KR20140016152A - Food cutting device - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed in the present invention is a food cutting device which surely regulates the position of food in an operating sun for regulating the position of the food and surely discharges the food in an operating sun for discharging the food from a food seating board. The food cutting device comprises: a position regulating member (7) which regulates the position of food on the food seating board (5); an operating device (6) which make the food seating board (5) reciprocate from a food supply position to a food discharge position after cutting; and a cutting edge (2) which is placed inside a moving path of the food in order to cut the food. The position regulating member (7) is supported to be able to rotate between a protruding sun from a food seating surface (51) and a receding sun from the food seating surface (51), and is rotated and biased to protrude from the food seating surface (51). A contact member (11) is installed to discharge food from the food seating board (5) by rotating the position regulating member (7) by resisting a bias force in order to release the position regulation of the food when the food seating board (5) has moved to a food discharge position.

Description

Food cutting device

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a food cutting device for cutting horses, such as sushi, into foods, such as sushi, in a predetermined width, and has been studied to increase the reliability of the operation.

For example, horse sushi, which is provided in a supermarket, a convenience store, a sushi restaurant, etc., is shaped into a rod by an automatic machine, and cut into round shapes in a predetermined width. Since the words of a stick require a lot of effort and time to round sushi by hand with a kitchen knife, and the width of the food to be cut is uneven, a food cutting device is used. Examples of the food cutting device include cutting and moving the cutting blade with respect to the fixed cutting object, and moving and cutting the cutting object with respect to the fixed cutting blade. Moreover, according to the support form of a cutting blade, it can be classified into a thing of a support type and a support type of both ends. Hereinafter, the example of the conventional food cutting device is demonstrated.

Patent Literature 1 describes a food cutting device for rounding a food to be cut by making it touch while rotating the cutting blade with respect to the fixed food to be cut. The cutting blade is fixed to orthogonal to the rotation axis, and is composed of a plurality of cutting blades arranged at a plurality of locations in the rotation axis direction, and has a structure fixed to the rotation shaft once in a supporting shape. That is, the cutting blade with which the food cutting device of patent document 1 is equipped is a rotary blade.

Patent Literature 2 describes a cutting device such as laver rolled sushi which rounds the laver rolled sushi by touching the laver roll which is a fixed food for cutting while moving the cutting blade. The cutting blades are formed in both ends in parallel with the blade frame to hold both ends in the longitudinal direction, and the blades are moved together with the plurality of cutting blades by a link mechanism to cut the sushi rolls. .

Patent Document 3 describes a cutting device for a sushi in which a horse, which is a food to be cut, moves and cuts sushi on a fixed cutting blade. The cutting blades are arranged in a plurality of parallel to the blade frame to hold both ends in the longitudinal direction, that is, to have both end shapes, and the blade blade is fixed to the frame. The horse sushi is placed on a pedestal, and by moving the pedestal from the bottom to the top to make the horse gradually cut into the cutting blade to the sushi while the horse is cut in a round shape. The food cutting device which fixes a cutting blade, and cut | disconnects the target food to round shape by moving a target food relative to a cutting blade is also described in patent document 4. As shown in FIG.

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-244496 Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-31392 Patent Document 3: Japanese Patent No. 4368024 Patent Document 4: Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2006-68848

According to the invention described in Patent Literature 1, since the food to be cut is placed on the seating table and cut by the rotation of the rotary blade on the spot, the setting of the food to be cut and the extraction of the food after the cutting are performed at the same position. We can do it and workability is good. However, since the rotary blade traverses the food to be cut on the seating table, it is necessary to secure safety by providing a safety mechanism so as not to put a hand around the seating table when the food to be cut crosses the rotary blade. In addition, since the cutting blade is fixed to the rotary shaft once in a supporting form, it is necessary to increase the thickness of the blade to have a predetermined strength, and the sharpness of the food to be cut is slightly compared with the case of using a double-supported cutting blade. Falls. Therefore, in the case of a soft cutting target food such as seaweed, sushi may cause shape collapse due to the pressure applied at the time of cutting. In this respect, since both end supported cutting blades are supported at both ends in the longitudinal direction, the thickness of the cutting blades can be thinned to increase sharpness and to reduce the shape collapse of the food to be cut.

According to the invention described in Patent Literature 2, the food to be cut is placed on a seating table, and the food to be cut is then cut by moving the cutting blade in one direction, and the cutting blade is then doubled toward the original position. Therefore, when the cutting blade is doubled, if the cut target food remains, the cutting blade touches the target food during double acting, so it is necessary to take out the cut target food from the seating table before the cutting blade doubles. Therefore, according to the invention described in Patent Literature 2, it is necessary to perform a take-out operation of the target food after cutting the food to be cut in accordance with the movement of the cutting blade, and then perform a return operation of the cutting blade, which makes the operation cumbersome. There is this.

According to the inventions described in Patent Literature 3 and Patent Literature 4, in order to return the pedestal to the original position after moving the pedestal on which the horse, which is the object to be cut, is placed on the sushi, and the horse cuts the sushi by the cutting blade, the horse cut before the sushi It is necessary to take out from a base. Otherwise, the cut horse will return the sushi to its original position, and the cut horse will touch the sushi with the cutting blade on the way back. Therefore, after the horse cuts the sushi, the horse needs to take out the sushi and then perform the return operation of the cutting blade, which makes the operation cumbersome. In addition, the switch operation for operating the apparatus requires two operations, a switch operation for moving the pedestal for the horse to cut the sushi and a switch operation for returning the pedestal to its original position, and in this respect, the operation is cumbersome. There is difficulty. In addition, the operation of placing the sushi on the pedestal on the lower side of the apparatus is performed on the pedestal on the lower side of the apparatus, so there is no problem of operability, but since the cut horse moves to the inside of the upper portion of the apparatus, There is a difficulty in that workability is poor when horses take sushi out.

Thus, the inventors of the present invention, in the food cutting device for cutting the target food by moving the food seat on which the target food is placed on the cutting blade fixed in both ends of the support shape, the configuration is studied so that the cut food is naturally released from the food seat One food cutting device was first proposed. The invention related to Japanese Patent Application No. 2011-020830 includes a food seat for placing a target food, a position regulating member for positioning a target food placed on a food seat, a drive mechanism for moving the food seat, And a cutting blade for cutting the target food into a rounded shape by being placed in a movement trajectory of the target food that is moved with the food seat by a drive mechanism. The food seat is moved by the drive mechanism so that the posture when the target food is cut by the cutting blade becomes an inclined posture. The position regulating member is configured to release the position regulation of the target food so that the subject food after cutting descends out of the moving trajectory of the food seat along the inclined posture of the food seat.

According to the food cutting device according to the above application, if the food seating table is reciprocated by operating a switch or the like that initiates the operation of the device once, the cutting of food and returning to the food seating table can be completed, thereby improving operability and work efficiency. You can. Moreover, the food after cutting can be dropped to the side of an operator, and there also exists an advantage that the take-out operation of the food after cutting becomes easy.

The food rest table and the position regulating member in the food cutting device described in the specification and the drawings of the above application are operated while being configured as described below. The position regulating member is configured to be rotatably supported about a horizontal axis with respect to the food seating stand so as to maintain a posture in which a weight balance is secured. Posture is supposed to change. When the food seat is in the seating position of the food before cutting, the projection of the position regulating member advances to the front upper surface side of the food seat. The protrusion amount of the projection of the position regulating member to the front surface of the front portion of the food restraint varies depending on the size of the food placed on the food rest, and the food can be held on the food rest even if the diameter of the food is different in the radial direction. It is supposed to be. After the food moves with the food restraint and is cut to a predetermined size with a cutting blade, the protrusion is evacuated from the upper surface of the food restraint according to the change in the relative posture of the position regulating member relative to the food restraint, and the food Thus released from the food restraint.

The position regulating member has a configuration in which the posture with respect to the food seat is changed by the weight balance, and the posture of the position regulating member is unstable. Actions where the food must be positioned on the food seat In the sun, the positioning member must reliably position the food, and in the sun where the food must be released from the food seat, the positioning member must reliably withdraw from the seating surface of the food seat, It is preferable that the position regulating member operate in a modest manner.

According to the present invention, a food suitable for taking a mode suitable for the food restraint in an operation mode in which the position regulating member must regulate the food in a mode of operation and a mode suitable for the mode in an operation mode in which the food must be released from the food rest table. It is an object to provide a cutting device.

The food cutting device according to the present invention,

Food seating board to put the target food,

A position regulating member for position regulating the target food placed on the food seat;

A drive mechanism for reciprocating the food seating table from the target food supply position to the discharge position of the target food product after cutting;

It has a cutting blade which cuts the target food in the shape of rounding by being arrange | positioned in the movement trace of the target food moved with the said food seat by the said drive mechanism,

The position regulating member is rotatably supported between the sun projecting onto the food seating surface of the position regulating member and the sun retracting from the food seating surface on the food seating table, The main feature is that the rotation bias to protrude onto the food seating surface to regulate the target food on the food seating table.

Since the position regulating member is rotated and biased to protrude onto the food seating surface and positionally regulate the target food on the food seat, the target food is reliably positioned on the food seat by the rotational biasing force of the position regulating member. When the food rest table moves to the discharge position of the target food, the target food is cut into a predetermined size with a cutting blade.

1 is an external perspective view showing an embodiment of a food cutting device according to the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a right side view showing the above embodiment with the side cover removed.
3 is a right side view showing a portion of the food seating table and the position regulating member of the embodiment.
4 is a perspective view showing a part of the food seating table and the position regulating member.
FIG. 5 is a right side view showing another operating aspect of the food rest table and the portion of the position regulating member according to FIG. 2.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of another operating aspect of the food rest table and the portion of the position regulating member according to FIG. 4. FIG.
FIG. 7 is a right side view of another operating aspect of the portion of the food seat and the position regulating member following the operating aspect shown in FIG. 5 in accordance with FIG. 2.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of another operating aspect of the food rest table and the portion of the position regulating member according to FIG. 4.
FIG. 9 is a right side view of another operating aspect of the food seating plate and the portion of the position regulating member following the operating aspect shown in FIG. 7 according to FIG. 2.
FIG. 10 is a right side view of another operating aspect of the portion of the food seat post and the position regulating member following the operating aspect shown in FIG. 9 in accordance with FIG. 2.
FIG. 11 is a right side view of another operating aspect of the portion of the food seat post and the position regulating member following the operating aspect shown in FIG. 10 in accordance with FIG. 2.
FIG. 12 is a perspective view according to FIG. 4 showing another operating aspect of the food seating plate and the portion of the position regulating member following the operating aspect shown in FIG. 8. FIG.
FIG. 13 is a perspective view of another operating aspect of the food rest table and the portion of the position regulating member according to FIG. 4.
FIG. 14 is a perspective view of another operating aspect of the food rest table and the portion of the position regulating member according to FIG. 4.
FIG. 15 is a perspective view of another operating aspect of the food rest table and the portion of the position regulating member according to FIG. 4. FIG.
It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the principal part of the other Example of the food cutting device concerning this invention.
Fig. 17 is an external perspective view showing main parts of the other embodiment in another operating mode.
18 is an external perspective view showing the main part of the other embodiment in another operating mode.
Fig. 19 is an external perspective view showing the main part of the other embodiment in another operating mode.
20 is an external perspective view showing the main part of the other embodiment in another operating mode.
Fig. 21 is an external perspective view showing the main part of the other embodiment in another operating mode.
Fig. 22 is an external perspective view showing the main part of the other embodiment in another operating mode.
Fig. 23 is an external perspective view showing main parts of still another embodiment of a food cutting device according to the present invention.
Fig. 24 is an external perspective view showing main parts of another embodiment according to another operating mode.
Fig. 25 is an external perspective view showing the main part of another embodiment according to another operation aspect.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, some Example of the food cutting device concerning this invention is described, referring drawings.

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In FIG. 1, in the food cutting device, the upper end portion is a supply portion of the food to be cut (hereinafter, simply referred to as "food") 10, and the front lower portion is a discharge portion of the food 10. The front surface of the food cutting device is covered with the front panel 15 except for the supply portion and the discharge portion, and both left and right sides are respectively covered with the side cover 14. Before starting the operation of the apparatus, there is a food seat 5 in the supply section, and the food 10, for example, a seaweed roll wrapped with rice by steam is placed in a horizontal position. It is configured to put on. When the food switch 10 is placed on the food seat 5 and the start switch is pressed, the food seat 5 is moved toward the front lower portion of the apparatus by the driving mechanism. During the movement of the food rest table 5, the food 10 is cut into a round shape by a cutting blade, and is configured to be discharged to the discharge part. The discharged food 10 is discharged from the food rest table 5 to be received by the receiving member 8, the receiving member 8 slides downwardly inclined, and the food rest table 5 is returned to its original position by a drive mechanism. It is configured to return to.

Next, the internal structure of the said food cutting device is demonstrated in detail. 2 to 4, the food cutting device is coupled to the base 1, the left and right end portions of the base 1, the left and right side plates 4, which are erected in the vertical direction in parallel to each other, and the rear ends of the respective side plates 4, respectively. It has the back board 20 which connects. These bases 1, the left and right side plates 4, and the back plate 20 form a skeleton of the food cutting device. At the position near the front of the device, the cutting blades 2 are arranged in a substantially vertical posture. A plurality of cutting blades 2 are held in parallel with each other at regular intervals by a holding mold in order to cut the food 10 at regular intervals. The cutting blade 2 is fixed between the left and right side plates 4 by falling along the pair of guide rails fixed to the left and right side plates 4 in the vertical direction. Since the cutting blade 2 can employ | adopt the structure similar to the structure described in the specification and drawing of the said Japanese patent application 2011-020830, and does not form the summary of this invention, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

As shown in FIGS. 2, 3, and 4, the food seat 5 is formed by an L-shaped side of approximately half of the upper side, and is formed by a portion corresponding to the horizontal and vertical sides of the L-shape. The food 10 before cutting is put on the edge which becomes. More specifically, the L-shaped horizontally extending portion is the food seating surface 51 of the food 10, and the L-shaped vertically extending portion is the back support 52 for the food 10. .

The horizontal axis 55 is provided through the food seat 5 in the left-right direction below the back support 52, and the position regulating member 7 is supported by the horizontal axis 55 so that rotation is possible in the vertical plane. The position regulating member 7 is a member for positioning the food 10 on the food seat 5, and is composed mainly of a plurality of L-shaped arms 71 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. have. As shown in FIG. 4, each arm 71 has a portion corresponding to an L-shaped horizontal side (hereinafter referred to as a "horizontal portion") extending from the horizontal axis 55 toward the front of the food seat 5. , A portion (hereinafter referred to as a “vertical portion”) corresponding to the L-shaped vertical side is erected upward. The plurality of arms 71 are integrally fixed to the horizontal axis 55 while maintaining the same posture. Each arm 71 is a portion of the arm that is entirely submerged from the food seating surface 51 in the food seating table 5 as the horizontal axis 55 rotates, and the vertical portion protrudes onto the food seating surface 51. Can rotate The food seat 5 is formed with a slit 59 that allows the rotation of each arm 71.

Between the position regulating member 7 and the food seat 5, the elastic member which rotates and biases the position regulating member 7 with respect to the food seat 5 is interposed. In the illustrated embodiment, the coil spring 120 is used as the elastic member. As shown in FIG. 3, the horizontal shaft 55 penetrates the coil portion of the coil spring 120, and one end of the coil spring 120 constitutes the food rest table 5 and the position regulating member 7. The arm 71 is stopped and the arm 71 is rotated biased with respect to the food seat 5. The direction of the rotation bias of each arm 71 is a direction in which the vertical portion of each arm 71 projects upward from the food seating surface 51.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the vertical portion of each arm 71, the three projections 76 in order from the top to the rear edge portion in the sun in which the vertical portion stands up and protrudes upward from the food seating surface 51. , 77, 78). The rear edge portion of each arm 71 in which the three protrusions 76, 77, and 78 are formed is an edge portion for pressing the food placed on the food seat 5. In the state where each arm 71 rotated to the limit position by the said biasing force, all three protrusions 76, 77, and 78 pass through the slit 59, and protrude upward from the food seating surface 51. FIG. . In addition, the rotation of the position regulating member 7 composed of the arms 71 by the biasing force is controlled by the vertical portion of the lower portion of the projection 78 in contact with the edge of the slit 59 in this rotational aspect. .

The three projections 76, 77, 78 of each arm 71 advance toward the front of the food 10 placed on the food seat 5 so that the food 10 faces forward on the food seat 51. It acts as a stopper for restraining the movement toward, and regulating the food 10 to a predetermined position. The size of the cross section of the food can be divided into three stages, for example, large, medium and small. The food 10 described so far is a small-sized food. FIG. 13 shows the position regulating member 7 with respect to the food seat 5 when the small-size food 10 is placed at the corner formed by the food seating surface 51 and the backrest 52. Relative rotating sun is shown. In this aspect, each arm 71 constituting the position regulating member 7 rotates with a biasing force, and the bottommost protrusion 78 of the three protrusions 76, 77, 78 of each arm 71 is rotated. The food 10 is pressed from the front to the back. The food 10 is sandwiched by the projections 78 of the arms 71 and the back support 52 of the food seat 5, and on the food seat 51 of the food seat 5. It is held stably. Each arm 71 is prevented from rotating by the biasing force by the projection 78 of each arm 71 to the food (10).

As shown in FIG. 14, when the medium-sized food 101 is placed on the food seat 5, the protrusion 77 is rotated by the rotational biasing force of each arm 71 so that the lower edge of the front end of the food 101. Press the food 101 from the front to the back in contact with the wealth. The food 101 is sandwiched between the protrusions 77 of the arms 71 and the back support 52 of the food seat 5, and is stable on the food seat 51 of the food seat 5. It is hold | maintained easily, and the rotation by the biasing force of each arm 71 is prevented.

As shown in FIG. 15, when the large-size food 102 is placed on the food seat 5, the projection 76 is rotated by the rotational biasing force of each arm 71 so that the lower edge of the front end of the food 102. Press the food 102 from the front to the back in contact with the wealth. The food 102 is sandwiched by the protrusions 77 of the arms 71 and the back support 52 of the food seat 5, and on the food seat 51 of the food seat 5. It is stably held and prevents rotation by the biasing force of each arm 71.

Hereinafter, unless otherwise indicated, the food will continue to be described as the small-size food 10.

Each arm 71 constituting the position regulating member 7 releases the position regulation of the food 10 by each arm 71 after the food 10 has been cut by the cutting blade 2, and is cut off. It is configured to take the sun to release the food 10 from the food seat 5. The lever 30 and the contact member 11 shown in FIGS. 2, 4, etc., each arm 71 constituting the position regulating member 7 for discharging the cut food 10 from the food seat 5. ) Is a member for taking the sun which passes through the slit 59 and retracts from the food seating surface 51 to the food seating stand 5. The lever 30 is fixed to both ends of the horizontal shaft 55 protruding from both left and right sides of the food seat 5 in the same posture, and the horizontal shaft 55 and each arm 71 are connected to the lever 30. It is integrated and rotates. The operation in which the lever 30 works together with the stopper 11, each arm 71 rotates in response to the biasing force, and releases the cut food 10 is described in detail in the description of the operation of the present embodiment. Explain.

In order to cut the food 10 placed on the food seat 5 with the cutting blade 2, the food seat 5 is formed with a slit 58 into which the cutting blade 2 can enter. have. The slit 58 is provided in the number and position corresponding to the number and the installation position of the cutting blade 2. In the present embodiment, as shown in Fig. 4 and the like, each of the food can be divided into four, six, eight foods to be selected at a position corresponding to the divided water with the slit in the center in the left and right directions, respectively. The slit 58 is formed. Each slit 58 is deeply cut over a wide range including the bottom support 51 and the back support 52 so as to receive the cutting blade 2 and reliably cut the food 10.

Two pins 53 and 54 (refer to FIG. 2) are attached to the bottom portions on both sides in the left and right directions of the food seating stand 5, respectively, near the back of the food seating stand 5. The left and right pins 53 are located on a common virtual straight line parallel to the axis 55, and likewise the left and right pins 54 are also located on a common virtual straight line parallel to the axis 55. The pin 54 is located behind the pin 53. The left and right pins 53 and the left and right pins 54 may each be configured by an axis penetrating the food rest table 5. Although the food seating stand 5 is manufactured by bending and punching a metal plate in the Example shown, you may cut and manufacture a fluorine-type resin, for example.

As shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 4, etc., the food rest table 5 is provided with the control plate 56 which regulates the position of the both ends of the food in the longitudinal direction on both ends of the back support 52. As shown in FIG. The restricting plate 56 is an integrally molded article made of resin, and its base portion is attached to the back support 52 and fixed to a predetermined mounting position with a fixing screw 60. The mounting position of the regulating plate 56 can be moved according to the back support 52. If food is, for example, seaweed rolled sushi, since the seaweed is standardized to 205 mm x 185 mm, the length of rolled seaweed before cutting changes depending on whether the seaweed is rolled up horizontally or rolled up vertically. Thus, the gap between the pair of regulating plates 56 is adjusted to match the length of the sushi roll.

Next, the drive mechanism 6 of the food seat 5 shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 5, FIG. 7 etc. is demonstrated in detail. As shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 5, FIG. 7, etc., the motor 61 as a drive source is fixed to the inner surface side of the side plate 4 of the left side, and the gear 62 fixed to the output shaft of the motor 61 is a shaft 64. As shown in FIG. Is engaged with the gear 63 fixed to The shaft 64 is rotatably supported over the left and right side plates 4, and the driving arms 65 are fixed to both ends of the shaft 64 penetrating the left and right side plates 4, respectively. The rotational driving force of the motor 61 is transmitted to the shaft 64 via the gears 62 and 63, and the drive arm 65 integral with the shaft 64 is parallel to the outer surface of each side plate 4. It is a structure which drives rotationally in the surface which comprises. Each drive arm 65 has a long hole 66 along a straight line passing through the center of rotation of the shaft 64, in which the two pins 53, 54 of the food seat 5 are attached. The front pin 53 is fitted. Therefore, when each drive arm 65 is driven to rotate about the axis 64 together with the axis 64, the pin 53 is pressed at the side which separates the long hole 66, and each drive arm 65 of the drive arm 65 is rotated. The food seat 5 is also moved with rotation.

The two pins 53 and 54 on the left and right sides of the food rest table 5 are fitted into the cam groove 91 to function as a cam follower. The height position and posture of the food rest table 5 is determined according to the difference between the height position and the relative height of the two pins 53 and 54, and the relative height position relationship of the two pins 53 and 54 is determined by the cam groove ( 91). In the illustrated example, the cam groove 91 is formed in the side plate 4. The cam groove 91 may be formed in the cam plate, and the cam plate 91 may be fixed to the side plate 4.

In the cam groove 91, when the food 10 moving together with the food rest table 5 starts to contact the cutting blade 2, the entry angle of the cutting blade 2 with respect to the food 10 is continuously It has the arc part 93 which changes the posture of the food mounting stand 5 continuously so that it may change. In addition, the cam groove 91 is a straight portion for linearly moving the food rest table 5 by keeping the posture of the food rest table 5 constant after the cutting blade 2 enters the food 10. Has 94. When the two pins 53, 54 pass through the arc 93, a continuous change in the angle of entry of the cutting blade 2 relative to the food 10 results in a cutting blade 2 of the food 10. The surface (the lower surface in FIGS. 5 and 7) of the arc portion 93 is formed as a convex surface so as to increase the relative speed with respect to.

While the cutting blade 2 is fixed while maintaining the posture in a substantially vertical direction, the straight portion 94 of the cam groove 91 is inclined at an appropriate angle, and the food is placed along the straight portion 94. When the table 5 moves from the top to the bottom of the slope, the food seat 5 takes an inclined posture, that is, an inclined forward posture, as if greeting. The cutting blade 2 corresponds to the angle of inclination of the food 10 held by the food seat 5, which is in this forwardly inclined posture (hereinafter referred to as the "foreground posture"). It is to be dug while touching at an angle.

The cam groove 91 has an arc portion 92 whose upper end portion is connected to the arc portion 93. When the two pins 53 and 54 are provided in the arc portion 92, the food rest table 5 is at the uppermost position as shown in Fig. 2, and the food seating surface 51 is in a horizontal position. It becomes the posture which fell slightly inside, and takes the reception posture of the food 10. As shown in FIG. The drive mechanism 6 includes a component part from the motor 61 to the cam groove 91.

Here, the change of the posture and the position of the food seat 5 when the two pins 53 and 54 move along the cam groove 91 will be described. When the food 10 is placed on the food seat 5 in which the food 10 is received, the drive mechanism 6 is operated, and the two pins 53 and 54 are cam grooves 91. It moves from the circular arc part 92 to the circular arc part 93, and also to the linear part 94. When the pins 53 and 54 pass through the arc portion 93, the height position of the pin 53 is lower than the height position of the pin 54, and the posture of the food rest table 5 is in the foreground. In addition, the angle of inclination toward the front gradually increases. When the food seat 5 is changing posture, the cutting blade 2 and the food seat 5 so that the food 10 placed on the food seat 5 starts to contact the cutting blade 2. ), The pins 53 and 54 and the cam groove 91 are set in the positional relationship.

The pins 53, 54 are led to the straight portion 94 of the cam groove 91 after passing through the arc portion 93, and the food rest table 5 is inclined downward from above with the foreground position. The food is cut by the cutting blade 2 by moving in a straight line. The cut food 10 is received by the receiving member 8 described below, and then the drive mechanism 6 is operated in the opposite direction to return the food seat 5 to its original position.

Next, the structure of the receiving part of the foodstuff 10 after the cutting including the said receiving member 8 is demonstrated easily. As shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 5 etc., the main structural member of the receiving part of the food 10 after cutting provided in the lower front part of the apparatus is the receiving member 8. As shown in FIG. The receiving member 8 receives the receiving member 8 along the receiving portion 82 for receiving the food 10 after cutting, which slides downward in the inclined direction, and the guide groove 81 formed to be inclined in the side plate 4. Has a sliding portion 83 for sliding. As described above, the guide groove 81 is inclined at an angle close to the angle of inclination toward the front of the food seat 5 that is inclined forward (hereinafter, referred to as a "foreground angle"). The receiving member 8 moves to the upper end of the guide groove 81 as shown in FIG. 5 to receive the cut food, and to the lower end of the guide groove 81 to facilitate taking out the received food. The shifted sun (see FIG. 2) can be taken.

While the operation of the receiving member 8 is performed in synchronization with the operation of the drive mechanism 6 of the food seat 5 that uses the motor 61 as a driving source, the driving mechanism of the receiving member 8 is the present invention. The detailed description is omitted since it is not essential to.

2, 5, the front end of the lever 30 is in sliding contact with the inner side surface of the side plate 4 at the end portion of the movement stroke in the inclined downward direction above the food seat 5, and is positioned The contact member 11 which rotates the regulating member 7 against a biasing force is fixed. The levers 30 are provided in pairs on the left and right sides of the food rest table 5, and the contact members 11 are also fixed to the left and right side plates 4 corresponding to the paired levers 30, respectively. Each contact member 11 is a rectangular columnar member and is fixed in a posture facing in the vertical direction. Each contact member 11 is disposed in the movement trajectory of the lever 30 such that the tip of the lever 30 starts to contact the contact member 11 from near the end of the movement stroke downward of the food seat 5. have. As the food rest table 5 is further lowered, the tip of the lever 30 is pressed while slidingly contacting the contact member 11, and each of the arms 71 substantially integral with the lever 30 resists the biasing force. It is rotated about the axis 55 and the vertical portion of each arm 71 is locked in the food seat 5.

When the food seat 5 moves to the lower limit position, the lever 30 also contacts near the lower end of the contact member 11 so that each arm 71 becomes the maximum rotational position resisting the biasing force. 71) The whole is submerged in the food seat 5. 11 and 12 show an embodiment at this time. Since the vertical part of each arm 71 is evacuated from the food seating surface 51 of the food seating stand 5, the food 10 cut | disconnected by the cutting blade 2 is discharge | released from the food seating surface 51. FIG. As shown in Fig. 10, the food item 10 is received by the receiving portion 82 of the receiving member 8 taking the rising sun. When the drive mechanism 6 is further operated, the receiving member 8 is lowered and the food 10 received by the receiving portion 82 can be easily taken out. In the example shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 5, FIG. 10, FIG. 11, etc., the two foods 10 of small size are put in two steps of overlapping with the food seating stand 5, and the two foods 10 are carried out by one cutting operation | movement. This cut | disconnected and the form received by the receiving member 8 is shown.

Next, operation | movement of the Example comprised as mentioned above is demonstrated. 1, 3, and 4 show an initial state before the start of operation, and the food seat 5 has two pins 53 and 54 in the arc portion 92 of the upper end of the cam groove 91. The food is settled before cutting. In this aspect, each arm 71 which comprises the position regulating member 7 rotates by a biasing force, and the vertical part of each arm 71 stands up from the food seating surface 51 of the food seat 5, have. Thus, each arm 71 is pushed down against the biasing force and the food is placed on the food seat 5 with the vertical portion retracted from the food seating surface 51. When releasing the pushing force of each arm 71, each arm 71 is rotated by a biasing force, the vertical part stands up from the food seating surface 51, and the vertical part of each arm 71 and the food seat The food is sandwiched between the backrest 52 of (5).

If the food placed on the food seat 5 is a small-sized food 10, each arm 71 rotates until the bottommost protrusion 78 contacts the food 10 and the food seating surface. It is built up greatly from (51). Since the gap between the arm 71 and the backrest 52 of the food rest table 5 has a height sufficiently larger than the height of the small-sized food 10, the two foods 10 as described above. ) Can be stacked. The two foods 10 which are overlapped are stably held by the food seat 5 with the biasing force of each arm 71.

Next, when the start button is operated, the motor 61 is activated and the drive mechanism 6 starts operation. The drive arm 65 of the actuating mechanism 6 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 2 via the gear train 61, 62, the shaft 64, and the food rest table 5 fitted in the long hole 66. The pin 53 of) is moved along the cam groove 91. Along with the pin 53, the pin 54 also moves along the cam groove 91, and the height position and posture of the food rest table 5 are determined by the height position of the two pins 53 and 54 and the mutual height position. It depends on the difference. When the pins 53, 54 approach the position of the arc portion 93 of the cam groove 91, the height position of the pin 53 is continuously lowered relative to the height position of the pin 54, and thus the food rest table (5) takes the foreground pose and the foreground pose gradually deepens.

In this manner, the position where the food rest table 5 starts to take the foreground position is when the food 10 starts to contact the cutting blade 3. At the beginning of the contact of the food 10 and the cutting blade 3, the angle of incidence of the cutting blade 3 with respect to the food 10 is continuously changed to increase the relative speed between the cutting blade 3 and the food 10. It is supposed to be. In this way, entry of the cutting blade 3 into the food 10 at the beginning of cutting is facilitated, and the pressure applied to the food 10 at the time of cutting the food 10 is reduced to reduce the deformation of the food 10. It is being researched to be able.

When the pins 53, 54 of the food rest table 5 reach the straight portion 94 of the cam groove 91, the food rest table 5 holds the straight portion 94 while maintaining the maximum foreground angle. Move down the slope. During this time, the food 10 placed on the food seat 5 is prevented from slipping off the food seat 5 by the arms 71 advancing forward. Thus, with respect to the cutting blade 2 fixed to the support shape at both ends in the vertical direction, the food 10 moves relatively inclinedly downward with the food seat 5, and the cutting blade 2 is made into a constant relative speed. As a result, the food 10 is cut into round slices. FIG. 5 shows the operating mode in the way in which the food 10 is cut in this manner.

When the pins 53 and 54 of the food rest table 5 are driven further downward along the straight portion 94 of the cam groove 91, and the food rest table 5 moves further down, it is shown in FIG. As shown, the distal end of the lever 30 contacts the rear surface of the contact member 11. As the food seat 5 moves further downward, cutting of the food 10 proceeds as shown in FIG. 9, and the tip of the lever 30 is pressed further while slidingly contacting the contact member 11, Each arm 71 is rotated in response to a biasing force. FIG. 6 shows a state in the middle of the rotation that resisted the biasing force of each arm 71, and the vertical portion of each arm 71 is gradually locked toward the inside of the food seat 5.

8 and 10 show an embodiment in which the food seat 5 is moved further downward, the tip of the lever 30 is further pressed while slidingly contacting the contact member 11, and each arm 71 is biased. Rotates against force As shown in FIG. 8, the vertical portion of each arm 71 is further locked toward the inside of the food seat 5.

11 and 12 show an embodiment in which the food rest table 5 has moved to the downward movement limit. The tip of the lever 30 is pressed by the contact member 11, and each arm 71 is subjected to a biasing force. Rotate to the maximum rotational position that is resisted. At this point in time, the cutting of the two foods 10 is completed, and each arm 71 is evacuated from the food seating surface 51 of the food seating table 5 which is in the maximum foreground position, thereby cutting off the food ( 10) is released from the food rest table (5). In addition, the receiving member 8 is in the ascending position until the cutting of the food 10 is completed, and the receiving member 8 receives the food 10 released after the cutting is completed. While the food rest table 5 is moved to the downward movement limit after the cutting of the food 10 is completed, the receiving member 8 receives the food 10 to the food dispensing position as shown in FIG. 11. Descend.

When the food seat 5 moves to the downward movement limit as described above, the food seat 5 is detected by a limit switch or a sensor, and the detection signal is rotated to reverse the motor 61 to return the food seat 5 to its original position. Return In this return operation, each of the arms 71 and the lever 30 constituting the position regulating member 7 also return with a biasing force. The receiving member 8 does not rise in the return operation of the food seat 5, but rises in accordance with the cutting operation timing of the food by the cutting blade 2 as shown in FIG. 5.

As shown in FIG. 14, when the medium-sized food 101 is placed on the food seating table 5, each arm 71 moves the food 101 with the protrusion 77 of the food seating table 5. It presses toward the back support 52, and sandwiches the food 101 between this back support 52 and the said projection 77. As shown in FIG. In addition, as shown in FIG. 15, when the large-size food 102 is placed on the food seat 5, each arm 71 moves the food 102 to the food seat 5 with its protrusion 76. ) Is pressed toward the back support 52, and the food 101 is sandwiched between the back support 52 and the projection 76.

In this manner, when the food seat 5 holding the medium-sized food 101 or the large-size food 102 is driven by the drive mechanism 6, the food 101 or the like is operated as described above. 102 is cut and exchanged with the receiving member 8.

According to the first embodiment described above, the position regulating member 7 of the food on the food seat 5 has each of its arms 71 protruding onto the food seat 51 and the food seat 5 on the food seat 5. Since the rotation bias is performed so as to regulate the position, the food 10 can be stably held on the food seat 5. In addition, when the food seat 5 moves to the food discharge position, the position regulating member 7 is rotated to resist the biasing force, and the position restraint of the food is released to move the food 10 into the food seat 5. Since the contact member 11 which discharges | releases is provided, the cut food can be taken out, without troublesome operation.

<Example 2>

In the first embodiment, each arm 71 constituting the position regulating member 7 at the food supply position is retracted from the food seating surface 51 by manually operating in a manner that resists the biasing force so that the food 10 is food. It was necessary to supply to the mounting table 5. In the second embodiment described below, a mechanism for automatically retracting each arm 71 from the food seating surface 51 at the food supply position is provided to improve operability.

16 to 22, the second contact member 40 cooperates with the rear ends of the left and right pairs of the levers 30 on the left and right sides of the backboard 20 according to the position and the posture of the food rest table 5. ) Is stuck. 16 to 22, only one second contact member 40 is drawn. The 2nd contact member 40 is arrange | positioned in the position which cooperates with the lever 30 only when the food seat 5 is in the vicinity of a food supply position.

The upper surface of the second contact member 40 cooperates with the rear end of the lever 30, and the upper surface of the second contact member 40 is gently inclined forward to a portion extending forward in the sunshade shape. And an inclined surface 41 formed thereon, and a horizontal surface 42 that follows the inclined surface 41. When the pins 53, 54 of the food rest table 5 are in the straight portion 94 of the cam groove 91 and the food rest table 5 is inclined forward, the lever as shown in FIG. 16. 30 is spaced apart from the second contact member 40. Therefore, the lever 30 and each arm 71 integral with this rotate by the biasing force, and the vertical part of each arm 71 is erected from the food seating surface 51 as much as possible.

When the pins 53, 54 of the food rest table 5 are in the arc portion 93 of the cam groove 91 and the food seating surface 51 of the food rest table 5 is approximately horizontal, the pins 53 and 54 are shown in FIG. 17. As shown, the rear end of the lever 30 starts to contact the inclined surface 41 of the second contact member 40. When the food rest table 5 is further retracted so that the pins 53 and 54 move to the arc portion 92 of the end portion following the arc portion 93 of the cam groove 91, the lever as shown in FIG. 18. The rear end of 30 is pressed while slidingly contacting the inclined surface 41, and the lever 30 is rotated in response to the biasing force. Thereby, the vertical part of each arm 71 starts to lock toward the inside of the food seat 5.

19 shows a state in which the food rest table 5 is further retracted. The rear end of the lever 30 is in contact with the boundary between the inclined surface 41 and the horizontal surface 42 of the second contact member 40, and each arm 71 has only the projection 76 from the food seating surface 51. It is locked toward the inside of the food rest table 5 to the extent that it protrudes. When the food seat 5 is retracted to the limit position, the rear end of the lever 30 abuts the horizontal surface 42 of the contact member 40 as shown in FIG. 20. The lever 30 is rotated to a rotational limit position that resists the biasing force, and the entirety of each arm 71 retracts from the food seating surface 51 of the food seating stand 5 to the inside of the food seating stand 5. .

As described above, according to the second embodiment, since each arm 71 is retracted from the food seating surface 51 of the food seat 5 in cooperation with the lever 30 at the food supply position, Since the arm 71 does not need to be manually retracted against the biasing force, the operability and the work efficiency can be improved. When the food seat 5 is driven to cut the fed food, the lever 30 is spaced apart from the second contact member 40 as shown in FIG. 22 so that each arm 71 is rotated by a biasing force. Then, the vertical portion of each arm 71 is raised from the food seating surface 51 to hold the food 10 on the food seat 5.

21 and 22 show a state in which the small-sized food 10 is placed on the food seat 5, and as shown in the first embodiment, the food ( 10) is pressed on the back support 52 of the food rest table 5. When the food of the medium size is placed on the food seat 5, the food is pressed on the backrest 52 of the food seat 5 by the projection 77 in the vertical direction of each arm 71. When large-size food is placed on the food rest table 5, the food is pressed on the backrest 52 of the food rest table 5 by the uppermost projection 76 of each arm 71.

According to the second embodiment, since the second contact member 40 which automatically retracts each arm 71 constituting the position regulating member 7 from the food seating surface 51 at the food supply position is provided, The operation at the time of placing the food on the seating table 5 can be simplified, and operability can be improved.

<Example 3>

You may make it possible to set the rotation limit by the biasing force of each arm 71 which comprises the position regulating member 7 according to the size of the food to be cut | disconnected. The third embodiment shown in Figs. 23 to 25 is an example. 23-25, the rotation position selection mechanism 110 which can switch the rotation limit position by the biasing force of the position regulating member 7 in the vicinity of the lever 30 in the side surface of the food seat 5 Is installed. The rotation position selection mechanism 110 mainly consists of the stopper 111 which consists of a plate-shaped member.

The stopper 111 has a shaft hole, and the shaft hole can be rotated about the shaft 55 by passing through the shaft 55. The stopper 111 has three holes 113, 114, and 115 in this order in the clockwise direction in FIGS. 23 to 25 along an arc formed around the shaft hole. The side of the food seat 5 is planted with a pin in a horizontal posture, and a stopper centered on the shaft 55 by selecting and inserting one of the three holes 113, 114, and 115 into the pin. The rotation position of 111 can be selected. A male screw is formed at the tip portion of the pin, and one of the three holes 113, 114, and 115 is selected to fasten the nut 116 to the pin while the pin is fitted, thereby to select the stopper 111. Rotational position is maintained. A part of the stopper 111 is cut off and separated to form a restricting hook 112 for the lever 30.

The hole 113 corresponds to a case in which the food placed on the food seat 5 is a small-size food, and the hole 114 corresponds to a medium-size food placed on the food seat 5. Corresponding to the case, the hole 115 corresponds to a case where the food placed on the food seat 5 is a food of large size.

Fig. 23 shows an embodiment in which the hole 113 corresponding to the small-sized food 10 is selected and the pin is fitted. In this aspect, the arm 30 and its respective arm 71 are rotated by the biasing force to near the limit position so that the side of the arm 30 touches the regulating hook 112 and the bias of each arm 71. Rotation by force is regulated. The small-sized food 10 is sandwiched between the protrusion 78 of each arm 71 and the back support 52 of the food seat 5, and is held by the food seat 5.

FIG. 24 shows an embodiment in which the hole 114 corresponding to the medium-sized food 101 is selected and the pin is fitted. In this aspect, the rotational range by the biasing force of the arm 30 is limited to the rotational range by the biasing force of the arm 30 shown in FIG. 23, and the projection 78 of each arm 71 is a food rest table. It retracts in (5), and protrusions 76 and 77 protrude on the food seating surface 51 of the food seating stand 5. When the food 101 of the medium size is placed between each arm 71 and the back support 52 of the food rest table 5, the projection of each arm 71 is controlled by the biasing force of each arm 71. The food 101 is sandwiched between the 77 and the rear support 52 and held by the food seat 5.

25 shows an embodiment in which the hole 115 corresponding to the large-size food 102 is selected and the pin is fitted. In this aspect, the range of rotation by the biasing force of the arm 30 is more limited than the range of rotation by the biasing force of the arm 30 shown in FIG. 24, and the projections 78, 77 of each arm 71 It retracts in the food seat 5, and only the protrusion 76 protrudes on the food seat 51 of the food seat 5. When the large-size food 102 is placed between each arm 71 and the backrest 52 of the food rest table 5, the projection of each arm 71 is caused by the biasing force of each arm 71. The food 102 is sandwiched between the 76 and the backrest 52 and is held by the food seat 5.

In any of the aspects shown in Figs. 23, 24 and 25, the drive mechanism 6 is operated by the operation of the start button, and the food seat 5 is reciprocated as described above, thereby placing it on the food seat. The food is cut and discharged from the discharge portion to the receiving member 8. In the discharging portion, as described above, the lever 30 is in sliding contact with the contact member 11 so that each arm 71 is rotated against the biasing force, and each arm 71 is food of the food rest table 5. The food cut out from the seating surface 51 into the food seating table 5 is discharged from the food seating surface 51.

Industrial Applicability

In the food cutting device according to the present invention, horses such as laver and the like are mainly assumed to be sushi as the main target food. The food cutting device is to cut a cylindrical, prismatic or rod-shaped food into a round slice. Therefore, the target food which can be cut | disconnected by the apparatus of this invention can be used also for cutting the processed foods, such as fish jelly and fish paste, foods with a certain length other than sushi.

5 ... mounting bed 51 ... food seating surface
6. Driving mechanism 7 ... Regulatory absence
10 ... food 11 ... contact member

Claims (16)

Food seating table to put the target food;
A position regulating member configured to position regulate the target food placed on the food seat;
A drive mechanism for reciprocating the food seating table from the object food supply position to the discharge position of the object food after cutting;
And a cutting blade for cutting the target food into a rounded shape by being disposed in the movement trajectory of the target food moved together with the food seat by the driving mechanism.
The position regulating member is rotatably supported between the sun projecting onto the food seating surface of the position regulating member and the sun retracting from the food seating surface on the food seating table, Protruding onto the food seating surface is rotated biased to position the target food on the food seating,
When the food seat is moved to the discharge position of the target food, the position regulating member is rotated to resist the biasing force to release the position regulation of the target food to have a contact member for releasing the target food from the food seat Food cutting device. The method according to claim 1,
The drive mechanism has a cam for regulating the posture and the movement trajectory of the food seat, which cam has a circular arc for continuously changing the posture of the food seat from a horizontal posture to an inclined posture, and an inclined posture of the food seat. Food cutting device having a straight portion for maintaining a linear movement of the food seat. The method according to claim 1,
The axis rotatably supporting the position regulating member on the food seat has a lever integrally with the position regulating member, and the lever touches the contact member in the aspect in which the food seat moves to the discharge position of the target food. A food cutting device for rotating the position regulating member against the biasing force. The method according to claim 1,
An elastic member is interposed between the position regulating member and the food seat, and the elastic member is rotated and biased so that the position regulating member positions the target food on the food seat. The method according to claim 1,
The position regulating member has a plurality of arms integrally provided on an axis rotatably supporting the position regulating member on the food seat, and the target food is sandwiched between the arm and the food seat by the rotational biasing force. The food cutting device which is made to put. The method according to claim 5,
A plurality of arms of the position regulating member each have a protrusion at an edge portion for pressing the target food, and the protrusions press the target food in response to the thickness of the target food placed on the food seat. The method according to claim 5,
And a plurality of arms each having a plurality of protrusions at an edge portion for pressing the target food, and wherein at least one of the plurality of protrusions presses the target food in response to the thickness of the target food placed on the food seat. The method according to claim 5,
The food seat is formed with slits to allow rotation of the plurality of arms of the position regulating member, and the position regulating member includes: an aspect in which the plurality of arms pass through the slits and protrude from the food seat of the food seat; A food cutting device that is rotatably supported to take the sun retracted into the food seat. The method according to claim 1,
A food cutting device, wherein the position regulating member is configured to retract into the food seat when rotated in response to the rotation bias force. The method according to claim 1,
A rotation position in the bias direction of the position regulating member is regulated in response to the thickness of the subject food by contacting the position regulating member with the target food placed on the food seat. The method of claim 6,
A plurality of arms of the position regulating member are each formed in an L shape, and the food cutting device in which the projection is formed in an L-shaped standing portion. The method of claim 6,
The food seat is an L-shape having a food seating surface and a back support for the target food, wherein the projection of the arm of the position regulating member presses the target food onto the back support. The method according to claim 1,
A food cutting device having a second contact member that rotates the position regulating member against the biasing force when the food seat is in the target food supply position. The method according to claim 13,
The shaft for rotatably supporting the position regulating member to the food seat has a lever integrally with the position regulating member, and the contact member touches one end of the lever or the second contact member touches the other end of the lever. Wherein the lever rotates in response to a biasing force. The method according to claim 1,
A food cutting device having a rotational position selection mechanism capable of selecting the rotational position in the bias direction of the position regulation member in steps. Food seating table to put the target food;
A position regulating member configured to position regulate the target food placed on the food seat;
A drive mechanism for reciprocating the food seating table from the object food supply position to the discharge position of the object food after cutting;
A cutting blade for cutting the target food into a rounded shape by being disposed in a moving trajectory of the target food moved with the food seat by the driving mechanism;
The position regulating member is rotatably supported between the sun protruding onto the food seating surface of the position regulating member and the sun retracting from the food seating surface with respect to the axis of the food seating table. A food cutting device which is rotated and biased so as to protrude onto a surface and regulate the target food on the food seating table.

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