WO2014129861A1

WO2014129861A1 - Tofu cutter

Info

Publication number: WO2014129861A1
Application number: PCT/KR2014/001466
Authority: WO
Inventors: 김기자
Original assignee: Kim Ki Ja
Priority date: 2013-02-22
Filing date: 2014-02-24
Publication date: 2014-08-28
Also published as: KR101660765B1; JP6167259B2; JP2014161998A; KR20140113897A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a tofu cutter, and more specifically, to a tofu cutter (10) for cutting tofu into multiple uniform sizes while the tofu is still wrapped in a rectangular container. The tofu cutter (10) according to the present invention comprises: a body (11) having a handle portion (11a) at the front end of one side in the lengthwise direction; a vertical cutter (20) provided at the front end of the other side of the body (11) for dividing tofu (1) accommodated in a tofu storage container (50) into a plurality of flat tofu pieces having a uniform width along the widthwise or lengthwise direction; and a horizontal cutter (30) arranged opposite the vertical cutter (30) and on the front end of the other side of the body (11) for dividing the tofu (1) accommodated in the tofu storage container (50) in to a plurality of flat tofu pieces having a uniform thickness along the direction of thickness. (Representative drawing: figure 4)

Description

Tofu cutting machine

The present invention relates to a tofu cutting machine, and more particularly, to a tofu cutting machine for cutting the tofu packaged in a rectangular container into several pieces in a predetermined size in a packaged state in the container.

At home or in the restaurant, there are a variety of foods based on tofu. Tofu is usually made in a large plate shape at the time of manufacture, and then a large plate-shaped tofu is provided to a restaurant as it is, and a restaurant cuts and cooks the plate-shaped tofu into small tofu parents, while it is relatively small for home sales. It is cut into `` heads '' (tofu counting units), which are distributed or sold in containers, and at home, the tofu lumps contained in small containers are purchased and cut into appropriate sizes depending on the type of food to be cooked at the time of cooking. .

By the way, when cut to a predetermined size for cooking tofu packaged in a container at home or a restaurant, the tofu is usually taken out of the packaging container, and then divided into several pieces by a cooking knife. In such a case, the tofu is cut with a knife while being placed on a cutting board or on one hand, and thus the size or thickness of the tofu to be cut is uneven, which is not good.

In addition, it is unsanitary because there is a risk of contamination of bacteria or contaminants from the palm or cutting board while the tofu is placed on the cutting board or palm.

Accordingly, the present invention is designed to solve the disadvantages of the conventional tofu cutting method, when cutting tofu can be cut in the state accommodated in the packaging container to prevent bacterial contamination from cutting boards and hands, The tofu can be cut in the thickness, width and length directions while accommodated in a packaging container, and the tofu can be cut into various sizes and shapes according to the type of dish, so that it can cope with various dishes. An object of the present invention is to provide a tofu cutter that can cut into a uniform and uniform size of the head.

Tofu cutting machine of the present invention for achieving the above object is a tofu cutting machine that divides the tofu stored in the container into a plurality of pieces in a state of receiving the container,

A handle part is provided at one end of the longitudinal direction, and a vertical cutter assembly sheet is provided at the other end of the longitudinal direction in half in the width direction, and one side half is provided with a vertical cutter assembly sheet for assembling the vertical cutter. A provided body; A vertical cutter detachably fixed to the vertical cutter assembly sheet and dividing the head accommodated in the container into a plurality of pieces having a predetermined thickness in a horizontal width direction or a vertical width direction; And a transverse cutter detachably fixed to the transverse cutter assembly sheet and dividing the head accommodated in the container into a plurality of pieces having a predetermined thickness along the thickness direction.

The vertical cutter is provided integrally with the vertical cutter blade support plate and the vertical cutter blade support plate, which are detachably coupled to the vertical cutter assembly sheet of the body by the fastening means, and have a constant distance along the longitudinal direction of the vertical cutter blade support plate. And arranged in parallel, each consisting of a plurality of longitudinal cutter blades having a length corresponding to the depth of the head reservoir.

The vertical cutter blades are arranged in a direction orthogonal to the vertical cutter blade support plate, and the vertical cutter blades become thinner gradually toward both ends in the width direction of the blade to form sharp edges at both ends. On the other hand, each of the vertical cutter blade may be made in a straight shape may be formed in a waveform along the longitudinal direction. In this case, since the cut surface of the head to be cut is formed into a waveform, various decorations are possible.

The horizontal cutter includes a horizontal cutter blade support plate detachably coupled to the horizontal cutter assembly sheet of the body by fastening means, and a pair of horizontal cutter blade support plates disposed at opposite ends of the horizontal cutter blade support plate in the longitudinal direction, respectively, disposed to face each other in parallel. It consists of a horizontal cutter blade support and at least one horizontal cutter blade detachably coupled to both ends of the pair of horizontal cutter blade support and parallel to the horizontal cutter blade support plate.

The horizontal cutter blade is preferably formed of stainless wire so as not to corrode. In addition, both the vertical and horizontal cutters can be made of stainless steel.

According to the tofu cutting machine of the present invention, when cutting the tofu, the tofu is cut into the desired size and shape in the container simply by inserting the cutter into the container and moving the cutter left and right in the state of accommodating the tofu in the packaging container. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the bacterial contamination of the tofu that can occur when cutting with a cutting board or hand when cutting tofu can be hygienic cooking.

In addition, according to the head cutter of the present invention, the head cutter can be cut into a desired shape and size in a state in which the head is accommodated in the container by simply inserting the vertical cutter and the horizontal cutter into the container to move along the left and right width directions. The cutting operation is convenient and even an unskilled person can easily cut to a certain shape.

1 is a perspective view of a head cutting machine according to the present invention,

2 is an exploded perspective view of the tofu cutting machine according to the present invention,

3 is a front view of the head cutting machine according to the present invention,

4 is a view showing another embodiment of the longitudinal cutter and the horizontal cutter of the head cutter according to the present invention, (a) and (b) is another embodiment of the longitudinal cutter, (c) and (d) is a horizontal Front view showing another embodiment of a cutter,

5 is a view showing a method for cutting the head in two in the thickness direction with a horizontal cutter of the head cutter of the present invention,

6 is a perspective view of the head divided into two in the thickness direction according to the method shown in FIG.

Figure 7 is a view showing a method for cutting the head into several pieces along the width direction with a longitudinal cutter of the head cutter of the present invention after cutting of Figure 5,

8 is a perspective view of the tofu cut in accordance with the method shown in FIG.

9 is a view showing a method for cutting the head in several pieces along the longitudinal direction by changing the cutting direction of the longitudinal cutter of the head cutter of the present invention after cutting of FIG.

10 is a perspective view of the head cut by the cutting of FIG.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the head cutting machine according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 and 2, the head cutter 10 according to the present invention is a longitudinal cutter provided at one end of the body 11 to cut the head 11 in the longitudinal direction or the width direction, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. 20 and a horizontal cutter 30 provided in a direction opposite to the vertical cutter 20 at one end of the body 11 to cut the head along the thickness direction.

The body 11 is preferably made of stainless steel, as shown in Figure 2, the handle portion (11a) is provided at one end, the other end in the longitudinal direction is divided in half in the width direction on the other end in the vertical half A vertical cutter assembly sheet 12 to which the cutter 20 is assembled is provided, and a lower cutter portion includes a horizontal cutter assembly sheet 13 to which the horizontal cutter 30 is assembled.

In the present embodiment, the horizontal cutter 30 and the vertical cutter 20 are described as being composed of separate components separate from the body 11, respectively, but are integral with each

assembly sheet

12 and 13 of the body 11. It may be provided as. In this case, both the horizontal cutter 30 and the vertical cutter 20 and the body 11 are preferably made of stainless steel in consideration of corrosion resistance, but can also be made by injection molding with a plastic material.

The vertical cutter 20, as shown in Figure 2, the vertical cutter blade support plate 21 is detachably coupled to the vertical cutter assembly sheet 12 of the body 11 by a fastening means, and the vertical cutter It is integrally provided in the blade support plate 21, and arranged in parallel at regular intervals along the longitudinal direction of the vertical cutter blade support plate 21, each of which has a length corresponding to the depth of the head storage container 50 It consists of the longitudinal cutter blade 22.

1 and 2, the longitudinal cutter blade 22 is disposed in a plurality at regular intervals along the longitudinal direction of the body 11, each when inserted into the head storage container 50 at the top It has a length corresponding to the depth of the head storage container 50 to extend to the bottom. By this structure, when cutting the head 1 accommodated in the head storage container 50 with the longitudinal cutter blade 22, it is possible to cut completely without the non-cutting part along the height direction of the head 1.

When the longitudinal cutter blades 22 are formed to gradually decrease in thickness toward both ends of the longitudinal cutter blade, the flexural rigidity can be reinforced.

On the other hand, the vertical cutter 20 is replaceably coupled to the vertical cutter assembly sheet 12 of the body 11. Further, the vertical cutter 20 is a vertical cutter blade (as shown in FIG. 22A) can be replaced with the longitudinal cutter 20B formed into a wave shape. In the example shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the vertical cutter assembly sheet 12 has holes 14 for coupling fastening screws (not shown) to form the vertical cutter 20 in the vertical cutter assembly sheet 12. It is shown with respect to the structure for fastening and fastening with a fastening screw 40 in the folded state. However, in the present invention, the fastening method of the longitudinal cutter 20 is not limited thereto, and other known fastening means may be used.

The horizontal cutter 30, as shown in Figure 1 and 2, the horizontal cutter blade support plate 31 is detachably coupled to the horizontal cutter assembly sheet 13 of the body 11 by a fastening means; Both ends of the pair of horizontal cutter blade supports 32 and the pair of horizontal cutter blade supports 23 are provided at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the horizontal cutter blade support plate 31 so as to face each other in parallel. Removably coupled and consists of at least one horizontal cutter blade 33 is installed in parallel with the horizontal cutter blade support plate 31.

The horizontal cutter blade 33 is preferably formed of a stainless steel wire. The horizontal cutter blade 33 may be provided with one or more as shown in (c) and (d) of Figure 4, the shape is in various forms including a waveform as shown in Figure 4 Can be done.

Hereinafter, a process of dividing the tofu 1 in the storage container 50 into several tofu pieces using the tofu cutter 10 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 10.

A. Splitting the head in the thickness direction

FIG. 5 shows a process of cutting the head 1 of the head storage container 50 in two in the thickness direction with the horizontal cutter 30 of the head cutter 10 of the present invention. 1) is shown in FIG. 6.

As shown in Fig. 5, the head cutter 10 of the present invention has the horizontal cutter 30 facing downward in the " A " position, where the horizontal cutter 30 is completely inserted into the head reservoir 50; After moving to the B "position, the head cutter 10 is moved in parallel along the longitudinal direction of the tofu storage container 50 to the" C "position to move the head 1 accommodated in the tofu storage container 50 to the horizontal cutter ( 30 is divided into two pieces of

head slices

1A and 1B along the thickness direction by the horizontal cutter blade 33. As a result, the head is cut into two pieces of

head segments

1A and 1B along the head longitudinal cutting line L1 by the horizontal cutter blade 33, as shown in FIG.

The

head slices

1A and 1B shown in FIG. 6 may be used for roasting or stew.

Meanwhile, when the horizontal cutter 30 of the head cutter 10 is replaced with various horizontal cutter blades 30B and 30C as shown in (c) or (d) of FIG. It can be divided into slices of pieces, and the cut surface of each slice to be divided can be cut into various shapes.

B. Splitting the head in the width direction (Fig. 7)

After cutting the tofu by the tofu cutting operation of FIG. 5, in the state where the cut tofu 1 is accommodated in the container 50 as it is, as shown in FIG. 7, the longitudinal direction of the tofu cutting machine 10 outside the container is shown. Cutter 20 moves head cutter 10 from position " A " to position " B " toward bottom container 50, then moves head cutter 10 along longitudinal direction as shown in FIG. "Move to position.

Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 8, the plurality of vertical cutter blades 22 of the vertical cutter 20 of the head cutter 10 cut back the plurality of heads 1 which are already divided up and down by the cutting line L1. Cut into pieces along the line L2 in the width direction.

In addition, when the vertical cutter 20 of the head cutter 10 is replaced with various vertical cutters 20A and 20B as shown in FIG. It can be divided into sections, and the cut surface of each section to be divided can be cut into various shapes.

C. Splitting the head along the longitudinal direction (FIG. 9)

According to the tofu cutting operation of FIG. 7, the tofu is cut into a shape as shown in FIG. 8, and then the cut tofu 1 is accommodated in the container 50 as it is, as shown in FIG. 9. In the "A" position where the longitudinal cutter 20 of the head cutter 10 faces the container 50 at the bottom outside the container, the vertical cutter blade 22 of the vertical cutter 20 is one side in the width direction of the container 50. The head cutter 10 is moved to the "B" position entered into the container 50 so as to be in contact with the side surface, and then the longitudinal cutter blade 22 of the head cutter 10 reaches the opposite side of the container along the container width direction. Move the head cutter 10 to the position.

Accordingly, the plurality of vertical cutter blades 22 of the vertical cutter 20 are divided up and down by cutting lines L1 and L2 formed by the preceding cutting operation, as shown in FIG. The divided head 1 is again cut into a plurality of head pieces 1a along the plurality of cutting lines L31 in the longitudinal direction. Here, when the length in the longitudinal direction of the container 50 is larger than the length of the longitudinal cutter 20, the head 1 is formed by repeating the longitudinal cutting operation by the longitudinal cutter 20 to form the cutting line L32. ) Are all divided at equal intervals along the longitudinal direction as shown in FIG. 10.

The present invention is a tofu cutting machine for cutting tofu to match the characteristics of the food of cooking to the food to be cooked with the tofu material, tofu tofu cutting machine of the present invention in the state of accommodating the tofu in the storage container without removing the tofu from the storage container It is inserted into the storage container and moved to front, rear, left, and right directions to cut the head, so that the head is used without the use of a cutting board or a hand.

Claims

In the tofu cutting machine 10 for dividing the tofu 1 stored in the container 50 into a plurality of pieces in a state of receiving the container 50,

The head cutting machine 10,

A body 11 having a handle portion 11a at one end in the longitudinal direction;

A longitudinal cutter 20 provided at the other end of the body 11 and dividing the head 1 accommodated in the head storage container 50 into a plurality of head fragments having a predetermined width along a width direction or a length direction; And

On the other end of the body 11 is arranged to face the longitudinal cutter 30, the head 1 accommodated in the head storage container 50 is divided into a plurality of head fragments having a constant thickness along the thickness direction Transverse cutter 30; Tofu cutter comprising a.
The method of claim 1,

The vertical cutter 20 and the horizontal cutter 30 are each provided as a separate member separate from the body 11,

The body 11 has a vertical cutter assembly sheet 12 for coupling the vertical cutter 20 to the upper half of the opposite end of the handle portion 11a, and the horizontal cutter 30 at the lower half. Equipped with a horizontal cutter assembly sheet 13 for coupling the

The vertical cutter 20 is replaceably fastened to the vertical cutter assembly sheet 12 by fastening means, and the horizontal cutter 30 is replaceably fastened to the horizontal cutter assembly sheet 13 by fastening means. Tofu cutter characterized in that.
The method of claim 2,

The vertical cutter 20 is integrally connected to the vertical cutter blade support plate 21 and the vertical cutter blade support plate 21 detachably coupled to the vertical cutter assembly sheet 12 of the body 11 by a fastening means. It is provided, arranged in parallel at regular intervals along the longitudinal direction of the longitudinal cutter blade support plate 21, each consisting of a plurality of longitudinal cutter blades 22 having a length corresponding to the depth of the head storage container (50). under,

The horizontal cutter 30 is a horizontal cutter blade support plate 31 which is detachably coupled to the horizontal cutter assembly sheet 13 of the body 11 by a fastening means, and the longitudinal direction of the horizontal cutter blade support plate 31. Both ends are detachably coupled to the pair of horizontal cutter blade support 32 and the pair of horizontal cutter blade support 23 which are provided at both ends and disposed to face each other in parallel to each other. Head cutter, characterized in that consisting of at least one horizontal cutter blade (33) installed in parallel with.
The method of claim 3,

The vertical cutter blades 22 are provided to extend outward in the thickness direction of the vertical cutter blade support plate 21, the cutter blade is characterized in that the thickness is gradually narrowed toward both ends in the width direction.
The method of claim 3,

Tooth cutters, characterized in that each of the vertical cutter blades 22 is formed in a waveform.
The method of claim 3,

The horizontal cutter blade 33 is a head cutter, characterized in that formed of stainless wire.
The method of claim 2,

Tooth cutters, characterized in that the vertical cutter (20) and the horizontal cutter (30) are made of stainless steel.