JP4615060B1 - Boiled noodle equipment bucket - Google Patents

Abstract

A bucket for a noodle device is provided which has a simple hinge structure to improve durability and is less likely to adhere dirt.
A hinge 4 of a bucket 1 for a noodle device includes a first rotating shaft holding portion 11 formed in a cylindrical shape by folding a first reinforcing plate 5 and a cylindrical shape in which a second reinforcing plate 6 is folded. The formed second rotating shaft holding portion 12, and a rod-like rotating shaft 10 that alternately passes through the first rotating shaft holding portion 11 and the second rotating shaft holding portion 12, and the first reinforcing plate 5 is The first metal mesh 7 is sandwiched between the plates folded in the vicinity of the first rotating shaft holding portion 11, and both the reinforcing plates turned back by spot welding are joined together. The second metal mesh 8 is sandwiched between the plates folded in the vicinity of the two, and both the reinforcing plates folded back by spot welding are joined.
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Description

  TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a boiled noodle device bucket, and more particularly, a cylindrical bucket body and a bucket which are used when automatically producing boiled noodles and which are connected to each other via a hinge, which is composed of a wire mesh and a reinforcing plate. The bucket lid relates to a boiled noodle device bucket having a mechanism for closing the opening of the bucket body with a tension spring.

  A boiled noodle device bucket is a device used when automatically producing boiled noodles sold at supermarkets or convenience stores. This boiled noodle device bucket has an opening on the upper surface in the longitudinal direction, and is connected through a cylindrical bucket body composed of a wire mesh and a reinforcing plate that reinforces the end of the wire mesh, via a bucket body and a hinge, It is comprised from the plate-shaped bucket cover which consists of a metal mesh and the reinforcement board which reinforces the edge part of the metal mesh. These wire nets and reinforcing plates are generally made of stainless steel. The bucket lid has a mechanism for closing the opening of the bucket body with a tension spring that joins the side surface of the bucket body and the side surface of the bucket lid. The inside of the boiled noodle device bucket is divided into a plurality of chambers by a partition plate.

  Boiled noodle device buckets are installed laterally between two conveyor chains that run in parallel in the boiled noodle device, and many are arranged in parallel in the direction of movement of the conveyor chain. The boiled noodle device bucket moves as the conveyor chain of the boiled noodle device moves, and the bucket lid is automatically opened by a mechanism from the outside at a predetermined position. Then, in the raw noodle charging position, the bulk raw noodles are respectively charged into the chambers divided in the bucket for the noodle device. Thereafter, the bucket lid is automatically closed, sent into the hot water, passed through the hot water as it is, and the noodles are boiled up.

  In Patent Document 1, both end surfaces of a stainless steel wire mesh curved in a substantially U-shaped cross section are closed with a stainless steel plate, and a plurality of dividing chambers are formed by separating stainless steel partition plates in the longitudinal direction inside. A bucket for a noodle device is disclosed. Here, it is described that a stainless steel hinge is welded and fixed to the upper end edge of one long side surface of the bucket body, and a long open / close lid is welded and fixed to the hinge.

  In Patent Document 2, an opening is formed on the upper surface in the longitudinal direction of a bucket body provided with a plurality of dividing chambers by a partition, and the bucket body can be opened and closed by a tension spring coupled to the side surface of the bucket body and the side surface of the opening / closing lid. A wire mesh cylindrical horizontal bucket provided with a long open / close lid is disclosed. Here, a hinge is provided along the longitudinal edge of the upper end of one longitudinal side of the bucket body and one longitudinal edge of the long opening / closing lid, and the bucket body is opened and closed against a tension spring. It is described that when the lid is opened, a gap is not formed between the hinge and the edge of the binding site.

Utility Model Registration No. 3026470 Utility Model Registration No. 3087600

  The hinge portion of the boiled noodle device bucket is repeatedly opened and closed, so that the welded portion of the rotating shaft holding portion, the bucket body and the opening / closing lid may be repeatedly broken due to fatigue.

  Moreover, when fixed to a bucket body or an open / close lid by welding like a conventional boiled noodle device bucket, there is a problem that a portion of the noodles adheres to the uneven surface of the weld and becomes dirty due to the use of the boiled noodle device bucket. In addition, there is a problem that a part of the noodles adheres and gets dirty in the gap between the first rotating shaft holding part and the second rotating shaft holding part.

  The object of the present application is to solve such problems, to improve the durability by simplifying the hinge structure, and to provide a boiled noodle device bucket that is less likely to adhere dirt.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the boiled noodle device bucket according to the present invention has an opening on the upper surface in the longitudinal direction, a first wire mesh, and a first reinforcing plate that reinforces the end of the first wire mesh. A plate-shaped bucket body composed of a cylindrical bucket body, a bucket body connected to the bucket body via a hinge, and a second wire mesh and a second reinforcing plate for reinforcing the end of the second wire mesh. A bucket lid, and the bucket lid is a noodle device bucket that is closed with a tension spring that connects the side of the bucket body and the end of the bucket lid, and the hinge has the first reinforcing plate folded back A first rotating shaft holding portion formed in a cylindrical shape, a second rotating shaft holding portion formed in a tubular shape by folding the second reinforcing plate, a first rotating shaft holding portion, the rotation axis of the rod-like penetrating the second rotary shaft holding portions alternately, consists, first The reinforcing plate sandwiches the first wire mesh with a plate folded in the vicinity of the first rotating shaft holding portion, and the tip portion of the folded first reinforcing plate is cut at a position where the second rotating shaft holding portion is located. The two reinforcing plates folded by spot welding are combined, and the second reinforcing plate sandwiches the second wire mesh with the folded plate in the vicinity of the second rotating shaft holding portion, and the first rotating shaft holding portion At a certain position, the tip of the folded second reinforcing plate is cut, and both the reinforcing plates folded by spot welding are combined .

With the above configuration, in the boiled noodle device bucket, the first rotating shaft holding portion and the second rotating shaft holding portion that hold the rotating shaft are continuous as part of the first reinforcing plate and the second reinforcing plate, respectively. Therefore, the structure of the hinge can be simplified, the durability can be improved, and the dirt can be hardly fixed. Further, the plate end portions of the first reinforcing plate and the second reinforcing plate are not exposed, the hinge structure can be simplified, the durability can be improved, and the dirt can be hardly fixed.

  Further, the boiled noodle device bucket has a first rotating shaft holding portion and a second rotating shaft holding portion that are spaced apart from the first metal mesh and the mesh width of the second metal mesh by the rotation shaft. On the other hand, they are preferably parallel to each other. Thereby, the space | interval of a 1st rotating shaft holding | maintenance part and a 2nd rotating shaft holding | maintenance part can be made into the minimum, and dirt can be made hard to adhere.

  As described above, according to the boiled noodle device bucket according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a boiled noodle device bucket that has a simple hinge structure to improve durability and is less likely to be soiled.

It is a perspective view showing a schematic structure of one embodiment of a bucket for boiled noodles according to the present invention. It is a side view of the bucket for boiled noodle devices of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the detail of the part of a hinge.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a boiled noodle device bucket according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of one embodiment of a boiled noodle device bucket 1 according to the present invention. The boiled noodle device bucket 1 has a cylindrical bucket body 2 having an opening 9 on the upper surface in the longitudinal direction and comprising a first wire mesh 7 and a first reinforcing plate 5 that reinforces the end of the first wire mesh 7; In addition, the bucket main body 2 is connected to the bucket main body 2 via a hinge 4 and includes a plate-like bucket lid 3 including a second wire mesh 8 and a second reinforcing plate 6 that reinforces an end of the second wire mesh 8. The bucket lid 3 closes the opening 9 of the bucket body 2 by a tension spring 21 (see FIG. 2B) in which the side surface 17 of the bucket body 2 and the lid end portion 23 of the bucket lid 3 are coupled. In this embodiment, although the components which comprise the bucket main body 2 and the bucket cover 3 including the 1st metal mesh 7 and the 2nd metal mesh 8 are stainless steel, it is not restricted to it.

  The inside of the bucket body 2 is divided into a plurality of chambers 16 by a partition plate 15, and a lump of raw noodles is put into each chamber 16 one by one. The upper part of the partition plate 15 is divided into two plates in a V shape, and is formed into a Y shape as a whole and connected to the bucket body 2. By adopting this shape, boiled noodles are easily separated into each chamber 16. In the present embodiment, the number of chambers 16 is four, but is not limited to this number.

  FIG. 2 is a side view of the boiled noodle device bucket 1 shown in FIG. 2A shows the case where the bucket lid 3 is opened, and FIG. 2B shows the case where the bucket lid 3 is closed. The bucket body 2 is attached with a side surface 17 which is a stainless steel plate and is formed in an unequal side octagon. Spring mounting hardware 14 a made of stainless steel round steel is attached to the upper part of both ends of the bucket lid 3. Moreover, the side surface 17 of the bucket main body 2 is made of a stainless steel plate, and the connection hardware 19 is attached to the side surface 17 by welding. Furthermore, a spring mounting hardware 14b made of stainless steel round steel is attached to the connection hardware 19. These spring mounting hardware 14a and 14b are provided with constricted portions 18a and 18b, respectively, in which the diameter of the intermediate portion of the round steel is reduced. The ends of the tension springs 21 surrounded by the metal protection pipe 13 are connected to the constricted portion 18a and the constricted portion 18b.

  The tension spring 21 is mounted so as to hold the state when the bucket lid 3 is closed and to maintain the state even when the bucket lid 3 is opened. The tension springs 21 may be provided at both ends of the bucket body 2 and the bucket lid 3. In this embodiment, the tension spring 21 is a coil wound spring, but other elastic bodies may be used.

  FIG. 3 shows details of the hinge 4 portion. The hinge 4 includes a first rotating shaft holding portion 11 formed in a ring shape by folding the first reinforcing plate 5 and a second rotating shaft holding portion 12 formed in a ring shape by folding the second reinforcing plate 6. And a rod-shaped rotating shaft 10 that alternately passes through the first rotating shaft holding portion 11 and the second rotating shaft holding portion 12.

  This 1st reinforcement board 5 is piled up on two sheets, and inserts the 1st metal-mesh 7 between them. And in the 1st rotating shaft holding | maintenance part 11, the turned-back part is expanded cylindrically, the rotating shaft 10 penetrates, and in the position with the 2nd rotating shaft holding | maintenance part 12, the folded-back 1st reinforcement board 5 is provided. The tip is cut. Similarly, the 2nd reinforcement board 6 is piled up on two sheets, and inserts the 2nd metal mesh 8 between them. And in the 2nd rotating shaft holding | maintenance part 12, the turned-back part is expanded cylindrically, the rotating shaft 10 penetrates, and in the position with the 1st rotating shaft holding | maintenance part 11, the folded-back 2nd reinforcement board 6 is provided. The tip is cut.

  Thus, the first rotating shaft holding unit 11 and the second rotating shaft holding unit 12 alternately penetrate the rotating shaft 10. The first reinforcing plate 5 sandwiching the first metal mesh 7 and the second reinforcing plate 6 sandwiching the second metal mesh 8 are fixed by spot welding 20. As a result, the plate end portions of the first reinforcing plate and the second reinforcing plate are not exposed, the configuration of the hinge 4 is simplified, the durability is improved, and the dirt can be hardly fixed.

  The first rotating shaft holding unit 11 and the second rotating shaft holding unit 12 are arranged in parallel with the rotating shaft 10 with an interval 22 narrower than the mesh width of the first wire mesh 7 and the second wire mesh 8. . That is, although the 1st rotating shaft holding | maintenance part 11 and the 2nd rotating shaft holding | maintenance part 12 mutually adjoin, the space | interval can be narrowed to the clearance grade. Thereby, the space | interval of the 1st rotating shaft holding | maintenance part 11 and the 2nd rotating shaft holding | maintenance part 12 can be minimized, and it can make it difficult to adhere dirt.

  1 Boiled noodle device bucket, 2 bucket body, 3 bucket lid, 4 hinges, 5 first reinforcing plate, 6 second reinforcing plate, 7 first wire mesh, 8 second wire mesh, 9 opening, 10 rotating shaft, 11 first Rotating shaft holding part, 12 Second rotating shaft holding part, 13 Metal protective pipe, 14a, 14b Spring mounting hardware, 15 Partition plate, 16 chambers, 17 side, 18a, 18b Constricted part, 19 Connection hardware, 20 Spot welding, 21 Tension spring, 22 gap, 23 lid end.

Claims (2)

A cylindrical bucket body having an opening on the upper surface in the longitudinal direction and composed of a first wire mesh and a first reinforcing plate that reinforces an end of the first wire mesh, via the bucket body and a hinge A plate-like bucket lid that is connected and includes a second wire mesh and a second reinforcing plate that reinforces an end of the second wire mesh, and the bucket lid includes a side surface of the bucket body and In the bucket for the noodle device, which closes the opening of the bucket body with a tension spring connected to the end,
The hinge includes a first rotating shaft holding portion formed in a cylindrical shape by folding the first reinforcing plate, and a second rotating shaft holding portion formed in a tubular shape by folding the second reinforcing plate. A rod-shaped rotating shaft that alternately passes through the first rotating shaft holding portion and the second rotating shaft holding portion,
The first reinforcing plate sandwiches the first wire mesh with a plate folded in the vicinity of the first rotating shaft holding portion, and the tip portion of the first reinforcing plate folded at a position where the second rotating shaft holding portion is located Is cut, and both reinforcing plates folded by spot welding are combined,
The second reinforcing plate sandwiches the second wire mesh with a plate folded in the vicinity of the second rotating shaft holding portion, and the tip of the second reinforcing plate folded at a position where the first rotating shaft holding portion is located The boiled noodle device bucket is characterized in that both of the reinforcing plates which are cut by spot welding are joined together . The boiled noodle device bucket according to claim 1, wherein the first rotating shaft holding portion and the second rotating shaft holding portion have a space narrower than the mesh width of the first wire mesh and the second wire mesh. A boiled noodle device bucket, characterized in that the bucket is arranged in parallel to the rotation axis .

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