JPH10225894A - Cutting device for viscous food - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cutting device for viscous food in which it can be cut while a cutting blade is constantly moved in accordance with a viscous food carrying speed, and in which adjustment to match it to the viscous food carrying speed can be easily performed. SOLUTION: A cutting device for viscous food is provided with a first belt conveyor 11 driven by a conveyor drive motor 3, a cutting blade 2, and a speed synchronizing mechanism. The cutting blade 2 is supported by a blade forward/ back moving member, and a blade up/down moving member. The blade forward/ back moving member is provided with a shaft part 52, a shaft driving motor 53, and a detection member 54a, so by detecting a tip of the viscous food on the first belt conveyor 11 by the detection member 54a, the shaft driving motor 53 is actuated to rotate the shaft part 52 to start moving of the cutting blade 2 from a front part back along the shaft part 52. The blade up/down moving member is provided with a cylinder 56, and a detection member 57, so by detecting the tip of the viscous food by the detection member 57, the cylinder 56 is actuated to move the cutting blade 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement in a viscous food cutting apparatus for cutting viscous foods such as butter and margarine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, viscous foods such as butter and margarine are discharged onto a conveyor running from a discharge port by an extruder in a pre-processed state, and are cut by a cutting blade movably mounted on the conveyor. , Are continuously cut at predetermined lengths. However, in such cutting,
When the cutting blade is lowered straight down to cut,
Since viscous food on the conveyor is continuously transported from the front to the back by the conveyor, the viscous food hits the cutting blade while the cutting blade is cutting the viscous food, and the viscous food is deformed. Having. For this reason, the present applicant has developed a food cutting device such as margarine that can move the cutting blade from the front to the rear in accordance with the transfer of the viscous food,
It was proposed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-45357. As shown in FIG. 6, the food cutting device includes an oblique guide b installed on a conveyor a, a longitudinal guide c for guiding the oblique guide b back and forth, and a cutting blade d along the oblique guide b. The first driving means e for moving the oblique guide b and the oblique guide b
And a second driving means f for moving the oblique guide b from front to back (from right to left in the figure), and the first driving means e. By lowering the cutting blade d in the same direction, the cutting blade is moved from the upper side to the lower side while moving the cutting blade from the front to the rear in accordance with the transfer of the viscous food N on the conveyor a, and the viscosity on the conveyor a is reduced. The food N can be cut.
By doing so, the cutting can be performed without the viscous food N and the cutting blade d colliding during cutting. However, when the speed of the conveyor a is changed and used, or when the speed of the conveyor a and the feed speed of the cutting blade d to the front side are shifted during use, the first driving is performed accordingly. Means e
And the second drive means f must be adjusted, and
There is a problem that the adjustment is difficult and time is required.
Further, as described above, the number of members for guiding and moving the cutting blades d such as the oblique guide b and the front-rear direction guide c is large, so that there is a problem that the apparatus becomes complicated and the cost increases.

[0003]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed in view of the above circumstances, and can cut while constantly moving the cutting blade in accordance with the transfer speed of the viscous food.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a viscous food cutting device that can easily perform adjustment to match the transfer speed of viscous food.

[0004]

The present invention solves the above problems by providing a viscous food cutting apparatus having the following features. The first invention of this application includes a transfer member 1 for placing and transferring viscous food such as margarine, a cutting blade 2 for cutting viscous food, and speed tuning mechanisms 3 and 53. The cutting blade 2 is arranged on the upper side of the transfer member 1 so as to be movable in the up-down direction and the front-back direction along the transfer direction of the transfer member. Further, the speed tuning mechanisms 3 and 53 adjust the moving speed of the cutting blade 2 from the front side to the rear side and the transfer speed of the transfer member 1 to be substantially the same. The speed tuning mechanisms 3 and 53 cause the cutting blade 2 to move the upper side of the transfer member 1 from the front side to the rear side in accordance with the transfer speed of the transfer member 1 and simultaneously from the upper side to the lower side. It is configured to be able to move and cut the viscous food on the transfer member 1.

According to a second invention of the present application, the cutting blade 2 according to the first invention of the present application starts moving from the front side to the rear side by the front movement start means 54a and 55, and the downward movement start means 5
7, 55, the movement from the upper side to the lower side is started. This downward movement starting means 57,
55 starts moving the cutting blade 2 from the upper side to the lower side after starting the movement of the cutting blade 2 from the front side to the rear side by the front movement starting means 54a and 55.
Then, after the cutting blade 2 is moved from the front side to the rear side by a predetermined distance by the downward movement start means 57 and 55,
While moving from the front side to the rear side in accordance with the transfer speed of the transfer member 1, it can be simultaneously moved from the upper side to the lower side.

[0006] The third invention of the present application is that the forward movement starting means 54a, 55 according to the second invention of the present application is provided with a detecting member 54a capable of detecting the tip of the viscous food conveyed on the conveying member 1. In response to the detection of the tip of the viscous food by the detection member 54a, the forward movement start means 54a, 55 starts the movement of the cutting blade 2 from the front side to the rear side. or,
The downward movement start means 57 and 55 are provided with the detection member 57 that can detect the tip of the viscous food that is transported on the transport member 1, so that the downward movement starts when the detection member 57 detects the tip of the viscous food. The means 57 and 55 start the movement of the cutting blade 2 from the upper side to the lower side. The detection members 57 of the downward movement start means 57, 55 are arranged rearward at a predetermined distance from the detection members 54a of the forward movement start means 54a, 55.

In the first invention of the present application configured as described above, the moving speed of the cutting blade 2 from the front side to the rear side and the transfer speed of the transfer member 1 are substantially adjusted by the speed tuning mechanisms 3 and 53. In order to adjust to the same speed, the cutting blade 2 is constantly moved from the front side to the rear side in accordance with the transfer speed of the transfer member 1 and simultaneously moved from the upper side to the lower side to remove the viscous food on the transfer member 1. Can be cut. This allows
Even when the speed of the transfer member 1 is changed and used, the moving speed of the cutting blade 2 from the front side to the rear side is naturally adjusted to substantially the same speed as the transfer speed of the transfer member 1 by the speed tuning mechanisms 3 and 53. Can be combined. In addition, a simple configuration is sufficient, and it can be manufactured at low cost.

In the second invention of the present application, the downward movement start means 57 and 55 are moved from the upper side to the lower side after the movement of the cutting blade 2 from the front side to the rear side is started by the forward movement start means 54a and 55. The movement of the cutting blade 2 is started to the side. For example, at the time of cutting, when the cutting blade 2 starts moving from the stopped state to the front side from the front side and moving from the upper side to the lower side at the same time, the cutting blade 2 moves at a predetermined speed immediately from the stopped state. The movement must be adjusted to the movement of the member, which is mechanically difficult, and there is a risk that an error may occur when the movement is started from a stopped state. However, according to the second aspect of the present invention, when the cutting blade 2 is started to be moved, the cutting blade 2 is moved only from the front side to the rear side by the front movement starting means 54a, 55. Can be adjusted to the movement of the moving transfer member 1. And thereafter, the forward movement start means 5
4a, 55 and the downward movement start means 57, 55, while simultaneously moving the cutting blade 2 from the front side to the rear side and moving it from the upper side to the lower side to start cutting, the cutting blade 2
Can be reliably cut in a state in which the transfer speed of the transfer member 1 is adjusted.

In the third invention of the present application, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, the viscous food placed and transported on the transport member 1 is first detected by the detection members 54a of the forward movement start means 54a and 55. Then, the forward movement start means 54a, 55 moves the cutting blade 2 only from the front side to the rear side, and thereafter,
The viscous food after passing through the detection member 54a of the forward movement start means 54a, 55 is located at a predetermined distance behind the detection member 54a of the forward movement start means 54a, 55, and the downward movement start means 57, 55 Detecting by the detecting member 57, the downward movement starting means 57, 55 can simultaneously move the cutting blade 2 moving from the front side to the rear side from the upper side to the lower side. By doing so, the interval between the detection member 54a of the forward movement start means 54a, 55 and the detection member 57 of the downward movement start means 57, 55 is adjusted in the adjustment section for adjusting the cutting blade 2 to the movement of the transfer member 1. And the setting of the adjustment section can be facilitated. In addition, since the detecting member 54a of the forward movement start means 54a, 55 detects the tip of the viscous food after cutting and the cutting blade 2 starts to move, the distance between the detecting member 54a and the cutting blade 2 before starting the movement is reduced. , The viscous food cut length. Therefore, by setting the distance between the detection member 54a and the cutting blade 2 before the movement starts, the cutting length of the viscous food can be determined, and the cutting length of the viscous food can be easily determined.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an entire cutting apparatus for a viscous food according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The viscous food cutting device of the present invention includes a transfer member 1, a cutting blade 2, and a speed tuning mechanism.

The transfer member 1 is for placing and transferring viscous foods such as margarine and the like.
1 and a second belt conveyor 12. The first belt conveyor 11 is adapted to sequentially receive the viscous food discharged from the discharge port 13a of the nozzle 13 by an extruder (not shown) on the upper surface on the front end side (right end side in the drawing). And, the first belt conveyor 11
Is movable from the front to the rear as the wheel 11a is rotated by the driving force of the conveyor driving motor 3 connected to the driving wheel 11a on the front end side, and this movement allows the received viscous food to be moved to the rear side (shown in the figure). X direction on the left side of
It can be transferred to The viscous food transported by the first belt conveyor 11 is supplied to the discharge port 1 of the nozzle 13.
By changing the shape of 3a, it can be formed into various cross-sectional shapes and transferred, but the shape is not particularly limited.
For example, one having one outlet 13a formed in a square shape such as a square shape as shown in FIG. 4A, a circle, an ellipse, or the like is used. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. A discharge port 13 having a plurality of small holes 13b.
a and a plurality of pencil-shaped viscous foods may be discharged and transported by the discharge port 13a having a plurality of small holes 13b... 13b formed in a circular shape.

The second belt conveyor 12 is connected to the rear side of the first belt conveyor 11 and is connected to the first belt conveyor 1.
1 is adapted to receive the viscous food transported from 1 on the upper surface and transport it rearward.

Further, the second belt conveyor 12 is provided with a first belt conveyor.
The transmission 14 is mounted on the drive wheel 11a of the belt conveyor 11.
, And can be moved together with the first belt conveyor 11, and the transmission 14
Thus, the transfer speed of the second belt conveyor 12 is set to be slightly higher than the transfer speed of the first belt conveyor 11.

The cutting blade 2 is for cutting viscous food, and is supported by the supporting member 5 on the first belt conveyor 11 so as to be movable vertically and vertically. More specifically, the support member 5 moves the frame 51 installed on the first belt conveyor 11, a member for moving the cutting blade 2 back and forth for moving the cutting blade 2 in the front and rear direction, and moves the cutting blade 2 in the vertical direction. And a member for moving the blade vertically.

The member for moving the blade back and forth includes a shaft 52 and a shaft 5.
2 is provided with a shaft driving motor 53 for rotating and driving the shaft 2, and a shaft driving motor control means for controlling the operation of the shaft driving motor 53. The shaft portion 52 is formed by engraving a left external thread on the outer periphery, and extends in the axial direction in the front-rear direction. The front and rear end portions of the shaft portion 52 are attached to the front and rear portions of the frame body 51 so as to be able to rotate left and right, respectively. 2 is moved from the front side to the rear side, and the cutting blade 2 is moved from the rear side to the front side by rotating the shaft 52 to the left.

The shaft driving motor 53 is configured to be capable of switching between left rotation and right rotation, and is connected to the rear side of the shaft 52 so as to be able to transmit rotation, and is attached to the frame 51.
Then, by starting the shaft driving motor 53, the shaft portion 52 rotates leftward or rightward.

The shaft drive motor control means starts the clockwise rotation of the shaft drive motor 53 to thereby control the cutting blade 2.
Forward movement starting means for starting the movement of the shaft driving motor 53 from the front side to the rear side, switching means for switching the shaft driving motor 53 from right rotation to left rotation, and a cutting blade by stopping the left rotation of the shaft driving motor 53. And stopping means for stopping the movement from the rear side to the front side. The forward movement start means includes a forward movement start detection member 54a, and an operation control unit 55 that activates the shaft drive motor 53 to rotate rightward. The forward movement start detecting member 54a is
And a photoelectric tube 54a, which is electrically connected to the transfer member 5 and is provided above the transfer member 1 on the rear side of the frame 51, and detects the tip of the viscous member transferred on the transfer member 1 to detect the end of the viscous member. Can be communicated to the operation control unit 55. The operation control unit 55 is electrically connected to the shaft driving motor 53, and starts right rotation of the shaft driving motor 53 in response to communication from the forward movement start detecting member 54a. The switching means includes the switching detecting member 54b and the operation control unit 55 described above. Switching detection member 5
4b is electrically connected to the operation control unit 55,
The photoelectric tube 54b is provided on the upper side on the rear side, and can detect a part of the left end of the cylinder main body 56 which is a part of a member for moving the blade up and down, which will be described later, and communicate it to the operation control unit 55. It has been made like that. Then, the operation control unit 55 receives the communication from the switching detecting member 54b, stops the right rotation of the shaft drive motor 53, and switches to the left rotation. The stopping means is a stopping detecting member 54c.
And the operation control unit 55 described above. The stop detecting member 54c is composed of a photoelectric tube 54c installed on the upper side at the front side of the frame body 51, and includes a cylinder main body 5c.
6 can be detected and communicated to the operation control unit 55. The operation control unit 55 stops the left rotation of the shaft drive motor 53 in response to the communication from the stop detection member.

The blade vertical moving member includes a cylinder 56,
Downward movement start means. The cylinder 56
It includes a cylinder body 56a and a rod 56b that can slide the cylinder body 56a in the vertical direction. The cylinder body 56a is supported by the shaft portion 52 by being screwed into a screw of the shaft portion 52, and the cylinder 56 is rotated right or right by the rotation of the shaft portion 52.
Moves forward or rearward along the screw of the shaft portion 52. Further, a cutting blade mounting portion 56c for mounting the cutting blade 2 is provided at a lower end of the rod 56b, and the rod 56b connects the cylinder body 56a by mounting the cutting blade 2 to the cutting blade mounting portion 56c. The cutting blade 2 moves up and down together with the rod 56b as it slides up and down. On the upper side of the rod 56b, a vertical sliding restricting means for restricting the vertical sliding range of the rod 56b is provided. The vertical sliding restricting means includes a protrusion 56d protruding laterally above the rod 56b, and two upper limit switches 56e and lower limit switches 56f provided on the side of the rod 56b. ing. These limit switches 56
The projections 5e and 56f are vertically spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance on a support rod 56g extending upward from the cylinder body 56a so as to be juxtaposed to the side of the rod 56b.
6d so as to be able to abut. And projection 5
6d is disposed between the upper limit switch 56e and the lower limit switch 56f. When the rod 56b rises and the projection 56d contacts the upper limit switch 56e, the rod 56b stops rising, and the rod 56b descends. When the projection 56d abuts on the lower limit switch 56f, the lowering of the rod 56b is stopped.

The means for initiating downward movement of the blade vertical movement member includes:
It includes a downward movement start detecting member 57 and an operation control unit 55. The downward movement start detecting member 57 is electrically connected to the operation control unit 55, and includes a photoelectric tube 57 provided on the transfer member 1 at a predetermined distance behind the forward movement start detecting member 54a. Have been. Then, the downward movement start detecting member 57 detects the tip of the viscous member that has been transferred on the transfer member 1 and has passed through the forward movement start detecting member 54a, and detects it by the operation control unit 55.
To be able to contact you. The operation control unit 55 includes:
The rod 5 of the cylinder 56 is connected to the cylinder 56 and receives communication from the downward movement start detecting member 57.
6b starts to slide downward.

The speed tuning mechanism adjusts the moving speed of the cutting blade 2 from the front side to the rear side and the transfer speed of the first belt conveyor 11 to the same speed. In this embodiment,
A shaft driving motor 53 for driving the shaft portion 52;
It is composed of the conveyor driving motor 3 for driving the belt conveyor 11 and an operation control unit 55 electrically connecting these. Specifically, the shaft driving motor 53
And the conveyor driving motor 3 are composed of a servo motor having a servo mechanism, and the shaft driving motor 53 is rotated by following the rotation of the conveyor driving motor 3 via the operation control unit 55, The shaft portion 52 driven by the shaft drive motor 53 can move the cutting blade 2 from the front to the rear in accordance with the transfer speed of the first belt conveyor 11 driven by the conveyor drive motor 3. I have.

Next, regarding the operation of the entire cutting device,
This will be described with reference to FIG. When the viscous food N is continuously discharged from the discharge port 13a, the viscous food N is placed on the first belt conveyor 11, becomes a long state, and is transported to the rear side. Then, the long viscous food N (hereinafter, the long viscous food N)
When the leading end of the front movement start detection member 54a reaches the front movement start detection member 54a, the front movement start detection member 54a detects this and communicates with the operation control unit 55, and the shaft drive motor 53 is operated by the operation control unit 55. By rotating the shaft 52 rightward, the cylinder 56 starts moving along the screw of the shaft 52 from the front end of the shaft 52 to the rear. This allows
The cutting blade 2 attached to the cylinder 56 starts moving from the front side to the rear side as shown in FIG. 2 (A and B in FIG. 2). The movement from the front side to the rear side follows the conveyor driving motor 3 at the same time as the operation of the shaft driving motor 53, and follows the movement of the shaft 5 in accordance with the moving speed of the first belt conveyor 11.
Since it is difficult to rotate 2, it is set as an adjustment preparation section. Further, when the leading end of the long viscous food N passes through the forward movement start detecting member 54a and approaches the downward movement start detecting member 57, the downward movement start detecting member 57 detects this and the operation control unit. Contact 55,
By the operation of the operation control unit 55, the rod 56b of the cylinder 56 starts to descend. Thereby, the cutting blade 2 is
As shown in (2), while moving from the front side to the rear side, the movement starts at the same time downward (B to C in FIG. 2). In this case, the movement from the front side to the rear side is performed by the shaft driving motor 53.
Since the predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the movement of the first belt conveyor 11, the movement speed of the first belt conveyor 11 is matched. Therefore, the cutting blade 2 is used for the long viscous food N on the first belt conveyor 11.
Can be moved rearward at the same speed as that of the cutting blade 2, and the long viscous food N can be prevented from pressing against the cutting blade 2 during cutting.

Thereafter, when the rod 56b descends and cuts the long viscous food N on the first belt conveyor 11,
The protrusion 56d of the rod 56b is the lower limit switch 56f.
The cutting blade 2 starts moving at the same time as the lowering of the rod 56b stops, whereby the cutting blade 2 starts moving upward at the same time as moving from the front side to the rear side (C to D in FIG. 2). ). When the protrusion 56d of the rod 56b comes into contact with the upper limit switch 56e, the rod 56b stops rising, and stops temporarily in this state. At about the same time, the switching detecting member 54b detects a part of the rear end of the cylinder body 56a that has moved rearward along the screw of the shaft 52, and communicates with the operation control unit 55. By the operation of the operation control unit 55, the shaft drive motor 53 switches the shaft 52 from right rotation to left rotation, and accordingly, the cylinder 56 moves from the rear end side of the shaft 52 to the front side along the screw of the shaft 52. Start moving. Thereby, the cutting blade 2 starts to move from the rear side to the front side (DA in FIG. 2). And
When the cylinder 56 is sent to the front end of the shaft 52,
The stop detecting member 54c detects a part of the right end of the cylinder body 56 and communicates it to the operation control unit 55, and the operation control unit 55 having received the communication stops the left rotation of the shaft drive motor 53. Thereby, the cutting blade 2 is moved to the original position (A in FIG. 2).
Return to position) and wait at this position.

Next, the tip of the cut long viscous food N is
Again, when approaching the forward movement start detecting member 54a,
The shaft driving motor 53 starts to operate, and the cutting blade 2 moves as shown in FIG.
In this case, since the second belt conveyor 12 is set slightly faster than the transfer speed of the first belt conveyor 11 as shown in FIG. 5, the cut pieces of the cut long viscous food N are cut off. When N1 is sent from the first belt conveyor 11 to the second belt conveyor 12, it is transferred faster than the transfer of the long viscous food N on the first belt conveyor 11,
As a result, a gap 1 between the cut piece N1 and the long viscous food N is obtained.
As a result, the forward movement start detecting member 54a can surely detect the tip of the long viscous food N. Hereinafter, by repeating the above-mentioned movement, the long viscous food N can be cut continuously by a predetermined length.

In this embodiment, the cutting blade 2 is composed of a single blade, but is not limited to this type. For example, a plurality of blades 2a... A plurality of small pieces may be arranged side by side at a predetermined interval so that a plurality of small pieces can be formed by one cutting, and can be changed as appropriate.

In the present embodiment, when the cutting blade 2 is moved from the front side to the rear side, the moving speed of the cutting blade 2 is reduced over the length range of the shaft portion 52 (range B to D in FIG. 2). The speed is adjusted to the transfer speed of the first belt conveyor 11, but is not limited to this mode, and the range in which the cutting blade 2 is moved from the upper side to the lower side (the range of B to C in FIG. 2).
It is only necessary to adjust the portion to the same as the transfer speed of the first belt conveyor 11, and for example, the portion over the range of moving the cutting blade 2 from the lower side to the upper side (the range of C to D in FIG. 2) The speed may be set higher than the transfer speed of the first belt conveyor 11, and may be changed as appropriate.

Further, the form of movement of the cutting blade 2 is not limited to the one shown in FIG. 2, and for example, as shown in FIG.
Is moved downward from the upper side while moving from the front side to the rear side, and then moved only from the front side to the rear side by a certain distance, and then from the lower side to the upper side while moving from the front side to the rear side May be moved. or,
In this case, if the speed of moving only a certain distance from the front side to the rear side is faster than the transfer speed of the first belt conveyor 11, then, without moving from the front side to the rear side, for example, FIG. As shown in FIG. 3 (B), it may be pulled straight upward from below, or as shown in FIG. 3 (C), it may be moved from the lower side to the upper side while simultaneously moving from the rear side to the front side. It can be changed as appropriate.

Also, in this embodiment, using a phototube,
Before moving the cutting blade 2 from the upper side to the lower side, the cutting blade 2 is moved only from the front side to the rear side by a predetermined distance,
The operation is not limited to the one using the photoelectric tube, and the operation of the shaft driving motor 53 and the cylinder 26 are started using a timer, for example.
May be adjusted, and may be changed as appropriate. Further, in the present embodiment, the movement (A to B to C to D in FIG. 2) required for one cutting from the start of the movement of the cutting blade 2 to the front side to the return to the original position is described as This is done using a photoelectric tube, but this movement is also adjusted using a timer,
Alternatively, the adjustment may be performed by a combination of the timer and the rotation of the shaft portion 52, and may be appropriately changed.

[0029]

As described above, according to the first invention of the present application, the speed tuning mechanisms 3 and 53 constantly move the cutting blade 2 from the front side to the rear side in accordance with the transfer speed of the transfer member 1 while simultaneously moving the cutting blade 2 upward. Can be moved downward from above to cut the viscous food on the transfer member 1, and even when the speed of the transfer member 1 is changed and used, the speed tuning mechanisms 3 and 53 naturally naturally move the front side of the cutting blade 2. The moving speed from the rear to the rear can be adjusted to substantially the same speed as the transfer speed of the transfer member 1 and matched. In addition, a simple configuration is sufficient, and it can be manufactured at low cost.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the cutting blade 2 is moved only from the front side to the rear side by the front movement starting means 54a, 55 at the beginning when the cutting blade 2 is started to move. Can be adjusted to the movement of the moving transfer member 1. Thereafter, the cutting blade 2 is moved by the forward movement starting means 54a, 55 and the downward movement starting means 57, 55 from the upper side to the lower side while simultaneously moving the cutting blade 2 from the front side to the rear side. Can be reliably cut in a state in which the transfer speed of the transfer member 1 is adjusted.

The third invention of the present application is directed to a forward movement starting means 54.
a, 55, a downward movement start means 57,
The interval between the 55 and the detection member 57 can be used as an adjustment section for adjusting the cutting blade 2 to the movement of the transfer member 1, and the setting of the adjustment section can be facilitated. Also, by setting the distance between the detection member 54a and the cutting blade 2 immediately before the start, the cutting length of the viscous food can be determined, and the cutting length of the viscous food can be easily determined.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a viscous food cutting device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of the movement of a cutting blade.

3A is an explanatory diagram of another embodiment of the movement of the cutting blade, FIG. 3B is an explanatory diagram of still another embodiment of the movement of the cutting blade, and FIG. It is explanatory drawing of other embodiment of this.

4A is a front view of a discharge port, FIG. 4B is a front view of another embodiment of the discharge port, and FIG. 4C is a front view of still another embodiment of the discharge port.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a state of a viscous member after cutting on a transfer member.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a conventional viscous food cutting device.

[Description of Signs] 1 Transfer member 2 Cutting blade 3 Conveyor driving motor 5 Support member 11 First belt conveyor 12 Second belt conveyor 13 Discharge port 52 Shaft 53 Shaft driving motor 54a Forward movement start detecting member 54b For switching Detection member 54c Stop detection member 55 Operation control unit 56 Cylinder 56d Projection 56e Upper limit switch 56f Lower limit switch

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A transfer member (1) for placing and transferring viscous food such as margarine, and a cutting blade (2) for cutting viscous food.
A speed tuning mechanism (3) (53) is provided, and a cutting blade (2) is arranged above the transfer member (1) so as to be movable in the vertical direction and in the front-back direction along the transfer direction of the transfer member. The speed tuning mechanism (3) (53) adjusts the moving speed of the cutting blade (2) from the front side to the rear side and the transfer speed of the transfer member (1) to substantially the same speed. By the speed tuning mechanism (3) (53), the cutting blade (2) moves from the front side to the rear side at the same time while moving the upper side of the transfer member (1) from the front side to the transfer speed of the transfer member (1). An apparatus for cutting viscous food, wherein the apparatus moves from an upper side to a lower side and can cut viscous food on the transfer member (1). The cutting blade (2) is provided with a forward movement starting means (54a) (5).
5) to start moving from the front side to the rear side, and to start moving from the upper side to the lower side by the downward movement starting means (57) (55). ) (55) is the forward movement start means (5
4a) After the movement of the cutting blade (2) from the front side to the rear side is started by (55), the movement of the cutting blade (2) is started from the upper side to the lower side. Means (5
7) According to (55), after the cutting blade (2) moves from the front side to the rear side for a predetermined time, moves from the front side to the rear side according to the transfer speed of the transfer member (1), and at the same time, moves upward. 2. The viscous food cutting device according to claim 1, wherein the device is configured to be able to move downward from the bottom. 3. The moving means (54a, 55) is provided with a transfer member.
(1) By providing a detecting member (54a) capable of detecting the tip of the viscous food that is transported above, the forward movement start means (54a) (54a) 55)
Starts the movement of the cutting blade (2) from the front side to the rear side, and the downward movement start means (57) (55) detects the tip of the viscous food being transferred on the transfer member (1). With the detection member (57) capable of detecting the tip of the viscous food by the detection member (57), the downward movement starting means (57) (55) moves the cutting blade (2) from the upper side to the lower side. The detection member (57) of the downward movement start means (57) (55) is moved backward by a predetermined distance from the detection member (54a) of the forward movement start means (54a) (55). The viscous food cutting device according to claim 2, wherein the viscous food cutting device is arranged.