JPH0723199Y2 - Food slicer - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a food slicer suitable for cutting meat such as ham.

(Prior Art) In a conventional food slicer, in FIG. 7, when a handle for cutting thickness adjustment (not shown) is turned, a shaft 12 integrated with the shaft of this handle is provided.
Worm gear 1 that meshes with a worm 12 fixed to a 1
3, the lever 14 fixed to the gear shaft 13a of the worm gear 13 is angularly displaced integrally with the gear shaft 13a, and the lever 1
The slide block 9 is moved along a guide rod 11 parallel to the rotary tool axis (not shown) by a ball at the tip of 4 which is loosely fitted in a long hole (not shown) of the slide block 9. The supporting plate 30 that slides integrally with the sliding block 90 and supports the lower end of the food is moved along the guide rod 11 to adjust the cutting thickness of the food, and rotates with the upper surface of the supporting plate 30. The distance between the blade 40 of the blade 40 and the guide rod 11 in the direction parallel to the guide bar 11, that is, the cutting thickness of the food, is read at a position on the scale indicated by an indicator needle (not shown) that rotates integrally with the handle for adjustment while the adjustment handle is being read. The thickness was adjusted by rotating the shaft 12a.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) However, in such a food slicer, warm
The correspondence between the rotation of the worm 12 and the sliding distance of the support plate 30 becomes inaccurate due to the play of meshing between the worm 12 and the worm gear 13, the transmission error from the lever 14 to the sliding block 9, etc. However, there was a drawback that the cutting thickness could not be set accurately.

In view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention can accurately set the cutting thickness of food, and further, the scale is expanded with respect to the sliding distance of the support plate to make it easy to read the cutting thickness and adjust the thickness. The purpose is to provide an easy food slicer.

(Means for Solving the Problem) In order to solve the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, the gist of the present invention is to provide a support plate that slidably supports the lower end of the food to be cut, and a support plate on the support plate. A holding and feeding unit that holds the food in a predetermined posture and reciprocates the food with respect to the rotary blade,
With a thickness setting mechanism for setting the cutting thickness of food by adjusting the position of the support plate, in a food slicer that cuts food to a set thickness with the rotary blade, the thickness setting mechanism is A handle for adjusting the thickness, a worm provided on a shaft extending from the handle, a worm gear that meshes with the worm, a lever fixed to the worm gear and rotatable with the worm gear, Corresponding to a sliding block that slides in conjunction with the rotation of the lever and that interlocks with the support plate, an enlarged display member that moves with the sliding of the sliding block, and the movement of the tip of the enlarged display member And a scale plate having a graduated scale.

(Operation) The food slicer according to the present invention slidably supports the lower end of the food to be cut by the support plate, sets the cutting thickness of the food by the thickness setting mechanism, and determines the food on the support plate. In this posture, the food is cut to a set thickness by the reciprocating motion with respect to the rotary blade while being held by the holding and feeding unit. And the food slicer, the thickness setting mechanism,
A handle for adjusting the cutting thickness, a worm provided on a shaft extending from the handle, a worm gear that meshes with the worm, a lever fixed to the worm gear and rotating together with the worm gear, A sliding block that slides in conjunction with the rotation of the lever and that interlocks with the support plate, an enlargement display member that moves with the sliding of the slide block, and a movement of the tip of the enlargement display member. By providing the scale plate having the corresponding scale, the tip of the enlargement instruction member that swings in conjunction with the position adjustment movement of the support plate moves a distance larger than the movement distance of the support plate, and the tip of the enlargement instruction member. The cutting thickness of the food can be accurately grasped and adjusted by reading the scale on the scale plate which is enlarged and scaled according to the movement of the.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings by taking a case of cutting a ham as an example.

1 (a) and 1 (b) are a side view and a front view, respectively, showing the outline of the entire food slicer according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The food slicer slidably supports a lower end of a ham (not shown) serving as a food to be cut by a support plate 30, sets a cutting thickness of the food with a thickness setting mechanism 6, and holds and feeds the ham. Is held in a fixed posture and reciprocated with respect to the rotary blade 40 of the cutting section 4 to be fed, and the food is cut by the rotary blade 40 to a set thickness. The food slicer supports the supporting plate 30 and swings in conjunction with the position adjusting movement of the sliding block 9 which is guided by the guide rod 11 and integrally moves with the expanding instruction member 60 (see FIGS. 3 and 4). The arrow-shaped tip 60a (see FIGS. 6 and 6) moves by being enlarged by a distance larger than the moving distance of the support plate 30.
Corresponding to the movement of 60a, the cutting thickness of the ham can be accurately grasped and adjusted while reading the scale 62a on the scale plate 62 which is enlarged and scaled as shown in FIG.
The food slicer is the motor 1 and the upper part 8b of the box 8.
The holding and feeding section 3 is reciprocated by the transmission section 2 for transmitting the driving force of the motor 1 including a gear device (not shown) and the rotary blade 40 is rotated.

The transmission unit 2 includes a gear device (not shown) in the upper portion 8b of the box 8 and a clutch 5 and the like which will be described later in the lower portion 8c.

FIG. 2 is a bottom view showing the transmission mechanism of the holding and feeding unit.

The transmission mechanism of the holding and feeding unit 3 includes a clutch 5 and a box 8
Guide round bar 3b and guide square bar fixed parallel to each other on the lower part 8c of
3c and a sliding body that slides along the guide round bar 3b and the guide square bar 3c via the connecting rod 57 by the rotation of the rotating arm 55 of the clutch 5.
59, a support member 3d as shown in FIG. 1, and a ham receiving plate 3f, and the slide body 59 has a guide cylinder 59a and a guide slider that engage with the guide round bar 3b and the guide square bar 3c, respectively. 59b and guide wheel 59e
And a ham receiving plate 3f inclined vertically with respect to the support plate 30 is supported by the supporting member 3d.

In the holding and feeding unit 3, the guide cylinder 59a, the guide slider 59b, and the guide wheel 59e of the slide body 59 are guided by the guide round bar 3b and the guide square bar 3c, respectively, and are projected on the guide cylinder 59a of the slide body 59. The protrusion 59d is projected through the slit 8a provided in the lower portion 8c of the box 8, and the lower portion of the support member 3d is attached to the bolt 3 by the protrusion 59d.
The ham before cutting is connected by e, and the ham receiving plate 3f keeps the ham in a constant posture and reciprocates by sliding the sliding body 59.

The clutch 5 includes a clutch rotating shaft 51, a friction pressure plate (not shown) that is slidable along the clutch rotating shaft 51, and rotates integrally with the clutch rotating shaft 51, and only when a pressing force is applied from the friction pressure plate. A rotating arm 55 that rotates and a clutch arm 56 that is displaced along the clutch rotating shaft 51 and presses the friction pressure plate are provided, and the other end of the connecting rod 52 whose one end is pin-joined to the tip of the clutch link 53 is the clutch arm. A connecting rod 57 that is pin-joined to the tip of a protrusion 56b that is integral with the circular base 56a of 56, and has one end pin-joined to the tip connecting portion 59c of the sliding body 59.
The other end is pin-joined to the tip of a projection 55b that is integral with the circular base 55a of the rotating arm 55. The clutch link 53 is rotatable integrally with the clutch handle 5a around a shaft 2b provided on a bracket 2a fixed to the lower portion 8c of the box 8, and the clutch handle 5a is placed on the manual side. When in the position shown by the solid line, the operation of the clutch 5 is released. Further, when the clutch link 53 is angularly displaced to the position shown by the chain double-dashed line, the clutch arm 56 rotates about the clutch rotation shaft 51 to activate the clutch 5.

Thus, the holding and feeding unit 3 holds the ham before cutting with the ham receiving plate 3f in a constant posture, and automatically reciprocates linearly with the clutch handle 5a provided at the lower part in the automatic position. Cut the ham by sliding the lower end to the support plate 30 and cutting part 4
When you want to feed to the trial and perform trial cutting, switch the clutch handle 5a to the manual position and push and pull the feeding handle 31 to reciprocate the ham with respect to the cutting portion 4 and cut it to the set thickness. You can do it.

The support plate 30 is fixed to the slide block 9 in parallel with the flat surface 40a of the rotary blade 40 by a bolt 15 inserted into a mounting long hole 10a provided in a support plate base 10 protruding from the slide block 9. , The position relative to the flat surface 40a of the rotary blade 40 is maintained by holding the posture parallel to the flat surface 40a, and is adjusted by turning the adjusting handle 32 provided in the thickness setting mechanism 6, and the position of the surface and the flat surface 40a is adjusted. The difference sets the cutting thickness of the ham.

The rotary cutting tool 40 has an obliquely upward annular flat surface 40a, and is provided with a sharp cutting edge 40b formed on the outer peripheral edge thereof.
It is attached to a rotary blade shaft 40c (see FIG. 1) pivotally supported by c and rotates in a predetermined posture at a predetermined position. Also, a rotary knife
40 is a grindstone provided in the polishing section 7 so that the back surface of the cutting edge 40b can be automatically sharpened.

3 is a side view showing a main part of the thickness setting mechanism, FIG. 4 is a view taken along the line AA of FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is a view taken along the line BB of FIG.
FIG. 6 is a view on arrow CC of FIG.

The thickness setting mechanism 6 includes a shaft 32 of a handle 32 for adjusting the cutting thickness of ham.
Worm 12 mounted and fixed with a small pin 18 on shaft 12a that is integral with a
And a gear shaft 1 fixed to the tip of a bracket 17a protruding inwardly in a storage chamber 17 formed at a predetermined location of the box 8.
3a, a worm gear 13 that meshes with the worm 12 and rotates about a gear shaft 13a, and a ball 14a attached by a bolt 16 to the tip of the worm gear 13 is fixed to the worm gear 13 and rotates together with the worm gear 13. It has a lever 14 and a sliding block 9 which moves along two guide rods 11 and 11 penetrating parallel to a rotary knife axis 40c (see FIG. 1) perpendicular to the flat surface 40a of the rotary knife 40. , These are stored in the storage room 17,
The ball 14a at the tip of the lever 14 is slidably fitted into the long hole 9b provided in the sliding block 9, and the sliding block 9 is guided along the guide rods 11 and 11 in conjunction with the swing of the lever 14. Slide.

In the case of the present invention, a pin 9a, which is a projecting portion, is further provided at a predetermined position of the sliding block 9, and swings in conjunction with the position adjustment movement of the support plate 30 so that the arrow-shaped tip 60a is the support plate. Enlargement instruction member 60 that is enlarged and moved by a distance greater than 30
And a scale plate 62 having a scale 62a corresponding to the movement of the arrow-shaped tip 60a of the enlargement instruction member 60.

The expansion instruction member 60 is provided with a long hole 60b along the longitudinal direction, and is a support pin provided by being inserted into the pin hole of the scale plate 62.
61 is pivotally supported at a predetermined position on the inner surface side of the scale plate 62 so as to be swingable, and the pin 9a which is the projecting portion of the sliding block 9 is slidably fitted in the elongated hole 60b. The arrow-shaped tip 60a swings in synchronism with the position adjustment movement and has a magnification substantially equal to a value determined by the ratio of the distance from the support pin 61 to the tip 60a and the distance from the support pin 61 to the pin 9a.
Moves larger than the moving distance of the support plate 30.

The scale plate 62 is made of a transparent synthetic resin material and has unequally spaced scales 62a calibrated to move the arrow-shaped tip 60a of the enlargement indicating member 60, and the position of the arrow-shaped tip 60a of the enlargement indicating member 60. Then, the cutting thickness of the ham can be directly read, and the opening of the storage chamber 17 is closed to be detachably fixed.

The usage and operation of the food slicer having the above configuration will be described.

When the clutch handle 5a is placed on the automatic side, the ham before cutting supported at the lower end by the support plate 30 and supported by the ham receiving plate 3f is held by the holding and feeding section 3 at a predetermined angle perpendicular to the flat surface 40a of the rotary blade 40. The ham piece that is held in the posture and automatically repeats the linear reciprocating motion along the support plate 30 with respect to the rotary blade 40 and cuts the ham to a predetermined thickness for each linear reciprocating motion, and cuts the ham piece. Are neatly arranged in a container (not shown) below. The clutch handle 5a is placed on the manual side, the clutch 5 is deactivated, the feeding handle 31 is grasped, and the holding feeding unit 3 is linearly reciprocated by manually pushing and pulling, so that trial cutting and several sheets or less are performed. Additional cutting can be performed.

Turn the handle 32 to move the worm 12, worm gear 13, and lever.
The slide block 9 is moved along the guide rods 11 and 11 via 14 to adjust the position of the upper surface of the support plate 30 with respect to the cutting edge 40b of the rotary blade 40 to set the cutting thickness of the ham. At this time, the sliding block 9 is moved to angularly displace the enlargement indicating member 60 via the pin 9a fitted in the elongated hole 60b, and the arrow-shaped tip 60a of the enlargement indicating member 60 causes the scale 6 to move to the scale 6
You can adjust the cutting thickness of the ham while watching 2a.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be used for cutting frozen meat other than ham, ordinary meat, vegetables, fruits, and other foods as a cutting target.

(Advantages of the Invention) The present invention is configured as described above, and the thickness setting mechanism engages the handle for adjusting the cutting thickness, the worm provided on the shaft extending from the handle, and the worm. A worm gear, a lever fixed to the worm gear and rotating together with the worm gear, a sliding block that slides in conjunction with the rotation of the lever and that interlocks with the support plate, and the sliding block By enlarging the enlarged display member that moves with the sliding of the support member and a scale plate that has a scale corresponding to the movement of the tip of the enlarged display member, so that the support plate swings in conjunction with the position adjustment movement of the support plate. The tip of the pointing member moves more than the moving distance of the support plate, and the scale is expanded with respect to the moving distance of the support plate, so the cutting thickness is easy to read and further fine adjustment of the cutting thickness is easy. And therefore the cutting thickness of the food It has an excellent effect that the height can be set accurately.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 (a) and 1 (b) are a side view and a front view, respectively, showing an outline of the entire food slicer according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a bottom view showing a transmission mechanism of a holding and feeding unit, and a third view. FIG. 4 is a side sectional view showing the thickness setting mechanism, FIG. 4 is a view taken along the line AA of FIG. 3 with a part of FIG. 3 omitted, and FIG. 5 is a view taken along the line BB of FIG.
FIG. 6 is a CC arrow view with a part of FIG. 3 omitted, and FIG. 7 is a side sectional view showing a main part of a conventional food slicer. 3 ... Holding and feeding section, 3b ... Guide round bar, 3d ... Support member, 4 ... Cutting section, 5 ... Clutch, 5a ... Clutch handle, 6 ... Thickness setting mechanism, 9 ... Sliding block, 9a ... Pin (projection) Part), 30
… Support plate, 32… Handle, 40… Rotary knife, 40a… Flat surface, 4
0b ... Blade edge, 51 ... Clutch rotating shaft, 55 ... Rotating arm, 56 ...
Clutch arm, 59 ... Sliding body, 59a ... Guide tube, 60 ... Enlargement instruction member, 60b ... Long hole, 61 ... Support pin, 62 ... Scale plate, 6
2a ... scale.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A support plate for slidably supporting a lower end of food to be cut, and a holding and feeding unit for holding the food in a predetermined posture on the support plate and reciprocating the food with respect to a rotary blade. And a food slicer that adjusts the position of the support plate to set a cutting thickness of food by setting the cutting thickness of the food, and in the food slicer that cuts food to a set thickness with the rotary blade, the thickness setting mechanism is A handle for adjusting the cutting thickness, a worm provided on a shaft extending from the handle, a worm gear meshing with the worm, and a lever fixed to the worm gear and rotating together with the worm gear. , A sliding block that slides in conjunction with the rotation of the lever and that interlocks with the support plate, a magnifying display member that moves as the sliding block slides, and a movement of the tip of the magnifying display member Equipped with a scale plate having a scale corresponding to A food slicer characterized by