JP4253668B2 - Meat material separating device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a meat material separating apparatus for separating predetermined portions of meat materials such as chicken, cow, and pig.

  The diaphragm (so-called Harami) at the border between the chicken's thoracic cavity and abdominal cavity is considered a delicacy.

  However, if you try to cut off this chicken's harami from other parts by hand using a knife (knives), it will be difficult because of the manual work. It is said that the sharpness will soon deteriorate, and the part to be separated has a thin skin and is very difficult to separate.

  For example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-69904, various devices for automatically separating meat materials such as chickens, cows, and pigs have been proposed. An apparatus capable of automatically separating this chicken's harami has not yet been proposed.

JP 2001-69904 A

  Therefore, this chicken harami is unsuitable for mass production (distribution as a product) and is often discarded together with other discarded parts.

  This invention pays attention to the above-mentioned point, and as a result of repeating various experiments and researches, developed an innovative meat material separating apparatus that exhibits an unprecedented effect.

  The gist of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

A device for separating a predetermined portion 1a of meat material 1 such as chicken, cow, pig, etc., having a meat material arrangement part 2 on which the meat material 1 is arranged, and a plurality of the meat material arrangement parts 2 It is provided and is configured to be movable, and a receiving portion 2a in which the meat material 1 is arranged is provided at the left and right positions of each meat material arranging portion 2, and is arranged in the receiving portion 2a of the meat material arranging portion 2. When the meat material 1 is moved to a predetermined position, an annular blade 3 inserted into the meat material 1 is opposed to the meat material placement portion 2, and the inside and outside positions of the blade body 3 are arranged. when the blade 3 is pierced, the pressing member 4 allowed to tension the meat material 1 to press the inner and outer positions P2, P3 was bounded by 該刺input position P1 is provided in the meat material 1, the said blade body 3 is provided to be forward and reverse rotate freely project and retract from the pressing body 4, also, the pressing member 4 is the Mounted for contact and separation with respect to only portions 2a, after the blade 3 and penetrating into the piercing position P1 while pressing the inner and outer positions P2, P3 of the meat material 1 by the pressing member 4, The meat material is configured to separate the predetermined portion 1a of the meat material 1 by rotating the blade body 3 forward and backward, and attached to the receiving portion 2a of the meat material arrangement portion 2 or the pressing body 4. The present invention relates to a meat material separating apparatus characterized in that fluid ejecting portions 8 and 9 for ejecting fluid to 1 and peeling the meat material 1 are provided .

The meat material separating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein water containing air is employed as the fluid ejected from the fluid ejecting units 8 and 9 .

Moreover, in the meat material separating apparatus according to any one of claims 1 and 2, the receiving portion 2a is provided with a recessed portion 5 into which the protruding blade body 3 is fitted, and the depth of the recessed portion 5 is Further, the present invention relates to a meat material separating apparatus characterized in that the protruding blade body 3 is set to a depth at which the blade body 3 is not in contact.

  Further, in the meat material separating apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, inner and outer bodies 6 and 7 that are attached to the blade body 3 are provided on the inner side and the outer side of the blade body 3, respectively. The meat material separating apparatus is provided, and is configured such that a predetermined position of the meat material 1 is pressed at the distal ends of the inner and outer bodies 6 and 7.

Further, in the meat material separating apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, the meat material arranging portion 2 is stretched over the meat material 1, and both end portions of the meat material 1 are placed on the left and right receiving portions. The needle member 14 inserted into the meat material 1 is provided on the upper surface of the meat material arrangement portion 2 and in the vicinity of the left and right receiving portions 2a. This relates to a meat material separating apparatus .

Further, the meat material separating device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the blade member 3 is meat material separating device, characterized in that the serrated blade portion 3a is provided on-edge It is related to.

  Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to reliably separate a predetermined portion of meat material that has conventionally been difficult to separate, for example, a chicken's halami portion. It becomes a periodical meat cutting device.

  An embodiment of the present invention which is considered to be suitable will be briefly described with reference to the drawings showing the operation of the present invention.

When the predetermined part 1a of the meat material 1 such as chicken, cow or pig is cut off, the insertion position P1 where the blade body 3 is inserted with the predetermined position of the meat material 1 arranged in the meat material arrangement part 2 is set. The inner and outer positions P2 and P3 defined as boundaries are pressed by the pressing body 4 to tension between the inner and outer positions P2 and P3, and the blade body 3 is inserted into the insertion position P1 in this state. By rotating 3, the predetermined portion 1 a of the meat material 1 is separated.

Accordingly, the insertion position P1 for inserting the blade body 3 is in a tensioned state (stretched state) when the inner and outer positions P2 and P3 are pressed by the pressing body 4, so that the insertion of the blade body 3 is performed. The entry and rotation are performed satisfactorily, and the predetermined portion 1a is reliably separated.

  When the meat material 1 is to be separated by piercing and cutting, the meat material 1 is stretched, so that the insertion distance of the blade body 3 must be increased.

  In this respect, the present invention has a configuration in which the blade body 3 is put in the meat material 1 to some extent by inserting the blade body 3 and the blade body 3 is rotated in this state, so that the separation is reliably performed. Of course, the insertion distance of the blade body 3 may be short, so that the processing time can be shortened (the operation in the rotational direction can be performed more quickly than the operation of the blade body 3 in the projecting and retracting direction), and Therefore, the device itself can be made compact.

  Specific embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  In this embodiment, the predetermined portion 1a of the meat material 1 such as chicken, cow or pig is separated.

  In this embodiment, a chicken is adopted as the meat material 1 and is configured as a device for obtaining the chicken diaphragm 1a (harami). However, if the meat material 1 exhibits the characteristics of this embodiment, It can be adopted as appropriate.

  Specifically, the base material 10 is provided with a meat material arrangement part 2 for arranging the meat material 1 and a meat material separation part 15 for separating the harami 1a of the meat material 1 arranged in the meat material arrangement part 2. .

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the base 10 is a base structure having legs 10 a below, and the base 10 is provided with a meat material arrangement portion 2, and an end of the base 10 (see FIG. 1). 1 is provided with a controller 12 for controlling the operation of various components. Reference numeral 11 denotes a cover body.

  A meat material transport unit 13 is provided at a predetermined position above the base 10.

  The meat material transport unit 13 is provided at four locations on the base 10 in the front, rear, left and right directions and rotated by a driving device (not shown), and a pair of chains 13b installed between the front and rear sprockets 13a. A construction plate 13c for installing the meat material arrangement portion 2 is installed between the chains 13b at a total of 8 positions with a predetermined interval between them.

  Accordingly, the meat material placement section 2 installed on each erection plate 13c circulates and moves within the base 10, and the movement of the meat material placement section 2 is performed by the operator to the meat material placement section 2. Is controlled (intermittent control) so that the movement and the stop are appropriately performed in consideration of the work of arranging the meat, the work in the meat material separating unit 15, and the work in the meat material removing unit 16 described later.

  The meat material arrangement | positioning part 2 is formed with the member made from an appropriate synthetic resin as shown in FIGS. 1-3, and is provided in the upper surface of the construction board 13c of the meat material conveyance part 13 mentioned above.

  Moreover, the meat material arrangement | positioning part 2 has the needle member 14 protrudingly provided in the upper surface and the right-and-left side surface.

  This needle member 14 is for fixing the meat material 1 arranged in the meat material arrangement part 2, and the central part of the meat material 1 is inserted and fixed to the needle member 14 on the upper surface, and the needles on the left and right side surfaces are fixed. The left and right parts of the meat material 1 (parts corresponding to the harami 1a) are inserted and fixed to the member 14.

  Further, the meat material placement portion 2 is formed with a groove 2b in the upper surface length direction, and this groove 2b is configured as a portion through which the removal arm 16a of the meat material removal portion 16 passes.

  Moreover, the meat material arrangement | positioning part 2 is provided with the receiving part 2a which receives the blade body 3 in the right-and-left side surface.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the receiving portion 2 a is a plate-like body formed of an appropriate synthetic resin member, and is detachably provided on the left and right side surfaces of the meat material arranging portions 2.

  Moreover, the receiving part 2a is provided with the recessed part 5 in the surface.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the recess 5 is formed in an annular shape having a predetermined diameter, and the blade body 3 is fitted into the recess 5. The depth and width of the recess 5 are appropriately set so that the blade body 3 is fitted in the inner surface and the bottom surface without contact.

  Therefore, the separation work of the harami 1a of the meat material 1 in the blade body 3 is performed in a state where the blade body 3 is not in contact with the receiving portion 2a. Therefore, the blade body 3 is not in contact with the receiving portion 2a. It is possible to prevent as much as possible the damage / wear of the blade body 3 which is a concern when contacted, and the generation of resin powder due to the cutting of the receiving portion 2a.

  The meat material separating unit 15 is configured by providing a pair of meat material separating means 15A at the left and right positions of the meat material arranging unit 2 that is moved by the meat material transporting unit 13 described above. The left and right meat material separating means 15A have the same structure.

  Specifically, the meat material separating means 15A includes an annular blade body 3 inserted into the meat material 1 arranged in the meat material arranging portion 2 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, and a meat material arranging portion. 2 receiving portions 2 a and a pressing body 4 that presses the meat material 1 against the receiving portion 2 a of the meat material arranging portion 2.

  The blade body 3 is formed by forming an appropriate metal member in an annular shape (cylindrical shape) as shown in FIG. 6, and the tip of the tip is sharpened in a circular shape (rotating direction). A portion 3a (a jagged blade) is provided.

  Moreover, the diameter of the blade body 3 is set to a diameter that can be fitted in the recess 5 provided in the receiving portion 2a of the meat material arrangement portion 2 described above in a non-contact state.

  Note that the blade body 3 is not limited to a circular shape in front view, but is a plurality of separated semicircular, arc-shaped, and round-shaped aggregates, or a plurality of long materials having blades at the tips. In short, any configuration may be used as long as the front view is closed as much as possible.

  Further, the blade body 3 is fitted on the distal end portion of the rotary shaft portion 18 provided on the front portion of the moving portion 17a of the moving device 17 described later, and is detachably provided via a fastening member 29 (screw member). The blade body 3 is configured to rotate by the rotation of the rotating shaft portion 18.

  The pressing body 4 includes an inner body 6 and an outer body 7 that are attached to the inner side and the outer side of the blade body 3, respectively.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the inner body 6 and the outer body 7 are formed by forming an appropriate metal member in an annular shape (cylindrical shape), and each top end surface of the meat material 1 is a predetermined one. The annular pressing portions 6a and 7a press the position.

The pressing portions 6a and 7a are provided so as to press the inner and outer positions P2 and P3 with the insertion position P1 into which the blade body 3 is inserted as a boundary. The inner and outer bodies 6 and 7 By pressing the positions P2 and P3 and pressing the receiving portion 2a of the meat material arranging portion 2, the insertion position P1 is in a tensioned (tensed) state. The inner and outer bodies 6 and 7 constituting the pressing body 4 are desirably the same shape (annular) as the blade body 3 in terms of function, and can be appropriately changed in design according to the shape of the blade body 3. .

  Reference numeral 7b denotes an opening that enables an operation in a rod-like portion 21a of the rotating device 21 described later, and a fixing member 29 for fixing the blade body 3 to the rotating shaft portion 18 is removed from the opening 7b. The blade body 3 can be replaced using this opening 7b.

  In addition, the inner body 6 and the outer body 7 are provided on the front part of the moving unit 17a associated with the moving device 17 via the expansion / contraction means 19, respectively.

  As shown in FIGS. 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9, the expansion / contraction means 19 protrudes from the base end portions of the inner body 6 and the outer body 7, and slides through the guide hole 20 provided in the moving portion 17 a. And a biasing member 19b (coil spring) that is fitted between the slide flange 19a and disposed between the base ends of the inner body 6 and the outer body 7 and the front portion of the moving portion. ing.

  Accordingly, when the inner body 6 and the outer body 7 are moved forward by the moving device 17 and the tip top surfaces 6a and 7a of the inner body 6 and the outer body 7 are in contact with the object, the moving device 17 moves forward. When the movement is further performed, the slide rod 19a slides and moves in the guide hole 20 while resisting the urging force of the urging body 19b.

  At this time, the blade body 3 positioned between the inner body 6 and the outer body 7 is relatively moved (exposed) from the leading ends of the inner body 6 and the outer body 7 in the direction in which the blade portion 3a is exposed. Until then, the blade portion 3a has been immersed from the top end surfaces 6a, 7a of the inner body 6 and the outer body 7.)

  As described above, the blade body 3 and the pressing body 4 are provided in the moving device 17 and can be protruded and retracted in a predetermined direction by the operation of the moving device 17. Further, the blade body 3 is connected to the rotating device 21. The rotating device 21 can rotate freely.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the moving device 17 includes a base portion 17b erected on the upper surface of the base 10, and a moving portion 17a provided on the base portion 17b and moving forward and backward by the operation of the air cylinder portion 22. ing.

  The base portion 17b is a plate-like body formed of a suitable metal member as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, and a hole 23 penetrating the arm 22a of the air cylinder portion 22 is formed at the center position thereof. Further, guide portions 24 are provided at the left and right positions of the hole 23.

  The guide portion 24 is configured by providing a cylindrical body that penetrates the base portion 17b, and a slide rod 25 that protrudes from the back surface of the moving portion 17a passes through the guide portion 24 (cylindrical body) and guides it. It is configured to be.

  The moving portion 17a is a plate-like body formed of an appropriate metal member as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, and the blade body 3 and the pressing body 4 are provided at the front center position thereof. Further, a slide rod 25 slidably penetrates the guide portion 24 of the base portion 17b described above.

  Further, the moving part 17a is provided with an installation plate 26 for providing the rotating device 21 at one end thereof.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the rotating device 21 has a rod-like portion 21a projecting from the peripheral surface of the rotating shaft portion 18 provided with the blade body 3 described above, and a tip portion pivotally connected to the rod-like portion 21a. The air cylinder part 21b is pivotally connected to the installation plate 26 at the rear end, and the rod-like part 21a connected to the movable part 21b 'of the air cylinder part 21b is moved forward and backward by the movable part 21b'. The blade body 3 is configured to rotate by a predetermined angle and reversely. The amount of forward / reverse rotation of the blade body 3 may be an amount of rotation that is such that at least the insertion site inserted by the saw blade 3a is connected to become a completely cut site.

  Further, the meat material separating unit 15 is provided with fluid ejecting units 8 and 9.

Specifically, in this embodiment, the fluid is ejected to the meat material 1 attached to the pressing body 4 to be removed (peeled), and the first fluid ejecting portion 8 attached to the meat material placement portion 2 is attached to the receiving portion 2a. A second fluid ejecting section 9 for ejecting and removing (peeling) fluid on the meat material 1 is provided.

  The first fluid ejecting section 8 is provided with an air supply device (not shown) and a nozzle 8a that ejects water-containing air supplied from the water supply device in the inner body 6 of the pressing body 4, and the tip of the nozzle 8a is An opening is formed at the tip of the inner body 6.

  Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 10, the harami 1 a separated from the meat material 1 attached to the pressing body 4 is removed by ejecting the fluid from the first fluid ejecting section 8.

  The second fluid ejecting section 9 is provided with a pair of nozzles 9a and 9b for ejecting water-containing air supplied from an air supply device and a water supply device (not shown) at a position above the moving device 17, and these nozzles 9a, The tip of 9b is configured to be disposed in the vicinity of the upper portion of the receiving portion 2a of the meat material arranging portion 2 when the moving portion 17a is moved to approach the meat material arranging portion 2.

  Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 11, the harami 1a separated from the meat material 1 attached to the receiving portion 2a of the meat material arranging portion 2 is removed by ejecting fluid from the second fluid ejecting portion 9.

  Further, in the present embodiment, a recovery box 27 is provided on the back side of the substrate 10 and below the meat material separating portion 15 to receive the falling halami 1a separated from the meat material 1 and falling. A recovery box 28 for receiving the cut meat material 1 is provided at a lower position on the front side.

  Further, a meat material removing unit 16 for removing the meat material 1 from which the harami 1a has been separated from the meat material arranging unit 2 is provided above the collection box 28.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the meat material removing unit 16 is configured by providing a removal arm 16 a that is slid by a driving device (not shown) at a lower position on the front side of the base 10.

  The removal arm 16a scrapes off the meat material 1 that has not fallen even when the meat material placement portion 2 is turned upside down by passing through the concave groove 2b provided on the upper surface of the meat material placement portion 2 at the front end portion thereof. I will drop it.

  A method for separating the harami 1a of the meat material 1 in the apparatus having the above configuration will be described.

  First, an operator arranges the meat material 1 so that the harami 1a is positioned in the receiving part 2a provided on the left and right side surfaces of the meat material arrangement part 2 at the work site provided on the front surface of the base body 10.

  Subsequently, the meat material 1 arranged in the meat material arrangement unit 2 is conveyed by the meat material conveyance unit 13.

  Subsequently, the meat material placement unit 2 moved by the meat material transport unit 13 stops at the meat material separation unit 15 and the harami 1a of the meat material 1 is separated.

Specifically, the blade body 3 and the pressing body 4 insert the blade body 3 at a predetermined position of the meat material 1 disposed in the meat material placement portion 2 by the forward movement of the moving portion 17a related to the moving device 17. The inner and outer positions P2 and P3 with the insertion position P1 as a boundary are pressed to press the meat material 1 against the receiving portion 2a of the meat material arrangement portion 2, and further, the moving portion 17a is moved forward to move the pressing body 4 to the pressing body 4. The inner body 6 and the outer body 7 are prevented from moving forward, and only the blade body 3 moves forward, and the blade portion 3a is exposed between the inner body 6 and the outer body 7. At this time, the blade portion 3a of the blade body 3 is fitted into the recess 5 provided in the receiving portion 2a. Therefore, the pressing body 4 presses the inner and outer positions P2, P3 of the meat material 1 ( The blade 3 is inserted into the insertion position P1 in a tension state. The blade body 3 is inserted into the meat material 1 in a non-contact state with the receiving portion 2.

  Further, in this state, by rotating the blade body 3 by a predetermined angle in a predetermined direction by the rotating device 21, the harami 1a of the meat material 1 is separated into an annular shape, and then the blade body 3 is reversely rotated by a predetermined angle. The moving device 17 is moved backward to move the blade body 3 and the pressing body 4 backward. The separated Harami 1a is collected in a collection box 27.

  Subsequently, after the separation at the meat material separating unit 15, the meat material arranging unit 2 moves and becomes inverted, and the separated meat material 1 arranged in the meat material arranging unit 2 is placed in the collection box 28. Will fall. At this time, the meat material 1 that has not fallen from the meat material placement unit 2 is forcibly scraped off from the meat material placement unit 2 by the meat material removal unit 16 and falls into the collection box 28.

  The above separation operation is sequentially performed for each of the eight meat material arrangement units 2 provided.

Since the present embodiment is configured as described above, when separating the harami 1a of the meat material 1, the insertion position P1 for inserting the blade body 3 is pressed by the pressing body 4 at the inner and outer positions P2, P3. Therefore, the blade body 3 is inserted well, and the blade body 3 is rotated after being inserted into the meat material 1. Can be cut off.

  Further, in the present embodiment, a recess 5 is provided at a position on the extension line in the insertion direction of the blade body 3 as the receiving portion 2a of the meat material placement section 2, and the blade body 3 enters the recess 5 to place the meat material. Since it is configured to be inserted into the meat material 1 in a non-contact state with respect to the portion 2, damage and wear of the blade body 3 which is a concern when the blade body 3 is brought into contact with the receiving portion 2 a as much as possible. In addition, it is possible to reliably prevent sanitary problems such as generation of powder by scraping the receiving portion 2a.

  Moreover, since the present Example provided the fluid injection parts 8 and 9 which inject and remove the fluid to the meat material 1 adhering to the receiving part 2a of the meat material arrangement | positioning part 2 and the press body 4, it is a carnivorous agent at the next work. The meat material 1 can be arrange | positioned in the state in which the arrangement | positioning part 2 has nothing.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and the specific configuration of each component can be designed as appropriate.

It is a perspective view which shows a present Example. It is use condition explanatory drawing of a present Example. It is a perspective view of the principal part concerning a present Example. It is a perspective view of the principal part concerning a present Example. It is a perspective view of the principal part concerning a present Example. It is a perspective view of the principal part concerning a present Example. It is explanatory sectional drawing of the principal part which concerns on a present Example. It is operation | movement explanatory sectional drawing of the principal part which concerns on a present Example. It is operation | movement explanatory sectional drawing of the principal part which concerns on a present Example. It is operation | movement explanatory sectional drawing of the principal part which concerns on a present Example. It is operation | movement explanatory sectional drawing of the principal part which concerns on a present Example. It is explanatory drawing of the meat material.

Explanation of symbols

P1 insertion position P2 inner position P3 outer position 1 meat material 1a predetermined portion 2 meat material arrangement portion 2a receiving portion 3 blade body 3a blade portion 4 pressing body 5 recess 6 inner body 7 outer body 8 fluid ejecting portion 9 fluid ejecting portion

Claims (6)

A device for separating a predetermined portion of meat material such as chicken, cow, pig, etc., having a meat material placement portion on which the meat material is placed, and a plurality of the meat material placement portions are provided and movable In addition, a receiving part for arranging the meat material is provided at the left and right positions of each meat material arranging part, and the meat material arranged in the receiving part of the meat material arranging part moves to a predetermined position. when that has, when this annular blade body to be pierced in the meat material is paired set across the food meat material disposed portion, inside and outside positions of the blade body of the blade is pierced in the meat material pressing bodies allowed to tension the meat material is provided to press the inner and outer positions bounded by 該刺entry position, the blade body is provided to be forward and reverse rotate freely project and retract from the pressing member, also, the pressing member is mounted for and away with respect to the receiving portion, the inside of the meat material with the pressing member After piercing the blade to the puncture position with a position to press and is configured to for dissecting a predetermined portion of the meat material by causing forward and reverse rotation of said blade body, also, the meat material A meat material separating apparatus, comprising: a fluid ejecting unit that ejects a fluid onto the meat material attached to the receiving portion of the placement unit or the pressing body to peel off the meat material. The meat material separating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein water-filled air is employed as the fluid ejected from the fluid ejecting unit. The meat material separating apparatus according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the receiving portion is provided with a recess into which the protruding blade body is inserted, and the depth of the recess is the protruding blade body. The meat material separating apparatus is characterized in that the depth is set to a non-contact state.   The meat material separating apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an inner body and an outer body that are attached to the blade body are provided on the inner side and the outer side of the blade body, respectively. A meat material separating apparatus, wherein a predetermined position of the meat material is pressed at a front end portion of the meat material. The meat material separating apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the meat material is placed over the meat material disposition portion, and both end portions of the meat material are positioned at the left and right receiving portions. The meat material separating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a needle member inserted into the meat material is provided in the vicinity of the upper surface of the meat material arrangement portion and the left and right receiving portions. In meat material separating device according to claims 1 to 5 any one, said blade body meat material separating device, characterized in that the serrated blade portion is provided on-edge.

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