JPH08332020A - Oyster or scallop peeler - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a oyster or scallop peeler which can readily open the shells of oysters and scallops and surely and clearly peel off the flesh from the shells with operation efficiency and safety improved. CONSTITUTION: For example, the switch lever 17 of the body case 14 of a pistol type is operated to actuate the driving motor 11 to rotate the eccentric shaft 22 through the driving mechanism 13. Thus, the peeling implement 2 is vibrated transversely as it is supported by the guide roller 4. As a result, the top end of the peeling implement finely vibrates up and down and right and left to easily open the bivalve shell. The top end of the peeler 2 is inserted into the shell and the case is moved to shift the top end to readily and surely peel off the flesh.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a peeling machine for peeling the contents of oysters and scallops, and more particularly to an oyster / scallop peeling machine for peeling the contents by a simple semi-automatic operation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a method of stripping off the contents of oysters and scallops, hold them with one hand and use the other hand to spread the mouth of the shell with a knife etc. ， The method of removing the contents by moving it to the left and right was used.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The above-mentioned prior art is carried out by hand only and requires a long working time and requires skill. In addition, productivity is low. In addition, there is a problem in terms of safety because a finger or the like may be damaged by a knife during work.

The present invention solves the above problems, and the work of stripping the contents of oysters and scallops is performed semi-automatically, and the work is easy and quick, and the skill level is low. It is also an object of the present invention to provide an oyster / scallop peeling machine that can be carried out and can be safely operated.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a peeling machine for moving the oysters and scallops while pushing a knife to peel off the contents. And a peeling tool having a rotation center hole on the base end side and a driving motor and an operating portion and a driving mechanism portion for the motor, which are eccentrically supported on the rotation center hole of the peeling equipment. The oyster / scallop peeling machine is characterized in that it is provided with a guide roller that holds the intermediate portion of the peeling device and the operation driving portion that is supported by the operation driving portion. More specifically, the tip of the peeling tool is a spoon-shaped one for the scallop and a knife-blade-shaped one for the oyster. It is characterized in that it is formed in a shape and size that can be grasped.

[0006]

First, a oyster or a scallop is held in one hand, and the peeling machine of the present invention is held by the other hand. By operating the operation drive unit, the peeling device whose base end is eccentrically supported on the operation drive unit moves eccentrically, but the peeling device has its middle part clamped by the guide roller, so the peeling device is peeled off. The tip of the device vibrates in and out of the shell and in the direction of pushing the mouth of the shell open. Therefore, the tip of the peeling tool easily enters the inside of the shellfish. When the tip is moved in this state in the direction of stripping the shell contents, the shell contents can be stripped easily and neatly due to the synergistic effect of the movement and the vibration.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional view showing the entire structure of this embodiment for scallops, FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG. 1, and FIGS. 3 to 6 are drawings for explaining a vibrating state of a peeling tool and a peeling method. 7 is a partial side view showing the main structure of the present embodiment for oysters, and FIG. 8 is a partial plan view of FIG.

First, the overall structure of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. The oyster / scallop stripping machine 1 is roughly classified into a stripping tool 2, an operation drive section 3 for eccentrically driving the stripping tool 2,
It is composed of a guide roller 4 and the like for sandwiching the intermediate portion of the peeling tool. 1 and 2 show an embodiment applied to the scallop 5. Further, in the present embodiment, the outer contour of the operation drive unit 3 is of a pistol type in consideration of facilitating the peeling operation, but of course the invention is not limited to this.

The stripping device 2 is made of a long and narrow strip,
A spun 6 is formed at the tip end for stripping off scallops, and a boss portion 8 having a rotation center hole 7 is formed at the base end side. Further, the spun 6 and the boss portion 8 are integrally connected by an elongated flat plate member 9 having a narrow width. The spoon 6 is for scallops, and for oysters, a knife shape is used as shown in FIG. In addition, the axial direction of the rotation center hole 7 of the boss portion 8 is formed along the direction in which the spawn is open,
The flat plate member 9 is also formed such that its plate width direction is along the direction in which the spoon is opened.

Next, the operation drive section 3 will be described. The operation drive unit 3 is roughly classified into a rotary shaft 21, an eccentric shaft 22 fixed to the rotary shaft 21, a drive motor 11, the operation unit 12, and
It is composed of a drive mechanism section 13 for transmitting the rotation of the drive motor 11 to the rotary shaft 21 side, a main body case 14 for accommodating these, and the like. In the present embodiment, the main body case 14 has a pistol-shaped outer contour shape for the purpose of improving operability, and has a hollow portion formed inside. The material is, for example, a plastic material for the purpose of lightweight.

The drive motor 11 is housed in the cavity of the body case 14 and is held by a holding means (not shown).
Is held. The power cord 15 is held in the main body case 14 by a plug 16 or the like and extended to the outside. In addition,
The drive motor is a DC motor, and it is 5000 to 10,000R.
A high-speed PM type is adopted as an example. Therefore A
It is necessary to interpose a D / A converter (not shown) for the C power supply.

The operating portion 12 comprises a switch lever 17 supported by the main body case 14, a switch 18 connected to the drive motor 11, and the like. When the body case 14 is gripped and the switch lever 17 is pulled, the switch 18 is turned on and the drive motor 11 is rotated.

The drive mechanism 13 comprises a bevel gear 19 fixed to a rotary shaft 21, a bevel gear 20 meshed with the bevel gear 19 and fixed to the rotary shaft 10 of the drive motor 11, and the like. In this embodiment, a bevel gear is used as an example. However, when the rotational speed as described above is obtained, the main body case 14 and the drive motor 11 are used as the stripping tool 2 without using the bevel gear. It is possible to adopt a method in which the eccentric shaft 22 is directly fixed to the rotary shaft 10 of the drive motor 11 in a direction perpendicular to the shaft.

The rotating shaft 21 of the bevel gear 19 is fixed to an eccentric shaft 22 which is eccentric to the rotating shaft 21 by an eccentric amount δ, as shown in FIGS. The value of δ is 1 [m
m] or less. The eccentric shaft 22 is inserted into the rotation center hole 7 of the boss portion 8 of the stripping tool 2.

With the above structure, the power cord 15 is connected to the power source, the switch lever 17 is operated, and the switch 18 is turned on.
When set to N, the drive motor 11 rotates, and the rotation is transmitted to the rotating shaft 21 via the bevel gears 20 and 19, and the eccentric shaft 22 is eccentrically rotated.

The guide roller 4 is a pair of rubber rollers 2.
3, 23 and arms 25 supporting a rotary shaft 24 pivotally supporting the rubber roller 23. A pair of rubber rollers 23, 2
3 is attached to the tip side of the arm 25 and holds the flat plate member 9 of the stripping tool 2. Further, the base end portion of the arm 25 is fixed to the main body case 14 of the operation drive unit 3. Although the rubber roller is used in this embodiment, a member having a cushioning property, such as resin, can be used.

Next, the overall operation of the oyster / scallop peeling machine 1 of this embodiment will be described. By operating the drive motor 11 of the operation drive unit 3 as described above, the eccentric shaft 22
Rotates eccentrically. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the eccentric shaft 2
2 and the rotation center hole 7 of the boss portion 8 are eccentrically rotated by the eccentric amount δ, the flat plate member 9 of the stripping tool 2 reciprocates along the direction B of the arrow and the holding portion (shown by P) of the guide roller 4 is moved. It moves up and down as a fulcrum. As a result, the tip of the peeling tool 2 moves along the arrow B direction and the arrows B, B direction. However, since the eccentricity amount δ is extremely small and the drive motor 11 rotates at high speed, the tip end of the peeling tool 2 causes chatter vibration in the vertical and horizontal directions.

As shown in FIG. 6, when the tip of the peeling tool 2 which is vibrating in the B direction and B, B direction is hit against the mouth 5a of the scallop 5, the mouth 5a is easily opened by the chattering vibration. , Scallop the tip of the stripping device 2
Can be inserted inside. In this state, when the tip is moved in the AA direction as shown in FIG. 1, the spun 6 vibrates and vibrates, so that the contents inside the scallop 5 are easily peeled off.

7 and 8 show the structure of the main part of the oyster / scallop stripping machine 1 for stripping the contents of the oyster 26. In this case, except for the structure of the knife 2a, it is the same as the structure of the oyster / scallop peeling machine 1 of the previous embodiment. The knife 2a is formed by integrally connecting both ends of a boss portion 8 having a knife blade-shaped tip and a rotation center hole 7 at a base end portion thereof with a flat plate member 9a.
The oyster 26 has a knife blade at the tip of the stripping tool 2.
This is because the knife blade is more effective than the spoon to remove the contents. Also in the case of this embodiment, the contents of the oyster 26 can be easily peeled off by moving the tip in the AA direction while vibrating the rattling vibration.

In the above description, the tip structure of the peeling tool is spoon-shaped or knife-shaped, but the tip structure is not limited to this. Further, the structure and arrangement of the operation drive unit are not limited to the contents of the above embodiment. Also,
Although the main body case is a pistol type, one having another outer contour with good operability is applied.

[0021]

According to the present invention, the following remarkable effects are obtained. 1) By making the tip of the stripping device capable of slightly vibrating, the mouth of the shellfish can be easily opened and inserted into the inside. 2) Since it is easy to move the tip of the peeling device along the contents of the shell while gripping the operation drive unit, the contents can be easily peeled without requiring any special skill.
And surely. 3) The stripping work is performed in a short time, and the work efficiency can be improved. 4) The safety of the work can be improved because the opening of the mouth of the shellfish and the peeling of the contents are easily performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing the overall structure of one embodiment of a scallop of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a partial plan view for explaining the fine vibration operation of the spoon in the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a partial plan view showing vertical and horizontal movements of the stripping device 2 associated with the eccentric movement of the eccentric shaft according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view showing the eccentric structure of the eccentric shaft of the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an opening operation at the mouth of a shellfish according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a partial side view showing a knife shape for an oyster.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Oyster / Scallop Stripping Machine 2 Stripping Tool 2a Knife 3 Operation Drive Section 4 Guide Roller 5 Scallop 5a Mouth 6 Spoon 7 Rotation Center Hole 8 Boss Section 9 Flat Plate Member 10 Rotation Shaft 11 Drive Motor 12 Operation Section 13 Drive Mechanism Section 14 main body case 15 power cord 16 plug 17 lever for switch 18 switch 19 bevel gear 20 bevel gear 21 rotary shaft 22 eccentric shaft 23 rubber roller 24 rotary shaft 25 armrest 26 oyster A moving direction B vibration direction P clamping part δ eccentric amount

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A peeling machine for moving the oysters and scallops while pushing a knife to peel off the contents, having a tip shape suitable for peeling oysters or scallops and having a rotation center hole on the base end side. A stripping tool, an operation drive section which eccentrically supports the rotation center hole of the stripping tool, and which incorporates a drive motor and an operating section and a drive mechanism section of the motor, and an intermediate section of the stripping tool. An oyster / scallop peeling machine comprising a guide roller supported on the side of the operation drive unit. 2. The oyster / scallop peeling machine according to claim 1, wherein the tip of the peeling tool is a spoon-shaped one for the scallop and a knife-shaped one for the oyster. 3. The operation drive unit has an outer contour formed in a shape and size that can be gripped by hand.
Oyster scallop peeling machine.