JP2016209948A - Method and apparatus for manufacturing die-shaped food product - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a die-shaped food product which is cut into a shape having a beautiful corner.SOLUTION: A method for manufacturing a die-shaped food product by cutting a food product into a die shape comprises: a first cutting process (step S110) in which at least one of one or more pieces of first cutting means and a food product is moved in a first direction and the food product is cut into a strip shape along the first direction; a travel direction change process (step S120) in which a travel direction of the strip-shaped food product passed the first cutting process is changed into a second direction crossing the cutting direction in the first cutting process; a second cutting process (step S130) in which at least one of one or more pieces of second cutting means and the strip-shaped food product is moved in a second direction and the strip-shaped food product is cut into a die shape along the second direction. Further, an apparatus for manufacturing a die-shaped food product is provided for executing the manufacturing method.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for producing a dice-like food and a dice-like food production apparatus for executing the production method.

  Steaks are not only baked and eaten in a state of sliced livestock meat, but often eaten in a state of being cut into dice. Such a steak cut in a dice shape is commonly called a dice steak. Dice steak can be eaten with chopsticks without using forks and knives, so it is a popular menu especially in Eastern countries, especially Japan, which has a culture of using chopsticks. In steak shops, large and thick meat is often baked on an iron plate, then cut into dice and provided to customers. On the other hand, at a family restaurant, food processing manufacturers purchase meat that has been cut into dice or baked it, and when it is ordered by the customer, it is baked or warmed and provided to the customer. There are many cases. In supermarkets, meat cut into dice or baked ones is often wrapped and displayed on the sales floor.

  A product called dice steak is made by removing meat chunks from bones from animals, fish, birds, etc., cutting the meat chunks into dice, and then mincing the meat chunks into minced meat. There is also a molded meat that is hardened with a binder and cut into a die after molding (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Although the latter is not the same as meat, it has few hard streaks and has a uniform texture, so it is a popular processed meat product. By the way, various dice steaks are cut by various methods in a manufacturer's mass production site. As a main cutting method, there is known a method of cutting a meat lump into a die shape by applying a grid-like blade to a thinly sliced or thin plate-shaped state (for example, patent document) 2). This method is employed in many cutting processes because it contributes to a reduction in manufacturing cost without performing a complicated cutting process.

  In addition to steaks, foods that are cut into dice and mixed with other ingredients or used alone can be used for vegetables such as onions, carrots or tomatoes, fruits such as mango or melon, tofu or konjac. Processed foods are known. Even when such foods are cut at a mass production factory, a method of cutting them into dice at once is often used.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-099050 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 07-039298 (Example)

  However, as described above, when food is cut using a grid-like blade, there are the following problems. It is difficult to cut into clean horned food. Although cutting in the vertical and horizontal directions can be performed with high accuracy, the corners at the intersections are easy to collapse, and it is difficult to cut into foods with clean corners. Dice-shaped foods with rounded or rounded corners have a poor texture as well as their appearance, and when they are used alone, there is a high probability that they will be damaged before shipment.

  This invention is made | formed in order to solve this subject, and it aims at providing the die-shaped food product cut into the shape which has a beautiful corner | angular shape.

  In order to achieve the above object, a method for producing a dice food according to an embodiment of the present invention is a method for cutting a food into a dice, and includes at least one of one or a plurality of first cutting means and food. The first cut process in which one side is moved in the first direction and the food is cut into strips along the first direction, and the traveling direction of the strip-shaped food after the first cut process is determined by the first cut process. A travel direction changing step that changes to a second direction that intersects the cutting direction, and at least one of one or a plurality of second cutting means and strip-shaped food is moved in the second direction, and the strip-shaped food is second A second cutting step of cutting in a die shape along the direction.

  The method for manufacturing a dice food according to another embodiment of the present invention further includes a dice food conveying step after the second cutting step, and the dice food conveying step is performed after the second cutting step. The food product may be moved from the lower surface of the die-shaped food product to a die-shaped food conveying means having a height difference of twice or less the length of one side of the die-shaped food product.

  In the method for manufacturing a dice food according to another embodiment of the present invention, the first cutting step may be a step of passing the food through a fixed first cutting means and cutting it into a strip-shaped food. .

  In the method for manufacturing a dice food according to another embodiment of the present invention, the second cutting step may be a step of cutting the strip-shaped food through the fixed second cutting means to cut into a dice. good.

  In the method for producing a dice food according to another embodiment of the present invention, the advancing direction changing step is performed such that the extrusion driving means is applied to at least one side of the strip-shaped food, and the strip-shaped food in the second direction. It is good also as a process of extruding.

  The method for manufacturing a dice food according to another embodiment of the present invention may further include a food moving step of moving the food to the upper stream side of the first cutting means.

  A dice food manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus that executes at least a step of cutting food into dice, and is configured to cut the food into strips along a first direction. A first cutting means, a first moving means for moving a food and at least one of the first cutting means and executing a situation in which the food passes through the first cutting means in a first direction; A traveling direction changing means for changing the traveling direction of the cut strip-shaped food to a second direction intersecting with the cutting direction, and one or a plurality of first cutting pieces for cutting the strip-shaped food into a die shape along the second direction. A second moving means for moving the at least one of the two cut means, the strip-shaped food and the second cut means, and executing a situation in which the strip-shaped food passes through the second cut means in the second direction; With

  The dice food manufacturing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention further comprises a dice food transport means for transporting the dice food that has passed through the second cut means on the downstream side of the second cut means, The die-shaped food conveying means may be arranged at a height difference position that is not more than twice the length of one side of the die-shaped food from the lower surface of the die-shaped food.

  The die-shaped food manufacturing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention also fixes the first cutting means, and the first moving means is a traveling lane that travels on the food and passes through the first cutting means. Also good.

  The die-shaped food manufacturing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention also fixes the second cutting means, the traveling direction changing means also serves as the second moving means, and the traveling direction changing means is at least a strip-shaped food. The strip-shaped food may be pushed in the second direction and passed through the second cutting means by being applied to one side.

  The die-shaped food manufacturing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention may further include a food moving means for moving the food to the upper stream side of the first cutting means.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a dice food cut into a shape having clean corners.

FIG. 1: shows the top view which looked at the die-shaped foodstuff manufacturing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention from upper direction. FIG. 2 shows a plan view (2A) and a side view (2B) of a situation where the formed meat conveyed by the first conveying unit in FIG. 1 is cut into a strip shape by the strip-shaped cut mechanism unit. FIG. 3 shows a situation in which the strip-shaped formed meat cut by the strip-shaped cutting mechanism portion of FIG. 1 is pushed out to the second transport portion by the extrusion driving member. FIG. 4 shows a longitudinal section of the situation of FIG. 3 in stages. FIG. 5 shows the situation where the die-shaped formed meat cut by the die-shaped cutting mechanism portion of FIG. FIG. 6 shows a modification of the die-shaped food conveyance unit of FIG. FIG. 7 shows the operation of the food moving unit of FIG. FIG. 8 shows the main steps of the method for producing a dice food according to this embodiment. FIG. 9 shows a modification of the die-shaped food manufacturing apparatus of FIG.

  Next, an embodiment of a method for producing a dice food and a dice food production apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the embodiments described below do not limit the present invention, and that all the elements and combinations thereof described in the embodiments are essential for the solution means of the present invention. Is not limited.

1. Definition “Dice” in the present application is broadly interpreted to include not only a cubic shape having the same three sides but also a rectangular parallelepiped shape having a rectangular cross section and a parallelepiped shape having a rhombic cross section. In addition, as long as the “food” is an edible product, it does not matter whether it is for humans or for animals other than humans (so-called pet food). Exemplary foods include meat, vegetables, fruits or processed foods processed using them as raw materials. As meat, for example, livestock meat represented by beef, pork, horse meat, fish meat represented by tuna, salmon, sea beef meat represented by whale, bird represented by chicken, duck, etc. Can be exemplified. Examples of vegetables include tomatoes, onions, carrots, radishes, persimmons, eggplants, cucumbers, and salmons. Examples of fruits include melon, mango, apple, and saiban. Processed foods include steaks (including shaped meats), hamburgers, meatballs, meatballs, meat loaf, ham, sausage, hamburger patties made from the above meats, tofu made from soybeans, taro family plants or their Examples include konjac made from corms. In the case where the meats (including molded meat) exemplified above are to be cut into a dice shape, frozen meat, more preferably, frozen meat in a semi-thawed state is preferable in order to create a clean cut section and corners. .

  The “die-shaped food manufacturing apparatus” in the present application is broadly interpreted to include an apparatus that performs any process before and after cutting as long as it includes a process of cutting into a dice. For example, an apparatus that performs a steaming process or a baking process after the food is cut into dice may be used. Moreover, the apparatus which performs a freezing process, a refrigeration process, the thawing | decompression process after freezing, etc. with respect to the shape | molded or shape | molded meat before cutting food into a dice shape may be sufficient. Further, “intersection” in the present application means a positional relationship in which two directions are not parallel to each other but intersect somewhere.

2. Dice food manufacturing equipment

  FIG. 1: shows the top view which looked at the die-shaped foodstuff manufacturing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention from upper direction.

(1) Schematic Configuration of Apparatus A dice-shaped food manufacturing apparatus 1 according to this embodiment is an apparatus that includes at least a mechanism for cutting steak formed meat (hereinafter simply referred to as formed meat), which is an example of food. The die-shaped food manufacturing apparatus 1 preferably includes a first transport unit 2, an extrusion drive member 3, a second transport unit 4, a dice-shaped food transport unit 5, and a food moving unit 6. The dice-shaped food manufacturing apparatus 1 includes a food moving unit 6, a first conveying unit 2, an extrusion driving member 3, a second conveying unit 4, and a dice-shaped food conveying unit in order from the upstream side to the downstream side where the formed meat moves. 5 is arranged. The 1st conveyance part 2 can convey the shaping | molding meat 7b, Comprising: The strip-shaped cutting mechanism part 20 which has the rotary blade 23 as a 1st cutting means in the middle of the path | route is provided. The extrusion drive member 3 is a component that pushes the strip-shaped formed meat 8 conveyed to the rear part of the first transport unit 2 to the second transport unit 4. The 2nd conveyance part 4 is equipped with the die-shaped cutting mechanism part 40 which has the rotary blade 43 as a 2nd cutting means in the middle of the path | route. The die-shaped food conveyance part 5 is a structure part which conveys the die-shaped molded meat 9 cut by the die-shaped cutting mechanism part 40 to the next process. The food moving unit 6 is a component that moves one molded meat 7 b to the first transport unit 2 from a plurality of stacked molded meats 7 a.

  The formed meat 7 b at the lowest position of the plurality of formed meats 7 a loaded on the loading shelf 60 of the food moving unit 6 is pushed out to the first transport unit 2 by driving the pushing member 61. The extruded molded meat 7b is carried to the strip-shaped cut mechanism unit 20 by driving the first transport unit 2, and is cut into strips. The strip-shaped cut is interpreted in a broad sense so that it is cut into two or more. The strip-shaped formed meat 8 is moved by the first transport unit 2 and stopped in front of the extrusion driving member 3. Next, the extrusion drive member 3 pushes the strip-shaped formed meat 8 to the second transport unit 4. The extruded strip-shaped meat 8 that has been extruded is driven by the extrusion drive member 3 and is carried to the die-shaped cutting mechanism 40, where it is cut into a die. The die-shaped formed meat 9 is preferably conveyed to the die-shaped food transport unit 5 by using the driving force of the extrusion driving member 3. The die-shaped formed meat 9 on the die-shaped food conveyance unit 5 is carried to the next step (for example, a steaming step or a baking step).

(2) Details of each component FIG. 2 is a plan view (2A) and a side view (2B) of a situation in which the formed meat transported by the first transport unit in FIG. 1 is cut into a strip shape by the strip-shaped cut mechanism unit. Respectively.

  The 1st conveyance part 2 is arrange | positioned on the downstream side with the elongate base 10, the driving | running lane 11 arrange | positioned on the river upper side on both sides of the strip-shaped cut mechanism part 20 arrange | positioned in the middle of the longitudinal direction of the base 10 Traveling lane 12. The traveling lane 11 is an example of a first moving unit that carries the situation in which the molded meat 7b moves with the molded meat 7b passing through the strip-shaped cutting mechanism 20 in the first direction. Here, the first direction corresponds to the direction in which the traveling lane 11 carries the molded meat 7b. The travel lane 12 is means for placing and moving the strip-shaped molded meat 8 cut by the strip-shaped cutting mechanism section 20 and moving it to the front of the extrusion driving member 3. As shown in FIG. 2 (2B), the traveling lane 11 and the traveling lane 12 are, for example, conveyor belts stretched around the driving roller 13 and the driving roller 14, respectively. good.

  The strip-shaped cutting mechanism 20 is formed by arranging a plurality of rotating blades (an example of first cutting means) 23 in the width direction of the traveling lane 11 and fixing them to the rotating shaft 22 at regular intervals. The strip-shaped cutting mechanism section 20 includes a cover section 21 that covers the rotary blade 23 for safety and for the purpose of preventing scattering of meat pieces during cutting. The rotating shaft 22 is connected to the driving roller 24. The drive roller 24 is wound around a drive belt 25 and is connected to a rotating device such as a motor (not shown). By such a mechanism, the plurality of rotary blades 23 are driven in the direction of the arrow R <b> 1 by being driven by the rotating device, and cut the formed meat 7 b carried in the travel lane 11 into a strip shape. However, the rotary blade 23 may be rotated with the movement of the travel lane 11 when the rotary blade 23 is not rotated by driving the rotating device but is in contact with the formed meat 7 b on the travel lane 11. Moreover, although there are a plurality of rotary blades 23 in this embodiment, only one rotary blade 23 may be used.

  In this embodiment, the width of the strip-shaped formed meat 8 approximates the width of the rotary blades 23. The strip-shaped formed meat 8 moves onto the traveling lane 12 in a state where the strip-shaped formed meat 8 is separated into a plurality of pieces by the cut grooves 81, and further moves downstream by the traveling lane 12. Since the rotary blade 23 is located in the gap between the travel lane 11 and the travel lane 12, only the molded meat 7 b can be cut without contacting the travel lanes 11 and 12. However, one traveling lane is arranged below the strip-shaped cut mechanism portion 20 without being separated into the traveling lane 11 and the traveling lane 12 with the strip-shaped cutting mechanism portion 20 interposed therebetween, and a cutting board is formed in the traveling lane. It is also possible to carry the molded meat 7b placed on the board and cut a part of the surface of the molded meat 7b and the cutting board with the rotary blade 23. Even with such a method, the molded meat 7b can be cut into strips without bringing the rotary blade 23 into contact with the traveling lane.

  FIG. 3 shows a situation in which the strip-shaped formed meat cut by the strip-shaped cutting mechanism portion of FIG. 1 is pushed out to the second transport portion by the extrusion driving member. FIG. 4 shows a longitudinal section of the situation of FIG. 3 in stages.

  The 2nd conveyance part 4 is provided with the conveyance path extended in the substantially right angle direction with the 1st conveyance part 2, the lane 30 located between the 1st conveyance part 2 and the die-shaped food conveyance part 5, and the 1st conveyance part 2 And a lane 31 located on the opposite side of the lane 30. On the lane 31, the push driving member 3 is placed. The extrusion driving member 3 is configured to reciprocate from the lane 31 to the lane 30, and can push the strip-shaped formed meat 8 to the die-shaped cutting mechanism portion 40. The extrusion drive member 3 has the traveling direction of the strip-shaped formed meat 8 cut by the rotary blade 23 of the strip-shaped cutting mechanism 20 as the cutting direction (the same direction as the first direction in FIGS. 1 to 4). This corresponds to the traveling direction changing means for changing to the intersecting second direction. The extrusion drive member 3 also serves as second moving means for moving the strip-shaped formed meat 8 and executing a situation in which the strip-shaped formed meat 8 passes through the die-shaped cutting mechanism portion 40 in the second direction. In addition, it has a function of passing the die-shaped cutting mechanism 40 as an extrusion driving means that pushes the strip-shaped formed meat 8 on one side surface and pushes it in the second direction. However, the extrusion drive member 3 may not serve as the second moving unit. In that case, it is preferable that the lane 30 is a traveling lane in which the strip-shaped formed meat 8 is moved in the second direction. The extrusion driving member 3 can drive the strip-shaped molded meat 8 to the die-shaped cutting mechanism 40 as long as the strip-shaped molded meat 8 is extruded to the lane 30.

  In this embodiment, the “second direction” is a direction that intersects with the cut direction of the strip-shaped formed meat 8 so as to form 90 degrees, but it is not necessarily required to be exactly 90 degrees. For example, a preferable second direction is a direction that intersects the cut direction in an angle range of 80 degrees or more and less than 90 degrees, and further 85 degrees or more and less than 90 degrees. However, the second direction may intersect the cut direction within an angle range of 1 degree or more and less than 80 degrees.

  The die-shaped cutting mechanism section 40 is configured by arranging a plurality of rotating blades (an example of second cutting means) 43 in the width direction of the lane 30 and fixing them to the rotating shaft 42 at regular intervals. The die-shaped cutting mechanism part 40 is provided with a cover part 41 that covers the rotary blade 43 for reasons of safety and prevention of scattering of meat pieces during cutting. The rotating shaft 42 is connected to the driving roller 44. The drive roller 44 is wound around a drive belt 45 and is connected to a rotating device such as a motor (not shown). As described above, the die-shaped cutting mechanism unit 40 has the same structure as the above-described strip-shaped cutting mechanism unit 20. With this mechanism, the plurality of rotary blades 43 are rotated in the direction of the arrow R <b> 2 in response to driving from the rotary device, and cut the strip-shaped formed meat 8 that has moved on the lane 30 into a die shape. However, the rotary blade 43 may not be rotated by driving the rotary device, but may be rotated along with the movement of the extrusion driving member 3 when contacting the strip-shaped formed meat 8 on the lane 30. . Moreover, although there are a plurality of rotating blades 43 in this embodiment, only one rotating blade 43 may be used.

  As with the strip-shaped cut mechanism section 20, the die-shaped cut mechanism section 40 cuts the strip-shaped formed meat 8 only in the second direction. Since the strip-shaped formed meat 8 has already been cut in the first direction, when it is cut in the second direction, it is cut into a die shape as a result. The rotary blade 43 of the die-shaped cutting mechanism 40 is one or a plurality of second cutting means for cutting the strip-shaped formed meat 8 into a die shape along the second direction. The lane 30 includes a slit 46 that passes through the lower portion of each rotary blade 43 (see FIG. 4). For this reason, the rotary blade 43 can cut only the strip-shaped formed meat 8 without contacting the lane 30. However, the slit 46 is not an essential structure, and the strip-shaped formed meat 8 placed on the cutting board is extruded by the extrusion driving member 3, and the surface of the strip-shaped formed meat 8 and the cutting board is cut by the rotary blade 43. You can also Even in such a method, the strip-shaped formed meat 8 can be cut into a dice without bringing the rotary blade 43 into contact with the lane 30.

  FIG. 5 shows the situation where the die-shaped formed meat cut by the die-shaped cutting mechanism portion of FIG.

  The die-shaped food transport unit 5 is a die-shaped food transport unit that transports the die-shaped formed meat 9 that has passed through the downstream side of the rotary blade 43. In this embodiment, the die-shaped food conveyance unit 5 is located at a position where the height difference is zero from the lower surface of the die-shaped molded meat 9 (the same position as the upper surface of the lane 30). For this reason, the die-shaped formed meat 9 can be moved to the die-shaped food transport unit 5 without dropping after cutting. As a result, the die-shaped molded meat 9 is carried to the next process in a state having clean or sharp corners without crushing the corners.

  FIG. 6 shows a modification of the die-shaped food conveyance unit of FIG.

  The dice-shaped food conveyance unit 5 may be disposed at a position lower by a height H from the upper surface of the lane 30. The height difference H is preferably not more than twice the length of one side of the die-shaped molded meat 9. When the die-shaped formed meat 9 is not a cube but a rectangular parallelepiped or a parallelepiped, the above-mentioned “one side” means the longest side. For example, when the longest side is 2 cm, the height difference H is preferably 0 to 4 cm. If the die-shaped formed meat 9 has an elevation difference H that is not more than twice the longest side of the die, the possibility that the corner portion is crushed is low. When the die-shaped food is softer than the die-shaped formed meat 9 such as tofu or mango, the height difference H is preferably not more than one time the length of one side of the die-shaped food. For example, when one side of the die-shaped food is 2 cm, the height difference H is preferably 0 to 2 cm.

  FIG. 7 shows the operation of the food moving unit of FIG.

  The die-shaped food manufacturing apparatus 1 may further include a food moving unit that moves the formed meat 7b as an example of food to the upstream side of the rotary blade 23. The food moving part 6 includes a loading shelf 60 and an extruding member 61 that functions as food moving means. The stacking shelf 60 can stack one or a plurality of molded meats 7a. When a plurality of molded meats 7 a are placed on the stacking shelf 60, the lowest molded meat 7 b is pushed out to the first transport unit 2 by driving the pushing member 61. This driving may be automatically performed using a sensor capable of detecting the number or weight of the formed meat 7a on the loading shelf 60. Unlike this, the pushing member 61 may be driven by the operation of the worker. The height difference between the lower surface of the loading shelf 60 and the upper surface of the traveling lane 11 is preferably as small as possible.

  Further, as a modification, the traveling lane 11 is arranged at a position higher than the loading shelf 60, and the molded meat 7b which is the second or lower from the bottom is extruded instead of the lowest position of the plurality of molded meats 7a. It may be pushed out by the member 61 and moved to the traveling lane.

3. Dice food manufacturing method

  FIG. 8 shows the main steps of the method for producing a dice food according to this embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the manufacturing method of the die-shaped food which concerns on this embodiment is a foodstuff movement process (step S100), a 1st cut process (step S110), a advancing direction change process (step S120), and a 2nd cut. The process (step S130) and the die-shaped food conveyance process (step S140) are performed in this order. Hereinafter, each step will be described.

(1) Food transfer process (step S100)
The food movement step is a step of moving the formed meat 7b, which is an example of food, to the traveling lane 11 on the upstream side of the rotary blade 23 as the first cutting means. This step is an optional step performed prior to the first cutting step, and is not an essential step for the method for manufacturing a dice food according to this embodiment.

(2) First cutting step (step S110)
The first cutting step is a step of cutting the formed meat 7b in the first direction and cutting the strip 7 along the first direction by passing the rotary blade 23 therethrough. The first cutting step in this embodiment is a step of passing the molded meat 7b through the fixed rotary blade 23 and cutting it into the strip-shaped molded meat 8, but the rotary blade 23 is moved in the first direction. The fixed formed meat 7b may be cut into strips. Further, as the situation where both the rotary blade 23 and the molded meat 7b are moved and the rotary blade 23 can move relative to the molded meat 7b, the molded meat 7b may be cut into a strip shape.

(3) Travel direction changing step (step S120)
Advancing direction change process is a process of changing the advancing direction of the strip-shaped molded meat 8 as the strip-shaped food which passed through the 1st cut process to the 2nd direction which cross | intersects the cut direction by a 1st cut process. In the traveling direction changing step in this embodiment, the extrusion driving member 3 as the extrusion driving means is applied to one side surface of the strip-shaped formed meat 8 and farthest from the rotary blade 43, and the second direction This is a step of extruding the strip-shaped molded meat 8. However, the extrusion driving member 3 may be pushed out to the rotary blade 43 in contact with not only the one side surface of the strip-shaped formed meat 8 but also the other side surface.

(4) Second cutting step (step S130)
The second cutting step is a step of cutting the strip-shaped formed meat 8 in the second direction and cutting the die 8 along the second direction by passing the rotary blade 43 as the second cutting means. is there. The second cutting step in this embodiment is a step of passing the strip-shaped molded meat 8 through the fixed rotary blade 43 and cutting it into a die shape, but moving the rotary blade 43 in the second direction, The fixed strip-shaped formed meat 8 may be cut into dice. Further, as a situation where both the rotary blade 43 and the strip-shaped molded meat 8 are moved and the rotary blade 43 can move relative to the strip-shaped molded meat 8, the strip-shaped molded meat 8 is formed into a die shape. You may cut it.

(5) Dice food conveyance process (step S140)
In the die-shaped food conveying step, the die-shaped formed meat 9 that is the die-shaped food after the second cutting step is moved from the upper surface of the lane 30 to a height that is twice or less the length of one side of the die-shaped formed meat 9. It is a process of moving to the upper surface of the die-shaped food conveyance part 5 in the difference and carrying it to the next process. This step is an optional step performed after the second cutting step, and is not an essential step for the method for manufacturing a dice food according to this embodiment. Further, the meaning of the above “one side” is as described in the description of the die-shaped food manufacturing apparatus 1.

4). Other Embodiments As described above, the preferred embodiments of the method for producing a dice food according to the present invention and the dice food production apparatus used therefor have been described, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, It can be implemented in variously modified forms.

  FIG. 9 shows a modification of the die-shaped food manufacturing apparatus of FIG.

  The dice-shaped food production apparatus 1a of FIG. 9 is different from the dice-shaped food production apparatus 1 of FIG. 1 in that the angle θ between the traveling lane 12 and the lane 30 is not 90 degrees but an obtuse angle greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees. There is a point. The side surface of the strip-shaped formed meat 8 closest to the extrusion driving member 3 forms an angle γ (= θ−90 degrees) with respect to the extrusion side surface of the extrusion driving member 3. When the extrusion drive member 3 moves toward the lane 30 and comes into contact with the strip-shaped formed meat 8, the strip-shaped formed meat 8 is rotated by an angle γ and pushed toward the die-shaped cutting mechanism 40. The pushing direction is the second direction, which forms an angle θ with respect to the first direction, but is 90 degrees with respect to the cutting direction of the strip-shaped formed meat 8. For this reason, when the strip-shaped formed meat 8 is cut into a die shape along the second direction, the die-shaped formed meat 9 is cut into 90 degrees vertically and horizontally.

  The advancing direction changing step (step S120) described above is executed by the movement of the push driving member 3, but without using the push driving member 3, another traveling lane that moves from the lane 31 toward the lane 30 is used. The strip-shaped formed meat 8 that has been moved from the traveling lane 12 to the other traveling lane may be transferred to the die-shaped cutting mechanism 40. However, when the extrusion driving member 3 is used, the cut groove 81 of the strip-shaped formed meat 8 can be narrowed and pushed out in the form of a lump of molded meat. It is advantageous in that it is easy to cut.

  In the above-described embodiment, the first cutting means is the rotary blade 23, and the second cutting means is the rotary blade 43. However, the first cutting means and the second cutting means are not limited to the form of the rotary blades 23 and 43. For example, the first cutting means and the second cutting means may be a saw blade that moves up and down, or a stationary knife.

  The present invention can be used for dicing food.

1,1a Dice food manufacturing apparatus 3 Extrusion drive member (extrusion drive means, travel direction changing means, second moving means)
5 Dice food transport unit (Dice food transport means)
7a, 7b Molded meat (food)
8 Strip-shaped formed meat (strip-shaped food)
9 Dice-shaped meat (dice-shaped food)
11 Traveling lane (first moving means)
23 Rotary blade (first cutting means)
43 Rotary blade (second cutting means)
61 Extruding member (food transfer means)

Claims (11)

A method of cutting food into dice,
A first cutting step of moving at least one of one or a plurality of first cutting means and the food in a first direction to cut the food in a strip shape along the first direction;
A traveling direction changing step that changes the traveling direction of the strip-shaped food that has undergone the first cutting step to a second direction that intersects the cutting direction by the first cutting step;
A second cut that moves at least one of one or a plurality of second cutting means and the strip-shaped food in the second direction, and cuts the strip-shaped food into a dice along the second direction. Process,
A method for producing a dice-like food comprising: Having a dice food transport step after the second cut step,
The dice-shaped food conveying step is a step of dicing the dice-shaped food after the second cutting step from the lower surface of the dice-shaped food with a height difference of not more than twice the length of one side of the dice-shaped food. The manufacturing method of the die-shaped foodstuff of Claim 1 performed by moving to a foodstuff conveyance means.   The method for producing a dice-shaped food according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first cutting step is a step of passing the food through the fixed first cutting means and cutting it into the strip-shaped food.   The die shape according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the second cutting step is a step of passing the strip-shaped food product through the fixed second cutting means and cutting it into a dice shape. A method for producing food.   The said advancing direction change process is a process of pushing out the said strip-shaped foodstuff in said 2nd direction by applying an extrusion drive means to at least one side surface of the said strip-shaped foodstuff. The manufacturing method of the die-shaped foodstuff as described in a term.   The method for producing a dice-shaped food according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a food movement step of moving the food to the upstream side of the first cutting means. An apparatus for executing at least a step of cutting food into dice,
One or a plurality of first cutting means for cutting the food into strips along a first direction;
Moving at least one of the food and the first cutting means, and a first moving means for executing a situation in which the food passes through the first cutting means in the first direction;
A traveling direction changing means for changing the traveling direction of the strip-shaped food cut by the first cutting means to a second direction intersecting the cutting direction;
One or a plurality of second cutting means for cutting the strip-shaped food into dice along the second direction;
A second moving means for moving at least one of the strip-shaped food and the second cutting means, and executing a situation in which the strip-shaped food passes through the second cutting means in the second direction;
A die-shaped food manufacturing apparatus comprising: On the downstream side of the second cutting means, comprising a dice food transport means for transporting the dice food that has passed the second cutting means,
The die-shaped food manufacturing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the dice-shaped food transport unit is located at a height difference of two times or less the length of one side of the die-shaped food from the lower surface of the die-shaped food. The first cutting means is fixed;
The die-shaped food manufacturing apparatus according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the first moving means is a traveling lane that travels with the food loaded thereon and passes through the first cutting means. The second cutting means is fixed;
The advancing direction changing means also serves as the second moving means, hits at least one side surface of the strip-shaped food, pushes the strip-shaped food in the second direction, and passes the second cutting means. The die-shaped food manufacturing apparatus of any one of Claims 7-9.   The die-shaped food manufacturing apparatus according to any one of claims 7 to 10, further comprising food moving means for moving the food to a river upstream of the first cutting means.