JP7222846B2 - food splitting equipment - Google Patents

Description

According to the present invention, for example, substantially columnar processed foods such as chikuwa and substantially cylindrical foodstuffs such as radishes and carrots can be divided into easy-to-eat sizes or a plurality of small pieces for further processing and cooking. It relates to the device, and more particularly to a food dividing device capable of dividing vertically and horizontally at once.

The manufacturing process of various processed foods often includes a process of dividing the food into a plurality of small-sized pieces, and various devices have been devised for efficient and large-scale division processing. For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses an apparatus for cutting plate-like gels such as agar jelly and pectin jelly. This gel-like material cutting device is connected to a chute for conveying the gel-like material, and has a grid-like cutting blade having a cutting edge at a position lower than the surface of the chute, and a pusher is provided above the cutting blade. The lower surface descends to the same height as the surface of the chute and stops. In this configuration, another plate-like gel is conveyed on top of the gel-like material that has been engaged with the cutting blade first, and when this is pushed downward to the height of the chute surface by the pusher, the previous gel-like material is cut off. is extruded from the cutting blade while being divided into dies, and the upper gel-like material remains in a state of being locked by the cutting blade.

Further, in Patent Document 2, as a device for dividing columnar food, columnar food aligned on a belt conveyor with crosspieces is horizontally divided by a horizontal split rotary cutter during movement, and the horizontally divided food is placed in a cylinder. Disclosed is one with a configuration for vertical splitting by a vertical split rotary cutter as it falls vertically.

Further, in Patent Document 3, a slicing blade is attached to the boundary between a supply chamber and a cutting chamber as a vegetable julienne machine, and a slicing cylinder cuts vegetables from the supply chamber along the longitudinal direction with the slicing blade. It is disclosed that the material is vertically divided by transporting it to a chamber, and then chipped and discharged in the cutting chamber by reciprocating motion of a cutting blade by a cutting cylinder.

JP-A-63-119668 JP-A-10-175196 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-117889

However, in the cutting apparatus of Patent Document 1, the gel-like material held by the grid-shaped cutting blade is pushed through the plate-like gel-like material that is superimposed on the top, so that the gel-like material is passed through the cutting blade and split. It is complete, but since the pusher cannot be pushed out directly, this configuration would not be able to cut well, for example, hard or highly elastic objects unless the object is gel-like and soft. In addition, it is not possible to divide foods other than plate-shaped foods, especially long or columnar foods.

In addition, the dividing device of Patent Document 2 is compatible with the cutting of columnar (cylindrical) food, but it is a two-step method in which horizontal division and vertical division are performed during transportation by separate transportation means, In addition, since cutting is performed by rotary cutters, different transport mechanisms and driving mechanisms for rotating the rotary cutters are required.

Furthermore, the apparatus of Patent Document 3 also corresponds to cutting of substantially cylindrical food, but it is a two-step method in which vertical cutting and horizontal cutting are performed in separate rooms. The blade requires a cylinder as a drive mechanism for reciprocating movement, and it can be said that the configuration is complicated in terms of space and process.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, the object of the present invention is to achieve vertical and horizontal division at once for substantially columnar foods with various textures such as relatively hard foods and elastic foods, while having a more compact apparatus configuration than conventional ones. To provide a food dividing device capable of satisfactorily performing

In order to achieve the above object, the food dividing apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention feeds food to be divided from one end side to the other end side and vertically divides the food by internal thin plate-like vertical blades and horizontal blades. and one or more substantially box-shaped chutes that are laterally divided, and an extrusion device that feeds the food from an inlet opening on one end side to an outlet opening on the other end side in the chute, wherein
The chute is
A lower member, and an upper member covering the lower member except for a placement area at one end where the food is placed with its longitudinal direction perpendicular to the delivery direction,
inside the chute,
At least one sheet whose both side surfaces are detachably erected over the entire height region of the inner space of the chute in the direction along the delivery direction, and which divides the food into a plurality of short portions in the longitudinal direction of the food. a vertical blade of
The cutting edge is detachably mounted across the entire lateral width of the inner space of the chute with a predetermined angle with respect to the horizontal direction perpendicular to the delivery direction, and cuts the food horizontally and cuts the food vertically. at least one horizontal blade for dividing;
At least one guide piece that partitions the inner space of the chute into a plurality of lanes so that the horizontal blade can pass from the downstream of the vertical blade to the outlet opening,
The extrusion device is
Forward movement and return movement from one end side to the other end side are repeated in each chute, and the food sequentially placed on the placement area is continuously pushed into the inlet opening and then through the outlet opening. Equipped with a pusher that feeds in the chute until it is pushed out, and a drive cylinder device that reciprocates the pusher,
A plurality of said pushers are arranged with a space that allows said vertical blades, said horizontal blades and said guide pieces to pass through each other during reciprocating motion thereof, and simultaneously push out each food portion divided vertically and horizontally. It consists of a bundle of pusher arms.

The food dividing device according to the invention of claim 2 is the food dividing device according to claim 1, wherein the horizontal blade is arranged downstream of the vertical blade, and is divided by passing through the vertical blade. Each short portion of the food is divided into vertical portions.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the food dividing apparatus according to the first or second aspect, wherein the angle of the cutting edge of the horizontal blade is 20° to 40°.

The food dividing device according to the invention of claim 4 is the food dividing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the cutting edge of the vertical blade extends backward in the delivery direction from the vertical direction. , or is installed in an inclined state forward.

The food dividing device according to the invention of claim 5 is the food dividing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein at least one of the lower member and the upper member has a plurality of lanes. The members are connected to each other with a gap, and the vertical blade is replaceably mounted below the lower member and/or above the upper member in a state of protruding inside the chute through the gap. It is what is done.

According to the food dividing apparatus of the present invention, the food to be divided can be vertically and horizontally divided at once by the vertical and horizontal blades in the chute by simply pushing the food to be divided from the inlet opening to the outlet opening of the chute and sending it out. In addition, compared with the conventional two-step method, the labor and device configuration can be greatly simplified, and there is an effect that a large amount of food can be divided and processed with high efficiency.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is the schematic block diagram which showed the food dividing apparatus as one Example of this invention in the transmission state in a chute, (a) is a top view, (b) is a side view. 2 is a partial perspective view showing the configuration inside the chute of FIG. 1 with the upper member removed; FIG. Figure 2 is a schematic front view from the outlet opening of the chute of Figure 1; FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the pusher of FIG. 1 as seen from the front side;

In the food dividing apparatus according to the present invention, the food to be divided is sent out from one end to the other end, and is divided vertically and horizontally by the thin plate-like vertical blades and horizontal blades inside one or more approximate boxes. and a pushing device for sending the food from an inlet opening on one end side to an outlet opening on the other end side in the chute. and an upper member covering except for a mounting area at one end which is mounted in a state perpendicular to the feed-out direction. Inside the chute, both side surfaces are detachably erected over the entire height region of the inner space of the chute in the direction along the delivery direction, and the food is divided into a plurality of short lengths in the longitudinal direction of the food. At least one vertical blade serving as a part of the food is detachably spanned across the entire width of the inner space of the chute in a state where the blade edge has a predetermined angle with respect to the horizontal direction orthogonal to the delivery direction, and the food is at least one horizontal blade for horizontally cutting and vertically dividing the chute, and at least one sheet for dividing the inner space of the chute into a plurality of lanes from the downstream of the vertical blade to the outlet opening so that the horizontal blade can pass through. and a guide piece.

In the above configuration, the substantially columnar food is simply fed from the inlet opening to the outlet opening in the chute, and is divided into a predetermined number of small pieces by the vertical blades and the horizontal blades on the same conveying path. discharged from the opening. Therefore, according to the food dividing device of the present invention, the food can be vertically divided and horizontally divided at once, while the device design and labor are greatly simplified compared to the conventional two-step method.

Further, in the present invention, the pushing device repeats forward and backward movements from one end side to the other end side in each chute to continuously push food sequentially placed on the placement area into the entrance opening. and a drive cylinder device for reciprocating the pusher. It consists of a bundle of a plurality of pusher arms that are spaced apart from each other and push out each of the longitudinally and transversely divided food portions at the same time.

Therefore, if the substantially columnar food is continuously placed on the placing area at predetermined time intervals according to the timing of the reciprocating motion of the pusher, the food is continuously and at once accompanied by the reciprocating motion of the pusher. Vertical and horizontal division is advanced, and a large amount of food division processing can be performed with high efficiency. In addition, the plurality of pusher arms constituting the pusher satisfactorily push each food part corresponding to the vertically and horizontally divided portions of the substantially columnar food from the entrance opening to the exit opening without interfering with the vertical blades, the horizontal blades and the guide pieces. In order to deliver the food, the food is pressed against the vertical blades and the horizontal blades and is divided vertically and horizontally while being surrounded by the guide pieces, the lower member, and the upper member along each lane partitioned by the guide pieces. After going straight in the tunnel-shaped space that is closed, without dispersing in the vertical and horizontal directions, they are discharged out of the chute.

In addition, the horizontal blade inside the chute according to the present invention is installed with its cutting edge inclined with respect to the horizontal direction perpendicular to the feed-out direction of the food. Even if it is strong, it is cut diagonally, so the cut end is not crushed easily and the cut surface becomes a clean cut surface, so that the quality of the processed food will not be spoiled. This angle of inclination may be appropriately set according to the properties of the target food, but in the case of a horizontal blade, it is preferable that the angle of the blade edge is in the range of 20° to 40° with respect to the direction perpendicular to the feeding direction. is. At an inclination angle of less than 20°, the oblique cutting effect is insufficient and crushing may occur, and at a large inclination angle of more than 40°, the feed distance required for cutting becomes too long and the device configuration including the chute becomes useless. It becomes large.

Also, with respect to the vertical blade, when the cutting edge is cut obliquely into the food, the cut end is less likely to be crushed and the cut surface becomes beautiful. That is, the cutting edge of the vertical blade may be inclined rearwardly or forwardly in the feeding direction with respect to the vertical direction. The angle of inclination of the vertical blades with respect to the vertical direction is also desirably 20° to 40°, which is a practical range from the design point of view as well as the oblique cutting effect can be expected.

Regarding the position of the vertical blade and the horizontal blade in the chute, either can be installed upstream, but the vertical blade is installed on the upstream side, and the vertical blade is first used to divide it into short parts, and then the horizontal blade is used to move it horizontally. It is preferable to have a structure in which it is cut into two parts and divided into upper and lower parts. This is because if the horizontal blade is used to divide the blade into two parts, the upper part and the lower part may be misaligned in the horizontal direction. This is because it is likely to disappear.

The number of vertical blades is appropriately determined according to the number of divisions in the longitudinal direction of the substantially columnar food. For example, when dividing the chute into two lengths, one vertical blade is erected at the central position where the lateral width region of the inner space of the chute is divided into two equal parts. In this case, only one guide piece is arranged on the downstream side of the vertical blade, and it divides the inner space of the chute into two lanes. In addition, when dividing the food into three equal parts, two vertical blades are erected in parallel to each other at two positions where the width of the inner space of the chute is divided into three equal parts. In this case, two guide pieces are arranged on the downstream side of each vertical blade to divide the interior space of the chute into three lanes. In the case of dividing the chute into more short parts, a corresponding number of vertical blades are erected in parallel with each other at equal intervals at each position where the horizontal area of the inner space of the chute is equally divided by the number of divisions. and

Also, the number of horizontal blades is not limited to one that vertically divides the food into two. Depending on the diameter of the columnar food, it may be desired to vertically divide the food into three or more parts. In this case, two or more horizontal blades corresponding to the number of blades are arranged at equal intervals in the vertical direction. For example, when the columnar food is divided into upper and lower parts at the center height position, one horizontal blade is sandwiched between the lower member and the upper member, and both ends of the horizontal blade are attached. It can be easily installed by simply fixing the Moreover, when dividing into three in the vertical direction, two horizontal blades may be attached at two upper and lower positions on both side walls of the chute. In this case, a pair of through-holes are provided at positions obliquely opposed to each other in the rising portions on both sides of the lower member and the hanging portions on both sides of the upper member, which constitute both side walls of the chute. If both ends are fixed in a state in which the horizontal blades are stretched across the other through-hole, the two horizontal blades can be installed at the vertical positions in the chute over the entire horizontal width region at the above inclination angle.

In order to install the vertical blades upright over the entire height region of the inner space of the chute, the vertical blades are provided to project upward from the lower member or to project downward from the upper member. However, it is desirable to have a mounting mechanism that can replace the vertical blades as easily as possible. Therefore, when protruding upward from the lower member, the lower member is configured by connecting a plurality of lane members with a gap, and the vertical blade is protruded upward from the gap. If the end of the vertical blade is detachably fixed below the lower member in this state, the vertical blade can be easily replaced by inserting and removing it from the gap. On the other hand, when the vertical blade is projected downward from the upper member, the upper member is configured by connecting a plurality of lane members with a gap, and the vertical blade is projected downward from the gap. The vertical cutting edge may be detachably fixed above the upper member.

The gaps between the lane members can also be used to install guide pieces. For example, when connecting the lower or upper lane members to each other, a guide piece may be sandwiched in the gap and fixed. In addition, the guide piece may be configured such that a single guide piece having a size capable of partitioning the inside of the chute over the entire height region of the chute internal space is attached to either the lower member or the upper member. A structure in which upper and lower guide pieces are projected from both the portion and the upper member to the central height position of the inner space of the chute so as to face each other may be used. That is, when the lower lane members are connected together, the lower guide piece is sandwiched and fixed in the gap, and when the upper lane members are connected together, the upper guide piece is sandwiched and fixed in the gap. When the upper member is connected to the lower member so as to cover the lower member in order to construct a substantially box-shaped chute, the guide pieces facing each other from above and below can substantially form one partition wall. good.

The guide piece has a shape that does not interfere with the installation of the horizontal blades that span the entire lateral width of the inner space of the chute. Take steps to pass. For example, in the case of a configuration in which each guide piece is a single piece and partitions the inner space of the chute over the entire height region, a through hole through which the horizontal blade can pass may be provided at a corresponding position of each guide piece. In addition, when only one horizontal blade is arranged horizontally at the central height position (when dividing the food into upper and lower parts), a configuration in which guide pieces are protruded from both sides of the lower member and the upper member. Then, since the horizontal blade can pass through the gap between the upper and lower guide pieces, there is no need to provide a through hole, and the installation of the horizontal blade is simple. When the horizontal blades are arranged in the gap between the lower member and the upper member and the gap between the upper guide piece and the lower guide piece in this way and are horizontally mounted, both ends of the horizontal blades are detachably fixed outside the chute. With such a configuration, the horizontal blade can be inserted and removed from the outside of the chute using these gaps, so that the horizontal blade can be easily replaced.

In addition, the present invention can be configured to have one set of chutes and pushers, or to have two or more sets. In the case of a configuration having a plurality of chutes and pushers, if each pusher is connected to the same piston rod of the drive cylinder device, the food division process can be performed in conjunction with the plurality of chutes.

As an embodiment of the present invention, for example, an elastic cylindrical food such as chikuwa is first divided into three short parts by two vertical blades, and then each of them is divided vertically into two parts by one horizontal blade. Figs. 1 to 4 show a food dividing device which is set up for six vertical and horizontal divisions for this purpose. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of the food dividing apparatus of this embodiment, in which (a) is a plan view and (b) is a side view, particularly showing the inside of the chute in a see-through state. FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view showing the configuration of the chute with the upper member removed. FIG. 3 is a schematic front view of the chute as seen from the outlet opening. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the pusher viewed from the front side.

The food dividing device 1 according to this embodiment includes two sets of chutes (3A, 3B) and pushers (40A, 40B), and these two sets of chutes (3A, 3B) have the same configuration. They are arranged side by side at the same distance on both sides of a drive cylinder device 4 consisting of a cylinder. The same driving cylinder device 4 is configured to interlock and reciprocate both pushers (40A, 40B).

Each chute (3A, 3B) has a lower member 11 having a concave cross section, and a holder at one end on which the target food X is placed so that the longitudinal direction of the lower member 11 is perpendicular to the delivery direction. An upper member 21 having an inverted concave cross section covers the chute except for the placement area 30, and the chute has an inlet opening 10 at one end and an outlet opening 20 at the other end. . The inner width of these openings (10, 20) corresponds to the long dimension in the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical food product X to be divided, and the inner width in the height direction corresponds to the outermost part of the cylindrical food product X. corresponds to the diameter

In this embodiment, the cylindrical food product X is first divided into thirds by the two vertical blades 13, so that each vertical blade 13 divides the width region of the inner space of the chute into three equal parts, and the vertical blades 13 divide the horizontal width region of the inner space of the chute into three equal parts. The member 11 is attached so as to protrude upward from the bottom surface of the member 11 to the ceiling height of the chute. The lower member 11 is constructed by connecting three lower lane members (11a, 11b, 11c) with a gap 12 above the pedestal 2. As shown in FIG. These three lower lane members (11a, 11b, 11c) have raised portions (Ra, Rc ) are provided, but the portion forming the bottom surface of the lower member 11 has the same width as each other in the three lower lane members.

Therefore, two gaps 12 are formed in the bottom surface of the lower member 11, and the two vertical blades 13 protrude upward through the gaps 12 from below the lower member 11. , the lower end of each vertical blade 13 is exchangeably fixed to a mounting portion 18 on the pedestal 2 below the lower member 11 . In this fixed state, each vertical blade 13 is set so that the cutting edge 14 is inclined rearward in the feeding direction by about 30° from the vertical direction.

In addition, two lower guide pieces 15 that divide the inner space of the chute into three lanes extending from the downstream of each vertical blade 13 to the outlet opening 20 on the other end side are provided with adjacent lower lane members (11a, 11b, 11c). ) are sandwiched and fixed in the gap 12 between them.

As with the lower member 11, the upper member 21 is also configured by connecting three upper lane members (21a, 21b, 21c) with a gap 22 between them. These three upper lane members (21a, 21b, 21c) have hanging portions (Da, Dc) is provided, and the portion forming the ceiling surface of the upper member 21 has the same width among the three upper lane members. Two upper guide pieces 23 projecting downward from a gap 22 in the ceiling surface over a region facing the lower guide piece 15 to partition the inner space of the chute are sandwiched and fixed in the gap 22 . That is, a pair of upper guide pieces 23 and lower guide pieces 15 facing each other in the vertical direction substantially form one partition wall.

Further, between the lower member 11 and the upper member 21, the horizontal blade 16, which is arranged across the entire lateral width region of the internal space of the chute, has its blade edge 17 with respect to the horizontal direction orthogonal to the delivery direction at an angle α is mounted on the pedestal 2 so as to be exchangeable in an inclined state of about 30°. The horizontal blade 16 is positioned at approximately the center height of the vertical width of the chute, and cuts the cylindrical food product X horizontally at the center height position to divide it into upper and lower parts. The horizontal blade 16 is arranged so as to pass through the gap between the lower guide piece 15 and the upper guide piece 23, and both ends thereof are detachably fixed on the pedestal 2 outside the chute. ing. Therefore, the horizontal blade 16 can be inserted and removed from the outside of the chute using the gap between the lower member 11 and the upper member 21 and the gap between the lower guide piece 15 and the upper guide piece 23 without disassembling the chute. can be replaced easily.

The drive cylinder device 4 of the pushing device in this embodiment interlocks and reciprocates two pushers (40A, 40B) connected to the piston rod 5 as the piston rod 5 reciprocates. A bundle of six pusher arms (41a, 41b, 41c, 41d, 41e, 41f) that make up each pusher (40A, 40B) is attached to the corresponding chute (3A, 3B) from one end side to the other end side. Repeat forward and backward motion.

As shown in FIG. 4, six pusher arms (41a, 41b, 41c, 41d, 41e, 41f) have flat pressing surfaces ( 42a, 42b, 42c, 42d, 42e, 42f) are provided. These six pusher arms (41a to 41f) and pressing surfaces (42a to 42f) mutually move the vertical blade 13, the lower guide piece 15, the horizontal blade 16, and the upper guide piece 23 during reciprocation in the chute. , and are arranged in two horizontal rows and three vertical rows so as to push out the longitudinally divided and transversely divided food portions at the same time.

In the above configuration, after the cylindrical food item X is placed on the food placement area 30 of the lower member 11 of each chute (3A, 3B), the drive cylinder device 4 is started to be driven, and the piston rod 5 is moved. When the pushers (40A, 40B) are reciprocated once, the pressing surfaces (42a-42f) at the tips of the pusher arms (41a-41f) push the cylindrical food product X in the forward movement. It is pushed into the chute through the inlet opening 10 and pushed out of the chute through the outlet opening 20. - 特許庁

In the chute during that time, the cylindrical food product X is first pressed against the two vertical blades 13 and divided into three short parts, and then divided into three short parts, the lower member 11, the upper member 21, and the lower guide piece 15 and the upper guide piece. Go straight through the three tunnel-like spaces surrounded by 23 without being distributed to the left and right. Then, the three short parts are pressed against the horizontal blade 16 while moving through the three tunnel-shaped spaces, and are each divided into upper and lower parts by horizontal cutting without being dispersed vertically and horizontally to form six edges. , and is pushed out from the outlet opening 20 and dropped into the receiving container 6 to be collected. Each pusher (40A, 40B) that has pushed out the cylindrical food product X from the exit opening 20 moves backward to retract the pressing surfaces (42a-42f) at the tip of each pusher arm (41a-41f) to one end of each chute. .

As described above, according to the food dividing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the substantially columnar food is vertically and horizontally divided at once by only one operation on the same conveying path of pushing and feeding the approximately columnar food from the entrance opening to the exit opening within the chute. be able to. Therefore, by simply repeating the reciprocating motion of the pushers (40A, 40B) by placing the food on the food placing area 30 and reciprocating the piston rod 5 of the driving cylinder device 4, the substantially columnar food can be continuously divided vertically and horizontally. It is possible to efficiently produce a large amount of small-lot food products.

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, the substantially columnar food is divided vertically and horizontally into six equal parts by two vertical blades into three equal parts in the longitudinal direction and by one horizontal blade into upper and lower parts. However, the food dividing device of the present invention is not limited to this. That is, the number of vertical blades and horizontal blades can be appropriately arranged according to the desired number of vertical and horizontal divisions depending on the size of the target food and the processing mode after division. For example, when the number of divisions by vertical blades is four or more, increasing the number of lower lane members and upper lane members in the central portion and increasing the number of vertical blades and guide pieces sandwiched between the lane members, It can be easily adapted.

Further, for example, when dividing into three parts in the vertical direction with a horizontal blade, a pair of obliquely opposed through holes are formed in each of the opposed rising parts of the lower member and the opposed drooping parts of the upper member, and If through holes are also formed in corresponding positions of each guide piece, the horizontal blades are inserted into the through holes of each guide piece and a pair of upper and lower through holes to form a horizontal mounting state, and both ends of the horizontal blades are fixed. You can install two horizontal blades on the top and bottom with just one. In addition, as described above, one horizontal blade is horizontally mounted at the central height position between the upper member and the lower member, and each predetermined height between the upper and lower both hanging parts and between the both side rising parts By installing three horizontal blades by horizontally extending the horizontal blades through the through holes respectively provided as described above, the food can be vertically divided into four parts.

Further, in the food dividing device having the structure of the above embodiment, after being used for a certain period of time, all the vertical blades and horizontal blades are removed, and the connection between the lower member and the upper member is released, so that the inside of the chute can be opened. Easy to clean everything including. In addition, when the lower member and the upper member are configured by connecting a plurality of lane members, if the mechanism for connecting these lane members and attaching the guide piece is detachable, it can be disassembled into finer components. , more precise cleaning can be performed.

1: food dividing device 2: pedestals 3A, 3B: chute 4: driving cylinder device 5: piston rod 6: receiving container 10: inlet opening 20: outlet opening 30: food placing area 11: lower members 11a, 11b, 11c : Lower lane members Ra, Rc: Rising portion 12: Gap 13: Vertical blade 14: Cutting edge of vertical blade 15: Lower guide piece 16: Horizontal blade 17: Cutting edge of horizontal blade 18: Vertical blade mounting portion 21: Upper member 21a, 21b, 21c: upper lane members Da, Dc: hanging portion 22: gap 23: upper guide piece 40A. 40B: Pushers 41a, 41b, 41c, 41d, 41e, 41f: Pusher arms 42a, 42b, 42c, 42d, 42e, 42f: Pressing surface X: Cylindrical food

Claims (5)

One or more substantially box-shaped chutes in which the food to be divided is sent out from one end to the other end and divided vertically and horizontally by the thin plate-shaped vertical blade and horizontal blade inside, and one end inside the chute. and a pushing device for feeding the food from the inlet opening on the side to the outlet opening on the other end,
The chute is
A lower member, and an upper member covering the lower member except for a placement area at one end where the food is placed with its longitudinal direction perpendicular to the delivery direction,
inside the chute,
At least one sheet whose both side surfaces are detachably erected over the entire height region of the inner space of the chute in the direction along the delivery direction, and which divides the food into a plurality of short portions in the longitudinal direction of the food. a vertical blade of
The cutting edge is detachably mounted across the entire lateral width of the inner space of the chute with a predetermined angle with respect to the horizontal direction perpendicular to the delivery direction, and cuts the food horizontally and cuts the food vertically. at least one horizontal blade for dividing;
At least one guide piece that partitions the inner space of the chute into a plurality of lanes so that the horizontal blade can pass from the downstream of the vertical blade to the outlet opening,
The extrusion device is
Forward movement and return movement from one end side to the other end side are repeated in each chute, and the food sequentially placed on the placement area is continuously pushed into the inlet opening and then through the outlet opening. Equipped with a pusher that feeds in the chute until it is pushed out, and a drive cylinder device that reciprocates the pusher,
A plurality of said pushers are arranged with a space that allows said vertical blades, said horizontal blades and said guide pieces to pass through each other during reciprocating motion thereof, and simultaneously push out each food portion divided vertically and horizontally. A food dividing device, characterized in that it consists of a bundle of pusher arms of . 4. The horizontal blade is arranged downstream of the vertical blade, and further divides each short portion of the food that has been divided by passing through the vertical blade into vertical portions. 2. Food dividing device according to claim 1. 3. The food dividing device according to claim 1, wherein the angle of the cutting edge of the horizontal blade is 20° to 40°. The food dividing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the cutting edge of the vertical blade is inclined backward or forward in the delivery direction from the vertical direction. . At least one of the lower member and the upper member is formed by connecting a plurality of lane members with a gap, and the vertical blade protrudes inside the chute through the gap. Food dividing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that it is exchangeably mounted below the lower member and/or above the upper member.

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