JP2012165725A - Noodle ribbon molding and rounding device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a noodle ribbon molding and rounding device capable of increasing the processing rate of the noodle ribbon molding and rounding device to improve productivity, and generating little noise even when increasing the processing rate.SOLUTION: There is provided the noodle ribbon molding and rounding device rounding the noodle by using a space formed with three rollers arranged on different levels, wherein, when a roller positioned at a lower stand is made to be a center roller 130, five peripheral rollers 131-135 are set at positions of equal distances in a radius direction of the center roller 130 with equal intervals and noodles M are rounded by revolving the peripheral rollers 131-135 around the center roller 130 while they are rotated on its own axis to serially send out the rounded noodles M.

Description

  The present invention is used in a process for producing raw noodles such as Chinese noodles, udon noodles, buckwheat noodles, etc., and relates to an apparatus for rounding and shaping the produced elongated raw noodles (noodle strings), for example, one by one. Is.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a noodle string shaping and rounding device that rounds noodles using a space formed by three rollers arranged at different levels is known (see, in particular, FIG. 7 of Patent Document 1). The noodle string shaping and rounding device includes: a first roller that forms a terminal end of the conveyor located on the upstream side; a second roller that is located on the downstream side of the first roller and disposed at a lower position; and A third roller located further downstream than the second roller and disposed at substantially the same height as the first roller cooperates to round the noodles. In short, the three rollers are arranged in steps, and the noodles are rolled in the space (pocket) formed by the arrangement. All the rollers rotate in the same direction, and the straight noodles reaching the pocket are rounded while rotating in the opposite direction to the rotation of the roller so as to follow the rotation of the roller in the pocket.

  Further, when the noodles are rolled up after a certain period of time, only the third roller rotates backward and slides away from the second roller (reciprocates), so that the noodles in the pocket are removed from the second roller. And the third roller. The noodle rounding process is executed by repeating this operation sequentially.

JP 2007-319148 A

  However, in the noodle string shaping and rounding apparatus, it is necessary to reversely rotate or slide the roller in order to feed the rounded noodles, so the limit of the processing speed is low, and if the processing speed is increased, there is a problem of noise accompanying it. It is easy to generate. In addition, when the roller moves back and forth, the gap (gap between other rollers that does not slide) becomes inappropriate due to changes over time, and problems such as contact between roller surfaces and spilling of noodles from the gap may also occur. Easy to do.

  The present invention has been made to solve these problems.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is a noodle strip shaping and rounding device that rounds noodles using a space formed by three rollers arranged in steps, and the lower roller is a central roller. At the same time, three or more peripheral rollers are arranged at equal intervals in the radial direction of the central roller, and the noodles are rolled and rolled by revolving around the central roller while rotating the peripheral rollers. Are sequentially sent out.

  By comprising in this way, it became possible to roll noodles without a roller reciprocating and to send out the rounded noodles to the downstream process. In short, a space (pocket) used for noodle rounding by the central roller and two adjacent peripheral rollers (a total of three rollers arranged in steps) among the three or more peripheral rollers arranged around the central roller. Form. Furthermore, the pocket itself formed by revolving the peripheral roller (revolving around the center roller) is rotationally moved to feed the noodles downstream. In these operations, all the rollers rotate only in a fixed direction, and are not accompanied by a reversal of the rollers and a movement (reciprocating movement) in which the rollers approach or separate from each other. That is, there is no change in the gap between the rollers, and no noise is generated due to the reciprocating motion. Furthermore, since the noodles are rolled by revolving while rotating the roller and the rolled noodles are sent to the downstream side, for example, it is necessary to wait for the reciprocating roller to return to the position where the noodles are rolled. Absent. That is, since the processing speed until the noodles are rolled up and sent out can be increased, productivity is improved.

  Further, the present invention includes a central gear fixed to the central roller and a peripheral gear fixed to the peripheral rollers, and the central gear and the peripheral gears mesh with each other via planetary gears. It is characterized by.

  With this configuration, for example, by driving the central roller, the driving force can be transmitted to the peripheral rollers via the planetary gear. That is, it is not necessary to drive each roller separately, and it becomes easy to synchronize the rotation of the entire roller according to the gear ratio, so that the rotation ratio suitable for noodle rounding (rotation of the center roller) It is easy to adjust the ratio of the rotation of the peripheral roller to Further, the rotation direction of the rollers can be aligned in the same direction through the planetary gear.

  According to the present invention, the peripheral roller is supported by a rotating plate that rotates coaxially with the central roller, and includes a dedicated drive source for rotating the rotating plate.

  With this configuration, it is possible to realize the revolution of the peripheral rollers only by rotating the rotating plate. Further, since the drive source dedicated to the rotating plate is provided, the timing of revolution of the peripheral rollers, that is, the timing of sending the rounded noodles to the downstream side can be adjusted independently. This facilitates the adjustment of the appropriate delivery timing according to the properties (length, hardness, thickness, etc.) of the noodles to be handled.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that five peripheral rollers are provided.

  Thus, if a total of five peripheral rollers of 72 ° are arranged around the center roller, five pockets for rounding the noodles can be formed, and five noodles can be rounded and sent downstream by one revolution. . That is, since the mechanism portion for revolving the peripheral roller moves at a relatively slow speed, the generation of noise associated therewith can be suppressed even if the processing speed of the noodle string shaping and rounding device is increased.

  Further, a single belt may be arranged along the exposed surfaces of the central roller and the peripheral roller.

  In other words, a space (pocket) for rolling noodles is formed by a single belt. By comprising in this way, it can prevent that noodle scraps are pinched | interposed between a roller and a roller, and it becomes possible to reduce the frequency of a maintenance.

  The present invention is also characterized in that a pop-out preventing member that rotates in the reverse direction to the rotation of the peripheral roller is provided at the upper position of the peripheral roller located on the downstream side of the peripheral rollers in a position for rounding the noodles.

  By adopting such a configuration, when rolling noodles, the noodles can be returned to the pocket side by the popping-out preventing member even if noodles that are about to jump out are generated.

  In the present specification and claims, the expressions “upstream” and “downstream” mean the flow of the noodle production line.

  By applying the present invention, the processing speed of the noodle string shaping and rounding apparatus can be increased, and the productivity is improved. Further, even if the processing speed is increased, the generation of noise is small.

It is the whole view which looked at the noodle strings shaping rounding device concerning the present invention from the downstream. It is the whole view which looked at the noodle strings shaping rounding device concerning the present invention from the side. It is the general whole perspective view which took out only the rounding delivery mechanism. It is a top view of a rounding delivery mechanism. It is the partial cross section figure which looked at the rounding delivery mechanism from the upstream (arrow V direction of FIG. 4). It is the schematic diagram which looked at the rounding delivery mechanism from the side. It is the schematic diagram which showed the example which utilized the belt for the rounding delivery mechanism.

  Hereinafter, the noodle string shaping and rounding device 100 as an example of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. For easy understanding of the drawings, it should be noted that there are portions where the size and dimensions of each portion are exaggerated and there are portions that do not necessarily match the actual product. In addition, each drawing is viewed in the direction of the reference sign, and is expressed as upper, lower, left, right, near, and back based on the direction.

<Configuration of noodle string shaping and rounding device>
The noodle string shaping and rounding device 100 according to the present invention receives noodles from a conveyor 10 that transports noodles M fed from an upstream noodle cutting machine (a device that cuts noodles into a certain length), and performs noodle rounding processing. This is a machine for feeding the rolled noodles to the conveyor 20 located downstream.

  The noodle string shaping and rounding device 100 includes a rounding and feeding mechanism 110 (details will be described later) and an attached mechanism arranged around the rounding and feeding mechanism 110. As an attached mechanism, first and second side regulating plates 170 and 172 installed outside the rounding and feeding mechanism 110, and a return plate pivotally supported by the first and second side regulating plates 170 and 172 (A pop-out prevention member) 174 and a pop-out prevention mechanism including a third gear motor 194 that drives the return plate are provided. Further, a restraining mechanism including a positioning plate 175 installed on the first and second side regulating plates 170 and 172 and a restraining roller 176 that is pivotally supported via the positioning plate 175 is also provided.

  The pop-out prevention mechanism prevents the noodles from jumping out of the apparatus when the noodles are rounded by the rounding-out mechanism 110 described later. On the other hand, when the noodles that have been rounded off are sent from the rounding and feeding mechanism 110 to the downstream side, the restraining mechanism functions to pack the noodles on the downstream conveyor 20 together.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram showing only the rounding and feeding mechanism 110 portion. The rounding and feeding mechanism 110 includes a central roller 130 disposed at the center and five peripheral rollers (first peripheral roller 131 and second peripheral roller) that are equally disposed around the central roller (at equal distances in the radial direction). A roller 132... A fifth peripheral roller 135) is included as a main component. These five peripheral rollers 131 to 135 are all supported by two rotating plates 120 and 122 disposed on both axial ends of each roller. The rotating plates 120 and 122 are pivotally supported from the base 112. Further, the first and second gear motors 190 and 192 are installed and fixed via the base 112. Of these, the first gear motor 190 is a drive source for rotating the central roller 130 and the peripheral rollers 131 to 135, and the other second gear motor 192 is a drive for rotating the rotating plates 120 and 122. Is the source.

  An output shaft (first output shaft) 140 of the first gear motor 190 is pivotally supported from the base 112 via a bearing. A cylindrical member 130b constituting the central roller 130 is fixed at the substantially axial center of the output shaft 140. A disk member 130c is fixed on both sides of the column member 130b, and a surface member 130d is wound around the column member 130b and the disk member 130c. The central roller 130 is constituted by the column member 130b, the disk member 130c, and the surface member 130d.

  Similarly, the peripheral roller 135 has a cylindrical member 135b and disk members 135c arranged on both sides of the cylindrical member 135b, and a surface member 135d wound around the cylindrical member 135b and the disk member 135c. (Although it is described by the reference numeral of the fifth peripheral roller 135 here, the configuration of the other peripheral rollers is also the same, so the redundant description is omitted). A shaft center 135a is passed through the center of the peripheral roller 135, and the shaft center 135a is pivotally supported from the rotary plates 120 and 122 via bearings. The surface of the central roller 130 and the surfaces of the peripheral rollers 131 to 135 are kept in a non-contact state with a slight gap.

  A center gear 142 is similarly fixed to the output shaft 140 to which the center roller 130 is fixed. That is, when the center roller 130 rotates, the center gear 142 also rotates with it. A peripheral gear 144 is fixed to the shaft center 135a to which the peripheral roller 135 is fixed. That is, when the peripheral roller 135 rotates, the peripheral gear 144 is rotated accordingly (the same applies to the first to fourth peripheral rollers). Further, the planetary gear 146 is engaged with both the center gear 142 and the peripheral gear 144. The planetary gear 146 is pivotally supported from the rotating plate 120. By adopting such a configuration, when the output shaft 140 rotates, the central roller 130 rotates along with it, and the peripheral rollers 131 to 135 also move in the same direction via the central gear 142 → the planetary gear 146 → the peripheral gear 144. It is configured to rotate.

  An output shaft (second output shaft) 150 of the second gear motor 192 is pivotally supported from the base 112 via a bearing and is fixed to the rotating plate 122. That is, when the output shaft 150 rotates, the rotating plates 122 and 122 rotate, and the peripheral rollers 131 to 135 can revolve (revolve around the center roller 130).

<Operation and function of noodle string shaping and rounding device>
The operation / function of the noodle string shaping and rounding device 100 according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  The noodles (linear noodles) M that have been transported by the upstream conveyor 100 fall from the end of the conveyor 10 into the pocket P of the noodle string shaping and rounding device 100. Here, a space (pocket P) for rounding the noodles is formed by three rollers (three rollers arranged in steps) of the central roller 130, the first peripheral roller 131, and the fifth peripheral roller 135.

  Since the central roller 130 and the peripheral rollers 131 to 135 are all driven and rotated by the first gear motor 190, the noodles M dropped in the pocket P are rotated by the rotation of these roller groups (the rotation and rotation of each roller). Is rotated in the opposite direction) and rounded. At this time, a return plate 174 (driven by the third gear motor 194) that rotates in a direction opposite to the rotation direction of the fifth peripheral roller 135 exists at a position further above the fifth peripheral roller 135. Even when the noodles M rotated in rotation in the pocket P try to jump out by mistake, they are returned to the pocket P side by the return plate 174.

  When the noodles are rounded after a certain period of time, the second gear motor 192 is driven to rotate the rotating plates 120 and 122 in the downstream direction (leftward in FIG. 6) by 72 °. As a result, the position of the pocket P moves from the α position to the β position (at the same time, another pocket P moves to the α position). Even when the rotating plates 120 and 122 rotate, the center roller 130 and the peripheral rollers 131 to 135 continue to rotate.

  The rolled noodles move to the β position by the rotation of the rotating plates 120 and 122 (revolution of the peripheral rollers). Then, the noodles M are positioned on the peripheral rollers by gravity, so that the noodles M are discharged from the pockets (sent out downstream) by the rotation of the peripheral rollers. In the present embodiment, since the restraining roller 176 is disposed at the position where it is sent out, the sent noodle M is placed on the downstream conveyor 20 between the restraining roller 176 and the peripheral rollers. And transported. At this time, due to the presence of the restraining roller 176, the sent noodles M are put together on the downstream conveyor 20 without being scattered.

  The noodles M that have fallen into the pocket P in this way are sequentially sent to the downstream side while being rounded in the pocket P. In these operations, all the rollers (the central roller 130 and the peripheral rollers 131 to 135) rotate only in a fixed direction, and the rollers are reversed or moved so that the rollers approach or separate from each other. (Reciprocating motion) is not accompanied. That is, there is no change in the gap between the rollers, and no noise is generated due to the reciprocating motion. Furthermore, since the noodles M are rounded by revolving while rotating the peripheral rollers 131 to 135 and the rolled noodles M are sent to the downstream side, for example, the reciprocating roller returns to the position when the noodles are rounded. No need to wait. That is, since the processing speed until the noodles M are rolled up and sent out can be improved, productivity is improved.

  Further, the noodle string shaping and rounding device 100 includes a central gear 142 fixed to the central roller 130 and peripheral gears 144 fixed to the peripheral rollers 131 to 135. The central gear 142 and the peripheral gears 144 are respectively The gears are engaged via a planetary gear 146. Thus, the driving force can be transmitted to the peripheral rollers 131 to 135 via the planetary gear 146 by driving the central roller 130 by the first gear motor 190 which is one driving source. That is, since it is not necessary to individually drive the individual rollers (the central roller 130 and the peripheral rollers 131 to 135), it is easy to synchronize the rotation of the entire roller according to the gear ratio. It is easy to adjust the rotation ratio (ratio of rotation of the peripheral rollers 131 to 135 with respect to the rotation of the center roller 130) suitable for rounding. Further, by using the planetary gear 146, it is possible to align the rotation direction of the rollers in the same direction.

  In the noodle string shaping and rounding device 100, the peripheral rollers 131 to 135 are pivotally supported by rotating plates 120 and 122 that rotate coaxially with the central roller 130, and a dedicated drive for rotating the rotating plates 120 and 122. A source (second gear motor 192) is provided. Thereby, the revolution of the peripheral rollers 131 to 135 can be realized only by rotating the rotating plates 120 and 122. In addition, since the second gear motor 192 is provided as a drive source dedicated to the rotating plates 120 and 122, the revolution timing of the peripheral rollers 131 to 135, that is, the timing to send the rounded noodle M to the downstream side can be adjusted independently. Can do. Thereby, adjustment of the suitable delivery timing according to the property (length, hardness, thickness, etc.) of the noodle M to handle is easy.

  In the noodle string shaping and rounding device 100, five peripheral rollers are provided (first peripheral roller 131 to fifth peripheral roller 135). Thereby, the five noodles M can be rounded and sent to the downstream side by one rotation of the rotating plates 120 and 122. That is, since the mechanism parts (the rotating plates 120 and 122 and the second gear motor 192) for revolving the peripheral rollers 131 to 135 move at a relatively slow speed, the processing speed of the noodle string shaping and rounding device 100 is increased. It has also been achieved to reduce the noise generated by it.

  In the above, five peripheral rollers are arranged, but the number is not particularly limited as long as it is three or more. The noodle rounding process is not necessarily performed one by one. For example, the noodle rounding process may be performed simultaneously in different pockets. Further, the rotation of the rotating plates 120 and 122 (revolution of the peripheral rollers) may be continuously rotated (revolved) instead of being performed step by step at a certain timing. If it is continuous, the rotating plates 120 and 122 continue to rotate, so that it is possible to achieve further low noise by eliminating the generation of mechanical noise accompanying stop / restart.

<Other configuration examples>
Further, as shown in FIG. 7, a single belt B may be arranged along the exposed surfaces of the center roller 230 and the peripheral rollers 231 to 235. Specifically, the belt B on the side of the pocket P is pressed by the guide rollers 280 supported on one side from the rotating plates 220 and 222 so as to guide the belt B along the peripheral rollers 231 to 235. It is arranged. If it does in this way, the space (pocket P) which rounds the noodle M can be comprised with one belt. With this configuration, noodle scraps can be prevented from being sandwiched between the center roller 230 and the peripheral rollers 231 to 235, and the maintenance frequency can be reduced.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Noodle strings shaping rounding device 110 ... Rounding feeding mechanism 112 ... Base 114 ... Cover 120, 122 ... Rotating plate 130 ... Center roller 131-135 ... Peripheral roller 140 ... First output shaft 142 ... Central gear 144 ... Peripheral gear 146 ... Planetary gear 150 ... Second output shaft 174 ... Return plate (projecting prevention member)
176: Retaining rollers 190, 192, 194 ... Gear motor B ... Belt M ... Noodle P ... Noodle rounding space (pocket)

Claims (6)

A noodle string shaping and rounding device that rounds noodles using a space formed by three rollers arranged in steps,
When the lower roller is a central roller, three or more peripheral rollers are arranged at equal intervals in the radial direction of the central roller.
A noodle string shaping and rounding device, wherein the noodles are rounded by revolving around the central roller while rotating the peripheral rollers, and the rounded noodles are sequentially sent out. In claim 1,
A central gear fixed to the central roller, and a peripheral gear fixed to each peripheral roller;
The noodle string shaping and rounding device, wherein the central gear and each peripheral gear are engaged with each other via a planetary gear. In claim 1 or 2,
The peripheral roller is pivotally supported by a rotating plate that rotates coaxially with the central roller, and includes a dedicated drive source for rotating the rotating plate. In any one of Claims 1-3,
A noodle string shaping and rounding device, wherein five peripheral rollers are provided. In any one of Claims 1-4,
A noodle string shaping and rounding device, wherein a belt is disposed along the exposed surfaces of the central roller and the peripheral roller. In any one of Claims 1-5,
A noodle string shaping and rounding device, comprising: a pop-out preventing member that rotates in a reverse direction to the rotation of the peripheral roller at a position above the peripheral roller located downstream of the peripheral rollers in a position for rounding the noodles.

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