slice meat piece m, leaving a transfer piece in a standby state by the rocking | fluctuation origin.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Slicer 2 Meat box 3 Cutter 5 Band blade 6 Thickness control board 7 Transfer piece 8 Transfer conveyor 10 Pressing tool

Claims (3)

  In relation to the movement of the meat box, the sliced meat piece obtained by cutting the block meat placed in the meat box with a cutter in a fixed position is received at the needle-shaped tip, and the receiving is arranged in the front. In a sliced meat piece transfer device having a transfer piece that can be swung and delivered to a conveyor, the transfer piece's starting point is close to the tip of the block meat, with the tip of the transfer piece being close to the cutter blade edge. An apparatus for transferring sliced meat pieces, characterized in that the sliced meat pieces are defined at positions.   A pressing tool is provided near the rocking trajectory of the tip of the transfer piece and close to the cut portion of the sliced meat piece, and pressing the sliced meat piece being cut out toward the tip of the transfer piece. Item 2. The apparatus for transferring sliced meat pieces according to Item 1.   The transfer piece is configured so that the tip of the transfer piece swings substantially in synchronism with the upward movement of the meat box until at least the sliced meat piece is cut off while the transfer piece reaches the transfer conveyor. The apparatus for transferring sliced meat pieces according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising an adjusting means capable of changing an activation timing for the upward movement of the meat box from the swing start point of the piece.

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