JP2013158857A - Cutting device and cutting method of food - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cutting device of food capable of reliably preventing delamination from occurring even if cheese curd stacked in layers are cut in the stacking direction.SOLUTION: A food cutting device includes slender plate-like cutting blades 20 for cutting cheese curd 2 sandwiching gustatory substances or foods in the interlayer 2A thereof from the lower side to the upper side in the stacking direction, and a takeout member for taking out portion cheese by pressing the inter-slit portions of the cheese curd 2 cut by the cutting blades 20 from the upper side to the lower side in the stacking direction. One end of the cutting blade 20 is attached to the inner peripheral surface of a cylindrical frame 10 and the other end extends radially toward the center axis of the frame 10. The cutting blade 20 is separated from the adjacent cutting blade 20 at a predetermined gap. The cheese curd 2 to which slits are provided by the cutting blades 20 and the center portions of which are joined to each other does not cause peeling since the fitted state of the lower layer side thereof to the upper layer side is maintained. The portion cheese can be taken out without peeling at the interlayer 2A by pressing the cheese curd between the slits by the takeout member downward.

Description

  The present invention relates to a cutting apparatus for food, particularly laminated cheese, and a cutting method thereof.

Conventionally, molded products in which taste substances such as spices and seasonings and foods such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, animal meat products, and dairy products are mixed are distributed throughout the cheese.
Various manufacturing methods are known as molded products of this cheese. For example, after mixing foods with milk as a raw material and coagulating the milk in the same manner as the normal manufacturing method, whey is eliminated. The food-containing card obtained in this way is molded and manufactured through an aging process. Moreover, after mixing foodstuffs with the card | curd prepared from milk, this foodstuff containing card | curd is shape | molded, and the method manufactured through an aging process is also known.

  In addition, as a cheese molded product, cut the card horizontally during ripening, sandwich foods such as spices between the cards, cut into potions, and then the upper and lower cards are bound by aging and the foods are inside the cheese A method for producing a molded product of white mold cheese that is sandwiched between two is disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  And the potion cheese as described in Patent Document 1, for example, divides a flat cylindrical cheese curd in the middle of ripening into two equal parts in a direction substantially perpendicular to the vertical axis, and the cut surface has a taste substance or food. After adding, etc., it is superimposed on the original state. Next, the cheese curd is added to a cheese cutting apparatus, and the cheese curd to which the taste substances and foods are added is divided into six equal portions in the circumferential direction, and then individually wrapped, and the taste substances and foods are added. Potion cheese can be obtained.

  The above-mentioned portion cheese is conventionally produced by, for example, cutting a portion with the apparatus shown in FIGS. FIG. 1 is a view showing a state in which a flat cylindrical cheese curd Y is cut by a cheese curd cutting device, and shows a cross-sectional view cut along a plane including the center line of the cylindrical cheese curd. The cheese curd Y is cut into an upper layer A and a lower layer B at a cut surface X, and a taste substance and foods are added between the upper layer A and the lower layer B. Such a cheese curd Y is thrown into the cutting device from above, and is cut into six portion cheeses Z by a cutting blade C having a blade portion on the upper side. The width | variety of the cutting blade C is about 4-5 mm, for example, and the thing shorter than the height of cheese, ie, the length from the upper surface of cheese to a lower surface, is used.

  FIG. 2 is a view of the cutting device as viewed from above, and the cutting blades C that intersect with each other radially have almost no clearance (gap) at the intersecting radial center position D (however, manufacturing and assembly of the device are necessary). There is a gap of about 0.5 to 1.0 mm), and the cheese curd is in a state of being completely cut into a portion at the stage where the cheese curd is provided.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the state of the cheese after cutting. As shown in FIG. 3, only the upper layer A whose side surface is in contact with the cutting blade C is held by the cutting blade C from the interlayer X which is a portion cut for adding a taste substance or foods, and the lower layer B is Since it was not held, inconvenience such as peeling off from the upper layer A occurred.

  For this reason, in patent document 2, after cutting cheese curd Y and adding a taste substance, foodstuffs, etc., it cools to fixed temperature by a portion cut, and prevents exfoliation of upper and lower layers A and B Is disclosed.

  Further, for example, it is disclosed that a pasty substance is added together with a taste substance or foods to enhance the binding force of the upper and lower layers A and B (for example, Patent Document 3).

  Furthermore, for example, it is disclosed that the cutting blade C for cutting the portion is provided with a structure in which the lower layer B is in contact with the cutting blade C even after cutting so that the lower layer B does not fall during cutting (for example, Patent Document 4).

JP 2007-20536 A WO2008-047801 JP 2007-74958 A JP 2008-200144 A

  In Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, an aging process and a cooling process are necessary, and the process is complicated. Even if the aging process of Patent Document 1 and the cooling process of Patent Document 2 are performed, the occurrence of peeling is not caused. Although suppressed, peeling of the upper and lower layers A and B cannot be reliably prevented. For this reason, there is a possibility that the upper and lower layers A and B, which have been separated, cannot be packaged in the portion cheese Z at the time of subsequent packaging.

In the method of adding a pasty substance as described in Patent Document 3, there is a possibility that the taste and physical properties of the cheese body are changed and the taste and texture are impaired.
Furthermore, in the method described in Patent Document 4, the contact area between the portion cheese Z cut to prevent the lower layer B from falling and the cutting blade C is widened, the cheese adheres to the cutting blade C, and is cut well. There is a risk that it will not be possible.

  As described above, in the conventional method, when the portion is cut after the cheese curd is cut and sandwiched in layers such as taste substances and foods, it is separated between the layers, and the portion cheese Z is satisfactorily obtained in a later step. There is a risk that individual packaging will not be possible.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a food cutting device and a method for cutting the same that can reliably prevent delamination even if cheese curds stacked in layers are cut along the lamination direction.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides the following food cutting apparatus and cutting method.
(1) In a food cutting apparatus that cuts stacked cheese curds along the stacking direction, the cheese curds are a plurality of cutting blades for cutting along the stacking direction to cut the cheese curds into a plurality of portions. The cutting blades adjacent to each other are separated from each other, and the cheese curds between the cuts formed by the cutting blades are pressed in the stacking direction, and each of the plurality of portions is separated from the cutting blades. A food cutting apparatus comprising means for peeling.
(2) The food cutting apparatus according to (1), wherein the cutting blades are radially provided on the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder toward the inside of the cylinder.
(3) The plurality of cutting blades are provided between a plurality of connected cutting blades connected at the center position of the cylinder, and are disposed between the connecting cutting blades and spaced apart from the connecting cutting blade at the center position of the cylinder. The food cutting device according to (2), comprising a short piece cutting blade.
(4) In the cutting method of the food which cuts the laminated cheese curd along a lamination direction, in order to cut the cheese curd into a plurality of parts, a cutting process which leaves a connection part along the lamination direction and makes a cut And a step of pressing the cheese curd between the cuts formed in the cutting step in the stacking direction and peeling each of the plurality of portions from the cutting blade.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, even if it cuts the food laminated | stacked in layers, especially a cheese card | curd along a lamination direction, the cutting apparatus and cutting method of the foodstuff which can prevent delamination can be provided.

Sectional drawing at the time of the cutting | disconnection which shows the conventional cutting device. The top view at the time of the cutting | disconnection which shows the conventional cutting device. Sectional drawing when taking out the cut portion cheese which shows the conventional cutting device. The perspective view which shows the cheese cutting device of 1st embodiment of this invention. Sectional drawing at the time of the cutting | disconnection which shows the cheese cutting device of said 1st embodiment. The top view at the time of the cutting | disconnection which shows the cheese cutting apparatus of said 1st embodiment. Sectional drawing which shows the taking-out condition after putting incision by the cheese cutting device of said 1st embodiment. Sectional drawing which shows the taking-out condition by the cheese cutting device of said 1st embodiment. The top view which shows the cheese cutting device of 2nd embodiment of this invention. Sectional drawing which shows the cheese cutting device of other embodiment of this invention. Sectional drawing which shows the cheese cutting device of further another embodiment of this invention. The top view which shows the support condition by the support member of other embodiment of this invention.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, as a form for carrying out the present invention, the cutting device is a food cutting device that cuts the stacked cheese curds along the stacking direction, and the cheese curds are positioned downward in the stacking direction. And cut the cheese curl between the plurality of cutting blades arranged radially and the cuts cut by the cutting blade from the upper side to the lower side in the stacking direction to cut the portion cheese. An extraction member (a means for peeling) is provided, and at least the cutting blades adjacent to each other among the plurality of cutting blades are separated from each other through a predetermined gap in the radial center portion.

Here, the “predetermined gap” refers to a gap for positively providing a portion that is not cut in the stacked cheese, unlike the conventional gap necessary for manufacturing and assembling the apparatus.
In this form, when cutting the stacked cheese curds from the lower side to the upper side in the stacking direction using the cutting blades, the adjacent cutting blades are separated via a predetermined gap, so the cheese curd is In the central part of the radial cutting blade, it is connected between the incisions by the cutting blade, and is not cut into potion cheese. For this reason, since the state which the cheese curd of the lower layer side cut | disconnected previously is closely_contact | adhered to the cheese curd of the upper layer side is maintained, by pressing down the cheese curd between the cuts after a cutting | disconnection by a taking-out member It becomes possible to take out the cut cheese without peeling between the layers.
Therefore, in order to prevent the lower layer side in the potion cheese from falling off, it is not necessary to increase the contact area by widening the width dimension of the cutting blade as in the past, and the contact area between the cut portion cheese and the cutting blade is increased. The adhesion can be easily suppressed by reducing the size, and the potion cheese can be easily cut out.

As a form for implementing this invention, it is formed in the cylindrical shape, It equips the inner peripheral surface with the frame body in which these cutting blades were provided toward the inner side, These cutting blades are the said frame bodies It is preferable to adopt a configuration in which they are separated from each other by a predetermined gap at the center position.
In this embodiment, a plurality of cutting blades are provided inwardly on the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical frame body, and the plurality of cutting blades are spaced apart from each other through a predetermined gap at the center position of the frame body.
For this reason, since it cut | disconnects in the state which the center part of the cheese curd was connected, it becomes possible to take out portion cheese without peeling between layers by the simple structure which a cutting blade spaces apart in the center part of a frame.

As a form for implementing this invention, it is formed in the cylindrical shape, It equips the inner peripheral surface with the frame body in which these cutting blades were provided toward the inner side, These cutting blades are the said frame bodies A plurality of connected cutting blades that are connected at the center position thereof, and a short piece cutting blade that is disposed between the connected cutting blades and that is separated from the connected cutting blade at a center position of the frame by a predetermined gap. It is preferable to have a configuration.
In this embodiment, a plurality of cutting blades are provided inward on the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical frame body, and the cutting blades are connected at the center position of the frame body, and between the connecting cutting blades. At the center position of the frame body, the connecting cutting blade is constituted by a short piece cutting blade that is spaced apart by a predetermined gap.
For this reason, since the cheese card | curd cut | disconnected between connection cutting blades is provided with the cut | notch with a short piece cutting blade, and the part corresponding to the center position of a frame is connected, without peeling partion cheese between layers It can be taken out.

The form which concerns on the cutting method of a foodstuff is the cutting method of the laminated cheese which cut | disconnects the laminated cheese curd along the lamination direction with the some cutting blade radially arrange | positioned, Comprising: The said laminated cheese Cutting the card from the lower side in the stacking direction upwards so as to leave a portion corresponding to the radial center, and providing a cut in the cheese card from the peripheral surface (cutting step), It is to carry out an extraction step (step of peeling) of pressing the cheese curd between the cuts in this cutting step from the upper side to the lower side in the stacking direction to take out the portion cheese.
In this embodiment, the food cutting device of the present invention is developed into a method invention, and in the cutting step, the stacked cheese curds are cut from the lower side to the upper side in the stacking direction, and the cheese curd is cut from the peripheral surface to the inside. Make a notch. In this cutting process, the cheese curd is connected between the incisions by the cutting blade, and a portion that is not cut remains, so that the same effect as the invention of the cutting device described above can be obtained, and the object of the present invention is also the same Can be achieved.

[First embodiment]
Hereinafter, the cheese cutting device 1 of the first embodiment according to the laminated cheese cutting device of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In addition, in 1st embodiment, although the structure which cut | disconnects the column-shaped cheese curd 2 into six potion cheese is illustrated, this invention is not limited to this embodiment.
Here, the cheese curd 2 to be cut is a cylinder sandwiched between layers 2A (see FIG. 5) with taste substances such as spices and seasonings, foods such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, animal products, and dairy products. It is the food by which two layers were laminated | stacked in the rotational symmetry axis direction. As the cheese curd 2, in addition to those obtained by laminating a taste substance or food between a plurality of cheese curds 2, for example, a cylindrical cheese curd in the middle of ripening is cut substantially perpendicularly to the rotational symmetry axis of the cylinder In addition, those that have been put back after putting a taste substance or food are also covered.

{Configuration of cheese cutting device}
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the cheese cutting device 1 according to this embodiment. This cheese cutting device 1 is a device that presses a cylindrical cheese card 2 laminated in the axial direction against an attached cutting blade 20 from above and radially cuts it into six portion cheeses. The cut portion cheese is taken out from the cheese cutting device 1 by a take-out member, which will be described later, and after being individually packaged, it is arranged in the original columnar shape and boxed.
In more detail, the cheese cutting device 1 includes a cylindrical frame 10, six cutting blades 20 provided radially from the central axis of the frame 10, and support members 30 provided between the cutting blades 20, respectively. , Etc.

The frame body 10 is formed in a cylindrical shape with, for example, a stainless steel plate, and is provided with an attachment piece portion 11 protruding in a flange shape toward the inside at a position equally divided into six on the inner peripheral surface. As for this frame 10, the axial direction is provided along the lamination direction. Further, the frame 10 is provided with attachment holes 12 for attaching the coil springs 31 and the like at intermediate positions between the attachment pieces 11.
The cutting blade 20 is formed in the shape of an elongated plate, for example, with a stainless steel plate. The cutting blade 20 is provided with a blade (not shown) that is thin at one edge in the longitudinal direction. Further, an attachment plate portion 21 attached to the attachment piece portion 11 of the frame body 10 is provided at one end in the longitudinal direction of the cutting blade 20. The cutting blade 20 is arranged in a radial manner with the attachment plate portion 21 attached to the attachment piece portion 11 with the blade facing upward, and the other end in the longitudinal direction directed toward the central axis of the frame body 10. Yes. These cutting blades 20 are opposed to each other with the other longitudinal ends of the adjacent cutting blades 20 facing each other with a predetermined gap therebetween, and the cutting blades 20 do not exist in the radial center portion. The predetermined gap is 3 to 50%, preferably 3 to 30%, more preferably 5 to 5% with respect to the radius of the cutting blade in consideration of hardness due to the degree of ripening of cheese, pressing force from above to below, and the like. It can be 25%.
However, the attachment structure of the cutting blade 20 and the attachment structure of the coil spring 31 are not limited to this embodiment, and other structures are adopted instead of the structure using the attachment piece 11 or the attachment hole 12. Also good.

The support member 30 includes a shaft portion 32, a rotation portion 33, and a coil spring 31.
The shaft portion 32 is formed of a stainless steel rod or the like, and six shaft portions 32 are provided so as to be bridged between the cutting blades 20.
The rotating portion 33 is formed of a stainless steel plate in a longitudinal plate shape, and a bending portion 33A as a guide member that curves to one surface side is provided on one end side in the longitudinal direction. On the other end side in the longitudinal direction of the rotating portion 33, a bearing portion 33B is provided on the side where the bending portion 33A is bent so that the shaft portion 32 is rotatably inserted. Further, a guide hole 33C is provided at the other end portion of the rotating portion 33, and the other end of the coil spring 31 attached to the attachment hole 12 of the frame body 10 is attached to the guide hole 33C.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along a plane including the central axis of the frame body 10 and shows how the support member 30 rotates. The support member 30 is disposed such that the curved portion 33A side is positioned on the central axis side of the frame body 10 and is rotatable in the vertical direction about the shaft portion 32 as a rotation axis.
Specifically, in the standby state, as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 5, the support member 30 is subjected to the tensile force of the coil spring 31 and the curved portion 33 </ b> A is positioned above the cutting blade 20. . Further, when the cheese card 2 is cut, the support member 30 resists the elastic force of the coil spring 31 by being urged from above to cut the cheese card 2 as shown by a solid line in FIG. Then, the curved portion 33A side rotates downward.

{Operation of cheese cutting device}
Next, the operation | movement which cuts the cheese card | curd 2 with the said cheese cutting apparatus 1 is demonstrated with reference to drawings.
FIG. 4 shows a state in which the cheese curd 2 is positioned above the cheese cutting device 1, and FIG. 5 shows a state in which the cheese curd 2 has been cut by the cutting process. FIG. 6 is a plan view of the cutting device 1 and the cheese curd 2 fed into the cutting device 1 as viewed from above.
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along a plane passing through the central axis of the frame 10 showing the cheese cutting device 1 and the cheese curd 2 in a state immediately after making a cut into the cheese curd 2. FIG. 8: is sectional drawing which shows the cheese cutting apparatus 1 of the state taken out in order to convey the cut portion cheese 3 in 1st embodiment to a post process. These FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 are also diagrams for explaining the extraction process of the potion cheese 3.

  First, as shown in FIG. 4, the cheese card 2 in which the taste substances and foods are sandwiched in advance between the layers 2 </ b> A is transported above the cheese cutting device 1, and the curved portions of the plurality of support members 30. It is located between 33A. Thereby, the cheese curd 2 is guided and positioned so that the outer peripheral edge of the bottom surface comes into contact with the curved portion 33A of each support member 30 and the central axis coincides with the central axis of the frame body 10 (two in FIG. 5). Dotted line).

  In this state, as shown in FIG. 5, a cutting process is performed. In this cutting step, the lower surface of the cheese card 2 is pressed against the cheese cutting device 1 by a pressing plate (not shown) disposed above the cheese cutting device 1. The pressed cheese curd 2 is pressed against the cutting blade 20 and is in a cut state. At the time of cutting by the cutting blade 20, the support member 30 rotates downward with the cheese card 2 moved downward relative to the cheese cutting device 1 with the curved portion 33 </ b> A contacting the cheese card 2. The state where the central axis of the cheese curd 2 coincides with the central axis of the frame 10 is maintained.

And if a press plate moves until it contact | abuts to the cutting blade 20, a press plate will evacuate upwards and a cutting process will be complete | finished. In the state where this step is completed, as shown in FIG. 5, the cheese curd 2 remains as the connecting portion 5 without being cut at the center. When this state is viewed from above, as shown in FIG. 6, the cheese curd 2 is provided with cuts radially from the peripheral part toward the center by the cutting blade 20, and the central part is not cut as the connecting part 5. Remaining. For this reason, the cheese curd 2 on the lower layer side is prevented from falling from the upper layer side without the cheese curd 2 being peeled off at the interlayer 2A.
That is, the cheese curd 2 is cut into six portion portions, but since the portion portions are integrated with each other at the connecting portion 5, the close contact state with the upper layer side is well maintained, and in the interlayer 2A Peeling is suppressed and the cheese curd 2 on the lower layer side is prevented from falling. Therefore, this cutting process is also a cutting process according to the present invention.

  Next, the extraction process will be described with reference to FIGS. After the cutting process, the take-out process is carried out. In this take-out process, as shown in FIG. 7, the portion cheese 3 is pushed downward by the take-out member 4 disposed above the cheese cutting device 1. Press from above and peel from the cutting blade 20. Since the shape of the surface of the take-out member 4 that contacts the cheese has a fan shape having substantially the same apex angle as the angle formed by the adjacent cutting blade, the connecting portion 5 is cut along the extended line of the cutting by the cutting blade 20. be able to. In addition, by providing two cutting blades having substantially the same angle as that formed by the cutting blade adjacent to the take-out member 4, the connecting portion 5 is more easily cut and the fan-shaped portion cheese 3 having a smooth cut surface is obtained. Can be obtained. Therefore, this extraction process is also a peeling process according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 8, the portion cheese 3 separated from the cheese curd 2 by pressing the take-out member 4 is taken out from the cheese cutting device 1. Specifically, the potion cheese 3 is dropped one by one on a turntable (not shown) disposed below the cheese cutting device 1.
And the portion cheese 3 dropped on the turntable is conveyed to a packaging device in a subsequent process and packaged, and then, for example, is arranged in a container so as to have a columnar shape as a whole to be in a product form.

{Operational effects of the first embodiment}
In the above-described embodiment, the stacked cheese curds 2 in which the taste substances and foods are sandwiched between the layers 2A are stacked using the plurality of cutting blades 20 in which adjacent cutting blades 20 are separated via a predetermined gap. Cut from below to above.
For this reason, since the cheese curd 2 is connected between the incisions by the cutting blade 20 and is not cut into the portion cheese 3, the cheese card 2 on the lower layer side that is cut first is in close contact with the cheese card 2 on the upper layer side Is maintained, and the cheese curd 2 on the lower layer side does not peel off. Therefore, it is not necessary to widen the width dimension of the cutting blade C to widen the contact area with the cheese curd so as to prevent falling off as in the prior art, and the contact area between the cut portion cheese 3 and the cutting blade 20 is reduced. Thus, adhesion can be suppressed. Therefore, there is no inconvenience that the taste and texture are impaired by adding a pasty substance as in the prior art, and there is no need to perform special treatment such as aging or cooling after cutting, and the cutting blade 20 is separated. The laminated portion of the portion cheese 3 can be stably produced with a simple structure to be arranged, and the conventional production efficiency can be prevented from being lowered.

And in the said embodiment, between the cuts of the cheese curd 2 cut | disconnected with the cutting blade 20 by the taking-out member 4 is pressed toward the downward direction from the upper direction of the lamination direction, and the part connected between the cuts is connected. Cut and take out the portion cheese 3.
For this reason, the taking-out member 4 can be formed in a simple structure capable of pressing the cheese card 2 between the cuts, and the taking-out member 4 allows the portion cheese 3 to be easily taken out without peeling off at the interlayer 2A.

In the above embodiment, the bottom surface of the cut cheese curd 2 is supported by the support member 30 provided between the cutting blades 20.
For this reason, it can prevent that the cheese card | curd 2 of the lower layer side cut | disconnected previously and which is not contacting the side surface of the cutting blade 20 peels and falls by the interlayer 2A from the cheese card | curd 2 of the upper layer side.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, the cheese cutting apparatus of 2nd embodiment of this invention is demonstrated with reference to drawings.
FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing a cheese cutting device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. In the second embodiment shown in FIG. 9, the same or similar components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same names and reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted or simplified.

In the first embodiment, the distal ends of all the cutting blades 20 are arranged separately from each other. However, in the second embodiment, the cutting blades 20 are connected to a plurality of connecting cutting blades 20A, and the connecting cutting blades 20A are separated from each other. The short-cutting blades 20B to be arranged are alternately arranged in the circumferential direction.
Specifically, the plurality of connected cutting blades 20 </ b> A are connected to each other at the center position of the frame body 10. The short piece cutting blade 20B is disposed between the connecting cutting blades 20A, and is provided at a center position of the frame 10 so as to be separated from the connecting cutting blade 20A via a predetermined gap.

The second embodiment shown in FIG. 9 also has the same effects as the first embodiment. That is, in the cut cheese curd 2, the adjacent portions are connected by the central portion of the cheese curd 2 through the cut by the short cutting blade 20 </ b> B, and the connecting portion 5 is present. It can prevent falling.
For this reason, in order to prevent the inconvenience that it becomes impossible to carry out packaging in the subsequent process, there is no inconvenience that the taste and texture are impaired by adding a pasty substance as in the past, and aging and cooling after cutting There is no need to carry out a special treatment such as, and the laminated portion of the portion cheese 3 can be stably produced, and the conventional production efficiency can be prevented from being lowered.
Further, in the second embodiment, when the cheese card 2 between the cuts by the cutting blade 20 is pressed downward by the take-out member 4 and the portion cheese 3 is taken out, the surface cut by the connecting cutting blade 20A is used to The potion cheese 3 can be easily cut out in a fan shape in plan view as compared with one embodiment. Therefore, there is no defect of the portion corresponding to the fan-shaped central angle, and the portion cheese 3 can be produced satisfactorily.

[Modification]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and modifications, improvements, and the like within the scope that can achieve the object of the present invention are included in the present invention.
For example, the cheese curd 2 is not limited to a two-layer structure and may be a plurality of stacked layers.
Further, the cheese curd 2 to be cut is not limited to a columnar shape, and may be various shapes such as a quadrangular prism shape as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, or a star shape, an ellipse shape, a character shape in plan view, and the like. Moreover, although a taste substance, foodstuffs, etc. were inserted | pinched, you may be set as the structure which laminated | stacked the cheese curd 2 simply, without pinching any.

Then, the configuration in which six cutting blades 20 are provided to divide the cheese curd 2 into six equal parts is exemplified, or the present invention is not limited to the configuration in which the cheese curd 2 is divided into six, and can be applied to a case of cutting into a plurality.
Furthermore, although the case where it arrange | positions so that the cutting blade 20 may become radial from the center of the cheese curd 2 and cuts a portion is illustrated, it is not restricted to this case. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, it is cut into a lattice shape, cut into a grid shape, or as shown in FIG. It is good also as a structure cut | disconnected in a shape.

  And as the support member 30, the structure provided with the plate-shaped support arm part 34 which supports the lower surface of the potion cheese 3, for example as shown in FIG. 12 may be sufficient. 12 is formed in a trapezoidal shape according to the bottom shape of the portion cheese 3, but can be formed in any shape capable of supporting the bottom surface of the portion cheese 3. Further, the support arm portion 34 may be formed into a supportable shape by bending a stainless steel rod or the like, for example, instead of a plate shape. By such a support arm part 34, the lower layer side of the cheese curd 2 can be supported, and stripping of the lower layer side can be more reliably prevented.

  In addition, the specific configuration and form in the implementation of the present invention may be other structures as long as the object of the present invention can be achieved.

Next, the experiment which compared and examined the cutting | disconnection condition of the cheese curd by various cutting methods is demonstrated.
In the experiment, an ordinary Camembert cheese curd curd was cut in the horizontal direction when molds were grown during the primary ripening period as the cheese curd 2 to be cut, and CS basil (trade name: SBI Food Co., Ltd.) as a taste substance. 0.5 g) (manufactured by the company) was sandwiched between the layers 2A evenly.
And what was cut | disconnected the said cheese card | curd 2 using the cheese cutting apparatus 1 of 1st embodiment was made into the implementation product 1. FIG.
On the other hand, using the cheese cutting device provided with the conventional cutting blade C shown in FIGS. 1-3, what cut | disconnected the cheese card | curd 2 was made into the comparative product 1, and the cutting condition was confirmed.
As the cutting situation, “○” indicates that the portion cheese 3 that has been maintained in a shape that can be properly packaged by a subsequent packaging device without peeling the upper and lower layers, and “low” indicates that the upper and lower layers are peeled less frequently. "△" and the thing where peeling of an upper and lower layer is high were evaluated as "x". The results are shown in Table 1 below.

The results are shown in Table 1. As for Comparative product 1, peeling of the slightly lower layer side of 10% was observed. For this reason, in the cheese cutting apparatus provided with the conventional cutting blade C, it was recognized that the packaging of a post process cannot be performed and it cannot produce stably.
On the other hand, in the cheese cutting device 1 of the first embodiment, no peeling on the lower layer side was observed.

  Next, using the thing of the cheese cutting apparatus 1 of 2nd embodiment as the cutting blade 20, the cheese curd 2 similar to Example 1 was cut | disconnected similarly (implemented product 2), and the cutting condition was observed. The results are shown in Table 2 below.

From the results shown in Table 2, peeling on the lower layer side is not recognized, and the connection cutting blade 20A capable of cutting to the center of the cheese curd 2 and the short piece cutting blade 20B used in the first embodiment are alternately arranged. By doing, the defect | deletion of the front-end | tip part corresponding to the center part of the cheese curd 2 has been suppressed.
Therefore, the cheese curd stacked without peeling off at the interlayer 2A by alternately arranging the connecting cutting blade 20A capable of cutting to the center of the cheese curd 2 and the short piece cutting blade 20B used in the first embodiment. It was found that the portion cheese 3 could be cut out well from 2 and could be stably produced.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Cheese cutting device, 2 ... Cheese curd, 3 ... Potion cheese, 4 ... Extraction member (means to peel), 10 ... Frame (cylinder), 20 ... Cutting blade, 20A ... Connection cutting blade, 20B: Short-cut blade.

Claims (4)

In the food cutting device for cutting the stacked cheese curds along the stacking direction,
A plurality of cutting blades for cutting along the laminating direction to cut the cheese curd into a plurality of parts, a plurality of cutting blades at which the tips of the adjacent cutting blades are separated; and
A food cutting apparatus comprising: means for pressing a cheese curd between cuts formed by the cutting blade in a stacking direction and peeling each of the plurality of portions from the cutting blade. The food cutting device according to claim 1,
The cutting blade is a food cutting device provided radially on the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder toward the inside of the cylinder.   The plurality of cutting blades are a plurality of connected cutting blades that are connected at the center position of the cylinder, and a short piece cutting blade that is disposed between the connecting cutting blades and spaced from the connecting cutting blade at the center position of the cylinder. The food cutting device according to claim 2, comprising: In the cutting method of food that cuts the stacked cheese curds along the stacking direction,
A cutting process for cutting the cheese curd into a plurality of parts, leaving a connection part along the stacking direction,
A method of cutting food, comprising: pressing a cheese curd between cuts formed in the cutting step in a laminating direction and peeling each of the plurality of portions from the cutting blade.