JP4058143B2 - Food slicing equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a food slicing apparatus that cuts a long and slender food for slicing such as ham and sausage into slice pieces, and in particular, conveying means for conveying the slicing food downward while supporting the food substantially vertically, and the conveying means. It is related with the food slicing apparatus provided with the cutting blade which cut | disconnects the food for slices into the slice piece sequentially from the lower end.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, as a food slicing device that cuts a long and slender food for slicing such as ham and sausage into slice pieces, the food for slicing is laid sideways and transported in the longitudinal direction and rotated around a horizontal axis. A “horizontal” type that cuts with a blade, a “tilt type” that conveys the food for slicing in the longitudinal direction in a tilted state, and cuts with a cutting blade that rotates about the tilt axis, and further slices There is a “vertical” type in which food for food is conveyed downward while being supported in a substantially vertical state and cut with a cutting blade that rotates about a vertical axis.
[0003]
In such a food slicing apparatus, a slice piece that is cut by a cutting blade and dropped is received on a receiving plate, a receiving comb, a conveyor, etc. arranged below the cutting blade, and a predetermined number of slices are received. In some cases, a stack of pieces (sediment) is formed. In this case, the “vertical type” food slicing apparatus has the best stackability. That is, in the case of the vertical type, slice pieces from the cutting blade fall in a substantially horizontal posture, so that each slice piece stacked on the backing plate or the like is less likely to be displaced in the horizontal direction, and the shape is in order. A stack is relatively easy to obtain. On the other hand, in the case of the horizontal type or the inclined type, the slice pieces from the cutting blade fall in a vertical or oblique posture, so the stacking state of the slice pieces is likely to be disturbed, and a stack with a well-shaped shape is obtained. difficult.
[0004]
On the other hand, the food slicing apparatus is configured to automatically supply a plurality of slice foods (raw wood) set in the apparatus one by one to the cutting blade in order to improve work efficiency and labor saving. However, in this case, the “horizontal” food slicing device is the easiest to configure. In the case of the horizontal type, for example, it is possible to place a plurality of sliced foods on a food table that is slightly inclined with the foods laid sideways, and roll these sliced foods by gravity to supply them one by one. It is. Next to the horizontal type, it is the inclined type that makes the configuration of the apparatus easy, and the vertical type is the most difficult. When a plurality of sliced foods are placed in a laid state in a vertical food slicing apparatus, the sliced foods must be erected in a substantially vertical state one by one before cutting. The structure must be complicated.
[0005]
Therefore, there is no conventional vertical food slicing apparatus itself that automatically supplies food for slicing, and a food supply apparatus 80 as shown in FIG. It was. The food supply device 80 places a food placing table 82 that can be placed side by side with a plurality of sliced foods 81 laid down, and a slice food 81 on the food placing table 82 one by one. There is provided a lift table 83 that conveys upward, and a curved chute 85 that is provided by connecting the vicinity of the upper end of the support column 84 for the lift table 83 and the food slicing device 90. The lift table 83 is inclined as shown in the figure when it rises to a predetermined position in the vicinity of the upper end of the column 84, and the placed slice food 81 is discharged to the chute 85 side. It slides down while curving in the chute 85 so as to follow the shape of the chute, and is supplied between the pair of food conveying conveyors 91 of the food slicing device 90. And while being hold | maintained between food conveyance conveyors 91 in the substantially perpendicular | vertical state, it is conveyed downward and is cut | disconnected sequentially from the lower end to the slice piece by the cutting blade (not shown) rotated below the food conveyance conveyor 91. FIG.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, when the food supply apparatus 80 is juxtaposed with the food slicing apparatus 90 as in the prior art, a large installation space is required, and a large food supply apparatus 80 causes a problem that the equipment cost of the entire apparatus increases. . In addition, for the hygiene management of the factory line, it is necessary to periodically clean and disinfect the contact portion with the slicing food 81. In the conventional technique, the food mounting table 82, the lift table 83, and the chute 85 of the food supply device 80 are used. As described above, since the contact portion with the slicing food 81 is in a wide range, there is a problem that much time and labor are required for the cleaning operation.
[0007]
Further, the food placing table 82 supports and places a wide side surface of the slicing food 81, and this side surface also contacts the lift table 83 and the chute 85, so that the surface of the slicing food 81 surface is cut before being cut. Most of them came into contact with either part of the food supply device 80 or the food slicing device 90. Accordingly, dust, dirt, etc. may be transferred from the apparatus to the surface of the slicing food 81, which tends to be unsanitary, and the surface of the slicing food 81 may be damaged.
[0008]
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and in a so-called vertical food slicing apparatus, a plurality of foods for slicing can be automatically cut one by one with a simple configuration. It is an object of the present invention to provide a food slicing apparatus that can save space and reduce costs as compared with the case where the food supply apparatuses are arranged in parallel, and that can easily clean the contact portion with the food for slicing.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a conveying means for conveying an elongated lump-like sliced food while supporting it in a substantially vertical state, and a sliced food from the lower end to the slice pieces sequentially below the conveying means. In a food slicing device provided with a cutting blade for cutting, the food slicing device faces the side of the slicing food conveying path above the conveying means from the side, and a plurality of slicing foods can be placed almost upright and are placed. A food placing table that enables movement of the sliced food toward the transport path is provided, and the food for slicing from the food placing table is placed on the opposite side of the food placing table across the transport path. A receiving part for feeding to the conveying means is provided, and a pressing member for pressing and urging the food for slicing on the food mounting table toward the receiving part is provided.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a food slicing device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. A food slicing apparatus generally indicated by reference numeral 1 in FIG. 1 includes a slicing food conveying means 2 and a cutting blade 3. The conveying means 2 is composed of a pair of food conveying conveyors 4 and 5 arranged in an opposed state in a substantially vertical state. One food conveyance conveyor 4 is connected to an air cylinder 6, and is pressed and urged toward the other food conveyance conveyor 5 by the air cylinder 6. In addition, a conveyor driving motor (not shown) that rotates the food conveying conveyors 4 and 5 in a direction in which the opposing surfaces descend is provided, and the elongated sliced slices supplied from above between the food conveying conveyors 4 and 5 are provided. The food product (shown as a ham 7 having a rectangular cross section in the figure) is transported downward while being held in a substantially vertical state from both sides by the urging force of the air cylinder 6.
[0011]
The cutting blade 3 is attached to the upper end of the vertical rotating shaft 8 and is disposed near the upper end in the main body casing 9. The rotary shaft 8 is rotationally driven by a motor 10 similarly provided in the main body casing 9, and the cutting blade 3 moves in and out on the transport path 11 of the food for slicing by the transport means 2 along with the rotation. The sliced food being conveyed is configured to be sequentially cut into slice pieces from its lower end. Further, a slice piece transport conveyor 12 is provided below the cutting position of the food for slicing by the cutting blade 3, and the slice piece cut and dropped by the cutting blade 3 is received on its upper surface, and this slice piece or slice is also received. A deposit (stack) formed by stacking a plurality of pieces is carried out of the main casing 9.
[0012]
Although the above is the structure similar to a general vertical food slicer, in the food slicer 1 of this embodiment, the following structure is further added. That is, a pair of left and right frame horizontal plates 13 is provided above the main body casing 9, and a frame vertical plate 14 is erected at one end of each frame horizontal plate 13, and the left and right frame vertical plates 14 are a pair of upper and lower horizontal plates. They are connected to each other by a flange 15. Further, pillars 16 having a circular cross section are erected on the other end portion of each frame horizontal plate 13, and the left and right pillars 16 are connected to each other by a pair of upper and lower horizontal bars 17.
[0013]
A food placing table 18 is provided between the frame vertical plate 14 and the column 16. The food placing table 18 includes a pair of left and right side plates 20 connected in parallel by a connecting rod 19 at a predetermined interval, and a plurality of food placing rollers 21 pivotally supported between the side plates 20. I have. Each food placement roller 21 is formed with three annular grooves 22 in the vicinity of the center in the axial direction, and a total of three round belts 23 dropped into the annular grooves 22 are all the food placement rollers 21. Are in a state of being bundled together. The depth of each annular groove 22 from the circumferential surface of the food placing roller 21 and the diameter of each round belt 23 are substantially equal. Such a food placing table 18 is connected to the upper ends of a plurality of food placing table support rods 24 erected on the frame horizontal plate 13 so that the food for slicing by the conveying means 2 is above the conveying means 2. It is fixed at a position facing the conveyance path 11 from the side.
[0014]
A receiving plate 25 (an example of a receiving portion) is provided at a position on the opposite side of the food placing table 18 across the transport path 11. The receiving plate 25 is formed by bending a thin metal plate material into a shallow U-shaped cross section, and one end side is attached to the other end side of the plurality of brackets 26 that are hooked on the horizontal bar 15, and stands in a substantially vertical state. It is supported. The surface of the receiving plate 25 on the side of the transport path 11 is located on the substantially same vertical plane as the food transport surface of the food transport conveyor 5.
[0015]
A fixed plate 28 is fixed to one frame vertical plate 14 via a pair of upper and lower mounting members 27 protruding toward the support column 16 side. In addition, a pair of upper and lower guide rods 29 having one end fixed to the fixing plate 28 and the other end fixed to the horizontal rod 17 are provided, and slide in the longitudinal direction of the guide rod 29 through the guide rods 29. A movable plate 30 that is freely supported is provided. A pair of upper and lower pressing rods 31 (an example of a pressing member) extending in the horizontal direction perpendicular to the guide rod 29 are attached to the moving plate 30, and an air cylinder 32 is fixed to the fixed plate 28. The tip of the telescopic rod 33 is connected to the moving plate 30.
[0016]
Further, a pair of upper and lower guide rods 34 projecting toward the other frame vertical plate 14 are fixed to one frame vertical plate 14, and are supported through the guide rods 34 so as to be slidable in the lateral direction. A sliding rod 35 is provided. A sliding rod 36 is provided at a position facing the sliding rod 35 so as to penetrate the pair of upper and lower horizontal rods 17 so as to be slidable in the lateral direction. A pair of upper and lower food positioning rods 37 are provided between the sliding rods 35 and 36.
[0017]
When using this food slicing apparatus 1, first, a plurality (here, 5) of hams 7 (an example of food for slicing) is set. More specifically, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the lower end of one ham 7 is inserted between the food conveying conveyors 4 and 5 of the conveying means 2, and this ham 7 is used as the head, While keeping the ham 7 in close contact with the previous ham 7, the other four are sequentially placed on the food placing table 18 in an upright state. At this time, it is preferable that the hams 7 on the food placing table 18 are positioned in the vicinity of the center in the axial direction of each food placing roller 21 and are arranged as straight as possible. In addition, the sliding hooks 35 and 36 are slid in advance to move the food positioning bar 37 to an appropriate position on the food mounting table 18 so that one side surface of each ham 7 is placed along the food positioning bar 37. If they are placed in this manner, they can be easily arranged in the preferred state described above.
[0018]
When the ham 7 is set and the operation switch (not shown) of the food slicing apparatus 1 is operated, the cutting blade 3 is driven to rotate by the motor 10 and the air cylinder 6 is extended to extend between the food conveyors 4 and 5. The ham 7 is sandwiched between the opposing surfaces of both conveyors, conveyed downward in this state, and sequentially cut by the cutting blade 3 from the lower end thereof. At the same time, the air cylinder 32 is retracted, the moving plate 30 and the pressing rod 31 are moved to the receiving plate 25 side while being guided by the guide rod 29, and the pressing rod 31 contacts the back surface of the nearest ham 7. . Then, all the hams 7 are received through the hams 7 and are pressed and urged toward the receiving plate 25 side.
[0019]
At this time, each ham 7 on the food placing table 18 is pressed and urged by the pressing rod 31, but the ham 7 is adjacent to the upper end surface of the ham 7 between the food conveying conveyors 4 and 5, as shown in FIG. As long as it is above the lower end surface, the ham 7 between the food conveyors 4 and 5 is not moved over to the receiving plate 25 side. Further, since the lower end portion and the intermediate portion of the ham 7 are pressed by the pair of pressing rods 31 that move integrally, the urging force of the pressing rod 31 (that is, the force by which the air cylinder 32 pulls the moving plate 30) is extremely high. As long as it is not too strong, each ham 7 on the food mounting table 18 will not fall to the receiving plate 25 side.
[0020]
Then, when the ham 7 between the food conveyors 4 and 5 is lowered while being cut and the upper end surface thereof is almost the same height as the lower end surface of the ham 7 on the food mounting table 18, the food by the urging force of the pressing bar 31 is applied. Each ham 7 on the mounting table 18 moves to the receiving plate 25 side. At this time, each food placement roller 21 of the food placement table 18 rotates, and the ham 7 is moved smoothly.
[0021]
When the ham 7 located closest to the receiving plate 25 on the food mounting table 18 moves onto the transport path 11, the ham 7 is received by the receiving plate 25 and stops moving, as shown in FIG. The ham 7 in contact with the receiving plate 25 is placed on the ham 7 being cut. The upper ham 7 descends following the lower ham 7 due to gravity while being supported slidably on the receiving plate 25 from the side, and is fed between the food conveyors 4 and 5. The ham 7 is cut by the cutting blade 3. Since it operates as described above, the initially set five hams 7 can be successively sliced without being spaced apart. When the fifth ham 7 is fed between the food conveyors 4 and 5, the air cylinder 32 expands and the pressing rod 31 returns to the column 16 side to prepare for the next ham set.
[0022]
As described above, in the food slicing apparatus 1 according to this embodiment, a plurality of set foods for slicing can be automatically supplied to the conveying means 2 one by one and continuously sliced. Work efficiency and labor saving can be achieved. Moreover, since it is a concise and compact structure, compared with the case where the food slicing apparatus is provided in parallel with the food slicing apparatus as in the conventional example, a significant space saving and cost reduction can be achieved.
[0023]
Furthermore, the food contact roller 21, belt 23, receiving plate 25, and pressing bar 31 other than the food conveyors 4 and 5 are in contact with each other. Since the total area of the part is small, the cleaning work necessary for satellite management is easy, and the time and labor required for the cleaning work can be greatly reduced as compared with the conventional case.
[0024]
And since the food mounting table 18 does not support the side surface of the food for slicing as in the prior art, but places the food for slicing while supporting only the bottom surface (that is, one of both end surfaces in the longitudinal direction), Of the surface of the food, only one side of the food slicing apparatus 1 that contacts the food conveying conveyors 4 and 5 is in contact with both sides (one side of which also contacts the receiving plate 25) and only the bottom. In other words, it is hygienic because the contact area of the slicing food surface with the food slicing apparatus 1 is small. Moreover, there is little risk of scratching the side surface of the food for slicing as in the past. Of course, the food slicing apparatus 1 also has an advantage common to the “vertical” food slicing apparatus such that the stackability of the slice pieces is good.
[0025]
Needless to say, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited by the embodiment. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the round belt 23 is wound around the food placement roller 21. However, the round belt 23 may be inclined when the food for slicing on the food placement table 18 falls into the recess between the food placement rollers 21. , Provided to prevent shaking during movement, for example, when the diameter of each food placement roller is reduced and the food placement rollers are arranged as close to each other as possible. It is not necessary to wrap the round belt 23 around.
[0026]
In addition, the food placing table may be any one as long as it can place a plurality of sliced foods in an almost upright state and can move toward the transport path of the placed sliced foods. In addition to the mode using the placing roller, for example, a food placing table using a belt conveyor that rotates with a small external force, or a flat plate on the surface that has been processed to make the food for slicing, such as Teflon (trademark) processing easy to slip, is fixed. A food placing table is also conceivable in which the food for slicing is placed on the flat plate.
[0027]
Further, in the above, the receiving part is constituted by the receiving plate 25, but the receiving part may be constituted by, for example, a bowl-shaped member as long as the food for slicing from the food placing table 18 can be fed to the conveying means, It is also conceivable that the food conveying conveyor 5 on the side facing the food placing table 18 is extended upward, and a part or the whole of the receiving part is constituted by the upper part of the extended food conveying conveyor 5.
[0028]
In the above description, the pair of upper and lower pressing rods 31 is provided as the pressing member. However, one or three or more pressing rods 31 may be provided, and a vertical plate that is movable toward the receiving portion is used as the pressing member. It is also possible to do.
[0029]
Furthermore, although the case where the food for slicing is the ham 7 having a square cross section has been described above, the food for slicing may be sausage or other food, and the cross sectional shape thereof is circular or oval. May be.
[0030]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, in the food slicing apparatus according to the present invention, a plurality of foods for slicing are automatically fed one by one to the conveying means and can be continuously sliced. In addition, since it has a simple and compact configuration, for example, it can save space and cost compared to a case where a separate food supply device is arranged in parallel with the food slicing device, and the food for slicing The cleaning operation of the contact part is also facilitated. Moreover, since the food for slicing is placed on the food placing table in a state where only the bottom surface thereof is supported, the contact area with the food slicing device on the surface of the slicing food can be reduced, and it can be sanitized. There is little risk of scratching the food surface.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a side view of a food slicing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged side view of a main part of the food slicing device in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a plan view of a principal part as viewed in the direction of arrows AA in FIG. 2;
4 is an enlarged side sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 2;
5 is an enlarged side sectional view taken along the line CC in FIG.
FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory diagram of the food slicing device.
FIG. 7 is an operation explanatory diagram of the food slicing device.
FIG. 8 is a side view showing a conventional example in which a food slicing device and a food supply device are arranged side by side.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Food slicing apparatus 2 Conveying means 3 Cutting blade 7 Ham (food for slicing)
11 Transport route 18 Food placing table 25 Receiving plate (receiving portion)
31 Pressing rod (pressing member)

Claims (1)

A food slicing device comprising a conveying means for conveying a slender lump-like slice food in a downward direction while supporting the food in a substantially vertical state, and a cutting blade for cutting the food for slicing into slice pieces sequentially from the lower end below the conveying means In
The sliced food can be seen from the side above the conveying means, and the sliced food can be placed almost upright, and the sliced food can be moved toward the conveying path. In addition to providing a food placing table, a receiving portion for feeding the food for slicing from the food placing table to the conveying means is provided at a position opposite to the food placing table across the conveyance path, and A food slicing apparatus comprising a pressing member that receives and presses the slicing food on the food mounting table toward the receiving portion side.

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