JP2552050B2 - Noodle dough direction changing device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for changing the direction of noodle dough.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, noodle masses have been produced in mass production lines without changing the tempering and rolling directions, but due to the recent trend toward higher quality, the noodles have moved to hand-made noodles. In the hand-rolling method, the noodle dough is forged and rolled by changing its direction in the vertical and horizontal directions. For this reason, the noodle dough is manually turned.

[0003]

However, in the conventional one, since the noodle dough is turned around by hand, the manufacturing labor is increased and there is also an unsanitary aspect.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a noodle dough direction changing device which can automatically change the direction of the noodle dough and is hygienic.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and two sandwich plates for sandwiching noodle dough conveyed by a conveyor from side to side are provided. ,
It is rotatably arranged with its upper end as an axis.
Rotating means for rotating about the upper end as an axis, and the noodle dough
It has a direction changing means for rotating the sandwich plate sandwiching the noodles about a vertical axis to change the direction of the noodle dough by about 90 degrees while sliding on the conveyor.

[0006]

[Function] According to such means, it is carried by the conveyor .
And have noodle dough was sandwiched in a narrow-adhesion plate by the rotation means, this narrow
By rotating the dressing plate with the direction changing hand, the forging direction or rolling direction of the noodle dough can be automatically changed. Therefore, unlike the conventional case, manpower is not required to change the direction, and the labor force can be reduced.

[0007]

EXAMPLES The present invention will be described below based on examples.

1 to 16 are views showing an embodiment in which the noodle dough direction changing device of the present invention is provided in a noodle dough continuous production apparatus.

First, the structure of the noodle dough continuous manufacturing apparatus will be described. In the noodle dough continuous manufacturing apparatus, the frame 10 has a powder measuring device 200, an automatic water adding device 300, a stirring device 400, a noodle dough forming device 500, a conveyor 20, and a noodle dough direction changing device 600. A noodle dough pressing device 700 and a noodle dough dividing device 800 are provided and configured. Further, a powder supply device 100 is attached to this continuous dough manufacturing device.

The powder supply device 100 includes a raw material tank 102 and a raw material tank 1 for feeding the powder fixed on a trolley 101 from a bag, for example.
It is composed of a feed pipe 103 extending from the bottom of 02 to a supply destination and a motor 104 for sucking and feeding the powder at the end of the feed pipe 103. Then, by attaching the motor 104 portion of the terminal of the feeding pipe 103 to the frame body 10 in a detachable manner,
The powder supply device 100 can be arbitrarily connected.

The powder weighing device 200 is constructed as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and is provided on the upper right side of the frame 10 in the figure. FIG. 2 is a perspective view in which a part of the orientation is changed to make the drawing easier to understand. Material powder such as wheat flour is supplied to the hopper 201 directly or by using the powder supply device 100. On the lower side of the hopper 201, a trough 203 connected and fixed to the vibrator 202 is slightly separated from the bottom of the hopper 201. The trough 203 extends toward the upper side of the weighing tank 204 with a gentle slope, and a large number of holes 205 are formed in the upper portion of the weighing tank 204. Although not shown, by providing a flexible deflection rod or the like from the trough 203 in the hopper 201,
The angle of repose is large, and the powder that adheres to the inner wall of the hopper 201 and does not fall down is easily dropped. Weighing tank 204 is arm 2
An arm 206 is attached to the frame body 10 so as to be vertically movable around a support shaft 207 of 06 by an arm 206. The arm 206 is provided with an air cylinder 209 capable of opening and closing a gate 208 at the bottom of the weighing tank 204, and a base. An abutting rod 212 is provided, which abuts and is supported on a mounting table 211 of the bakari 210. Further, a limit switch 214, which is turned on / off by the vertical movement of the weighing rod 213 of the platform 210, is provided in the platform 210. Therefore, the supplied powder is weighed, and when the set amount is reached, the powder is gated.
Eject from 208.

In FIG. 14, the frame 1 is installed in parallel with the powder weighing device 200.
There is shown an automatic watering device 300 which is provided at 0 and supplies water according to a set amount of powder. In the automatic watering apparatus 300, a water storage tank T ₀ , a gravity tank T ₁ above this, and a weighing tank T ₂ below the gravity tank T ₁ are arranged, and each tank T ₀ ,
The gravity tank T ₁ and the measuring tank T ₂ are connected by a pipe. Returning the water storage tank T ₀ and the gravity tank T ₁ and the pump P and the manual valve MV ₂ supplies water to the gravity tank T ₁ has a pipe 301 and the overflow water gravity tank T ₁ between the storage tank T ₀ And a tube 302. Further, in order to make the head of the gravity tank T ₁ constant, the pipe having the pump P is provided with a bypass pipe 303 having a manual adjusting valve MV ₁ for returning to the water storage tank T ₀ . Further, a pipe 304 having a valve SV ₁ , a valve SV ₂ and a pipe 305 having an orifice O are provided between the gravity tank T ₁ and the measuring tank T ₂ . At the lower end of the measuring tank T ₂ , there is a valve SV ₃ on the lower side of the powder measuring device 200 and a pipe for sprinkling water on the stirring device 400.
306 is provided. 307 and 308 are gravity tanks T ₁ respectively
And the air vent pipe of the measuring tank T ₂ .

As shown in FIG. 1, the stirrer 400 is provided on the frame 10 below the powder measuring device 200, and is supplied from the automatic water adding device 300 through the pipe 306 to the powder measuring device 200.
It receives the powder discharged from and kneads to make dough. This kneading is performed by a plurality of paddles 4 radially attached to the rotary shaft 401.
It will be held in 02.

As shown in FIG. 1, the noodle dough forming device 500 is provided on the frame 10 below the stirring device 400 and receives the dough kneaded by the stirring device 400 to form a substantially cylindrical shape,
It is configured so that it is rolled and sent out, and then it is taken again and molded, and further rolled and sent out. That is,
Rollers 501 to 505, which are freely rotatable in the forward and reverse directions, are provided adjacent to each other so that a noodle dough receiving recess 510 for receiving the noodle dough in which the material flour and water are kneaded is formed.

The rollers 501, 502, 503 are fixed so as to be able to rotate normally and reversely. The roller 501 is connected to a motor 506 via a chain 507, and the rollers 502, 503 are connected to a motor 511 via a chain 512. Further, the take-in / take-out roller 504 is connected to the roller 502 by a connecting arm 508, is rotated around the axis of the roller 502, and is movable so as to be separated from and approach the roller 501, It is set to move to create or remove a gap between them. Further, the roller 505 is connected to the roller 503 by a connecting arm 509 and swings around the axis of the roller 503,
Noodle dough receiving recess 510 formed by rollers 501,502,503,504
It is provided on the opening side of and is set so as to hold down the put-in noodle dough (see FIG. 4). In this example,
When the rollers 504 and 505 are located inside, as shown by the solid lines in FIG. 4, the rollers 501 to 505 form an inscribed circle. A chain 513 and a chain 514 are provided between the roller 502 and the take-in / out roller 504 and between the roller 503 and the roller 505, respectively.

The conveyor 20 is provided on the frame body 10 in parallel with the noodle dough forming apparatus 500, and can move the noodle dough sent from the noodle dough forming apparatus 500 forward and backward endless belt 21. have. A support member (not shown) that supports the surface of the endless belt 21 is provided on the back side of the endless belt 21 stretched above. The conveyor 20 is driven by a motor 22. The upper side of the endless belt 21 of the conveyor 20 is provided so as to coincide with the height when the putting-in / taking-out roller 504 of the noodle dough forming apparatus 500 comes to the lower position shown by the chain double-dashed line. A member (not shown) is also provided between the roller 504 and the roller 504 so that the noodle dough is not caught.

Noodle dough direction changing device shown in detail in FIG.
600 is provided on the frame body 10 on the conveyor 20 adjacent to the noodle dough forming apparatus 500, and the noodle dough is sandwiched and rotated to change the pedaling direction. The base 601 is fixed to the frame body 10, and the shaft 602
Is pierced vertically and is rotatably attached via a bearing 603. The upward projecting end of the shaft 602 from the base 601 is connected to the shaft 606 of the worm reducer 605 via the coupling 604.
The worm reducer 605 is connected to the chain 607.
It is driven by a motor 608 connected by. A rotary table 609 is provided at the lower end of the shaft 602 and is rotatable with respect to the worm speed reducer 605. The turntable 609, the worm speed reducer 605, and the like constitute " direction changing means " that rotates the narrow plates 618 and 619 to change the direction of the noodle dough by about 90 degrees. This turntable 609 has a rectangular shape in this embodiment,
Limit switches 610 and 611 are provided on the two adjacent sides, respectively.
It is allocated to 602 at 90 degrees. A detection bar 612 for turning on and off the limit switches 610 and 611 is attached to the worm speed reducer 605 fixed to the frame body 10. Further, two air cylinders 613 and 614 are arranged in parallel on the rotary base 609, and piston rods 615 and 616 protruding from the rotary base 609 are extendable and contractable vertically downward. A sandwiching base 617 is attached to the lower ends of the piston rods 615 and 616. Has been. Two opposing sandwiching plates 618 and 619 are mounted on the sandwiching table 617 so as to be rotatable around the upper ends thereof.
Further , an air cylinder 620 is provided at the center , and the tip end 622 of the rod 621 that expands and contracts below the air cylinder 620.
And the clamping plates 618 and 619, respectively, connecting rod 62
Connected at 3,624. These air cylinders 620,
"Rotation means" can be provided by connecting rods 623, 624, etc.
It is configured.

FIG. 12 shows a noodle dough pressing device 700. The noodle dough pressing device 700 is provided on the frame 20 adjacent to the noodle dough direction changing device 600 on the conveyor 20. In this noodle dough pressing device 700, a moving base 702 holding a plurality of rollers 701 arranged in parallel in the moving direction of the endless belt 21 of the conveyor 20 on the same surface is constituted by two air cylinders 703 in this embodiment. It can move up and down.

FIG. 13 shows a noodle dough dividing device.
The noodle dough dividing device 800 is a noodle dough pressing device 7 on the conveyor 20.
It is provided on the frame body 10 adjacent to 00. Noodle dough dividing device
A vertical cutter blade 802 and a horizontal cutter blade 803 are adjustably attached to an L-shaped tool mount 801 and an air cylinder 804 allows the tool mount 801 to move up and down. There is. The vertical cutter 802 can arbitrarily change the size of the cloth block by freely changing the interval or increasing or decreasing the number of sheets.

Note that control relationships are concentrated on the operation panel 900.

Next, the operation of the noodle dough continuous manufacturing apparatus will be described.

This operation is performed as shown in the flow chart of FIG.

A. Automatic powder weighing is performed as follows.

First, the packed wheat flour or the like is opened and put in the raw material tank 102 of the powder feeding device 100, and the hopper 201 of the powder weighing device conveyor 200 is fed through the feeding pipe 103.
Supply to. The bottom portion of the powder accumulated in the hopper 201 is in contact with the trough 203, and when vibration is applied to the trough 203 by the vibrator 202, the powder forms a thin layer on the trough 203 and forms a gentle sloping surface. Going down. A swing bar or the like that is moved by the vibration of the shaker 202 can be used in order to prevent the angle of repose such as wheat flour from being large and the jamming inside the hopper 201 to prevent it from falling naturally. As if it had been sieved from the hole 205 that was descending, it drops into the measuring tank 204 in an appropriate amount and in a substantially constant amount. As the amount of powder in the weighing tank 204 increases, the weighing tank moves around the support shaft 207 of the arm 206.
204 is rotated and lowered, the abutting rod 212 lowers the platform 211 of the platform baccarie 210, and raises the weighing rod belt 213. As a result, when the desired weight value set by the weight is exceeded, the limit switch 214 is turned on. By this ON signal,
The air cylinder 209 operates and opens the gate 208. Gate 20
The powder automatically weighed from 8 is supplied to the stirring device 400.

This automatic weighing is a weight type having the above-mentioned structure. Compared with the conventional volume type in which the raw material in the hopper is naturally or forcibly dropped into the weighing tank to fill the volume of the weighing tank, It has a high repeatability for weighing powder that has a large angle of repose and is prone to the phenomenon of bridge, and a more accurate weighing can be performed by using a highly accurate balance.

B. Automatic water supply is a. This is done at the same time as automatic powder weighing. The water in the water storage tank T ₀ is sent to the gravity tank T ₁ via the pipe 301 by the pump P by opening the manual adjustment valve MV ₂ . The amount of water in the gravity tank T ₁ is kept constant by a pipe 302 for overflowing and a bypass pipe 303 for adjusting the opening of the manual adjustment valve MV ₁ . As can be seen from the time chart of the electromagnetic valve shown in FIG. 9, the valve SV ₁ is opened and the measuring tank T ₂ is filled, and the stirring device 400
When water is supplied to the valve, that is, at t ₁ , the valve
By closing SV ₁ and opening valve SV ₃ , weigh tank
A constant amount of water in T ₂ is sprayed from the tip through the pipe 306 in a shower shape. At t _2, valve SV ₃ is closed and valve SV ₁
Is opened and a fixed amount is supplied into the measuring tank T ₂ by t ₃ . A valve SV ₂ adjusted to add supply water into the metering tank T ₂ by opening the required short period of time while the valve SV3 starting at the t1 until t2 is open, an increase or decrease in volume of the metering tank T ₂ Easy and accurate.

In this automatic watering device, since there is no wear portion, it is difficult for the amount to change with time or to cause an error. The desired water supply can be obtained by changing the time chart. These are inaccurate due to wear in the conventional fixed-quantity discharge supply by the constant-quantity pump, and the supply amount cannot be changed by the gravity-drop type supply by the constant-quantity tank.

C. Stirring is performed by accurately and automatically supplying powder and water to the stirrer 400, thereby kneading with a plurality of paddles 402 radially attached to the rotary shaft 401. The dough kneaded here is put into the noodle dough forming apparatus 500 by opening a gate provided at the bottom.

D. In forming the dough, first, the noodle dough kneaded from the stirring device 400 is formed by rollers 501, 502, 503, 504, 505 arranged as shown in FIG.
Entered into 10. After the noodle dough is put in, the roller 505 is moved to the position shown in FIG.
Move to the position shown by the solid line and hold down the noodle dough. After that, the motors 506, 511 are driven to drive the chains 507, 512, 513,
When the rollers 501 to 502 are rotated in the same direction by 514, the noodle dough in the noodle dough receiving recess 510 is formed into a cylindrical shape as shown by the diagonal lines in FIG. Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the roller 504 is rotated downward via the connecting arm 508 to separate the roller 504 from the roller 501. And roller 50
Rotate 1 to 505 in the direction of the arrow in FIG.
Allow it to be extruded while rolling on 20. In FIG. 7, this is achieved by rotating the roller 501 to the right and rotating the other rollers 502-505 to the left.

As will be described later, the noodle dough once placed on the conveyor 20 is the endless belt 21 of the conveyor 20.
Is sent to the noodle dough forming device 500 side, and the roller 5
The noodle dough on the conveyor 20 can be re-received in the noodle dough receiving recess 510 by rotating 01 the counterclockwise and rotating the other rollers 502-505 clockwise. The roller 504 is brought close to the roller 501 and closed, and the rollers 501 to 505 are rotated in the same direction to form a columnar noodle dough.

In the conventional molding of the dough shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 55-42605, the dough is put in and out only at the upper side, and automation is difficult. On the other hand, in this device, the side of the conveyor 20 is located at a side other than the upper side. The noodle dough can be repeatedly tempered continuously including the stepping process while being automated. Moreover, it is hygienic without touching the fabric by hand.

E. In the dough pressing direction change, as shown in FIG. 11, the noodle dough forming apparatus 500 rolls the noodle dough extruded on the conveyor 20 and rotates 90 degrees by sandwiching the noodle dough to change the direction. That is, when the noodle dough is conveyed to the conveyor 20 directly below the noodle dough direction changing device 600,
Stop the movement of the endless belt 21. Air cylinder in this state
By operating 613, 614 and extending the piston rods 615, 616, the sandwiching table 617 is lowered, and the ends of the sandwiching plates 618, 619 are in contact with the endless belt 21 in an open state. Next, the air cylinder 620 is operated and the rod 621 is contracted, so that the sandwiching plate 61 is connected by the connecting rods 623 and 624.
The upper ends of the 8,619 are pushed to close the sandwich plates 618,619, and sandwich the noodle dough. Further, by driving the motor 608, it is transmitted to the worm speed reducer 605 through the chain 607, and the shaft 602 is rotated. In the state shown in this figure, by rotating the sandwiching table 617 and the rotary table 609 counterclockwise as viewed from above, the limit switch 611 comes into contact with the detection bar 612 and issues a signal to stop the drive of the motor 608. . Therefore, the turntable
609 etc. are turned 90 degrees, and noodle dough is turned in the same way. Here, when the air cylinder 620 is operated and the rod 621 is extended, the sandwiching plates 618 and 619 open and separate from the noodle dough. Further, the clamping rod 617 is pulled up by contracting the piston rods 615, 616 of the air cylinders 613, 614.

This stepping direction change corresponds to the step of radially rolling using a rolling pin, which cannot be seen by conventional mechanical striking. Therefore, it does not require human power and is hygienic .
One, the noodle dough can be automatically and continuously turned. In particular, since the sandwich plates 618 and 619 are rotated with the noodle dough sandwiched therebetween, the noodle dough can be surely turned when the weight of the noodle dough is heavy or the size and shape of the noodle dough vary. You can In addition, two narrow plates
Since 618 and 619 close each other to sandwich the noodle dough, the conveyor 20
Even if the position of the noodle dough carried in is uneven, the noodle dough can be pulled to a predetermined position to change the direction. Moreover, the two narrow plates 618,619 are
Since the noodle dough is sandwiched by rotating around the upper end, hold the noodle dough on top.
The lifting force is generated and the noodle dough slides on the conveyor 20.
I'm getting better.

F. The dough pressure is the noodle dough pressure device shown in Fig. 12.
Made at 700. Noodle dough pressure device 700 by conveyor 20
When the endless belt 21 is stopped, the moving cylinder is moved by operating the air cylinder 703.
Lower the roller 702 and press the roller 701 so that it sinks into the noodle dough. Next, the roller 701 is raised by the air cylinder 703, the endless belt 21 is moved a little (for example, a half pitch of the roll gap) to change the stepping position, and the noodle stepping is performed. Sufficient pedal pressure is applied by repeating this.

Compared with the conventional treading method disclosed in JP-B-49-37996, JP-B-53-4240, JP-B-55-30307 and JP-B-55-46077, the following methods are compared. There are features. By moving the conveyor 20, it is possible to step on the material in an area about the size of the place where the material is placed, thus saving space. Uniform pressure can be applied unlike the rotary type. Since the noodle dough moves, easy continuous automation can be performed. In addition, the air cylinder 70
Any pressure can be applied by adjusting the pressure in 3.

G. The repetition of d to f is performed by advancing the above operation in the opposite direction. After trampling, the noodle dough that has been fed back under the noodle dough direction changing device 600 is further
The orientation is changed and the noodle dough forming apparatus 500 is sent.
As shown in FIG. 8, the noodle dough conveyed rightward by the conveyor 20 rotates the roller 501 to the left and the other rollers 502-505 to the left to receive the noodle dough on the conveyor 20. Can be reintroduced into recess 510. When all of the noodle dough enters the noodle dough receiving recess 510, as shown in FIG. 9, the roller 504 is rotated upward to approach the roller 501 to close the gap, and all the rollers 501 to 505 are rotated to the right. As a result, a cylindrical noodle dough is formed.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 10, the roller 504 is rotated downward to be separated from the roller 501, the roller 501 is rotated to the right, and the rollers 502 to 505 are rotated to the left, thereby rolling on the conveyor 20 again. It is pushed out while being pushed. The noodle dough at that time seems to have been folded manually.

By repeating the above-mentioned operation by the number of times required by the grade or the like, it is as if the noodle dough was tempered by the hand-made method. Then, the noodle dough is sent to the noodle dough dividing device 800.

H. The noodle dough dividing is performed by the noodle dough dividing device 800 shown in FIG. The noodle dough sent from the noodle dough treading device 700 is stopped at a necessary position, the air cylinder 804 is operated, and the blade mounting base 801 is lowered, whereby the noodle dough is cut by the vertical cutter-blade 802 and the horizontal cutter-blade 803. Make blocks. An appropriate block size can be set by moving the vertical cutter blade 802 or changing the moving amount of the endless belt 21 of the conveyor 20.

Each step in these noodle dough continuous production apparatuses is systematically controlled by using a computer.

[0041]

As described above, according to the present invention, the noodle dough conveyed by the conveyor is rotated by the rotating means.
Between the narrow plates and turn the narrow plate with a direction-changing hand.
By rotating the noodle dough, it is possible to change the direction of the noodle dough in a hygienic manner without requiring human power. Further, since the sandwich plate is rotated by sandwiching the noodle dough, it is possible to reliably change the direction of the noodle dough even when the weight of the noodle dough is heavy or when the size and shape of the noodle dough vary. it can. Further, since the two sandwich plates face each other and sandwich the noodle dough from the side , even when the position of the noodle dough carried by the conveyor varies, the noodle dough is pulled to a predetermined position, You can turn around. Moreover, the two narrow plates are
The noodle dough is placed on the upper
Force to lift the noodle dough and slide it onto the conveyor.
It will be easier.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an embodiment of a continuous noodle dough manufacturing apparatus equipped with a noodle dough direction changing device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a powder weighing device of the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a noodle dough forming apparatus of the same embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing the noodle dough forming apparatus of the same embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a front view corresponding to FIG. 4, showing a state where noodle dough is put into the noodle dough forming apparatus of the same embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a front view corresponding to FIG. 4, showing a state in which the noodle dough is formed into a columnar shape by the noodle dough forming apparatus of the same embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a front view corresponding to FIG. 4, showing a state in which noodle dough is rolled and delivered by the noodle dough forming apparatus of the same embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a front view corresponding to FIG. 4, showing a state in which noodle dough is taken in by the noodle dough forming apparatus of the same embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a front view corresponding to FIG. 4, showing a state in which the noodle dough formed by the noodle dough forming apparatus of the same embodiment is formed into a cylindrical shape.

FIG. 10 is a view showing a state where the noodle dough formed into a cylindrical shape by the noodle dough forming apparatus of the same embodiment is rolled again and sent out.
It is a front view corresponding to.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a noodle dough direction changing device of the same embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a front view showing a noodle dough pressure device of the same embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a noodle dough dividing device of the same embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a piping diagram showing an automatic watering apparatus of the same embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a time chart for opening and closing a valve of the automatic watering apparatus of the same embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a flow chart of the system of the noodle dough continuous manufacturing apparatus of the same embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 20 Conveyor 600 Noodle dough direction change device 618,619 Narrow board

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. The noodle dough conveyed by a conveyor is laterally placed.
From the narrow deposition plate two sandwiching facing is, with its upper end to the shaft
Rotating means that is rotatably arranged and that rotates the narrowing plate around the upper end as an axis.
And rotate the sandwich plate sandwiching the noodle dough around a vertical axis.
And slide the noodle dough on the conveyor for about 90 minutes.
A noodle dough direction changing device, comprising: a direction changing means for changing directions.