JPH0624496U - Food molding cutting machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To provide a food product cutting machine in which the main body 30 of the food product cutting machine can be easily attached and detached and the components thereof can be sufficiently washed. A base end portion of a frame body 35 of the food forming and cutting machine main body 30 is detachably fixed to a tip end portion of an elevating table 15 which is elevated by a drive device 41, and the frame body 35 is cantilevered to form a machine frame 1
A power for opening and closing the diaphragm piece provided in the drive device 41, which is provided on the drive device 41, in which the operating rod 31 for opening and closing the diaphragm piece 37, which is arranged outside and is supported in the frame body 35 so as to be openable and closable, is reciprocally inserted. An operating rod 31 is detachably connected to the transmission mechanism 28. [Operation] By removing the operating rod 31 from the power transmission mechanism 28 and removing the frame 35 from the elevating table 15, the food forming and cutting machine main body 30 is removed, and this is disassembled outside the machine to disassemble the frame 35 and the squeezing piece 31. After cleaning the components such as the above, these are assembled and attached to the lift 15 or the like.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Application fields for business]

 The present invention relates to an improvement of a food forming and cutting machine such as a wrapping machine.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 60-85178, a squeezing piece guide having a regular hexagonal opening is used as a frame body of a food forming and cutting machine body, and six frames are provided at the opening of this frame body. Shaped diaphragm pieces are fitted and supported so as to be linearly reciprocable along each side around the opening and slidably supported with each other, and have a similar shape to the opening of the frame inside the diaphragm piece. By forming a hole that can be opened and closed and inserting a rod-shaped food material that descends at a predetermined speed when opening this hole, slide the diaphragm piece with the drive device to close the hole, and the food material will be drawn by each diaphragm piece. 2. Description of the Related Art Food forming and cutting machines that form and cut into a nearly spherical shape are known.

Further, there is a food forming and cutting machine disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 62-186751, and this food forming and cutting machine was filed before the filing of the present invention and published in the prior application. It has the following structure. That is, the plate-shaped frame body of the food forming / cutting machine main body is supported by a plurality of support shafts so as to be able to move up and down, and the frame is raised and lowered via a lifting crank mechanism by the rotation of a lifting motor, and at the same time opening and closing. The operation lever is reciprocally moved by the rotation of the electric motor through a dynamic force transmission mechanism having an opening / closing crank mechanism, thereby opening and closing the aperture piece fitted and supported by the frame body.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in the above-mentioned conventional and prior application food forming and cutting machines, it is troublesome to attach and detach the frame body of the food forming and cutting machine main body to the members such as the lifting platform that is elevated and lowered by the drive device. If both ends of the frame of the main body are supported, the desorption process becomes more troublesome.If the frame is attached to the lift table and the diaphragm pieces are removed for cleaning, the frame will be removed. It cannot be washed sufficiently, and the extruder for food materials provided above the machine frame interferes with the removal of the squeezing piece and the like from the frame.

Further, if a receiving member such as a carry-out conveyor for receiving the cut and cut food material is installed below the main body of the food molding and cutting machine, it becomes difficult to clean the receiving member, and the cleaning can be facilitated. However, it is necessary to widen the upper and lower gaps between the main body of the food forming and cutting machine and the carry-out conveyor.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is easy to attach and detach the main body of the food molding and cutting machine, and the components that compose the main body can be sufficiently cleaned to be hygienic. At the same time, it is an object of the present invention to provide a food product forming and cutting machine in which the receiving member can be easily cleaned.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 This invention is provided with a machine frame having a built-in drive device and a food forming and cutting machine main body that moves up and down together with an elevating table by the drive device. Two adjacent sides are used as sliding surfaces and movably along each side of the opening. As many aperture pieces as the number of corners of the opening are fitted and supported on the frame body, and an openable and closable hole is formed inside the aperture piece. In the formed food forming and cutting machine, the base end of the frame of the food forming and cutting machine main body is detachably fixed to the tip of the elevating table, and the frame is cantilevered and placed outside the machine frame. Then, the operating rod for opening and closing the aperture piece is reciprocally inserted into the frame body, and the operating rod is detachably connected to the power transmission mechanism for opening and closing the aperture piece provided in the drive unit.

[0008]

[Action]

 In the food forming and cutting machine according to the present invention, the base end of the frame of the food forming and cutting machine main body is detachably fixed to the tip of the lifting table, and the frame is cantilevered and arranged outside the machine frame. Then, remove the operating rod for opening and closing the diaphragm piece from the power transmission mechanism for opening and closing the diaphragm piece installed in the drive device, remove the base end of the frame from the tip of the lift, and in this state, By pulling the main body away from the lift, it can be easily removed without disassembling the main body of the food cutting machine. Then, by disassembling the food molding and cutting machine body outside the food molding and cutting machine and cleaning the components such as the frame and the squeezing piece, these parts can be cleaned sufficiently and hygienically. is there. Furthermore, after assembling the disassembled parts after cleaning, the frame of the food forming and cutting machine main body is fixed to the lifting table, and the operating rod is connected to the power transmission mechanism, so that the food forming and cutting machine main body It can be installed easily. As described above, since the main body of the food molding cutting machine can be easily removed and installed, the main body of the food molding cutting machine can be easily replaced.

In addition, when the above-mentioned food forming and cutting machine main body is removed, since the vertical gap between the receiving member such as a conveyor for receiving the cut and formed food material and the extruder for the food material is large, The receiving member can be easily cleaned, and the vertical distance between the extruder and the receiving member can be relatively small.

[0010]

【Example】

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a machine casing. In this machine casing 1, a housing 3 is fixed on a base 2 and a plurality of guide shafts 4 are provided inside a base 2 and a housing 3. A reduction gear 5 and an electric motor 6 integrated with the reduction gear 5 are fixedly provided to the base 2, and an upper end portion of the guide shaft 4 is fixed to a bearing receiver 7. A pulley 9 and a pulley 10 are fixed to the lower ends of an output shaft 5a protruding below the speed reducer 5 and a main shaft 8 which will be described later, and an endless timing belt 11 is wound around these pulleys 9 and 10. There is. The upper and lower ends of the main shaft 8 are rotatably supported by the bearing receiver 7 and the base 2 via the bearings 12 and 13, and are vertically supported by the bearing 8.

A lifting cam 14 is fitted and fixed to the lower part of the main shaft 8, and a cam groove 14 a is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the cam 14. An elevating table 15 is fitted to and supported by the guide shaft 4 so as to be able to move up and down while being restrained from moving in the horizontal direction. The upper end of the elevating arm 16 is fixed to the elevating table 15 and pivotally attached to the lower end of the elevating arm 16. The cam follower 17 is rotatably engaged with the cam groove 14a of the lifting cam 14.

A spline 8 a is formed on the upper portion of the main shaft 8, a spline 18 a formed on the inner peripheral surface of the opening / closing cam 18 is engaged with the spline 8 a, and a cam is provided at the upper end of the opening / closing cam 18. The groove 18b is formed endlessly. The upper and lower ends of the opening / closing cam 18 are rotatably supported by the elevating table 15 via bearings 19 and 20 so that the axial movement thereof is restricted. An open / close shaft 21 is horizontally supported by the lift base 15 so as to be horizontally reciprocable, one end of an open / close arm 22 is fixed to the open / close shaft 21, and a cam follower 23 pivotally attached to the other end of the open / close arm 22. Is rotatably engaged with the cam groove 18b of the opening / closing cam 18.

On the left side of the lift 15 is provided a support portion 24 that projects outward to the left side of the machine frame 1. The support portion 24 includes a case 25, a lid 26 fixed on the case 25, and a case 25. The cover 27 is detachably fixed by a knob screw 39 and has a substantially box shape.

A tip portion of the opening / closing shaft 21 extends into the support portion 24, and the opening / closing shaft 21 has an operating rod 3 of the main body 30 of the food molding cutting machine 30 via a power transmission mechanism 28 for opening / closing a diaphragm piece, as will be described later. It is removably connected to 1. That is, in the power transmission mechanism 28, the drive side rack 29 provided at the tip of the opening / closing shaft 21 is meshed with the intermediate gear 32, and the intermediate gear 32 is meshed with the drive side rack 29 and the driven side rack 33 whose axial direction is orthogonal to each other. The axial direction of the operating rod 31 and the connecting shaft 34 to which the driven side rack 33 is fixed are orthogonal to each other, and the end portion of the operating rod 31 is fitted to the connecting shaft 34 and is screwed into the connecting shaft 34. It is fixed by pressing with a screw 40. The intermediate gear 32 is pivotally attached to the case 25 by a pivot pin 25b, and both ends of the connecting shaft 34 are axially reciprocally supported by the case 25. A drive device 41 incorporating the power transmission mechanism 28 is configured by the respective components except the machine frame 1 and the food-molding / cutting machine main body 30.

The food forming and cutting machine main body 30 is detachably fitted and supported by the U-shaped groove 25 a formed at the front end of the case 25, and the base end projection 35 a of the frame 35 is supported by the left end of the case 25. The protruding portion 35a is pressed against the lower side wall of the U-shaped groove 25a by the screw 36 with the knob that is screwed, and is detachably fixed to the support portion 24 of the lifting table 15, so that the frame body 35 is outside the machine frame 1. It is placed in a cantilever manner.

A flat hexagonal opening 35 b is formed in the upper portion of the inner peripheral surface of the frame body 35, and six flat trapezoidal diaphragm pieces 37 are fitted in the opening 35 b, and these diaphragm pieces 37 are formed in the opening 35 b. One slanted side is supported by the frame body 35 so as to be linearly reciprocally movable along each side of the periphery, and the other slanted side is slidably supported by the long bottom side of the adjacent diaphragm piece 37. A regular hexagonal hole that can be opened and closed is formed on the center side surrounded by the long bottom. A ring-shaped upper lid 42 that supports the upper surface of the aperture piece 37 is detachably fixed to the upper surface of the frame body 35 by a plurality of knob screws 43.

The distal end portion of the operating rod 31 is fitted and fixed to the diaphragm piece 37 whose oblique side parallel to the connecting shaft 34 is supported by the side of the opening 35 b, and the operating rod 31 is inserted into the frame body 35. The hole 35c is reciprocally inserted in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the operating rod 31. Further, recesses 37a and 37b are formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the diaphragm piece 37, respectively.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 38 denotes a round bar-shaped food material that is doubly extruded from a nozzle of an extruder (not shown). The food material 38 surrounds a core material 38a such as bean jam and its outer periphery. And an outer skin material 38b. The food material 38 is made to descend so that the axis of the food material 38 and the center of the hole formed by the drawing piece 37 coincide with each other, and a carry-out conveyor (not shown) is disposed below the food product forming and cutting machine body 30. Has been done.

Next, the operation of the embodiment configured as described above will be described. The round bar-shaped food material 38 extruded from the nozzle of the extruder (not shown) descends at a predetermined speed, and the lower end of the food material 38 is at the lower end of the food forming / cutting machine main body 30 when the squeezing piece 37 of the main body 30 is fully opened. Arrive at.

At this time, the main shaft 8 is rotated by the drive of the electric motor 6 via the speed reducer 5, the pulley 9, the timing belt 11, and the pulley 10, and the lifting cam 14 is also rotating. The cam follower 17 engaged with the cam groove 14a descends in accordance with the shape of the cam groove 14a, and the elevating table 15 starts to descend from the ascending limit via the elevating arm 16, and the food forming cutter main body 30 together with the elevating table 15 starts. It descends at the same speed as the food material 38. With the rotation of the main shaft 8, the opening / closing cam 18 rotates in synchronization with the lifting cam 14, and the cam follower 23 engaged with the cam groove 18b of the opening / closing cam 18 moves according to the shape of the cam groove 18b to open / close. The opening / closing shaft 21 advances leftward via the arm 22, and the operating rod 31 moves in the closing direction of the diaphragm piece 37 via the power transmission mechanism 28. That is, as the opening / closing shaft 21 moves forward to the left, the intermediate gear 32 rotates via the drive side rack 29, the driven side rack 33 moves downward in FIG. 2, and the operating rod 31 also moves through the connecting shaft 34. 2 Move down.

Therefore, when the diaphragm piece 37 fixed to the operating rod 31 moves, the other diaphragm pieces 37 also move, and the holes formed by these pieces are gradually reduced from full opening to squeeze the food material 38. When the food forming and cutting machine body 30 reaches the lower limit, the hole of the drawing piece 37 is fully closed as shown in FIG. 1, the food material 38 is cut, and the food is cut. The food material that has been dropped falls onto the carry-out conveyor and is carried out by this conveyor. Further, the upper portion of the cut portion of the food material 38 is molded at the lower portion by the concave portion 37a on the upper surface of the drawing piece 37.

After the food forming / cutting machine main body 30 reaches the lower limit and the hole of the diaphragm piece 37 is completely closed, the lift table is lifted depending on the shapes of the cam grooves 14a and 18b of the lifting cam 14 and the opening / closing cam 18. The food forming / cutting machine main body 30 rises via 15 and the throttle piece 37 moves in the opening direction via the power transmission mechanism 28 to return to the state before the operation, but the round bar-shaped food material 38 moves at a predetermined speed. Due to the downward movement, the squeezing piece 37 is returned to the fully opened state before the food forming / cutting machine body 30 reaches the upward movement, and the above-described operation is repeated. It should be noted that this returning operation is preferably performed rapidly depending on the shapes of the cam grooves 14a and 18b of the cams 14 and 18.

In addition, when cleaning the main body 30 of the food forming and cutting machine, with the electric motor 6 stopped, the knob screw 39 is removed, the cover 27 is removed, and one of the upper surfaces of the case 25 of the support portion 24 is removed. The opening is opened, and the pressing of the operating rod 31 to the connecting shaft 34 by the knob screw 40 is loosened from this opening, and the pressing of the protrusion 35a of the frame 35 to the case 25 by the knob screw 36 is loosened. By pulling the food forming / cutting machine main body 30 to the left side in FIG. 1, the frame 35 is removed from the case 25 of the support portion 24, and the operating rod 31 is pulled out from the connecting shaft 34.

In this state, the food product cutting machine main body 30 is carried to an appropriate place, the knob screws 43 and the upper lid 42 are removed from the frame body 35, and then the diaphragm piece 37 is removed from the frame body 35 to wash them. To do. In addition, the carry-out conveyor located below the food forming and cutting machine body 30 at the time of mounting is cleaned. After that, the squeezing piece 37 is assembled to the frame body 35, the upper lid 42 is fixed to the frame body 35 by the knob screws 43, and the food-molding / cutting machine main body 30 is assembled. The frame body 35 is assembled in the reverse order of the above-described removal operation. The operating rod 31 is fixed to the case 25, the connecting shaft 34 is fixed to the connecting shaft 34, and the cover 27 is fixed to the case 25. Then, the food product cutting machine main body 30 can be replaced by the same operation as when cleaning.

In this invention, if the power transmission mechanism is connected to the opening / closing shaft and detachably connects the member at the output end and the operating rod, for example, a mechanism using a link mechanism is appropriately changed. However, it is possible to reduce the size by using the configuration of the embodiment.

[0026]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, the food forming and cutting machine according to the present invention is configured such that the base end of the frame of the food forming and cutting machine main body is detachably fixed to the tip of the elevating table, and the frame is cantilevered. Since it was placed on the outside of the frame, remove the operating rod for opening and closing the diaphragm piece from the power transmission mechanism for opening and closing the diaphragm piece provided in the drive device, remove the base end of the frame from the tip of the elevator, and in this state, By pulling out the food forming / cutting machine main body in the direction away from the lifting table, the food forming / cutting machine main body can be easily removed without disassembling. Then, by disassembling the main body of the food forming and cutting machine and washing the components such as the frame and the squeezing piece outside the food forming and cutting machine, these parts can be sufficiently cleaned, which is hygienic. . Furthermore, after assembling the disassembled parts after cleaning, the frame of the food forming and cutting machine body is fixed to the elevating table, and the operating rod is connected to the power transmission mechanism to attach the food forming and cutting machine body. You can easily. As mentioned above, since the main body of the food forming and cutting machine can be easily removed and attached, the main body of the food forming and cutting machine can be easily replaced.

Further, in the state where the food forming and cutting machine body described above is removed, the vertical gap between the receiving member such as a conveyor for receiving the cut and formed food material and the extruder for the food material is large. The receiving member can be easily cleaned, and the vertical distance between the extruder and the receiving member can be relatively small.

[Submission date] April 16, 1993

[Procedure Amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0001

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

[0001]

[Field of the industrial]

 The present invention relates to an improvement of a food forming and cutting machine such as a wrapping machine.

[Procedure Amendment 2]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be corrected] 0005

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

Furthermore, when installing a receiving member such as receiving food material molded cut below the food product forming cutting unit Turkey Nbeya, cleaning of the receiving member becomes difficult, to be able to facilitate cleaning , it is necessary to extend the vertical spacing between the food product forming tool unit and the conveyor, the food molding cutting machine has a problem of a large.

[Procedure 3]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0008

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

[0008]

[Action]

In the food forming and cutting machine according to the present invention, the base end of the frame of the food forming and cutting machine main body is detachably fixed to the tip of the lifting table, and the frame is cantilevered and arranged outside the machine frame. Then, remove the operating rod for opening and closing the diaphragm piece from the power transmission mechanism for opening and closing the diaphragm piece installed in the drive device, remove the base end of the frame from the tip of the lift, and in this state, By pulling the main body away from the lift, it can be easily removed without disassembling the main body of the food cutting machine. Then, by disassembling the food molding and cutting machine body outside the food molding and cutting machine and cleaning the components such as the frame and the squeezing piece, these parts can be cleaned sufficiently and hygienically. is there. Furthermore, after assembling the disassembled parts after cleaning, the frame of the food forming and cutting machine main body is fixed to the lifting table, and the operating rod is connected to the power transmission mechanism, so that the food forming and cutting machine main body mounting also Ru can be easily.

[Procedure amendment 4]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0009

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

[0009] As described above, removal of the food product forming the cutting machine body, than the attachment can be easily, exchange of food molding tool unit is easy. And it is known that the shape of the molded cut product varies depending on the shape of the squeezing piece, etc. , and the food molding cutting machine body incorporating another type of squeezing piece can be easily attached and detached, and various shapes of food can be be molded disconnect can be very easily. In a state detaching the food product forming cutting unit described above, a receiving member such as Turkey Nbeya undergoing shaping cut food materials, vertical distance between the extruder food material since most heard, the receiving member It can be easily cleaned, and the vertical distance between the extruder and the receiving member can be relatively small. Further, since the arrangement on the machine frame outside the food product forming tool unit in cantilevered, or the flow direction of the conveyor for receiving the molded disconnect the food material laterally, as receiving members, or set up a rotating table, or For example, the oil tank of the fryer can be installed directly below the main body of the food forming and cutting machine, so that a large degree of freedom can be obtained in the installation of the receiving member, and the range of utilization of the cut and formed food material can be easily expanded .

[Procedure Amendment 5]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0026

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

[0026]

[Effect of device]

As described above, the food forming and cutting machine according to the present invention is configured such that the base end of the frame of the food forming and cutting machine main body is detachably fixed to the tip of the elevating table, and the frame is cantilevered. Since it was placed on the outside of the frame, remove the operating rod for opening and closing the diaphragm piece from the power transmission mechanism for opening and closing the diaphragm piece provided in the drive device, remove the base end of the frame from the tip of the elevator, and in this state, By pulling out the food forming / cutting machine main body in the direction away from the lifting table, the food forming / cutting machine main body can be easily removed without disassembling. Then, by disassembling the main body of the food forming and cutting machine and washing the components such as the frame and the squeezing piece outside the food forming and cutting machine, these parts can be sufficiently cleaned, which is hygienic. . Furthermore, after assembling the disassembled parts after cleaning, the frame of the food forming and cutting machine body is fixed to the elevating table, and the operating rod is connected to the power transmission mechanism to attach the food forming and cutting machine body. Ru can be easily.

[Procedure correction 6]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be corrected] 0027

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

[0027] As described above, removal of the food product forming the cutting machine body, than the attachment can be easily, exchange of food molding tool unit is easy. And it is known that the shape of the molded cut product varies depending on the shape of the squeezing piece, etc. , and the food molding cutting machine body incorporating another type of squeezing piece can be easily attached and detached, and various shapes of food can be be molded disconnect can be very easily. In a state detaching the food product forming cutting unit described above, a receiving member such as Turkey Nbeya undergoing shaping cut food materials, vertical distance between the extruder food material since most heard, the receiving member It can be easily cleaned, and the vertical distance between the extruder and the receiving member can be relatively small. Further, since the arrangement on the machine frame outside the food product forming tool unit in cantilevered, or the flow direction of the conveyor for receiving the molded disconnect the food material laterally, as receiving members, or set up a rotating table, or etc. oil bath flyer or can placed directly under the food product forming the cutting machine body, a large degree of freedom to the installation of the receiving member Erare readily extend the reach of the shaped cut food material.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view showing a food product forming and cutting machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional plan view showing a main part of the food product forming and cutting machine of FIG.

[Explanation of reference numerals] 1 machine frame 6 electric motor 8 main shaft 14 lifting cam 15 lifting platform 16 lifting arm 17 cam follower 18 opening / closing cam 22 opening / closing arm 23 cam follower 28 power transmission mechanism 30 food forming and cutting machine body 31 operating rod 34 connecting shaft 35 Frame 36 Screw 37 Drawing piece 38 Food material 41 Drive device

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Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A machine frame having a built-in drive device, and a food forming and cutting machine main body that moves up and down together with an elevating table by the drive device, wherein a regular polygonal opening is formed in a frame body of the food forming and cutting machine main body. , A hole that can be moved along each side of the opening with two adjacent sides being sliding surfaces so that the same number of aperture pieces as the number of corners of the opening are fitted and supported by the frame body and can be opened and closed inside the aperture piece. In the food forming and cutting machine formed with, the base end of the frame of the food forming and cutting machine main body is detachably fixed to the tip of the elevating table, and the frame is cantilevered and arranged outside the machine frame. The operation lever for opening and closing the diaphragm piece is reciprocally inserted into the frame body, and the operation lever is detachably connected to a power transmission mechanism for opening and closing the diaphragm piece provided in the drive device. Food molding cutting machine.