JPH11318694A - Segment cutter for citrus fruits - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To form a cut on a segment of flesh and simultaneously to easily take out the flesh from segment, in a segment cutter which is used for cutting the segment of large citrus fruits such as Hassaku (a Japanese orange) and Natsumikan (a Chinese citron). SOLUTION: A segment cutter comprises a gripping portion 1, a plate portion 11a connected to the gripping portion 1, a peeling plate 2 mounted continuously from an outer edge of the plate portion 11a, a knife-edge portion 21 counted on one side of the plate portion 11a between the gripping portion 1 and the peeling plate 2, and a peak portion 24a projecting in te segment cutting direction with respect to the knife-edge portion 21 from te peeling plate 2. The width of the peeling plate 2 is backwardly enlarged from the peak portion 24a.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a citrus bag cutter, and more particularly to a bag cutter for cutting out a large citrus pulp bag such as Hassaku and Natsumikan to take out the pulp inside.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Large citrus fruits such as Hassaku and Natsumikan are difficult to peel off because of their thick outer skin, and it is also troublesome to take out the pulp one by one from a pulp bag wrapping the pulp. Many of these large citrus husks have been devised, such as those disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 4-77816. These peelers are provided with a blade for forming a cut in the citrus hull, and if the hull is peeled along the cut formed in the hull by the blade, a thick and hard hull can be easily peeled.

Further, those disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. Sho 60-20330 and Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 5-80413 can form a cut as described above in an outer skin and can cut a pulp bag. It is about a vessel. In the former, by pushing a rod-shaped body provided with a number of blades radially in the vicinity of the tip into the center of the citrus, a notch is formed in the outer skin by the blade and at the same time a cut is formed in the pulp bag. It has become.
The latter has a configuration in which a pair of guide plates are provided at the distal end of the grip portion, and the blade is protruded from between the pair of guide plates so as to advance and retreat like a cutter knife. In this device, a notch can be formed in the outer skin by the blade protruding largely from the guide plate, and the pair of guide plates sandwiches an inner edge located at the center side of the fruit of the pulp bag. By moving the pulp bag from the edge to the end, the pulp bag can be cut along the inner edge by the blade housed between the guide plates.

[0004]

However, in the bag cutter in which the blade is provided radially as in the former case, the side of the pulp bag or the like may be cut out randomly, and the pulp is returned from the pulp bag. There is a disadvantage that it is difficult to take out. Also, in the latter, guide plates are located on both sides of the one side edge, but it is difficult to make an incision with a blade just along the one side edge. Even if the pulp bag can be cut along the pulp bag, the pulp bag remains attached to both sides of the pulp, and the pulp is removed from the pulp bag unless the incised portion is picked with both fingers and peeled off on both sides of the pulp. Can not do.

[0005] The present invention is a bag cutter for peeling a large citrus pulp bag such as Hassaku and summer oranges, so that the pulp can be easily taken out from the pulp bag while forming a cut in the pulp bag. The task is to

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the solution of the present invention is as follows: a grip portion, a plate-shaped portion connected to the grip portion, and an outer portion of the plate-shaped portion. A peeling plate continuously attached to an edge, a blade edge portion provided between the grip portion and the peeling plate on one side of the plate-like portion, and a bag cutting direction from the peeling plate to the blade edge portion. And the peeling plate is formed wider toward the rear from the sharp head. "

The above solution works as follows. A plate-shaped portion is formed so as to protrude from a peripheral surface of the grip portion, and a blade edge portion for cutting a citrus pulp bag is provided on one side of the plate-shaped portion. A peeling plate having a shape wider toward the rear is continuously formed on the outer side of the plate-like portion, and a bag cutting direction (the same direction as the blade tip portion) from the peeling plate to the cutting edge portion is provided. , The point of the tip projects most, and the cutting edge is located at the base end of the point.

In order to incise the pulp bag in which the pulp is wrapped in the bag cutting portion, first, the tip is attached to one end of a ridge portion of the pulp bag which is located on the center side of the fruit. Pierce the other end of the part. Since the pointed head protrudes most from the plate-shaped portion in the bag cutting direction, it can be easily pierced into a predetermined position of the pulp bag, and the pointed tip has a blade edge portion of the plate-shaped portion. When the proximal end portion is inserted between the pulp bag and the pulp, a part of the peeling plate on the side of the pointed head is also inserted between the pulp bag and the pulp. Since the peeling plate is set to have a shape that becomes wider from the pointed head toward the rear, the peeling plate is easily inserted into the pulp bag following the pointed head.

In this state, when the gripping part is moved to the other end along the ridge part, the ridge part of the pulp bag is cut by the blade edge of the plate-like part.
Since the peeling plate is inserted between the side portions of the pulp bag located on both sides of the ridge line portion and the pulp, the pulp bag is separated from the pulp by the peeling plate.

[0010]

According to the present invention having the above configuration, the following specific effects are obtained. Inserting the pointed head protruding from the grip portion into one end of the ridge portion of the pulp bag, and simply moving the grip portion to the other end of the ridge portion as it is, the ridge portion of the pulp bag is incised. , Since both sides of the pulp bag can be separated from the pulp, in citrus fruits,
It is easy to take out the pulp from the pulp bag.

[Others] <Item a> In the above invention, it is preferable that the peeling plate includes a pair of guide plates which are symmetrically spread along the axis of the pointed head and inclined in a direction away from the grip portion. The angle between the guide plates is set slightly larger than the inner angle in the cross section of the citrus pulp]
For example, as the guide plate, a triangular shape having a vertex located near the cusp, and along the axis of the cusp, one side following the vertex is located and another side is located at the rear end. A single plate can be employed. The pair of triangular plate bodies are both inclined about the one side in a direction away from the grip portion, and as a whole, a substantially V-shaped release plate is opened in a direction opposite to the grip portion. Is configured.

The guide plates of the peeling plate are respectively inserted between the pulp bag and the pulp on both sides of the ridge portion. Since the angles between the guide plates are as described above, both side portions of the pulp bag are separated from both side surfaces of the pulp by the guide plates. <Item b> In the item a, the gripping portion may include a second plate-shaped portion, a second peeling plate continuously attached to an outer edge of the second plate-shaped portion, A peeling portion including a second cutting edge provided on one side of the second plate-like portion between the gripping portion and the second peeling plate, the second peeling being performed. The plate is formed wider toward the rear, and the length of the second cutting edge portion is set to be larger than the thickness of the citrus skin. " In this embodiment, a skin cut portion for peeling is provided. In order to peel the citrus skin at the skin cutting portion, the outer edge of the second cutting edge portion is pierced into the skin, until it reaches the pulp bag, and in this state, the grip portion is moved along the surface of the skin. Move. Thereby, the outer skin is incised by the second blade edge portion, and a second peeling plate continuous with the outer edge of the second plate-shaped portion is inserted between the outer skin and the pulp bag. Will be done. The outer skin is separated from the pulp bag by the second release plate. In addition, since the length of the cutting edge is set to be larger than the thickness of the outer skin of large citrus fruits such as summer oranges, there is no inconvenience that the outer end of the second cutting edge does not reach the pulp bag.

As described above, the outer skin can be set in a state of being separated from the pulp bag in advance without forcibly peeling it from the pulp bag. Even if it is a thick and hard large citrus, there is an effect that the outer skin can be easily peeled off without applying force. <C section> In the above section b, in which "an arc-shaped third cutting edge is formed between the peeling plate and the second peeling plate at one end of the gripping portion", By the cutting edge portion, a cut can be formed in a small pulp bag into which the peeling plate cannot be inserted, or the cut can be inserted between the cut formed in the outer skin and the outer skin can be further effectively peeled. . <Item d> In each of the above items, in the case of “constituted by integral molding of synthetic resin”, it is easy to manufacture a bag cutter, and since each blade is not a metal blade, the hand is inadvertently damaged. Not even. Even if the blade is made of a synthetic resin, there is no problem in the cutting function if the blade is set to have sufficient strength to cut the citrus skin or pulp bag.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.
This will be described together with the illustrated example. The embodiment of the present invention relates to a bag cutter provided with a skin cutting portion for peeling the outer skin, and FIG. 1 is a side view thereof, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG. The grip part (1) is formed in an elongated flat bar shape, one end of which is a grip part (10) molded into a shape that can be easily gripped by hand, and the other end is a grip part (1).
This is a thin substrate portion (11) that is continuous with 0).

On both sides of the substrate portion (11) of the grip portion (1), plate-like portions (11a) and (11b) project integrally, and one side of each plate-like portion (11a) (11b). At the end, the first and second cutting edges (21) (2)
2) are respectively formed so as to face the grip portion (10). An arc-shaped third cutting edge (23) is provided between the two plate-like portions (11a) and (11b) and at the end of the substrate portion (11) corresponding to the other end of the holding portion (1). Is formed.

Each of the first and second cutting edges (21) and (22) has an outer end portion which is larger than the inner end portion of the grip portion (1).
0) and slightly inclined in the direction approaching the second cutting edge (22).
Is used to peel the outer skin of large citrus fruits such as summer oranges and Hassaku, and its horizontal length is set to about 7.0 mm, which is approximately equal to the thickness of the outer skin of the large citrus fruits.
The first cutting edge portion (21) is used for incising the pulp bag after the citrus peel has been peeled, and has a lateral length of about 3.5.
mm.

At the outer end of the first cutting edge (21), a needle-like portion (24) having a pointed tip (24a) is attached to the first cutting edge (21).
Is provided so as to protrude further toward the grip portion (10), and the peeling plate (2) is moved along the needle-like portion (24) by the grip portion (1).
It is provided symmetrically with respect to. As shown in FIG. 2, the peeling plate (2) has a top located at the pointed tip (24a) and one side continuous to the top along the needle-like portion (24), and has a third cutting edge ( 23) having a pair of substantially right-angled triangular guide plates (2a) and (2b) whose bases are located near the base end thereof, with the one side serving as a fulcrum in a direction away from the grip part (1). Each of them is inclined to form a generally V-shaped cross section as shown in FIG.

The outer end of the plate-like portion (11b) has a substantially triangular second portion extending from the second cutting edge (22) to the base end of the third cutting edge (23) as shown in FIG. The peeling plate (25) is formed. Next, how to peel the skin of large citrus fruits such as summer oranges and hasaku using the bag cutter of the present invention will be described.

First, in order to peel the outer skin, the grip portion (10) is held by hand, and as shown in FIG. 5, the tip of the outer edge of the second cutting edge portion (22) is attached to the outer edge of the citrus skin (3). When the tip portion pierces the vicinity of the top and reaches the outer surface of the pulp bag (30), the gripper (1) is pulled down along the outer surface of the citrus as it is. As a result, the outer blade (3) has the second cutting edge
A cut (4) reaching the pulp bag (30) is formed by (22), and a second peeling plate (25) is provided between the inner surface of the outer skin (3) and the outer surface of the pulp bag (30). By being intervened,
The outer skin (3) is separated from the outer surface of the pulp bag (30) and
(40) will be formed.

As described above, the outer skin is formed by the second cutting edge portion (22).
At the same time as forming the notch (4) in (3),
On both sides of (4), a separating portion (40) is formed in which the outer skin (3) is separated from the pulp bag (30), so that the second cutting edge ( 22) cut (4) and second cut
If the separation part (40) by the peeling plate (25) is formed,
The skin (3) between the cuts (4) and cuts (4) is a pulp bag
(30), it is easy to peel off from the citrus.If a nail is inserted between the cut (4) near the top of the citrus and the cut (4) and the outer skin (3) is peeled off, a thick wall is obtained. Even a hard outer skin (3) can be easily and beautifully peeled off.

Next, the pulp bag (30) from which the outer skin (3) has been removed
The method of extracting the pulp (32) from the fruit will be described. First,
As shown in FIG. 6, one end of a ridge portion (31) located on the center side of the fruit in the pulp bag (30) protrudes more toward the grip portion (10) than the first cutting edge portion (21). Needle (24)
a) The diameter of the pointed head (24a) is about 1.7mm
The ridge (3) of the pulp bag (30)
1) can be easily pierced.

After piercing, the needle-like portion (24) is inserted between the pulp bag (30) and the pulp (32) to its base end. Then, while the 1st cutting edge part (21) abuts on the edge of the ridgeline part (31),
A part of the first peeling plate (2) on the side of the pointed head (24a) is inserted into the pulp bag (30). In this state, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 8, when the grip portion (1) is pulled toward the other end of the ridge portion (31), the ridge portion (31) is cut by the first cutting edge portion (21), and as shown in FIG. The guide plates (2a) and (2b) of the first peeling plate (2) are connected to the pulp bags (30) on both sides of the ridge portion (31).
And the pulp (32). As described above, the pulp bag (30) is separated from the pulp (32) in the vicinity of both sides of the ridge portion (31), so that the pulp bag (3
0) is easily removed from the pulp (32), and the pulp (32) is easily removed from the pulp bag (30).

It is assumed that the grip portion (1) is manufactured by integral molding of a synthetic resin. First cutting edge (21), second cutting edge
(22) Each of the cutting edges of the third cutting edge portion (23) is only formed by sharply shaping the resin, but the strength of the resin is set to be strong enough to cut the large citrus skin (3). If it is set to, the outer skin (3) can be incised without any problem even with a resin blade. Also, the ridge portion (31) is the first cutting edge portion.
According to (21), the folded paper can be cut in the manner of cutting with a paper knife, and can be cut more easily along the ridgeline (31) than with a metal blade. or,
It is also possible to make an incision at a position slightly shifted from the ridge line (31).

Cut the outer skin (3) at the second cutting edge (22) (4)
If the outer skin (3) is still difficult to peel even after forming, the third cutting edge (23) is inserted horizontally between the notch (4) and the notch (4), and the outer skin (3) is The outer skin (3) can be more easily peeled off by pulling it away from the outer surface of the inner pulp bag (30). Also, the third cutting edge (23) may be used to cut off the curled portion of the fruit or to form a cut in a small pulp bag (30) into which the guide plates (2a) and (2b) cannot be inserted. Can also.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a bag cutter according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 shows the bag cutter according to the embodiment of the present invention in a substrate portion (11).
The perspective view seen from the side.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of a second release plate.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of a use state showing a state in which the skin of a citrus is peeled by a peeling part provided in the bag cutter according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 shows a needle-shaped portion (24) of the bag cutter according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Is an explanatory view showing a state in which is pierced into one end of a citrus pulp bag.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the pulp bag is cut by the bag cutter according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 7;

[Explanation of symbols]

 (1) ・ ・ ・ ・ Grip (11a) ・ ・ ・ ・ Plate (21) ・ ・ ・ Cutting edge (24a) ・ ・ ・ ・ Point (2) ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Peel-off plate In the drawings, the same reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts.

Claims (5)

[Claims] A grip portion, a plate-shaped portion connected to the grip portion, a peeling plate continuously attached to an outer edge of the plate portion, and a grip on one side of the plate portion. A cutting edge portion provided between the portion and the peeling plate, and a pointed tip projecting from the peeling plate in the bag cutting direction than the blade edge portion, wherein the peeling plate faces rearward from the sharpened point. Citrus bag cutter characterized by being formed wide. 2. The peeling plate comprises a pair of guide plates which spread symmetrically along the axis of the pointed head and which are inclined in a direction away from the grip portion, wherein an angle between the guide plates is The citrus bag cutter according to claim 1, wherein the citrus pulp is set to be larger than an inner angle in a cross section of the citrus pulp. 3. A second plate-like portion, a second peeling plate continuously attached to an outer edge of the second plate-like portion, and the second plate-like portion, A peeling portion comprising a second blade edge portion for slicing provided between the gripping portion and the second peeling plate on one side, and the second peeling plate is provided on the rear side. The citrus bag cutter according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the second cutting edge portion is formed to be wider toward the outside and the length of the second cutting edge portion is set to be larger than the thickness of the citrus outer skin. 4. The citrus according to claim 3, wherein an arc-shaped third cutting edge is formed between the peeling plate and the second peeling plate at one end of the gripping portion. Bag cutter. 5. The citrus bag cutter according to claim 1, wherein the citrus bag cutter is formed by integral molding of a synthetic resin.