JP6605555B2 - Chain food cutting device - Google Patents

Description

  In the present invention, a chain-like food body having a rod-like food body portion such as a Wiener sausage and a constricted portion for connecting ends of the food body portion is smoothly cut at the constricted portion, and only a single food body portion is obtained. The present invention relates to a chain food cutting device to be a product.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the chain food cutting device of this type includes a rotating drum 400 that rotates around an axis and a plurality of base ends attached to a plurality of locations on the inner peripheral surface of the rotating drum 400. What is provided with the protrusion piece 410 and the hook-shaped cutting part 413 provided in the front-end | tip part of each protrusion piece 410 is known (refer patent document 1). Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 9, each protruding piece 410 is formed in a plate shape, and the tip protrudes radially inward from the inner peripheral surface of the rotating drum 400. Moreover, the cutting | disconnection part 413 is narrower than each food main body part of the chain | strand-shaped food body to which several rod-shaped food main body parts are connected via the constriction part, and is the end opening 411 set to the width | variety wider than a constriction part. A gap 412 is provided. A flat blade cutter 414 is attached to the inside of the gap 412 so that the blade edge protrudes.

  Further, the axis of the rotating drum 400 is inclined so that a discharge port (not shown) is located slightly below the input port 401. The chained food introduced from the insertion port 401 has an end portion in the constricted portion when the constricted portion is guided to the inside of the gap 412 of the one end opening 411 of each cutting portion 413 as the rotating drum 400 rotates. It is cut by the flat blade cutter 414 by the drop energy due to the weight of each food body part to be connected, and is repeatedly discharged until it is separated into individual food body parts and discharged from the outlet.

Japanese Patent Publication No. 50-17551

  By the way, in the food body part, the constricted part of the chain-like food placed on each protruding piece 410 falls before being guided to the cutting part 413 on the tip part side as the rotating drum 400 rotates. There is.

  The reason for this is that the constricted portion of the chained food has been placed on each protruding piece 410 in an unstable posture. It cannot be denied that it falls before being guided from the base end of the protruding piece 410 to the inside of the gap 412 of the one end opening 411 of the cutting portion 413, and the constricted portion at the cutting portion 413 cannot be cut efficiently.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and the object of the present invention is that the constricted portion of the chain-like food placed on each protruding piece is cut from the base end of each protruding piece as the rotating drum rotates. An object of the present invention is to provide a chain-like food cutting device that can be guided easily and smoothly to the inside of a gap at one end opening of the slab and can efficiently cut the constricted portion at the cutting portion.

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, a rotating drum that rotates around an inclined axis so that a discharge port is located slightly below the input port, and a base end at a plurality of locations on the inner peripheral surface of the rotary drum. Are attached to each other, and a plurality of plate-like projecting pieces whose front ends project inward in the radial direction of the rotating drum, and a plurality of rod-shaped food main body portions provided at the front end portions of the respective projecting pieces via constricted portions A chain-shaped cut portion having a gap at one end opening that is narrower than each food main body portion and wider than the constricted portion. On the premise of a chain-like food cutting device attached so that a blade cutter protrudes its blade tip , each protruding piece is constituted by joining two front and back surfaces of a front member and a back member to each other. And only one of the front member and the back member is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the rotating drum so that the constricted portion of the chain-like food can be easily guided to the cutting portion of the front end portion with the rotation of the rotating drum. An extension portion extending outward in the radial direction of the rotating drum from the mounting portion , and when the constricted portion of the chain-like food is placed on the extension portion, both the front and back surfaces of the extension portion The cutting portion is closer to the blade edge of the flat blade cutter than the other of the front member and the back member so that the two food body portions are guided to the cutting portion while being in close contact with each other at an acute angle. It is characterized by that.

  Furthermore, a rail extending in the axial direction of the rotating drum is provided on the mounting portion of the inner peripheral surface of the rotating drum. It is preferable that the base end of each protruding piece is supported so as to be movable in the axial direction of the rotating drum with respect to the rail, and is fixed by a fixing tool at the moving position.

  In short, a chain-like structure that is quickly placed on the extended portion of each protruding piece by providing each protruding piece with an extending portion extending radially outward of the rotating drum from the mounting portion on the inner peripheral surface of the rotating drum. As the rotating drum rotates, the constricted portion of the food can be guided smoothly from the base end of each protruding piece to the inside of the gap at the one end opening of the cutting portion, and the constricted portion can be efficiently cut at the cutting portion. it can.

  In addition, by forming the extension part thinner than the cutting part, each of the chained foods placed so that the constricted part straddles the thin extension part is sandwiched at an acute angle so as to closely contact the front and back of the extension part. The stability of the chained food on the protruding piece increases, and the constricted part of the chained food is guided more smoothly from the base end of each protruding piece to the inside of the opening of the one end opening of the cutting part as the rotating drum rotates. Cutting the constricted portion at the cutting portion can be performed more efficiently.

  Also, the front and back members of the front member and the back member are joined to each other to form each protruding piece, and the extension portion is formed by only one of the front member and the back member, so that the thin extension portion is the front member. And it can form simply by either one of a back member.

  Further, the base end of each protruding piece is supported by the mounting portion on the inner peripheral surface of the rotating drum so as to be movable along a rail extending in the axial direction, and is fixed by a fixing tool at the moving position. It becomes possible to fix the piece at an arbitrary position in the axial direction, and it is possible to attach each protruding piece at an optimum position even in a chain-like food having different lengths of individual food main body portions.

It is the front view which looked at the chain food cutting device concerning an embodiment of the invention from the slot side. It is the side view seen from the side in the state which notched the housing | casing of the chain food cutting apparatus of FIG. It is a front view of the protrusion piece provided in the rotating drum of the chain food cutting device of FIG. It is a reverse view of the protrusion piece of FIG. (A) is a back view of the front member of the protrusion piece of FIG. 3, (b) is a back view of the back member of the protrusion piece. It is a top view of each protrusion piece fixed on the rail of the rotating drum of FIG. It is a vertical outer side view of the protrusion piece cut | disconnected in the base end vicinity in the state which mounted | wore the extended part of the protrusion piece of FIG. It is the front view which looked at the chain food cutting device concerning the conventional example of the present invention from the slot side. It is a front view of the protrusion piece provided in the rotating drum of the chain food cutting device of FIG.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings showing embodiments thereof.

  FIG. 1 is a front view of a chained food cutting device according to an embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the inlet side, and FIG. 2 is a side view of the chained food cutting device as viewed from the side with the housing cut away. Respectively.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the chain food cutting apparatus 1 includes a rotating drum 11 that rotates around an axis m in a housing 10. The rotary drum 11 includes an input port 12 that opens on one side in the axial center m direction (left side in FIG. 2) and a discharge port 13 that opens on the other side in the axial core m direction (right side in FIG. 2). The housing 10 is supported by a loading port side support leg 14 on one side in the axial center m direction and a discharge port side support leg 15 on the other side with respect to the substantially horizontal installation surface S. The insertion port side support leg 14 is formed to be slightly longer than the discharge port side support leg 15, and the axis m of the rotary drum 11 is inclined so that the discharge port 13 is located slightly below the input port 12. Yes.

Further, the belt 3 is wound around the outer peripheral wall 111 of the rotating drum 11, and this belt 3 is driven by a driving pulley 16 that is integrally connected to a motor (not shown) attached to the housing 10. The The rotating drum 11 is slidably supported by pulleys 161 and 161 at a plurality of circumferential positions attached to the housing 10 on the inlet 12 side and the outlet 13 side of the outer peripheral wall 111. Also, it rotates around the axis m which is inclined by α ° (for example, about 2 to 3 °) with respect to the horizontal line n so that the discharge port 13 is located slightly below. Further, the base ends of the projecting pieces 2, 2,. 23 is attached respectively.
FIG. 3 is a front view of the protruding piece 2 provided on the rotating drum 11 of the chain food cutting device of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a back view of the protruding piece 2 of FIG. 5A is a rear view of the front member of the protruding piece 2 of FIG. 3, and FIG. 5B is a rear view of the rear member of the protruding piece 2. Furthermore, FIG. 6 shows a plan view of each protruding piece 2 fixed on the rail of the rotating drum 11 of FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, each protruding piece 2 has a front side plate material 21 as a front member and a back side plate material 22 as a front member in a front and back direction (axial core m). (Direction) and overlap each other. The base end 23 of each protruding piece 2 is a bent portion that is bent by approximately 90 ° toward one side in the axial center m direction (the inlet 12 side) with respect to the main body 24 protruding inward in the radial direction of the rotating drum 11. 230.

  Further, a hook-shaped cutting portion 25 is provided at the tip of the main body 24 of each protruding piece 2. The cutting portion 25 is provided so as to protrude from the upstream end in the rotation direction of the main body 24 of each protruding piece 2 that rotates with the rotating drum 11. And each cutting | disconnection part 25 is from each food-body part F2 of the chain-like food F to which several rod-shaped food-body parts F2, F2, ... (Wiener sausage, salami sausage, etc.) are connected via the narrow part F1. Also, a gap 242 of one end opening 241 set to be narrower and wider than the narrowed portion F1 is provided between the upstream end of the main body 24 in the rotation direction. Two safety razors 27 and 27 are attached between the two plate materials 21 and 22 so as to project the blade edge 271 in an intersecting state toward the inside of the gap 242 of the one end opening 241. Yes.

  As shown in FIG. 6, rails 17, 17,... Having a substantially triangular cross section extending in the axial center m direction are attached to the inner peripheral wall 110 of the rotary drum 11 at nine positions spaced at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. . On the inner end face 170 (attachment portion) of each rail 17, slits 171, 171,... Intermittently extending in the axis m direction are provided. Then, the base end 23 of each protruding piece 2 slides in the direction of the axis m with respect to the inner end surface 170 of the rail 17 by a slider 231 that sandwiches the periphery of the slit 171 from both the front and back sides through the bent portion 230. It is supported movably.

  Further, the bent portion 230 at the base end 23 of each protruding piece 2 includes a fixture 28 that slides along the inner end surface 170 of the rail 17 together with the slider 231. The fixture 28 includes a bolt 281 provided on the front side of the inner end surface 170 of each rail 17, and a nut 282 provided on the back side of the inner end surface 170 of each rail 17 by being screwed to the shaft 280 of the bolt 281. The base end 23 of each protruding piece 2 is fixed at an arbitrary movement position on the inner end surface 170 of the rail 17.

  Each protruding piece 2 has an inner end surface 170 of each rail 17 of the inner peripheral wall 110 of the rotating drum 11 so that the constricted portion F1 of the chain food F can be easily guided to the cutting portion 25 at the tip end portion as the rotating drum 11 rotates. In addition, an extension 29 is provided that extends outward in the radial direction of the rotary drum 11. The extension portion 29 is formed integrally with the front side plate member 21 together with the range from the inside of the gap 242 of the one end opening 241 of each cutting portion 25 to the inner peripheral wall 110 of the rotary drum 11, It is formed in a thin wall that is half the thickness of the cut portion 25 to be joined.

  7 shows a longitudinal outer side view of the protruding piece 2 cut in the vicinity of the base end 23 in a state where the constricted portion F1 of the chain-like food F is placed on the extension 29 of the protruding piece 2 of FIG. In FIG. 7, the two rod-shaped food main body portions F2 and F2 in a state where the constricted portion F1 is placed on the extension portion 29 are in close contact with both the front and back surfaces of the extension portion 29 made of the front side plate material 21 alone. The cutting portion 25 is guided in an acute angle with the extension portion 29 interposed therebetween.

  At this time, as shown by the phantom line (two-dot chain line) in FIG. 7, the two rod-shaped food bodies with the constricted portion F <b> 1 placed on the two extension portions of the front plate material 21 and the back plate material 22. The portions F2 and F2 are in close contact with both front and back surfaces of the extension portion corresponding to the thickness of the two sheets composed of the front side plate material 21 and the back side plate material 22, and compared with the extension portion 29 consisting of the front side plate material 21 alone. Therefore, it will be guided to the cutting part 25 in a wide angle state with the extension part corresponding to the thickness of two sheets, and it is possible to fall in the middle of the guidance in combination with the unstable posture of each food body part F2. Increases sex.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, the constricted portion F1 of the chain food F is easily guided to the cutting portion 25 at the tip of each protruding piece 2 as the rotating drum 11 rotates, so that the inner peripheral wall 110 of the rotating drum 11 can be guided. Each of the rails 17 includes an extension portion 29 extending radially outward of the rotary drum 11 from the inner end surface 170 of the rail 17, and the extension portion 29 extends from the inside of the gap 242 of the one end opening 241 of each cutting portion 25. 11 is formed integrally with the range up to the inner peripheral wall 110, so that the constricted portion F <b> 1 of the chain-like food F placed on the extended portion 29 of each projecting piece 2 is projected as the rotating drum 11 rotates. It is easy to guide from the base end 23 of the piece 2 to the inside of the gap 242 of the one end opening 241 of the cutting portion 25, and it is possible to efficiently cut the constricted portion F1 at the cutting portion 25.

  Further, the extension portion 29 is formed as a single unit of the front plate member 21 extending integrally from the inside of the gap 242 of the one end opening 241 of each cutting portion 25 to the inner peripheral wall 110 of the rotary drum 11, and is joined to the back plate member 22. Since it is formed in a thin wall thickness that is half that of the cut portion 25 to be formed, the chained food F placed so that the constricted portion F1 straddles the thin extension portion 29 is provided on both front and back surfaces of the extension portion 29. The stability of the chain-like food F on each protruding piece 2 is increased by being sandwiched at an acute angle so as to be in close contact with each other, and the constricted portion F1 of the chain-like food F is moved along the rotation of the rotary drum 11 so that the base end 23 of each protruding piece 2 is increased. Thus, the narrowed portion F1 can be more efficiently cut by the cutting portion 25 by smoothly guiding to the inside of the gap 242 of the one end opening 241 of the cutting portion 25.

  In addition, since the extension portion 29 is formed only by the front side plate material 21, the thin extension portion 29 can be easily formed only by the front side plate material 21.

  Further, each protruding piece 2 is intermittently connected to the inner end surface 170 of each rail 17 extending in the axis m direction of the rotary drum 11 by a slider 231 provided at the bent portion 230 of the base end 23. Is fixed to an arbitrary movement position on the inner end surface 170 of the rail 17 by a fixture 28 that is slidably supported in the direction of the axis m through a slit 171 that extends in a straight line and that slides with the slider 231. Each protruding piece 2 can be fixed at an arbitrary position in the direction of the axis m on the inner end surface 170 of each rail 17, and even in a chained food F having different lengths of individual food main body portions F <b> 2. Each protruding piece 2 can be attached at an optimal position.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, The other various modifications are included. For example, in the present embodiment, the extension portion 29 is formed in the range from the inside of the gap 242 of the one end opening 241 of the cutting portion 25 to the inner peripheral wall 110 of the rotating drum 11, but is attached to the inner end surface of each rail. The extension part should just be extended from each protrusion piece so that it may extend toward the inner peripheral wall of the rotating drum from the bent part of the base end. Moreover, the extension part may be formed with the back side plate material.

  Moreover, in this Embodiment, although each protrusion piece 2 was comprised by the front side plate material 21 and the back side plate material 22, each protrusion piece may be comprised by synthetic resin, casting, etc. FIG. In that case, the extension part may be formed in a thin wall that is half the thickness of the cut part.

  In the present embodiment, the two safety razors 27 and 27 are attached between the two plate materials 21 and 22 so that the blade edge 271 protrudes inside the gap 242 of the one end opening 241. One safety razor may be attached so that the blade tip protrudes inside the gap of the one end opening.

  Furthermore, in this Embodiment, Wiener sausage, salami sausage, etc. were applied as the chain food F, However, The rod-shaped cheese etc. which were manufactured in a row may be applied as a chain food.

1 chain food cutting device 11 rotating drum 110 inner peripheral wall (inner peripheral surface)
12 Input port 13 Discharge port 17 Rail 170 Inner end surface 2 of the rail Projecting piece 21 Front plate material (front member)
22 Back plate material (back member)
23 Base end 241 One end opening 242 Gap 25 Cutting part 27 Safety razor (flat blade cutter)
271 Cutting edge 28 Fixing tool 29 Extension part m Shaft core F Chain food F1 Constriction part F2 Food body part

Claims (2)

A rotating drum that rotates around an inclined axis so that the discharge port is positioned slightly below the input port, and a base end is attached to each of a plurality of locations on the inner peripheral surface of the rotating drum, and the tip is the radius of the rotating drum. A plurality of plate-like projecting pieces projecting inwardly in the direction, and each of the chain-like foods provided at the tip of each projecting piece and connected to a plurality of rod-shaped food body parts via a constricted part And a bowl-shaped cutting part having a gap at one end opening set narrower than the food body part and wider than the constricted part, and attached so that a flat blade cutter projects the blade edge inside the gap In the connected chain food cutting device,
Each of the protruding pieces is configured by joining two front and back members of a front member and a back member to each other,
Only one of the front member and the back member is attached to the inner peripheral surface of the rotating drum so that the constricted portion of the chain-like food can be easily guided to the cutting portion of the tip portion with the rotation of the rotating drum. An extension portion extending outward in the radial direction of the rotating drum from the portion, and when the constricted portion of the chain-like food is placed on the extension portion, two extensions are provided for both the front and back surfaces of the extension portion. The food body is close to the cutting edge of the flat blade cutter than the other of the front member and the back member at the cutting portion so that the food main body portions are guided to the cutting portion while being in close contact with each other at an acute angle. Characterized chain food cutting device. The mounting portion of the inner peripheral surface of the rotating drum includes a rail extending in the axial direction of the rotating drum,
The chain food cutting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a base end of each protruding piece is supported so as to be movable in the axial direction of the rotary drum with respect to the rail, and is fixed by a fixing tool at the moving position .

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