JP3222369U - Raw material processing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a raw meat chunk processing apparatus that can be more easily cleaned. A processing apparatus 1 for raw meat chunk M includes a transport path 5 for raw meat chunk M, and a transport means 6 for transporting raw meat chunk M along the transport path 5. The conveying path 5 has a smooth surface portion 5a extending in the conveying direction A of the raw meat chunk M, and the smooth surface portion 5a is provided so that the raw meat chunk M can be placed thereon, and the conveying means 6 is driven. The raw meat chunk M is slidable on the smooth surface portion 5a in the transport direction A. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for treating meat chunks (also referred to as “raw meat chunks” or “raw wood”) such as pork, beef, and poultry meat.

  Products such as ham, sausage and bacon are required to have uniform taste throughout the product. Therefore, conventionally, using a pickle solution injection injector, a seasoning solution is used as a raw material of the product, such as pork, beef, poultry meat, etc. It inject | pours (for example, refer patent document 1).

  In this injector, a feed conveyor (belt conveyor) is provided as a conveyance means of the raw material mass, and an injection head having a large number of injection needles is disposed above the belt conveyor, and the raw material conveyed by the conveyor When a meat mass reaches just below the injection head, the conveyor is stopped, and the injection head is dropped to pierce the injection needle into the raw material mass to inject the pickle solution.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-209693

  The belt conveyor needs to be kept clean from a hygienic point of view because it directly contacts the raw material mass. However, in the belt conveyor, since it is necessary to drive the belt portion, the gap is inevitably formed on both sides of the belt, dirt is easily accumulated in the gap and the inside thereof, and cleaning is not easy. Therefore, the conventional processing apparatus is very laborious to keep clean.

  Therefore, development of the processing apparatus of the raw material mass which can be cleaned more easily is desired. Then, in this invention, it aims at providing the processing apparatus of the raw material mass which can be cleaned more easily.

  The present invention is a processing apparatus for a raw material meat mass, comprising: a conveyance path for the raw material mass, and conveyance means for conveying the raw material mass along the conveyance path, the conveyance path comprising: A smooth surface portion extending in the conveying direction of the raw material meat mass, the smooth surface portion being provided so as to be able to mount the raw material meat mass, and driving the conveying means to drive the raw material meat It is a processing apparatus characterized in that a lump can slide on the smooth surface portion in the transport direction.

  In the present invention, the conveying means has a locking means and is provided so as to be able to lock the raw material mass by the locking means, and the conveying means in a state where the raw material mass is locked. The raw material meat mass can be made slidable in the transport direction on the smooth surface portion by driving. Further, according to the present invention, the locking means can be pierced into the raw material meat mass. Also, in the present invention, the locking means can be a needle-like portion.

  According to the present invention, since the raw material meat mass is conveyed by sliding the smooth surface portion of the conveyance path by the conveyance means, it is possible to provide an apparatus for processing the raw material mass which can be more easily cleaned. is there.

1 is a schematic plan view of an embodiment of the present invention. It is an expansion side schematic diagram which shows the mode of processing of the raw material meat mass in embodiment of this invention, and is a figure which shows the mode of a gas injection | pouring process. It is an expansion side schematic diagram which shows the mode of processing of the raw material meat mass in embodiment of this invention, and is a figure which shows the mode of a vacuuming process. It is an expansion side schematic diagram which shows the mode of processing of the raw material meat mass in embodiment of this invention, and is a figure which shows the mode of a seasoning liquid injection | pouring process.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described based on FIGS. 1 to 4. First, the configuration of the present embodiment will be described. The processing apparatus 1 for the raw material meat mass M is, for example, a pickle liquid injection device for injecting a seasoning liquid such as a pickle liquid into the raw material meat mass M. In this embodiment, the injector 2 which is mainly divided into three units and injects the seasoning liquid into the raw material meat mass M, and a pretreatment for injecting the seasoning liquid into the raw material meat mass M It includes a pretreatment device 3 which is a unit to be performed, and a supply unit 4 which is a unit for feeding the raw material meat mass to the pretreatment device 3. The pretreatment device 3 and the supply unit 4 are appropriately provided as needed.

  The injector 2 is provided with a seasoning solution injection head 2a for injecting the seasoning solution into the raw material mass M. The seasoning liquid injection head 2a has the injection needle 2b provided so as to be able to pierce the raw material mass M and can be moved up and down by a guide rod (not shown). The raw material meat mass M is to be injected through the In addition, in this embodiment, although the seasoning liquid injection | pouring head 2a is provided a total of 3 units up and down, the number and arrangement | positioning can be changed suitably.

  The pretreatment device 3 injects a gas having no problem with food hygiene such as nitrogen, air, carbon dioxide, etc. into the raw material meat mass M, and then expands the gas by evacuating the raw material meat mass M. It is an apparatus for making the said seasoning liquid permeate more uniformly by the raw material lump M. The pretreatment device 3 includes a gas injection head 3a for injecting the gas into the raw material meat mass M, and a vacuum pod 3b for evacuating the raw material meat mass M.

  The gas injection head 3a is vertically movable and connected to a gas supply source (not shown) by drive means (not shown). The gas injection head 3a is provided with an injection needle 3c provided so as to be able to punch and pierce the raw material meat mass M in order to inject the gas into the raw material meat mass M.

  The vacuum pod 3b is connected to a decompression (vacuum) pump (not shown) and is provided so as to be vertically movable by drive means. The vacuum pod 3b is capable of depressurizing the inside by driving the decompression pump in a state in which the raw material meat mass M is sealed inside.

  The processing apparatus 1 is provided with the conveyance path 5 and the conveyance means 6. The transport path 5 is a portion to which the raw material meat mass M is transported, and the bottom surface portion thereof is the smooth surface portion 5a. In the present embodiment, the transport paths 5 extend from the supply unit 4 to the injectors 2 through the pretreatment device 3 and are provided in parallel.

  The smooth surface portion 5 a is provided so as to be capable of mounting the raw material meat mass M and is provided to extend in the transport direction A of the raw material meat mass M. In the present embodiment, a plurality of holes 5 b are formed in the smooth surface 5 a provided on the injector 2 side. The hole portion 5 b is provided to recover the seasoning liquid that could not be injected into the raw material meat mass M due to, for example, overflowing from the raw material meat mass M.

  The conveying means 6 is a means for conveying the raw material meat mass M, and by driving the conveying means 6, the raw material meat mass M slides on the smooth surface portion 5a in the conveying direction A by driving the conveying means 6. It is possible. That is, in the processing apparatus 1, the raw material meat mass M is to be transported so as to slide on the smooth surface portion 5a.

  Specifically, the transport means 6 of the present embodiment is a locking means for locking the raw material meat mass M to the transport means 6, for example, a needle-like portion provided so as to be able to pierce the raw material meat mass M. The raw material meat mass M can be conveyed by moving the conveying means 6 in the conveyance direction A in a state where the needle-like portion 6a is inserted into the raw material meat mass M. Further, the transport means 6 is provided movably in the vertical direction by drive means (not shown) so as to be able to pierce and pierce the raw material meat mass M with the needle-like portion 6a.

  In the present embodiment, a plurality of transport means 6 are provided in the processing apparatus 1, and the raw material meat mass M is sequentially delivered to each transport means 6 from the supply unit 4 through the pretreatment device 3 to the injector 2 It is supposed to be transported.

Next, the process process of the raw material meat mass M in this embodiment is demonstrated.
<Gas injection process>
The raw material mass M placed in the supply unit 4 is pierced with the needle-like portion 6a of the conveyance means 6 (hereinafter also referred to as the first conveyance means 6A) provided in the supply unit 4, and the first conveyance It is locked to the means 6A. Thereafter, as indicated by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 2, the first conveying means 6A is moved together with the raw material meat mass M in the conveying direction A to move the raw material meat mass M below the gas injection head 3a. The gas injection head 3a is moved up and down while gradually moving the raw material mass M in the conveying direction A while the conveyance means 6A is gradually moved to inject the gas into the whole raw material mass M.

<Vacuum evacuation process>
It said gas injected material meat mass M (hereinafter, also referred to as raw meat masses M _G) is pre-processor conveying means 6 provided 3 are passed to (hereinafter also referred to as a second conveying means 6B) . The raw meat masses M _G, is engaged with the second conveying means 6B is plugged needle-like portion 6a of the second conveying means 6B in the same manner as described above. Then, the raw material meat mass M _G every second conveying means. 6B, as indicated by one-dot chain line in FIG. 3, is conveyed downward in the vacuum pod 3b, then, lowering the vacuum pod 3b, raw meat chunks the M _G sealed in a vacuum pod 3b, to reduce the pressure in the vacuum pod 3b. Then, the gas injected into the raw material meat mass M _G expands, raw meat masses M _G is expanded.

At this time, the raw material meat mass M _G is may be performed locked as-vacuum step a second transport device 6B, before lowering the vacuum pod 3b, the second conveying means 6B and raw meat once released the locking of the mass M _G, the second conveying means 6B may perform vacuuming process after moving out of the vacuum pod 3b.

Seasoning liquid injection process
The evacuated raw material meat mass M (hereinafter, also referred to as raw meat masses M _V) is conveying unit 6 provided in the injector 2 being (hereinafter, also referred to as the third conveying means 6C) in passed, the process raw meat masses M _V in the same manner as is locked to the third conveying means 6C. Then, as shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 4, the raw material meat mass M _V is transported to the lower side of the seasoning liquid injection head 2 a, and then the third transport means 6 C is gradually moved in the transport direction A. while by vertically moving the seasoning liquid injection head 2a, the seasoning solution is injected into the entire raw material meat mass M _V.

  The raw material meat mass M, into which the seasoning liquid has been injected, is delivered to the fourth transport means 6D and is further transported.

  Therefore, in the processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the raw material meat mass M can be transported while sliding on the smooth surface portion 5a using the transport means 6 instead of the belt conveyor, and the smooth surface portion Since 5a can be cleaned much more easily compared to a belt conveyor, the transport path 5 of the raw material meat mass M, and thus, the processing apparatus 1 can be more easily kept clean. Become.

  Although this invention was demonstrated based on the said embodiment, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, It can change suitably in the range which does not change the summary of invention.

  (1) For example, in the above embodiment, the needle-like portion 6a is pierced into the raw material meat mass M from above by the transport means 6, but the direction in which the needle-like portion 6a is pierced can be selected appropriately For example, the needle-like portion 6a may be pierced into the raw material mass M from the lateral direction.

  (2) In the above embodiment, the raw material meat mass M is conveyed by piercing the needle-like portion 6a into the raw material meat mass M and moving the conveyance means 6 in the conveyance direction A in that state. The smooth surface portion 5a may be made to slide the raw material meat mass M, and the raw material meat mass M may be moved in the transport direction A by other means such as friction by a roller (not shown), or the rear direction The raw material meat mass M may be moved in the transport direction A by pushing the raw material meat mass M.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 processing apparatus 2 injector 2a seasoning liquid injection head 2b injection needle 3 pretreatment apparatus 3a gas injection head 3b vacuum pod 3c injection needle 4 supply unit 5 conveyance path 5a smooth surface portion 5b hole portion 6 conveyance means 6a needle-like portion A conveyance direction M Raw meat mass

Claims (4)

Processing equipment for raw meat mass,
A transport path of the raw material mass,
Transport means for transporting the raw meat mass along the transport path;
The transport path has a smooth surface portion extending in the transport direction of the raw material mass;
The smooth surface portion is provided so as to be able to mount the raw meat mass,
A processing apparatus characterized in that the raw material meat mass can slide on the smooth surface portion in the conveying direction by driving the conveying means.   The transport means has a locking means and is provided to be able to lock the raw material meat mass by the locking means, and driving the transport means while the raw material mass is locked. The processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the raw material meat mass is slidable on the smooth surface portion in the transport direction.   The processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the locking means is insertable into the raw material meat mass.   The processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the locking means is a needle-like portion.

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