JPH10244490A - Vegetable square cutting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce vegetable cutting work burden on a worker by moving the most blade ends of cutting blades in a slant direction relative to the longitudinal direction of the cutting blades while stopping a relative movement in which both vegetables and cutting blades are moved so as to easily cut the vegetables. SOLUTION: In a device in which vegetables are pressed for square cutting against a first cutting assembly 13 in which multiple corrugated first cutting edges 12 are arranged in parallel with each other at specified intervals and a second cutting assembly 15 in which a second cutting edge 14 is arranged on one side of the assembly in the same manner as the first cutting edge 12 so that it is crossed approximately at right angle to the first cutting edge 12, a reciprocating means 45 to synchronously reciprocate the adjacent cutting edges of the first and second cutting edges 12 and 14 in the directions opposite to each other is assembled. Thus it is suppressed that the vegetables pressed by the first and second cutting edges 12 and 14 are caught by the edges of the cutting blades and followed and, as a result, cutting efficiency can be increased.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure of an apparatus for cutting (squaring) vegetables, especially cabbage, into square pieces.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an apparatus for squaring cabbage is known, and for example, there is an apparatus described in US Pat. No. 3,924,501. In this device, as shown in FIG. 3, a main body frame 1 having an inverted U-shaped side surface is provided.
A first cutting assembly 3 in which a plurality of saw blade-shaped or wavy first cutting blades 2 are arranged at predetermined intervals in parallel with their cutting edges facing upward, and below the assembly 3 In the above, a second cutting assembly 5 having a second cutting blade 4 arranged similarly to the first cutting blade 2 and substantially orthogonal thereto is fixed.
Further, pressing means 6 for pressing a cabbage (not shown) downward above the second cutting assembly 5 to make a square cut by the first cutting blade 2 and the second cutting blade 4 allows the body frame to move up and down. It is attached to 1.

A base end of a handle 8 having an inverted U-shaped side surface is pivotally mounted on a box-shaped fixing portion 7 for fixing the assemblies 3 and 5, and a connecting rod 9 is provided in the middle of the handle 8. One end is connected. The other end of the connecting rod 9 is connected to the pressing means 6,
By pushing down the tip of the handle 8, the pressing means 6 is lowered toward the fixing member 7.

Although not shown, a large number of angular projections are arranged below the pressing means 6, and all of the first cutting blade 2 and the second cutting blade are arranged between the projections. 4 is formed like a grid with a depth at least into which the cutting edge enters.

In the cabbage cutting apparatus having the above-mentioned structure, the cabbage placed on the first cutting assembly 3 is forcibly pressed by the pressing means 6 toward the first cutting blade 2 when the handle 8 is pressed down, so that the cabbage is first moved vertically. Be cut off. When the cabbage is further pressed, the cut cabbage reaches the second cutting blade 4 and is traversed. Finally, the cabbage is cut into squares and falls below the cabbage fixing member 7.

[0006]

In the above-mentioned cutting process, the cabbage is cut only by the push-cutting action in the vertical direction because the first and second cutting blades 2 and 4 have little saw-toothed or wavy cutting edges. The effect of cutting the cabbage while moving the cutting edge in an oblique direction hardly works. For this reason, a large turning power is required for the handle 8, and the cabbage cutting work is a heavy burden for the operator.

Therefore, the present inventors have already proposed an apparatus having a structure for reciprocating the first and second cutting blades 2 and 4 in their longitudinal direction (Japanese Patent Application No. 8-111852), and have achieved corresponding results. However, the problem that the cabbage and the cutting blade easily move relative to each other simultaneously became apparent. An object of the present invention is to cut vegetables by moving most cutting edges of the cutting blade obliquely with respect to the longitudinal direction of the cutting blade while stopping relative movement in which the vegetables and the cutting blade move together. Another object of the present invention is to reduce the burden of cutting vegetables on an operator.

[0008]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a plurality of first saw blades having a saw blade shape or a wave shape are arranged in parallel at a predetermined interval. One cutting assembly, a second cutting assembly in which a second cutting blade is disposed on one side of the assembly so as to be substantially orthogonal to the first cutting blade, and pressing vegetables on the first cutting assembly. After cutting the vegetables in one direction by the first cutting blade, in a vegetable slicing device comprising a vegetable pressing means for cutting the cut vegetables by the second cutting blade of the second cutting assembly. Means is provided that includes reciprocating means for reciprocating at least a part of the plurality of cutting blades assembled in the assembly in the longitudinal direction thereof (claim 1). Akira).

In order to more effectively solve the above-mentioned problems, in the vegetable cutting device, the first cutting blade assembled to the first assembly may be arranged so that its longitudinal direction is vertical, and A means for disposing the second cutting blade, which is assembled to the above, horizontally in the longitudinal direction thereof and providing reciprocating means for alternately reciprocating the adjacent cutting blades of the cutting blades in the opposite direction alternately is adopted. (Claim 4).

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment in which a cabbage as a vegetable is embodied in a vegetable cutting apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. The basic structure of the cutting device 11 according to the present invention is the same as that of the prior art.

That is, as shown in FIG.
1 is a first cutting assembly 13 in which a plurality of saw blade-shaped or wavy first cutting blades 12 are arranged in parallel at a predetermined interval, and a first cutting blade on one side of the assembly 13. 12, a second cutting assembly 15 in which a second cutting blade 14 is disposed substantially orthogonally.
Then, the cabbage 16 is pressed against the first cutting assembly 13, the cabbage 16 is cut in one direction by the first cutting blade 12, and then the cabbage cut into a band is cut into the second cutting blade 14 of the second cutting assembly 15. And a pressing means 17 for making a transverse cabbage.

However, in the apparatus 11 according to the present invention, the first cutting assembly 13 and the second cutting assembly 15 are both arranged vertically, and the cutting blades 12 of the first cutting assembly 13 are arranged vertically.
Both the cutting edge of the cutting blade 14 of the second cutting assembly 15 and the cutting edge of the cutting blade 14 face the pressing means 17.

Therefore, the first cutting blades 12 of the first cutting assembly 13 are arranged so that the longitudinal direction thereof is oriented in the vertical direction, and the second cutting assembly 15
The second cutting blades 14 are arranged such that the longitudinal direction thereof is oriented in the horizontal direction. For this reason, the cabbage 16 is supplied to the first cutting blade 12 from the cabbage insertion port 18 installed on the first cutting assembly 13 side and cut into a substantially strip shape, and then cut into the second cutting blade 14 to be cut into squares. And is discharged outward from the discharge port 20.

The pressing means 17 includes a handle 21 whose base end is pivotally attached to a part of the device 11 and whose front end rotates in the direction of arrow XY about the base end. A rectangular parallelepiped pressing body 22 fixed in the middle
When the handle 21 is turned in the direction of the arrow X, the pressing body 22 is displaced toward the first cutting assembly 13 and presses the cabbage 16 against the first cutting blade 12. A projection (not shown) is provided at the tip of the pressing body 22 to push at least the band-shaped cabbage cut between the adjacent first cutting blades 12 toward the second cutting blade 14.

Further, the structure of the first cutting assembly 13 and the second cutting assembly 15 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1. The first cutting assembly 13 is composed of a pair of corners arranged at predetermined intervals in a vertical direction. Columnar supports 23, 2
4 are connected by connecting rods 25 and 26 near both ends thereof, and the connecting rods 2 and
The upper assembly 27 to which the first cutting blade 12 having a saw-toothed or corrugated cutting edge is fixed in parallel with 5, 26, and similarly, a pair of prismatic supports 28, 29 are connected to their connecting rods 30, 31. And the first cutting blade 12 and a fixed lower assembly 32.

The first cutting blade 12 of the upper assembly 27 and the first cutting blade 12 of the lower assembly 32
Is the width of the cabbage that is alternately cut in the horizontal direction, for example, 1
They are arranged at intervals corresponding to 0 to 20 mm.
In addition, connecting rods 25, 26, 3 are attached to the two supports 24, 28 adjacent to each other in the upper and lower assemblies 27, 32 such that the cutting edge of the first cutting blade 12 is substantially flush with the upper surface.
Notch grooves 51, 42 through which 0, 31 and the first cutting blade 12 pass.
Are formed.

The second cutting assembly 15 is also constructed basically in the same manner as the first cutting assembly 13, except that the second cutting blades 14 are arranged with their longitudinal directions horizontal. 13 is different. That is, the second cutting assembly 15 is
A pair of prism-shaped supports 33 and 34 are connected by connecting rods 35 and 36 near both ends thereof, respectively.
3 and 34, the left assembly 36 having the first cutting blade 14 fixed thereto, and a pair of prismatic supports 37, 3
8 to the connecting rods 39 and 40 of the second cutting blade 14.
And the right side assembly 41 to which is fixed.
The two supports 3 of the left and right assemblies 36 and 41
Notch grooves 43, 44 through which the connecting rods 35, 36, 39, 40 and the second cutting blade 14 pass are also formed in 4, 37.

Further, in the apparatus 11 according to the present invention, at least a part of the first and second cutting blades 12 and 14 attached to the first and second assemblies 13 and 15, respectively, is used. Is provided with reciprocating means 45 for reciprocating in the longitudinal direction.

FIG. 1 shows a mode in which the reciprocating device 45 is mounted on the left and right assemblies 36 and 41. The structure of the device 45 will be described based on this mode. 45 is a left movement control member 46 having a substantially rectangular shape in plan view, one end of which is fixed to the prismatic support 33 of the left assembly 36, and a control member different from this control member, The other end portion side opposite to the rectangular column-shaped support member 37 of the right assembly 41
Right control members 47 fixed to the
A rotating shaft 48 commonly inserted into the space portions S of 6, 47;
The space S includes two eccentric wheels 49 and 50 that rotate about the rotation shaft 48 as a center of rotation, and a power source (not shown) that rotates the rotation shaft 48.

The two eccentric wheels 49, 50 are
The phase of the eccentric movements they perform is mounted on the rotating shaft 48 so as to be shifted by 180 degrees, and when the rotating shaft 48 is rotated by a power source, the control member is directly connected with or without a bush (not shown). 46, 47 and slide them, and eventually the left and right assembly 3
At least a part of the second cutting blades 6 and 41 has a function to reciprocate in synchronization with the other second cutting blades 14 in the horizontal direction. Although not shown, a reciprocating device that exerts a function of reciprocating the upper and lower assemblies 27 and 32 in the vertical direction is provided in the device according to the present invention.
The two reciprocating devices are operated synchronously by one power source.

In the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, the cutting blade of the left assembly 36 and the cutting blade of the right assembly 41 of the second cutting blade 14 are alternately arranged vertically adjacent to each other. Of the second cutting blade 14 all at once,
When the second cutting blade 14 of the left assembly 27 is displaced leftward in the horizontal direction, that is, in the horizontal direction, the second cutting blade 14 of the right assembly 41 is displaced rightward.

Next, the method, operation and effect of cutting the cabbage using the apparatus 11 having the above structure will be described. The reciprocating means 45 is operated and the cabbage 1 is cut.
When the handle 21 of the pressing means 17 is turned in the direction of the arrow X after the insertion of the cabbage 6 into the insertion port 18, the cabbage 16 is strongly pressed toward the first cutting blade 12 of the first cutting assembly 13.

At this time, the cabbage strongly pressed against the first cutting blade 12 is caught by the cutting edge of the cutting blade and moves relatively with the cutting blade following the movement of the cutting blade in the prior art. However, in the device according to the present invention,
Upper and lower assembly 2 of first cutting assembly 13
The reciprocating means 45 reciprocates the upper and lower parts 7 and 32 synchronously in different directions in the vertical direction, so that the relative movement of the cabbage in contact with the cutting blade is canceled out.
The cabbage is held in a neutral position on the cutting blade.

However, since each of the first cutting blades 12 reciprocates in its longitudinal direction, a non-vertical portion of the saw-toothed or corrugated cutting edge collides with the cabbage 16 in an oblique direction. The turning force applied to 21 is less than in the case of cutting by the simple push-off method of the prior art.

As described above, the cabbage 16 is firstly cut into a band shape. When the power is further applied to the pressing means 17, the cut cabbage collides with the second cutting blade 14 of the second cutting assembly 15. Since the second cutting blade 14 also reciprocates similarly to the first cutting blade 12 except for the arrangement in the longitudinal direction, the strip-shaped cabbage is also traversed by the second cutting blade 14 while being maintained at the neutral position. Thus, the desired cut cabbage is obtained.

In the present invention, it is naturally allowable to partially modify the above-described embodiment within a range that does not significantly impair the effects of the invention while following the fundamental technical idea thereof. For example, if the cutting position of the cabbage can be maintained neutral, the shape and size of the reciprocating cutting blade can be changed. In this case, by making the cutting blade of the upper assembly different from that of the lower assembly, one of the assemblies is reciprocated, and the other assembly is caused to reciprocate at different speeds, or the reciprocation is stopped in some cases. You can also.

In the above embodiment, the directions of the reciprocating motions of the adjacent cutting blades are alternately changed. However, the directions of the reciprocating motions of two adjacent blades and the two adjacent blades may be different. Although the first and second cutting assemblies are arranged vertically, they may be arranged horizontally. The device of the present invention can be applied to diced vegetables other than cabbage, for example, sweet potatoes, potatoes and the like.

[0028]

As described in detail above, the present invention stops the relative movement in which the vegetable and the cutting blade move together, and moves the cutting edge of the cutting blade in the oblique direction with respect to the longitudinal direction of the cutting blade. By moving it, it is easy to cut vegetables,
It has an excellent effect of reducing the burden of cutting vegetables on workers.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a main part of an apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway side view showing a main part.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a device according to the prior art.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 vegetable cutting device 12 first cutting blade 13 first cutting assembly 14 second cutting blade 15 second cutting assembly 16 vegetables 17 vegetable pressing means 45 reciprocating means

Claims (4)

[Claims] A first cutting blade (1) having a saw blade shape or a wavy shape.
2) a plurality of first cutting assemblies (13) arranged in parallel at predetermined intervals, and a second cutting blade (13) on one side of the assembly so as to be substantially orthogonal to the first cutting blade. 14) A second cutting assembly (15) provided thereon, and a vegetable (16) pressed against the first cutting assembly, and the vegetable is cut in one direction by the first cutting blade. And a vegetable pressing means (17) for traversing by the second cutting blade, wherein the cutting blade (12, 12) assembled to each of the first and second assemblies (13, 15) is provided. A reciprocating means (45) for reciprocating at least a part of the cutting blades in (14) in a longitudinal direction thereof is provided. 2. The reciprocating means (45) has a synchronizing function of reciprocating the part of the cutting blades and the other part of the cutting blades alternately in synchronism in opposite directions. The vegetable slicing device according to 1. 3. The vegetable slicing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said partial cutting blade and another partial cutting blade are disposed adjacent to each other on said assembly. 4. A first cutting blade (1) having a saw blade shape or a wavy shape.
2) a plurality of first cutting assemblies (13) arranged in parallel at predetermined intervals, and a second cutting blade (13) on one side of the assembly so as to be substantially orthogonal to the first cutting blade. 14) A second cutting assembly (15) provided thereon, and a vegetable (16) pressed against the first cutting assembly, and the vegetable is cut in one direction by the first cutting blade. And a vegetable pressing means (45) for traversing the first cutting blade (12) by the second cutting blade, the first cutting blade (12) assembled to the first cutting assembly (13).
In the vertical direction and the second cutting assembly (1
A reciprocating motion in which the second cutting blade (14) assembled in 5) is horizontally disposed, and adjacent cutting blades of the cutting blades (12, 14) are alternately reciprocated synchronously in opposite directions. A device for slicing vegetables, comprising a moving means (45).