JP6899569B1 - Noodle boiling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a noodle boiling device capable of semi-automatically boiling noodles and semi-automatically draining noodles without damaging the noodles. SOLUTION: The noodle boiling device includes a noodle cage in which one or a plurality of holes are formed on the surface thereof to accommodate noodles, a hot water tank 112 for storing hot water, and the like. A first noodle boiled portion 110 having a heating device 114 for heating the hot water in the hot water tank, a noodle feeding portion 120 for introducing a noodle cage into the noodle boiled portion, and a convex portion engaged with the hole portion. It has a plate portion and a rotation drive unit that rotates the first plate portion, and by rotating the noodle cage with the hole portion engaged with the convex portion, the noodles housed in the noodle cage are hot water. The first hot water draining section 130 to cut, the noodle taking out section 140 to take out the noodle holder containing the noodles drained in the hot water draining section, and the first method of moving the noodle cage from the boiling noodle section to the hot water draining section. A noodle boiling device having a moving mechanism 150 and a second moving mechanism for moving the noodle cage from the hot water draining section to the noodle taking-out section. [Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

The present invention relates to a noodle boiling device for boiling noodles such as ramen, udon, buckwheat, and pasta.

For example, in restaurants such as ramen shops that provide noodles, conventionally, a net-like boiled basket containing noodles is put into a bathtub, and the boiled basket is manually picked up from the bathtub at the time of boiling. Therefore, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses an automatic boiling machine that automatically picks up a boiled basket from the inside of the hot water tank at a predetermined time after putting the boiled basket into the hot water tank.

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However, in the method of Patent Document 1, it is necessary to manually boil the boiled noodles. In addition, when the noodles are drained with a net-like boiled basket, the noodles may be damaged and the flavor of the noodles may be impaired.

The present invention has been proposed in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is that, in one aspect,
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a noodle boiling device capable of semi-automatically boiling noodles and semi-automatically draining the noodles without damaging the noodles.

It is a noodle boiling device, and the noodle boiling device is
A noodle cage with one or more holes formed on the surface to accommodate noodles.
A noodle boiling section having a hot water tank for storing hot water and a heating device for heating the hot water in the hot water tank.
A noodle input section that introduces the noodle cage into the noodle boiled section,
It has a first dish portion formed with a convex portion that engages with the hole portion, and a rotation driving portion that rotates the first dish portion, and the hole portion is engaged with the convex portion. A hot water draining portion that drains the noodles housed in the noodle holder by rotating the noodle holder, and a hot water draining portion.
A noodle take-out part for taking out the noodle holder containing the noodles drained in the hot water draining part, and a noodle taking-out part.
A first moving mechanism for moving the noodle cage from the noodle boiled portion to the hot water draining portion, and
A second moving mechanism for moving the noodle cage from the hot water draining part to the noodle taking-out part, and
Has a noodle boiling device.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, on one aspect, it is possible to provide a noodle boiling device capable of semi-automatically boiling noodles and semi-automatically draining the noodles without damaging the noodles.

It is an overall schematic perspective view of an example of the noodle boiling apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is the schematic whole view of the example of the noodle cage to put into the noodle boiling apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is a schematic side view of an example of the noodle boiled part which concerns on this embodiment. It is a schematic side view of an example of the noodle feeding part which concerns on this embodiment.

Hereinafter, the noodle boiling device according to the present embodiment will be described in detail.

(Outline overall configuration of the noodle boiling device)
FIG. 1 shows an overall schematic perspective view of an example of the noodle boiling device according to the present embodiment. Further, FIG. 2 shows a schematic overall view of an example of a noodle cage to be put into the noodle boiling device according to the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the noodle boiling device 100 according to the present embodiment, a hot water tank 112 for boiling noodles held in a noodle cage 200 (see FIG. 2) configured to hold noodles such as ramen is arranged. It has a noodle boiled portion 110 and a heating portion 114 which is arranged under, for example, the noodle boiled portion 110 and is configured to be able to heat the noodle boiled portion 110.

Further, the noodle boiling device 100 according to the present embodiment is charged into the noodle feeding unit 120 and the noodle boiling unit 110, which are configured so that the noodle cage 200 can be charged into the noodle boiling unit 10 from the outside of the noodle boiling device 100. After the noodles in the noodle holder 200 are boiled, the noodle holder 200 is rotated to drain the noodles in the noodle holder 200, and the noodle holder 130 holds the noodles in the hot water. It has a noodle take-out unit 140, which is configured so that the vessel 200 can be taken out.

Further, the noodle boiling device 100 according to the present embodiment has a first moving mechanism 150 for moving the noodle cage 200 from the noodle boiling section 110 to the hot water draining section 130, and the noodle boiling section 130 to the noodle taking out section 140. It has a second moving mechanism 160 for moving the noodle holder 200, and a second moving mechanism 160.

Next, each component will be described in more detail.

(Noodle cage)
In the noodle boiling device 100 according to the present embodiment, the noodles are boiled and drained while being held in the noodle holder 200. First, a configuration example of the noodle cage 200 will be described with reference to FIG.

The noodle holder 200 has, for example, a spherical shape or a sub-spherical shape (for example, an elliptical spherical shape or a daruma shape), and has a size capable of accommodating a predetermined amount, for example, about 50 g to 300 g of dried noodles or raw noodles per serving. It is configured. By forming the noodle holder 200 into a daruma shape, for example, the noodle holder 200 can stand on its own after the noodles are drained.

Silicon is used as the material of the noodle holder 200, and the noodle holder 200 in which the noodles are held is submerged in hot water at a temperature at which the noodles are boiled before the noodles are boiled, and after the noodles are boiled, the noodles are boiled. It is preferable to adjust the thickness of the frame of the noodle holder 200 so that the noodles float in hot water at a boiling temperature. As a result, as will be described later, after the noodles have been boiled, the noodle cage 200 can be moved from the noodle boiled portion 110 to the hot water draining portion 130 by the first moving mechanism 150.

One or more holes 210 (holes) are formed on the outer circumference of the noodle holder 200. The outer peripheral shape of the hole 210 is not particularly limited, but in the example shown in FIG. 2, a cross shape is shown, and in addition, a known shape such as a circle or a star may be appropriately adopted. it can.

The number of holes 210 formed in the noodle holder 200 is not particularly limited, but is preferably as many as possible and formed over the entire outer circumference of the noodle holder 200. Specifically, the number of holes 210 formed in the noodle holder 200 can be 30 to 100 as an example. The plurality of hole portions 210 may be provided so as to be aligned at predetermined intervals, but as shown in FIG. 2, the plurality of hole portions 210 may be provided at random with each other.

The size of the hole 210 is sufficiently small so that the noodles housed in the noodle cage 200 do not come out through the hole 210. As a result, after the noodle holding portion 200 is moved to the hot water draining portion 130 by the first moving mechanism 150 described later, the noodles can be reliably drained without leaving the noodle holder 200.

The noodle cage 200 is preferably configured to be openable and closable so that the noodles can be stored inside. The opening / closing method is not particularly limited, but for example, when the noodle holder 200 is spherical, the two hemispherical lids can be configured to be engageable, and the noodle holder 200 can be configured to be openable / closable. ..

Next, the main configuration of the noodle boiling device 100 according to the present embodiment will be described in more detail.

(Boiled noodles 110)
The noodle boiling unit 110 in the noodle boiling device 100 according to the present embodiment plays a role of boiling the noodles held in the noodle holder 200.

The noodle boiling unit 110 includes a hot water tank 112 arranged inside the housing of the noodle boiling device 100, and a heating device 114 arranged, for example, at the lower part of the hot water tank 112.

FIG. 3 shows a schematic side view of an example of the noodle boiled portion according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the hot water tank 112 includes, for example, a box-shaped tank 112a having a rectangular opening that opens upward, and a lid portion 112b that can open and close the opening. In other words, the hot water tank 112 has a rectangular bottom surface portion, four side surface portions extending upward from the bottom surface portion, and a rectangular upper surface portion (lid portion) configured to be openable and closable. Then, the hot water or water introduced through the opening is stored in the hot water tank 112.

As shown in FIG. 3, the lid portion 112b of the bathtub 112 is inclined so as to be higher from one end side, for example, the front side 112a1 in FIG. 1, to the other end side, for example, the rear side 112a2 in FIG. It is preferable that it is configured to do so. As a result, when the noodles held in the noodle holder 200 are boiled, the noodle holder 200 that has risen to the surface of the hot water tank 112 is guided to the higher surface side by this inclination and buoyancy. Will be done. More specifically with reference to FIG. 3, the noodle holder 200a in which the noodles are held is designed so that the noodles are submerged in hot water (do not float in hot water) before being boiled. Then, as the noodles are boiled in hot water, the noodle holder 200b holding the noodles floats on the surface of the hot water as the specific gravity changes (see the upper arrow in FIG. 3). Then, the noodle cage 200c is guided to the rear surface side 112a2 side in the bathtub 112 by the inclination and buoyancy of the lid portion 112b (see the right arrow in FIG. 3). This facilitates the movement of the noodle cage 200 from the noodle boiling portion 110 to the hot water draining portion 130 via the first moving mechanism 150 described later.

The heating device 114 is not particularly limited as long as it can heat the hot water or water in the hot water tank 112, but is composed of, for example, an IH inverter, a gas burner, or the like.

(Noodle input section 120)
The noodle feeding section 120 plays a role of introducing the noodle cage 200 from the outside of the noodle boiling device 100 according to the present embodiment to the noodle boiling section 110.

The noodle feeding section 120 is configured to open and close a tubular noodle introducing section 121 that introduces the noodle cage 200 into the noodle boiling section 110 and an opening at one end of the noodle introducing section 121. The first lid portion 122, which serves as the inlet for the noodle holder 200, and the opening at the other end of the noodle introduction portion 121 are configured to be openable and closable, and the noodle inlet portion 120 and the noodles are boiled through the openings. It has a second lid portion 123 with which the portion 110 communicates.

The noodle introduction portion 121 is preferably inclined so as to be lowered from the first lid portion 122 side to the second lid portion 123 side. As a result, the noodle cage 200 introduced into the noodle introduction portion 121 via the first lid portion 122 moves to the second lid portion 123 side by gravity without using external power or the like. It is moved to the noodle boiled portion 110 through the opening formed by opening the second lid portion 123.

As a more preferable example, FIG. 4 shows a schematic side view of an example of the noodle feeding portion according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the noodle feeding portion 120 has a third lid portion 124 and a third lid portion 124 in a tubular noodle introducing portion 121 that introduces the noodle cage 200 into the noodle boiling portion 110. It has a first detection unit 125 and a third movement mechanism 126 that moves the third lid portion 124 toward the second lid portion 123 side between the lid portion 123 and the second lid portion 123. .. Then, in the example shown in FIG. 4, the third lid portion 124 is provided corresponding to the position where the hot water in the hot water tank 112 of the noodle boiling portion 110 exists.

In the third lid portion 124, the noodle introduction portion 121 is provided with the space P1 between the first lid portion 122 and the third lid portion 124, and the third lid portion 124 and the second lid portion 123. It plays a role of separating from the space P2 between them. The space P1 is preferably configured to be evacuated by a vacuum pump or the like (not shown).

In the example shown in FIG. 4, an example of introducing the noodle cage 200 into the noodle boiling section 110 will be described. First, the first lid portion 122 is opened, and the noodle cage 200 is inserted into the space P1 through the opening. Then, the first lid portion 122 is closed, and the space P1 is evacuated by a vacuum pump or the like (not shown). Then, the third lid portion 124 is opened, the noodle cage 200 is moved to the space P2, and the third lid portion 124 is closed. By detecting the noodle holder 200, the first detection unit 125 moves the third lid portion 124 to the second lid portion 123 side via the third movement mechanism 126, and the second detection unit 125 moves the third lid portion 124 to the second lid portion 123 side. The lid portion 123 of the noodle holder can be opened, and the noodle cage 200 can be introduced into the noodle boiling portion 110.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the noodle cage 200 can be put into the hot water of the boiled noodle section 110 with the inside of the noodle cage 200 in a (low) vacuum state. Therefore, it is possible to produce noodles having a chewy texture like freshly-kneaded noodles.

The number of the noodle input portions 120 may be one, but it is preferable to have a plurality of noodles so that a plurality of noodles can be boiled at the same time. In the example shown in FIG. 1, three noodle filling portions 120 are arranged in a row.

(First moving mechanism 150)
The first moving mechanism 150 serves to move the noodle holder 200, which holds the noodles boiled in the noodle boiled portion 110, to the hot water draining portion 130. In the example shown in FIG. 1, the first moving mechanism 150 is provided at a position substantially the same height as the water surface of the noodle boiling portion 110 and is provided on the back side of the noodle boiling device 100.

In the noodle holder 200, the noodles are boiled and rise to the surface of the water. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3 above, by inclining the lid portion 112b of the hot water tank 112, the noodle cage 200 is moved to a predetermined position (for example, in the example shown in FIG. 1, the back side of the noodle boiling device 100). Can be moved.

Then, the noodle cage 200 is moved from the noodle boiling portion 110 to the hot water draining portion 130 via the first moving mechanism 150. Therefore, the hot water cutting section 130 is provided so as to communicate with the noodle boiling section 110. The first moving mechanism 150 may be provided so as to automatically start the noodles every 3 to 5 minutes of boiling time, for example, or manually start the noodle cage 200 from the noodle boiling section 110 to hot water. It may be moved to the cutting portion 130.

The configuration of the first moving mechanism 150 is not particularly limited as long as the noodle holder 200 can be moved from the noodle boiling portion 110 to the hot water draining portion 130, and for example, a rod-shaped member is used, for example, using a compression coil or the like. It is possible to use a moving mechanism or the like that is configured to be expandable and contractible.

(Hot water drain)
The hot water draining unit 130 discharges the water in the noodle holder 200 by rotating the noodle holder 200 that holds the boiled noodles and is moved by the first moving mechanism 150 to drain the noodles. Play a role.

In the noodle boiling device 100 according to the present embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the hot water draining portion 130 has a convex portion 132 having an outer peripheral shape that engages with the outer peripheral shape of the hole portion 210 formed in the noodle holder 200. It has a first dish portion 134 that is preferably arranged horizontally, and a rotation driving portion 136 that is configured to rotate the convex portion 132.

As described above, the convex portion 132 has a shape that engages with the outer peripheral shape of the hole portion 210 formed in the noodle holder 200, and as shown in FIG. 2, when the outer peripheral shape of the hole portion 210 is a cross shape. It is preferable that the outer peripheral shape of the convex portion 132 is also a cross shape having an outer peripheral shape slightly smaller than the outer peripheral shape of the hole 210.

As described above, the number of holes 210 formed in the noodle holder 200 depends on the size of the noodle holder 200, but the larger the number, the more preferable. By increasing the number of holes 210 formed in the noodle holder 200, the holes 210 of the noodle holder 200 are convex regardless of the position of the noodle holder 200 moved by the first moving mechanism 150. The portion 132 engages.

Then, when the noodles held in the noodle holder 200 are drained, the noodles are drained by driving the rotation drive unit 136.

The rotation speed and time rotated by the rotation drive unit 134 are not particularly limited as long as the noodles can be sufficiently drained, but for example, the rotation speed and rotation time that can sufficiently drain the noodles in about several tens of seconds. Is preferable. By using the hot water draining portion 130 according to the present embodiment, the noodles can be drained while being held in the noodle holder 200, so that the noodles are not damaged during the hot water draining.

(Second movement mechanism)
The second moving mechanism 160 plays a role of moving the noodle holder 200 that holds the noodles that have been drained by the hot water draining unit 130 to the noodle taking-out unit 140.

In the example shown in FIG. 1, the second moving mechanism 160 includes a tubular noodle lead-out portion 162 that introduces the noodle holder 200 into the noodle take-out portion 140, and a noodle holder held by the first dish portion 134. It has an extrusion mechanism 164 that pushes 200 toward the noodle lead-out portion 162 side.

The noodle lead-out portion 162 has a tubular shape that serves as a lead-out path that guides the noodle cage 200 to the noodle take-out portion 140, and at least one end communicates with the hot water drain portion 130 and the other end portion. Is configured to communicate with the noodle take-out section 140.

It is preferable that the noodle lead-out portion 162 is inclined so as to be lowered from the hot water drain portion 130 side to the noodle take-out portion 140 side. As a result, the noodle holder 200 is automatically moved to the noodle take-out unit 140 by the weight of the noodle holder 200 itself.

The extrusion mechanism 164 is not particularly limited as long as the noodle holder 200 held by the first dish portion 134 can be pushed to the noodle lead-out portion 162, and a known extrusion mechanism can be used.

(Noodle extraction department)
The noodle take-out unit 140 is for the operator of the noodle boiling device 100 to take out the noodle holder 200 in which the hot-drained noodles are held, and is provided, for example, in communication with the noodle lead-out unit 162. It has 2 dishes 142.

That is, in the noodle boiling device 100 according to the present embodiment, the noodle cage 200 sequentially passes through the noodle input section 120, the noodle introduction section 121, the noodle boil section 110, the hot water drain section 130, and the noodle lead-out section 162, and then the noodle take-out section 140. Moved to and collected by the operator. That is, the noodles can be boiled semi-automatically, and the noodles can be semi-automatically drained without damaging the noodles.

Further, the noodle boiling device 100 according to the present embodiment uses silicon as a material, and is configured to float in hot water at a temperature at which the noodles are boiled after the noodles are boiled. Therefore, by adjusting the thickness of the frame of the noodle holder 200, the noodles that have a short boiling time and a small amount of one serving can be boiled, and at the same time, the noodles that have a long boiling time and a large amount of one serving can be boiled. One noodle boiling device 100 can efficiently boil noodles having different boiling times and serving amounts.

Further, the noodle boiling device 100 according to the present embodiment can be put into the hot water of the noodle boiling section 110 with the inside of the noodle cage 200 in a (low) vacuum state. Therefore, it is possible to produce noodles having a chewy texture like freshly-kneaded noodles.

Furthermore, since the noodle boiling device 100 according to the present embodiment can drain the noodles while holding the noodles in the noodle holder 200, the noodles are not damaged during the hot water draining.

100 Noodle boiling device 110 Noodle boiling part 112 Hot water tank 114 Heating device 120 Noodle input part 121 Noodle introduction part 122 First lid part 123 Second lid part 124 Third lid part 125 First detection part 126 Third movement Mechanism 130 Hot water draining part 132 Convex part 134 First dish part 136 Rotation drive part 140 Noodle take-out part 142 Second dish part 150 First moving mechanism 160 Second moving mechanism 162 Noodle lead-out part 164 Extruding mechanism 200 Noodle holding Vessel 210 hole

Claims (7)

It is a noodle boiling device, and the noodle boiling device is
A noodle cage with one or more holes formed on the surface to accommodate noodles.
A noodle boiling section having a hot water tank for storing hot water and a heating device for heating the hot water in the hot water tank.
A noodle input section that introduces the noodle cage into the noodle boiled section,
It has a first dish portion formed with a convex portion that engages with the hole portion, and a rotation driving portion that rotates the first dish portion, and the hole portion is engaged with the convex portion. A hot water draining portion that drains the noodles housed in the noodle holder by rotating the noodle holder, and a hot water draining portion.
A noodle take-out part for taking out the noodle holder containing the noodles drained in the hot water draining part, and a noodle taking-out part.
A first moving mechanism for moving the noodle cage from the noodle boiled portion to the hot water draining portion, and
A second moving mechanism for moving the noodle cage from the hot water draining part to the noodle taking-out part, and
Has a noodle boiling device. The noodle boiler according to claim 1, wherein the noodle cage is made of silicon having a spherical or elliptical outer shape. The noodle boiling device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the outer peripheral shape of the hole is a cross shape, a circular shape, or a star shape. The noodle feeding portion includes a tubular noodle introducing portion, a first lid portion configured to open and close a first opening at one end of the noodle introducing portion, and the other of the noodle introducing portion. It has a second lid that is configured to open and close the second opening at the end.
The noodle input portion and the noodle boiled portion communicate with each other through the second opening.
The noodle introduction portion is inclined so as to be lowered from the first lid portion side to the second lid portion side.
The noodle boiling device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The noodle filling section further
The third lid portion provided in the noodle introduction portion, the first detection portion between the third lid portion and the second lid portion, and the third lid portion are the second lid portion. It has a third moving mechanism for moving to the lid side, and a vacuum pump configured to be able to vacuum the space between the first lid and the third lid in the noodle introduction portion. ,
The noodle boiling device according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The hot water tank has a box-shaped tank having a rectangular opening at the top and a lid portion that can open and close the opening.
The lid is configured to incline so as to rise from one end side to the other end side.
The noodle boiling device according to any one of claims 1 to 5. The second moving mechanism includes a tubular noodle lead-out portion that introduces the noodle cage into the noodle take-out portion, and the noodle cage mounted on the first dish portion to the noodle lead-out portion. The noodle boiling device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising an extrusion mechanism for extruding the noodles.

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