JP5667889B2 - Noodle wire lump loosening device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a noodle strand lump unwinding device that enables good unraveling of noodle strands after steamed noodles or boiled noodles are cut to a predetermined length.

  In a mass production line for instant noodles, two noodles that are dried by folding the noodle strands into two pieces, and a noodle strand that is bonded to the noodle strands to loosen the bundles and dried. There are two types of noodles, but each of these two folded noodles and unhulled noodles has their merits and demerits.

  Two-fold noodles can be dried by folding the noodle strings in two, so that the production speed can be increased, but the looseness during cooking is poor. Moreover, unraveling noodles are better in terms of unraveling during cooking than 2-fold noodles, but their production speed is slow.

  In the loosening noodle manufacturing apparatus, for example, as disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 3, the loosening step is a pretreatment step of a drying step such as fried drying treatment, hot air drying treatment, microwave drying treatment or the like in the noodle production step. Is provided. In this loosening step, the noodle strings that have been kneaded, rolled, cut, steamed or boiled are cut into a predetermined length, and then the adhesion between the noodle strings is forcibly loosened.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-1101855 Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 54-44742 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 47-42553

  In Patent Document 1, a rotary unraveling machine used in the post-unwinding process of the noodle strings is disclosed, but the structure of the rotating unraveling machine is limited to the description of the two blades rotating at high speed.

  In Patent Documents 2 and 3, an apparatus using a rotating noodle is used as an instant noodle loosening apparatus. As shown in FIG. 14, the noodles 2 arranged in a comb-teeth shape composed of a plurality of rods rotated by the rotating shaft 1 are added with water, and the noodle strands falling from the upper inlet 3 are added. It is struck against the wall. However, the wall surface 4 connected to the insertion port 3 is a vertical surface, and an arc-shaped inner wall 5 extending downward from the same height position as the rotary shaft 1 is formed. The loosening action is performed between the two.

  Although the noodle string 2 hits the noodle wire lump downward with the inner wall 5 and squeezes it, the noodle wire lump easily moves downward, so it passes through the inner wall 5 in a short time, and the noodle wire lump is effective. It is not enough to relax.

  Moreover, since the noodles 2 are long sticks, the noodle strings may fall into the gaps or the noodles may get entangled with the noodles 2.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a noodle string lump unwinding device for solving the above-described problems and obtaining a noodle string having better looseness.

In order to achieve the above object, the noodle strand lump unrolling device according to the present invention has an inlet at the top of the casing and a discharge outlet below the inlet, and rotates into the casing below the inlet. A rotating drum whose shaft is oriented horizontally is driven by a driving means , a loosening member is provided on the surface of the rotating drum in one or more directions in a radial direction, and an inner wall of the casing is provided with an unwinding member. from the same height position as the center toward the inlet of the upper, against the rotating circle tip of the loosening member draw, detangling surface provided with a reduced clearance in proximity causes substantially parallel, the center of the rotating drum and 45 ° to 90 ° detangling angle α with said loosening surfaces centered on the loosening member by rotation of said rotary drum in loosening surface begins the inserted noodle mass from above near the inlet from the inlet And wherein the loosening against me by.

  According to the noodle strand lump device according to the present invention, the noodle strands after the steamed noodles or boiled noodles are cut to a predetermined length are forcibly loosened by the loosening member and the loosening surface, and a noodle strand having a good loosening condition is obtained. Can do.

1 is a perspective view of main parts of Example 1. FIG. It is sectional drawing. It is an operation explanatory view. It is a photograph of the noodle strands before unraveling. It is a photograph of the noodle strand after unraveling. It is explanatory drawing of the unraveling phenomenon in case there is no unraveling surface. It is explanatory drawing of the unraveling phenomenon in case there exists a unraveling surface. It is sectional drawing at the time of changing the loosening angle of a loosening surface. It is sectional drawing of the modification of an inner wall. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a main part of Example 2. FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a main part of Example 3. 6 is a sectional view of Example 4. FIG. It is an operation explanatory view. It is sectional drawing of the conventional noodle strand lump loosening apparatus.

  The present invention will be described in detail based on the embodiment shown in FIGS.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an essential part of the noodle loosening device of Example 1, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view. A loosening process is provided between the steaming process and the drying process of the noodle manufacturing process. In the noodle unraveling apparatus used in this unraveling step, a rotating drum 12 driven by a driving means such as an electric motor (not shown) is arranged at the center of a metal casing 11 with its central shaft portion 12a oriented in the horizontal direction. It is installed. On the surface of the rotating drum 12, a plurality of short lengths made of metal rods are used as a loosening member, for example, in two directions or two rows that are orthogonal to the axial direction, that is, radially opposite to the rotating drum 12. The loosening projections 13 are arranged and fixed in a comb shape. These loosening projections 13 are provided with their tips 13a inclined to the rear with respect to the rotational direction.

  The interior of the rotating drum 12 supported by the shaft portion 12a is hollow, and an electric motor is connected to the shaft portion 12a. The rotating drum 12 is configured to rotate counterclockwise in FIGS. The loosening protrusion 13 is a round bar having a diameter of 8 mm, for example, and the tip 13a of the loosening protrusion 13 is hemispherical. Further, the loosening protrusions 13 are arranged with an interval approximately equal to their diameter, for example, but the loosening protrusions 13 protruding in two directions are not fixed at the same length position of the rotary drum 12, You may make it arrange | position the loosening protrusion 13 of the other side in the clearance gap position of the loosening protrusion 13 of the side.

  In the housing 11, a concentric circle having a diameter larger than the rotation circle through which the tip 13a of the loosening projection 13 passes and an inner wall 14 having a circular arc shape with a curvature radius of, for example, 9 cm is provided. In addition, a noodle string lump inlet 15 is provided at the upper center of the housing 11, and an outlet 16 is provided at the lower part. The width | variety of the housing | casing 11 can be changed corresponding to the width | variety of a noodle string production line, for example, is set to about several 10 cm-1m, and the width | variety of the inlet 15 and the outlet 16 is also made comparable.

  With the rotation of the rotary drum 12, the loosening projection 13 rotates at a high speed in the counterclockwise direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. 2, and the tip 13 a of the loosening projection 13 moves close to the inner wall 14. The inner wall 14 between the horizontal position h at the same height as the center of the shaft portion 12a of the rotary drum 12 and the lower end 15a of the insertion port 15 is parallel to the rotation circle drawn by the tip 13a of the unwinding projection 13 and has a small clearance. An arc-shaped loosening surface 17 is provided.

  When the noodle string lump in the previous step composed of steamed noodles or strawberry noodles, or the noodle string lump that becomes a lump at the boundary where the inlet 15 and the loosening surface 17 coincide, passes near the entrance 17a of the loosening surface 17 Further, it is effectively loosened by the loosening protrusion 13. The inlet 17a of the loosening surface 17, which is the lower end 15a of the charging port 15 that is the boundary between the charging port 15 and the loosening surface 17, is not square so that the noodle strands are not cut by the pressure of the loosening projections 13. It is preferable to form so as to be slightly rounded.

  The loosening surface 17 is a surface that is formed above the inner wall 14 and covers the inside, and in particular, the vicinity of the inlet 17a is a portion necessary for effectively loosening the noodle strings. As shown in FIG. 3, the noodle strip lump N that has been fed into the housing 11 from the slot 15 is fed in the counterclockwise direction by the loosening projection 13 that accompanies the rotation of the rotary drum 12 along with the mixing of water. It reaches near the entrance 17a of the surface 17. The loosening surface 17 and the loosening projection 13 are close to each other, and the clearance between them is made small, and the noodle strings N are mainly loosened by the hitting operation repeated at high speed by the loosening projection 13 in the process of being forced to be sent into this narrow space. It is.

  While the noodle string lump N exists in the vicinity of the entrance 17a of the loosening surface 17, the tip 13a of the loosening protrusion 13 is alternately repeated ten times to several tens of times with respect to the noodle string lump N The noodle string lump N is unraveled in place of the unraveling protrusions 13 without being cut.

  4 is a photograph of the noodle string lump N before being put into the loosening device, and FIG. 5 is a photograph of the noodle string lump N discharged from the loosening device. A bundle of a plurality of noodle strings bonded together can be seen in the noodle string lump N before unraveling, but after unraveling, the bundle is reduced and a unraveling effect is produced.

  The clearance between the loosening surface 17 and the loosening protrusion 13 is preferably about 4 to 5 mm in order to make the loosening effect more effective. The smaller the clearance is, the more resistance is obtained to hold the noodle strands N near the entrance 17a of the loosening surface 17, but if it is too small, the noodle strands N will be damaged or the loosening projections 13 will come into contact with the loosening surface 17. There is a risk of doing. Also, as a matter of course, if this clearance is made too large, such as 10, 20 mm, it is impossible to give resistance to the noodle strands N, and the noodle strands N will pass through the loosening surface 17 in a short time. Become.

  Tables 1 and 2 are data of a comparative test of the degree of loosening with and without the loosening surface 17. The data with the unraveling surface 17 is obtained by the apparatus having the two rows of unraveling projections 13 shown in FIG. Is obtained by the conventional apparatus shown in FIG.

  In order to obtain steamed noodles, the raw material of 900 g of wheat flour and 100 g of potato starch was kneaded and rolled with 3 g of sodium carbonate and 10 g of sodium chloride dissolved in 330 ml of water, cutting edge No. 20, noodle thickness 1 A 2 mm noodle string was cut out, wave-formed on the noodle string, and continuously steamed. Thereafter, 30 ml of fresh water was sprinkled with 100 ml of a steamed noodle strand of 100 g weight cut to a length of about 60 cm, and then poured into a noodle loosening apparatus, and each of the 20 passage tests was performed. The time was measured with a stopwatch.

  The rotational speed of the rotating body was 1000 rpm (rotation / min). In the following evaluations of looseness, ◎ is very good, ◯ is good, Δ is normal, and x is bad.

Table 1 Time (seconds) until the noodle string lump is discharged and the nature of the loosening test number No unraveling surface With unraveling surface
1 0.54 0.78
2 0.52 0.79
3 0.53 0.80
4 0.51 0.79
5 0.51 0.82
6 0.52 0.82
7 0.49 0.81
8 0.5 0.78
9 0.54 0.79
10 0.51 0.83
11 0.53 0.82
12 0.49 0.83
13 0.48 0.80
14 0.48 0.81
15 0.51 0.79
16 0.52 0.78
17 0.49 0.82
18 0.52 0.81
19 0.52 0.81
20 0.52 0.79
Average 0.512 0.804
Looseness △ ◎

Table 2 Time (seconds) required for the steamed noodle mass to disappear from the inlet 15
Number of tests No unraveling surface With unraveling surface
1 0.31 0.62
2 0.32 0.62
3 0.31 0.63
4 0.32 0.61
5 0.30 0.62
6 0.30 0.60
7 0.29 0.60
8 0.31 0.62
9 0.30 0.61
10 0.29 0.62
11 0.28 0.61
12 0.31 0.63
13 0.32 0.63
14 0.32 0.61
15 0.30 0.59
16 0.29 0.62
17 0.35 0.61
18 0.31 0.63
19 0.30 0.62
20 0.32 0.60
Average 0.308 0.615

  From the results of Tables 1 and 2, the effect of the loosening surface 17 can be determined by time. That is, most of the time is the time during which the noodle string lump N stays at the upper part of the inner wall 5 in FIG. 14 when there is no unraveling surface, and when there is the unraveling surface 17, as shown in FIG. This is the time during which the mass N stays near the entrance of the loosening surface 17. Therefore, the magnitude of the resistance received by the noodle strings N can be expressed by time, and the difference in time becomes the difference in the unraveling effect of the noodles. In either case of Table 1 or Table 2, it is shown that the time when the loosening surface 17 is provided is longer, and the action time of the loosening protrusion 13 on the noodle string lump N is longer.

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the unraveling phenomenon in the conventional apparatus of FIG. The conventional unraveling apparatus is configured such that when the noodle strands are introduced from the noodle entrance 3, the direction of gravity of the noodle strands N themselves and the noodles 2 at the upper position of the arc surface of the inner wall 5 where unraveling is performed. The vector directions of the force applied to the noodle strings N are both directed downward. That is, in the conventional example, the force in the same direction as the drop direction of the noodle strands N is given by the noodles 2, so that the noodle strands N easily pass through the inner wall 5 and stay near the entrance of the inner wall 5. Less time to do.

  On the other hand, in the noodle string lump loosening device of the present embodiment, when the noodle string lump N is introduced from the insertion port 15 as shown in FIG. Is the horizontal direction, which is different from the direction of gravity of the noodle strings N itself, that is, the falling direction. Due to the difference in the direction of the force, not only the force in the dropping direction but also the horizontal force is applied to the noodle strands N, and the time for the noodle strands N to stay in the vicinity of the entrance 17a of the loosening surface 17 increases. . During this time, the loosening projection 13 can cooperate with the loosening surface 17 to continuously give the noodle strands N the action of hitting and combing.

  As described above, in the first embodiment, by reducing the clearance between the loosening surface 17 and the loosening projection 13, the noodle strings N are forced to loosen by the loosening projection 13 in the process of entering the narrow space. The noodle strands N are effectively loosened.

  The position on the inner wall 14 where the inlet 17a of the loosening surface 17 is installed is important in view of the action of the loosening protrusions 13 on the noodle strings. A loosening effect can be obtained by providing the loosening surface 17 upstream of the height position h of the inner wall 14, and the resistance to loosen the noodle strings can be increased as the loosening surface 17 is provided further upstream. . However, even if a loosening surface is provided below the height position h of the inner wall 14 as in the conventional example, the noodle strands pass in a short time, and sufficient resistance for obtaining a loosening effect cannot be obtained. .

  Tables 3 and 4 show the unraveling effect due to the difference in the location of the unraveling surface 17. The test method was the same as the previous experiment, and the test was performed by changing the unwinding angle α of the unwinding surface 17. 8A to 8C show the difference in the unwinding angle α of the unwinding surface 17 by changing the position of the insertion port 15, and the same height position on the horizontal axis passing through the shaft portion 12 a of the rotating drum 12. The angle from h to the lower end 15a of the insertion port 15, that is, the inlet 17a of the loosening surface 17, is defined as a loosening angle α. FIG. 8D shows a loosening device equivalent to the conventional example that does not have the loosening surface 17, and the loosening angle α is 0 °.

Table 3 Time (seconds) until the steamed noodle chunks are discharged and the properties of the looseness
Loose angle α
Number of tests 0 ° 45 ° 60 ° 90 °
1 0.54 0.63 0.68 0.78
2 0.52 0.61 0.65 0.79
3 0.53 0.62 0.68 0.80
4 0.51 0.65 0.67 0.79
5 0.51 0.64 0.69 0.82
6 0.52 0.63 0.70 0.82
7 0.49 0.65 0.71 0.81
8 0.50 0.67 0.68 0.78
9 0.54 0.64 0.67 0.79
10 0.51 0.61 0.68 0.83
11 0.53 0.62 0.68 0.82
12 0.49 0.62 0.69 0.83
13 0.48 0.61 0.71 0.80
14 0.48 0.65 0.69 0.81
15 0.51 0.62 0.68 0.79
16 0.52 0.64 0.72 0.78
17 0.49 0.65 0.69 0.82
18 0.52 0.61 0.68 0.81
19 0.52 0.62 0.68 0.81
20 0.52 0.64 0.70 0.79
Average 0.512 0.632 0.687 0.804
Looseness △ ○ ◎ ◎

Table 4 Time until the steamed noodle mass is no longer visible from the inlet (seconds)
Loose angle α
Number of tests 0 ° 45 ° 60 ° 90 °
1 0.31 0.39 0.49 0.62
2 0.32 0.40 0.48 0.62
3 0.31 0.41 0.49 0.63
4 0.32 0.39 0.49 0.61
5 0.30 0.40 0.50 0.62
6 0.30 0.39 0.49 0.60
7 0.29 0.39 0.47 0.60
8 0.31 0.40 0.48 0.62
9 0.30 0.40 0.50 0.61
10 0.29 0.41 0.49 0.62
11 0.28 0.39 0.49 0.61
12 0.31 0.41 0.50 0.63
13 0.32 0.39 0.48 0.63
14 0.32 0.39 0.49 0.61
15 0.30 0.40 0.47 0.59
16 0.29 0.39 0.49 0.62
17 0.35 0.39 0.48 0.61
18 0.31 0.40 0.48 0.63
19 0.30 0.38 0.47 0.62
20 0.32 0.41 0.50 0.60
Average 0.308 0.397 0.487 0.615

  From Tables 3 and 4, it can be seen that as the unwinding angle α of the unwinding surface 17 increases, the time for unwinding the noodle strings near the entrance 17a of the unwinding surface 17, that is, the unwinding time becomes longer, and the unraveling effect is greater. This is because the direction of the force applied to the noodle strips of the loosening projection 13 described in FIG. 7 is more horizontal as the loosening angle α is larger, and the residence time of the noodle strands is longer.

  As the most upstream of the unwinding surface 17, it can be considered that the position at which the tip 13a of the unwinding projection 13 is directly above, that is, when the unwinding angle α is 90 ° is almost maximum. If it is further upstream, the vector direction of the force applied to the noodle strands of the loosening projection 13 will be directed upward, so that the noodle strands may jump upward and jump out of the inlet 15. This is not realistic.

  Table 5 shows the relationship between the number of rotations of the rotating drum 12 and the degree of loosening. The test method was the same as in the previous experiment, and the test was performed with the unwinding angle α of the unwinding surface 17 being 90 °.

Table 5 Properties of loosening relative to the rotational speed of the rotating drum 12 rpm 100 300 500 800 1000 1200 1500
Looseness × × × ○ ◎ ◎ ◎

  From the results of Table 5, the rotational speed of the rotary drum 12 is preferably 800 rpm or more, and it is shown that the more the number of times the loosening protrusions 13 act on the noodle string lump, the better the loosening condition.

  FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of a modified example of the inner wall 14. A circular arc surface below the horizontal position h of the inner wall 14 is omitted. This lower circular arc surface is used as a loosening surface in the conventional example and does not have no loosening effect. However, if the loosening surface 17 is provided upward as in the embodiment, there is almost no effect, and the upward loosening surface 17 If it exists, it is enough.

  Furthermore, in order to effectively loosen the noodle strings, a better unraveling effect can be obtained by adjusting the clearance of the loosening protrusion 13 with respect to the loosening surface 17 or by applying a device to the protrusion 13 so as to scratch the noodle strings. can get. For example, rather than a simple round bar, it is preferable to devise so as to provide unevenness at the tip.

  In the first embodiment, the loosening protrusions 13 protrude from the rotating drum 12 in two directions, that is, in two rows. However, the unwinding protrusions 13 may be arranged in one direction or in three or more directions divided at equal angles with respect to the rotating drum 12. It may be provided in the direction. However, since this number is also related to the number of rotations of the rotary drum 12, it may be selected appropriately.

  Furthermore, in order to give a larger resistance to the noodle strands, an uneven portion such as embossing is provided on the loosening surface 17, or a minute protrusion is provided in a wave shape in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the noodle strands on the loosening surface 17. Is also suitable.

  FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a main part of the second embodiment. As a loosening member, two plate-like loosening plates 18 are fixed to the rotary drum 12, and the loosening plate 18 has a tip 18a at the rear in the rotational direction. It is preferably bent so as to swell in the direction and the rotational direction.

  In this case, it is preferable that the tip 18a of the loosening plate 18 has a semicircular cross section so as not to damage the noodle strings. It is also effective to appropriately provide ventilation holes 18b in the loosening plate 18 in order to reduce the generation of wind.

  The loosening plate 18 of Example 2 does not have the effect of combing the noodle strands compared with the loosening projections 13, but in loosening the noodle strands near the tip 18 a of the loosening plate 18 and the inlet 17 a of the loosening surface 17. The same effect can be obtained, and it can be said that there is no gap like the loosening projection 13, and the loosening effect is correspondingly larger.

  FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a main part of the third embodiment. In the third embodiment, two rows of loosening projections 19 are formed on the surface of the rotary drum 12 as a loosening member, and the top portion is circular in cross section. . In the third embodiment, substantially the same effect as in the second embodiment can be obtained.

  FIG. 12 shows a sectional view of the fourth embodiment. In the fourth embodiment, a preliminary unwinding surface 20 is provided between the lower end 15 a of the charging port 15 and the inlet 17 a of the unwinding surface 17. The preliminary loosening surface 20 has an arc shape and has a clearance larger than the clearance between the inlet 17a of the loosening surface 17 and the tip 13a of the loosening projection 13. The unwinding angle α of the unwinding surface 17 is about 60 °. The unwinding angle α can be changed as appropriate within a range in which the effect as in the first embodiment can be obtained.

  In the fourth embodiment, the noodle string lump or the noodle strings thrown in from the insertion port 15 is also struck by the loosening projection 13 on the preliminary loosening surface 20 and preliminarily loosened. Further, as shown in FIG. 13, the noodle strings N are loosened by a hitting operation repeated at high speed by the loosening projections 13 in a narrow space near the entrance 17 a of the loosening surface 17.

  The preliminary unwinding surface 20 can also be applied to the second and third embodiments. In the present specification, the rotary drum 12 is not limited to a cylindrical cross section, and may include an elliptical cross section or a rectangular cylinder, and may not be a cylinder. And when it is set as an ellipse or a rectangular tube shape, the top part can be used as a loosening member, or a loosening member can also be provided in a top part.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the arc surface of the loosening surface 17 is concentric with the rotation circle drawn by the loosening protrusion 13, the loosening plate 18, and the distal ends 13 a, 18 a, and 19 a of the loosening ridge 19 that are the loosening members. . However, these do not necessarily have to be concentric circles, and the noodle strings are mainly loosened in the vicinity of the inlet 17a of the loosening surface 17 by the clearance from the tip of the loosening member. It is sufficient that the clearance is sufficient. Therefore, in the lower part of the loosening surface 17, a gap is sufficiently widened with respect to the loosening member, and the arc surface of the loosening surface 17 may be eccentric with respect to the rotation circle drawn by the tip of the loosening member.

  Furthermore, the loosening surface 17 and the preliminary loosening surface 20 do not necessarily need to be arcuate surfaces, as long as a certain distance is maintained between the loosening members.

  The inner wall 14 on the opposite side of the loosening surface 17 does not need to be arc-shaped, and it only has to cover the inside of the housing 11 to such an extent that the loosened noodle strings do not jump out.

  Further, the loosening members can be randomly arranged on the surface of the rotary drum 12 without being arranged in a row as in the above-described embodiment. However, it is preferable that the number of loosening protrusions 13 is two, for example, with respect to one rotation direction so that the number of hits on the noodle strings is not different depending on the longitudinal position of the rotary drum 12.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Housing | casing 12 Rotating drum 13 Unraveling protrusion 14 Inner wall 15 Input port 16 Outlet port 17 Unraveling surface 18 Unraveling plate 19 Unraveling protrusion 20 Preliminary unraveling surface

Claims (11)

Having an inlet at the top of the housing and an outlet below the inlet;
A rotating drum whose rotating shaft is horizontally oriented and is driven by driving means is disposed in the housing below the charging port,
A loosening member is provided on the surface of the rotating drum in one or a plurality of directions in a radial direction,
The direction from the center the same height as the position of the rotary drum above the inlet to the inner wall of the housing, against the rotating circle tip of the loosening member draw was smaller clearance adjacent causes substantially parallel A loosening surface,
The unwinding angle α of the unwinding surface around the center of the rotating drum is 45 ° to 90 °,
The noodle mass, characterized in that the loosening pushing me by the loosening member by rotation of said rotary drum noodles mass inserted from insertion slot in loosening plane starting from the top near the inlet loosening device.   The noodle strand lump loosening device according to claim 1, wherein an inlet of the loosening surface coincides with a lower end of the charging port.   2. The noodle strand lump loosening device according to claim 1, wherein a preliminary loosening surface is provided between the loosening surface and the charging port.   The noodle strand lump loosening device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the loosening surface is an arc surface.   5. The noodle strand lump loosening device according to claim 4, wherein the arc surface of the loosening surface is concentric with a rotating circle through which a tip of the loosening member passes.   The noodle strand lump loosening device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the loosening member is provided in a plurality of directions divided at equal angles with respect to the rotating drum.   The noodle strand lump loosening device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a tip of the loosening member has a semicircular cross section.   The noodle strand lump loosening device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the loosening member is bent so as to swell in a rotating direction.   The said loosening member has arranged the loosening protrusion which consists of a some round bar in the comb-tooth shape along the axial direction in the surface of the said rotating drum, The Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned. Noodle strand lump device.   The noodle strand lump loosening device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the loosening member is a plate-like loosening plate formed along the axial direction on the surface of the rotating drum. .   The noodle strand lump loosening device according to claim 1, wherein the loosening member is a loosening ridge formed along an axial direction on a surface of the rotating drum.