JP2506029B2 - Thin wall kelp and its manufacturing equipment - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a thin-walled kombu seaweed and an apparatus for producing the same.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Since kelp contains a large amount of sodium glutamate, aspartic acid, alanine and the like as a seasoning and has saltiness and aromaticity, it is an essential food for cooking. The nutrient elution time from the part is long, it takes time to stew and season, and it is difficult to chew,
There was a drawback that it was difficult to fit in as a home-cooked processed food. Then, as a method for solving such a problem, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 46-14719 and Japanese Utility Model Publication 58
There is known a small piece kelp that is minced to increase the ratio of the area of the fleshy part to the area of the epidermis so that nutrients can be rapidly eluted from the fleshy part as seen in JP-A-170987. By the way, for the size of the small pieces of kelp, the above-mentioned actual Kaisho 58-1
In the case of kelp according to Japanese Patent No. 70987, the side length in the fiber direction is about 3 to 6 mm.

[0003]

However, since the conventional small piece kelp is cut into pieces at a right angle to the thickness and length directions of the kelp, the shredder itself cuts the cutter in the kelp thickness direction. Although it is relatively easy to operate, it is necessary to increase the length in order to increase the cut area and increase the ratio of the fleshy part to the epidermal area. However, when you put the strip of kombu in your mouth,
There was a problem that it was difficult to eat because it was stuck in the gums or meat, or caught between the teeth.

Therefore, a rectangular thin-walled kelp made of kelp cut diagonally with respect to the thickness direction so as to increase the meat quality area has been proposed. However, such a thin-walled small kelp has a short length and a cut end. The area was small and the size was limited. Moreover, in the manufacturing equipment, since the blade of the cutter is a comb-teeth intermittent blade having a rectangular shape in plan view, in order to cut the kelp over the entire length in the width direction, two cutters with different blade pitches are required, which results in processing efficiency. There was a problem that was bad. Further, since the kelp is conveyed along the flat guide lower blade and the kelp is cut obliquely with respect to the thickness direction by the rectangular blade, there is a problem that the length is short and the cut area is small.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its object is to:
An object of the present invention is to provide a thin small piece kelp and a manufacturing apparatus for the same which are long and have a large cut area by forming a parallelogram in plan view and side view.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the thin small piece kelp of the present invention has a parallel four-dimensional shape in plan view.
It is a quadrilateral and its two opposite sides are in the longitudinal direction of the kelp.
The other two sides that are substantially parallel to
And the side view is a parallelogram and
The two opposite sides are approximately parallel to the longitudinal direction of the kelp, and the other
The two opposite sides are inclined with respect to the two opposite sides,
Two cut faces facing each other in the longitudinal direction of the cloth are the length of the kelp
Characterized by being inclined with respect to the hand direction and the width direction
I do. Further, the manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a conveying means for intermittently conveying a predetermined amount of plate-shaped kelp, a guide lower blade, and
A rotor which is disposed above the lower guide blade in close proximity to each other and is rotated at a constant speed by a drive device, and a plurality of cutters which are disposed on the peripheral surface of the rotor so as to be equally arranged in the circumferential direction, The upper surface of the guide lower blade includes a flat surface and a curved surface continuously formed in a concave shape with a required curvature at the rear end of the flat surface so as to become higher as the distance from the flat surface increases,
The radius of curvature of the curved surface of the guide lower blade and the center of rotation of the rotor
From the cutter to the cutting edge of the cutter are approximately equal, and
The center of rotation of the rotor is the direction of kelp feeding from the center of curvature of the curved surface
Is displaced by a predetermined amount, and the cutter becomes symmetrical in the width direction.
Equipped with multiple blades arranged side by side, each blade has a triangular shape in plan view.
Shaped like a sharp triangular pyramid,
The upper surface is slanted so as to be low, and the vertical surface
It has a side surface and an inclined bottom surface, and the kelp is viewed from above.
The shape is a parallelogram and its two opposite sides are
It is almost parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cloth and the other two sides facing each other are long
It is tilted with respect to the hand direction and its side view shape is a parallelogram.
The two sides facing each other are approximately parallel to the longitudinal direction of the kelp
Then, the other two sides facing each other are paired with the two sides facing vertically.
The two cuts are slanted and facing each other in the longitudinal direction of the kelp.
The mouth surface is slanted with respect to the longitudinal and width directions of kelp.
Characterized by cutting into small pieces of meat.

[0007]

In the present invention, the thin piece kelp whose cut surface is inclined in the longitudinal direction and width direction and has a parallelogram in plan view and side view is compared to the thin piece kelp whose cut surface is inclined in the longitudinal direction and which is rectangular in plan view. The length is long only in the triangular part in plan view,
It has a large cut area. The blade of the cutter consists of a triangular pyramid blade whose upper surface is cut obliquely, and cuts kelp into thin pieces of kelp that are parallelogram-shaped in plan and side views. The curved surface of the guide lower blade makes it possible to cut long thin pieces of kombu.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external side view showing an embodiment of an apparatus for manufacturing thin-walled small pieces kelp according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of a cutter, FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the cutter, and FIG. 4 is an enlarged cutting edge portion of the cutter. A plan view, FIG. 5 is a front view of the cutting edge portion, and FIG.
Is a diagram showing the movement loci of the guide lower blade and the blade edge of the cutter, FIG.
(A), (b), (c) is a plan view of the cut end of kelp, a plan view of the cut thin-walled kelp and an enlarged side view of the same thin-walled kelp.

In FIG. 1, a thin-walled small piece kelp manufacturing apparatus 1
Is an appropriate thickness (eg, 0.3 to 0.8 mm) and width (eg;
The plate-shaped kelp 2 having a size of 150 to 200 mm is sandwiched and a transfer unit 3 for intermittently transferring a predetermined amount (eg, about 1 to 2 mm) is provided. The conveying means 3 is vertically opposed to each other with the conveying passage 5 of the kelp 2 interposed therebetween, and is intermittently run in synchronization with the kelp conveying direction (arrow A direction) by an appropriate drive device (not shown) such as a motor. Endless belt conveyor 3
A and 3B, and a plurality of rollers 4 and the like on which the conveyors 3A and 3B are stretched.

In the middle of the transfer passage 5, there is provided a holding means 6 which is operated when the kelp 2 is cut and which holds the kelp 2 together with the conveyors 3A and 3B. The holding means 6 is provided with an upper bar 6A and a lower bar 6B which are vertically opposed to each other with the transport passage 5 interposed therebetween. Both ends of the upper bar 6A are held on the apparatus fixing portion side so as to be vertically movable, and are vertically moved by a cylinder 7. Lower bar 6B
Is intermittently moved up and down by the cam mechanism 9, and the kelp 2 and the conveyors 3A and 3B are pressed against the upper bar 6A at the time of ascending to hold them together with the upper bar 6A. Is supported and disposed between the upper ends of the. The upper bar 6A does not normally move up and down and is fixed at a predetermined position. When the terminal end of the kelp passes between the upper bar 6A and the lower bar 6B and is not pinched, a sensor (not shown) detects this. Then, the cylinder 7 operates according to the detection signal, and the stroke is increased by a predetermined amount. Then, by switching the traveling directions of the conveyors 3A and 3B, the terminal end of the kelp is collected.

The cam mechanism 9 is provided with a disc-shaped cam 11 which is disposed on the rotating shaft 10 and is located directly below the supporting member 8. The rotating shaft 10 is synchronized with a rotor 15 described later by a motor (not shown). It is configured to rotate at the same rotation speed. On the cam surface 11A of the cam 11, four large-diameter convex portions 12 that are long in the circumferential direction are provided so as to project at equal distances in the circumferential direction. The support member 8 is provided on the cam surface 11A.
A cam follower 13 rotatably arranged is in contact with the lower end of the.

A guide lower blade 1 is provided at the end position of the transport passage 5.
4 and the rotor 15 are arranged vertically facing each other. The lower guide blade 14 is formed in an inverted L shape in a side view and is fixed to the device fixing portion. Upper surface 16 of the lower guide blade 14
(See FIG. 6) is a flat surface 16A that forms substantially the same plane as the conveying passage 5, and a required curvature R that increases at the rear end a of the flat surface 16A as the distance from the flat surface 16A increases.
(Example; 76 mm) and a curved surface 16B continuously formed in a concave shape. The distance L from the start end a to the end b of the curved surface 16A is 18 mm, and the height b of the end b is 2 mm. It is set to about 0.5 mm.

1, the rotor 15 is provided with four cutters 17 on its peripheral surface, and the rotation of a drive motor (not shown) is transmitted to a shaft 18 so that the rotor 15 rotates at a constant speed in the direction of arrow B (eg, 900 rpm). .m). The center of rotation 0 of the rotor 15 (see FIG. 6) is Δd in the feeding direction of the kelp 2 from the center of curvature 0 ′ of the curved surface 16B.
It is displaced (about 2.5 mm).

In FIGS. 2 to 5, the cutters 17 are circumferentially equally arranged on the peripheral surface of the rotor 15 and are arranged in a tangential direction. The cutters 17 are formed of a metal plate having an appropriate plate thickness and have a tip portion. In addition, a plurality of blades 20 are provided symmetrically side by side in the width direction. The blade 20 has a triangular shape in a plan view, and the blade edge c (see FIG. 4) is composed of a sharp triangular pyramid-shaped blade, so that three blade surfaces of a triangle, that is, an upper surface 21.
a, a side surface 21b and a bottom surface 21c, and the upper surface 21a is inclined at an appropriate angle so as to be lower toward the outside.
1b is a vertical surface, and the bottom surface 21c is inclined at an appropriate angle.
The reason why the blade 20 is formed symmetrically with respect to the cutter 17 is that the shape of the blade is asymmetrical so as to cancel the resistance when the kelp 2 is cut and prevent the kelp 2 from escaping in the lateral direction. The cutting angle of the cutter 17 with respect to the thickness direction of the kelp 2 is a minute angle, and the width of the blade 20 is 2.5 to 30 mm.
Degree. It should be noted that only the central blade 20 'has a pyramidal shape. 2 and 3, reference numeral 23 is a bolt mounting hole into which a bolt (not shown) for fixing the cutter 17 to the rotor 15 is inserted.

In the cutter 17 having the above shape,
The distance R ′ (see FIG. 6) from the rotation center 0 of the rotor 15 to the cutting edge c of each cutter 17 is equal to the curved surface 16B.
Is set to be substantially equal to the radius of curvature R of the blade edge c, and the rotation locus 25 of the cutting edge c contacts the end b of the curved surface 16B. For this reason,
An elongated wedge-shaped gap is formed between the upper surface 16 of the lower guide blade 14 and the rotation locus 25.

In the thin-walled small piece kelp manufacturing apparatus 1 having such a structure, the rotor 15 is driven by the operation of the drive motor.
When the kelp 2 is intermittently fed to the upper surface 16 of the guide lower blade 14 by the transporting means 3 at a constant speed, each blade 20 of the cutter 17 moves the tip of the kelp located on the flat surface 16A and the curved surface 16B. 7B and 7C, the cut surface, that is, the cut surface, that is, the flesh portion 31 is inclined in the longitudinal direction and the width direction, is a parallelogram in a plan view and a side view. It is possible to produce the thin piece kombu 30 of. Further detailed the shape of thin piece kombu 3
Then, in plan view, the two sides facing each other are kelp.
Is approximately parallel to the longitudinal direction and the other two sides facing each other are long
It is a parallelogram inclined with respect to the direction. Also the side
As for the visual shape, the two sides facing up and down are the longitudinal direction of the kelp.
2 which are substantially parallel and whose other two sides facing each other vertically face each other
It is a parallelogram that is inclined with respect to the side. And kelp
The two cut surfaces facing each other in the longitudinal direction of the
It is inclined with respect to the hand direction and the width direction. The thin piece kelp 30 has a length 1 of about 20 mm and a thickness of 0.03 to 0.
The radiation is about 12 mm and the radiation is about 2.5 to 30 mm. In addition, in FIG. 7, 32 is a skin part of kelp.

In this case, since the blade 20 of the cutter 17 is continuously provided over the entire width without a gap, it is possible to cut the entire width of the kelp 2 with one cutter 17 by one feed. Further, since the holding means 6 holds the kelp 2 at the time of cutting and prevents the kelp 2 from being drawn in by the cutter 17, it is possible to manufacture the thin piece kelp 30 having a constant quality. Further, when the blade 20 of the cutter 17 is a triangular pyramid-shaped blade and the curved surface 16B is provided on the upper surface of the lower guide blade 14, the thin and small pieces of kombu 20 have a triangular shape shown by diagonal lines in FIG. 7B. Since the thin region portion 30a can be provided, a thin small piece kelp 30 having a larger cut area and a longer length than the region portion 30 is obtained as compared with the case where the blade is cut diagonally in the plate thickness direction with a rectangular blade in plan view. be able to.

In the above embodiment, the case where the four cutters 17 are attached to the rotor 15 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this and can be increased or decreased as appropriate. In that case, as a matter of course, the number of the large-diameter convex portions 12 of the cam 11 is increased or decreased according to the number of the cutters 17.

[0019]

As described above, the thin small piece kelp according to the present invention has a parallelogram in a plan view and a side view in which the cut surface is inclined in the longitudinal direction and the width direction of the kelp.
Since the length is long and the cut area is large, the nutrient elution time from the meat portion can be shortened, and it is suitable for use as an easily processed food for home cooking and also for instant foods. In addition, thin-walled small pieces kelp manufacturing equipment is
Since the blade of the cutter is a triangular pyramid-shaped blade, and the concave curved surface is provided on the upper surface of the guide lower blade 14, the kelp is thinly cut diagonally with respect to the plate thickness direction, and is long and has a large cut area in a plan view. Also, it is possible to produce a parallelogram-shaped thin-walled small piece kelp.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external side view showing an embodiment of an apparatus for producing thin-walled small pieces kelp according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a cutter.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the cutter.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged plan view of a cutting edge portion of the cutter.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the cutting edge portion.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a rotation trajectory of a guide lower blade and a blade edge of a cutter.

7 (a), (b) and (c) are a plan view of a cut end of kelp, a plan view of cut thin-walled kelp and an enlarged side view of the same thin-walled kelp.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Manufacturing apparatus 2 Kelp 3 Conveying means 5 Conveying passage 6 Holding means 9 Cam mechanism 14 Guide lower blade 15 Rotor 16 Upper surface 16A Flat surface 16B Curved surface 17 Cutter 20 Blade 30 Thin small piece kombu

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A plan view shape is a parallelogram, and
The two sides facing each other are approximately parallel to the longitudinal direction of the kelp, and
The two sides facing each other are inclined with respect to the longitudinal direction and have a side view.
The shape is a parallelogram, and the two sides facing up and down are kelp.
Is approximately parallel to the longitudinal direction of the
Sloping with respect to the two sides facing each other, smell in the longitudinal direction of kelp
The two cut surfaces facing each other are the longitudinal direction and the width direction of the kelp.
Thin-walled kelp characterized by being inclined with respect to . 2. A conveyance means for intermittently conveying a predetermined amount of plate-shaped kelp, a guide lower blade, and a rotor which is disposed above the guide lower blade in close proximity to each other and is rotated at a constant speed by a driving device. And a plurality of cutters arranged equidistantly in the circumferential direction on the peripheral surface of the rotor, the upper surface of the guide lower blade is a flat surface, and the rear end of the flat surface is far from the flat surface. And a radius of curvature of the curved surface of the guide lower blade and a center of rotation of the rotor.
From the cutter to the cutting edge of the cutter are approximately equal, and
The center of rotation of the rotor is the direction of kelp feeding from the center of curvature of the curved surface
The cutters are displaced by a predetermined amount, and a plurality of the cutters are symmetrically arranged side by side in the width direction.
Each blade has a triangular shape in plan view,
By forming a cone shape, it becomes lower toward the outside
Sloped upper surface, side surface consisting of almost vertical surface and slope
The bottom surface of the kelp has a parallelogram.
And the two sides facing each other are approximately the same as the longitudinal direction of the kelp.
The other two sides that are parallel and opposite to each other are inclined with respect to the longitudinal direction.
It is slanted and its side view is parallelogram and faces above and below it.
The two sides are almost parallel to the longitudinal direction of the kelp and face each other.
The two sides of the kelp are slanted with respect to the two sides facing each other.
Two cut faces facing each other in the longitudinal direction are in the longitudinal direction of the kelp.
An apparatus for manufacturing thin-walled kelp, which is characterized by cutting into thin-walled small pieces that are inclined with respect to the direction and the width direction .