JP5312298B2 - Fruit and vegetable slicer - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a fruit and vegetable slicer, more specifically, a vegetable and fruit sliced product having an arbitrary thickness, and a fruit and vegetable processed product obtained by cutting it into a stick shape efficiently and at low cost. This is related to a slicer.

  Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 6, a sliced vegetable through-hole is provided on the peripheral surface, and a container (7) in which blades (17, 18) are arranged along the through-hole, and the input material is centrifugally applied. A vegetable cutting device comprising a rotating body (8) guided in the radial direction is known (see Japanese Patent No. 3611245). In this case, the blades (17, 18) are arranged so as to be slightly away from the inner peripheral surface of the container (7), and the gap between the blades (17, 18) and the inner peripheral surface of the container (7) is a through hole. To be communicated to. The rotating body (8) shown therein assembles a partition plate (14) like a cross beam so as to surround the rotation axis, a donut-shaped upper surface plate (14a) on the upper surface, and a circular lower surface plate (14a) on the lower surface ( 14b) is fixed.

  In the case of this apparatus, the vegetables thrown into the door-shaped section between the partition plates (14) are pushed by the partition plate (14) as the rotating body (8) rotates, and the container (7 ) And is moved at high speed along the inner peripheral surface in this state. Then, the vegetables are sliced by the blades (17, 18) when passing through the blades (17, 18) in that state, and the sliced products are recovered from the through holes. For example, when a carrot and a burdock are cut into a stick shape for a kinpira, a composite blade composed of a comb blade (17) and a flat blade (18) is installed vertically.

  In the case of the above-mentioned conventional cutting device, the slice thickness of vegetables becomes thicker as the blades (17, 18) are brought closer to the inside from the inner peripheral surface of the container (7). Therefore, in order to change the slice thickness, it is necessary to change the attachment position of the blades (17, 18), but this is a laborious and costly operation, which is not practical.

Japanese Patent No. 3611245

  As described above, in the case of the conventional cutting apparatus, in order to change the slice thickness of vegetables, it is necessary to perform an operation of changing the attachment position of the blade each time, which is a laborious and costly operation. Therefore, it has not been possible to meet the demand for frequent changes in the slice thickness of vegetables as an actual problem. Therefore, there has been a demand for a cutting apparatus that can sufficiently meet such frequent requests for changing the slice thickness of vegetables.

  The present invention has been made to meet such a demand, and has a simple configuration, and can be easily adjusted without changing the attachment position of the blade each time, adjusting the slice thickness of sliced vegetables and fruits. Therefore, there is a fruit and vegetable slicer that can efficiently and inexpensively produce vegetables and fruit slices of any thickness and processed fruit vegetables cut into sticks. The issue is to provide.

  The invention described in claim 1 for solving the above-described problems includes: a bottomed cylindrical container installed on a gantry; a rotating body whose side is open and rotating in the container; The container has a lid, an opening is provided in a part of the side of the container, and a cutting part is disposed on the outer side of the container so as to close the opening from the outside. A slice thickness that forms a displacement surface on the side surface by making two upper and lower cuts along the peripheral surface from the edge of the opening, and displaces the displacement surface horizontally on the outer surface side of the displacement surface. It is a fruit and vegetable slicer that is provided with adjusting means.

  In a preferred embodiment, the slice thickness adjusting means includes an eccentric shaft installed with an axial center eccentrically disposed between an upper surface plate of the gantry and a flange formed on the upper surface of the container, and the eccentric shaft rotates. A handle to be moved and an action plate having a long hole for loosely inserting the eccentric shaft and fixed to the outer surface of the displacement surface.

  In one embodiment, a rotating round blade is disposed on the cutting portion, and an outer surface end portion of the displacement surface is curved along the rotating round blade, or a rotating round blade is disposed on the cutting portion. And the abutting board which formed the recessed part which curves along the said rotary round blade in the edge part in the edge part of the said displacement surface is installed. A comb blade may be provided on the contact plate, and the contact plate is preferably exchangeable.

  Furthermore, in one embodiment, the width of the displacement surface is equal to or slightly larger than the interval between the annular plate and the circular plate constituting the rotating body, and the cutting portion is formed of the opening. It is pivotally supported at the end.

  As described above, the present invention forms a displacement surface by making two upper and lower cuts along the peripheral surface from the edge of the opening on the side surface of the container, and on the outer surface side of the displacement surface, Slice thickness adjusting means for displacing the displacement surface in the horizontal direction is provided. By simple operation by the slice thickness adjusting means, the slice thickness of fruit vegetables can be adjusted without changing the blade mounting position each time. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently produce and supply sliced products of vegetables and fruits of any thickness, and processed fruit vegetables obtained by cutting them into sticks at a low cost. .

It is a perspective view which shows the structural example of the fruit vegetable slicer which concerns on this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the structural example of the fruit vegetable slicer which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the structural example of the cutting part in the fruit vegetables slicer which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the structural example of the slice thickness adjustment means in the fruit and vegetable slicer which concerns on this invention. It is a top view which shows the effect | action of the fruit vegetables slicer which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the conventional vegetable cutting apparatus.

  EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Below, the form for implementing this invention is demonstrated based on an accompanying drawing. The fruit and vegetable slicer according to the present invention includes a bottomed cylindrical container 2 installed on the gantry 1, and a rotating body 3 that is housed in the container 2 and driven to rotate, and that has a side opened. It consists of a lid 4 that is mounted on the container 2. The lid body 4 includes an insertion port 4a for inputting fruit and vegetables to be processed, and a pair of gripping portions 4b.

  A motor case 6 that houses a main motor that rotationally drives the rotating body 3 housed in the container 2 is installed behind the upper surface plate 5 of the gantry 1, and the output shaft 7 of the main motor is located above the upper surface plate 5. To the bottom of the rotating body 3 through the bottom of the container 2.

  The rotator 3 connects the circular plate 9, the annular plate 10 disposed at a predetermined interval above the circular plate 9, and the push plate 8 that connects the circular plate 9 and several peripheral portions of the annular plate 10 and also functions as a spacer. It consists of. A shaft cylinder 11 for inserting and fixing the output shaft 7 of the main motor is provided on the back surface of the circular plate 8 disposed on the lower side. Thus, since the rotary body 3 is formed by the circular plate 9 and the annular plate 10 connected by the feed plate 8, the peripheral surface thereof is opened (see FIG. 2).

  An opening 12 is formed in a part of the side surface of the container 2, and a cutting part 13 is disposed on the outer surface of the container 2 so as to close the opening 12 from the outside. The cutting unit 13 is installed on the blade driving motor 15 (see FIG. 5) built in the motor case 14 and on the front side of the motor case 14 (the surface facing the opening 12), and is rotated by the blade driving motor 15. The rotary round blade 16 is driven. Instead of the rotating round blade 16, a stationary flat blade can be used (see FIG. 6).

  Typically, the motor case 14 is pivotally supported on the outer surface of the container 2 via a pivot 17 disposed between the flange 2b formed at the upper end of the container 2 and the upper surface plate 5 of the gantry 1. Thus, the opening 12 can be opened and closed (see FIG. 3). In such a case, the motor case 14 can be opened to expose the rotating round blade 16 to the outside of the container 2, which facilitates cleaning, repair and replacement, thereby maintaining the cleanliness of the apparatus. Is possible. In addition, between the upper surface of the motor case 14 and the collar part 2b of the container 2, the lock members 29 and 29a are suitably arranged, and when the motor case 14 is pivoted, the lock members 29 and 29a are removed. Do.

  On the side surface of the container 2, a displacement surface 19 is formed by making two upper and lower cuts 18, 18 a along the inner peripheral surface 2 a from the edge of the opening 12, and the displacement surface 19 is formed outside the displacement surface 19. Adjustment means for displacing 19 in the horizontal direction is provided. The vertical width of the displacement surface 19 needs to be set to be the same as or slightly larger than the interval between the circular plate 9 and the annular plate 10 constituting the rotating body 3. By doing so, the fruit vegetables V will surely slide on the displacement surface 19 in the processing process described later.

  The slice thickness adjusting means for displacing the displacement surface 19 is formed by slicing the displacement surface 9 from the inner peripheral surface 2a of the container 2 by pulling or pushing the displacement surface 19 in the horizontal direction as will be described later. This is for adjusting the thickness.

  In one embodiment, the slice thickness adjusting means includes an eccentric shaft 20 that is installed with its axis decentered between the upper surface plate 5 of the gantry 1 and the flange 2b of the container 2, and a handle 21 that rotates the eccentric shaft 20. And one or a plurality of (two in the illustrated example) action plates 22 having a long hole 23 for loosely inserting the eccentric shaft 20 and fixed to the outer surface of the displacement surface 19 (see FIG. 4). Further, if necessary, an arcuate groove 25 that guides the movement of the handle 21 by engaging the lower protrusion of the handle 21 is formed on the upper surface plate 5 of the gantry 1.

  When the displacement surface 19 is displaced by the slice thickness adjusting means, the eccentric shaft 20 is rotated by picking the handle 21 and moving it along the arcuate groove 25. As the eccentric shaft 20 rotates eccentrically, it acts on the action plate 22 while sliding in the long hole 23, pulls the action plate 22 outward of the container 2, or pushes the action plate 22 inward of the container 2. As a result, the displacement surface 19 to which the action plate 22 is fixed is displaced outward of the container 2 or is displaced inward of the container 2.

  The end of the displacement surface 19 may be straight when a stationary flat blade is used, but when the rotating round blade 16 is used, a curved recess recessed in an arc along the blade is formed at the end. It is formed. Further, as in the illustrated example, a contact plate 27 in which a curved concave portion 27 a that is recessed in an arc shape is provided at the end portion, and this may be fixed to the end portion of the displacement surface 19. The contact plate 27 is attached so as to protrude from the end of the displacement surface 19 and is displaced integrally with the displacement surface 19.

  The fruit vegetables V to be sliced move while being strongly pressed against the inner peripheral surface 2a of the container 2 by the centrifugal force generated by the rotating body 3 rotating at a high speed, and eventually slide on the displacement surface 19 near the opening 12. It reaches. At this time, since the position of the rotary round blade 16 is not changed, when the displacement surface 19 is pulled outward of the container 2, the end of the displacement surface 19, that is, the curved concave portion 27a and the rotary round blade 16 On the contrary, when the displacement surface 19 is pushed inward of the container 2, the end of the displacement surface 19, that is, the distance between the curved concave portion 27 a and the rotary round blade 16 is narrowed.

  The slice thickness of the fruit vegetables V is determined by the interval between the curved concave portion 27a and the rotating round blade 16. That is, when the interval is wide, a thick sliced product is produced, and when the interval is narrow, a thin sliced product is produced (see FIG. 5). This slice thickness adjustment can also be performed during the slice operation.

  The slicing operation can be performed only with the rotary round blade 16, but when slicing and cutting, a stationary comb blade is provided. The stationary comb blade is one in which a large number of comb blades 28 are horizontally installed on the edge of the contact plate 27 at intervals corresponding to the cutting width. Since the width of the workpiece to be cut is determined by the interval between the comb blades 28 of the stationary comb blade, it is preferable to prepare a plurality of contact plates 27 having different intervals between the comb blades 28 so that they can be selectively exchanged.

  In the above-mentioned configuration, when the main motor is operated by inputting vegetables such as Japanese radish and carrots and fruits such as carrots to be sliced from the input port 4a, the rotating body 3 is rotated at a high speed, and the input fruit vegetables V are Then, it moves in the circumferential direction of the container 2 by centrifugal force and strongly contacts the inner circumferential surface 2 a of the container 2. Since the fruit vegetables V continue to be pushed back by the feeding plate 8 in this state, the fruit vegetables V are strongly rubbed against the inner peripheral surface 2a of the container 2.

  When the fruit vegetables V reach the displacement surface 19 in this state, they move along the displaced state of the displacement surface 19 and are sliced by the rotating round blade 16 while riding on the contact plate 27 at the tip. The slice thickness varies depending on the degree of displacement of the displacement surface 19 that is adjusted by turning the handle 21.

  When the comb blade 28 is installed on the abutting plate 27, the cuts are first cut by the comb blade 28 on the fruit vegetables V, and then the slice by the rotating round blade 16 is performed. The fruit vegetables V sliced in this way emerge from the gap between the curved recess 27a and the rotary round blade 16, and are appropriately collected in a collection container as in the conventional apparatus.

  Although the present invention has been described in some detail with respect to its most preferred embodiments, it will be apparent that a wide variety of different embodiments can be constructed without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, the invention being defined by the appended claims. It is not restricted to the specific embodiment other than limiting in.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Stand 2 Container 3 Rotating body 4 Cover body 5 Top plate 6 Motor case 7 Output shaft 8 Feeding plate 9 Circular plate 10 Annular plate 11 Shaft cylinder 12 Opening portion 13 Cutting portion 15 Blade driving motor 16 Rotary round blade 17 Pivot 18 Cut line 19 Displacement surface 20 Eccentric shaft 21 Handle 22 Action plate 23 Long hole 27 Contact plate 28 Comb blade

Claims (8)

A bottomed cylindrical container installed on a gantry, a rotating body whose side is open and rotating in the container, and a lid of the container having an inlet,
An opening is provided in a part of the side of the container, and a cutting part is disposed on the outer surface of the container so as to close the opening from the outside.
A displacement surface is formed on the side surface of the container by making two upper and lower cuts along the peripheral surface from the edge of the opening, and the displacement surface is displaced horizontally on the outer surface side of the displacement surface. Fruit and vegetable slicer with slice thickness adjusting means.   The slice thickness adjusting means includes an eccentric shaft that is installed with an eccentric axis between an upper surface plate of the gantry and a flange formed on the upper surface of the container, a handle that rotates the eccentric shaft, The fruit and vegetable slicer according to claim 1, comprising a cam plate that has a long hole for loosely inserting an eccentric shaft and is fixed to an outer surface of the displacement surface.   The fruit and vegetable slicer according to claim 1, wherein a rotating round blade is disposed in the cutting portion, and an outer surface end portion of the displacement surface is curved along the rotating round blade.   The vegetable vegetable slicer according to claim 1, wherein a rotating round blade is disposed in the cutting portion, and an abutting plate in which a concave portion that is curved along the rotating round blade is formed at an end portion of the displacement surface. .   The fruit and vegetable slicer according to claim 4, wherein a comb blade is disposed on the plate.   The vegetable vegetable slicer according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the plate is replaceable.   The fruit and vegetable slicer according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a width of the displacement surface is equal to or slightly larger than an interval between the annular plate and the circular plate constituting the rotating body.   The fruit and vegetable slicer according to claim 1, wherein the cutting portion is pivotally supported by an end portion of the opening.

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