JPS5926945Y2 - Electric condiment grater - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] This invention relates to an electric condiment grater that is ideal for grating garlic, which is used as a condiment or spice, and especially raw garlic, which has high toughness and fiber.

Generally, as this type of seed grater, a grater for radish is known.

This involves forming a radial row of cutting blades consisting of a large number of triangular protruding blades on the main surface of a rotary grater driven by a motor.
The radish is pressed against the main surface of the grater while being cut.

By the way, when cooking, grated ingredients such as chives and garlic are used as condiments.

Therefore, in order to easily obtain these grated foods, it is possible to use the above-mentioned radish grater.

However, the rotating rotary grater with triangular protruding blades is intended only for daikon radish, which has a high moisture content, and the fibers in the radish are also affected by the flow of moisture during the rotation of the rotary grater. The cutting process is relatively smooth with little tangles with the blade, but when it comes to garlic and garlic, especially the dry type, the tough fibers left uncut between the protrusions cut into the next protrusion. If it becomes entangled with the blade, the load on the motor increases rapidly, making it impossible to maintain a smooth cutting action.

Furthermore, when using only a rotary grater having triangular protruding blades as described above, when removing grated raw diamonds or the like, it is difficult to collect the grated material from between the protruding blades, making it difficult to use.

Therefore, this invention has a large number of pillar-shaped protruding blades arranged radially on the main surface of a rotary grater that is installed in a cutting chamber and driven by a motor, so that the fibers of the material to be cut become entangled with the protruding blades. Furthermore, a plate for taking out the grated material, which is elastically supported so as to be movable up and down, is disposed on the main surface of the rotary grater, and the grated material is removed from the inner edge of the take-out hole of the cover covering the cutting chamber. By configuring the shovel wall that slopes downward in a direction opposite to the rotating direction to scoop up the grated material on the plate, the grated material from the rotary grater side is automatically deposited in the vicinity of the take-out hole, and the grated material is To provide an electric condiment grater that is easy to take out and is sanitary.

An embodiment of this invention will be explained below with reference to the drawings.

In Fig. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a flat main body case made of synthetic resin or the like, which is composed of an upper case 2 and a lower case 5 in which a dish-shaped portion 4 constituting a cutting chamber 3 is integrally formed. A power source battery 6, a motor 7, and the like are housed within the housing 5.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a motor mounting plate which is firmly fixed to the lower case 2 with screw bodies 9, 9, etc., and the motor 7 is attached to the screw bodies 10.
It is tightened and fixed with 10 etc.

One external terminal 11 of the motor 7 is electrically connected to one pole 6a of the battery 6 via a lead wire 12 and a battery receiving terminal 13, and the other external terminal 14 is connected to a lead wire 15, fixed and movable contacts. Power switch 1 consisting of pieces 16 and 17
The movable contact piece 17 of the switch 18 is connected to the fixed contact piece by an operation knob 20 mounted on the main body case 1. 16.

The case 2 is fastened and fixed to the lower case 5 by screws 21.degree. 21, and a portion thereof is configured as a cover 23 that covers the battery exchange port 22.

At both front and rear ends of the cover 23, engaging portions 26.27 are formed which are removably engaged with respective retaining portions 24.25 on the upper and lower cases 2.5.

28 is a through hole formed in the mounting plate 8, and the rotating shaft 2 of the motor 7 passes through the through hole 28 and projects forward.
A driving gear 30 is fixed to 9.

Reference numeral 31 denotes a driven gear consisting of a large-diameter gear 32 and a small-diameter gear 33 integrated with the large-diameter gear 32, and is rotatably attached to a boss portion 34 protruding from the front surface of the mounting plate 8 with a screw body 35 or the like. and is meshed with the driving gear 30.

Reference numeral 36 denotes a shaft protruding from the center of the bottom surface of the cutting chamber 3, and the rotary grater 3 is mounted on this shaft 36, for example, in the shape of a flat plate, a plate, or a tub as in this embodiment.
The bearing part 37'a of 7 is fitted, and this grater 3
7 is rotatably supported by a plurality of rollers 38 arranged equidistantly around the shaft 36 from its lower surface side.

Although it is possible to support the rotary grater 37 only by the shaft 36, by providing the roller 38, stable support for the rotary grater 37 can be ensured.

At the opening edge of the rotary grater 37, an annular flange 39 is provided.
are integrally formed, and an annular rack portion 40 is formed on the lower surface of this collar portion 39 to mesh with the small diameter gear 33 of the driven gear 31, and the rotational force of the motor 7 is transmitted to the driving and driven gears. It is transmitted to the rotary grater 37 via gears 30 and 31 at low speed and high torque.

Reference numeral 41 denotes a large number of protruding blades formed on the main surface, that is, the bottom surface, of the rotary grater 37, and each of these protruding blades 41 is formed in a cylindrical shape with a height of about 3 to 5 mm. As shown, they are arranged in a radial pattern extending linearly from the center radially outward.

Furthermore, one of the plurality of protruding blades 41 is provided on a part of the main surface.
A leveling rib 43 extending radially outward from the center is formed between the two blade rows 42 and the adjacent blade row 422.

This leveling rib 43 is for reliably preventing the fiber fuzz of the material to be cut, such as raw material, from getting entangled with the cylindrical protruding blade 41.

Reference numeral 44 denotes a grated material retention plate which is removably laid on the main surface of the rotary grater 37, and is arranged in large numbers so as not to obstruct the protrusion of the numerous cylindrical protruding blades 41 and the leveling ribs 43 in the installed state. The small hole 45 and notch 46 of the rotary grater 37 also serve as a gripping knob.
A hollow protrusion 44a is formed to fit into the portion 7a.

Reference numeral 47 denotes an elastic body such as a spring disposed between the bearing portion 37a and the top surface of the hollow protrusion 44a, and this elastic body 47 elastically supports the plate 44 so as to be movable up and down. be.

If the protruding blade 41 is formed into a prismatic shape and the small hole 45 is also formed into a square hole, the vertical movement of the plate 44 can be guided by the prismatic protruding blade 41.

Reference numeral 48 denotes a cover that covers the cutting chamber 3, and a hinge pin 49 is rotatably fitted to the front end of the cover 480 into a pin receiving portion 50 formed on the outer wall of the cutting chamber 3.

This cover 48 is formed with a cylindrical insertion portion 51 that also serves to position the workpiece M to be cut, corresponding to the eccentric position of the rotary grater 37.

Reference numeral 52 denotes a pushing plate for the workpiece M, in which a hinge pin 53 formed on the base portion is fitted into a long hole 54 formed on the cover 48 side, and a free end of the pushing plate 52 is fitted with a hinge pin 53 formed on the base portion. A pushing protrusion 55 that enters the cylindrical insertion portion 51 upon rotational displacement toward the cover 48 is integrally formed.

Reference numeral 56 denotes a grated material removal hole formed in the cover 48 corresponding to the eccentric position of the rotary grater 31, and is surrounded by an annular wall 57 protruding from the back surface of the cover 48.

A wall portion 58 of the annular wall 57 facing the rotating direction of the rotary grater 370 (direction of arrow a) is inclined downward in a direction opposite to the rotating direction to scoop up the grated material retained on the plate 44. Take the shovel that makes up the wall.

In the above configuration, when the operating knob 20 is operated to turn on the power switch 18, the rotational force of the motor 7 is reduced in speed and transmitted to the rotary grater plate 37 via the driving and driven gears 30, 31.

In this rotating state of the rotary grater 37, the insertion portion 5 of the cover
1, insert the object to be cut, for example, the main M, into the rotary grater 37 and press the main M with the protrusion 55 of the pushing plate 52 as shown in FIG. Since the plate 44 sinks and a large number of cylindrical protruding blades 41 protrude from the main surface thereof, the main M is cut while being bitten by the tip edge of the protruding blade 41, whereby the grated material is placed on the plate 44. N is retained (see Figure 5).

Here, as the cutting progresses, the fibers with high toughness are torn off by the protruding blade 41, and then the protruding blade 41
Since the protruding blade 41 is cylindrical, the fibers are guided by the circumferential surface of the protruding blade 41 and slide even in the absence of moisture.

Therefore, the edge portion of the tip of the protruding blade 41 continues to effectively contact the surface to be cut of the care M, and therefore the motor T
Appropriate cutting conditions can be maintained without rapidly increasing the load on the machine, and an appropriate grated product N can be obtained.

When the pressing force on the main body is released when cutting of the main body M is completed, the plate 44 remains in the rotating state and the elastic body 4
Since the grated food N is automatically floated as shown in FIG. 6 by the elastic force of 1, the grated food N is retained on the plate 44 between each of the cylindrical protruding blades 41, which is sanitary. As it rotates while floating, the grated material N accumulated on the plate 44 is successively scooped out by the shovel wall 58 inclined from the ejection hole 56. The grated material N is deposited near the hole 56, so that it is easy to take out the grated material N.

The shovel wall 58 may be curved in a concave shape, and a jagged portion or the like may be formed on the main surface of the shovel wall 58 so that the grated material N deposited on the shovel wall 58 does not slide down.

As described above, in this invention, the cutting blade of the rotary grater installed in the cutting chamber and driven by a motor is configured with columnar protruding blades to suppress the entanglement of the fibers of the workpiece, and further,
An elastically supported plate for retaining the grated material is disposed on the main surface of the grater, and a shovel wall is formed on the cover that slopes downward from a take-out hole formed in the cover that covers the cutting chamber. Therefore, it is possible to provide a convenient electric condiment grater that can automatically collect grated food in the vicinity of the extraction hole.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an example of an electric condiment grater according to this invention, Fig. 2 is a front cross-sectional view of the same, Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the main parts broken away, and Fig. 4 is the same. 5 and 6 are explanatory diagrams of the operation during cutting, and FIGS. 5 and 6 are explanatory diagrams of the operation of the same essential parts. 1... Main body case, 3... Cutting chamber, 1... Motor, 37... Rotating grater, 41... Columnar projection blade, 4
4... Plate for retaining grated matter, 45... Small hole, 47... Elastic body, 48... Cover 56... Removal hole, 58... Shovel wall.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] The motor γ is installed horizontally in the cutting chamber 3 of the main body case 1.
A large number of columnar protruding blades 41 are formed on the main surface of the rotary grater 31 driven by a rotary grater 31, and small holes 45 corresponding to each of the protruding blades 41 are formed.
A plate 44 for retaining grated material is disposed on the main surface of the rotary grater 37 with the protruding blade 41 protruding from the small hole 45.
An elastic body 41 interposed between the 4 side and the grater 37 side
A cover 48 which is elastically supported to be vertically movable, and which closes the cutting chamber 3 so as to be openable and closable, is provided with a grated material removal hole 56 corresponding to the eccentric portion of the grated plate 37. The above-mentioned grater 37 from the inner edge
a shovel wall 5 that slopes downward in a direction opposite to the rotational direction of the shovel wall 5 and scoops the grated material from the plate 44 rotating at the floating position and deposits it up to the vicinity of the take-out hole 56;
8 is formed on the back surface of the cover 48.