JPH0623270Y2 - Noodle making machine - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing noodles, and more particularly, to an apparatus for continuous aging of aging means, which is obtained by irradiating far-infrared rays on a noodle strip after rolling. is there.

2. Description of the Related Art It has been well known since ancient times that the noodle dough is allowed to stand for a certain period of time to be aged in the noodle making process. It is said that the noodle dough improves the processability of the noodle dough and at the same time improves the quality of the product.The conditions of this aging depend on the noodle making method, the type of noodles and where in the noodle making process it is aged. However, hand-made or hand-rolled noodles may take several to several tens of hours at around 5 ° C, and often several times each time the process is changed. For example, "Fair competition rules regarding labeling of raw noodles" ] As a separate table, the aging time of Sanuki specialty udon is 2 hours or more, and the authentic Sapporo ramen is 3 ℃ or more and 10 ℃ or less 4
It is stipulated that 0 hours or more, about 2 hours at 5 ° C after kneading authentic Izumo soba.

A mechanical noodle mixer is probably the result of trial and error based on experience, but for example, many batch mixers slowly make noodle dough,
Since the continuous type high-speed rotary mixer has a structure in which frictional force and shearing force do not work as much as possible, the former is extremely inefficient in order to spread hydration, it is easy to obtain heat and requires large power. However, even in the latter case, it is impossible to completely remove the frictional force and shearing force acting on the noodle dough, and it goes without saying that the synthesis and destruction of gluten are repeated, and the mixing time is also long. The water is not sufficiently penetrated into the flour particles because it is short for several seconds or tens of seconds and the gluten dough is incomplete and the noodle band is formed as it is and the texture becomes brittle. There is a drawback that it quickly becomes a noodle product that does not have a sticky texture. Most of the mixers used in the recent continuous mechanical noodle making process are 600 to 1000 rpm.
In addition, it is a high-speed rotating device, and because water and flour are mixed to form noodle dough in a short time of several seconds to several tens of seconds, the aging process is significantly long while the necessity of aging is well understood in mechanical noodles. Since it takes time, a noodle making machine incorporating an aging step is not known at all.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention According to the research of the present invention, when far-infrared rays for ripening are irradiated, the irradiation time is too long if the irradiation time is about 10 to 30 minutes, and it can be combined with the conventional machine-made noodle method. It was not only difficult, but it was known that the irradiation time of 10 to 30 minutes caused surface deterioration of the product, but as a result of further research, irradiation of far infrared rays on the noodle strip immediately after the rolling process was performed. It depends on.

Embodiment An example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The kneading means, rolling means, and noodle strip forming means that compose the noodle making device of the present invention can be used as they are conventionally known, so that the description thereof will be omitted. The drawing shows, as an example, a rolling means, a noodle band noodle strip forming means, and a far-infrared aging means 1, in which the rolling means is shown on the right side and the aging means is shown on the left side. Rolling means to noodle strip forming means 10 as indicated by an arrow
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The noodle strip 2 is sent to the left side in the figure through three pairs of rolling rollers 3, 4, 5 and goes upward through an oblique conveyor device 6, and the noodle strip 2 that has entered the noodle strip forming means 10 is then conveyed to the conveyor 7. It is placed on the top and is sent to the left side in the figure by the conveyor device 7 as shown by the arrow and sent to the far-infrared ripening means 11.

The conveyor 7 is driven by a suitable drive source (not shown) such as a motor through a sprocket or the like, but it is necessary to keep the temperature of the noodle strip 2 below a predetermined value, so that the irradiation is extremely short for about 1 to 2 minutes. I knew that even with time, a sufficient aging effect could be obtained. According to this, since irradiation time of about 30 seconds to 3 minutes is sufficient, not only can it be directly applied to the conventional mechanical noodle making process from the viewpoint of the processing speed of the process, but also aging by far infrared rays from the rolling process to the packaging process. Since it is carried out in between, the far-infrared aging step can be realized by using a general commercial noodle making device and far-infrared irradiation device. The present invention provides a continuous noodle making device including such a far infrared ray aging step.

Means for Solving the Problems That is, the noodle making apparatus according to the present invention has a kneading means, a rolling means, an aging means and a noodle band forming means, and this aging means keeps the noodle strips immediately after rolling at a constant distance. A conveyor device for carrying over and a far-infrared irradiation device for irradiating far infrared rays to the noodle strips conveyed by the conveyor device is provided, the speed of the conveyor device is adjustable, and the far-infrared irradiation device emits far infrared rays. It is characterized in that the intensity of infrared rays and the relative distance to the noodle strips can be adjusted, and a structure having a heat dissipation efficiency as high as possible is used. Therefore, it is preferable to use a net conveyor or a bar conveyor rather than a belt conveyor. Further, the length of the conveyor device is determined so as to secure a necessary far infrared ray irradiation distance.

Far-infrared irradiation devices 9 are provided above and / or below the conveyor 7 with a certain distance therebetween to irradiate the surface of the noodle band 2 with far-infrared rays. As far-infrared irradiation, for example, a far-infrared heater made of ceramic is used, and its intensity can be changed by an applied voltage or a heating medium.

As described above, in the present invention, aging is performed by irradiating the noodle band with far infrared rays by the conveyor device,
According to the present invention, it can be applied to aging dry noodles such as udon, buckwheat, hiyamugi, somen, raw noodles such as raw udon, raw buckwheat noodles, raw ramen and boiled noodles, and instant noodles. Since it is necessary to irradiate far infrared rays longer than dry noodles, the above-mentioned conveyor device includes an appropriate switching means (not shown) that can adjust the feeding speed of the noodle strips in multiple stages.

Further, during transportation by the conveyor device, if the temperature of the noodle strips rises more than necessary, it causes surface deterioration due to drying. Therefore, the far-infrared irradiation device 9 must be provided at a constant distance from the noodle strips on the conveyor. The distance also depends on the type of noodles. Therefore, the far-infrared irradiation device 9 of the present invention includes means (not shown) for adjusting the relative distance of each device to the noodle band, while the temperature of the noodle band is emitted from the far-infrared irradiation device 9. Since it can be adjusted also by changing the intensity of the far infrared rays generated, each far infrared ray irradiation device is provided with a voltage adjustment means for the electric heater and a heat medium temperature control means. These means may be only one adjusting means, but it is possible to finely adjust by providing both, and more suitable for more types of noodles by combining with the speed adjusting means of the conveyor device. It is possible to achieve various aging effects. Further, the speed of the conveyor device may be adjusted to the rolling means, and the substantial irradiation time may be adjusted by the far infrared irradiation device.

In the above illustrated example, the far infrared ray aging means was configured after forming the noodle strings, but it is not always necessary to perform after forming the noodle strings. After rolling, it may be irradiated with far infrared rays before forming the noodle strings. It should be particularly noted that irradiation may be performed immediately after rolling.

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a noodle making device incorporating an aging means, which has been impossible until now, by using far infrared rays.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawing is a schematic view showing a far infrared ray aging means of a noodle making device according to the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Far-infrared aging means, 2 ... Noodle band, 6/7 ... Conveyor apparatus, 9 ... Far-infrared irradiation apparatus.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A noodle making device comprising a kneading means, a rolling means, and a noodle band forming means, wherein a aging means by far-infrared irradiation is provided before and / or after the noodle band is formed. Noodle making equipment.