JPH06296450A - Automatic noodle making machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an automatic noodle making machine utilizing noodle transfer rods and enabling the smooth extraction of the noodle transfer rod by applying a rotational force to the noodle transfer rod and peeling the noodles from the noodle transfer rod. CONSTITUTION:A noodle transfer space 2b is formed between a pair of endless chains 2a, 2a parallelly placed interposing a gap. Plural noodle transfer rods 3 are extended in the noodle transfer space 2b by supporting both ends of each rod interposing prescribed gaps between the rods in the transfer direction of the endless chains 2a, 2a. The middle parts of noodles 4 cut to a prescribed length are hung over the noodle transfer rod 3 to enable the transfer of the noodles 4 hung over the rod in a state folded in two. In the automatic noodle making machine provided with the noodle transfer apparatus 2 having the above structure, the noodle transfer apparatus 2 is provided with a noodle peeling apparatus 7 to apply a rotational force to the noodle transfer rod 3 to enable the rotation of the noodle transfer rod 3 relative to the noodles 4 and peel the noodle 4 from the noodle transfer rod 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic noodle making machine in which a noodle-conveying rod is used and the produced noodles can be automatically conveyed by a noodle-conveying device. The present invention relates to an automatic noodle making machine capable of peeling noodles from a carrying stick and smoothly pulling out the noodle carrying stick, thereby making it possible to fully automate the automatic noodle making machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, some automatic noodle making machines for producing raw noodles or semi-raw noodles are equipped with a conveying device for conveying the produced noodles to a final packaging step.

This is composed of a pair of endless chains in which a conveying device is arranged at parallel intervals, and both ends of a noodle-conveying rod are erected in a noodle-conveying space formed between the endless chains. The center portion of the noodles cut into a predetermined length is engaged with a conveyor bar, and the noodles are hung in a folded state and conveyed.

The noodles hung on the noodle-conveying bar are dried to a storable state during the conveying process by the conveying device.

Then, the noodles conveyed to the bag-filling step were manually taken out from the noodle-conveying rod and then stored in a packaging bag or the like.

[0006]

However, the above automatic noodle making machine still has the following problems.

That is, the above-mentioned automatic noodle making machine manually removes the noodles from the noodle-conveying rod in order to carry out packaging such as bagging of the produced noodles. It wasn't automated.

This is because when the noodles are dried while being carried by engaging the central portion of the noodles with the noodles conveying rod in the previous stage of the noodles wrapping process which is the final process of making noodles, the noodles conveying rod and the noodles are used. This is because it is difficult to remove only the noodle-conveying rod while conveying the noodles with a machine or the like, because the and are stuck to each other.

For this reason, the step of removing the noodles from the noodle-conveying rod has to be performed manually as described above, and it has been impossible to reduce the noodle-making cost due to soaring labor costs.

Therefore, there has been a demand for an automatic noodle making machine which can be fully automated to improve noodle making efficiency and reduce the production cost.

An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic noodle making machine which can solve the above problems.

[0012]

According to the present invention, a noodle carrying space is formed between a pair of endless chains arranged in parallel with each other, and in the noodle carrying space, there is a constant direction in the carrying direction of the endless chain. Along with the intervals between the noodle-conveying rods, the noodle-conveying rods can be conveyed while hanging the noodles in a folded state in a folded state. In an automatic noodle making machine equipped with such a noodle transporting device, a noodle peeling device is provided to the noodle transporting device, which applies rotational force to the noodle transporting rod so that the noodle transporting rod can rotate relative to the noodles. Then, the present invention provides an automatic noodle making machine characterized in that the engaging portion of the noodle can be peeled off from the noodle carrying rod.

Further, according to the present invention, the noodle peeling device includes a rotating roller, the rotating roller is disposed so as to be capable of contacting an end portion of the noodle conveying rod, and is deformed by contacting the noodle conveying rod. It is characterized by having enough elasticity.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view showing a part of an automatic noodle making machine 1 according to the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic explanatory view of the carry-out device 6, and as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the automatic noodle making machine 1 includes a noodle carrying device 2, a stick extracting device 5, and a carry-out device 6.
It is equipped with.

Then, while conveying the noodle-conveying rod 3 erected on the noodle-conveying device 2, the noodle-conveying rod 3 is engaged with the central portion of the thinly-shaped noodle 4 which is cut and trimmed to a predetermined length. Then
The noodles 4 can be conveyed while hanging in a folded state.

Then, the noodles 4 are dried while being conveyed, and only the noodle-conveying rods 3 are extracted by the rod extracting device 5, and the noodles 4 are sent to the unloading device 6 for packaging such as bagging to make noodles. is there.

In the automatic noodle making machine 1, the noodle transporting device 2 has left and right endless chains 2a, 2a rotatably arranged at parallel intervals, and the noodle transporting device 2a is provided between the pair of endless chains 2a, 2a. It forms the space 2b. Reference numeral 2c is a sprocket of the noodle conveyor 2.

Then, on the endless chains 2a, 2a,
At a certain interval in the conveying direction of 2a, 2a, both ends of a plurality of noodle conveying rods 3 for hanging the noodles 4 are erected, and the chain 2
By rotating a and 2a, the noodle-conveying rod 3 is conveyed forward.

Further, in the automatic noodle making machine 1, a bar pulling device 5 for pulling out the noodle carrying rod 3 is provided on the front side of the carrying device 2, and a noodle 4 is stored in a bag as shown in FIG. And a carry-out device 6 for carrying out to the packaging process. The noodle carrying rod 3 is taken out from the noodles 4 by the taking-out device 5, and then the carry-out device 6 carries out the noodles 4 to the packaging process. Can be stored in a bag.

In the automatic noodle making machine 1 configured as described above, the gist of the present invention is to apply a rotational force to the noodle carrier rod 3 to the noodle carrier device 2 to turn the noodle carrier rod 3 into noodles. The noodle stripping device 7 that is relatively rotatable with respect to the noodle stripping device is provided so that the engaging portion of the noodles 4 can be stripped from the noodle transport rod 3.

That is, in the noodle manufacturing process, the noodles 4 are transferred to the packaging process.
When the noodles are conveyed, the noodle-conveying rod 3 and the engaging portion of the noodles 4 hung on the noodle-conveying rod 3 are in a glue state, so that the noodle-conveying device 3 and the rod extracting device 5 are connected to each other. By disposing the noodle stripping device 7, the noodle stripping device 7 strips the engaging portion of the noodles 4 from the noodle transport rod 3, and the rod extracting device 5 described later in detail.
Thus, the noodle-conveying rod 3 can be easily pulled out.

The configuration of the noodle peeling device 7 in this embodiment will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 1, the noodle stripping device 7 is provided with a step portion a at the end of the noodle transporting device 2 and left and right rod receivers for supporting both ends of the noodle transporting rod 3 at the step portion a. The noodle transport rods 3 delivered from the noodle transport device 2 are slid down along the rod receivers 8,8 by arranging 8,8 in an inclined state.

Further, right and left rotating rollers 9 and 9 for rotating the noodle-conveying rod 3 are arranged above the respective rod receivers 8 and 8. The rotating rollers 9 and 9 are arranged so as to be able to come into contact with the end portion of the noodle-conveying rod 3, and are formed to have elasticity enough to be deformed by coming into contact with the noodle-conveying rod 3.

That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the left and right bar receivers 8 are arranged in the step direction of the step a and are formed in a longitudinal shape to support both ends of the noodle-conveying bar 3. In addition, the tip end side of the rod receivers 8 and 8 is brought close to the upper part of the conveying device 2, and the rod receivers 8 and 8 are formed as a downward slope with respect to the conveying direction of the noodle conveying rod 3, The noodle-conveying rod 3 is slid down toward the rotating rollers 9 and 9 along the upper surfaces 8a and 8a of the receiving bodies 8 and 8.

Further, on the rod receivers 8 and 8, the rotating rollers 9 and 9 are arranged with a constant gap 10 therebetween (see FIG. 3).

The gap 10 is at least smaller than the diameter of the noodle-conveying rod 3, and since the rotating rollers 9 and 9 have elasticity so that they can be deformed when they come into contact with the noodle-conveying rod 3, the noodle-conveying rod 3 is formed. 3 enters the gap 10 with the rotating rollers 9, 9 deformed into a concave shape.

A rotary shaft 9a is rotatably supported at the center of each of the rotary rollers 9 and 9. A drive motor (not shown) is interlockingly connected to the rotary shaft 9a to drive the motor. The rotation rollers 9 and 9 are rotated. Moreover,
The rotation direction of each rotary roller 9, 9 is opposite to the conveying direction of the noodle conveying rod 3 (see FIG. 3), and while rotating the noodle conveying rod 3 in the gap 10 in the conveying direction, Body 8,8
It is possible to move smoothly to the other side.

In FIGS. 1 and 3, 11 and 11 are rod receiving members.
It is a right and left expandable cylinder arranged on 8,8,
The rods 11a and 11a of the cylinders 11 and 11 are attached to the rotating rollers 9 and 9 side so as to be movable back and forth in the middle of the rod receiving bodies 8 and 8.

Then, with the rod 11a, the rod receivers 8,8
Both ends of the noodle-conveying rod 3 that slides down are received, and the noodle-conveying rod 3 can move straight to the rotating rollers 9 and 9 in the conveying direction. Therefore, even if the noodle-conveying rod 3 slides down from the noodle-conveying device 2 in any state, once
By receiving with 11a, 11a, the left and right ends of the noodle-conveying bar 3 are moved to the rotating rollers 9, 9 arranged on the left and right at the same time.

Regarding the operation of the noodle peeling device 7 having the above structure,
This will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 3.

The noodle-conveying rod 3 on which the noodles 4 are hung is conveyed by the left and right endless chains 2a, 2a of the noodle-conveying device 2 and reaches the upper side of each bar receiver 8, 8 of the noodle-peeling device 7. While the noodles are dried during such transportation, the engaging portion with the noodles transportation rod 3 is in a state of being glued to the transportations rod 3.

The noodles 4 reaching the upper side of the bar receivers 8,8 will slide down along the inclination of each bar receiver 8,8.
According to the timing at which the noodle-conveying rod 3 slides down, the rod receiving member 8,
Rods 11a, 11 of the left and right cylinders 11, 11 arranged in the middle of 8
a extends onto the rod receivers 8 and 8 and receives both ends of the noodle-conveying rod 3.

When the rods 11a, 11a receive the noodle-conveying rod 3 and are positioned so that both ends of the conveying rod 3 are aligned,
The rods 11a and 11a are retracted, and the noodle-conveying rod 3 is rotated by rollers 9 and 9.
It is sent straight to the side.

When the noodle-conveying rod 3 enters into the gap 10 between the upper surface of each rod receiver 8,8 and the rotating roller 9,9, the rotating roller 9,9 is rotated.
While being deformed into a concave shape, it firmly holds the noodle-conveying rod 3 in the gap 10 and rotates the rollers 9, 9 in a direction opposite to the conveying direction of the noodle-conveying rod 3.

By this rotation, the noodle-conveying rod 3 is rotated in the conveying direction, and the engaging portion of the noodles 4 can be separated from the noodle-conveying rod 3. Therefore, the noodle-conveying rod 3 can be easily pulled out.

Further, instead of the rotating rollers 9 and 9, for example, hands capable of holding both ends or one end of the noodle conveying rod 3 are arranged on both sides or one side of the noodle conveying device 2, The hand is configured to move forward and backward, and the noodle carrier stick 3
It is also conceivable to sandwich the end portions of the two and simultaneously rotate them at a high speed.

Even in this case, the noodle-conveying rod 3 and the engaging portion of the noodles 4 can be separated from each other, and the above-mentioned hand can be used for the noodle-conveying rod 3.
It may be incorporated in the automatic noodle making machine 1 so as to advance and retreat appropriately in accordance with the conveying speed of.

Next, the rod extracting device 5 arranged in front of the rod receivers 8 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 1, the stick extracting device 5 is used for noodles 4
Belt moving device that moves horizontally while lying down
12 and a bar gripping machine 13 for gripping one end of the noodle-conveying rod 3 and pulling it out of the noodle 4.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the belt moving device 12 has a pair of supporting members for supporting the noodle-conveying rods 3 transferred from the noodle peeling device 7 on both sides of the base b in the longitudinal direction. The rotating chains 14 and 14 are rotatably arranged, and the conveyor belt 15 is rotatably arranged so as to be spaced from the peeling device 7 between the rotating chains 14 and 14. ing.

Attachments 14b as shown in FIG. 1 are provided on the rotary chains 14, 14 at regular intervals so that both ends of the noodle-conveying rod 3 can be supported. Therefore, both ends of the noodle-conveying rod 3 will not be displaced even when the noodles 4 are in the laid state, that is, even when they contact the base end of the conveyor belt 15.

The conveyor belt 15 can convey the noodles 4 hung on the noodle conveyance rods 3 in a lying state, and moves the noodles 4 to a carry-out device 6 for carrying out the noodles 4 to a packaging process. is there.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 14a denotes each sprocket of the rotary chain 14, and the sprocket 14a has a drive motor.
(Not shown) is interlockingly connected to rotate the rotary chain 14.

Reference numeral 15a denotes each sprocket of the conveyor belt 15, and a drive motor (not shown) is interlockingly connected to the sprocket 15a to rotate the conveyor belt 15.

Next, the rod gripping machine 13 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the rod gripping machine 13 is a machine frame at a predetermined installation angle in the horizontal direction with respect to the moving direction of the conveyor belt 15. 16 are arranged, and a moving rail 17 having a predetermined length is attached along the machine frame 16.

Then, on the moving rail 17, the rail 17
A bar gripping body for arranging a moving body 18 that reciprocates along the moving body 18 and gripping the noodle-conveying rod 3 via the stay 18a on the moving body 18.
19 is attached.

The time when the moving body 18 is located on the tip (conveyor belt) side of the moving rail 17 and the time when the noodle-conveying rod 3 is conveyed to that position are made to coincide with each other, and the bar-holding body 19 moves the noodle-conveying rod. When one end of 3 is gripped, the moving body 18 pulls out the noodle carrying rod 3 while moving to the rear end side of the moving rail 17.

That is, when the moving body 18 moves along the moving rail 17 from the front end side to the rear end side, the moving rail 17 is in an oblique state with respect to the front direction of the conveyor belt 15, and Since the rear end of 17 is arranged so as to gradually move forward, the moving body 18 moves diagonally forward with respect to the conveyor belt 15, but at this time it moves in the same direction as the conveyor belt 15. The speed of the moving body 18 on the moving rail 17 is determined so that the partial speed of the body 18 becomes the same as the conveying speed of the conveyor belt 15.

Therefore, the bar gripping machine 13 moves the noodle-conveying bar 3 parallel to the belt moving device 12 obliquely forward,
In addition, the noodles 4 can be smoothly pulled out in a direction perpendicular to the conveyor belt 15 without disturbing the shape of the noodles 4.

By the way, as shown in FIG. 4, the rod gripper 19 has a cylinder 19a mounted on a movable body 18 provided on a movable rail 17 via a stay 18a, and a rod rod 19d connected to an advancing / retreating rod 19b of the cylinder 19a. A holding body that opens and closes via
The base end of 19c is attached.

The sandwiching body 19c pivotally attaches a pair of substantially V-shaped tong-shaped hands at the pivot support portion 19e, and
A nipping portion 19f is formed at each tip.

Then, by moving the rod 19b back and forth, the holding body 19c is opened and closed centering around the pivot 19e, and the noodle-conveying rod 3 is moved.
The pinching and the pinching is performed. Reference numeral 20 denotes a tray provided below the machine frame 16 for accommodating the noodle-conveying rod 3 extracted from the noodles 4.

In FIGS. 4 and 5, 16a is a pedestal of the base frame 16, 17a is a motor for reciprocating the moving body 18 provided on the moving rail 17, and 17b and 17c are motors 17a for detecting the moving body 18.
The sensor for driving and stopping the
Is a noodle removing plate provided on the conveyor belt 15, and when pulling out the noodle-conveying rod 3, it holds the noodle 4 together with the conveying rod 3 so as not to protrude from the belt moving device 12. Only 3 can be pulled out.

With the rod extracting device 5 having the above-described structure, first, the belt moving device 12 receives the noodle conveying rod 3 with the noodles 4 hanging down from the noodle peeling device 7, and then the conveyor of the belt moving device 12. The noodles 4 are placed on the belt 15 in a recumbent state, and one end of the noodle-conveying rod 3 is clamped by the bar gripping body 19 of the bar gripping device 13 in accordance with the timing of lying down the noodles 4, and the belt moving device 12 The noodle-conveying bar 3 can be pulled out by moving the bar gripper 19 rearward along the moving rail 17 so as to synchronize with the speed.

Next, the carrying-out device 6 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 2, the carry-out device 6 for carrying out the noodles 4 to the packaging step has a carry-out conveyor belt 25 at the end of the stick extracting device 5.
And the left and right width-shifting belt bodies 26, 26 are provided on the conveyor belt 25. Reference numeral 25a is a sprocket of the carry-out conveyor belt 25, and 26a is a sprocket of each of the width-shifting belt members 26, 26, which are interlocked with a drive motor (not shown). 26c is an endless belt.

The noodles 4 after the noodle-conveying rods 3 have been pulled out by the above-mentioned carry-out device 6 are forced to the center of the conveyor belt 25 on the carry-out conveyor belt 25 by the right and left width-shifting belt members 26, 26. The noodles 4 will be collected in a portion, and the collected noodles 4 will be stored in a packaging bag in the packaging step at the terminal end of the carry-out conveyor belt 25.

As shown in FIG. 4, the carry-out conveyor belt 25 is arranged so as to have a gradual upward slope in the conveying direction to facilitate the work of storing the noodles 4 in the packaging bag in the packaging process. There is.

Next, as another embodiment, a rod extracting device 5 shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 will be described.

This is the moving rail 1 in the previous embodiment.
Instead of the bar gripping device 13 including the moving body 18, the bar gripping body 19 and the like, the noodle conveyor bar 3 is configured to be pulled out by using a belt conveyor which is arranged in an opposed state with a vertical gap. Is.

That is, as shown in FIG. 7, the belt conveyors 31 and 32 for gripping the upper and lower bars are provided with a gap enough to hold the noodle-conveying bar 3 and are vertically opposed to each other.
They are arranged at a predetermined installation angle in the horizontal direction with respect to the moving direction of 12, and the tips of the vertical belt gripping belt conveyors 31, 32 are located on the conveyor belt 15 side of the belt moving device 12.

When the noodle-conveying rod 3 is conveyed to that position, one end of the noodle-conveying rod 3 is clamped by the upper and lower bar-holding belt conveyors 31, 32, and the belt conveyors 31, 32 are driven to convey the noodles. The rod 3 is pulled out while moving the rod 3 in parallel diagonally forward.

Also in this embodiment, the partial speed in the same direction as the belt moving device 12 of the noodle-conveying rod 3 moved by the belt conveyors 31 and 32 for grasping the upper and lower rods is set to the conveyor belt 15.
The transport speed is set to be the same.

Therefore, also in this embodiment, the noodle-conveying rod 3 can be pulled out without disturbing the shape of the noodle 4.

In FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, 33 is a bar conveyer, and the noodle conveyer bar 3 is a belt conveyer 3 for gripping the upper and lower bars.
After being picked up by 1,32, the same rod transfer conveyor 33 moves the noodle transfer rod 3 to the tray 20 side, and the noodle transfer rod 3 is dropped into the tray 20 and stored.

[0066]

According to the present invention, a noodle-conveying space is formed between a pair of endless chains arranged at parallel intervals, and the noodle-conveying space has a constant interval in the conveying direction of the endless chain. A noodle transporting device in which both ends of a plurality of noodle transporting rods are installed, and a central portion of the noodles cut into a predetermined length is engaged with the noodle transporting rods so that the noodles can be transported while being hung in a folded state. In an automatic noodle making machine equipped with the above, a noodle peeling device that applies rotational force to the noodle transport rod to relatively rotate the noodle transport rod with respect to the noodle is provided in the noodle transport device. By making the engaging part of noodles peelable from the stick,
The noodle-conveying rod can be separated from the engaging portion of the noodles, and the subsequent noodle-conveying rod can be easily pulled out.

Therefore, it is possible to mechanize the work of pulling out the noodle-conveying rod, to make the automatic noodle-making machine fully automatic, to improve the noodle-making efficiency and to reduce the noodle-making cost.

The noodle peeling device is equipped with a rotating roller,
The rotation roller is arranged so as to be able to come into contact with the end portion of the noodle-conveying rod and has elasticity so that it can be deformed by the contact with the noodle-conveying rod, so that the noodle-conveying rod can be surely rotated. Therefore, the engaging portion of the noodles and the noodle-conveying rod can be easily and reliably separated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view of an automatic noodle making machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic explanatory view of a carry-out device of an automatic noodle making machine.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a noodle peeling device.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the rod extracting device.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a rod extracting device.

FIG. 6 is a side view of a rod extracting device according to another embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a rod extracting device according to another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Automatic noodle making machine 2 Conveyor device 2a Endless chain 2b Surface conveying space 3 Noodle conveying rod 4 Noodle 7 Noodle peeling device 9 Rotating roller

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A noodle transfer space (2b) is formed between a pair of endless chains (2a), (2a) arranged at parallel intervals, and the endless chain (2b) is formed in the noodle transfer space (2b). 2a), (2a) at a constant interval, a plurality of noodle conveyor rods (3) at both ends are erected, and noodles (3) cut into a predetermined length by the noodle conveyor rods (3). An automatic noodle making machine equipped with a noodle carrying device (2) capable of being carried while hanging the noodles (4) in a folded state by engaging the central part of (4), wherein the noodle carrying device (2) is Apply rotational force to the carrier rod (3),
A noodle stripping device (7) that allows the noodle transport rod (3) to rotate relative to the noodle (4) is provided, and the engaging portion of the noodle (4) can be stripped from the noodle transport rod (3). An automatic noodle making machine characterized in that 2. The noodle peeling device (7) comprises a rotating roller (9),
(9) is provided, and the rotating rollers (9), (9) are arranged so as to be able to come into contact with the end of the noodle-conveying rod (3), and deformed by the contact with the noodle-conveying rod (3). The automatic noodle making machine according to claim 1, wherein the automatic noodle making machine has elasticity as much as.