JP2012170436A - Kneader for noodle making apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a kneader for a noodle making apparatus capable of remarkably improving noodle making efficiency by allowing the diameter and length of a cylinder of the kneader to be set considerably larger than those of conventional ones, and moreover attaining easy and quick assembling/disassembling work.SOLUTION: The kneader includes a driving part and the cylinder installed on a base plate 2 on the upper face of a frame, and a vane cylinder 10 housed in the cylinder and rotationally driven by the driving part. The cylinder is formed by joining a plurality of divided cylinders 5-7 including at least an inlet end side divided cylinder 5 having a grain powder lead-in port and a water supply part, and an outlet end side divided cylinder 6 having a dough supply outlet, and supported on a pair of lower side guide shafts 11 disposed in parallel on the base plate 2.

Description

  The present invention relates to a kneader in a noodle making apparatus, and more specifically, in a noodle making line that mass-produces noodles such as udon and soba, it is placed under a hopper that supplies raw flour, The present invention relates to a kneader that generates dough by kneading and supplies it to a rolling device for manufacturing noodle strips in the next step.

  In general, noodles are made by mixing flour and water to produce a dough, rolling the dough to produce a noodle strip, cutting the noodle strip to form a noodle strip, and then steaming the noodle strip. It is commercialized. In general, the dough is generated in the kneader by kneading the input flour while humidifying it. Generally, a kneader is composed of a cylinder and a blade cylinder that is rotatably supported in the cylinder, and the flour that has been added while being hydrated is kneaded by kneading blades disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the blade cylinder.

  A kneader in a noodle production plant located in a factory that mass-produces noodles has a demand to make the cylinder large and long in consideration of the efficiency of noodle making. In addition, the weight becomes considerable and the installation work becomes difficult. Therefore, considering the installation work of the kneader and the subsequent maintenance and cleaning of the blade cylinder, there is a limit to making it large and long, and there is a restriction on improving the noodle-making efficiency.

JP 2010-136652 A JP-A-5-304872

  As described above, the kneader in the noodle making plant arranged in the factory for mass production of noodles is intended to be as large and long as possible in consideration of noodle making efficiency. The weight is increased, and installation work and subsequent maintenance and cleaning of the blade cylinder are difficult. Therefore, the diameter and length of the cylinder have to be suppressed to some extent, and the improvement of the noodle-making efficiency is limited accordingly.

  The present invention was made in view of the above circumstances, the diameter and length of the kneader cylinder can be set to be considerably larger than the conventional one, and the noodle making efficiency can be significantly improved, Moreover, since it is possible to easily and quickly perform disassembly and assembly work, it is an object to provide a kneader in a noodle making apparatus that can easily and quickly perform installation work and subsequent maintenance and cleaning work such as blade cylinders. And

  The invention according to claim 1 for solving the above-mentioned problems is a drive unit and a cylinder installed on a base plate on a top surface of a gantry, and a blade cylinder that is housed in the cylinder and rotationally driven by the drive unit. The cylinder is formed by joining a plurality of split cylinders including at least an inlet end side split cylinder having a flour inlet and a water supply portion and an outlet end side split cylinder having a dough outlet. The kneader is supported on a pair of lower guide shafts arranged in parallel on a plate.

  In one embodiment, a pair of upper guide shafts are arranged in parallel with the lower guide shaft, and the upper side of the split cylinder is held down. In that case, the front end portion of the lower guide shaft is supported by the drive unit, the rear end portion extends beyond the end portion of the output end side split cylinder, and the upper guide shaft is joined at least between the split cylinders. It is the length that spans between clubs.

  In one embodiment, a rotating arm having a function of locking the opening side of the extended end side split cylinder so as to be openable and closable is rotatably installed on the base plate.

  In one embodiment, a cylinder positioning plate extending in the axial direction of the cylinder is installed on the base plate, and each of the divided cylinders is positioned by the cylinder positioning plate during assembly. Further, the inlet end-side split cylinder has a positioning pin that protrudes from the cylinder receiving plate of the drive unit and / or a positioning pin that protrudes from the front end surface of the pin insertion hole formed in the front end surface thereof. Is inserted into a pin insertion hole formed in the cylinder receiving plate of the drive unit.

  Invention of Claim 7 for solving the said subject contains at least the entrance end side division | segmentation cylinder which has a flour inlet and a water supply part, and the exit end side division | segmentation cylinder which has a do feed port, and it can join mutually A step of preparing a plurality of divided cylinders, a step of disposing a pair of lower guide shafts and a cylinder end locking mechanism on a base plate of a gantry, a spindle of a driving unit disposed on the base plate, A step of connecting a blade cylinder provided with a mixing blade on the outer peripheral surface, and the entry-end-side divided cylinder is placed on the ends of the pair of lower guide shafts and is slid in the direction of the drive unit while being positioned as it is. A step of setting in a fixed position, and after setting the exit end side split cylinder, if the intermediate split cylinder is included, the intermediate split cylinder is set in the same manner as in the case of the entrance end side split cylinder, If the intermediate divided cylinder is not included, the cylinder is directly slid and set in the direction of the drive unit in the same manner as in the case of the inlet-end divided cylinder, and then the adjacent divided cylinders are joined to each other, and the cylinder A pivoting arm including an end locking mechanism is pivoted to close and lock the opening side of the leading end side split cylinder, and at the same time to pivotally support the end of the blade cylinder. This is a kneader assembly method.

  The present invention is as described above, and the kneader in the noodle making apparatus according to the present invention has a configuration in which the cylinder is divided into a plurality of parts and is integrated at the time of assembly. Since it is convenient and easy to assemble and disassemble, there is an effect that the installation work and the subsequent maintenance and cleaning work of the blade cylinder can be performed easily and quickly.

  Further, the kneader in the noodle making apparatus according to the present invention has a configuration in which the cylinder is divided into a plurality of parts and integrated at the time of assembly, and the diameter and length of the cylinder are set to be considerably larger than the conventional one. However, since there is no problem in the installation work or the like, there is an effect that the noodle making efficiency can be remarkably improved by making the diameter and length of the cylinder considerably larger than the conventional one.

  In the invention which concerns on Claim 7, there exists an effect which can install the kneader in the noodle making apparatus which concerns on this invention easily, quickly and safely.

It is a front view of one embodiment of a kneader in the noodle making apparatus according to the present invention. It is a top view of one embodiment of the kneader in the noodle making apparatus according to the present invention. It is a fragmentary sectional view of one embodiment of a kneader in a noodle making apparatus concerning the present invention. It is the sectional view on the AA line in FIG. It is a side view of one embodiment of a kneader in the noodle making apparatus according to the present invention. It is a top view which shows the structure of the edge part of one Embodiment of the kneader in the noodle making apparatus which concerns on this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing an overall configuration of a kneader according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof. As shown therein, the kneader includes a drive unit 3 and a cylinder 4 installed on the base plate 2 of the gantry 1, and a blade cylinder 10 that is housed in the cylinder 4 and rotated by the drive unit 3. Become.

  The cylinder 4 is formed by joining a plurality of split cylinders including at least an inlet end side split cylinder 5 having a flour inlet 5a and a water supply portion 5b and an outlet end side split cylinder 6 having a dough outlet 6a. (See FIG. 3). In the illustrated example, the cylinder 4 is composed of three divided cylinders, that is, an input end side split cylinder 5, an output end side split cylinder 6, and an intermediate split cylinder 7 sandwiched between them. Depending on the length of the cylinder 4, a plurality of cylinders 4 may be provided, or they may not be provided.

  Each of the divided cylinders 5 to 7 has a flange, and the flanges are joined to each other. The flanges may be joined to each other by bolting, but a joining pin 8 is projected on one side, and a pin hole 9 into which the joining pin 8 is fitted is formed on the other side. It may be as simple as inserting 8 into the pin hole 9. The inlet end-side split cylinder 5 is connected to the flour drop opening of the flour supply hopper 61 installed on the upper side of the flour inlet 5a provided on the upper surface thereof via the vibrating cylinder 60, whereby the hopper 61 And is in communication. Further, a scattering prevention cover 57 and a do guide plate 58 are provided in the vicinity of the dough outlet 6a of the exit end side split cylinder 6 (see FIG. 5).

  In the illustrated embodiment, the kneader according to the present invention is incorporated in a large-sized noodle plant, and in order to further increase the production efficiency, the two kneaders are arranged in parallel on the same base plate 2, Flour is supplied to each kneader from a single hopper 61, the dough fed from both kneaders is merged and flowed on one conveyor 62, and supplied to a continuous rolling device (not shown). (See FIG. 2 in particular).

  In order to hold the cylinder 4 on the base plate 2 of the gantry 1, a pair of lower guide shafts 11 are arranged in parallel. The lower guide shaft 11 is supported by being inserted through a plurality of guide shaft support plates 12 provided on the base plate 2, and is arranged at an interval at which the divided cylinders 5 to 7 can be placed. The front end portion of the lower guide shaft 11 is supported by the drive unit 3, and the rear end portion extends to a position exceeding the end portion of the output end side split cylinder 6 at the time of assembly (particularly, see FIGS. 1 and 2).

  Further, a pair of upper guide shafts 13 are disposed between the upper portions of the guide shaft support plates 12 in parallel with the lower guide shaft 11 as necessary. The upper guide shaft 13 holds the upper side of the divided cylinders 5 to 7, and does not need to be as long as the lower guide shaft 11. For example, the upper guide shaft 13 has a length extending between the joint portions of the divided cylinders 5 to 7. It is sufficient (see FIG. 3). The guide shaft support plate 12 includes a circular hole 12a having a diameter slightly larger than the flange diameter of the divided cylinders 5 to 7, and a part of the inserted lower guide shaft 11 and upper guide shaft 13 is an inner periphery of the circular hole 12a. It is made to be exposed to a surface, and it is comprised so that each flange of the split cylinders 5-7 may be supported in the exposed part (refer FIG. 4).

  In addition, a cylinder positioning plate 14 positioned between the lower guide shafts 11 and extending in parallel with the lower guide shaft 11 is installed between the guide shaft support plates 12 and is installed at the flanges of the divided cylinders 5 to 7. A fitting groove 15 in which a part of the cylinder positioning plate 14 is slidably received is formed in the lower part (see FIGS. 3 and 4).

  Further, as a positioning element of the cylinder 4, a positioning pin 17 is projected from a cylinder receiving plate 16 disposed at the end of the driving unit 3 on the cylinder 4 side, and the flange of the input end side divided cylinder 5 facing the cylinder receiving plate 16. In addition, a pin hole 18 into which the positioning pin 17 is fitted is formed. Conversely, a pin hole 18 may be provided on the cylinder receiving plate 16 side, and the positioning pin 17 may be disposed on the flange side of the inlet end side divided cylinder 5, or both means may be mixed in both. The flange portion of the inlet side split cylinder 5 is fixed to the cylinder receiving plate 16 after positioning.

  A motor 20 is provided in the gantry 1, and a belt (or chain) is wound around the output shaft and a spindle 22 that rotationally drives the blade cylinder 10. A belt cover 21 covers the belt portion. A central shaft mounting plate 31 is fixed to the spindle 22, and a cylindrical central shaft main body 32 is mounted on the central shaft mounting plate 31.

  The central shaft main body 32 is supported by a plurality of support rods 35 arranged so as to extend in the length direction along the peripheral edge portion. The support rod 35 has one end fixed to the central shaft mounting plate 31 and the other end fixed to a rear plate 48 that extends to the opening of the blade cylinder 10 and is disposed so as to close the opening. A plurality of shaft support plate positioning shafts 34 are attached to the inner end surface of the central shaft main body 32. The other end of the shaft support plate positioning shaft 34 extends to the vicinity of the opening of the cylinder 4 and is fixed to the shaft support plate 33 disposed inside the rear plate 48.

  The shaft support plate 33 is also disposed in the middle part of the blade cylinder 10, and the shaft support plate positioning shaft 34 is also inserted there. In addition, a plurality of support rods 35 are inserted into and supported by the peripheral edge portion of each shaft support plate 33 in the same manner as the central shaft main body 32. Further, a pair of keys 37 is driven into the peripheral edge of each shaft support plate 33 in order to make the coupling relationship with the inner peripheral surface of the blade cylinder 10 more firm (see FIG. 4).

  The blade cylinder 10 is installed by fitting the central shaft main body 32 from one end thereof, and inserting the shaft support plate positioning shaft 34 and the support rod 35 attached thereto through the shaft support plate 33, This is followed by the cylinder 4 being loaded. Although the blade cylinder 10 can be integrally formed as a whole, it can be divided into a plurality of parts such as the cylinder 4 and connected and integrated later.

  5 and 6 show the configuration of an opening / closing cover portion that closes and locks the opening side of the extended end side split cylinder 6 so as to be openable and closable. It comprises a pivot 41 erected on the base plate 2 and a pivot arm 42 pivotally supported by the pivot 41 in a horizontal direction so that the central shaft body 32 is pivotally supported on the pivot arm 42. A bearing case 45 is provided. The bearing case 45 incorporates a tailstock main shaft 44 that is indirectly connected to the central shaft body 32 and a bearing that supports the tailstock main shaft 44, and a tailstock plate 46 is fixed to the tailstock main shaft 44. Is done. In the figure, reference numeral 43 denotes a bearing retainer for retaining the bearing, and 43a denotes a cover.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a rotation center shaft 47 is fixed inside the tail stock plate 46, and this is formed in a core hole provided at the center of the rear plate 48 attached to the end surface of the center shaft body 32. By fitting, the rotation core of the central shaft main body 32 is held. Further, the tail stock plate 46 is provided with one or a plurality of rotation transmission pins 49 projectingly inserted into a pin insertion hole 48 a formed in the rear plate 48, thereby being rotated by the spindle 22. The rotation of the shaft body 32 is transmitted to the rear plate 48. The tailstock main shaft 44 integrated with the tailstock plate 46 is pivotally supported in the bearing case 45. Thus, the central shaft main body 32 has one end portion supported on the drive device 3 side and the other end side pivotally supported by the bearing case 45.

  The rotating arm 42 is provided with a cylinder presser 51 that moves forward and backward toward the end flange of the extended-end-side split cylinder 6, and is further provided with a positioning pin 52 (see FIG. 6). A plurality of cylinder retainers 51 are arranged so as to be in contact with the symmetrical position of the end flange of the extended end side split cylinder 6, and the positioning pin 52 is a positioning pin formed on the end flange of the extended end side split cylinder 6. It can be freely inserted into and removed from the hole. The degree of tightening of the cylinder 4 by the cylinder presser 51 and the positioning pin 52 can be adjusted by the tightening degree of the tightening bolts 51a and 52a, respectively.

  Further, a locking mechanism is attached to the rotating arm 42. The lock mechanism includes a lock mechanism installation column 54 erected on the base plate 2 and a lock bolt 55 that can be moved forward and backward in the horizontal direction. By tightening the lock bolt 55, A holding plate 56 disposed on the bolt shaft via a spring 59 acts to firmly hold the end of the rotating arm 42 in the direction of the cylinder 4 by the action of the spring 59. The lock mechanism shown in FIG. 6 is for a case where two kneaders are arranged side by side, and is configured to act simultaneously on both of the pivot arms 42 that are arranged symmetrically.

  Since the rotating arm 42 has the above-described configuration, the tailstock main shaft 44, the bearing case 45, and the tailstock plate 46 move together as a result of the turning operation about the pivot 41. Therefore, if the lock bolt 55 for the lock mechanism is loosened to release the lock, the pivot arm 42 can be turned, and the engagement relationship of the tail stock plate 46 with the tail stock main shaft 44 is thereby released. The cylinder 4 and the blade shaft 31 are released and can be disassembled.

  Subsequently, the manufacturing method of the kneader in the noodle making apparatus according to the present invention for manufacturing the kneader in the noodle making apparatus according to the present invention having the above configuration will be described. The method comprises the following steps.

Cylinder preparation process This process includes an inlet end side split cylinder 5 having a flour inlet 5a and a water supply part 5b, an outlet end side split cylinder 6 having a dough outlet 6a, and, if necessary, one or more intermediate split cylinders 7 and preparing a plurality of divided cylinders that can be joined to each other.

Guide shaft and cylinder end lock mechanism disposing step This step is a step of disposing a pair of lower guide shafts 11 supporting the cylinder 4 and the cylinder end lock mechanism on the base plate 2 of the gantry 1. Further, an upper guide shaft 13 is provided as necessary.

Blade cylinder installation process This process is a process of fitting the blade cylinder 10 provided with the mixing blade on the outer peripheral surface to the rotary drive shaft extending from the drive unit 3 arranged on the base plate 2.

Split cylinder installation process (1)
This step is a step in which the incoming end side split cylinder 5 is placed on the ends of the pair of lower guide shafts 11 and is slid in the direction of the drive unit 3 while being positioned as it is. In this case, the cylinder positioning plate 14 is used for positioning.

Split cylinder installation process (2)
If there is an intermediate divided cylinder 7, the intermediate divided cylinder 7, and if there is no intermediate divided cylinder 7, the output end side divided cylinder 6 is connected to the drive end portion in the same manner as in the case of the input side divided cylinder 5. In this step, the adjacent divided cylinders 5 to 7 are joined by sliding in three directions.

Locking process In this process, the rotating arm 42 that constitutes the end locking mechanism of the cylinder 4 is turned to close and lock the opening side of the extended-end-side split cylinder 6, and at the same time, in the bearing part of the rotating arm 42 In this step, the end of the drive shaft is pivotally supported. In this step, first, the turning arm 42 is turned and brought close to the opening of the cylinder 4 so that the rotation center shaft 47 is fitted into the core hole of the rear plate 48 and the rotation transmission pin 49 is connected to the pin of the rear plate 48. The fitting hole 48a is inserted, and finally the locking bolt 55 is tightened to lock.

  When disassembling the blade cylinder 10 for cleaning or the like, the reverse operation of the above assembling method may be performed. In either case of assembling or disassembling, the locking bolt 55 is simply tightened without using a special tool, or It can be done by a simple manual operation of loosening.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Base 2 Base plate 3 Drive part 4 Cylinder 5 Inlet end side split cylinder 5a Flour inlet 5b Water supply part 6 Outlet side split cylinder 6a Du outlet 7 Intermediate split cylinder 10 Blade cylinder 11 Lower guide shaft 12 Guide shaft support plate 13 Upper guide shaft 14 Cylinder positioning plate
16 Cylinder backing plate 17 Positioning pin 18 Pin hole
22 Spindle 31 Center shaft mounting plate 32 Center shaft body 33 Shaft support plate 34 Shaft support plate positioning shaft 35 Support rod 37 Key 42 Rotating arm 43 Bearing presser 44 Tail stock main shaft 45 Bearing case 46 Tail stock plate 47 Rotation center shaft 48 Rear Plate 48a Pin insertion hole 49 Rotation transmission pin 51 Cylinder presser 51a Tightening bolt 52 Positioning pin 52a Tightening bolt 55 Locking bolt

Claims (7)

It consists of a drive unit and a cylinder installed on the base plate on the top surface of the gantry, and a blade cylinder that is housed in the cylinder and driven to rotate by the drive unit,
The cylinder is formed by joining a plurality of split cylinders including at least an inlet end side split cylinder having a flour inlet and a water supply portion and an outlet end side split cylinder having a dough outlet, and is parallel to the base plate. A kneader characterized in that it is supported on a pair of lower guide shafts disposed on the kneader.   2. The kneader according to claim 1, wherein a pair of upper guide shafts are disposed in parallel with the lower guide shaft, and the upper side of the divided cylinder is held down.   A tip end portion of the lower guide shaft is supported by the drive unit, a rear end portion thereof extends beyond an end portion of the output side split cylinder, and the upper guide shaft is at least between the joint portions of the split cylinders. The kneader according to claim 2, wherein the kneader has a crossing length.   The kneader according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a rotating arm having a function of locking the opening side of the extended end side split cylinder so as to be opened and closed is rotatably installed on the base plate.   The kneader according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a cylinder positioning plate extending in an axial direction of the cylinder is installed on the base plate, and each of the divided cylinders is positioned by the cylinder positioning plate at the time of assembly.   The inlet end-side split cylinder has a pin insertion hole formed in a front end surface thereof inserted with a positioning pin protruding from a cylinder receiving plate of the driving unit and / or a positioning pin protruded from the front end surface thereof. The kneader according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the kneader is positioned by being inserted into a pin insertion hole formed in a cylinder receiving plate of the drive unit. A step of preparing a plurality of split cylinders that can be joined to each other, including at least an inlet end side split cylinder having a flour inlet and a water supply portion and an outlet end side split cylinder having a dough outlet;
Disposing a pair of lower guide shafts and a cylinder end locking mechanism on the base plate of the gantry;
Connecting a spindle of a driving unit disposed on the base plate and a blade cylinder having a mixing blade on an outer peripheral surface;
Placing the entry-end-side split cylinder on the ends of the pair of lower guide shafts, and sliding them in the direction of the drive unit while positioning them as they are, and setting them in place;
If the outlet split cylinder includes an intermediate split cylinder, the intermediate split cylinder is set in the same manner as the inlet split cylinder, and if the intermediate split cylinder is not included, After sliding and setting in the direction of the drive unit in the same manner as in the case of the writing end side split cylinder, the step of joining each of the adjacent split cylinders;
Swiveling a rotation arm including the cylinder end lock mechanism to close and lock the opening side of the extended-end-side split cylinder, and simultaneously pivotally supporting the end of the blade cylinder;
A method of assembling a kneader characterized by comprising:

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