JP2009248260A - Food cutter - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a food cutter capable of surely and cleanly cutting and dividing by conveying and moving a food without moving a cutting blade. <P>SOLUTION: The food cutter comprises a conveyance base 12 for cutting a food P set in which the conveyance base can be horizontally moved by a conveyance mechanism Q, and cutting blades 11a, 11b, and 11c fixed ahead in the advance direction of the conveyance base 12 for cutting. The food P can be cut and divided into a plurality of pieces by making the food P on the conveyance base 12 for cutting pass and move the cutting blades 11a, 11b, and 11c. The cutting blades 11a, 11b, and 11c are formed by assembling a plurality of cutting blades fixed by right angles and designated inclined angles. Further, guide grooves 13a, 13b, and 13c for introducing a cutting edge are formed on a bottom face of the conveyance base 12 for cutting, and slits 15a, 15b, and 15c are formed on a standing-up plate 14 for locking formed at a back face side of the conveyance base 12 for cutting. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a food cutting device for cutting and dividing, for example, a long stick-shaped laver roll which is a scroll food.

  Conventionally, when a long stick-shaped laver roll having a length of about 160 mm, 180 mm, 200 mm or the like is cut into one bite size, most of them are manually performed using a knife.

  Further, in recent years, an automatic laver roll cutter or an automatic sushi cutter device or the like for performing the process of vertically cutting such a long stick-shaped laver roll and the process of obliquely cutting have been widely used. Yes.

Thus, these automatic seaweed roll cutters, automatic sushi cutters, and the like have a mechanism for cutting fixedly arranged seaweed rolls and sushi by moving the cutting blade.
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  However, in the past, when laver rolls were cut manually with a knife, most of them were cut one by one, and the thickness of the laver rolls differed depending on the amount of the ingredients. In the case of an oblique cut, the angle of the inclined surface is even more noticeable, and the appearance of the seaweed wrapped product after finishing is very poor. Further, since cutting is performed manually, in order to make this cut surface beautiful, the operator's own skill is required, and thus productivity is deteriorated.

  Also, conventional automatic laver roll cutters or automatic sushi cutter devices, etc. are inferior in the production efficiency of single size laver rolls because the vertical cutting process and the oblique cutting process are performed in separate work processes. It becomes.

  Furthermore, these automatic seaweed roll cutters, automatic sushi cutters, etc. have a mechanism for cutting the nori rolls and sushi that are fixedly arranged by moving the cutting blade, so that the cutting blade can be reciprocated. Complicated crank device, etc., which increases the cost of the cutter device as a whole, and frequently causes troubles from the crank connecting part to the reciprocating cutting blade itself. is doing.

  Therefore, the present invention has been devised in view of various circumstances that existed in the past, and can be reliably carried only by transporting, for example, laver rolls as scroll foods without moving the cutting blade. It can be neatly cut, and by bundling a plurality of foods and transporting them to the cutting blade side, it can mass-produce a single-sized nori roll with a good cut surface and an aesthetic appearance as a scrolled food pack product. It is an object of the present invention to provide a food cutting device that can improve the sense of value and the purchase motivation associated therewith.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, in the present invention, a cutting carrier for a food set that can be moved substantially horizontally by a conveying mechanism, and a cutting blade fixed in front of the cutting carrier in the traveling direction The food is cut and divided into a plurality of pieces by moving the food on the cutting carriage through the cutting blade.

  The cutting blade is a combination of vertical and a plurality of cutting blades fixed at a predetermined inclination angle so that the food can be cut vertically and obliquely in one step.

  A cutting edge introduction guide groove is formed on the bottom surface of the cutting carriage in accordance with the cutting edge position of the cutting blade.

  On the back side of the cutting carrier, a locking upright plate for holding food is provided, and the locking upright plate is formed with a blade passing slit in accordance with the position of the cutting blade.

  According to the present invention, without moving the cutting blade, it is possible to reliably and neatly cut, for example, a laver roll as a scroll food, and to bundle and feed a plurality of foods to the cutting blade side. This makes it possible to mass-produce a one-size-sized nori roll with a good cut surface and to improve the aesthetic value as a packed product of scroll food and the purchase motivation associated therewith.

  That is, the present invention includes a cutting set for a food set that can be moved substantially horizontally by a transfer mechanism, and a cutting blade fixed in front of the cutting transfer table in the advancing direction. By moving the food through the cutting blade, it becomes possible to cut and divide the food into a plurality of pieces, so that the food can be reliably and neatly cut by simply moving and transporting the scroll food such as laver rolls. For example, one piece of food that is about 160mm, 180mm, 200mm long, etc., is bundled with a plurality of long laver rolls and transported to the cutting blade side. Can be mass-produced.

  In addition, the cutting blade is a combination of a plurality of cutting blades that are fixed at a predetermined inclination angle, so that the food can be cut vertically and obliquely in one step. Since the vertical division cut and the oblique division cut of the food can be performed substantially simultaneously, the production efficiency of a single-sized nori roll having an oblique cut surface at one end is improved. For example, a cutting blade for vertical division cutting is arranged in the center, cutting blades for oblique division cutting are provided on both the left and right sides slightly downstream, and five scroll foods are placed on the cutting carriage and conveyed. If it is, it can be set as a slant 4-split, 5-piece seaweed roll.

  And since the cutting edge introduction guide groove is formed on the bottom surface of the cutting carriage in accordance with the cutting edge position of the cutting blade, the cutting of food by the cutting edge can be performed reliably and accurately.

  Further, a locking upright plate for holding food is provided on the back side of the cutting carrier, and the locking upright plate is formed with a slit for passing a blade in accordance with the position of the cutting blade. Therefore, during the cutting with the cutting blade, it is possible to prevent the food from dropping off to the side opposite to the conveyance direction of the cutting carriage, and to easily and reliably perform a good-looking cutting division with a uniform cut surface. Can do.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the food cutting apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  The food cutting apparatus according to the present invention is a vertical division of a scroll food P such as five seaweed rolls, each having a length of about 160 mm, 180 mm, 200 mm, etc. This is an apparatus capable of performing cutting and oblique division cutting substantially simultaneously in one step.

  That is, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the apparatus includes a transport mechanism Q on the inner bottom side of a housing having a carry-in opening A on one end side and a carry-out opening B on the other end side. In the transport mechanism Q, the rotary shaft 1 is arranged at a symmetrical position on the inner bottom of the casing, and a sprocket 2 is fixed to each end of the rotary shaft 1. Of these, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a driving roller 3 is attached to one end of one rotating shaft 1, and an output roller 4 of a driving source M such as a motor disposed above the housing. They are connected via an endless belt 5.

  Endless chains 6 are wound around the left and right sprockets 2 located on the front side and the left and right sprockets 2 located on the rear side, respectively. For example, at four equal intervals along the circulation direction of the both endless chains 6, Four connecting bars 7 for transporting while pushing a carrier table for cutting 12, which will be described later, are fixed by being bridged between the front and rear endless chains 6.

  Further, along the both endless chains 6 located on the upper side by circulation, a flat rectangular plate-like immovable support base 8 for placing the cutting carriage 12 is disposed near the lower side thereof. The cutting carriage 12 carried in is slidably moved in the front-rear and horizontal directions on the stationary support table 8 while the bottom rear part is pushed by the movement of the connecting bar 7 accompanying the circular drive of both endless chains 6. It is as. A cradle 9 for receiving the cutting carriage 12 on which the cut food P is placed can be arranged outside the carry-out opening B of the housing. You may make it receive in.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, one vertical split cut sheet is provided on the front (downstream side) in the traveling direction of the cutting carriage 12 inside the housing via each upper mounting base 10. The cutting blade 11a and the cutting blades 11b, 11c for left and right oblique division cutting fixed at an inclination angle of, for example, 30 ° to 45 ° are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the cutting blade via the upper mounting bases 10 respectively. It is fixed so as to incline toward the diagonally forward direction.

  At this time, as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 5 (a) to 5 (c), the cutting blade 11 a for vertical division cutting and the cutting blades 11 b and 11 c for oblique division cutting are respectively connected to the cutting carriage 12. Are arranged so as to be shifted back and forth along the traveling direction. For example, the cutting blade 11a for vertical division cutting is arranged at the center of the cutting carriage 12 in the traveling direction, and the cutting blades 11b and 11c for oblique division cutting are provided on the left and right sides slightly downstream, for example, cutting As shown in FIG. 6 (a) and FIG. 6 (b), by transporting five scroll foods P on the transport table 12, the set of five mouthpieces in a slanted four-piece size A laver roll of the same length can be formed. As described above, the food P on the cutting carriage 12 is moved and moved to the cutting blade so that the food P can be cut substantially perpendicularly and obliquely in one step.

  The number and arrangement of the cutting blades 11a for vertical division cutting and the cutting blades 11b and 11c for oblique division cutting fixed at an inclination angle of 30 ° to 45 ° are what restricts the present invention. Instead, other numbers and arrangements may be used. Furthermore, the cutting blade 11a for vertical division cutting and the cutting blades 11b, 11c for oblique division cutting are arranged at the same position, so that cutting by both cutting blades does not cause a time lag, and the cutting carriage 12 Of course, it may be performed simultaneously with the transport timing.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the cutting carriage 12 is for cutting edge introduction by a vertical groove adapted to the position of the cutting edge 11 a so that the cutting edge of the cutting blade 11 a for vertical division cutting is introduced into the center of the upper surface of the bottom part. A guide groove 13a is formed. In addition, on the left and right sides of the guide groove 13a for introducing the blade edge by the vertical groove, the blade edge is introduced by the oblique groove that is aligned with the position of the blade edge so that the blade edges of the cutting blades 11b, 11c for oblique division cutting are introduced. Guide grooves 13b and 13c are formed.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a locking upright plate 14 for holding the food P is provided on the back side of the cutting carriage 12, and a vertical division is provided at the center of the locking upright plate 14. A vertical slit-shaped blade passage slit 15a is formed which is continuous with the cutting edge introduction guide groove 13a by the vertical groove so that the cutting blade 11a for cutting can pass therethrough. Further, on both the left and right sides of the vertical slit-shaped blade passage slit 15a, the blade edge introducing guide grooves 13b and 13c by the left and right oblique grooves are connected to each other so that the cut blades 11b and 11c for oblique division cutting can pass therethrough. Diagonal slit-shaped blade passage slits 15b and 15c are formed.

  Next, an example of use and operation of the best mode of the food cutting device according to the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail.

  First, as shown in FIG. 1, for example, five scroll foods P are placed horizontally in parallel on the cutting carriage 12, and then the locking upright plate 14 is directed to the rear side, and the carry-in opening of the housing A is placed on the stationary support base 8 in the transport mechanism Q on the inner bottom surface from A. At this time, the cutting carriage 12 is arranged one by one between each of the plurality of connecting bars 7 (upper surface side) spanned on both endless chains 6 of the transport mechanism Q.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the movement of the connecting bar 7 accompanying the circular drive of both endless chains 6 of the transport mechanism Q by the drive source M pushes the bottom rear side of the cutting transport base 12 while pushing the stationary support base 8. Slide up and down horizontally.

  As the cutting carriage 12 is transported forward (downstream) in the advancing direction inside the casing, as shown in FIG. 5A, first, five cutting blades 11a for vertical division cutting are provided at the front. Each of the scroll foods P is cut and divided at the center.

  Immediately thereafter, as shown in FIG. 5 (b), five scroll foods with diagonally cut cutting blades 11b and 11c on the left and right sides located slightly downstream of the vertical split cutting blade 11a. Each of P is cut and divided diagonally on the left and right.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, since the food P on the cutting carriage 12 is moved through the cutting blade in this way, the food P can be cut perpendicularly and obliquely in one step substantially simultaneously. In addition, each set of five pieces of the same length of laver rolls, each of which is divided into four diagonally, is formed in a large amount in a state where the cut surfaces are aligned.

  After cutting, as shown in FIG. 5 (c), the scroll food P is received from the carry-out opening B of the housing together with the cutting carriage 12 to the receiving tray 9 side. At this time, the cutting carriage 12 may be directly taken out from the carry-out opening B of the housing by hand.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 6 (b), the scroll food P cut from the cutting carriage 12 is taken out, and a predetermined number is placed on the tray T for packing so that the diagonally cut portions are aligned with each other. After that, the product is completed by lapping the whole.

It is a structure top view which shows the use condition of the food cutting device in the best form for implementing this invention. It is a side view explaining the operation | movement state of a vertical division | segmentation cut and a diagonal division | segmentation cut similarly. It is a front view explaining the operation | movement state of a vertical division | segmentation cut and a diagonal division | segmentation cut similarly. It is a perspective view which similarly shows an example of a structure of the conveyance stand for cutting. Similarly, the operation state of the vertical division cut and the oblique division cut will be described. (A) is a vertical sectional view of a state where the food on the cutting carriage that has been conveyed is vertically divided, and (b) is cut. The longitudinal cross-sectional view (c) of the state which is carrying out the diagonal division | segmentation cutting of the food on the conveyance board | substrate for cutting is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the state which carried out the foodstuff on the conveyance board | substrate for cutting after both cuts on the receiving stand. Similarly, an example of cut division of nori seam is shown, (a) is a side view of nori seam roll with oblique division cuts on the left and right sides of the central vertical division cut, and (b) is an oblique view on a tray for nori rolls. It is a perspective view of the state which aligned the cut surface and accommodated the laver roll.

Explanation of symbols

P Rolled food Q Transport mechanism T Tray A Carry-in opening B Carry-out opening M Drive source 1 Rotating shaft 2 Sprocket 3 Driving roller 4 Output roller 5 Endless belt 6 Endless chain 7 Connecting bar 8 Non-moving support base 9 Mounting base 10 Mounting Base 11a Cutting blades 11b, 11c for vertical division cutting Cut blades 12 for oblique division cutting Cutting carrier 13a Guide grooves 13b, 13c for introducing blade edges by vertical grooves 14 Guide grooves 14 for introducing blade edges by oblique grooves Standing plate 15a Vertical slit-shaped blade passing slits 15b, 15c Slant slit-shaped blade passing slits

Claims (4)

  A food carrier for cutting food sets that can be moved substantially horizontally by a carrier mechanism, and a cutting blade fixed in front of the cutting carrier in the advancing direction. The food on the carrier for cutting passes through the cutting blade. A food cutting device characterized in that the food can be cut and divided into a plurality of pieces by moving the food.   2. The food cutting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cutting blade is formed by combining a plurality of cutting blades fixed at a vertical angle and a predetermined inclination angle, so that the food can be cut vertically and obliquely in one step.   The food cutting device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a cutting edge introduction guide groove is formed on the bottom surface of the cutting carriage in accordance with the cutting edge position of the cutting blade.   A locking upright plate for holding food is provided on the back side of the cutting carriage, and the locking upright plate is formed with a slit for passing a blade according to the position of the cutting blade. The food cutting device according to any one of 1 to 3.

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