JP2023147346A - Method of producing noodles including noodle strings with different widths, and noodle string cutting and collecting device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a method of producing noodles including noodle strings with different widths, and a device, the method being capable of easily adjusting a ratio of the number of noodle strings with different widths.SOLUTION: A noodle string cutting device comprises: a pair of cutting blade rolls having a plurality of annular blades and annular grooves, arranged side by side to face each other and mesh with each other, and rotating to cut a noodle strap into noodle strings; and a scraper for scraping out a front noodle string from the annular groove into which the noodle strings cut by the pair of cutting blade rolls are pushed. A groove width of the annular groove differs on opposing cutting blade rolls or/and on the same cutting blade roll, a position of the noodle string scraped out by the scraper differs in the annular groove on the same cutting blade roll by shifting positions of tips of scraping teeth of the scraper that are fitted into the annular groove on the same cutting blade roll, and unneeded noodle strings scraped out by a specific scraper and cut out by the noodle string cutting device are collected by noodle string collecting means.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 12

Description

The present invention relates to a method for adjusting the number ratio of noodle strings of different widths in noodles containing noodle strings of different widths, and a device for cutting and collecting noodle strings.

Conventionally, the method of cutting noodle strings using a machine involves a pair of rotating rolls (cutting blade rolls) that have multiple annular blades called cutting blades and multiple annular grooves, and are arranged side by side so as to face each other and mesh with each other. A common method is to cut the noodle strips by passing the noodle strips of a predetermined thickness through a rolling roll during this process to produce noodle strings. There are several types of cutting blades, such as square blades, round blades, and knife blades, depending on the shape of the noodle strings to be cut and the shape of the annular blade.

Immediately after the noodle strings are cut by the cutting blade, they are pushed into the annular groove of the cutting blade roll and rotated together with the cutting blade roll. Then, it is scraped out from the annular groove and cut into noodle strings.

For noodles such as instant noodles and steamed noodles, noodle strings cut out by a cutting blade are stacked on a conveyor, transferred to a steamer to pregelatinize the noodle strings, and steamed using steam. At this time, in order to prevent the noodle strings from sticking to each other and to facilitate the passage of steam for gelatinization, the noodle strings are cut out by a cutting blade into a box-shaped conduit called a wave box, which is installed directly under the cutting blade roll. It is common to give the noodle strings a wavy shape by passing them through the noodle strings.

However, in recent years, due to the diversification of consumer needs, there has been an increase in demand for so-called "straight noodles," which are almost straight noodles with few waves, and many techniques for producing straight noodles have been disclosed. (For example, Patent Documents 1 to 5).

Patent Document 1 describes a technique for producing straight noodles for instant noodles, in which noodle strings cut from noodle dough repeatedly draw circles on a conveyor that conveys the noodle strings, and the circles are drawn in a direction opposite to the conveyance direction of the conveyor. The trajectories drawn by the noodle strings are not in sync with the neighboring noodle strings, and each noodle string has a ring in the noodle string that is misaligned with the ring in the adjacent noodle string. , describes a technique relating to raw noodles for instant noodles that are bundled in a stacked state that intersects and overlaps each other.

Furthermore, Patent Documents 2 to 5 describe techniques relating to a cutting device for producing bundled raw noodles for instant noodles as described in Patent Document 1. Both techniques prevent noodle strands from sticking together by shifting the positions of adjacent noodle strands that are cut out using the same cutting blade roll. Although these techniques disclose techniques for cutting noodle strings at different positions on the same cutting-edge roll, there are no techniques for cutting noodle strings of different widths or methods for adjusting the number ratio of noodle strings of different widths. is not disclosed.

Additionally, Patent Documents 6 and 7 are known as methods for producing noodles containing noodle strings of different widths. Both have cutting blades that have an annular groove on the cutting blade roll that creates different noodle widths, but the ratio of the number of noodle strings is determined by the cutting blade roll, so to change the ratio of noodle strings, it is necessary to It was necessary to create a blade roll each time, and it was difficult to freely change the number of noodle strings.

Patent No. 4381470 Patent No. 4491050 Patent No. 4438018 Patent No. 4951012 Patent No. 5344490 JP 62-158442A Utility Model Publication No. 56-72692

The present invention provides a method for manufacturing noodles containing noodle strings of different widths, and a noodle string cutting/recovery device that can easily adjust the number ratio of noodle strings of different widths in noodles containing noodle strings of different widths. The purpose is to provide.

The inventor considered a method of mechanically manufacturing noodles that include noodle strings of different widths, such as those cut by humans, but found that the appearance and texture differed due to the difference in the number ratio of noodle strings of different widths. Therefore, we considered changing the ratio of the number of noodle strings. However, in the conventional method, it was necessary to design the cutting blade roll each time the number ratio of noodle strings of different widths was changed. Therefore, as a result of intensive research into a method for easily changing the number ratio of noodle strings of different widths, the present invention was achieved.

That is, a pair of cutting blade rolls have a plurality of annular blades and annular grooves, are arranged side by side so as to face each other and mesh with each other, and cut the noodle strips into noodle strings by rotating; a scraper for scraping out the noodle strings from the annular groove into which the noodle strings cut by the cutting blade roll are pushed, and the groove width of the annular groove is the same as that of the opposing cutting blade roll or/and The noodles scraped out by the scraper include different ones on the cutting blade rolls and are fitted into the annular grooves on the same cutting blade roll by shifting the positions of the tips of the scraping teeth of the scraper. A step in which the noodle strings are cut out using different noodle string cutting devices in the annular groove portion on the same cutting blade roll, and the noodle strings are scraped out by the specific scraper by the noodle string cutting device. A method for producing noodles containing noodle strings of different widths, comprising the step of adjusting the number ratio of noodle strings cut into different widths by collecting the noodle strings.

Further, a pair of cutting blade rolls having a plurality of annular blades and annular grooves, which are arranged in parallel so as to face each other and mesh with each other, and cut the noodle strips into noodle strings by rotating; a scraper for scraping out the noodle strings from the annular groove into which the noodle strings cut by the cutting blade roll are pushed, and the groove width of the annular groove is the same as that of the opposing cutting blade roll or/and The noodles scraped out by the scraper include different ones on the cutting blade rolls and are fitted into the annular grooves on the same cutting blade roll by shifting the positions of the tips of the scraping teeth of the scraper. a noodle string cutting device in which the positions of the lines are different in the annular groove on the same cutting blade roll; and a noodle string collecting means for recovering the noodles scraped and cut by the specific scraper by the noodle string cutting device. A device for cutting and collecting noodle strings of noodles including noodle strings of different widths.

The present invention provides a method for manufacturing noodles containing noodle strings of different widths, and a noodle string cutting/recovery device, which allows the number ratio of noodle strings of different widths to be easily adjusted in noodles containing noodle strings of different widths. can be provided.

FIG. 2 is a top view of a noodle string cutting device A according to the present invention. It is a bottom view of the noodle string cutting device A according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a side view of the noodle string cutting device A according to the present invention viewed from the side on the cutting blade roll 21 side. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the noodle string cutting device A according to the present invention seen through from the side. It is an enlarged view of the cutting blade rolls 21 and 22 of the noodle string cutting device A according to the present invention. It is an enlarged view of a modification of the cutting blade roll of the noodle string cutting device according to the present invention. It is an enlarged view of a modification of the cutting blade roll of the noodle string cutting device according to the present invention. It is an enlarged view of a modification of the cutting blade roll of the noodle string cutting device according to the present invention. It is an enlarged view of a modification of the cutting blade roll of the noodle string cutting device according to the present invention. It is an enlarged view of the scraper 31 of the noodle string cutting device A according to the present invention. It is an enlarged view of a modification of the scraper of the noodle string cutting device according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the noodle string cutting/recovery device D according to the present invention seen through from the side. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the noodle string cutting device B according to the present invention seen through from the side. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the noodle string cutting/recovery device E according to the present invention seen through from the side. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the noodle string cutting device C according to the present invention seen through from the side. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the noodle string cutting/recovery device F according to the present invention seen through from the side.

The present invention will be explained in detail below. However, the present invention is not limited to the following description.

The type of noodles according to the present invention is not particularly limited, and includes noodles such as udon, soba, Chinese noodles, and pasta. Furthermore, the noodles according to the present invention are not particularly limited, and include fresh noodles, boiled noodles, steamed noodles, dried noodles, semi-dried noodles, instant noodles, and frozen noodles.

The method for producing noodles according to the present invention first involves using noodle raw material flour consisting of grain flours such as wheat flour (including durum flour), buckwheat flour, barley flour, and rice flour, and various starches such as potato starch, tapioca starch, and cornstarch. , salt, alkaline agents, phosphates, various thickeners, noodle quality improvers, edible oils and fats, pH adjusters, various pigments such as carotene pigments, preservatives, etc. are dissolved or suspended in kneading water using a batch mixer, Use a flow jet mixer, vacuum mixer, etc. to mix and knead the ingredients evenly to make noodle dough.

Next, the prepared dough is formed into noodle strips. The method of forming noodle strips is not particularly limited, and there are methods such as forming noodle strips using a shaping roll and then making noodle strips by compounding, etc., making noodle strips using an extruder, or combining multiple noodle strips. For example, a method of producing a multilayer noodle strip using The produced noodle strips are rolled multiple times using rolling rolls to obtain a predetermined thickness of the noodle strips, and then the noodle strips are cut into noodle strips using the noodle strip cutting and conveying device according to the present invention described below.

─Noodle string cutting device─
The noodle string cutting device according to the present invention has a plurality of annular blades and annular grooves, which are arranged side by side so as to face each other and mesh with each other, and are rotated to cut a noodle strip into noodle strings. and a scraper for scraping out the noodle strings from the annular groove into which the noodle strings cut by the pair of cutting blade rolls have been pushed, and the annular grooves having different groove widths are placed on opposing cutting blade rolls or / And by shifting the position of the tips of the scraping teeth of the scraper which are on the same cutting blade roll and are fitted into the annular grooves on the same cutting blade roll, the position of the noodle strings scraped out by the scraper can be changed. This is a noodle string cutting device with different annular grooves on the same cutting blade roll, and specifically, it can be produced by applying the noodle string cutting devices described in Patent Documents 2 to 5. The present invention and the noodle string cutting device according to the present invention will be mainly described with reference to the noodle string cutting device A, which is an embodiment of the noodle string cutting device according to the present invention, shown in FIGS. 1 to 4.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the noodle string cutting device A according to the embodiment of the present invention has a plurality of annular blades (211 and 221) and annular grooves (212 and 222), which face each other and engage with each other. A pair of cutting blade rolls (21 and 22) for cutting noodle strings from a noodle sheet and a pair of cutting blade rolls (21 and 22) are arranged side by side and rotated, and the noodle strings cut by the pair of cutting blade rolls (21 and 22) are pushed in. Scrapers (31 to 34) are provided for scraping out the noodle strings from the annular grooves (212 and 222). A pair of cutting blade rolls (21 and 22) are rotatably fixed to the housing 1, and the scrapers (31 to 34) also have their respective scraping teeth (311, 321, 331, 341) at the tips of the teeth. (312, 322, 332, 342) are fitted into the annular groove (212 or 222) of the cutting blade roll (21 or 22) and fixed to the housing 1 so that the positions of the blades (312, 322, 332, 342) are shifted.

(cutting blade roll)
FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a part of the cutting blade rolls (21 and 22) of the noodle string cutting device A. As shown in FIG. It has annular blades (211 and 221) and an annular groove (212 and 222), and is arranged in parallel so that the opposing annular blades (211 and 221) on the opposite cutting blade roll mesh with each other, and the rotation By passing the noodle strip between the cutting blade rolls (21 and 22), the noodle strip is cut and becomes noodle strings (n1 and n2). At this time, the cutting blade rolls (21 and 22) of the noodle string cutting device A have the same annular groove width (W1 or W2) on the same cutting blade roll, and the width (W1 or W2) of the annular groove part on the opposing cutting blade roll ( The annular blades (211 and 221) are designed to mesh with each other so that the widths W1 and W2) are different, and the width of the cut noodle strings differs between the noodle strings (n1 and n2) on the opposing cutting blade rolls.

Although FIG. 5 shows the structure of a cutting blade roll called a square blade, the pair of cutting blade rolls of the noodle string cutting device according to the present invention have a structure called a round blade as shown in Patent Documents 3 and 4. Good too. When cutting with a square blade as shown in FIG. 5, the cross section cut perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the noodle strings is approximately square. On the other hand, when cutting with a round blade, the cross section cut perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the noodle strings has a substantially elliptical shape. In addition, although not shown in the drawings, the cutting blade roll may have a structure such as a kitchen knife blade.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the pair of cutting blade rolls of the noodle string cutting device according to the present invention has two or more stages of annular grooves (212a and 212b and 222a and 222b) as described in Patent Document 2. It is also possible to arrange the depths alternately or sequentially.

Moreover, as shown in FIG. 7, the pair of cutting blade rolls of the noodle string cutting device according to the present invention has a width (W1a and W1b or W2a and W2b) of the annular groove on the same cutting blade roll (21 and 22). By designing the annular blades (211a and 211b and 221a and 221b) to mesh with each other so that they are alternately different, when cutting the noodle strips, the noodle strings (n1a and n1b or n2a and n2b) may have different widths.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the pair of cutting blade rolls of the noodle string cutting device according to the present invention has a width of an annular groove (W1a and W1b or W2a and W2b) on the same cutting blade roll (21 and 22). By designing the annular blades (211a and 211b and 221a and 221b) to engage with each other so that the blades (211a and 211b and 221a and 221b) are not alternate but clustered and different, when the noodle strip is cut, the noodle strings ( n1a and n1b and n2a and n2b) may have different widths.

Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the pair of cutting blade rolls of the noodle string cutting device according to the present invention have annular grooves (W1a, W1b and W1c and W2a, W2b and By designing the annular blades (211a, 211b and 211c and 221a, 221b and 221c) to mesh with each other so that the widths of the rolls (W2c) differ by three or more, the same bladed rolls (21 and 22) are cut when cutting the noodle strip. The noodle widths of the upper noodle strings (n1a, n1b and n1c and n2a, n2b and n2c) can be different.

(Kasuri)
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the noodle string cutting device A according to the present invention has four scrapers (31 to 34). FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of the first scraper 31, which has scraper teeth 311 designed to fit into the annular groove 212. Further, the third scraper has scraping teeth 311 designed to fit into the annular groove 212 shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, and has scraping teeth 321 or 341 designed to fit into the annular groove 222. The second or fourth scraper has a similar structure.

FIG. 2 shows a state in which the first scraper 31 and the second scraper 32 are installed in the noodle string cutting device A. The second scraper 32 is fixed to the housing 1 in such a way that the scraper teeth 321 are inserted into the annular groove 222 of the cutting blade roll 22. They are fixed to the housing 1 in such a way that one is opened and then the other two are inserted. Therefore, in the noodle strings (n1 and n2) cut out by the pair of cutting rolls (21 and 22), three of the four noodle strings n1 pushed into the annular groove 212 by the first scraper 31 are removed from the annular groove 212. It will be scraped out. Further, by the second scraper 32, two of the three noodle strings n2 pushed into the annular groove 222 are scraped out from the annular groove 222. The ratio of the number of noodle strings scraped out by the first scraper 31 and the second scraper 32 is adjusted to 3:2. By adjusting the ratio of the scraping teeth of the scraper, the ratio of the number of noodle strings that are easily cut out can be changed, and the ratio of the number of noodle strings with different widths can be adjusted.

FIG. 1 shows a state where the third scraper 33 and the fourth scraper 34 are installed in the noodle string cutting device A, but the third scraper 33 is a cutting edge in which the scraping teeth 311 of the first scraper 31 are not fitted. The fourth scraper 34 is fixed to the housing 1 so that the scraping teeth 331 are fitted into the annular groove 212 of the roll 21, and the fourth scraper 34 is attached to the cutting edge roll 22 in which the scraping teeth 321 of the second scraper 32 are not fitted. The scraping tooth 341 is fixed to the housing 1 so that the scraping tooth 341 is fitted into the annular groove 222 of the housing 1. Therefore, the noodle strings cut out by the pair of cutting rolls (21 and 22) that have not been scraped out by the first scraper and the second scraper are removed by the third scraper 33 or the fourth scraper 34 in the annular groove (212 or 222).

The material of the scraper is not particularly limited, but it is preferably made of a metal softer than the cutting blade roll, for example, if the cutting blade roll is made of stainless steel, it is preferably made of metal such as brass or copper. When using a stainless steel scraper, it is preferable to use a non-contact scraper that does not come into direct contact with the cutting blade roll.

In addition, in the present invention, it is only necessary that the positions scraped out by the scraping teeth of the scraper differ, and as for scraping, by changing the angle of the scraping teeth in the same scraper, as shown in FIG. You can also move the position of

(Noodle string cutting/recovery method and noodle string cutting/recovery device)
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a noodle string cutting/recovery device D according to the present invention. has. By using the noodle string cutting/recovery device of the present invention, the noodle strip M is cut by the noodle string cutting device A according to the present invention, and the noodle strips N1 scraped out by the first scraper 31 are scraped out by the second scraper. Using the noodle strings N2 scraped out, the noodle strings N3 scraped out by the third scraper and the noodle strings N4 scraped out by the fourth scraper are placed on the collection conveyor 4 to collect the noodle strings and use them again as noodle dough. By doing so, it is possible to produce noodles in which the ratio of the number of noodle strings with different noodle widths is adjusted to 3:2. When changing to another ratio, use a scraper with the ratio of the scraping teeth of the first scraper and the second scraper adjusted, and use a scraper with the ratio of the scraping teeth of the first scraper and the second scraper inserted into the third scraper and the fourth scraper. By fitting the noodle strings into the annular groove, the ratio of the number of noodle strings having different widths (n1:n2) can be easily changed.

In addition, in FIG. 12, the noodle strings scraped out by the third scraper and the fourth scraper are collected by the collection conveyor 4, and the number ratio of noodle strings with different widths is adjusted. You may collect only the noodle strings N3 scraped out, only the noodle strings N4 scraped out by the fourth scraper, or conversely, collect the noodle strings (N1 and N2) scraped out by the first scraper and the second scraper, You may use the noodle strings (N3 and N4) scraped out by the third scraper and the fourth scraper.

In addition, when stacking noodle strings on a conveyor and steaming them like raw noodles for instant noodles as described in Patent Document 1, cutting blade rolls (21 and 22) as shown in FIG. The cutting blade rolls (21 and 22) have annular grooves (212a and 212b and 222a and 222b) with different depths as shown in FIG. A noodle string cutting device B as shown in FIGS. 13 and 15 or a noodle string cutting device C as shown in FIG. 11 and a noodle string collecting conveyor 4 as shown in FIGS. By using the collection device E (cutting device B and collection conveyor 4) or the noodle string cutting/recovery device F (cutting device C and collection conveyor 4), noodle strings ( The noodle strings (N1 and N3 and N2 and N4) are stacked on the conveyor 5 repeatedly in a circular motion so as not to synchronize while shifting the positions of the noodle strings (N5 and N6) that are cut out at the rearmost position, which is unnecessary due to the number adjustment. ) by the collection conveyor 4, it is also possible to adjust the number ratio of noodle strings of different widths.

(Collection means)
The collection conveyor 4 is an example of the noodle string collection means according to the present invention, but the collection means is not limited to this, and it is also possible to collect a certain amount of noodle strings into a container, mix it with noodle dough, and use it as a noodle sheet. good.

(others)
The cut noodle strands may be cut to an appropriate noodle length and used as raw noodles as they are, dried and then cut to make dried noodles or semi-dried noodles, or the raw noodles may be further boiled to make boiled noodles. You can also use frozen noodles by freezing boiled noodles. If raw noodle strings are stacked on a conveyor in repeated circles so that adjacent noodle strings are not in sync with each other, the noodle strings can be steamed to make steamed noodles, or the steamed noodles can be further dried to create fried or non-fried noodles. It can also be used as instant noodles.

As described above, a pair of cutting blade rolls have a plurality of annular blades and annular grooves, are arranged side by side so as to face each other and mesh with each other, and rotate to cut a noodle strip into noodle strings; It includes a scraper for scraping out the front noodle strings from the annular groove into which the noodle strings cut by a pair of cutting blade rolls have been pushed, and the groove width of the annular groove is on the opposing cutting blade rolls or on the same cutting blade roll. By shifting the position of the tips of the scraping teeth of the scrapers that are fitted into the annular grooves on the same cutting blade roll, the position of the noodle strings scraped out by the scraping can be changed on the same cutting blade roll. By using a noodle string cutting/recovery device having different noodle string cutting devices in the annular groove portion of the noodle string cutting device and a noodle string collecting means for collecting noodle strings scraped out and cut out by a specific scraper by the noodle string cutting device, It is possible to produce noodles containing noodle strings of different widths in which the ratio of the number of noodle strings of different widths is adjusted by simply adjusting the scraping without changing the design of the cutting blade each time.

A Noodle string cutting device (example)
B Noodle string cutting device (modified example)
C Noodle string cutting device (modified example)
D Noodle string cutting/recovery device (example)
E Noodle string cutting/recovery device (modified example)
F Noodle string cutting/recovery device (modified example)
M noodle strip n1 noodle strings (noodle strings pushed into the annular groove 212 (in descending order of width a, b, c))
n2 noodle strings (noodle strings pushed into the annular groove 221 in order of widest width a, b, c))
N1, N3, N5 (noodle strings cut out from the cutting blade roll 21 (first 1, 3, 5))
N2, N4, N6 (noodle strings cut from the cutting blade roll 22 (2, 4, 6 in order))
W1 Groove width (width of annular groove 212 (in descending order of width a, b, c))
W2 Groove width (width of the annular groove 222 (in descending order of width a, b, c))
1 Housing 21 First cutting edge roll 211 Annular blade 212 Annular groove 22 Second cutting edge roll (opposite side of the first cutting edge roll)
221 Annular blade 222 Annular groove 31 First scraping 311 Scraping tooth 312 Tooth tip 313 Fastener 32 Second scraping 321 Scraping tooth 322 Tooth tip 323 Fastener 33 Third scraping 331 Scraping tooth 332 Tooth tip 333 Fastener 34 Fourth scraping 341 Scraping tooth 342 Tooth tip 343 Fastener 4 Collection conveyor 5 Conveyor conveyor

Claims (2)

a pair of cutting blade rolls having a plurality of annular blades and annular grooves, arranged side by side so as to face each other and interlock with each other, and rotate to cut the noodle strips into noodle strings;
a scraper for scraping out the noodle strings from the annular groove into which the noodle strings cut by the pair of cutting blade rolls are pushed;
The groove width of the annular groove portion may be different on the opposing cutting blade rolls and/or on the same cutting blade roll,
By shifting the position of the tips of the scraping teeth of the scraper that are fitted into the annular groove on the same cutting blade roll, the position of the noodle strings scraped out by the scraper can be adjusted to the position on the same cutting blade roll. cutting out noodle strings using a different noodle string cutting device in the annular groove;
It is characterized by including the step of adjusting the number ratio of the noodle strings cut into different widths by collecting the noodle strings scraped and cut out by the specific scraper by the noodle string cutting device. A method for producing noodles including noodle strings of different widths. a pair of cutting blade rolls having a plurality of annular blades and annular grooves, arranged side by side so as to face each other and interlock with each other, and rotate to cut the noodle strips into noodle strings;
a scraper for scraping out the noodle strings from the annular groove into which the noodle strings cut by the pair of cutting blade rolls are pushed;
The groove width of the annular groove portion may be different on the opposing cutting blade rolls and/or on the same cutting blade roll,
By shifting the position of the tips of the scraping teeth of the scraper that are fitted into the annular groove on the same cutting blade roll, the position of the noodle strings scraped out by the scraper can be adjusted to the position on the same cutting blade roll. a different noodle string cutting device in the annular groove portion;
A noodle string cutting/recovery device for noodle including noodle strings of different widths, comprising a noodle string collecting means for recovering the noodles scraped and cut by the specific scraper by the noodle string cutting device. .

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