Background
With the rapid development of economy in China, the consumption level of residents is greatly improved, wherein salmon consumption is in a blowout state: the total consumption of salmon in China in 2011 is 2.9 ten thousand tons, and in 2017, the total consumption exceeds 10 ten thousand tons. The salmon is rich in nutrition and unsaturated fatty acid, and the protein in the fish contains 18 amino acids (including 8 amino acids essential to human body), and the protein content is obviously higher than that of other fishes. Meanwhile, the salmon has few fish bones, fresh and tender meat, can be cooked and eaten raw, and has good taste. Therefore, the growth speed of the demand of salmon in China is far higher than that of other fishes. Since the imported salmon is far from satisfying the domestic market, domestic attempts to culture salmon are made. In 2011, the yield of salmon in China is 0.82 ten thousand tons, and in 2015, the yield is increased to 1.61 ten thousand tons, which is expected to reach more than 3 ten thousand tons in 2018, and the annual average growth rate exceeds 20%. With the improvement of domestic culture technology and the improvement of environment, in addition to Qinghai-Tibet plateau, Gansu, Xinjiang and the like, other provinces of high-altitude areas (high altitude and low water temperature) start to culture salmon in large scale.
However, salmon belongs to low-temperature carnivorous fishes, has strong aggressiveness and violent temperament, is dead after being discharged, and cannot be transported by live fishes like snakeheads, crucian carps and the like. In order to keep freshness, the internal organs of the salmon must be removed immediately after the salmon is discharged (after the internal organs are removed, the salmon is not easy to deteriorate, but gills of the salmon do not need to be removed), and the salmon is quickly transported to various supermarkets and hotels in China by air after ice blocks are placed.
Although devices for removing scales and internal organs of fishes are available in China at present, the devices are basically used for four major fishes (black carps, grass carps, silver carps and bighead carps), crucian carps, small trash fishes and the like. Salmon belongs to large fishes (generally about 10 jin and about 70 cm in length), and is fresh and tender in meat quality, thick in fat layer, easy to damage the epidermis (the skin is damaged to influence the appearance of the salmon), and the existing fish pretreatment equipment cannot be used. Therefore, at present, the removal of internal organs of salmon is finished manually, and the problems of low efficiency, high labor intensity, potential safety hazards, easiness in chilblain of low-temperature operators and the like exist. With aging and labor shortage, the cost of removing internal organs of salmon is continuously increased, and the cost becomes a huge burden for breeding enterprises.
The viscera of salmon is mainly fish intestines, the prior art cannot clean the viscera by adopting equipment, and particularly, the prior art lacks of automatic processing equipment, so that how to automatically clean the viscera of salmon is still a technical problem to be solved urgently in the industry.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, the present invention provides a salmon intestine removing method for automatically cleaning salmon intestines to improve efficiency and reduce cleaning cost.
The technical scheme provided by the invention is that the following salmon intestine removing method is provided, and comprises the following steps:
positioning the salmon to be treated by adopting a positioning mechanism, arranging the positioning mechanism on a conveying mechanism for bearing and positioning the salmon to be treated, and arranging a belly cutting groove at the lower part of the positioning mechanism;
the conveying mechanism drives the positioning mechanism arranged on the conveying mechanism to move, so that the positioning mechanism is conveyed to the intestine removing station;
the sausage removing station is provided with a sausage removing mechanism, the tail end of the sausage removing mechanism is provided with a blade, when the positioning mechanism bearing the salmon to be treated is conveyed to the corresponding sausage removing station, the sausage removing mechanism extends into the fish mouth of the salmon to be treated, the salmon enters the fish belly through the fish mouth, and the blade at the tail end of the sausage removing mechanism rotates to cut off the fish intestines;
detecting the position of an ovulation hole of the salmon to be treated by a camera;
and cutting the belly of the salmon to be treated along the position of the egg discharging hole in the direction of the fish head through the belly cutting groove so as to enable the fish intestines of the salmon to be treated to fall from the belly.
Optionally, the positioning mechanism includes a fish tank frame, a pair of upper partition plates and a pair of lower partition plates, the upper partition plates and the corresponding lower partition plates are located on the same side, the pair of upper partition plates and the pair of lower partition plates are both connected with the fish tank frame, the abdominal incision groove is formed between the lower portions of the pair of lower partition plates, and the pair of lower partition plates are respectively hinged to two sides of the fish tank frame; the two ends of the fish tank frame are respectively provided with an end plate, the end plate at one end is provided with a fish mouth opening for the intestine removing mechanism to extend into, and the fish mouth fixing mechanism is arranged at the opening.
Optionally, the fish mouth fixing mechanism is formed by splicing a plurality of special-shaped pieces which can be spliced into a fish mouth shape, a fixing ring is arranged at an inlet of the fish mouth fixing mechanism, the fish mouth fixing mechanism is connected to the fish tank frame through the fixing ring, and the fish mouth fixing mechanism is hinged to the fixing ring through a ring buckle.
Optionally, a groove is arranged in the circumferential direction of the fish mouth fixing mechanism, a rubber band is embedded into the groove, when the intestine removing mechanism extends into the fish mouth fixing mechanism, the fish mouth fixing mechanism is spread, and barbs in the salmon mouth to be treated hook small holes of the fish mouth fixing mechanism; after the intestinal removing mechanism is pulled out, the fish mouth fixing mechanism is restored to the original state, and the barbs in the salmon mouth to be treated are separated from the small holes.
Optionally, the intestine removing mechanism is further provided with a water spraying channel, and after the belly cutting of the salmon to be treated is completed, water is sprayed into the fish belly, so that the fish belly is cleaned and the falling of fish intestines is accelerated.
Optionally, the conveying mechanism includes at least two rollers, a conveyor belt is arranged on the two rollers, the conveyor belt is driven to move by driving at least one roller to rotate, the positioning mechanism is arranged on the conveyor belt, and the conveyor belt below the belly cutting groove of the positioning mechanism is hollow.
Optionally, the upper partition plate is provided with sliding blocks in a one-to-one correspondence manner, the fish tank frame is provided with a guide rail for the sliding blocks to slide, the sliding blocks can slide on the guide rail in a reciprocating manner, and springs are arranged between the outer side surface of the upper partition plate and the fish tank frame.
Optionally, a magnetic block is arranged on the outer side surface of the lower partition plate, an electromagnet matched with the magnetic block is arranged, and the electromagnet is electrified to attract the magnetic block, so that the lower partition plate is driven to move outwards.
Optionally, the intestine removing mechanism comprises an outer tube, an outer tube gear, a threaded rod gear and a blade, the outer tube gear is fixed on the outer tube, the threaded rod extends into the outer tube, the blade is retractably mounted in the front of the threaded rod, a knife slot for extending the blade is arranged on the outer tube, and the threaded rod gear is fixed on the threaded rod; the outer tube gear and the threaded rod gear are both driven by corresponding gears.
Optionally, the front end of the outer tube is connected with a tip, the tip is in threaded fit with the outer tube, a water outlet hole is formed in the front end of the tip, the threaded rod is hollow, the water outlet hole is communicated with a hollow inner cavity of the threaded rod, and water is injected into the threaded rod and is sprayed out of the water outlet hole.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following advantages: according to the physiological characteristics of salmon, a plurality of salmon are conveyed to an intestine removing station in sequence, an intestine removing mechanism extends into the fish belly through a fish mouth, a multi-blade extends out of the tail end of an intestine removing device, and the multi-blade rotates to cut off fish intestines; then, with the aid of a camera, a laparotomy knife cuts open the fish belly, and under the action of gravity, the viscera fall off from the fish belly; when the fish intestines are cut off, water with certain pressure can be sprayed into the fish belly from the intestines removing device, so that the fish belly can be cleaned, and the internal organs can be promoted to fall off from the fish belly smoothly. The invention realizes the automatic cleaning of the fish intestines of the salmon, thereby improving the cleaning efficiency and reducing the cleaning cost.
Detailed Description
Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to only these embodiments. The invention is intended to cover alternatives, modifications, equivalents and alternatives which may be included within the spirit and scope of the invention.
In the following description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details.
The invention is described in more detail in the following paragraphs by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the drawings are in simplified form and are not to precise scale, which is only used for convenience and clarity to assist in describing the embodiments of the present invention.
The salmon belongs to large carnivorous fishes, has sharp teeth, and has fish intestines directly connected with fish mouths so as to be convenient for swallowing small fishes and shrimps. The fish intestines are thick at the position close to the fish mouth, have the diameter larger than 2 cm, are thick and have high toughness, cannot be torn off by hands, and must be cut off by a sharp blade or scissors. The tail end of the fish intestine is thin and is connected with the egg discharging hole (both the female fish and the male fish) and can be torn off by slightly pulling. Compared with salmon caught in deep sea abroad (wild), the viscera of the artificially cultured salmon has large specific gravity (about one jin), and thick fat is wrapped outside the intestines and the viscera to fill the whole fish belly. Cutting the belly of salmon, cutting off the fish intestine near the fish mouth, and allowing all internal organs (including fish intestine, liver, float, fat block, etc.) to slide off from the belly under the action of gravity. Because the connecting part of the tail end of the fish intestine and the ovulation hole is thin, when the viscera falls off from the belly of the fish, the connecting part of the tail end of the fish intestine and the ovulation hole can be automatically cut off under the action of gravity, so that the viscera of the salmon can completely fall off from the abdominal cavity, and the purpose of removing the viscera is achieved. Nevertheless, the invention is equally applicable to wild and artificially cultured salmon.
According to the physiological characteristics of salmon, the core technology of the invention is as follows: when the salmon lines up to reach the sausage removing station, the sausage removing device extends into the fish belly through the fish mouth, the multi-blade extends out of the tail end of the sausage removing device, and the multi-blade rotates to cut off the fish sausage; the belly is then dissected with a laparotomy knife and the viscera fall out of the belly under the action of gravity. When the fish intestines are cut off, water with certain pressure can be sprayed into the fish belly from the intestines removing device, so that the fish belly can be cleaned, and the internal organs can be promoted to fall off from the fish belly smoothly. When the intestines are manually removed, the abdomen of the fish is firstly cut off, then the intestines close to the fish mouth are cut off, and finally the internal organs are completely removed; before the salmon belly is cut, a special tool is adopted to stretch into the salmon from a fish mouth, and the fish intestines are cut off, so that the automation of quickly cleaning the salmon is realized.
As shown in the attached figure 1, the principle structure of the salmon intestinal tract removing device is illustrated. Based on a salmon intestinal tract removing device, a salmon intestinal tract removing method comprises the following steps:
positioning the salmon to be treated by adopting a positioning mechanism, arranging the positioning mechanism on a conveying mechanism for bearing and positioning the salmon to be treated, and arranging a belly cutting groove at the lower part of the positioning mechanism;
the conveying mechanism drives the positioning mechanism arranged on the conveying mechanism to move, so that the positioning mechanism is conveyed to the intestine removing station;
the sausage removing station is provided with a sausage removing mechanism, the tail end of the sausage removing mechanism is provided with a blade, when the positioning mechanism bearing the salmon to be treated is conveyed to the corresponding sausage removing station, the sausage removing mechanism extends into the fish mouth of the salmon to be treated, the salmon enters the fish belly through the fish mouth, and the blade at the tail end of the sausage removing mechanism rotates to cut off the fish intestines;
detecting the position of an ovulation hole of the salmon to be treated by a camera;
and cutting the belly of the salmon to be treated along the position of the egg discharging hole in the direction of the fish head through the belly cutting groove so as to enable the fish intestines of the salmon to be treated to fall from the belly.
The conveying mechanism comprises at least two rollers 1, conveying belts 2 are arranged on the two rollers 1, the conveying belts 2 are driven to rotate by driving at least one roller 1 to drive the conveying belts 2 to move, the positioning mechanisms 3 are arranged on the conveying belts 2, and the conveying belts below the belly cutting grooves of the positioning mechanisms are hollow.
The roller 1 drives the conveyor belt 2 to move to a sausage removing station, the back of the salmon to be treated faces upwards, the belly of the salmon faces downwards, the salmon is placed in the positioning mechanism 3 and is squeezed tightly, and after the sausage removing mechanism 4 extends into a fish mouth, the blade extends out and rotates to cut off the sausage.
As shown in fig. 2, the positioning mechanism is shown in its transfer position to the bowel removal station. After the positioning mechanism 3 reaches the intestine removing station, the intestine removing mechanism 4 is fed along the axis and extends into the fish mouth through the positioning mechanism 3, the gear 8 rotates and drives the gear 4-5 to rotate, so that the blade 4-7 is screwed out, subsequently, the gear 7 and the gear 8 rotate simultaneously, and the threaded rod 4-4 and the outer tube 4-2 are kept relatively static, namely the blade 4-7 and the outer tube 4-2 are kept relatively static. At this time, the blade extending out of 4-2 rotates to cut off the fish intestines. Subsequently, the abdominal cutter 5 is operated with the aid of the camera 6 to incise the abdomen of the salmon. The electromagnet (not shown for simplicity) drives the magnetic blocks 3-8 to move outwards, so that the two lower partition plates 3-7 move outwards, and the fish intestines fall under the action of gravity.
As shown in fig. 3, the structure of the bowel-removing mechanism is illustrated. The intestine removing mechanism comprises an outer tube 4-2, an outer tube gear 4-3, a threaded rod 4-4, a threaded rod gear 4-5 and a blade 4-7, wherein the outer tube gear 4-3 is fixed on the outer tube 4-2, the threaded rod 4-4 extends into the outer tube 4-2, the blade 4-7 is arranged in front of the threaded rod 4-4 in a retractable manner, a knife groove for extending the blade 4-7 is formed in the outer tube 4-2, and the threaded rod gear 4-5 is fixed on the threaded rod 4-4; the outer tube gear 4-3 and the threaded rod gear 4-5 are driven by corresponding gears.
The front end of the outer tube 4-2 is connected with a tip 4-1, the tip 4-1 is in threaded fit with the outer tube 4-2, a water outlet hole is formed in the front end of the tip 4-1, the threaded rod 4-4 is hollow, the water outlet hole is communicated with a hollow inner cavity of the threaded rod 4-4, and water is injected into the threaded rod 4-4 and sprayed out of the water outlet hole.
As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the structure of the blade is illustrated. In the embodiment, a blade with 3 blades is taken as an example, the blade is provided with a blade protrusion 4-7-1, the front end of the threaded rod 4-4 is provided with a planar thread groove 4-4-1, the blade protrusion 4-7-1 is embedded into the planar thread groove 4-4-1, and the blade 4-7 is driven to stretch and retract by the rotation of the threaded rod 4-4. The through hole 4-4-2 is a water injection channel, and the movable joint 4-6 (movably connected with the through hole 4-4) is connected to the threaded rod 4-4 and is externally connected with a water pipe. The mechanism principle of the blade is the same as that of a three-grab chuck of a machine tool. When the threaded rod 4-4 rotates forwards and backwards, the blade 4-7 extends out of the blade gap 4-1-2 or retracts into the outer tube 4-2.
As shown in fig. 6, a partial structure of the tip and the outer tube is illustrated. The center 4-1 is connected with the outer tube 4-2 through threads, and the blade 4-7 is embedded into the thread groove 4-4-1 through the blade bulge 4-7-1 and connected with the threaded rod 4-4. The blade slit protrusion 4-1-1 engages the blade groove 4-7-3 to ensure that the blade 4-7 moves outward in a fixed direction toward the blade slit 4-1-2 on the outer tube 4-2 (when the blade 4-4 is reversed, the blade 4-7 moves inward).
As shown in fig. 7, 8 and 9, the structure of the positioning mechanism is illustrated. The positioning mechanism comprises a fish tank frame 3-9, a pair of upper partition plates 3-4 and a pair of lower partition plates 3-7, wherein the upper partition plates 3-4 and the corresponding lower partition plates 3-7 are positioned on the same side, the pair of upper partition plates 3-4 and the pair of lower partition plates 3-7 are both connected with the fish tank frame 3-9, the belly cutting groove is formed between the lower parts of the pair of lower partition plates 3-7, and the pair of lower partition plates 3-7 are respectively hinged with two sides of the fish tank frame 3-9.
The upper partition plates 3-4 are correspondingly provided with sliding blocks 3-3 one by one, the fish tank frame 3-9 is provided with a guide rail 3-2 for the sliding blocks 3-3 to slide, the sliding blocks can slide on the guide rail 3-2 in a reciprocating manner, and springs 3-1 are arranged between the outer side surfaces of the upper partition plates 3-4 and the fish tank frame 3-9.
The outer side surface of the lower partition plate 3-7 is provided with a magnetic block 3-8 and an electromagnet matched with the magnetic block 3-8, and the electromagnet is electrified to attract the magnetic block 3-8 so as to drive the lower partition plate 3-7 to move outwards.
The two ends of the fish tank frame 3-9 are respectively provided with an end plate, wherein the end plate at one end is provided with a fish mouth opening for the intestine removing mechanism to extend into, and the fish mouth fixing mechanism 3-5 is arranged at the opening.
In the positioning mechanism 3, a sliding block 3-3 is fixed on an upper partition plate 3-4, the sliding block 3-3 can slide on a guide rail 3-2 in a reciprocating manner, and the guide rail 3-2 is fixed on a fish tank rack 3-9. When the salmon is put in, the upper partition plate 3-4 is unfolded towards two sides, and after the position of the salmon is fixed, the upper partition plate 3-4 clamps the salmon tightly under the action of the restoring force of the spring 3-1. Then the camera 6 detects the position of an ovulation hole of the salmon, the belly cutter 5 moves towards the direction of the fish head along the position of the ovulation hole, the belly of the salmon is cut open, the electromagnet is electrified (not shown in the figure for the sake of clear view), the magnetic block 3-8 moves towards two sides, the two lower partition plates 3-7 (3-8 are arranged below the lower partition plates 3-7) are driven to move towards the outer side, and the salmon intestines fall off along with the movement. The lower partition plates 3-7 are connected with the fish tank frame 3-9 through damping hinges 3-6 (after fish intestines fall off, the lower partition plates 3-7 are reset under the action of the damping hinges 3-6). After the fish intestines fall off, the power of the electromagnet is cut off, and the lower partition plates 3-7 are restored to the original positions.
As shown in FIG. 10, the detailed structure of the fish mouth fixing mechanism is illustrated. The fish mouth fixing mechanism 3-5 is formed by splicing a plurality of special-shaped pieces which can be spliced into a fish mouth shape, a fixing ring 3-9-1 is arranged at an inlet of the fish mouth fixing mechanism 3-5, the fish mouth fixing mechanism 3-5 is connected to a fish tank rack 3-9 through the fixing ring 3-9-1, and the fish mouth fixing mechanism 3-5 is hinged to the fixing ring 3-9-1 through a ring buckle 3-5-3.
The special-shaped sheet is provided with small holes 3-5-2, a groove 3-5-1 is arranged in the circumferential direction of the fish mouth fixing mechanism 3-5, a rubber band is embedded in the groove 3-5-1, when the intestine removing mechanism 4 extends into the fish mouth fixing mechanism 3-5, the fish mouth fixing mechanism 3-5 is spread, and barbs in the salmon mouth to be treated hook the small holes 3-5-2 of the fish mouth fixing mechanism 3-5; after the intestinal removing mechanism 4 is pulled out, the fish mouth fixing mechanism 3-5 is restored to the original state, and the barbs in the salmon mouth to be treated are separated from the small holes 3-5-2.
The fish mouth fixing mechanism 3-5 is in a contracted state at the beginning, and the fish mouth fixing mechanism 3-5 is easily held after the fish mouth is opened (after the salmon has no vital signs, the fish mouth is always in an opened state); after the intestine removing mechanism 4 extends into the fish mouth, the intestine removing mechanism 4 props the fish mouth fixing mechanism 3-5, the outer diameter of the outer pipe 4-2 is consistent with that of the fish mouth fixing mechanism 3-5, and after the fish mouth fixing mechanism 3-5 is propped, barbs in the fish mouth enter the small holes 3-5-2, so that the function of fixing the fish mouth (and thus fixing the fish head) is achieved.
Although the embodiments have been described and illustrated separately, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that some common techniques may be substituted and integrated between the embodiments, and reference may be made to one of the embodiments not explicitly described, or to another embodiment described.
The foregoing is illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present invention only and is not to be construed as limiting the claims. The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and the specific structure thereof is allowed to vary. In general, all changes which come within the scope of the invention as defined by the independent claims are intended to be embraced therein.