JPS6090110A - Automatic dishing device for minced meat - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Technical Field) The present invention is an automatic serving method for cutting minced meat extruded from a meat chopper 4- without breaking the lined shape and serving it on a tray. Regarding equipment.

(Prior art) Conventionally, minced meat extruded from a meat chopper is slitted with a Teyo A-die, and then cut into predetermined lengths and placed on individual trays in order to make them into pieces. was.

Most of this arrangement was done by hand at Sakuken, but because the minced meat is viscous and it is necessary to maintain the grain in order to increase the value of the product, In addition, manual arrangement was unproductive and non-productive, so there was a strong desire for automation.

Some of the equipment is semi-automatic, combining conveyor equipment and manual labor, but it is still a manual process.

(Object and Structure of the Invention) The purpose of the present invention is to provide an automatic serving device for minced meat that eliminates the drawbacks of the conventional devices described above. connected in the direction,
A container conveyor that continuously stores the minced meat extruded from the meat chopper, and a cutting cutter that cuts the continuous minced meat being transported by the container conveyor into a predetermined length near the instant connection end of the container. A minced meat cutting device that temporarily pauses on the edge of the container and makes a cut at the cut line [f], and a container that rotates a round container through 90 degrees on a container conveyor to create a gap between the containers. Above the rotating device and the container containing the individual minced meat separated at the score lines,
A tray feeding device that feeds and covers a tray with the bottom facing up, and a container conveyor that, with the tray covered with the container, goes around the circumference at one end of the container conveyor to turn it upside down and transfer the minced meat from the container to the tray. The automatic minced meat serving device is equipped with a tray reversing device and a tray unloading device for unloading trays containing individual minced meats from a container conveyor to the next process.

(Example) The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in Fig. 1, when the raw meat 1 cut into appropriate sizes is fed into the meat 2, the raw meat 1 is placed in a dice (not shown) on the side of the pier with lines. It is processed into a continuous rod shape and extruded from the nozzle 3 of the chopper. The extruded minced meat M falls onto the container conveyor 5 without being pushed out by the nozzle cover 4. The container conveyor 5 is formed in a German article conveyor type in which a plurality of containers 6 are rotatably attached to an endless conveyor, for example, a chain conveyor 8, through the respective bins 7, and the endless conveyor 8 is connected to front and rear striped rocket foils 9. It is stretched in between and driven in the direction of arrow X. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the container conveyor 5 has a container 6 having a U-shaped longitudinal cross section connected to an endless conveyor 8 with its longitudinal axis as the axis, so that the lines of the extruded minced meat M do not collapse. It is housed in the container 6 without any problems.

When cutting the minced meat M to a fixed length, the minced meat being transferred by the container conveyor 5 is cut, so if the container 6 moves while the bottom of the container 6 is being pressed by the cutting edge of the cutter, the cutting edge cuts into the gap between the containers 6. There is a fear that it will bite into the For this reason, as shown in FIG. 3, the ring at the longitudinal end of the container 6 is shaped to have a rotation radius R around the pin 7 and an overhang 11, so that the container 6 contacts the adjacent container at the arcuate portion. It can be rotated without interference (see Fig. 5, 8), and is formed so as to maintain alignment with the adjacent container at the straight portion. Therefore, the cutter at point A is lowered 1i at point A; between LA and B, the timer is held and the cutter remains in contact with the bottom of the container, and even if it rises at point B, the straight edge of the cutter is in instant contact with the container. It is designed so that it does not get stuck in the gaps between the parts.

The minced meat cutting device 10 shown in FIG. 1 includes a cutter 11, a scrap removing blade 12 of the cutter. It is composed of a spring 13 and an air cylinder 14.

When a thin blade is used as a cutter, a gap corresponding to the thickness of the cutter is created in the minced meat M after cutting, but the cut surfaces of the minced meat soon come into contact with each other, and the purpose of Iff L is not achieved. For this product, we adopted a method of cutting with a cutter 11 that has a wide range of thickness and angle. - For example, the thickness of the cutter 11 is 20 mm, and the cutting edge angle is 30°.

When the cutter 11 having such a wedge-shaped cross section is used, a 7-shaped cut is formed in the minced meat M after cutting (FIG. 4). Furthermore, if the control circuit is equipped with a timer (not shown) so that the cutter 11 is held at the lowest position,
The trapezoidal minced meat M separated by a certain distance 9*'tt t is transferred by the container conveyor 5. still,
This is convenient because the portion of the distance t2 is removed and the front and rear ends of the minced meat M are accommodated in the container 6 without protruding. If pieces of meat, fat, etc. adhere to the cutter 11, its sharpness will deteriorate, so the cutter 11 is automatically cleaned each time it is cut using a plastic scraper 12. The container rotating device 15 shown in the figure is composed of a cam 16 (shown only in the center of FIG. 1, the rest are omitted) provided on the husband's bin 7, and a cam follower 17 fixed to the machine frame. The containers 6 are aligned in a straight line until the cutting process, but after that they are guided by a cam follower 17 and rotated 90 degrees around the bin 7. Since the containers 6 are long in the axial direction as well as in width, their rotation creates a large gap between adjacent containers 6, making it easier to attach a tray to be described later.

The tray feeding device 18 shown in FIGS. 1 and 6 is composed of a rodless cylinder 19, two mini-cylinders 20, and a sound-absorbing nozzle 22 that vacuum-adsorbs the tray 21, and is arranged in the transport direction of the container conveyor 5. It moves back and forth at right angles to the object. The reason why two mini-cylinders 20 are used is to increase the production speed by using two cylinders. To explain the operation, each of the 12 mini-cylinders 20 adsorbs one tray 21 from two groups of trays placed Rtnl in the tray magazine 21' with one side up, and the cylinders 20 rise. Next, the container is moved to above the container conveyor 5 by the rodless cylinder 19. The timing for covering the container 6 with the tray 21 is determined by receiving a signal from an attachment (not shown) of the container conveyor 5, and the mini-cylinder 20 is lowered. When the mini cylinder 20 rises after installation, the rodless cylinder 19 returns to the initial position and moves to the next tray 21.
adsorbs.

The tray reversing device 23 (FIG. 1) includes a free roller 24
and a plurality of (usually two) ropes 26 stretched across a tension roller 25. The container 6 covered with the tray 21 and reaching the rear end of the container conveyor 5 was pressed with the low f26, went around the circumference of the peripheral end, and was cut by turning the tray 21 upside down. The minced meat M is transferred from the container 6 to the tray 21. It is convenient to use the tension roller 25 as a single drive roller to drive the rope 26 in a fixed manner, since the tray 21 will not be scratched or eroded during rotation.

The toilet unloading device 27 (FIG. 1) consists of a stationary tray guide 28 degree reducer 29 provided below the container conveyor 5. A bar cam 30 which is rotationally driven by the speed reducer. It is composed of a tray receiving plate 32 and a tray discharging conveyor 33, which are moved up and down by the heart cam 30 via a link 31 and are disposed on the downstream side of the tray guide 28.

The tray 21 on which the minced meat M has been transferred by the tray reversing device 23 is placed under the tray guide 2 on the lower side of the container conveyor 5.
8 and reaches the tray receiving plate 32, the heart cam 3o is rotated at a synchronous speed by interlocking with the main body drive reduction gear 29 and the chain 34. This rotation lowers the tray 21 and transfers it to the tray delivery conveyor 33. The tray 21 that has been served in this way
is conveyed by the carry-out conveyor 33 toward a packaging machine for stretch films, lid covers, and the like.

Since pieces of minced meat and fat adhere to the container conveyor 5, it is necessary to maintain hygiene by washing with boiling water and sterilizing with alcohol. For this purpose, the apparatus of the present invention is equipped with a cleaning device 35.

The cleaning device @35 is divided into a rough cleaning tank 36 and a finishing cleaning tank 37, each of which is provided with a rotating brush 38. 39 is an alcohol sterilizer that applies alcohol 1+:'5.
Tin and sterilize. Note that cleaning and sterilization are normally carried out periodically, for example, after the completion of the - day's operating power (E, I, y) (at this time, the main parts of the equipment such as the meat chopper and minced meat cutting equipment are also cleaned). (clean and sterilize). Therefore, the structure is such that the brush 38 can be moved up and down by the cylinder 42 to prevent it from melting to the container 6 during operation.

43 is a container alignment device, and the container rotation device 15 shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. With the cooperation of a follower (both not shown), the containers 6 are transferred toward the lower part of the linear cap 4 around the front end of the container conveyor 5.

(Effects of the Invention) Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to completely automate the arrangement of minced meat and reduce the number of workers, and also to prevent the minced meat that has been lined from losing its shape. It can be accommodated in a tray without any problems.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the entire apparatus of the present invention, FIGS. 2 and 3 are diagonal views of connected containers,
5 is a sectional view showing the cutting portion of minced meat, FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the operation of the container rotating device, and FIG. 6 is a plan view showing the operation of the tray feeding device. 2...meat chopper, 5...container conveyor, 6
... Container, 10... Minced meat cutting device, 15...
Container rotation device, 18... Tray supply device, 21...
Tray, 23... Tray anti-Q suction device, 27... Tray 4 discharge device Li5M... Minced meat.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Connect individual containers in the longitudinal direction to make meat chops A
? - A container conveyor that continuously stores the minced meat extruded from the container conveyor, and a container conveyor that cuts the continuous minced meat being transferred to a predetermined length near the adjacent end of the container, and a cutting cutter on the surface of the container. A minced meat cutting device that temporarily stops the container and separates it at the cutting score, a container rotating device that rotates each container through 90 degrees on a container conveyor to create a gap between the containers, and a container rotation device that A tray feeding device that covers the container with the bottom side facing up above the container containing the separated individual minced meat, and a tray feeding device that covers the tray with the bottom side facing up, and a periphery of one end of the container conveyor with the tray covering the container. A mincer that is equipped with a tray reversing device that turns the minced meat upside down and transfers it from a container to a tray, and a tray unloading device that transports the tray containing individual minced meat from the container conveyor to the next process. Automatic meat arrangement is a device.