JPH0622675A - Automatic drawing of noodle and apparatus therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To unify the quality of products such as noodle or SOMEN (kind of thin noodle) and to improve the production efficiency by actively making the most of the merit of incorporatability to be usable in an automatic noodle- making line and mechanically and automatically drawing a noodle wire while alternately repeating an operation for drawing it and another operation for contracting it in stages in a narrow space. CONSTITUTION:A raw noodle 1 is drawn to a prescribed size stepwise by alternately repeating a process for drawing the noodle 1 by horizontally moving a pair of rods 2 and 3 between which the noodle 1 is stretched crosswise respectively through upper and lower conveyers 64a and 4 while keeping the noodle in a vertical state, transferring the upper or lower rod 2 or 3 to an elevator unit 11 at a prescribed position and rapidly moving it up and down and another process for transferring the noodle to an after-stage laterally transfering chain conveyor 7 set to a position higher or lower than the level of the previous stage and conveying it while allowing the noodle to contract by release of the pressing force several times.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for drawing a thick raw noodle string hung on a pair of noodle hangers.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a pair of upper and lower noodles sticks, which are made by wrapping or wrapping raw noodles with a shaving machine, are aged and the intervals between the noodles sticks are widened as shown in FIG. As described above, the both ends of the noodle stick are arranged in an inclined manner in the aging chamber or the building with an angle from the entrance side C to the exit side D, and are hung on the lower chain conveyors A and B, and gradually. A method and an apparatus are known in which a noodle string is stretched to a predetermined thinness by widening the interval between the noodle sticks 2 and 3. For example, Japanese Patent Publication Sho 5
There is a publication of 1-38788. Also, both ends of one of the pair of noodle hanging rods on which the multi-strand raw noodles are hung are hung on the hanger of an endless chain conveyor or a hanger type conveyor to be moved, and the lower noodle hanging rod is lowered. As a means for gradually extending the noodle strings by gradually lowering the noodle sticks on the inclined surface of the chain, the technique shown in JP-A-60-210957 is known. In each case, the noodle strips are automatically extended gradually as the noodle strips are transferred, shortening the time required for stretching the noodle strips, saving labor and improving the efficiency of processing, and being easily incorporated into the production line. Have the advantages of.

[0003]

However, such a noodle strip extending method and apparatus are intended to stretch the noodle strip by gradually widening the mutual intervals of the noodle racks along the inclination of the chain conveyor. It requires a considerable distance, and if this is shortened, there is a problem that it becomes a steep slope and it hinders the transfer of the noodle sticks so that it cannot be smoothly transferred. Therefore, unlike the traditional way of making hand-rolled noodles, the noodles are stretched and contracted repeatedly and then sequentially stretched. There is
Although it can be mass-produced automatically, it has a problem that the elasticity of the noodle strings at the time of molding is impaired, the noodle strings may break during the noodle string extension step, and the noodles have a weaker strain than hand-rolled noodles.

In view of the above points, the present invention takes advantage of the above-mentioned labor-saving and easy incorporation into an automatic noodle making line,
Also, in a narrow space, mechanically and automatically stretching by alternately repeating the stepwise stretching and shrinking operation of the noodle strips, which is similar to hand-rolled noodles, and homogenizing products such as udon and somen. It is an object of the present invention to provide a noodle string stretching method and apparatus capable of improving manufacturing efficiency.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, a method for extending noodle strips of the present invention is a pair of noodle strips of noodle strips stretched to a required length by being stretched over a pair of noodle strips. Both ends of the bar are moved horizontally by vertically moving the noodle strings by the upper and lower transfer means, and the upper or lower noodle hanging bar is lifted at a fixed position by the lifting rod of the noodle hanging bar in a short time. The noodle strings are raised or lowered to stretch the noodle strings, then contracted by the elasticity of the noodle strings, and transferred to the subsequent horizontal feed chain conveyor installed below or above the previous level. It is what makes me.

For that purpose, above and below the aging room or building,
Transfer means consisting of a hanger type conveyor that supports and transports a pair of upper and lower noodle hanging rods, and a chain conveyor that transfers lower and lower noodle hanging rods, or both horizontal and gradient Provided with a transfer means consisting of a chain conveyor attached with, with a gap from the rear end of any one of the upper and lower chain conveyor, higher or lower than the transfer level of the transfer means, the noodle stick horizontally or A number of short side-feeding chain conveyors that shift to an upward or downward slope are installed in stages, and between the transfer means or side-feeding chain conveyor of the previous stage and the horizontal feed chain conveyor of the subsequent stage, A vertically rotating chain belt that receives one noodle hanging rod from the transfer means, rapidly moves up or down the noodle hanging rod, and vertically rotates so as to be transferred to the horizontal feeding chain conveyor at the subsequent stage, and the chain belt. Lifting means comprising comprises a noodle Kakebo presser rod for descending motion installed in multiple places, which is constituted so as to sequentially and gradually stretched noodles.

[0007] Further, the lifting means for the noodle-rolling bar is constituted by an air cylinder and a horizontal rod which is vertically moved by the air-cylinder between the end portion of the transfer means for the lower noodle-rolling bar and the subsequent horizontal feed chain conveyor. Install one or several lower noodles hanging bars at the same time rapidly and raise them by elastic force of the noodles. It can be hooked and transferred to the horizontal feed chain conveyor of

[0008]

The present invention has the above-mentioned structure, and the upper noodle hanging bar among the pair of upper and lower noodle hanging sticks which are crossed with the raw noodle strings and the intervals of the noodle hanging bars are widened in a maturing room, a building, etc. Wire that rotates and moves,
Hang it on each hanger of a hanger type conveyor installed at equal intervals on the chain and move it horizontally, and hang the lower noodle hanging bar on the lower side of the chain conveyor with a feed claw that rotates horizontally.
At the end of the lower chain conveyor, the lower noodle hanging rod is moved horizontally, and at the end of the lower chain conveyor, the both ends of the lower noodle hanging rod are pushed down by the presser bar attached to the vertically rotating chain belt. The noodle string is contracted by its elasticity as the presser bar rises while moving in the horizontal direction by the rotation of the vertical rotation chain belt, and then the noodle strips of the next stage placed below the transition level of the previous stage. It is hung on the feeding chain conveyor and moved laterally again, and at its terminal end, it is pushed by the holding rod of the noodle-rolling rod of the vertically rotating chain belt as described above, and is rapidly extended again. As the noodles are transferred to the conveyor, the noodle strings are gradually expanded and contracted by the opening operation several times, and the noodles are hung on the lateral feed chain conveyor arranged below the previous level. Place the noodle strips Stretchable up fineness, it is to transfer the noodles to a predetermined position of the next step remain suspended state.

When a chain conveyor is used in place of the moving hanger-type conveyor for moving the upper noodle-rolling rod, either one of the upper noodle-rolling rod or the lower noodle-rolling rod may be used. The bar moves at a constant speed, and in the middle of the other noodle bar, by raising and lowering means consisting of an air cylinder and a horizontal rod, simultaneously raises or lowers several noodle bar at a time, thereby making each noodle band group at the same time. It is possible to transition while rapidly growing,
Due to the opening operation and the contraction action due to the elasticity of the noodle strings, the noodle sticks can be automatically transferred to and transferred to the lateral feed chain conveyor arranged below the chain conveyor line.

[0010]

EXAMPLES Examples will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 are a side view and a front view showing an essential part of the present invention, in which a multi-row raw noodle strip 1 is laid on the upper side of a ripening chamber or a building to set a predetermined interval between noodle sticks. Hangers 5 at predetermined intervals on endless wires or ropes 6a for long-term transfer by hanging both ends of the pair of upper and lower noodles hanging rods 2 and 3 that are spread out on each other.
The hanger type conveyor 6 to which is attached is installed, and the lower side is provided with the relatively short chain conveyor 4 symmetrically horizontally or inclined horizontally.

At the lower end of the lower chain conveyor 4, there are horizontally traversed laterally spaced laterally swinging chain conveyors 7 which are rotated in the horizontal direction or inclined in a horizontal direction. It is installed in several steps in a staircase form with a gap and height difference so that the rear stage is located at the lower position, and is installed between the chain conveyor 4 and the lateral feed chain conveyor 7 and each of the lateral feed chain conveyors 7 and 7 as described above. In between, the presser bar 1 having a presser part 10a at the tip for rapidly lowering the lower noodles hanging bar 3 along the vertically rotating chain belts 8, 8 that rotate vertically.
0 is attached to each of the noodle rod lifting means 11.

The horizontal feed chain conveyor 7 is provided with a feed claw 7a. Further, in order to allow the hanger type conveyor 6 to which the load is applied to travel stably, the roller 13 is attached to the hanger 5 so that the hanger 5 is suspended on the horizontal guide rail 12 and traveled. Further, the chain wheels 9 of the vertically rotating chain conveyor 8 and the wheels of the chain conveyor are attached to the frame 14, respectively, as shown in FIG.
It shall be appropriately driven so as to rotate in the direction of arrow.
Reference numeral 17 is a relatively long transition chain conveyor of the lower noodle hanging bar 3.

FIG. 3 is a front view and a side view showing another embodiment of the present invention, in which both ends of the noodle stick 2 are placed symmetrically on the upper side of the ripening chamber or the building. The chain conveyor 4a is installed horizontally or in a slanting manner with a slight gradient, and the lower side is symmetrical to the left and right where the lower noodles hanging bar 3 is hung down and moved in the same manner as in the above embodiment. A short chain conveyor 4 is installed.

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the raising and lowering means of the noodle stick in the above embodiment, in which the upper chain conveyor 4a is supported so as to run along the guide track 4b.
Further, in order to descend and transfer the lower noodles hanging bar to the horizontal feed chain conveyor 7 from the front stage to the latter stage, the air cylinder 15 and this cylinder 15 are provided on both left and right outside between the transfer lines of the upper and lower noodles hanging bars 2 and 3. The elevating means 11 composed of the horizontal rods 16 that are moved up and down by the above are installed at several positions in the traveling direction at intervals. The air cylinder 15 is attached to the frame 14, and the lowering operation of the horizontal rod 16 by its operation causes one or several lower noodles hanging bars 3 ... .

As the horizontal rod 16 rises, the noodle strings shrink due to the elasticity of the noodle strings, and the lower noodle hanging bar 3 is raised to a predetermined height, so that the upper noodle hanging bar 2 is laterally moved by the upper chain conveyor 4a. Lower noodles stick 3 along with the transfer
Of the horizontal feed chain conveyor 7 is moved laterally in the suspended state, and sequentially enters along the guide bar (not shown) appropriately provided in the introduction portion or on the lower surface side of the inclined horizontal feed chain conveyor 7 in the subsequent stage. The operation of transferring the noodles by the feeding claws is repeated several times so that the noodle strings are gradually expanded to a predetermined thinness and transferred to the next step.

[0016]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION The present invention has the above-mentioned structure and is capable of rapidly expanding (short-time) the noodle strings, and taking in the shrinkage of the noodle strings due to the elasticity of the noodle strings. By sequentially transferring and rapidly expanding again, the noodle strings can be expanded to a predetermined thinness while repeating the rapid expansion and elastic contraction of the noodle strings in a stepwise manner. Since noodle strings can be automatically formed, there is little deviation in gluten direction and strength, and it can be made even, and strong noodles with a sticky quality can be made. The noodles can be brought closer to conventional hand-made noodles and noodles with a rich flavor can be provided. In addition, the installation area can be significantly reduced compared to the conventional device for stretching the noodle strings by tilting the chain conveyor, and the site for the factory can be reduced, which is economically effective.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view explanatory view showing an embodiment of a device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway view of the same front view.

FIG. 3 is a schematic front view showing another embodiment of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional front view showing another embodiment of the stretching means for a noodle stick according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing an outline of a conventional noodle string stretching device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Raw noodle line 2 ... Upper noodle hanging rod 3 ... Lower noodle hanging rod 4 ... Lower chain conveyor 4a ... Upper chain conveyor 5 ... Hanger 6 ... Hanger type conveyor 7 ... Horizontal feed chain conveyor 8 ... Vertical rotation chain Belt 9 ... Chain wheel 10 ... Noodle bar pressing rod 11 ... Elevating means 12 ... Guide rail 13 ... Roller 14 ... Frame 15 ... Air cylinder 16 ... Horizontal rod

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A pair of noodle hanging rods on which raw noodle strings are twilled are vertically moved by an upper and lower transfer means, respectively, and the noodle strings are vertically moved at a predetermined position. A process of transferring to a means to rapidly raise or lower to stretch the noodle strings, and contracting the noodle strings by the release operation of the pressure, while the noodle strings are arranged at a higher level or a lower level than the preceding level to a lateral feed chain conveyor. An automatic noodle-stretching method, wherein the steps of transferring and transferring are alternately repeated several times to stretch the noodles in stages. 2. A pair of multi-strand raw noodle strings twill be crossed, and both ends of a lower noodles hanging rod are horizontally moved by locking both ends, and the lower transfer means and the noodle strings are sequentially stepwise. To elongate while repeatedly stretching and contracting, elevating means for rapidly raising or lowering one noodle hanging rod from the end portion of the upper or lower transfer means, and receiving the noodle hanging rod from the elevating means and moving laterally As described above, the automatic noodle-stretching device in which the transverse feed chain conveyor is installed stepwise alternately above and below the transition level of the transfer means in the preceding stage. 3. The above-mentioned transfer means is a vertical or horizontal chain conveyor, or a hanger type conveyor that hangs the noodle sticks only on the upper side, and an elevating means for rapidly raising or lowering the upper or lower noodle sticks, The automatic stretching device for noodle strings according to claim 2, comprising a vertically rotating chain belt and a noodle stick pressing rod that is attached to the vertically rotating belt. 4. The raising and lowering means of the noodle stick is an air cylinder.
3. An automatic noodle-stretching device according to claim 2, wherein the noodle-rod automatic stretching device comprises a horizontal rod which is raised and lowered by this, and one or several of the upper and lower noodles hanging rods are simultaneously raised or lowered.