JP4497553B2 - Root vegetables shredder - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a shredder device for root vegetables such as beef bowl, carrot and radish.

  An example of a conventional root vegetable shredding device is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-324298. The "pinch device" is provided with a sizing cutter that is placed close to the lower opening of the storage cylinder so that it cuts root vegetables that are multiple times the desired length. Between the support plate that receives the root vegetables to be cut and the pin cutter, a split cutter unit in which a plurality of split cutters that cut the root vegetables received by the support plate into a plurality of predetermined lengths is provided, In order to avoid interference with the dividing cutter, the pressing block body in which a gap portion is formed at a position corresponding to the dividing cutter is provided with a pressing means that presses against the root vegetables cut by the sizing cutter. ing.

  In the “punching device” described in the above publication, it is necessary to separately prepare a dedicated divided cutter unit and a pressing block body corresponding to the size to be cut (chopped). Thus, when changing the shredding dimensions, the pinch cutter fixing plate, the currently assembled divided cutter unit and the pressing block body are sequentially removed, and then the predetermined divided cutter unit and the pressing block body are attached. The exchanging work of attaching a pinch blade fixing plate and a connecting lever must be performed. For this reason, the cost of the entire apparatus is increased, and it takes a lot of work to replace and adjust the unit and the like.

  In addition, the root vegetables are cut into a plurality of predetermined lengths by pushing the root vegetables cut by the sizing cutter by the pressing means into the split cutter, so that the root vegetables act when pressed. It was difficult to obtain a stable shredded product that was easy to crush with the force (about 100 kg) and had good quality.

A typical thousand cutting blade is composed of a comb blade for cutting root vegetables vertically and a straight blade for slicing a portion cut by the comb blade. By the way, depending on the shredding device, as shown in FIG. 12, when the root vegetables being shredded are sandwiched between the comb blades b, the scraper c made of synthetic resin removes the portion sandwiched between the comb blades b. I have. However, the convex part d continuously formed in the uneven shape of the scraper c is scraped by the comb blade b, and the scraped part is mixed into the shredded product as foreign matter.
JP 2005-324298 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide a root vegetable shredding device that can easily change shredding dimensions and can efficiently produce a stable shredded product of good quality.

A hopper for feeding root vegetables and a root vegetable that is placed close to the lower mouth of the hopper and falls at a predetermined height from the hopper and is received by the bottom plate is cut in the transverse direction by a retractable cutting tool. Slicing means to be cut, a cutting blade fixed to a slider reciprocally provided on the front side of the root vegetables cut by the cutting means, and the root vegetables cut by the slicing means to the cutting blade In a shredder device for root vegetables with a pressing means that is fed toward
A split cutting means is provided at an intermediate position between the cutting tool and the bottom plate to cut the root vegetables cut by the cutting means into two parts, an upper part and a lower part, using a freely movable cutting tool. A comb blade for vertically cutting root vegetables and a straight blade for slicing a portion cut by the comb blade at the upper and lower portions of the slider provided so as to reciprocate in the vertical direction around the cutting tool The above-mentioned thousand cutting blades are arranged in a state where the respective blade portions are opposed to each other, the upper portion of the root vegetables cut by the dividing blade is cut by the upper cutting blade, and the lower portion of the root vegetables is It is characterized in that it is configured to be cut by a lower thousand cutting blade.

  In order to achieve the same object, the invention described in claim 2 is the root vegetable shredding device according to claim 1, wherein the hopper, the cutting tool, and the bottom plate are used as a reference for the dividing tool. By making each movable, the shredding size can be adjusted freely.

  In order to achieve the same object, the invention described in claim 3 is the root vegetable shredding device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the rake face of the cutting tool and the cutting tool are formed on the upper side, respectively. The root vegetables that are fed from the hopper and received by the bottom plate are cut by the cutting blade and then cut by the cutting tool.

  In order to achieve the same object, the invention described in claim 4 is the root vegetable shredding device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the bottom plate is closed to receive the root vegetables introduced from the hopper. It is characterized in that it is switchable between a position and an open position for discharging the remainder of the root vegetables.

(Invention of Claim 1)
This root vegetable shredder is configured to cut the upper part of the root vegetable with the upper shredder blade arranged on the slider and cut the lower part of the root vegetable with the lower shredder blade, It works so that the shredded portion hits the end of the other root vegetable that has not yet been shredded. Shredded products can be produced efficiently.

(Invention of Claim 2)
In this root vegetable shredding device, the cutting tool and the bottom plate that receives the root vegetables falling from the hopper can be moved with reference to the cutting tool, so that the shredding size can be changed easily and quickly. be able to. In addition, the divided cutter unit and the pressing block body prepared according to the shredding size in the conventional shredding device are no longer necessary, and the replacement work thereof is also unnecessary.

(Invention of Claim 3)
This shredder device for root vegetables forms the rake face of the cutting tool and the cutting tool on the upper side, cuts the root vegetables that are input from the hopper and received by the bottom plate, and then cuts the cutting tool with the cutting tool. The lower part of the root vegetables and the upper part of the root vegetables do not act in the longitudinal direction at the time of cutting, and the pressing force of the pressing means (about 20 kg) can be reduced. The root vegetables are prevented from being crushed.

(Invention of Claim 4)
This root vegetable shredding device is configured to switch the bottom plate that receives the root vegetables fed from the hopper between a closed position and an open position, and if the bottom plate is set to the open position, the rest of the root vegetables are discharged quickly and safely. be able to.

  The best mode of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view of a root vegetable shredding apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the root vegetable shredder, FIG. 3 is a longitudinal side view showing a main part of the root vegetable shredding apparatus, and FIG. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram (a) and (b) showing the order of cutting and cutting root vegetables, FIG. 6 is a rear view of a slider with a thousand cutting blade, and FIG. AA line sectional view of Drawing 6, Drawing 8-Drawing 11 are mimetic diagrams explaining a series of processes which shred root vegetables.

  A shredder device S for root vegetables according to the present invention is shown in FIG. This root vegetable shredding device S is provided with a box 3 for accommodating a motor device 51 of a driving means 50 for reciprocating a slider 53 on a frame 1 having casters 2 and a case 5 for forming a processing chamber 6. Yes. 4 is a cover for covering the driving means 50 attached to the front side of the box 3, and 7 is a cover provided with the outlet 8 for root vegetables attached to the front side of the processing chamber 6 and cut into pieces. Reference numeral 10 denotes a control box installed on the back side of the case 5.

  In the case 5, square tubular hoppers 11, 11 into which root vegetables such as beef bowl, carrot and radish are placed are arranged on the left and right as viewed from the front of the shredding device S. The hoppers 11 and 11 are fixed to a bracket 12 provided so as to be movable in the vertical direction. The inlets 11 a of the hoppers 11 protrude upward from the case 5.

  In FIG. 3, reference numeral 15 denotes a slicing means for dropping a predetermined height from the hopper 11 and cutting the root vegetables received by the bottom plate 25 in the transverse direction. The sizing means 15 has a rectangular slicing cutter 18 having a thickness of about 1.5 to 2.5 mm on a rake face 18 a on the upper side of a cutter attachment piece 17 fixed to the tip of a rod 16 a of an air cylinder 16. Are attached in the horizontal direction (FIG. 5). The rod side of the air cylinder 16 is fixed to a cylinder base 19 provided so as to be movable in the vertical direction with respect to the case 5. Reference numeral 20 denotes a handle for fixing the cylinder base 19. Further, the head side of the air cylinder 16 is attached to a block 21 that is loosely fitted to a guide rod 13 that is disposed vertically in the case 5. The cutting tool 18 is arranged so as to be close to the lower opening 11b of the hopper 11 when it is moved forward by the operation of the air cylinder 16.

  A bottom plate 25 that receives root vegetables fed from the hoppers 11 and 11 is supported by a shaft 26 below the hoppers 11 and 11 so as to be swingable. The tip of the rod 27 a of the air cylinder 27 is connected to the protrusion 25 b of the bottom plate 25. The air cylinder 27 is swingably provided on a bracket 28 fixed to a cylinder base 29 provided so as to be movable in the vertical direction with respect to the case 5. Reference numeral 30 denotes a handle for fixing the cylinder base 29.

  Thus, the bottom plate 25 is provided to be switchable between a closed position where the root vegetables are received by the operation of the air cylinder 27 and an open position where the remaining root vegetables are discharged.

  At an intermediate position between the cutting tool 18 and the bottom plate 25, there is divided cutting means 35 for cutting the root vegetables v cut into a predetermined length by the cutting tool 18 into an upper part u and a lower part l. Provided. The split cutting means 35 is formed by a rectangular cutting tool 38 having a thickness of about 1.5 to 2.5 mm on a cutting tool mounting piece 37 fixed to the tip of a rod 36a of an air cylinder 36 with a rake face 38a facing upward. Are attached in a horizontal direction (FIG. 5). The rod side of the air cylinder 36 is fixed to a cylinder base 39 fixed to the case 5. Reference numeral 41 denotes a rectangular fixed plate disposed in the horizontal direction at a position close to the slider 53 described later at the same height as the dividing blade 38. The fixing plate 41 is provided about 0.5 to 1 mm thinner than the thickness of the dividing blade 38 and forms a relief portion 41a on the lower side (FIG. 5). They are provided so that they slightly overlap each other. In this embodiment, the escape portion 41a is formed on the lower side of the fixed plate 41. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the escape portion can also be formed on the upper side.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the shredding dimensions are provided so as to be adjustable by moving the hopper 11 and the cutting tool 18 and the bottom plate 25 with respect to the cutting tool 38 (fixed plate 41). ing. In addition, the root vegetables v which is fed from the hopper 11 and processed into pieces is first divided so that no longitudinal pressure acts on the lower part l of the root vegetables and the upper part u of the root vegetables at the time of cutting. The air cylinder 16 and the air cylinder 36 are controlled so as to cause a time difference so as to be cut by the cutting tool 18 after being cut by (FIG. 4).

  Reference numeral 45 denotes a pressing means that feeds the root vegetables cut by the sizing means 15 toward the cutting edge 60 described later. The pressing means 45 has a block 47 having a flat pressing surface 47a formed at the tip of a rod 46a of a pair of air cylinders 46 fixed to the cylinder base 39 so as to sandwich the air cylinder 36 therebetween. The blocks 47 and 47 are arranged above and below the dividing blade 38.

Reference numeral 53 denotes a rectangular plate-like slider provided so as to reciprocate in the vertical direction around the position of the dividing blade 38 (fixed plate 41). The slider 53 is provided on the front side of the case 5 on the left and right sides. A pair of slide guides 52 are loosely fitted. A crank member 55 having a balance weight 55a is fixed to the output shaft of the motor device 51 of the driving means 50. The rod end 54 attached to the front surface side of the slider 53 and the rod end 56 attached to the eccentric position of the crank member 55 are connected by a rod 57.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, on the upper and lower portions of the front side of the slider 53, there are a comb blade 61 for vertically cutting root vegetables, and a straight blade for slicing a portion cut by the comb blade 61. 62 are arranged in two horizontal rows in a state where the blade portions are opposed to each other. Between the upper and lower comb blades 61, 61, a sliding plate 63 is fixed to the slider 53 so as to contact the cutting side of root vegetables.

  Thus, by reciprocating the slider 53 in the vertical direction by the operation of the motor device 51 of the driving means 50, the root vegetables v that are thrown in from the hopper 11 and fall by a predetermined height and are received by the bottom plate 25 are divided. And cutting tool 18 for time difference operation, and then cutting the upper portion u of root vegetables v fed by pressing means 45 with upper cutting blade 60 and lower portion l with lower cutting blade A root vegetable shredding device S according to the present invention provided so as to be cut by 60 is constituted.

Next, the operation of the shredder device S for root vegetables according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
(1) When a root vegetable v such as beef bowl is introduced from the hopper 11, the root vegetable v drops by a predetermined height and waits at the closed position by the operation of the air cylinder 27 as shown in FIG. It is received by the bottom plate 25.
(2) The root vegetables v received by the bottom plate 25 are moved between the upper part u and the lower part l by the time difference operation of the cutting blade 38 and the cutting tool 18 as shown in FIGS. Cut into two.
(3) The upper part u and the lower part l of the root vegetables v are fed by the pressing means 45 toward the cutting blade 60 at a pressure of about 20 kg. As shown in FIGS. 9 (e) and 9 (f), the slider 53 reciprocates in the vertical direction by the operation of the motor device 51. When the slider 53 descends, the upper part u of the root vegetables v is cut by the upper cutting blade 60. When the slider 53 is raised, the lower portion l is cut by the lower cutting blade 60. Thus, since one shredded portion acts so as to hit the end of the other non-chopped root vegetable v, the shredded portion does not remain between the comb blades 61 of the shredded blade 60.
(4) When the first shredded root vegetables v are finished, the shredding blade 18, the splitting blade 38, and the blocks 47 and 47 of the pressing means 45 move backward, so that the remaining root vegetables v are As shown in FIG. 10 (h), it falls and is received by the bottom plate 25.
(5) When the remaining amount of root vegetables v has become small, as shown in FIG. 11 (nu), the operation of switching the bottom plate 25 to the open position by operating the air cylinder 27 is performed. ´ is discharged out of the machine. Then, after discharging the remaining portion v ′ of the root vegetables, the air cylinder 27 is operated to switch the bottom plate 25 to the original closed position.
(6) Next, when a new root vegetable v is introduced, the above series of operations is repeated again, and the shredding process is continued.

  As described above, this root vegetable shredding device cuts the upper part of the root vegetable with the upper shredder blade arranged on the slider and cuts the lower part of the root vegetable with the lower shredder blade. Because it works so that one shredded portion hits the end of the other root vegetable that has not yet been shredded, the shredded portion does not remain between the comb blades of the shredded blade, and it looks good High quality and stable shredded products can be produced efficiently. In addition, the cutting tool and the bottom plate that receives the root vegetables falling from the hopper are configured to be movable with respect to the cutting tool as a reference, so that the shredding size can be changed easily. There is.

Side view of shredder device for root vegetables according to the present invention Same as above, top view Longitudinal side view showing the main part of shredder for root vegetables Reference drawing showing the state where the shredding dimensions are adjusted to a short length Explanatory drawing (a) and (b) showing the order of cutting root vegetables Rear view of slider with a thousand cutting blade AA line sectional view of FIG. Schematic diagrams (a) to (c) for explaining a series of processes for shredding root vegetables Schematic diagrams (d) to (f) for explaining a series of processes for shredding root vegetables Schematic diagram (G) and (H) explaining a series of steps to shred root vegetables Schematic diagram explaining the series of steps to shred root vegetables (Li) ~ (Le) Explanatory drawing of a scraper provided in a conventional shredding device

Explanation of symbols

S ... Shredder device for root vegetables v ... Root vegetables u ... Upper part of root vegetables l ... Lower part 11, 11 ... hopper 15 ... slicing means 18 ... Cutting tool 25 ... Bottom plate 35 ... Dividing cutting means 38 ... Dividing cutter 45 ... Pressing means 53 ... Slider 60 ... Thousand cutting blade

Claims (4)

A hopper for feeding root vegetables, and a root vegetable that is placed close to the lower mouth of the hopper and falls at a predetermined height from the hopper and is received by the bottom plate is cut in the transverse direction by a reciprocating cutting tool. Slicing means to be cut, a cutting blade fixed to a slider reciprocally provided on the front side of the root vegetables cut by the cutting means, and the root vegetables cut by the slicing means to the cutting blade In a shredder device for root vegetables with a pressing means that is fed toward
A split cutting means is provided at an intermediate position between the cutting tool and the bottom plate to cut the root vegetables cut by the cutting means into two parts, an upper part and a lower part, using a freely movable cutting tool. The upper and lower parts of the slider provided so as to reciprocate up and down around the position of the cutting tool , a comb blade for vertically cutting root vegetables, and a straight line for slicing the portion cut by the comb blade The above-mentioned thousand cutting blades composed of blades are respectively arranged in a state where the respective blade portions are opposed to each other, and the upper part of the root vegetables cut by the above-mentioned cutting blade is cut by the upper thousand cutting blades, and below the root vegetables A root vegetable shredder characterized in that the part is cut with a lower shredder blade.   The root vegetables according to claim 1, wherein the chopping dimension is provided so as to be adjustable by allowing the hopper, the cutting tool and the bottom plate to move with respect to the cutting tool. Shredding equipment.   The chopping surfaces of the cutting tool and the cutting tool are respectively formed on the upper side, and root vegetables that are input from the hopper and received by the bottom plate are cut by the cutting tool and then cut by the cutting tool. It is provided so that it may do. The shredder apparatus of the root vegetables of Claim 1 or 2 characterized by the above-mentioned.   The bottom plate is provided so as to be switchable between a closed position for receiving root vegetables introduced from the hopper and an open position for discharging the remaining root vegetables. A shredder device for root vegetables as described.

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