JP2004313165A - Method for producing noodle and device for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To produce noodles such as buckwheat noodles having a good taste continuously by an integrated operation. <P>SOLUTION: This method for producing noodles is provided by kneading noodle-producing raw materials in a cylindrical shape hopper equipped with a plurality of blade pieces until the content becomes block state noodle dough, then cutting out the block state noodle dough one by one with sharp angular state blade tips formed at the upper edge parts of rotating blade pieces, putting cut out pieces into a supplying port of an extruding device having an extruding screw and obtaining desired noodles from a head installed at a tip end part of the extruding device. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for producing buckwheat noodles and the like, and in particular, a noodle making method and apparatus suitable for so-called 100% soba noodles (buckwheat noodles made from 100% buckwheat flour) that do not use a binder material. It is about.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As described in Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-345389), buckwheat noodles that are made in an appropriate amount in advance by hand, a mixer, etc., are used to make 100% soba without using a binder material such as flour. The noodle dough kneaded while adding water at a rate of about 0, 4 to powder 1 is manually rolled into a lump of appropriate size and put into a supply funnel of an extrusion device, and a pressing device such as a screw or piston Thus, a method has been proposed in which a desired noodle is pushed out from a number of molding holes of a die provided at the tip of the extrusion device by being pushed into an extrusion screw portion of the extrusion device.
[0003]
Further, the applicant of the present application has proposed a noodle making apparatus that consistently performs kneading of raw materials for noodle making and extrusion of noodles with a single apparatus in Patent Document 2 (Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1-291919). In this apparatus, after kneading the noodle-making raw material in a cylindrical hopper provided with a blade piece rotating around the vertical axis, the noodle raw material is pushed into an extrusion apparatus having a shaft-type extrusion screw by reversing the blade piece, A desired noodle is obtained from a die provided at the tip of the delivery device.
The drive system of the noodle making apparatus in Patent Document 2 is composed of a single drive motor provided on the machine body and a series of transmission devices using belts and gears as described in the drawings of the same document. . A conduction device to the screw of the extrusion device is disposed at the lower part of the cylindrical hopper, and the bottom surface of the cylindrical hopper is located above the outer shape of the transmission gear. Further, the vertical axis provided in the cylindrical hopper and attached with the blade piece extends downward and is driven orthogonally from the horizontal axis via a bevel gear.
[0004]
[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-345389 [Patent Document 2] Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1-29919
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Ten percent buckwheat that has the original flavor of buckwheat and has an excellent texture has been considered difficult to make with a machine because the dough has little stickiness and is brittle. This is especially true for the amount of water added to the buckwheat flour and the degree of kneading. First, the amount of water added is about 0.4 relative to the buckwheat flour 1, and when there is a lot of water, it is easy to make noodles, but the obtained buckwheat is soft and does not become a product unless it is immediately boiled. Conversely, if the amount is small, the connection is poor and the noodles are easily cut. Next, with regard to the kneading condition, the craftsmen have been manually made, and the kneading was repeated several hundred times to make the noodle dough.
A good noodle dough carefully kneaded with moderate moisture is block-like, and the surface is soft enough to leave a dent when pressed with a finger, but is sticky in a semi-solid state. In order to make noodles with a conventional noodle making machine using the noodle dough in such a state, as described in Patent Document 1, there is a method in which the noodle dough is manually subdivided into appropriate lumps in advance and fed to an extrusion device. Although it is taken, it takes labor and is troublesome. In addition, a separate mixer is required for kneading and requires funds and a place for installation.
[0006]
Moreover, in the noodle making apparatus described in Patent Document 2, when the wing piece is reversed to move the block-shaped noodle dough, the inclination of the wing piece is directed downward, resulting in a large resistance and an overload state. In order to avoid this, the blade pieces were reversed and supplied to the extruding device in anticipation of when the noodle dough was kneaded and turned into a blocky shape just before it became a block shape. Alternatively, the amount of water added to the noodle material is increased to make a noodle dough having a low viscosity. For this reason, the extruded noodles are insufficiently kneaded, become brittle, easy to tear, and have a problem in texture.
[0007]
Furthermore, in the noodle making apparatus described in Patent Document 2, since a single motor drive system is employed, it is difficult to reverse the wing pieces, and the conduction to each part is complicated, so It also became larger and required an installation area. In particular, the extruding device provided directly below the cylindrical hopper is located away from the bottom surface of the hopper, avoiding the conduction device that drives the extruding screw, and the feeding path for supplying the noodle dough is longer by that amount. As a result, not only was the noodle dough difficult to feed, but it also had the problem of increased residue.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has taken the following technical means. That is, in the noodle making method according to the present invention, the kneading material is kneaded until it becomes a block-shaped noodle dough in a cylindrical hopper provided with a plurality of blades rotating around the vertical axis, and then the bottom of the hopper. The block-shaped noodle dough, which is stopped by a receiving rod projecting laterally from the inner wall of the hopper, is cut out from the lower end portion in order with an acute-angled blade edge formed at the upper edge of the wing piece located It is characterized in that it is pushed into a supply port of an extrusion device having an extrusion screw, and desired noodles are obtained from a die provided at the tip of the extrusion device.
[0009]
The noodle making apparatus according to claim 2 of the present invention is provided with an extrusion apparatus having a horizontal axis type extrusion screw on a machine body in which a cylindrical hopper provided with a large number of blade pieces rotating around a vertical axis is attached to the head. An opening communicating with the supply port opened at the start end of the extrusion screw is formed at the bottom of the hopper, and a receiving bar is projected from the inner wall of the hopper in a lateral direction corresponding to the opening position. In this noodle making apparatus, an acute-angled blade edge is formed at least on the upper edge of the wing piece located at the bottom of the hopper. Further, it is desirable that the receiving rod has a configuration in which the amount of protrusion into the hopper can be adjusted.
[0010]
Furthermore, the noodle making apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that the wing piece includes a plurality of boss portions that are detachable with respect to the vertical axis, and the vertical axis can be rotated forward and backward. . In addition, when the vertical axis is forward rotation, a plurality of blade pieces close to the bottom of the hopper are disposed, and when the vertical axis is reverse rotation, a part of the blade pieces can be removed. did.
[0011]
In the noodle making apparatus according to claim 4 of the present invention, there is provided an extrusion apparatus having a horizontal axis type extrusion screw on a machine body in which a cylindrical hopper provided with a plurality of blade pieces rotating around a vertical axis is attached to the head. An opening communicating with a supply port opened at the start end of the extrusion screw is formed at the bottom of the hopper, and the noodle dough kneaded with the blade piece is cut out and pushed into an extrusion device. A noodle making apparatus configured to obtain desired noodles from a base provided at a tip portion of the apparatus, the motor with a speed reducer connected to the vertical axis to which the blade piece is attached, and the extrusion screw drive An endless belt that houses and arranges a motor with a reduction gear for use in a machine body in a substantially vertical projection plane of the hopper and connects the extrusion screw and the motor with a reduction gear for driving the extrusion screw. The guiding device in a vertical projection plane outside of the hopper, protrude so that feature that was arranged.
[0012]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view in which the driving relationship of the blade piece of the noodle making apparatus according to the present invention is mainly broken, FIG. 2 is a side view in which the extrusion device is mainly broken, FIG. 3 is a plan view, and FIG. FIG. 4B is a side view, FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of the operation of the wing piece, and FIG. 6A is the other example (2) of the wing piece. FIG. 6 (B) is a plan view, and FIG. 6 (C) is a side view showing a combined state of blades when the vertical axis is reversed. FIG. 6 (D) is also a plan view. FIG. 7 is a side sectional view showing a mounting state of the receiving rod.
[0013]
In the noodle making apparatus according to the present invention, the hopper 2 is detachably attached to the head of the quadratic prism-shaped body 1 by an appropriate means (not shown). An extrusion device 3 is provided in the machine body 1 immediately below the hopper 2.
[0014]
The hopper 2 has a bottomed cylindrical shape, and a lid 4 that can be opened and closed is supported on the upper part from the body 1. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, a vertical axis 5 is supported in a longitudinal direction by a bearing portion of the fuselage 1 at an axial center position inside the hopper 2. A plurality of blade pieces 6 are attached to the upper end portion of the vertical axis 5, and the lower end portion is disposed in the vertical projection plane of the hopper 2 via the output shaft of the motor M1 with a speed reducer installed on the body 1 and the key 5a. It is connected, and the vertical axis 5 can be rotated forward and backward by rotating the motor M1 forward and backward.
[0015]
The plurality of wing pieces 6 have a plurality of boss portions, are fixed to the respective boss portions, and are detachably attached to the longitudinal axis 5 via locking means such as a key 5b. It is preferable to prepare wing pieces 6 with different shapes and numbers and replace them appropriately.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the blade piece 6 in the present embodiment is composed of a plate-like body projecting in the horizontal direction from the two upper and lower boss portions 7 a and 7 b mounted on the vertical axis 5. A total of four wing pieces 6 are provided in a spiral staircase shape with their angular positions shifted by 90 degrees around the longitudinal axis 5 in plan view, in a position that moves away from the position close to the bottom surface of the hopper 2 sequentially. ing. The blade piece 6 is inclined upward from the front to the rear as viewed from the forward direction of the vertical axis 5 (in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 3), and stirs the noodle-making raw material while scooping up the noodle-making material as the vertical axis 5 rotates forward. Knead. In this case, the bosses 7a and 7b are engaged with the longitudinal axis 5 and the key 5b. However, since a reaction force due to the inclination of the blade piece 6 acts, no special upward stopping means such as a screw is required. Therefore, it can be easily detached.
[0016]
According to another embodiment (2) shown in FIGS. 6 (A) and 6 (B), when the vertical axis 5 is in the forward rotation (kneading step), the blade piece is close to the bottom of the hopper 2 and located in a symmetrical position. 6a and 6b are disposed. One end of the wing piece 6a is fixed to a boss portion 7b fitted to the vertical axis 5, and one end of one wing piece 6b is extended so that it can be attached to and detached from the vertical axis 5 with the other wing piece 6. It is fixed to the upper boss portion 7a fitted and integrally formed. As described above, these blade pieces 6, 6 a, 6 b are inclined upward from the front to the rear when viewed from the rotational direction during forward rotation. When the vertical axis 5 is reversed (extrusion process), as shown in FIGS. 6C and 6D, the boss 7a to which the blade piece 6b is fixed can be removed and replaced with a boss 7c described later.
[0017]
FIG. 4 shows, as another embodiment (1), the optimum blade configuration when the noodle dough kneaded in a block shape is cut out and pushed into the supply port of the extrusion device 3. The upper boss portion 7 a is extracted from the state shown in FIG. 3, and the boss portion 7 c having a female screw on the inner periphery is screwed into the vertical axis 5 instead. The screw can be prevented from loosening by tightening with respect to the rotation direction of the vertical axis. On the boss portion 7c, a bar 6c having an appropriate length with its tip bent obliquely upward is projected in the lateral direction.
[0018]
Of the plurality of blade pieces 6 mounted on the vertical axis 5, at least the blade piece 6 located near the bottom surface of the hopper 2 has an acute-angled cutting edge N at the upper edge of the blade piece 6 as shown in FIG. Form.
[0019]
An opening 8 that communicates with the supply port of the extrusion device 3 is formed at the bottom of the hopper 2 that houses the blade piece 6 as described above, and a receiving rod 9 projects laterally from the inner wall of the hopper 2 near the opening 8. Established. As shown in FIG. 7, the receiving rod 9 is slidably fitted to a support boss 2a provided on the wall plate of the hopper 2, and is fixed by a push screw 2b at a desired position.
[0020]
As shown in FIG. 2, the extrusion device 3 is provided immediately below the hopper 2 and at a position corresponding to the opening 8. The configuration of the extrusion device 3 includes a cylinder 11 in which a horizontal shaft type extrusion screw 10 is housed, and the extrusion screw 10. And a ring 13 that holds the base 12 on the end face of the cylinder 11.
[0021]
One end of the extrusion screw 10 is extended as appropriate and is detachably connected to the end of the drive shaft 14 supported by the machine body 1 by a square hole or the like. A passive sprocket 15 and a pulley are fixed to the other end of the drive shaft 14.
[0022]
A motor M2 with a reduction gear for driving the extrusion screw 10 is mounted inside the body 1 in a substantially vertical projection plane of the hopper 2, and a driving sprocket 16 and a pulley are fixed to the output shaft end of the motor M2. A passive sprocket 15 and a pulley fixed to the shaft end of the drive shaft 14 of the extrusion screw 10 are connected by suspending a conductive endless belt such as a chain 17. The endless band conduction device D composed of the chain 17 and the belt is disposed so as to protrude from the hopper 2 to the outside of the vertical projection plane. As a result, the driving device for the extrusion screw 10 does not hinder the vertical distance between the bottom of the hopper 2 and the screw 10.
[0023]
The structure of the airframe 1 is configured as a rectangular columnar box having a size close to the minimum including the endless belt conduction device D and surrounding the vertical projection surface of the hopper 2 attached to the head. Protrusively project only a part. A moving caster 18 is provided at the bottom of the machine body.
[0024]
The noodle making method according to the present invention using the noodle making apparatus configured as described above will be described.
First, the opening 8 at the bottom of the hopper 2 is closed with an appropriate means such as a shutter (not shown), and a predetermined amount of noodle raw material such as buckwheat flour is put in, and then the motor M1 switch (not shown) is turned on to The shaft 5 is driven to rotate the blade piece 6, and a rotation direction (positive rotation) in which the blade piece 6 is inclined upward from the front to the rear when viewed from the rotation direction is selected. The blade piece 6 at this time preferably has the configuration shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 3, or FIGS. 6A and 6B. In particular, if the latter is selected, kneading is effective by the blade pieces 6a and 6b close to the bottom of the hopper 2. Done. Next, the noodle raw material is kneaded while pouring an appropriate amount of water suitable for the noodle raw material charged in several portions. In the case of 100% buckwheat, kneading while adding water at a rate of about 0, 4 with respect to buckwheat flour 1 makes a lump with large and small irregularities formed by adhering buckwheat flour to the initially injected water. However, it is gradually crushed into a uniform rag. If kneading continues further, it begins to transform into a block shape and further grows from a fist-sized block to become a single block, but is divided by a receiving rod 9 and a blade piece 6 projecting laterally from the inner wall of the hopper 2. It will not be larger than a certain level. In this state, kneading is continued until a suitable kneading state is obtained. Although the effect of kneading increases as the protruding amount into the hopper 2 increases, it is desirable to adjust the receiving rod 9 so that the resistance against the blade piece 6 increases.
[0025]
When the proper kneading condition is obtained, the operation is temporarily stopped, and the boss 7a is arranged so that the blade piece 6 has the configuration shown in FIG. 4 or another embodiment (2) shown in FIGS. 6C and 6D. Change to 7c. The selection of the combination of wing pieces 6 is determined in consideration of the noodle making raw material, the kneading condition of the noodle dough, the state of the noodles to be extruded, etc., but the combination according to the other embodiment (2) has the number of wing pieces 6a. Since the function of the blade piece 6a is reduced by a small amount, it is suitable for a case where it is expected that the soft kneading condition or the extruded noodles are soft.
Next, the opening 8 at the bottom of the hopper 2 that is blocked by a shutter or the like is opened and communicated with the supply port of the extrusion device 3. Here, the switch of the motor M1 is turned on, and the rotation direction at this time is selected by an appropriate means in the reverse direction (in the direction of arrow B in FIG. 4) with respect to the kneading step. At the same time, the motor M2 is also started, and the extrusion screw 10 is rotated from the output shaft of the motor M2 via the endless band conduction device D and the drive shaft 14.
The noodle dough made into a block shape is transferred to the opening 8 at the bottom of the hopper 2 by the rotating wing piece 6 or 6a and stopped by the receiving rod 9, but the wing piece 6 located at the bottom of the rotating hopper 2 or As shown in FIG. 5, the blade edge 6 or 6a is pushed into the starting end portion of the extrusion screw 10 of the extrusion device 3 while being cut off from the lower end portion with the sharp edge N formed on the upper edge portion of 6a. . The noodle dough, which is intermittently pushed into the cylinder 11 having the extrusion screw 10 incorporated therein in this way, is extruded from the numerous molding holes 12a of the die 12 which is pumped by the extrusion screw 10 and provided at the end of the cylinder. Become noodles. Such a noodle making operation is continuously performed. However, the rod-like material 6c bridges the block-shaped noodle dough in the hopper 2 and cannot reach the cutting portion, and the supply of the noodle dough to the extrusion device 3 is interrupted. Scrap the noodle dough so that it does not.
[0026]
In the above-described noodle making operation, after the noodle dough is kneaded, a part of the wing piece 6 is replaced, the vertical axis 5 to which the wing piece 6 is attached is reversed, and the block noodle dough is cut out and supplied to the extrusion device 3 However, the rotational direction remains the same as when kneading, and the blade 6 tilted upward from the front to the rear when viewed from the rotational direction during the kneading is reversed from the front to the rear. It can also be performed by replacing it with an inclined one. Even in this case, it is a matter of course that an acute-angled blade edge N is formed on the upper edge of the blade piece 6.
[0027]
As described above, according to the noodle making method of the present invention, the noodle raw material is kneaded in a cylindrical hopper until it becomes a block-like noodle dough, and then formed into a rotating wing piece. Since the desired noodles are obtained from the die of the extrusion apparatus by cutting with an acute-angled blade edge, noodles such as 100% buckwheat noodles with good taste can be continuously produced in an integrated operation. Further, since the driving device is simplified and the body is made compact, the handling is easy and the installation area can be reduced.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a side view in which a main part (mainly driving relation of a blade piece) of a noodle making apparatus according to the present invention is cut away.
FIG. 2 is a side view in which a noodle making apparatus (mainly an extrusion apparatus) according to the present invention is broken.
FIG. 3 is a plan view of the noodle making apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 4A is a plan view showing another embodiment (1) of the blade piece.
(B) It is a side view of FIG. 4 (A).
FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory view of a blade according to the present invention.
FIG. 6A is a side view in which a part of another embodiment (2) of a blade piece is broken.
(B) It is a top view of Drawing 6 (A).
(C) The vertical axis | shaft in another Example (2) is a side view which shows the combination state of the blade piece at the time of reverse rotation.
(D) It is a top view of FIG.6 (C).
FIG. 7 is a side sectional view showing a mounting state of the receiving rod.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Airframe 2 Hopper 3 Extruding device 5 Longitudinal axis 6 Wing piece 7 Boss part 9 Receiving rod 10 Extruding screw M1 Wing piece drive motor with speed reducer M2 Pushing screw drive motor with speed reducer D Endless belt conduction device N Cutting edge

Claims (6)

After kneading the noodle-making raw material into a block-shaped noodle dough in a cylindrical hopper provided with a plurality of wing pieces rotating around the vertical axis, it is formed at the upper edge of the wing piece located at the bottom of the hopper The block-shaped noodle dough, which is stopped by a receiving rod protruding laterally from the inner wall of the hopper, is cut out sequentially from the lower end with an acute-angled blade edge, and is supplied to a supply port of an extrusion apparatus having an extrusion screw. A noodle making method characterized in that desired noodles are obtained from a die provided at the tip of the pushing and extruding device. An extrusion apparatus having a horizontal axis type extrusion screw is provided on a machine body in which a cylindrical hopper provided with a plurality of blade pieces rotating around a vertical axis is attached to the head, and the bottom of the hopper has the extrusion screw of the extrusion screw. An noodle making apparatus having an opening communicating with a supply port opened at a start end portion and having a receiving rod projecting laterally from an inner wall of a hopper corresponding to the opening position, A noodle making apparatus characterized in that an acute-angled blade edge is formed on at least the upper edge of the wing piece located at the bottom of the hopper. The noodle making apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the wing piece includes a plurality of bosses that are detachable with respect to the longitudinal axis, and the longitudinal axis can be rotated forward and backward. An extrusion apparatus having a horizontal axis type extrusion screw is provided on a machine body in which a cylindrical hopper provided with a plurality of blade pieces rotating around a vertical axis is attached to the head, and the bottom of the hopper has the extrusion screw of the extrusion screw. An opening communicating with the supply port opened at the start end is formed, and the noodle dough kneaded with the blade piece is cut out and pushed into the extrusion device, and the desired noodles are obtained from the mouthpiece provided at the tip of the extrusion device. A noodle making apparatus configured to be obtained, wherein a motor with a speed reducer coupled to a vertical axis to which the blade piece is attached, and a motor with a speed reducer for driving an extrusion screw are substantially vertically projected on the hopper. The endless belt conduction device for connecting and disposing the extrusion screw and the motor with a reduction gear for driving the extrusion screw is disposed outside the vertical projection surface of the hopper, Noodle-making apparatus that features that allowed Desa seen was arranged. A plurality of blades close to the bottom of the hopper are disposed when the vertical axis is rotating forward, and when the vertical axis is rotating, a part of the blades can be removed. 3. The noodle making apparatus according to 3. The noodle making apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a protruding amount of the receiving rod into the hopper is adjustable.

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