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JP3905062B2
JP3905062B2 JP2003162446A JP2003162446A JP3905062B2 JP 3905062 B2 JP3905062 B2 JP 3905062B2 JP 2003162446 A JP2003162446 A JP 2003162446A JP 2003162446 A JP2003162446 A JP 2003162446A JP 3905062 B2 JP3905062 B2 JP 3905062B2
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【0001】
【発明が属する技術分野】
本発明は、セラミック製包丁に関する。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
一般的に広く使用されている包丁は、鋼やステンレス等の金属製の物が多い。
【0003】
鋼製の包丁は一般的に製作し易く、安価であるという特徴を持っているものの、使用に伴う刃先の磨耗によって当初の良好な切れ味が低下し、また錆が発生しやすいことから一層切れ味が悪化することが多い。そのために、頻繁な刃研ぎが必要になる。また使用後には水分を拭い去り、錆止めを施しておく必要がある。更に包丁の鉄成分が食物に乗り移り易い事から、金気臭が付着して料理の味を損なうという欠点がある。かかる鋼製包丁の不都合を回避すべく、発錆し難いステンレス鋼で作られた物も安価で多く使用されているが、鋼と比べて硬度が低い為に刃先が鈍り易く、切れ味がすぐに劣化する傾向にある。また、さらに発錆し難く高硬度のモリブデン、タングステンなどを含んだ特殊ステンレス合金鋼で構成した包丁も市販されているが、値段の割には切れ味の持続性が良くない。
【0004】
このように、従来の金属包丁は硬度が低い為に、切れ味の劣化が早く、頻繁な研ぎが必要である。また、錆び易く、食物に金気が付くそして酸、アルカリに弱く腐食がしやすいという問題点がある。
【0005】
金属製包丁のこれらの問題点を改善する為に、ジルコニアセラミックに代表されるセラミック製の包丁が実用化されている。(特許文献1、2参照)
これまで実用化された包丁は、先端が尖っている形状で、かつ、先端には刃付けがされていなかった。因みに、金属包丁でも、先端を円弧状にしている物は存在するが、安全を目的としているので円弧状の先端部には切刃が形成されていない。
【特許文献1】
特開昭58−71095号公報
【特許文献2】
特開昭62−275057号公報
【0006】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
セラミック製の包丁は一般的に硬度が高い為に、切れ味の劣化が進みにくく、かつ酸、アルカリにも強いので、腐食しにくく、食材への味移りもしないとう優れた特性を持っている。しかしながらセラミックは金属と比べて靭性が低い為に特に細くなっている、先端の欠け、折れの発生頻度が高い。
【0007】
セラミック自体は、昨今体内にて人工骨として使用する等毒性はなく、体内に取り込んでも無害ではあるが、鋭利になった破片で手を切ったりまたそれが食材に入り込み、誤って口内に入り、怪我をしてしまう可能性がある。
【0008】
本発明は、前記課題に鑑み案出されたもので、その目的は包丁本来の機能、使い勝手を損ねず、セラミック製包丁の特に先端の欠け、折れの発生を抑制することにある。
【0009】
【課題を解決するための手段】
前記課題を解決するため本発明者等は先端部分の欠け、折れの内、特に人身事故につながる可能性の高い、鋭利な欠けが発生するメカニズムを有限要素法によるシミュレーションにて検討した。
【0010】
その結果、包丁傾き45°の際に、最も衝撃が大きく、かつ鋭利な欠けが発生するメカニズムがシミュレーション結果より得られた。実際に、実物の包丁を用いて45°の傾きで、衝突するような装置(図4参照)を用いてテストを行った結果、2回繰返して図5に示す様な鋭利な欠けが発生することが確認された。
【0011】
そこで、鋭利な欠けが発生するメカニズムを鋭意研究した結果、衝突の際に、衝突点で圧縮の応力が発生するが、そこから柄側に僅かにずれた位置に引張の応力が発生していた。セラミックは金属に比較して共有結合やイオン結合をしているために硬度は高いが、強度においては圧縮応力には強いが引っ張り応力においてはそれに比較して1/10程度の力で簡単に破壊に至る特性がある。よって、この応力のずれにより、引張応力の発生位置よりクラックが発生し、上部方向に伸びて鋭利な欠けが発生するとの認識を得た(図6参照)。
【0012】
上記のシミュレーション結果より、衝突の際の圧縮応力と引張応力が同軸上に発生することで、応力の打ち消しによりクラックの発生が抑制できると推測し、形状の検討を行った結果、追突点を中心として、追突点の左右接線方向3mmの範囲で曲率半径2mm以上の円弧形状を有する時に、圧縮応力と引張応力が同軸上に発生するとのシミュレーション結果が得られた。本発明者等は、これら知見に基づき本発明を成した。
【0013】
前記課題を解決するため、本発明のセラミック製包丁は、柄部と該柄部に取り付けられたセラミック製の刃部とからなり、該刃部に、切刃稜辺、該切刃稜辺と互いに背面の関係にある幅細の背面稜辺、並びに、これら切刃稜辺と背面稜辺とに連続する側面とを備えたセラミック製包丁であって、前記刃部は、円弧状先端稜辺を備えるとともに、側面視において、前記背面稜辺に直線部分を備えており、前記円弧状先端稜辺は、その接線が前記背面稜辺の直線部分の延長線と45°の角度で交叉する基準点を有するとともに、該基準点を中心として前記接線に沿って3mmの範囲の前記円弧状先端稜辺の曲率半径が2〜6mmであり、且つ、前記基準点を中心として前記接線に沿って3mmの範囲の前記円弧状先端稜辺のうち、少なくとも前記基準点までに前記切刃稜辺に連続して刃付けが施されていることを特徴とする。
【0014】
かかる構成によれば、前記基準点(前記追突点にあたる)を中心として前記接線に沿って3mmの範囲の前記円弧状先端稜辺の曲率半径を2mm以上としたことにより、最も衝撃を受け易い基準点において、衝突の際の圧縮応力と引張応力が同軸上に発生することで、大変弱い応力で破壊が始まる引っ張り応力を圧縮応力で打ち消すことが出来る。そのため刃に掛かる応力成分は圧縮応力成分のみとなる。セラミックの圧縮応力は大きいので、大きな破壊に至るようなクラックの発生が抑制できる。
【0015】
また、もう一種類ある欠けモード(図8参照)は、先端部分が食材等に噛み込んだ状態で横方向に力を加えて欠けるものであるが、先端の円弧の曲率を大きくする事で、噛み込み部分の面積が大きくなり、絶対強度が向上するので、本発明の構成は、この点にも有効である。したがって、強度が非常に大きい。
【0016】
また、前記基準点を中心として前記接線に沿って3mmの範囲の前記円弧状先端稜辺のうち、少なくとも前記基準点までに前記切刃稜辺に連続して刃付けが施されていることから、包丁の最先端も切刃として使用できるので使い勝手が良い。
【0017】
さらに、前記曲率半径を6mm以下と過大とならないようにしたことにより、包丁の先端で食材を切っているときに、食材のどこが実際に切れているか実感し易く、その点で使い勝手が良い。
【0018】
なお、包丁の刃部強度の点で、前記曲率半径が3mm以上、また、使い勝手の点で5mm未満であることがより好ましい。
【0019】
【発明の実施の形態】
以下、本発明の実施形態を図を用いて説明する。
【0020】
図1乃至3に本実施形態のセラミック製包丁1を示す。同図に示すように、このセラミック製包丁1は、柄部2と該柄部2に取り付けられたセラミック製の刃部3とからなる。該刃部3は、切刃稜辺4、該切刃稜辺4と互いに背面の関係にある幅細の背面稜辺5、並びに、これら切刃稜辺4と背面稜辺5とに連続する側面6とを備える。
【0021】
また前記刃部3は、円弧状先端稜辺7を備えるとともに、前記背面稜辺5に直線部分5aを備えており、前記円弧状先端稜辺7は、側面視において、その接線L1が前記背面稜辺5の直線部分5aの延長線L2と45°の角度で交叉する基準点8を有する。そして、図2に示すように、前記基準点8を中心として前記接線L1に沿って3mmの範囲の前記円弧状先端稜辺7となっていて、その曲率半径は2〜6mmである。さらに、前記基準点8を中心として前記接線L1に沿って3mmの範囲Aの前記円弧状先端稜辺7のうち、少なくとも前記基準点までに前記切刃稜辺4に連続して刃付けが施されている。
【0022】
かかるセラミック製刃物は、いろいろな方法によって製造することが出来る。以下に、ジルコニアを用いた一例を示す。
【0023】
1〜4モル%のイットリア粉末を含むジルコニア粉末に対しアクリル系、ワックス系もしくはPEG系バインダーを2〜10mass%添加し、平均粒径が20〜100ミクロンの顆粒を作成する。次にこの顆粒を金型で成形圧力1000〜1500Kg/cm2にて図3に示すような所定形状に成形し、その後、1300〜1500℃で焼成し、ジルコニア焼結体を得る。その後、公知の方法で、刃付けを行い包丁とする。
【0024】
成形体の成形方法としては上記以外にも、鋳込む方法や可塑成型法(たとえばインジェクション成形法)、ラバープレス法、ホットプレス法等の周知の成形方法を用いても良い。また得られたジルコニア焼結体を1300〜1500℃で焼結後、圧力1500〜2500Kg/cm2で2〜5h保持するいわゆるHIP法を使用する事も出来る。
【0025】
以下、実施例に基づき本発明を詳細に説明する。
【0026】
【実施例】
先端円弧曲率半径(前記基準点から前記接線に沿って両側3mmの範囲の前記円弧状先端稜辺における曲率半径)1〜6mmのジルコニアセラミック製包丁を、前記製造方法例によって、表1に示すように各サイズ7本づつ作成した。(全体のサイズも記載する)
これら包丁における先端部分の耐衝撃性試験を、図4に示す衝撃試験機を用いて評価した。
【0027】
図4に示す試験機ば、長さ1.3mの棒の一方を回転の中心とし、高さ1mの位置にずれはしないが、スムースな動きが出来る様にセットする。もう一方の先端に包丁を固定する。この際、回転の中心から包丁の先端までの距離が1.41mに成るようにする。これにより刃先端が衝突時に衝突面に対して45°の傾きで衝突する様になる。衝突部には磁器製の皿を置く。包丁を50cmの高さまで持ち上げ、静かに手を離して、自然落下にて衝突させる。
これを繰り返し、刃先の欠け、折れの状態を比較した。
【0028】
先端の欠け、折れ状態より、「○:変化無し」「△:チッピング有り」「×:欠け、
折れ有り」で評価した。
【0029】
【表1】

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【0030】
本結果より、先端曲率半径が2mm以上になることで、欠けの発生が減り始め3mm以上では鋭利な欠けが発生しなくなっている事が確認出来る。
【0031】
次に、先端円弧曲率半径2〜8mmのジルコニアセラミック製包丁を、前記製造方法例によって、表2に示すように、各サイズ7本づつ作成した。(全体のサイズも記載する)
【0032】
【表2】
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【0033】
これら包丁における先端部分の機能、使い勝手をモニターによる評価を実施した。モニターとして一名の料理評論家と六名の主婦に評価をお願いした。
【0034】
評価結果を示す。「○:従来形状と差が無い」「△:若干使い難い」「×:使い勝手が悪い」とした。
【0035】
表2に示すように、先端曲率半径が7mm以上になることで、使い勝手が悪いと感じる人が多くなっており、従来形状包丁と遜色の無い使い勝手の大きさは6mm迄、好ましくは5mm以下であった。
【0036】
【発明の効果】
以上のように本発明のセラミック製包丁によれば、柄部と該柄部に取り付けられたセラミック製の刃部とからなり、該刃部に、切刃稜辺、該切刃稜辺と互いに背面の関係にある幅細の背面稜辺、並びに、これら切刃稜辺と背面稜辺とに連続する側面とを備えたセラミック製包丁であって、前記刃部は、円弧状先端稜辺を備えるとともに、側面視において、前記背面稜辺に直線部分を備えており、前記円弧状先端稜辺は、その接線が前記背面稜辺の直線部分の延長線と45°の角度で交叉する基準点を有するとともに、該基準点を中心として前記接線に沿って3mmの範囲の前記円弧状先端稜辺の曲率半径が2〜6mmであり、且つ、前記基準点を中心として前記接線に沿って3mmの範囲の前記円弧状先端稜辺のうち、少なくとも基準点までに前記切刃稜辺に連続して刃付けが施されており、前記基準点を中心として前記接線に沿って3mmの範囲の前記円弧状先端稜辺の曲率半径が2mm以上としたことにより、最も衝撃を受け易い基準点において、衝突の際の圧縮応力と引張応力が同軸上に発生することで、応力の打ち消しによりクラックの発生が抑制できる。したがって、強度が非常に大きい。また、前記基準点から前記接線に沿って両側3mmの範囲の前記円弧状先端稜辺のうち、少なくとも前記基準点までに前記切刃稜辺に連続して刃付けが施されていることから、包丁の最先端も切刃として使用できるので使い勝手が良い。さらに、前記曲率半径を6mm以下と過大とならないようにしたことにより、包丁の先端で食材を切っているときに、食材のどこが実際に切れているか実感し易く、その点で使い勝手が良い。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】本発明実施形態のセラミック製包丁の側面図である。
【図2】図1の包丁の先端拡大図である。
【図3】図1の包丁の側面図である。
【図4】先端衝突試験の概略説明図である。
【図5】先端の鋭利な欠け1例を示す説明図である。
【図6】シミュレーション結果の1例を示す説明図である。
【図7】シミュレーション結果の他例を示す説明図である。
【図8】先端の噛み込みによる欠けの1例を示す説明図である。
【符号の説明】
1・・(セラミック製)包丁、2・・柄部、3・・刃部、4・・切刃稜辺、5・・背面稜辺、5a・・直線部分、6・・側面、7・・円弧状先端稜辺、8・・基準点、L1・・接線、L2・・延長線、A・・範囲[0001]
[Technical field to which the invention belongs]
The present invention relates to a ceramic knife.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In general, kitchen knives widely used are made of metal such as steel and stainless steel.
[0003]
Steel knives are generally easy to manufacture and inexpensive, but the sharpness of the cutting edge is reduced due to wear of the cutting edge during use, and rust is likely to occur, so that the sharpness is further improved. Often worse. Therefore, frequent sharpening is necessary. Moreover, after use, it is necessary to wipe off moisture and to give rust prevention. Furthermore, since the iron component of the kitchen knife is easily transferred to food, there is a drawback that the smell of gold adheres and the taste of the dish is impaired. In order to avoid the inconvenience of such steel knives, the ones made of stainless steel that is hard to rust are also cheap and often used, but because the hardness is lower than steel, the cutting edge is easy to dull and the sharpness is immediately It tends to deteriorate. In addition, knives made of special stainless alloy steel containing molybdenum, tungsten, etc., which are hard to rust and have high hardness, are also commercially available, but their sharpness is not good for the price.
[0004]
Thus, since the conventional metal knife has low hardness, the sharpness deteriorates quickly and frequent sharpening is required. In addition, there is a problem that it is easily rusted, food is gold-like, and it is weak against acids and alkalis and easily corrodes.
[0005]
In order to improve these problems of metal knives, ceramic knives represented by zirconia ceramics have been put into practical use. (See Patent Documents 1 and 2)
So far, kitchen knives that have been put to practical use have a shape with a sharp tip, and the tip has not been bladed. Incidentally, there are metal knives that have an arcuate tip, but for the purpose of safety, no cutting edge is formed at the arcuate tip.
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 58-71095 [Patent Document 2]
JP 62-275057 A [0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Ceramic knives generally have high hardness, so they are less prone to deterioration of sharpness, and are resistant to acids and alkalis. Therefore, they have excellent characteristics that they do not corrode easily and do not transfer to the food. However, ceramics are particularly thin due to low toughness compared to metals, and the occurrence of chipping and breakage at the tip is high.
[0007]
Ceramic itself is not toxic, such as being used as an artificial bone in the body these days, and it is harmless even if it is taken into the body, but it cuts the hand with sharp fragments and it enters the food, accidentally enters the mouth, There is a possibility of injury.
[0008]
The present invention has been devised in view of the above-mentioned problems, and its object is to suppress the occurrence of chipping and breakage of a ceramic knife, in particular, without impairing the original function and usability of the knife.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present inventors examined the mechanism of sharp chipping that is likely to lead to personal injury among chippings and breakage of the tip portion, by simulation using a finite element method.
[0010]
As a result, it was found from the simulation results that the impact was the greatest and the sharp chipping occurred when the knife was tilted at 45 °. Actually, as a result of a test using a device (see FIG. 4) that collides with an actual knife with an inclination of 45 °, a sharp chip as shown in FIG. 5 occurs twice. It was confirmed.
[0011]
Therefore, as a result of earnest research on the mechanism of sharp chipping, compressive stress was generated at the point of collision at the time of collision, but tensile stress was generated at a position slightly shifted to the handle side from there. . Ceramics are harder because they are covalently or ionically bonded than metals, but they are strong against compressive stress in strength, but easily broken with about 1/10 of the tensile stress. There is a characteristic that leads to. Therefore, it was recognized that a crack was generated from the position where the tensile stress was generated due to the deviation of the stress, and it was extended upward and a sharp chip was generated (see FIG. 6).
[0012]
From the above simulation results, it is assumed that the occurrence of cracks can be suppressed by canceling the stress because the compressive stress and tensile stress at the time of collision are generated on the same axis. As a result, a simulation result that compressive stress and tensile stress are generated on the same axis when an arc shape having a radius of curvature of 2 mm or more in a range of 3 mm in the left-right tangential direction of the rear-end collision point is obtained. Based on these findings, the present inventors have made the present invention.
[0013]
In order to solve the above problems, a ceramic knife of the present invention comprises a handle portion and a ceramic blade portion attached to the handle portion, and the blade portion includes a cutting edge ridge, and the cutting edge ridge. A ceramic knife provided with a narrow back ridge that is in a back relationship with each other, and side surfaces that are continuous with the cutting blade ridge and the back ridge, wherein the blade portion has an arcuate tip ridge And in the side view, the back ridge is provided with a straight line portion, and the arcuate tip ridge is a reference whose tangent line intersects with the extended line of the straight line of the back ridge at an angle of 45 °. A radius of curvature of the arcuate tip ridge in the range of 3 mm along the tangent with the reference point as the center, and 3 mm along the tangent with the reference point as the center Among the arcuate tip ridge sides in the range of at least the above Characterized in that it sharpened continuously to the cutting edge side until the quasi point is performed.
[0014]
According to this configuration, the reference radius that is most susceptible to impact is obtained by setting the radius of curvature of the arcuate tip ridge side in the range of 3 mm along the tangent to the reference point (corresponding to the collision point) as 2 mm or more. On the other hand, since the compressive stress and the tensile stress at the time of collision are generated on the same axis, the tensile stress at which the fracture starts with a very weak stress can be canceled with the compressive stress. Therefore, the stress component applied to the blade is only the compressive stress component. Since the compressive stress of ceramic is large, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of cracks that lead to a large fracture.
[0015]
In addition, another type of chipping mode (see FIG. 8) is chipped by applying a force in the lateral direction with the tip part biting into food or the like, but by increasing the curvature of the arc at the tip, Since the area of the biting portion is increased and the absolute strength is improved, the configuration of the present invention is also effective in this respect. Therefore, the strength is very large.
[0016]
Further, among the arcuate tip ridge sides in the range of 3 mm along the tangent with the reference point as the center, the cutting edge ridge side is continuously bladed by at least the reference point. The cutting edge of the kitchen knife can also be used as a cutting blade, making it easy to use.
[0017]
Furthermore, since the radius of curvature is not excessively reduced to 6 mm or less, when the food material is cut at the tip of the kitchen knife, it is easy to realize where the food material is actually cut, which is convenient for use.
[0018]
In addition, it is more preferable that the radius of curvature is 3 mm or more in terms of the strength of the blade portion of the knife, and less than 5 mm in terms of usability.
[0019]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
[0020]
1 to 3 show a ceramic knife 1 according to this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the ceramic knife 1 includes a handle portion 2 and a ceramic blade portion 3 attached to the handle portion 2. The blade portion 3 is continuous to the cutting edge ridge 4, the narrow back ridge 5 having a back-to-back relationship with the cutting edge ridge 4, and the cutting edge ridge 4 and the back ridge 5. And a side surface 6.
[0021]
The blade portion 3 includes an arcuate tip ridge edge 7 and a straight portion 5a on the back ridge edge 5. The arcuate tip ridge edge 7 has a tangent L1 in the side view in the side view. A reference point 8 intersects with an extension line L2 of the straight line portion 5a of the ridge 5 at an angle of 45 °. Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the arcuate tip ridge side 7 is in the range of 3 mm along the tangent L1 with the reference point 8 as the center, and the radius of curvature is 2 to 6 mm. Further, among the arcuate tip ridge sides 7 in a range A of 3 mm along the tangent line L1 with the reference point 8 as the center, the cutting edge ridge side 4 is continuously bladed at least up to the reference point. Has been.
[0022]
Such ceramic blades can be manufactured by various methods. An example using zirconia is shown below.
[0023]
An acrylic, wax-based or PEG-based binder is added in an amount of 2-10 mass% to a zirconia powder containing 1-4 mol% of yttria powder to produce granules having an average particle size of 20-100 microns. Next, this granule is molded into a predetermined shape as shown in FIG. 3 with a molding pressure of 1000 to 1500 Kg / cm 2 , and then fired at 1300 to 1500 ° C. to obtain a zirconia sintered body. Then, using a known method, a knife is attached to make a knife.
[0024]
As a molding method of the molded body, in addition to the above, a known molding method such as a casting method, a plastic molding method (for example, an injection molding method), a rubber press method, a hot press method, or the like may be used. Moreover, after sintering the obtained zirconia sintered body at 1300-1500 degreeC, what is called a HIP method of hold | maintaining at a pressure 1500-2500 Kg / cm < 2 > for 2 to 5 hours can also be used.
[0025]
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on examples.
[0026]
【Example】
Table 1 shows a zirconia ceramic knife having a tip arc radius of curvature (a radius of curvature at the arcuate tip ridge in the range of 3 mm on both sides along the tangent from the reference point) according to the manufacturing method example. 7 pieces of each size were made. (Indicate the overall size)
The impact resistance test at the tip of these knives was evaluated using an impact tester shown in FIG.
[0027]
In the testing machine shown in FIG. 4, one of the 1.3 m long bars is set as the center of rotation, and it is set so that it can move smoothly although it does not shift to the position of 1 m in height. Secure the knife to the other end. At this time, the distance from the center of rotation to the tip of the knife is set to 1.41 m. As a result, the blade tip collides with the collision surface at an angle of 45 ° during the collision. Place a porcelain dish in the collision area. Lift the kitchen knife to a height of 50 cm, release your hand gently and let it collide with a natural drop.
This was repeated to compare the state of chipping and breaking of the blade edge.
[0028]
From the chipped or broken tip, “○: No change”, “△: Chipping”, “×: Chipped,
Evaluated by “with fold”.
[0029]
[Table 1]
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[0030]
From this result, it can be confirmed that when the radius of curvature of the tip is 2 mm or more, the occurrence of chipping starts to decrease, and sharp chipping does not occur at 3 mm or more.
[0031]
Next, as shown in Table 2, seven zirconia ceramic knives having a tip arc curvature radius of 2 to 8 mm were prepared for each size as shown in Table 2. (Indicate the overall size)
[0032]
[Table 2]
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[0033]
The function and usability of the tip of these knives were evaluated by a monitor. As a monitor, we asked one dish critic and six housewives to evaluate.
[0034]
An evaluation result is shown. “◯: no difference from conventional shape”, “△: slightly difficult to use”, “×: poor usability”.
[0035]
As shown in Table 2, because the radius of curvature of the tip is 7 mm or more, there are many people who feel that it is not easy to use, and the size that is inferior to the conventional shape knife is up to 6 mm, preferably 5 mm or less. there were.
[0036]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the ceramic knife of the present invention, it comprises a handle portion and a ceramic blade portion attached to the handle portion, and the blade portion has a cutting edge and a cutting edge. A ceramic knife having a narrow back ridge that is in a relation to the back, and a side that is continuous with the cutting blade ridge and the back ridge, wherein the blade has an arcuate tip ridge. In addition, in the side view, the back ridge side is provided with a straight line portion, and the arcuate tip ridge side is a reference point whose tangent line intersects with an extension line of the straight line portion of the back ridge side at an angle of 45 °. And the radius of curvature of the arcuate tip edge in the range of 3 mm along the tangent centered on the reference point is 2 to 6 mm, and 3 mm along the tangent centered on the reference point. Out of the arcuate tip edge of the range, at least to the reference point Cutting edge is continuously applied to the edge of the cutting edge, and the radius of curvature of the arcuate tip edge in the range of 3 mm along the tangent centered on the reference point is 2 mm or more. Since the compressive stress and the tensile stress at the time of collision are generated on the same axis at a reference point that is easily subjected to an impact, the occurrence of cracks can be suppressed by canceling the stress. Therefore, the strength is very large. Further, among the arcuate tip ridges in the range of 3 mm on both sides along the tangent from the reference point, cutting edge is continuously applied to the cutting edge ridge side at least up to the reference point, The cutting edge of the kitchen knife can be used as a cutting blade, making it easy to use. Furthermore, since the radius of curvature is not excessively reduced to 6 mm or less, when the food material is cut at the tip of the kitchen knife, it is easy to realize where the food material is actually cut, which is convenient for use.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a side view of a ceramic knife according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the tip of the kitchen knife in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a side view of the knife in FIG.
FIG. 4 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a tip collision test.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing an example of a sharp chip at the tip.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a simulation result.
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of a simulation result.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing an example of chipping caused by biting of the tip.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 ・ ・ (Ceramic) kitchen knife 2 ・ ・ Handle 3 ・ ・ Blade 4 ・ ・ Ridge edge 5 ・ ・ Rear edge 5a ・ ・ Linear part 6 ・ ・ Side surface 7 ・ ・Arc-shaped tip edge, 8 .... reference point, L1, ... tangent, L2, ... extension line, A ... range

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柄部と該柄部に取り付けられたセラミック製の刃部とからなり、該刃部に、切刃稜辺、該切刃稜辺と互いに背面の関係にある幅細の背面稜辺、並びに、これら切刃稜辺と背面稜辺とに連続する側面とを備えたセラミック製包丁であって、前記刃部は、円弧状先端稜辺を備えるとともに、側面視において、前記背面稜辺に直線部分を備えており、前記円弧状先端稜辺は、その接線が前記背面稜辺の直線部分の延長線と45°の角度で交叉する基準点を有するとともに、該基準点を中心として前記接線に沿って3mmの範囲の前記円弧状先端稜辺の曲率半径が2〜6mmであり、且つ、前記基準点を中心として前記接線に沿って3mmの範囲の前記円弧状先端稜辺のうち、少なくとも前記基準点までに前記切刃稜辺に連続して刃付けが施されていることを特徴とするセラミック製包丁。It consists of a handle part and a ceramic blade part attached to the handle part, and on the blade part, a cutting edge ridge, a narrow back ridge that is in a back relationship with the cutting edge, and A ceramic knife having a side continuous with the cutting edge and the back edge, wherein the blade has an arcuate tip edge and, when viewed from the side, a straight portion on the back edge The arcuate tip ridge has a reference point whose tangent line intersects with an extension line of the straight line portion of the back ridge at an angle of 45 °, and follows the tangent with the reference point as a center. The radius of curvature of the arcuate tip ridge in the range of 3 mm is 2 to 6 mm, and at least the reference of the arcuate tip ridge in the range of 3 mm along the tangent with the reference point as the center The cutting edge is continuously applied to the edge of the cutting edge up to the point. Ceramic kitchen knife, characterized in that. 前記曲率半径が3〜5mmであることを特徴とする請求項1記載のセラミック製包丁。The ceramic knife according to claim 1, wherein the radius of curvature is 3 to 5 mm.
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