JPH0424954Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] Industrial field of application: This invention involves cutting square tofu of a predetermined shape into dice of appropriate dimensions, and then packing the cubes in their original square shape without scattering them into pieces. This is a device that manufactures packaged products by accommodating the container in the container.

Problems that conventional techniques and ideas attempt to solve: Conventionally, to cut tofu into dice shapes,
At restaurants or at home, it is usually made by placing it on a cutting board or in the palm of your hand, and making several cuts vertically, horizontally, and horizontally depending on your intuition. Although this method is easy, the diced tofu that is made will be irregular in size and look unsightly, and if you are not good at cutting, you may end up cutting the shape of the tofu. It doesn't belong to. In addition, when a large amount is required, it is currently impossible to handle it manually.

The applicant has installed several stages of slicing blades and dicing blades in horizontal and vertical cases that are orthogonal to each other, and uses a horizontal pusher to first cut tofu into slices of the required thickness. This is extruded and supported on the dice cutting blade, and then the sliced body is pressed from above toward the dice cutting blade with a vertical pusher, and the size and equipment are used to form diced tofu. has been applied for. The present invention is a step forward in its content and relates to an apparatus for forming diced tofu into packaged products while retaining the original shape of the tofu.

Means for solving the problem: A horizontal case equipped with a required number of slicing blades at one end according to the thickness and a reciprocating horizontal pusher, and a vertical case that is perpendicular to the horizontal case on the exit side of the slicing blades. An adjacent dicing blade is provided across the slicing blade with a step slightly lower than that of the slicing blade, and a vertical push pusher that can move vertically and a vertical case slider are placed on the dicing blade within the range of the step. A slide plate that can be moved in and out through the rod is installed, and the head of the vertical pusher is formed with vertical and horizontal grooves that engage with the dice cutting blade, so that when the vertical pusher enters the dice cutting blade, The depth of the groove is at least greater than the height of the cutting blade so that the head is flush with the lower surface of the dice cutting blade or protrudes from the lower surface of the cutting blade. An appropriate stand is provided directly below the dice cutting blade, and a pack receiver is provided so that the diced tofu can be packed as is.

Example: An example of the present invention will be explained in detail based on the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the main part, in which a reciprocating horizontal pusher 6 is operated toward the slicing blade 3 using an air cylinder 5a for tofu having a predetermined shape that is supplied from the tofu throwing chute 7 to the horizontal case 18. Press and pass. In this case, the head of the horizontal pusher is formed with a groove that engages with the slicing blade, allowing the tofu to completely pass through the slicing blade. A vertical case 15 is vertically installed on the exit side of the slicing blade 3, and inside the vertical case 15, a dicing blade 2 is provided adjacent to the slicing blade 3 with a slightly low step, and above the vertical case 15, an air cylinder 5c is used to move the dicing blade 2 vertically. A freely vertical pusher 10 is provided. As shown in FIG. 3, the head of the vertical pusher 10 has a dice cutting blade 2
The vertical and horizontal grooves 21 are recessed so as to engage with the cutting blades, and the depth of the grooves is made equal to or slightly larger than the height of the dice cutting blade 2, so that at the end point at which the vertical push shear 10 descends, the tip of its head will be at the cutting edge of the dice. It is dimensioned so that it is flush with the lower surface of the cutting blade 2 or slightly protrudes from the lower surface. On the other hand, a slit 17 is provided in the side wall of the vertical case 15, through which the slide plate 1 is mounted on the dice cutting blade 2 with an air cylinder 5b at a height within the step 19 so as to be freely removable.

With this configuration, tofu dispensing chute 7
The tofu 20 fed into the horizontal case 18 is pushed horizontally by the air cylinder 5a and pushed through the pusher 6.
The sliding plate 1 is pressed against the slicing blade 3 by activating the slicing blade 3, passes through the slicing blade 3, becomes a sliced piece, and is brought together as one piece onto the dicing blade 2.
pushed upwards. When the air cylinder 5b is operated to move the sliding plate 1 backward, the tofu 20 remains on the dicing blade 2 in direct contact with the dicing blade 2. The horizontal pusher 6 returns, and then the vertical pusher 10 descends due to the operation of the cylinder 5c, pushes the tofu 20 into the dicing blade 2, and presses the tofu 20 into the groove 21 in the head of the vertical pusher 10.
meshes with the blade of the dice cutting blade 2, and the extrusion cutting and subdivision action is completed so that no tofu pieces remain within the cutting blade. This finely divided tofu is received as one piece in a pack provided directly below the cutting blade and packed in the bag before it breaks apart. The vertical pusher 10 returns to its original position, and the sliding plate 1 comes out from the slit 17 onto the dice cutting blade 2. Initially, the above operation was set to "manual" and when the operating switch 11 was pressed, the horizontal pusher 6 moved forward and pushed the tofu 20 into the slicing blade 3, and the tofu 20 passed through the slicing blade 3 and became sliced pieces due to the step 19. It can be placed on the sliding board 1 without any trouble. The horizontal pusher 6 stops as it is, and then the slide plate 1 is moved back as described above, and the tofu 20 is placed directly on the dicing blade 2. At this point, when the switch is switched to automatic, the vertical pusher descends, and the tofu is pushed into the dice cutting blade 2, passes through, and is cut into dice. The wall of the vertical case that the extruded slice pieces come into contact with, the contact between the sliding board vertical piece 22 and the vertical case, etc. all form limits, so this operation is automatically repeated in the above order by the limit switch built into each cylinder. It is carried out according to

The tofu thus cut into dice is stored in the pack directly below the cutting blade in its original shape as a whole. In the above example, the slicing blade 3 engages with the gap in the head of the horizontal pusher 6 as described in the previous application and extrudes the whole slice piece onto the slide plate 1, but the slicing blade is made of a strong thin metal wire, If synthetic fibers are used, it is not necessarily necessary to form grooves or gaps in the pusher head.
The speed controller 4 has the role of adjusting the descending speed of the vertical pusher according to the hardness of the tofu.

Effects of the invention: The present invention has the above-mentioned configuration, and diced tofu can be efficiently mass-produced as a product with desired uniform dimensions and shape, and can be packed without manual intervention. Therefore, a product that is preferable from a hygienic point of view can be obtained. In particular, vertical and horizontal grooves are formed in the head of the vertical presser to accommodate the dice cutting blade, and when the head enters the dice cutting blade, it is flush with the lower surface of the cutting blade or protrudes from the lower surface. Since the cutting blade is designed to penetrate up to the maximum depth, no tofu pieces remain inside the cutting blade.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the main parts of this project, Figure 2 is a perspective view of the main parts during slicing of tofu, and Figure 3 is an enlarged view of the completed packing and the vertical presser and dicing blade. FIG. 4 is a front view of the main part showing the step, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the packing. 1... Sliding board, 2... Dice cutting blade, 3...
Slice blade, 5a, 5b, 5c...Air cylinder, 6...Horizontal pusher, 10...Vertical pusher, 15...Vertical case, 17...
Case slit, 18...Horizontal case, 19...
Step, 20...Tofu, 21...Groove, 23...Putsuku.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A horizontal case 18 with a slicing blade 3 at one end and a built-in horizontal pusher that can freely reciprocate;
A vertical pusher 10 that can be moved vertically with a dice cutting blade 2 that is adjacent to the die cutting blade 2 with a slightly low step on the exit side.
a vertical case 15, the vertical pusher has a head which enters into the dice cutting blade 2 and engages with each cutting blade, and is provided with vertical and horizontal grooves 21 having a depth at least equal to or greater than the height of the cutting blade. A slide plate 1 having a thickness smaller than the size of the step 19 through the case slit 17 on the dice cutting blade 2.
This apparatus for packing diced tofu into packs is configured such that the packs 23 are installed in a manner that they can be freely taken in and out, and the packs 23 are arranged directly below the dice cutting blade.