JPH0735576Y2 - Vegetable three-dimensional cutting device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vegetable three-dimensional die-cutting device for die-cutting vegetables such as carrots, radishes and potatoes into three-dimensional shapes such as spheres and eggs.

[Prior art]

Conventionally, in order to die-cut vegetables into a three-dimensional shape such as a sphere as described above, some manual hand tools have been proposed, but in all other cases, a cook cuts a desired shape with a kitchen knife.

[0003] As the above-mentioned manual instrument, there is known a hemisphere-shaped ball-shaped chestnut device having a grip and a hand attached thereto. It is designed to remove the spherical vegetables that can fit in the mold half.

[0004]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, there is a problem that manual work with a kitchen knife of the cook requires a great deal of skill and labor, and the spherical knuckle tool is used for die-cutting from a flat portion of a vegetable. When it is cut into a hemispherical shape and is cut out from the recessed portion of the vegetable, a part of it has the recessed portion, but it is cut out into a substantially spherical shape. It requires considerable skill to perform the die-cutting, and since it is a manual work, there is a problem that the die-cutting work requires a large amount of labor.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a three-dimensional vegetable die-cutting device which can automatically die-cut vegetables into an accurate three-dimensional shape.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the structure of the present invention, which is based on the above-mentioned utility model registration claim, meets the above-mentioned object.
Are arranged side by side so that their central axes are located on a straight line, and the inner peripheral shape is the inner peripheral shape of the vegetable insertion guide cylinders 1, 1 at the interval S portion of the vegetable insertion guide cylinders 1, 1. A narrow clinuki blade 2 that can be rotated in the vegetable insertion guide cylinders 1 and 1, and a part thereof can rotate in the above-mentioned interval S part
Is rotatably provided with an axis orthogonal to the central axes of the vegetable insertion guide cylinders 1, 1 as a rotation center axis. Further, a vegetable B is predetermined on one side of the vegetable insertion guide cylinders 1, 1. The technical means is provided by providing an intermittent pushing device 3 which pushes into the vegetable insertion guide tube 1 intermittently at the feed size.

[0007]

[Operation] Next, the operation of the present invention vegetable three-dimensional removing device,
A description will be given based on an example in which the columnar vegetable B that is die-cut into the cylindrical shape shown in FIG. 3 is die-cut into the spherical vegetable B1. First, the inner circumference of the chestnut blade 2 is set so as to match the inner peripheral shape of the vegetable insertion guide cylinders 1, 1 (the outer peripheral shape of the vegetable B), and the central blade of the chestnut blade 2 is Is a rotation position (hereinafter,
It is called the standby rotation position. ). Therefore, in this state, since the vegetables B inserted through the both vegetable insertion guide tubes 1 and 1 do not have any obstacles protruding into the both vegetable insertion guide tubes 1 and 1, they remain as they are. It will be possible to pass through the inside of 1,1.

In the above state, the vegetable B is pushed from one end side of both vegetable insertion guide cylinders 1, 1 to the other end side. This vegetable B may be extracted in advance in a columnar shape (the vegetable insertion guide tube 1 and the vegetable B are not limited to a circular shape) having a diameter that can be inserted into both the vegetable insertion guide tubes 1 and 1. (In this example, a columnar vegetable B, which was previously extracted into a column shape, was used.)
However, if one of the vegetable insertion guide cylinders 1 and 1 is also used as a cylindrical die and a vegetable B larger than the diameter of the vegetable insertion guide cylinder 1 is pushed in, a cylindrical die-out can be performed by this pushing.

The above-mentioned vegetable pushing is intermittently pushed by the intermittent pushing device 3 with a predetermined feed dimension (a dimension obtained by adding a little extra dimension to the diameter of the spherical shape to be die-cut). In the present embodiment, a cylindrical vegetable B having a constant size is used, and the initial pressing amount is pressed until the pressing device 7 which will be described later detects that the tip has been pressed to a predetermined starting position, and the intermittent feed size is determined. It is set to be different from.

Then, when the push-in by the intermittent pushing device 3 is stopped, when the clinuki blade 2 is rotated, the cylindrical vegetable B is spherical while being held and fixed in the both vegetable insertion guide tubes 1, 1. It has the action of being die-cut into the
By pressing the button and repeating the rotation of the chestnut blade 2 when the pressing is stopped, the columnar vegetables B are sequentially spherical vegetables B.
It is to die-cut to 1.

The rotation of the chestnut blade 2 described above is such that the inner peripheral shape of the chestnut blade 2 matches the inner peripheral shape of the both vegetable insertion guide tubes 1 and 1, so that the outer peripheral shape thereof is the both vegetable insertion guide tube 1. , 1 will be one size larger than the inner peripheral shape by the thickness of the clinuki blade 2. Therefore, this Kinuuki blade 2
Although it is impossible to rotate all of them in both vegetable insertion guide tubes 1 and 1, the thin dotted line shown in FIG.
Therefore, the portion of the vegetable B protruding upward and downward in the figure becomes a portion that cannot enter the both vegetable insertion guide cylinders 1 and 1, and by letting this portion escape at the interval S, the chestnut blade 2
Can be rotated 360 degrees.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the figure, 1 is a pair of vegetable insertion guide tubes,
A pair of the vegetable insertion guide cylinders 1 are arranged side by side with a space S therebetween so that their central axes are aligned (in the illustrated example, they are aligned horizontally).

The cross section of the vegetable insertion guide tube 1 may be selected as appropriate, and it is cylindrical in the examples shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 but is elliptic in the example shown in FIG. Although not shown, if it is desired to perform the conical die-cutting, the shape may be appropriately changed to a rhombus (abacus ball-shaped die-cutting and then cut into halves) or other gourd type.

The interval S between the vegetable insertion guide cylinders 1 and 1 will be described later, and the chestnut blade 2 can be housed in the interval S portion, and as many parts of the chestnut blade 2 as possible will be described later. If it can be rotated within 1, 1, it is desirable to set the width as narrow as possible in order to securely hold the vegetable B pushed into the vegetable insertion guide cylinders 1, 1 and to prevent dust from entering. However, if this interval S is set to be narrower than necessary, the chestnut blade 2 may collide with the opposite ends of the vegetable insertion guide cylinders 1 and 1 and may not be able to rotate, so in the illustrated example, both vegetable insertion guide cylinders 1 and 1. 1 are provided with enlarged diameter portions 1a that are increased in diameter toward the inside (opposing center side), so that the rotation of the chestnut blade 2 is not hindered although the interval is narrow. Although not shown in the figure, it goes without saying that the vegetable insertion guide tubes 1 and 1 are fixed to the machine base.

The inner peripheral shape of the space S between the vegetable insertion guide cylinders 1 and 1 matches the inner peripheral shape of the vegetable insertion guide cylinders 1 and 1, and a part thereof rotates at the space S. A narrow knuckle blade 2 that can rotate in other parts inside the vegetable insertion guide cylinders 1, 1 is rotatably provided with an axis orthogonal to the central axes of both vegetable insertion guide cylinders 1, 1 as a rotation center axis. is there.

In the case of die-cutting into a spherical shape, the Krinuki blade 2 is formed in a ring shape, as shown most clearly in "FIG. 4", and has drive shafts 2a, 2a for rotating drive provided at both upper and lower ends. In the standby rotation position where the inner diameter of the Kuri Nuki blade 2 is made to coincide with the inner diameter of the vegetable insertion guide cylinders 1 and 1, and the central axis of the Kurinuki blade 2 is coincident with the central axes of the vegetable insertion guide cylinders 1 and 1. Both inner peripheral surfaces are aligned, and the vegetables pushed into the two vegetable insertion guide cylinders 1, 1 are simultaneously inserted through the chestnut blade 2 without being affected by the chestnut blade 2. In addition, the chestnut blade 2 shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 1 represents a state of being rotated by 90 degrees from the standby rotation position. In this embodiment, the chestnut blade 2 is shown.
Is a semi-circular shape, and 1 for a ring shape
While the die cutting is completed by rotating 80 degrees, the die cutting is completed by rotating 360 degrees in this case.

The chestnut blade 2 is rotated by a drive source 4. A stepping motor or the like is used as the drive source 4 to rotate the chestnut blade 2 through a drive timing 2a at a desired rotation angle. In the example of FIG. 3, as shown by an arrow P1, there is a slight margin of 180 degrees. The rotation is performed by a rotation angle including the added amount, and subsequently, as shown by an arrow P2, the margin is reversed.

An intermittent pushing device 3 for intermittently pushing the vegetables B into the vegetable insertion guide tube 1 at a predetermined feed size is provided on one side of the vegetable insertion guide tubes 1, 1.

The intermittent pushing device 3 intermittently serves the vegetables B.
Various known configurations can be used as long as they can be pushed in with a predetermined size, and the screw rod 6 is moved by the stepping motor 5 in the illustrated example. May be used.

A holding device 7 that moves together with the intermittent pushing device 3 is provided on the opposite side of the intermittent pushing device 3. The pressing device 7 is the pressing device 3 described above.
The vegetables B are sandwiched and fixed from both sides by and.

The pressing device 7 has substantially the same structure as the pressing device 3, and the stepping motor 5a moves the screw rod 6a. Further, a sensor 8 for detecting that the tip of the vegetable B has come into contact with is provided on the tip surface of the holding device 7, and this device stops when the holding device 7 is advanced to a predetermined position at the time of starting. Cage, pushing device 3 is vegetable B
, The sensor 8 detects that the tip of the vegetable B has been pushed to a predetermined position, and thereafter, the rotation of the chestnut blade 2,
The pushing device 3 pushes the vegetables and the pushing operation is stopped.

[0020]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION Since the present invention is as described above, the vegetables B can be automatically die-cut into desired three-dimensionally shaped vegetables B, and the shape can be variously modified including a spherical shape.
Of course, since the length of the vegetable B is limited, the number of continuous die-cutting is limited, but it is necessary to provide a vegetable three-dimensional die-cutting device that can remarkably save labor compared to the conventional manual die-cutting. Is something that can be done.

In addition, the present invention uses a vegetable insertion guide tube 1,
Since it is held by 1 and die-cutting is performed by rotating the Kuri-nuki blade 2, accurate die-cutting can be performed, inaccurate die-cutting can be minimized, and various three-dimensional shapes in which the vegetable B has a circular cross-sectional shape. Moreover, it is possible to provide a vegetable three-dimensional die-cutting device capable of die-cutting with good yield.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a three-dimensional vegetable removing device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a Krinuki blade portion for explaining the operation.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a chestnut blade.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a vegetable insertion guide tube showing another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Vegetable insertion guide tube 2 Krinuki blade 3 Intermittent pushing device B Vegetable S interval

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A pair of vegetable insertion guide cylinders (1, 1) are arranged side by side with an interval (S) so that their central axes are aligned, and the interval between the vegetable insertion guide cylinders (1, 1) is set. In the (S) part,
The inner peripheral shape matches the inner peripheral shape of the vegetable insertion guide tube (1, 1), part of which rotates at the interval (S), and the other part rotates inside the vegetable insertion guide tube (1, 1). A narrow knuckle blade (2) with a narrow movable width is rotatably provided with an axis orthogonal to the central axis of both vegetable insertion guide tubes (1, 1) as a rotation center axis. 1) A vegetable three-dimensional removing device provided on one side of 1) with an intermittent pushing device (3) for intermittently pushing the vegetable (B) into the vegetable insertion guide tube (1) at a predetermined feed size.