JP2005333902A - Apparatus for producing continuous noodle line - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for producing continuous noodle lines capable of preventing the noodle lines from sticking to each other immediately after they are produced and efficiently producing the noodle lines in no need of line-loosening operation by human hands. <P>SOLUTION: The first comb-like grazing parts 16b getting into spaces C1 graze and catch the alternate noodle lines M coming into the spaces C1 among the noodle lines that come into the spaces C1 and C2 while they adhere to the blade top of a thin blade cutter 6c. The alternate noodle lines M that are grazed and caught by the first grazing part 16b are sent out to the first sending out face 16c. Further, a plurality of the second comb-like grazing parts 18b getting into the spaces C2 graze and catch the remaining noodles M that adhere to the blade top of the thin blade cutter 6c and getting into the spaces C2. The noodle lines M grazed and caught by the second grazing parts 18b are sent out to the second sending out face 18c that is different from the first sending out face 16c. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a noodle string production apparatus for chopping udon, ramen, buckwheat noodles, etc. from a noodle strip into a noodle string.

Conventionally, for example, an apparatus described in Patent Literature 1 is known as this type of noodle string manufacturing apparatus.
This apparatus includes a cutter roller in which a plurality of thin blade cutters are assembled with a predetermined gap on the cutter shaft, and a receiving torer arranged in parallel with the cutter roller so that the plurality of thin blade cutters are in contact with each other, and has been supplied from a supply roller. A noodle strip having a predetermined width is manufactured by supplying the noodle strip between a cutter roller and a receiving roller rotating at a predetermined peripheral speed, and chopping the noodle strip with a thin blade cutter of the cutter roller.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 06-178642

However, in the apparatus of Patent Document 1 described above, the noodle strings immediately after being formed by chopping the noodle band with a cutter roller are easily bonded to each other. If cooking such as boiling or steaming while the noodle strings are still adhered to each other, the quality of the product will deteriorate. For this reason, the conventional apparatus requires manual noodle string loosening work, which is inefficient.
The present invention has been made to eliminate such inconveniences, and prevents the noodle strings immediately after being manufactured from sticking to each other, and efficiently manufactures the noodle strings without manually noodle unraveling work. Provided is a noodle string manufacturing apparatus capable of

  According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided the noodle string manufacturing device according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein the cutter blade is provided so that the thin blade cutter is in contact with a cutter roller provided with a gap substantially the same as the width of the noodle string and assembled with a plurality of thin blade cutters in the axial direction. A receiving roller arranged in parallel with the rotor, rotating the cutter roller and the receiving roller at a predetermined peripheral speed, and cutting the noodle band fed by the receiving roller with the plurality of thin blade cutters to produce a noodle string In the noodle string manufacturing apparatus, an noodle string feeding section is provided that feeds adjacent noodle strings immediately after being shredded by the plurality of thin blade cutters in different directions.

  In addition, the invention according to claim 2 is the noodle string manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the noodle string feeder is comb-shaped in every other gap among the gaps provided between the plurality of thin blade cutters. A first noodle strip delivery section having a first delivery surface that feeds the noodle strings scraped off by the first scraping section in a predetermined direction while the first scraping section enters and scrapes the noodle strings, and the first scraping section. The comb-shaped second scraped portion enters the remaining gap between the plurality of thin blade cutters other than the portion entering the portion and scrapes the noodle strings, and the second scraped portion scrapes the noodle strings. A second noodle string delivery section having a second delivery surface that feeds in a direction different from the first delivery surface.

According to the noodle string manufacturing apparatus of claim 1 according to the present invention, the noodle string feeder sends the adjacent noodle strings immediately after being produced by the plurality of thin blade cutters of the cutter roller in different directions. Adhesion between the wires is reliably prevented, and the quality of the noodle strings is not deteriorated. In addition, the manual noodle unraveling work is not necessary, and the noodle strings can be manufactured efficiently.
Moreover, according to the noodle string manufacturing apparatus according to claim 2, the comb-shaped first scraped portion enters every other gap among the gaps provided between the plurality of thin blade cutters, and the rest every other gap. Since the comb-shaped second scraped portion enters, and the first feeding surface and the second feeding surface are continuously formed in the first and second scraped portions, respectively, the construction cost is low. Can be suppressed.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a noodle string manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a front view showing a noodle string manufacturing apparatus, FIGS. 2 and 3 are views showing a structure of a cutter roller constituting the apparatus, FIG. 4 is a view taken along line AA in FIG. 1, and FIG. It is the figure which showed the noodle string delivery part which comprises this apparatus in detail.
As shown in FIG. 1, the noodle string manufacturing apparatus 2 of the present embodiment has been manufactured by cutting the receiving roller 4 and the cutter roller 6 arranged in parallel with each other and the cutter roller 6 toward the front side of the paper surface. And a noodle string delivery unit 8 for delivering the noodle strings in a specific direction.

The receiving roller 4 is a roller made of synthetic resin or the like externally fitted to the roller shaft 4a, and both end sides of the roller shaft 4a are rotatably supported by the bearing frame 10, and the roller shaft 4a at the right end portion is A drive gear 4b to which rotational force is transmitted from a drive source is fixed integrally.
As shown in FIG. 2, the cutter roller 6 includes a cutter shaft 6a, a plurality of spacers 6b having a predetermined width, a plurality of thin blade cutters 6c having a predetermined diameter and a sharp blade on the outer periphery, and nuts 6d. Are used as constituent members. Then, the spacers 6b and the thin blade cutters 6c are alternately extrapolated to the cutter shaft 6a, and after all the spacers 6b and the thin blade cutters 6c are extrapolated, the nuts 6d are screwed onto the end portions of the cutter shaft 6a. As shown in FIG. 3, the thin blade cutter 6c is assembled with a predetermined gap substantially the same as the width of the noodle strings M in the axial direction of the cutter shaft 6a.

  The both ends of the cutter shaft 6a are rotatably supported by the bearing frame 10, the drive gear 6b is integrally fixed to the right cutter shaft 6a, and a rotational force is applied from a drive source (not shown) to the right end. Is transmitted. The drive gear 6b meshes with the drive gear 4b of the receiving roller 4. When the drive shaft is transmitted from the drive source to the cutter shaft 6a, the drive roller 6b and the drive gear 4b are connected to the receiving roller 4 through the same circumference. The rotational force of speed is transmitted.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 4, a nut 12 is fixed to the upper portion of the bearing frame 10, and a position adjusting bolt 14 is screwed onto the nut 12 from above. And the front-end | tip of the position adjustment volt | bolt 14 is engaged with the bearing 15 which is supporting the roller shaft 4a of the receiving roller 4 rotatably. Thereby, the bearing 15 moves up and down by changing the screwing position of the position adjusting bolt 14 with respect to the nut 12, and the contact state between the outer periphery of the receiving roller 4 and the blade edge of the thin blade cutter 6c of the cutter roller 6 is adjusted. It has become so.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, the noodle string sending section 8 includes a first noodle string sending section 16 and a second noodle string sending section 18.
The 1st noodle strings delivery part 16 is a plate-like member which is arranged along the cutter roller 6 and provided with a rectangular opening 16a. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the upper portion of the first noodle string feed section 16 is bent toward the cutter roller 6 and is provided between the plurality of thin blade cutters 6 c (the width of the noodle strings M and A plurality of first scraping portions 16b that enter every other gap C1 are formed in a comb shape, and a first delivery surface 16c is formed at the base of these first scraping portions 16b.

Further, the second noodle string delivery part 18 is a plate-like member that extends so as to cross the opening 16a of the first noodle string delivery part 16 from the left-right direction and is integrated with the first noodle string delivery part 16. 4 and 5, the remaining gap C2 in the gap (substantially the same as the width of the noodle strings M) that is bent toward the cutter roller 6 and is provided between the plurality of thin blade cutters 6c. In addition, a plurality of second scraped portions 18b are formed in a comb shape at different positions from the circumferential position of the thin blade cutter 6c into which the first scraped portion 16c is inserted, and second base portions of the second scraped portions 18b are secondly formed. A delivery surface 18c is formed.
And as shown in FIG. 4, the 1st conveyance path 20 and the 2nd conveyance path 22 which convey the noodle strings M to the next process are respectively the 1st delivery surface 16c of the 1st noodle strings delivery part 16, and the 2nd noodles. It arrange | positions continuously at the 2nd delivery surface 18c of the wire delivery part 18. FIG.

  In order to manufacture the noodle strings M by the noodle string manufacturing apparatus 2 having the above-described configuration, as shown in FIG. 4, a strip-shaped noodle band W having a predetermined width and a predetermined thickness is formed by the receiving roller 4 and the cutter roller 6. Supplied during. The noodle band W is shredded by the thin blade cutter 6 c of the cutter roller 6 while being guided in contact with the receiving roller 4. And the manufactured noodle strings M are sent out, adhering to the blade edge to the thin blade cutter 6c. At this time, as shown in FIG. 5, the plurality of first scraped portions 16b of the first noodle strings feeding section 16 are noodle strings M that move into the gaps C1 and C2 and move while adhering to the cutting edge of the thin blade cutter 6c. Then, every other noodle string M entering the gap C1 is scraped off. Then, every other noodle strings M scraped to the first scraped portion 16b are sent out to the first delivery surface 16c. Further, the plurality of second scraping portions 18b of the second noodle string feeding portion 18 adheres to the cutting edge of the thin blade cutter 6c and scrapes the remaining noodle strings M entering the gap C2. And these noodle strings M are sent out to the 2nd delivery surface 18c of the direction different from the 1st delivery surface 16c. Then, the noodle strings M fed to the first and second delivery surfaces 16c and 18c move to the first conveyance path 20 and the second conveyance path 22, respectively, and are conveyed to the next process.

  Therefore, according to the noodle string manufacturing apparatus 2 of the present embodiment, the noodle string feeder 8 immediately after the noodle strings feeding section 8 is manufactured by the thin blade cutter 6c of the cutter roller 6 are different from each other in the first and second directions. 2 Since the noodle strings M are reliably prevented from adhering to each other, the quality of the noodle strings is not deteriorated. In addition, the manual noodle unraveling work is not necessary, so that the noodle strings can be manufactured efficiently.

  Further, the noodle string feed section 8 has a comb-shaped first scraped section 16b that enters every other gap C1 among the gaps provided between the plurality of thin blade cutters 6c, and the comb-shaped second crushing section 8 enters the remaining gap C2. Since the scraped portion 18b enters, and the first feeding surface 16c and the second feeding surface 18c are continuously formed on the first and second scraping portions 16b and 18b, respectively, it has a simple configuration. Suppression can be achieved.

It is a front view which shows the noodle string manufacturing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of a cutter roller. It is a figure which shows the external appearance of a cutter roller. It is an AA arrow line view of FIG. It is the figure which showed the noodle string sending part which comprises this apparatus in detail.

Explanation of symbols

2 Noodle string production device 4 Receiving roller 4a Roller shaft 4b Drive gear 6 Cutter roller 6a Cutter shaft 6b Drive gear 6c Thin blade cutter 8 Noodle string feed section 16 First noodle string feed section 16a Opening section 16b First scraping section 16c First feed Surface 18 Second noodle strip feeding portion 18b Second scraped portion 18c Second feeding surface C1, C2 G of thin blade cutter M Noodle strip W Noodle strip

Claims (2)

A cutter roller in which a plurality of thin blade cutters are assembled in the axial direction with a gap substantially the same as the width of the noodle strings, and a receiving roller arranged in parallel to the cutter rotor so that the thin blade cutter contacts, the cutter roller, In the noodle string manufacturing apparatus for rotating the receiving roller at a predetermined peripheral speed and chopping the noodle band fed by the receiving roller with the plurality of thin blade cutters to manufacture a noodle string,
An apparatus for producing noodle strings, comprising a noodle string feeding section for separating adjacent noodle strings immediately after being shredded by the plurality of thin blade cutters and feeding them in different directions.   The noodle string feed section is configured to scrape the noodle strings by interleaving the comb-shaped first scraping section into every other gap among the gaps provided between the plurality of thin blade cutters, and the first scraping section A comb-like shape is formed in the remaining gap between the first noodle strings feeding section having a first feeding surface for feeding the scraped noodle strings in a predetermined direction, and the plurality of thin blade cutters other than the first scraped section entering. A second noodle strip delivery section having a second delivery surface that feeds the noodle strands scraped by the second scraping portion into a direction different from the first delivery surface. The apparatus for producing noodle strings according to claim 1, comprising:

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