JPH0319665A - Cutting and separating device of tofu - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To separate cut TOFU in a cut state as it is by cutting large TOFU, contracting expanding and shortening mechanism, reducing intervals between plural hanging members, operating pushing mechanism, pressing uncut TOFU to a lamellar vertical plate part and cutting. CONSTITUTION:An air cylinder 13 of expanding and shortening mechanism is contracted, intervals of between plural hanging members 11, 11a and 11b are reduced, a pressing block 14 of pushing mechanism is brought close to a plate piece 12, strip TOFU 6 is pushed against vertical plate parts 20 of lamellar pieces 2 until cutting knives 22 attached to the plate parts 20 are penetrated into slits 27 of the block 14 and cut into plural small TOFU 7. Then the air cylinder 13 is expanded, the distance between the members 11a and 11b are widened, the intervals between the members 11 are enlarged, distance between the plate piece 12 is extended and the TOFU 7 is mutually separated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Field of Industrial Application) The tofu cutting and separating apparatus according to the present invention is used in a tofu manufacturing factory to cut large pieces of tofu, separate the cut tofu, and separate the pieces of tofu from adjacent tofu. Used when creating a gap between the two.

(Conventional technology and its problems) When producing tofu on a factory scale, large pieces of tofu are made in a mold and then cut one after another to make tofu of a size that is commonly sold, and then packed into packs.

In this way, the process of sequentially cutting large pieces of tofu into smaller tofu pieces is automatically carried out by a cutting device built into tofu manufacturing equipment, but since tofu is soft and highly adhesive, simply cutting it into smaller pieces is done automatically. However, adjacent chunks of tofu would not separate from each other, making it difficult to stuff them into bags.

For this reason, conventionally, tofu was cut in water and separated by floating in the water, but with this method, it was difficult to separate the tofu while keeping them lined up, so it was still necessary to pack the tofu in a bag. I went and left.

The tofu cutting and separating apparatus of the present invention solves these inconveniences.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The tofu cutting and separating device of the present invention includes a plurality of hanging pieces that are freely combined to move near and far with each other, and a lower edge of a vertical plate portion having a cutting blade formed on the edge thereof. A horizontal board is formed by bending the part at right angles, and each hanging piece is suspended below the board, and both ends of the board are extended or contracted within the entire length, and the above-mentioned multiple hanging pieces are attached. Using the expanding and contracting mechanism connected to the hanging pieces at both ends of the pieces, the tofu is pushed onto the vertical plate part from one edge side where the cutting blade is formed. {=J, press numbering machine, and O1C.

The tofu cutting/separating/sealing machine invented by J1 Roki is configured as shown in the above 121t to cut large pieces of tofu.5 When further separating the cut tofu, the expansion/contraction mechanism is contracted and multiple hanging units are used. :Press the pieces with the same distance between them {-J mechanism is activated, and a large piece of uncut tofu is pushed from each hanging piece -F
1) Push it onto the vertical plate part of the lowered plate piece.

This results in a large i. The j-fu is cut into a plurality of small pieces of tofu by a cutting blade formed at one end edge of each vertical plate.

Therefore, we extended the expansion/contraction mechanism that had been contracted until then, and widened the gap between the hanging pieces at both ends. ,j! ! l
l; Between J {Tay! Distance t between other hanging structures
, wide or j), each hanging i'tljl i,: hanging 1・
-The space between the broken boards was wide, and there were several small pieces of wood that were separated by 10 or 10 pieces.

Minute #i(Hsa,}1 and multiple small pieces of tofu are placed in the water rigari part of each plate. 31 [to be done.

(Example) 1 (' [t1
is earth, two shots I the one cutting separation device {i? Fig. 2 is a view corresponding to the AA cross section in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a cross section BB in Fig.
]-1+- is shown in a state where the interval is shortened.

The ramuta tofu made by coagulating the left 7#L in the Q, 17 chamber is transferred from the container 1 to another container 2, and is turned over by the reversing machine 3 installed in the middle of this container 2. After that, it is sent into the water tank 4.

A large piece of tofu 5 is fed into the water tank 4 from position a in FIG. 1 to position b in the same figure.
The tofu is cut by a cutting blade (not shown) provided between t and b, and divided into a plurality of long strips of tofu 6, 6.

These plurality of tofu 6, 6 are then sent to position d I☆ in the same figure via position C in the same figure, or between position C and position d: 2, tofu 6 is 1 Since a guide (not shown) is provided that allows only one piece of tofu to pass through, only one piece of tofu out of the plurality of tofu pieces 6, 6 is fed to position d in FIG.

The tofu 6 thus fed to position d in Figure 1 is further cut while being fed to position e in the same figure, resulting in 9 pieces of tofu 7, 7 of the size commercially available from Touling. .

The tofu 7, 7 thus obtained are separated at appropriate intervals as shown in the figure, and sent through the shoes 1-8, 8 into the bags 1o, 1o arranged on the container hair 9.

The cutting portion 11i1M of the appearance of the present invention is d position 1 in Figure 1.
By installing it between 1♀ and e position, long beans g in a strip shape can be created.
After cutting the tofu 6 into commercially available size tofu 7, 7, spread the tofu 7, 7 so that it becomes the same as the back 10, 10 of ``2nd Conhair 9-[''. It is something.

The tofu cutting and separating device of the Moku invention, which operates in this manner, has r'5J. a number of hanging pieces 11, 11a, llb, a board suspended on the Y side of each hanging piece 11, 11a, 11b) 112, 12, and the plurality of hanging pieces 11
.
-h A pressing block 14 constitutes a pressing mechanism for pushing the plate pieces 12, 12.

Among the above-mentioned plurality of hanging pieces 11, lla, 111], the hanging pieces 11, 11 existing in the middle part have J]
At the same time as fixing the base end of the connecting bottle 15, there is another one whose base end is fixed to the adjacent hanging piece 11 (or 11a) in the engagement hole 16 provided parallel to the connecting bottle 15. The leading ends of the connecting bottle 15 are loosely interlocked. Each connected bin 15
A flange portion 17 is formed at the tip of each engagement hole 16, and this flange portion 17 is formed at the inner peripheral edge of the opening at one end of each engagement hole 16.
By freely engaging the locking portion 28 in the shape of an inward flange, the tip of each connecting bottle 15 is prevented from slipping out of each engaging hole 16.

However, the hanging piece 11a at one end (the right end in FIG. 2) is
Only the base end of the connecting bottle 15 is fixed, no engagement hole 16 is provided, and the hanging piece 11b at the other end (the left end in the figure) is connected to the connecting bottle 15 fixed to the adjacent hanging piece 1. The connecting pin 15 is only formed by forming an engagement hole 16 for loosely fitting the tip part.
is not fixed.

As a result of connecting the plurality of hanging pieces 11, lla, flb with the connecting pins 15, 15 as described above, the intervals between each hanging piece 11, Ila, jlb are as follows: each connecting pin 15,
It is possible to freely expand and contract within the range in which the tip end of the suspension piece 15 is displaced within the engagement hole 16 of each hanging piece 11, Ila, and 11b. still,
Each of the hanging pieces 11, Ila, and Ilb is connected to a guy 1 to a rail (not shown) so as to be movable along the guide rail.

As mentioned above, on the underside of the hanging pieces 11, Ila, and 1lb, which are freely combined with each other in distance and distance movement, plate pieces 12, 12, which are made by bending a stainless steel plate into a substantially U-shape, are suspended. There is.

Each plate piece 12, 12 is a hanging piece 11, 11a, fib
A mounting base 19 for fixing to the lower surface of the
It consists of a vertical plate part 20 hanging downward from one end edge of the vertical plate part 9, and a horizontal plate part 21 formed by bending the lower edge of the vertical plate part 20 at a right angle. One end edge (the upper end edge in FIG. 3) of the vertical plate portion 20 is formed sharply as shown in FIG. 3, thereby forming a cutting blade 22.

In addition, the air cylinder 13, which has a nine expansion/contraction mechanism that expands/contracts the interval between the plurality of hanging pieces 11, Ila, and 1lb, connects the tip of the piston rod 23 via the bracket 24, as shown in FIG. , is fixed to one end side suspension piece 11a, and the base end of the cylinder portion 25 is fixed to the other end side suspension piece fib via a bracket 26.

As a result, the plurality of hanging pieces 11, 11a, Ilb
is based on the supply and discharge of compressed air to the air cylinder 13,
They slide along guide rails (not shown), and the distance between them is expanded or contracted.

Further, the suppressing block 14 constituting a pressing mechanism for pressing the long strip-shaped tofu 6 from one end edge side where the cutting blades 22, 22 are formed onto the vertical plate portions 20, 20 of each of the plate pieces 12, 12 is configured as described above. It is arranged parallel to a guide rail (not shown), and moves toward and away from the plate pieces 12, 12 while remaining parallel to the guide rail based on the supply and discharge of compressed air to and from an air cylinder (also not shown).

Further, on the side surface of the pressing block 14, the cutting blade 22,
Slits 27, 27 into which the cutting blades 22, 22 can freely enter are formed in the portions facing the cutting blades 22. However, the pitch of each slit 27, 27 is the same as that of the air cylinder 13.
By reducing the total length of the plurality of hanging pieces 11, Ila, j
Each of the above-mentioned cutting blades 2 in the case where the interval between ib is shortest
The pitch is set equal to the pitch of 2 and 22.

Using the tofu cutting and separating apparatus of the present invention configured as described above, the long tofu 6 is cut into strips to obtain tofu 7, 7 of a size that is normally commercially available.
, 7 according to the pitch of the packs 10, 10 into which each tofu 7, 7 is packed is carried out as follows.

First, the entire length of the air cylinder 13 that constitutes the expansion/contraction mechanism is shortened, and the distance between the plurality of hanging pieces 11, lla, and 1lb is shortened, and the air cylinder (not shown) incorporated in the pressing mechanism is extended. By bringing the pressing block 14 constituting the pressing mechanism closer to the plate pieces 12, 12, the long strip-shaped tofu 6 can be hung from each of the hanging pieces 11, Ila,
Vertical plate part 2 of plate pieces 12, 12 suspended from jlb
0, 20, a cutting blade 22 provided on each vertical plate portion 20, 20
, 22 press until they enter the slits 27, 27 of the pressing block 14.

As a result, the long strip-shaped tofu 6 is cut by cutting blades 22 formed at one end edges of the vertical plate portions 2o, 2o of each plate knife 12, 12,
22, the tofu is cut into a plurality of small tofu pieces 7, 7.

Therefore, the air cylinder 13 that constitutes the expansion/contraction mechanism, which had been contracted until then, was expanded, and the hanging pieces 11a, 11+ at both ends were expanded.
), the other hanging pieces 1], 11 existing between the two hanging pieces 11a, llb will also have wider intervals, and each hanging piece 11, Ila, 111] will have a hanging piece. The interval between the plate moons 12, 12 that have been separated is widened, and the plurality of small pieces of noble rot 7, 7 are separated from each other.

Separated chicken 1
, 12 remaining on the horizontal plate portions 21, 21, each of the standing rotors 7, 7 is separated into parts lIiI1 while remaining aligned.

The air cylinder 13 is extended to 1 minute, and each connecting bottle 15 is
A flange portion 17 formed at the tip of each engagement hole 16
, 16, when the distance between the adjacent hanging pieces 11, Ila, 111) is widened until they engage with the locking parts 28, 28 formed on the inner circumferential edges of the ends of the pieces 16, the bitch lJ of Doki Sofu 7, 7, Matches the pitch of the shoe and 8, 8! -5, Move the plate pieces 12, 12 as they are to the shoe 1-8, 8 section, and transfer the tofu 7, 7 from the horizontal plate parts 21, 21 to the shoes 1, 8, 8. Each prefecture 7, 7 is passed through these shikoto 8, 8,
It's possible to squeeze it into 10.

After transferring the cut tofu 7, 7 to shoes 1-8, 8, hanging pieces 11, Ila, i +. Return to the original position and proceed to the next cutting and separation operation.

(Effects of the Invention) The tofu cutting device of the present invention is constructed and operates as described above.9. After cutting the tofu, it is possible to separate the cut tofu while keeping it aligned. Nine, it becomes possible to automate the process of packing cut tofu into bags.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figures 1 to 3 show embodiments of the present invention; Figure 1 is a plan view of a sintering device incorporating the wood cutting machine 1 device of the invention; -A cross section, FIG. 3 is a view showing the B-B cross section of FIG. 2 in a state where the intervals between the plate pieces are shortened. 1, 2 conveyor, 3 reversing machine, 4 water tank, 5, 6, 7
tofu, 8 shoot, 9 conhair, lO back,
11, jla, jlb hanging piece, 12 board piece, 1
3 Air cylinder, 14 Pressing block, 15 Connecting pin, 16 Engagement hole, l7 Flange part, 19 Mounting base,
20 Vertical plate part, 21・Horizontal plate part, 22 Cutting blade, 23 Piston rod, 24, Bracket, 25・Cylinder part,
26 Bracket, 27・Slip 1・, 28 Locking part. 12

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A horizontal plate part is formed by bending at right angle the lower edge of a vertical plate part with a cutting blade formed on one end edge and a plurality of hanging pieces that are freely combined in mutual distance movement, A plate piece suspended from the bottom of each hanging piece, an expansion/contraction mechanism whose entire length is freely expandable and contractable, and whose both ends are connected to the hanging pieces at both ends of the plurality of hanging pieces, and a plate piece suspended from the bottom of each hanging piece; A tofu cutting and separating device comprising a pressing mechanism that presses against the vertical plate portion from one end edge side where a cutting blade is formed.