JP6820144B2 - Food cutting equipment - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a food cutting device, particularly a device capable of cutting food such as rice cake at low cost and easily.

Conventionally, in order to cut food such as rice cake, a large number of rotary blades are arranged in parallel, and the food is moved into the rotary blades to cut the food.

Japanese Patent No. 6141742 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2015-074056) Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 6-270094 JP-A-2008-247668 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2008-22246 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2010-161956

An object of the present invention is to enable cheap and easy cutting of food.

In order to achieve the above object, the food cutting device of the present invention has a plurality of cutting mechanisms by which it moves to cut food, a first driving mechanism for driving the cutting mechanism, and the plurality of cutting mechanisms. A plurality of feeding mechanisms located between the tips and feeding the food between the plurality of cutting mechanisms to enable cutting of the food by the cutting mechanism, and a second driving mechanism for driving the feeding mechanism. , A discharge mechanism that is located between the roots of the cutting mechanism and extends from the root of the cutting mechanism to a position close to the outside of the cutting mechanism along the driving direction of the cutting mechanism to discharge the cut food. Prepared.

As a result, food can be cut smoothly. In addition, the discharge mechanism makes it difficult for the cut food to be caught between the plurality of cutting mechanisms, and makes it easier to discharge the cut food.

The plane of the food cutting device is shown. The front of the food cutting device is shown. The side surface of the food cutting device is shown. A second embodiment is shown. The cut state of the food of the second embodiment is shown. The main part plane of the third embodiment is shown. The third embodiment is shown on the side surface of the main part. The fourth embodiment is shown on the side surface of the main part.

1 ... Base (base) 2 ... First drive shaft (cutting mechanism)
3 ... Cutting blade (cutting mechanism) 4 ... Spacer 5 ... Second drive shaft 5 (Feed mechanism) 6 ... Feed cylinder (Feed mechanism)
11 ... Discharge shaft (discharge mechanism) 12 ... Discharge plate (discharge mechanism)
14 ... Bottom guide belt (guidance mechanism) 15 ... Top guide belt (guide mechanism)
16 ... Guide roller (guidance mechanism) 17 ... Guide roller (guidance mechanism)
18 ... Guide casing (guidance mechanism) 19 ... Guide casing (guide mechanism)
20 ... Guide support (guidance mechanism) 21 ... Step
22 ... First drive shaft (cutting mechanism) 23 ... Cutting blade (cutting mechanism)
25 ... Second drive shaft (feed mechanism) 26 ... Feed cylinder (feed mechanism)
F ... Food

(1) Food cutting device FIG. 1 shows the plane of the food cutting device, FIG. 2 shows the front surface of the food cutting device, and FIG. 3 shows the side surface of the food cutting device. In FIG. 3, the left side is the rear, the right side is the front, the upper side is the upper side, the lower side is the lower side, the upper direction is the left side with respect to the paper surface, and the lower direction is the right side with respect to the paper surface.

The base 1 (base) is a square plate and is fixed at a predetermined height from the floor. A first metal drive shaft 2 (cutting mechanism) is rotatably supported on the base 1, and a plurality of, for example, 10 cutting blades 3 ... ( The cutting mechanism) is fixed and can rotate together with the first drive shaft 2.

The cutting blade 3 ... is a thin metal plate-shaped and circular shape, and moves by itself to cut the food F. A metal spacer 4 ... Is fixed to the first drive shaft 2 between each of the plurality of cutting blades 3 ... And can rotate together with the first drive shaft 2 and the cutting blade 3 ... Each cutting blade 3 ... The interval between ... is kept constant.

A second metal drive shaft 5 (feed mechanism) is rotatably supported directly below the first drive shaft 2, and a plurality of, for example, 16 metal drive shafts 5 are supported on the second drive shaft 5. The feed cylinder 6 ... (feed mechanism) is fixed and can rotate together with the second drive shaft 5.

The diameter of the feed cylinder 6 ... Is the same as or slightly smaller than the diameter of the cutting blade 3 ... As a result, the rotation speed of the cutting blade 3 ... becomes faster than the rotation speed of the feed cylinder 6 ..., and the food F is smoothly cut. The rotation speed of the cutting blade 3 ... may be slower than the rotation speed of the feed cylinder 6 ..., or may be the same. Therefore, the diameter of the feed cylinder 6 ... May be larger than or the same as the diameter of the cutting blade 3 ...

The thickness of the feed cylinder 6 ... Is slightly smaller than the thickness of the spacer 4 ... The feed cylinder 6 ... Is fixed to the second drive shaft 5 so that the upper edge of the surface of the feed cylinder 6 ... is slightly inserted between the tips of the plurality of cutting blades 3 ... By feeding between the plurality of cutting blades 3 ..., the food F can be cut by the cutting blades 3 ...

Gears (not shown) are fixed to the ends of the first drive shaft 2 and the second drive shaft 5, respectively, and these gears mesh with each other, thereby rotating in synchronization with each other and rotating in opposite directions. Then, the food F to be sent is rotated so as to be sandwiched between the cutting blade 3 ... And the feed cylinder 6 ...

The number of teeth of the gear of the first drive shaft 2 is smaller than the number of teeth of the gear of the second drive shaft 5, and the rotation speed of the cutting blade 3 ... Is faster than the rotation speed of the feed cylinder 6 ... As a result, the food F is smoothly cut. The rotation speed of the cutting blade 3 ... may be slower than the rotation speed of the feed cylinder 6 ..., or may be the same.

The two gears are driven by a motor (not shown) and other drive sources, which drive the cutting blade 3 ... and the feed cylinder 6 ..., which are initiated by a switch operation and by another switch operation. The drive is stopped.

Each of the cutting blades 3 ... Is of the same shape and size, and the speed of each of the cutting blades 3 ... Driven is the same. As a result, the food F can be uniformly cut by each of the cutting blades 3 ... Further, each of the feed cylinders 6 ... Has the same shape and the same size, and the speed of each of the feed cylinders 6 ... Driven is the same. As a result, the food F can be uniformly cut by each of the feed cylinders 6 ...

Further, the first drive shaft 2 and the second drive shaft 5 of the cutting blades 3 ... and the feed cylinder 6 ... Are arranged horizontally. As a result, the food F can be cut uniformly, stably and straight. The first drive shaft 2 and the second drive shaft 5 of the cutting blades 3 ..., the feed cylinders 6 ..., respectively, may be arranged diagonally with respect to the horizontal instead of being horizontal. The oblique direction may be inclined in the front-rear direction, the left-right direction, and the up-down direction. As a result, the food F can be cut into long strips and diagonally.

The cutting blade 3 ... is thinner than the feed cylinder 6 ... As a result, the food F can be beautifully cut without damaging the food F. The feed cylinder 6 ... may be an endless track mechanism such as a feed belt. As a result, the feed cylinder 6 ... Can be made into any shape other than a circle.

The moving direction of the cutting blade 3 ... and the moving direction of the feed cylinder 6 ... are the same direction with respect to the food F, that is, the moving direction of the cutting blade 3 ... on the upper side of the food F and the lower side of the food F. The direction of movement of the feed cylinder 6 ... Is the same. As a result, the food F can be cut smoothly and beautifully.

The cutting blade 3 ... has a circular outer surface and rotates around the center of the circle, or the feed cylinder 6 ... has a circular outer surface and rotates around the center of the circle. As a result, along the rotation of the cutting blade 3 ... Or the feed cylinder 6 ..., the food F becomes flat without unevenness, and the food F can be cut smoothly and beautifully.

(2) Discharge mechanism FIG. 3 also shows a discharge mechanism. Discharge shafts 11 and 11 are arranged on the base 1 before and after the first drive shaft 2 and slightly above the first drive shaft 2 outside the cutting blade 3 ... ing. The discharge shafts 11 and 11 are arranged in parallel with the first drive shaft 2 and the second drive shaft 5.

A plurality of discharge plates 12 ... (Discharge mechanisms) are bridged over the discharge shafts 11 and 11. The discharge plate 12 ... Has an elongated rectangular plate shape, and both ends are bent so as to wind the discharge shafts 11 and 11 and are locked to the discharge shafts 11 and 11.

The discharge plate 12 ... extends straight down from the discharge shaft 11 after being locked, bends at a right angle, enters between the cutting blades 3 ..., goes out of the cutting blade 3 ... again, and diagonally upwards by 45 degrees. It bends, bends directly upward by 45 degrees, extends to the front discharge shaft 11 and is locked.

Therefore, the discharge plate 12 ... Is located behind the center of the cutting blade 3 ..., the discharge plate 12 ... Is located between the roots of the cutting blade 3 ..., and is located along the driving direction of the cutting blade 3 ... Alternatively, along the moving direction of the food F, it extends from the root to a position close to the outside of the cutting blade 3 ...

As a result, the cut food F between the cutting blades 3 ... Is gradually slid along the lower surface of the discharge plate 12 ... by the rotational force of the cutting blades 3 ..., and the cut food F is the cutting blade 3 ... It is discharged from the root of ... Therefore, the portion of the discharge plate 12 ... Before the center of the cutting blade 3 ... may not be present.

Even if there is food F cut in front of the cutting blade 3 ..., it moves to the rear of the cutting blade 3 ... along the rotation of the cutting blade 3 ... and is outside the cutting blade 3 ... by the discharge plate 12 ... Is discharged to. In this case, the discharge plate 12 ... Is urged in two directions of the first drive shaft by a spring wound around the rear discharge shaft 11, and the front discharge shaft 11 is omitted. Alternatively, the front end of the discharge plate 12 ... Is loosely fitted / locked to the spacer 4 ... Or the first drive shaft 2.

Further, from the center to the front of the cutting blade 3 ..., the discharge plate 12 ... is along the direction opposite to the driving direction of the cutting blade 3 ..., or along the direction opposite to the moving direction of the cut food F. Therefore, it also extends from the root of the cutting blade 3 ... To a position closer to the outside of the cutting blade 3 ... As a result, the cut food F in front of the cutting blade 3 ... immediately moves below the cutting blade 3 ... and is immediately discharged to the outside from the root of the cutting blade 3 ...

The front lower corner of the discharge plate 12 is not sharp, is bent twice by 45 degrees, and has a notch shape. As a result, the discharge plate 12 does not hit the upper surface guide belt 15, the guide casing 19, and the like, which will be described later, and the food F to be cut is smoothly fed.

(3) Guidance mechanism FIG. 3 also shows a guide mechanism. A lower surface guide belt 14 is provided in front of the cutting blades 3 ... and the feed cylinders 6 ... that move toward the vicinity between each of the cutting blades 3 ... and the feed cylinders 6 .... The upper surface of the lower surface guide belt 14 is a horizontal flat surface, is smooth, is slightly lower than the upper edge of the feed cylinder 6 ..., And is slightly lower than the lower edge of the cutting blade 3 ...

An upper surface guide belt 15 is provided on the lower surface guide belt 14. The lower surface of the upper surface guide belt 15 is a horizontal flat surface, smooth, slightly higher than the upper edge of the feed cylinder 6 ..., And slightly higher than the lower edge of the cutting blade 3 ... The lower surface guide belt 14 also moves toward the vicinity between each of the cutting blades 3 ... and the feed cylinder 6 ..., and is provided in front of the cutting blades 3 ... and the feed cylinder 6 ...

The lower surface guide belt 14 is hung on the two guide rollers 16 and 16 and goes around the lower side of the lower surface guide belt 14 in an endless manner to convey the food F. The upper surface guide belt 15 is hung on the two guide rollers 17 and 17, and goes around the upper side of the upper surface guide belt 15 in an endless manner to convey the food F.

The guide rollers 16 and 16 are rotatably supported by the guide casing 18, and the guide rollers 17 and 17 are rotatably supported by the guide casing 19. The guide casing 18 and the guide casing 19 are supported by the guide columns 20 and 20, and the guide columns 20 and 20 are fixed to the base 1. The drive sources of the guide rollers 16, 16, 17, and 17 are the above-mentioned motor and the like, but they are not shown.

The upper side of the lower surface guide belt 14 and the lower side of the upper surface guide belt 15 are parallel, and the interval is substantially equal to the thickness of the food F before cutting or slightly larger than the thickness of the food F before cutting. .. The distance between the upper surface of the lower surface guide belt 14 and the lower surface of the upper surface guide belt 15 can be changed.

In this case, the entire lower surface guide belt 14 is moved downward or upward along the guide column 20, or the entire upper surface guide belt 15 is moved upward or downward along the guide column 20. At this time, the guide rollers 16, 16 and the guide casing 18 are also moved downward or upward, and the guide rollers 17, 17 and the guide casing 19 are also moved upward or downward at the same time.

As a result, the distance between the upper surface of the lower surface guide belt 14 for guiding the food F and the lower surface of the upper surface guide belt 15 according to the thickness of the food F to be cut, that is, the guide / size according to the thickness / size of the food F to be guided. You can change the transport interval.

The upper surface of the lower surface guide belt 14 and the lower surface of the upper surface guide belt 15 are parallel to each other along the boundary between the plurality of cutting blades 3 ... and the feed cylinder 6 .... As a result, the food F can be cut uniformly, stably and straight.

Even if the upper surface guide belt 15 is omitted and the lower surface guide belt 14 becomes a flat plate that does not move, or the lower surface guide belt 14 is also omitted and the food F is manually fed to the cutting blade 3 ... And the feed cylinder 6 ... Good.

(4) Second Embodiment FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment. In the embodiment of FIG. 4, the arrangement is such that FIG. 3 is rotated by 90 degrees. That is, the cutting blade 3 ..., the first drive shaft 2, the feed cylinder 6 ..., and the second drive shaft 5 are arranged at substantially the same height. Further, the guide casings 18 and 19, the lower surface guide belt 14, the upper surface guide belt 15, the guide rollers 16 and 16, and the guide rollers 17 and 17 are arranged in the vertical direction.

The upper surface of the lower surface guide belt 14 and the lower surface of the upper surface guide belt 15 are inclined obliquely with respect to the boundary between each of the cutting blades 3 ... and the feed cylinder 6 .... Correspondingly, the guide casings 18 and 19, the entire lower surface guide belt 14, the entire upper surface guide belt 15, the guide rollers 16, 16 and the guide rollers 17 and 17 also have the cutting blade 3 ... and the feed cylinder 6 ... respectively. It is tilted diagonally with respect to the boundary between them.

When turned over, the cutting blade 3 ..., the first drive shaft 2, the feed cylinder 6 ..., and the second drive shaft 5 are the guide casings 18, 19, the entire lower surface guide belt 14, the entire upper surface guide belt 15, and the guide roller. It is tilted diagonally with respect to 16, 16 and the guide rollers 17 and 17.

FIG. 5 shows a cut state of food F. In the second embodiment, the cut surface of the food F is in a state of being inclined obliquely with respect to the outer surface of the food F. In this case, the lower ends of the lower surface guide belt 14 and the upper surface guide belt 15 are sharp and are close to the cutting blade 3 ... And the feed cylinder 6 ...

As a result, the food F is sandwiched between the lower surface guide belt 14 and the upper surface guide belt 15 until the cutting of the food F is completed or near completion, and the direction of the food F, that is, the obliquely inclined cutting is maintained / held. As a result, the cut surface of the food F remains slanted and flat, and the cut surface of the food F does not bend. The lower ends of the lower surface guide belt 14 and the upper surface guide belt 15 are not sharp, and the rear ends of the lower surface guide belt 14 and the upper surface guide belt 15 do not have to be close to the cutting blade 3 ... And the feed cylinder 6 ....

Further, the distance between the lower surface guide belt 14 and the upper surface guide belt 15 can change the size of sandwiching the food F and the size of sandwiching the food F of the guide mechanism according to the size of the food F to be cut. It becomes. In this case, if this interval is made narrower than the thickness of the food F, the bent food F can be molded strongly and flatly. Of course, this interval may be wider than the thickness of food F. Even with this, the bent food F can be molded flat.

The gap between the lower surface guide belt 14 and the upper surface guide belt 15 is set / adjusted so as to sandwich the food F slightly strongly so that the food F between the lower surface guide belt 14 and the upper surface guide belt 15 does not slip off. Of course, the second embodiment may also be oriented horizontally as in FIGS. 1, 2, and 3.

For the boundary between the cutting blades 3 ... and the feed cylinder 6 ... of the guide casings 18 and 19, the entire lower surface guide belt 14, the entire upper surface guide belt 15, the guide rollers 16 and 16, the guide rollers 17 and 17, respectively. The angle of inclination can be changed arbitrarily. At this time, the directions of the guide casings 18 and 19 are changed with respect to the guide support column 20. Thereby, the angle of the inclined surface of the cutting of the food F can be arbitrarily changed.

In the example of FIG. 5, the food F to be cut moves toward the center of the cutting blade 3 ... As it goes to the right of FIG. However, since the cutting blade 3 ... is rotating in the direction of the feed cylinder 6 ..., the cut food F approaches the boundary between the cutting blade 3 ... and the feed cylinder 6 ... in response to cutting.

Further, at the left end of FIG. 5, the food F may be closer to the center of the feed cylinder 6 ..., and the food F to be cut moves closer to the boundary between the cutting blade 3 ... and the feed cylinder 6 ... as it goes to the right of FIG. You may have. Even in this case, since the feed cylinder 6 ... is rotating in the direction of the cutting blade 3 ..., the food F before cutting approaches the boundary between the cutting blade 3 ... and the feed cylinder 6 ... and is cut smoothly. To.

The left end or the right end of the food F to be cut in this way may be located near the boundary between the cutting blade 3 ... And the feed cylinder 6 ..., or may be cut from the vicinity of the boundary between the cutting blade 3 ... and the feed cylinder 6 ... It may be closer to the blade 3 ... side, or may be closer to the feed cylinder 6 ... side from the vicinity of the boundary between the cutting blade 3 ... and the feed cylinder 6 ....

However, the first drive shaft 2 or the second drive shaft 5 is not located on the extension of the movement of the food F. As a result, the first drive shaft 2 or the second drive shaft 5 does not interfere with the cutting of the food F. However, the first drive shaft 2 or the second drive shaft 5 may be located on the extension of the food F. Even in this case, since the cutting blades 3 ... And the feed cylinder 6 ... are rotating in the direction of drawing the food F into each other, the food F does not collide with the first drive shaft 2 or the second drive shaft 5.

(5) Third Embodiment FIGS. 6 and 7 show a third embodiment. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, all the cutting blades 23 ... Are arranged at an angle of approximately 45 degrees, turned around, and aligned at an angle of 45 degrees in the same direction, and the first drive shaft. A plurality of 22s are provided for each cutting blade 23 ..., and the cutting blades 23 ... Are fixed to the tips of the first drive shafts 22.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, all of the feed cylinders 26 ... Are arranged at an angle of approximately 45 degrees, changed in direction, and aligned at an angle of 45 degrees in the same direction, and the second drive shafts 25 are respectively arranged. A plurality of feed cylinders 26 ... are provided for each cutting blade 3 ..., and the feed cylinders 26 ... Are fixed to the tips of the second drive shafts 25.

In this way, the cutting surface or rotation direction of each of the plurality of cutting blades 23 ... and the plurality of feed cylinders 26 ... the respective feed directions or rotation directions are the plurality of cutting blades 23 ... and the plurality of feed cylinders. 26 ... It is diagonal to the boundary between each.

FIG. 6 shows the cutting blade 23 ... and the feed cylinder 26 ... from below. FIG. 7 shows a state seen from the lower right of FIG. The front and back surfaces of the flat food F coincide with each other in the horizontal direction of FIG. As a result, in the third embodiment, the cut surface of the food F is in a state of being inclined obliquely with respect to the outer surface of the food F.

Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the cutting blade 23 ... And the feed cylinder 26 ... Are inclined upward from right to left. As a result, each of the first drive shafts 22 ... and each of the second drive shafts 25 ... Do not come into contact with the cutting blades 23 ... And the feed cylinders 26 ... And are smoothly cut. The first drive shaft 22 ... Is above each of the adjacent cutting blades 23 ... and is on the right side in FIG. Similarly, the second drive shaft 25 ... Is above the adjacent overlapping feed cylinder 26 ..., and is higher to the right in FIG. On the contrary, these may be on the bottom, and in FIG. 6, they may be on the right side. The first drive shaft 22 and the cutting blade 23 ... Are rotating at the same speed in synchronization with each other. The second drive shaft 25 and the feed cylinder 26 ... Are rotating at the same speed in synchronization with each other.

The rotation speed of each cutting blade 23 ... And the first drive shaft 22 is slightly faster than the rotation speed of the feed cylinder 26 ... And the second drive shaft 25. However, it may be the same speed or, conversely, slower. In FIG. 6, the flat food F is fed from the direction directly below the drawing to the direction directly above the flat surface of the food F along the horizon direction of the drawing.

The arrangement directions of the cutting blade 23 ... or the feed cylinder 26 ... are diagonally upward, diagonally downward, diagonally right, diagonally left, diagonally upward, diagonally downward, diagonally forward, diagonally rearward, horizontal, directly below, directly above, horizontally, and vertically. It can be in any direction. The direction of the cutting blade 23 ... or the feed cylinder 26 ... may be diagonally 45 degrees, another angle, or the opposite diagonal direction, diagonally upward, diagonally downward, diagonally right, diagonally left, diagonally upward, diagonally. It may be downward, diagonally forward, diagonally rearward, horizontal, directly below, directly above, horizontally, or vertically.

In addition to the horizontal direction shown in FIG. 6, the flat surface of the food F may be inclined from this horizontal direction, may be in the vertical direction, and may be diagonally right, diagonally left, diagonally upward, diagonally downward, diagonally forward, diagonally rearward. , Horizontal, directly below, directly above, diagonally above, diagonally below. The feeding direction of the food F may be diagonally upward, diagonally downward, diagonally right, diagonally left, diagonally upward, diagonally downward, diagonally front, diagonally rearward, horizontal, directly below, directly above, horizontally, or vertically.

A part of each of the above or below embodiments may be incorporated, replaced or replaced with a part of another embodiment, and the configuration / structure of each part of each of the above or below embodiments will be described above or below. It can also be diverted to the configuration / structure of each part of the other embodiment, and the configuration, action, and effect of each embodiment described above or described above can be used as the configuration, action, and effect of the other embodiment described above or described below. Also shall be stated. Furthermore, what is not described in each of the above or below embodiments is referred to in other embodiments above or below.

(6) Other Embodiments The present invention is not limited to the above examples, and various modifications can be made. For example, the feed cylinder 6 ... May have a sawtooth shape as shown in FIG. 8 and may be circular. The rotation direction is such that the step 21 of the saw blade rises along the rotation direction. As a result, the food F to be cut is locked to the step 21 and pulled in, and the food F is surely cut. The cutting blade 3 ... may also have such a serrated shape. In this case, the direction of the saw blade is opposite to that of the feed cylinder 6 ...

The thicknesses of the spacers 4 ... and the feed cylinders 6 ... Are not all the same, and different thicknesses may be mixed, and the diameters of the cutting blades 3 ... and the feed cylinders 6 ... are constant and all the same. Instead, different diameters may be mixed.

The discharge plate 12 ... may be curved, uneven, square, rectangular, square, triangular, disk, elliptical, polygonal, trapezoidal, semi-elliptical, in addition to flat. , Parallel quadrilateral, rhombus, polygon, triangle, trapezoid, ring, semi-ring, star, fan, curve, cross, L-shape, H-shape, I-shape, U-shape, T-shape, C-shape, O-shape , N-shaped, M-shaped, X-shaped, J-shaped, Y-shaped, E-shaped, F-shaped, S-shaped, V-shaped, curved surface, angular shape, rectangular parallelepiped, polygonal shape, cylinder, elliptical pillar, square pillar, semi-cylinder, Semi-elliptical cylinder, half-sided cylinder, conical stand, square cone stand, sphere, oval, hemisphere, hemi-oval, polyhedron, gourd, serrated, other three-dimensional shape, a combination of these three-dimensional shapes, with angular steps Shape, rounded stepped shape, rounded uneven shape, combination shape of these, stepped shape, net shape, frame shape, sheet shape, mesh shape, blind shape, slit shape, many holes It may be a thing, a thing with a hole in the center of these, a combination of these, etc., and the material is metal, wood, bamboo, resin, metal, glass, cotton, cloth, thread, fiber. It may be made of, rubber, paper, ceramic, carbon, a composite of these, a mixture, or a multilayer laminate, and may be transparent or translucent.

The discharge plate 12 ... May be loosely fitted / locked to the discharge shafts 11, 11 and may be loosely fitted / locked only to the first drive shaft 2 or the spacer 4 ... The discharge plate 12 ... may be suspended and extended from above the cutting blade 3 ...

When the discharge plate 12 ... Is provided only on the first drive shaft 2 or the spacer 4 ..., the discharge plate 12 ... Is spring-loaded and kept horizontal. Further, the weight of the discharge plate 12 ... Is horizontally balanced. In this case, the discharge plate 12 ... Is provided only from the inside of the cutting blade 3 ... and does not have to be provided outside the cutting blade 3 ... In this case, the discharge plate 12 ... Is supported by a metal string, a wire, a rod, or the like.

From the center to the rear of the cutting blade 3 ..., or from the center to the front of the cutting blade 3 ..., it extends from the root of the cutting blade 3 ... toward a position close to the outside of the cutting blade 3 ... The cutting blade 3 is located slightly in front of the center of the cutting blade 3 ..., slightly behind the center to the rear, or slightly in front of the center of the cutting blade 3 ..., or slightly rear to front of the center. It may extend toward a position close to the outside of the ...

The food F to be cut is meat, fish, tonkatsu, tempura, fried food, grilled food, boiled food, oden, udon, kishimen, hiyamugi, somen, buckwheat, dumpling skin, doggie, spaghetti, pasta, ramen, harusame, beef , Bread, bread, bread dough, rice cake, wheat flour, buckwheat flour, bamboo shoots, azuki, rice, wheat, buckwheat, potatoes, corn, beans, scraps, etc. Tofu, dairy products, liquor, cheese, vegetables, mushrooms, grass, fruits, eggs, seafood, marine products, meat products, beans, potatoes, dumplings, other side dishes, staple foods, etc. Processed products, these frozen foods, ice, dry ice, ice cream, these food samples, etc. may be used, and they may be soft and fluid, or they may be non-fluid and hardened.

The rotation speed, size, shape, and orientation of each cutting blade 3 ... may be different. As a result, the cutting direction of the food F can be bent. In this case, each cutting blade 3 ... And the first drive shaft 2 are divided into left and right, and the rotation speed, size, shape and direction on the right side and the rotation speed, size, shape and direction on the left side are different. Become.

The rotation speed, size, shape, and orientation of each feed cylinder 6 ... may be different. As a result, the cutting direction of the food F can be bent. In this case, each feed cylinder 6 ... And the second drive shaft 5 are divided into left and right, and the rotation speed, size, shape, and direction on the right side and the rotation speed, size, shape, and direction on the left side are different. Become.

The cutting blade 3 ... may be a chainsaw instead of a circular rotary blade, may have an endless track shape, or may have a large thickness. This makes it easy to make the speed of each chainsaw different. The feed cylinder 6 ... may not be cylindrical, but may be a disk and a plurality of thorns protruding from the outer edge of the disk.

As a result, the feeding mechanism is thinned, and the food F is fed and cut while hooking the food F with a thorn. In this case, the cutting mechanism (cutting blade 3 ...) is thicker or has the same thickness as the feed mechanism (feed cylinder 6 ...).

The moving direction of the cutting blade 3 ... and the moving direction of the feed cylinder 6 ... may be different with respect to the food F, that is, the moving direction of the cutting blade 3 ... on the upper side of the food F and the food. The direction of movement of the feed cylinder 6 ... on the lower side of F may be different, or one of the cutting blade 3 ... or the feed cylinder 6 ... may be stationary and only the other may move. As a result, the food F can be cut quickly.

The cutting blade 3 ... or the feed cylinder 6 ... has a rectangular parallelepiped, rectangular parallelepiped, square, triangular, disc, elliptical plate, polygonal plate, trapezoidal plate, semi-elliptical shape, parallel quadrilateral, diamond shape, many, in addition to the circular outer surface. Square, triangle, trapezoidal, ring-shaped, semi-ring-shaped, star-shaped, fan-shaped, curved-shaped, cross-shaped, L-shaped, H-shaped, I-shaped, U-shaped, T-shaped, C-shaped, O-shaped, N-shaped, M-shaped, X-shaped Character, J, Y, E, F, S, V, curved, angular, rectangular parallelepiped, polyhedron, cylinder, elliptical pillar, square pillar, semi-cylinder, semi-elliptical pillar, half-square pillar, cone A pedestal, a rectangular parallelepiped, a sphere, an oval, a hemisphere, a hemi-oval, a polyhedron, a gourd, a sawtooth, or any other three-dimensional shape, or a combination of these three-dimensional shapes, a square stepped shape, or a rounded stepped shape. A certain shape, a rounded uneven shape, a combination of these shapes, a stepped shape, a net shape, a frame shape, a sheet shape, a mesh shape, a blind shape, a slit shape, a shape with many holes, a hole in the center of these, etc. It may be an ellipse, a combination of these, etc., and the material may be metal, wood, bamboo, resin, metal, glass, cotton, cloth, thread, fiber, rubber, paper, etc. It may be made of ceramic, carbon, a composite of these, a mixture, or a multi-layer laminate, and may be transparent or translucent.

In addition to rotating around the circular center of the cutting blade 3 ... or the feed cylinder 6 ... as the rotation axis, a position deviated from the center may be the center of rotation / drive. In this case, the cutting blade 3 ... The feed cylinder 6 ... may have the above-mentioned endless track shape.

The lower surface guide belt 14 and / or the upper surface guide belt 15 may be a caterpillar, a hook, a hook, a disk, and a plurality of thorns protruding from the outer edge of the disk, and guide the food F to hold the food F. Anything is fine if possible. The thorns will stick to food F. The lower surface guide belt 14 and / or the upper surface guide belt 15 may be a flat plate that does not move.

The orientation of the food cutting device of FIGS. 1, 2, and 3 is not horizontal, and the orientation of the food cutting device of FIG. 4 is not vertical, but is inclined upward, diagonally downward, and inclined to the left or right. , Can be tilted up or down, forward or backward, horizontal or vertical to the left, right, up and down, back and forth. The flow direction of the food F is vertical, horizontal, left-right, up-down, front-back, diagonally in between, and may be either a forward direction or a reverse direction.

Either the lower surface guide belt 14 or the upper surface guide belt 15 may be omitted. This simplifies the structure of the food cutting device. In this case, the food F is manually pushed against the cutting blade 3 ... And the feed cylinder 6 ... A plurality of the lower surface guide belt 14 and the upper surface guide belt 15 may be provided.

Base 1 (base), first drive shaft 2, cutting blade 3 ... (cutting mechanism), spacer 4 ..., second drive shaft 5, feed cylinder 6 ... (feed mechanism), discharge shafts 11, 11 (discharge mechanism) Mechanism), discharge plate 12 (discharge mechanism), lower surface guide belt 14, upper surface guide belt 15, guide rollers 16, 16, guide rollers 17, 17, guide casing 18, guide casing 19, guide support 20, food cutting device. One, one layer, one piece, single layer, single layer or multiple layers, multiple layers, three or more layers, three layers or more, single layer, multiple layers, three or more layers, each of these configurations, operations, actions, processes, or Some or all of the functions may be omitted, they may be split and separated to increase or decrease their number, their shape may be changed arbitrarily, and they may be replaced by other equivalents. Alternatively, two or three or more of these may be combined or integrated, and the orientations are 90 degrees, 0 degrees to 180 degrees, up and down, left and right, front and back, front and back, front, in addition to those shown in the figure. , It may be used by tilting / turning / reversing in the back, the relative magnitude of each dimension may be switched or the same, part or all may be omitted, and the shape may be It may be flat, curved, uneven, square, rectangular, square, triangular, disk, elliptical, polygonal, trapezoidal, semi-elliptical, parallel quadrilateral, rhombic, multi Square, triangle, trapezoidal, ring-shaped, semi-ring-shaped, star-shaped, fan-shaped, curved-shaped, cross-shaped, L-shaped, H-shaped, I-shaped, U-shaped, T-shaped, C-shaped, O-shaped, N-shaped, M-shaped, X-shaped Character, J, Y, E, F, S, V, curved, angular, square, polyhedron, cylinder, elliptical pillar, square pillar, semi-cylinder, semi-elliptical pillar, half-square pillar, cone A pedestal, a prismatic pedestal, a sphere, an oval, a hemisphere, a hemi-oval, a polyhedron, a gourd, a serrated shape, or any other three-dimensional shape, or a combination of these three-dimensional shapes, a square stepped shape, or a rounded stepped shape. A certain shape, a rounded uneven shape, a combination of these shapes, a stepped shape, a net shape, a frame shape, a sheet shape, a mesh shape, a blind shape, a slit shape, a shape with many holes, a hole in the center of these, etc. It may be an ellipse, a combination of these, or a combination of these, or part or all of it may be omitted, and the material may be metal, wood, bamboo, resin, metal, glass, cotton, cloth, or thread. It may be made of, fiber, rubber, paper, ceramic, carbon, a composite of these, a mixture of these, or a multilayer laminate, and may be transparent or translucent.

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[1] A plurality of cutting mechanisms that move themselves to cut food, a first driving mechanism that drives the cutting mechanism, and the tips of the plurality of cutting mechanisms are located between the plurality of cutting mechanisms. It is located between a plurality of feeding mechanisms that feed between the cutting mechanisms to enable the cutting of food by the cutting mechanism, a second driving mechanism that drives the feeding mechanism, and the root of the cutting mechanism. A food cutting device including a discharge mechanism for discharging cut food, which extends from the root of the cutting mechanism to a position close to the outside of the cutting mechanism along the driving direction of the cutting mechanism. As a result, the cut food can be discharged from the root of the cutting mechanism to the outside of the cutting mechanism.

[2] The food cutting according to claim 1, wherein a guide mechanism for guiding the food before cutting is provided between each of the plurality of cutting mechanisms and each of the plurality of feeding mechanisms. apparatus. As a result, the food before cutting can be smoothly and easily guided to the cutting mechanism and the feeding mechanism.

[3] The food according to claim 2, wherein the guide surface of the food of the guide mechanism is parallel along the boundary between each of the plurality of cutting mechanisms and each of the plurality of feed mechanisms. Cutting device. As a result, food can be cut uniformly, stably and straight.

[4] The second aspect of the present invention, wherein the food guide surface of the guide mechanism is oblique with respect to the boundary between each of the plurality of cutting mechanisms and each of the plurality of feed mechanisms. Food cutting device. As a result, the cut surface of the food can be slanted.

[5] The cutting surface of each of the plurality of cutting mechanisms and the feeding direction of each of the plurality of feeding mechanisms are oblique with respect to the boundary between each of the plurality of cutting mechanisms and each of the plurality of feeding mechanisms. The food cutting device according to claim 2, wherein the food cutting device is characterized by the above. As a result, the cut surface of the food can be slanted.

[6] The food cutting device according to claim 3, 4 or 5, wherein the guidance mechanism holds the orientation of the food until the cutting is completed or near the completion of cutting. As a result, the cut surface of the food becomes flat and the cut surface of the food does not bend.

[7] The sixth aspect of claim 6, wherein the guide mechanism sandwiches the food, and the size of the guide mechanism sandwiching the food can be changed according to the size of the food to be cut. Food cutting device. As a result, bent food can be molded flat.

[8] The food cutting device according to claim 7, wherein the guidance mechanism sandwiches the food and the angle of orientation of the food to be cut can be changed. Thereby, the angle of the inclined surface of the food cutting can be arbitrarily changed.

[9] The food cutting device according to claim 8, wherein the moving speed of the cutting mechanism is faster than the moving speed of the feeding mechanism. As a result, food can be cut smoothly, easily and beautifully.

[10] The first aspect of the present invention, wherein the discharge mechanism extends from the root of the cutting mechanism toward a position closer to the outside of the cutting mechanism along a direction opposite to the driving direction of the cutting mechanism. Food cutting equipment. This makes it possible to prevent the cut food from entering toward the root of the cutting mechanism.

[11] The food cutting device according to claim 1, wherein the first driving mechanism or the second driving mechanism is not located on an extension of the movement of the food. As a result, the first drive mechanism or the second drive mechanism does not interfere with the cutting of food.

[12] Each of the plurality of cutting mechanisms has the same shape and the same size and is driven at the same speed, and each of the plurality of feed mechanisms has the same shape and the same size and is driven at the same speed. The food cutting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein is the same. As a result, food can be cut smoothly, stably and easily and uniformly.

[13] The food cutting device according to claim 1, wherein the cutting mechanism is thinner than the feeding mechanism. As a result, the food can be cut beautifully without waste without damaging the food.

[14] The food cutting device according to claim 1, wherein the moving direction of the cutting mechanism and the moving direction of the feeding mechanism are the same direction. As a result, food can be cut smoothly, stably and beautifully.

[15] The food cutting device according to claim 1, wherein the cutting mechanism rotates, or the feeding mechanism rotates. As a result, food can be cut smoothly, easily, stably and beautifully.

Cuts food F smoothly, easily and beautifully. The food F sandwiched between the lower surface guide belt 14 and the upper surface guide belt 15 is guided toward the boundary between the cutting blade 3 ... And the feed cylinder 6 ... And is cut. If the guide surfaces of the lower surface guide belt 14 and the upper surface guide belt 15 are parallel to the boundary between the cutting blade 3 ... And the feed cylinder 6 ..., the cut surface of the food F is perpendicular to the outer surface of the food F.

If the guide surfaces of the lower surface guide belt 14 and the upper surface guide belt 15 are oblique to the boundary between the cutting blade 3 ... And the feed cylinder 6 ..., the cut surface of the food F is oblique to the outer surface of the food F. The food F is sandwiched between the lower surface guide belt 14 and the upper surface guide belt 15 until the cutting of the food F is completed or near completion, and the cutting direction of the food F, that is, the obliquely inclined cutting is maintained / held. As a result, the cut surface of the food F remains slanted and flat, and the cut surface of the food F does not bend.

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Multiple cutting mechanisms that move themselves to cut food,
The first drive mechanism that drives this cutting mechanism and
A plurality of feeding mechanisms located between the tips of the plurality of cutting mechanisms and feeding the food between the plurality of cutting mechanisms to enable cutting of the food by the cutting mechanism.
The second drive mechanism that drives this feed mechanism and
A discharge mechanism that is located between the roots of the cutting mechanism and extends from the root of the cutting mechanism to a position close to the outside of the cutting mechanism along the driving direction of the cutting mechanism, and a discharge mechanism that discharges the cut food .
A guide mechanism for guiding food having a predetermined thickness before cutting is provided between each of the plurality of cutting mechanisms and each of the plurality of feeding mechanisms.
A food cutting device characterized in that the cut surface of the food by the cutting mechanism is inclined obliquely with respect to the outer surface of the food. It said guide mechanism is to sandwich the above food, food cutting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the angular orientation of the food to the aforementioned cutting is characterized in that it is modified. The food cutting device according to claim 2 , wherein the food guiding surface of the guiding mechanism is oblique with respect to the boundary between each of the plurality of cutting mechanisms and the plurality of feeding mechanisms. .. The cutting surface of each of the plurality of cutting mechanisms and the feeding direction of each of the plurality of feeding mechanisms are oblique with respect to the boundary between each of the plurality of cutting mechanisms and each of the plurality of feeding mechanisms. 2. The food cutting device according to claim 2 . The food cutting according to claim 3 or 4 , wherein the food guiding surface of the guiding mechanism is parallel along a boundary between each of the plurality of cutting mechanisms and each of the plurality of feeding mechanisms. apparatus. The food cutting device according to claim 5 , wherein the guidance mechanism holds the orientation of the food until the cutting is completed or near the completion of cutting. The food cutting device according to claim 6 , wherein the guide mechanism can hold the food and change the size of the guide mechanism to hold the food according to the size of the food to be cut. .. The food cutting device according to claim 7, wherein the moving speed of the cutting mechanism is faster than the moving speed of the feeding mechanism. The food cutting according to claim 1, wherein the discharge mechanism extends from the root of the cutting mechanism toward a position closer to the outside of the cutting mechanism along a direction opposite to the driving direction of the cutting mechanism. apparatus.

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