JPS641096B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method for producing processed foods, and more particularly to a method for producing processed foods that allows fresh meat such as seafood and animal meat to be cut into thin pieces.

Traditionally, when soft fresh meat such as seafood or animal meat is industrially produced as processed food, the fresh meat is dried and cured, then crushed or cut. In addition to requiring a considerable amount of time and energy to dry, there are disadvantages such as loss of flavor, low commercial value, and increased waste generation.

If such fresh meat could be cut thinly and efficiently without drying and curing, it would be possible to increase the amount, lower the cost per unit of meat, and give it a unique flavor, creating new demand. can.

For example, if scallops are dried and cut vertically, they are hard and difficult to eat, and they are expensive compared to their bulk, so we can hardly expect demand for them to increase.However, it is possible to cut them into thin pieces while raw. If possible, it is possible to increase the amount and give it a unique flavor that makes it a luxury luxury item, so it is expected that food products made from it will be able to stimulate new demand as new products. In addition, if scraps such as squid legs and heads and small chunks of animal meat, which could only be used as second-grade products in the past, can be cut into thin pieces, the image of their original form will fade, and they can be effectively used as affordable food. .

However, conventionally, there has been no method for efficiently cutting raw raw materials as described above.

The present invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and includes a process of freezing fresh meat such as seafood and animal meat in a mold with water into a block shape, and a process of freezing the meat in a block shape from the knife edge in a direction perpendicular to the cutting direction. A slicing device consists of a mouthpiece that is arranged close to each other with an interval equal to the cutting thickness, and a guide surface formed on the same plane as the upper end of the mouthpiece. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for producing a processed food, which comprises a cutting process in which the meat is reciprocated and made into flakes while being brought into contact with the meat, and a process in which the flaky fresh meat is thawed and dehydrated after the cutting process.

The present invention will be explained in detail below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.

In applying the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, fresh meat 1 such as seafood, animal meat, or their scraps is put into a mold 3 together with water 2 and frozen integrally. A raw material block 4 as shown below is manufactured. The water 2 is for fixing and integrating the fresh meat 1 and molding the raw material block into a predetermined shape, so the fresh meat is very soft and deforms to fit the mold due to its own weight, and moisture adheres to the surface. If it exists, there is no need to add it separately. Next, this raw material block 4 is placed in a slicing device while being kept at a low temperature. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the slicing device includes a knife 5 fixed to a plane stand (not shown) and a mouthpiece 7 fixed to a pressure body 6. If you move it back and forth in the direction of the mark, knife 5
Due to the cooperative action of the raw material block 4 and the nozzle 7, the portion of the raw material block 4 that comes into contact with the knife 5 is cut into a thin layer, and the raw material block 4 falls in the shape of a shaved ice. Therefore, by gathering the ingredients together, thawing them, draining them, and drying them, you can obtain thinly cut food ingredients. In addition, the blocks that are gripped by the grip of the slicing device and cannot be cut are refrozen together with new fresh meat to form new blocks, which are then sliced by the slicing device again.

Next, an embodiment of a slicing device used in the above method will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.
In the same figure, a movable cutting table 9 movably placed on a bed 8 is connected to a motor 11 via a crank 10, and when this motor rotates, the movable cutting table 9 moves the top of the bed to a It reciprocates along the guide groove. On this movable cutting table 9 is a die 1.
A pressure body 13 to which a knife 2 is attached, and a plane stand 16 to which a knife 14 and a back blade 15 are attached are arranged. The distance between the mouthpiece 12 and the knife 14 is adjusted by moving the pressurizing body 13 using an adjusting screw 17. Four pillars 18a, 18b, 18c planted around the bed 8 and a cross beam 19
On the frame 20 consisting of the parts a and 19b, there is a fast-forwarding motor 21 and a fast-forwarding handle 2 with a clutch.
2 is fixed. The four pillars 18a to 18c
A block 23 in the form of an elongated frame with a bottom is arranged between them so that it can move up and down. Feed screws 26 are screwed into screw holes of cushion fittings 25 disposed within bosses 24 fixed to both the front and rear ends (left and right in FIG. 4) of this block. 27 indicates a spring that cooperates with the cushion fitting 25 to relax the shock, and 28 indicates its compression adjustment nut.

The feed screw 26 is rotationally driven via gear mechanisms 29a and 29b so that a predetermined step is applied for each reciprocation of the crank 10, and by changing the gear ratio of the gear mechanism, it can be used for peeling from thick to thin strips as appropriate. It is placed so that the walking distance can be changed.

Furthermore, the fast-forwarding motor 21 is connected to the fast-forwarding handle 22.
The feed screw 26 is connected to gear mechanisms 29a and 29b through the gear mechanisms 29a and 29b, and provides the feed screw 26 with the clutch operation of the fast feed handle and the fast feed rotational drive each time fast feed is required.

In this case, if the fast-forwarding handle 22 is manually rotated without starting the fast-forwarding motor 21, the block 23 can also be lowered or raised at a low speed. There are four gripping claws 30 on the bottom surface of the block 23.
a, 30b, and 30c are movably attached as a pair. 31a, 31b, and 31c indicate screws for inserting and removing the gripping claws.

In the slicing device of the present invention configured as described above, the raw material block 32 obtained by freezing fresh meat with water is inserted between the lower surface of the block 23 and the plane stand 16, and the screws 31a, 31 for inserting and removing the claws are inserted.
b, 31c to grip the vicinity of the upper end of the raw material block 32 with the gripping claws 30a, 30b, 30c,
Move the raw material block 32 by operating the fast-forwarding handle 22.
is crimped onto the plane stand 16. In this state, when the clutch of the rapid-forwarding handle is released and the motor 11 is rotated, the movable cutting table 9 reciprocates in the left-right direction (FIG. 3), cutting the raw material block 32 thinly from the bottom side. In that case, the feed screw 26 is a gear mechanism 29
a, 29b, a predetermined step is applied every reciprocation of the crank 10, and the block 23 is lowered little by little, so that a constant pressure is always applied to the raw material block 32. Therefore, thin cut pieces can be mass-produced.

In the above-described embodiment, a fixed type mouthpiece 12 is shown, but this may be replaced with a pressure roller rotatably attached to the pressure body.
In that case, the sixth
If a ring-shaped cutter 38 is provided as shown in the figure, the cutting piece can be cut to a constant width and provided.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, if barbed projections 40 are made to protrude from the surface of the pressure roller 39, fine cuts will be made in the cut raw material.

The apparatus shown in Fig. 4 may be of a horizontal type and cut the raw material blocks from the side.Alternatively, the machine stand is equipped with two sets of knives and ferrules at the front and back, and the two raw material blocks are cut in the forward and backward strokes. Both may be cut.

According to the above-described method of the present invention, fresh meat can be cut to an appropriate thickness by simply freezing it and applying it to a slicing device.

Furthermore, since fresh meat is frozen and cut into blocks, even small raw materials such as scallops and squid can be cut efficiently. The flakes thus obtained are then thawed, dehydrated, and edible as they are or after being subjected to arbitrary seasoning processing.

As described above, according to the method for producing processed foods of the present invention, the pieces can be processed into flakes because they are soft and small in size, and parts that were conventionally treated as waste can be effectively used. It can stimulate new demand as a new processed food.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 3 are process diagrams showing one embodiment of the manufacturing method according to the present invention, FIGS. 4 and 5 are front and side views showing a slicing device for implementing the present invention, and FIG. 6 7 is a front view showing an embodiment of a pressure roller that can be used in the apparatus shown in FIG. 4. 1... Fresh meat, 4, 32... Raw material block, 5,
14... Knife, 7, 12... Mouthpiece, 9... Moving cutting table, 16... Planer stand, 30a, 30b, 30c... Gripping claw, 37, 39... Pressure roller.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A process of freezing fresh meat such as seafood or animal meat in a mold with water in the form of a block, and a knife, with an interval equal to the cutting thickness in a direction perpendicular to the cutting direction from the knife edge. A slicing device consisting of a nozzle placed close to the slicing device and a guide surface formed on the same plane as the top end of the nozzle reciprocates the frozen meat in the form of a block while making contact with the guide surface of the slicing device. A method for producing a processed food comprising a cutting process to form flakes, and a process of thawing and dehydrating the flaky fresh meat after the cutting process. 2. The method for producing a processed food according to claim 1, wherein the cutting step is performed at a low temperature.