JPH06189669A - Forced feeder in cutting meat with bone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the operating efficiency by automatically holding meat with a bone such as a chicken wing arm, successively feeding the meat to a cutting blade and cutting the meat in cutting the meat with the bone along the bone. CONSTITUTION:This forced feeder is provided with a mechanism for raising meat with a bond conveyed by a belt conveyor for conveying on the side of the starting end with a pulley on the side of the starting end and a tapered roll for raising, conveying the raised meat to a forced conveying mechanism while nipping the meat with toothed belts 11 and 11', then forcedly cutting the bone of the meat with the bone by pressing with pulleys 15 and 15' for pressing with a cutting blade 13 while correcting the bone so as to locate at a position in a groove part 14, further opening the meat nipped in this state to a belt conveyor for conveying on the side of the terminal end and conveying the cut meat to the terminal end.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for forcibly feeding a meat with bones such as a wing so that a cutting blade can cut the meat along the bone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, a meat cutting device as shown in FIG. 8 is used for cutting meat. In this cutting device, a strip-shaped cutting blade a is interlocked between pulleys b and b ′,
The mechanism is such that the lower pulley b'is driven and rotated by a drive motor c to rotate the cutting blade a. There,
A lump of meat to be cut is placed on the bull d and cut into a desired shape by the guide plate e.

[0003]

However, with the cutting device having the above-mentioned mechanism, it is possible to cut meat chunks of a certain size without any trouble. When cutting the meat along the bone as shown in FIG. 9 to make it easier to eat, it takes a lot of time and labor, and further, an accident such as damage to the hand during the cutting work is possible. Further, in the case of cutting a large amount such as in a meat processing factory, the work efficiency is deteriorated and the cost is high, so that it is not implemented yet. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a feeding device for forcibly guiding to a cutting blade so that cutting can be automatically performed along a bone without manual labor.

[0004]

The above object of the present invention can be achieved by an apparatus having the following configuration. That is, the gist of the invention is to construct a groove having a width that allows a meat cutting blade to be inserted in the vertical direction, and to provide a starting end side conveyor belt conveyor and an end side conveyor belt conveyor respectively in front of and behind the groove portion. , The start side pulley is rotatably erected in front of the start side conveyor belt conveyor and the end side, and the end side pulley is rotatable on the start side and the end side conveyor belt conveyor. The toothed belts for sandwiching the meat between the respective start end side pulleys and end side pulleys in a confronting manner, and further, the respective tooth shape belts are terminated from the start end. A plurality of pressing gears meshing with each other are provided along the lower portions on both sides in the longitudinal direction of the groove portion by means of appropriate means so as to be rotatable in the same direction. The pressing rack portion for meshing with the upper end of the pressing wheel, respectively brought laterally bridged in horizontally so as to abut at the center line of the tip of the groove, further to the upper surface of the tip front,
A pair of pressing pulleys are rotatably provided upright, and the pressing rack portion has a mechanism such that it is always in a fixed position by the urging force of a spring member. It is a feeder. Further, a taper roll for starting up is provided on one side of the starting end side pulley.
The rotatably erected and the mechanism that rotates at the same rotational speed as the start end-side pulley causes the flat meat with bone to stand up and be sandwiched by the toothed belt to ensure cutting of the bone. Is what you do.

[0005]

In the apparatus of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 6, the meat C with bones conveyed by the start side conveyor belt conveyor-1.
First, in the state of being raised by the rising taper roll 6, the force is fed to the forced feed mechanism A while being sandwiched by the tooth profile belts 11 and 11 'from between the start end side pulleys 5 and 5'. Is transported. Next, as shown in FIG. 7, the boned meat C that is forced to enter between the pair of pressing pulleys 15 and 15 by the toothed belts 11 and 11 'is the pressing pulley-1.
The meat with bones C is forcibly pressed by the pressing of Nos. 5 and 15 into the groove 1
Correct so that it will be in 4 position. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the pressing gears 16, 16 meshing with the pressing rack portions 17, 17 provided under the pressing pulleys 15, 15 are meshed with each other so that the pressing pulleys 15, 16 are engaged. This is because the distance between the ribs 15 and 15 is kept constant, whereby the bone of the meat C with bone is cut by the cutting teeth 13 located on the center line of the groove portion 14, and further in that state. While being sandwiched by the pressing pulleys 15 and 15 and conveyed to the end side pulleys 7 and 7 ′ and opened on the end side conveying belt conveyor-4, the bone-containing meat C is It will be conveyed to the next process in the separated state.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A forced feeding device for cutting meat with bone according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings showing an embodiment thereof. FIG. 1 is an explanatory plan view of the device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged explanatory view of the main part thereof. Reference numeral 1 denotes a starting-side transfer belt conveyor in which the belt 3 is provided between the pulley 2 and the pulley 2. Similarly, reference numeral 4 is a terminal side conveyor belt conveyor in which a belt 3'is provided between 2'and 2 '. Then, the forced feeding mechanism A is installed between the start side conveyor belt conveyor-1 and the end side conveyor belt conveyor-4. In this forced feed mechanism A, a start end side pulley 5 and a start-up taper roll 6 are rotatably erected on both sides before the end of the start end side transfer belt conveyor-1. Together with the start-up taper roll 6 facing the starting end side
The reel 5'is rotatably provided upright. Further, the end-side pulleys 7 and 7'are rotatably provided on both sides of the start end of the end-side transfer belt conveyor-4.

Therefore, transmission gears 8 and 8'which are meshed with each other are attached to the lower ends of the end-side pulleys 7 and 7 '.
A drive gear 9 is meshed with the transmission gear 8 ', and a drive motor 10 is further connected to the drive gear 9 to drive and rotate the terminal side pulleys 7 and 7'. To do. Then, a toothed belt 11 having concavo-convex shapes on both sides is provided between the starting end side pulley 5 and the ending end side pulley 7, and the starting end side pulley 5'and the ending end side pulley are further provided. -Lee-
Similar tooth-shaped belts 11 ′ are provided between 7 ′ so as to face each other. Further, the pulley 5 on the starting end side and the taper roll 6 for starting are interlocked by a transmission chain 12. Therefore, by the drive rotation of the drive gear 9 in the direction of the arrow B, the tooth profile belts 11 and 11 'and the rising taper roll 6 rotate at the synchronous speed from the start end to the end thereof. It will be. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, depending on the inclination angles of the starting end pulley 5 and the rising taper roll 6, the starting end side conveying belt conveyor has a flat shape as shown by an imaginary line in the figure. The meat C with bone that has been carried by No. 1 rises and the tooth-shaped belts 11 and 1 are raised.
It is sandwiched between 1'and conveyed toward the cutting blade 13.

Further, as shown in FIG.
In the approximate center between 7, 7'and the start end side pulley 5, 5 ',
A groove portion 14 having a width that allows the meat cutting blade 13 to be inserted without any hindrance is provided at the lower end positions of the tooth profile belts 11 and 11 '. A plurality of pairs of pressing pulleys 15 and 15 are provided in the front-rear direction (four in this embodiment) for always maintaining the interval between the toothed belts 11 and 11 'with the groove portion 14 interposed therebetween. ) It is to be erected. As shown in FIG. 5, the pair of pressing pulleys 15 and 15 have a pair of pressing gears 16 and 1 which mesh with each other in the lower portion of the groove portion 14.
6, a lower surface is rotatably erected on an upper surface of a pressing rack portion 17, 17 whose lower surface meshes with the pressing gears 16, 16. Further, the pressing rack portion 17, 17 has a tip end thereof as described above. The storage cylinders 18, 18 provided at the base ends of the pressing racks 17, 17 are horizontally installed so as to maintain the state of being in contact with the center line of the groove 14. The locking annular portion 1 which is externally fitted between the opening edges of the storage tubular portions 18, 18 and the midway portions of the pressing rack portions 17, 17.
A spring member 20, 20 is mounted between the spring member 9 and 19, and a mechanism for constantly abutting the tips of the pressing rack portions 17, 17 on the center line of the groove portion 14 by the urging force of the spring members 20, 20. It is what is done. Therefore, when the pressing pulleys 15 and 15 are expanded, since the pressing gears 16 and 16 are in mesh with each other,
The spring members 20 and 20 are opened and closed at the same intervals while resisting the biasing force of the spring members 20.

[0009]

As described above, in the device of the present invention, the meat with bone is automatically conveyed and the flat meat with bone is raised before being inserted into the forced feeding mechanism, so that the meat in the longitudinal direction of the bone is elongated. The central part is cut by a cutting tooth. Therefore, it is possible to cut meat with bone without using any human hands,
By sequentially supplying meat with bones, a large amount of cutting can be done for a short time,
This will greatly improve work efficiency.

[0010]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially omitted plane explanatory view of a device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged plan view of an essential part of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing the form of a rising taper roll of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged plan view of a main part of the forced feed mechanism of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged side view of the main part of the forced feed mechanism of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a partially omitted explanatory view showing a carrying state in the device of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a forced feeding state of meat with bone in the device of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a mechanism of the meat cutting device.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing a state in which meat with bone is cut along the bone.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Forced feed mechanism 1 Belt conveyor for start side conveyance-4 Belt conveyor for end side conveyance-5, 5'Start end side pulley-6 Startup taper roll 7, 7'End end side pulley -11, 11 'Toothed belt 14 Groove 15 Pushing pulley 16 Pushing gear 17 Pushing rack

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A meat cutting blade is provided with a groove having a width that allows the meat cutting blade to be inserted in the vertical direction, and a front end side conveyor belt conveyor and an end side conveyor belt conveyor are provided in front of and behind the groove portion, respectively. Provided, the start end side pulley is rotatably set up in front of the start end side transfer belt conveyor-end end, and the end end side transfer belt conveyor-start end side and end end pulley are respectively rotated. The tooth profile belts for meat sandwiching are installed in a confronting manner between the respective start end side pulleys and the end side pulleys, and the respective tooth profile belts are further installed from the start end. It can be driven and rotated in the same direction by an appropriate means toward the terminal end, while on the other hand, along the lower portions on both sides in the longitudinal direction of the groove,
By disposing a plurality of pair of pressing gears that mesh with each other,
The pressing rack portions that mesh with each other at the upper ends of the pair of pressing gears are horizontally crossed so that the tips thereof come into contact with each other on the center line of the groove portion. The pushing pulleys are rotatably erected, and the pushing rack portion is always in a fixed position by the urging force of the spring member. apparatus. 2. A start-up taper roll is rotatably provided on the input side of one of the starting end side pulleys and is rotated at a synchronous rotation speed with the starting end side pulley. The force-feeding device for cutting meat with bone according to claim 1, characterized in that the mechanism is as follows.