JPH0675338U - Cutter device for cooking - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] With a cutter device for cooking, cut food can be directly received by tableware or the like. In a cooking cutter device having a cutter 22 which is connected to an electric motor 32 incorporated in a main body portion 10 via a transmission portion and which is rotated about a rotation axis in a horizontal plane, the cooking cutter device is arranged above the cutter 22. A hopper 36 which is installed and into which food to be cut is put, and the cutter 22
And an opening portion 14 that is opened in a lower portion of the main body portion 10 and in which a receptacle for receiving the food cut by the cutter 22 is housed so as to be freely inserted and removed.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a cooking cutter device for cutting food such as vegetables.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Generally, a cooking cutter, which cuts foods such as vegetables into slices, transmits the driving force from the built-in electric motor to the cutter via a transmission unit, and the cutter is rotated about a rotation axis in a horizontal plane. It In a conventional cooking cutter device, an attached dedicated container (hereinafter, referred to as a dedicated container) is attached to a main body having an electric motor and a transmission unit built therein, and the cutter is attached to the inside of the dedicated container. Therefore, the food such as vegetables put in the special container was cut in the special container and stored as it was in the special container.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 Therefore, when eating or cooking the food cut in the special container, the special container had to be transferred to tableware or a cooking container, and the special container had to be washed after use. Also, the amount that can be cut at one time is limited to the capacity of the dedicated container, so when you want to cut more food, transfer the food in the dedicated container to another container each time after cutting and add the food to the dedicated container again. I had to cut it. The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to directly receive cut food into a food container, a cooking container, or the like, and further, by successively feeding food into a food feeding port, An object is to provide a cooking cutter that can continuously cut without interruption.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present inventor has arrived at the present idea as a result of studying that it is effective to attach a cutter, which was conventionally mounted in a dedicated container, to the outside of the dedicated container. That is, the cooking cutter device according to the present invention is a cooking cutter device having a cutter that is connected to an electric motor built in a main body through a transmission part and that is rotated about a rotation axis in a horizontal plane. , A hopper that is arranged above the cutter and into which the food to be cut is put, and a receiver that is opened at the main body part below the cutter and that receives the food cut by the cutter can be freely inserted and removed. It is characterized by having an opening part to be stored. In the present invention having such a structure, the cutter is housed in a cassette case through which food to be cut having upper and lower through holes can pass, and a driven joint portion at the rotary shaft end of the cutter is formed. An insert portion is formed in the main body so that the cassette case accommodating the cutter can be removably inserted therein, and the transmitting portion engages with the driven joint portion when the cassette case is inserted into the insert portion. The drive joint part that can be engaged is provided so that the drive joint part is movable between the engaged position and the disengaged position with respect to the driven joint part, and is normally biased. The member is urged by the member to be in the non-engagement position with the driven joint part, and is engaged with the driven joint part by moving against the urging force of the urging member, and the drive joint is in the engaged position. There is a stopper that can be engaged and disengaged, and the start switch of the electric motor is formed on a push button switch, and a lock that prevents the push button switch from being pushed is provided at all times. It is characterized in that release means for releasing the lock of the push button by the lock is provided in conjunction with the movement of the drive joint portion in the direction of engaging with the driven joint portion.

[0005]

[Action]

 According to the cooking cutter device of the present invention, food such as vegetables put in the hopper provided above the cutter is cut by the cutter, and can be freely put in and out of the opening formed in the main body below the cutter. You can directly receive the dishes or cooking containers stored in the. For this reason, a dedicated container is not always necessary, and it is possible to eliminate the trouble of transferring to a food container or the like after completion of cutting. Further, by successively feeding food into the hopper, continuous cutting can be performed, and it is possible to solve the problem that the amount of food that can be cut is regulated by the capacity of a dedicated container as in the past.

[0006]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing an embodiment of a cooking cutter according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the vicinity of the transmission portion of FIG. Reference numeral 10 is a main body of the cooking cutter, which has an electric motor 32 and a plurality of gears 34 as a transmission unit built-in. An opening 14 is provided to be inserted into. Reference numeral 12 is a receiving container mounting table. An insert portion 11 for inserting the cassette case 21 accommodating the cutter 22 is provided above the receiver mounting table 12, and above the insert portion 11, a hopper 36 for putting in food to be cut is attached and detached. It is installed as possible. The hopper 36 is open vertically. A main shaft 27 is provided at the center of the main body 10 so as to be rotatable about a bearing 33 and movable in the axial direction. A drive joint portion 25 that is detachably engaged with a driven joint portion 24, which will be described later, is fixed to the lower end of the main shaft 27. As shown in FIG. 3, the drive joint portion 25 is provided with four engagement ribs 40 projecting on the lower surface side thereof at regular intervals in the circumferential direction.

Reference numeral 21 denotes the cassette case, in which a cutter 22 is rotatably accommodated, and can be inserted into and removed from the insertion portion 11 of the main body portion 10 in a horizontal direction (a direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. 1). It has become. The cassette case 21 includes a lid portion 19 and a box portion 20. The lid portion 19 and the box portion 20 are detachably fitted in a bayonet manner. That is, a horizontal groove (not shown) and a vertical groove (not shown) communicating with the groove and opening to the upper edge are formed in the upper portion of the box portion 20, and the inner wall surface of the lid portion 19 is formed. A convex portion (not shown) which can be engaged with the concave groove and the vertical groove is formed in the concave groove and the concave groove is fitted into the concave groove. Needless to say, the configurations of the lid portion 19 and the box portion 20 are not limited to the above. Further, the lid 19 is formed with an opening communicating with the hopper 36, and the bottom of the box 20 is formed with an opening through which cut foods pass. It is preferable that the opening provided in the box portion 20 has a large opening area so that the cut food does not accumulate in the cassette case 21. A bearing 26 is formed in the center of the box portion 20, and a rotary shaft 22a of a cutter 22 is fitted in the bearing 26. A blade (not shown) is fixed in place on the cutter 22, and the shape of the blade is various such as shredded, chopped, sliced, and grated. The cutter 22 is replaced each time. The driven joint portion 24 is fixed to the upper end of the rotary shaft 25 of the cutter 22. As shown in FIG. 4, on the upper surface of the driven joint portion 24, four protrusions 44 that can be engaged with the engaging ribs 40 of the drive joint portion 25 are formed. One side surface of the projection 44 is formed as a unidirectional slope 42.

Next, the transmission section will be described. The driving force of the electric motor 32 is decelerated by the plurality of gear groups 34 and transmitted to the cutter 22 via the main shaft 27, the drive joint portion 25 and the driven joint portion 24. Reference numeral 35 denotes a gear that directly transmits power to the main shaft 27, and is rotatably supported on a bearing 33 provided on the main body 10. A cylindrical body portion 37 is erected on the gear 35. A pin 30 is fixed to the upper end side of the main shaft 27 by penetrating laterally, and both ends of the pin 30 penetrate through a long hole 37a (FIG. 2) provided in the cylindrical portion 37 in the vertical direction to the outside. It is protruding. A spring 28 is interposed between the pin 30 and the upper surface of the gear 35, and the spring 28 pushes up the pin 30 so that it abuts on the upper end of the elongated hole 37a (FIG. 2). As a result, the main shaft 27 is also pushed up to a predetermined position, and the drive joint portion 25 provided at the lower end is not engaged with the driven joint portion 24. By pushing down the main shaft 27 against the urging force of the spring 28, the drive joint portion 25 and the driven joint portion 24 are engaged with each other. Reference numeral 23 denotes a joint lock knob for engaging the joint portion, which is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape and is vertically movable by being guided by a cylindrical body 52 provided in the main body portion 10. It projects outward from the case.

On the lower surface of the joint lock knob 23, a pressing protrusion 50 that abuts on the upper end of the main shaft 27 is provided. A lock lever 38 is provided on the outer periphery of the lower end of the joint lock knob 23. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the lock lever 38 is vertically moved in a vertical cutout 54 provided in the tubular body 52. It is becoming possible. Then, by pushing down the joint lock knob 23 against the biasing force of the spring 28 until the lock lever 38 comes out of the notch 54, the main shaft 27 descends, and the drive join portion 25 and the driven joint portion 24 are engaged. To do. Then, by rotating the joint lock knob 23 by a predetermined angle at this position, the lock lever 38 wraps around the lower end surface side of the tubular body 52, whereby the upward movement of the main shaft 27 is restricted, and the engagement of the joint portion is restricted. The combined state is maintained. Reference numeral 29 is a protrusion provided on the lower surface of the tubular body 52, and regulates the rotation angle of the joint lock knob 23. The lock lever 38 and the tubular body 52 (lower surface) form a stopper that maintains engagement of the joint portion.

Next, the lock mechanism of the starting switch 31 will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8. The starting switch 31 of the electric motor of this embodiment is formed as a push button switch, and normally the starting switch 31 cannot be pushed in by the lock plate 41. That is, the lock plate 41 is rotatable around the column 39, engages with the lock lever 38 of the joint lock knob 23 at one end, and has a recess provided around the start switch 31 at the other end. The start switch 31 is locked. Therefore, the start switch 31 cannot be pushed in unless the lock by the lock plate 41 is released. In order to release the lock, as described above, the joint lock knob 23 is pushed down and rotated to the left, whereby the lock lever 38 also rotates, whereby the lock plate 41 rotates about the column 39, The other end of the lock plate 41 comes out of the recess of the start switch 31, the lock is released, and the start switch 31 can be pushed in. Therefore, unless the cutter 22 is securely attached to the main body portion 10, the start switch 31 cannot be pushed in and safety can be ensured.

The present embodiment is configured as described above, and the user puts the food into the hopper 36 and presses the food with a food holding member (not shown) against the rotating cutter 22 to remove the food. It can be cut with a rotating cutter 22. Then, the cut food can be directly received by the tableware or the cooking container placed on the receiver mounting table 12. Therefore, it is not necessary to move the cut food from the special container to another container as in the conventional case, and the next cooking can be performed as it is. Further, if foods are successively added to the hopper 36, continuous cutting is possible. Then, the cutter 22 may be replaced by removing the cassette case 21 from the main body 10, replacing the stored cutter 22, and mounting the cutter on the main body 10. As described above, in the cooking cutter device according to the present invention, since the cutter 22 is mounted in the cassette case 21 which is smaller than the conventional dedicated container, the cutter 22 can be easily replaced. Further, as for post-cleaning, it is not necessary to wash a large dedicated container as in the conventional case, only the hopper 36, the cassette case 21 and the cutter 22 are washed, which are small and easy to handle.

[0012]

[Effect of device]

 According to the cooking cutter device of the present invention, the cut food can be directly received by the tableware or the cooking container to which the cut food is desired, and the continuous cutting can be performed by successively feeding the food into the hopper. . Also, since the cutter is housed in the cassette case, it is easy to replace the cutter. Furthermore, unless the cutter is securely attached to the main body, the start switch cannot be pushed in, which is excellent in safety.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the vicinity of a transmission unit in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a drive joint section.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a driven joint section.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a stopper that locks a joint lock knob.

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a front view of FIG.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram relating to locking of a start switch.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Main Body 21 Cassette Case 22 Cutter 23 Joint Lock Knob 24 Driven Joint 25 Drive Joint 27 Main Shaft 36 Hopper 38 Lock Lever

Claims (4)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A cooking cutter device having a cutter that is connected to an electric motor built into a main body portion through a transmission portion and that is rotated about a rotation axis in a horizontal plane, the cooking cutter device being disposed above the cutter. A hopper into which a food to be cut is put, and an opening that is opened in a portion of the main body below the cutter and in which a receiver for receiving the food cut by the cutter is retractably stored. A characteristic cutter device for cooking. 2. The cutter is housed in a cassette case having upper and lower through holes through which food to be cut can pass, and a driven joint portion of a rotary shaft end of the cutter is formed. An insert portion is formed in the cassette case in which the cutter is housed so that the cassette case can be inserted and removed. The transmission portion is engageable with the driven joint portion when the cassette case is inserted into the insert portion. The cutter apparatus for cooking according to claim 1, wherein the drive joint section has a different shape. 3. The drive joint portion is movably provided to the driven joint portion between an engagement position and a non-engagement position, and is normally urged by an urging member to be driven by the urging member. A stopper that is in a non-engaging position with the joint part and is engaged with the driven joint part by moving it against the urging force of the urging member, and the stopper that locks the drive joint part at the engaging position is disengageable. The cutter device for cooking according to claim 2, wherein the cutter device is provided in the. 4. The start switch of the electric motor is formed as a push button switch, and a lock for disabling the push button switch is normally provided, and the drive joint section moves in a direction to engage with the driven joint section. The cutter device for cooking according to claim 3, further comprising a releasing means for releasing the lock of the push button by the lock, in conjunction with.