JP2019105410A - Dryer for use in producing non-fried noodle - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a dryer of a simple structure for use in producing non-fried noodle, capable of decreasing the product cost and maintenance cost and of roughly uniformly blowing hot air without waste over noodle blocks being transported.SOLUTION: The dryer for use in producing non-fried noodle includes a conveyor 3 that continuously transports a plurality of retainers 2 each filled with one meal equivalent of a noodle block, through which air can flow in the vertical direction, and hot air ejection units 4, 5 each disposed on the upper side and the lower side of the conveyor 3 respectively, in which the upper side hot-air ejection unit 4 comprises a hot-air ejection slit 9 on its bottom face and the lower side hot-air ejection unit 5 comprises a hot air ejection slit 10 on its upper face, the hot-air ejection slit 9 of the hot air ejection unit 4 is arranged to incline relative to the transportation direction of the plurality of retainers 2, and the hot-air ejection slit 10 of the hot-air ejection unit 5 is arranged to incline so as to intersect with the hot-air ejection slit 9.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a drying apparatus for producing non-fried noodles, and more specifically, a single serving is conveyed into a retainer and transported. 麵 Hot air is applied to a mass to dry and produce non-fried noodles The present invention relates to a drying apparatus for producing non-frying noodles.

  In general, instant noodles are prepared by mixing flour and water to form a dou (soburo), rolling the doe to form a noodle band, cutting out the noodle band formed by cutting out the noodle band, and putting it into a retainer, and drying it. After processing to remove water, it is commercialized through a cooling process. The drying process includes a method of frying with fats and oils to remove water and a method of drying with hot air to remove water, and the latter is called non-fried noodles. The present invention relates to a method of producing the non-fried noodles.

  In the production of non-frying noodles, generally, a method is adopted in which a noodle mass which is put into a retainer one by one and conveyed by a conveyer is exposed to hot air from above and below and dried. As an apparatus therefor, for example, a nozzle-type drying apparatus as described in JP-A-2014-35173 is used.

JP 2014-35173 A

  The above-mentioned nozzle type drying apparatus comprises chambers provided with a large number of hot air jet nozzles on the upper side and the lower side of a conveyer which continuously conveys a large number of retainers loaded with noodles for one serving. FIG. 6 shows the arrangement position of the nozzles 20 and 21 in this nozzle type drying apparatus, and for example, arranged in six rows with respect to two side by side retainers 22 conveyed in the arrow direction. The nozzle rows are arranged at intervals at which two rows simultaneously arrive on the retainer 22. 6A shows the arrangement of the upper nozzle 20, and FIG. 6B shows the arrangement of the lower nozzle 21. The upper nozzle 20 and the lower nozzle 21 are arranged so as to be offset from each other.

  In the case of this apparatus, since it has a complicated configuration using a large number of nozzles 20, 21, it is not desirable that the product cost and the maintenance cost increase. Not only that, as is also apparent from FIG. 6, since the hot air hits the noodle mass in a spot manner, there is a possibility that a portion not exposed to the hot air may occur to cause uneven drying. There is a problem that energy consumption is wasted because there is also a nozzle which does not work on.

  The present invention has been made in view of the fact that the conventional nozzle type drying apparatus has many problems as described above, can reduce the product cost and maintenance cost with a simple configuration, and can be transported. It is an object of the present invention to provide a drying apparatus for producing non-fried noodles, which can apply hot air to a noodle mass without waste and substantially uniformly.

The invention according to claim 1 for solving the above problems is a conveyor for continuously conveying a large number of vertically ventilated retainers into which noodle masses for one serving are charged, and which are disposed above and below the conveyor A drying apparatus for producing non-fried noodles comprising a heated air jet unit,
The upper hot air jet unit has a hot air jet slit on the bottom surface and the lower hot air jet unit on the upper surface, and the hot air jet slit of the upper hot air jet unit is in the conveying direction of the retainer. The hot air jet slit of the lower hot air jet unit is disposed to be inclined with respect to the lower hot air jet unit, and is disposed to be inclined to intersect the upper hot air jet slit. It is a drying device.

  In one embodiment, the upper hot air ejection slit and the lower hot air ejection slit are each arranged to extend obliquely from one end to the other end of the hot air ejection area.

  In one embodiment, the hot-air jet slits of the plurality of hot-air jet units are disposed in a straight line so as to extend obliquely from one end to the other end of the hot-air jet area.

  The drying device for producing non-fried noodles according to the present invention is as described above, and the product cost and maintenance cost can be reduced with a simple configuration, and the noodle mass being conveyed is in the conveyance direction of the retainer. Since hot-air injection is performed from the up and down direction by the hot-air ejection slit arranged to be inclined, there is an effect that it is possible to achieve almost uniform hot-air injection without waste.

It is a principal part front view of a drying device for non-fried noodles manufacture concerning the present invention. It is a principal part side view of a drying device for non-fried noodles manufacture concerning the present invention. It is a principal part top view of the drying device for non-fried noodles manufacture concerning the present invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the structural example of the hot-air injection | spray unit in the drying apparatus for non-fried noodles manufacture which concerns on this invention. It is a top view for demonstrating the effect | action of the drying apparatus for non-fried noodles manufacture which concerns on this invention. It is a top view for demonstrating the problem of the conventional drying apparatus for non-fried noodles manufacture.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the attached drawings. FIG. 1 is a whole block diagram of the drying device for manufacturing non-fried noodles according to the present invention, and as shown therein, the drying device is ventilated in the vertical direction in which the noodle mass for one serving is added to the lower part of the mount 1. It comprises the conveyor 3 which conveys many possible retainers 2 continuously, and the hot air jet units 4 and 5 which are disposed on the upper side and the lower side of the conveyor 3.

  For example, the conveyor 3 is formed by connecting a retainer receiving plate 6 in which two retainers 2 are set side by side. The bottom of the retainer 2 is a net plate, and the top surface is an open sieve-like one, and if necessary, a net cover is put on the hot air drying process.

  The hot air jet units 4, 5 are hollow bodies to which the duct 8 extending from the hot air blower 7 to which the heater is attached is connected, and the upper hot air jet unit 4 is on the bottom and the lower hot air jet unit 5 is on the top , Hot-air blowout slits 9, 10 respectively. The hot air jet units 4 and 5 in the illustrated example open one corner of the rectangular cylindrical chamber, and the slit forming plates 11 and 11 are disposed on both sides of the opening, and the hot air between the slit forming plates 11 and 11 is provided. It is set as the squirt slit 9,10.

  In particular, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the upper hot air jet unit 4 is arranged such that the hot air jet slit 9 is inclined with respect to the transport direction of the retainer 2 (shown by solid line in FIG. 3) The hot-air jet slit 10 of the hot-air jet unit 5 on the side is diagonally disposed so as to intersect the hot-air jet slit 9 on the upper side (indicated by a broken line in FIG. 3). Generally, the hot air jet units 4 and 5 are disposed for each transport row of the retainer 2. In the illustrated example, since the transport rows of the retainer 2 are two rows, the hot air jet units 4 and 5 are disposed in parallel to each other.

  The hot air jet units 4, 5 are arranged such that the hot air jet slits 9, 10 extend obliquely from one end to the other end of the hot air jet area. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the range in which six retainers 2 fit in one row is the hot air jet area, in which case the hot air jet slits 9, 10 have one end located at the beginning of the hot air jet area The other end is hooked on the side end of 2a, and the other end is hooked on the side end of the retainer 2b located at the end of the hot air jet area opposite to the retainer 2a.

  As is clear from the above points, the inclination angle of the hot air jet slits 9, 10 is determined by the length of the hot air jet area. Further, the hot air jet units 4 and 5 do not necessarily have to be one long one, and two short ones may be connected in a straight line.

  In the case of the drying apparatus for producing non-fried noodles according to the present invention having the above configuration, a large number of retainers 2 loaded with noodle masses for one serving and set on the retainer receiving plate 6 are continuously transported by the conveyor 3 and a hot air jet unit Pass through the hot air injection area between 4 and 5

  In the example shown in FIG. 5, when passing through the hot air jet area, first, the left end of the retainer 2 (retainer 2a) receives hot air jet from the hot air jet slit 9 at the upper end at the beginning of the hot air jet area The right end receives the hot air jet from the lower hot air jet slit 10. Then, as the conveyance progresses, the action areas of the upper and lower hot air jet slits 9, 10 respectively shift to the inside of the retainer 2 and eventually reach the end of the hot air jet area, and the right end of the retainer 2 (retainer 2b) is hot air jet of the upper side While being separated from the hot air jet from the slit 9, the left end thereof is separated from the hot air jet from the lower hot air jet slit 10.

  As described above, since the hot air blowout slits 9 and 10 act to obliquely cross the respective retainers 2, the noodle masses in each of the retainers 2 receive the jets of the hot air without unevenness uniformly from the vertical direction. Become. In addition, the amount of hot air ejected from the hot air ejection slits 9 and 10 is considerably small (about one third) as compared with the conventional nozzle type.

  The drying apparatus for producing non-fried noodles according to the present invention is as described above, and the product cost and maintenance cost can be reduced with a simple configuration, and the noodle mass being conveyed is in the conveyance direction of the retainer. Since hot-air injection is performed from the vertical direction by the hot-air blowout slit disposed in an inclined manner, there is an effect that waste-free and substantially uniform hot-air injection is possible, and its industrial applicability is large. is there.

1 Frame 2 Retainer 3 Conveyor 4 Hot Air Jet Unit 5 Hot Air Jet Unit 6 Retainer Receiving Plate 7 Hot Air Blower 8 Duct 9 Hot Air Jet Slit 10 Hot Air Jet Slit 11 Slit Forming Board

Claims (3)

A dryer for manufacturing non-fried noodles, comprising: a conveyor for continuously conveying a number of vertically ventilated retainers into which a mass of noodles has been fed and a plurality of hot air jet units disposed above and below the conveyor; A device,
The upper hot air jet unit has a hot air jet slit on the bottom surface and the lower hot air jet unit on the upper surface, and the hot air jet slit of the upper hot air jet unit is in the conveying direction of the retainer. The hot air jet slit of the lower hot air jet unit is disposed to be inclined with respect to the lower hot air jet unit, and is disposed to be inclined to intersect the upper hot air jet slit. Dryer.   The drying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the upper hot air jet slit and the lower hot air jet slit respectively extend obliquely from one end to the other end of the hot air jet area. .   3. The dry according to claim 2, wherein the hot air jet slits of the plurality of hot air jet units are disposed on a straight line so as to extend diagonally from one end to the other end of the hot air jet area. apparatus.

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