JPH03102219A - Apparatus for packing measured quantity of meat - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To pack a measured quantity of meat by providing a cutting device at an opening at an end of a filling nozzle of a packing machine, and a measuring cylinder adjacent to said cutting device to communicate with said filling nozzle on the same axis. CONSTITUTION:After a blade 4 of a cutting device 3 is raised to allow capsules 6, 7 to communicate with each other, a lump of meat M of a block (m) is extruded by a predetermined amount from a filling nozzle 2 of a packing machine 1. The lump of meat M is filled into a measuring cylinder 11 through capsules 6, 7. The lump M is filled to an end of the cylinder 11. The extrusion of the lump of meat M through the nozzle 2 is temporarily stopped. In this state, the apparatus is driven and the cutting blade 4 is lowered to cut a lump of meat M1 filled into the cylinder 11 from a lump of meat M succeeding the lump M1. Therefore, the lump of meat M1 filled in the cylinder 11 has exactly a predetermined weight. Subsequently, the cutting blade 4 is raised. Then, when a predetermined amount of meat M is extruded again from the nozzle 2, the lump M1 which is cut to have the predetermined weight is extruded from an opening at an end of the cylinder 11, filled into a casing 20 and wrapped.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a meat loaf quantitative filling apparatus suitable for quantitatively filling block meat such as boneless ham.

BACKGROUND ART In general, ham products and sausage products are produced by filling a cylindrical casing by extruding a certain amount of raw meat from a filling machine into a filling nozzle.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention By the way, filling work using such a quantitative filling machine is possible for accurate quantitative filling of battered foods such as sausage products, but it is difficult to perform filling operations for block meat such as boneless ham. Since the size, shape, and weight of the block meat are not constant, accurate quantitative filling is difficult. The reason is,
In the case of block meat, the block meat is often located at the boundary between the previously measured amount of meat and the following amount of meat, and during filling, the block meat remains in the filling nozzle or enters the casing. This is because the weight of the meat to be filled changes by a large amount.

For this reason, after filling the meat block into the casing, the weight is measured using a scale, and the weight is adjusted to a predetermined amount by manually increasing or decreasing the block of meat, but this adjustment work is done manually. There was a problem that the work efficiency was low.

The present invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a metered meat filling device that can accurately and automatically fill a block of meat in a metered amount.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, in the quantitative filling device of the present invention, a cutting device is provided at the tip opening of the filling nozzle of the quantitative filling machine, and the filling nozzle is connected adjacent to the cutting device. It is characterized in that a metering tube is disposed coaxially in communication with the meter.

A plurality of metering cylinders with different lengths are prepared,
It is preferable that the filling amount can be changed by changing the arrangement.

Further, the metering cylinder may be formed to be extendable and retractable, and the filling amount may be changed by adjusting its length.

Effect: With the above configuration, the green meat extruded in a fixed amount from the filling nozzle of the metering filling machine is filled into the metering cylinder, and the metered amount of green meat filled in the metering cylinder and the meat meat that follows. The boundary portion is cut by the cutting device. Subsequently, a metered amount of meat that has been cut as described above and filled in the metering tube is pushed out from the tip opening of the metering tube by the meat that is pushed out from the filling nozzle, and is filled into a casing and packaged. .

Example Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

In the figure, 1 is a quantitative filling machine, 2 is its filling nozzle,
A block of meat put into the metering filling machine 1 is forced out of a filling nozzle 2 in fixed amounts by a metering pump (not shown).

Reference numeral 3 denotes a cutting device, in which connecting caps 6 and 7 are fixedly protrudingly provided at the front and rear of a main body 5 that holds a cutting blade 4, respectively. Both mouthpieces 6.7 have the same inner diameter as the filling nozzle 2, and the front mouthpiece 6 is connected in communication with the tip opening 2a of the filling nozzle 2 via a connecting nut 8. 9 indicates an operating lever for the nut 8.

The cutting blade 4 is held in a vertically slidable manner by the main body 5.
It can be moved up and down by a cylinder 10 attached to the top, and when it descends, it cuts across the middle of both mouthpieces 6.7.

1) is a metering cylinder, the inner diameter of which is the same as that of the filling nozzle 2, and the length of which is set according to the weight of the meat to be filled. The metering tube 1) has a connecting nut 12 fixed to its base end, and is removably connected to the cap 7 via the nut 12. In the connected state, the metering tube 1) It is arranged so as to coaxially communicate with the filling nozzle 2.

Reference numeral 13 indicates an operating lever for the connection nut 12.

As shown in FIG. 2, the metering tube 1) is prepared with a plurality of metering tubes 1) a, llb, etc. having different lengths, and is used by changing them as appropriate depending on the amount of meat to be filled.

In addition, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the connection nut 12
A holding cylinder 14 into which the metering cylinder 1) is slidably fitted and pressed.
is fixed and protruded, and a pair of elastic bands 1 are attached to the ends thereof.
5.15, and attach setscrews 16 to both bands 15.15, adjust the protrusion length of metering tube 1) with respect to holding tube 14, and tighten and fix metering tube 1) with both elastic bands 15.15. The amount of filling may be changed by doing this.

Next, the operation of the quantitative filling machine configured as described above will be explained.

When the cutting blade 4 of the cutting device 3 is raised and the nozzle 6.7 is in communication, when a certain amount of meat M of the block meat M is pushed out from the filling nozzle 2 of the quantitative filling machine 1, the meat is pushed out from the nozzle 2. The green meat M passes through the mouthpiece 6.7 and is filled into the metering tube 1). Then, when the metering cylinder 1) is filled with the green meat M up to the tip thereof, the extrusion of the green meat M through the filling nozzle 2 is temporarily stopped. In this state, the cutting device 3 is operated, and the cutting blade 4 is lowered to cut the boundary portion between the green meat M1 filled in the metering tube 1) and the following green meat M.

At this time, since the meat mass M at the cutting location is held in its shape by both mouthpieces 6.7, the cut surface is clean and the block meat m located at the boundary portion is also accurately cut. Therefore, the green meat Ml filled in the metering tube 1) has an accurate predetermined weight.

Next, after raising the cutting blade 4, a certain amount of green meat M is pushed out from the filling nozzle 2 again, and the green meat Ml cut to a predetermined weight is pushed out from the tip opening 1) a of the metering tube 1). This is then filled into the casing 20 and packaged.

Thereafter, the above operation is repeated.

Effects of the Invention Since the present invention is structured as described above, it is possible to accurately and quantitatively fill block meat, and there is no need to manually adjust the weight j1 after filling the casing as in the conventional method. The quantitative filling of meat can be automated and labor-saving.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional front view of the main part of the quantitative filling device for green meat according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an external view of the metering cylinder, and FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional front view of the main part showing another embodiment of the metering cylinder. Figure 4 is 4-4 in Figure 3.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line. It is. 1... Quantitative filling machine 3... Cutting device 5... Main body 1)... Metering cylinder

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A meat loaf characterized in that a cutting device is provided at the tip opening of a filling nozzle of a metering filling machine, and a metering tube that communicates coaxially with the filling nozzle is disposed adjacent to the cutting device. quantitative filling equipment. (2) The metered meat filling device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of metering tubes having different lengths are arranged in a replaceable manner. (3) The quantitative filling device for meat loaves according to claim (1), wherein the metering cylinder is formed to be extendable and retractable, and the filling amount can be varied by adjusting its length.