DE102016117308B3 - Device for locally cutting the pelage of a sausage - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device (10) for locally cutting the pel of a sausage (11), in particular a grilled sausage, wherein the sausage (11) during the incision along a sausage path (38) guided in the device (10) is movable, and the Device (10) is formed, with a base body (13) and a first rotary body (26) which is rotatably mounted on the base body (13) and has means (34) for cutting the Pelle of the sausage (11), wherein a second rotary body (28) having means (34) for cutting the pel of the sausage (11), rotatably mounted on the base body (13) is arranged, wherein the first rotary body (26) and the second rotary body (28) spaced from each other and are arranged on opposite sides of the sausage path (38).

Description

The invention relates to a device for locally cutting the length of a sausage, in particular a grilled sausage, wherein the sausage during the cutting process along a sausage path guided in and / or along the device is movable and the device is formed with a base body and with a first rotating body, which is rotatably mounted on the base body and has means for cutting the Pelle of the sausage.

From the DE 102 39 011 A1 , of the US 2007/0037503 A1 and the DE 203 04 289 U1 Devices are known with features of the preamble.

State of the art

The US 3,116,514 A shows a cutting device for Frankfurter, wherein the incising device has smooth blades that produce a spiral-shaped circumferential cutting pattern.

From the DE 24 02 681 A1 a device for slicing sausages with a rotary body is known.

From the JP H02-59296 A a device for cutting sausages is known, which is intended in particular for cutting sausage chains.

The US 2 263 869 A describes a device for slitting sausages and the US 5,746,106 A describes a device for the superficial cutting of sausage-like meat products, which is provided with funnel-like arranged cutting elements.

Also known from the market are devices that have a roller with means for cutting the pelage of the sausage and are passed manually over a sausage to cut their pelage.

The cutting of the pelts of the sausage is usually carried out in order to escape gases which arise during heating, in particular when grilling, the sausage, for example by the evaporation of liquids in the pelage of the sausage, created controlled. With a completely or predominantly closed pelle, these gases can not escape through the pelple, which in turn leads to bursting of the pelt of the sausage. With the bursting is an ugly and unappetizing appearance of the prepared sausage accompanied.

By targeted local cutting of the sausage pelts such bursting can be avoided. The sausage gets so in the prepared state an appetizing appearance. By local incision in the sense of the present invention, it is meant that the pelage of the sausage is severed only locally and this transection does not extend over the entire circumference of the sausage. The term incising is presently not restrictive to understand, even a piercing in the sense of piercing falls under the concept of cutting. The means for cutting the pel of the sausage can be formed like a blade, but they can also have individual needle-like elements, which are arranged for example at a small distance along a line. In such an arrangement, the pelage of the sausage is pierced at several closely spaced locations, forming a kind of incision. By cutting in this case, the local severing of the pele is to be understood here at least essentially along a line.

In known devices for cutting the length of a sausage, there is the problem that the cutting process can not be performed efficiently and with consistent quality. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an efficiently operating device with which the pelage of a sausage can be cut in a reproducible, efficient and rapid manner.

This object is achieved by a device having the features of claim 1. The device according to the invention is characterized in that a second rotation body, which has means for cutting the pel of the sausage, is rotatably mounted on the base body, wherein the first rotation body and the second rotation body are arranged at a distance from each other and on opposite sides of the sausage path, wherein at least one of the rotary bodies, in particular both rotary bodies, comprises a plurality of blade-like cutters forming the means for cutting the pel of the sausage, the cutters having serrated or wavy blades with a plurality of peaks and / or ripples distributed over their respective lengths , The tips or wave-like elevations of the blades cause the pelage of the sausage to be pierced by these particularly efficiently and then the slowly widening peaks or wave-like elevation further cut the pierced portion of the sausage pel, resulting in a particularly efficient cut through the sausage pel.

It is particularly preferred when the blades intersect. This results in an attractive and very efficient Cross-cut pattern with the incised sausages. Preferably, at least one of the intersecting blades has a peak or a wave-like elevation at the point of intersection or crossing points. It is particularly preferred if both blades have a peak or wave-like elevation in the crossing point. This ensures a particularly efficient piercing of the sausage pel.

For the purposes of the present application, the sausage path means that path on which the sausage moves during the cutting process. The sausage path thus represents the trajectory of the sausage during a cutting process. It is to be understood here that the direction of the sausage on this sausage path is predetermined at least locally by elements guiding the movement. This guide can also be given exclusively by the two rotation body. However, it is advantageous if the device comprises further movement-guiding elements. The sausage is thus introduced at the beginning of the incision process so to speak in the sausage path and their path is then given on the sausage path until the sausage is cut.

Due to the two rotational bodies arranged on opposite sides of the sausage path, the sausage is cut on both sides during its movement along the sausage path, wherein the rotational bodies have a predetermined distance from each other, whereby the depth of the cut is determined. As a result, the sausage to be cut can be cut on two sides in a single step and this with a high reproducibility and high speed. Preferably, one of the rotary bodies is manually rotatable via an actuating device. The actuating device is preferably designed like a crank. In this way, the rotary body can be brought into rotation in a simple manner and thereby a cutting of the sausage can be realized together with a propulsion of the sausage by the manually driven rotation of the rotating body. If no such actuator provided, it is still within the meaning of the invention, when the sausage is pushed through between the bodies of rotation along the sausage path and thereby the cutting of the sausage takes place. In this case, so the inserted sausage puts the rotating body in rotation. The actuator thus represents an advantageous but not mandatory development.

It is also advantageous if the first rotary body and / or the second rotary body is mounted so slidably on the base body or are that the distance between axes of rotation of the two rotary body by a displacement of a rotary body or both rotary body is adjustable. Preferably, at least one of the rotary bodies is movable along a gap in the main body, which preferably extends substantially orthogonal to the sausage path. It is preferred if the other rotary body is arranged along the extension direction of the gap. If the distance between the two rotational bodies can be adjusted, then the device can be adapted to diameters of different sausages. For example, such a device can be used as well for cutting a "red" as for cutting a "Nürnbergerle". In addition, can be adjusted by the displaceability of the rotary body, the incision depth quasi arbitrary. It is preferred if the displaceability of the rotational body or the rotational body is such that the one or more displaceable rotational body along a line on which both rotational body are displaced.

In an advantageous embodiment of the device according to the invention, the base body comprises a foot portion from which a plate-like formed section, when the device is in an operating position, extends vertically upwards, wherein the rotary bodies are arranged on one side of the plate-like portion. The foot portion forms a secure stand for the device and the plate-like portion allows attachment of the rotary body in an advantageous and cost-effective manner. A possibly existing actuating device for the rotary body is advantageously arranged on the opposite side of the rotary bodies of the plate-like portion. This prevents that upon actuation of the actuator, a user of the device is injured by the rotary body. Advantageously, on the plate-like portion also a covering device is present, which encloses the rotation body, so that it is prevented that a user can bring his hand in the region of the rotation body.

It is also advantageous if the axes of rotation of the rotary body in the operating position of the device are substantially in a horizontal plane, preferably that at least one of the rotary body is slidably mounted in the horizontal plane. In this way, the sausage path in the operating position of the device extends quasi vertically downwards between the rotating bodies. As a result, the sausage is transported along the sausage path also gravitationally supported. The transport of sausage along the sausage path is made simpler and requires less feed.

In an advantageous embodiment, a sausage guide section, in particular in the operating position of the device, is arranged above the rotation body and, viewed in front of the sausage path, in front of the rotation bodies, the sausage guide section preferably being tubular. This embodiment is particularly advantageous in combination with the above-mentioned cover. The cover has the sausage guide section. In the sausage guide section, the sausage to be cut in is introduced and from there guided along the sausage path to the bodies of rotation, where the incising process then takes place. The sausage guide section is a movement-guiding element. Preferably, the sausage guide section is designed like a tube as already explained above. The tubular sausage guide section ensures that a user of the device can not advance his fingers as far as the bodies of revolution. As a result, a possibility of injury is avoided.

In an advantageous embodiment of the device according to the invention, at least one of the rotational bodies comprises a penetration depth limiting device, in particular arranged centrally in the rotational body relative to the rotational axis of the rotational body. Advantageously, all rotary bodies have such a penetration depth limiting device. The Eindringtiefenbegrenzungseinrichtung is preferably formed like a disk. The Eindringtiefenbegrenzungseinrichtung forms a stop, which prevents the means for cutting the sausage penetrate too deep into the sausage. The Eindringtiefenbegrenzungseinrichtung prevents the means for cutting the sausage penetrate too deep into the sausage and the sausage is inadvertently severed locally completely. As a result, a reproducible and well-defined result of Einschneidevorgangs is possible.

It is particularly advantageous that the blade-like cutting devices extend at an angle between 10 ° and 50 °, preferably between 15 ° and 40 °, preferably between 20 ° and 30 ° to the axis of rotation of the rotary body. As a result, a particularly efficient cut is achieved by the cutting devices during rotation of the rotary body and achieved a particularly clean cut on the sausage.

It is also advantageous if a portion of the sausage path is bounded on a first side by the first rotary body and on a second side by the second rotary body and is limited on a third side by a, preferably rod-like, limiting device such that guided along the sausage path Sausage on the side of the limiting device can not escape between the bodies of revolution. It is also advantageous if on the opposite side of the limb sausage path of the already mentioned plate-like portion of the device is arranged, said plate-like portion of the device then escape the sausage to this the limiting device opposite side the sausage path prevented. In this configuration, therefore, the plate-like portion is a movement-guiding elements. As a result, the sausage is urged by the restriction device on one side and the plate-like portion on the other side between the rotation body and can escape on either side, so that the sausage on their full length is cut locally during the cutting process.

Other features, applications and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description of exemplary embodiments of the invention, which are explained with reference to the drawing, wherein the features both alone and in different combinations for the invention may be important, without again explicitly pointed out becomes. Show it:

1 a perspective view of the device seen from the front;

2 a representation accordingly 1 with cover removed;

3 a perspective view of the device 1 and 2 seen from behind;

4 a detailed view of the removed cover;

5 a rotation body shown individually and enlarged;

6 two rotating bodies partially and individually shown; and

7 a schematic representation of the Einschneidevorgangs in which a sausage moves between the rotating bodies.

A device according to the invention carries in 1 Overall, the reference number 10 , The device 10 is intended for cutting a sausage 11 , The device 10 has a foot section 12 , the part of a body 13 forms, and a plate-like section 14 on. The foot section 12 forms a lower end of the body 13 or the device 10 , At one of the foot section 12 opposite upper end of the device 10 is a handle section 16 arranged. The grip section 16 includes a handle opening 18 , At the plate-like section 14 is a cover 20 arranged. The cover 20 is detachable to the plate-like section 14 appropriate. The cover 20 comprises a tube-shaped sausage guide section 22 ,

2 shows the device 10 out 1 with removed cover 20 , The cover 20 is about the in 2 visible screw holes 24 on the plate-like section 14 fixable. With the cover removed 20 are a first rotation body 26 and a second body of revolution 28 visible, noticeable. The first rotation body 26 is about a rotation axis 30 rotatably mounted on the plate-like portion 14 the device 10 arranged and the second body of revolution 28 is about a second axis of rotation 32 rotatably supported on the plate-like portion of the device 10 arranged. The first rotation body 26 and the second rotation body 28 each have funds 34 for cutting the pelt of the sausage 11 on. These funds 34 for cutting the pelt of the sausage 11 be subsequently with regard to 5 and 6 further explained in detail.

Relative to the first axis of rotation 30 in the center of the first body of revolution 26 is a penetration depth limiting device 36 in the first rotation body 26 arranged. Between the two bodies of revolution 26 and 28 runs a sausage path 38 , which is shown schematically by an arrow with the corresponding reference numeral. The sausage path corresponds to the path the sausage made 11 takes when it is cut in the device.

In 3 is the device 10 from the 1 and 2 shown in a perspective view from behind. It can be seen that on the rotation body 26 and 28 opposite side of the plate-like portion 14 a crank-type actuator 40 is arranged. With the crank-type actuator 40 can be the first rotation body 26 set in rotation, which is indicated by an arrow with the reference numeral 42 is shown schematically. The actuating device 40 is manually by a user of the device 10 operable. The second rotation body 28 is via a fastening mechanism 44 , which in the present case is designed as a screw, on the plate-like section 14 of the basic body 13 arranged. About the attachment mechanism 44 can the second body of revolution 28 move. The displaceability is through a gap 46 guaranteed. The gap 46 extends along a line 47 on which the two axes of rotation 30 and 32 the rotational body lie. By temporarily loosening the fastening device 44 can the second body of revolution 28 along the gap 46 move. As a result, the distance between the first rotation body 26 and the second rotary body 28 be set.

In 4 is the cover 20 enlarged and shown in detail from the inside. The sausage path 38 is again by an arrow 38 characterized. It is evident that within the cover 20 a limitation device 50 is arranged. If the cover 20 on the body 13 is appropriate, so is a section 51 (shown in the figure with reference numerals) of the sausage path 38 on a first side through the first body of revolution 26 and on a second side through the second rotary body 28 limited. On a third page turn is the just mentioned section 51 the sausage path through the limiting device 50 , which is formed in the present rod-like, so limited that along the sausage path 38 guided moving sausage 11 on the part of the limitation device 50 not between the bodies of revolution 26 and 28 can escape. On the limiting device 50 opposite side of the sausage path 38 is the section 51 of the sausage path 38 through the plate-like section 14 of the basic body 13 so limited that the sausage 11 also on this side not between the bodies of revolution 26 . 28 can escape. The sausage 11 So along the sausage path 38 is moved, so is between limiting device 50 and basic body 13 or its plate-like section 14 so limited that they are between the bodies of revolution 26 and 28 through. This will be a complete cutting of the sausage 11 ensured.

In operation of the device 10 is the sausage to be cut 11 in the tube-like sausage guide section 22 introduced. From there it moves along the sausage path 38 between the plate-like section 14 of the basic body 13 and the limiting device 50 therethrough. And at the same time between the first body of revolution 26 and the second rotary body 28 is passed. The movement of the sausage 11 takes place in that by means of the actuating device 40 the first rotation body 26 is set in rotation. This will drive the sausage 11 along the sausage path 38 , The means 34 for cutting the sausage 11 cut through the pelage of sausage 11 and make sure that the sausage 11 on both, the bodies of revolution 26 . 28 facing sides is cut.

5 shows the first body of revolution 26 individually and in detail. The on the first rotation body 26 arranged means for cutting the sausage 11 are in there 5 shown in detail. Well recognizable is that the funds 34 for cutting the sausage with respect to the axis of rotation 30 centered by the penetration depth limitation 36 are separated. The means for cutting the Wurstpelle are present by blade-like cutting devices 56 formed, of which only a few bear a reference numeral. The blade-like cutting devices 56 have jagged blades 58 on. Each of several distributed over their length tips 60 exhibit. The blades 58 intersect each other and would, if the Eindringtiefenbegrenzung 38 not in the rotation body 26 would be arranged, each having a peak in their crossing point. This is in the correspondingly formed second rotary body 28 the case, how out 6 seen. The blade-like cutting devices 56 run at an angle 66 of substantially 25 ° to the axis of rotation 30 ,

In 6 are both rotational bodies 26 and 28 shown. It can be seen that on the second rotary body 28 in the intersections of the blade-like cutters 56 both intersecting cutters 56 one tip each 60 the blades 58 exhibit.

7 shows schematically how the sausage 11 along the sausage path 38 between the rotating bodies 26 and 28 is performed, wherein the device 10 is shown cut along the sausage path. At the sausage 11 is an incision 68 , as it is caused by the rotation body, shown schematically.

Claims (9)

Contraption ( 10 ) for locally cutting the pelage of a sausage ( 11 ), in particular a grilled sausage, the sausage ( 11 ) during the incision process along a sausage path ( 38 ) guided in and / or along the device ( 10 ) is movable, and the device ( 10 ) is formed with a base body ( 13 ) and a first rotary body ( 26 ) rotatably mounted on the base body ( 13 ) and means ( 34 ) for cutting the pelt of the sausage ( 11 ), wherein a second body of revolution ( 28 ), the funds ( 34 ) for cutting the pelt of the sausage ( 11 ), rotatably mounted on the base body ( 13 ), wherein the first rotation body ( 26 ) and the second rotational body ( 28 ) spaced from each other and on opposite sides of the sausage path ( 38 ) are arranged, characterized in that at least one of the rotational body ( 26 . 28 ) several blade-like cutting devices ( 56 ), the funds ( 34 ) for cutting the pelt of the sausage ( 11 ), the cutting devices ( 56 ) serrated or wavy blades ( 58 ) having a plurality of tips distributed over their respective lengths ( 60 ) and / or wave-like elevations. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the first body of revolution ( 26 ) and / or the second body of revolution ( 28 ) so displaceable on the base body ( 13 ) is or are that the distance between axes of rotation ( 30 . 32 ) of the two bodies of revolution ( 26 . 28 ) by a displacement of a rotational body ( 28 ) or both bodies of revolution ( 26 . 28 ) is adjustable, preferably that at least one of the rotational body ( 28 ) along a gap ( 46 ) in the body ( 13 ), which is preferably substantially orthogonal to the sausage path (FIG. 38 ) is movable, preferably, and the other rotary body ( 28 ) along the extension direction of the gap ( 46 ) is arranged. Device according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that the basic body ( 13 ) a foot section ( 12 ), from which a plate-like section (FIG. 14 ) in an operating position of the device ( 10 ) extends vertically upwards and the rotational body ( 26 . 28 ) on the plate-like section ( 14 ) are arranged. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the axes of rotation ( 30 . 32 ) the rotating body ( 26 . 28 ) in the operating position of the device ( 10 ) lie substantially in a horizontal plane, preferably that at least one of the rotational bodies ( 28 ) is arranged displaceably mounted in the horizontal plane. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that a sausage guide section ( 22 ), in particular in the operating position of the device ( 10 ) above the rotation body ( 26 . 28 ) and, along the sausage path ( 38 ) seen in front of the bodies of revolution ( 26 . 28 ), wherein the sausage guide section ( 22 ) is preferably tubular. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one of the rotary bodies ( 26 . 28 ) one, in particular with respect to the axis of rotation ( 30 ) in the center of the body of revolution ( 26 ), Eindringtiefenbegrenzungseinrichtung ( 36 ), which is preferably formed like a disk. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the blades ( 58 ) intersect, preferably and that at the point of intersection of two blades ( 58 ) one of the blades ( 58 ), in particular both intersecting blades ( 58 ), a peak ( 60 ) or has wave-like elevation or have. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the blade-like cutting devices ( 56 ) at an angle ( 60 ) between 10 ° and 50 °, preferably between 15 ° and 40 °, preferably between 20 ° and 30 °, to the rotation axis ( 30 . 32 ) the rotating body ( 26 . 28 ). Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that a section ( 51 ) of the sausage path ( 38 ) on a first side through the first body of revolution ( 26 ) and on a second side by the second rotary body ( 28 ) is limited and on a third side by a, preferably rod-like, limiting device ( 50 ) is limited so that the along the sausage path ( 38 ) guided sausage ( 11 ) on the side of the limiting device ( 50 ) not between the bodies of revolution ( 26 . 28 ) can escape.

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