JP2024028896A - Abdominal fat stripping device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an abdominal fat stripping device which can easily and safely strip or remove abdominal fat of a livestock carcass for meat.

SOLUTION: An abdominal fat stripping device 1 comprises: a device body 2; sandwiching means 3 which sandwiches abdominal fat; moving-up/moving-down means 4 which moves up/moves down the sandwiching means 3; and control means which controls the sandwiching means 3 and the moving-up/moving-down means 4. The sandwiching means 3 includes a pair of sandwiching pieces 32 made of an upper sandwiching piece and a lower sandwiching piece. The upper sandwiching piece includes an upper claw part made of a rib-like protrusion which has a required height standing from an edge on a tip side. The lower sandwiching piece includes a lower claw part made of a rib-like protrusion which has a required height standing from an edge on a tip side. The upper sandwiching piece and the lower sandwiching piece are arranged such that the claw parts are opposed to each other and the claw parts are brought into contact with each other or apart from each other.

SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

COPYRIGHT: (C)2024,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a belly fat stripping device.
More specifically, the present invention relates to a belly fat stripping device that makes it possible to easily and safely strip or strip the belly fat of a carcass of a livestock carcass for meat, especially a pig carcass.

Traditionally, when slaughtering livestock such as cows and pigs, the process involves exsanguinating, skinning, and removing internal organs, heads, and extremities, and then bisecting the spine from side to side along the spine at the center to create a half-cut block ( Then, as a pretreatment for deboning, the belly fat (the fatty part inside the carcass) is removed.

Such removal of belly fat is performed by grasping the end of the belly fat with your hands and pulling or peeling it off.
However, the task of removing abdominal fat requires a lot of force, and there is also a risk that the hands may slip due to the fat content of abdominal fat, so there is a problem in that it is hard work.

Therefore, an example of a device that makes it possible to easily strip belly fat from a carcass is disclosed in Patent Document 1.

JP-A No. 2005-006634 (Patent Document 1) discloses a method for removing belly fat that is attached to the ribs of a carcass after the back splitting operation performed in the meat processing process. A removing device has been proposed.

This belly fat stripping device is
(a) Attach the wire guide roller (1) to the guide rail (3), and attach an air cylinder (2) to its end to move it back and forth.
(b) Attach the wire fixing fitting (4) to the top of the air cylinder (2), and attach the pulley (5) to the bottom.
(c) Pass the hanging wire (6) attached to the wire fixing fitting (4) from the wire guide roller (1) to the pulley (5), and attach the hanging fitting (7) to its tip.
(d) Attach an air cylinder (10) and an air cylinder (11) with an upper sandwich plate (8) and a lower sandwich plate (9) attached to both ends of the hanging fitting (7).
(E) A foot switch (12) that operates the air cylinder (10), a foot switch (13) that operates the air cylinder (11), and a foot switch (14) that operates the air cylinder (2) are installed at each foot. do.
It is structured as follows.

JP2005-006634A (Claims, Figures 1 to 5)

The stripping device described in Patent Document 1 has a problem in that abdominal fat may adhere to and accumulate on the sandwiching plates, which may impede the gripping operation.

In view of the current situation, it is an object of the present invention to provide a belly fat stripping device that makes it possible to easily and safely strip or strip the belly fat of a carcass of a livestock carcass for meat, especially a pig carcass. .

The invention according to claim 1 of this invention is:
A belly fat stripping device for stripping or stripping belly fat of a livestock carcass for meat,
The belly fat stripping device includes an apparatus main body, a clamping means for clamping the abdominal fat, an elevating means for raising and lowering the clamping means, and a control means for controlling the elevating means and the clamping means ,
The clamping means has a pair of clamping pieces composed of an upper clamping piece and a lower clamping piece, and one end in the left-right direction is configured to be able to swing or rotate up and down,
The upper clamping piece has an upper claw portion consisting of a rib-shaped protrusion having a required height rising from the edge on the distal end side,
The lower clamping piece has a lower claw portion consisting of a rib-shaped protrusion having a required height rising from the edge on the distal end side,
The upper clamping piece and the lower clamping piece are arranged so that their respective claws face each other, and are configured such that the claws abut or separate from each other ,
The device is characterized in that, when peeling or peeling off abdominal fat, one end of the clamping means in the left and right direction is rocked or rotated in the vertical direction simultaneously with the raising or lowering of the clamping means. It is a belly fat removal device.

The invention according to claim 2 of this invention is:
The belly fat stripping device according to claim 1,
Both the upper clamping piece and the lower clamping piece are
It is characterized in that its front edge is formed so as to bulge outward in an arc shape.

The invention according to claim 3 of this invention is:
The belly fat stripping device according to claim 1 or 2,
The clamping means is
It is characterized in that one end in the left and right direction is inclined downward at a predetermined angle with respect to the horizontal line.

The invention according to claim 4 of this invention is:
The belly fat stripping device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 ,
Each of the claws is characterized in that it is formed to have a diameter that increases from its base end toward its distal end, so that it is inclined outward at a predetermined angle.

The invention according to claim 5 of this invention is:
The belly fat stripping device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 ,
The upper clamping piece and the lower clamping piece are
At least one of the clamping pieces is configured to be vertically rotatable about the support shaft such that the respective base end portions are connected by a support shaft, and the claw portions come into contact with or separate from each other. It is characterized by this.

The invention according to claim 6 of this invention is:
The abdominal fat stripping device according to any one of claims 1 to 5 ,
The abdominal fat is
It is characterized by being attached to the carcass of a livestock carcass for meat.

The belly fat stripping device according to the present invention is for stripping or stripping the belly fat attached to the carcass of a livestock carcass for meat, especially a pig carcass, and includes a main body of the device and the belly fat attached to the carcass. comprising a clamping means and a lifting means for raising and lowering the clamping means, the clamping means having a pair of clamping pieces constituted by an upper clamping piece and a lower clamping piece, the upper clamping piece comprising: The lower gripping piece has a rib-shaped protrusion having a required height rising from the edge on the tip side, and the lower gripping piece has a rib-shaped protrusion having a required height rising from the edge on the tip side. The upper clamping piece and the lower clamping piece are arranged such that their respective claws face each other, and the claws are in contact with or separate from each other. It is constructed.
Therefore, according to this belly fat stripping device, by raising or lowering the holding means, it becomes possible to easily strip or peel off belly fat upward or downward.
Therefore, this abdominal fat stripping device makes it possible to easily and safely strip or remove abdominal fat.
At this time, in the belly fat stripping device, in order to bring the claws into contact with or separate from each other, for example, the upper clamping piece and the lower clamping piece are connected at their respective proximal ends by a support shaft. In addition, at least one of the clamping pieces can be configured to be vertically rotatable about the support shaft.
In this invention, the belly fat stripping device further includes a control means for controlling the elevating means and the clamping means, and the clamping means has one end in the left and right direction that can swing or rotate up and down. When peeling or peeling off belly fat, one end of the clamping means in the left and right direction is rocked or rotated in the vertical direction simultaneously with the raising or lowering of the clamping means. There is.

In the belly fat stripping device, both the upper clamping piece and the lower clamping piece can be configured such that their respective front edges bulge outward in an arc shape.
With such a configuration, it becomes possible to easily grasp (pinches or grips) the belly fat while suppressing damage to the inside of the carcass to which the belly fat is attached.

In the belly fat stripping device, the holding means may be disposed such that one end thereof in the left and right direction is inclined downward at a predetermined angle with respect to the horizontal line.
With such a configuration, the clamping means can firmly grip (pindle or grip) abdominal fat.

In the belly fat stripping device, the holding means may be configured such that one end portion thereof in the left and right direction can swing or rotate up and down.
With such a configuration, belly fat can be easily grasped, and belly fat can be easily peeled off or removed from either the left or right side of the carcass.
Furthermore, when peeling or peeling off belly fat, a twist can be added by simultaneously raising or lowering the holding means and simultaneously swinging or rotating one end of the holding means in the left and right direction in the vertical direction. Therefore, it becomes possible to peel off or remove belly fat more neatly.
In the present invention, the holding means is configured such that one end in the left-right direction can swing or rotate up and down.

In the belly fat stripping device, each of the claws may be formed to have a diameter increasing from the base end to the distal end thereof, so that the claws are inclined outward at a predetermined angle. can.
Such a configuration more reliably prevents slipping when pinching abdominal fat, making it possible to firmly grasp abdominal fat.

Further, in the belly fat stripping device, each of the claws may be configured such that the thickness thereof gradually increases from the center toward each end.
With such a configuration, it becomes possible to easily grasp (pindle) the belly fat while suppressing damage to the inside of the carcass to which the belly fat is attached.

Furthermore, in the belly fat stripping device, the rear end side of the upper surface (the surface on which the claw portion is formed) of the gripping piece body constituting the lower gripping piece is configured to be inclined downward. be able to.
With this configuration, the fat content and fat debris attached to the claws etc. flow backward along the slope formed on the upper surface and are discharged to the outside, so that the holding means , it becomes possible to suppress or prevent the accumulation of abdominal fat with an extremely high probability.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of a belly fat stripping device according to the present invention. 2 is a side view of the abdominal fat stripping device shown in FIG. 1, in which (A) shows a state in which the holding means is at the lowest position, and (B) shows a state in which the holding means is moved to the highest position by the lifting means. This indicates the state in which the FIG. 2 is a schematic explanatory diagram showing the clamping means constituting the belly fat stripping device shown in FIG. 1, in which (A) shows a state in which the upper clamping piece and the lower clamping piece are separated from each other, and (B) This shows a state in which the upper clamping piece and the lower clamping piece are in contact with each other. FIG. 4 is a side view of an upper clamping piece constituting the clamping means shown in FIG. 3; FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the upper clamping piece constituting the clamping means shown in FIG. 3; FIG. 4 is a side view of a lower clamping piece constituting the clamping means shown in FIG. 3; FIG. 4 is a bottom view of a lower clamping piece constituting the clamping means shown in FIG. 3; FIG. 2 is a schematic explanatory view showing the front side of the belly fat stripping device shown in FIG. 1, and shows a state in which the right end of the holding means is inclined downward at a predetermined angle with respect to the horizontal line. FIG. 2 is a schematic explanatory diagram showing the front side of the belly fat stripping device shown in FIG. 1, and shows a state in which the left end of the holding means is inclined downward at a predetermined angle with respect to the horizontal line.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, an example of implementation of the abdominal fat stripping device according to the present invention will be specifically described based on the accompanying drawings.
Note that this invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but can be modified in various ways without changing the gist thereof.

In this invention, the belly fat stripping device 1 is for stripping or stripping the belly fat from the carcass of a livestock carcass for meat, and as shown in FIG. The holding device 3 includes a holding means 3 for holding or gripping the holding means 3, and an elevating means 4 for raising and lowering the holding means 3.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, the device main body 2 is constituted by a vertically elongated cylindrical body having a required size, and the device main body 2 itself is also configured to be movable in the vertical direction.
In this embodiment, the device main body 2 is equipped with a fixed chuck (not shown) on its upper part, so that the device does not move due to the reaction when the belly fat stripping device 1 is started (driven). Can be suppressed.

The device main body 2 can be installed, for example, by attaching its upper end to the ceiling.
In this embodiment, a rail (not shown) extending in the left-right direction is laid on the ceiling, and the device main body 2 is attached to a movable body (not shown) that moves on the rail.
Therefore, since the device main body 2 is configured to be movable in the left-right direction, it is possible to efficiently strip or remove belly fat from a plurality of carcasses lined up.

The movable body includes a cylindrical shaft member extending in the left-right direction, and the upper end portion of the device main body 2 is supported by the shaft member so as to be swingable in the front-rear direction.
Therefore, the device main body 2 can swing back and forth around the axis of the shaft member.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the abdominal fat stripping device 1 is provided with an elevating means 4 for elevating and lowering the holding means 3.
There is no particular restriction on the location of the elevating means 4, as long as it does not make it difficult to remove or peel off abdominal fat, and the elevating means 4 may be appropriately arranged at a predetermined position on the device main body 2. be able to.

As shown in FIG. 2, the elevating means 4 enables the holding means 3 to be moved (elevated) up and down along the longitudinal direction (height direction) of the apparatus main body 2.
The clamping means 3, which is configured to be movable up and down by the lifting means 4, can easily peel off or peel off abdominal fat by ascending or descending while clamping the abdominal fat.
For example, when the holding means 3 is in a state where it is holding the vicinity of the lower end of the belly fat, by raising the holding means 3, the belly fat is peeled upward (particularly, the belly fat is peeled off). can be raised).
As a result, the burden on the operator in peeling or stripping the abdominal fat is reduced.
Therefore, there is no particular restriction on the elevating means 4 as long as the holding means 3 is configured to be able to rise and fall freely, and any known elevating means such as an air cylinder can be selected.

In this embodiment, an air cylinder is selected as the elevating means 4.
That is, although the elevating means 4 is configured to be driven by air, any known driving method other than air driving may be selected.

As shown in FIG. 3, the clamping means 3 clamps (or grips) abdominal fat with a clamping means main body 31 which is configured to be movable up and down along the height direction of the apparatus main body 2 by the elevating means 4. It is composed of a pair of clamping pieces 32.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, the holding means 3 is attached to the front side of the elevating means 4, in the embodiment, via a mounting member 7 having a rectangular parallelepiped shape.
Therefore, the holding means 3 moves up and down as the mounting member 7 moves up and down, so by moving up and down while holding the belly fat, it is possible to strip or peel off the belly fat upward or downward.

As shown in FIG. 3, the pair of clamping pieces 32 are composed of an upper clamping piece 321 and a lower clamping piece 322.
In this embodiment, the shapes of the clamping piece main body 321a constituting the upper clamping piece 321 and the clamping piece main body 322a constituting the lower clamping piece 322 are approximately semi-elliptical or semicircular in plan view. However, as will be described later, as long as the claw part 321c of the upper clamping piece 321 and the claw part 322c of the lower clamping piece 322 are configured to be able to abut each other, shapes other than these may be used. You may choose the shape of
Preferably, both the gripping piece main body 321a and the gripping piece main body 322a are formed such that front edges bulge outward in an arc shape.
With such a configuration, it becomes possible to easily grasp (pindle) the belly fat while suppressing damage to the inside of the carcass to which the belly fat is attached.

In FIG. 3, the upper clamping piece 321 and the lower clamping piece 322 are connected at the base end side by a cylindrical support shaft 323, and at least one of the upper clamping piece 321 and the lower clamping piece 322 Since one of the holding means 3 is configured to be rotatable (swingable), the holding means 3 are configured so that they can be moved toward and away from each other on the distal end side (free end portion).

In this embodiment, the clamping means 3 has the lower clamping piece 322 fixed to the lower end of the clamping means body 31, and the upper The clamping piece 321 is swingably supported, and the upper clamping piece 321 has a required length connected to a protrusion 321d protruding from the upper part thereof, and is arranged to be movable in the front-rear direction. The rod main body 33 is configured to swing as the rod main body 33 moves back and forth.
More specifically, the protrusion 321d has a through hole formed at its tip in a direction (left and right) perpendicular to the direction in which the rod main body 33 moves, and the protrusion 321d is a power member 34 whose distal end is rotatably attached to a cylindrical rod-shaped shaft member 324 that is inserted into the through hole, and whose proximal end allows the rod main body 33 to move in the front-rear direction. It is connected.
Therefore, the upper clamping piece 321 swings, that is, opens and closes as the rod main body 33 moves in the front-rear direction.

In this embodiment, the upper clamping piece 321 and the lower clamping piece 322 are configured so that the angle (opening angle) formed by their contact surfaces is approximately 17° when they are spaced apart from each other. However, the size of the separation may be selected depending on the size of abdominal fat, etc., and there is no particular restriction.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the upper holding piece 321 is constituted by a holding piece main body 321a which is a plate-shaped body having a predetermined thickness and a substantially semi-elliptical or semicircular shape in plan view.
Note that the shape of the plate-like body constituting the holding piece main body 321a may be a shape other than a substantially semi-elliptical or semicircular shape in plan view, as described above, but preferably, the front edge thereof is It is formed to bulge outward in an arc shape.
With such a configuration, it becomes possible to easily grasp belly fat while suppressing damage to the inside of the carcass to which belly fat is attached.

The clamping piece main body 321a is provided at one end (rear end) side so as to project downwardly at a predetermined angle so as to have a substantially U-shaped shape when viewed from the side. It has a pair of bearing parts 321b, 321b which are rotatably supported as a center, and a claw consisting of a rib-shaped protrusion that comes into contact with or separates from the claw part 322c of the lower clamping piece 322 on the other end side. (upper claw part) 321c.

The claw portion (upper claw portion) 321c has a substantially horseshoe shape (U-shape) in plan view and has a required height, and is attached to the front edge (edge on the tip side) of the clamping piece main body 321a. It is formed to protrude downward along the shape of the front edge.

There is no particular restriction on the inclination angle of the pair of bearing parts 321b, 321b, but for example, the angle with respect to the upper surface (contact surface) of the upper claw part 321c of the upper clamping piece 321 is 20° to 20°. It is about 30°. In this example, the angle is set to approximately 25°.
Note that the inclination angle of the pair of bearing parts 321b, 321b is usually set to the same angle as the inclination angle of the bearing part 322b of the lower holding piece 322, which will be described later.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the lower clamping piece 322 is configured to correspond to the upper clamping piece 321, and has a substantially semi-elliptical or semicircular shape in plan view with a required thickness. It is composed of a holding piece main body 322a made of a plate-shaped body.
Note that the shape of the plate-like body constituting the holding piece main body 322a may also be a shape other than a substantially semi-elliptical or semicircular shape in plan view, as described above, but preferably, the front edge thereof is It is formed to bulge outward in an arc shape.
With such a configuration, it becomes possible to easily grasp (pindle) the belly fat while suppressing damage to the inside of the carcass to which the belly fat is attached.

The clamping piece main body 322a is provided at one end (rear end) side so as to project upwardly at a predetermined angle so as to have a substantially inverted U-shape when viewed from the side. It has a bearing part 322b that is held by the upper clamping piece 321, and has a claw part (lower claw part) 322c on the other end side, which is a rib-shaped protrusion that comes into contact with or separates from the claw part 321c of the upper holding piece 321. ing.

The claw portion (lower claw portion) 322c has a substantially horseshoe shape (U-shape) in plan view and has a required height, and is attached to the clamping piece main body so as to face the claw portion (upper claw portion) 321c. It is formed on the front edge (edge on the tip side) of 322a to protrude upward along the shape of the front edge.

The angle of inclination of the bearing portion 322b is not particularly limited, but is, for example, approximately 20° to 30° with respect to the upper surface (abutting surface) of the lower claw portion 322c of the lower holding piece 322. . In this example, the angle is set to approximately 25°.
Note that the angle of inclination of the bearing portion 322b is normally set to the same angle as the angle of inclination of the pair of bearing portions 321b, 321b.

In this embodiment, the lower clamping piece 322 is arranged such that the rear end side of the upper surface (surface where the claw portion 322c is formed) of the clamping piece body 322a constituting the lower clamping piece 322 is directed outward (rear end side) at a predetermined angle. It is configured to form an inclined surface 322d that is inclined downward at an angle.
With such a configuration, even if fat from belly fat or fat debris adheres to the claws 321c, 322c, etc., the attached fat will flow backward along the inclined surface 322d, It is discharged to the outside.
Therefore, in the holding means 3, accumulation of abdominal fat and fat debris is suppressed or prevented with a very high probability.

In the pair of clamping pieces 32 having such a configuration, the upper clamping piece 321 and the lower clamping piece 322 are arranged so that the claw parts 321c and 322c face each other, and the claw parts 321c and 322c are arranged so that they face each other. At least one of the clamping pieces 321 and 322 is configured to be able to swing vertically about a support shaft 323 so as to be brought into contact with each other or separated from each other.
With this configuration, when pinching or grasping abdominal fat, the pair of claws 321c and 322c firmly pinch or grip the abdominal fat, so slipping due to the fat content of abdominal fat is suppressed or prevented with a high probability. be done.

In FIGS. 3 to 7, the rib-like protrusions constituting the claws 321c and 322c are both formed so as to increase in diameter from the proximal end toward the distal end, thereby forming a predetermined angle α toward the outside. It is configured to tilt at
At least one of the rib-like protrusions constituting the claws 321c, 322c can be configured to be inclined outward at a predetermined angle α, but preferably both are inclined outwardly at a predetermined angle α. It is configured to be inclined at a predetermined angle α.
Such a configuration more reliably prevents slipping when pinching abdominal fat, making it possible to firmly grasp abdominal fat.
In addition, in FIGS. 3 to 7, the tip of the protrusion is configured to be inclined outward at an angle of about 25° with respect to the vertical direction, but the inclination angle of the protrusion is as follows: For example, it can be set to be inclined outward at an angle of 10° to 40° with respect to the vertical direction.

The carcass of a livestock carcass for meat, especially a pig carcass, is generally hung with its head side up, with the end of its belly fat (usually the lower end) slanted at a predetermined angle. It is attached to the carcass.
Therefore, in the present invention, the holding means 3 has its right or left end pointing downwardly with respect to the horizontal line, corresponding to the inclination angle of the end of the belly fat attached to the carcass. It is preferable to install it in an inclined state by a predetermined angle β.
With such a configuration, the clamping means 3 can firmly clamp or grasp abdominal fat.
In addition, in FIGS. 8 and 9, the right end of the holding means 3 is tilted downward in a predetermined direction with respect to the horizontal line, corresponding to the inclination angle of the end of the belly fat attached to the carcass. It is installed at an angle β.

The inclination angle β of the holding means 3 may be appropriately selected so as to be approximately the same as the inclination angle of the end (lower end) of the belly fat attached to the carcass (specifically, the inside thereof), There are no particular restrictions.
For example, in the case of stripping or peeling off the abdominal fat attached to the carcass on the right side, as shown in FIG. When the right end of the abutting surface peels off or peels off belly fat adhering to the left carcass, the claws 321c and 322c of each clamping piece 321 and 322 touch each other as shown in FIG. The left end of the abutting surface formed when abutting each other can be configured to be inclined downward at an angle of 20° to 60° with respect to the horizontal plane H.
In this embodiment, the right end of the contact surface formed when the claws 321c, 322c of each clamping piece 321, 322 contact each other is at an angle of approximately 33° downward with respect to the horizontal plane H. It is configured to tilt.

Furthermore, the holding means 3 can be attached so that one end in the left and right direction can swing or rotate up and down.
With this configuration, the inclination angle of the holding means 3 can be changed as appropriate depending on the angle of the end of the belly fat, so the belly fat can be easily grasped, and it is possible to easily grasp the belly fat regardless of whether it is on the left or right side of the carcass. However, belly fat can be easily peeled off or peeled off.
Furthermore, when peeling or stripping belly fat, twisting is applied by swinging or rotating one end of the gripping means 3 in the left and right direction in the vertical direction at the same time as the gripping means 3 is raised or lowered. This makes it possible to remove or remove belly fat more neatly.

In FIGS. 8 and 9, the holding means 3 is attached to the attachment member 7 via an attachment plate 8 made of a plate-shaped body that is approximately L-shaped when viewed from the front.
A means (swinging or rotating means) 5 for vertically swinging or rotating one end of the holding means 3 in the left and right direction includes a swinging or rotating means main body 5a in the shape of a cylinder with a head and an opening at the bottom; It is composed of a long rod-shaped body 5b which is movable up and down inside the moving or rotating means main body 5a and is irremovably engaged.
The mounting plate 8 has a support shaft 323 on one end (upper end) on which the upper holding piece 321 is swingably supported, and the other end (lower end) on which the upper clamping piece 321 is swingably supported. The lower end of the rod-shaped body 5b of the moving means 5 is connected to be swingable up and down about a support shaft 5c.
Further, in the mounting plate 8, a cylindrical swing shaft 9 formed protruding forward from the front surface of the mounting member 7 is inserted into an insertion hole 8a formed through the mounting plate 8 near a corner portion thereof. As a result, the swing shaft 9 is mounted so as to be swingable or rotatable in the vertical direction about the axis of the swing shaft 9.
Therefore, the holding means 3 swings as the mounting plate 8 swings in the vertical direction.

Furthermore, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, the rib-like protrusions forming the claws 321c and 322c gradually increase in thickness from the center C toward both left and right ends. It is structured so that it becomes thicker.
At least one of the rib-like protrusions constituting the claw portions 321c and 322c may be configured such that its thickness (thickness) gradually increases from the central portion C toward both left and right ends. However, preferably both are configured so that the thickness (wall thickness) gradually increases from the center portion C toward both left and right ends (for example, about 1.1 to 3 times the center portion C, or more). (preferably about 1.5 to 3 times, more preferably about 2 to 3 times).
With such a configuration, it becomes possible to easily grasp (pindle) the belly fat while suppressing damage to the inside of the carcass to which the belly fat is attached.
In this embodiment, the rib-shaped protrusions forming the claw portions 321c and 322c are each configured such that the thickness of both left and right edges is approximately three times the thickness of the center portion C. ing.

In this invention, the device main body 2 can be provided with a control means for controlling the lifting means 4 and the clamping means 3.
Using this control means, for example, the clamping means 3 and the lifting means 4 can be controlled.

In this embodiment, the belly fat stripping device 1 further includes a device operating section 6 for peeling or peeling off belly fat.
In FIGS. 1 and 2, the device operating section 6 is provided on the rear side of the device main body 2, and includes a handle 6a and a drive switch (not shown) for driving the belly fat stripping device 1. .
It should be noted that there are no particular restrictions on the structure or mounting position of the device operation section, and a suitably structured device can be mounted at an appropriate position on the device main body 2.

In this embodiment, the handle 6a has a pair of left and right handles, each of which is provided with a drive switch (not shown), and is configured to be driven when these drive switches are pressed simultaneously. has been done.
Therefore, the belly fat stripping device 1 is extremely safe.

Hereinafter, an example of the operation of stripping or stripping belly fat using the belly fat stripping device 1 according to the present invention will be specifically described.

First, hold the handle 6a of the device operating section 6 and position the clamping piece 32 so that it hits the tip (lower end) of the belly fat attached to the carcass (specifically, the inside thereof). .

Next, drive switches provided at both left and right ends of the handle 6a are pressed simultaneously to drive the belly fat stripping device.

That is, after the gripping piece 32 grips the tip (lower end) of the abdominal fat between the upper gripping piece 321 and the lower gripping piece 322 by driving the abdominal fat stripping device, the swinging means moves while maintaining this state. 5 to swing or rotate either end of the clamping piece 32 in the left-right direction upward, and in synchronization with this, the lifting means 4 is used to raise the clamping means 3.
As a result, belly fat is flaked or stripped upward.
Therefore, exfoliating or peeling off belly fat is extremely easy and safe.

In this embodiment, simply by holding down the drive switch, the clamping of the abdominal fat by the clamping pieces 32, the rocking or rotation of the clamping means 3, and the raising are performed at the same time. When is not pressed, the clamping means 3 is lowered and returned to its original position after the clamping is released (that is, the clamping pieces 321 and 322 are separated).

The belly fat stripping device of the present invention can be used to strip or strip the belly fat of a pig carcass, but it can also be used to remove belly fat from a carcass of a livestock other than pigs, such as a cow carcass. Of course, it is also possible to use it for stripping or stripping fat.

The belly fat stripping device of the present invention can easily and safely remove belly fat by simply lifting the holding means after holding the belly fat from a carcass of a livestock carcass, especially a pig carcass, with its holding means. It is a device that enables peeling or stripping, and is likely to be used in industries that disassemble livestock carcasses for meat.

1 Belly fat stripping device 2 Belly fat stripping device main body 3 Clamping means 31 Clamping means body 32 Clamping piece 321 Clamping piece (upper side)
321a Holding piece body (upper side)
321b Bearing part (upper side)
321c Claw part (upper claw part)
321d Projection part 322 Clamping piece (lower side)
322a Holding piece body (lower side)
322b Bearing part (lower side)
322c Claw part (lower claw part)
322d Inclined surface 323 Support shaft 324 Shaft member 33 Rod main body 34 Power member 4 Elevating means 4a Elevating means main body 4b Rod-shaped body 5 Swinging or rotating means 5a Swinging or rotating means main body 5b Rod-shaped body 5c Support shaft 6 Device operation part 6a Handle 7 Mounting member 8 Mounting plate 8a Insertion hole 9 Swing shaft C Central part H Horizontal plane θ Opening angle between the upper and lower clamping pieces α Inclination angle of the tip of the protrusion β One end in the left-right direction of the clamping means angle of inclination

Claims (6)

A belly fat stripping device for stripping or stripping belly fat of a livestock carcass for meat,
The belly fat stripping device includes an apparatus main body, a clamping means for clamping the abdominal fat, an elevating means for raising and lowering the clamping means, and a control means for controlling the elevating means and the clamping means ,
The clamping means has a pair of clamping pieces composed of an upper clamping piece and a lower clamping piece, and one end in the left-right direction is configured to be able to swing or rotate up and down,
The upper clamping piece has an upper claw portion consisting of a rib-shaped protrusion having a required height rising from the edge on the distal end side,
The lower clamping piece is composed of a clamping piece main body having a required thickness, and the rear end of the upper surface of the clamping piece main body is configured such that the fat content of abdominal fat flows backward and is discharged to the outside. The lower claw is configured such that the side thereof is inclined downward, and has a rib-shaped protrusion having a required height rising from the edge on the distal end side;
The upper clamping piece and the lower clamping piece are arranged so that their respective claws face each other, and are configured such that the claws abut or separate from each other ,
The device is characterized in that, when peeling or peeling off abdominal fat, one end of the clamping means in the left and right direction is rocked or rotated in the vertical direction simultaneously with the raising or lowering of the clamping means. Belly fat stripping device. Both the upper clamping piece and the lower clamping piece are
2. The belly fat stripping device according to claim 1, wherein the front edge portion thereof is formed so as to bulge outward in an arc shape. The clamping means is
3. The belly fat stripping device according to claim 1, wherein one end in the left and right direction is inclined downward at a predetermined angle with respect to the horizontal line. Each of the claws is formed to have a diameter increasing from the proximal end toward the distal end thereof, thereby being configured to be inclined outward at a predetermined angle. 3. The abdominal fat stripping device according to any one of 3 . The upper clamping piece and the lower clamping piece are
At least one of the clamping pieces is configured to be vertically rotatable about the support shaft such that the respective base end portions are connected by a support shaft, and the claw portions come into contact with or separate from each other. The abdominal fat stripping device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , characterized in that: The abdominal fat is
The belly fat stripping device according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , wherein the device is attached to a carcass of a livestock carcass for meat.

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