JPS6348674B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a fixed volume/fixed shape cutting device for bulk meat materials including beef, pork, chicken, and others.

<Prior Art> Conventionally, quantitative cutting has been used for meat sold in trays at supermarkets, etc., but no attention has been paid to its shape. In addition, manual cutting is the norm for bulk meat used in general meat manufacturing processes, whereas mechanical methods that extrude and fill meat are limited to pasty or minced meat products, which are cut into chunks and skewered. It was difficult to cut, quantify, etc. to use it to produce products of fixed volume and fixed shape for meat and fried products.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> The purpose of the present invention is to provide processed meat that is uniform in volume and shape without impairing the material characteristics of raw meat when used as skewered meat or fried products. An object of the present invention is to provide a fixed-volume/fixed-shape cutting device for bulk meat material for obtaining raw meat.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a fixed-volume/fixed-shape cutting device that can continuously produce large quantities of meat chunks as skewered meat and fried products.

<Means for Solving the Problems> The present invention has been made with the above objectives in mind.
The gist of the system is that it is equipped with a mold plate equipped with a mold into which a lump of meat material cut to a certain size or less is placed, and a slide cutter that cuts the meat material in the mold into a fixed volume and shape. It consists of a molding device and a take-out device for taking out the meat material molded into a fixed volume and fixed shape by the molding device from the mold, and the mold plate is provided with a through-hole mold consisting of two groups of one or more holes. , and a slide device having a meat material support plate installed so that when one group of the two groups of through-holes is made bottomed by reciprocating motion, the other group is made bottomless, and the slide cutter is provided with a meat material support plate. A slide device is provided to cut the lumpy meat material placed in one group of molds in a bottomed state, and the removal device inserts a punching tool into the other group of molds in a bottomless state. A slide device is provided for taking out the edible meat material inside, and the reciprocating movement of the slide device is matched with the reciprocating movement of the respective slide devices of the mold plate and the slide cutter, and when the former operates on the bottomless side of the mold plate, This is a fixed-volume/fixed-shape cutting device for bulk meat material that operates in the bottomed state. Here, the lump meat material refers to beef, pork, chicken, etc. that do not impair the characteristics of the material, and excludes paste-like or minced meat-like materials.

In addition, as long as the apparatus of the present invention can cut a lump of meat material into a fixed volume and a fixed shape, the through-hole formwork may have the same volume and the same shape, the same volume and different shape, different volumes and the same shape, or different shapes. It may be a combination of volume and irregular shape. Further, the first group and the second group of these molds may be the same or different in volume and shape.

Furthermore, the mold plate, the slide cutter, and the slide device of the take-out device may be any device that makes intermittent reciprocating motion at regular intervals, such as various types of extruders.

<Function> The relationship between the molding device according to the present invention, in which the mold plate is equipped with a slide cutter, and the take-out device is such that the mold plate is provided with a formwork of two or more groups of through-holes; After putting the meat material into one group of molds and cutting it with a slide cutter, slide the mold plate and put the meat material into the next two groups of molds, and cut the meat in the two groups of molds. At the same time as cutting, insert the punching tool of the punching device into the formwork of the first group and take it out, then slide the mold plate, put the meat material into the formwork of the first group, cut it with a slide cutter, and cut the meat material into the formwork of the second group. The meat material from the mold is repeatedly punched out, and in one process, the meat container cutting process by the molding device and the extraction process by the takeout device are performed twice, thereby doubling the efficiency. In terms of quantity alone, by appropriately selecting the number of formworks in the first and second groups and the slide cutter and take-out device that match them, it is of course possible to mass produce according to each type. It is.

<Embodiments> Next, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Fig. 1 is an overall schematic diagram including the device of the present invention with some broken line parts omitted, Fig. 2 shows the main parts of the device of the present invention in Fig. 1, and Fig. 2A shows the mold plate being moved by a sliding device. FIG. 2(b) is a diagram showing a contracted state, and FIG. 2(b) is a diagram showing an expanded state.

<Raw material transfer device> In Fig. 1, 1 is an extruder equipped with a piston mechanism and serves as a means for extruding meat materials.
A lump of meat material such as chicken meat is fed under pressure from a raw material supply stand 2 to a pressure feed pipe 5 connected thereto. The raw material supply table 2 is equipped with a rectangular supply plate consisting of two parallel grooves 3-a and 3-b whose cross-sectional shape is equal to the extrusion surface of the extruder 1, and the slide device 4 of the raw material supply table 2 is moved along the arrow A By sliding the extruder 1 alternately in the direction shown in FIG. Plate 3-a, 3
The meat chunks of the meat material filled in -b are alternately pushed into the pressure-feeding pipe 5. As the raw material transfer device, it is also possible to use a commercially available machine that sequentially pumps the meat raw material from a supply port by extrusion using an extruder.

<Cutting device> The meat material pushed into the pressure feeding pipe 5 is cut under constant pressure generated by the pressure of the extruder 1 of the meat material extrusion means into pieces smaller than a certain size. It consists of a large number of cutters 6... Therefore, unlike under atmospheric pressure, cutting is performed while the meat pieces are compressed, resulting in clean cuts. In addition, the forward end of the pressure feed pipe 5 is an extrusion port 5' whose cross section is gradually narrowed from a large diameter cylinder to an elongated rectangular shape, and a cutter 6 is attached to the tip of the extrusion port which hangs downward. . In addition, although the long blade cutter is shown to be reciprocating in the drawing, it may be a type that moves a round blade.

<Branch feeding device> The meat material cut by the cutter 6 under constant pressure is fed to branch pipes 7-a, 7- below the cutter 6, respectively.
Proceed through b, ... and discharge nozzles 8-a, 8-b,
Send to...

This branch pipe may be divided into a large number of separate pipes, or may be a pipe that divides the same large-diameter pipe into multiple sections.

<Forming device> Reference numeral 17 denotes a pipe opening support plate that supports the discharge nozzles 8-a and 8-b, and directly below it there are two through holes 8'-a and 8' having the same cross-section as 8-a and 8-b, respectively. -b, and there is a slide device 9 that slides the slide cutter 10 alternately in the direction of arrow B. There is a mold plate 12 having a certain thickness under the slide cutter 10, and this plate 12 has a slide device 14 that can alternately slide in the direction of arrow C.
is installed, and as a result, through-holes 13-a, 13'-a with a constant volume and constant shape that can overlap with 8'-a, and through-holes 13-b and 13'-b that can overlap with 8'-b are formed. It is perforated in the mold plate. Further, as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, there is a fixed bottom plate 18 below the mold plate 12 that closes the lower end of the through hole.

1 and 2B are explanatory views when the slide device 14 is moved to the right in the direction of arrow C, and FIG. 2A is an explanatory view when it is moved to the left.

<Removal device> Reference numeral 16 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is a punching device for punching out the meat filled in a through-hole with a constant volume and constant shape, and the punching device 16 shown in FIGS. The punching tool 11-a... or 11-b... is used when one of the vertical plumes 11-a... punches the meat filled into the fixed-volume, fixed-shaped through-hole of the mold plate 12. No. 11-b... punches a blank, and then when one punches a blank, the other punches out, so that it is possible to punch out a piece of meat formed into a fixed volume and fixed shape alternately.

Next, the working steps of the apparatus of the present invention will be explained.

In the raw material transfer device, meat raw materials are alternately supplied mechanically or manually to supply trays 3-a and 3-b from a supply port (not shown), and sent to a pressure feeding pipe 5 by an extruder 1. At this time, supply trays 3-a and 3-b
is moved by the slide device 4, but stops at a predetermined position under the leak prevention plate 2' of the raw material supply table 2, and the meat material is continuously fed from the supply trays 3-a, 3-b to the pressure feed pipe 5. It is pushed in at a constant pressure and sent downward from the extrusion port 5'.

Next, the meat material sent by the cutters 6 is divided into pieces equal to the number of cutters 6 + 1 under constant pressure.

After that, the cut meat material is transferred to the branch pipes 7-a, 7
-b, ... are sent separately to the discharge nozzle 8-
a, 8-b through hole 13-a of mold plate 12,
13-b or 13'-a, 13'-b.

Furthermore, in the molding device and the ejecting device, to explain in more detail, there is a slide cutter 10 and a mold plate 12 therebelow below the pipe opening support plate 17, and a bottom plate 18 fixed below it, and a discharge nozzle. 8-a, 8-b, ..., holes 8'-a, 8'-b, ... of the slide cutter 10, and holes 13-a, 13-b, ... of the mold plate 12 are aligned. Thank you,
A bottom plate 18 closes off the lower portion of each through hole.

In this state, when the slide cutter 10 moves to the left B in this figure by the length of the diameter of the holes 8'-a, 8'-b, .
The meat materials filled in 3-a, 13-b, . . . are cut into a constant volume and constant shape, and are supported by the bottom plate 18 (FIG. 2A).

Next, the mold plate 12 is moved by the arrow C by the slide device 14, as shown in FIGS.
The piston 15 moves to the left by a distance indicated by , and then, as shown by arrow D, the piston 15 descends downward with the same number of punching tools 11-a, . Punch out the molded meat of the material in b to obtain a meat loaf with a constant volume and constant shape. At this time, the other punching tools 11-b, . . . strike the air. In addition, in the state shown in FIG. '-b, the meat material is supplied from the discharge nozzles 8-a, 8-b, and the through-holes 13'-a, 13'-a of the mold plate 12.
13'-b is filled, and the punching tool 11-
At the same time as punching a, cut through hole 1 with cutter 10.
The meat materials 3'-a and 13'-b are cut into a constant volume and shape. In this way, in the device of the present invention, 1)
Pressing the meat material under constant pressure, 2) Cutting with a cutter, 3) Branching the material to a manifold, 4) Cutting and forming a constant volume and shape using a mold plate and slide cutter, 5) Cutting from the mold plate with a piston The work of taking out the molded material can be performed in a series.

In addition, in the apparatus of the present invention, it is not necessarily necessary to use a single edible meat material, and many types of meat materials may be used.

The effects obtained by the constant volume and constant shape cutting device for bulk meat material according to the present invention are as follows.

1. Unlike minced meat, a lumpy meat material having naturally defined fibers and skin that does not impair the specificity of the material can be obtained.

2. Automation reduces the opportunity for humans to touch meat, making it possible to carry out sanitary work.

3. Even if the meat material is small pieces or amorphous, it can form a single block during continuous feeding, and the same effect as gluing can be obtained without extra manual work.

4. It is also possible to combine two or more different materials to create a meat material that looks like a single material.

5 In the process of providing meat ingredients, various preservatives,
Fortifiers, flavors, colorants, etc. can be added before cutting and shaping into volumetric pieces.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a partially see-through perspective view of a constant volume and constant shape cutting device for lump meat showing an embodiment of the device of the present invention; FIG.
Figure A is a partial side view including a partial perspective and cross section of the device shown in Figure 1, and Figure 2 B is a partial side view including a cross section of the mold plate moved by the slide device. 9... Slide cutter slide device, 8'-
a, 8'-b...Through hole of slide cutter, 11-
a, 11-b... Punching tool of punching device, 12... Mold plate, 13-a, 13'-a, 13-b, 1
3'-b... Through-hole of the mold plate, 14... Slide device of the mold plate, 15... Piston, 16... Punching device, 18... Bottom plate of the mold plate.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A mold plate provided with a mold into which a lump of meat material cut to a certain size or less is placed, and a slide cutter for cutting the meat material in the mold into a fixed volume and a fixed shape. a molding device, and a take-out device for taking out the molded meat material, which has been molded into a fixed volume and fixed shape by the molding device, from the mold; A formwork is provided, and the above-mentioned 2
The slide cutter is equipped with a slide device in which a meat material support plate is installed so that when one group of through-holes is bottomed, the other group is made bottomless, and the slide cutter is provided with a mold of one group with a bottom. A slide device configured to cut a lump of meat material placed in a frame, further comprising a slide device for inserting a punching tool into the other group of molds in a bottomless state and taking out the meat material, The reciprocating motion of the slide device is adjusted to the reciprocating motion of the respective slide devices of the mold plate and the slide cutter, and the former and latter slide devices are operated when the mold plate is operated on the bottomless side and when it is operated on the bottomed side. A fixed volume/fixed shape cutting device for cutting lump meat materials alternately.