JPH1110587A - Sliced meat folding device for block meat slicer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily correct a conduplicate folding position of sliced meat on a sliced meat folding device to transport and treat the sliced meat to be sliced from block meat while conduplicately folding it. SOLUTION: It is constituted by providing a folding position variation adjustment device 9 to vary and adjust successive folding position of sliced meat by making it free to change the continuous providing direction of a sliced meat folding device 3 against the side of a cutter 2 on a block meat slicer having the cutter 2 to slice block meat supplied from a supply device and the sliced meat folding device 3 to pile up and arrange this sliced meat while conduplicately folding it by receiving it.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a slice meat folding apparatus for slicing and folding a slice of meat in a block meat slicer for slicing block meat.

[0002]

When the sliced block meat is sliced and folded in two, the shape of the sliced meat may be easily deformed depending on the bending position of the sliced meat or the bending direction line. For example, it is preferable that the bending direction line does not intersect the fatty belt portion. In particular, raw meat is easily broken down.

[0003]

According to the present invention, there is provided a cutter 2 for slicing block meat supplied from a supply device;
And a slice meat folding device 3 having a slice meat folding device 3 for receiving the sliced meat and folding the slice meat into two pieces.
Of the sliced meat folding device provided with a folding posture change adjusting device 9 for changing and adjusting the inherited folding posture of the sliced meat by enabling the direction of the continuous arrangement of the sliced meat to be changed.

[0004]

According to the present invention, the block meat supplied from the supply device is:
The slice is thinly sliced by the cutter 2. The sliced meat is passed on to the sliced meat folding device 3 and folded in two to be stacked in an appropriate number. The sliced meat that is folded in two is folded almost at the center as a fold curve. When the fold curve intersects with the fat band part of a portion of the sliced meat, the folding posture change adjusting device is used. 9
By changing the relative direction of the sliced meat between the cutter 2 side and the sliced meat folding device 3, the folding curve is adjusted so as not to cross the fat portion. As a result, the sliced meat that is folded in two by the sliced meat folding device 3 can be less likely to break or collapse at the folding curve. Moreover, the cutter 2 side and the slice meat folding device 3
It is only necessary to change and adjust the relative connection direction between the respective devices with the side, so that the configuration and operation can be simplified and facilitated.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A block meat slicer supplies a block meat W1 (hereinafter, block meat W1 is fed from the upper end of the supply gutter 1 between the feeding rotary members 7 and 8). , A crank mechanism 10 for swinging the supply gutter 1 back and forth, feeding rotators 7 and 8 for holding and feeding the block meat W1 from the front and back below the supply gutter 1, and this feeding rotation A block meat guide 4 for feeding and guiding a block meat W3 (hereinafter, block meat fed from the block meat guide 4 is referred to as W3) below the bodies 7 and 8, and lower ends of these supply gutters 1. It is composed of a cutter 2 and the like for thinly cutting the block meat W3 fed from the section. Although the feeding rotary members 7 and 8 in the illustrated example are in a roll form, they may be in a belt form wound around pulleys.

A slice conveyor 11 for receiving and sending the sliced meat W4 cut by the block meat slicer as described above is provided below the cutter 2, and a sliced meat folding device 3 is further disposed in front of the same. . Invert the sliced meat W4 of the slice conveyor 11 with a fork 1
At 3, the slice meat folding device 3 on the front side is replaced. The sliced meat folding device 3 receives the sliced meat from the reversing fork 13 and arranges it so that it is partially folded and partially overlapped, and is transported by the folding conveyor 12 constituting the sliced meat folding device 3. It is.

[0007] The supply gutter 1, the feed rotary members 7 and 8, the block meat guide 4, and the like are provided in a swing case 16 whose upper part is supported on a frame 14 by a horizontal swing shaft 15, and drives a motor M 1. As a result, it swings back and forth around the swing shaft 15 via the crank mechanism 10. This supply gutter 1
Is formed in a gutter-like shape having an open upper rear side and a rear downward slope. The open portion is opened and closed by an air motor M2 which is raised and lowered around an open shaft 17 at the lower rear side. A supply lid 6 is provided, and in this supply lid 6 in an open state, the block meat W conforming to the state of the supply gutter 1 in the state 1 is provided.
2 (hereinafter, block meat replenished in the supply lid 6 is referred to as W2), and the block meat W2 can be supplied into the supply gutter 1 by rotating from the replenishment posture A to the upright supply posture B. .

Although the supply gutter 1 in the illustrated example is formed in a U-shape in a flat cross section, it may be formed in a square tube or a round tube. The supply lid 6 is configured to be able to partially open such a cylindrical body.

The supply gutter 1 is mounted between mounting frames 18 along the left and right sides of the swing case 16, and the upper portion of the mounting frame 18 is pivotally supported by a frame 14 by a swing shaft 15. The supply lid 6 is attached to the mounting frame 1.
8 is a mounting arm 19 rotatable back and forth around an opening / closing shaft 17.
The air motor M2 is detachably provided by tightening the bolt 20, and is opened and closed by an air motor M2 mounted on the mounting frame 18 into a posture A falling backward and a posture B rising up. The supply lid 6 is formed in a gutter shape having a guide wall 21 on both right and left sides and a guide wall 22 on an upper end, and has a handle 23 on a rear surface, and can be manually opened and closed. Reference numeral 24 denotes a stopper having a rotatable roll, which is provided on the frame 14 and supports the supply gutter 6 in the posture A in which the supply gutter 6 is in a downside-open state. Even if the supply gutter 1 is swung by the crank mechanism 10, the bottom of the supply lid 6 is supported and slid. This facilitates the supply of the block meat W2.

The feed rotary members 7 and 8 are formed in a sprocket form, are disposed on the front side and the rear side at the lower part of the supply gutter 1, and hold the block meat W1 supplied from the upper side from the front and rear surfaces. In addition, it can be intermittently rotated under the predetermined timing with the back and forth swing of the supply gutter 1 and can be fed downward. These feeding rotating bodies 7 and 8 are connected to an arm 2 pivotally supported so as to be rotatable around arm shafts 25 and 26 of a swing case 16.
7 and 28 are rotatably supported by shafts 29 and 30 at the lower ends thereof.

The front rotating member 7 of the rotating members 7 and 8 is an air cylinder 31 provided in the swing case 16.
Is rotated rearward around the arm shaft 25 by a constant air pressure due to the expansion and contraction of the block, and the block meat W1 is clamped at a constant pressure between the rearward rotating body 8 and the clamping space. Further, a timing belt 34 is stretched between the pulley 32 on the arm shaft 25 and the pulley 33 on the shaft 29, and the pulling out rotary body 7 is driven by the pulley 32 to move in the opposite direction to the feeding rotary body 8. Rotated to

The rear rotating body 8 is driven and rotated by a timing belt 37 stretched between a pulley 35 on the arm shaft 26 and a pulley 36 on the shaft 30. The amount of protrusion of the feed rotator 8 into the feed passage C in the supply gutter 1 is changed by the rotation of the nut 38 to the rod 39.
Is pushed and pulled to adjust the arm 28 of the feeding rotary body 8 back and forth about the arm shaft 26 in a forward and backward direction.

The driving and interlocking of the pair of front and rear rotating members 7 and 8 is controlled by the forward and backward swinging of the swinging case 16 by the motor M1 and the crank mechanism 10.
Ratchet arm 41 with ratchet 40 on 6
Is pressed to a protrusion 43 which is located on the rear side of the frame 14 and can be adjusted back and forth by a handle 42, and each time the pressing is performed, the feeding rotating bodies 7, 8 are intermittently rotated at a constant pitch. 4
Reference numeral 4 denotes a roller at the tip of the ratchet arm 41.
Is provided at the abutting portion. Note that the supply gutter may be fixed at a fixed position with respect to the cutter 2, and the block meat 3 may be sliced by swinging the cutter 2 back and forth.

The arm shaft 26 has a ratchet arm 41.
The pulley 4 on the arm shaft 26
A timing belt 47 is stretched between the pulley 5 and the pulley 46 on the arm shaft 25, and the pair of front and rear feeding rotating bodies 7, 8 are intermittently rotated in opposite directions. 48 is the pulley 4
6 is an intermediate reversing pulley for reversing disposed above and below 6.

The amount of intermittent rotation of the feed rotary members 7 and 8 can be performed by changing the front-rear position of the projection 43 with the handle 42. 49 is a return spring of the ratchet arm 41, 50 is a stopper which locks this return position. Further, such a feeding rotary member 8 is provided with the arm shaft 2.
A lever 5 for manually rotating a ratchet arm 52 provided on the arm 6 through a ratchet 51 around the arm axis 25.
3 is rotated intermittently at a constant pitch by rotating the cam 54, so that the opposing feeding rotary member 7 is also turned in conjunction with it, and the block meat W1 sandwiched between the feeding rotary members 7 and 8 is fed. Can be. Reference numeral 55 denotes a roller on the ratchet arm 52 which can slide on the cam 54. 56 is a return spring of the ratchet arm 52, 57 is a return spring of the lever 53, and 58 is a stopper. The manual driving of the feeding rotating body 8 by the lever 53 is used when feeding the block meat W1 and W3 of the supply gutter 1 to the cutting start position by the cutter 2 at the start of the slicing operation.

With respect to the operation relationship between the supply lid 6 of the supply gutter 1 and the feed rotator 7, when the remaining amount of the block meat W1 in the supply gutter 1 becomes small, as shown in FIG. In response to the detection of the block meat sensor 59, the supply lid 6 is rotated rearward around the opening / closing shaft 17 by the motor M2 via the controller CR to open the supply position A. At this time, new block meat W2 is manually supplied into the supply lid 6 which is rocked in the supply position A.

When the block meat W1 in the supply gutter 1 is further sliced and moved downward from the holding position of the feeding rotary members 7, 8, the holding pressure of the feeding rotary member 7 disappears.
The air cylinder 31 contracts due to the air pressure. At this time, the contraction of the air cylinder 31 is detected by the stroke sensor 60 of the air cylinder 31 itself, and the supply lid 6 is turned to the supply posture B by the motor M2 via the controller CR in FIG. The block meat W2 in the supply lid 6 is supplied into the supply gutter 1. FIG. 3 (c).

The block meat W supplied into the supply gutter 1
1 is received at its lower end by the feeding rotating bodies 7 and 6. The feed rotator 7 is pushed open by the supply weight of the block meat W1 against the pressing force of the air cylinder 31, and is connected to the upper end of the block meat W3 in the lower slice that has already been reduced. FIG. 3 (2).

In this manner, the block meat sensor 59 and the stroke sensor 60 above the supply gutter 1 both detect that the block meat W1 is being supplied, and are in a state where the feeding operation can be continued. Can be fed out while holding the block meat W1 at a constant pressure by the air cylinder 31. The stroke sensor 60 detects that the block meat W2 has passed between the feeding rotary members 7 and 8 by detecting the expansion / contraction stroke of the air cylinder 31. It may be configured to detect that the block meat W2 has passed between the feeding rotation bodies 7 and 8.

The block flesh guide 4 at the lowermost end of the supply gutter 1 presses and forms the block flesh W3 fed by the feed rotary members 7 and 8 into a predetermined form or posture. It has a gutter body 61 formed in a U-shape when viewed, and a pressing plate 5 which is fitted in the inside thereof and has a V-shape in a plan view, and the pressing plate 5 moves back and forth around a rotation shaft 62 of an intermediate bending portion. Can rotate.

The rotation angle of the pressing plate 5 is adjusted by rotating the shaft 6 by a handle 63 supported on the frame 14 side.
4 and a shaft 65 supported by the gutter body 61 are connected to a universal joint 6
6, a nut 68 is screwed into the shaft 65, and is connected to one end of the pressing plate 5 by a link 69. The rotation of the handle 63 causes the supply gutter 1 to move. The angle of the pressing plate 5 can be adjusted even while swinging back and forth.

The pressing plate 5 is moved by a swing arm 71 by an air cylinder 70 mounted on the swing case 16.
And it is pressed against the gutter body 61 via the link mechanism 72 and the like. The pressing action of the pressing plate 5 is performed by the air cylinder 7.
With the pressure setting of 0, the pressing force is set to such an extent that a stable cutting can be received so that the block meat W3 fed from the gutter body 61 during slicing does not move or deform. The swing arm 71 is rotatably supported around the arm shaft 25, and is connected to a rod 7 by a link mechanism 72.
The reference numeral 3 is inserted into a rod hole of a stay 74 integrated with the gutter body 61, so that the pressing plate 5 can be moved back and forth integrally with the shaft 65.

The block meat guide 4 moves the block meat W3 fed out in the gutter body 61 at the end of the supply gutter 1 according to the pressing position and the pressing angle of the pressing plate 5 at the time of slicing by the cutter 2. Can be fixed for maintenance. When the cross section of the block meat W3 is small, the pressing plate 5 is pushed by the operation of the air cylinder 70, and the block meat W3 is pressed.
To a constant pressure. At this time, since the expansion joint 67 is extendable, the nut 68 is not moved, and the pressing plate 5 is moved while maintaining the parallel posture.

When changing the position, direction, etc. of the block meat W3 in the gutter body 61, the shaft 65 is operated while operating the handle 63.
Is rotated and the nut 68 screwed thereto is moved to swing the pressing plate 5 around the rotation shaft 62,
The pressing angle of the block meat W3 is adjusted. by this,
The block meat W3 is rotated F around the axis in the feeding direction passing through the substantially central portion G of the block meat cross section in accordance with the pressing surface of the pressing plate 5, and the direction of the folding curve L changes.

Such a block meat W3 often has a fat portion D in a part of the cross section. In order to remove the fat portion D from the folded curve L, the operation by the handle 63 is performed as follows. When the sliced meat W4 is folded in two by the sliced meat folding device 3 and the state where the sliced meat W4 is arranged on the upper surface of the folding conveyor 12 is performed, the operation is easy and accurate. When storing the sliced meat W5 taken out from the end of the folding conveyor 12 and stacked in the tray T,
When the folding curve L is supplied in the orthogonal state α1 with respect to the direction of the tray T, the direction of the folding curve L of the sliced meat W5 sent out on the folding conveyor 12 should not cross the fat portion D. In addition, the folding curve L in the two-fold state
When both sides are asymmetrical, the angle and position of the pressing plate 5 are adjusted so that the two sides have substantially the same form M.

In the illustrated example, the block meat guide 4 is moved to the supply gutter 1 for slicing swing, and the block meat W of the pressing plate 5 is moved.
The configuration is such that the pressing position and pressing angle of 3 can be changed,
By rotating the entire supply gutter 1 and the gutter body 61 which is a part of the supply gutter 1 around the axis along the feeding direction together with the pressing plate 5 and the like,
A configuration in which the form, direction, and the like with respect to the cutter 2, the slice meat folding device 3, and the like may be changed.

In this way, the block meat W3 fed out from the lower end of the supply gutter 1 receives a certain pressing force by the block meat guide 4 and is pressed and formed in a certain form or posture, thereby forming the cutter 2. Stabilization during cutting. When the cutting by the cutter 2 ends, the pressing plate 5 is retracted by the air cylinder 70 to release the pressing force of the block meat 3, and the block meat W3 is fed by the rotation of the feed rotating bodies 7, 8.

The cutter 2 is in the form of an endless flat band, and has a rotating surface which rotates in close proximity to a longitudinal swing locus of the lower end edge of the supply gutter 1. The slice conveyor 11 with a downward slope provided on the lower side of the cutter 2 has a needle-shaped protrusion on its peripheral surface, and supports the sliced meat W4 so as not to move and deform when receiving the sliced meat W4.

In the middle of the slice conveyor 11, a reversing fork 13 rotated by an air cylinder 76 is provided. On the front side of the slice conveyor 11, a folding conveyor 12 having a front-up slope is provided, and the slice meat W4 is inverted and replaced by the rotation of the reversing fork 13 on the upper slice meat folding device 3, A plurality of sliced meats W5 can be stacked and arranged in a folded state having a fold perpendicular to the direction of the folding conveyor 12.

The reversing fork 13 is rotatable around the adjusting shaft 77 of the slice conveyor 11, and the reversing fork 13 is reciprocated back and forth by the expansion and contraction of the air cylinder 76. The reversing fork 13 scoops the sliced meat W4 received on the upper surface of the slice conveyor 11 from the upper surface, and reloads it while reversing it toward the upper surface of the folding conveyor 12 in front. At a position at an appropriate height above the start end of the folding conveyor 12, a lateral support rod 78 is provided so as to be swung by a motor M3 within a certain range, and a comb tooth 79 is provided on the support rod 78. These support rods 78 and comb teeth 7
9, one half of the sliced meat W4 is folded in half each time it swings in the opposite direction to the folding conveyor 12 that supports the other half of the sliced meat W4. The sliced meat W5 is conveyed toward the end side of the folding conveyor 12 while partially lining up. The support rod 7
8 becomes a folded curve L of two folds.

In order to adjust the direction of the folding curve L of the folded sliced meat W5 on the upper surface of the folding conveyor 12, that is, the arrangement posture of the sliced meat W5, the folding conveyor 1
The meat meat folding apparatus 3 having the vertical direction 8
The folding posture change adjusting device 9 can be turned around 0. This turning operation is performed by the worm wheel gear 8 which is meshed and rotated by the handle 81 with the worm pinion gear 82.
This is performed by rotating the directional shaft 80 via the 3 or the like. M4 is the air motor of the slice conveyor 11, M
Reference numeral 5 denotes an air motor of the folding conveyor 12.

By rotating the handle 81, the slice meat folding apparatus 3 having the folding conveyor 12 is moved to the direction axis 80.
And the angle β of the folding conveyor with respect to the slice conveyor 11 can be adjusted. The sliced meat W4 on the reversing fork 13 is reversed and mounted on the folding device 3 symmetrically in the front-rear direction with respect to the pulling shaft 77 as the reversing axis. Thereby, the slice meat W4 on the support rod 78 and the support rod 78
, That is, the direction of the folded curve L of the sliced meat W5 can be changed. For this reason, the direction of the folding curve L in the folded slice meat W5 to be folded in half is appropriately adjusted by the handle 8.
It is determined by one operation.

As described above, in order to change the position and the direction of the folding curve L, it is also possible to carry out the combination of the operation with the block meat guide 4 and the slice meat folding device 3. The folding posture change adjusting device 9 moves the feeding gutter 1, the cutter 2, and the slice conveyor 11 at fixed positions so as to change the direction of the slice meat folding device 3 such as the folding conveyor 12. The same purpose can be achieved by adopting a configuration in which the cutter 2 or the slice conveyor 11 is moved while the slice meat folding device 3 is fixed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged side view of a part thereof.

FIG. 3 is a side view and a block diagram showing a part of the operation.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of a supply gutter.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the operation of the block meat guide body.

FIG. 6 is a side view of a part thereof.

FIG. 7 is an operational plan view and a perspective view showing a sliced state of block meat, and an operational plan view showing a folded state of sliced meat;
And a side view.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing the operation of the slice meat folding apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Supply gutter 2 Cutter 3 Slice meat folding device 9 Folding posture change adjustment device

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Kazushi Ochi 980-5, Higashigaki-cho, Matsuyama-shi, Ehime Japan Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A block meat slicer having a cutter 2 for slicing block meat supplied from a supply device and a slice meat folding device 3 for receiving the sliced meat and folding it into two while superimposing the sliced meat, the cutter 2 side And a folding posture change adjusting device 9 for changing and adjusting the inherited folding posture of the sliced meat so as to change the direction in which the sliced meat folding device 3 is continuously arranged.