JPH0328785Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a supply hopper device in a noodle-making machine that feeds raw materials for udon, soba, etc. to a pressing screw.

[Conventional technology]

Traditionally, as a supply hopper device for noodle making machines,
For example, Utility Model Publication No. 56-37584, Special Publication No. 53-16539
The one disclosed in the above publication is known.

According to the device disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 56-37584, as shown in FIG. A stirring shaft d, which is installed radially at appropriate intervals, is provided rotatably in a horizontal state, and the stirring shaft d
Raw materials such as soba noodles and udon noodles are fed into the extrusion screw e by rotating the screw.

According to the device disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 53-16539, as shown in Fig. 5, the conical bottom plate is approached in a hopper g provided with a droplet f in the center of the conical bottom. A rotary shaft i is provided with blades h that are inclined at the same angle (see Fig. 6) and extend along the inclination of the bottom plate, and the raw materials for soba, udon, etc. are extruded by rotationally driving the rotary shaft i. I try to send it into the screw j.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve] However, the former (Publication of Utility Model Publication No. 56-37584)
In the apparatus described above, there was a problem that if the raw material of udon noodles was shaped like a lump, it could not be sufficiently fed to the extrusion screw e, and the raw material would idle in the channel body b.

In addition, in the latter device (Japanese Patent Publication No. 53-16539), if the raw material for udon is shaped like a dumpling, there is a risk that the raw material will get stuck between the wing plate h and the bottom plate. There was a problem in cutting the raw material into small chunks (see Figure 6), and as with the former device, there was also the problem of insufficient feeding into the extrusion screw j.

The object of the present invention is to provide a supply hopper device for a noodle making machine that can sufficiently feed the raw material to the extrusion screw and that does not cause the risk of cutting the raw material into small chunks.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a pushing member with an inverted U shape and a circular cross section at the end of the stirring rod, and a pushing member with a circular cross section is provided at the end of the stirring rod, and at the middle of the stirring rod. A scraping member having a circular cross section and extending parallel to the conical inner wall surface of the hopper at a slight distance from the inner wall surface of the hopper is provided.

[Effect]

When the stirring rod is driven to rotate and raw materials such as soba noodles and udon noodles are thrown into the hopper, the raw materials such as soba noodles and udon noodles are dropped into the droplet by the scraping member without adhering to the inner wall of the hopper. At this time, since the scraping member has a circular cross section, even if the raw material tries to get stuck between the scraping member and the inner wall of the hopper, it will quickly escape, preventing clogging and preventing the raw material from being cut. There is no fear that it will become like a small lump. Further, the raw material dropped into the drop port is efficiently fed into the extrusion screw by the pushing member.

[Implementation row]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2 show the entire noodle making machine equipped with the supply hopper device of the present invention. Code 1 in the diagram
is the device body, and the extrusion screw device 2 is installed on the top surface.
The feed hopper device 3 of the present invention is provided on the extrusion screw device 2.

The supply hopper device 3 is the extrusion screw device 2
A truncated conical hopper 5 detachably attached to the cover 4 of the hopper 5, a stirring member 6 rotatably disposed within the hopper 5, and a drive device 7 for rotationally driving the stirring member 6 (see FIG. 2). ).

A dropping port 8 communicating with the inside of the cover 4 is provided at the lower end of the hopper 5, and raw materials such as soba and udon noodles put into the hopper 5 are collected through the dropping port 8.
The noodle is fed into the cover 4 and extruded by a screw 9 installed in the cover 4 through a die 10 provided at one end of the cover 4 (on the left side in FIG. 1) to form noodles.

The stirring member 6 includes a pushing member 12 formed by bending a bar with a circular cross section into an inverted U shape at the lower end of the stirring shaft 11, and a bar with a circular cross section at a position near the lower end of the stirring shaft 11. A scraping member 14 is provided, which has a rod-shaped portion 13 bent into a substantially F-shape and extending parallel to the inner wall surface of the hopper 5 at a slight distance from the inner wall surface.

The pushing member 12 has a part facing the droplet 8 and pushes raw materials such as soba and udon that have fallen into the droplet 8 into the cover 4, and also has the function of pushing back the return by the screw 9. A screw 1 is inserted into the lower end of the stirring rod 11 and screwed into the collar 15.
6, it is fixed to the lower end of the stirring rod 11.

The scraping member 14 has a rod-shaped portion 13 that scrapes off raw materials such as soba noodles and udon noodles that have adhered to the inner wall surface of the hopper 5 into the dropping opening 8, and stirs the collar 18 fixed to the end of the horizontal portion 17. The stirring rod 11 is fixed at a position near the bottom end of the stirring rod 11 by tightening a screw 19 which is inserted into a position near the bottom end of the rod 11 and screwed into the collar 18 . Note that the fixing position of the scraping member 14 can be changed by loosening the screw 19. In addition, the scraping member 14
As shown in FIG. 3, there is a predetermined opening angle between the material and the pushing member 12, so that even if the material is in the shape of a dumpling, it can be efficiently fed into the extrusion screw device 2.

The drive device 7 is constructed by fixing a motor 21 to the upper end of a column 20 erected on the upper surface of the apparatus main body 1, and the upper end of the stirring rod 11 is connected to a drive shaft 22 of the motor 21.

A work shelf 23 is foldably provided at one end of the device main body 1 (on the left side in FIG. 1) via a hinge (not shown). The work shelf 23 is maintained in a horizontal state by raising the support piece 24 which is provided so as to be able to rise and fall freely through the support piece 2) and placing the work shelf 23 on the support piece 24.

Also, although not shown in detail, the screw 9
The pitch and height (distance from the outer peripheral surface of the screw shaft 9b to the periphery of the screw blade 9a) of the screw blade 9a are large on the drop port 8 side,
It is set so that it becomes gradually smaller toward the die 10 side, so that raw materials for soba, udon, etc. can be sent to the die 10 side without interruption. Further, the cover 4 can be easily removed.

In addition, in FIG. 1, 25 is a drive motor of the extrusion screw device 2, 26 is a reduction gear of the drive motor 25,
27 is a control panel.

According to the above embodiment, when the stirring member 6 and the screw 9 are rotated by the motor 21 and the drive motor 25 and raw materials such as soba noodles and udon noodles are thrown into the hopper 5, the raw materials are scraped into the droplet 8 by the scraping member 14. It is dropped and pushed into the cover 4 through the drop opening 8 by the pushing member 12.

When scraping off raw material adhering to the inner wall surface of the hopper 5 to the droplet 8 by the scraping section 13, the raw material tends to get stuck between the scraping section 13 and the inner wall surface of the hopper 5, but the scraping section 13 Because it is circular, the raw material escapes immediately, there is no risk of clogging, and the raw material will not be cut into small pieces.

Although the raw material tries to return inside the drop port 8 by the return from the screw 9, the pushing member 12 acts to prevent this and push it into the cover 4. At this time, even if the raw material is shaped like a dumpling, it can be reliably pushed into the cover 4 without spinning around idly.

The raw material pushed into the cover 4 is screwed into the screw 9
is carried to the die 10 side by the action of On the drop port 8 side, the height of the screw blade 9a is large, and a large pulling force acts on the raw material.

This allows the raw material to pass through the die 1 without interruption.
Pushed out from 0.

[Effect of idea]

As explained above, according to the present invention, a pushing member having an inverted U shape and a circular cross section is provided at the end of the stirring rod, and a part of the pushing member faces the drop opening of the hopper, and the pushing member is provided near the end of the stirring rod. A scraping member with a circular cross section that extends parallel to the conical inner wall surface of the hopper at a slight distance from the inner wall surface of the hopper is provided at the same position, so even if the raw material is shaped like a dumpling, it can be reliably scraped off. The raw material can be fed into the extrusion screw device in seconds, and the raw material does not have to be cut into small pieces.

Furthermore, since the configuration is simple, cleaning is easier than in a feeding device using a piston or a twin-screw extruder.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a partially omitted front view of a noodle-making machine equipped with the supply hopper device of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a side view of the same;
FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view showing the attachment relationship between the scraping member and the pushing member, FIGS. 4 and 5 are partial sectional views showing the conventional device, and FIG. 6 is A--A in FIG. 5.
It is an A-line sectional view. 2... Extrusion screw device, 5... Hopper,
6... Stirring member, 8... Drop opening, 12... Pushing member, 14... Scraping member.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A pushing member having an inverted U shape and a circular cross section is provided at the end of the stirring rod, and a part of the pushing member faces the drop opening of the hopper, and a conical inner wall surface of the hopper is provided at a position near the end of the stirring rod. A supply hopper device for a noodle making machine, characterized in that a scraping member having a circular cross section and extending parallel to the inner wall surface at a slight interval is provided.