JP2023142852A - Noodle dough producing and forming equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide noodle dough producing and forming equipment capable of producing a large quantity of noodles without human intervention.SOLUTION: Noodle dough producing and forming equipment 1 comprises a first dough rolling and forming device 11, a second dough rolling and forming device 12 that is arranged in series downstream of the first dough rolling and forming device 11, a kneading mechanism 20 that is arranged at an upper position of the first dough rolling and forming device 11 and the second dough rolling and forming device 12 and supplies a dough mass A1 after kneading, a conveyance mechanism 30 that is arranged downstream of the second dough rolling and forming device 12, and a dough cutting mechanism 40 that is arranged downstream of the conveyance mechanism 30.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

Description

The present invention relates to equipment that manufactures a large amount of noodle dough and forms it into noodle strings (striped dough cut into noodles of a predetermined thickness).

Conventional edible dough (for noodles, bread, etc.) manufacturing apparatuses mix and knead ingredients such as flour, salt, and water, and then discharge a dough mass (for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2016-149954

The dough mass discharged by the above-mentioned edible dough manufacturing equipment was often manually fed into a designated rolling machine and formed into a strip (if the dough was small, it was manually rolled with a rolling pin). (Sometimes it was formed into a band shape.) Moreover, after being formed into a belt shape, the dough is further manually cut into desired noodle strings using various dough cutting devices.

As mentioned above, human hands were involved in shaping the dough mass into strips of dough, and furthermore, from the strips of dough into noodle strings.

By the way, while there is a demand for equipment to manufacture and form large quantities of noodle strings in Japan and some overseas countries, there is also a problem of labor shortages, and it is now possible to produce large quantities of noodle strings with as little human intervention as possible. There is a need for equipment that can perform molding.

Therefore, it was an object of the present invention to provide noodle dough manufacturing and forming equipment that can manufacture and form a large amount of noodle strings with as little human intervention as possible.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention includes a predetermined belt-shaped dough forming mechanism that supplies a predetermined dough lump, shapes and discharges a belt-shaped dough, and a device that is arranged at a position higher than the belt-shaped dough forming mechanism. Alternatively, the dough comprises a plurality of kneading devices, a conveyance mechanism disposed downstream of the belt-shaped dough forming mechanism, and a dough cutting mechanism disposed downstream of the conveyance mechanism, and the dough is discharged after being kneaded by the kneading device. The dough for noodles is supplied by its own weight to the belt-shaped dough forming mechanism, and the belt-shaped dough discharged from the belt-shaped dough forming mechanism is shaped into noodle strings via the conveyance mechanism and the dough cutting mechanism. Provide manufacturing molding equipment.

In addition, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention further provides, regarding the belt-shaped dough forming mechanism, a plurality of sheets of the belt-shaped dough are stacked vertically when supplying a dough mass, forming and discharging the belt-shaped dough. Provides manufacturing and forming equipment for noodle dough, which is laminated strip-shaped dough.

Further, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention comprises two or more dough rolling and forming devices arranged in series from an upstream side to a downstream side, and the kneading device Provided is a noodle dough manufacturing and forming equipment in which the above-mentioned dough rolling and forming devices are arranged at an upper stage position.

Moreover, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention includes a conveying unit section that transfers the strip-shaped dough discharged from the strip-shaped dough forming mechanism on a horizontal surface; To provide noodle dough manufacturing and forming equipment comprising a rolling conveyance unit unit that transfers while rolling from the front side and the back side.

The noodle dough manufacturing and forming equipment of the present invention includes a predetermined belt-shaped dough forming mechanism that supplies a predetermined dough mass, forms and discharges a belt-shaped dough, and one or more dough forming mechanisms disposed at a position above the belt-shaped dough forming mechanism. a kneading device, a conveying mechanism disposed downstream of the belt-like dough forming mechanism, and a dough cutting mechanism disposed downstream of the conveying mechanism, the dough being discharged after being kneaded by the kneading device; The lump is supplied by its own weight to the belt-shaped dough forming mechanism, and the belt-shaped dough discharged from the belt-shaped dough forming mechanism is shaped into noodle strings via the conveyance mechanism and the dough cutting mechanism, and is then transferred to the kneading device. Only the work of supplying the dough material requires human intervention, making it possible to manufacture and form a large amount of noodle strings with as little human intervention as possible. Further, since the kneading device is disposed at the upper stage of the belt-shaped dough forming mechanism, it is also possible to suppress the installation area of the entire equipment.

Further, the noodle dough manufacturing and forming equipment of the present invention further provides a laminated strip in which a plurality of strips of dough are stacked vertically when a dough mass is supplied, a strip of dough is formed and discharged. Since it is made of dough, a larger amount of noodle strings can be manufactured and molded.

Further, in the noodle dough manufacturing and forming equipment of the present invention, the belt-shaped dough forming mechanism is configured with two or more dough rolling forming devices arranged in series from the upstream side to the downstream side, and the kneading device is configured to include: Since it was disposed at the upper stage of each of the dough rolling and forming apparatuses, it was possible to realize the stacking of strip-shaped dough, and it was possible to manufacture and form a larger amount of noodle strings.

In addition, the noodle dough manufacturing and forming equipment of the present invention includes a transport unit section that places the belt-shaped dough discharged from the belt-shaped dough forming mechanism on a horizontal surface and transports the transport mechanism, and a surface side of the belt-shaped dough. and a rolling conveyance unit that transfers the dough while rolling it from the back side, so rolling can be carried out even while the belt-shaped dough is being conveyed, making it possible to produce better quality dough and noodle strings.

FIG. 1 is an image diagram showing the overall configuration of a noodle dough manufacturing and forming facility. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing the overall configuration of the noodle dough manufacturing and forming equipment of Example 1. FIG. 3 is a plan view of the noodle dough manufacturing and forming equipment of Example 1. FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway front view of the kneading device. FIG. 5 is a partially cutaway right side view of the kneading device. FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of the kneading roller. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the operation (first half) of the noodle dough manufacturing and forming equipment. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the operation (second half) of the noodle dough manufacturing and forming equipment. FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram showing the overall configuration of the noodle dough manufacturing and forming equipment of Example 2.

The facility will be used to manufacture large quantities of noodle dough and form it into noodle strings.

First, the configuration of the noodle dough manufacturing and forming equipment will be explained according to FIGS. 1 to 6.

Noodle dough manufacturing and forming equipment (1) includes a predetermined belt-shaped dough forming mechanism (10), one or more kneading devices (20) disposed above the belt-shaped dough forming mechanism, and It consists of a conveyance mechanism (30) disposed downstream of the forming mechanism and a fabric cutting mechanism (40) disposed downstream of the conveyance mechanism (FIG. 1).

The belt-shaped dough forming mechanism (10) is composed of two dough rolling and forming devices (11, 12) arranged in series from the upstream side to the downstream side (FIGS. 2 and 3).

For convenience, of the two dough rolling and forming apparatuses, the apparatus disposed on the upstream side is called the first dough rolling and forming apparatus (11), and the apparatus disposed on the downstream side is called the second dough rolling and forming apparatus (12). ) (Figure 2).

Regarding the structures of the first dough rolling and forming device (11) and the second dough rolling and forming device (12), at least the structure for rolling the supplied dough mass and forming it into a belt shape is the same (not shown).

The strip-shaped dough discharged from the first dough rolling and forming device (11) is transferred to the supply section of the conveying mechanism (30) via the second dough rolling and forming device.

Further, the strip-shaped dough discharged from the second dough rolling and forming device (12) is transferred to the supply section of the transport mechanism (30).

Regarding the arrangement of the kneading device (20), by arranging it at a position higher than the first dough rolling and forming device (11) and the second dough rolling and forming device (12), the dough discharged from the kneading mechanism can be improved. By utilizing the weight of the lump, it is possible to supply it to the first dough rolling-forming device or the second dough rolling-forming device (FIG. 1).

Regarding the number of kneading devices (20) disposed on the upper stage side of the first dough rolling and forming device (11), in this embodiment, two devices are used, but the number may be increased or decreased depending on the production amount of food dough. Allowed (Figure 1).

Regarding the number of kneading devices (20) disposed on the upper stage side of the second dough rolling and forming device (12), in this embodiment, two devices are used, but the number can be increased or decreased depending on the production amount of food dough. (Figure 1).

Regarding the structure of the kneading device (20), a container (21) provided with a dough material supply port, a rotation shaft (22) provided at a substantially central position inside the container and rotating around the axis, a rotating arm (23) provided radially from the rotating shaft and rotating integrally with the rotating shaft; and three kneading roller bodies (25) provided at the tip of the rotating arm and parallel to the rotating shaft. , three fabric fall prevention rods (24) provided at a midpoint position of the rotating arm and parallel to the rotating shaft (FIGS. 4 and 5).

The role of the dough fall prevention rod (24) is to suppress and prevent the dough mass whose viscosity has increased during kneading inside the container (21) from falling toward the bottom of the container due to its own weight.

Regarding the uneven surface form of the kneading roller body (25), the diameter is gradually expanded from the minimum diameter part to reach the maximum diameter part, and after maintaining the maximum diameter part to a certain extent, the diameter is gradually expanded and contracted to reach the minimum diameter part. It forms a continuous mountain-like uneven surface (Figure 6).

Note that by using the kneading device (20), it is possible to produce a dough mass of better quality that is equivalent to so-called hand-kneaded dough made by hand.

Regarding the configuration of the conveyance mechanism (30), it is also possible to configure only the conveyance unit section (31) that transfers the strip-shaped dough discharged from the strip-shaped dough forming mechanism (10) on a horizontal surface. It is preferable to adopt a configuration that includes a rolling conveyance unit section (32) that transfers the dough while rolling it from the front side and the back side (FIG. 2).

Regarding the conveyance mechanism (30), in this embodiment, five sets of the conveyance unit section (31) and the rolling conveyance unit section (32) are arranged in series from the upstream side to the downstream side. It is also possible to increase or decrease the number of sets in consideration of space (Figure 2).

In addition, a predetermined sensor is provided at the conveyance start point or conveyance end point of the rolling conveyance unit section (32) to prevent the belt-shaped fabric from being cut or stretching more than necessary during conveyance. .

Next, the operation of the noodle dough manufacturing and forming equipment will be explained with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8.

Flour, salt, When the operation is started by supplying dough materials such as water, the dough materials are mixed and kneaded inside each mixing and kneading mechanism (20), and after a certain period of time, the dough mass (A1) is discharged to the lower stage side. (Figure 7).

The dough mass (A1) discharged to the lower stage side of each of the kneading devices (20) is supplied by its own weight to the first dough rolling and forming device (11) or the second dough rolling and forming device (12). (Figure 7).

The dough mass (A1) supplied to the first dough rolling and forming device (11) is rolled in the device and formed into a strip-shaped dough (A2), and then discharged to a conveyance path provided on the lower side of the device. At the same time, the dough is transferred to the lower conveyance path of the second dough rolling and forming device (12) (FIG. 7).

Further, the dough mass (A1) supplied to the second dough rolling and forming device (12) is rolled in the device and formed into a belt-shaped dough (A2), and then discharged to the upper conveyance path of the device. (Figure 7).

The strip-shaped dough (A2) discharged to the lower stage side of the second dough rolling-forming device (12) is laminated on top of the strip-shaped dough transferred from the first dough rolling-forming device (11), and the strip-shaped dough (A2) is laminated. The dough is turned into a belt-like material and is supplied to the rolling conveyance unit (32) that constitutes the conveyance mechanism (30) (FIG. 7).

The laminated strip-shaped fabric (A2) supplied to the rolling conveyance unit section (32) is transferred while being rolled from the front and back sides of the strip-shaped fabric, and is further transferred after being placed on the horizontal surface of the conveyance unit section (31). (Figure 7).

Thereafter, after repeating the above-mentioned transfer (conveyance) four times, the strip-shaped dough is cut in the length direction by a dough cutting mechanism (40) and discharged as noodle strings (A3) (FIG. 8).

Note that the noodle strings (A3) discharged from the dough cutting mechanism (40) may be subsequently subjected to a drying process to become dried noodle strings.

The noodle dough manufacturing and forming equipment of Example 2 is an equipment in which the transport direction of the noodle dough is different from that of Example 1 (in the opposite direction), and only the different parts from Example 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

Noodle dough manufacturing and forming equipment (1) includes a predetermined belt-shaped dough forming mechanism (10), one or more kneading devices (20) disposed above the belt-shaped dough forming mechanism, and The configuration is the same as that of Example 1, including a conveying mechanism (30) disposed downstream of the forming mechanism and a fabric cutting mechanism (40) disposed downstream of the conveying mechanism (FIG. 9).

The transport direction of the noodle dough manufactured and formed in the noodle dough manufacturing and forming equipment (1) of this example is from the lower side to the upper side shown in FIG. 9 (in the noodle dough manufacturing and forming equipment of Example 1) , from the upper side to the lower side shown in FIG. 1).

The noodle dough manufacturing and forming equipment of the present invention is an excellent equipment that can produce a large amount of high-quality noodle dough and form it into noodle strings even though it requires little human intervention, and is therefore suitable for industrial use. Possible.

1 Dough manufacturing and forming equipment for noodles 10 Band-shaped dough forming mechanism 11 First dough rolling and forming device 12 Second dough rolling and forming device 20 Kneading device 21 Container 22 Rotating shaft 23 Rotating arm 24 Dough fall prevention rod 25 Kneading roller body 30 Conveying mechanism 31 Conveyance unit section 32 Rolling conveyance unit section 40 Dough cutting mechanism A1 Dough lump A2 Strip-shaped dough, laminated strip-shaped dough A3 Noodle strings

Claims (4)

a predetermined belt-shaped dough forming mechanism (10) that supplies a predetermined dough mass, shapes and discharges a belt-shaped dough;
one or more kneading devices (20) disposed above the belt-like dough forming mechanism;
a predetermined conveyance mechanism (30) disposed downstream of the belt-shaped dough forming mechanism;
a fabric cutting mechanism (40) disposed downstream of the conveyance mechanism;
Consisting of
The dough mass (A1) discharged after kneading by the kneading device is fed by its own weight to the belt-shaped dough forming mechanism, and the belt-shaped dough (A2) discharged from the belt-shaped dough forming mechanism is transferred to the conveying mechanism and the dough cutting. Noodle dough manufacturing and forming equipment that forms noodle dough through a mechanism. 2. The manufacturing and forming of noodle dough according to claim 1, wherein the belt-shaped dough forming mechanism (10) is a laminated belt-shaped dough formed by stacking a plurality of dough strips vertically. Facility. The belt-shaped dough forming mechanism (10) is composed of two or more dough rolling and forming devices arranged in series from the upstream side to the downstream side,
3. The noodle dough manufacturing and forming equipment according to claim 2, wherein the kneading device is arranged at an upper stage of each of the dough rolling and forming devices. The conveyance mechanism (30) includes a conveyance unit section (31) that transfers the strip-shaped dough discharged from the strip-shaped dough forming mechanism on a horizontal surface, and a conveyance unit section (31) that transfers the strip-shaped dough discharged from the strip-shaped dough forming mechanism while rolling the strip-shaped dough from the front side and the back side. The noodle dough manufacturing and forming equipment according to any one of claims 1 to 3, comprising a rolling conveyance unit section (32) for conveying the noodle dough.