PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cutting device for citrus fruits which improves cutting efficiency and cutting quality by adjusting the optimum cutting status simply and accurately according to the kinds and sizes of the citrus fruits in particular, regarding the cutting device for the citrus fruits using mainly the fruit juice and fruit peels of such as citrus, "Sudachi", "Kabosu", "Buntan", lemon, and lime.SOLUTION: A pair of rotary blades 74a, 74b facing squeezed citrus fruits are set in a constricted truncated chevron shape, in plan view, in a direction facing the squeezed citrus fruits, the peels of the squeezed citrus fruits are cut with the pair of rotary blades 74a, 74b and the cut peels are discharged to the outside through the centrifugal force of the rotary blades 74a, 74b, and then the residue of the peels left after cutting is dropped from between the rotary blades for discharge, wherein the rotary blades 74a, 74b set in the constricted truncated chevron shape can be adjusted in interval and the set-angle.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】柚子,スダチ,カボス,文旦,レモン,ライム等の主として果汁や果皮を利用する柑橘類果実の切削装置に関し、特には柑橘類果実の種類やサイズに応じて最適の切削状態を簡便、かつ、正確に調節可能とすることによって、切削効率と切削品質を向上させる。【解決手段】搾汁済みの柑橘類果実に対面して一対の回転刃74a,74bを平面視において搾汁済みの柑橘類果実に対面する方向が狭窄したハ字状に設置し、一対の回転刃74a,74bで搾汁済みの柑橘類果実の果皮を切削した後、回転刃74a,74bの遠心力で切削した果皮を外方に排出し、果皮を切削した後の残滓は回転刃の間から落下させて排出し、ハ字状に設置した回転刃74a,74bの間隔及び設置角度を調節可能とした。【選択図】図28
