JP3876338B2 - Noodle extrusion equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention stirs and mixes while adding an appropriate amount of water to buckwheat flour or wheat flour, puts the dough of noodles hitting a cheese-like hardness into a container, and uses a hydraulic cylinder to make a small hole like a honeycomb Therefore, the present invention relates to an apparatus for producing noodles that can be provided in an instant place by extruding into a shape like a thin string by applying a strong pressure.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Traditionally, the hardness of the dough for noodles is moderate so that it is easy to cut thinly with a knife in the case of buckwheat, and in order to make it easy to cut thinly with a slitter while rolling with a roller in the case of udon or Chinese noodle Thus, it was impossible to extrude into a noodle shape using a dough having a hardness that hardly flows. Traditionally, pasta by extrusion molding includes the production of macaroni, but this manufacturing method uses a pneumatic noodle to extrude soft noodle dough into hot water and cure and dry it. And the hardened ones are distributed.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In a noodle restaurant that does not use dry noodles or dried soba noodles, etc. Naturally there are limits. In order to increase the production amount of raw buckwheat noodles without increasing the number of buckwheat craftsmen, processing means by extrusion molding can be considered as a measure for shortening the processing process by rolling the noodle dough and cutting it into an elongated shape.
[0004]
As a drive device that is small in form and capable of sustaining a strong pushing force of several tons for a relatively long time, the hydraulic cylinder system has a simple structure and is silent, and thus is a first candidate. The hydraulic cylinder feeds oil as the drive medium before or after the piston and causes the piston rod to appear and retract. Therefore, if it is used for a long time with foreign matter sticking to the piston rod, the cylinder side of the cylinder The seal packing fitted to the flange is damaged, and oil leakage is caused.
[0005]
Hydraulic oil for hydraulic equipment is usually filled with an oil tank that is nonflammable and does not decrease in viscosity with respect to temperature rise under high pressure. If oil that is not used and therefore leaks from the cylinder enters the noodle dough, a serious problem occurs. Assuming such an accident, the oil injected into the oil tank is changed to edible oil, so there is no abnormality in the human body, but the taste of buckwheat or udon mixed with unnecessary oil changes, and the trust of the store is increased. It can be lost.
[0006]
To avoid oil leakage as much as possible, change the double-acting type that returns the piston by sending pressure oil from the port on the rod side of the cylinder, that is, the structure that performs the return operation of the piston using the repulsive force of the spring, that is, Even if a single-acting hydraulic cylinder with a compression spring interposed between the flange on the rod side of the cylinder and the piston is used, it is built-in to overcome the force adhering to the viscous noodle dough and restore the piston rod. Just relying on the springs that are being used is not enough.
[0007]
Conventionally, the production by machines is of a mass production type, and there is no one that can provide a taste similar to hand-made by a machine in a noodle restaurant or the like. In addition, there is still no noodle processing machinery that can be used instantly at unspecified times and can produce as little as a few people, and it can be quickly and easily switched between udon and soba noodles. There is a demand for a simple noodle processing machine.
[0008]
The length of the noodles that come out while being formed into a thin string by a cylinder extrusion device is related to the amount of dough contained in the noodle dough container, and it is continuously extruded to the full stroke limit of the cylinder. To be ready for immediate use, something that can be continued, it must be cut to a reasonable length at any time. Further, it is desirable that cutting is possible even in a continuous operation state without stopping the machine.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The hydraulic cylinder is set upside down so that the piston rod can be slid up and down, and a disk-shaped pressurizing body is fixed to the lower end of the rod. On the other hand, a cylindrical noodle dough container is disposed below the hydraulic cylinder so as to face the pressurizing body, and the diameter of the disk-shaped pressurizing body is sized so as to be rubbed into the noodle dough container. Further, when the piston is lowered to the lower limit position, the disk-shaped pressurizing body is made to reach near the bottom plate of the noodle dough container.
[0010]
A single-acting hydraulic cylinder with a spring return piston is used, and the rod side flange of the hydraulic cylinder is mounted on a support plate that protrudes horizontally from the front machine wall in a shelf shape. A plurality of cylinders are slidably pierced through the support plate, and a bowl-shaped washer larger than the diameter of the cylinder is fixed to the top of the cylinder. The cylinder between the washer and the support plate is provided with a compression spring to increase the return force of the piston.
[0011]
A receiving plate is installed below the supporting plate in parallel with the supporting plate, and a U-shaped notch space is provided on the receiving plate from the front end toward the center. On the other hand, the handle is fastened to the front end face so that the cylindrical portion of the noodle dough container can be fitted in the center, and the slide plate is suspended by the opening edge of the noodle dough container. Place it on the plate. Further, the slide plate can be slid only forward and backward with respect to the receiving plate by holding the vicinity of the left and right ends of the slide plate loosely on the receiving plate with the guide material. Further, the hanging portion of the noodle dough container protruding downward from the hole of the slide plate is formed so as to be able to enter the notch space of the receiving plate.
[0012]
The opening edge at the top of the noodle dough container is formed as a flange-shaped collar, and the noodle dough container is suspended at a fixed position of the slide plate by this collar, and the noodle dough container is attached to and detached from the slide plate. In addition, the bottom plate of the noodle dough container can also be formed as a removable honeycomb-like porous disk in consideration of the type of noodles and ease of washing.
[0013]
A cutting tool that is horizontally rotated around the fulcrum provided at the lower end of the armband that hangs from the center of the rear end of the backing plate is provided. The blade is a noodle extrusion molding device provided with a blade that is cut while turning while contacting the lower surface of the bottom plate of the noodle dough container.
[0014]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 is a front sectional view of an essential part of an extruder for noodles equipped with an apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a line AA in FIG. 3 is a side view with the cylindrical portion removed from FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a plan view taken along line BB in FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is an enlarged side sectional view of the noodle dough container and its surroundings, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a bottom view of FIG. 5, and FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the whole noodle extrusion machine according to the present invention.
[0015]
From FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 and FIG. 7 of the overall perspective view, a plurality of support rods 3, 3 whose upper ends are fixed to the lower surface of a support plate 2 that protrudes in a shelf shape forward from the machine wall 1 in front of the machine device. .., And a support plate 4 is fixed to the lower ends of the support bars 3, 3 in parallel with the support plate 2. The receiving plate 4 is provided with a notch space 4a cut out in a U shape from the front end toward the center. On the other hand, a slide plate 5 having a hole 5a in the center and a handle 5b fixed to one end surface is placed on the upper surface of the receiving plate 4, and the guide members 6 and 6 are fixed to the left and right sides of the slide plate 5. By attaching and sandwiching both sides of the slide plate 5 by the receiving plate 4 and the guide members 6, 6, the slide plate 5 is held loosely so that it can slide only forward and backward. The stop position of the slide plate 5 is determined by the contact.
[0016]
As shown in FIG. 1, a male screw 8e is provided on the rod side 8a of the tube 8 of the hydraulic cylinder C, and an oil supply pipe 8d is connected to the tube 8b on the opposite head side so as to communicate with the oil supply port 8c. A piston 9 is slidably fitted in the tube 8. A piston rod 9a is connected to the piston 9, and is screwed into a screw hole at the center of the disk-shaped pressurizing body 10 by a screw 9b provided at the tip of the piston rod 9a. The cylinder C is screwed to the support plate 2 by the male screw 8e of the tube 8 in an inverted manner so that the piston rod 9a protrudes downward.
[0017]
A plurality of cylinders 11 slidably penetrating the support plate 2 are erected on the disk-shaped pressurizing body 10, and a bowl-shaped washer 12 is fixed to the top of the cylinder 11. A compression spring 13 is fitted into each column 11 between the support plate 2 and the bowl-shaped washer 12. The compression spring 13 is subjected to a force that always pushes the cylinder 11 upward. For example, even when the piston 9 of the hydraulic cylinder C is raised to the top dead center position, the compression spring 13 is free to move freely. It is fitted in a state where it is crimped to a length slightly shortened from the length.
[0018]
The hole 5a formed in the slide plate 5 has a large diameter into which the outer diameter of the cylindrical portion 14a of the noodle dough container D is fitted, and the collar portion 14b of the noodle dough container D is disposed above the hole 5a. The noodle dough container D is fixed to the slide plate 5 by forming a two-stage hole of the counterbore 5b to be immersed. Further, since the upper surface of the flange portion 14b of the container D inserted into the slide plate 5 is not protruded from the surface of the slide plate 5, the upper portion of the flange portion is covered with the left and right guide members 6 and 6. This prevents the noodle dough container D from being lifted by the disc-shaped pressurizing body 10 adhering to the noodle dough.
[0019]
A pull metal fitting 5c is fixed to the front end surface of the slide plate 5, and the slide plate 5 is pulled out by pulling the pull metal fitting 5c forward. Accordingly, the noodle dough container D is also moved forward, and the entire surface of the collar portion 14b of the noodle dough container D hidden under the guide members 6 and 6 appears, so that the noodle dough container D is easily detached from the slide plate 5. Can be made. This requirement is not only for cleaning the container D, but can be quickly replaced when refilling noodle dough or switching from soba to udon.
[0020]
When the handle 5c is pushed, the slide plate 5 enters the inside of the receiving plate 4 and hits the stopper 7. At this position, the center axis of the noodle dough container D fitted into the slide plate 5 and the piston rod 9a of the hydraulic cylinder C Since the axes coincide with each other, and therefore the center axis of the disc-like pressurizing body 10 also coincides, the disc-like pressurizing body 10 is fitted into the container D without interfering with the noodle dough container D. The disk-shaped pressurizing body 10 gradually extrudes the noodle dough while applying a strong force of several to the noodle dough in the container D.
[0021]
The noodle dough in the noodle dough container D is glutenized and has a cheese-like hardness and a strong viscosity, but a porous disk provided at the bottom of the noodle dough container D with a strong pressure of several tons Fifteen small holes 15a, 15a ... are formed into a narrower string and extruded. Since the length of the extruded noodles continues as long as the stroke of the piston 9 continues, it can be cut to an appropriate length even during the extrusion process to provide instant noodles. It is made like that.
[0022]
That is, the lower end portion of the armband 16 provided to be suspended from the receiving plate 4 is bent, one end portion of the blade 17 is attached to the lower surface of the bent surface 16a, and the attachment portion is pivotally attached with a screw or scissors. And fulcrum 18. The height of the lower surface of the folding surface 16a of the armband 16 is the same as the lower surface of the porous disk 15 which is the bottom plate of the noodle dough container D when set on the slide plate 5, so that the blade 17 is a fulcrum. When rotated about 18, the blade 17 turns while contacting the lower surface of the porous disk 15, and a shearing action is generated between the porous disk 15 and the blade 17.
[0023]
An example of the operation of making soba noodles using the noodle extrusion apparatus constructed as described above will be described. 7 includes a hydraulic pump directly connected to the oil tank and the motor, and a switching valve (not shown) for controlling the oil flow path, and the operation of these devices. Only a few parts, such as the start / stop switch of the hydraulic pump and the operation switch of the switching valve, appear on the outside of the machine. For simplicity, it is displayed so that even a person unfamiliar with machine operation can use it without resistance.
[0024]
The standard mixing ratio for making noodle dough is a ratio of 30% wheat flour to 70% oat flour, and the noodle dough is made by stirring and mixing uniformly while adding water. Is put into the noodle dough container D, and several containers D are prepared and placed by the time of meal. When an order is generated, the noodle dough container D is inserted into the slide plate 5 and pushed into the stopper plate 7 until it hits the stopper 7. When the motor start switch is pressed, the hydraulic pump rotates and the oil in the oil tank Start sucking up.
[0025]
If the circuit that flows into the hydraulic cylinder C is indicated based on the operation display of the switching valve, the oil pressurized by the pump is sent from the oil supply port 8c into the cylinder above the piston 9 via the oil supply pipe 8d. As a result, the piston 9 descends, and the disk-shaped pressurizing body 10 provided at the tip of the piston rod 9a keeps pushing the noodle dough in the noodle dough container D strongly. Are extruded from a large number of small holes 15a, 15a,.
[0026]
The extruded noodle dough has a thin string shape and comes out in a tuft from the porous disk 15. When the appropriate length is reached, if the blade 17 is rotated in a fan shape, the string-like noodle dough is cut and received by a separately prepared container. Because the noodle dough is gluten, the freshly extruded noodles are easily attached to each other due to their stickiness, but in the case of instant use, the process of boiling immediately after cutting is performed and put into boiling water By doing so, the attached noodles are separated apart from each other, so that the taste is not adversely affected.
[0027]
While the noodle dough is present in the noodle dough container D, the noodles are continuously extruded unless the hydraulic circuit is changed halfway while continuing to drive the motor. Therefore, every time the material is pushed out to an appropriate length, the blade 17 must be rotated to perform cutting. In this case, since the blade 17 is a double blade, it can be rotated in either the left or right direction. Unlike cutting in only one direction, there is no need to return the blade to its original position, and therefore the noodles that are continuously extruded can be collected without being crushed.
[0028]
When the piston rod 9a protrudes to the stroke limit of the piston 9, the switching valve automatically operates to change the direction of oil flow. In this control, since the switching valve is converted into a circuit for returning the oil to the oil tank, the flow of oil that has flowed into the cylinder from the oil supply port 8c of the hydraulic cylinder C until then stops, and the applied pressure of the piston 9 disappears. To do. Therefore, the compression springs 13, 13... Which have been compressed against the pressure applied by the piston 9 so far work to release the pressure applied by the piston 9 and simultaneously return the piston 9 to the start position of the zero stroke.
[0029]
Since the disk-like pressurizing body 10 is adhered to the bottom of the noodle dough container D and the noodle dough that remains thinly around it, the compression spring built in the normal single-acting cylinder With only the repulsive force, it is impossible to detach the disk-shaped pressurizing body 10 from the noodle dough container D. Therefore, in order to amplify the return force of the piston 9 in the cylinder device of the present invention, the compression springs 13, 13... Are fitted through the plurality of cylinders 11, 11,. It can be easily detached from the dough container D, and as the piston 9 moves up, the oil in the cylinder passes through the oil supply pipe 8d from the oil supply port 8c and is returned to the oil tank.
[0030]
【The invention's effect】
As is apparent from the detailed description above, the noodle extrusion molding apparatus of the present invention is a mechanical device for efficiently rotating a visitor's uncertainties as well as a meal time zone in which the customers are concentrated, as usual. The noodle dough prepared in advance is prepared by putting it in a noodle dough container that is easy to put on and take off, and each noodle dough container is set in the machine according to the customer's order, and it is powerful by the hydraulic cylinder. During extrusion while forming by force, it is cut into an appropriate length and put into a hot pot, so that it can be quickly made into noodles that can be provided to customers and at the same time it can easily switch to the type of noodles ordered Even if the dough in the noodle dough container becomes a little hard, it can be pushed out by adopting a hydraulic cylinder. In order to solve this problem and to further reduce the return force of the cylinder due to the adhesive force of the cloth, the conventional problems described above have been solved, such as by interposing a compression spring for increasing the return force. Can be solved well.
[Brief description of the drawings]
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a front sectional view of an essential part of an extruder for noodles equipped with an apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a plan view taken along line AA in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a side view in which a cylindrical portion is deleted from FIG. 1;
4 is a plan view taken along line BB in FIG. 3. FIG.
FIG. 5 is an enlarged side sectional view of a noodle dough container and its peripheral members.
6 is a bottom view of FIG. 5. FIG.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the whole noodle extrusion machine according to the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
C: Hydraulic cylinder.
D: Noodle dough container.
M: Machine body.
1 ... Machine wall of the machine body.
2 ... Support plate.
3 ... Support bar.
4 ... A backing plate. 4a ... Notch space.
5 ... Slide plate. 5a: A hole in the slide plate. 5b ... A counterbore hole in the slide plate.
6 ... Guide material. 5c: A pull bracket.
7 ... Stopper.
8: Cylinder tube. 8a: The rod side of the tube. 8b: The head side of the tube.
8c: Refueling port. 8d: Refueling pipe. 8e ... Male thread.
9 ... Piston 9a ... Piston rod. 9b ... Rod screw.
10: Disc-shaped pressurizing body.
11 ... Cylinder.
12 ... A bowl washer.
13: Compression spring.
14a ... The tube portion of the noodle dough container. 14b: The buttocks of the noodle dough container.
15 ... a porous disk. 15a ... A small hole in a honeycomb shape.
16 ... arms. 16a: Folded curved surface of armband.
17 ... Cutlery.
18 ... The fulcrum of the blade.

Claims (1)

  The noodle dough is pushed out from the perforated disk in a string shape by the lowering of the disk-shaped pressurizing body at the lower end of the piston rod provided on the cylindrical noodle dough container having a honeycomb-shaped perforated disk on the bottom plate. In the constructed device, the hydraulic cylinder uses a single-acting type in which a spring that acts when returning is inserted, and the rod side flange portion of this hydraulic cylinder is fixed to a support plate that protrudes like a shelf from the machine wall. A plurality of cylinders are slidably pierced through the support plate, and a bowl-shaped washer larger than the diameter of the cylinder is fixed to the top of the cylinder. An extrusion apparatus for noodles characterized in that a compression spring is interposed in a cylinder between the bowl-shaped washer and the support plate to increase the return force of the piston.

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