Dicing device for food processor and food processor

Abstract

The application relates to a dicing device for a food material processing machine and the food material processing machine. The dicing device comprises a rotating disc capable of rotating around its own axis, wherein a sheet food material flow channel for sheet food material is arranged on the rotating disc; a dicing mechanism comprising a dicing assembly for dicing the sheet food material; the dicing assembly comprises a dicing cutter barrel arranged on the rotating disc in a manner capable of rotating around its own axis and rotating together with the rotating disc, wherein the dicing cutter barrel is a grid structure with dicing mesh holes distributed on the whole; and a pressing baffle arranged on the rotating disc and capable of rotating together with the rotating disc, wherein the pressing baffle is arranged close to the outer peripheral wall of the dicing cutter barrel, so that during the rotation of the dicing cutter barrel, the sheet food material falling between the dicing cutter barrel and the pressing baffle is pressed towards the inside of the dicing cutter barrel to form diced food material in the inside of the dicing cutter barrel. The advantage is that the dicing action is stable and the food material is not easily damaged due to excessive pressure.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to the field of kitchen appliance technology, and in particular to a dicing device for a food processing machine and a food processing machine. Background Technology

[0002] Food processors can cut fruits and vegetables into cubes or chunks. Generally speaking, the processing steps for dicing fruits and vegetables are to first cut the ingredients into slices, then cut the slices into strips, and finally cut the strips into cubes.

[0003] For example, Chinese utility model patent application CN201821944001.1 (authorization announcement number: CN209056U) discloses a food dicing device, including a shell with a rectangular cavity. Inside the shell, there is a slicing knife group composed of several horizontally arranged elongated slicing blades arranged side by side. The slicing knife group divides the rectangular cavity into two smaller rectangular cavities. The cavity in which the slicing blade blades face is the slicing cavity, and the other is the dicing cavity. The gaps between adjacent slicing blades and between the outermost slicing blade and the inner wall of the shell constitute slicing outlets. The slicing outlets connect the slicing cavity and the dicing cavity. All slicing outlets are of uniform size. On the bottom surface of the dicing cavity, there is a dicing knife group composed of several intersecting dicing blades. After slicing the food in the slicing cavity, the food enters the dicing cavity to complete the dicing. During the cutting and preparation process, the ingredients are placed into the inlet, and the slicing pusher is pushed so that the slicing pusher block of the slicing pusher enters the slicing blade assembly to cut the ingredients into slices. Then, the slices smoothly enter the dicing chamber, and the dicing pusher is pressed down so that the dicing pusher block of the dicing pusher enters the dicing blade assembly to cut the sliced ​​ingredients into diced pieces. Finally, the diced pieces are smoothly pushed out from the outlet below.

[0004] The dicing device in the aforementioned patent application cuts the food into multiple stacked slices at once using a slicing blade assembly, and then pushes the dicing block to cut the stacked slices into diced pieces at once using the dicing blade assembly. Because multiple layers of sliced ​​food are diced at once, the dicing process involves greater resistance, requires greater force, and has a relatively long pressure time, which can easily lead to severe compression and damage to the food (e.g., the part of the food in contact with the dicing cone may be crushed), affecting the dicing effect. On the other hand, if the dicing blade assembly itself is not strong enough, it is also prone to deformation, affecting its dicing effect. Summary of the Invention

[0005] The first technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a dicing device for a food processing machine that provides a smooth cutting process and is less likely to damage the food due to excessive pressure, in light of the current state of the prior art.

[0006] The second technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a food processing machine that applies the above-mentioned dicing mechanism, in view of the current state of the prior art.

[0007] The technical solution adopted by the present invention to solve the first technical problem is: a dicing device for a food processing machine, comprising:

[0008] A rotating disk that can rotate around its own axis, the rotating disk having a flow channel for sheet-like ingredients to pass through;

[0009] A dicing mechanism, including dicing components for dicing sliced ​​ingredients;

[0010] The dicing component includes:

[0011] A dicing blade cylinder is mounted on the rotating disk in a manner that allows it to rotate around its own axis and rotates together with the rotating disk. The dicing blade cylinder has a mesh structure with dicing mesh holes distributed throughout.

[0012] A squeezing baffle is disposed on the rotating disk and can rotate together with the rotating disk. The squeezing baffle is disposed close to the outer peripheral wall of the dicing tube, so that during the rotation of the dicing tube, the sheet-like ingredients falling between the dicing tube and the squeezing baffle are squeezed into the interior of the dicing tube to form diced ingredients inside the dicing tube.

[0013] Generally speaking, the extension direction of the dicing blade can be basically parallel to the plane of the rotating disk or at a certain angle to the plane of the rotating disk. However, in order to make the overall spatial arrangement of the dicing mechanism more compact and small, the extension direction of the dicing blade is basically parallel to the plane of the rotating disk.

[0014] To facilitate the rotation of the dicing blade cylinder by the rotating disk, the extension direction of the dicing blade cylinder is consistent with the radial direction of the rotating disk.

[0015] As an improvement, the rotating disk can be set horizontally or vertically. It is conceivable that the rotating disk could also be set at an angle from top to bottom.

[0016] Since the dicing tube needs to process sliced ​​ingredients, generally speaking, the raw ingredients can be sliced ​​by an external device to form sliced ​​ingredients before being fed into the dicing tube. However, in order to directly slice the raw ingredients and then dice them, the two opposite side walls of the rotating disk are respectively called the inlet side wall and the outlet side wall. The sliced ​​ingredient flow channel of the slicing disk is provided with a slicing blade for slicing the ingredients near its inlet side wall, so that the rotating disk constitutes a slicing disk for slicing the ingredients. The extrusion baffle is connected to the outlet side wall of the slicing disk near its sliced ​​ingredient flow channel, and gradually extends at an inclination from the slicing disk toward the dicing tube.

[0017] To ensure the dicing effect on sliced ​​ingredients, the portion of the extrusion baffle adjacent to the dicing tube is substantially tangent to the outer wall of the dicing tube.

[0018] To facilitate the falling of sliced ​​ingredients and avoid the problem of material accumulation on the squeezing baffle, the dicing blade cylinder is divided into a first blade cylinder portion adjacent to the slicing blade disc and a second blade cylinder portion away from the slicing blade disc by a plane passing through the axis of the dicing blade cylinder and parallel to the slicing blade disc. The portion of the squeezing baffle adjacent to the dicing blade cylinder is tangent to the outer wall of the second blade cylinder portion of the dicing blade cylinder.

[0019] To facilitate the assembly of the aforementioned mesh-shaped dicing blade, the dicing blade includes annular blades arranged at intervals along its axial direction and strip blades arranged at intervals along the circumference of the dicing blade and extending along the axial direction of the dicing blade. The strip blades and the annular blades are arranged alternately to form a mesh structure with dicing mesh holes as a whole.

[0020] To improve the overall strength of the dicing blade barrel and prevent deformation, each of the annular blades has a first groove sequentially opened along its circumference on its outer side, and each of the strip blades has a second groove sequentially opened along its length on its inner side. Each strip blade is embedded in the first grooves of each of the annular blades arranged in the same extending direction, and at the same time, each of the annular blades is correspondingly engaged in the second grooves on the strip blade. The cutting edge of the outer edge of each annular blade is substantially flush with the cutting edge of the outer edge of each strip blade, and the inner edge of each annular blade is substantially flush with the inner edge of each strip blade.

[0021] To facilitate the rolling out of the diced ingredients inside the dicing tube, one end of the dicing tube forms a discharge port for the diced ingredients inside the dicing tube to flow out. The diameter of the dicing tube gradually increases from the end away from its discharge port to the end near its discharge port, so that the inner peripheral wall of the dicing tube is roughly funnel-shaped.

[0022] In order to form the dicing tube with the aforementioned trumpet-shaped inner peripheral wall, the width of each of the strip blades gradually decreases from the end of the dicing tube away from its discharge port to the end adjacent to its discharge port.

[0023] In order to rotatably mount the dicing blade on the rotating disk, the discharge side wall of the rotating disk also has two support plates arranged side by side and both perpendicular to the rotating disk, and the two ends of the dicing blade are rotatably supported on the two support plates.

[0024] As an improvement, the rotating disk has at least two slab-shaped food channels spaced apart circumferentially, each channel containing a slicing blade, and at least two of the channels having openings facing opposite directions. By having multiple slab-shaped food channels on the rotating disk that cooperate with corresponding dicing blades, multiple cuts can be achieved in one rotation of the disk, effectively improving dicing efficiency. Furthermore, by arranging two of the slab-shaped food channels with opposite opening directions and using slicing blades of different sizes, different sizes of ingredients can be cut when the rotating disk rotates in both directions, meeting the diverse cutting needs of users.

[0025] Generally speaking, the rotation of the dicing blade cylinder around its own axis and the rotation along with the rotating disk can be driven by different drive mechanisms. However, in order to reduce the number of drive mechanisms and reduce the overall size of the machine, a transmission mechanism is also included, located between the dicing blade cylinder and the rotating disk, for transmitting power to the dicing blade cylinder to drive it to rotate around its own axis.

[0026] To drive the dicing blade cylinder to rotate stably around its own axis, the transmission mechanism includes:

[0027] The second transmission gear is substantially coaxial with the rotating disk;

[0028] A first transmission gear is disposed on the dicing blade cylinder and is coaxially arranged with the dicing blade cylinder. The first transmission gear meshes with the second transmission gear.

[0029] To improve dicing efficiency, the dicing blade cylinder has at least two arranged sequentially along the circumference of the rotating disk, and each dicing blade cylinder is provided with a first transmission gear that meshes with the same second transmission gear.

[0030] To ensure a smoother rotation of the rotating disc and thus guarantee the dicing effect, the dicing blade cylinder has two blades symmetrically arranged about the axis of the rotating disc.

[0031] To facilitate the installation of the first transmission gear and the feeding of diced ingredients, the dicing tube has a first end adjacent to the central axis of the rotating disk and a second end away from the central axis of the rotating disk. The first transmission gear is provided on one of the first end and the second end of the dicing tube, and a feeding port for the diced ingredients inside the dicing tube to flow out is constructed on the other end.

[0032] Generally, the rotating disk can be manually driven or electrically driven. Preferably, for the purpose of saving effort, it also includes a drive mechanism for rotating the rotating disk about its own axis.

[0033] As an improvement, the center of the rotating disk has a drive shaft extending along its axial direction, and the drive mechanism includes a drive motor whose output shaft is drively connected to the drive shaft.

[0034] To further facilitate material feeding, the first transmission gear is located at the first end of the dicing cylinder, and the second transmission gear is axially hollow and sleeved around the transmission shaft. Positioning the first transmission gear at the first end of the dicing cylinder and forming a feeding port at the second end, i.e., the feeding port is radially outward, allows the diced ingredients inside the dicing cylinder to be quickly thrown outward under centrifugal force, increasing the feeding speed and preventing material accumulation inside the dicing cylinder.

[0035] The technical solution adopted by the present invention to solve the second technical problem is: a food processing machine, including a machine body, characterized in that: it also includes the above-mentioned dicing device for food processing machine.

[0036] In order to collect the diced ingredients falling from the dicing tube, the machine body defines an installation chamber for placing the dicing device. The installation chamber has a working area for placing the dicing tube and a receiving area located below the dicing tube. The receiving area is provided with a receiving box for collecting the diced ingredients flowing out of the dicing tube.

[0037] To facilitate user access to and from the receiving box, an installation port is provided on the side of the machine body in an area corresponding to the receiving area, through which the receiving box can be placed into the receiving area of ​​the installation chamber.

[0038] To facilitate the user's food feeding, the top of the machine body is also provided with a feeding channel that corresponds to and communicates with the working area of ​​the installation chamber.

[0039] Compared with existing technologies, the advantages of this invention are as follows: The dicing method employing a rotating dicing cylinder and a compression baffle allows sliced ​​ingredients to continuously fall between the dicing cylinder and the compression baffle. Upon entering this space, the sliced ​​ingredients are promptly compressed into diced pieces. This continuous slicing and dicing process prevents material accumulation between the dicing cylinder and the compression baffle, and eliminates the need for excessive force. Consequently, the dicing cylinder is less prone to deformation, and the sliced ​​ingredients are not damaged by prolonged compression, ensuring excellent overall dicing results and improving the user experience. In particular, the dicing cylinder rotates around its own axis while simultaneously rotating around the axis of a rotating disk. This better matches the feeding rhythm of the sliced ​​ingredients, preventing material accumulation, and also makes it easier for the diced ingredients inside the dicing cylinder to roll out. Attached Figure Description

[0040] Figure 1 This is a three-dimensional structural diagram of the food processing machine in Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

[0041] Figure 2 This is a vertical sectional view of the food processing machine in Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

[0042] Figure 3 for Figure 2 Sectional perspective view at point AA;

[0043] Figure 4 for Figure 2 Cross-sectional perspective view at point BB;

[0044] Figure 5 This is a three-dimensional structural diagram of the food processing machine in Embodiment 1 of the present invention after omitting the upper part of the machine body;

[0045] Figure 6 This is a three-dimensional structural diagram of the dicing blade cylinder in Embodiment 1 of the present invention (connected with a first transmission gear);

[0046] Figure 7 This is an exploded view of the dicing blade cylinder in Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

[0047] Figure 8 This is a front view of the strip-shaped blade of the dicing tube in Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

[0048] Figure 9 This is a three-dimensional structural diagram of the food processing machine of Embodiment 2 of the present invention after omitting the upper part of the machine body;

[0049] Figure 10 This is a three-dimensional structural diagram of the food processing machine of Embodiment 2 of the present invention, after omitting the upper part of the machine body. Detailed Implementation

[0050] The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

[0051] The specification and claims of this invention use terms indicating direction, such as "front," "rear," "upper," "lower," "left," "right," "side," "top," and "bottom," to describe various exemplary structural parts and elements of the invention. However, these terms are used herein merely for ease of explanation and are determined based on the exemplary orientations shown in the accompanying drawings. Since the embodiments disclosed in this invention can be arranged in different orientations, these terms indicating direction are for illustrative purposes only and should not be considered as limitations. For example, "upper" and "lower" are not necessarily limited to directions opposite to or consistent with the direction of gravity.

[0052] See Figures 1-8 The food processing machine includes a body 50 and a dicing mechanism located within the body 50. The dicing mechanism includes a rotating disc 10, a dicing blade cylinder 20, a pressing baffle 30, a transmission mechanism, and a drive mechanism.

[0053] In this embodiment, the main body 50 is cylindrical, and its interior defines a mounting chamber 52 for housing the aforementioned dicing mechanism. Specifically, the mounting chamber 52 of the main body 50 is divided into an upper working area 521 and a lower receiving area 522 in the vertical direction. The working area 521 is mainly used to accommodate the aforementioned rotating disk 10, dicing blade cylinder 20, and extrusion baffle 30. The receiving area 522 is used to accommodate the receiving box 53, and the drive mechanism is located below the receiving area 522.

[0054] The drive mechanism preferably uses a drive motor 42. The output shaft of the drive motor 42 is connected to a vertically extending transmission shaft 43. The transmission shaft 43 passes through the aforementioned receiving area 522 and extends into the area where the working area 521 is located, connecting with the center of the rotating disk 10, thereby driving the rotating disk 10 to rotate along its own axis (i.e., the transmission shaft 43). The rotating disk 10 is basically laid flat. The top of the machine body 50 is provided with a vertically extending feeding channel 54 corresponding to the operating area of ​​the mounting chamber 52. The upper side wall of the rotating disk 10 is designated as the feeding side wall 101, and the lower side wall is designated as the discharging side wall 102. The rotating disk 10 also has a vertically penetrating sheet-like food flow channel 100, wherein the feeding side wall 101 of the sheet-like food flow channel 100 has a slight gap with the bottom edge of the feeding channel 54. A slicing blade 11 is provided in the sliced ​​food flow channel 100. The blade of the slicing blade 11 protrudes slightly outward relative to the feed side wall 101 of the rotating disk 10. The main body of the slicing blade 11 has an arc-shaped flow channel 110 that gradually curves downward from top to bottom in a horizontal direction. In this way, as the rotating disk 10 rotates, the blade of the slicing blade 11 can cut the food, and the sliced ​​food formed during the slicing process falls downward through the arc-shaped flow channel 110. The aforementioned rotating disk 10 is a slicing blade disk used for slicing food.

[0055] See Figure 5 In this embodiment, the rotating disk 10 has two sheet-like food channels 100 arranged sequentially along the circumference. Both channels are strip-shaped openings extending parallel to the extending direction of the dicing blade cylinder 20. In the rotation direction of the rotating disk 10, the inlets of the arc-shaped channels on the slicing blades 11 in the two channels face opposite directions. Furthermore, the distance between the feed sidewall 101 of the rotating disk 10 and the lower edge of the feeding channel 54 differs in the area corresponding to the location of the two sheet-like food channels. That is, the feed sidewall 101 areas of the two sheet-like food channels have a certain height difference. Thus, the blade portion of the slicing blade 11 in the two channels protrudes at different heights relative to the feed sidewall 101 (while ensuring that the upper parts of the two slicing blades 11 are at the same height). Therefore, when the rotating disk rotates in both directions, it can be used to cut deflected food of different sizes, meeting the different cutting needs of users.

[0056] The height difference between the two flaky food channels on the feed sidewall 101 of the rotating disk 10 is the difference in dicing size. For example, if the two dicing sizes are 8mm and 10mm respectively (forward and reverse rotation), the height difference is 2mm. A transition slope 103 connects the two areas with the height difference on the feed sidewall 101 of the rotating disk 10, thus preventing significant resistance between the rotating disk 10 and the food in the feeding channel 54 during rotation.

[0057] The discharge sidewall 102 of the rotating disk 10 has two side-by-side support plates 12 extending downwards, each with a through opening 120 at its lower part. A dicing cylinder 20 is located below the rotating disk 10 and extends substantially parallel to the radial direction of the rotating disk 10. The two axial ends of the dicing cylinder 20 are rotatably connected to the openings 120 of the two support plates 12. Specifically, the end of the dicing cylinder 20 adjacent to the central axis of the rotating disk 10 is designated as the first end 251, and the end away from the central axis of the rotating disk 10 is designated as the second end 252. The first end 251 of the dicing cylinder 20 has a coaxially arranged first transmission gear 41, while the second end 252 has a discharge port 23 for the diced ingredients inside the dicing cylinder 20 to flow out. In this embodiment, the axial length of the dicing cylinder 20 is slightly smaller than the radius of the rotating disk 10.

[0058] A fixed sleeve 56, which is fixed relative to the machine body 50, is also fitted on the outer side of the drive shaft 43 of the drive mechanism. A second drive gear 40, which is also substantially coaxial with the drive shaft 43, is located on the top of the fixed sleeve 56. The first drive gear 41 at the first end 251 of the dicing cylinder 20 meshes with the second drive gear 40. During the rotation of the dicing cylinder 20 by the rotating disk 10, because the first drive gear 41 on the dicing cylinder 20 meshes with the fixed gear, the dicing cylinder 20 will simultaneously rotate around its own axis. In this embodiment, the first drive gear 41 is a bevel gear, and the second drive gear 40...

[0059] See Figure 5 In this embodiment, two dicing blades 20 are provided to match the two slicing blades 11. The two dicing blades 20 are symmetrically arranged about the drive shaft 43. That is, the first ends 251 of the two dicing blades 20 are close together and both are engaged with the same second drive gear 40 through the first drive gear 41. The second ends 252 are far apart from each other and form a discharge port 23.

[0060] The dicing blade cylinder 20 of this embodiment includes a first roller cutter holder 241, a second roller cutter holder 242, annular blades 21, and strip blades 22. The first roller cutter holder 241 and the second roller cutter holder 242 are arranged opposite to each other. The first roller cutter holder 241 is generally disc-shaped and is located at the first end 251 of the dicing blade cylinder 20, thus closing the port of the first end of the dicing blade cylinder 20. The first roller cutter holder 241 is connected to the first transmission gear 41 mentioned above. The second roller cutter holder 242 is generally annular and is located at the second end 252 of the dicing blade cylinder 20, thereby forming the aforementioned material discharge port 23. There are multiple strip blades 22, which are arranged sequentially at intervals along the circumference of the dicing blade cylinder 20. The extension direction of each strip blade 22 is consistent with the extension direction of the dicing blade cylinder 20, and its two ends in the length direction are respectively fixed to the first roller cutter holder 241 and the second roller cutter holder 242. Multiple annular blades 21 are arranged sequentially at intervals along the axial direction of the dicing tube 20. The strip blades 22 and annular blades 21 are staggered, forming a mesh structure with dicing holes 200. More specifically, each annular blade 21 has a first groove 210 sequentially opened along its circumference on its outer side, with the extension direction of the first groove 210 aligned with the radial direction of the annular blade 21. Each strip blade 22 has a second groove 220 sequentially opened along its length on its inner side, with the extension direction of the second groove 220 aligned with the width direction of the strip blade 22. Each strip blade 22 is embedded in the first grooves 210 arranged in the same extension direction on each annular blade 21. When the strip blade is embedded in the first groove 210 of the annular blade 21, each annular blade 21 is correspondingly engaged in the second groove 220 on the strip blade 22. This ensures the strength of the dicing tube 20 and prevents deformation. On the other hand, the assembly structure design of the aforementioned annular blade 21 and strip blade 22 ensures that the outer edge of the annular blade 21 is basically flush with the outer edge of the strip blade 22, thus forming the dicing blade of the dicing tube 20 together. Similarly, the inner edge of the annular blade 21 of the dicing tube 20 is basically flush with the inner edge of the strip blade 22, thereby avoiding any impact on the cutting of diced ingredients inside.

[0061] In this embodiment, the width D of each strip-shaped blade 22 of the dicing blade cylinder 20 gradually decreases from the first end 251 to the second end 252 of the dicing blade cylinder 20, thereby causing the diameter of the dicing blade cylinder 20 to gradually increase from its first end 251 to its second end 252, which also makes the inner peripheral wall of the dicing blade cylinder 20 approximately funnel-shaped. In order to better fit with the extrusion baffle 30, the outer peripheral wall of the dicing blade cylinder 20 is basically a columnar structure with a constant outer diameter.

[0062] In this embodiment, the extrusion baffle 30 is connected to the rotating disk 10, specifically to the outlet side wall 102 of the rotating disk 10 near the outlet of its sheet-like food flow channel 100, and extends gradually downwards towards the dicing cylinder 20. Since the extrusion baffle 30 is connected to the rotating disk 10, it can rotate with the rotating disk 10. The upper edge of the extrusion baffle 30 extends along the length of the sheet-like food flow channel 100 on the rotating disk 10, while the lower part of the extrusion baffle 30, adjacent to the dicing cylinder 20, is substantially tangent to the outer wall of the dicing cylinder 20. Specifically, see [link to documentation]. Figure 4 To facilitate the falling of sliced ​​ingredients and avoid material accumulation on the compression baffle 30, the dicing tube 20 is divided into a first tube portion 201 (upper tube portion) adjacent to the slicing disc and a second tube portion 202 (lower tube portion) away from the slicing disc by a plane passing through the axis of the dicing tube 20 and parallel to the slicing disc. The lower part of the compression baffle 30 is located below the second tube portion 202 and is tangent to the outer wall of the second tube portion 202. During the rotation of the dicing tube 20 around its own axis, the sliced ​​ingredients falling between the dicing tube 20 and the compression baffle 30 are compressed into the interior of the dicing tube 20, thereby forming diced ingredients inside the dicing tube 20.

[0063] See Figure 3 The receiving box 53 placed in the receiving area 522 of the machine body 50 is generally disc-shaped, and the area of ​​its top opening 120 is slightly larger than the area of ​​the rotating disk 10. Specifically, the inner peripheral wall of the receiving box 53 is basically flush with the inner peripheral wall of the machine body 50. As a result, the falling food will not accumulate at the edge or outer area of ​​the receiving box 53, so that it can all fall into the receiving box 53.

[0064] The front side of the machine body 50 has an installation port 51 in the area corresponding to the receiving area 522. The aforementioned receiving box 53 can be placed into the receiving area 522 of the installation chamber 52 through the installation port 51. In order to ensure that the receiving box 53 is smoothly installed into the installation chamber 52 of the machine body 50 and is located directly below the rotating disk 10, the rear side of the receiving box 53 also has a strip-shaped clearance notch that extends front to back and runs vertically. In order to prevent diced ingredients from falling into the strip-shaped clearance notch, the inside of the machine body 50 is also provided with a corresponding baffle plate 55 that covers the clearance notch of the receiving box 53.

[0065] The working process of the food processing machine in this embodiment is as follows:

[0066] After the ingredients are fed into the feeding channel 54 of the machine body 50, the rotating disk 10 is driven by the drive mechanism to rotate around its own axis. During the rotation, the slicing blade 11 slices the ingredients. The resulting slices are guided by the extrusion baffle 30 and fall between the extrusion baffle 30 and the outer wall of the dicing blade cylinder 20. Since the dicing blade cylinder 20, which rotates with the rotating disk 10, is engaged with the second transmission gear 40 fixed relative to the machine body 50 through the first transmission gear 41 at its end, the dicing blade cylinder 20 can also rotate around its own axis during the rotation of the rotating disk 10. Therefore, in each When sliced ​​ingredients fall into the dicing tube 20 after being cut, they are immediately drawn into the space between the dicing tube 20 and the compression baffle 30 and squeezed inward to form diced ingredients inside the dicing tube 20. This continuous slicing and dicing process makes it difficult for material to accumulate between the dicing tube 20 and the compression baffle 30, and it does not require excessive force between the dicing tube 20 and the compression baffle 30. Therefore, the dicing tube 20 is less prone to deformation, and the sliced ​​ingredients will not be damaged due to prolonged compression, ensuring the overall dicing effect and improving the user experience.

[0067] Example 2

[0068] See Figure 9 and Figure 10 The difference between this embodiment and embodiment 1 is that the location of the material inlet 23 of the dicing cylinder 20 and the corresponding transmission mechanism used to drive the dicing cylinder 20 to rotate are different.

[0069] In this embodiment, the material inlet 23 of the dicing blade cylinder 20 is located at the first end 251 of the dicing blade cylinder 20, that is, at the radial inner side adjacent to the drive shaft 43. Correspondingly, the first drive gear 41 is provided at the second end 252 of the dicing blade cylinder 20, and the second drive gear 40 used to mesh with the first drive gear 41 of the dicing blade cylinder 20 is a toothed ring structure with a relatively large diameter. Specifically, this gear structure is fixed on the inner wall of the machine body 50.

Claims

1. A dicing device for a food processing machine, comprising: A rotating disk (10) that can rotate around its own axis, the rotating disk (10) having a sheet food flow channel (100) for sheet food to pass through; A dicing mechanism, including dicing components for dicing sliced ​​ingredients; The dicing assembly is characterized by comprising: The dicing blade cylinder (20) is mounted on the rotating disk (10) in a manner that allows it to rotate around its own axis, and rotates together with the rotating disk (10). The dicing blade cylinder (20) is a mesh structure with dicing mesh holes (200) distributed throughout. A squeezing baffle (30) is provided on the rotating disk (10) and can rotate together with the rotating disk (10). The squeezing baffle (30) is set close to the outer peripheral wall of the dicing tube (20), so that during the rotation of the dicing tube (20), the sheet-like food falling between the dicing tube (20) and the squeezing baffle (30) is squeezed into the interior of the dicing tube (20) to form diced food inside the dicing tube (20).

2. The dicing device for a food processing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The extending direction of the dicing blade (20) is parallel to the plane of the rotating disk (10).

3. The dicing device for a food processing machine according to claim 2, characterized in that: The dicing blade (20) extends in the same direction as the radial direction of the rotating disk (10).

4. The dicing device for a food processing machine according to claim 3, characterized in that: The rotating disk (10) is horizontally positioned, and the dicing tube (20) also extends horizontally.

5. The dicing device for a food processing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The two opposite sidewalls of the rotating disk (10) are respectively referred to as the feeding sidewall (101) and the discharging sidewall (102). The sheet-like food flow channel (100) of the rotating disk (10) is provided with a slicing knife (11) for slicing food near its feeding sidewall (101), so that the rotating disk (10) constitutes a slicing knife disk for slicing food. The extrusion baffle (30) is connected to the discharge sidewall (102) of the slicing disc near its sheet-like food flow channel (100), and extends gradually from the slicing disc toward the dicing cylinder (20).

6. The dicing device for a food processing machine according to claim 5, characterized in that: The portion of the extrusion baffle (30) adjacent to the dicing tube (20) is tangent to the outer wall of the dicing tube (20).

7. The dicing device for a food processing machine according to claim 5, characterized in that: The dicing tube (20) is divided into a first tube portion (201) adjacent to the slicing disc and a second tube portion (202) away from the slicing disc by a plane passing through the axis of the dicing tube (20). The portion of the extrusion baffle (30) adjacent to the dicing tube (20) is tangent to the outer wall of the second tube portion (202) of the dicing tube (20).

8. The dicing device for a food processing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The dicing tube (20) includes annular blades (21) arranged sequentially at intervals along its axial direction and strip blades (22) arranged sequentially at intervals along the circumference of the dicing tube (20) and extending along the axial direction of the dicing tube (20). The strip blades (22) and the annular blades (21) are arranged alternately to form a mesh structure with dicing mesh (200) as a whole.

9. The dicing device for a food processing machine according to claim 8, characterized in that: Each of the annular blades (21) has a first slot (210) sequentially opened along its circumference on its outer side, and each of the strip blades (22) has a second slot (220) sequentially opened along its length on its inner side. Each strip blade (22) is embedded in the first slot (210) arranged in the same extension direction of each of the annular blades (21), and at the same time, each of the annular blades (21) is correspondingly inserted into each of the second slots (220) on the strip blade (22). The cutting edge of the outer edge of each of the annular blades (21) is flush with the cutting edge of the outer edge of each of the strip blades (22), and the inner edge of each of the annular blades (21) is flush with the inner edge of each of the strip blades (22).

10. The dicing device for a food processing machine according to claim 9, characterized in that: One end of the dicing tube (20) forms a discharge port (23) for the diced ingredients inside the dicing tube (20) to flow out. The diameter of the dicing tube (20) gradually increases from the end away from its discharge port (23) to the end adjacent to its discharge port (23), so that the inner peripheral wall of the dicing tube (20) is funnel-shaped.

11. The dicing device for a food processing machine according to claim 10, characterized in that: The width of each of the strip blades (22) gradually decreases from one end of the dicing tube (20) away from its discharge port (23) to the end adjacent to its discharge port (23).

12. The dicing device for a food processing machine according to claim 5, characterized in that: The discharge sidewall (102) of the rotating disk (10) also has two support plates (12) arranged side by side and both perpendicular to the rotating disk (10). The two ends of the dicing cylinder (20) are rotatably supported on the two support plates (12).

13. The dicing device for a food processing machine according to claim 5, characterized in that: The rotating disk (10) has at least two sheet-like food channels (100) spaced apart in its circumferential direction. Each sheet-like food channel (100) is provided with the slicing knife (11). At least two of the sheet-like food channels (100) have openings (120) facing opposite directions.

14. The dicing device for a food processing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes a transmission mechanism located between the dicing blade (20) and the rotating disk (10) for transmitting power to the dicing blade (20) to drive the dicing blade (20) to rotate around its own axis.

15. The dicing device for a food processing machine according to claim 14, characterized in that... The transmission mechanism includes: The second transmission gear (40) is coaxially arranged with the rotating disk (10); The first transmission gear (41) is disposed on the dicing tube (20) and is coaxially arranged with the dicing tube (20). The first transmission gear (41) meshes with the second transmission gear (40).

16. The dicing device for a food processing machine according to claim 14, characterized in that: The dicing blade cylinder (20) has at least two arranged sequentially along the circumference of the rotating disk (10), and each of the dicing blade cylinders (20) is provided with a first transmission gear (41) that meshes with the same second transmission gear (40).

17. The dicing device for a food processing machine according to claim 16, characterized in that: The dicing blade cylinder (20) has two blades arranged symmetrically about the axis of the rotating disk (10).

18. The dicing device for a food processing machine according to claim 15, characterized in that: The dicing tube (20) has a first end (251) adjacent to the central axis of the rotating disk (10) and a second end (252) away from the central axis of the rotating disk (10). The first transmission gear (41) is provided on one of the first end (251) and the second end (252) of the dicing tube (20), and the other end is provided with a discharge port (23) for the diced ingredients inside the dicing tube (20) to flow out.

19. The dicing device for a food processing machine according to claim 18, characterized in that: It also includes a drive mechanism for driving the rotating disk (10) to rotate around its own axis.

20. The dicing device for a food processing machine according to claim 19, characterized in that: The rotating disk (10) has a drive shaft (43) extending along its axial direction at its center. The drive mechanism includes a drive motor (42), the output shaft of which is connected to the drive shaft (43).

21. The dicing device for a food processing machine according to claim 20, characterized in that: The first transmission gear (41) is located at the first end (251) of the dicing cylinder (20), and the second transmission gear (40) is axially hollow and sleeved on the periphery of the transmission shaft (43).

22. A food processing machine, comprising a body (50), characterized in that: It also includes a dicing device for a food processing machine as described in any one of claims 1 to 21.

23. The food processing machine according to claim 22, characterized in that: The body (50) defines an installation chamber (52) for placing the dicing device. The installation chamber (52) has a working area (521) for placing the dicing tube (20) and a receiving area (522) located below the dicing tube (20). The receiving area (522) is provided with a receiving box (53) for receiving diced ingredients flowing out from the dicing tube (20).

24. The food processing machine according to claim 23, characterized in that: The side of the body (50) has an installation port (51) in the area corresponding to the receiving area (522), and the receiving box (53) can be placed into the receiving area (522) of the installation chamber (52) through the installation port (51).

25. The food processing machine according to claim 23, characterized in that: The top of the machine body (50) is also provided with a feeding channel (54) that corresponds to and communicates with the working area (521) of the installation chamber (52).

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