JP2011101924A - Spherical fruit and vegetable cutting device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a spherical fruit and vegetable cutting device capable of automatically and efficiently performing work to cut a large quantity of onions and other spherical fruits and vegetables by radially dividedlly cutting like comb-cutting. <P>SOLUTION: The spherical fruit and vegetable cutting device is constituted of a stand 1, a container body 3 with a cover having a discharge port 2 at a lower end and supported by the stand 1, a rotating body 5 rotatably arranged in the container body 3, and a drive means 6 installed on an outside face of the container body 3 to rotate and drive the rotating body 5. The rotating body 5 has one or a plurality of cutters 13 in a peripheral edge to cut the fruits and vegetables fed according to the rotation by guiding the fruits and vegetables to the cutters 13 by a centrifugal force to press the fruits and vegetables. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention is a spherical fruit vegetable cutting device, more specifically, spherical vegetables and fruits such as onions and tomatoes can be efficiently and, for example, uniformly combed using a centrifugal force generated by rotation. The present invention relates to a spherical fruit vegetable cutting device that can be cut.

  Currently, many restaurant chain stores require speed from receiving an order to serving food. This is to deal with those who cannot take enough time for lunch, such as office workers, especially in a specialty store such as a gyudon restaurant, which is as fast as a so-called fast food restaurant. It has been.

  In this specialty store, even if there are multiple menus, the vegetables to be used are almost decided, and in order to realize the speed of food provision, the vegetables must be cut in large quantities and quickly. Is required. For example, beef bowl requires a large amount of so-called chopped onions.

  If you try to cut this large amount of onion by hand, it will naturally increase a lot of time and labor costs, and this work will be done because allyl sulfide, one of the components of onion, will be in your eyes. Hated. Therefore, there has been a need for a cutting device that automatically and efficiently cuts a large amount of onion. However, a cutting device that can sufficiently meet this requirement has not been provided.

JP 2003-181795 A

  As described above, conventionally, there has not been provided a cutting device for automatically and efficiently cutting a large amount of onions. Therefore, the present invention has an object to provide a spherical fruit vegetable cutting apparatus capable of automatically and efficiently performing a work of cutting a large amount of onion and other spherical fruit vegetables by radial division cutting such as comb cutting. To do.

  The invention according to claim 1 for solving the above-mentioned problems is a stand, a container having a cover having a discharge port at a lower end and supported by the stand, and a rotation rotatably disposed in the container. And a driving means that is installed on the outer surface of the container and rotationally drives the rotating body. The rotating body has one or a plurality of cutters at its peripheral edge and is inserted along with the rotation. It is a spherical fruit vegetable cutting device characterized by cutting the produced fruit vegetables by guiding them to the cutter with a centrifugal force and pressing them.

  In a preferred embodiment, the rotating body includes a circular plate connected to a drive shaft of the drive means, an annular plate facing the circular plate, and a guide frame sandwiched between the circular plate and the annular plate. The cutter is sandwiched between the circular plate and the annular plate. The guide frame has at least one guide passage for guiding fruit vegetables to the cutter by centrifugal force, and the cutter is disposed at an end of the guide passage.

  Further, in a preferred embodiment, a cutter holding hole is formed at each corresponding position of the circular plate and the annular plate, and a part of the cutter is formed in the cutter holding hole of the circular plate and the cutter holding hole of the annular plate. It is clamped by fitting.

  In a preferred embodiment, the cutter has a plurality of blades arranged radially in an annular frame, and an upper surface of the radially arranged blade group in the cutter has a mortar shape. A space is provided below the blade group arranged radially in the cutter.

  Furthermore, in a preferred embodiment, the guide frame has a cross beam shape and has four guide passages.

  The present invention is as described above, and has a simple configuration and can be supplied at a relatively low cost. The rotating body in the container has one or a plurality of cutters at the peripheral edge, and is inserted along with the rotation. Since the cut fruit vegetables are cut by being guided to the cutter by the centrifugal force and pressed, it is possible to cut a large amount of onions and other spherical fruit vegetables with radial division cutting such as comb cutting with a simple operation. This can be done automatically and efficiently, so that the human labor and cost required for the work can be greatly reduced.

It is a front view showing one embodiment of the present invention. It is a side view which shows one Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the principal part of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the principal part of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the structural example of the cutter in one Embodiment of this invention. It is the sectional view on the AA line in FIG.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The spherical fruit vegetable cutting apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a stand 1, a container 3 that is supported vertically or obliquely on the stand 1, a discharge port 2 formed at the lower end, and a container 3 that is rotatable. The rotary body 5 includes a rotary body 5 and a motor 6 that is installed on the outer surface of the container 3 and that drives the rotary body to rotate. In the figure, 21 indicates an operation panel, and 22 indicates a collection container.

  The container 3 has a detachable cover 4. The container 3 has a lower portion of the circular rotating body 5 housing portion extending downwardly in a tapered state, and a lower end serving as a discharge port 2. The cover 4 has a shape corresponding to the shape of the container 3, and a lid 7 for introducing the fruit vegetables V to be processed into the central part, in other words, the rotating part 5 storage part corresponding part of the container 3. Prepare.

  The rotating body 5 includes a circular plate 9, an annular plate 10 disposed to face the circular plate 9, a guide frame 11 sandwiched between the circular plate 9 and the annular plate 10, the circular plate 9 and the annular plate 10. And a cutter 13 held between the two. The circular plate 9 is provided with a shaft tube 14 for attaching the drive shaft of the motor 6 at the center thereof, and the drive shaft 6a of the motor 6 protruding through the container 3 is inserted and fixed therein.

  The guide frame 11 has at least one guide passage 12 extending outward from the center, and the cutter 13 is disposed at an end of the guide passage 12. The illustrated guide frame 11 has a cross beam shape and has four guide passages 12. Usually, the guide frame 11 is fixed to the circular plate 9, and the annular plate 10 is attached to the upper surface thereof by screwing or the like.

  The cutter 13 disposed at the end of the guide passage 12 and held between the circular plate 9 and the annular plate 10 is formed by radially arranging a large number of blades 19 in an annular frame 18 (particularly FIG. 5). The comb width varies depending on the number of the blades 19. Therefore, by preparing cutters 13 having different numbers of blades 19 and making them exchangeable, it is possible to cope with various processed products.

  In a preferred embodiment, rectangular cutter holding holes 16 and 17 are typically formed at corresponding positions of the circular plate 9 and the annular plate 10 at the end of the guide passage 12, respectively. The cutter 13 is held between the annular plate 10 and the cutter holding hole 16.

  In that case, a part of the cutter 13 is first loaded by exposing a part of the cutter 13 from the cutter holding hole 16 of the circular plate 9 installed in the container 3 with the drive shaft 6a of the motor 6 being inserted and fixed to the shaft cylinder 14. The annular plate 10 is attached to the guide frame 11 so that a part of the opposite side is exposed from the cutter holding hole 17 and is held between the circular plate 9 and the annular plate 10. The cutter 13 is loaded so that the upper surface of the blade 19 faces inward.

  Moreover, it is preferable that each blade 19 of the cutter 13 has a shape inclined downward from the outside toward the center on the upper surface side (particularly, refer to FIG. 6), and the upper surface of the group of blades 19 has a shallow mortar shape. In such a case, the fruits and vegetables V to be cut are always cut at the center position of the cutter 13, and uniform cutting is possible. Furthermore, the lower end of each blade 19 does not extend to the lower end portion of the annular frame 18 but extends from the upper side to the vicinity of the intermediate portion, so that the space 20 remains on the lower side of each blade 19. It is preferable. In such a case, the cut vegetables V are easily removed.

  In the above-described configuration, one or several fruit vegetables V to be cut by opening the lid 7 are put into the guide passage 12 one after another. In the case of cutting, the fruit vegetables V are introduced so that the vertical direction thereof is in the guide direction of the guide passage 12. In addition, when processing an onion, a brown skin is removed beforehand and an upper-lower-end part is cut.

  When the fruit vegetables V are introduced, the lid 7 is closed, the motor 6 is started, and the rotating body 5 is rotated. The fruit vegetables V in the guide passage 12 are guided outward along the guide passage 12 by centrifugal force, and are strongly cut by the cutter. It is pressed against 13 blades 19. As a result, the fruit vegetables V are cut out and removed from the cutter 13, move along the inner peripheral surface of the container 3, are naturally dropped from the discharge port 2 at the lower end portion, and are discharged into the collection container 22. Thereafter, the above operation is repeated.

  As described above, the spherical fruit vegetable cutting apparatus according to the present invention has a simple configuration and can be supplied at a relatively low price, and is easy to operate. By repeating the above operation, a large amount of fruit vegetables V are combed out. It is a very useful product that can be manufactured in a short time.

  Although the present invention has been described in some detail with respect to its most preferred embodiments, it will be apparent that a wide variety of different embodiments can be constructed without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, the invention being defined by the appended claims. It is not restricted to the specific embodiment other than limiting in.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Stand 2 Discharge port 3 Container 4 Cover 5 Rotating body 6 Motor 7 Lid 9 Circular plate 10 Annular plate 11 Guide frame 12 Guide passage 13 Cutter 14 Shaft 16 Cutter holding hole 17 Cutter holding hole 18 Annular frame 19 Blade 20 Space part 21 Operation panel 22 Collection container

Claims (8)

A stand, a container with a cover having a discharge port at a lower end and supported by the stand; a rotating body rotatably disposed in the container; and a rotating body installed on an outer surface of the container. Drive means for rotationally driving,
The rotary body has one or a plurality of cutters at the peripheral edge, and cuts the fruit vegetables thrown in along with the rotation by guiding them to the cutter with a centrifugal force and pressing them. Cutting device.   The rotating body includes a circular plate coupled to a drive shaft of the driving means, an annular plate facing the circular plate, and a guide frame sandwiched between the circular plate and the annular plate, The spherical fruit vegetable cutting device according to claim 1, which is sandwiched between a circular plate and an annular plate.   The spherical fruit vegetable cutting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the guide frame has at least one guide passage for guiding fruit vegetables to the cutter by centrifugal force, and the cutter is disposed at an end portion of the guide passage.   A cutter holding hole is formed at each corresponding position of the circular plate and the annular plate, and the cutter is sandwiched by fitting a part of the cutter into the cutter holding hole of the circular plate and the cutter holding hole of the annular plate. The spherical fruit vegetable cutting apparatus according to claim 2 or 3.   The spherical fruit cutting apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the cutter has a large number of blades arranged radially in an annular frame.   The spherical fruit vegetable cutting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein an upper surface of the radially arranged blade group in the cutter has a mortar shape.   The spherical fruit vegetable cutting apparatus of Claim 5 or 6 with which a space part is provided under the blade group arrange | positioned radially in the said cutter.   The spherical fruit vegetable cutting apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 7, wherein the guide frame has a cross beam shape and has four guide passages.

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