JPH08141985A - Conveying device of food slicer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a conveying device of a food slicer by which the food can be sliced with its approximately original shape by gripping the food by the ideal pressing force, the thicknesses of the slice pieces are uniformxized, and the value of the merchandise of the slice pieces can be drastically improved by preventing the contact of the food with a round blade. CONSTITUTION: The food is pinched by conveying devices 20, 21, roller chains 4, 8 are driven, needle-like bodies 13 are not rotated and moved while holding the attitude that they project on the conveying surfaces even until connecting bodies 11 are approached to sprockets 3, 7 and moved to the opposite side, and the ends of the connecting bodies 11 guided while being fitted into grooves S1 of third sprockets S, and therefore, wobbling of the connecting bodies 11 is prevented by the ends of the connecting bodies 11, and slicing of the food is made stable.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a food slicer conveying device suitable for slicing foods such as raw meat which has elasticity or is easily loosened.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional food slicer conveying device includes
A lower conveyance device for supporting and conveying food such as raw meat on the bottom surface of the meat box, and an upper conveyance device for pressing and conveying raw meat on the lower conveyance device side with its upper surface, a knife (hereinafter,
There is a thing that sends it out towards the (round blade). In this carrying device, small projections for preventing slippage are formed on the carrying surface of the carrying device in order to increase the carrying force for food.

[0003]

Since food such as raw meat has elasticity by itself, it is difficult for the conventional food slicer transporting device to accurately feed the food. For example, if the pressing force of the upper conveyor is too strong, the center of the food will bulge in the conveying direction due to the pressing force, and it will protrude to the round blade side, and this bulge will be sliced first. . On the contrary, if the pressing force of the upper conveyor is weak, the central portion of the raw meat is conveyed with a delay (the upper and lower portions precede). When the food is sliced in its original shape as it is, the finished slice pieces are often greatly deformed immediately after slicing and after a certain period of time. If the pressing force is even stronger, the tip of the bulged raw meat will push the thickness adjustment plate and the slice pieces will have thickness irregularity, or the raw meat will always hit the round blade and the meat scrap will be turned by the rotation of the round blade. There are some problems when it is uneconomical due to scattering and loss, or when the sliced surface is damaged and the commercial value is reduced.

In view of the above problems, the present invention allows the food to be sliced in a substantially original shape by gripping the food with an ideal pressing force, thereby keeping the sliced pieces of a constant thickness. An object of the present invention is to provide a food slicer conveying device which can be manufactured and which is economical and can greatly improve the commercial value of sliced pieces by preventing contact between the food and the round blade.

[0005]

The means for solving the problems in the present invention is a pair of first support shafts 2 and 2 which are arranged in parallel with each other in the food conveying direction A, and the both first support shafts 2. , 3 fitted into each of the first and second rotating bodies (hereinafter referred to as first sprockets) 3 and 3, and a first conveyor belt (hereinafter referred to as first roller chain) wound around the first sprockets 3 and 3. One side of the carrier 5 is composed of 4 and 4. A pair of second support shafts 6 and 6 that are spaced apart from each other in the food conveyance direction A and arranged in parallel, and a second rotating body (hereinafter referred to as the second support body) fitted to each of the second support shafts 6 and 6. Called a sprocket) 7,
7 and a second conveyor belt (hereinafter referred to as a second roller chain) 8 wound around both the second sprockets 7 and 7 constitute a conveyor 9 on the other side, and the conveyor 5 on the one side and the other side. The carrier 9 on the side is arranged in the same plane as being separated from each other in the directions of the support shafts 2 and 6. A slicing blade 56 of the food is arranged in the vicinity of the tips of the one-side carrier 5 and the other-side carrier 9 in the food conveying direction, and the first roller chain 4 is arranged with equal pitch t. A horizontal axis 10a is provided,
The second roller chain 8 is provided with a second horizontal shaft 10b arranged at equal pitches t, and the first sprocket 3,
3 is a horizontal shaft 10a, 10 with respect to the second sprocket 7, 7.
Only the pitch t of b is displaced in the food conveying direction A. An appropriate number of connecting bodies 11 arranged in a direction orthogonal to the food conveying direction A are provided between the one side conveying body 5 and the other side conveying body 9, and the food conveying surface 12 is provided on the connecting body 11. The needle-like body 13 protruding in the direction is fixed, one end of the connecting body 11 is bent in the food conveying direction A to form a first bent piece 11a, and the first bent piece 11a is attached to the first horizontal shaft 10a. Is pivotally supported, and the other end of the connecting body 11 is bent in the food conveying direction A to form a second bent piece 11b.
The second bent piece 11b is pivotally supported on b. A third support shaft 25 parallel to the first horizontal axis 10a and the second horizontal axis 10b.
a is provided on the first sprocket 3, 3 and the second sprocket 7, 7, and the third rotation shaft 25a is formed with a groove S1 fitted to the end of the connecting body 11 on the outer circumference. The body (hereinafter referred to as the third sprocket) S is pivotally supported,
A third support shaft 25 provided on the first sprockets 3 and 3.
a is displaced from the first support shafts 2 and 2 in the opposite direction to the food conveyance direction by half the pitch t, and the third support shaft 25a provided in the second sprockets 7 and 7 is the food conveyance direction. It is disposed on A by being displaced from the second support shafts 6 and 6 by a half of the pitch t.

[0006]

In the above means for solving the problems, the first support shafts 2 and 2 and the second support shafts 6 and 6 of both the transport bodies 5 and 9 are mutually horizontal.
0a and 10b are shifted by the pitch t in the food conveying direction A, and the connecting body 11 is pivoted on the first horizontal axis 10a and the second horizontal axis 10b via the first bending piece 11a and the second bending piece 11b. Since it is supported, both roller chains 4, 8
Is moved downward until the connecting body 11 approaches the lower first sprockets 3 and the second sprockets 7 and moves to the opposite side, the connecting body 11 is inserted into the groove S1 of the third sprocket S. Since the third sprocket S rotates about the third support shaft 25a while the ends are sequentially fitted, the needle-shaped body 1 is prevented while the wobbling of the connector 11 is prevented at the end of the connector 11.
3 moves so as to gradually sink while maintaining the posture of projecting (orthogonal) to the transport surface 12 without rotating, and the needle-shaped body 13 is smoothly pulled out without damaging the food. Similarly, when the connecting body 11 moves upward and approaches the upper first sprocket 3 and the second sprocket 7, and again projects to the transport surface 12, the needle-like body 13 gradually rotates without wobbling or wobbling. It projects in a direction orthogonal to the transport surface 12.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of a food slicer carrying device according to the present invention will now be described with reference to a side view of FIG. 1, a front view of FIGS. 2 and 3, a bottom view of FIG. 4, a configuration diagram of a holding structure of FIG. Description will be given based on the perspective view of FIG. 7 and the front view of the slice structure portion of FIG. 8. As shown in FIG. 1, the food slicer conveying devices according to the present invention are arranged in parallel with each other in the food conveying direction A (vertical direction), and are arranged on the machine base 1 shown in FIG. 35 and a pair of first support shafts 2, 2 supported via a lower rotation member 36, first sprockets 3, 3 externally fitted and fixed to each of the first support shafts 2, 2, and the both. First roller chain 4 wound around first sprockets 3 and 3
The carrier 5 on one side is constituted by the above. The first support shafts 2 and 2 are spaced apart by the same width as the first support shafts 2 and 2.
A pair of second support shafts 6, which are arranged parallel to and in the same plane
6, a second pair of upper and lower second sprockets 7, 7 having the same diameter as the first sprockets 3, 3 which are externally fitted and fixed to the respective second support shafts 6, 6, and both second sprockets 7, 7. The other side transport body 9 is composed of the wound second roller chain 8, and the one side transport body 5 and the other side transport body 9 are arranged in the same plane and the one side transport body is transported. The body 5 and the carrier 9 on the other side are arranged so as to be offset from each other by the pitch t of the rollers of the roller chains 4 and 8 in the food carrying direction A (the first spindle 2, 2 and the second spindle 6, 6 are They are displaced by a pitch t in the food transport direction A). Each of the first roller chains 4 is provided with a single first horizontal shaft 10a arranged at equal pitches t extending inwardly (on the side of the carrier on the other side) by an appropriate distance. One horizontal axis 10a, the second roller chain 8
Each of the rollers arranged at equal pitches t is provided to extend inward (on the side of one transport body), and the roller of the second roller chain 8 is the second horizontal shaft 10b.

Between the one-side carrier 5 and the other-side carrier 9, there is provided a connecting body 11 having a circular cross section, which is arranged at a right angle to the food conveying direction A. Axis 10
a and 10b are formed to have substantially the same diameter, one end of the connecting body 11 is bent in the food conveying direction A to form a first bent piece 11a, and the first bent piece 11a is the first horizontal axis. 10a, the other end of the connecting body 11 is bent in a direction opposite to the food conveying direction A to form a second bent piece 11b, and the second bent piece 11b is the second horizontal shaft 10b. Is pivoted to. As shown in FIG. 4, the transport surface 1 is formed on the surface of the connecting body 11.
The needle-like body 13 protruding to 2 is screwed.

As shown in FIGS. 3, 6 and 7, the first sprockets 3 and 3 and the second sprockets 7 and 7 are
A pair of third gears 1 each having a first gear 15 and a second gear 16 on the outside and meshing with the both gears 15 and 16, respectively.
7, a third gear 17 is externally fitted and fixed to a drive shaft 18 supported by the machine base 1, and the first gear 15, the second gear 16 and the third gear 17 are detachably meshed with each other. ing. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, inside the first sprocket 3, 3 and the second sprocket 7, 7, a third sprocket S, S having the same diameter as the both sprocket 3, 7 is supported. As shown in FIG. 1, the support shaft 25 is attached via a body 25, and is formed in an L-shape in a side view, and has a third support shaft 25a arranged in parallel with both the horizontal shafts 10a and 10b. The third support shaft 25a of the third sprocket 25 on the side of the first sprocket is set at a position displaced by half the pitch t in the direction opposite to the food conveying direction A with respect to the first sprocket 3, 3. The third support shaft 25a of the third sprocket 25 on the second sprocket side is set at a position displaced from the second sprocket 7, 7 in the food conveying direction A by half the pitch t, and the outer circumference of the third sprocket S, S To the connection Groove S1 of both end portions and the corresponding shape of 11 is formed.

In the embodiment of the present application, the conveying devices 20 and 21 configured as described above are vertically set in a pair so that the needle-like bodies 13 are opposed to the machine base 1 so as to stand vertically.
The holding device 26 for holding the standing postures of 0 and 21 is the machine base 1
As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the holding device 26 is provided on the fixed side holding device 27 that holds the fixed side carrying device 20 of the carrying devices 20 and 21, and the carrying devices 20 and 21. Of these, a holding side holding device 28 for holding the food holding side conveying device 21 is provided. The fixed side holding device 27 has the structure shown in FIG. That is, a vertically long standing frame 29 is erected and fixed on one side of the upper surface of the machine base 1 in the front-rear direction, and a pair of upper and lower mounting frames 30 are fixed to the compatible frame 29, and the mounting frame 30 is fixed to the mounting frame 30. Front and rear outer frame 3
1, 31 are fixed, a support shaft 31a is penetratingly supported by the outer frames 31, and the first support shafts on the lower side of the transport bodies 5, 9 are opposed to the inner sides of the lower ends of the outer frames 31, 31. 2, second spindle 6
A bearing body 33 having a U-shaped groove 32 for supporting is fixed. As shown in FIG. 6, the upper first support shaft 2 and the second support shaft 6 are formed facing the upper end of an H-shaped upper rotating member 35 whose lower end is rotatably supported by the support shaft 31a. The lower first support shaft 2 and the second support shaft 6 are rotatably supported by the support shaft 31a at their upper ends, and are formed in a slightly narrower width than the upper rotating member 35. Rotating member 3
It is formed at the lower end of 6.

The holding side holding device 28 has the structure shown in FIGS. 5 and 7. That is, a pair of front and rear seats 37 are fixed to the other side of the upper surface of the machine base 1, and a cylinder 38 receiving rod 39 is fixed to the both seats 37 by interposing them.
A cylinder fixing plate 40 for fixing the tip of the cylinder 38 is fixed to the transfer device 20 side of the
Rails 41 on the front and rear end upper surfaces of 9 and the side surfaces of the standing frame 29.
Are horizontally fixed horizontally, and opposing ridges 42 are formed along the rails 41 at the upper portions of the rails 41.
A moving frame 44 having rollers 43 that roll on both sides of the upper and lower surfaces of 2 is provided, and a guide plate 45 to which the rod 38a of the cylinder 38 is fixed is horizontally mounted on both moving frames 44. . The moving frame 4 as shown in FIG.
4, a drive shaft 19 is penetratingly supported, and an outer frame 50 is arranged inside the both moving frames 44 so as to face each other. The outer frame 50 is swingably supported by the drive shaft 19, and both outer frames 50 are A pair of upper and lower stays 51 is fixed. The guide plate 45 and the outer frame 5
A push-pull body 52 having an L-shape in plan view is interposed between the push-pull body 52 and 0, the base end of the push-pull body 52 is fixed to the guide plate 45, and the tip end is bent to one outer frame side to fix the bolt 52a. The tip of the bolt 52a is pierced and abuts on the notch surface of the notch hole 50a formed above the drive shaft 19. The push-pull body 52 is extended upward, and an arm 53 is interposed between the push-down body 52 and the lower stay 51 at the upper end of the base end.
A screw is formed at the base end of the push-pull body 52, and the push-pull body 52 is fastened with a nut 54 from the upper rear side of the base end. Spring seat 53a formed on the side surface and the tip of the arm 53
A compression spring 55 is interposed between and. The holding-side transfer device 21 is similar to the fixed-side transfer device 20 shown in FIG. 6 in that the upper rotating member 3 is attached to the outer frame 50 via the support shaft 31a.
5, the lower rotation member 36 is rotatably supported, and the outer frame 5
The lower first support shaft 2 with the bearing body 33 fixed to the lower end of 0.
And the second support shaft 6 is supported. Although not shown, the drive shaft 18 of the fixed side transfer device 20 and the holding side transfer device 2
The drive shaft 19 of No. 1 is configured to be connected and driven via a universal joint, chain, or the like.

As shown in FIG. 8, the fixed-side transfer device 2 is provided.
0 and the lower side of the carrier device 21 on the presser side, the reciprocating horizontal swing is possible on the vertical axis formed on the machine base 1 via, for example, a crank so that the blade edge of the food slicing round blade 56 is positioned during slice driving. Is configured. In the figure, reference numeral 57 is a backing plate on which the bottom surface of food such as raw meat is placed, and 60 is a receiving and conveying device for processing the sliced raw meat or other food to the next step.

In the above construction, food such as raw meat is laid against the contact plate 57 while the drive of the apparatus is stopped, and the food is stood upright and sandwiched between the stationary side carrier device 20 and the holding side carrier device 21. That is, the food is inserted into the needle-shaped body 13 provided on the stationary-side conveying device 20 by an appropriate amount, and then the cylinder 38
When is driven, the conveying device 21 on the pressing side approaches the conveying device 20 on the fixed side, and the needle-shaped body 13 of the conveying device 21 on the pressing side is inserted into the food and fixed. Further, by rotating the screw 53a provided on the push-pull body 52 in an appropriate direction, the outer frame 50 rotates about the drive shaft 19 and the food holding position can be appropriately changed. That is, the compression spring 55 causes the outer frame 50 to move in the cylinder direction in the drawing on the drive shaft 1
It is possible to escape around 9 and adapt it to the shape of the food. Next, when a drive switch (not shown) is turned on, the round blade 56 starts to swing in the horizontal plane while rotating on its own axis, and both drive shafts 18 and 19 are driven to drive the respective transport devices 20 and 2.
1 first roller chain 4 and second roller chain 8
Starts intermittent driving and slices food into a preset thickness in a horizontal plane. By the way, as described above, the first support shafts 2 and 2 and the second support shafts 6 and 6 of the transfer devices 20 and 21 are arranged so as to be offset from each other in the food transfer direction A, and the connector 11 is connected to the first horizontal shaft 10a and the first horizontal shaft 10a. Since the connector 11 is pivotally supported by the two horizontal shafts 10b, even when the connecting body 11 moves downward to approach the lower first sprocket 3 and the second sprocket 7 and moves to the opposite side, The shape-like body 13 moves without holding the posture of projecting to the transport surface 12 without rotating,
Since the third sprocket S rotates about the third support shaft 25a while the end of the connecting body 11 is fitted in the groove S1 of the third sprocket S, the wobbling of the connecting body 11 at the end of the connecting body 11 is prevented. The needle-shaped body 13 sinks in a direction orthogonal to the food conveying surface 12 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3,
Gradually and smoothly removed without damaging the food. Similarly, when the connecting body 11 moves upward and approaches the upper first sprocket 3 and the second sprocket 7, and again projects to the transport surface 12, the needle-like body 13 does not rotate or wobble gradually. And projects in a direction orthogonal to the transport surface 12. The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and it goes without saying that many modifications can be made to the above embodiments within the scope of the present invention. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, an arcuate wobble prevention body 65 is arranged on the outer periphery of the third sprocket S, and the end portion of the connecting body 11 moves or wobbles in the radial direction of the third sprocket S by the wobble prevention body 65. The roller guides 4 and 8 may be arranged so as to prevent the roller chains 4 and 8 from moving in parallel with the conveying surface 12 at both sides.
May be provided to guide the roller chains 4, 8 smoothly. Although the cross-sectional shape of the connecting body 11 is formed in a circular shape in the above embodiment, the shape is not limited to this and may be arbitrary. In this case, the shape of the groove S1 of the third sprocket S may be the end of the connecting body 11. It is formed in a shape relative to the cross-sectional shape of the part. Further, one of the two transfer devices 20 and 21 is not provided with the needle-shaped body 13, but a conventionally used transfer device is used, and the other transfer device of the present invention is used. However, the number of the needle-shaped bodies 13 is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the arrangement of the needle-shaped bodies 13 is not limited to the above-described embodiment. Further, the shape of the connecting body 11 is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and the central portion of the connecting body 11 is arranged so as to be inclined upward toward the horizontal axis on the other side, and only the end portion of the connecting body 11 is horizontal. Forming parallel to the axis is also conceivable. Also,
With respect to the installation of the drive shafts 18 and 19, even if the third gear 17 is omitted and a sprocket is provided at any position on the chain extension and the sprocket is detachably fitted to the sprocket, the drive shafts 18 and 19 are the same as those in the above embodiment. The same effect can be obtained. Furthermore, in the above example, the roller chain was used as the conveyor belt,
It is also possible to provide a toothed belt (timing belt) or the like with a horizontal shaft and use this as a substitute.

[0014]

As is apparent from the above description, the present invention is a pair of first support shafts arranged in parallel with each other in the food conveying direction and fitted to the first support shafts. The first rotating body and the first conveying belt wound around the both first rotating bodies constitute a one-sided conveying body, and a pair of parallel arranged spaced apart from each other in the food conveying direction. The second support shaft, the second rotary body fitted to each of the second support shafts, and the second transport belt wound around the second rotary bodies constitute a transport body on the other side. , The one side transport body and the other side transport body are arranged in the same plane with a space in the support shaft direction, and the first transport belt is provided with a first horizontal shaft arranged at equal pitches, The second conveyor belt is provided with a second horizontal shaft arranged at equal pitches, and the first rotary body is a horizontal axis pitch with respect to the second rotary body. Displaced in the food conveying direction, an appropriate number of connecting bodies are arranged between the first conveying belt and the second conveying belt in a direction perpendicular to the food conveying direction, and the connecting bodies protrude on the food conveying surface. The needle-shaped body is fixed, one end of the connecting body is pivotally supported on the first horizontal axis, and the other end of the connecting body is pivotally supported on the second horizontal axis, the first horizontal axis and the second horizontal axis. A third support shaft parallel to the shaft is provided, and a third rotary body having a groove formed in the outer periphery for fitting with the connecting body is pivotally supported on the third support shaft, and provided on the first rotary body. The third support shaft is arranged in a direction opposite to the food conveyance direction and is displaced from the first support shaft by half the pitch, and the third support shaft provided on the second rotating body is arranged in the second direction in the food conveyance direction. Since it is arranged so that it is displaced from the spindle by half of the pitch, it is necessary to insert the needle-shaped body into the food Fall can be prevented,
By holding the food with almost ideal pressing force and slicing the shape of the food into the original shape, the thickness of the sliced piece can be made uniform, and by preventing contact between the food and the round blade, economical slicing is possible. Yes, and the product value of the sliced piece can be greatly improved, and the needle-shaped body sinks at a right angle to the transport surface while preventing wobbling of the connected body at the end of the connected body, so it does not damage the food. , Even if it is long enough to hold food, it is possible to bring the conveyor device close to the blade, and it is possible to reduce the remaining amount of the end of food that does not reach the conveyance force, and insert the needle-shaped body. Since the food is held stably, it becomes possible to adapt to a food slicer with a meat box installed vertically, and the sliced piece does not lose its original shape by bringing the conveying device close to the round blade, and the round blade as in the example A receiving and transporting device on the lower side of By slicing, it becomes possible to automatically convey sliced pieces, eliminating the need for conventional manual removal, which is excellent when labor saving and productivity improvement in the slicing, taking out, and arraying process are achieved. effective.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a carrier of a carrier device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a main part of the carrying device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a carrier of the carrier device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the carrier of the carrier device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a holding device of a carrying device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a mounting structure of a fixed-side transport device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a mounting structure of a holding-side conveying device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a front view of a slice structure portion showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a front view of a carrying device according to another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Food transport direction 1 Machine stand 2 First support shaft 3 First sprocket 4 First roller chain 5 One side carrier 6 Second support shaft 7 Second sprocket 8 Second roller chain 9 Other side carrier 10a 1st Horizontal shaft 10b Second horizontal shaft 11 Connected body 11a First bent piece 11b Second bent piece 12 Conveying surface 13 Needle-like body 15 First gear 16 Second gear 17 Third gear 18 Drive shaft 20 Conveying device 25a Third Spindle 26 Holding device 27 Fixed side holding device t Horizontal shaft pitch S Third sprocket S1 Third sprocket groove

Claims (1)

[Claims] A pair of first support shafts that are spaced apart from each other in the food conveying direction and arranged in parallel, a first rotating body that is fitted into each of the first supporting shafts, and a pair of first rotating bodies that are wound around the first rotating body. A one-sided transport body is configured from the first transport belt that is formed, and a pair of second support shafts that are arranged in parallel with each other in the food transport direction are fitted to the second support shafts. The second rotating body and the second conveying belt wound around the two second rotating bodies form a conveying body on the other side, and the conveying body on the one side and the conveying body on the other side are on the same plane. A first horizontal shaft arranged at equal pitches on the first conveyor belt, and a second horizontal shaft arranged at equal pitches on the second conveyor belt. The first rotating body is provided so as to be displaced from the second rotating body in the food conveying direction by a pitch of the horizontal axis, and the first conveying belt and An appropriate number of connecting bodies are arranged between the two conveying belts in a direction perpendicular to the food conveying direction, and needle-like bodies projecting on the conveying surface of the food are fixed to the connecting bodies, and one end of the connecting body is The third support is pivotally supported on one horizontal axis, the other end of the connecting body is pivotally supported on the second horizontal axis, and a third support axis parallel to the first horizontal axis and the second horizontal axis is provided. A third rotating body having a groove formed on the outer periphery for fitting with the connecting body is pivotally supported on the shaft, and a third supporting shaft provided on the first rotating body is provided with a first rotating body in a direction opposite to a food conveying direction. The third spindle provided on the second rotating body is displaced from the spindle by half the pitch, and is displaced from the second spindle by half the pitch in the food conveying direction. Conveying device for food slicer.