JPH09234692A - Vegetable slicer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vegetable slicer of a structure to minimize extraction of water content from vegetables by reducing the area of the vegetables to be brought into contact with a rotary cutting blade, and making the rotating direction of a blade tip of the rotating cutting blade substantially parallel to an upper surface of an upper plate part on which the vegetables are loaded to be cut thereon to suppressing the load of the rotary cutting blade on the vegetables. SOLUTION: An upper plate part 26 is provided horizontally on a frame of L-shaped section, and a rotary cutting blade 27 is provided on the upper plate part 26. A vegetable slicer is provided with a pressing body to press vegetables fed on the upper plate part 26 toward the rotary cutting blade 27. An upper center part of the rotary cutting blade 27 is covered with a fixed plate 40 to expose an upper surface 41 on a blade tip side in an annular manner, and a pressing body 28 is enclosed in a cylindrical body. A movable plate 40 is provided above the upper plate part in the cylindrical body, and moved in the vertical direction by a displacing means 50 to adjust the vertical clearance between the blade tip of the rotary cutting blade 27 and the upper face of the movable plate 40. The load on the rotary cutting blade 27 to the vegetables is reduced to suppress extraction of water content from the vegetables.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a vegetable slicer,
In particular, the present invention relates to a structure of a cabbage slicer for cutting cabbage.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an apparatus having a structure shown in FIG.
No. 753). That is, this cabbage slicer 1
Basically, a base 2, a casing-like frame 3 rising from one edge of the base 2, and an upper plate 4 provided horizontally at an upper end of the frame 3.
And a rotary cutting blade 5 provided on the upper plate portion 4 so as to be horizontally rotatable while projecting slightly above the upper plate portion 4.
And vegetables dropped on the upper plate 4 (not shown)
Pressing body 6 for pushing the blade toward the cutting edge of the rotary cutting blade 5
It is composed of

[0003] An interval adjusting member 14 composed of one bolt is provided between the base 2 and the upper plate portion 4, and a knob 15 provided in the middle of the member 14 is rotated. Thereby, the upper plate 4 is slightly rotated about the side where the interval adjusting member 14 is not present as a rotation center, and the upper plate 4 can be adjusted to be slightly lower than the cutting edge of the rotary cutting blade 5. Has become.

[0004] The pressing body 6 comprises a column 7 which is vertically erected and fixed substantially in the middle of the upper plate portion 4, a columnar pressing body 8 having the column 7 as a center of rotation, and a lower portion thereof. A spur gear portion 9 engraved on the outer peripheral portion in the circumferential direction;
A drive gear 10 is mounted on the upper plate 4 so as to mesh with the spur gear 9 as a driven gear. The drive gear 10 is driven by a motor (not shown) provided inside the casing frame 3.

The cover 11 of the pressing body 8 is provided with two cabbage inlets 12 having a substantially elliptical shape and rotationally symmetric about the column 7.
The wall body 13 hangs downward from 2 and has a function of forcibly pushing the cabbage when the pressing body 8 is rotated.

When slicing cabbage into shredded shapes using the cabbage slicer 1 having the above structure, first, the cabbage is thrown into the pressing body 8 from the cabbage slot 12 and the motor is driven. Drive gear 1
0 and the pressing body 8 rotates. Then, the cabbage in the pressing body 8 is forcibly pushed by the wall body 13 toward the cutting edge of the rotary cutting blade 5 to cut the cabbage.
The cut cabbage is a space S between the base 2 and the upper plate 4.
At the front of the casing-shaped frame 3,
There, it is received in a container (not shown).

[0007]

The cabbage slicer having the above-mentioned structure is usefully used for business purposes in restaurants, lunch centers, and the like, but further improvements are desired in the following points. That is, when the cut cabbage passes through the cutting edge of the rotary cutting blade 5 and is pushed backward by the wall 13, it comes into contact with most of the upper surface of the rotary cutting blade 5. There is a problem that the water is easily rubbed and water is easily discharged.

Further, since the upper surface of the upper plate portion 4 and the direction of rotation of the cutting edge of the rotary cutting blade 5 are not strictly parallel, the shape of the cut shredded cabbage has a non-parallel width. In addition to making the appearance worse, the rotary cutting blade 5 rotates while applying a load to the cut end of the cabbage by the amount of the inclination of the cutting edge, so that the cabbage tends to emit moisture by the amount of the load. There is. An object of the present invention is to reduce the area in which a cabbage contacts the rotary cutting blade, make the rotation direction of the blade edge of the rotary cutting blade substantially parallel to the upper surface of the upper plate, and cut the vegetables by the rotary cutting blade. It is an object of the present invention to provide a slicer having a structure capable of suppressing a load and suppressing water flow from vegetables.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a rotating plate for cutting vegetables on an upper plate fixed through a base to an upper portion of a frame having a substantially L-shaped side. In a vegetable slicer in which a cutting blade is provided horizontally and a pressing body for pushing a vegetable dropped on the upper plate toward the cutting edge of the rotary cutting blade is horizontally rotatable, an upper surface of the rotary cutting blade is provided. Means is adopted in which the center portion is covered with a fixing plate to expose the blade-side upper surface in a ring shape. In addition, a means of sealing the pressing body into a cylindrical body is employed.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment in which the present invention is embodied in a cabbage slicer will be specifically described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a cabbage slicer 21 as a vegetable slicer according to this embodiment is basically the same as that of the above-described prior art, and has a frame 23 having a substantially L-shaped side surface and an upper end thereof. An upper plate portion 26 provided horizontally in the section, a cabbage cutting rotary cutting blade 27 that rotates horizontally on the upper plate portion 26, and a pressing body 28 that pushes vegetables (not shown) to the rotary cutting blade 27. It is composed of

The frame 23 is provided with a base frame 22 obtained by bending a tube so that the front thereof has a substantially U-shape when viewed from above, and extends over the bent back portion. 24 fixed by welding as described above, and the substrate 24
It consists of a vertical frame 25 in the shape of a casing that stands upright from above.

A motor (not shown) is built in the vertical frame 25, and power is transmitted from the motor to the rotary cutting blade 27 and the pressing body 28. A metal base (not shown), which will be described later, is mounted on the vertical frame 25. A base plate 38 having a semicircular side surface and a side wall portion 39 hanging down from the peripheral portion are mounted on the base.
An upper plate 26 made of synthetic resin is fixed.
A means for transmitting power from the motor to the rotary cutting blade 27 and the pressing body 28 is provided between the base and the upper plate 26. The semicircular side edge portion of the substrate 38 is provided with a ridge guide portion 37 having a substantially right-angled triangular cross section so as to facilitate positioning of a cylindrical body described later.

However, in this embodiment, the pressing body 28 has a rotating shaft 29 extending upward from below the upper plate portion 26 and a hook-shaped fixing member rotationally symmetrically fixed to the rotating shaft 29. Two wings 3 forming a cross section
0, each wing 30 expands downward as it goes down, so that the cabbage can be reliably pressed by the rotary cutting blade 27.

Further, the pressing body 28 is connected to the upper plate 2
6 is sealed in a cylindrical body 31 made of a transparent resin so that the cylindrical body 31 covers the pressing body 28 from the periphery thereof, and the cylindrical body 31 has a lid body from above. 32 can be covered.
In addition, the side of the cylindrical body 31 has its own weight of the lid 32,
Alternatively, when a sensor 33 that operates by applying a force to the lid body 32 is provided and the lid body 32 does not exist on the cylindrical body 31, the power supply circuit of a motor (not shown) that rotates the pressing body 28 is cut off. It is supposed to be done.

Two projecting pieces 34 extending in the horizontal direction are formed on the outer surface of the lower part of the cylindrical body 31 at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction. Are penetrated, and can be locked to the heads of bolts 36 implanted in the upper plate portion 26 at positions corresponding to the elongated holes 35. In order to lock the projecting piece 34 to the bolt 36, the head of the bolt 36 is inserted into the large diameter portion of the elongated hole 35, and then the cylinder 31 is slightly rotated.

As shown in FIG. 3, a movable plate 40 which can be displaced up and down is attached to a displacing means which will be described later, at a portion where the plane is substantially semicircular on the substrate portion 38 in the cylindrical body 31. . In addition, the substrate portion 38 in the cylindrical body 31
Is a base on which a cabbage is placed, which is exposed in a substantially quarter-circular plane.

Further, in the cabbage slicer 21 according to the present invention, the central portion of the upper surface of the rotary cutting blade 27 is
The blade-tip-side upper surface 41 is annularly exposed by being covered with a plurality of circular fixing plates 42 to reduce the area rubbed with the cabbage.
The fixed plate 42 is fixed to a vertical fixed shaft 43 rising from a part of the substrate section 38, and the rotary cutting blade 27 is connected to the rotary shaft 4 extrapolated to the vertical fixed shaft 43.
By rotating 4 by a motor (not shown),
It is designed to rotate.

Below the movable plate 40, one base 50 is composed of at least two members, a first member 47 whose upper surface 46 is inclined and a second member 49 whose lower surface 48 is inclined. Displacement means 45 is mounted. The base 50 is a metal plate for attaching the upper plate 26 to the casing-like frame 25.

A single screw 51 is horizontally engaged with the first member 47, and the handle 52 is rotated to cause the first member 47 to radiate outward from the rotary shaft 29. It is possible to move back and forth. On the other hand, a rod-shaped member 54 of a predetermined length is implanted on the upper surface 53 side of the second member 49, which moves up and down together with the second member 49 according to the advance and retreat of the first member 47, and At a position slightly lower than the cutting edge, the movable plate 40 is moved up and down while maintaining a horizontal state.

Next, how the operation and effects of the present invention are exhibited when the cabbage slicer 21 having the above structure according to the present invention is used will be described. First, the lid 32 is removed from the cylindrical body 31 and one or two cabbages are put into the cylindrical body 31. Then, when the cover of the cylinder 32 is covered with the lid 32 and the motor is turned on, the pressing body 28
Starts rotating, and the cabbage collides with the cutting edge of the rotary cutting blade 27 and is cut into small pieces from below.

At this time, the central portion of the upper surface of the rotary cutting blade 27 is covered with the fixing plate 42, and only the blade-side upper surface 41 is annularly exposed to contact the cabbage, so that the rotary cutting blade 27 rubs the cabbage. Is reduced to a minimum, and as a result, the load on the cabbage received from the rotary cutting blade 27 is reduced, and water output from the cabbage is minimized.

In the apparatus according to the present invention, the displacement means 4
5, the movable plate 40 is positioned at a slightly lower height than the cutting edge of the rotary cutting blade 27 and moves up and down horizontally, so that the cabbage is reliably cut in parallel with a predetermined width. Also, unlike the prior art, the rotary cutting blade 27 and the movable plate 40
Are parallel to each other, so that the load exerted on the cabbage by the cutting edge of the rotary cutting blade 27 is further reduced, and the above-mentioned water discharge can be further suppressed.

The present invention can be carried out as follows, for example, by partially modifying the above-described embodiments, within the limits that do not significantly impair the effects of the present invention by following the fundamental technical idea thereof. In a mode in which the pressing body 30 is rotated at a predetermined speed or less, the pressing body may be a drum-shaped pressing body as in the related art, or as shown in FIG. Shaft 29 extending upward from the shaft, and a half (1/1 /
2) It may be composed of two circular hollow walls. In some cases, the hollow wall may have a 1/3 or 1/4 circular shape.

The base frame 22 may be formed of a single plate-like member. The rotation direction of the rotary cutting blade 27 may be the same as or different from the rotation direction of the pressing body 28.
The device according to the invention can also be used for cutting vegetables other than cabbage. The first member 47 of the displacement means 45 can be provided with a guide groove or other shape that can slide in a direction in which the first member 47 radiates outward from the rotation axis. Similarly, the second member 49 may be provided with a sliding groove or a hole that allows the second member 49 to be moved up and down.
An elastic member may be used to ensure sliding of the first and second members 47 and 49.

[0025]

As described in detail above, the present invention can reduce the area where vegetables come into contact with the rotary cutting blade,
An excellent effect that the rotation direction of the cutting edge of the rotary cutting blade and the upper surface of the upper plate on which the vegetables are placed for cutting are substantially parallel, so that the load of the rotary cutting blade on the vegetables can be suppressed and water from the vegetables can be suppressed. Demonstrate.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view of a vegetable slicer according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the slicer.

FIG. 3 is a top view of the same.

FIG. 4 is a partial sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway perspective view of a vegetable slicer according to the related art.

[Explanation of symbols]

 23 Frame 26 Upper plate part 27 Rotary cutting blade 28 Pressing body 31 Cylindrical body 40 Movable plate 45 Displacement means 46 Upper surface 47 First member 48 Lower surface 49 Second member 50 Base

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Rumiko Yanagisawa 463 Mori Tadashi, Kuwana City, Mie Prefecture Chubu Koki Co., Ltd.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A frame (2) having a substantially L-shaped side surface.
3) An upper plate (2) fixed to the upper part through a base (50).
In 6), a rotary cutting blade (27) for cutting vegetables is provided so as to be horizontally rotatable, and a pressing body (28) for pushing vegetables dropped into the upper plate portion toward the cutting edge of the rotary cutting blade is provided. A vegetable slicer provided so as to be horizontally rotatable, wherein the center of the upper surface of the rotary cutting blade (27) is covered with a fixed plate (42) to expose the blade-side upper surface (41) in a ring shape. Slicer. 2. A frame (2) having a substantially L-shaped side surface.
3) An upper plate (2) fixed to the upper part via a base (50).
6) A rotary cutting blade (27) for cutting vegetables is provided horizontally so as to be able to cut vegetables, and a pressing body (2) for pushing vegetables dropped on the upper plate toward the cutting edge of the rotary cutting blade.
In the vegetable slicer provided so that 8) can be horizontally rotated, the center of the upper surface of the rotary cutting blade (27) is fixed to the fixed plate (4).
A vegetable slicer characterized in that it is covered with 2) to expose the blade-side upper surface (41) in a ring shape, and the pressing body (28) is sealed in a cylindrical body (31). 3. An upper plate portion (2) in said cylindrical body (31).
A movable plate (40) is provided above 6), and the movable plate is
By the displacement means (45) fixed to the base (50),
3. The vegetable slicer according to claim 2, wherein the slicer is vertically displaceable. 4. The displacing means (45) is provided on an upper surface (46).
And at least two members, a first member (47) having an inclined lower surface and a second member (49) having an inclined lower surface (48), and one of the two members is horizontal. 4. The vegetable slicer according to claim 3, wherein when displaced in the direction, the inclined surface of the member slides in contact with the inclined surface of another member, and the other member is vertically displaced.