JPH0695066B2 - Noodle dough hardness measuring device for noodle making machine - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a noodle dough hardness measuring device for a noodle making machine for rolling noodle dough by mechanical means.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to roll noodle dough, dusting powder is sprinkled on a flat table to put a mass of noodle dough, and a rolling pin is pressed against the mass of the dough to roll the rolling pin. There is a hand-made noodle making method that is repeated.

According to such a hand-made noodle making method, since the gluten in the noodle dough spreads uniformly in a mesh, it is possible to obtain noodles rich in elasticity and tenacity, but a large amount of noodle making work can be performed. difficult.

Therefore, as a device for mechanically making noodles, a pair of large-diameter rollers are provided, the noodle dough is supplied between the pair of rollers, and the noodle dough is passed between the pair of large-diameter rollers for rolling. What is known is.

[0005]

However, when the noodle dough is stretched with a large force by a set of large-diameter rollers, the noodle dough is tightened, but the finished noodle becomes hard when boiled and is hand-rolled. It lacks the flavor because it lacks the elasticity and stickiness of a rolled noodle dough and its unique luster. In addition, when rolling the noodle dough, there is a problem that it is difficult to adjust the force applied to the hardness of the noodle dough.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems of the conventional noodle making apparatus, and produces noodles which are elastic and elastic like noodle dough rolled by a hand-made rolling pin. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a noodle dough hardness measuring device of a noodle making machine capable of measuring the hardness of the noodle dough.

[0007]

A noodle dough hardness measuring device of a noodle making machine according to the present invention is a belt conveyor which is arranged in front of a rolling mechanism of a noodle making machine and which feeds the noodle dough toward the rolling mechanism. Is a noodle dough hardness measuring device of a noodle making machine disposed above, a rod oriented at right angles to the belt conveyor, a pressing pad provided at a lower end portion of the rod, and the rod. The air cylinder that can switch the low air pressure that moves the noodle back and forth and the high air pressure that presses the noodle dough against the resistance of the noodle dough, and when the pressing pad sinks into the noodle dough due to the high pressure by this air cylinder, An encoder for measuring the hardness of the noodle dough based on the amount of advance.

[0008]

According to the noodle dough hardness measuring apparatus of the present invention, after the low pressure is applied to bring the pressing pad into contact with the noodle dough, the air pressure of the air cylinder is increased and the rod begins to extend toward the noodle dough. The relative hardness of the noodle dough can be measured by the amount of extension of the rod. This makes it possible to adjust the rolling force for rolling the noodle dough by the rolling mechanism for each noodle dough whose hardness varies depending on the aging time and other factors,
It is possible to produce noodles of constant quality.

[0009]

EXAMPLE A noodle dough hardness measuring device of a noodle making machine according to an example of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows a noodle making machine according to this embodiment. The frame 10 of the noodle making machine has a three-stage structure including an upper stage, a middle stage and a lower stage.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a reversing plate which reverses the noodle dough 1
Reference numeral 20 is a stretching roll, and 30 and 40 are belt conveyors. The upper stage and the middle stage constitute a continuous process via the first reversing plate 11, and the middle stage and the lower stage constitute a continuous process via the second reversing plate 11.

In the upper stage, a dough hardness measuring device 100, a noodle dough rolling mechanism 200, a direction changing mechanism 300, and a dusting device 40.
0 is provided, a second rolling mechanism 200 is provided with a second dusting device 400 in the middle stage, and a third dusting device 400 and a cutter 500 are provided in the lower stage.

The steps of rolling the noodle dough 1 will be briefly described. First, the hardness of the massive noodle dough 1 is measured by the dough hardness measuring device 100, and then the first dough rolling means located at the upper stage. The noodle dough rolling mechanism 200 rolls in one direction. After rolling in one direction, the direction is changed by 90 degrees by the direction changing mechanism 300, and the powder is scattered on the upper surface by the dusting device 400. After passing under the dusting device 400, the flour-dispersed noodle dough 1 is inverted by the first reversing plate 11 and dropped onto the belt conveyor 32, and is conveyed to the second rolling mechanism 200 as the second rolling means. To be done. The second rolling mechanism 200 rolls in a direction orthogonal to the rolling direction of the first rolling mechanism 200. After the noodle dough 1 rolled by the second rolling mechanism 200 is sprinkled with the powder from the second dusting device 400, inverted by the second reversing plate 11 and then sprinkled with the powder by the third dusting device 400. Cutter 500 by belt conveyor 40
Be transported to. The noodle dough 1 sent to the cutter 500 is cut into thin noodles and drops from the discharge guide plate 12 onto a tray (not shown).

Each device will be described below.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the dough hardness measuring device 100 is attached to the upper side of the frame 10 and conveys the noodle dough 1 with a belt 111 and a pressing means 120. , Encoder 130.

A belt 111 is hung on the roller 113 of the belt conveyor 110, and a support plate 112 for flexing the belt 111 and pressing by the pressing means 120 is provided on the back surface of the belt 111.

The pressing means 120 has a belt conveyor 111 in order to set a necessary and sufficient force for rolling the noodle dough 1.
The hardness of the noodle dough 1 is measured by pressing the noodle dough 1 mounted on the air cylinder 121 as a driving means.
Rod 122 that extends and contracts from the rod 122,
The pressing pad 123 is formed at the lower end of the. The pad 123 is formed integrally with the rod 122, and the rod 122 extends at right angles to the noodle dough mounting portion of the belt conveyor 111. The air cylinder 121 as a driving unit is fixed such that the rod 122 extends perpendicularly to the surface of the belt 111 of the belt conveyor 110. A rack gear 124 is formed on the rod 122, and the rack gear 12 moves as the rod 122 moves up and down.
4 moves forward and backward with respect to the belt conveyor 111.

Encoder 130 as a pressing force measuring means
Has a shaft 133 connected from the encoder body 131 via a coupling 132. Shaft 1
A pinion gear 134 is fixed to 33. The pinion gear 134 meshes with the rack gear 124 of the rod 122. A known counting mechanism is provided in the encoder body 131.

On the upper stage of the frame 10, the material hardness device 1
00, the stretching roll 20, the rolling mechanism 200, the noodle dough direction changing mechanism 300, and the dusting device 400 are arranged in this order. Rolls 21 and 22 for stretching the noodle dough 1 to a uniform thickness are provided on the spreading roll 20 so as to face each other so that the facing distance can be adjusted.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the rolling mechanism 200 is provided with a pair of belt conveyors 210 and 220 which are arranged in the column direction to form one conveying line.
Endless belt 2 that constitutes the belt conveyors 210 and 220
Reference numerals 11, 221 denote rollers 212, 213 and roller 22.
It has been passed over to 2,223. Rollers 212, 213
The rollers 222 and 223 are rotated by chains 215 and 225 connected to the motors 214 and 224.
The endless belts 211 and 221 are driven by the rotation direction conversion of the motors 212 and 213 so that the forward and reverse directions can be converted. A transfer plate 226 that transfers the noodle dough 1 is provided at a connection boundary portion between the belt conveyor 210 and the belt conveyor 220.

A roller assembly structure 230 is disposed above the pair of belt conveyors 210 and 220. The roller assembly structure 230 is suspended from the frame 10 via an air cylinder 240 as an urging means. The roller assembly structure 230 includes a pair of rolling roller circulation mechanisms 2.
Equipped with 50. A set of rolling roller circulation mechanism 250,
The connection boundary portion of 250 is located above the transfer plate 226. 3 and 4 show a pair of rolling roller circulation mechanisms 2
The configurations of 50 and 250 are shown.

The rolling roller circulation mechanism 250 includes a pair of endless chains 252 and 252 extending in the extending direction of the belt conveyors 210 and 220. A pair of sprockets 254 are arranged in front of and behind the pair of endless chains 252, 252.
254 are arranged, and a total of 4 sprockets 2
The pair of endless chains 252, 252 is pulled by 54. A pair of endless chains 252, 252 pieces 2
Both ends of the rolling roller 251 are rotatably supported between 53 and 253.

The pair of sprockets 254 and 254 include rollers 212, 213,
It is fixed to both ends of a rotary shaft 255 extending in parallel with 222 and 223. One set of rotating shafts 255 is provided in one rolling roller circulation mechanism 250. Rotating shaft 25
Chains 252 and 252 mesh with the sprockets 254 and 254 of 5, 255. Many rolling rollers 2
51 is a horizontal direction and the belt conveyors 210, 22
It extends in a direction orthogonal to 0.

A gear 256 is fixed to the sprockets 254 and 254 located near the front and rear of the transfer plate 226. One of these two sprockets 254 is connected to the motor 258 via a chain 257.

As shown in FIGS. 5 to 6, the noodle dough direction changing mechanism 300 includes a motor box 301 having a motor 301a built therein. The motor box 301 is attached to the frame 10. Motor box 301
The output shaft 301b of the motor 301a projects from the side wall of the worm gear 30 at the tip of the output shaft 301b.
1c is fixed. On the upper and lower walls of the motor box 301, a rotatable shaft 302 extending vertically is provided with bearings 302b,
It is held by 302b. A gear 302a meshing with the worm gear 301c is fixed to an intermediate portion of the shaft 302. A rotary base 303 is horizontally attached to the lower end of the shaft 302.

The rotating means of the present invention comprises a motor box 301 having a bearing 302b, a motor 301a, a worm gear 301c, a gear 302a, a shaft 302, and a rotating No. 303.

Air cylinders 304 are provided at the four corners of the turntable 303 as lifting means. Air cylinder 3
A piston rod 305 of No. 04 slidably projects below the rotary table 303. The piston rod 305 expands and contracts by an air compressor (not shown). For example, the piston rod 305 is expanded by a detection signal from a detector (not shown) that detects that the noodle dough 1 placed on the endless belt 201 is located under the turntable 303. Controlled. However, the air cylinder 304 may be extended based on the transport distance of the endless belt 221 depending on the rotation speed of the motor 224.

A pressing plate 306 as a pressing plate is attached to the lower end of the piston rod 305 so as to be vertically movable. On the lower surface of the presser plate 306, the noodle dough 1
A large number of hemispherical projections 307 are scattered in order to increase the friction between and. The hemispherical protrusions 307 sufficiently enter the inside of the noodle dough 1 when the pressing plate 306 comes into contact with the noodle dough 1 and slide the noodle dough 1 when the pressing plate 306 is rotated. It is protruding.

The case 401 of the dust-dispersing device 400 is for accommodating the dusting powder to be spread on the udon, such as corn starch, and is attached to the frame 10. Case 40
A geared motor 402 is provided on the side wall of 1.
An opening 403, which is close to the width of the belt 221 such as the belt conveyor 220, is formed in the bottom of the case 401 in an elongated shape.
A stainless net is fitted in the opening 403, and a wire brush 404 is rotatably provided above the stainless net in the case 40.
1 is attached to the side wall. This wire brush 40
Reference numeral 4 denotes a chain 405 that is stretched between the geared motor 402 and the geared motor 402, and is rotationally driven so as to sweep over the stainless steel net.

At the last process position of the upper stage, a pair of spreading rolls 20 is provided for stretching the noodle dough 1 and inverting and moving it to the middle stage. The roll gap of the stretching roll 20 is narrower than that in the previous step. At the exit of the stretching roll 20, a reversal plate 11 which turns the noodle dough 1 inside out and sends it to the middle stage is provided.

At the middle stage of the frame 10, a belt conveyor 30, a rolling mechanism 200, a dusting device 400 and a spreading roll 20 are arranged in this order. Belt conveyor 3
No. 0 has a geared motor 31 installed therein, and the endless belt 3 is provided so as to avoid the geared motor 31 and facilitate tension driving.
2 has been passed over. The configurations of the rolling mechanism 200, the dusting device 400, and the spreading roll 20 in the middle stage are the same as those in the upper stage, and thus the description thereof is cited. A reversal plate 11 is provided at the end of the middle stage, and the rolled noodle dough 1 is turned over and sent to the lower stage.

Below the frame 10 is a belt conveyor 3
0, long belt conveyor 4 following belt conveyor 30
0, a dusting device 400 is provided on the belt conveyor 40, and a cutter 500 is provided at the rearmost end. Belt conveyor 3
0 and the dust-dispersing device 400 are the same as those described above, and thus the description thereof is cited. The belt conveyor 40 has a length extending over substantially the entire length of the lower stage, and an endless belt 43 is stretched around rollers 41 and 42. Reference numeral 44 is a drive motor.

The cutter 500 is a cutter arm 5 having a rotatable rubber roller 510 and a cutter blade 520.
30, a crank rod 540 that moves the cutter arm 530 up and down, a motor 550, and a noodle dough pressing arm 56.
It consists of zero.

The rubber roller 510 is rotatably mounted on the frame 10 slightly separated from the rear end of the belt conveyor 40 and slightly lower than the height of the upper surface of the endless belt 43.

The cutter arm 530 is axially supported by a rotation center 531 fixed to the frame 10, and is provided with a cutter blade 52.
It swings so that 0 coincides with the locus passing through the rotation center of the rubber roller 510. Cutter blade 520 is rubber roller 510
The noodle dough 1 is cut when it comes into contact with.

A lower end of a crank rod 540 eccentrically attached to a motor 550 is rotatably connected to the cutter arm 530. Noodle dough press arm 560
Like the cutter arm 530, is swingable about a fulcrum 561. At the tip of the noodle dough pressing arm 560,
Two rollers 562 and 563 are provided. The roller 562 is urged against the roller 42 by the weight of the noodle dough pressing arm 560, and the roller 563 is urged against the rubber roller 510 by the weight of the noodle dough pressing arm 560. The roller 42 and the rubber roller 510 rotate by receiving the driving force of the lower motor 44 of the frame 10 via the chain. A discharge guide plate 12 is provided behind the rubber roller 510.

Next, the operation of the noodle dough rolling mechanism of the noodle making machine according to this embodiment will be described.

First, when the block-shaped noodle dough 1 is placed on the belt 111 of the noodle dough hardness measuring apparatus 100, the belt 11
1, the noodle dough 1 is driven by the belt conveyor 110.
Is carried below the pressing means 120.

The fact that the noodle dough 1 is located right below the pressing means 120 is detected by a detector such as a photoelectric tube, and the belt conveyor 110 is stopped by a stop command from the detector, and the air cylinder 121 is pressed by a predetermined pressing pressure. Take P1 for a certain period of time. As a result, the pressing pad 123 of the rod 122 presses the noodle dough 1 and the surface of the noodle dough 1 becomes smooth.

Next, the pressing pressure P previously applied to the air cylinder 121.
A predetermined pressing pressure P2, which is larger than 1, is applied to press the pressing pad 123 into the noodle dough 1. The rack gear 124 of the rod 122 rotates the pinion gear 134 by the lowering of the rod 122 when the pressing pad 123 is pushed. Since the rotation of the pinion gear 134 rotates the shaft of the encoder body 131, the number of rotations corresponding to the pushing amount in the encoder body 131 is counted. This count output value is used as index data for the hardness of the noodle dough 1. The index data is information for setting the pressing force of the rolling mechanism 200.

After collecting the index data, the air cylinder 12
1, pulling pressure P3 is applied to raise the presser pad 123, move the belt 111 of the belt conveyor 110, and rolls 21 and 22 of the stretching roller 20 and the motor 2
Rotate 14, 224. Noodle dough hardness measuring device 100
After feeding the noodle dough 1 between the rollers 21 and 22, the noodle dough hardness measuring device 100 waits for the next noodle dough 1. The noodle dough 1 is stretched to have a uniform thickness as a whole by passing between the rollers 21 and 22. In FIG. 2, the motor 21
4 rotates the chain 215 clockwise to rotate the roller 213, and the motor 224 rotates the chain 225 clockwise to rotate the roller 222 clockwise.

The noodle dough 1 stretched to a uniform thickness by the rollers 21 and 22 is placed on the endless belts 211 and 221 which rotate right by the right rotation of the rollers 213 and 222. The endless belts 211 and 221 move the noodle dough 1 onto the transfer plate 226 at the center of the rolling mechanism 200.
A detector (not shown) is provided near the transfer plate 226. This detector detects that the noodle dough 1 has reached the delivery plate 226, temporarily stops the rotation of the motors 214 and 224, rotates the motor 258, and further extends the air cylinder 240.

As the air cylinder 240 extends, the rolling roller circulation mechanism 250 descends toward the noodle dough 1. In this case, the pressing force of the air cylinder 240 is set so as to roll the noodle dough 1 in accordance with the hardness data of the noodle dough 1 obtained by the noodle dough hardness measuring device 100. Air cylinder 24
By lowering 0, the rollers 251 in the vicinity of the connecting portions of the rolling roller circulation mechanisms 250, 250 come into contact with the noodle dough 1.

By lowering the air cylinder 240, the roller 2
When 51 contacts the noodle dough 1, the upper surface of the endless belt 211 on which the noodle dough 1 is mounted is moved from the transfer plate 226 toward the rollers 21 and 22 so that the endless belt 21 is moved.
1 is rotated counterclockwise, and the endless belt 221 is rotated clockwise so that the upper surface of the endless belt 221 carrying the noodle dough 1 moves from the transfer plate 226 to the noodle dough direction changing mechanism 300.

When the rotation of the endless belts 211 and 221 is started, the motor 258 is rotated counterclockwise in FIGS. When the motor 258 rotates counterclockwise, the right sprocket 254 rotates counterclockwise through the chain 257. By rotating the right sprocket 254 to the left, the right chain 25
2 rotates counterclockwise. The rolling roller 25 held by the right chain 252, ... By the left rotation of the right chain 252.
While rolling in contact with the noodle dough 1, the noodle dough direction changing mechanism 300 moves from the transfer plate 226 toward the armpit.

A gear 256 is fixed to the sprocket 254, and the gear 256 is a pair of gears 256, 25 shown in FIG.
6 is meshed with the gear 256 on the left side of the gear 6, the left gear 2 is rotated by rotating the gear 256 on the right side to the left.
56 rotates right. Since the left sprocket 254 is coaxially fixed to the left gear 256, right rotation of the left sprocket 254 causes the left chain 254 to rotate right. By rotating the left side chain 254 to the right, the rolling roller 25 held by the left side chain 254
1, 2, ... are in contact with the noodle dough 1 and are rollers 20, 21.
Move to the side.

That is, if one roller 251 is taken, it will rotate while revolving. Sprocket 2
Since the gear 256 coaxial with 54 is rotated in the same direction (rotated left), the group of rollers 251 of the other roller assembly structure 230 moves leftward on the side facing the endless belt 211. In short, the roller 251 is composed of both rolling roller circulation mechanisms 250, 2
In order to rotate around the noodle dough 50 while moving downward from the position where 50 touches and further moving away from the noodle dough 1, a right rotation on the right side and a left rotation on the left side are performed. Since the roller 251 is supported by the projecting end portion of the piece 253, the roller 251 passes along a locus on the outer peripheral side of the locus of the chain 254 meshing with the sprocket 254. Therefore, at both ends of the rolling roller circulation mechanism 250, the distance between adjacent rollers 251 is increased. Both rolling roller circulation mechanism 250, 250
The loci of the two rolling rollers 251 intersect at the point of contact with each other, and the distance between the two rolling roller circulation mechanisms 250, 250 is short.

Considering the moving speed of the roller 251 in the horizontal direction, that is, in the direction along the surface of the endless belts 211, 221, while descending in a curve from the height of the rotation center of the sprocket 254 to the horizontal position. The moving speed of the rolling roller 251 tends to increase. Then, at the horizontal position, the speed is the same as the moving speed of the chain 254. This is because when the noodle dough 1 is gradually thinned by rolling, the stretching speed (spreading speed) at the thinned portion is higher than the original speed at the thick portion. The going noodle dough 1 is stretched to both sides without dripping between the other rolls 251. This corresponds to the state of rolling with a rolling pin.

When the noodle dough 1 is rolled, the forces of pulling the noodle dough 1 in both directions are balanced, so that the noodle dough 1 does not shift to one side. However, the rolling plate circulation mechanism 250, below the connecting portion of the 250 and the transfer plate 2
Since a space is created between the noodles 26 and 26, a high portion of the noodle dough 1 remains in this space. Therefore, the rolling roller circulation mechanism 250,
When 250 rotates a predetermined number of times, the belts 211 and 2 are appropriately
21 is stopped and the rotation of the motors 214 and 224 is reversed to perform rolling again. By repeating this a predetermined number of times, the noodle dough 1 becomes flat without leaving a high portion in part. Whether or not the rolling of the noodle dough 1 is completed is detected by the fluctuation of the pressing force of the cylinder 240. After the noodle dough 1 is rolled, the endless belt 221 is rotated to the right to send the noodle dough 1 to the noodle dough direction changing mechanism 300.

When the noodle dough 1 is fed below the noodle dough direction changing mechanism 300 by the rotation of the belt 221, and the fact that the noodle dough 1 is located under the noodle dough direction changing mechanism 300 is detected by a detector (not shown), The rotation of the belt 221 is stopped and the air cylinder 304 is operated. As a result, the piston rod 305 extends, the presser plate 306 descends, and the projection 3 on the lower surface of the presser plate 306
07 is pushed into the noodle dough 1. In this state, when the motor of the motor box 301 is driven to rotate the shaft 302, the rotary table 303 and the pressing plate 306 rotate while holding the noodle dough 1.

The fact that the rotary base 303 has rotated 90 degrees is detected by a limit switch (not shown), and the motor is stopped by the detection signal of the limit switch. The noodle dough 1 is rotated 90 degrees from the previous step. When the noodle dough 1 is rotated 90 degrees by the rotation of the turntable 303, air is sucked from the air cylinder 304 to contract the piston rod 305, raise the pressing plate 306, and rotate the motor of the motor box 301 90 degrees. Stop it,
Wait for the next noodle dough 1 to be conveyed. The noodle dough 1 rotated by 90 degrees is conveyed to the lower part of the powder dispersion device 400 by the rotation of the endless belt 221.

The dusting device 400 comprises the noodle dough direction changing mechanism 3
Endless belt 221 after changing the direction of noodle dough 1 in 00
The geared motor 402 drives the chain 405 in accordance with the rotation of the. The rotation of the chain 405 causes the wire brush 404 to rotate, and the cornstarch is sprayed on the noodle dough 1 from the mesh of the openings 403.

The noodle dough 1 sprinkled with cornstarch is flattened by the spreading roll 20 in the upper post-process, and is inverted by the reversing plate 11 so that the surface on which the cornstarch is sprinkled is on the lower side. Sent on. Noodle dough 1 inverted on the belt conveyor 30
Is conveyed to the rolling mechanism 200 in the middle stage and is trained and stretched similarly to the upper stage. Since the noodle dough 1 sent to the middle stage is turned 90 degrees in the upper stage, this rolling mechanism 2
The stretching direction at 00 is also changed by 90 degrees with respect to the rolling direction at the upper stage. This means that people can use noodle rolls to make noodle dough 1
This is equivalent to the process of spreading from the center of the noodle dough in all directions, and the gluten structure of the noodle dough 1 is developed in a uniform state.

Noodle dough 1 sent from the rolling mechanism 200
Is sprayed on the surface of the middle-stage dusting device 400 where cornstarch has not been sprayed yet. After that, noodle dough 1
Is made to have a uniform thickness and a flat surface by a stretching roll 20 provided in a post process of the middle stage, and the reversal plate 11
Is further reversed by the lower belt conveyor 40
Moved to the top.

When the noodle dough 1 is placed on the belt conveyor 40, the motor 44 rotates and the endless belt 43 rotates. When the noodle dough 1 reaches under the dusting device 400 by the rotation of the endless belt 43, the noodle dough 1 is detected by a detector (not shown), the lower dusting device 400 is driven, and the corn starch is sprayed on the noodle dough 1. To be done. When the cornstarch is spread on the noodle dough 1, the noodle dough 1 is sent to the noodle strip cutter 500 at the rear end of the belt conveyor 40.

In the noodle strip cutter 500, the noodle dough 1 is sent between the endless belt 43 and the roller 562 by the roller 42 which rotates in synchronization with the belt 43 of the belt conveyor 40. Since the pressing portion 564 moves up and down by the swing of the arm 560, when the noodle dough 1 is fed between the endless belt 43 and the roller 562, the pressing portion 564 moves up due to the thickness of the noodle dough 1. When the pressing portion 564 moves up, the motor 550 rotates to move the crank rod 540 up and down. Since the lower end of the crank rod 540 rotatably holds the cutter arm 530, the vertical movement of the crank rod 540 causes the cutter arm 530 to rotate about the rotation center 531. Cutter blade 520 of the cutter arm 530
Is in contact with the roller 42, the cutter arm 5
The noodle dough 1 is cut by the vertical movement of 30. The thickness of the noodle dough 1 is the feed amount (length) of the roller 42 per unit time and the number of vertical movements (cutting number) of the cutter blade 520 per unit time.
Therefore, the thickness of the noodle dough 1 can be adjusted by controlling the rotation speed of the motor 550 and the rotation speed of the motor 44. The cut noodle strips are moved down the discharge guide plate 12 to be aligned in a predetermined box or received by another noodle strip aligning device.

[0057]

EFFECT OF THE INVENTION According to the noodle dough hardness measuring apparatus of the present invention, after a low air pressure is applied to bring the pressing pad into contact with the noodle dough, the air pressure of the air cylinder is increased so that the rod moves toward the noodle dough. The relative hardness of the noodle dough can be measured by the amount of extension of the rod that begins to extend. This makes it possible to adjust the rolling force for rolling the noodle dough with a rolling mechanism for each noodle dough whose hardness varies depending on the aging time and other factors, and it is possible to produce noodles of a certain quality, and further to roll too much at a time. Crush the noodle dough by adding force to the noodle dough,
It is possible to prevent insufficient rolling due to insufficient rolling force, and it is possible to roll noodle dough according to the hardness of noodle dough like hand-made wind, making noodles rich in elasticity and rich It can be manufactured.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a noodle dough hardness measuring device of a noodle making machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a noodle making machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a rolling mechanism of the noodle making machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of a rolling mechanism of the noodle making machine shown in FIG.

5 is a perspective view of a noodle dough direction changing mechanism of the noodle making machine shown in FIG.

6 is a side view of a holding plate of the noodle dough direction changing mechanism of the noodle making machine shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 noodle dough 10 frame 11 reversing plate 20 roller 30 belt conveyor 40 belt conveyor 43 endless belt 100 noodle dough hardness measuring device 110 belt conveyor 111 endless belt 120 pressing means 122 rod 123 presser pad 124 rack gear 130 encoder 134 pinion gear 200 noodle dough Rolling mechanism 211 Endless belt 221 Endless belt 230 Roller assembly structure 240 Cylinder 250 Rolling roller circulation mechanism 251 Rolling roller 252 Chain 253 Piece 254 Sprocket 255 Rotating shaft 256 Gear 300 Noodle dough direction changing mechanism 301 Motor box 302 Shaft 303 Rotating table 304 Air Cylinder 305 Piston rod 306 Holding plate 400 Powdering device 402 Geared motor 404 Brush 405 Chain 5 0 cutter 510 roller 520 cutter blade 530 cutter arm 540 crank rod 550 motor 560 dough pressing arm 562 roller 563 roller

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A noodle dough hardness measuring device for a noodle making machine, which is arranged in front of a rolling mechanism of a noodle making machine and further arranged above a belt conveyor for feeding the noodle dough to the rolling mechanism. A rod oriented at right angles to the belt conveyor, a pressing pad provided at the lower end of the rod, and a low dough pressure to push the noodle dough against the resistance of the noodle dough. It has an air cylinder that can switch high air pressure and an encoder that measures the hardness of the noodle dough based on the amount of advance of the rod when the pressing pad sinks into the noodle dough due to the high pressure of this air cylinder. A noodle dough hardness measuring device for a characteristic noodle making machine.