JP2002119194A - Noodle-making machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a noodle-making machine capable of homogeneously kneading the raw materials for noodle and forming the produced noodle dough into noodle strings. SOLUTION: The noodle-making machine 1 is provided with a noodle dough forming part 2 to form a noodle dough by kneading the raw materials and a noodle-forming part 3 to form the obtained noodle dough into noodle strings (a). The noodle-forming part 2 is provided with a mixer casing 7 having nearly hemispherical bottom and a stirring blade 9 having an arched form curved along the inner face of the bottom part of the mixer casing 7 and integrally connected to a stirring shaft 8 placed horizontally in the mixer casing 7.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a noodle making machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a noodle making machine capable of performing a process from kneading of raw materials in a noodle making process to molding in a consistent manner. The noodle dough is manufactured by kneading while the noodle dough is stretched flat by a roller, and the stretched noodle dough is cut into a line by a cutter to form noodles.

[0003] The mixer for kneading the noodle dough has a horizontally long agitating rotary shaft inside a long casing, and a plurality of agitating blades protruding from the agitating rotary shaft. The noodle dough in the casing is kneaded.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional noodle making machine, the mixer casing is long in the lateral direction, and the kneading of the raw materials accommodated in the casing is difficult.
Since the stirring was performed by a plurality of stirring blades protruding from the stirring rotation shaft arranged in the horizontal direction, each of the plurality of stirring blades kneaded the raw material in the vicinity thereof, and the movement of the raw material in the lateral direction was small, There has been a situation where the raw materials are unevenly contained in the mixer.

That is, in the horizontal direction in the mixer,
Even if there are parts with a lot of powders and parts with a lot of water, or even if the raw materials themselves are evenly mixed, if the raw materials are distributed to some parts in the mixer and less to other parts, In some cases, the kneading condition of the raw material was insufficient in the portion where the raw material was large, and conversely, in the portion where the raw material was small, the dough raw material was kneaded more than necessary.

[0006] In addition, since the conventional noodle making machine was not provided with a function of boiling noodles, the noodles had to be transported to a hot water storage sink in order to cook the formed noodles. However, the working flow line until the molded noodle was boiled was useless, and the working efficiency was not good.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a noodle dough producing section for kneading raw materials to produce a noodle dough, and forming the produced noodle dough into a linear noodle. A noodle producing unit comprising: a noodle dough producing unit, wherein the noodle dough producing unit is integrally formed with a mixer casing having a substantially hemispherical bottom and a stirring rotary shaft disposed horizontally in the mixer casing. And a stirring blade formed in an arch shape along the inner surface of the bottom of the mixer casing.

Further, the present invention is characterized by the following points. (1) A lid can be inserted and mounted in the upper opening of the mixer casing, and a substantially hemispherical concave portion is provided on the bottom surface of the lid, so that the stirring blade formed in an arch shape can rotate along the concave portion. thing. (2) The stirring blade is formed of a band having a predetermined width, and a cutting edge portion is formed at an upper edge of one end surface and a lower edge of the other end surface of the same band, and the rotation direction is switched between forward and reverse to obtain a raw material. Kneading the raw materials by performing the stirring cutting operation and the stirring crushing operation. (3) The stirring rotary shaft having the stirring blades connected thereto is detachably attached to the blade driving unit disposed in the noodle dough generating unit, and the mixer casing is detachable from the noodle dough generating unit. The dough generating unit and the noodle forming unit are juxtaposed in proximity to each other,
The same noodle forming unit, a cylinder for accommodating the noodle dough, a piston that slides in the cylinder to press the noodle dough in the cylinder, and a plurality of noodle doughs attached to the bottom surface of the cylinder and through which the pressed noodle dough passes. A nozzle body having small holes. (5) The nozzle body of the noodle forming section is provided above the noodle boiling section for boiling the formed noodle.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The noodle manufacturing machine of the present invention kneads raw materials to produce noodle dough, and further forms the noodle dough into linear noodles. Forming part. In the noodle dough producing section, a mixer casing having a substantially hemispherical bottom is provided, and a stirring rotation shaft is disposed horizontally in the mixer casing. A stirring blade for kneading the raw materials accommodated in the mixer casing is integrally connected to the stirring rotation shaft.

Further, one end of a stirring rotary shaft having a stirring blade connected thereto is detachably attached to a blade driving unit provided in the noodle dough producing unit, and the stirring driving shaft is provided with the stirring blade by the blade driving unit. The rotating shaft is rotating.

The stirring blade integrally connected to the stirring rotation shaft is formed in an arch shape so as to follow the inner surface of the bottom of the mixer casing so that the raw material adjacent to the inner surface of the bottom of the mixer casing can be stirred. ing. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the raw material contained in the mixer casing from adhering to the inner surface of the bottom of the mixer casing.

When the arch-shaped stirring blade is rotated, the raw material in the mixer casing is pushed by the stirring blade and gradually rises along the inner peripheral surface of the mixer casing, and is deposited in a mortar shape. . Then, when the stirring is further repeated, the raw material deposited on the uppermost portion of the mortar is sequentially pushed out toward the center of the mixer casing by its own weight.

Therefore, the raw material in the mixer casing does not adhere to the bottom inner surface of the mixer casing,
Kneading can be performed while constantly circulating vertically and horizontally.

Further, a lid is inserted and mounted in the upper opening of the mixer casing, and a substantially hemispherical concave portion is provided on the bottom surface of the lid so that the stirring blade formed in an arch shape can rotate along the concave portion. Then, the stirring blade rotates along the inner peripheral surface of the substantially spherical body formed by the substantially hemispherical bottom of the mixer casing and the substantially hemispherical concave portion of the lid, and soars by stirring, so that the inner periphery of the mixer casing is rotated. The raw material adhering to the surface and the bottom of the lid can be thoroughly scraped off by the stirring blade. Therefore, the raw materials in the mixer casing can be circulated and kneaded without excess.

Further, the stirring blade is formed of a band having a predetermined width, and a blade edge is formed at an upper edge of one end surface and a lower edge of the other end surface of the same band. Therefore, if the rotation direction can be switched between forward and reverse, if the rotation in one side direction, the cutting edge of the blade portion of the stirring blade is brought into contact with the raw material,
The raw material can be cut while stirring, and when the raw material is rotated in the opposite direction, the slope of the cutting edge can be brought into contact with the raw material, and the raw material can be crushed while stirring.

By combining the stirring cutting operation of the stirring blade and the stirring crushing operation, the raw materials can be uniformly kneaded.

As described above, the stirring rotating shaft having the stirring blades connected thereto is detachable from the blade driving unit of the noodle dough forming unit, but the mixer casing is also detachable from the noodle dough generating unit. The blade drive unit of the noodle dough generation unit, the stirring rotation shaft having the stirring blades connected in series, and the mixer casing are made independent from each other, so that maintenance can be easily performed.

The noodle dough generating unit described above, when juxtaposed in parallel with the noodle forming unit for forming the generated noodle dough into linear noodles, immediately converts the noodle dough generated by the noodle dough generating unit. Since it can be moved to the noodle forming section, the working flow line is not wasted, and the time required for noodle production can be reduced.

In addition, the noodle forming part includes a cylinder for accommodating the noodle dough, a piston sliding in the cylinder to press the noodle dough in the cylinder, and a pressed noodle dough attached to the bottom surface of the cylinder. And a nozzle body having a plurality of small holes through which the noodle dough is extruded from the small holes to form linear noodles. The noodles can be formed linearly without the need for the two steps of linear cutting, and the time required for noodle production can be further reduced.

Further, it is desirable that the noodle making machine is arranged such that the nozzle body of the noodle forming section is located above the noodle boiling section for boiling the formed noodles such as a hot water storage sink. If the noodles are received by the noodle boiling section and boiled as they are, the process from the raw material stage to the boiled noodles can be performed consistently with one noodle manufacturing machine. It is ideal for installation in stores such as soba shops.

[0021]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional front view of the whole noodle producing machine 1 according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional whole side view of the same part, and FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the noodle making machine 1
A noodle dough generating unit 2 for kneading the raw materials to generate a noodle dough, a noodle forming unit 3 for forming the noodle dough generated by the noodle dough generating unit 2 into a linear noodle a, and a noodle forming unit 3 A noodle boiling section 4 for boiling the noodles a formed in a linear shape. In the present embodiment, a noodle cooling unit 5 is provided adjacent to the noodle boiling unit 4, and the noodle cooling unit 5 can cool the noodle a boiled in the noodle boiling unit 4.

In the present embodiment, the noodle dough producing section 2 and the noodle forming section 3 are juxtaposed in parallel, a noodle boiling section 4 is provided below the noodle forming section 3, and the noodle boiling section 4 The noodle cooling unit 5 is juxtaposed, and the noodle dough generating unit 2 is supported by the machine frame 71 of the noodle cooling unit 5.

First, the noodle dough generator 2 will be described.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 8, a mixer 6 for kneading the raw materials is provided in the noodle dough producing unit 2, and a stirring casing 8 of the mixer 6 is horizontally arranged in a mixer casing 7. A stirring blade 9 is integrally connected to the stirring rotation shaft 8, one end of the stirring rotation shaft 8 is supported on the peripheral surface of the mixer casing 7, and the other end is connected to the mixer casing 7.
The blade is driven outward by the blade drive unit 10, and the blade drive unit 10 rotates the stirring rotation shaft 8 so that the raw material in the mixer casing 7 can be kneaded.

Here, the mixer casing 7 is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape having opposed flat portions 11 and 12, and the one flat portion 11 is provided with the bearing hole 13 of the stirring rotary shaft 8 as described above. One end of the stirring rotation shaft 8 can be detachably attached to the coaxial receiving hole 13. In addition,
A packing 14 is provided at a contact portion of the bearing hole 13 with the stirring rotation shaft 8.
Is provided to increase the watertightness of the mixer casing 7.

The other flat portion 12 serves as a contact portion with the blade drive portion 10, and the flat portion 12 has a rectangular opening 15.
Is provided so that the stirring rotary shaft 8 integrally provided with the stirring blades 9 can pass through the opening 15.

The bottom of the mixer casing 7 has a substantially hemispherical shape, and the top of the mixer casing 7 is openable so that the lid can be closed. It is inclined so that the upper opening of the mixer casing faces forward.

Therefore, since the mixer casing 7 is not stable in the state as it is, an annular pedestal 16 is arranged integrally with the outer peripheral surface of the bottom of the mixer casing 7 and the mixer casing 7 is attached to the machine frame 71 of the noodle cooling section 5. It is installed stably on the surface.

In addition, a plate-like mixer casing fixing piece 17 extending along the surface of the machine frame 71 of the noodle cooling unit 5 is integrally connected to the pedestal 16 at a position facing the blade drive unit 10. .
Then, the mixer casing fixing piece 17 has a structure shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, a plurality of fixing grooves 18 formed so that the openings face the wing drive unit 10 are formed at a plurality of positions, and the lowest grooves of the fixing grooves 18 are formed from the machine frame 71 side of the noodle cooling unit 5. Insert the bolt 19,
The machine frame 71 of the noodle cooling unit 5 and the mixer casing fixing piece 17 are integrally fixed by a nut 20 from above.

The blade drive unit 10 of the mixer casing 7
A protruding piece 21 is provided at the upper edge of the side.
In addition, a fixing groove 22 is formed so that the opening faces the blade drive unit 10 side. In the lowest part of the fixing groove 22,
The support fixing bar 23 erected from the wing drive unit 10 is inserted,
The upper end of the support fixing bar 23 is formed in a bolt shape,
It is configured such that 21 can be fixed by being sandwiched from above by a nut 24.

That is, the mixer casing 7 is fixed to the noodle dough producing section 2 by bolting the projecting piece 21 and the mixer casing fixing piece 17 integrated with the mixer casing 7, and furthermore, the bolt 19 and the support fixing rod Since the fixing grooves 18 and 22 for inserting the 23 are open on the blade drive unit 10 side, loosen the nuts 20 and 24 and slide the two pieces 17 and 21 in the opposite direction to the blade drive unit 10. By
As shown in FIG. 8, the mixer casing 7 can be easily removed from the noodle dough producing section 2.

The mixer casing 7 is connected to the blade drive unit 10.
When it is slid in the opposite direction, the stirring rotation shaft 8 disposed in the mixer casing 7 has one end disengaged from the bearing hole 13 of the mixer casing 7 and is cantilevered only on the blade drive unit 10 side. State. The stirring rotation shaft 8 and the stirring blade 9 integrally connected to the stirring rotation shaft 8.
Passes through the opening 15 provided on the contact surface of the mixer casing 7 with the blade drive unit 10 and exits the mixer casing 7. Therefore, removal of the mixer casing 7
The stirring blade 9 and the stirring rotation shaft 8 housed in the mixer casing 7 do not interfere with each other.

The upper opening of the mixer casing 7 is covered with a lid 25 made of a packing material. The lid 25 has a substantially disc-shaped insertion portion 26 which can be slidably inserted into the upper opening of the mixer casing 7. And a locking flange 27 protruding from the upper edge of the peripheral surface of the insertion portion 26, and a handle 28.

The substantially disk-shaped insertion portion 26 is provided with a certain thickness so as to be substantially tapered from the upper surface to the lower surface, and a small hole for allowing water to pass through the substantially tapered lower end portion. A plurality of holes 29 are formed to form a funnel portion 30. By the funnel section 30, water can be introduced into the mixer casing 7 even with the lid 25 attached.

That is, the mixer 6 according to the present embodiment
Water can be added into the mixer casing 7 even with the lid 25 attached, so that it is possible to appropriately add water while rotating the stirring blades 9 to knead the raw materials.

In the drawing, reference numeral 31 denotes a rotation preventing sensor. When the lid 25 is mounted on the mixer casing 7, the handle 28 of the lid 25 is brought into contact with the rotation preventing sensor 31. The lid 25 is attached to the mixer casing 7 and unless the rotation prevention sensor 31 detects it,
The stirring rotation shaft is prevented from rotating. Therefore, the stirring blade 9 rotates without the lid 25 being attached to the mixer casing 7, and the raw material in the mixer casing 7 scatters to the outside due to the rotation of the stirring blade 9, or the operator mistakenly rotates. Can be prevented from coming into contact with the stirring blade 9.

As described above, the stirring rotation shaft 8 is disposed in the mixer casing 7 in the horizontal direction.
A stirring blade 9 is integrally connected to the stirring rotation shaft 8. Here, the stirring blade 9 is formed in an arch shape along the inner surface of the bottom of the mixer casing 7, and both ends of the arch shape are connected to the stirring rotation shaft 8.

Therefore, when the arc-shaped stirring blade 9 is rotated, the raw material adjacent to the inner surface of the bottom of the mixer casing 7 can also be stirred, and the raw material accommodated in the mixer casing 7 is removed from the bottom of the mixer casing 7. It can be prevented from adhering to the inner surface.

When the arc-shaped stirring blade 9 is rotated, the raw material in the mixer casing 7 is pushed by the stirring blade 9 and gradually rises along the inner peripheral surface of the mixer casing 7 to form a mortar. accumulate. Then, when the stirring is further repeated, the raw materials deposited on the uppermost portion of the mortar shape sequentially descend by their own weights and are pushed out toward the center of the mixer casing 7. The raw material extruded in the center direction is pushed by the arch-shaped stirring blade 9 and gradually rises again along the inner peripheral surface of the mixer casing 7.

That is, by forming the shape of the stirring blade 9 into an arch shape along the inner surface of the bottom of the mixer casing 7, it is possible to knead the raw material in the mixer casing 7 while constantly circulating it in the vertical and horizontal directions.

As means for further circulating the raw material in the mixer casing 7, FIG. 10 shows a lid 25 'as another embodiment, and the lid 25' according to the above-mentioned embodiment is used. Similarly to the lid 25, a substantially disk-shaped insertion portion 26 'which can be slidably inserted into the upper opening of the mixer casing 7, and the insertion portion 2
A locking flange 27 protruding from the upper edge of the peripheral surface of 6 'and a handle 28
And a substantially hemispherical concave portion 77 is provided on the bottom surface of the substantially disk-shaped insertion portion 26 '. Note that a funnel 30 similar to the lid 25 according to the embodiment may be provided in the insertion portion 26 '.

When the lid 25 'according to the present embodiment is mounted on the mixer casing 7, the arc-shaped stirring blade 9
Is a substantially hemispherical bottom of the mixer casing 7 and the lid 2
It is configured to rotate along the inner peripheral surface of a substantially spherical body formed by the substantially hemispherical concave portion 77 of 5 ′.

Accordingly, the raw materials adhering to the inner peripheral surface of the mixer casing 7 and the bottom surface of the lid 25 'can be scraped off by the stirring blades 9 without leaving any surplus due to the rotation of the stirring blades 9. The stored raw materials can be reliably circulated and kneaded.

The stirring blade 9 is formed of a band having a predetermined width, and has a cutting edge 32 formed on the upper edge of one end surface and the lower edge of the other end surface of the band. Therefore, assuming that clockwise rotation is normal rotation and counterclockwise rotation is reverse rotation in FIG. 9, in the case of reverse rotation, as shown in FIG.
As the material rotates at the cutting edge 33 while shaving the material, the material is stirred and cut. Conversely, at the time of forward rotation, as shown in FIG. 9B, the stirring blade 9 rotates while pushing the raw material on the slope 34 of the cutting edge portion 32, so that the raw material is crushed by stirring.

As described above, by switching the rotation direction between the normal and reverse directions, the stirring and cutting operation of the raw material and the stirring and crushing operation can be performed.
Raw materials can be uniformly kneaded.

In the blade drive unit 10 for rotating the stirring blade 9, the motor 35 and the drive gear are mounted in the machine frame 71 of the noodle cooling unit 5.
A gear case that houses 36 and is connected to the top of the machine frame 71
A driven gear 38 is housed in 37, a machine frame 71 and a gear case
37 is communicated, the drive gear 36 in the machine frame 71 and the gear case 37
And the driven gear 38 inside.

One end of a gear rotating shaft 39, which is the rotating shaft of the driven gear 38, protrudes from the gear case 37, and the inside of the gear rotating shaft 39 is hollow to form a bearing hole 40.
The stirring rotation shaft 8 of the stirring blade 9 is detachably attached to the coaxial receiving hole 40 so that the stirring rotation shaft 8 is interlocked with the driven gear 38.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 8, the portion of the gear rotating shaft 39 protruding from the gear case 37 is not a complete ring but is partially notched. A stirring blade 9 integrally connected to the rotating shaft 8 is located.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 9, the stirring blade 9 is connected to the stirring rotation shaft 8 at one end face, and the stirring blade 9 connected to the stirring rotation shaft 8 is viewed from the side. As can be seen, the stirring rotary shaft 8 and the stirring blade 9 only partially overlap. Therefore, it is possible to position the stirring blade 9 in the notch 41. When the driven gear 38 rotates, the gear rotating shaft
The stirring blade 9 located in the notch 41 of the 39 rotates by being pushed by the protrusion 42 of the gear rotating shaft 39.

A packing 43 is attached around the protrusion 42 of the gear rotating shaft 39 on the side of the gear case 37 so as to correspond to the rectangular opening 15 formed in the mixer casing 7 so as to be in close contact therewith. Thus, when the mixer casing 7 is attached to the side of the gear case 37, the watertightness in the mixer casing 7 is enhanced.

In the drawing, reference numeral 44 denotes a shaft support for supporting the rotating shafts of the two gears 36 and 38, and a support fixing rod 23 for supporting and fixing the mixer casing 7 protrudes from the coaxial support 44. are doing. The end of the support fixing rod 23 has a gear case 37.
As described above, and is inserted into the fixing groove 22 of the protruding piece 21 disposed on the upper end edge of the mixer casing 7 as described above.

Next, the noodle forming unit 3 which is juxtaposed with the noodle dough generating unit 2 will be described.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the noodle forming section 3 includes
A box-shaped cylinder device 45 is disposed at the upper part, and a cylindrical cylinder case 46 is vertically provided at the front of the bottom surface of the cylinder device 45. Inside the cylinder case 46, a cylindrical cylinder 48 having a nozzle body 47 attached to the bottom surface and a cylinder
A columnar piston 49 that slides in the housing 48 is accommodated.

In the cylinder case 46, the piston 49
Is suspended from the cylinder device 45 via a rod-shaped rod 50, and is displaced up and down by the operation of the cylinder device 45 to slide in the cylinder. By this sliding, the piston 49 presses the noodle dough stored in the cylinder 48.

Further, a plurality of small holes (not shown) are formed in the nozzle body 47 attached to the bottom surface of the cylinder 48, and the nozzle body 47 is arranged above the noodle boiling section 4 and pressed by the piston 49. The noodle dough in the cylinder is pushed out of the cylinder 48 through the small holes (not shown), and is received by the noodle boiler 4.

The cylinder 48 has a cylinder locking flange provided along the lower end of the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder case 46.
52 locks the inside of the cylinder case 46. As described above, the cylinder 48 is locked by the cylinder case 46 and is not fixed integrally with the cylinder case 46. In addition, the front lower peripheral wall of the cylinder case 46 is opened in an arch shape to form the cylinder 48. Since the outlet 51 is provided, the cylinder 48 can be freely taken out from the cylinder outlet 51. In the figure, reference numeral 53 denotes a handle of the cylinder case 46.

On the lower surface of the cylinder locking flange 52, a rectangular gate-shaped shutter receiving frame 54 is attached, and between the left and right plates 54a, 54b constituting the shutter receiving frame 54,
Two front and rear rollers (not shown) are supported by a roller shaft 55. Then, a bat-shaped noodle cutting shutter 56 is placed on a roller (not shown) so as to be slidable back and forth, and the rear wall of the noodle cutting shutter 56 is inclined outward and upward. The noodle cutting portion 57 is protruded.

Accordingly, when the noodle cutting shutter 56 is slid back and forth, the noodle cutting portion 57 provided on the rear wall of the noodle cutting shutter 56 slides along the lower surface of the nozzle body 47 attached to the bottom of the cylinder 48. Noodles a that have moved and passed through the nozzle body 47
Can be cut off. In the figure, 58 is a noodle cutting shutter
There are 56 handles.

Next, a description will be given of the noodle boiling section 4 which is located below the noodle forming section 3 and receives and boil the noodle a formed by the noodle forming section 3.

[0062] As shown in Figs.
A spindle 60 is erected on the back side of the rectangular box-shaped machine frame 59,
The noodle forming part 3 is attached to the upper part of the support shaft 60 so as to swing freely in the horizontal direction. That is, the upper portion of the support shaft 60 is attached to the rear bottom of the cylinder device 45 provided in the noodle forming section 3, and the cylinder device 45 is configured to rotate horizontally about the support shaft 60. In the figure, reference numerals 61 denote legs provided at four corners on the lower surface of the machine frame 59.

A rectangular box-shaped shuttle portion 62 is disposed inside the machine frame 59, and the bottom wall of the shuttle portion 62 is inclined downward from the front and rear sides toward the center. Is slightly depressed, and is formed in a substantially V-shape in side view. A drain 63 is provided in the V-shaped outermost concave portion in side view.

Further, a heating means for heating the water stored in the pot portion 62 is provided on the inner bottom portion of the pot portion 62.
A plurality of U-shaped heaters 64 are provided. The heater 64 is
Two straight portions forming a U-shape are arranged on the shuttle portion 62 in a state of being vertically arranged in a row. On the heater 64, a noodle storage basket 65 for receiving the noodle a formed by the noodle forming portion 3 is provided. Is placed.

The noodle housing basket 65 can be taken out of the hook portion 62, and includes a basket body 66 formed of a mesh body and a basket body 66.
A peripheral wall 67 continuously connected to the upper opening of the above, a handle 68 continuously connected to the peripheral wall 67, and a locking hook 69 similarly connected to the peripheral wall 67
And an umbrella-shaped foam collecting body 70 connected to the bottom of the basket main body 66. In the figure, 67a is a spout.

On the side of the noodle boiling section 4, there is provided a noodle cooling section 5 configured to be able to cool the noodle a boiled in the noodle boiling section 4.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the noodle cooling section 5 is provided with a sink 72 inside the rectangular box-shaped machine frame 71 on the front side thereof. A sink tank 73,
It comprises a drain port 74 provided on the bottom wall of the sink tank 73 and a faucet 75 attached to the machine frame 71 facing the sink tank 73.
Further, as described above, the noodle dough forming unit 2 is disposed on the back side of the machine casing 71. In the figure, reference numeral 76 denotes a leg.

The noodle cooling section 5 is used when it is necessary to cool the noodle a boiled with boiling water, such as so-called noodles, udon noodles, and soba noodles. The sink tank 73 of the noodle cooling unit 5 is configured to be able to store the noodle storage basket 65, and moves the boiled noodle a together with the noodle storage basket 65 to the sink tank 73 and exposes the noodle a to running water. Can be cooled.

Next, a method for producing noodle a using the above-mentioned noodle producing machine 1 will be described. In this embodiment, a case where buckwheat noodles are manufactured will be described.

(Noodle dough kneading) Raw materials such as buckwheat flour, water and other additives are put into the fixed mixer casing 7, and the lid 25 is attached to the opening above the mixer casing 7. First, the stirring rotation shaft 8 is reversed, and the raw material is cut with stirring by the stirring blades 9 to uniformly mix the powder and the water. Next, when the raw materials are sufficiently mixed, the stirring rotation shaft 8 is reversed, and the raw materials are kneaded while stirring with the stirring blades 9 to knead the raw materials to produce noodle dough. As for the addition of water, the powder may be added little by little from the funnel 30 provided on the lid 25.

Here, the mixer 6 in this embodiment is
Since the mixer casing 7 is formed in a vertically long cylindrical shape, and the shape of the stirring blade 9 for kneading the raw material in the mixer casing 7 is formed in an arch shape along the inner surface of the bottom of the mixer casing 7, The raw materials can be kneaded without adhering to the bottom inner surface of the mixer casing, and can be kneaded in the mixer casing 7 while constantly circulating the raw materials in the vertical and horizontal directions. Therefore, in the produced noodle dough, the raw materials are uniformly mixed and the dough elasticity is constant.

In addition, when the lid 25 'having a substantially hemispherical concave portion 77 provided on the bottom surface as shown in the other embodiment is used, the raw material soared into the mixer casing 7 by stirring can be circulated without excess. Can be stirred.

Further, the stirring blade 9 is formed of a band having a predetermined width, and the blades 32 are formed at the upper edge of one end face and the lower edge of the other end face of the strip, respectively. By rotating the blade 8 forward and backward, it is possible to change whether the cutting edge 33 of the cutting edge 32 or the slope 34 of the cutting edge 32 abuts on the raw material. Then, by combining the stirring and cutting operation when the cutting edge 33 is in contact with the stirring and crushing operation when the slope 34 is in contact, the noodle dough can be generated uniformly and quickly.

The stirring rotary shaft 8 provided with the mixer casing and the stirring blade 9 in the present embodiment can be detached from the noodle dough producing unit 2, so that it can be detached after use and easily cleaned. it can.

(Formation of Noodles) In order to form the produced noodle dough into noodles a having a substantially rectangular cross section, first, a rectangular small hole (not shown) is formed in the cylinder 48 detached from the noodle forming part 3. Is attached. Then, the generated noodle dough is put into the cylinder 48, and the cylinder 48 is returned into the cylinder case 46 of the noodle forming unit 3.

Next, the cylinder device 45 is started, the piston 49 is pressed against the noodle dough in the cylinder 48, and the noodle dough is extruded from a small hole (not shown) of the nozzle body 47 to form a linear noodle a. To form The extruded noodle a is a noodle cutting shutter 56
The noodles are cut to a predetermined length by the noodle cutting section 57 provided in the above, and the cut noodles a are directly dropped onto the noodle boiling section 4 disposed below the noodle forming section 3. The dropped noodle a is received by the noodle storage basket 65 of the noodle boiler 4.

(Boiled noodles) The noodle housing basket 65 for receiving the noodles a formed in the noodle forming section 3 is placed on a heater 64 disposed in the pot section 62 of the noodle boiler 4. The hook 69 provided on the storage basket 65 is locked to the front wall of the shuttle 62. Further, water is stored in the kettle portion 62, and the water is boiled by the heater 64, and the noodle a in the noodle storage basket 65 is boiled by the boiling water.

The boiled noodle a is taken out of the noodle boiler 4 and transferred to the noodle cooler 5, where it is cooled by being exposed to running water. When the noodle storage basket 65 is stored in the noodle cooling unit 5, the locking hook 69 provided on the noodle storage basket 65 is hooked onto the side wall of the sink tank 73 of the noodle cooling unit 5, and Is fixed so that it does not move.

As described above, according to the noodle making machine 1 of the present invention, the steps from the raw material stage to the boiled noodle a can be performed by one noodle making machine 1 consistently. it can.

[0080]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the noodle dough producing section for kneading the raw materials to produce the noodle dough comprises: a mixer casing having a substantially hemispherical bottom; The stirring rotary shaft provided in the above, while being integrally connected, and having a stirring blade formed in an arch shape along the bottom inner surface of the mixer casing, the raw material adjacent to the bottom inner surface of the mixer casing is also provided. Stirring can be performed, and the raw material accommodated in the mixer casing can be prevented from adhering to the inner surface of the bottom of the mixer casing.

When the arch-shaped stirring blade is rotated,
The raw material in the mixer casing is pushed by the stirring blade and gradually rises along the inner peripheral surface of the mixer casing, and is deposited in a mortar shape. Are sequentially pushed out toward the center of the mixer casing by its own weight. Therefore, the material in the mixer casing can be kneaded while being constantly circulated in the vertical and horizontal directions without adhering to the bottom inner surface of the mixer casing.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a lid can be inserted into and mounted on the upper opening of the mixer casing, and a substantially hemispherical concave portion is provided on the bottom of the lid to form an arc-shaped agitator. The blades are rotatable along the recesses, so that the raw materials adhering to the inner peripheral surface of the mixer casing and the bottom surface of the lid can be scraped off by the stirring blades without excess, and are stored in the mixer casing. The kneaded raw material can be surely kneaded.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the stirring blade is formed of a band having a predetermined width, and has a blade edge portion formed at an upper edge of one end surface and a lower edge of the other end surface of the band. By switching the rotation direction between forward and reverse, the raw material is kneaded by performing the stirring cutting operation and the stirring crushing operation of the raw material, so that the raw material can be uniformly kneaded.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the stirring rotary shaft having the stirring blades connected thereto is detachably attached to the blade drive unit provided in the noodle dough generating unit, and the mixer casing is connected to the noodle dough generating unit. In the noodle dough producing section, the stirring rotating shaft connected with the stirring blade, the mixer casing, and the blade driving section can be made independent, and maintenance such as replacement and cleaning of each can be performed. Easy to do.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the noodle dough producing section and the noodle forming section are juxtaposed side by side, and the noodle forming section is
A cylinder for storing the noodle dough, a piston sliding in the cylinder to press the noodle dough in the cylinder, and a nozzle body attached to the bottom surface of the cylinder and having a plurality of small holes through which the pressed noodle dough passes According to the configuration, the noodle dough generated by the noodle dough generating unit can be immediately moved to the noodle forming unit, and the noodle dough is stretched flat, and the stretched noodle dough is further cut into a linear shape. The noodle dough can be formed into a linear noodle simply by extruding the noodle dough through the small holes without skipping the two steps, and the time required for noodle production can be reduced.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the nozzle body of the noodle forming section is provided above the noodle boiling section for boiling the formed noodles, so that the noodles passing through the nozzle body are directly used by the noodle boiling section. You can catch it and boil it. Therefore, there is no need to carry the noodles to a hot water storage sink or the like in order to cook the molded noodles, and the working efficiency can be improved. In addition, since the process from the raw material stage to the boiled noodles can be performed consistently with one noodle making machine,
No space is required when installing a noodle making machine.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall front view, partially in section, of a noodle producing machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional overall side view of the noodle making machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an overall plan view of the noodle making machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front sectional view of a mixer.

FIG. 5 is an exploded front sectional view of the mixer.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the mixer.

FIG. 7 is a side sectional view of a mixer.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a mixer casing has been removed from a noodle dough generating unit.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the rotation direction of the stirring blade and the stirring operation.

FIG. 10 is a front sectional view of a mixer showing a lid as another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 a Noodle 1 Noodle making machine 2 Noodle dough generating unit 3 Noodle forming unit 7 Mixer casing 8 Stirring rotating shaft 9 Stirring blade 10 Blade driving unit 32 Blade tip 47 Nozzle body 48 Cylinder 49 Piston 77 Recess

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A noodle having a noodle dough forming part (2) for kneading raw materials to form a noodle dough, and a noodle forming part (3) for forming the generated noodle dough into a linear noodle (a). A noodle dough producing unit (2) comprising: a mixer casing (7) having a substantially hemispherical bottom; and a stirring rotating shaft (8) disposed horizontally in the mixer casing (7). And a stirrer (9) formed integrally with the mixer casing (7) and formed in an arch shape along the bottom inner surface of the mixer casing (7). 2. A lid (25) can be inserted and mounted in the upper opening of the mixer casing (7), and a substantially hemispherical concave portion (77) is provided on the bottom of the lid (25) to form an arch. The noodle making machine according to claim 1, wherein the formed stirring blade (9) is rotatable along the recess (77). 3. The stirring blade (9) is formed of a band having a predetermined width, and has a cutting edge portion (32) formed on an upper edge of one end face and a lower edge of the other end face of the same strip, respectively. 3. The raw material is kneaded by performing agitation cutting operation and agitation crushing operation of the raw material by switching between normal and reverse.
2. The noodle making machine according to 1. 4. A stirring rotating shaft (8) provided with stirring blades (9).
Is detachably attached to the wing drive unit (10) disposed in the noodle dough generating unit (2), and the mixer casing (7) is detachable from the noodle dough generating unit (2). The noodle producing machine according to claim 1. 5. A noodle dough generating section (2) and a noodle forming section (3) are juxtaposed in proximity to each other, and the noodle forming section (3) is provided with a cylinder (48) for accommodating a noodle dough and a cylinder (48). 48) and slide the cylinder (4
8) a piston (49) for pressing the noodle dough inside, and the cylinder
The nozzle body (47) attached to the bottom surface of the (48) and having a plurality of small holes through which the pressed noodle dough passes. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein Noodle making machine. 6. The noodle production according to claim 5, wherein the nozzle body (47) of the noodle forming part (3) is provided above the noodle boiling part (4) for boiling the formed noodle (a). Machine.