JPH09299035A - Pallet for holding food - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem of the roughening of the food surface and the deterioration of the quality caused by the adhesion of the creams on both cut faces in the case of cutting a cream-coated food such as a cake by a cutter. SOLUTION: A disk-shaped cake is placed and positioned on a circular dividing rotary table I and a fan-shaped cake is produced by the vertical motion of a cutter and the rotation of the dividing table I. The food-holding face 1 of the food-placing table P has a convex form having a slightly lifted center part. The holding face 1 may have a form having a flat horizontal center area 1a and an inclined circumferential part 1b encircling the center area 1a slightly raising the face toward the center.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a food placing pallet used when placing a circular food product and cutting it with a cutter.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A fan-shaped cake A ₁ as shown in FIG.
A circular cake A, which is coated with cream C on the surface of a sponge and decorated with fruits or the like, is cut into a plurality of equal parts (usually 8 or 10 parts) by a cutter (see FIG. 4). Making a fan-shaped cake A ₁ is a circular cake A
The operation of placing the pallet P on which the pallet P is placed on the rotary indexing table I, and the rotation of the circular indexing cake I rotates the circular cake A by a predetermined angle, and every time it stops, the cutter T is moved up and down to cut the circular cake A. , The fan-shaped cake A ₁ is created, and the created fan-shaped cake A ₁ is picked up and transferred.

[0003]

When the cutter T is lowered to cut the circular cake A and then the cutter T is raised, the interval between both cut surfaces after cutting is extremely narrow and the cream C is soft. Due to the fluidity, the cream C on both cut surfaces gradually sticks to each other within a short time after cutting. Therefore, if the fan-shaped cake A _{1 is} to be picked up after the cutting operation is completed, the cream C stuck to each other disturbs the shape of the cream C region on the cut surface, and the aesthetic appearance of the fan-shaped cake A ₁ is impaired. There was a problem that the disordered area had to be reworked.

Immediately after the cutting operation is finished, if the space between both cutting surfaces is immediately expanded, the cream C on both cutting surfaces is not yet stuck, and it is not necessary to rework afterwards. As a method of preventing the cream C from sticking, the pallet P on which the circular cake A is placed has a segment structure similar to that of the fan-shaped cake A _1, and a separating drive mechanism that enables contact and separation of each segment is provided. Provided,
It is conceivable to perform a method of expanding the interval between the segments on each cut surface each time the cutting is performed.

However, in such a method, there are problems that the pallet P has a complicated structure and becomes extremely expensive, and that the control device for instructing the cutting operation becomes complicated. An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and to provide a food placing pallet in which the shape of the cream C on the cut surface does not collapse without requiring a complicated mechanism or power.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a food placing pallet of the present invention has a placing surface on which a circular food is placed, and is fed and positioned on a rotary indexing table. In the food placement pallet in which the food on the placing surface is cut in the normal direction by the cutter at a plurality of positions in the circumferential direction, the shape of the placing surface is a convex surface in which the center is raised by a minute amount. It is characterized by that.

The above-mentioned mounting surface can be formed such that the central area is a horizontal surface and the peripheral portion surrounding the central area is inclined by a minute amount toward the center. A cutter escape groove for avoiding interference with the cutter and a transfer claw passage through which a transfer claw for picking up food passes are provided on the above-mentioned mounting surface, and are clamped by a transfer device at the bottom of the food mounting pallet. It is advisable to provide a transfer reference surface on which the cutter escape groove and the transfer claw passage are positioned at the time.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view of a food loading pallet P, FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG. 1, and FIG. It is an XX sectional view. Although the present embodiment describes the food placing pallet P used for cutting the cake, it may be used for cutting food other than the cake. As shown in FIG. 2, the placing surface 1 of the food placing pallet P on which the circular cake A is placed
Has a convex surface whose center is raised by a small amount.

In this embodiment, the central area 1a of the placing surface 1 of the cake A indicated by reference numeral d is a horizontal surface, and the central area 1a is
The peripheral portion 1b surrounding the is formed as an inclined surface that is elevated by a minute amount toward the center. The area of the central region 1a is such that the food placing pallet P on which the circular cake A before cutting is placed is stably placed without wobbling, and when the cake A ₁ is cut, the cut cake has its own weight. Due to the peripheral part 1
The size shall be such that it can fall on b. For example, when the mounting surface 1 has a diameter of 220 mm, the diameter d of the central region 1a may be about 80 mm.

The slope of the peripheral portion 1b is cut so that the peripheral portion 1b is cut.
It suffices that a space s is formed on the cut surfaces of the cakes on both sides that have fallen on b so that the fluid cream C does not stick (see FIG. 4), and in this embodiment, the peripheral portion 1b.
70mm (the diameter of the mounting surface 1 is 220mm)
In addition, the central region 1a is slightly inclined so that the center side is higher by about 5 mm with respect to the length (when the diameter d is about 80 mm).

In the above embodiment, the placing surface 1 is composed of the horizontal surface of the central region 1a and the inclined surface of the peripheral portion 1b. However, the food placing pallet P on which the circular cake A before cutting is placed is placed. When the wobbling does not cause a problem, the diameter d of the central region 1a may be set to zero and the mounting surface 1 may be formed into a conical shape. Alternatively, the horizontal surface and the inclined surface may be connected by a gentle curve to form the entire mounting surface 1 as a spherical surface.

The food loading pallet P of this embodiment is used when the circular cake A is divided into eight equal parts, and eight shallow recessed parts 2 provided at the center of the loading surface 1 are provided. The cutter escape grooves 3 are formed radially toward the outer peripheral edge (see FIG. 1). The cutter escape groove 3 can have a shallow bottom because it is sufficient to avoid interference when the cutter T reaches the lowermost end of cutting the cake A.

A transfer claw passage 4 into which three transfer claws 5 (see FIG. 4) of a transfer device for scooping the fan-shaped cake A ₁ is inserted is provided between the adjacent cutter escape grooves 3. It is formed. Of the three transfer claws 5, the transfer claw 5 at the center is long, so the transfer claw passage 4 is also formed in the same shape (see FIG. 1).
The transfer claw passage 4 is deeper than the cutter escape groove 3 (see FIG. 2).

Below the food loading pallet P, a transfer reference surface 6 formed in a substantially square shape is formed. A circular cake on the food placement pallet P when the food placement pallet P is placed on the rotary indexing table I by holding the transfer reference surface 6 by a hand (not shown) of the transfer device. One of the plurality of cutter escape grooves 3 of A has a cutter escape groove 3
It is positioned directly below the cutter T.

Next, the operation of the food placing pallet P configured as described above will be explained. The food placing pallet P on which the circular cake A is placed is transferred and positioned on the rotary indexing table I. After being cut, the cutter T descends, divides the circular cake A into two, and then rises. The divided half-split cake A falls on the inclined surface of the peripheral portion 1b due to its own weight, and a space s is formed between the cut surfaces so that the creams C do not stick to each other (see FIG. 4).

Next, rotation of the food placing pallet P by 45 degrees by the rotary indexing table I and lowering and raising of the cutter T are alternately repeated to produce eight fan-shaped cakes A _1. It After the fan-shaped cake A ₁ is manufactured, the rotation indexing table I is rotated by 45 degrees and the transfer operation by the transfer claw 5 is alternately repeated.

The transfer operation includes an operation in which the transfer claw 5 enters the transfer claw passage 4, an operation in which the transfer claw 5 is raised to lift the fan-shaped cake A ₁ , an operation in which the transfer claw 5 is retracted to the transfer position, and a descended fan-shaped cake A. _It is configured by the operation of placing ₁ at the transfer position. In this embodiment, the food placing pallet P for cutting the circular cake A into the fan-shaped cake A ₁ has been described, but it can also be used for cutting foods other than the cake.

[0018]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, it has the following effects. (1) Since the shape of the placing surface is a convex surface where the center is raised by a small amount, the food cut by the cutter tilts due to its own weight,
Since a predetermined gap is automatically formed on the cut surfaces of each other,
Solved the problem of mutual cut surfaces sticking together without using complicated mechanism or power. (2) If the shape of the placing surface is such that the central area is a horizontal surface and the peripheral portion surrounding the central area is formed into an inclined surface that is slightly elevated toward the center, the food before cutting is the horizontal surface of the central area. There is an advantage that it can be placed stably. (3) If a transfer reference surface on which the cutter escape groove and the transfer claw passage are positioned when sandwiched by the transfer device is provided in the lower part of the food placing pallet, the transfer is performed simultaneously with the transfer. There is an advantage that the food placing pallet is correctly positioned.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a food placement pallet P. FIG.

FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating that a gap is formed between the cut surfaces by the cutting operation.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a fan-shaped cake.

[Explanation of symbols]

P Food loading pallet s Space A Circular cake A ₁ Fan-shaped cake T Cutter I Rotary indexing table 1 Mounting surface 1a Central area 1b Peripheral area 3 Cutter escape groove 4 Transfer claw passage 5 Transfer claw 6 Transfer standard surface

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A circular food product is placed on the rotary indexing table, and the food product is positioned on the rotary indexing table. The food product on the placing surface is normal to a plurality of circumferential positions by a cutter. In the food placing pallet to be cut, the food placing pallet is characterized in that the shape of the placing surface described above is a convex surface whose center is raised by a minute amount. 2. The shape of the above-mentioned mounting surface is characterized in that the central region is a horizontal plane, and the peripheral portion surrounding the central region is formed into an inclined surface which is elevated by a small amount toward the center. The food placement pallet described. 3. The placing surface is provided with a cutter escape groove for avoiding interference with the cutter, and a transfer claw passage through which a transfer claw for scooping food passes, and is transferred to a lower part of the food mounting pallet. 3. The food loading pallet according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a transfer reference surface on which the cutter escape groove and the transfer claw passage are positioned when being sandwiched by the loading device.