JPH06327574A - Molding device for vegetable - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a plurality of vegetable cutting planes in a short time simply via the shift of a vegetable along a constant distance by moving a cutter in a direction orthogonal with a transfer route and turning a cutting edge in a direction tangential with the cutting planes. CONSTITUTION:A cutter travel device 4 is provided for moving fine cutters 2 in a direction approximately orthogonal with a transfer route R, interlocked with the driving operation of a feed device, and turning the blades of the cutters 2 in a direction tangential with a cutting plane. Also, the cutters 2 are shifted in a direction approximately orthogonal with the transfer route R by a distance corresponding to the curved section of a slider piece 40, via the shift of the piece 40. The cutting edge of each cutter 2 held with a holding piece 32 is directed toward the tangential direction of grooves 41 corresponding to the curved plane of a vegetable to be molded. Also, both cutters 2 reciprocate within a constant rage, in a direction approximately orthogonal with the transfer route R due to the curved grooves 41, and cutout planes X5 and X6 form curvature. A raw vegetable M after passing the section of the cutters 2 is changed from trapezoidal to hexagonal in cross section, and the hexagonal cross section is formed out of planes X1 to X6.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention molds a vegetable into a three-dimensional mold (a shape similar to a rugby ball, commonly called a shut) as shown on the left side of FIG. The present invention relates to a molding device for vegetables.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a professional cook uses a kitchen knife to mold raw vegetables such as carrots, potatoes and radishes into a shaped vegetable M3 as shown on the left side of FIG. It is common to carve each one by hand.

However, it takes much labor to mold vegetables by hand, and since it requires a lot of labor, it is desired to mechanize them. Recently, vegetables are clamped at both ends in the longitudinal direction. A knife that is sandwiched by a sandwiching body, and this sandwiching body rotates intermittently at a predetermined angle with the longitudinal center axis of the sandwiched vegetables as a rotation axis, and moves along a curved surface when the rotation of the sandwiching body is stopped. Has proposed a so-called "copy method" automatic vegetable shaping machine that cuts a portion of vegetables into a curved surface.

[0004]

However, the above-mentioned conventional "copying type" automatic vegetable patterning device has, for example, "Fig. 7".
In order to mold the octahedron shown on the left side of the figure, the cutting of 6 planes except for the 2 planes at both ends in the longitudinal direction must be performed sequentially by the reciprocating movement of the blade, which exceeds the working speed of a skilled cook. However, there is a problem that it is actually difficult and the superiority of automation is not recognized.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and a vegetable mold in which a plurality of cutting surfaces can be cut only by moving a raw vegetable for a predetermined distance and the driving unit can be driven in a short time. It is intended to provide a taker.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the constitution of the present invention, which has the above-mentioned claims as its main purpose, has a linear transfer path for the raw vegetables M cut into prismatic shapes. A feeding device 1 for moving along the R, and a thin blade 2 for cutting the transfer path R in a direction traversing the transfer path R.
And a holding device 3 for holding the thin blade cutting blade 2 and the thin blade cutting blade 2 are moved in a direction substantially orthogonal to the transfer path R in association with the driving of the feeding device 1, and the blade edge of the thin blade cutting blade 2 is tangential to the cutting surface. The technical means constituted by the blade moving device 4 which is rotated toward.

[0007]

Therefore, the vegetable shaping apparatus of the present invention is used as the raw vegetable M.
Is sent out along the linear transfer path R by the delivery device 1, and if a part of the thin blade cutting blade 2 is located inside the raw vegetable M, the thin blade cutting that crosses the linear transfer path R is performed. The blade 2 apparently passes through the inside of the raw vegetable M, and exhibits an action of cutting the raw vegetable M.

In the above cutting, if the thin blade cutting blade 2 is fixed, the cutting surface will naturally be a flat surface, but this thin blade cutting blade 2 moves in a direction substantially orthogonal to the transfer path R, and at the same time the thin blade is cut. When the blade tip of the cutting blade 2 is rotated in the tangential direction of the cutting surface, the cutting surface has a function of becoming curved along with the movement of the thin blade cutting blade 2 (movement in the orthogonal direction). By arranging 2 in a predetermined number, it is possible to obtain a molded vegetable surrounded by a predetermined cross section.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, the illustrated example will be described as an example in which a potato is molded into a three-dimensional shape shown on the left side of FIG. 7. It is needless to say that the type of raw material vegetables, the shape to be molded, in other words, the finished shape can be changed as appropriate.

In the figure, M is a raw vegetable used in the present invention and is cut into a prismatic shape (in the illustrated embodiment, a trapezoidal columnar section is used, but its sectional shape may be appropriately changed). is there.

To obtain the raw vegetables cut into the prismatic shape, a cutting machine 110 and a dividing machine 120 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are used. First, the cutting machine 110 of FIG. 1 is a potato. A device that cuts both ends of M0 into parallel planes.
The potato M0 is sandwiched between the pair of sandwiching tools 111, 111 on the mounting table 112, and the sandwiching tools 111, 111 (one or both of these sandwiching tools 111, 111 are driven by a solenoid or the like so as to change the distance between them). Is guided by the guide rail 115 and is moved from the left side to the right side in FIG. 1 by a drive source (not shown). The pair of cutting blades 113 and 11 are provided at a substantially central portion on the left and right above the mounting table 112 with a predetermined interval (this interval may be fixed or adjustable).
3 is vertically fixed, and the cutting blades 113, 113 cut both ends of the potato M0 in a plane shape (hereinafter, referred to as pretreated potato M01) by the rightward movement of the potato M0. And the above-mentioned stand 11
One side (right side) of 2 is provided with a push-down and push-out tool 114, both ends of which are cut, and pretreated potato M0
1 is pushed down so that its one cutting plane contacts the upper surface of the mounting table 112, and is pushed out in the direction of arrow P10.

The pretreated potato M01 cut by the cutting machine 110 is transferred to the dividing machine 120 shown in FIG. The mounting table 122 of this divider 120
Is provided with a through hole 124 through which the pretreated potato M01 can be inserted. Inside the through hole 124, a cutting blade die 123 having a shape obtained by combining a plurality of flat trapezoids (see FIG. 5).
(See) is attached. Then, the pre-treated potato M01 transferred from the cutting machine 110 at a predetermined position on the mounting table 122 is sandwiched and the through hole 1 is formed.
The holding body 12 which is moved to the upper side by the drive source 127.
1,121 and through hole 1 of pretreated potato M01
Clamping body 125, 125 for clamping from both sides above 24
(The distance between the two can be changed with a solenoid or the like.), And the pretreated potato M01 is placed on the mounting table 12
A push-down tool 126 is provided below the push button 2. Therefore, the holding bodies 121, 121 (this structure is substantially the same as the holding tools 111, 111 of the cutting machine 110).
Then, when the pretreated potato M01 is transferred to the through hole 124 and the pretreated potato M01 is pushed down by the push-down tool 126, the cutting blade mold 123 passes through the pretreated potato M01. 6 ", a plurality of prismatic raw material vegetables M having a trapezoidal cross section (six in the example) can be obtained.

The vegetable shaping apparatus of the present invention comprises a feeding apparatus 1 for moving the raw vegetable M cut into the prismatic shape along a linear transfer path R. This straight transfer path R
Although not shown in the figure, a V-shaped groove or the like for linearly transferring and guiding the raw material vegetable M while maintaining its posture is used. Further, as the sending-out device 1, it is possible to use the hydraulic cylinder shown in FIG. 4 as well as a device which is reciprocally driven by a driving source such as a solenoid, a screw rod, and a rack, which is difficult to use in the illustrated embodiment. Also, even in the case where locking pieces are projected on the drive loop such as a chain loop at appropriate intervals and the raw material vegetables M are sequentially sent by this locking piece, the thin blade cutting blade 2 described later does not hinder the movement of the locking pieces. It can be put to practical use if devised.

The delivery device 1 shown in FIG.
The pressing surface 13 that pushes out the raw vegetable M is attached to the tip of the rod 12 of the hydraulic cylinder 11. The pressing surface 1
3 has a possibility that when the area is reduced, a large force is concentrated on the end surface of the raw vegetable M and the end surface of the raw vegetable M is crushed. On the other hand, if the area is large, it passes between the fine blade cutting blades 2 described later. Since the raw vegetable M cannot be cut to the end because it becomes impossible, the pressing surface 13 is of a two-stage type. That is, the pressing surface 13 which is normally urged in the distal direction by the spring 14 is loosely fitted to the tip of the rod 12, and the pressing surface 13 is located immediately before the thin blade cutting blade 2 (the last one).
The forward movement is stopped at 5, etc., and then the small diameter rod 12
Only the pressing surface 13 having a large area is used to push out the raw material vegetable M at the beginning of the shaping of the raw material vegetable M, and at the final stage of the shaping, the rod 12 alone is used to move between the narrow cutting blades 2 and 2. The raw material vegetable M is pushed out completely.

The transfer path R is provided in the middle of the transfer path R.
A holding device 3 for holding the thin blade cutting blade 2 is provided in a direction traversing. FIG. 6 shows an example in which the thin blade cutting blade 2 is held in a cantilevered manner, and the thin blade cutting blade 2 is held between the pair of standing walls 31, 31.
A holding piece 32 integrally formed with the holding piece 32 is positioned, and the holding piece 32 is engaged in the grooves 41, 41 of the slider pieces 40, 40 that move in the insertion and removal directions in the through holes 33, 33 of the standing walls 31, 31. ing. Therefore, the thin blade 2 shown in FIG. 6 is fixedly held at a predetermined place unless the slider pieces 40, 40 are moved.

FIG. 6 shows an example in which the thin blade cutting blade 2 is held in a double-sided manner, and holding pieces 35, 35 integrally formed at both ends of the thin blade cutting blade 2 are provided on a pair of standing walls 34, 34. Located,
The holding pieces 35, 35 are through holes 36, 3 in the standing walls 34, 34.
Slider pieces 42, 42 that move in the direction of 6
Are engaged in the grooves 43, 43. Therefore, the thin blade 2 shown in FIG. 7 is also fixedly held at a predetermined position unless the slider pieces 42, 42 are moved.

In the present embodiment, the above-mentioned "FIG. 6" and "FIG. 7" are used in parallel with each other in the front-rear direction.

Further, according to the present invention, the fine blade 2 is moved in a direction substantially orthogonal to the transfer path R in association with the driving of the feeding device 1, and the blade edge of the fine blade 2 is tangential to the cutting surface. A blade moving device 4 is provided which rotates toward.

The cutter moving device 4 has the slider pieces 40 and 42 as main parts, and moves (reciprocates) the slider pieces 40 and 42 in a reciprocating manner by a driving source (not shown) in association with (in conjunction with) pushing of the raw material vegetable M. Thus, that is, the slider pieces 40 and 42 are reciprocally moved in conjunction with the feeding device 1.

Grooves 41, 4 of the slider pieces 40, 42
3 is curved as shown (a straight line can be assumed).
Therefore, by moving the slider pieces 40 and 42, the thin blade cutting blade 2 is moved in a direction substantially orthogonal to the transfer path R by the curved amount (the movement amount is 0 when the grooves 41 and 43 are straight lines). It is done like this.

Further, the holding pieces 32 and 35 are connected to the slider piece 4.
When the holding pieces 32 and 35 are engaged in the grooves 41 and 43 of 0 and 42, the holding pieces 32 and 35 are brought into contact with each other over a certain length range of the grooves 41 and 43. The blade tip of each thin blade cutting blade 2 held by 32 and 35 faces the tangential direction of the grooves 41 and 43 corresponding to the curved surface of the vegetable to be molded.

Instead of the illustrated example, the blade moving device 4 may be a device in which a stepping motor is used to control the amount of movement and the amount of rotation by electric signals.

In FIG. 6, the thin blade 2 is held in a pair of C-shapes, and faces X1, X2, X shown on the right side of the drawing.
The raw material vegetables M forming a trapezoidal cross section with X3 and X4 are pushed in the direction of the arrow P1 so that both widthwise corners of the upper surface X1 are cut off by the double fine blades 2 and 2 and are shown on the left side of the drawing. Temporary molding raw material vegetable M1 and cut-off surface X
5 and X6 are carved out, and this cut-off surface X5, X
When cutting off 6, the fine cutting blades 2 and 2 are reciprocally moved in a certain range in a direction substantially orthogonal to the transfer path R by the curved grooves 41 and 43 so that the cut-off surfaces X5 and X6 form curved surfaces. There is.

Then, the fine cutting blades 2 and 2 shown in FIG.
The cross-section of the raw vegetable which has passed through the part is changed from a trapezoid to a hexagon, and then passed through the thin blade cutting blades 2 and 2 shown in FIG. The thin blade cutting blades 2 and 2 shown in FIG. 7 are provided with a pair of thin blade cutting blades 2 and 2 horizontally, and are cross-sectioned along planes X1, X2, X3, X4, X5 and X6 shown on the right side of the drawing. By pushing the raw vegetable M forming the hexagon in the direction of the arrow P3, the upper surface X1 and the lower surface X3 of the raw vegetable M are cut off by the thin blades 2 and 2, and the shaped vegetable M shown on the left side of the drawing is cut.
3, the cut-off surfaces X1a and X3a are carved out, and when the cut-off surfaces X1a and X3a are cut off, the fine blade cutting blades 2 and 2 are fixed in a direction substantially orthogonal to the transfer path R by the curved grooves 41 and 43. Move back and forth within the range,
The upper surface X1 and the lower surface X3, which are conventionally flat surfaces, are made curved by the cut-off surfaces X1a and X3a.

The grooves 41 and 43, which are curved in an arc shape in the illustrated example, are used. However, a linear shape may be partially used in combination, or a curved shape may be used. The shape of the mold may be changed, and the number of thin blades 2 used (the number of cutting steps is changed instead of cutting in two steps of "Fig. 6" and "Fig. 7") to change the cross section. Of course, the shape may be variously changed.

[0026]

Industrial Applicability Since the present invention is as described above, it is possible to provide a vegetable shaping apparatus capable of shaping a raw material vegetable M into a desired shape by being extruded while being guided by a fixed distance transfer path R. Is.

Particularly in the present invention, the raw material vegetable M is extruded,
Since the fine blade cutting blade 2 is used to make a mold during the movement, the drive unit includes the feeding device 1 and each blade moving device 4
Therefore, the structure is simplified, and it is possible to provide an efficient vegetable patterning device that completes the patterning in an extremely short time by only moving the raw material vegetable M forward.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a cutting machine used in the previous stage of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a divider used in the previous stage of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a cutting blade type of the dividing machine.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the main parts of the above-mentioned dividing machine.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a main part of a front stage showing an embodiment of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a main part of a rear stage showing an embodiment of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a partial sectional front view of a feeding device used in the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 M Raw vegetables R Transfer path 1 Feeding device 2 Fine blade cutting blade 3 Holding device 4 Cutting tool moving device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A feeding device (1) for moving a raw vegetable (M) cut into a prismatic shape along a linear transfer path (R), and the transfer path (R) in the middle of the transfer path (R). ) And a holding device (3) for holding the thin blade cutting blade (2) in a direction crossing the same), and the thin blade cutting blade (2) in a direction substantially orthogonal to the transfer path (R) in association with driving of the feeding device 1. A vegetable molding device comprising a blade moving device (4) which moves and rotates the blade edge of the thin blade cutting blade (2) in the tangential direction of the cutting surface.