JPH0824630B2 - Vegetable shaping equipment - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND 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 M2 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. 2".
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, the raw vegetable M preliminarily cut into a prismatic shape in order to solve the above-mentioned problems.
Sending device 1 for moving the workpiece along a linear transfer path R
In the middle of the transfer path R, a holding device 3 for holding the thin blade cutting blade 2 in a direction traversing the transfer path R, and the transfer path R in association with the driving of the feeding device 1 of the thin blade cutting blade 2. And a blade moving device 4 for moving the blade edge of the thin blade 2 in the tangential direction of the cutting surface while moving in a direction substantially orthogonal to the above.

[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. 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 preliminarily cut into a prismatic shape (in the illustrated embodiment, a trapezoidal columnar body is used, but its sectional shape may be appropriately changed. .)is there.

In order to obtain the raw material vegetables preliminarily cut into the prismatic shape, first, as shown in FIG. 4, potato M is prepared.
When the upper and lower ends of 01 are cut off in parallel and the divider 100 is pushed down in the direction of arrow P01, a plurality of prismatic raw material vegetables M having a trapezoidal cross section (six in the example) shown on the right side of FIG. 1 can be obtained.

In the dividing tool 100, a flat plate-shaped blade having a blade on the lower surface side is formed into a frame body having the shape shown in FIG. 4, but in the case of a small potato M01, the flat plate-shaped blade is formed. It is advisable to arrange them in a radial pattern so that the cross section has a substantially triangular shape and is divided into about four parts.

The vegetable patterning device of the present invention comprises a feeding device 1 for moving the raw vegetable M preliminarily cut into the prismatic shape along a linear transfer path R. Although not shown, the linear transfer path R is composed of a V-shaped groove or the like and is used to linearly transfer and guide the raw vegetable M while keeping its posture. In addition, as the delivery device 1, a hydraulic cylinder shown in FIG. 3 as well as a device that is reciprocally driven by a drive source such as a solenoid, a screw rod, and a rack can be used.
Although it is difficult to use it in the illustrated embodiment, the one in which the driving pieces such as chain loops are provided with projecting locking pieces at appropriate intervals and the raw material vegetables M are sequentially fed by these locking pieces is also used in the thin blade cutting blade 2 described later. However, it can be put to practical use if it is devised so as not to hinder the movement of the locking piece.

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 that 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 locked immediately before the thin blade cutting blade 2 (the last stage of the molding). The advance is stopped by a piece or the like, and thereafter only the rod 12 having a small diameter is made to advance. At the beginning of the molding of the raw vegetable M, the raw vegetable M is extruded by the pressing surface 13 having a large area. Only the rod 12 pushes out the raw vegetable M completely between the narrow cutting blades 2 and 2 until it completely passes through.

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. 1" is an example of holding the thin blade cutting blade 2 in a cantilevered manner, and the thin blade cutting blade 2 is held between a pair of standing walls 31 and 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. 1 is fixedly held in place by the compatible walls 31, 31 and the groove 41 unless the slider pieces 40, 40 are moved. The structure for moving the thin blade 2 will be described later.

FIG. 2 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. 2 is also fixedly held at a predetermined position unless the slider pieces 42, 42 are moved.

In the present embodiment, the above-mentioned "FIG. 1" and "FIG. 2" are used in parallel 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 knife moving device 4 has the slider pieces 40, 42 as a main part, and is associated (interlocked) with the extrusion of the raw material vegetable M, and the slider pieces 40, 42 are driven by a drive source (not shown) in the direction of arrow P. So as to reciprocate, that is, in association with the feeding device 1, the slider pieces 40, 4
It is designed to move back and forth in 2.

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. That is, since the holding pieces 32 and 35 are located between the compatible walls 31 and 31 or the standing walls 34 and 34, they do not move in the left and right directions of "FIG. 1" and "FIG. 2", and the compatible walls 31 and 31 or Guided in the gap between the standing walls 34, 34, it moves in a direction substantially orthogonal to the transfer path R.

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 in the grooves 41 and 43, and the holding pieces 32 and 35 are held. The blade tip of each thin blade cutting blade 2 held by the pieces 32 and 35 has grooves 41 and 43 corresponding to the curved surface of the vegetable to be molded.
It is designed to face the tangential direction of.

Instead of the illustrated example, the cutter moving device 4 may use a stepping motor to control the amount of movement and the amount of rotation by electric signals.

In FIG. 1, the thin blade 2 is held in a pair of C-shapes, and faces X1, X2, X shown on the right side of the figure.
By pushing the raw material vegetable M forming a trapezoidal cross section with X3 and X4 in the direction of the arrow P1, the widthwise corners of the upper surface X1 are cut off by the double blade cutting blades 2 and 2, and fed in the direction of the arrow P2. When it is cut, it becomes the temporary molding raw material vegetable M1 shown on the left side of the figure, and the cut-off surfaces X5, X6 are carved out. The cut-off surfaces X5, X6 form a curved surface by reciprocating in a constant range in a direction substantially orthogonal to the transfer path R by 41, 41.

Then, the thin blades 2 and 2 shown in FIG.
The raw material vegetables (temporary patterning raw material vegetables M1) that have passed through the portions are changed in cross section from trapezoidal to hexagonal, 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. 2 are provided with a pair of thin blade cutting blades 2 and 2 horizontally, and the surfaces X1, X2, X3 and X shown on the right side of the drawing.
As the temporary molding raw material vegetable M1 forming a hexagonal cross section with 4, X5 and X6 is pushed in the direction of arrow P3,
The upper surface X1 and the lower surface X3 are cut off by the thin blades 2 and 2 to form the shaped vegetable M2 shown on the left side of the drawing, which cuts off the cut-off surfaces X1a and X3a. The cut-off surfaces X1a and X3a At this time, the fine blade cutting blades 2, 2 reciprocate in a certain range in a direction substantially orthogonal to the transfer path R by the curved grooves 43, 43, and the upper surface X1 and the lower surface X3, which are conventionally flat surfaces, are cut off from the cut surface X1a. , X3
A curved surface is formed by a.

The grooves 41 and 43, which are curved in the shape of an arc in the illustrated example, are used. However, some of them may be used in combination with linear ones, or those which are curved in a waveform may be used. The shape of the mold may be changed, or the number of thin blades 2 used (the number of cutting steps is changed instead of the two-step cutting of "Fig. 1" and "Fig. 2") 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 perspective view of a main part of a front stage showing an embodiment of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a main part of a rear stage showing an embodiment of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional front view of a feeding device used in the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a divider and vegetables used in the previous stage of the device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 M raw material vegetables R transfer path 1 feeding device 2 thin blade cutting blade 3 holding device 4 knife moving device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A delivery device (1) for moving a raw material vegetable (M) preliminarily cut into a prismatic shape along a linear transfer path (R), and this transfer in the middle of the transfer path (R). A holding device (3) for holding a thin blade cutting blade (2) in a direction traversing the path (R), and a transfer path (R) in connection with the driving of the feeding device 1 for the thin blade cutting blade (2). A vegetable shaping device comprising a blade moving device (4) which moves in the orthogonal direction and rotates the blade tip of the thin blade (2) in the tangential direction of the cutting surface.