JPH0683994B2 - Slicer slicer - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an improvement of a rotary blade left / right reciprocating slicer capable of continuously and diagonally slicing a large amount of sushi material, sashimi, fillets, etc. Change the cutting angle of the rotary blade for the food to be sliced according to the moving direction,
The present invention relates to a slicer portion of a slicer which is capable of obtaining a sliced food product having a uniform thickness and shape.

(Prior Art) The applicant can efficiently cut a large amount of cooking material into diagonal blades by efficiently moving a rotary blade (reciprocating motion to the left and right), and tilt angle of the rotary blade in the front-back direction. We have devised a slicer that allows you to freely set the cutting thickness, has few human movements, and allows beginners to easily make sushi material. The basic structure of this rotary blade left-right reciprocating slicer is, as shown in FIGS. 13 to 15, a transport conveyor (7a) 'and a slice that can freely stop the movement of the food to be sliced intermittently by the thickness of the slice. A carry-out conveyor (7b) 'for carrying out the sliced food afterwards, a rectangular fixed cooking table (7c)' located between both conveyors for slicing the food to be sliced with a rotary blade, and a traveling direction of the food to be sliced. Cylinder formed by a slide part (5) 'consisting of three slide rods vertically arranged in the vertical direction and a piston holder (6)' held by the slide part and movable in the left and right directions by air injection. (8) ', and a slice portion (4)' fixed to the piston holder (6) 'and movable left and right and having a rotary blade (1)' at its tip.

Incidentally, the transfer conveyor (7a) 'is intermittently moved by the pulse motor (10)' as a driving source by the amount corresponding to the cutting thickness and at the time of slicing, that is, when the slicing part (4) 'is slid in one direction. The output conveyor (7b) 'is set to operate at a speed (constant) corresponding to the feed speed from the transfer conveyor (7a)' using the motor (11) 'as a drive source. There is. Further, the air cylinder (8) 'is arranged laterally above the fixed cooking table (7c)', but this air cylinder (8) 'is capable of adjusting the angle in the front-rear direction by the angle adjusting handle (12)'. The slice angle of the rotary blade (1) 'of the slice portion (4)' can be arbitrarily set by this operation. In this case, when the angle of the air cylinder (8) 'is changed to change the angle of the sliced portion (4)' fixed to the piston holder (6) ', the rotation of the tip of the sliced portion (4)' is changed. The air cylinder (8) 'is provided at a position such that the blade tip of the blade (1)' always comes into contact with the upper surface of the fixed cooking table (7c) '.

Further, the slicing portion (4) 'moves in the left-right direction in conjunction with the sliding movement of the piston holder (6)' as described above, and the rotary blade using the step motor (2) 'as a drive source. (1) 'is formed so as to move in the left-right direction while rotating, and changeover switches (5a)' for changing rotation are provided at both ends of the slide part (5) 'to hold the piston for each slide movement in one direction. The body (6) 'is switched by pressing the switch, and the rotation direction of the rotary blade (1)' is reversed. The changeover switch is an air cylinder so that the air cylinder operates so that the piston holder (6) 'and the slice portion (4)' slide in the left and right direction only when the conveyor of the transfer conveyor (7a) 'is stopped. It is also used as a changeover switch for the control valve (8) '(air injection switching valve depending on the transfer direction of the piston holder (6)').

(Problems to be solved by the invention) Therefore, the slicer described above adjusts the angle of the air cylinder (8) 'during the slicing work so that the sliced portion (fixed to the piston holder (6)' of the air cylinder ( 4) 'is adjusted to set the angle of the rotary blade (1)' at the tip of the slicing part with respect to the fixed cooking table (7c) ', that is, the slicing angle, and then the feed length of the conveyor (7a)' Set the thickness (cutting thickness of food), and set so that the conveyor (7a) 'is stopped for the time that the slicing part (4)' slides left and right in one direction. Finally, the conveyor (7a) is set. ′, The carry-out conveyor (7b) ′, the air cylinder (8) ′, and the rotary blade (1) ′ of the slice section (4) ′ may be operated.

In such a state, if the food to be sliced is placed side by side on the conveyor, the conveyor conveys to the fixed cooking table (7c) 'while repeating the stop movement, and when the conveyor is stopped, the air cylinder (8)' is conveyed. And the piston holder (6) 'slides in one direction on the slide portion (5)', whereby the slice blade (4) 'also slides while the rotary blade (1)' at the tip rotates. You will be slicing the food to be sliced on the fixed cooktop (7c) ',
When this slicing is completed, the transfer conveyor (7a) 'moves again to send it forward by the feed length corresponding to the cutting thickness and stop again. When the slide movement of the sliced portion (4) 'in one direction is completed, that is, the piston holder (6)'
Comes to the end of the slide portion (5) ', the changeover switch (5a)' is switched, the output shaft of the step motor (2) 'is reversed, and the rotary blade (1)' is rotated counterclockwise. The piston holder (6) 'slides the slide part (5)' in the opposite direction, and the sliced part (4) 'also slides in the opposite direction while the rotary blade (1)' rotates in the opposite direction to the previous time. Therefore, the food to be sliced on the stationary cooking table in the stopped state is sliced, and the target sliced food can be produced by sequentially repeating this process.

Therefore, since such a rotary blade reciprocating slicer is performed by sliding movement of the slicing part only in the left-right direction, and forward / reverse rotation of the rotary blade, there is no unnecessary movement of the rotary blade, and an extremely efficient food slice is obtained. This has the advantage that it can be performed and that a large amount of various foods can be sliced quickly.

However, the biggest problem of this type of slicer is that the cutting direction of the rotary blade for food is not one direction, so the thickness of each sliced food is different at the right end and the left end, but the food width is wide. At times, there was a difference in the left and right thickness to the extent that it was visible. That is, during cutting, the slicing resistance due to the blade tip shape of the rotary blade affects the cutting action direction of the rotary blade (1) 'as shown by the arrow in Fig. 7, but the rotary blade (1)' changes its cutting direction. Since it does not change, the sliced food (A) 'is cut while deforming or pulling in and the slicing work is repeated. When the slicing part (4)' slides leftward, the rotary blade (1) 'stops. The sliced food in the state is cut from the right end to the left end to form the cut surface (9a) 'of the sliced product (B)' shown in Fig. 10, and conversely the slice portion (4) 'slides to the right. When moving, the rotary blade (1) 'cuts the food to be sliced from the left end to the right end, and the cutting surface (9b)'
As a result, the thickness of the sliced food becomes thicker at the right end and thinner at the left end, and the sliced product cut by sliding the rotary blade (1) ′ to the left moves next. The right end is thin and the left end is thick, and the sliced foods that are sequentially sliced and carried out are not uniform in thickness as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. In particular, when the slice angle of the rotary blade is reduced to cut diagonally to increase the surface area of one sheet, the sliced state where the thickness is not uniform is remarkable.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, considering the slice resistance of the food to be sliced at the time of slicing by the sliding movement of the rotary blade (cutter), the cutting action direction of the rotary blade, and the rotary blade in advance. By setting the cutting inclination angle for food (previously only the front-back inclination for diagonal cutting, vertical to the food side and not the left-right cutting inclination) is configured to obtain a uniform thickness sliced food The purpose is to provide a slicer of a slicer.

(Means for Solving the Problem) The gist of the present invention for achieving the above-mentioned object is to slide a slicing portion having a rotary blade at the tip and having a freely adjustable slice angle in the left-right direction by air chilling or the like. In the slicer of the left and right reciprocating rotary blades, which is formed as much as possible and formed so that the rotary blade is inverted every time it slides in one direction, the sliced food is sequentially cut each time the sliced portion slides. The rotary blade is provided with an angle adjusting means for inclining the rotary blade by an appropriate angle in the left-right direction so that the cutting angle of the rotary blade of the sliced food can be appropriately set, and the rotary blade is moved every time the slice portion slides in one direction. In the slicer of the slicer, which is characterized by adopting a switching means for inclining in the opposite direction.

(Operation) As described above, the slicing portion of the present invention rotates so that the cutting direction (arrow) of the rotary blade with respect to the food to be sliced (A) is oriented in the same direction as the lateral direction of the food, as shown in FIG. By setting the cutting angle of the blade, it is configured to obtain a sliced food with a uniform thickness, by the cutting angle adjusting means such that the rotary blade has a cutting inclination by appropriately tilting in the left-right direction, at least the rotation axis. The structure will be tilted to the left and right by an appropriate angle in the swinging state. Of course, the whole sliced portion may be tilted in the left-right direction by an appropriate angle in a swinging state, and the angle adjustment means may be provided such that the sliced portion is inclined and the rotary blade has a left and right cut inclination. The angle setting by the angle adjusting means is completely opposite depending on the sliding direction of the slice portion (right to left, left to right), and when the rotation axis is inclined to the left by θ in the case of right to left direction, In the case of sliding movement from the left to the right, it is necessary to incline to the left by θ (−θ to the right), and this is performed by the switching means. The structure may be such that the rotation shaft is tilted in the right / left direction sequentially by θ / −θ for each switching switching in association with the blade forward / reverse switching switch.

(Example) Hereinafter, the Example of this invention is described based on drawing.

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a cutting direction of a rotary blade (1) according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an essential part of the present invention, FIG. 3 is the same side view, and FIG. Side view showing an embodiment, fifth
The figure is the same front view.

In the drawing, (1) is a rotary blade, which is a rotary blade whose rotation direction (forward / reverse) can be freely changed by a reversible motor (2), a motor (2), and a rotary shaft (3) which is a motor output shaft. To form a sliced portion (4), the cutting action of the rotary blade (1) acts in the direction shown by the arrow in FIG. 1, and the arrow must always cut the food to be sliced (A). It is necessary to slightly tilt the rotary blade (1) in the left-right direction so as to face the direction and adjust the cutting inclination angle (in this embodiment, the inclination angle θ · −θ). (Second, third
The slide part (5) is a rod for three slides forming an air cylinder fixed in the slicer body.
Further, the piston holder (6) is a moving member which is provided so as to be slidable right and left by injecting air into the slide portion (5). These are the air cylinder (8) 'of the rotary blade reciprocating slicer described above, It has the same structure as the slide part (5) 'and the piston holder (6)', and although not shown in the present embodiment, the rotary blade (1) changeover switch is provided at both ends of the slide part (5). (The switch for the air injection valve of the air cylinder is also used.) When the piston holder (6) moves in one direction, the rotation direction of the rotary blade (1) is reversed and the piston holder (6) moves to the front. It is configured to slide in the opposite direction. Further, the air cylinder is rotated in the front-rear direction to incline the piston holder (6) in the front-rear direction, thereby adjusting the front-rear inclination angle of the slice portion (4).
It is formed so that the slice angle of the food to be sliced by the rotary blade (1) can be set arbitrarily.

The angle adjusting means of the cutting inclination angle, which can appropriately set the cutting angle for the food to be sliced by inclining the rotary blade (1) in the left-right direction by an appropriate angle, first, like the existing slicer, the piston holder (6). Instead of fixing the slicing part (4) to the piston holding body (6) via the rotating part (7), the slicing part (4) is attached to the piston holding body (6). 7) A structure that freely rotates in the left-right direction, in other words, the slide part (4) is in a swinging state about the rotating part (7), and the rotary blade (1) at the tip moves in the left-right direction. Then, the rotation angle of the slicing part (4) is set by the control part (8) above the slicing part (4) (that is, the cutting action direction of the rotary blade (1) is perpendicular to the food side surface). It is formed so that it can be adjusted to Those were. The control unit (8)
The rotation angle of the slicing part (4), that is, the rotational movement width is controlled to adjust the cutting inclination angle of the rotary blade (1). The cylinder body (8a) is fixed to the motor (2) side, and the rod ( An air cylinder in which the end of 8b) is fixed to the side of the piston holder (6) via a protruding rod (6a), which is a control air cylinder that appropriately expands and contracts the rod (8b) by injecting air. is there. The length of expansion and contraction of the rod (8b) determines the left-right rotation angle of the slicing part (4) about the rotating part (7), and the left-right rotation angle of the rotary blade (1) at the tip ( The cutting inclination angle) will be determined. That is, as shown in FIGS.
For example, when the total length of the cylinder rod (8b) is lcm and the sliced part (4) is rotated rightward at the position of the control part (8) by lcm / 2 cm, the rotary blade (1) cuts to the left and the tilt angle is increased. It suffices to obtain θ, and conversely, when the blade is rotationally moved to the left by 1/2 cm, the rotary blade (1) can obtain a cutting inclination angle θ to the left. Therefore,
When installing the air cylinder of the control unit (8),
With the rod (8b) extended by lcm, the slice part (4) is installed at a position where the horizontal inclination angle is 0 degree, and the cylinder body and the rod end are connected to the motor (2) and the protruding rod (6).
It can be fixed to a). As mentioned above, the slice part (4)
Is provided rotatably in the left-right direction with respect to the piston holder (6), and the rotation angle of the slice portion (4), that is, the tilt angle of the rotation shaft (3) and the rotary blade (1) is controlled by the air of the control portion (8). The structure that adjusts by the expansion and contraction width of the rod of the cylinder is the most rational in the structure of the existing rotary blade reciprocating slicer, and the switching means (the tilt angle) of the rotating rotary blade (1), which will be described later, to the opposite direction. The means can be easily implemented in the switching of θ and inclination angle −θ).

Of course, it is conceivable that the slice part (4) may be rotated by a set angle by other devices or members even if it is not an air cylinder. Also, even if the slice part (4) is not entirely rotated, the rotary blade is essential. It is sufficient that (1) is a means for adjusting the angle so that the cutting action direction advances in an appropriate direction by inclining each in the left-right direction by an appropriate angle, and at least rotating when the motor (2) is installed separately. A structure may be adopted in which the shaft (3) is tilted right and left by an appropriate angle.

The switching means for switching the inclination angle of the rotary blade (1) in the opposite direction each time the slicing section (4) slides is moved. In the air cylinder of the control section (8), the switching unit switches the air injection valve of the air cylinder. It is configured to interlock with the switch of the reversible motor (2) (and the switch of the air cylinder of the slide part (5)). For example, by switching the switch on the right end of the slide part (5), the rod (8b) of the air cylinder is moved. Operate in an extended state (state shown in FIG. 11), and in a state in which the rod (8b) of the air cylinder contracts (state shown in FIG. 11) by switching the changeover switch at the left end of the slide part (5). With this setting, when the slice part (4) slides leftward, the rotary blade (1) Interrupt angle becomes a left-side up by the inclination angle theta, cutting angle is the inclination angle of the rotary blade (1) when the slice unit (4) is slid to the right theta
It is possible to take switching means that only rises to the right.

In the case of the sliced part as described above, the cut surface (9a) and the cut surface (9b) form parallel surfaces as in the sliced product (B) shown in FIG. 6, and the sliced product (B) having a uniform thickness can be efficiently produced. Can be provided.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the present invention, in processing various sliced foods such as sushi material, sashimi, and fillet, the uneven thickness caused especially in the case of the rotary blade reciprocating slicer is eliminated. Then, the sliced food having a uniform thickness and shape can be processed at any time, and a great effect that a uniform sliced food can be provided to a trader who requires a large amount of slice processing. Further, the sliced portion of the present invention is used not only in rotary blade reciprocating slicers but also in various conventional slicers, and has excellent versatility, and it can be said that its commercial value is extremely high.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a cutting direction of a rotary blade (1) according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an essential part of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a side view showing an essential part of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a side view showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is the same front view. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a sliced product obtained by the present invention. FIG. 7 is a side view showing the cutting direction of the rotary blade (1) 'by the conventional slicer. FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a sliced state by a conventional slicer. FIG. 9 is a side view showing a sliced state by a conventional slicer. FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a sliced product obtained by a conventional slicer. FIG. 11 is a schematic front view showing a state where the rod (8b) of the air cylinder of the control unit (8) is extended. FIG. 12 is a schematic front view showing a state where the rod (8b) of the air cylinder of the control unit (8) is contracted. Thirteenth to fifteenth
The figure shows a conventional rotary blade reciprocating slicer.
The figure is a general perspective view, Fig. 14 is a partially cutaway side view, and Fig. 15 is a partially cutaway front view.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A slicing portion having a rotary blade at its tip and having a freely adjustable slice angle is formed so as to be slidable in the left-right direction by an air cylinder or the like, and is formed so that the rotary blade is inverted every time the slide is performed in one direction. Then, in the rotary blade left and right reciprocating type slicer that sequentially cuts the food to be sliced each time the slice part slides, the rotary blade of the rotary blade of the slice part can be set appropriately so that the cutting angle can be set appropriately. Is equipped with an angle adjusting means for inclining the left and right directions by an appropriate angle, and a switching means for inclining the rotary blade in the opposite direction each time the slicing portion is slid in one direction is provided. .