JPH0353665Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a cutting noodle takeout device for rolling (stretching) and cutting the dough of noodles such as Japanese soba, udon, kishimen, Chinese soba, etc.

<Conventional technology> Conventional noodle-making equipment has a device that cuts the stretched sheet-like dough manually or mechanically, and then sends it to a storage pallet (or "Morobuta") on a conveyor or to a processing department for the next process. Ta.

<Problems to be solved by the invention> In the conventional method of taking out cut noodles as described above, the cut noodles are continuously fed when conveyed by a conveyor, but if the pallet that receives them is in a stationary state, the raw noodles are In addition to the inconvenience that the cut noodles are piled up in the falling position and become deformed, resulting in a decrease in quality, and the next time they are handled, they become entangled with each other, requiring a lot of manpower to unravel them. However, there were problems with cutting, deforming, etc., which deteriorated the quality, and making it difficult to cut to match the dimensions (to match the length of the noodles) in the next process, which caused problems in terms of work efficiency and quality control.

<Means for Solving the Problems> The device of the present invention that solves the above problems is such that the end rollers 3 and 4 are pivoted in the front-rear direction and approximately horizontally at both left and right ends of the main body 1 of the noodle-making device. The noodle dough 37 is supported on the upper surface between the end rollers 3 and 4.
An endless belt 5 is placed and rolled around the belt surface, and a cutter is connected to the feed drive toward the end of the belt 5 to sequentially cut the formed dough to a fixed size near the end of the belt surface. 49, and rollers 41 and 42 are installed approximately horizontally within the main body 1, which is the lower position where the cut noodles cut by the cutter 49 fall by the belt feed drive, and at positions protruding outward from the end rollers 4. The above roller 4
A belt 1, 42 is wound with a belt that is driven linearly in the same direction as the feed drive of the belt 5 and approximately horizontally in response to the feed drive of the belt 5, and on which a pallet 50 for receiving the cut surface can be placed. It is characterized by

<Function> In the device of the present invention, the rolled dough 37 is sequentially cut by the cutter 49 connected to the belt drive at the end of the rolling belt 5, and the cut noodles are uniformly distributed below the end of the belt 5 along with the belt drive. They fall sequentially at time intervals.

On the other hand, since the belt for taking out cut noodles below the end of the belt is driven straight in accordance with the movement of the belt 5, there is a part on the belt for taking out cut noodles depending on its circumferential speed and the temporal falling interval of the cut noodles. The cut noodles are automatically arranged in sequence at corresponding intervals. A receiving pallet 50 can be placed on the belt for taking out cut noodles.

<Embodiment> Figures 1 to 3 show an embodiment of a noodle-making device to which the present invention is applied. At the upper left and right ends of the main body 1 of the noodle-making device, end rollers are installed horizontally in the front-rear direction and parallel to each other. 3 and 4 are rotatably supported, and rollers 3 and 4 are rotatably supported at both ends.
An elastic endless belt 5 made of rubber or resin or the like and having a constant width is wrapped around the belt 4.
At intermediate positions between the end rollers 3 and 4, receiving rollers 6 and 7 are supported horizontally and parallel to the respective rollers at regular intervals so as to be accommodated within the belt 5.

A chain wheel 9 consisting of a double sprocket is fitted and fixed to the front end of the shaft 8 of the left end roller 3, and one side of the chain wheel 9 is connected to a drive device 10 consisting of a motor with a clutch to drive the end roller 3. This is a mechanism in which the belt 5 is reversibly rotated left and right together with the end rollers 3 and receiving rollers 6 and 7.

Above the intermediate portion of the receiving rollers 6, 7, a pressure roller 11 having the same diameter is supported in parallel with these rollers so as to be movable up and down by the upper ends of front and rear swing frames 12, which will be described below. The swinging frame 12 is swingably supported at its left end by a shaft 13, has a cam seat 14 projecting approximately horizontally at its right end, and has a roller supporting the pressure roller 11 above. A frame 12a is provided protrudingly.

Further, at the lower right end of the swing frame, return levers 15 are provided so as to face the cam seats 14, and the return levers 15 and the cam seats 14 opposite thereto are provided.
A bolt 17 having an end plate 16 at the lower end is inserted into each tip of the bolt 17 , and a return adjustment screw 18 is screwed into the protruding upper end of the bolt 17 . A strong return spring 19 is inserted in which always urges the return lever 15 upward.

The swing frame 12 according to the above configuration is the main body 1
The eccentric cam 20 is integrally supported by a pair of cam shafts 21 provided at the front and rear of the cam seat 14 and the return lever 15.
is supported horizontally on the main body 1, and the cam 20
A return lever 15 is always pressed against the lower side by a return spring 19, and a cam seat 14 is placed on the upper surface.

A lever 22 for pressure adjustment that protrudes rearward is integrally attached to the camshaft 21, and by moving it up and down, the vertical position of the cam seat 14 (that is, the vertical position of the pressure roller 11) can be adjusted. , return lever 1
The rotation position of 5 is adjusted. An engaging pawl 23 is provided protruding from the rear surface of the pressure adjustment lever 22, and the engaging pawl 23 is connected to an arc-shaped lever clamper 24 with a large number of concavities and convexities attached to the front surface of the main body 1. It is a mechanism that engages with the unevenness of the surface, adjusts the rotational position of the lever 22, and clamps it.

Furthermore, in order to stop the vertical movement of the pressure roller 11 and set and lock the distance between the pressure roller 11 and the receiving rollers 6 and 7, it is necessary to lock the swinging of the swing frame 12 in a fixed position. Therefore, in the illustrated example, when the pressure adjustment lever 22 is turned to a substantially vertical position (when the cam seat 14 is lowered to near the lowest position), the clamp claw 25 protruding from the side surface of the lever 22 , engages with a clamp seat 26 attached to the upper part of the cam seat 14 so as to protrude rearward,
The swing frame 12 is locked.

Regardless of the adjustment of the cam 20, the swing frame 1
In order to lock the swing frame 12, it is desirable to provide a mechanism (not shown as it is easily possible with well-known technology) for fastening and fixing the swing frame 12 to the main body 1 at an arbitrary position.

Inside the swing frame 12 on the front side,
The swing frame support shaft 13, the pressure roller shaft 27, and the receiving roller shaft 28 are connected to chain wheels 29 and 3, respectively.
0 and 31 are provided respectively, among which the receiving roller shaft 2
The chain wheel 31 of No. 8 is a double sprocket. Further, a tension wheel 32 is provided on the rear surface of the lower end of the swing frame 12 so that the axial position thereof can be freely adjusted.

In the arrangement of the respective foils as described above, an endless chain 33 is wound around the chain foil 9 of the end roller shaft 8 and the chain foil 30 of the receiving roller shaft 28, so that both foils 9 and 30 rotate simultaneously in the same direction. Chain foil 30 of roller shaft 28
An endless chain 34 is attached to the chain wheel 29 and tension wheel 32 of the swing frame shaft 13.
The endless chain 34 is wound around the receiving roller shaft 28 between the chain foils 29 and 30.
The outside is wrapped around.

In the belt 5 between the end roller 3 and the receiving roller 6 and between the end roller 4 and the receiving roller 7,
Belt guides 35 and 36 are fixedly provided to the main body 1 so as to slide on the upper inner surface of the belt 5 and horizontally support it.

Next, I will explain the noodle making process using the noodle making device configured as above, especially the making of Japanese soba noodles.
First, the device is operated by intermittently rotating the drive device 10 in opposite left and right directions so that the belt 5 alternately rotates about 1/4 of its total length, and in response to the rotation of the belt, the pressure roller 11 is rotated in the normal direction. The belt 5 is operated to rotate in the opposite direction, and a lump of dough 37 made by kneading material powder and water is placed on the right or left upper surface of the belt 5. At this time, the circumferential speed of the belt 5 is, for example, 2.5 to 4.0 m/min.

At this time, depending on the amount and nature of the dough, the pressure roller 1
The angle of the cam 20 is adjusted by a lever 22 so as to adjust the distance between the cam 1 and the receiving rollers 6 and 7, and the strength of the return spring 19 is adjusted by an adjustment screw 18.

Each time the fabric 37 on the belt 5 moves left and right with the belt 5, it is drawn between the pressure roller 11 and the belt 5 on the rollers 6 and 7 and passes from side to side. Kneading is repeated between 6 and 7 under strong pressure and contact friction to impart and maintain the necessary stickiness to the noodles.

Next, the distance between the pressure roller 11 and the receiving rollers 6 and 7 is adjusted using the cam 20 and the adjustment screw 18 so that the distance between the pressure roller 11 and the receiving rollers 6 and 7 is gradually narrowed.
Roughly stretch and roll thinly. At this time, when the dough is longer than the top surface length of the belt 5, the end of the rolled dough passing between the pressure rollers 11, 6, and 7 is wound up with other rollers or rods in sequence at one end, and unwound at the other end. do. These winding and unwinding operations may be performed manually on both sides, or may be performed manually or mechanically by winding the main body 1 on both left and right sides of the belt 5 and supporting an unwinding roll (not shown). I can do it.

When the dough reaches a certain thickness by the above-mentioned rolling, in order to make the final thickness uniform, the swinging frame 12 stops swinging, and the swinging frame 12 is moved so that the distance between the pressure roller 11 and the pressure rollers 6 and 7 is constant. lower into position and lock. In the illustrated embodiment, the pressure adjustment lever 22 is rotated to the left to engage and lock the clamp claw 25 with the clamp seat 26.

When the swinging frame 12 is locked and the dough is further rolled, the dough is uniformed to a desired thickness of about 1 mm to 5 mm, and the dough is then cut into predetermined widths and lengths to complete raw noodles.

FIG. 4 shows an explanatory front view of the entire device when the device shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 is equipped with the rolled dough cutting and take-out mechanism of the present invention. A drawing roller 41 parallel to the roller 4 is pivotally supported in the main body 1 of the
Similarly, a pull-out roller 42 is pivotally supported at a position lower than 1 and to the right of the end roller 4, and the front (outer) side of the belt 5 is wound around the pull-in roller 41, and the back (inner) side of the belt 5 is wound around the pull-in roller 41. Pull out the surface side roller 42
The belt end is connected to the other end roller 3 via a tension roller 43 in the middle.

Furthermore, an intermittent transmission section 44 consisting of a cam bearing or a one-way ratchet gear that transmits rotational force in only one direction (rightward in the drawing) is attached to the shaft 2 of the end roller 4. The base end portion of the drive lever 45 is fitted into the drive lever 45 .

On the other hand, a crank 46 for intermittent operation is provided in the main body 1, and the crank 46 is connected to the tip of the drive lever 45 by a link 47, and is connected to a drive motor 48.
is rotationally driven by the drive lever 45.
is swung at a constant angle via a crank 46.
Along with this rocking, the end roller 4 is intermittently rotated to the right by a constant angle, and the belt 5 is also rotated accordingly. At this time, the power transmission between the other end roller 3 and the drive device 10 is interrupted by a clutch (not shown).

A cutter 49 is provided on the end roller 4 in the front-rear direction and is moved up and down in response to the intermittent rotation of the belt 5 by, for example, a motor 48 or in synchronization with the motor 48, and is placed on the right end of the belt 5 of the main body 1. The fabric 37 whose thickness has been adjusted is sent to the right according to the length of the intermittent drive of the belt 5 and is sequentially cut.

In addition, the pull-in roller 41 and the pull-out roller 4
The belt 5 between the dough 37 and the dough 37 forms a flat part 5a in the left-right direction, and a pallet 50 is inserted and placed on the flat part 5a before the start of cutting the dough 37. The pallet 50 is successively dropped into the pallet 50, and the pallet 50 is sent out to the right side as the belt 5 operates intermittently. When a certain amount of cutting has been completed, the motor 48 is stopped, the pallet 50 is taken out, and a new pallet is inserted onto the plane portion 5a.

<Effect of the invention> According to the invention configured as described above, the main body 1
The cut noodles fall quantitatively on the flat surface of the upper belt 5 depending on the amount to be cut or the density of the noodles placed, and the cut noodles fall into the lower pallet 50 or on the belt surface that receives the cut noodles accordingly. The cut noodles are evenly accommodated or placed on the portion 5a without being too dense or dense, which prevents inconveniences caused by overlapping cut noodles, and makes it very easy to perform the next process of sorting, packaging, etc. , which has the advantage of improving workability.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a front view of the main parts of the automatic noodle making device, Fig. 2 is a sectional view of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the same as Fig. 1.
The sectional view and FIG. 4 are side views of essential parts of an automatic noodle making device equipped with a cut noodle takeout device. 1: Main body, 2: Roller shaft, 3, 4: End roller, 5: Belt, 5a: Plane part, 6, 7: Receiving roller, 8: Roller shaft, 9: Chain foil, 10:
Drive device, 11: Pressure roller, 12: Swing frame, 12a: Roller frame, 13: Axis, 14:
Cam seat, 15: Return lever, 16: End plate,
17: Bolt, 18: Adjustment screw, 19: Return spring, 20: Cam, 21: Cam shaft, 22: Pressure adjustment lever, 23: Engagement claw, 24: Lever clamper, 2
5: Clamp claw, 26: Clamp seat, 27,2
8: Roller shaft, 29-31: Chain foil, 3
2: Tension foil, 33, 34: Chain, 3
5, 36: Belt guide 37: Fabric, 41: Pull-in roller, 42: Pull-out roller, 43: Tension roller, 44: Intermittent transmission section, 45: Drive lever, 46: Crank, 47: Link, 48: Motor, 49 : Katsuta, 50: Palette.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] End rollers 3 and 4 are pivotally supported in the front-rear direction and approximately horizontally at both left and right ends of the main body 1 of the noodle-making device,
An endless belt 5 on which a noodle dough 37 is placed and rolled is wound between the end rollers 3 and 4, and the dough after being formed is placed near the end of the belt surface in the direction of the end of the belt 5. A cutter 49 is provided that connects with the feed drive to sequentially cut to a fixed size,
The main body 1 is a lower position where the cut noodles cut by the cutter 49 fall by the belt feeding drive.
Rollers 41 and 42 are pivotally supported substantially horizontally at positions projecting inwardly and outwardly from the end rollers 4, and the rollers 41 and 42 are provided with rollers in the same direction as the feed drive of the belt 5. A cut surface take-out device for a noodle-making machine, which is driven in a straight line substantially horizontally, and is wound with a belt on which a pallet 50 for receiving cut surfaces can be placed.