JP3210562B2 - Squid leg cutting device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for automatically separating one leg at a time to separate the leg from the torso.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 7, a foot A which is to be cut and separated from a torso is provided with two long legs from a root B which includes an oral cavity C having a beak called a tongue at the center. It has a form in which the tentacles A1 and the eight legs A2 are in a hanging state. In order to divide the squid legs A one by one, conventionally, as shown in FIG. 8, the root portion B is cut in the vertical direction to remove the oral cavity C containing the beak, while Expand the foot A as shown in FIG.
At present, A1 and eight feet A2 are brought into a state of being aligned, and the roots B of adjacent feet are cut by cutting in the vertical direction. At this time, using a home-made cutting machine in which a plurality of circular cutter plates D are juxtaposed at predetermined intervals in the horizontal direction, each leg of the foot A to be unfolded is connected to the adjacent circular cutter plate. In some cases, the legs A are separated one by one by inserting them between the boards.

[0003]

However, as described above, in the cutting operation of the squid A, first, the base B
Is cut and opened in the longitudinal direction, and the operation of taking out the oral cavity C from the inside is manually performed using a cutter.
Not only is the work efficiency extremely poor, but there is also the danger of injuries to the hands and the like with the cutter, and moreover, efficient processing of a large amount of squid A requires a large number of skilled workers and labor costs. There are problems such as this. In addition, since one portion of the root B is cut in the vertical direction so that all the legs are deployed, the roots of the adjacent legs are further cut between the roots. Since the intervals between the cutting portions of the root portion are different, there is a problem that the intervals between the circular cutter plates are required according to the size, and the work also requires time and effort to lower the freshness.

[0004] Further, even when the above-mentioned operation of dividing the squid legs A one by one is performed by a plurality of parallel circular cutter plates, each leg must be located between the adjacent circular cutter plates, and the operation is complicated. And it cannot be efficiently divided. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to completely solve such a problem, and to provide a squid cutting device capable of automatically separating and cutting squid legs one by one without efficiently expanding the squid legs. It is.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, a squid leg cutting device according to the present invention is a device for individually cutting a plurality of legs connected to a root portion containing an oral cavity of a squid. A vertical guide rod that penetrates the center of the root part and slides and descends the root part, and a vertical guide rod radially disposed around the lower part of the vertical guide rod with the vertical guide rod as the center. A circular cutter plate and a partition plate erected between adjacent vertical circular cutter plates, and the plurality of vertical circular cutter plates are used to cut a plurality of portions of the root portion in the circumferential direction at equal intervals, thereby reducing the number of feet. It is configured to divide one by one.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A plurality of squid legs are interposed between adjacent partition plates while a root portion of a squid leg to be separated from a trunk is inserted into an upper end of a vertical guide bar. Squid legs are 2
The remaining eight, except for the long tentacles, are connected to the root at every 45 degree angle in the circumferential direction, and the squid is directed upward with respect to the root, that is, with the suction cup side facing upward. In this state, regardless of how large or small, the eight legs are in a state of being radially expanded at 45 degree angle intervals around the root.
Therefore, when the root is inserted into the upper end of the vertical guide rod in this state as described above, each foot is naturally disposed between the adjacent partition plates and adheres to the inner surface of the root. The oral cavity is pushed up by the upper end of the vertical guide rod, separated from the root and pushed upward.

In this state, the root is lowered along the vertical guide rod. At this time, a large diameter head is provided at the upper end of the vertical guide rod, and the root of the squid is penetrated through this large diameter head and inserted into the upper end of the small diameter vertical guide rod,
Although the frictional resistance with the vertical guide rod is relatively small and it can be lowered by its own weight, the outer peripheral surface (surface) of the vertical guide rod so that the squid can descend smoothly and quickly
If water is allowed to flow down from the upper end, the foot can be instantaneously lowered and supplied, with the root part riding on the flow.

As means for supplying water to the outer peripheral surface of the vertical guide rod, a water supply passage is provided at the center of the vertical guide rod, and the lower end of the water supply passage passes through the water supply passage inside the large-diameter head of the vertical guide rod. Water is supplied to the vertical guide rod from the lower end of the large-diameter head to flow down the water.

As described above, the root of the foot is transmitted to the vertical circular cutter plate side disposed around the lower portion of the vertical guide rod, and the root between the adjacent feet corresponds to each other. It is cut by a vertical circular cutter plate, and the squid legs are cut off one by one. In addition, when the squid leg is cut by the vertical circular cutter plate along the vertical guide bar, a cover piece is arranged above it to prevent it from getting caught in the rotation center axis etc. of the vertical circular cutter plate. It is.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring to the drawings, a specific embodiment of the present invention will be described. In FIGS. And vertically arranged at regular intervals (45-degree angle intervals) in the circumferential direction on the machine base 1 around the guide rod 2 around the guide rod 2. The eight circular cutter plates 3, 3,... 3, a partition plate 4 erected and fixed vertically on the machine base 1 along one side of each circular cutter plate 3, It comprises a cover piece 5 fixed to an intermediate portion on the other side and a rotation drive mechanism 6 for the circular cutter plate 3.

The vertical guide rod 2 is formed to have a diameter slightly smaller than the diameter of the portion containing the mouth C having the beak of the foot A, and the diameter of the annular base B containing the mouth C is reduced. The inner peripheral side is inserted, and the root portion B is configured to slide down on the outer peripheral surface of the vertical guide rod 2 and descend to the cutting portion side by the lower circular cutter plate 3.
The lower end of the vertical guide rod 2 is provided with a central hole 1a of the machine base 1 protruding downward from the center to support the lower surface of the machine base 1.
Fixed to 1b. Further, a water supply passage 7 having a small-diameter hole is formed in the center of the vertical guide rod 2 over the entire length, and a lower end of the water supply passage 7 is connected to a water supply hose (not shown) through a pipe joint 7a. And a cap-shaped large-diameter head 2a having a diameter through which the root portion B of the squid can be inserted is screwed into the upper end.

As shown in FIG. 4, a groove 2c is formed in the large-diameter head portion 2a over substantially the entire length of the inner thread portion 2b screwed to the tip thread portion of the vertical guide rod 2. The lower end of the groove 2c communicates with the outer peripheral surface (surface) of the vertical guide rod 2 and the upper end communicates with the upper end of the water supply passage 7. Therefore, the water supplied through the water supply passage 7 is configured to flow down to the surface of the vertical guide rod 2 through the groove 2c. As shown in FIG. 6, a vertical groove 2d is provided at eight places on the lower outer peripheral surface of the vertical guide rod 2 corresponding to each of the eight circular cutter plates 3 in the circumferential direction at a constant interval (45 ° angular interval). ), And the inner cutting edge 3b of the circular cutter plate 3 is inserted into each of the vertical grooves 2d.

As shown in FIG. 2, a circular cutter plate 3 corresponding to each circular cutter plate 3 is provided on an inner peripheral portion 8 of the upper surface of the machine base 1.
A lower end of a support rod 11 inclined inward toward the upper end is fixed to the bracket 10 with a bolt and a nut, and a circular cutter plate 3 is attached to the upper end of the support rod 11. The center shaft 3a is rotatably supported. As shown in FIG. 3, each of the circular cutter plates 3 is disposed on a line that divides the annular machine base 1 into eight around the vertical guide rod 2, rotates on a vertical plane, and as described above, The inner blade edge of the plate 3 is inserted into a vertical groove 2d provided in the vertical guide rod 2, and the foot descending along the vertical guide rod 2 is divided as described later.

The rotary drive mechanism 6 of the circular cutter plate 3
A drive motor 61 installed at an appropriate position in a lower space portion of the main body, a transmission shaft 62 rotatably supported on the outer peripheral portion of the upper surface of the machine base 1 corresponding to each circular cutter plate 3, and adjacent transmission shafts 62, 62 Flexible shaft coupling 63 connecting each other, each transmission shaft 62 and each circular cutter plate 3
Sprocket wheels 64 fixed to the center shaft 3a of the
65, a chain 66 endlessly bridged between sprocket wheels 64, 65 corresponding to the respective circular cutter plates 3, and a transmission shaft 62 and a rotation shaft of the drive motor 61 disposed above the drive motor 61. The sprocket wheels 67 and 68 are fixed and a chain 69 is endlessly stretched between the sprocket wheels 67 and 68.

Accordingly, the rotation of the drive motor 61 is transmitted from the transmission shaft 62 above the transmission motor 62 to all the transmission shafts 62 via the flexible shaft coupling 63, and the rotation of the transmission shaft 62 causes all the circular cutter plates 3 to be simultaneously driven. They rotate in the same direction all at once. 12 is a roller support rod fixed to the center of the support rod 11,
The tension roller 13 of the chain 66 is rotatably supported at its tip. As the rotation drive mechanism 6 of the circular cutter plate 3, an appropriate rotation drive mechanism such as a belt drive or a rotation drive by a meshing gear may be employed in addition to the above-described means using the sprocket wheel and the chain.

The machine base 1 is arranged along one side of each circular cutter plate 3.
As shown in FIG. 2, each of the partition plates 4 erected and fixed on the upper side has an inner edge formed on a parallel edge with a small interval from the vertical guide bar 2 and is horizontally extended from the vertical guide bar 2. The lower end side extending radially in the direction has a width slightly smaller than the diameter of the circular cutter plate 3, and the outer end side is formed in a triangular shape inclined obliquely inward from the lower end toward the upper end. . These partition plates 4 are erected along one side surface of the circular cutter plate 3 opposite to the sprocket wheel 65 fixed to the central axis 3a of the circular cutter plate 3, and the lower end thereof is formed by a vertical groove of the vertical guide rod 2. It is fixed to and supported by the upper end of a supporting member 14 fixed to the upper surface of the machine base 1 in the vicinity of 2d, and the upper end is located at an appropriate distance from the upper end of the vertical guide rod 2. In addition, the upper ends of any two partition plates 4, 4 having an angular interval of 180 degrees in the circumferential direction are formed along the vertical guide rod 2 on the protruding piece 4a reaching the vicinity of the upper end of the vertical guide rod 2. Has formed.

The other side surface of each partition plate 4, that is, the surface on the side of the circular cutter plate 3, covers the sprocket wheel 65 and the chain 66 fixed to the center shaft 3a, and the squid legs are sprocket wheel 65 and the chain 66. A cover piece 5 for preventing winding around is fixed. The outer end of the cover piece 5 is fixed to the partition plate 4 and a portion from the fixed portion to the inner end inclined obliquely downward is spaced apart from the partition plate 4 by a small interval. The upper peripheral portion of the circular cutter plate 3 is inserted through the portion, and the inner end is located near the vertical groove 2d provided on the vertical guide rod 2. Reference numeral 8 denotes a chute having an upper end opening facing a central hole 1a of the ring-shaped machine base 1 and is mounted in a space below the machine base 1. 9
Is a movable underframe on which the machine base 1 is fixed on a support 9a standing upright.

The squid leg that is to be configured as described above or that is to be severed by the severing device is one that is cut off between the eye portion and the oral cavity portion with respect to the trunk, and the oral cavity portion C is the surrounding portion. It is attached to the ring-shaped meat part, that is, a part of the inner surface of the root part B of the squid. The beak wrapped in the oral cavity, commonly called the Tonbi, pushes up in the opposite direction from the direction of the esophagus connected to the root part B, the muscle supporting the beak is lifted in the direction of the esophagus mouth, the beak is It is pushed out of the esophagus and can be easily removed.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7, the squid A hanging downward from the base B has two long tentacles.
It has A1 and eight legs A2, and the eight legs A2 are symmetrically composed of the first arm to the fourth arm, and the two tentacles A1
Exists adjacent to the left and right fourth arms. The upper ends of the eight legs A2 are accurately connected to the root portion B at circumferential intervals of 45 degrees. When the squid foot A is separated by the above-mentioned device for each foot A2, if the tentacle A1 is present, the foot from the first arm to the third arm is used in the eight circular cutter plates 3 as described above. A2 can be divided one by one, but the tentacle A1 is divided while attached to the foot A2, which is the fourth arm on the left and right. Of course, 10 circular cutter plates 3
The vertical guide rod 2 is arranged radially around the two
A1 and the eight legs A2 can be separated into one by one. In the present invention, such a configuration may be adopted. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, the tentacle A1 is previously removed by an operation such as tearing by hand.

If the foot A is to be removed upward with respect to the root B in order to remove the tentacles A1, the eight feet A2 are turned around the root B in the circumferential direction with the suction cups directed upward.
It is in a state of being developed radially at every angle interval of degrees. Therefore, in this state, the root B is attached to the large diameter head 2a of the vertical guide rod 2.
As shown in FIG. 5, each foot A2
Are projected radially into the space between the partition plates 4, 4 which are naturally adjacent to each other, and the oral cavity C contained in the root B is formed by the large-diameter head 2 a of the vertical guide rod 2. By being pushed up, the attached portion is separated from the inner surface of the root portion B, extruded upward, and removed.

When the root portion B is inserted into the vertical guide rod 2, the two partition plates 4, which are provided with the projecting pieces 4a at the upper end,
With reference to 4, if any feet A2 of the squid A are positioned along these partition plates 4, 4, the other feet A2 naturally intervene between the other partition plates 4, 4 in sequence. It can be in a state that has been.

On the other hand, the vertical circular cutter plate 3 disposed around the lower portion of the vertical guide rod 2 is simultaneously driven to rotate by driving the drive motor 61 of the rotary drive mechanism 6. That is, when the drive motor 61 is started, the chain extending between the sprocket wheels 67 and 68
Since the rotation is transmitted to the transmission shaft 61 above the drive motor 61 via 69 and the transmission shafts 61 arranged corresponding to the respective circular cutter plates 3 are connected to each other by the flexible shaft coupling 63, All the transmission shafts 61 rotate at the same time, and the chain running from each transmission shaft 61 to the sprocket wheels 64 and 65
The central axis 3a of the circular cutter plate 3 is rotated via 66.

Further, a water supply passage 7 provided at the center of the vertical guide rod 2 has a lower end pipe joint 7a connected to a water supply source.
Pressure water is supplied through a connected hose (not shown), and the pressure water rises in the water supply passage 7 and flows into the inner peripheral thread portion 2b of the large-diameter head 2a of the vertical guide rod 2, The pressure water flows downward from the upper end of the vertical guide rod 2 through the groove 2c along the surface (outer peripheral surface) of the vertical guide rod 2 from the inner bottom thereof.

Therefore, the root portion B of the squid foot A is inserted through the large-diameter head 2a of the vertical guide rod 2 as described above.
, The inner peripheral surface of the root portion B instantly descends to the lower end of the vertical guide rod 2 while sliding on the surface of the vertical guide rod 2 while riding on the flow of the pressurized water. At this time, each leg A2 radially protruding from the root portion B inserted into the vertical guide rod 2 may be caught in the sprocket wheel 64 or the chain 66, which is the rotation drive mechanism of the circular cutter plate 3, and thus, as described above. The upper part of the chain 66 is covered with a cover piece 5 so that each foot A2 is fed downward with the inclined upper surface of the cover piece 5 as a guide surface.

Eight circular cutter plates 3 are radially arranged around the lower portion of the vertical guide bar 2 so as to correspond to each foot A2 as described above, and the inner blade edge 3b is shown in FIG. The vertical groove 2d of the vertical guide rod 2 is inserted into the vertical groove 2d.
It rotates inside 2d in the direction from the upper side to the lower side. Therefore, the root B of the squid A moves along the vertical guide rod 2
When passing through the 2d part, the root part B between the adjacent feet A2, A2
Is divided into eight equal parts, and this division of the root B splits the squid A into eight legs A2. Each leg A2 having a divided root falls downward from the central hole 1a of the machine base 1. Then, it is housed in a housing box (not shown) disposed below through the chute 8.

[0026]

As described above, according to the squid leg cutting device of the present invention, the root portion of the squid leg is inserted into the upper end of the vertical guide rod erected on the center of the machine base to connect to the root portion. The plurality of legs can be spread radially outward at substantially equal angular intervals from the vertical guide bar in the outer peripheral direction, and therefore, each circular cutter plate radially disposed around the lower portion of the vertical guide bar. Each foot can be easily and accurately arranged between the adjacent partition plates erected along these circular cutter plates in accordance with the above, and in that state, the feet are moved down the vertical guide bar or lowered. The root can be divided into a plurality of pieces for each foot by a corresponding circular cutter plate so that the feet can be reliably and efficiently divided for each foot.

The upper end of the vertical guide rod has a large diameter head, and a passage for supplying water from the lower end to the upper end is provided at the center of the vertical guide rod. By making the structure so that water flows down, the simple operation of inserting the root of the squid into the large-diameter head of the vertical guide rod can be applied to the flow of water flowing down the vertical guide rod. Part can be instantly lowered to the lower circular cutter plate side with little frictional resistance from the vertical guide rod, and the work of dividing the squid foot into each foot can be performed automatically and safely and efficiently. Things.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a simplified perspective view of the squid cutting device of the present invention,

FIG. 2 is a front view in which a part thereof is longitudinally cut,

FIG. 3 is a simplified plan view in a state where a cover piece is omitted;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of an upper end enlarged head of a vertical guide bar;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a state in which a squid is lowered by being transmitted along a vertical guide bar;

FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view of a state where a squid leg is divided by a circular cutter plate,

FIG. 7 is an overall view of a squid,

FIG. 8 is a simplified perspective view showing a state in which an oral cavity of a squid foot is developed in a conventional method.

FIG. 9 is a simplified plan view showing the squid leg dividing method.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 machine base 2 vertical guide rod 3 circular cutter plate 4 partition plate 5 cover piece 6 rotation drive mechanism 7 water supply passage A squid foot B root part C oral cavity

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A device for individually dividing a plurality of legs connected to a root portion enclosing an oral cavity of a squid, wherein the root portion is inserted through a center portion thereof, and the root portion is slid downward. A vertical guide rod to be lowered, a vertical circular cutter plate radially arranged around the lower portion of the vertical guide rod with the vertical guide rod as a center, and a partition plate erected between adjacent vertical circular cutter plates. A plurality of vertical circular cutter plates are used to cut a plurality of portions of the root portion equally in the circumferential direction so as to divide the squid legs one by one. 2. The vertical guide bar is erected on a central portion of the machine base, has a large-diameter head at an upper end thereof, and has a passage for supplying water from the lower end to the upper end at the central portion. 2. The structure according to claim 1, wherein water flows down from the upper end of the passage along the surface of the vertical guide rod.
The squid leg cutting device as described. 3. The vertical circular cutter plate has its central axis rotatably supported on the machine base, while the vertical circular cutter plate rotates on the upper surface of the outer peripheral portion of the machine base in correspondence with the central axis of each vertical circular cutter plate. A transmission shaft for transmitting the rotation of the drive motor to all the vertical circular cutter plates simultaneously by connecting adjacent transmission shafts via a flexible shaft joint. The squid cutting device according to 1. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a cover piece covering said central axis is disposed above the central axis of each vertical circular cutter plate, and each cover piece is fixed to a side surface of a corresponding partition plate. The squid cutting device according to claim 1 or 3.