JPH0314412B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides an L-shaped noodle string guide plate that is made up of a noodle string guide plate that extends horizontally and a noodle string dividing piece that extends vertically upward from one end of the noodle string guide plate. Related to improvement of a noodle string dividing device (hereinafter referred to as "L-shaped dividing device") in which a noodle string dividing plate is held by two holding plates facing each other parallel to each other at a constant interval. .

The manufacturing process of noodle strings that has been commonly carried out in the past includes rolling the flour dough into noodle strips, turning the noodle strips into noodle strips using a noodle strip cutting roll, and cutting the noodle strips into noodle strips. The process of dividing the noodle strings into noodle strings of a certain width using the noodle string splitter located directly below the noodle string cutting roll, and then the next process (steaming, loosening, drying) using the conveyor directly below the noodle string splitter. etc.).

Among the above steps, the noodle string dividing step has the effect of making the noodle strings wavy and dividing the noodle strings into a certain width. The effect of making the density uniform in each part becomes important. This is because the shape of instant noodles is largely determined by the shape of the noodle strings after passing through the noodle string divider.

However, when a conventional L-shaped divider is used to divide the noodle strings cut out by the noodle string cutting roll, the part adjacent to the noodle string dividing pieces becomes dense, and the other parts become sparse. It had the disadvantage of becoming. As a result, it becomes impossible to uniformly process each part of the noodle strings in the next process of steaming, loosening, drying, etc., and as a result, when restoring the final product, instant noodles, with hot water, etc., the noodle strings Each part of the noodle strings does not restore uniformly, and each part of the noodle string group has a different texture when eaten.

The present invention aims to solve these conventional drawbacks and provide a noodle string splitter that can make the shape of the noodle string groups uniform in appearance after dividing the noodle strings. An L-shaped noodle string dividing plate consisting of an elongated noodle string guide plate and a noodle string dividing piece extending vertically upward from one end of the noodle string guide plate is placed in parallel at a constant interval. In the noodle string guide frame formed by holding the noodle string guide frame by two opposing holding plates such that This noodle string dividing device is characterized in that the holding plate is thickened so that the width of the holding plate becomes narrow.

The content of the present invention will be explained below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a noodle string splitter showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a group of noodle strings cut from a noodle string cutting roll being divided by the noodle string splitter. A simplified diagram showing the movement of a group of lines, Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a plan view of a conventional L-shaped divider, and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the conventional L-shaped divider.
FIG. 6 is a plan view of a noodle string dividing device showing another embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, 1 indicates an L-shaped noodle string dividing plate, and the noodle string dividing plate 1 includes a noodle string guide plate 2 extending horizontally and a vertical direction upward from one end of the noodle string guide plate 2. It consists of a noodle string dividing piece 3 that extends.

In the figure, each of the noodle string guide plates 2 consists of two plates, and the gap between the top surfaces of these two plates becomes larger than the gap between the bottom surfaces as they move toward the front. , this configuration is just an example,
There is no problem even if it is a noodle string guide board made of a single board. 4 and 5 are holding plates for holding the noodle string dividing plates 1 so as to be parallel to each other at a constant interval, and the holding plates 4 and 5 are arranged so as to face each other with the noodle string dividing pieces 3 interposed therebetween. It holds an L-shaped noodle string dividing plate 1, thereby holding a noodle string dividing piece 3 and holding plates 4, 5.
It forms a noodle string guide frame 6 surrounded by. The holding plate 4 has a portion b other than the portion a adjacent to the noodle string dividing piece 3.
The wall thickness of the noodle string guide frame 6 is increased, so that the gap Y of the other portions of the noodle string guide frame 6 is smaller than the gap X on the side of the noodle string dividing piece 3.

The structure of the noodle string splitter of the present invention is as described above.Next, the functions and effects of the noodle string splitter of the present invention will be described.

As shown in FIG. 2, the noodle string group A cut out by the noodle string cutting roll 7 is
The noodles are divided into uniform widths by the noodle string divider located directly below. That is, after the noodle string group A is sent out from the noodle string cutting roll 7, it is divided into left and right parts by the noodle string dividing piece 3, and a portion a adjacent to the noodle string dividing piece 3 has the width of the noodle string dividing piece 3. The noodle strings of the portion corresponding to are gathered. As a result, the ratio between the volume of the noodle string group in each portion passing through the noodle string guide frame 6 and the volume of the noodle string guide frame 6 in each portion occupied by the noodle string group becomes unbalanced. As a result of this, as shown in FIG. 4, both ends of the divided noodle string group are in a dense state, and the parts other than both ends are in a sparse state.

However, in the case of the present invention, as shown in FIG.
By increasing the wall thickness of the other portion b, the gap Y of the other portion is made smaller than the gap X of the noodle string guide frame 6 on the side of the noodle string dividing piece 3. As a result, even if the noodle strings of a portion corresponding to the width of the noodle string dividing piece 3 are gathered in the portion a adjacent to the noodle string dividing piece 3, the portion a adjacent to the noodle string dividing piece 3 and the other portion b The balance between the volume of the group of noodle strings and the volume of the noodle string guide frame 6 occupied by the group of noodle strings is hardly disturbed. Therefore, each portion of the noodle strings sent out through the noodle string guide frame 6 has a substantially uniform density, and the shape of the resulting noodle strings has a substantially uniform shape in appearance. Become something.

These effects are not limited to the shape of the noodle string splitter shown in Figures 1 and 3, but for example, a device with thicker walls for both holding plates, or a holding plate as shown in Figure 6. The same effect can be achieved even if the thickness of a portion of the plate other than the portion adjacent to the noodle string dividing piece is increased.

As described above, according to the noodle string splitter of the present invention, it is possible to prevent uneven density in each part of the noodle string group caused by the noodle string splitter, and as a result, the next process (steaming, loosening, (drying, etc.)
Each part of the noodle string group can be processed uniformly. In addition, when restoring instant noodles as a final product using hot water, etc., the disadvantages such as not restoring each part of the noodle string group uniformly and the texture of each part of the noodle string group being different when eaten are to be solved. Can be done.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a noodle string splitter showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a group of noodle strings cut from a noodle string cutting roll being divided by the noodle string splitter. A simplified diagram showing the movement of the wire group, FIG. 3 is a plan view of FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a plan view of a conventional L-shaped noodle string divider,
5 and 6 are plan views of a noodle string dividing device showing another embodiment of the present invention. In the figure: 1...L-shaped noodle string dividing device, 2...noodle string guide plate, 2...noodle string dividing piece, 4, 5...holding plate, 6
. . . noodle string guide frame, 7 . . . noodle string cutting roll.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An L-shaped noodle string dividing board consisting of a noodle string guide plate extending horizontally and a noodle string dividing piece extending vertically upward from one end of the noodle string guide plate is placed at a certain interval. In a noodle string guide frame that is formed by being held by two holding plates that face each other so that they are parallel to each other, the gap between the holding plates is larger than that of the part adjacent to the noodle string dividing piece. A noodle string dividing device characterized in that the holding plate is thickened so that at least a portion thereof is narrower.