JP2005006968A - Tool for removing scale from fish - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tool for removing scales from a fish capable of easily stripping the scales from the fish while scattering of the scales is effectively restrained. <P>SOLUTION: The tool for removing the scales from the fish is provided with a handle 11, a holding body 12 provided on the end of the handle 11 and an edge 13 provided on the holding body 12 in such a manner that the edge 13 intersects the head-to-tail line of the fish. The front end part 13a of the edge 13 is inclined by an angle α previously selected to restrain the scattering of the scales stripped against the front in an advancing direction I of the edge 13 to a base part 13b of the edge 13. Preferable, the angle α is 15-35°, particularly, approximately 25° against the base part 13b. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a scaler for removing fish scales, and more particularly, to a scaler for easily removing scales while effectively suppressing the scattering of scales.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In general, when cooking fish, the blade of the knife is moved in the direction of the tail and the scales are stripped off. Various types of scalers dedicated to stripping scales are commercially available (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-5-199945 [0004]
However, in the above-described kitchen knife and the scale remover as described in Patent Document 1, when peeling off the scales, the hard scales jump up vigorously and scatter around, contaminating the surroundings and hindering cooking. There is a problem of becoming. Therefore, various scalers have been proposed in order to suppress such scattering of scales (see, for example, Patent Documents 2 and 3).
[0005]
[Patent Document 2]
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-19491 [Patent Document 3]
Utility Model Registration No. 3077760 [0006]
However, the scale remover described in Patent Document 2 has a problem that the configuration is complicated and difficult to handle, and the effect of suppressing the scattering of scales cannot be expected so much.
Moreover, although the scale remover described in Patent Document 3 is excellent in the effect of suppressing the scattering of scales, the blade for stripping off the scale and the fish body are hidden behind the scale body and the fish body is being viewed. There is a problem that the scales cannot be stripped off and the fish body is damaged without being noticed.
[0007]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to improve the high scattering suppression effect by simply making a simple improvement to a conventional scaler with a simple configuration, and while simply looking at the fish body. An object of the present invention is to provide an easy-to-use scaler with a simple configuration capable of performing scale peeling work.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problems, the inventors of the present invention focused on the shape of the blade of the scale remover that strips off the scale. Then, the inventors have conceived that the object can be achieved by inclining the tip of the blade at a predetermined angle with respect to the base of the blade.
That is, the scaler according to claim 1 has a handle, a holding body provided at the tip of the handle, and a blade provided on the holding body so as to intersect the head-to-tail line of the fish. In addition, the tip of the blade is configured to be inclined at a preselected angle in order to suppress scattering of the scales peeled off to the front side in the moving direction of the blade with respect to the base of the blade. .
[0009]
In the scaler having the above configuration, when the blade is applied to the surface of the fish body and moved in the head-to-tail direction by holding the handle, scales are caused at the tip of the blade and peeled off from the fish body. At this time, the tip of the blade is inclined at a predetermined angle in advance, so that the scale can be smoothly peeled off almost without being scattered from the fish body.
Although this angle changes with kinds of fish, as described in Claim 2, it is good to set it as the range of 15 degrees-35 degrees with respect to the said base.
[0010]
As a result of experiments conducted by the inventors of the present invention by variously changing the angle of the blade that can effectively suppress the scattering of scales, the greatest scattering suppressing effect can be obtained even within the range of 15 ° to 35 °. It was. Preferably, the angle is around 25 °.
The scale remover according to claim 3 is configured such that a plurality of cutouts having a width smaller than the scale width are formed at the tip of the blade.
The blade of the scale remover may be a continuous blade extending in the direction crossing the fish body, but by forming a notch at an appropriate location, the resistance at the time of peeling off the scale is reduced and the operation becomes easier. .
[0011]
The scaler according to claim 4 is configured such that the blades are arranged in a plurality of rows on the holding body.
In this way, the holder may be provided with a plurality of rows of blades at appropriate intervals. By doing in this way, the scales missed with the blade of the foremost row can be peeled off with the blades of the next row and after, and the scale can be peeled off almost completely by one operation.
The scaler according to claim 5 is configured such that the formation position of the notch is shifted for each of the blades.
In this way, small scales that have passed through the notches can be surely peeled off with the blades in the next row.
[0012]
The scaler according to claim 6 is configured such that a second scaler is formed on the other of the handle or the holding body. In this case, you may form the cutting blade which scales the dorsal belly of a fish in said 2nd blade.
Thus, the scaler of this invention can be combined with the blade for scales of another form. For example, by constituting in combination with a conventional scaler, the scale is stripped off with the blade of the scaler of the present invention (first blade), and finishing is performed with the blade of the conventional scaler. It is also possible. Furthermore, the scale of the whole fish can be efficiently scaled by forming a cutting blade for scaling the dorsal belly of the second blade.
Note that the shape of the blade of the scaler of the present invention is not limited to a linear shape, and may be a curved shape or a bent shape.
[0013]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a method for forming a scale according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0014]
[First embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a scaler according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the scaler of FIG.
The scaler 1 of this embodiment intersects a handle 11 gripped by a user, a holding body 12 provided at the tip of the handle 11, and a line connecting the head and tail of the fish (head-tail line). It has a blade 13 provided in the holding body 12 in the direction.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the blade 13 includes a base portion 13 b attached to the holding body 12 and a tip portion 13 a that is pressed against the fish body and peels off the scales. In addition, it is good for the front-end | tip part 13a of the blade 13 to form the some notch 14 by the width | variety smaller than the width | variety of a scale at equal intervals. By forming such a notch 14, it is possible to reduce resistance when peeling off the scales.
[0015]
Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the tip 13a of the blade 13 is inclined at an angle α in the scale peeling direction (direction indicated by arrow I in FIG. 1) so as to form an angle α with respect to the base 13b. Is formed.
This angle α is set to an angle at which the scattering of the scale is minimized when the scale is peeled off.
FIG. 6 is a graph showing the relationship between the angle α of the tip 13a of the blade 13 and the number of scales scattered when the stripping operation is actually performed. The angle α of the tip 13a of the blade 13 is increased. It can be seen that the number of scales scattered decreases. However, if the angle α is larger than a certain level, a large force is required when stripping off the scale, which makes it difficult to perform the work, and the blade tip may bite into the fish and damage the fish. Therefore, as a result of taking the data of the optimum angle α for various fishes, the number α of the tip 13a of the blade 13 is set to 15 ° to 35 °, so that the number of scattering can be greatly reduced, and there is no trouble in the work. It was found that there was no risk of damaging the fish. Preferably, the angle α is about 25 ° (20 ° to 30 °).
[0016]
Three rows of the blades 13 having the above-described configuration are provided on the holding body 12 in the scaler 1 of this embodiment. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the three blades 13 are provided in parallel in the same direction as the scale peeling direction (indicated by the arrow I in the figure) at intervals larger than at least the scale length.
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing how the scale is peeled off by the scaler 1 having the above-described configuration.
As shown in FIG. 3 (a), the tip 13a of the blade 13 is pressed against the surface of the fish, and the blade 13 is moved in the direction of arrow I.
Thereby, as shown in FIG.3 (b), the scale 16 is caused from the fish body by the front-end | tip part 13a.
By further moving the tip portion 13a, the cutting edge of the tip portion 13a reaches the root of the scale 16, as shown in FIG. 3C, and the scale 16 is separated from the fish body.
Since the tip portion 13a is formed in advance at an angle α at which the scale 16 does not scatter, the peeled scale 16 almost scatters from the tip portion 13a of the blade 13 as shown in FIG. Without being transferred to the head side of the fish body together with the tip portion 13a, it is removed.
[0017]
[Second Embodiment]
4 is a partial enlarged view of the tip portion 23a of the blade 23 in the scaler according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
As in the scaler of the first embodiment, the scaler of this embodiment is provided with a plurality of rows of blades 23 (two rows in the example shown in FIG. 4) on the holding body. The cutouts 24 of the first row of blades 23 and the cutouts 24 of the second row of blades 23 are alternately shifted in position.
By doing in this way, the scale which passed the notch 24 of the blade 23 of the 1st row can be peeled off by the front-end | tip part 23a of the blade 23 of the 2nd row.
Of course, as in the first embodiment, in the scaler in which three or more rows of blades are provided on the holding body, the positions of the notches may be alternately shifted in each blade.
[0018]
[Third embodiment]
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a scaler according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
In the scaler 3 of this embodiment, in addition to the blade (first blade) 13 of the first embodiment, a second blade 33 is provided at the tip of the holding body 12.
As this 2nd blade 33, the scale part of the scaler described in said patent document 1 can be utilized, for example. As shown in FIG. 5, the second blade 33 is attached to the holding body 12 at a parallel or slightly upward angle, and is used by changing the handle 11 so that the blade 13 faces upward.
The second blade 33 is formed with a first cutting blade 33a for removing scales on both sides of the fish at the tip, and a mountain-shaped cutting blade 33b for peeling off the scales of the fish spine or belly on both sides. Is formed.
In this way, by providing a plurality of blades having different forms in the common scaler 3, for example, the scales are stripped off by the first blade 13 and the fish body surface is finished by the second blade 33. It is convenient to work without preparing a separate instrument. In particular, by forming the first cutting edge 33a and the second cutting edge 33b on the second blade 33, there is an advantage that both sides of the fish, the back and the belly can be efficiently scaled.
[0019]
Although preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments.
For example, in the above description, the handle 11 is provided on one side of the holding body 12, but it is also possible to provide handles on both sides of the holding body 12.
In the third embodiment, the second blade 33 is attached to one end of the handle 11. However, the second blade 33 may be attached to the tip of the holding body 12, and the form of the second blade 33 is also illustrated in FIG. The present invention is not limited to that shown in FIG. 5, and various forms can be used.
Further, in the above description, the blades 13 and 23 are described on the assumption that they are linear, but the shapes of the blades 13 and 23 may be curved or bent. In this case, as shown in FIG. 7, the centers of the curved or bent blades 13 and 23 are preferably recessed with respect to the scale peeling direction.
[0020]
【The invention's effect】
As described above in detail, according to the present invention, a high scattering effect can be expected by simply making a simple improvement to a conventional scaler having a simple configuration. Moreover, it is possible to easily remove the scale while watching the fish. Furthermore, it is possible to obtain an easy-to-use scaler with a simple configuration.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a scaler according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front view of the scaler of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the scaler of the first embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged view of a tip portion a of a blade in a scaler according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a scaler according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a graph showing the relationship between the angle of the tip of the blade and the number of scales scattered when the stripping operation is actually performed.
FIG. 7 is a plan view of a bent blade according to still another embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,3 Scaler 11 Handle 12 Holding body 13,23 Blade 13a, 23a Tip part 13b, 23b Base part 14, 24 Notch 33 Second blade 33a First cutting edge 33b Second cutting edge I Scale removal direction

Claims (8)

A handle,
A holding body provided at the tip of the handle;
A blade provided on the holding body so as to intersect the head-to-tail line of the fish,
Inclining the tip of the blade to the front side of the blade in the advancing direction with respect to the base of the blade at a preselected angle in order to suppress scattering of the scale that has been peeled off,
Scaler characterized by. The scale according to claim 1, wherein the angle is within a range of 15 ° to 35 ° with respect to the base. The scaler according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of notches having a width smaller than the scale are formed at a tip of the blade. The scale according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the blades are arranged in a plurality of rows on the holding body. The scaler according to claim 4, wherein the notch formation position is shifted for each blade row. The scaler according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a second blade for scaling is formed at one end of the handle or the holding body. The scaler according to claim 6, wherein the second blade includes a cutting blade that scales the dorsal belly of the fish. The scale according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the blade is formed in a curved shape or a bent shape in a direction intersecting a head-and-tail line of a fish.

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