RU113636U1 - ORIENTATION AND CUTTING DEVICE - Google Patents

Abstract

A device for orientation and cutting apples, containing a fixing device, a cylindrical rim and a truncated cone, characterized in that the combined knife of the device consists of a tubular knife, on which radially located knives are fixed in two rows vertically, offset from each other by 90 °, and the cutting edge of the knives is located at the cutting angle of the workpiece material with sliding.

Description

The utility model relates to agriculture, in particular to equipment for processing fruits - core cutting and slicing apples into slices, and can be used in the food industry.

A device for cutting apples, having a tubular body interacting with a cutting tube equipped with elastic knives, the rod is equipped with a spring-loaded handle, movably mounted on the tubular body. This device allows both the extraction of the core of the fetus and its grinding, while the operations can be performed independently of each other (AS No. 94036296 IPC A23N 4/14, A47J 23/00, A47J 25/00).

The disadvantage of this device is its complex design and, therefore, low reliability. In addition, elastic knives designed to grind the fruit into slices provide cutting by cutting, which leads to an increase in the energy costs of this process.

There is also known a device for orienting fruits containing a container with water, a combined knife consisting of a tubular knife and several radial knives mounted on a tubular, a nest for piece picking up fruits and a fixing device made in the form of a truncated cone (A.с. No. 347054 M. Cl. A23p 3/12, A23p 15/00).

The disadvantage of this device is that it cuts the fruit into very large slices, which during subsequent drying require more time and additional energy consumption.

The objective of the utility model is cutting fruits into smaller slices and reducing energy costs.

The problem is solved in that the combined knife of the device consists of a tubular knife, on which in two rows vertically mounted radially spaced knives offset from each other by 90 °, and the cutting edge of the knives is located at an angle of cutting the processed material with sliding.

The technical result provided by the given set of features is the grinding of the processed fruit into smaller slices by increasing the number of radial knives installed in two rows vertically, as well as reducing the energy costs of the grinding operation and preventing the destruction of the structure of the processed fruit due to the establishment of the cutting edge knives at an angle of cutting with a slip.

Figure 1 shows the described device is a section aa, figure 2 is a top view of a, figure 3 is a sequential position of the fetus in its orientation.

The device comprises a fixing device 1, including a cylindrical rim 2, a truncated cone 3 with a stop 4 and a socket 5 for picking fruit by piece, made in the form of a half-cylinder, fixedly mounted in a container with water (not shown in the drawing), as well as a movable bracket 6 for mounting fixing devices vertically to a closed conveyor (not shown in the drawing), a combination knife 7 having a tubular knife 8 and several radial knives 9, a fixed bracket 10, a hole 11 and slots 12 passing through a conical th part of the stop, the through slot 13, the petals 14, the slot 15 for the passage of the movable bracket of the fixing device and the hole 16 for the exit of the tubular knife.

The device operates as follows.

The fetus, which is in a container with running water, is carried by the current into the nest 5, made of mesh and freely passing water.

At this moment, under the fruit, the fixing device 1 scoops up the water with the fruit and continues to move up to the combination knife 7. By the time the locking device approaches the knife, all the water flows out through the hole 11, and the fruit remains in the cutting-oriented position, leaning against the stop four.

A moving locking device passes the fetus through a combination knife 7, which cuts it into slices and cuts the core. In this case, the fixed bracket 10 passes through the through slot 13, the radial knives 9 and the tubular knife 8, respectively, through the slots 12 and the hole 16 in the emphasis. The slices of the fetus remain in the fixture and fall out of it when moving down in an inverted position, and the core remains in the tubular knife 8. When cutting the next fetus, it will be pushed out of the tubular knife.

Next, the cycle of work is repeated.

Cutting fruits into smaller parts is achieved by increasing the number of radial knives. The installation of knives in two rows vertically on a tubular knife and their displacement relative to each other can reduce the specific energy consumption for operations, as well as prevent the destruction of the structure of the processed fruit, which during further processing will produce a higher quality product.

This device can significantly increase the level of mechanization of technological processes of core removal and cutting the fruit into slices of the required thickness by combining them in one machine.

This device, by reducing the level of jamming of the segments between the knives, avoids energy overruns for operations, as well as reduces the loss of nutrients with juice production, while making them more productive for further processing of the product.

The device can be easily implemented in agricultural production, and, in particular, in the food industry.

Claims (1)

A device for orienting and cutting apples containing a fixing device, a cylindrical rim and a truncated cone, characterized in that the combined knife of the device consists of a tubular knife, on which in two rows vertically mounted radially arranged knives offset from each other by 90 °, and the cutting edge of the knives is located at an angle of cutting of the processed material with a slip.