JP3130637U - Flowing noodle device - Google Patents

Abstract

A flowing noodle device capable of supplying water to an annular water channel without continuing to supply tap water and cooling the water in the annular water channel without pouring ice into the annular water channel I will provide a.
In a flowing noodle device having an annular water channel (3) and forming a water flow in the annular water channel (3) so that the noodles flow along the annular water channel (3), water is supplied along the water flow forming direction of the annular water channel (3). A discharge nozzle 8 for discharging, a discharge pipe 10 for discharging water from the water channel, a water storage tank 5 for storing water discharged by the discharge pipe 10, and a water storage tank 5 are provided on the outer wall 3b of the annular water channel 3. And a water supply pump 6 that supplies water stored in the water storage tank 5 toward the discharge nozzle 8. Further, the water tank 5 is configured to function as a cooling means for cooling the water supplied to the annular water channel 3.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a flowing noodle device having an annular water channel formed by a bottom portion and inner and outer double walls, and forming a water flow in the annular water channel so that the noodles flow along the annular water channel.

  Conventionally, as a flowing noodle device having an annular water channel formed by a bottom portion and inner and outer double walls, and forming a water flow in the annular water channel so that the noodles flow along the annular water channel, for example, a table-mounted type Known (for example, see Patent Documents 1 and 2). This type of flowing noodle device is configured such that a water flow is formed in an annular water channel, and the noodles thrown into the annular water channel flow along the water channel.

JP-A-5-220040 JP 11-290192 A

  However, the conventional flowing noodle device only circulates water through the annular water channel, and water is supplied to the water channel through a water supply pipe connected to a water tap or the like. Therefore, when it is necessary to constantly supply water to the water channel, it is indispensable to always supply tap water or the like, and there is a problem that the amount of water used increases.

  In addition, in the conventional flowing noodle device, when it is desired to enjoy cold noodles, it is necessary to cool the circulating water by introducing ice into the annular water channel through which the noodles flow. However, when ice is poured into the annular channel, the speed of the water flow becomes slow, and there is a problem that the flowing noodles do not flow smoothly.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made for the purpose of solving the above-mentioned conventional problems, and can supply water to the annular channel without continuing to supply tap water, and inject ice into the annular channel. The present invention provides a flowing noodle device capable of cooling the water in the annular water channel without the need to do so.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 employs as a solution means, having an annular water channel formed by a bottom portion and inner and outer double walls, forming a water flow in the annular water channel, and ringing noodles A flowing noodle device configured to flow along a water channel, a discharge nozzle that discharges water along a water flow forming direction of the water channel, and a discharge that discharges water from the water channel provided on an outer wall of the annular water channel A pipe, a water storage tank that stores water discharged by the discharge pipe, and a water supply pump that is provided in the water storage tank and supplies water stored in the water storage tank toward the discharge nozzle. .

  The invention according to claim 2 adopts as a solution means in the structure of claim 1 so that the water storage tank functions as a cooling means for cooling the water supplied to the annular water channel by the ice put into the tank. In the configuration.

  The invention according to claim 3 employs as a solution means in the configuration of claim 1 or 2, a water supply pipe is provided between the water supply pump and the discharge nozzle, and the water supply pipe discharges from the discharge nozzle. The water amount adjustment valve for adjusting the water amount is provided.

  The invention according to claim 4 adopts as a solution means in the structure of claim 3, wherein the drainage pipe is provided with a drainage adjustment valve for adjusting the amount of drainage from the annular channel.

  The invention according to claim 5 adopts as a solution means in any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the discharge port of the discharge pipe is provided in the outer wall of the corner portion of the annular water channel. .

  The invention according to claim 6 employs as a means for solving the problem in the structure according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the discharge nozzle discharges water from the vicinity of the water surface in the annular water channel toward the bottom. It exists in the structure provided in a downward inclination state.

  According to the present invention, it is configured to circulate water between the annular water channel and the water tank, and when supplying water from the water tank to the circular water channel, water is discharged along the water flow forming direction of the annular water channel. By doing so, since a water flow is formed in the annular channel, there is no need to continue supplying tap water or the like to form the water flow, and the cost of using the tap water or the like can be suppressed.

  In particular, according to the invention described in claim 2, since the water storage tank functions as a cooling means, it is not necessary to cool the water by putting ice in the annular water channel, and the noodles are formed by forming a smooth water flow in the annular water channel. It can flow.

  Further, according to the invention described in claim 3, since the water amount and the water flow supplied to the annular water channel can be adjusted by the water amount adjusting valve, the water amount adjusting valve is adjusted according to the amount of the noodles charged into the annular water channel. By this, you can enjoy the flowing noodles that flow at an appropriate speed in the ring waterway.

  Further, according to the invention described in claim 4, since the drainage adjustment valve for adjusting the amount of drainage from the annular channel is provided, the balance between the amount of water supplied to the annular channel and the amount of drainage from the annular channel can be adjusted. The water level in the annular channel can be adjusted appropriately.

  In addition, according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the noodles from being clogged at the discharge port of the discharge pipe and to prevent the noodle scraps from being discharged from the discharge port and flowing into the water storage tank.

  Further, according to the invention described in claim 6, a water flow can be formed not only on the surface layer portion of the water in the annular water channel but also in the vicinity of the bottom, and such a water flow causes the noodles staying at the bottom of the circular water channel to float up. As the noodles are washed away along the water flow, the noodles flow well through the annular channel.

  Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a flowing noodle device 1 in the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the flowing noodle device 1 includes an annular water channel 3 installed on a base 2 having a horizontal top plate 2a at a predetermined height, such as a table, and a constant amount of water is supplied to the annular water channel 3. A water flow in a certain direction is formed in the annular water channel 3 in a state where the water 4 is added, and the noodles are made to flow along the annular water channel 3. The annular water channel 3 is formed by an annular inner wall 3a, outer wall 3b, and bottom 3c, and is formed, for example, by connecting a plurality of U-shaped steel plates obtained by bending a stainless steel plate by welding or the like. In the illustrated example, the annular water channel 3 is formed as a substantially rectangular water channel with curved corners at four corners, but is not limited thereto, and is formed as a water channel such as a square, a circle, or an ellipse, for example. May be.

  The flowing noodle device 1 of the present embodiment includes a water storage tank 5 installed on, for example, a floor surface so as to be positioned below the annular water channel 3 installed on the base 2. The water channel 3 is configured to supply water, and the discharge from the annular water channel 3 is stored in the water storage tank 5. As a means for supplying water from the water storage tank 5 to the annular water channel 3, the flowing noodle device 1 is connected to the water supply pump 6 that pumps up the water stored in the water storage tank 5 and the water pumped up by the water supply pump 6. A water supply pipe 7 disposed so as to be supplied toward the annular water channel 3, a discharge nozzle 8 provided at the tip of the water supply pipe 7 and configured to discharge water in the water flow forming direction of the annular water channel 3, and a water supply pump 6 And a water amount adjusting valve 9 for adjusting the amount of water discharged from the discharge nozzle 8. The draining noodle device 1 is provided on the outer wall 3 b of the annular water channel 3 as a drainage means from the annular water channel 3 to the water storage tank 5, and a discharge pipe 10 that discharges water from the annular water channel 3 toward the water storage tank 5. A drainage adjustment valve 11 provided in the drainage pipe 10 for adjusting the amount of drainage from the annular water channel 3 is provided.

  The water supply pipe 7 penetrates and is fixed to the outer wall 3 c of the annular water channel 3, and holds the discharge nozzle 8 at a predetermined position of the annular water channel 3. The water amount adjusting valve 9 is provided in the water supply pipe 7 outside the outer wall 3 c constituting the annular water channel 3. In the example shown in the figure, the water supply pump 6 and the water amount adjusting valve 7 are connected by a water supply pipe 7a such as a flexible resin hose, but the present invention is not limited to this. And a water amount adjusting valve 7 may be connected by a pipe made of a non-flexible material. Further, when the annular water channel 3 is configured as a substantially rectangular water channel as shown in the figure, the discharge nozzle 8 is provided at one end of the long side water channel and configured to discharge and supply water toward the other end. It is preferable.

  The drain pipe 10 is fixed through the outer wall 3 c at a position close to the bottom 3 c of the annular water channel 3, and is configured to spill drain water from an opening 10 a that opens above the water storage tank 5. . The drainage adjustment valve 11 is provided in the drainage pipe 10 outside the outer wall 3 c that constitutes the annular water channel 3. However, the present invention is not limited to such a mode, and a mode in which a drain pipe is piped up to the inside of the water storage tank 5 may be adopted. Further, when the annular water channel 3 is configured as a substantially rectangular water channel as shown in the figure, the drain pipe 10 is provided on the downstream side of the long side water channel, and the drain port is configured to open facing the water flow. preferable.

  As the water storage tank 5, for example, a resin molded container having an upper opening can be used. However, since the water storage tank 5 also functions as a cooling means as described later, a container having a heat insulating structure (for example, a foamed resin container or an inner / outer container). It is preferable to use a container having a double wall structure.

  The flowing noodle device 1 having the above configuration supplies water 4 into the annular water channel 3 by discharging water pumped up by the water supply pump 6 from the discharge nozzle 8 to the annular water channel 3, and also supplies water into the annular water channel 3. A water flow is formed along the discharge direction. The water amount adjusting valve 9 adjusts the amount of water discharged from the discharge nozzle 8 by adjusting the valve opening degree by manual operation. When the amount of water supplied per unit time is increased, the flow rate of the water flow in the annular channel 3 can be increased, and the force for flowing the noodles can be increased by the water flow. On the contrary, when the amount of water supplied per unit time is reduced, the flow rate of the water flow in the annular water channel 3 can be slowed, while the force for flowing the noodles by the water flow becomes small, so the bottom 3c of the annular water channel 3 Noodles tend to accumulate and stay in the noodles. Therefore, by adjusting the water amount adjusting valve 9, the noodles thrown into the annular water channel 3 can be adjusted so as to flow along the annular water channel 3 at an appropriate speed.

  If only water is supplied to the annular channel 3, the water will eventually overflow from the annular channel 3. Therefore, in this embodiment, a drain pipe 10 is provided to prevent this, and the drain pipe 10 is used to prevent this. Thus, a circulation system is constructed in which the water in the annular channel 3 is discharged back to the water storage tank 5 and pumped up again by the water supply pump 6. The drainage adjustment valve 11 provided in the drainage pipe 10 is a valve that can adjust the valve opening degree by manual operation. By adjusting the valve opening degree so that a drainage amount equal to the amount of water supplied by the water amount adjustment valve 9 is obtained, an annular shape is obtained. The water channel 3 is configured to be maintained at a constant water level.

  In particular, in this embodiment, the water 4 in the water tank 5 can be cooled by putting ice 12 into the water tank 5. That is, the water storage tank 5 functions as a cooling means for cooling the water 4 supplied to the annular water channel 3 by the ice 12 introduced into the tank. Therefore, the water pumped up by the water supply pump 6 and supplied to the annular water channel 3 becomes cold water, and it is not necessary to put ice into the annular water channel 3. Therefore, in the annular channel 3, ice does not act as a resistance to water flow, and the noodles flow smoothly.

  By the way, since the water drained from the drain pipe 10 to the water storage tank 5 is pumped up again by the water supply pump 6, when the noodle scraps are discharged into the water storage tank 5, the scraps are pumped up to the water supply pump 6. There is a risk of adhering to the water supply mechanism. Moreover, since the drain pipe 10 is for maintaining the annular water channel 3 at a constant water level, if the noodles are clogged in the drain port of the drain pipe 10, there is a possibility that the balance between the water supply amount and the drainage amount cannot be maintained. . Therefore, when the present inventors diligently studied, when the noodles were made to flow by forming the annular water channel 3 as described above, the flow rate inside the corners was high and the outside flow rate was slow at the corners of the circular water channel 3. Found that it flows along the inner wall at the corner. Therefore, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the drain port 13 of the drain pipe 10 is provided in the outer wall 3 b of the corner portion 30 of the annular water channel 3, and the net means 14 such as a stainless steel net is provided in front of the drain port 13. Is provided. However, the net means 14 is not particularly essential. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the route through which the noodles 20 flow in the corner portion 30 is the route along the inner wall 3a of the corner portion 30 as indicated by the arrow F1, and the noodles flowing along the outer wall 3b are not seen at all. Therefore, by providing the drainage port 13 of the drainage pipe 10 on the outer wall 3b, raw noodle scraps or the like are discharged from the drainage port 13 to the water storage tank 5, or the drainage port 13 is clogged with raw noodles. Can be prevented.

  Next, FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the annular water channel 3 showing a preferred embodiment of the discharge nozzle 8. As shown in FIG. 3, the discharge nozzle 8 is preferably in a downwardly inclined state so as to discharge water from the vicinity of the water surface in the annular water channel 3 toward the bottom 3 c. In this case, the water 4 discharged from the discharge nozzle 8 flows along the arrow 4f in the annular water channel 3, and a water flow can be formed not only in the surface layer portion but also in the vicinity of the bottom portion 3c. Such a water flow floats the noodles 20 staying at the bottom 3c of the annular water channel 3 and pushes the raw noodles 20 toward the water flow direction F2, so that the raw noodles 20 can flow well through the annular water channel 3. The tip of the discharge nozzle 8 may be narrowed so that the flow rate of the water flow discharged from the discharge nozzle 8 is as high as possible.

  As described above, the flowing noodle device 1 in the present embodiment circulates water between the annular water channel 3 and the water storage tank 5 and supplies water from the water storage tank 5 to the annular water channel 3 to form a water flow. It is not necessary to continue to supply tap water or the like to form the water, and the cost of using tap water or the like can be reduced. Further, the water storage tank 5 can store ice and thereby functions as a cooling means for cooling the water supplied to the annular water channel 3, so that cold water can be supplied to the annular water channel 3, and ice can be supplied to the annular water channel 3. No need to put in. Therefore, the flow of the annular water formed in the annular water channel 3 is not hindered by ice, and a smooth flow of the noodles can be realized.

  Further, since the water supply adjusting valve 9 is provided in the water supply pipe 7, the noodles can be appropriately adjusted along the annular water channel 3 by adjusting the water amount adjusting valve 9 according to the water level of the annular water channel 3 and the amount of the noodles to be introduced. It will be able to flow at a reasonable speed. Further, the drainage pipe 10 is provided with a drainage adjustment valve 11, which can adjust the balance between the amount of water supplied into the annular water channel 3 by the water amount adjustment valve 9 and the amount of water drained from the drainage pipe 10. The water level in the water channel 3 can be adjusted.

  It is a block diagram of the flowing noodle device which showed one Embodiment of this invention.   It is a figure which shows the preferable aspect of the drain outlet installation position of a drain pipe.   It is a figure which shows one form of a discharge nozzle.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Flowing element noodle device 3 Annular channel 3a Inner side wall 3b Outer side wall 3c Bottom part 5 Water tank 6 Water supply pump 7 Water supply pipe 8 Discharge nozzle 9 Water supply adjustment valve 10 Drainage pipe 11 Drainage adjustment valve

Claims (6)

An annular water channel (3) formed by the bottom (3c) and the inner and outer double walls (3a, 3b) is formed, and a water flow is formed in the annular water channel (3) to flow the noodles along the annular water channel (3). A flowing noodle device,
A discharge nozzle (8) for discharging water along the water flow forming direction of the annular water channel (3);
A discharge pipe (10) provided on the outer wall (3b) of the annular water channel (3), for discharging water from the annular water channel (3);
A water tank (5) for storing water discharged by the discharge pipe (10);
A flowing noodle device comprising a water supply pump (6) provided in the water storage tank (5) and supplying water stored in the water storage tank (5) toward the discharge nozzle (8).   2. The flowing noodle device according to claim 1, wherein the water storage tank (5) functions as a cooling means for cooling water supplied to the annular water channel (3) by ice put into the tank.   A water supply pipe (7) is provided between the water supply pump (6) and the discharge nozzle (8), and the water amount for adjusting the amount of water discharged from the discharge nozzle (8) is provided in the water supply pipe (7). The flowing noodle device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising an adjustment valve (9).   4. The flowing noodle device according to claim 3, wherein a drainage adjustment valve (11) for adjusting a drainage amount from the annular water channel (3) is provided in the drainage pipe (10).   The discharge port (13) of the discharge pipe (10) is provided in an outer wall (3b) of a corner portion (30) of the annular water channel (3). A flowing noodle device.   The said discharge nozzle (8) is provided in the downward inclination state so that water may be discharged toward the bottom part (3c) from the water surface vicinity in the said annular water channel (3). A flowing noodle device.

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