JPH03247227A - Noodle ribbon cutting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To cur noodle ribbons without impairing their sectional shape by moving a cutter between a noodle ribbon guide and a noodle ribbon-receiving hopper in such a state as to suppress noodle ribbon fluctuation by means of both the guide and hopper. CONSTITUTION:Noodle ribbons 2 which have been formed in a forming machine 1 and come to a noodle ribbon guide 5 are supported by the guide 5 so as not to allow them to fluctuate, and then received by a noodle-receiving hopper 6. During the movement of a cutter 12 between the guide 5 and hopper 6, the noodle ribbons 2 are cut by the edge of the cutter 12.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is suitable for cutting noodle strips (including noodle strings) known as, for example, macaroni, spaghetti, vermicelli, noodles or udon to a predetermined length. The present invention relates to a noodle band cutting device that is suitably used.

[Prior art] Generally, when producing instant noodles such as macaroni, spaghetti, vermicelli, and noodles, water is added to a powder mainly made of wheat flour and mixed (kneaded), and the mixed raw dough is formed into noodle strips. Instant noodles are produced by forming raw noodles into noodle strips with a predetermined shape using a machine, cutting the noodle strips into predetermined lengths, steaming them, peeling them off, and drying them.

The operation of cutting the noodle strips to a predetermined length is performed by sandwiching the noodle strips, installing a fixed blade on the negative side and a movable blade on the other side, and moving the movable blades toward the fixed blade side. It is designed to be cut by cutting the noodle strips.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional technology, since the noodle strip is sandwiched and cut, the cut end of the noodle strip is crushed.

In this case, there is a problem in that the cut ends of noodle strips such as macaroni or spaghetti with holes are crushed and closed.

Furthermore, if the cut ends are blocked, there is a problem that the air trapped inside the noodle strips expands during the steaming process to be performed later, causing the noodle strips to swell.

The present invention was made in view of the problems of the prior art described above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a noodle strip cutting device that can cut noodle strips without damaging the cross-sectional shape of the cut end of the noodle strips. It is something to do.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The configuration adopted by the present invention in order to solve the above-mentioned problems includes: a noodle sheet forming machine that forms noodle sheets as raw noodles of a predetermined shape; a noodle strip guide that guides the noodle strip and suppresses wobbling of the noodle strip, and has a predetermined gap at a lower position of the noodle strip guide so as to face the noodle strip guide in an upward and downward direction A hopper is provided to receive the noodle strips that have passed through the noodle strip guide, and a noodle strip cutting machine that cuts the noodle strips while moving a gap between the hopper and the noodle strip guide. Consisting of

[Function] Since the present invention is configured as described above, the noodle strips formed by the noodle strip forming machine and flowing to the noodle strip guide are supported by the noodle strip guide so as to prevent the noodle strips from wobbling. The amount of noodle strips is received by the hopper, and while the noodle strip cutting machine moves between the noodle strip guide and the hopper, the cross section of the cut end of the noodle strips is cut by the blade of the noodle strip cutting machine. Can be cut without deforming the shape.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described based on FIGS. 1 to 3.

First, a first embodiment will be described based on FIGS. 1 and 2.

In the figure, 1 is a noodle sheet forming machine that forms noodle sheets 2, and this noodle sheet forming machine 1 adds water to powder mainly composed of wheat flour and mixes it (
The noodle sheet forming section 4 is connected to the pressurizing section 3 and extrudes the raw dough pushed by the pressurizing section 3 into noodle sheets. .

The pressure feeding section 3 is composed of a hollow tube 3A and a spiral body 3B that is formed in a spiral shape and is provided inside the hollow tube 3A, and pushes the raw dough into the noodle band forming section 4 by rotating. has been done. The noodle strip molding part 4 is molded into a rectangular shape in plan view,
A noodle sheet extrusion plate (Fig. (not shown). In this example, since hollow spaghetti is molded, the noodle strip extrusion plate has a large number of circular extrusion holes and a core part (both not shown) provided at the center of the extrusion holes. ), and the raw dough is extruded from the periphery of the core part to the outside through the extrusion hole, and is extruded as a hollow spaghetti, which is then molded into a noodle strip 2. Further, the extrusion speed of the noodle strip 2 is set to, for example, about 2.5 m/min.

5 is provided on the downstream side of the noodle strip forming section 4, receives the noodle strip 2 extruded from the noodle strip forming section 4, guides it to the downstream side, and suppresses the noodle strip 2 from shaking back and forth and from side to side. The noodle strip guiding guide 5 includes a rear side plate 5A that supports the rear side of the noodle strip 2 extruded from the noodle strip forming section 4, and a predetermined amount of the noodle strip 2 from the noodle strip forming section 4. A plurality of side plates 5B are provided at regular intervals on the rear side plate 5A to separate the bundles into bundles.
, 5B, . . . , a front plate 5C provided over the entire front end surface of each of the side plates 5B, and a front plate 5C provided at the lower side of the rear side plate 5A, which extends the noodle strip 2 at a constant distance from the rear side plate 5A. The rear swash plate 5D is spaced apart from the rear swash plate 5D to prevent a rotary blade 15F, which will be described later, from interfering with the rear plate 5A. The lower end portion (lower guide end portion) 5E of the guide portion of the noodle strip guide 5 that guides the noodle strip 2 includes a side plate 5B, a front plate 5C, and a rear swash plate 5D.
The openings are rectangular and are located on the same plane.

6.6. . . . is a noodle strip amount hopper provided on the lower side of the noodle strip guide 5 facing the lower guide end 5E,
The hopper 6 of each of the noodle strip receivers is provided with a predetermined interval (gap S) from the guide lower end 5E, and receives the noodle strip 2 that has passed through the noodle strip guide 5.

7,7. . . are shooters for discharging the noodle strips 2 received by the hopper 6 downstream, and a quantitative distributor 8 is provided at the lower end of each shooter 7.

Here, each metering dispenser 8 is provided at the lower end opening of the shooter 7 and is composed of a shutter 9 that opens and closes the opening, and guide rails 9A9A, . . . that guide the shutter 9. By closing the chute 7, noodle strips 2 cut by a noodle strip cutting machine 12 (described later) are temporarily stored in the chute 7, and when a predetermined amount has accumulated, the chute 7 is opened and allowed to flow downstream.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a noodle sheet stirrer that is provided downstream of each quantitative distributor 8 and loosens the noodle sheets 2 that flow from each quantitative distributor 8 into bundles. A tube section 10A through which the band 2 passes, and three air nozzles that are provided around the tube section 10A and generate a vortex within the tube section 10A by blowing air along the inner peripheral surface of the tube section 10A. IO
It is composed of B.

11.11. ... is an inverted cup that receives the noodle strips 2 loosened by each noodle strip stirrer 10, and the inverted cup 11 holds four containers 11A, IIA... arranged in parallel, and the can container 11A. It is composed of a fixing member 11B in the shape of a rectangular frame that is fixed integrally, and is continuously conveyed at regular intervals by a conveying means (not shown) such as a conveyor. The noodle strip 2 received in the inverted cup 11 undergoes a steaming process, a peeling process, a drying process, etc., so that an instant surface is manufactured.

12 is a noodle strip cutting machine that cuts the noodle strip 2 formed by the noodle strip forming machine 1; the noodle strip cutting machine 12 is fixed to a base plate 13 (see FIG. 2), and (2 pieces are arranged in parallel and parallel to the noodle band forming part 4, and both sides in the long plane direction are provided with side plates 14A.

A pair of guide rods 14 are fixedly supported by a pair of guide rods 14B, a slide cutter 15 is slidably attached to the guide rods 14, and a piston rod 16A is fixed to the side plate 14A of the base plate 13 and the guide rod 14. 14A
and a cutter moving air cylinder 16 that is attached to the slide cutter 15 through the guide rod 14 and moves the slide cutter 15 along the guide rod 14 over the entire length of the noodle sheet forming section 4.

Further, the slide cutter 15 includes a slide base 15A that is directly attached to the guide rod 14 and slides;
rising plates 15B provided on both sides of the slide base 15A (both sides in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the guide rod 14);
15C and two cutter guide rods 15D, 1 provided in parallel with the hooks being passed between the rising plates 15B, 15C.
5D, a slider 15E that is slidably provided on each of the cutter guide rods 15D and has a motor (not shown) therein as a drive source, and is connected to the motor at the end of the slider 15E on the side of the noodle band forming section 4. A circular rotary blade 15F with the outer peripheral edge serving as a blade is attached to one of the rising plates 15c, and a piston rod 15G passes through the rising plate 15C and is attached to the slider 15E. It is composed of a slider air cylinder 15H that extends and retracts the slider 15E toward the noodle sheet forming machine 1 side.

Here, the rotary blade 15F is arranged horizontally, and the noodle strip guide 5 and the noodle strip holder cut the noodle strip 2 while moving back and forth in the gap S between the noodle strip guide 5 and the hopper 6. Note that the diameter of the rotary blade 15F is set to, for example, about 200 mm. Further, the length of the noodle strip 2 cut by the rotary blade 15F is set to, for example, about 400 mm.

The noodle strip cutting device according to the embodiment of the present invention is configured as described above, and the mixed raw dough is formed into noodle strips by rotating the spiral body 3B in the pressure feeding section 3 of the noodle strip forming machine 1. The raw dough is fed under pressure into the raw dough storage section 4A of the section 4, and the raw dough is filled into the raw dough storage section 4A. As a result, the internal pressure of the raw dough in the raw dough storage section 4A increases and it is extruded from the noodle sheet extrusion plate as the noodle sheet 2, and the noodle sheet guide 5 on the downstream side
be swept away by At this time, the noodle strip 2 is divided into eight bundles of a predetermined amount by the noodle strip guide 5, and the noodle strip holder is flown down through the gap S toward the hopper 6.

The noodle strips 2 extruded from the noodle strip extrusion plate of the noodle strip forming section 4 are cut into a predetermined length by the noodle strip cutting machine 12. That is, from the standby state in which the slide cutter 15 of the noodle strip cutting machine 12 is positioned on one side of the noodle strip forming section 4 (the left side in FIG. 2), the slider 15E is first moved by the operation of the slider air cylinder 15H. The slider 15E is extended toward the noodle band forming section 4 (in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 2), and the motor inside the slider 15E is driven to rotate the rotary blade 15F at high speed. Then, the slide cutter 15 is moved along the noodle band forming section 4 by the operation of the cutter moving air cylinder 16,
The rotary blade 15F cuts the noodle strip 2 while moving through the gap S between the noodle strip guide 5 and the noodle strip holder and the hopper 6. After cutting the noodle strip 2, the slide cutter 15 is retracted by the slider air cylinder 15H, and the slide cutter 15 is returned to its original position by the cutter moving air cylinder 16 to return to the standby state. At this time, the noodle strip 2 before being cut is supported by the noodle strip guide 5 to suppress lateral wobbling, so that the blade portion on the outer periphery of the rotary blade 15F is
The rotary blade 15F does not push the noodle strip 2 away by contacting the rotary blade 15F.
Cuts the noodle strip securely. Furthermore, during this cutting, the noodle band supporter and hopper 6 also contribute to suppressing the sideways movement of the noodle band 2.

In this way, in the cutting process of the noodle strip 2, the noodle strip 2 is
For example, at about 2.5 m/min, the noodle tray is at hopper 6.
On the other hand, the cutting length of noodle band 2 is 400 m.
It is about m. As a result, the rotary blade 15 of the noodle strip cutting machine 12
After F moves through the gap S between the noodle strip guide 5 and the hopper 6 to cut the noodle strip 2, the time it takes for F to move through the gap S again is set to about 0.16 m1n. Ru.

Next, the cut noodle strips 2 as described above fall downward through the chute 7 and accumulate in the metering dispenser 8 with the shutter 9 closed. Then, when a predetermined amount (for example - Mr.) of the noodle strips 2 is accumulated in the metering dispenser 8, the shutter 9 is opened and the noodle strips 2 are allowed to flow into the noodle strip stirrer 10. And noodle band stirrer 1o
In this case, air is blown into the tube part 10A from the three air nozzles IOB, and a vortex is formed inside, and the bundled noodle strips 2 pass through this vortex and are loosened into pieces, forming an inverted cup. 11 containers 11A. Then, the noodle strip 2 transferred to the inverted cup 11 undergoes a steaming process and the like to produce instant noodles.

As described above, according to the noodle strip cutting device of this embodiment, the noodle strip guide 5 and the noodle strip holder are operated by the rotary blade 15 rotating at high speed while the hopper 6 suppresses the noodle strips 2 from shaking in the lateral direction.
Since the noodle strip 2 is cut while moving the gap S between the noodle strip guiding guide 5 and the noodle strip holder F and the hopper 6, the noodle strip 2 can be cut into a hollow shape without damaging the shape of the cut end of the noodle strip 2. It can be cut as is.

As a result, the cut end of the noodle strip 2 will not be crushed,
Problems such as the noodle strips 2 being swollen and deformed during the steaming process can be reliably prevented.

Furthermore, the cut noodle strips 2 are divided into predetermined amounts by the quantitative distributor 8, loosened from the bundled state by the noodle strip stirrer 10, and transferred to the reversing cup 11, so that they can be easily used in the subsequent steaming process, etc. It is possible to efficiently prevent the noodle strips 2 from binding.

Next, a second embodiment will be explained based on FIG. 3. In addition, in this embodiment, other parts except for the noodle strip cutting machine are the same as those in the first embodiment, so only the noodle strip cutting machine will be explained here.

Reference numeral 20 denotes the noodle strip cutting machine of this embodiment, and the noodle strip cutting machine 20 includes:
A driving roller 2 provided on one side of the noodle band forming section 4
1, a driven roller 22 provided on the other side of the noodle sheet forming machine 1, and these driving rollers 21 and driven rollers 22.
The hook is composed of a belt-type cutter 23 provided across the chain.

The sizes of the driving roller 21 and the driven roller 22 are such that the upper part 23A of the belt-type cutter 23, which is hooked onto them, is located above the pressure feeding part 3, and the lower part 23A of the belt-type cutter 23 is located above the feeding part 3.
3B is the gap S between the noodle band guide 5 and the noodle band holder is the hopper 6
It is set to such an extent that it fits in. The entire area of the belt-shaped cutter 23 on the side of the noodle band forming part 4 is a blade part.

Further, the driving roller 21 and the driven roller 22 are integrally supported with each other and are set to move in parallel in the direction of arrow 24 by a moving means (not shown) such as an air cylinder, so that the driving roller 21 can be moved at high speed. The lower part 2 of the belt type cutter 23 is moved in parallel while being rotated by the
3B is the gap S between the noodle strip guide 5 and the noodle strip amount is the hopper 6
It goes in and out and cuts the noodle strip 2 at once.

With the above configuration, not only can the same functions and effects as in the first embodiment be achieved, but also the present embodiment cuts the entire noodle strip 2 at once, so it takes less time to cut the noodle strip 2. This can shorten the overall manufacturing time.

Furthermore, in the case of the belt-type cutter 23, the blade portion for cutting the noodle strips 2 is long, and the life of the belt-type cutter 23 can be significantly extended.

In each of the above-mentioned embodiments, the noodle strip 2 has been described using an elongated bar-shaped one as an example, but even when the noodle strip 2 is a short one such as macaroni, the same functions and effects as in each of the above-mentioned embodiments can be achieved. However, in the case of macaroni or the like, the shutter 9 of the quantitative dispensing machine 8 is opened only after the noodle strips have been cut a plurality of times by the noodle strip cutting machines 12 and 20 to become one piece.

Further, in the first embodiment, the rotary blade 15F in which a sharp blade part is molded over the entire outer peripheral edge is described as an example, but a rotary saw with a saw blade provided on the outer peripheral edge may be used. However, in the case of a rotary saw blade, the size of the blade is set to be larger than the diameter of the noodle band 2.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the noodle strips manufactured as instant noodles were explained as an example, but the noodle strip cutting device of the present invention is not limited to being used in the process of manufacturing instant noodles as a product.
Even when used in the raw noodle manufacturing process, the same actions and effects as in each of the above embodiments can be achieved.

In addition, in the first embodiment, the diameter of the rotary blade 15F is set to be as small as about 200 mm, so that the noodle strip guide 5 and the strip holder pass through the gap S between the hopper 6 and the noodle strip. When the band 2 is cut, the noodle band forming part 4 after being cut
There is a small possibility that the noodle strip 2 flowing down from the side will come into contact with the rotary blade 15F, and the cut end of the noodle strip 2 will not be crushed.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, the present invention provides a noodle sheet forming machine that forms noodle sheets, and a noodle sheet that guides the noodle sheets formed by the noodle sheet forming machine and suppresses noodle sheet wobbling. A guide is provided with a predetermined gap at a position facing the noodle strip guide, and a noodle strip quantity that receives the noodle strips passing through the noodle strip guide is a hopper. It is composed of a noodle strip cutting machine that cuts the noodle strip while moving the gap between the noodle strip guide and the noodle strip guide. The cutting machine is moved between the noodle strip guide and the noodle strip amount hopper to cut the noodle strips,
It is possible to cut the noodle strip without damaging the shape of the cut end. As a result, the cut edges of the noodle strips do not collapse, and problems such as swelling of the noodle strips during the subsequent steaming process can be reliably prevented.
It has various effects.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 to 3 relate to embodiments of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a noodle strip cutting device according to a first embodiment, with the noodle strip cutting machine shown as an imaginary line, and FIG. 1 is a plan view of the noodle band cutting device shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of essential parts showing a second embodiment of the present invention. 1... Noodle strip forming machine, 5... Noodle strip guide, 6...
・The amount of noodle strip is hopper, 12...noodle strip cutting machine.

Claims (1)

[Claims] a noodle sheet forming machine that forms noodle sheets as raw noodles in a predetermined shape;
A noodle sheet guide that guides the noodle sheet formed by the noodle sheet forming machine and suppresses noodle sheet wobbling, the noodle sheet guide and the top;
a noodle strip receiving hopper which is provided at a position below the noodle strip guide with a predetermined gap so as to face each other in a downward direction and receives the noodle strips that have passed through the noodle strip guide; A noodle band cutting device comprising a noodle band cutting machine that cuts the noodle band while moving the gap between the noodle band guide and the noodle band guide.