Automatic cutting machine for living sea cucumbers

Abstract

The present invention discloses an automatic live sea cucumber cutting machine for automatically dissecting the abdomen and removing the internal organs of sea cucumbers. The machine comprises a frame, a sea cucumber tray device mounted on the frame, a mechanical pressing device, a hook knife cutting device, and a sea cucumber internal organ collection device. This automatic live sea cucumber cutting machine solves the problems of existing manual processing methods, which are labor-intensive, labor-intensive, inefficient, and prone to injury. The automatic cutting machine of the present invention improves work efficiency, reduces labor costs, improves the working environment, significantly enhances safety, and significantly improves the quality of sea cucumbers.

Description

[0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of seafood processing equipment, and in particular relates to an automatic cutting machine for living sea cucumbers. Background Art

[0002] With the improvement of people's living standards and the enhancement of health awareness, people have been seeking various nutritional products rich in beneficial ingredients. Sea cucumbers are an echinoderm that lives from the seashore to 8,000 meters deep on the seabed. They are highly favored because they are rich in various trace elements that are beneficial to the human body. With their unique nutritional value and medicinal value, they have become a traditional precious marine delicacy in my country. The domestic sea cucumber farming industry has developed rapidly.

[0003] During the initial processing of sea cucumbers, they need to be eviscerated. However, existing methods for eviscerating sea cucumbers are very primitive and rely on manual processing: A wallpaper knife or scissors is used to cut open the sea cucumber's abdomen and remove the internal organs. Due to the instability of manual operation, the size of the incision on the sea cucumber's abdomen varies. If the incision is too large, the incision will turn outward after the sea cucumber is cooked, resulting in a lower appearance and affecting the sales price. If the incision is too small, the sea cucumber's internal organs cannot be removed, and the abdomen will swell after cooking, resulting in defective or waste products. Secondly, using wallpaper knives or scissors can easily injure workers' hands, posing a safety hazard and causing work-related injuries. Manual operation is inefficient, with each person cutting about 15 pieces per minute. Increasing production capacity requires a large number of additional workers, which will increase costs. Since some seawater and internal organs will flow onto the ground during manual evisceration, it can also cause a dirty, messy, and poor environment, and substandard hygiene.

[0004] Therefore, how to improve the processing efficiency of sea cucumber deveining and realize industrial automated production, and urgently need to design a device for automatically removing the internal organs of live sea cucumbers, is a topic studied by those skilled in the art. Summary of the Invention

[0005] In view of the shortcomings of the existing technology, the purpose of the present invention is to provide an automatic cutting machine for live sea cucumbers. The cutting machine of the invention solves the problems of existing manual processing, which has high labor consumption, high work intensity, low efficiency and easy injury. At the same time, it solves the problem of dirty, messy and poor environmental sanitation, and it is difficult to ensure a pollution-free environment.

[0006] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:

[0007] The invention relates to an automatic cutting machine for live sea cucumbers, which is used for accurately dissecting the abdomen of sea cucumbers and removing internal organs. The machine comprises a frame, a sea cucumber box holding device installed on the frame, a mechanical pressing device, a hook knife group cutting device, and a sea cucumber internal organ collecting device.

[0008] As a further improvement of the above technical solution:

[0009] The sea cucumber box holding device includes a servo motor, a main shaft, a chain, and a box holding group. The servo motor is connected to the main shaft, the main shaft is connected to the chain, and the chain is connected to the box holding group. The servo motor drives the main shaft and the chain in turn, thereby driving the box holding group to operate.

[0010] As a further improvement of the above technical solution:

[0011] The mechanical clamping device, used to compress and secure sea cucumbers, comprises a first fixed plate, on which are mounted a motor, a first synchronous pulley, a second synchronous pulley, a tensioner, a transmission shaft, a cam-link mechanism, and a synchronous belt disposed between the first and second synchronous pulleys. The device also comprises a pressure block, a pressure block connecting plate, and a pressure block coupling. The pressure block is connected to the pressure block connecting plate via the pressure block coupling. The cam-link mechanism comprises a cam plate, a connecting rod, a slide rail, and a slider connected to the pressure block connecting plate. The motor drives the transmission shaft, which in turn drives the cam-link mechanism. The movement of the cam-link mechanism drives the pressure block to intermittently move up and down. This device is used to compress and secure sea cucumbers to be cut open in a tray.

[0012] As a further improvement of the above technical solution:

[0013] The hook knife group cutting device includes a second fixed plate and a base. A servo motor, a bearing seat, a motor slide, and an adjustment handwheel are arranged on the second fixed plate. A longitudinal adjustment device is arranged on the base. It also includes a hook knife shaft, a hook knife disc and a hook knife. Three hook knives are evenly distributed along the circumference of the hook knife disc. The hook knife disc is fixed on the hook knife shaft. The motor is connected to the bearing seat, and the bearing seat is connected to the hook knife shaft. The servo motor drives the hook knife disc to operate intermittently.

[0014] A third fixed plate is provided above the base, a transverse adjustment rail and a longitudinal adjustment slider are provided on the third fixed plate, a transverse adjustment slider is provided on the transverse adjustment rail, the transverse adjustment slider is connected to the bearing seat, a longitudinal adjustment rail is provided on the base, and the longitudinal adjustment slider is correspondingly slidably connected to the longitudinal adjustment rail.

[0015] Longitudinal adjustment of the hook cutter shaft: When the adjustment handwheel is turned, the longitudinal adjustment device rises and falls, driving the longitudinal adjustment slider on the third fixed plate to move up and down along the longitudinal adjustment slide rail. The third fixed plate is also connected to the bearing seat, thereby realizing the lifting and lowering of the hook cutter shaft.

[0016] Lateral Adjustment of the Hook Cutter Shaft: The lateral adjustment slider moves left and right along the lateral adjustment rail, driving the left and right adjustment of the hook cutter shaft. Furthermore, this lateral adjustment rail is also used for repairing and replacing the hook cutter. If the hook cutter is damaged, the second fixing plate is removed and the hook cutter shaft is directly pulled out along the lateral adjustment rail for repair and replacement.

[0017] After adjusting the up, down, left and right positions of the hook knife shaft, the abdomen of the sea cucumber in the tray can be cut open.

[0018] As a further improvement of the above technical solution:

[0019] The sea cucumber viscera collection device includes a fourth fixed plate, on which a motor and a brush shaft are arranged, on which eight groups of brushes are arranged, baffles are arranged on both sides of the brushes, and an viscera collection box is arranged at the lower part of the brushes, and a cleaning fork is arranged on the inner wall of one of the baffles for cleaning the viscera on the brush.

[0020] After the sea cucumber's abdomen is cut open, the internal organs will droop, and the brush in that part will brush the drooping internal organs away from the sea cucumber body. Some of the internal organs will fall directly into the internal organ collection box, and some of the internal organs will stick to the brush at this time. During the rotation of the brush shaft, the cleaning fork will clean them off and fall into the internal organ collection box.

[0021] The living sea cucumbers enter the trays of this section from the secondary sea cucumber sorting machine in front. The tray group is driven forward by the servo motor. When a row of tray groups reaches the position of the mechanical pressing device, it stops. The mechanical pressing device starts to press the sea cucumbers in the trays. At the same time, the cutting device of the hook knife group also starts to run, and the abdomen of the compressed sea cucumbers is cut open. The internal organs enter the internal organs collection box, and then the sea cucumbers in the next row of trays are dissected. This process is repeated in sequence.

[0022] The main body of the automatic live sea cucumber cutting machine of the present invention is designed with stainless steel material, and the power system adopts a high-efficiency servo motor as a power source.

[0023] The present invention has the following beneficial effects:

[0024] Due to the primitive and backward processing methods of sea cucumbers in the past, the sea cucumber processing environment was poor, the efficiency was low, and it was difficult to meet market demand. After years of design optimization, multiple tests and field investigations, we finally successfully designed and manufactured this set of efficient and automated live sea cucumber cutting machine of the present invention. The equipment of the present invention improves work efficiency, reduces employment costs, and improves the working environment;

[0025] 1) Improved efficiency: After actual testing, this equipment can process 480 live sea cucumbers per minute. If the processing time is 10 hours a day, 288,000 sea cucumbers can be processed. The weight of a single sea cucumber is about 150-200 grams, and about 43.2-57.6 tons can be processed every day, which can replace the labor costs of more than 30 people.

[0026] 2) Quality improvement: This equipment can be used to set the incision size according to customer requirements, ensuring uniform incision of sea cucumbers, reducing the number of defective products, improving the appearance of sea cucumbers, and making them more competitive in the market;

[0027] 3) High safety: This equipment is automated cutting, so people cannot come into contact with blades and sharp objects, ensuring the personal safety of personnel;

[0028] 4) Improved environmental sanitation: This equipment is equipped with the function of collecting wastewater and waste materials, which greatly improves the sanitation of the site. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0029] Figure 1 It is a structural diagram of a live sea cucumber automatic cutting machine;

[0030] Figure 2 Schematic diagram of the structure of the mechanical pressing device;

[0031] Figure 3 It is a structural diagram of the hook cutter group cutting device;

[0032] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the sea cucumber viscera collection device;

[0033] Symbols and their explanations in the figure:

[0034] 100. Sea cucumber cutting machine; 1A. Sea cucumber box holding device; 1B. Mechanical pressing device; 1C. Hook knife cutting device; 1D. Sea cucumber viscera collection device;

[0035] 101. Frame; 102. Servo motor; 103. Spindle; 104. Chain; 105. Tray assembly;

[0036] 106. First fixed plate; 107. Motor; 108. First synchronous pulley; 109. Second synchronous pulley; 110. Tensioner; 111. Synchronous belt; 112. Drive shaft; 113. Pressure block; 114. Pressure block connecting plate; 115. Pressure block connecting shaft; 116. Cam plate; 117. Connecting rod; 118. Slide rail; 119. Slider;

[0037] 120. Second fixed plate; 121. Base; 123. Bearing seat; 124. Motor slide; 125. Adjustment handwheel; 126. Longitudinal adjustment device; 127. Hook cutter shaft; 128. Hook cutter disc; 129. Hook cutter; 130. Third fixed plate; 131. Horizontal adjustment rail; 132. Longitudinal adjustment slider; 133. Horizontal adjustment slider; 134. Longitudinal adjustment rail;

[0038] 135. Fourth fixed plate; 136. Motor; 137. Brush shaft; 138. Brush; 139. Baffle; 140. Offal collection box; 141. Cleaning fork. Implementation Method

[0039] The following will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making creative efforts are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0040] Reference Figure 1-4 , an embodiment provided by the present invention,

[0041] refer to Figure 1 As shown, the live sea cucumber automatic cutting machine 100, as a key part of the sea cucumber automated primary processing line equipment, is used to accurately cut open the abdomen of the sea cucumber and remove the internal organs. It includes a frame 101, a sea cucumber box device 1A installed on the frame 101, a mechanical pressing device 1B, a hook knife group cutting device 1C, and a sea cucumber internal organs collecting device 1D.

[0042] Among them, the sea cucumber box holding device 1A includes a servo motor 102, a main shaft 103, a chain 104, and a box holding group 105. Each row of the box holding group 105 is set to 8 boxes. The servo motor 102 is connected to the main shaft 103, the main shaft 103 is connected to the chain 104, and the chain 104 is connected to the box holding group 105. The servo motor 102 drives the main shaft 103 and the chain 104 in turn, thereby driving the box holding group 105 to operate;

[0043] refer to Figure 2 As shown, the mechanical pressing device 1B is used to press and fix the sea cucumber, including a first fixed plate 106, on which is mounted a motor 107, a first synchronous pulley 108, a second synchronous pulley 109, a tensioner 110, a transmission shaft 112, a cam-link mechanism, and a synchronous belt 111 disposed between the first and second synchronous pulleys. The device also includes a pressure block 113, a pressure block connecting plate 114, and a pressure block connecting shaft 115. The pressure block 113 is connected to the pressure block connecting plate 114 via the pressure block connecting shaft 115. The pressure block 113 is hollow and made of silicone to prevent crushing of the sea cucumber. The cam-link mechanism includes a cam disc 116, a connecting rod 117, a slide rail 118, and a slider 119. The slider 119 is connected to the pressure block connecting plate 114. The motor 107 drives the transmission shaft 112, which in turn drives the cam-link mechanism. The movement of the cam-link mechanism drives the pressure block 112 to move up and down intermittently. The device is used to press and fix the sea cucumber to be cut open in the tray.

[0044] refer to Figure 3As shown, the hook knife group cutting device 1C includes a second fixed plate 120 and a base 121. A servo motor (not shown in the figure), a bearing seat 123, a motor slide 124, and an adjustment hand wheel 125 are provided on the second fixed plate 120. A longitudinal adjustment device 126 is provided on the base 129. It also includes a hook knife shaft 127, a hook knife disc 128 and a hook knife 129. Three hook knives 129 are evenly distributed along the circumference of the hook knife disc 128. Eight hook knife discs 128 are provided and are evenly distributed and fixed on the hook knife shaft 127. The servo motor 122 is connected to the bearing seat 123, and the bearing seat 123 is connected to the hook knife shaft 127. The servo motor 122 drives the hook knife disc 127 to operate intermittently.

[0045] A third fixing plate 130 is provided above the base 129 , and a transverse adjustment rail 131 and a longitudinal adjustment slider 132 are provided on the third fixing plate 130 . A transverse adjustment slider 133 is provided on the transverse adjustment rail 131 , and the transverse adjustment slider 133 is connected to the bearing seat 123 . A longitudinal adjustment rail 134 is provided on the base 129 , and the longitudinal adjustment slider 132 is correspondingly slidably connected to the longitudinal adjustment rail 134 .

[0046] Longitudinal adjustment of the hook knife shaft 127: When the adjustment hand wheel 125 is turned, the longitudinal adjustment device 126 moves up and down, driving the longitudinal adjustment slider 132 on the third fixed plate 130 to move up and down along the longitudinal adjustment slide rail 134. The third fixed plate 130 is also connected to the bearing seat 123, thereby realizing the lifting and lowering of the hook knife shaft 127;

[0047] Lateral adjustment of the hook cutter shaft 127: The lateral adjustment slider 133 moves left and right along the lateral adjustment rail 131, driving the left and right adjustment of the hook cutter shaft 127. In addition, the lateral adjustment rail 134 is also used for repairing and replacing the hook cutter. When the hook cutter is damaged, the second fixing plate is removed and the hook cutter shaft 127 is directly pulled out along the lateral adjustment rail 139 for repair and replacement.

[0048] After adjusting the upper and lower left and right positions of the hook knife shaft 127, the abdomen of the sea cucumber in the supporting box can be opened. The hook knife 129 here is particularly shaped, similar to a hook shape, which easily cuts the abdomen of the sea cucumber.

[0049] refer to Figure 4 As shown, the sea cucumber viscera collection device 1D includes a fourth fixed plate 135 on both sides, a motor 136 and a brush shaft 137 are provided on the fourth fixed plate 135, eight groups of brushes 138 are provided on the brush shaft 137, baffles 139 are provided on both sides of the brush 138, and a pullable viscera collection box 140 is provided at the lower part of the brush 138, and a cleaning fork 141 is provided on the inner wall of one of the baffles 139 for cleaning the viscera on the brush.

[0050] After the sea cucumber's abdomen is cut open, the internal organs will droop, and the brush 138 will brush the drooping internal organs away from the sea cucumber body. Some of the internal organs will fall directly into the internal organ collection box 140, and some of the internal organs will stick to the brush 138 at this time. During the rotation of the brush shaft 137, the cleaning fork 141 will clean them off and fall into the internal organ collection box 140.

[0051] The living sea cucumbers enter the tray group 104 of this part from the front sea cucumber secondary sorting machine. The tray group 104 is driven forward by the servo motor 102. When a row of tray groups 104 runs to the position of the mechanical pressing device 1B, it stops. The mechanical pressing device 1B starts to press the sea cucumbers in the trays. At the same time, the hook knife group cutting device 1C also starts to run, and the abdomen of the compressed sea cucumbers is cut open. The internal organs enter the internal organs collection box 140, and then the sea cucumbers in the next row of trays are dissected, and the process is repeated in sequence.

[0052] Generally speaking, the device of the present invention is symmetrical on both sides, and the other side (not shown) is symmetrical with the structural part shown in the drawings.

[0053] The main body of the automatic live sea cucumber cutting machine in the embodiment of the present invention is designed with stainless steel material, and the power system adopts a high-efficiency servo motor as a power source.

[0054] Compared with the primitive and backward processing method of sea cucumbers in the past, the high-efficiency automatic cutting machine of the present invention improves work efficiency, reduces labor costs and improves the working environment.

[0055] Finally, it should be noted that the above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the aforementioned embodiments, those skilled in the art can still modify the technical solutions described in the aforementioned embodiments or make equivalent substitutions for some of the technical features therein. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included in the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims

1. An automatic cutting machine for live sea cucumbers, used for automatically dissecting the abdomen and removing the internal organs of sea cucumbers, characterized by: It includes a frame, a sea cucumber box holding device installed on the frame, a mechanical pressing device, a hook knife group cutting device, and a sea cucumber viscera collecting device; The sea cucumber box holding device includes a servo motor, a main shaft, a chain, and a box holding group. The servo motor is connected to the main shaft, the main shaft is connected to the chain, and the chain is connected to the box holding group. The servo motor drives the main shaft and the chain in sequence, thereby driving the box holding group to operate. The mechanical pressing device is used to press and fix the sea cucumber, including a first fixed plate, on which a motor, a first synchronous pulley, a second synchronous pulley, a tensioner, a transmission shaft, a cam-linking mechanism are arranged, and a synchronous belt is arranged between the first and second synchronous pulleys, and also includes a pressure block, a pressure block connecting plate, and a pressure block connecting shaft, wherein the pressure block is connected to the pressure block connecting plate through the pressure block connecting shaft; the cam-linking mechanism includes a cam plate, a connecting rod, a slide rail, and a slider, wherein the slider is connected to the pressure block connecting plate, the motor drives the transmission shaft to operate, and then drives the cam-linking mechanism to operate, and the movement of the cam-linking mechanism drives the pressure block to move up and down intermittently; The hook knife group cutting device includes a second fixed plate and a base. A servo motor, a bearing seat, a motor slide, an adjustment hand wheel, and a lateral adjustment device are arranged on the second fixed plate. A longitudinal adjustment device is arranged on the base. The device also includes a hook knife shaft, a hook knife disc, and a hook knife. Three hook knives are evenly distributed along the circumference of the hook knife disc. The hook knife disc is fixed to the hook knife shaft. The motor is connected to the bearing seat, and the bearing seat is connected to the hook knife shaft. The servo motor drives the hook knife disc to operate intermittently. A third fixed plate is provided above the base, and a transverse adjustment rail and a longitudinal adjustment slider are provided on the third fixed plate. A transverse adjustment slider is provided on the transverse adjustment rail, and the transverse adjustment slider is connected to the bearing seat. A longitudinal adjustment rail is provided on the base, and the longitudinal adjustment slider is correspondingly slidably connected to the longitudinal adjustment rail. The sea cucumber viscera collection device includes a fourth fixed plate, on which a motor and a brush shaft are arranged, on which eight groups of brushes are arranged, baffles are arranged on both sides of the brushes, and an viscera collection box is arranged at the lower part of the brushes, and a cleaning fork is arranged on the inner wall of one of the baffles for cleaning the viscera on the brush.

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