JPH071392A - Cutter of fruit and vegetable - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make a cut work easily into equidividion even if there are some variations in thickness in both bending and longitudinal directions of this cut work. CONSTITUTION:This cutter is provided with a small diametral tubular blade 11 being installed beneath the inside of a hollow pipe 20 and shorter in length than this hollow pipe 20, radial blades 12 radially attached tight, at the same angle with one another from the center line, to a spot between an outer circumferential surface of this tubular blade 11 and an inner circumferential surface of the hollow pipe 20, and at least three platelike guide springs 21 attached tight to an inner part of the hollow pipe 20 radially toward the center line upwards the radial blade 12 and the tubular blade 11, respectively.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fruit and vegetable cutting device for vertically cutting fruit and vegetables such as cucumber and melon, and also for cutting the core.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a cucumber is cut vertically and at the same time,
As a cutting device for cutting off the core as well, for example, SAIkai 55-1
There is one disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 60799. As shown in FIG. 8, this cutter has a height lower than the height of the hollow tubular body 1 via an appropriate number of guide plates 2 to which blades 3 are attached, if necessary, at the inner lower portion of the hollow tubular body 1. A tubular blade 4 having a relatively low height is provided so that the blade edge faces upward and is concentric with the hollow tubular body 1.

Further, the lower end opening of the hollow tubular body 1 is detachably fitted into a tubular wall provided on the annular member 5, and a locking tool 7 is provided.
The leg 6 is attached to the annular member 5.

The guide plates 2 are radially formed from the center line of the hollow tubular body 1 at the same angle with each other, and the front end edge thereof is the inner wall of the hollow tubular body 1 and the rear end edge thereof is the outer side of the tubular blade 4. It is fixed to each of the walls, and is fixed so as to incline downward from the inside of the upper end opening of the hollow tubular body 1 to the outside of the upper end opening of the tubular blade 4.

In the above structure, when an object to be cut such as cucumber and melon is inserted from the upper end opening of the hollow tube 1, the object to be cut is vertically cut by the guide plate 2 and at the same time by the tubular blade 4. The core is hollowed out and pushed out from the lower end opening of the hollow tubular body 1. Here, the guide plate 2 cuts the object to be cut vertically, and the tip of the object to be cut is tubular blade 4
To guide you.

[0006]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, the guide plate 2 has a tubular blade 4 at the tip of the object to be cut if the object to be cut is linear and has a constant thickness.
Although most of the cucumbers to be cut have variations in thickness in the bending or length direction, the cucumbers to be cut are pushed from the upper end opening of the hollow tubular body 1 as described above. It is difficult and the center of the tip of the object to be cut is not guided by the tubular blade 4, so that there is a problem that it is not possible to perform vertical cutting in equal parts. As a result, in the above conventional cutting device,
There is a problem in that the usability is poor and the cut objects vary.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned circumstances, and it is possible to easily divide an object to be cut into equal parts even if the object to be cut has a bend or a variation in thickness in the length direction. The purpose is to provide a cutting device of a kind.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the first aspect of the present invention is to provide a hollow pipe having a center line on the center line thereof, which is provided below the hollow pipe, and has the center line. A small-diameter tubular blade shorter than the length of the tubular blade, a radial blade radially fixed at the same angle from the center line between the outer peripheral surface of the tubular blade and the inner peripheral surface of the hollow tube, and the radial blade and the above At least 3 radially above the tubular blade toward the center line
A plate-shaped guide spring fixed to the inside of the hollow tube is provided.

A second aspect of the present invention is to provide a tubular blade having a small diameter shorter than the length of the hollow tube, the tubular blade having a center line on the center line of the hollow tube, and the outer peripheral surface of the tubular blade. A radial blade fixed radially from the center line to the inner peripheral surface of the hollow tube at the same angle, and at least three pieces radially above the radial blade and the tubular blade toward the center line. It is provided with a plate-shaped guide spring fixed to the inside of the hollow tube, a base for fixing the hollow tube, and legs for supporting the base.

Further, a third aspect of the present invention is that the hollow tube according to the first aspect is set to a diameter that can be held by a hand.

[0011]

According to the first aspect of the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, a plate-shaped guide spring is fixed above the radial blade and the tubular blade in a radial manner toward the center line of the tubular blade so as to be fixed inside the hollow tube. Therefore, even if the object to be cut is bent or has a variation in thickness in the length direction, the center of the tip is always guided smoothly to the center of the tubular blade by the guide spring, and the guide spring prevents the object to be bent from bending. As a result of being corrected, the object to be cut can be easily divided into equal parts.

Further, according to the present invention, since the base for fixing the hollow tube and the leg for supporting the base are provided, work efficiency and operability for cutting an object to be cut can be improved. Can be increased.

Further, according to the third aspect, since the hollow tube is set to have a diameter that can be gripped by hand, it is easy to carry and the object to be cut can be easily cut.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 4 show a first embodiment of a fruit and vegetable cutting device according to the present invention. In this embodiment, a cucumber is used as the fruit and vegetable to be cut.

This cutting device, as shown in FIG.
0, a hollow tube 20 into which the blade tube 10 is fitted and into which an object to be cut is introduced, a hollow tube guide plate 30 formed into a disc shape to fit and fix the hollow tube 20, A base 40 which is larger than the hollow tube guide plate 30 and has a substantially rectangular shape, and which positions and fixes the hollow tube guide plate 30.
It is generally composed of a leg portion 50 supporting 0.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a tubular blade 11 having a small diameter and having a center line on the center line and shorter than the length of the blade tube 10 is provided below the blade tube 10.
A blade is formed on the upper end.

Between the outer peripheral surface of the tubular blade 11 and the inner peripheral surface of the cutter tube 10, eight radial blades 12 are radially fixed at the same angle from the center line of the tubular blade 11. That is, the radial blade 12 has a substantially parallelogram shape, a blade is formed at the upper end, and a large number of holes for machining are formed to cut the blade pipe 1.
It is fixed by inclining downward from the inner peripheral surface of 0 toward the outer peripheral surface of the tubular blade 11.

On the inner peripheral surface of the hollow tube 20, eight plate-like guide springs 21 are fixed in a radial shape toward the center line of the tubular blade 11 in the same number as the radial blades 12. Each guide spring 21 makes it easy to push the cucumber, which is the object to be cut,
Positioned between the radial blades 12 to ensure cutting.

The guide spring 21 is made of stainless steel, and its upper end is spot-welded to the inner peripheral surface of the hollow tube 20 and is bent from the welded portion toward the center line of the tubular blade 11,
Further, the lower end portion extends vertically downward. Then, by fixing eight guide springs 21 to each other, a substantially octagonal plane void portion is formed at the lower end portion.

As shown in FIG. 3, the hollow tube guide plate 30 has a fitting hole 31 for fitting and fixing the hollow tube 20 in the center thereof.
Has been drilled. Further, the base 40 has a fitting hole 41 at the center thereof for fitting and fixing the lower ends of the cutter tube 10 and the hollow tube 20, and two pins 42 are planted on the upper surface. The hollow pipe guide plate 30 is positioned and fixed to the base 40 by fitting the two pins 42 into holes (not shown) formed in the bottom surface of the hollow pipe guide plate 30.

The base 40 is supported and fixed to the leg portion 50 formed by bending a metal pipe by four mounting screws 51.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

First, hold the cucumber, which is the object to be cut, in the hand, and insert the tip of the cucumber from the open end of the hollow tube 20 into the gap of the guide spring 21. Then, the cucumber is guided toward the center line of the tubular blade 11 by the spring force of the guide spring 21 and guided above the tubular blade 11 and the radial blade 12. At this time, the bent cucumber is guided while being straightened by the spring force of the guide spring 21.

Next, when the cucumber is pushed in sequentially, the core portion (seed portion) of the cucumber is hollowed out by the tubular blade 11, while the pulp portion is vertically cut by the radial blade 12. Further, when the remaining cucumber on the upper part becomes shorter, the core part and the pulp part of the cucumber are pulled out from below the base 40, whereby the cutting of one cucumber is completed. Therefore,
The pulp portion of the pulled-out cucumber is divided into eight equal parts, and the core portion is also taken out.

Thus, according to this embodiment, the tubular blade 11
And since a plate-shaped guide spring is fixed radially above the radial blade 12 toward the center line of the tubular blade 11, even if the cucumber is bent or has a variation in thickness in the length direction, the center of the tip is guided. The spring 21 constantly guides the center of the tubular blade 12 smoothly, and the guide spring 21 corrects the bending of the cucumber, so that the cucumber can be easily divided into eight equal parts.

Further, according to this embodiment, the hollow tube guide plate 30 into which the hollow tube 20 is fitted, the base 40 for fixing the blade tube 10 and the hollow tube 20, and the base 40 are supported. By providing the leg portion 50 that operates, the work for cutting the cucumber can be easily performed, and the operability can be improved.

Further, according to the present embodiment, since the blade tube 10 and the hollow tube 20 are manufactured separately, it is possible to easily clean the inside by removing the blade tube 10 from the hollow tube 20.
The cutting device can always be kept clean.

In the above embodiment, the cucumber, which is the object to be cut, is divided into eight equal parts, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the number of the radial blades 12 can be changed to divide the cucumber into other plural parts. You can also In this case, the guide spring 2
It is desirable that the number of 1s is the same depending on the number of radial blades 12.

Further, in the above embodiment, the hollow tube 20 is fixed by the hollow tube guide plate 30, but the hollow tube guide plate 30 is not provided, and the blade 40 and the hollow tube are mounted on the base 40. 20
Both may be fixed.

FIGS. 5 to 7 show a second embodiment of the fruit and vegetable cutting device according to the present invention. The same or corresponding parts as those in the first embodiment will be designated by the same reference numerals.

This embodiment is a handy type cutter for fruit and vegetables, and the cutter 60 has its respective dimensions set so that the entire blade tube 10 is housed and fitted in the hollow tube 20. ing. Further, since the cutting device 60 is a handy type, the outer diameter of the hollow tube 20 is set to 54 mm and the axial length thereof is set to 70 mm.

Then, three screw holes are formed at equal intervals in the circumferential direction in the vicinity of the axial center of the hollow tube 20,
A stopper screw 61 is screwed into this screw hole, and three screw holes are similarly formed in the vicinity of the lower end of the hollow tube 20 in the axial direction at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. The attachment / detachment screw 62 is screwed. Here, the interval between the stopper screw 61 and the attachment / detachment screw 62 is set to be substantially the same as the axial length of the blade tube 10.

In the present embodiment, the blade tube 10 is detachably fixed to the hollow tube 20 with screws, but other than this, it may be detachable by other fixing means such as bayonet coupling. .

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

To mount the cutter tube 10 on the hollow tube 20,
The stopper screw 61 is screwed in advance, and the blade tube 10 is pushed until the upper end of the blade tube 10 comes into contact with the stopper screw 61. Next, the attachment / detachment screw 62 is screwed to support the lower end of the blade tube 10.

To cut the cucumber, hold the cutter 60 in one hand and hold the cucumber in the other hand, and while holding the cucumber in the other hand, open the end of the cucumber from the open end of the hollow tube 20 to the space of the guide spring 21. Plug in. Thereafter, the cucumber is cut through the same process as in the first embodiment.

On the other hand, when the blade pipe 10 is removed and the inside thereof is washed, the blade pipe 1 is loosened by loosening the tip of the attaching / detaching screw 62 until it reaches the outside of the inner peripheral surface of the hollow pipe 20.
0 can be easily removed.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the hollow tube 20
By setting the diameter so that it can be held by hand, it is easy to carry and cucumber can be cut easily. The rest of the configuration and operation are the same as in the first embodiment, so a description thereof will be omitted.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, but various modifications can be made. For example, in each of the above embodiments, the cucumber was described as an example of the object to be cut, but the present invention can be applied not only to other stick-shaped vegetables such as melon but also to stick-shaped fruits.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the guide springs 21 are fixed by the number corresponding to the number of the radial blades 12, but the number of the guide springs 21 is not limited to this. It is possible to reliably guide the center of the tubular blade 11.

Furthermore, in each of the above embodiments, the blade tube 10 and the hollow tube 20 are manufactured separately, but the invention is not limited to this, and the tubular blade 11 and the radial blade 12 are arranged below the inside of the hollow tube 20. It may be installed and manufactured integrally.

[0043]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the fruit and vegetable cutting device of the present invention, a plate-shaped guide spring is provided above the radial blade and the tubular blade so as to extend radially toward the center line of the tubular blade. Since at least three hollow tubes are fixed to the inside of the hollow tube, the center of the tip is always smoothly guided by the guide spring to the center of the tubular blade even if the object to be cut is bent or has a variation in thickness in the length direction. In addition, the guide spring corrects the bending of the cut object, and the cut object can be easily divided into equal parts.

As a result, the usability is improved and the size of the cut product can be made uniform.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the base for fixing the hollow tube and the leg for supporting the base are provided, work efficiency and operability for cutting an object to be cut. Can be increased.

Further, according to the third aspect, since the hollow tube is set to have a diameter that can be gripped by hand, it is easy to carry and it is possible to easily cut an object to be cut, which is excellent in usability. Becomes

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a first embodiment of a fruit and vegetable cutting device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the cutting device in the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the cutting device in the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a usage state of the cutting device in the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing a second embodiment of the fruit and vegetable cutting device according to the present invention.

6 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the cutting device in the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a usage state of the cutter in the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a conventional fruit and vegetable cutting device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Cutlery Tube 11 Tubular Blade 12 Radial Blade 20 Hollow Tube 21 Guide Spring 30 Hollow Tube Guide Plate 31 Fitting Hole 40 Base 41 Fitting Hole 42 Pin 50 Leg 51 Mounting Screw 60 Cutting Machine 61 Stopper Screw 62 Attachment / Detachment Screw

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A tubular blade having a diameter smaller than the length of the hollow tube and having a center line on the center line of the hollow tube, the outer peripheral surface of the tubular blade and the hollow tube. Radial blades fixed radially from the center line to the inner peripheral surface of the hollow blade, and at least three radial blades radially toward the center line above the radial blade and the tubular blade. A cutting device for fruit and vegetables, comprising: a plate-shaped guide spring fixed to the. 2. A tubular blade having a small diameter, which is provided below the inside of the hollow tube and has a centerline on the centerline thereof and which is shorter than the length of the hollow tube, an outer peripheral surface of the tubular blade, and the hollow tube. Radial blades fixed radially from the center line to the inner peripheral surface of the hollow blade, and at least three radial blades radially toward the center line above the radial blade and the tubular blade. A cutting device for fruit and vegetables, comprising: a plate-shaped guide spring fixed to the base; a base for fixing the hollow tube; and legs supporting the base. 3. The cutting device for fruit and vegetables according to claim 1, wherein the hollow tube is set to have a diameter that allows it to be held by hand.