JP3327482B2 - Section bending equipment for food slicers - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a food slicer for slicing food such as meat chunks and slicing the same with a blade, and relates to a device for bending a piece of food.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 6, a food slicer provided with a folding device of this type has a circular dish-shaped blade 3 arranged horizontally and bearings a rotary shaft 2 of the blade, and the blade 3 is not shown. A rotary driving device is connected, and a cutting thickness adjusting plate 4 is horizontally disposed on the front side of the blade 3 so as to be adjustable in the vertical position.
The food insertion tube 5 for inserting the food F is vertically arranged above the front edge of the cutting edge and the tip of the cutting thickness adjusting plate 4, and the upper end of the food insertion tube 5 is pivotally supported by the shaft 8. The swinging device (not shown) is connected to the food insertion tube 5 and the conveyor 20 for transferring the food pieces f to the rear below the cutting thickness adjusting plate 4 and the cutting tool 3. It is arranged horizontally in the direction so that the vertical position can be adjusted.

[0003] When a food such as a meat lump is sliced and a piece of the food is bent, as shown in FIG. 6, a cutting thickness adjusting plate 4 is arranged below the cutting edge of the cutting tool 3 in accordance with the cutting thickness. ,
The food F is inserted into the food insertion tube 5 from the upper end opening thereof, and the lower end of the food F projects from the lower end opening of the food insertion tube 5 so that the blade 3
And the food insert cylinder 5 is swung back and forth, and the conveyor 20 is driven.

When the food insertion tube 5 swings forward, the lower end of the food F in the food insertion tube 5 is placed on the cutting thickness adjusting plate 4 from above the blade 3 and the food insertion tube 5 is moved rearward. Swinging to
The lower end of the food F in the food insertion tube 5 is cut by the rotating blade 3.

[0005] As shown by a broken line in FIG. 6, the section F of the food F is cut as the food insertion tube 5 swings rearward.
It is fed back from between the blade 3 and the cutting thickness adjusting plate 4,
It curves downward due to its own weight. The section f separated from the food F falls obliquely rearward with the central portion curved upward and rearward, and is folded and mounted on the conveyer 20 being driven, and is transported rearward in a bent state. You.
The food section f is placed on the tray in a bent state by a predetermined number.

[0006]

However, in a food slicer provided with the above-described folding device, it is determined whether or not a piece of food falling on the conveyor is bent or not. The distance between the cutting edge of the cutting tool and the upper surface of the conveyor is closely related to the distance between the cutting edge of the food and the curvature of the food slice. The amount of bending of the food slice or the food slice varies depending on the density, elasticity, cutting thickness, and the like of the food.

Therefore, if the type of food or the cutting thickness is changed, the pieces of food falling on the conveyor will not be bent, so that the height of the conveyor is adjusted so as to be bent. The adjustment takes a lot of time.

After all, in the conventional bending apparatus, each time the type of food or the cut thickness is changed, adjustment takes a lot of trouble.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems.

[0010]

According to the present invention, a cutting tool is provided horizontally, a cutting thickness adjusting plate is provided at the front side of the cutting tool so as to be vertically adjustable, and a food insertion cylinder is provided above the cutting tool and the cutting thickness adjusting plate. Vertically arranged, the upper end of the food insertion tube is pivotally supported to allow the lower end of the food insertion tube to swing back and forth, and when the food insertion tube swings forward, the lower end of the food inserted into the food insertion tube is When the food insertion tube is swayed to the rear side when placed on the cutting thickness adjustment plate from above, the lower edge of the food is cut by the blade. A curving air ejection device is provided that ejects air toward a cut-off portion of food that is drawn backward from the space between the plates and curves downward by its own weight, and the cut-off portion of the food is cut off by the air that is ejected by the curving air ejection device. Is further curved, and food is placed below the air blowing device for bending. Ri isolated a conveyor for transporting the sections to fall provided a folding apparatus of sections slice food is characterized by being configured to be transported in a state which is bent to fall in a curved state on the conveyor.

[0011]

In the present invention, the cut section of the food which is fed backward from the blade and the cutting thickness adjusting plate and curves downward by its own weight is further curved by the air blown by the air blowing device for bending. The piece separated from the sheet is dropped on the conveyor in a state where it is forcibly bent by the blowing air of the bending air blowing device, and is transported in a bent state.

[0012] Therefore, the cut section of the food fed out from between the blade and the cutting thickness adjusting plate is forcibly bent by the air jetted by the air blowing device for bending, so that the type of food and the cut thickness are changed. In this case, the curved portion of the food slice or the food slice does not change significantly, and the food slice falls on the conveyor in a curved state and is transported in a bent state.

[0013]

According to the present invention, even if the type of food or the cutting thickness is changed, the food pieces fall on the conveyor in a curved state and are transported in a bent state. Unlike the conventional device, the adjustment does not take much trouble.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As shown in FIG. 1, a food slicer provided with a folding device according to the present invention is a circular plate in which a rotating shaft 2 is vertically supported on a machine base 1 and a central portion is fixed to a lower end of the rotating shaft 2. A cutting tool 3 having a shape is arranged horizontally, a rotation driving device (not shown) is connected to the upper end of the rotating shaft 2, and a cutting thickness adjusting plate 4 is provided on the front side of the cutting tool 3.
Are arranged horizontally, and the base end of the cut thickness adjusting plate 4 is attached to the machine base 1 so that the vertical position can be adjusted.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, a food insertion tube 5 in the form of a square tube is vertically disposed above the front edge of the blade 3 and the tip of the cutting thickness adjusting plate 4, as shown in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 3 or FIG. 4, mounting side plates 6 are fixedly provided on the food insertion tube 5 on the left and right sides of the upper end of the food insertion tube 5, respectively. Is rotatably mounted on a pivot 8 so that the upper end of the food insertion tube 5 is pivotally supported on the machine base 1 so that the lower end of the food insertion tube 5 can swing back and forth.

As shown in FIG. 1, a short cylinder 9 having a short cylinder and a lower cylinder 9 is disposed at a position above the front edge of the cutter 3 and the tip of the cutting thickness adjusting plate 4 with its center line vertical. , Knife 3
A lower cylinder 9 having a lower end opening close to the front edge of the front side is provided so as to be able to move back and forth, and a lower end of the food insertion cylinder 5 is loosely fitted into an upper end opening of the lower cylinder 9 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. And connecting side plates 10 at the left and right positions at the lower end of the food insertion tube 5, respectively.
The connecting side plate 11 is fixedly provided on the lower cylinder 9 at the left and right positions of the upper end of the lower cylinder 9, respectively.
Left and right connecting side plates 10 of the lower cylinder 9
Are connected by a link mechanism 12, and a reciprocating drive device is connected to the lower cylinder 9 as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the reciprocating drive device has a guide shaft 13 disposed in the front-rear direction and fixed to the machine base 1.
3, a moving member 14 that moves back and forth and the lower cylinder 9 are connected and fixed, and a motor 17 with a brake is attached to the moving member 14 via a crank mechanism 15 and a speed reducer 16.
Are linked. When the motor 17 is driven, the lower cylinder 9 moves back and forth while keeping its center line vertical, and the food insertion cylinder 5 swings back and forth by the front and rear movement of the lower cylinder 9.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, a bending air ejection device 18 for ejecting air slightly downward and forward is provided below the cutting tool 3, and the bending air ejection device 18 is not shown in the drawing. , A high pressure air source is connected via a control device.

3 and FIG. 5 below the cutting thickness adjusting plate 4.
As shown in FIG. 3, an extension air ejection device 19 for ejecting air slightly downward is provided, and the extension air ejection device 19 is provided.
Although not shown, a high-pressure air source is connected via a control device.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, a belt conveyor 20 is provided horizontally below the bending air ejection device 18 and the expansion air ejection device 19 in the front-rear direction. The device is connected.

When thinly sliced food such as unfrozen meat chunks and bending food slices, as shown in FIG.
The cutting thickness adjusting plate 4 is arranged below the cutting edge of the blade 3 by the cutting thickness, the food F is inserted into the food insertion tube 5 from its upper end opening, and the lower end of the food F is inserted into the lower tube 9. Then, the lower end of the food F protrudes from the lower end opening of the lower cylinder 9 and is mounted on the cutting edge of the blade 3, rotates the blade 3, and rotates the motor 1 of the reciprocating drive device.
7 to drive the belt conveyor 20.

Each time the lower tube 9 moves forward and the food insertion tube 5 swings forward, the lower end of the food F protruding from the lower end opening of the lower tube 9 is cut from above the cutting tool 3 by the thickness adjusting plate 4. The food F inserted into the food insertion tube 5 and the lower tube 9 is slightly dropped, and the length of the lower end of the food F protruding from the lower end opening of the lower tube 9 increases by the cut thickness. I do. Each time the lower cylinder 9 is retracted and the food insertion cylinder 5 swings rearward, the lower end of the food F protruding from the lower end opening of the lower cylinder 9 is cut by the rotating blade 3.

As shown by the broken line in FIG. 1, the cut-off portion f of the food F adjusts the cutting edge 3 and the cutting thickness as the lower tube 9 retreats and the food insertion tube 5 swings rearward. It is fed backward from between the plates 4, and is bent downward by its own weight. On the other hand, when the section F of the food F is fed out from between the blade 3 and the cutting thickness adjusting plate 4, the bending air ejection device 18 is operated as shown by a broken line in FIG. The air blown out by the device 18 is a section f of the food F.
, The section F of the food F is further forcibly bent. Section f separated from food F
Is dropped obliquely rearward with the central portion curved upward and rearward, folded and mounted on the belt conveyor 20 being driven, and transported rearward in a bent state. Although not shown, the food pieces f are placed on the tray in a bent state by a predetermined number.

The section F of the food F fed out from between the blade 3 and the cut thickness adjusting plate 4 is forcibly bent by the air blown out by the air blowing device 18 for bending.
Even if the type or the cutting thickness of the food F is changed, the bending amount of the section F of the food F or the section f of the food does not largely change, and the section f of the food is curved on the belt conveyor 20. And is transported in a bent state.

When the section f of the food F is placed on the belt conveyor 20 in an extended state without bending, the section f of the food F is cut from between the blade 3 and the cut thickness adjusting plate 4. When the air is ejected, the expansion air ejection device 19 is operated instead of the bending air ejection device 18.

Then, as shown by the broken line in FIG. 5, the air blown out by the expansion air blowing device 19 comes into contact with the lower front surface of the section F of the food F, and the food F bent downward by its own weight. Is cut off while the section f cut off from the food F is extended downward and rearward, and the section f of the food is placed in an extended state on the belt conveyor 20 being driven. And is transported backward in the extended state.

It is not necessary to adjust the distance between the blade 3 and the belt conveyor 20 when switching from bending the food slice f to extending the food slice f or vice versa.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic vertical sectional side view of a food slicer including a bending device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of a food slicer including the bending device of the same example.

FIG. 3 is a schematic front view of a food slicer including the bending device of the example.

FIG. 4 is a schematic plan view of a food slicer including the bending device of the same example.

FIG. 5 is a schematic longitudinal sectional side view for explaining a food slicer provided with the bending device of the same example.

FIG. 6 is a partial vertical cross-sectional schematic side view of a food slicer including a conventional folding device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 3 Knife 4 Cutting thickness adjusting plate 5 Food insertion tube 8 Axis 18 Air blowing device for bending 19 Air blowing device for extension 20 Belt conveyor F Food f Food cut section, food slice

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A cutting tool is provided horizontally, a cutting thickness adjusting plate is provided at the front side of the cutting tool so as to be adjustable in a vertical position, and a food inserting cylinder is vertically arranged above the cutting tool and the cutting thickness adjusting plate. Pivot the upper end of the food insertion tube so that the lower end of the food insertion tube can swing back and forth, and when the food insertion tube swings forward, the lower end of the food inserted into the food insertion tube is cut from above the blade by the cutting thickness adjustment plate. When the food insertion tube swings rearward when it is mounted on the top, the food slicer, whose lower end of the food is cut with a blade, is fed out to the rear of the lower side of the blade from between the blade and the cutting thickness adjustment plate and has its own weight. A curving air ejection device for ejecting air toward the section cut portion of the food that curves downward with the air blow device, and the section air cut device for the food is further curved by the air ejected by the curving air ejection device. A section that is separated from food and falls below the air blower The conveyor for transporting provided, the sections slice food is characterized by being configured to be transported in a state which is bent to fall in a curved state on the conveyor folding device. 2. The piece bending apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the food is bent downward by its own weight by being pulled backward from between the blade and the cutting thickness adjusting plate below the cutting thickness adjusting plate. A stretching air ejection device that ejects air toward the cutting section is provided, and the stretching air ejection device stretches the food piece-like cut section with the air that is ejected, and the food piece drops on the conveyor in the stretched state. An apparatus for folding a section, wherein the section is transported.