RU2787085C1 - Cutting system for food products in the form of an endless garland into portions - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to technological equipment for the food industry. The system includes a carrier frame, a drive with overlays, a mechanism for tensioning a garland, a mechanism for laying a garland into overlay cradles, clamping holders for a garland in overlay cradles, a cutting mechanism, a mechanism for opening pressure holders, and a mechanism for extracting and dumping cut food products into a receiving device. The drive consists of a base frame, guide rails and rollers, a drive sprocket, a tensioning sprocket and an electric drive. The garland tension mechanism consists of an elastic membrane with a through hole. The cutting mechanism consists of a carrier frame, a carriage with double knives, a drive for double knives, guide rails, clamping of the connecting bridges and a carriage drive, made with the possibility of additional fixation of the connecting bridges for clamping them between the double knives, cutting off the connecting bridges and removing the cut bridges from the cutting mechanism food products.

EFFECT: invention ensures complete separation of connecting connecting bridges from an endless garland, excludes rotation and displacement of food products during cutting, excluding rupture, damage or rejection.

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Description

Technical field

The invention relates to technological equipment for the food industry, namely to a system for cutting food products in the form of an endless garland into portions.

State of the art

In the food industry, there are food products in the form of an endless garland, which are interconnected by connecting connecting bridges.

In order to simplify the use of these food products as a food product and to improve the organoleptic properties of food products, the connecting connecting bridges between these food products must be removed from both sides.

The device is known from the prior art according to the RF patent for the invention No. 2255881. Said device used for separating a garland of sausages into sausage loaves comprises a frame, drive belts, a guide, a crank mechanism for moving sausage loaves, a lever mechanism with a knife for cutting the casing between loaves.

The disadvantage of this patent is that in the process of cutting the casing between the sausage sticks, the connecting connecting bridges between portions of the sausage sticks will not be removed from both sides.

The closest, in our opinion, to the proposed invention is the device according to the patent of the Russian Federation for utility model No. 129487 - prototype. The divider of portion packages of a garland of sausages into individual products or into fragments with a specified number of products, specified in the patent, includes a frame with a guide, a drive, a mechanism for moving a garland of sausages, a unit with a drive knife for dividing the specified garland into fragments or into separate products, when In this case, the mechanism for moving sausages consists of a unit for feeding a garland of sausages and a unit for removing sausages, and between the unit for supply and the unit for removal, a unit for dividing the garland of sausages is installed, which includes a photo sensor electrically connected to the knife drive, while the units for feeding and leads comprise blocks of rollers located opposite to the guide axis, equipped with pulling belts installed with the possibility of clamping between the surfaces of the belts of sausages and moving sausages along the axis of the guide.

The disadvantages of this patent are the lack of a system for cutting food products in the form of an endless garland into portions, which has the function of double trimming, i.e. complete separation from the element of the endless garland of connecting connecting bridges.

Thus, in the food industry, there is a need for a system for cutting food products in the form of an endless garland into portions, eliminating all the disadvantages of prior art devices.

Disclosure of invention

According to the terminology used in the food industry and applicable to this application, a "portion" is a food product, an element of an endless garland with cut off connecting bridges.

Also, according to the terminology used in the food industry and applicable to this application, a "garland" is an endless chain of products connected by connecting connecting bridges.

Also, according to the terminology used in the food industry and applicable to this application, the "product" is the cut part of the garland, consisting of a given number of servings.

In addition, according to the terminology used in the food industry and applicable to this application, a "cassette" is a system for holding a garland.

In addition, according to the terminology used in the food industry and applicable to this application, the "overlay" is a cassette with a lodgment, catchers for fixing and centering the cassette, and a product extraction system.

The technical results of the claimed invention are the development of a system for cutting food products in the form of an endless garland into portions, which has the function of double trimming, i.e. complete separation from the element of the endless garland of connecting connecting bridges; which eliminates the rotation and displacement of food products during the cutting process due to the presence of clamping holders in the form of strips; which eliminates the cutting of food products of the wrong size due to a certain shape of the cassette with lodgements when laying food products in linings; which provides accurate positioning of food products in the cutting zone, eliminating breakage, damage, rejection or incorrect cutting of food products due to the presence of clamps for clamping connecting connecting bridges during the cutting process, and is also functional, ergonomic and safe, easy and simple to operate and repair .

The technical result is achieved by the fact that the system for cutting food products in the form of an endless garland into portions is characterized by the fact that it includes a supporting frame, a drive with overlays, a garland tension mechanism, a mechanism for laying the garland in the overlay cradles, clamping holders of the garland in the cradles of the overlays, a cutting mechanism , a mechanism for opening the clamping holders, and a mechanism for extracting and dumping cut food products into the receiving device, while the drive consists of a carrier frame, guide rails and rollers, a drive sprocket, a tensioning sprocket, and an electric drive, the garland tension mechanism consists of an elastic membrane with a through hole , the cutting mechanism consists of a carrier frame, a carriage with double knives, a drive for double knives, guide rails, a clamping of the connecting bridges and a carriage drive, made with the possibility of additional fixation of the connecting bridges for their clamping between the double knives, cutting off the connecting bridges, and removed ia cut off jumpers from the food cutting mechanism.

The tension of the endless garland is adjusted by changing the rigidity of the elastic membrane and the diameter of the through hole.

The cutting mechanism uses cutting tools of the following classification: according to the design and shape of the cutting tool: lamellar knives, in particular smooth lamellar and serrated lamella, disc, in particular serrated disc, rotary, cylindrical, conical, crescent-shaped - the shape of which corresponds to an Archimedean or logarithmic spiral, string, screw, endless knives, tape, string; according to the shape of the cutting surface: smooth, in particular smooth one-sided sharpening and smooth double-sided sharpening, serrated, in particular sharp serrated and arcuate serrated, wavy; one-sided; bilateral; by type of cutting: pressure, in particular pressure against a solid base, planing, constrained cutting, free cutting, cutting with counter knives; according to the movement of the cutting tool: stationary, translational, rotational or oscillatory.

Food products in the form of an endless garland have a three-dimensional three-dimensional shape represented by a sphere or a hemisphere or an ovoid of revolution or an ellipsoid of revolution or a cube or a pyramid trigonal, tetragonal, hexagonal, ditrigonal, ditetragonal, dihexagonal or prism or a cylinder or a truncated cone or parallelepiped or a truncated pyramid or cone or a torus or dipyramid trigonal, tetragonal, hexagonal, ditrigonal, ditetragonal, dihexagonal, or a tetrahedron or rhombohedron.

In the mechanism of laying an endless garland into the cradles of the overlays, a rotating or stationary drum, a drum with cradles, or a shaft is used.

As a drive with overlays, a belt or chain, or a cable, or a caterpillar plate drive or a caterpillar drive consisting of tracks are used.

The clamp holder opening mechanism is a mechanical or pneumatic device capable of opening the clamp holders and locking them in the open position.

The mechanism for extracting and dumping cut food products into the receiving device is a mechanical or pneumatic device, configured to act on the food product with an air jet, or with an air jet from the strips for extracting cut food products, and drop the products into the receiving device.

Brief description of the drawings

In FIG. 1 shows a general view of a food cutting system.

In FIG. 2 shows a general view of the mechanism for feeding, tensioning and laying the garland.

In FIG. 3 shows a general view of the tension mechanism by means of an elastic membrane with a through hole.

In FIG. 4 shows a general view of the mechanism for laying an endless garland into linings.

In FIG. 5 shows a general view of the mechanism for pressing and fixing the endless garland in the overlays in front of the cutting mechanism.

In FIG. 6 shows a general view of the cutting mechanism.

Implementation of the invention

The system for cutting food products in the form of an endless garland into portions is a production technological equipment used when it is necessary to completely separate a food product or a portion of a product from an endless garland without connecting connecting jumpers.

In FIG. 1 shows a general view of the food cutting system, which includes a carrier frame 1, a caterpillar drive 2 with overlays 2.6, which consists of a carrier frame 2.1, a drive sprocket 2.2, a tension sprocket 2.3, guide rails and rollers 2.4, a caterpillar 2.5, consisting of tracks with fastening device for linings 2.6, linings 2.6., electric drive 2.7; the mechanism for feeding, tensioning and laying the garland 3, which can be made in two versions: option 1. from the mechanism for feeding and tensioning the garland 3.1 in the automatic mode of the cutting system, option 2. or in the semi-automatic mode of the cutting system from the mechanism for tensioning the garland 3.2. , the mechanism for laying the endless garland in the overlays 3.3, which can be made in two versions: option 1. rotating element (drum, shaft, drum with lodgements) 3.3.1, option 2. stationary element 3.3.2, the mechanism for pressing and fixing the endless garland in the overlays in front of the cutting mechanism 4, the cutting mechanism 5, the mechanism for opening the clamping holders 6 and the mechanism for extracting and discarding the cut food products 7.

In FIG. 2 shows a general view of the mechanism for feeding, tensioning and laying the garland (in automatic mode) 3.1. Execution axleless screw conveyor in the chute.

In FIG. 3 shows a general view of the tensioning mechanism 3.2 by means of an elastic membrane with a through hole.

In FIG. 4 shows a general view of the mechanism for laying 3.3 an endless garland into linings.

In FIG. 5 shows a general view of the mechanism for pressing and fixing 4 an endless garland in the lining in front of the cutting mechanism in the design of a clamping holder in the form of a bar.

In FIG. 6 shows a general view of the cutting mechanism, which includes a carrier frame 5.1, a carriage with double disc knives 5.2, a double knife drive 5.3, guide rails 5.4, a clamp of connecting connecting bridges 5.5, a carriage drive 5.6.

The claimed system works as follows.

The principle of movement of the caterpillar drive of the claimed food cutting system is progressive and includes the following steps: broaching - slowing down - positioning - stopping - cutting off - broaching.

During deceleration, positioning and stopping, the operator manually inserts an endless garland into the feed mechanism, then the mechanism automatically captures and places the food product in the linings, then the caterpillar drive feeds the linings with the food product sequentially to the zone of pressing and fixing the food product in the cradles, the cutting zone, zone for opening pressure holders and product discharge.

The presence in the cutting system of confectionery products in the form of an endless garland into portions of clamping bars helps to exclude rotation and displacement of confectionery products.

The presence in the cutting system of confectionery products in the form of an endless garland of clamps for clamping connecting connecting bridges during the cutting process ensures accurate positioning of confectionery products at the cut point, eliminating rupture or incorrect cutting of confectionery products.

Due to the particular shape of the patch when the food products are placed in the patches, it is possible for the cutting system to accept food products of a certain size only, without the possibility of accepting food products of an inappropriate size.

Claims (8)

1. A system for cutting food products in the form of an endless garland into portions, characterized in that it includes a supporting frame, a drive with overlays, a mechanism for tensioning a garland, a mechanism for laying a garland into overlay cradles, clamping holders for a garland in overlay cradles, a cutting mechanism, a mechanism for opening clamping holders and a mechanism for extracting and dumping cut food products into the receiving device, while the drive consists of a carrier frame, guide rails and rollers, a drive sprocket, a tension sprocket and an electric drive, the garland tension mechanism consists of an elastic membrane with a through hole, the cutting mechanism consists of a carrier frames, carriages with double knives, drive of double knives, guide rails, clamping of the connecting bridges and drive of the carriage, made with the possibility of additional fixation of the connecting bridges for their clamping between the double knives, cutting off the connecting bridges and removing the cut bridges from the cutting mechanism and food products. 2. The food cutting system according to claim 1, characterized in that the tension of the endless garland is regulated by changing the rigidity of the elastic membrane and the diameter of the through hole. 3. The food cutting system according to claim 1, characterized in that the cutting mechanism uses cutting tools of the following classification: according to the design and shape of the cutting tool: blade knives, in particular smooth blade and gear blade, disk, in particular gear disk, rotary , cylindrical, conical, crescent - the shape of which corresponds to the Archimedean or logarithmic spiral, string, screw, endless knives, tape, string; according to the shape of the cutting surface: smooth, in particular smooth one-sided sharpening and smooth double-sided sharpening, serrated, in particular sharp serrated and arcuate serrated, wavy; one-sided; bilateral; by type of cutting: pressure, in particular pressure against a solid base, planing, constrained cutting, free cutting, cutting with counter knives; according to the movement of the cutting tool: stationary, translational, rotational or oscillatory. 4. The food cutting system according to claim 1, characterized in that the food products in the form of an endless garland have a three-dimensional three-dimensional shape represented by a sphere, or a hemisphere, or an ovoid of rotation, or an ellipsoid of rotation, or a cube, or a trigonal, tetragonal, hexagonal pyramid , ditrigonal, ditetragonal, dihexagonal, or a prism, or a cylinder, or a truncated cone, or a parallelepiped, or a truncated pyramid, or a cone, or a torus, or a dipyramid trigonal, tetragonal, hexagonal, ditrigonal, ditrigonal, dihexagonal, or a tetrahedron, or a rhombohedron. 5. The system for cutting food products according to claim 1, characterized in that in the mechanism for laying an endless garland into the cradles of the overlays, a rotating or stationary drum, a drum with cradles, or a shaft is used. 6. The food cutting system according to claim 1, characterized in that a belt drive, or a chain drive, or a cable drive, or a caterpillar plate drive or a caterpillar drive consisting of tracks are used as a drive with overlays. 7. The food cutting system according to Claim. 1, characterized in that the mechanism for opening the clamp holders is a mechanical or pneumatic device configured to open the clamp holders and fix them in the open position. 8. The food cutting system according to claim 1, characterized in that the mechanism for extracting and dropping the cut food products into the receiving device is a mechanical or pneumatic device configured to act on the food product with an air jet or with an air jet from the strips for extracting the cut food products. products and dropping products into the receiving device.

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