JP2008220348A - Animal large intestine-treating apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an animal large intestine-treating apparatus which can reduce the loads of a worker in a process for treating animal large intestines and can treat the intestines in high productivity. <P>SOLUTION: This animal large intestine-treating apparatus comprises a guide tool 1 extended in an obliquely upper direction or in a horizontal direction and comprising a guide member 11 for correcting the cross section of an intestinal tract into an oblong shape and a water supply nozzle 12 disposed in the tip end portion of the guide member 11; a crude fat-removing mechanism 2 comprising a pair of rotary round blades 21, 21 and a lower side rotary round blade 22 for separating intestinal tracts from fats and disposed to surround the tip end portion of the guide member 11; an intestinal tract-conveying mechanism 3 for nipping and simultaneously forcibly conveying the intestinal tract from the front portion of the guide member 11 to the rear portion; and an intestinal tract-cutting mechanism 4 for cutting and opening the intestinal tract conveyed with the intestinal tract-conveying mechanism 3. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an animal large intestine processing apparatus for performing intestinal tract separation, intestinal incision, adjustment of the amount of fat remaining in the intestinal tract, winding up of the intestinal tract, etc. in the treatment of large intestine such as cattle.

Technical background

Conventionally, in washing and fat treatment of bovine large intestine, as described in JP-A No. 2002-58418, washing water is injected from one end opening of the large intestine with a nozzle to clean the inside of the intestinal tract, and a hand type air nozzle is used to make fat. It is known to peel the intestinal tract from. Further, in the bovine large intestine incision machine, as described in JP-A-2002-27905, pretreatment for separating the fat and the intestinal tract from the dumpling large intestine to form the large intestine into a string shape is performed, and then another step And incising the large intestine that has been pre-processed in a string shape.
JP 2002-58418 A JP 2002-27905 A

  However, in the large intestine processing process for cattle and the like, an apparatus that continuously processes a series of processes including separation of the intestine from the dumpling colon, incision of the intestine, adjustment of the amount of fat remaining in the intestine, and winding up of the intestine is practical There is a problem that these processes are left to manual work and the burden on the worker is not reduced.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a highly productive animal large intestine processing apparatus that reduces the burden on the labor of the operator in the large intestine processing step.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 of the present application is provided at the distal end portion of the guide body 11 and the guide body 11 that extend obliquely upward or horizontally and correct the cross-section of the intestinal tract to be vertically long. A pair of left and right rotary round blades 21 and 21 and a lower rotary round blade 22 which are arranged so as to surround the distal end portion of the guide body 11 and separate the intestinal tract and the fat. A coarse fat removing mechanism 2 comprising: an intestinal tract transport mechanism 3 forcibly transporting the intestinal tract from the front side to the rear side while squeezing the intestinal tract; and an intestinal incision for incising the intestinal tract transported by the intestinal tract transport mechanism 3 A mechanism 4 is provided, and after the inside of one end opening of the large intestine is made to follow the outer periphery of the distal end of the guide body 11 in the guide 1, coarse fat is removed while the intestinal tract transport mechanism 3 transports the intestinal tract to the rear side of the guide body 11. Left and right rotation type round blades 21 and 21 of mechanism 2 and lower side rotation type Separates the intestine and fat in the blade 22, the treated intestine with processing the large intestine string-like, characterized by being configured so as to incise intestinal incision mechanism 4.

  Further, the invention according to claim 2 of the present application includes, in addition to the configuration according to claim 1, a rotating body 51 with a plate-like blade portion 51a and a pressing body facing the rotating body 51 with a predetermined gap. 52, and the rotating body 51 is rotated so that the fat layer remaining in the intestinal tract is removed so as to have a uniform thickness while the intestinal tract is flatly extended and fed from the fat side of the intestinal tract incised by the plate-like blade portion 51a. A fat removing mechanism 5 is provided.

  Further, the invention described in claim 4 of the present application is the oil layer remaining in the intestine by changing the gap amount between the rotating body 51 and the pressing body 52 of the finishing fat removing mechanism 5 in addition to the structure described in claim 2. And an adjustment mechanism 8 for adjusting the thickness of the rotating body 51 and a hot water supply shower 9 for performing hot water supply to the rotating body 51 to remove or sterilize the oil film adhering to the plate-like blade portion 51a.

  The invention according to claim 5 of the present application is configured such that the left and right rotary round blades 21 and 21 and the lower rotary round blade 22 in the configuration according to claim 1 are movable up and down. The position of the rotary round blades 21, 21, 22 can be adjusted.

Further, in the invention described in claim 6 of the present application, since the lower rotary round blade 22 in the configuration described in claim 1 shears only fat without damaging the intestinal tract, the circumferential direction is uneven. It is characterized by being.
The uneven shape is a concept including a shape similar to a saw blade.

  Further, in the invention described in claim 7 of the present application, as the intestinal tract transport mechanism 3 in the configuration described in claim 1, an opening 11b extending from the front side to the rear side is formed on the side surface of the guide body 11 in the guide 1. At the same time, the opening 11b is composed of a stagnation conveyance body including a pair of left and right conveyance belts 31 and 31 or conveyance gears 31A and 31A forcibly conveying the intestinal tract from the opposite sides while directly squeezing the intestine.

  According to the present invention, a single large intestine processing apparatus includes an intestinal tract separation means and a coarse fat removing means from a dumpling large intestine, a non-slip intestinal tract conveying means, and an intestinal incision means for incising an intestinal tract treated in a string shape. By having both, a series of processes can be processed continuously. As a result, it is possible to reduce the labor burden on the worker and improve productivity.

  Further, the rotating body 51 with the plate-like blade portion 51a and the pressing body 52 facing the rotating body 51 with a predetermined gap therebetween are rotated and the incision processing is performed by the plate-like blade portion 51a. If the finishing fat removing mechanism 5 is provided to remove the fat layer remaining in the intestine so as to have a uniform thickness while extending the intestine flatly from the fat side of the intestine and feeding it, it becomes a dumpling in an animal colon treatment process such as cattle. Separation of the large intestine from the large intestine, incision of the intestinal tract, and stabilization of the amount of fat remaining in the intestinal tract can be performed continuously with a single machine, which is preferable.

  In addition, if a recoiler mechanism 6 is provided for winding the large intestine that has been processed through the finishing fat removing mechanism 5, the intestinal tract is separated from the dumpling large intestine, the intestinal incision, the intestinal tract in the animal large intestine processing step such as cattle. It is more preferable because the treatment for stabilizing the amount of fat remaining in the tube and the winding of the intestinal tract can be continuously processed with one machine.

  Moreover, the adjustment mechanism 8 which adjusts the thickness of the fat layer which remains in an intestinal tract by changing the clearance gap between the rotary body 51 and the pressing body 52 of the finishing fat removal mechanism 5, and hot water supply to the rotary body 51, and plate blade If the hot water shower 9 that removes or sterilizes the oil film adhering to the portion 51a is provided, the amount of fat remaining in the intestinal tract can be adjusted, and hot water is supplied to the rotating body 51 to adhere to the plate blade portion 51a. It is preferable because it can be removed or sterilized.

  Further, the left and right rotary round blades 21 and 21 can be moved up and down, and the lower rotary round blade 22 can be moved up and down, and the position of the rotary round blades 21, 21 and 22 relative to the guide 1 can be adjusted. The left and right rotary round blades 3a and 3a can be moved up and down, and the lower rotary round blade 3b can be moved in the left and right directions. The position of the rotary round blades 3a, 3a and 3b with respect to the guide 1 If it can be adjusted, it is preferable to appropriately adjust the position of the rotary round blades 21, 21, 22 according to the size of the dumpling-shaped large intestine, so that the separation of fat and intestinal tract can be performed more accurately.

  Further, it is preferable to configure the lower rotary round blade 22 so that the circumferential direction has an uneven shape, since only fat can be sheared without damaging the intestinal tract.

  Further, as the intestinal tract transport mechanism 3, an opening 11b extending from the front side to the rear side is formed on the side surface of the guide body 11 in the guide 1, and the intestinal tract is forcibly moved backward from the both sides in the opening 11b. For example, it is preferable to use a pair of left and right transport belts 31 for transporting the intestinal tract directly from both sides while being forcibly transported backward.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows an animal large intestine processing apparatus according to the present invention. The processing apparatus A removes the cecum from a state in which the disc colon of the dumpling large intestine is in an upward position, and then uses the cecal side intestinal tract a little to untie the apparatus. From a guide body 11 that extends obliquely upward and corrects the cross-section of the intestinal tract into a vertically long shape, and a water supply nozzle 12 provided at the tip 11a of the guide body 11 for a treatment that facilitates setting, that is, a pretreated large intestine Coarse-fat removal comprising a guide tool 1 and a pair of left and right rotary round blades 21 and 21 and a lower rotary round blade 22 that are arranged so as to surround the distal end of the guide body 11 and separate the intestinal tract and the fat. Mechanism 2, intestinal tract transport mechanism 3 for transporting the intestinal tract from the front side to the rear side of the guide body, intestinal tract incision mechanism 4 for incising the intestinal tract transported by the intestinal tract transport mechanism 3, and a plate-like blade portion Rotating body 51 with 51a and a predetermined gap with respect to the rotating body 51 The fat layer remaining in the intestinal tract is evenly extended while the rotator 51 is rotated and the intestinal tract is flattened from the fat side of the intestinal tract incised by the plate-like blade 51a and fed. And a recoiler mechanism 6 for winding the large intestine that has been processed through the finishing fat removing mechanism 5 one by one.

  Here, in the present invention, when the intestinal tract in the dumpling large intestine is untied before the large intestine is processed, as a method of processing from a posture and a direction in which the intestinal tract is difficult to be entangled, first, the disk colon is processed upward from the cecum side to the anal side. The direction is determined. In this method, as the cecum side goes to the anus side, the intestinal tract often follows from the surface layer to the inner layer, and in the initial processing when the mass of the large intestine is large, it can be easily unraveled by rotating the large intestine on a flat surface. Since the anal side where the intestine circulates between the front and back of the large intestine is a late process with a small mass of the large intestine, the anal side can be easily unraveled. In addition, by removing the cecum that is larger than the intestine, more stable automatic processing becomes possible.

  Specifically, the guide 1 serves as a path for forcibly pulling and transporting the dumpling-shaped large intestine to the coarse fat removing mechanism 2 and the intestinal incision mechanism 4 by the intestinal transport mechanism 3. Since the dumpling-shaped large intestine is processed from the disc colon side, the cross-sectional shape of the guide 11 passing between the adjacent intestinal tracts is a vertically long rectangle as shown in FIG. It has become. As shown in FIG. 1, the guide body 11 has a heft-shaped cored bar portion 11a on the distal end side and is extended obliquely upward as a whole, thereby enabling smooth conveyance without bending the intestinal tract. Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 8, the guide body 11 has an opening 11 b formed on the side surface from the front side to the rear side. In addition, the guide body 11 may be extended horizontally, in addition to extending in the diagonally upward direction. Further, washing water is injected from one end opening of the large intestine by a water supply nozzle 12 provided at the tip of the core part 11a so that the inside of the intestine can be washed.

  The coarse fat removing mechanism 2 is arranged horizontally so as to avoid interference between the pair of left and right rotary round blades 21, 21 vertically arranged around the guide body 11 with a slight gap therebetween. Each of the round blades 21, 21, 22 is rotated from a motor 23 shown in FIG. 4 through an appropriate interlocking mechanism such as a drive shaft 24 and an interlocking case 25. It is like that.

  When the large intestine is transported following the guide body 11, it is divided into fat and intestinal tract along the arrangement of the pair of left and right rotary round blades 21, 21, but the cutting edges of the left and right rotary round blades 21, 21 are transported. It has a certain angle with respect to the direction, and has a cutting edge shape that minimizes interference with the intestinal tract whose posture is not stable. Further, the lower rotary round blade 22 has a circular cutting edge as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, and also has an uneven shape as shown in FIG. 6 (including a shape similar to a saw blade). It may be. Thus, if it is made uneven, only fat can be effectively sheared, and stable automatic processing is possible without causing cuts or the like to the intestinal tract. Furthermore, the rough fat removing mechanism 2 is provided with guide plates 26 and 26 so that the fat separated by the left and right rotary round blades 21 and 21 is not caught in the lower rotary round blade 22. Processing that is not affected is possible.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the left and right rotating round blades 21, 21 are upwardly moved by the cylinder 27 so that the operator can easily set when holding the large intestine on the core metal part 11 a of the guide body 11. The lower rotary round blade 22 can swing up and down with the drive shaft 28 as an axis, and can swing with the drive shaft 28 as a fulcrum. Can be done easily. Furthermore, since the left and right rotary round blades 21 and 21 and the lower rotary round blade 22 can be adjusted up and down with the guide body 11 as it is, processing corresponding to individual differences in the large intestine can be performed. Yes.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the intestinal tract transport mechanism 3 is a pair of left and right transport belts 31, 31 disposed corresponding to the side opening of the guide body 11, and directly guides only the intestinal tract without causing the guide body 11 to cooperate. It has a structure that can be forcibly pulled in while watching. Further, the conveyor belts 31 and 31 are appropriately interlocked from the motor 23 via an interlocking mechanism (not shown), a drive shaft 32 and a timing pulley 33, so that the intestinal tract can be drawn continuously and reliably. ing. In FIG. 2, reference numerals 34 and 34 denote pressing auxiliary members that elastically press the conveying belts 31 and 31 toward the intestinal tract side.

  As shown in FIG. 7, edgeless tooth shapes 31a and 31a are formed on the belt surfaces of the conveyor belts 31 and 31. The intestinal tract is difficult to slip even when the intestinal tract is pulled in by engaging the mutual tooth shapes and pulling in the intestinal tract. Due to the effects of the edgeless tooth shapes 31a and 31a, the intestinal tract can be pulled in such a way that scars or the like are hardly left in the intestinal tract.

  The intestinal incision mechanism 4 has a structure in which the intestinal tract is incised by the rotary blade 41 when the intestinal tract is conveyed following the guide body 11, and the rotary blade 41 is slightly above the rear of the guide body 11. The intestinal tract can be reliably incised by entering the inner side of the. In that case, a groove or the like that allows the rotary blade 41 to enter inward is formed on the upper surface of the guide body 11. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the rotary blade 41 is appropriately rotated by the motor 23 via the interlock mechanism 42 and the drive shaft 43, so that the intestinal tract can be continuously incised by the round blade.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the finishing fat removing mechanism 5 has rotary bodies 51, 51 with two upper and lower plate-like blade portions 51 a arranged below the rear part of the guide body 11, and a predetermined amount for these rotary bodies 51, 51. And a wave-shaped presser body 52 facing each other with a gap therebetween. As shown in FIG. 9, a large number of straight blades or curved blade (helical) plate-like blade portions 51 a extending in the width direction are provided on the outer periphery of each rotating body 51. The plate-like blade portion 51a has a sharp edge so that grease is easily caught. The plate-like blade portion 51a is arranged on the outer periphery of the rotating body 51 equally on the circumference, and is rotated by the motor 53 via the drive shaft 54 and the timing belt 55. The Also, by changing the number of rotations of the motor 53 with respect to the intestinal tract conveyance speed, the cutting amount per plate blade 51a can be adjusted to such an extent that a large tension is not applied to the intestinal tract, and stable even if the amount of oil to be removed changes. Finished fat removal treatment is possible. A guide shooter 7 is disposed between the guide body 11 and the upper rotating body 51 to feed the incised string-like intestinal tract between the upper rotating body 51 and the pressing body 52.

  Thus, after the large intestine is processed into a string shape and incised, the intestinal tract that has been incised is fed between the rotating body 51 and the pressing body 52 via the guide shooter 7. The plate-like blade portions 51a and 51a provided on the outer periphery of the rotation can extend the intestinal tract flatly from the fat side of the intestinal tract and feed it downwards, while making it possible to adjust the thickness of the fat layer remaining in the intestinal tract and remove excess fat. ing. Also, as shown in FIG. 1, since a plurality of rotating bodies 51 are provided in a column, the amount of degreasing and the finished thickness can be finely adjusted more accurately.

  Further, the finishing fat removing mechanism 5 is provided with a screw-type adjusting mechanism 8 that adjusts a gap amount between the rotating body 51 and the pressing body 52 by moving the pressing body 52 close to and away from the rotating body 51. The thickness of the fat layer remaining in the intestinal tract can be arbitrarily changed by adjusting the gap amount between the rotating body 51 and the pressing body 52 by the operation 8. Further, the finishing fat removing mechanism 5 includes a hot water shower 9 that supplies hot water to the rotating body 51 and removes or sterilizes the oil film adhering to the plate-like blade portion 51a. Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the shape of the guide portion of the pressing plate 52 is wide in the intestinal tract on the entrance side and narrow in the exit side, and this shape plays an auxiliary role in that the amount of fat cut does not apply a large tension. ing. The plate-like blade portion 51 a provided on the rotating body 51 is formed integrally with the outer peripheral portion of the rotating body 51, and a plurality of plate-like blade portions 51 a may be arranged on the outer peripheral portion of the rotating body 51 using a plate member made of another member. Good.

  Below the finishing fat removing mechanism 5, a recoiler mechanism 6 is provided via a guide shooter 10 to wind up each of the cord-like incised colons processed through the finishing fat removing mechanism 5.

  The recoiler mechanism 6 winds around the winding shaft 62 by a rotating frame 61 rotated by a motor (not shown) so that an operator can easily take out the intestinal tract processed through the finishing fat removing mechanism 5 from the apparatus. In addition, the foreign matter adhering to the mucous membrane side of the intestinal tract is continuously washed away by the washing shower 63.

  As described above, the present invention remains in one large intestine processing apparatus in the intestinal tract separation and coarse fat removing means from the dumpling large intestine, the non-slip intestinal tract conveying means, the intestinal incision means, and the incised intestinal tract. A combination of a finishing fat removing means for extra fat and a winding means for the intestinal tract makes it possible to process a series of processes consistently and continuously. As a result, it is possible to reduce the labor burden on the worker and improve productivity.

  In the above embodiment, the pair of left and right transport belts 31 and 31 are used as the stagnation transport body of the intestinal tract transport mechanism 3, but for example, a pair of left and right transport gears 31A and 31A are used as shown in FIG. Also good.

  It is a side view of the animal large intestine processing apparatus which concerns on this invention.   It is a top view of the principal part.   It is a front view around a coarse fat removal mechanism.   It is swing operation | movement explanatory drawing of the coarse fat removal mechanism.   It is explanatory drawing of a right-and-left and lower side rotation type round blade, and a metal core part.   It is a top view which shows another embodiment of a lower side rotation type round blade.   It is a meshing enlarged view of the conveyance belt in an intestinal tract conveyance mechanism.   It is explanatory drawing of the set state with respect to the guide body of the conveyance belt.   It is expansion explanatory drawing of the plate-shaped blade part and presser body of a finishing fat removal mechanism.   It is a top view which shows another embodiment of the stagnation conveyance body of an intestinal tract conveyance mechanism.

Explanation of symbols

A Animal large intestine treatment apparatus 1 Guide 11 Guide 11b Opening 12 Water supply nozzle 2 Coarse fat removal mechanism 21, 21 Left and right rotary round blade 22 Lower rotary round blade 3 Intestine transport mechanism 31 Transport belt 31A Transport gear 4 Intestinal incision Mechanism 5 Finishing fat removing mechanism 51 Rotating body 51a Plate blade 52 Holding body 6 Recoiler mechanism 8 Adjustment mechanism 9 Hot water shower

Claims (6)

    Surrounding the distal end portion of the guide body 11, and a guide tool 1 comprising a guide body 11 that extends obliquely upward or horizontally and corrects the cross-section of the intestine into a vertically long shape and a water supply nozzle 12 provided at the distal end portion of the guide body 11. The coarse fat removing mechanism 2 comprising a pair of left and right rotary round blades 21 and 21 and a lower rotary round blade 22 separating the intestinal tract and the fat, and the front of the guide body 11 while squeezing the intestinal tract The intestinal tract transport mechanism 3 forcibly transports from the front side to the rear side, and the intestinal tract incision mechanism 4 for incising the intestinal tract transported by the intestinal tract transport mechanism 3. After following the outer periphery of the tip, the left and right rotary round blades 21 and 21 and the lower rotary round blade 22 of the coarse fat removing mechanism 2 while the intestinal tract transport mechanism 3 transports the intestinal tract to the rear side of the guide body 11. Separate the intestinal tract and fat, process the large intestine into a string and Animals colon processing apparatus, characterized in that the treated intestine was configured to incise intestinal incision mechanism 4.   A rotating body 51 with a plate-like blade portion 51a and a pressing body 52 that faces the rotating body 51 with a predetermined gap therebetween. The intestinal tract incised by the plate-like blade portion 51a by rotating the rotating body 51. The animal large intestine processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a finishing fat removing mechanism 5 that removes a fat layer remaining in the intestinal tract so as to have a uniform thickness while extending the intestinal tract flat from the fat side and feeding it.   The adjustment mechanism 8 that adjusts the thickness of the fat layer remaining in the intestinal tract by changing the gap amount between the rotating body 51 and the pressing body 52 of the finishing fat removing mechanism 5, and the blade 51a by supplying hot water to the rotating body 51. The animal large intestine processing apparatus of Claim 2 provided with the hot water shower 9 which removes the oil film adhering to this or performs sterilization.   The left and right rotary round blades 21 and 21 and the lower rotary round blade 22 are configured to be movable up and down, and the position of the rotary round blades 21, 21, and 22 with respect to the guide 1 can be adjusted. The animal large intestine processing apparatus according to claim 1.   The animal large intestine processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the lower rotating round blade (22) has an uneven shape in the circumferential direction so as to shear only fat without damaging the intestinal tract.   As the intestinal tract transport mechanism 3, an opening portion 11 b extending from the front side to the rear side is formed on the side surface of the guide body 11 in the guide 1, and the intestinal tract is forcibly transported backward while being directly squeezed from both sides. The animal large intestine processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the animal large intestine processing apparatus comprises a stagnation conveyance body comprising a pair of left and right conveyance belts 31, 31 or conveyance gears 31A, 31A.

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