JPH0457300B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Field of Application) The present invention relates to a rolling device for rolling raw noodles when they are packaged into bags.

(Prior art) Raw noodles are rolled into noodle strips with a certain width, cut into widths of about 1 mm to 3 mm, and then cut into widths of about 23 cm to 25 mm.
It is obtained by cutting it into lengths of about cm. Therefore, noodles of a certain length cut into a predetermined number are placed on a belt conveyor and transported to the bagging process, but the bagging process is mechanized and there are no particular problems, but this It is not possible to pack the cut pieces into bags as they are, but it is necessary to roll them into a certain size. By the way, although there are special dedicated machines for rolling raw noodles, that is, shaping the noodles, the reality is that it is generally done by hand. In this way, when the noodles are manually arranged, the workability is low and the hygiene is poor, and furthermore, the condition of the prepared raw noodles becomes irregular, and sometimes it becomes impossible to pack them into bags.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a conventionally used ball-leveling device. Raw noodles that have been conveyed on a belt conveyor a are transferred to a fixed roll b, and the tips of the linear noodles are movable. The ball is rolled up against the outer periphery of roll c, and is further rounded to form a ball. As shown in the figure, the fixed roll b rotates clockwise, the movable roll c rotates counterclockwise, and the outer periphery has a slightly uneven surface so that the raw noodles can be leveled. Then, as the movable roll moves upward, the arranged raw noodles are dropped from the fixed roll onto the belt conveyor e.
It is transported on a . However, such a rolling device is affected by the type and properties of the noodles, and especially hard noodles are difficult to roll, and even if the tip of the noodle hits the movable roll C, the entire noodle is not rolled uniformly. Inevitably, the noodles will be uneven, and furthermore, a situation may occur in which the noodles that have been arranged in a ball are broken to some extent when they fall from the fixed roll b to the belt conveyor e.

(Objective of the present invention) As described above, the above-mentioned problems exist whether the rolling of raw noodles is done manually or by machine. The present invention was developed with the aim of solving these problems, and provides an apparatus that can quickly form noodles into a predetermined shape without causing irregularities in the noodles.

(Structure of the present invention) The ball leveling device according to the present invention is configured with the following features in order to solve the above-mentioned problems. In conventional equipment, in order to round and form noodle strings (straight noodles) conveyed on a belt conveyor, they are taken out from the belt conveyor and transferred to another device, as shown in Figure 5 above. The idea is to transfer the noodles to another belt conveyor. The present invention overturns this conventional basic idea and uses the belt to arrange balls on a belt conveyor. Therefore,
In this device, a belt of a certain width is wound between two rolls arranged at a certain distance apart, and noodle strings cut into thin strips from a noodle strip are converged to a certain width on the upper surface of the belt. Place a guide for
A fixed roll is pivotally supported at the outlet of the guide. The guide is arranged symmetrically with respect to the neutral axis in the longitudinal direction of the belt, and the fixed rolls are pivotally supported on both outer sides of the guide. Also,
A movable roll that moves up and down close to the fixed roll is mounted, but the movable roll is placed below the belt, that is, both rolls are placed with the belt in between, and the movable roll is placed below the belt. A distance is maintained such that the cross section of the belt curves into an S-shape as the rolls rise. As the movable roll moves up and down in this way, the belt is forcibly pulled as it rises, and becomes loose as it descends.A tensioner is provided to prevent collisions.

(Function) The device for preparing raw noodles according to the present invention is configured as described above, and the noodle strings cut into thin pieces of a certain width and length from the noodle strip are carried on a belt conveyor. The noodle strings are converged to a predetermined width by the guide. Here, the predetermined width is the width when the noodles are rolled, in other words, they are bundled, and the bundled noodle strings are rolled at the exit of the guide. That is, the movable roll rises,
It becomes higher than the fixed roll, causing the belt to curve into an S-shape. Therefore, the noodle strings on the belt inevitably curve as the belt runs, but they do not go over the top of the movable roll (the movable roll is raised high to prevent it from going over the top).
The ball will be rounded near the exit of the guide. After completing one complete rotation, the movable roll descends again and is conveyed by the belt. That is,
This device aligns the noodles by moving a movable roll up and down in synchronization with the movement of the noodle strings during the transportation process of the noodle strings.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, one embodiment of a noodle conditioning device according to the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

(Example) FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a device for preparing raw noodles according to the present invention, in which 1 is a belt, 2 is a main roll, 3 is a subordinate roll, 4 is a tension roll, Reference numeral 5 indicates a guide, 6 a fixed roll, and 7 a movable roll. As shown in the figure, a belt 1 is wound around a main roll 2 and two slave rolls 3a and 3b, and further around a tension roll 4 for applying constant tension to the belt 1 at all times. Therefore, a spring 8 is attached to the tension roll 4, and tensions the tension roll 4 with a constant tension.

By the way, the upper surface of the belt 1 has a neutral axis (M-
A guide 5 is mounted around center point M), and the guide 5 is formed by inlet pieces 9, 9 opened at a constant angle θ and outlet pieces 10, 10 parallel to each other, and is in contact with the belt 1 or has a slight contact with the belt 1. It is installed with a gap. And the outlet piece 1 of the guide 5
Fixed rolls 6, 6 are pivotally supported on both ends of the belt 1 in contact with the belt 1, and a movable roll 7 is attached to the lower side of the belt 1 close to the fixed roll 6. The movable roll 7 is capable of lifting the belt 1 and rising to a higher height than the fixed roll 6.

Figure 2 shows the state from the side when the fixed roll 6 and movable roll 7 are installed with the belt 1 in between.These rolls 6 and 7 rotate as the belt 1 runs. The movable roll 7 rises in synchronization with the noodles being conveyed on the belt 1, thereby bending the belt 1 into an S-shape (see FIG. 3).

An air cylinder is generally used as the driving means for the movable roll 7, and the air cylinder may be operated by detecting the position of the noodles with a sensor, but the driving means is not particularly limited. do not have. Further, the movable roll 7 can rise not only perpendicularly to the belt 1, but can also rise along an arcuate trajectory so as not to contact the fixed roll 6.

Figures 4a to 4d show the process of adjusting the noodles 11, where a shows the noodles 11 being conveyed on the belt 1 and is converged by the guides 5, and b shows the noodles 11 being converged by the guides 5. As it rises, the belt 1 curves into an S-shape, and the tip of the noodle 11 is bent. At c, the noodle 11 is completely rolled and the alignment is completed. Since the belt 1 is curved in an S-shape, the noodles 11 are not fed over the movable rolls 7, but are rolled and arranged in front of the movable rolls 7. At step d, the arrangement of the balls is completed, the movable roll 7 descends again, and the belt 1 transports the balls to the next process (bagging process).

In this way, the device for preparing raw noodles according to the present invention is equipped with a guide on the upper surface of the belt of a belt conveyor, a fixed roll at the end of the exit piece of the guide, and a roller that is close to the fixed roll and placed below the belt. A movable roll is attached to the side so that it can move up and down, and the following effects can be obtained.

(Effects) (1) Since the ball-leveling device according to the present invention is integrated with a belt conveyor that conveys noodles, and the noodles are leveled on the belt, the device itself is extremely simple. That is, the device may be equipped with a guide for converging the noodles into a constant width, a fixed roll, and a movable roll on a conventional belt conveyor.

(2) In addition, because the belt itself is curved in an S-shape to form noodles, the noodles are prepared correctly without being affected by the hardness, thickness, length, etc. of the noodles, and the work efficiency is extremely high. It becomes expensive.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a noodle leveling device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 shows a fixed roll and a movable roll, FIG. 3 shows a case where the movable roll is raised, and FIGS.
d shows the ball leveling process, and FIG. 5 shows a conventional ball leveling device. 1...Belt, 2...Main roll, 3...Slave roll, 4...Tension roll, 5...Guide, 6
... fixed roll, 7 ... movable roll, 8 ... spring, 9 ... entrance piece, 10 ... spring, 11 ... noodles.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A guide with an inlet piece opening on the inlet side is attached to the upper surface of the belt wound around the main roll and the subordinate roll arranged at a certain distance from each other, either in contact with the belt or with a slight gap therebetween, and the guide A fixed roll is rotatably supported in contact with the belt at the exit end of the belt, and a movable roll is mounted close to the fixed roll so as to be movable up and down below the belt, and a tensioner is attached to the belt. A device for preparing raw noodles.