JPH0516815B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a method for cutting a relatively large cake made of sponge confectionery or the like and enlarging the cut ends.

(Prior art) For decoration cakes, cheesecakes, apple pies, etc. in which the surface of a sponge confectionery is decorated with sugar-covered cream or fruits, etc., the cake is made into a large size and then cut into small cake pieces. They are often sold individually wrapped.

Conventionally, the device for cutting this type of cake, which is round and large, into small cake pieces, is to place the cake to be cut on a turntable and rotate the turntable at a predetermined angle. Devices that repeatedly cut into small cake pieces using a cutting blade that moves horizontally are in practical use, and many of the cutting blades used for cutting are configured to have an endless rotating cutting blade. Additionally, devices have been proposed that widen the cut after cutting is completed.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, when a cake to be cut placed on a turntable is equally cut into a plurality of small cake pieces using a rotating cutting blade and the cut pieces are widened, With conventional devices, when the cake is made of highly sticky ingredients, even if you try to widen the cut after cutting the cake, the adhesiveness of the material will cause adjacent small cake pieces to stick together. This not only damages the cut surface of the cake and lowers its commercial value, but also causes the brittle decorations that form the skin layer of the cake to lose their shape, resulting in a large number of defective products being produced.

In particular, when automatically packaging cut small cake pieces, if adjacent small cake pieces stick together, the above-mentioned problem will become worse, so when wrapping small cake pieces after cutting the cake, Important issues are how to finish the cut surface neatly, and how to promote hygiene and labor-saving through the use of automatic packaging machines.

Conventionally, in order to widen the cuts between the small pieces of cake, techniques such as pushing up the bottom of the cake or stabbing a needle into the bottom of the cake to secure it and then widening the cut have been used, but these methods are still not satisfactory. There is nothing that can be done.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method for cutting and separating a cake, which is devised to widen the cut section immediately after cutting the cake to be cut, at a point when the cut section does not yet show pecking. With the goal.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The gist of the present invention to achieve the above object is to place a cake to be cut on a turntable, and set a cutting blade on a cutting line passing through the rotation center of the turntable. The cake to be cut is cut into two parts by making a cut, a predetermined angle is made to the cutting line of the two parts to be cut, the two parts to be cut are relatively moved to widen the cut part, and then the cut part is widened. , the turntable is rotated through a predetermined angle, the cutting blade is cut along the cutting line passing through the center of rotation of the turntable, and the cake piece to be cut into two parts is cut to obtain the first small cake piece. The pieces are moved a predetermined distance outward in the radial direction, and the two cut cake pieces are returned to the original position at the time of cutting, and the two cut cake pieces returned to their original positions and the small cake pieces are The cut in between is widened, and then the turntable is rotated at a predetermined angle, and the cutting blade is cut along the cutting line passing through the center of rotation of the turntable to cut the cake piece to be cut into two parts, thereby producing a second small cake piece. This second small cake piece is moved radially outward a predetermined distance to widen the cut between the two cake pieces to be cut, and then the turntable is rotated by a predetermined angle to achieve the above-mentioned 2 pieces. Repeat the steps from cutting the second small cake piece to widening the cut, and the remaining two
The cake cutting and separation method is characterized in that all of the cake pieces to be divided and cut are cut into small cake pieces and the cut ends are widened.

(Operation) According to the method of the present invention, the cut is widened each time immediately after the cutting blade cuts into the cake to be cut and finishes cutting. Therefore, even if the material that makes up the cake is highly sticky, the cut surface will definitely expand, the cut surface will not be rough when the cake is separated after cutting, and the decorations that form the cake's skin layer will not lose their shape, resulting in a defective product. There is no production of

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of a turntable embodying the present invention.

In the figure, 1 is a turntable, and its main components are a turntable body 2 and a pair of mounting stands 3a and 3b arranged on the turntable body 2.
It consists of a plurality of divided mounting tables 4 that are divided into two and arranged on the pair of mounting tables 3a and 3b.

The turntable main body 2 has a rotating shaft 5 vertically disposed at the center of its lower surface, and rotates intermittently at a predetermined angle.

The pair of mounting bases 3a, 3b have joining edges 6a, 6b that join together on a line passing through the rotation center of the turntable main body 2, and both mounting bases 3a, 3b
The pin 7 provided at the joint edge of the machine base (not shown)
When pressed relatively inward by a pressing lever 8 provided on the turntable body 2, the turntable moves at a predetermined angle along a guide 9 provided between it and the turntable body 2, and is moved away from the joint edges 6a. , 6b, and the pin 10 provided at another location is relatively pressed inward by the pressing lever 8 and returned to the same position.

The divided mounting table 4 is supported by a support member 12 having a guide 11 so as to be movable individually in the radial direction (radial direction) with respect to the mounting tables 3a and 3b,
In a normal state, that is, in a normal state in which all the divided mounting tables 4 are located near the center and are close to each other, the whole has a circular shape whose center coincides with the rotation center of the turntable 1, and a mark is provided on the bottom surface of each divided mounting table 4. When the pin 13 is pressed outward by a pressing lever 14 provided on the machine base, it moves in the radial direction along the guide 11.

Next, the procedure for cutting the cake A to be cut will be specifically explained with reference to FIGS. 2 a to 2.

In this example, a case is shown in which a circular cake A to be cut is divided into eight equal parts. Therefore, the angle at which the turntable 1 rotates intermittently is 45 degrees, and the cutting blade is a belt-shaped blade that rotates endlessly, and moves up and down at a fixed position to cut through the center of rotation of the turntable. Assume that the cake A to be cut is to be cut along line B.

(a) Place the cake A to be cut on the divided mounting table 4 in the normal position, and connect the cutting line B ₁ to both mounting tables 3.
Cut the cake A to be cut according to the joining edges 6a and 6b of a and 3b, and divide the cake into two pieces A ₁ ,
Get A ₂ .

(b) After cutting the cake A to be cut into two parts, the pressing lever 8 is operated to release both the mounting bases 3 via the pin 7.
Separate parts a and 3b and cut the cake into two pieces.
Expand the cuts of A ₁ and A ₂ .

(c) Leave the cake pieces A ₁ and A ₂ to be cut into two parts as they are,
Rotate the turntable 1 and cut the cake pieces A 1 _{and A} 2 into two pieces along the cutting line B ₂ passing through the center of rotation of the turntable 1 to obtain the first small cake piece.
a ₁ Get 2 pieces.

(d) By operating the pressing lever 14, the dividing mounting table 4 on which the first small cake piece _A1 is placed is moved in the radial direction via the pin 13, and the first small cake piece _A1 is divided into two cake pieces _A1 to be cut. , A ₂ , and the pressing lever 8 is operated to return both the mounting bases 3 a and 3 b to their original positions via the pin 10 , thereby separating the cake pieces A ₁ and A ₂ to be cut into two pieces and the first small cake piece a ₁
widening the gap between

(e) Rotate the turntable 1 and cut the cake pieces A ₁ and A ₂ into two pieces along the cutting line B ₃ passing through the center of rotation of the turntable 1 to obtain two second small cake pieces A ₂ . .

(f) By operating the pressing lever 14, the division mounting table 4 on which this second small cake piece _a2 is placed is moved in the radial direction via the pin 13, and the second small cake piece _a2 is divided into two cakes to be cut. Separate it from pieces A ₁ and A ₂ , thus widening the cut between them.

(g), (h), (i) Repeat the same steps as (e) and (f) above,
Cut the remaining 2 divided cake pieces A ₁ and A ₂ to obtain 2 third small cake pieces A ₃ and ₂ fourth small cake pieces _{A 4 ,} respectively.
The divided mounting table 4 on which the cut sheet is placed is moved in the radial direction to widen the cut, and all the cutting work is completed.

Incidentally, when the cutting of the cake A to be cut is completed, the divided mounting tables 4 are separated from each other, and the small cake pieces a ₂ , a ₃ , a ₄ placed on these divided mounting tables 4 are removed by appropriate means. The divided placement 4 is taken out.

(Effects) As explained above, in this invention, when a cake to be cut, which is mainly made of sponge confectionery such as a decoration cake, is placed on a turntable and cut with a cutting blade, each time the cutting is finished, Because I widened the cut to form a gap,
Even if the ingredients that make up the cake are highly sticky, the cut edges will not get stuck when separating the cake and the cut edges will not become rough or the cake will lose its shape.
It is particularly suitable for cutting cakes whose skin and middle layers are made of highly adhesive materials, and all cutting operations can be performed mechanically and efficiently using tying operations, resulting in high quality. products at lower production costs.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a turntable embodying the present invention, and FIGS. 2 a to 2 i are explanatory diagrams of the procedure for cutting a cake to be cut. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Turntable, 2...Turntable body, 3a, 3b...Mounting stand, 4...Divided mounting stand, 5...Rotating shaft, 6a, 6b...Joining edge, 7...
...Pin, 8...Press lever, 9...Guide, 10
...pin, 11...guide, 12...support member,
13...Pin, 14...Press lever, A...Cake to be cut, _a2 , _a3 , _a4 ...Small cake pieces.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 Place the cake to be cut on the turntable,
The cake to be cut is cut into two parts by cutting a cutting blade along a cutting line passing through the center of rotation of the turntable, and a predetermined angle is made to the cutting line of the cake piece to be cut into two parts, and the cake piece to be cut into two parts is cut. The cut section is widened by relatively moving the position, and then the turntable is rotated by a predetermined angle and the cutting blade is cut along the cutting line passing through the center of rotation of the turntable to cut the cake piece to be cut into two parts. A small cake piece is obtained, and this first small cake piece is moved radially outward a predetermined distance, and the cake piece to be cut into two parts is returned to the original position at the time of cutting, and the cake piece is returned to this original position. The cut between the cake piece to be cut into two parts and the small case piece is widened, and then the turntable is rotated by a predetermined angle and the cutting blade is cut along the cutting line passing through the center of rotation of the turntable, thereby cutting the cake piece into two parts. The cake piece is cut to obtain a second small cake piece, and the second small cake piece is moved radially outward a predetermined distance.
The cut between the cake pieces to be divided and the cake pieces to be cut is widened, and the process from cutting the second small cake piece to widening the cut by rotating the turntable at a predetermined angle is repeated to separate the remaining two pieces. A cake cutting and separation method characterized by cutting all of the cut cake pieces into small cake pieces and widening the cut ends.