JPH09262795A - Vegetable cutter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the strength required to cut vegetable with a device for cutting vegetable square by utilizing hand cutting action. SOLUTION: A vegetable cutter, which includes a first cutting assembly 13 arranged with a plurality pieces of a first cutting blade 12 of a saw blade shape or a wave shape in parallel to each other at specific intervals with their blade ends facing upward and a second cutting assembly 15 including a second cutting blade 14 arranged on the lower part of the first cutting assembly 13 similarly and almost orthogonal to the first cutting blade 12, is of a composition equipped with a press down means which presses down the vegetable placed on the first cutting assembly 13 and cuts the vegetable square with the first cutting blade 12 and the second cutting blade 14. A vibration means 30 vibrating the cutting blade of at least one cutting assembly of the two assemblies in the longitudinal direction is additionally fitted to the cutter.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement of a vegetable cutting machine for slicing vegetables, particularly cabbage.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a cutting machine for cutting cabbage into square pieces has been known, and for example, there is an apparatus described in US Pat. As shown in FIG. 2, in this apparatus, a plurality of first cutting blades 2 having a sawtooth shape or a corrugated shape are arranged parallel to each other in a main body frame 1 whose side surface has an inverted U shape. A first cutting assembly 3 arranged at a predetermined interval, and a second cutting blade 4 arranged below the assembly 3 so as to be similar to the first cutting blade 2 and substantially orthogonal thereto. The second cutting assembly 5 that it has is fixed horizontally. And
Further, a pressing means 6 for pressing a cabbage (not shown) downward above the second cutting assembly 5 and cutting it in a square shape by the first cutting blade 2 and the second cutting blade 4 is vertically movable. Is attached to.

A box-shaped fixing member 7 for fixing the first assembly 3 and the second assembly 5 has a base end portion of a handle 8 whose side surface has an inverted U shape, which is axially attached. One end of the connecting rod 9 is connected to. The other end of the connecting rod 9 is connected to the pressing means 6, and the pressing means 6 is pushed down by pressing the tip of the handle 8.
It is designed to descend toward the side.

Although not shown, a large number of angular projections are provided on the lower surface side of the pressing means 6, and all the first cutting blades 2 and the second cutting blades are provided between the projections. The groove 4 has at least a depth into which the cutting edge is inserted and is formed in a grid pattern.

In the cabbage cutting machine having the above structure, the cabbage placed on the first cutting assembly 3 is pushed by the pressing means 6 when the handle 8 is pushed down.
Thus, the pressure is strongly applied to the first cutting blade 2 side, and first, vertical cutting is performed. When the cabbage is further strongly pressed, the vertically cut cabbage reaches the second cutting blade 4 and is laterally cut, and eventually the rectangularly cut cabbage falls below the fixing member 7.

[0006]

In the above cutting process,
The cabbage is cut by the wavy cutting edges of the first cutting blade 2 and the second cutting blade 4. However, since the cutting edges have few inclined portions, the cutting is mostly performed by the push-cutting action. Therefore, a great amount of force is required to cut the cabbage, and a worker who cuts a large number of cabbage is burdened with the cutting work using the cutting machine of the type described above. Therefore, the present inventor has conducted extensive studies to reduce this burden, and has found that the cutting blade should be moved, and completed the present invention. Therefore, the subject of this invention is providing the vegetable cutting machine of the said structure which can further reduce the force required for the cutting.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a plurality of saw blade-shaped or corrugated first cutting blades with a predetermined interval in parallel with their cutting edges facing upward. And a second cutting assembly having a second cutting blade arranged below the assembly and arranged so as to be substantially orthogonal to the first cutting blade. And, in the vegetable slicing machine comprising a pressing means for pressing the vegetables placed on the first cutting assembly downward and cutting the vegetables in a square shape by the first cutting blade and the second cutting blade, A means for providing a vibrating means for vibrating the cutting blade of at least one of the cutting assemblies in its longitudinal direction is adopted.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the vegetable cutting machine according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of corrugated first cutting blades 12 are used. The first cutting assembly 13 is arranged in parallel with the blade edge facing upward at a predetermined interval, and is arranged below the assembly 13 so as to be substantially the same as the first cutting blade 12 and substantially orthogonal thereto. It has a second cutting assembly 15 with a second cutting blade 14 present. Then, like the conventional art, the vegetable cutting machine according to the present invention pushes the vegetables placed on the first cutting assembly 13 downward, and the first cutting blade 12 and the second cutting blade 14 are pressed. It is provided with a pressing means (not shown) that cuts into a square shape by.

However, in the vegetable cutting machine according to the present invention, at least one of the two cutting assemblies 13 and 15 has the first cutting blade 1 of the cutting assembly.
2 or a second cutting blade 14, preferably both cutting blades 12,
A vibrating means 30 for vibrating 14 in its longitudinal direction is provided. The cutting assemblies 13 and 15 and the vibrating means 30 are mounted on a body frame (not shown).

The vibrating means 30 is a motor mounted on the body frame of the vegetable cutting machine (neither is shown).
And an eccentric inner ring 32 attached to the rotary shaft 31 of the motor and an eccentric outer ring 33 externally fitted to the eccentric inner ring 32.
The eccentric rod 34 mounted on the eccentric rod and the forward and backward repetitive motions generated in the eccentric rod 34 are transmitted to the first cutting assembly 13 via the connector 5 in the form of longitudinal vibration of the first cutting blade 12. It is composed of a first transmission member 36 and a second transmission member 37 which takes out a part of the repetitive motion as a component force and transmits it to the second cutting assembly 15 by converting it into vibration in the longitudinal direction of the second cutting blade 14 and transmitting it. There is. Although not shown, the first cutting assembly 13 and the second cutting assembly 15 are provided on the body frame.
Guide means is provided so as to move forward and backward in the directions of arrows X and Y.

When the thus constructed vegetable cutting machine according to the present invention is operated, the first vegetable cutting assembly 1 is used.
When the motor is started and the handle of the pressing means is lowered after it is placed on the first cutting blade 12 of No. 3, the vegetables pressed against the pressing means are first cut as in the prior art. The blade 12 is pressed against the blade 12 and vertically cut with a predetermined cutting width.

However, since the first cutting blade 12 vibrates in the longitudinal direction as shown by the arrow X in the pressing and cutting process, the blade edge moves back and forth to slice the horizontal portion as well as the inclined portion. Exert an effect. As a result, the force for cutting vegetables is significantly reduced as compared with the prior art, and vegetables are cut with a small pressing force.

The strip-shaped vegetables cut by the first cutting blade 12 further collide with the second cutting blade 14 by receiving the force applied to the pressing means. At that time, the second cutting blade 1
Since 4 also vibrates in the longitudinal direction as indicated by arrow Y, vegetables are cut into square pieces by the same action as the vegetable cutting action of the first cutting blade 12.

The present invention can be carried out in accordance with the fundamental technical idea thereof by partially modifying the above-described mode as long as the effect of the invention is not significantly impaired. For example, the vibrating means 30 may be separately provided in each of the first cutting assembly 13 and the second cutting assembly 15, or a vibrator may be used as a vibration source instead of the eccentric mechanism.

[0015]

As described above in detail, the present invention exerts an excellent effect that the cutting force required for cutting vegetables into square pieces by a pressing action can be significantly reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a main part of a vegetable cutting machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a vegetable cutting machine according to a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 12 1st cutting blade 13 1st cutting assembly 14 2nd cutting blade 15 2nd cutting assembly 30 Vibrating means

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

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A first cutting assembly (1) in which a plurality of first cutting blades (12) having a sawtooth shape or a corrugated shape are arranged in parallel at predetermined intervals with their cutting edges facing upward.
3) and a second cutting assembly (15) below the assembly, the second cutting assembly (15) having a second cutting blade (14) arranged in the same manner and substantially orthogonal to the first cutting blade, and In a vegetable cutting machine equipped with a pressing means for pressing a vegetable placed on the first cutting assembly downward and cutting it angularly by the first cutting blade and the second cutting blade, among the two cutting assemblies. A vegetable cutting machine comprising a vibrating means (30) for vibrating a cutting blade of at least one cutting assembly in a longitudinal direction thereof.