JP2005278524A - Tabletop noodle-making machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a small-sized light-weight tabletop noodle-making machine installable on a kitchen table, a home sink or a dining table. <P>SOLUTION: The noodle-making machine 10 is provided with a gap adjusting mechanism to adjust the gap t between a pair of rollers, a cutter 3 to cut a noodle dough sheet rolled to a prescribed thickness with the rollers to prescribed width, a roller driving mechanism to rotate the rollers and a cutter rotating/stopping mechanism to rotate or stop the cutter 3. The kneaded lump of noodle dough is charged from a charging hole 11 of the noodle-making machine 10 having an inclined face, rolled to a prescribed thickness with the rollers, a shift lever 7 placed at the front of an idle gear shaft is tilted to engage the idle gear and rotate the cutting blades 3a, 3b of the cutter 3, and the noodle dough sheet is passed through the cutter 3 to slit the dough to a prescribed width. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a table-top noodle making machine that can easily produce noodles such as udon and soba, kishimen, Chinese soba, and cold noodles, that is, sushi (rolling) and cutting (cutting).

A structure of a rolling part of a noodle making machine for producing noodles such as udon and soba, a structure of a conveyor belt, and a brine supply part structure of a mixer part are disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 1).
FIG. 8 is a side view showing the structure of a conventional noodle making machine. As shown in FIG. 8, the conventional noodle making machine 40 includes an apparatus main body 41, a hopper part 32, a mixer part 46, a rolling part 47, a cutting part 38, and a conveying part 49.
The flour 31 charged into the hopper unit 32 is supplied with brine from the brine supply unit 48 and is stirred by the mixer unit 46. The noodle band that has passed through the rolling unit 47 hangs down in the direction of the cutting unit 38 constituted by a pair of cutting rollers that rotate inward, and is cut into noodles by the cutting roller. It hangs down and is sequentially transported to the outside by the transporting part 49 to complete noodles.
Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2004-65013 (paragraphs 0025 to 0045, FIG. 1)

  However, in a small cafeteria, restaurant, or home, there is a problem that the noodle making machine is large and heavy for making hand-made udon and soba noodles and cannot be placed on a table.

  Therefore, the present invention was created to solve these problems, and provides a small and light table-top noodle making machine that can be installed on a kitchen table, or on a kitchen sink or table. Is an issue.

The tabletop noodle making machine 10 of the invention according to claim 1 adjusts a gap t between the pair of rolling rollers 1a and 1b for rolling the kneaded noodle dough to a predetermined thickness and the pair of rolling rollers 1a and 1b. A gap adjusting mechanism, a cutter 3 for cutting noodle dough rolled to a predetermined thickness by the roller 1 into noodles of a predetermined width, a rolling roller driving mechanism for rotating the pair of rolling rollers 1a and 1b, In the table-top noodle making machine 10 provided with a cutter rotation / stop mechanism for rotating or stopping the cutter 3,
In the rolling roller drive mechanism, a small gear 13b whose rotation of the motor 6 is decelerated by a reduction means meshes with a large gear 1e provided at the most axial end of one rolling roller 1a, and rotates the one rolling roller 1a. Further, the middle gear 1c provided at the shaft end of the one rolling roller 1a and provided inside the large gear 1e is changed to the middle gear 1d provided at the shaft end of the other rolling roller 1b. The cutter 3 is composed of a pair of roller-shaped cutting blades 3a and 3b, and a plurality of concave portions 3m serving as noodles having a predetermined cutting width are formed on the outer periphery of the cutting blade 3a. A plurality of convex portions 3n serving as noodles having a predetermined cutting width are engaged with each other on the outer periphery of the cutting blade 3b, and a pair of inner edges engaging with each other at the shaft ends of the pair of roller-shaped cutting blades 3a and 3b Gears 3i and 3j are provided, An outer gear 3k that receives a rotational force is disposed outside one of the inner gears 3i, and the cutter rotating / stopping mechanism is provided between the small gear 13b and the outer gear 3k. The idle shaft 2 having the idle gear 2a meshing with each other is provided, and the idle gear 2a is shifted by the shift lever 7 provided in front of the idle gear shaft 2 to rotate the cutter 3. The small gear 13b The cutter 3 is rotated by meshing with the outer gear 3k, and the cutter 3 is stopped by releasing the meshing between the small gear 13b and the outer gear 3k by the shift lever 7 and stopping the cutter 3. It is characterized by that.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the gap adjusting mechanism of the tabletop noodle making machine 10 according to claim 1, wherein the right screw 8b and the left screw having the same pitch are provided at both ends of the screw 8a to which the handle 8 is connected. 8e is formed, a right screw nut 8c is screwed into the right screw 8b, and an inclined surface 8h formed on the nut 8c is an inclined surface of the slider 9d that pivotally supports one end of the rolling roller 1b. A left screw nut 8f is screwed into the left screw 8e, and an inclined surface 8h formed on the nut 8f is an inclined surface of the slider 9e that pivotally supports the other end of the rolling roller 1b. The screw 8a is rotated by the rotation of the handle 8 in contact with 9h, and the rolling roller 1b is movably moved close to or away from the rolling roller 1b.

  The cutter 3 of the tabletop noodle making machine 10 according to claim 1 according to claim 3 is mounted on the U-shaped concave portions 9a provided on both sides of the frames 9a and 9b as viewed from the left side. And

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the rotation of the motor 6 is decelerated by the decelerating means, and the rolling roller driving mechanism that rotates the pair of rolling rollers 1a and 1b, and the outer side of the one gear 3i receives the rotational force. The cutter 3 provided with one outer gear 3k and the shift lever 7 provided on the idle gear shaft 2 can be used to rotate or stop the cutter 3, so that it can be placed on a kitchen table or at home. A lightweight and small table-top noodle making machine 10 that can be installed on a sink or a table can be provided.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the noodle dough is rolled to an arbitrary thickness by providing the gap adjusting mechanism that allows the gap t between the rolling rollers 1a and 1b to be moved freely close or separated by simply turning the handle 8. can do.

  According to the invention of claim 3, since the cutters 3 are mounted with the U-shaped recesses 9 g provided on the frames 9 a and 9 b, the cutter 3 can be easily replaced, and by removing the cutter 3, Easy to clean.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the table-top noodle making machine 10. As shown in FIG. 1, the kneaded noodle dough is separately fed from an inlet 11 having an inclined surface, rolled to a predetermined thickness by a pair of rolling rollers, and then the shift lever 7 is turned about 90 °. As a result, the cutter 3 is in a driving state, the cutting blade is rotated, and the rolled noodle dough is passed through the cutter 3, whereby the rolled noodle dough is cut into a predetermined width to form noodles. ing. The handle 8 is used for adjusting the clearance of the rolling roller described later. In addition, the magnitude | size (length x width x height) of this tabletop noodle making machine 10 is 400x540x350mm, and is a small and light noodle making machine. Therefore, it has a size and mass that can be installed on a kitchen table, or on a household sink or table.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing the frame 9a with the cover 5a shown in FIG. 1 removed. As shown in FIG. 2, both ends of one of the rolling rollers 1a and 1b are pivotally supported by frames 9a and 9b. Further, both ends of the other rolling roller 1b are pivotally supported by a slider 9d (9e) (see FIG. 4) that is slidably fitted into the square holes 9c of the frames 9a and 9b. A spring 9f is provided in the square hole 9c into which the slider 9d is slidably fitted, and the spring 9f biases the rolling roller 1b away from the rolling roller 1a. Therefore, the change in the predetermined thickness of the noodle dough to be rolled is adjusted by rotating the handle 8 clockwise so that the gap t is narrowed by bringing the rolling roller 1b close to the rolling roller 1a by the gap adjusting mechanism described later. The On the contrary, by rotating the handle 8 counterclockwise, the rolling roller 1b is separated from the rolling roller 1a and adjusted so that the gap t becomes wide.
The shift lever 7 can turn the cutting blade of the cutter 3 into a rotationally driven state or a stopped state by a cutter rotation / stop mechanism described later by rotating about a quarter of a turn.

  As shown on the right side of FIG. 2, both ends of the cutter 3 are inserted into a U-shaped recess 9g provided in the frame 9a (9b). The cutter 3 includes a pair of roller-shaped cutting blades 3a and 3b, and both end portions of both the cutting blades 3a and 3b are accommodated in a case 3c (see FIG. 3). The end of the other (left) cutting blade 3b is inserted into a square hole 3d provided in the case 3c, and the clearance adjustment between one (right) cutting blade 3a and the other (left) cutting blade 3b is performed. The bolt 3e provided on the other cutting blade 3b side is used to adjust the position of the cutting blade 3b, and then the nut 3f prevents the bolt 3e from loosening. As shown in the lower part of FIG. 3, the thickness of the noodles can be changed by adjusting the gap s between one cutting edge 3 a and the other cutting edge 3 b of the cutter 3.

  FIG. 3 is a plan view of the cutter 3. As shown in FIG. 3, the cutter 3 is composed of a pair of roller-shaped cutting blades 3a and 3b. On the outer periphery of one cutting blade 3a, a plurality of concave portions 3m having a cutting width of noodles are formed, and the other On the outer periphery of the roller-shaped cutting blade 3b, a plurality of convex portions 3n having the same noodle cutting width are formed so as to mesh with the concave portion 3m. Further, inner gears 3i and 3j that mesh with each other are disposed at the shaft end portions of the pair of roller-shaped cutting blades 3a and 3b, and the rotational force from the motor 6 is received on the outer side of one of the inner gears 3i. One outer gear 3k is provided.

  4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the rolling roller 1 includes a pair of rolling rollers 1a and 1b. Both shaft ends of one (right side) rolling roller 1a are supported by shaft holes provided in the frames 9a and 9b. Further, an intermediate gear 1c is disposed at the shaft end on the back side (upper side in the drawing) of the rolling roller 1a, and a large gear 1e is disposed outside the intermediate gear 1c. On the back side of the other (left side) rolling roller 1b, an intermediate gear 1d is arranged at the shaft end, and the intermediate gear 1c and the intermediate gear 1d are arranged to mesh with each other. Further, it is pivotally supported by the shaft holes of the sliders 9d and 9e fitted into the square holes 9c and 9c of the frames 9a and 9b, and is slidably fitted. The sliders 9d and 9e are formed with inclined surfaces 9h and 9h, respectively. Furthermore, springs 9f and 9f for urging the sliders 9d and 9e away from the rolling roller 1a are provided in the square holes 9c and 9c of the frames 9a and 9b.

  On the other hand, a right screw 8b and a left screw 8e having the same pitch are formed at both ends of the screw 8a to which the handle 8 is connected. A right screw nut 8c is screwed into the right screw 8b, and an inclined surface 8h formed on the nut 8c is in contact with an inclined surface 9h of the slider 9d that pivotally supports one end of the rolling roller 1b. . A left screw nut 8f is screwed into the left screw 8e. Similarly, an inclined surface 8h formed on the nut 8f supports the inclined surface 9h of the slider 9e that pivotally supports the other end of the rolling roller 1b. Abut. Further, the screw 8a is pivotally supported by a block 8g supported by a support 8d.

Once the handle 8 is rotated to the right, the nuts 8c and 8f are evenly spaced. Then, the inclined surfaces 8h and 8h formed on the separated nuts 8c and 8f move evenly outward. Further, the inclined surfaces 9h and 9h of the sliders 9d and 9e are pressed evenly. Then, the sliders 9d and 9e move in parallel to the right against the biasing force of the springs 9f and 9f. As a result, the gap t between the rolling roller 1a and the rolling roller 1b is narrowed.
On the other hand, when the handle 8 is rotated counterclockwise, the nuts 8c and 8f approach each other equally. And the inclined surfaces 8h and 8h formed on the approaching nuts 8c and 8f also move uniformly inward. Further, the sliders 9d and 9e move parallel to the left side while being kept in contact with the inclined surfaces 9h and 9h of the sliders 9d and 9e by the urging force of the springs 9f and 9f. As a result, the gap t between the rolling roller 1a and the rolling roller 1b is widened.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing the roller rotation driving mechanism. FIG. 5 shows the frames 9a and 9b and the cover 5 with a two-dot chain line for easy understanding. The deceleration means for decelerating the rotation of the motor will be described. As shown in FIG. 5, the motor 6 is installed in the lower part of the center. The rotation of the motor 6 is decelerated by the small pulley 6a and the large pulley 12a via the belt 12, and further decelerated by the small pulley 12b and the large pulley 13a via the belt 13. A small gear 13b is disposed on the large pulley 13a. The small gear 13b meshes with the large gear 1e provided at the shaft end of one rolling roller 1a, and is further decelerated.
The reduction roller rotates the rolling roller 1a by such a reduction means, and the middle gear 1c provided between the shaft end of the rolling roller 1a and the large gear 1e is replaced with the middle gear 1d provided at the shaft end of the other rolling roller 1b. And the other rolling roller 1b is rotated. That is, the small gear 13b meshes with the large gear 1e provided on the rolling roller 1a, and similarly, the middle gear 1c provided on the rolling roller 1a meshes with the middle gear 1d provided on the rolling roller 1b. Yes.
As a result, the rotation of the motor 6 is decelerated via the belt 12 and the belt 13, further decelerated by the small gear 13b and the large gear 1e, and the pair of rollers 1 is rotated by the medium gear 1c and the medium gear 1d. The pair of rolling rollers 1a and 1b has a diameter of 70 mm.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing the cutter rotating / stopping mechanism, showing the BB cross section shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, an idle shaft 2 is disposed between the small gear 13b and the outer gear 3k. An idle gear 2a is rotatably supported at the rear end (upward in the figure) of the idle shaft 2. A spring 2b is mounted between the frame 9b and the idle gear 2a, and is biased in the meshing direction.
A pin 2c is implanted at the tip of the idle shaft 2 (lower side in the figure). When the pin 2c is rotated from the left side to the right side by the rotation of the shift lever 7, the shaft end 2d moves upward in the drawing.

Fig.7 (a) is CC sectional drawing which shows CC cross section shown in FIG. 6, and shows the rotation range of the pin 2c.
As shown in FIG. 7A, the cylindrical cam 4 covering the idle shaft 2 is formed with a flange portion 4c, and the flange portion 4c is fixed to the frame 9a by a bolt 4b.
Further, it can be seen that the pin 2 c implanted in the idle shaft 2 is rotated from the left side to the right side by the rotation of the shift lever 7.

  FIG.7 (b) is a top view of D arrow shown to Fig.7 (a). As shown in FIG. 7B, the cylindrical portion 7a of the shift lever 7 is connected to the cylindrical cam 4 by a bolt 7b. The cylindrical portion 7a of the shift lever 7 is provided with a long groove 7c through which the pin 2c passes.

FIG.7 (c) is the top view which showed the shift lever 7 shown to (b) with the dashed-two dotted line. As shown in FIG. 7 (c), a cam groove 4a inclined at approximately 45 ° is formed on the outer periphery of the cylindrical cam 4. A pin 2c is inserted into the cam groove 4a, and the cylindrical shape of the shift lever 7 is formed. The long groove 7c of the portion 7a is also inserted.
As shown in FIG. 6, when the shift lever 7 is rotated to the right, the cutter rotation / stop mechanism moves (shifts) the idle shaft 2 to the back by the cam groove 4a shown in FIG. 2a is meshed with the small gear 13b and the outer gear 13k of the cutter 3, the rotation of the motor 6 is transmitted to the cutter 3, and the cutter 3 is rotated. Further, when the shift lever 7 is rotated to the left, the idle shaft 2 is similarly moved (shifted) forward by the cam groove 4a, and the idle gear 2a is disengaged from the small gear 13b and the external gear 13k, and the cutter 3 The mechanism which has the structure which stops rotation of this.

Here, the operation of the table-top noodle making machine 10 will be described with reference to the drawings using udon as an example.
(1) Put wheat flour (medium flour) into a separately prepared bowl, add salt water, mix by hand, and evenly blend to make the whole soak. When salt water turns evenly, the flour turns light yellow. Then, add salt water to make a noodle dough.
(2) Turn the handle 8 to turn the screw 8a of the gap adjusting mechanism (2) to open the gap t between the rolling rollers 1a and 1b to the maximum (10 mm) (see FIG. 4).
(3) Replace with a cutter 3 having a desired cutting width (see FIG. 2).
(4) The power switch is turned on and the roller 1 rotates. When the safety slot cover 11a is opened, the roller 1 stops. When the noodle dough is pushed into the gap t between the rolling rollers 1a and 1b and the safety slot cover 11a is closed, the roller 1 rotates (see FIGS. 1 and 2).
(5) Then, a lump of noodle dough will come out in a plate shape.
(6) Two plate-like noodle doughs that have come out are stacked and this is repeated a plurality of times.
(7) Turn the handle 8 to gradually narrow the gap t between the rolling rollers 1a and 1b, and finish the plate-like noodle dough to a desired thickness.
(8) The shift lever 7 is rotated to change the position, and the idle gear 2 a is engaged with the outer gear 3 k of the cutter 3 to rotate the cutter 3.
(9) A plate-like noodle dough finished to a thickness is hung on the roller 1, and the noodle dough that has come out passes through the inclined surface of the cover 5b and is cut through the cutting blades 3a and 3b of the rotating cutter 3 (see FIG. 2).
(10) The shift lever 7 is rotated to return to the original position, and the rotation of the cutter 3 is stopped.
Note that the safety input cover 11a of the input port 11 has a built-in limit switch (not shown) so that the motor 6 will not start unless the safety input port cover 11a is closed.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and can be implemented with appropriate modifications. For example, the speed reduction means may be other speed reduction means or a motor with a speed reduction device in addition to a pulley, a belt, a gear, and the like. In the cutter rotating / stopping mechanism, when the cutter 3 rotates, the shift lever 7 always meshes with the idle gear 2a by engaging either the small gear 13b or the outer gear 3k with the idle gear 2a. It does not matter.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of a tabletop noodle making machine. It is a front view which shows the frame of the state which removed the cover shown in FIG. It is a top view of a cutter. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA shown in FIG. 2, showing a roller gap adjusting mechanism. It is a front view which shows a roller rotational drive means. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a cutter rotation / stop mechanism, showing a BB cross section shown in FIG. 5. (A) is CC sectional drawing which shows CC cross section shown in FIG. 6, and shows the rotation range of a pin. (B) is a top view of D arrow shown to (a). (C) is the top view which showed the shift lever shown to (b) with the dashed-two dotted line. It is a side view which shows the conventional noodle making machine.

Explanation of symbols

1, 1a, 1b Roller 1c, 1d Medium gear 1e Large gear 2 Idle shaft 2a Idle gear 2b Spring 2c Pin 2d Shaft end 3 Cutter 3a, 3b Cutting blade 3c Case 3d Square hole 3e Bolt 3f Nut 3g Concavity 3h Convex 3i 3j inner gear 3k outer gear 4 cylindrical cam 4a cam groove 4b bolt 4c flange part 5, 5a, 5b cover 6 motor 6a small pulley 7 shift lever 7a cylindrical part 7b bolt 7c long groove 8 handle 8a screw 8b right screw 8c, 8f nut 8d Support 8e Left-hand screw 8g Block 8h Inclined surface 9a, 9b Frame 9c Square hole 9d, 9e Slider 9f Spring 9g Recessed 9h Inclined surface 10 Desktop noodle machine 11 Input port 11a Safety input cover 12, 13 Belt 12a Large pulley 12b Small pulley 13a Large pulley 13b Gear

Claims (3)

A pair of rolling rollers (1a, 1b) for rolling the kneaded noodle dough to a predetermined thickness, and a gap adjusting mechanism for adjusting the gap t between the pair of rolling rollers (1a, 1b);
A cutter (3) for cutting the noodle dough rolled to a predetermined thickness by the roller (1) into noodles of a predetermined width; a rolling roller drive mechanism for rotating the pair of rolling rollers (1a, 1b); A cutter rotation / stop mechanism for rotating or stopping the cutter 3,
In tabletop noodle making machine 10 equipped with
In the rolling roller drive mechanism, the small gear (13b) whose rotation of the motor (6) is reduced by the reduction means meshes with the large gear (1e) provided at the most axial end of one rolling roller (1a), The one rolling roller (1a) is rotated, and the middle gear (1c) provided at the shaft end of the one rolling roller (1a) and provided inside the large gear (1e) Is configured to mesh with a middle gear (1d) provided at the shaft end of the rolling roller (1b).
The cutter (3) is composed of a pair of roller-shaped cutting edges (3a, 3b), and a plurality of recesses (3m) serving as noodles having a predetermined cutting width are formed on the outer periphery of one of the cutting edges (3a). The outer edge of the other cutting blade (3b) is formed so that a plurality of convex portions (3n) serving as noodles having a predetermined cutting width are engaged with each other, and the shaft ends of the pair of roller-shaped cutting blades (3a, 3b) A pair of internal gears (3i, 3j) that mesh with each other is disposed on the part, and another external gear (3k) that receives rotational force is disposed on the outside of one of the internal gears (3i). And
In the cutter rotation / stop mechanism, an idle shaft (2) having an idle gear (2a) meshing with each other is provided between the small gear (13b) and the outer gear (3k), and the cutter (3 ) Is rotated by shifting the idle gear (2a) by a shift lever (7) provided in front of the idle gear shaft (2) and meshing with the small gear (13b) and the outer gear (3k). (3) is rotated and the cutter (3) is stopped by releasing the meshing between the small gear (13b) and the outer gear (3k) by the shift lever (7) to stop the cutter (3). Tabletop noodle making machine (10),   The clearance adjustment mechanism has a right screw (8b) and a left screw (8e) of the same pitch formed at both ends of a screw (8a) to which a handle (8) is connected, and the right screw (8b) has a right screw. A screw nut (8c) is screwed, and an inclined surface (8h) formed on the nut (8c) is an inclined surface (9h) of a slider (9d) that pivotally supports one end of the rolling roller (1b). ), A left screw nut (8f) is screwed into the left screw (8e), and the inclined surface (8h) formed on the nut (8f) is the other end of the rolling roller (1b). Abutting against the inclined surface (9h) of the slider (9e) that pivotally supports the part, and by rotating the handle (8), the screw (8a) is rotated to move the rolling roller (1b) close to or away from it. The table according to claim 1, wherein the table is configured as described above. Noodle machine (10).   The said cutter (3) is mounted | worn with the U-shaped recessed part (9g) provided in the both sides of the frame (9a, 9b) by the frame (9) by left side view, The said cutter (3) is attached. Table-top noodle making machine (10) as described.

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