JPH02186957A - Automatic cutting and packaging device of tofu - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a TOFU cutting and packaging device having reduced mounting area by shortening a water conduit of TOFU and miniaturizing a device. CONSTITUTION:This device consists of a TOFU transporting stand, partition plates, movable frames and a TOFU transporting plate as main constituent elements. The TOFU transporting stand 10 is horizontally fixed below the surface of water. A great number of the partition plates 16 are uprightly set at intervals of TOFU cutting width approximately in parallel on the TOFU transporting stand 10, the front end 14 is a TOFU cutting blade, the rear end gradually increases thickness, is a wedge shape and the rear end approximately corresponds to the end of the TOFU transporting stand 10. The movable frames 20 have approximately the same frame as cutting width of TOFU and structure of expanding and contracting space between the frames. The TOFU transporting plate 30 conveys TOFU 12 from this side of a cutting blade 14 through the partition plates 16 and the movable frames 20 to a TOFU packaging container 28 behind the movable frames 20.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an automatic cutting and packaging device for tofu (more specifically, beans).
This invention relates to an automatic cutting and packaging device for tofu that cuts and packages tofu in a water tank.

[Conventional technology] Conventionally, tofu that has been coagulated in a mold box is removed from the mold box in a water tank, placed on a floating lid, cut vertically and horizontally, cut into bite-sized pieces, and stored in the tank. . In this way, 1 gram of beans cut into bite-sized pieces is scooped out by hand one by one in an aquarium, packed in bags, and packaged before being shipped to the market.
The process of manually scooping up each piece of tofu in the water tank and putting it back into the tank is extremely inefficient and requires a lot of manpower, and cannot be used for mass production of tofu.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Therefore, in recent years, it has been considered to automatically cut a large block of tofu taken out from a mold box, and to further automatically package the cut tofu.

This type of tofu automatic cutting and packaging device is constructed by fixing a tofu transfer table in a water tank, and installing a plurality of partition plates on the tofu transfer table, each of which has a tofu cutting blade at its front end, in parallel to the tofu cutting width with their front ends aligned. A tofu waterway is formed by cutting the tofu by pushing the tofu lump from before the tofu cutting blade in the tofu waterway with a tofu transfer plate, and transporting the cut tofu to the end of the tofu waterway. An apparatus has been proposed for packaging tofu by inserting it into a packaging container placed on a packaging container conveyor through a moving frame provided in the packaging container conveyor.

By the way, tofu packaging containers have ears with a width of 5 to 71111 that protrude horizontally from the top end, and when tofu packaging containers are lined up, it is impossible to narrow the gap beyond the width of this ear. When a large number of packaging containers are arranged in a row, the packaging containers will be spaced apart by at least the width of the ears. Therefore, at the terminal of the tofu waterway, in order to insert 1 g of transferred cut beans all at once into the W curd containers on the packaging container withdrawal conveyor, the interval between the bean tlW waterways at the terminal must be widened to match the interval between the tofu containers. It won't happen.

Therefore, in the tofu automatic cutting and packaging apparatus described above, the intervals between the tofu channels are gradually widened, and the tofu channels are widened to a desired interval at the end of the tofu channels. However, in order to branch and widen the distance between adjacent tofu channels using a single partition plate, a long tofu channel is required, which requires a large-scale device, increases equipment costs, and requires a large installation area. The manufacturer was unable to introduce this device.

The present invention was made in view of the above-mentioned problems of automatic tofu cutting and packaging equipment, and an object of the present invention is to provide a tofu cutting and packaging equipment in which the tofu waterway is shortened, the equipment is downsized, and the installation area is reduced. .

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above problems, the F Ijf automatic cutting and packaging apparatus of the present invention includes a tofu transfer table horizontally fixed under the water surface, and a tofu cutting blade at the front end. a partition plate that is erected substantially parallel to the tofu cutting width on the tofu transfer table, the rear end facing the end of the tofu transfer table, and the rear end having an increased thickness to form a wedge shape through which the cut tofu can pass; , a movable frame having approximately the same width as the partition plate, capable of accommodating cut tofu, connected to the rear end of the partition plate with a step, movable laterally, and capable of widening the mutual spacing to a desired distance; and a tofu transfer plate that is movable back and forth from in front of the cutting blade to the moving frame through between the partition plates.

[Function] In the tofu cutting and packaging apparatus of the present invention, the sea cucumber-shaped lump of tofu placed on the transfer table (e) has a tofu cutting blade at its front end to cut the tofu. Move back and forth from in front of the cutting blade, through between the partition plates, to the moving frame, toward a partition plate that stands approximately parallel to the tofu cutting width on the transfer table and whose rear end faces the end of the tofu transfer table. By transferring the tofu by a possible tofu transfer plate, the tofu chunks are cut into pieces and transferred through the tofu channels between relatively short and substantially parallel partition plates into the transfer frame. At this time, since the rear end of the partition plate of the tofu channel is wedge-shaped, even if there is some gap between the moving frames, the tofu is transferred to the moving frames without being caught. In addition, because tofu is freshly removed from the mold, it is soft and elastic and can expand and contract freely, so even if the tofu channel is slightly deformed or curved, it can be transported through the tofu channel. can. Furthermore, since the moving frame is connected to the tofu waterway with a step, the tofu that has been transferred to the moving frame will not return to the tofu waterway.

The movable frame has the same width as the partition plate, is capable of accommodating cut tofu, is connected to the rear end of the partition plate, and is movable in the lateral direction so that the mutual interval can be increased to a desired distance, so that each movable frame can accommodate the cut tofu. The space between the cut tofu containers can be increased by 60 degrees to the width of the tofu containers arranged on the tofu container conveyor while still containing the cut tofu containers. After R, the cut tofu in the moving frame is inserted into the tofu container by a tofu transfer plate or by a specially provided insertion device.

[Embodiment] A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1(A) is a side sectional view of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1(B) and FIG. 1(C) are side sectional views showing the operation of the embodiment of FIG. 1(A), and FIG. Figure 2 (A) and Figure 2 (B
) is a plan view showing the operating state of the embodiment of FIG. It is X.

The tofu transfer table 10 is fixed horizontally below the water surface of the water tank at a depth that just immerses the tofu 12 placed thereon. On top of this tofu transfer table 10, there are a plurality of partition plates 16...16 each having a tofu cutting blade 14 at the front end. The tofu channels 18 are erected substantially parallel to each other so as to face the end of the tofu transfer table 10, forming tofu waterways 18...18. The rear ends of the partition plates 16...16 gradually increase in thickness to form a wedge shape.

The moving frames 20...20 have the same width as the tofu water channel 18, and the tofu water 1? A18...18 is arranged so as to be one step lower than the floor surface of the tofu transfer table 10, and the tofu waterways 18...
It is attached to the rear end of 18 so as to be able to slide left and right.

These moving frames 20...20 are spread laterally by a moving frame moving device (not shown). Further, as shown in FIGS. 3(A) and 3(B), adjacent movable frames 20...20 are connected to each other by two connecting plates 24...24, and this connection Once the plates 24...24 are opened by the desired distance, they will not open any further, so the moving frame 20...
・20 can be widened by a desired distance.

A tofu container conveyor 26 is installed next to and in contact with the moving frames 20...20, and packaging containers 28...28 are attached to this tofu container conveyor 26.

Further, this packaging container transport conveyor 26 can be moved up and down in the water tank.

The tofu transfer plates 30...30 are supported by support members 32...32.
This support member 32
...32 is a vertical rail 34 whose upper end can be moved left and right.
34 so that it can slide back and forth, and the side is attached to a single wooden horizontal rail 36 so that it can slide left and right. This horizontal rail 36 is driven by a drive device (not shown).
Since it moves back and forth, this causes the tofu transfer plate 30...
・30 move back and forth all at once.

The operation of this embodiment having the above configuration will be explained with reference to the drawings. First of all, the cutting blade 1 of the partition plate 16...16
4. In front of 14, a sea cucumber-shaped tofu block 12 is placed. At that time, as shown in FIG. 1(A), the tofu transfer plates 30...30 are filled with beans! The moving frames 20...20 are placed further in front of the tofu lump 12, and the moving frames 20...20 are placed in positions connected to the respective tofu waterways 18...18 as shown in FIG. 2 (A>).

Next, when the tofu transfer plate driving device (not shown) is activated to move the tofu transfer plates 30...30 forward, the beans@12 are transferred to the tofu cutting blades 14 by the tofu transfer plates 30...30.・
The tofu is pushed toward the tofu cutting blades 14...14 and cut into pieces. Furthermore, tofu transfer plate 3
When moving forward 0...30, tofu transfer plate 30...3
0 moves forward while pushing the cut tofu separately into each bean Ig waterway 18...18, and moves the cut tofu 12...12 to the moving frame 20 as shown in FIG. 1(B). ...2
Move to inside 0. At that time, the tofu waterway partition plate 16...
- Since the rear ends of the tofu 16 are wedge-shaped, even if there is some gap between the moving frames 20, the tofu 12...12 is transferred to the moving frames 20...20 without being caught.

In addition, tofu waterways 18...18 and moving frames 20...20
Since there is a step between them, once the tofu is transferred into the moving frame 20, it will not return to the tofu waterway 18 side.

Subsequently, the moving frame moving device (not shown) is operated to move the moving frame 20 as shown in FIGS. 2(B) and 3(B).
. . 20 is widened to match the spacing between the packaging containers 28 . . . 28 installed on the packaging container conveyor 26.

Next, as shown in FIG. 1(C), cut tofu 12...12 is transferred from the moving frames 20...20 onto the packaging container conveyor 26 by the cut tofu insertion device 1''i1 (not shown). While pushing out toward the packaging containers 28...28,
When the packaging container conveyor 26 is raised, the cut tofu 1
2...12 are inserted all at once into packages rP, 28...28.

After the cut tofu 12...12 is inserted into the packaging containers 28...28, the moving frames 20...20 are returned to their original positions,
By retracting the tofu transfer plates 30...30, the same operation can be repeated to sequentially cut and package the tofu blocks.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the tofu cutting and packaging apparatus of the present invention transfers a sea cucumber-shaped tofu lump by a tofu transfer plate toward a partition plate whose front end is a tofu cutting blade, The tofu is cut into bite-sized pieces, and then transferred through a short tofu transfer channel formed by erecting partition plates approximately parallel to each other using a tofu transfer plate, immediately moved to a moving frame, and placed in a tofu packaging container. This machine is inserted into the machine and can cut and package tofu using a very short tofu channel, so compared to conventional tofu automatic cutting and packaging machines, the installation area of the machine can be smaller, and equipment costs are lower. It has a positive effect. Furthermore, since a step is provided between the tofu channel and the moving frame, the tofu transferred to the moving frame does not return to the tofu channel.

[BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS] FIG. 1(A) is a side sectional view of one embodiment of the present invention;
[1] and FIG. 1(C) are side sectional views showing the operation of the first embodiment [A<A], FIG. 2(A) and FIG. 2(B)
) is a plan view showing the actuation layer of the embodiment of FIG. 1 (A>), and FIGS. It is a partial sectional view showing. 10... Tofu transfer table, 14... Tofu cutting blade, 16.
...Partition plate, 18...Tofu channel, 20...Movement frame, 3
0...Tofu transfer board

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A tofu transfer table fixed horizontally under the water surface, the front end of which is a tofu cutting blade, erected approximately parallel to the tofu transfer table with a tofu cutting width, and the rear end of which is the tofu transfer table. a partition plate whose rear end becomes wedge-shaped as it faces the edge of the partition plate, and which allows the cut tofu to pass through; and a step at the rear end of the partition plate, which has approximately the same width as the partition plate and is capable of accommodating the cut tofu. a moving frame which is connected to each other and is movable laterally and can widen the distance between them to a desired distance; and a tofu transfer plate which is movable back and forth from in front of the cutting blade to the moving frame through between the partition plates. An automatic tofu cutting and packaging device characterized by: