JPH0328791Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention is designed to smoothly transfer the noodle lumps carried out from the upstream conveying means of the instant noodle production line to the downstream side while maintaining their original shape without breaking them. It relates to a device for transferring to a conveying means.

(Prior art) Noodle making ingredients such as wheat flour, water and seasonings are kneaded to produce noodle dough, which is then rolled and cut into noodle wires in the longitudinal direction. After being "steamed" by spraying and heating steam at a temperature of around 30°F, the pieces are cut into individual servings, which are then packed into a metal mold (retainer) and fried in tofu after being covered. In a well-known instant noodle production line that cools noodle lumps (hereinafter referred to as fried noodle lumps) by spraying cold air, the steamed noodle wires that are cut into a fixed amount into one serving are placed on a liquid-permeable wire attached to a frying conveyor. The noodle is housed in a metal formwork with a lid closed and immersed in an oil tank for frying, and after the frying process, it is pulled out of the oil tank and sent to the next cooling process as a fried noodle lump.

That is, the fried noodle lumps are carried out from the rear carry-out section of the frying conveyor and transferred to the front carry-in section of the cooling conveyor.

To transfer the fried noodle lumps from the frying conveyor to the cooling conveyor, the rear carry-out part of the frying conveyor is set above the front carry-in part of the cooling conveyor, and the rear carry-out part of the frying conveyor is set at the rear of the frying conveyor. This was done by dropping the fried noodle lumps in the frying mold into the front loading section of the cooling conveyor as the side unloading section was reversed.

By the way, since the fried noodle lumps are in a so-called air-fried state, they have higher hardness and lower toughness than when they are in a steamed state before being fried.
Partial breakage occurs during the manufacturing process, especially due to impact such as when dropped, and so-called scraps are likely to be generated.

Such breakage and loss of noodle lumps not only damage the shape, but also cause the product to fall short of the standard weight, reducing the product yield.

Therefore, conventionally, a transfer device for fried noodle lumps has been installed between the carry-out part and the carry-in part during the manufacturing process of fried noodle lumps to reduce the impact when they fall.
Efforts have been made to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks.

In other words, the idea is that when the frying process is completed, the lid on the formwork is removed and the frying conveyor with the formwork is turned over, but at that time the mouth of the formwork is turned downward. From this point on, the fried noodle lumps begin to separate from the formwork, so a guide to prevent the noodle lumps from falling is attached to the reversing part, and while the noodle lumps are guided by this guide, a transfer chute is also interposed between them and the loading part. The noodle lumps are dropped into this chute and transported to the next step, a cooling conveyor.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The conventional transfer device is tilted linearly from the rear side of the frying conveyor to the front side of the cooling conveyor through the noodle lump fall prevention guide. It is composed of shoots.

By interposing a transfer device with such a configuration,
Compared to the method of directly dropping fried noodle chunks from the carry-out section to the carry-in section, the drop can be made smaller, so the impact of the fall is somewhat alleviated, and the generation of scraps can be somewhat suppressed. Since the seed transfer device is not designed to actively absorb and reduce the impact of dropping, some amount of waste remains unprevented, resulting in a decrease in product yield.

Moreover, the sliding state of the fried noodle lumps sliding on the chute surface varies depending on the individual fried noodle lumps. In other words, variations occur in the sliding state of the chute surface. Therefore, multiple pieces of fried noodles arranged horizontally on the same line are simultaneously received on the chute surface,
Even if it were to slide downstream, there would be a lag in the timing of delivery to the cooling conveyor, disrupting the lateral arrangement, or it might slide rapidly against the preceding fried noodle lumps that were sliding gently on the chute surface. This causes problems such as subsequent fried noodle chunks colliding with each other, resulting in partial breakage of both, and the generation of "scrap noodles" again.

The present invention was developed in view of the background of such conventional technology, and it effectively attenuates the falling energy applied to the fried noodle lumps, and also allows the fried noodle lumps to slide smoothly to avoid the generation of "waste noodles". It is an object of the present invention to provide a noodle lump transfer device for an instant noodle production line that can be used in an instant noodle production line.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The noodle lump transfer device for the instant noodle production line according to the present invention includes an upstream conveying means and a downstream conveying means disposed immediately downstream of the upstream conveying means. interposed between the noodle lumps and extending from the lower side of the noodle mass carrying-out section of the upstream conveying means to the noodle mass carrying-in section of the downstream conveying means, so that the noodle blocks carried out from the carrying-out section slide down toward the carrying-in section. the sliding surface having an arcuate sliding guide surface that is inclined upwardly from the sliding guide surface toward the carrying-in section, and is provided with a sliding surface that inertially slides the noodle lumps and delivers them to the carrying-in section. It is composed of a shoot.

(Function) In the present invention, the noodle lump transfer device formed by the chute slides down the noodle lumps carried out from the noodle lump delivery section of the upstream conveying means along the arc-shaped sliding guide surface, and when the noodle lumps are slid down, Due to the inertia of the slider, it slides on an upwardly inclined sliding surface from the sliding guide surface toward the loading section of the downstream conveying means, and is delivered to the loading section just before the sliding speed is suppressed and stopped.

(Example) Fig. 1 is a schematic side view showing a part of an instant noodle production line to which the present invention is applied, and in the figure, 1
2 indicates an upstream conveyance means, 2 a downstream conveyance means, and 3 a noodle mass transfer device.

As the upstream conveying means 1, this embodiment shows an endless conveyor used in a frying process in a well-known instant noodle production line. Therefore, a plurality of liquid-permeable metal molds (retainers) 4 for frying are arranged in tandem on the same horizontal line with a predetermined interval in the conveyance direction (arrow A). There is.

Each mold 4 accommodates a fried noodle lump 5. These deep-fried noodle blocks 5 are obtained by immersing and moving the raw noodle blocks, which have been cut into single-serving portions in the pre-frying process into a mold 4 with the lid on, in an oil tank for frying. .

A net-shaped endless conveyor used for the cooling process after the frying process is shown as the downstream conveyance means 2, and the position of the noodle lump carrying-in part 20 is set from the position of the noodle lump carrying-out part 10 of the upstream conveying means 1. It is set downward.

Therefore, the fried noodle lumps 5 transferred from the noodle lump transferring device 3 to the noodle lump carrying section 20 are sent to a cooling process by the downstream conveying means 2, and are cooled by being blown with cold air, for example. Ru.

The noodle mass transfer device 3 is interposed between the upstream conveyance means 1 and the downstream conveyance means 2, and transfers the noodle mass transfer device 3 from the lower side of the noodle mass delivery section 10 of the upstream conveyance means 1 to the downstream conveyance means 2. It extends to the section 20.

That is, in this embodiment, an arcuate sliding guide surface 31 is provided for sliding down the fried noodle lumps 5 carried out from the noodle lump carrying-out section 10 side of the upstream conveyance means 1 toward the carrying-in section 20. From surface 31 to loading section 2
The noodle mass transfer device 3 is constituted by a chute 30 which is provided with a sliding surface 32 that is inclined upwardly toward 0 and is provided with a sliding surface 32 that inertially slides the fried noodle mass 5 and transfers it to the carrying-in section 20. There is.

The arc-shaped sliding guide surface 31 is formed by an arc whose center of curvature is set forward of the delivery section 10 of the upstream conveyance means 1, and the inclination angle and length of the sliding surface 32 are determined by the arc-shaped sliding guide surface 31. To control the sliding speed of the fried noodle lumps 5 that have slid down using the surface 31 as a guide due to their inertia to a state on the verge of stopping, and to transfer them to the noodle lump carrying part 20 of the downstream conveyance means 2. Each is set to a value that can be used. 50 in the diagram
indicates an arc-shaped fall prevention plate.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be explained.

The fried noodle lumps 5 accommodated in the formwork 4 of the upstream conveyance means 1 and subjected to the frying process are guided by the noodle loaf fall prevention plate 50 from the noodle loaf delivery section 10 of the upstream conveyance means 1 to the noodle loaf transfer device. It will be carried out on 3rd.

That is, as shown in FIG.
In the reversing section of the endless conveyor that constitutes the frame 4, the formwork 4 is reversed, and the fried noodle lumps 5 fall from the formwork 4 through the guidance of the noodle lump fall prevention plate 50.
Immediately after this fall, the noodle mass transfer device 3 is guided by the arc-shaped sliding guide surface 31 of the chute 30 .

The fried noodle lumps 5 that have slid down along the sliding guide surface 31 slide on the sliding surface 32 due to inertia, reach the terminal end, and are transferred to the noodle lump loading section 20 of the downstream conveyance means 2 by overcoming the terminal end. and sent to the next cooling process.

While the fried noodle lump 5 falls from the formwork 4 and moves to the terminal end, that is, the rear end, of the chute 30,
I'm not shocked at all. That is, the arc-shaped sliding guide surface 31 and sliding surface 32 effectively attenuate the falling energy. Moreover, since the fried noodle lumps 5 are transferred to the noodle lump loading section 20 of the downstream conveyance means 2 while the speed of sliding on the sliding surface 32 is suppressed to a state close to O due to inertia, Almost no impact is applied during transport. Therefore, the fried noodle lumps 5 are transferred from the upstream conveyance means 1 to the downstream conveyance means 2 in a state without partial breakage, that is, in a state in which generation of "waste noodles" is avoided.
will be transferred to.

In addition, since the fried noodle lump 5 slides down and slides extremely smoothly, the fried noodle lump 5 in front of the fried noodle lump 5 that is sliding gently on the sliding surface 32
This prevents defects such as a subsequent collision with a rapidly sliding fried noodle lump 5 causing partial breakage between the two pieces.

(Effect of the invention) As explained above, according to the invention, there is An arcuate sliding guide surface is provided from the noodle lump carrying-in part of the side conveying means to the noodle lump carrying-in part of the downstream conveying means, which causes the noodle lumps carried out from the carrying-out part to slide down toward the carrying-in part. Since the noodle mass transfer device is provided with a chute that is arranged in an upward slope from the guide surface toward the carrying-in section and is equipped with a sliding surface that allows the noodle mass to slide by inertia, the noodle mass transfer device is installed. The falling energy of the lumps is effectively attenuated, and the fried noodle lumps slide smoothly to prevent the fried noodle lumps from colliding with each other.
The generation of "waste" can be avoided.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing a part of an instant noodle production line to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is an operation explanatory diagram showing an enlarged main part. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Upstream conveyance means, 2... Downstream conveyance means, 3... Noodle lump transfer device, 5... Noodle lump, 10
...Noodle lump carrying-out section, 20...Noodle lump carrying-in section, 30
... Chute, 31 ... Arc-shaped sliding guideway, 3
2...Sliding surface.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] An upstream conveyance means of an instant noodle production line;
A noodle mass transfer device for an instant noodle production line that is interposed between the upstream conveyance means and a downstream conveyance means disposed immediately downstream, the noodle mass transfer device being provided from the lower side of the upstream conveyance means to the noodle mass transfer device. It has an arcuate sliding guide surface that extends over the noodle mass loading section of the downstream conveyance means and allows the noodles transported from the unloading section to slide down toward the loading section, and from this sliding guide surface The instant fried noodle mass transfer is characterized in that it is constituted by a chute provided with a sliding surface that is arranged in a row at an upward slope toward the top and that inertially slides the noodle mass and transfers the noodle mass to the loading section. Device.