JP6006282B2 - Method and apparatus for dividing and cutting spherical vegetables and the like - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a dividing and cutting apparatus for spherical and oval vegetables such as potato, taro, onion, and Nanban.

  Conventionally, patent document 1 is mentioned as division | segmentation cutting devices, such as spherical and elliptical vegetables, for example. This device has a rotating cylinder rotatably supported on a fixed support shaft arranged vertically, and the rotating cylinder includes a cylindrical portion and an upper plate portion fixed to the upper end of the cylindrical portion. And a rotating disc fixed to the lower end of the cylindrical portion and extending outward from the cylindrical portion and formed in a disc shape. The rotating disk is provided with a divided cutting blade that constitutes a set for dividing and cutting the spherical vegetables at a plurality of equiangular positions, and the cylindrical portion corresponds to the center of the divided cutting blade of each set, A pressing member that slides downward under its own weight is provided. A groove is formed in the pressing member at a portion corresponding to the divided cutting blade, and a cam that forms a cam surface on the lower surface corresponding to the upper surface of the pressing member is fixed to the lower surface of the top plate. The cam surface of the cam is inclined downward along the rotation direction of the rotating cylinder, and the end point of the cam surface is formed at a height at which the spherical vegetable is completely divided and cut by pressing the pressing member downward.

JP 2012-245596 A

  Since the above prior art only divides in the vertical direction and has a long bar shape, a food with a short length has also been desired.

  Further, since the above prior art has a structure in which the pressing member is pushed down by the cam surface formed on the lower surface of the cam, the pressing member is in a state of being lowered by its own weight at the set position of the spherical and elliptical vegetables. Therefore, when setting spherical and oval vegetables or the like, it is necessary to lift the pressing member and set the spherical and oval vegetables or the like on the divided cutting blades, which imposes a burden on the operator. Moreover, since the said operation | work is required, the rotational speed of a rotating cylinder cannot be raised.

  A first object of the present invention is to provide a method for dividing and cutting a spherical vegetable and the like that can improve the quality of divided cutting while obtaining a short foodstuff.

  The second problem of the present invention is to provide a method for dividing and cutting a spherical vegetable and the like that can reduce the burden on the operator and improve productivity.

According to claim 1 of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems, there is provided an openable and closable vegetable support means for supporting a spherical vegetable or the like on an upper part of a vertically divided cutting blade means having a vertically divided cutting blade for vertically dividing and cutting a spherical vegetable or the like. In the split cutting method of spherical vegetables etc. that are provided, and press down the spherical vegetables etc. with the pressing member to vertically split and cut,
The vertically divided cutting blade means, the vegetable support means and the pressing member are both a vegetable set position for setting a spherical vegetable or the like on the vegetable support means, a height inspection position for a spherical vegetable or the like, a height calculation position for a spherical vegetable or the like. Slowly cut spherical vegetables to determine horizontal split cutting position Horizontal split cutting position determination position, horizontal split cutting position for horizontal split cutting, and vertical split cutting position for complete vertical split cutting by pressing spherical vegetables In the vegetable set position, the pressing member is in the raised position, in the vegetable height inspection position, the pressing member abuts on the spherical vegetable or the like by its own weight, and in the height calculation position of the spherical vegetable or the like, The position where the pressing member is in contact with the spherical vegetable or the like is detected, and the upper part of the central portion of the spherical vegetable or the like is vertically divided and cut by this detection data. The amount by which the pressing member is pushed down is calculated, and at the horizontal division cutting position determination position, the spherical vegetables are pushed down by the pressing member according to the data calculated by the arithmetic processing unit from the contact position of the pressing member. Using a split cutting blade, cut vertically into the center of the height of a spherical vegetable, etc., and then at the horizontal split cutting position, horizontally split and cut the center of the height of a spherical vegetable, etc. Then, at the vertical division cutting position, the remaining upper-half spherical vegetables and the like are pushed down by the pressing member to complete vertical division cutting.

According to a second aspect of the present invention for solving the above problems, there is provided an openable and closable vegetable support means for supporting a spherical vegetable or the like on an upper part of a vertically divided cutting blade means having a vertically divided cutting blade for vertically dividing and cutting a spherical vegetable or the like. In a split cutting device such as a spherical vegetable that is provided, and presses down the spherical vegetable etc. with a pressing member to vertically split and cut,
The vertically divided cutting blade means, the vegetable support means and the pressing member are both a vegetable set position for setting a spherical vegetable or the like on the vegetable support means, a height inspection position for a spherical vegetable or the like, a height calculation position for a spherical vegetable or the like. Slowly cut spherical vegetables to determine horizontal split cutting position Horizontal split cutting position determination position, horizontal split cutting position for horizontal split cutting, and vertical split cutting position for complete vertical split cutting by pressing spherical vegetables Configured to be
In the vegetable set position, the pressing member is in a raised position.In the vegetable height inspection position, the pressing member abuts on a spherical vegetable or the like under its own weight, and in the height calculation position of the spherical vegetable or the like, The vegetable height detecting means for detecting the position where the pressing member is in contact with the spherical vegetable and the like, the pressing member is pushed down by the data of the vegetable height detecting means, and the height of the spherical vegetable or the like is reduced by the vertically divided cutting blade. An arithmetic processing unit that calculates a push-down amount that is vertically divided and cut slightly above the center portion, and at the horizontal division cutting position determination position, according to data calculated by the arithmetic processing unit from the contact position of the pressing member. A pressing member that pushes down the pressing member so that the pressing member presses down the spherical vegetables and vertically splits and cuts slightly above the center of the height of the spherical vegetables and the like with a vertically dividing cutting blade. The horizontal division cutting position is provided with a horizontal division cutting blade for horizontally dividing and cutting spherical vegetables or the like below the vertical division cutting blade. The pressing member pressing means for pressing the upper half of the spherical vegetables and the like to completely divide and cut vertically is provided.

According to a third aspect of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems, the rotating cylinder is rotatably supported by a fixed fixing member arranged vertically, and the rotating cylinder includes a cylinder portion, It consists of an upper plate part fixed to the upper end of the cylindrical part, and a rotating disk fixed to the lower end of the cylindrical part and extending outward from the cylindrical part and formed into a disk shape. A vertically divided cutting blade having a vertically divided cutting blade which is provided with a larger hole than the spherical vegetable etc. at a plurality of positions, and which forms a set for vertically dividing and cutting the spherical vegetable etc. in the vertical direction on the lower surface of each hole portion. Means are provided, and the cylindrical portion is provided with a pressing member corresponding to the center of each of the vertically divided cutting blades of each set and slid downward by its own weight. Grooves are formed in corresponding portions, and the fixed member has a spherical field in which a cam for moving the pressing member up and down is fixed. In dividing the cutting device and the like,
Vegetable support means having a vegetable support plate provided so as to be openable and closable is provided between the rotary disc and the longitudinally divided cutting blade means, and the rotary disc is sequentially arranged in the rotation direction of the rotary disc. The vertically divided cutting blade means and the vegetable support means and the pressing member are both a vegetable set position for setting a spherical vegetable or the like on the vegetable support means, a height inspection position for a spherical vegetable, a height calculation position for a spherical vegetable, It is sequentially sent to the horizontal division cutting position determination position that determines the horizontal division cutting position by pushing down the spherical vegetables, the horizontal division cutting position that performs horizontal division cutting, and the vertical division cutting position that performs full vertical division cutting by pushing down the spherical vegetables etc. Configured as
In the vegetable set position, the pressing member is in a raised position.In the vegetable height inspection position, the pressing member abuts on a spherical vegetable or the like under its own weight, and in the height calculation position of the spherical vegetable or the like, The vegetable height detecting means for detecting the position where the pressing member is in contact with the spherical vegetable and the like, the pressing member is pushed down by the data of the vegetable height detecting means, and the height of the spherical vegetable or the like is reduced by the vertically divided cutting blade. An arithmetic processing unit that calculates a push-down amount that is vertically divided and cut slightly above the center portion, and at the horizontal division cutting position determination position, according to data calculated by the arithmetic processing unit from the contact position of the pressing member. A pressing member that pushes down the pressing member so that the pressing member presses down the spherical vegetables and vertically splits and cuts slightly above the center of the height of the spherical vegetables and the like with a vertically dividing cutting blade. The horizontal division cutting position is provided with a horizontal division cutting blade for horizontally dividing and cutting spherical vegetables or the like below the vertical division cutting blade. The pressing member pressing means for pressing the upper half of the spherical vegetables and the like to completely divide and cut vertically is provided,
The cam includes a pressing member vertical movement cam whose upper surface is a cam surface, a pressing member pressing cam whose lower surface is a cam surface, and a center setting vertical movement cam whose lower surface is a cam surface. The cam for vertical movement of the pressing member is a top surface that is raised at the vegetable set position, a descending surface where the pressing member abuts on the vegetable under its own weight from the vegetable setting position to the vegetable height detection position, and a completely vertical division The ascending surface raises the pressing member from the vertically divided cutting position to be cut to the vertically divided cutting position, and the pressing member pressing cam is located between the height detecting position and the height detecting position from before the height detecting position. Up to the middle of the horizontal division cutting position, the vertical position of the lower end is the descending surface to the operating range of the vertical setting cam for setting the central part, and further from the front of the vertical division cutting position The divided cutting position pressing member descends to form a descending surface that completely vertically divides the spherical vegetables and the like with the vertically divided cutting blade, and the vertical movement cam for setting the central portion is detected by the vegetable height detecting means. Depending on the height of the vegetables, the center of the height of the spherical vegetables or the like is a cam surface for lowering the pressing member so as to correspond to the horizontally divided cutting blade.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems, in the third aspect, the rotating cylindrical body, the laterally divided cutting blade, and the central portion setting vertical movement cam are driven by a single drive motor. It is characterized by that.

  A fifth aspect of the present invention for solving the above problem is that, in the third aspect, the calculation processing unit pushes down the spherical vegetable or the like based on the data detected by the vegetable height detecting means. A pressing portion position calculating circuit for calculating the amount, and a driving calculation circuit for the pressing member driving means for calculating a downward amount of the pressing member by the pressing member driving means based on data calculated by the pressing portion position calculating circuit. It is characterized by that.

  According to the present invention, a food product with a short length can be obtained because not only the vertical division cutting blade is used for the vertical division cutting but also the horizontal direction cutting is performed using the horizontal division cutting blade. Moreover, since horizontal division | segmentation cutting | disconnection cuts substantially the center part of the length of spherical vegetables etc., the quality of the cut | disconnected goods improves. In the vegetable setting position, since the pressing member is in the upper position, it is easy to set the spherical vegetables and the like, reducing the burden on the operator and improving the productivity.

It is a front view of one embodiment of a division cutting method and a division cutting device of spherical vegetables etc. of the present invention. It is a right view of FIG. 1 of the state which removed the right side board. It is a left view of FIG. 1 of the state which removed the left side board. It is a bottom view of FIG. It is the sectional view on the AA line of FIG. It is the BB sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is CC sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is the DD sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is the bottom view which removed the lower support plate of the horizontal division | segmentation cutting unit shown in FIG. It is an enlarged plan view of a vegetable support / vertical division cutting unit. It is a front view of FIG. It is a right view of FIG. It is a left view of FIG. It is the EE sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is the FF sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the expansion | deployment figure of the pressing member vertical movement cam, the pressing member pressing cam, and the vegetable pressing cam, and the roller which moves a pressing member up and down. It is a block diagram of an arithmetic processing part.

  An embodiment of a split cutting method and a split cutting device for spherical vegetables and the like according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Hereinafter, the case where it applies to potato W as spherical and elliptical vegetables etc. is demonstrated. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 and 7, the base plate 1 is supported by pillars (not shown) fixed at the four corners. Side plates 2 and 3 are fixed on both sides on the base plate 1, and a top plate 4 is fixed to the upper ends of the side plates 2 and 3.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a hollow pipe 10 is fixed substantially at the center of the top plate 4, and a rod 11 is disposed on the base plate 1 portion below the hollow pipe 10. That is, the hollow pipe 10 is a fixed fixing member arranged vertically. The hollow pipe 10 and the rod 11, a hollow rotating cylinder 20 of structure below that is rotatably supported by a bearing 12, 13. As shown in FIG. 6, the rotating cylinder 20 includes a cylindrical portion 21 whose outer surface is formed as a hexagonal surface, and an upper plate portion 22 (see FIGS. 1 to 3) fixed to the upper surface of the cylindrical portion 21. The rotating disk 23 is fixed to the lower surface of the cylindrical portion 21. Here, the rotating disk 23 has a disk shape extending outward from the cylindrical portion 21 so that a vegetable support / vertically divided cutting unit 40 described later can be attached. The upper plate portion 22 and the rotating disc 23 are rotatably supported on the hollow pipe 10 and the rod 11 via bearings 12 and 13 respectively. As described above, the upper plate portion 22 of the rotating cylinder 20 is rotatably supported by the hollow pipe 10 fixed to the top plate 4, but the rotating disk 23 of the rotating cylinder 20 is in a free state. . Therefore, in order to prevent the lower end of the rotating disk 23 from swinging, the outer periphery of the rotating disk 23 is divided into three pieces as shown in FIG. 4, as shown in FIGS. The roller 24 is held by a roller 24, and the roller 24 is rotatably supported on a support shaft 25 fixed to the lower surface of the base plate 1.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the rotating disc 23 is formed with a square hole 23 a larger than the potato W at a portion corresponding to the hexagonal surface of the cylindrical portion 21. That is, six square holes 23a are formed in the rotating disk 23 at equiangular positions. On the back surface corresponding to the square hole 23 a of the rotating disk 23, guide portions 26 and 26 are provided on which a vegetable support / vertical division cutting unit 40 described later is disposed. Moreover, the notch hole 23b which the notch part 63a of the vegetable support and vertical division | segmentation cutting | disconnection unit 40 engages is formed.

  When the rotating cylinder 20 rotates clockwise, the rotating disc 23 is sequentially positioned at the next position. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the vegetable set position 31 on the front side, the height inspection position 32 for spherical vegetables, etc., the height calculation position 33 for spherical vegetables, etc., and the horizontal and divided vegetables are pushed down. The horizontal division cutting position determination position 34 for determining the cutting position, and the vertical division cutting positions 35 and 36 for vertically dividing and cutting the spherical and elliptical vegetables etc. A horizontal division cutting position 37 is provided between 35.

  As shown in FIGS. 10 to 15, the vegetable support / vertically divided cutting unit 40 is provided with a vertically divided cutting blade means 41 for vertically dividing and cutting the potato W, and an upper portion of the vertically divided cutting blade means 41. And vegetable support means 42 for supporting the food.

  The vertically divided cutting blade means 41 has the following structure. The blade support plate 43 is formed with a round hole 43a having substantially the same size as the square hole 23a portion of the rotary disk 23. Four blade fixing plates 44 constituting a set are fixed to the outer surface of the round hole 43a on the lower surface of the blade support plate 43, and the vertically divided cutting blades 45 of the round holes 43a are fixed to the blade fixing plate 44. It is fixed radially toward the center.

  The vegetable support means 42 has the following structure. A support plate 50 is fixed on the upper surface of the blade support plate 43. The support plate 50 includes fixed portions 50a and 50b fixed to the outer sides of the round holes 43a of the blade support plate 43, side plate portions 50c and 50d rising from the fixed portions 50a and 50b on both sides, and the side plates. The upper surface plate portion 50e connects the upper ends of the portions 50c and 50d, and the upper surface plate portion 50e is formed with a round hole 50f having approximately the same size as the square hole 23a of the rotating disk 23. Support shafts 51 </ b> A and 51 </ b> B arranged in parallel are rotatably supported by bearings 52 on the side plate portions 50 c and 50 d on both sides. Two vegetable support plates 53A, 53A, 53B, 53B are fixed to the support shafts 51A, 51B, respectively, and the vegetable support plates 53A, 53A, 53B, 53B are pointed toward the center of the round hole 50f. Is inclined.

  Gears 54A and 54B having gear portions 54a and 54b formed on opposite portions are fixed to the support shafts 51A and 51B on the right side plate portion 50c (see FIG. 11), and the side plate portion between the gears 54A and 54B is fixed. In 50d, butterfly gears 56A and 56B are rotatably supported on support shafts 55A and 55B fixed to the side plate portion 50d. Gears 56a1 and 56b1 are formed on the gears 56A and 56B, and gears 56a2 and 56b2 are formed on the gears 56A and 56B.

On the left support plate 50c side, levers 60A and 60B extending downward and inward are fixed, and a stopper 61 is fixed on the side plate portion 50c on the lower side of the lever 60B. A spring 62 is hung on the lower ends of the stopper 61 and the lever 60B. Therefore, when the tension of the spring 62 is applied to the lever 60A and the lever 60B is pressed against the stopper 61, the tip portions of the vegetable support plates 53A, 53A, 53B, and 53B are closed.

  Thus, the gears 54A and 54B are fixed to the support shafts 51A and 51B to which the vegetable support plates 53A, 53A, 53B, and 53B are fixed, and the gears 56A and 56B that mesh with the gears 54A and 54B mesh with each other. doing. With this structure, when the vegetable support plates 53A, 53A, 53B, and 53B are pushed downward, the vegetable support plates 53A, 53A, 53B, and 53B are evenly opened and the center of the potato W is not displaced.

  Both side surface portions of the upper surface plate portion 50e are rail portions 50g and 50g inserted into the guide portions 26 and 26, respectively. Further, a notch hole 50h is formed at a position corresponding to the notch hole 23b of the rotating disc 23 on the outer side of the round hole 50c of the upper surface plate portion 50e. A notch plate 63 is disposed below the notch hole 50h, and the notch plate 63 is formed with a notch portion 63a to be inserted into the notch hole 50h. Support shafts 64, 64 are disposed on both sides of the notch plate 63, and upper and lower ends of the support shafts 64, 64 are fixed to the blade support plate 43 and the upper surface plate 50c. A vertical movement member 65 is inserted into the support shafts 64, 64 so as to be movable up and down, and both ends of a notch fixing plate 66 fixed to the notch plate 63 are fixed to the vertical movement member 65. A spring 67 is disposed between the vertical movement member 65 of the support shafts 64 and 64 and the blade support plate 43 so that the notch plate 63 contacts the lower surface of the upper surface plate portion 50e.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 and 6 to 8, guide plates 70 extending vertically are fixed to the hexagonal surface of the tube portion 21 in correspondence with the vegetable support / vertical division cutting unit 40. A slider 71 is slidably inserted into the guide plate 70. A pressing member 72 that holds and presses the potato W is fixed to the slider 71. The pressing member 72 is formed with an outer diameter smaller than the square hole 23 a of the rotating disk 23. In the lower part of the pressing member 72, the width is larger than the thickness of the vertically divided cutting blade 45 from the outer periphery toward the center so as not to interfere with the vertically divided cutting blade 45 described later 4. The grooves are formed at equal intervals. A roller 73 is rotatably supported on the upper end of the slider 71 so as to extend to the inner side of the cylindrical portion 21.

  As shown in FIGS. 7, 8, and 16, cam support plates 74 and 75 are fixed to the hollow pipe 10 and the rod 11, respectively. A pressing member vertical movement cam 76 is fixed to the upper surface of the cam support plate 75 so that the roller 73 comes into contact with its own weight and moves the pressing member 72 up and down. The cam 77 is fixed. The pressing member vertical movement cam 76 and the pressing member pressing cam 77 are formed in an arc shape along the moving direction of the roller 73. That is, the upper surface of the pressing member vertical movement cam 76 is a cam surface, and the lower surface of the pressing member pressing cam 77 is a cam surface. The shapes of the cam surfaces of the pressing member vertical movement cam 76 and the pressing member pressing cam 77 will be described later.

Then the drive mechanism of the horizontal divider cutting blades 100 and 101 to be described later is disposed in the drive mechanism and the horizontal division cutting position 37 of the rotating cylinder 20 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 and 7, a large gear 80 larger than the cylindrical portion 21 is fixed to the upper plate portion 22 of the rotating cylindrical body 20. A main drive gear 81 that meshes with the large gear 80 is disposed between the horizontal division cutting position determination position 34 and the vertical division cutting position 35. The main drive gear 81 is fixed to the output shaft of the drive motor 82, and the drive motor 82 is fixed to the top plate 4. The main drive gear 81 is engaged with a transmission gear 83 disposed on the side division cutting position determination position 34 side, and the transmission gear 83 is rotatably supported on a support shaft 84 fixed to the top plate 4. . A drive gear 85 for horizontally dividing and cutting is engaged with the outer side of the transmission gear 83, and the drive gear 85 for horizontally dividing and cutting is fixed to a support shaft 86 disposed perpendicularly to the outside of the rotating disk 23.

  The support shaft 86 extends from the top plate 4 through the base plate 1 and extends below the vegetable support / vertical division cutting unit 40, and the top plate 4 and the base plate 1 are provided with bearings 90 and 91. It is supported rotatably. Upper and lower support plates 92, 93 arranged at regular intervals at the lower end of the support shaft 86 are rotatably supported via bearings 94, 94, and the upper and lower support plates 92, 93 of the support shaft 86 are supported. A gear 95 is fixed between them.

  The upper and lower support plates 92 and 93 have a pair of horizontally divided cutting blades 100 and 101 for horizontally dividing and cutting the potato W held and fed by the support plates 50 and 51 of the vegetable support and vertically divided cutting unit 40 and the pressing member 72. The support shafts 102 and 103 are rotatably supported via bearings 104, 104, 105, and 105. Gears 106 and 107 that are driven and transmitted by a gear 95 are fixed to the support shafts 102 and 103. The gear 95 and the gear 106 mesh with each other via a transmission gear 108 so that the gear 106 rotates in a direction to cut the potato W. Similarly, the gear 107 is meshed with the transmission gears 108 to 111 so that the gear 107 rotates in the direction of cutting the potato W, that is, in the direction opposite to the gear 106. The transmission gears 108 to 11 are rotatably supported on support shafts fixed to the upper and lower support plates 92 and 93.

  As shown in FIGS. 1, 5, and 6, a sensor mounting plate 120 is fixed to the inner surface of the side plate 3 corresponding to the height inspection position 32 at a portion outside the square hole 23 a of the rotating disc 23. The sensor mounting surface 120 a of the sensor mounting plate 120 is formed in an arc shape along the outer periphery of the rotating disk 23. Six vegetable height detection sensors 121 </ b> A to 121 </ b> F (see also FIG. 17) are fixed vertically on the sensor mounting surface 120 a while maintaining a certain height. A sensor detection plate 122 is fixed above the slider 71 so that the inspection surface faces the vegetable height detection sensors 121A to 121F when the slider 71 is positioned at the height inspection position 32. Here, the sensor mounting plate 120 can be adjusted up and down according to the size of the target spherical and elliptical vegetables. A reset sensor 123 is disposed at a position corresponding to the sensor detection plate 122 at the vertical division cutting position 36, and the reset sensor 123 is fixed to the side plate 2.

  As shown in FIG. 7, an electric cylinder 130 is disposed above the hollow pipe 10, and the electric cylinder 130 is fixed to a support plate 131 fixed to the top plate 4. An upper end of a vertically moving rod 132 disposed in the hollow pipe 10 is fixed to the operating rod 130 a of the electric cylinder 130.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6, a guide plate 140 is vertically disposed between the vertical movement rod 132 and the laterally divided cutting position determination position 34, and the guide plate 140 is L-shaped via the fixed plate 141. The fixed plate 142 is fixed. The fixing plate 142 is fixed to the inner surfaces of the pressing member vertical movement cam 76 and the pressing member pressing cam 77. A slider 143 is inserted into the guide plate 140 so as to be movable up and down, and an operation plate 144 is fixed to the slider 143. The operation plate 144 has a vertical movement rod 132 fixed to one end, and a central portion setting vertical movement cam 145 acting on the roller 73 fixed to the other end.

  Next, the shapes of the pressing member vertical movement cam 76 and the pressing member pressing cam 77 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The pressing member vertical movement cam 76 whose upper surface is a cam surface has the following shape. The vegetable set position 31 is a raised top surface 76 a, the roller 73 is in the raised position, and the pressing member 72 is in a position above the rotating disk 23. Therefore, since the upper part of the vegetable support / vertical division cutting unit 40 is open at the vegetable set position 31, the potato W can be easily placed on the blade support means 42. A downward surface 76b is provided from the vegetable set position 31 to the height inspection position 32. The pressing member 72 is pressed against the potato W by its own weight in the middle of the downward surface 76b, and the roller 73 is in a free state. A rising surface 76c is formed from between the vertically divided cutting position 35 and the vertically divided cutting position 36 to the vegetable set position 31, and the roller 73 is raised.

The pressing member pressing cam 77 whose lower surface is a cam surface has the following shape. From the front of the height inspection position 32, between the height calculation position 33 and the horizontal division cutting position determination position 34, the vertical position of the lower end is a descending surface 77a that is within the operating range of the vertical setting cam 145 for setting the central portion. The lower portion of the descending surface 77a serves as a guide surface to the vegetable pressing member pressing portion 145a of the center setting vertical movement cam 145. Since the descending surface 77a may be a guide surface to the vegetable pressing member pressing portion 145a, it may be formed from the height calculation position 33. From the middle of the height calculation position 33 and the horizontal division cutting position determination position 34 to the vertical division cutting position 35 is a flat surface 77 b and does not act on the roller 73. A descending surface 77c is formed from the vertical division cutting position 35 to a position between the vertical division cutting position 35 and the vertical division cutting position 36, and the roller 73 is lowered to a final extrusion position 77d. At this final push-out position 77d, the pressing member 72 is lowered to the vertically divided cutting blade 45 so that the potato W is completely divided into vertically divided cuts. From the final pushing position 77d to the vegetable setting position 31, there is a rising surface 77e, and this rising surface 77e does not act on the roller 73.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 and 16, the lower surface of the center setting vertical movement cam 145 includes a vegetable pressing member pressing portion 145a inclined downward to press the roller 73, and a horizontal division cutting position determining portion 145b. It is made up of. At the laterally divided cutting position determining position 34, when the laterally divided cutting position determining portion 145b on the lower surface of the center setting vertical movement cam 145 is lowered as indicated by the two-dot chain line and the roller 73 is pushed down, The moving pressing member 72 pushes down the potato W. At this time, the position where the potato W is pushed down is such that the center setting vertical movement cam 145 is moved up and down so that the substantially central part of the height of the potato W corresponds to the horizontally divided cutting blades 100 and 101. It has become.

  Finally, the configuration of the arithmetic processing unit 150 that determines the lowering position of the laterally divided cutting position determining unit 145b of the center setting vertical moving cam 145 will be described with reference to FIG. The output of the vegetable height detection sensors 121A to 121F is the pressing portion position that calculates the amount by which the laterally divided cutting position determining portion 145b of the center setting vertical movement cam 145 is lowered so that the pressing member 72 pushes down the potato W. Input to the calculation circuit 151. The data calculated by the pressing portion position calculation circuit 151 is stored in the storage circuit 152, and the output of the storage circuit 152 is input to the electric cylinder drive calculation circuit 153 that calculates a pulse for driving the electric cylinder 130, and is used for setting the central portion. The vertical movement cam 145 is lowered. That is, when any of the vegetable height detection sensors 121 </ b> A to 121 </ b> F detects the inspection surface 122 a of the sensor detection plate 122, the pressing portion position calculation circuit 151 cuts the substantially central portion of the corresponding potato W height horizontally. The descending position of the pressing member 72 is calculated so as to correspond to the blades 100 and 101. The electric cylinder drive calculation circuit 153 calculates a pulse for driving the electric cylinder 130 so that the center setting vertical movement cam 145 is operated at the position calculated by the pressing portion position calculation circuit 151.

  Next, the operation will be described. Before starting the apparatus, the vertical position of the sensor mounting plate 120 is adjusted in accordance with the type (size) of spherical vegetables to be divided and cut. That is, when the sensor detection plate 122 is positioned at the height inspection position 32, the sensor detection plate 122 corresponds to the sensors 121A to 121F according to the size variation of the spherical vegetables and the like.

When the start switch is turned on, the drive motor 82 is driven, the main drive gear 81 rotates in the direction of arrow G, and the rotary cylinder 20 rotates in the direction of arrow H together with the large gear 80 as shown in FIG. When the main drive gear 81 rotates in the direction of the arrow G, the support shaft 86 rotates in the direction of the arrow I together with the transverse division cutting drive gear 85 via the transmission gear 83. As a result, as shown in FIGS. 2, 4, and 9, the gear 95 rotates together with the support shaft 86 in the direction of arrow I, and the laterally divided cutting blade 100 rotates together with the gear 106 via the transmission gear 108 in the direction of arrow J. To do. When the gear 95 rotates in the direction of arrow I, the gear 107, the support shaft 103, and the laterally divided cutting blade 101 rotate in the direction of arrow K via the transmission gears 108, 109, 110, and 111. When the horizontally divided cutting blades 100 and 101 rotate in the directions of arrows J and K, respectively, the potato W fed in the direction of arrow L is horizontally divided and cut.

  At the vegetable set position 31, the roller 73 is positioned at the top portion 76 a of the pressing member vertical movement cam 76, and the pressing member 72 is positioned above the blade support means 42 of the vegetable support / vertical division cutting unit 40. Therefore, the potato W can be easily loaded (placed) on the blade support means 42. The vegetable support / vertical division cutting unit 40 into which the potato W has been introduced rotates, and the roller 73 descends along the descending surface 76b of the pressing member vertical movement cam 76, and the pressing member 72 descends. Accordingly, the pressing member 72 is pressed against the potato W by its own weight before being positioned at the height inspection position 32, and the potato W is held by the blade support plate 43 of the blade support means 42 and the pressing member 72.

  Depending on the size of the potato W, the lowering position of the pressing member 72, that is, the vertical position of the sensor detection plate 122 varies. Therefore, when the potato W held by the blade support plate 43 and the pressing member 72 passes the height inspection position 32, the vertical positions of the sensor detection plate 122 are detected by the sensors 121A to 121F. Any signal of the sensors 121 </ b> A to 121 </ b> F on which the sensor detection plate 122 has acted is input to the pressing portion position calculation circuit 151 of the arithmetic processing unit 150. The pressing portion position calculation circuit 151 calculates the lowered position of the pressing member 72, that is, the height of the potato W, according to the detected sensors 121A to 121F. The pressing portion position of the pressing member 72 calculated by the pressing portion position calculation circuit 151 is stored in the storage circuit 152 and input to the electric cylinder drive pulse calculation circuit 153. The electric cylinder drive pulse calculation circuit 153 calculates the pulse based on the data stored in the storage circuit 152 so that the substantially central portion of the height of the potato W is positioned on the horizontal division cutting blades 100 and 101. As a result, the electric cylinder 130 is driven to operate the center setting vertical movement cam 145.

  That is, a pulse is input to the electric cylinder 130 so that the center part of the height of the potato W corresponds to the horizontally divided cutting blades 100 and 101, the connecting rod 132 is lowered together with the operating rod 130a of the electric cylinder 130, and the potato W is Pressed down. The blade support plate 43 is opened by the pressed down potato W, and the potato W is pressed against the longitudinally divided cutting blade 45 and vertically divided and cut. Since the horizontal division cuttings 100 and 101 are located below the vertical division cutting blade 45, they are vertically divided into six equal parts by the six vertical division blades 45 radially from the center to a slightly upper part from the intermediate position. When this potato W is sent from the horizontal division cutting position determination position 34 to the vertical division cutting position 35, the lower half is horizontally divided by the horizontal division cutting blades 100 and 101 provided at the horizontal division cutting position 37 therebetween. Is done. As a result, the lower half potato W that has been cut vertically and horizontally is dropped downward and discharged to the outside through a chute (not shown).

  When the upper half potato W passes through the vertically divided cutting positions 35 and 36, the roller 73 is pushed downward by the descending surface 77 c inclined downward of the pressing member pushing cam 77. Thereby, the upper half potato W is pressed against the longitudinally divided cutting blade 45. The pressed potato W is completely vertically divided into six equal parts radially from the center by the six vertically divided cutting blades 45. The roller 73 of the pressing member 72 corresponding to the empty vegetable support / vertical division cutting unit 40 rises along the rising surface 76 c of the pressing member vertical movement cam 76 and is positioned at the vegetable set position 31. By repeating this cycle, the potato W is sequentially divided and cut.

  In this way, the vertical division cutting is not only the vertical division cutting at 45 but also the horizontal division cutting with the horizontal division cutting blades 100 and 101 in the horizontal direction, so that a food material with a short length can be obtained. Moreover, since horizontal division | segmentation cutting | disconnection cuts substantially the center part of the length of spherical vegetables etc., the quality of the cut | disconnected goods improves. Moreover, since the pressing member 72 exists in the upper position in the vegetable setting position 31, it can set a spherical vegetable etc. easily, and a worker's burden can be reduced and productivity can be aimed at.

In addition, in the said embodiment, although the case where the potato W was dividedly cut with the six vertical division | segmentation cutting blades 45 was demonstrated, this number of vertical division | segmentation cutting is not limited, What is necessary is just two or more division | segmentation cutting | disconnection. Moreover, although six vegetable height detection sensors 121A-121F were provided, the number of these sensors is not limited. Although the blade support means 42 is provided, the blade support means 42 may not be provided. However, if the blade support means 42 is provided, it is prevented from touching the longitudinally divided cutting blade 45 easily. preferable. Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the spherical and elliptical vegetables etc. demonstrated the case where it was potato W, it cannot be overemphasized that it can apply also to other onions, taros, Nanban, etc.

W. Potato, 1. Base plate 2,3. Side plate, 4. Top plate, 10. Hollow pipe, 11. Rods 12,13. Bearings, 20. Rotating cylinder, 21. Cylinder part, 22. Upper plate part, 23. Rotating disc, 23a. Square hole, 23b. Notch hole, 24. Roller, 25. Support shaft, 26. Guide part, 31. Vegetable set position, 32. Height detection position, 33. Height calculation position, 34. Horizontal division cutting position determination position, 35, 36. Vertical split cutting position, 37. Horizontally divided cutting position, 40. Vegetable support / vertical division cutting unit, 41. Vertically divided cutting blade means, 42. Vegetable support means, 43. Blade support plate, 43a. Round hole, 44. Blade fixing plate, 45. Vertically divided cutting blade, 50. Support plate, 50a, 50b. Fixing part, 50c, 50d. Side plate, 50e. Top plate, 50f. Round hole, 50 g. Rail part, 50h. Notch hole, 51A, 51B. Spindle, 52. Bearing, 53A, 53B. Vegetable support plate, 54A, 54B. Gears 54a and 54b, gear parts 55A and 55B. Support shaft, 56A, 56B. Gears 56a1, 56b1. Gear part, 56a2, 56b2. Gear part, 60A, 60B. Lever, 61. Stopper, 62. Spring, 63. Notch plate, 63a. Notch part, 64. Spindle, 65. Vertical movement member, 66. Notch fixing plate, 67. Spring, 70. Guide plate, 71. Slider, 72. Pressing member, 73. Roller, 74, 75. Cam support plate, 76. Press member vertical movement cam, 76a. Top surface, 76b. Descending surface, 76c. Rising surface, 77. Depressing cam for pressing member 77a. Lowering surface 77b. Flat surface 77c. Descending surface, 77d. Final extrusion position, 77e. Ascending surface, 80. Large gear, 81. Main drive gear, 82. Drive motor, 83. Transmission gear, 84. Spindle, 85. Drive gear for horizontal division cutting, 86. Spindle, 90, 91. Bearings 92, 93. Upper and lower support plates, 94. Bearing, 95. Gears, 100, 101. Horizontally divided cutting blades 101,107. Gears, 108-111. Transmission gear, 113. Bearings 114, 115, 116, 117. Spindle, 120. Sensor mounting plate, 120a. Sensor mounting surface, 121A to 121F. Vegetable height detection sensor, 122. Sensor detection plate, 122a. Inspection surface, 123. Reset sensor, 130. Electric cylinder, 130a. Actuating rod, 131. Support plate, 132. Vertical movement rod, 133. Working plate, 140. Guide plates 141, 142. Fixing plate, 143. Slider, 144. Working plate, 145. Vertical setting cam for center setting, 145a. Vegetable pressing member pressing part, 145b. Horizontal division cutting position determination unit, 150. Arithmetic processing unit 151. The pressing portion position calculating circuit, 152. Memory circuit, 153. Electric cylinder drive pulse calculation circuit

Claims (5)

Openable and closable vegetable support means for supporting the spherical vegetables etc. is provided on the upper part of the vertical division cutting blade means having the vertical division cutting blades for vertically dividing and cutting the spherical vegetables etc., and the vertical vegetables are vertically divided by pushing down the spherical vegetables etc. with the pressing member In the split cutting method such as spherical vegetables to cut,
The vertically divided cutting blade means, the vegetable support means and the pressing member are both a vegetable set position for setting a spherical vegetable or the like on the vegetable support means, a height inspection position for a spherical vegetable or the like, a height calculation position for a spherical vegetable or the like. Slowly cut spherical vegetables to determine horizontal split cutting position Horizontal split cutting position determination position, horizontal split cutting position for horizontal split cutting, and vertical split cutting position for complete vertical split cutting by pressing spherical vegetables In the vegetable set position, the pressing member is in the raised position, in the vegetable height inspection position, the pressing member abuts on the spherical vegetable or the like by its own weight, and in the height calculation position of the spherical vegetable or the like, The position where the pressing member is in contact with the spherical vegetable or the like is detected, and the upper part of the central portion of the spherical vegetable or the like is vertically divided and cut by this detection data. The amount by which the pressing member is pushed down is calculated, and at the horizontal division cutting position determination position, the spherical vegetables are pushed down by the pressing member according to the data calculated by the arithmetic processing unit from the contact position of the pressing member. Using a split cutting blade, cut vertically into the center of the height of a spherical vegetable, etc., and then at the horizontal split cutting position, horizontally split and cut the center of the height of a spherical vegetable, etc. Then, at the vertical division cutting position, the remaining upper half of the spherical vegetable or the like is pushed down by the pressing member to completely vertically cut the vertical vegetable or the like. Openable and closable vegetable support means for supporting the spherical vegetables etc. is provided on the upper part of the vertical division cutting blade means having the vertical division cutting blades for vertically dividing and cutting the spherical vegetables etc., and the vertical vegetables are vertically divided by pushing down the spherical vegetables etc. with the pressing member In split cutting devices such as spherical vegetables to cut,
The vertically divided cutting blade means, the vegetable support means and the pressing member are both a vegetable set position for setting a spherical vegetable or the like on the vegetable support means, a height inspection position for a spherical vegetable or the like, a height calculation position for a spherical vegetable or the like. Slowly cut spherical vegetables to determine horizontal split cutting position Horizontal split cutting position determination position, horizontal split cutting position for horizontal split cutting, and vertical split cutting position for complete vertical split cutting by pressing spherical vegetables Configured to be
In the vegetable set position, the pressing member is in a raised position.In the vegetable height inspection position, the pressing member abuts on a spherical vegetable or the like under its own weight, and in the height calculation position of the spherical vegetable or the like, The vegetable height detecting means for detecting the position where the pressing member is in contact with the spherical vegetable and the like, the pressing member is pushed down by the data of the vegetable height detecting means, and the height of the spherical vegetable or the like is reduced by the vertically divided cutting blade. An arithmetic processing unit that calculates a push-down amount that is vertically divided and cut slightly above the center portion, and at the horizontal division cutting position determination position, according to data calculated by the arithmetic processing unit from the contact position of the pressing member. A pressing member that pushes down the pressing member so that the pressing member presses down the spherical vegetables and vertically splits and cuts slightly above the center of the height of the spherical vegetables and the like with a vertically dividing cutting blade. The horizontal division cutting position is provided with a horizontal division cutting blade for horizontally dividing and cutting spherical vegetables or the like below the vertical division cutting blade. An apparatus for splitting and cutting spherical vegetables or the like, characterized in that the pressing member pressing means for pressing the upper half of the spherical vegetables or the like and completely dividing the vertical vegetables is provided. The rotating cylinder is rotatably supported by a fixed fixing member disposed vertically, and the rotating cylinder includes a cylindrical portion, an upper plate portion fixed to the upper end of the cylindrical portion, and a cylindrical portion. The rotating disk is fixed to the lower end of the tube and extends outward from the cylindrical portion, and is formed in a disk shape. The rotating disk is provided with holes larger than spherical vegetables or the like at a plurality of equiangular positions. The lower surface of each hole is provided with a vertically divided cutting blade means having a vertically divided cutting blade that constitutes a set for vertically dividing and cutting spherical vegetables or the like in the vertical direction. Corresponding to the center of the vertically divided cutting blade, a pressing member that slides downward by its own weight is provided, and a groove is formed in a portion corresponding to the vertically divided cutting blade in the pressing member, In a split cutting device such as a spherical vegetable to which a cam for moving the pressing member up and down is fixed,
Vegetable support means having a vegetable support plate provided so as to be openable and closable is provided between the rotary disc and the longitudinally divided cutting blade means, and the rotary disc is sequentially arranged in the rotation direction of the rotary disc. The vertically divided cutting blade means, the vegetable support means, and the pressing member are both a vegetable set position for setting a spherical vegetable or the like on the vegetable support means, a height inspection position for a spherical vegetable, a height calculation position for a spherical vegetable, It is sequentially sent to the horizontal division cutting position determination position that determines the horizontal division cutting position by pushing down the spherical vegetables, the horizontal division cutting position that performs horizontal division cutting, and the vertical division cutting position that performs full vertical division cutting by pushing down the spherical vegetables etc. Configured as
In the vegetable set position, the pressing member is in a raised position.In the vegetable height inspection position, the pressing member abuts on a spherical vegetable or the like under its own weight, and in the height calculation position of the spherical vegetable or the like, The vegetable height detecting means for detecting the position where the pressing member is in contact with the spherical vegetable and the like, the pressing member is pushed down by the data of the vegetable height detecting means, and the height of the spherical vegetable or the like is reduced by the vertically divided cutting blade. An arithmetic processing unit that calculates a push-down amount that is vertically divided and cut slightly above the center portion, and at the horizontal division cutting position determination position, according to data calculated by the arithmetic processing unit from the contact position of the pressing member. A pressing member that pushes down the pressing member so that the pressing member presses down the spherical vegetables and vertically splits and cuts slightly above the center of the height of the spherical vegetables and the like with a vertically dividing cutting blade. The horizontal division cutting position is provided with a horizontal division cutting blade for horizontally dividing and cutting spherical vegetables or the like below the vertical division cutting blade. The pressing member pressing means for pressing the upper half of the spherical vegetables and the like to completely divide and cut vertically is provided,
The cam includes a pressing member vertical movement cam whose upper surface is a cam surface, a pressing member pressing cam whose lower surface is a cam surface, and a center setting vertical movement cam whose lower surface is a cam surface. The cam for vertical movement of the pressing member is a top surface that is raised at the vegetable set position, a descending surface where the pressing member abuts on the vegetable under its own weight from the vegetable setting position to the vegetable height detection position, and a completely vertical division The ascending surface raises the pressing member from the vertically divided cutting position to be cut to the vertically divided cutting position, and the pressing member pressing cam is located between the height detecting position and the height detecting position from before the height detecting position. Up to the middle of the horizontal division cutting position, the vertical position of the lower end is the descending surface to the operating range of the vertical setting cam for setting the central part, and further from the front of the vertical division cutting position The divided cutting position pressing member descends to form a descending surface that completely vertically divides the spherical vegetables and the like with the vertically divided cutting blade, and the vertical movement cam for setting the central portion is detected by the vegetable height detecting means. Divided cutting of spherical vegetables or the like, characterized in that depending on the height of the vegetables, the center of the height of the spherical vegetables or the like is a cam surface for lowering the pressing member so as to correspond to the horizontal divided cutting blade apparatus.   4. The divided cutting apparatus for spherical vegetables and the like according to claim 3, wherein the rotating cylindrical body, the horizontal divided cutting blade, and the central setting vertical movement cam are driven by a single drive motor.   The arithmetic processing unit is calculated by a pressing portion position calculating circuit that calculates an amount by which the pressing member presses down the spherical vegetables and the like based on the data detected by the vegetable height detecting means, and the pressing portion position calculating circuit. 4. The divided cutting apparatus for spherical vegetables and the like according to claim 3, further comprising: a driving calculation circuit for pressing member driving means for calculating a descending amount of the pressing member by the pressing member driving means based on data.