JPH07123902A - Device for drawing noodle line and method for producing noodle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the breakage of a noodle line in a noodle line-drawing process, and to enable to carry the noodle line as such, even when the noodle line is broken. CONSTITUTION:Belt conveyers A, B, C whose carrying surfaces re slightly upward tilted are disposed in the multistage manner in the vertical direction, and the carrying direction tip of the uppermost belt conveyer is placed above the carrying surface of the just lower belt conveyer. The rotation rate of the just lower belt conveyer is controlled to be larger than that of the just upper belt conveyer, and followed rollers 4 contacting the belt conveyers through the noodle line 5 are disposed at the carrying direction tops of the belt conveyers, respectively. A tension-detecting roller 7 is disposed at a place at which the noodle line carried down from the just upper belt conveyer is dropped on the just lower belt conveyer. The tension-detecting roller is pulled and transferred in the carrying direction with a noodle line carried on the just lower conveyer, and the rotation rate of the just lower conveyer or the just upper conveyer belt is controlled so that the transfer distance of the tension-detecting roller is controlled in a prescribed range.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a noodle strip stretching apparatus which makes it difficult to cut the noodle strips in the process of stretching the noodle strips and allows the noodle strips to be conveyed as they are even if the cutting occurs, and deaerating the noodle strips after stretching The present invention relates to a noodle making method capable of producing delicious noodles by relaxing the structure of the noodles.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to generally manufacture dry noodles, they are dried after the noodle making process is completed.
As shown in FIG. 4, the method of drying is such that, as shown in FIG. 4, hanging rods b are arranged at regular intervals on a rotating chain a stretched endlessly, and about 24 times the hanging rods b are arranged.
The noodle strings c cut into about 0 cm were hung so as to be folded in two, and were dried in the process of moving them. However, this method was possible only for noodle strings c having a low water content. Since the noodle strings c having a high water content have a high water content, the so-called tensile strength is weak, and if one side is about 120 cm as described above, the noodle strings c are cut into pieces on the way due to their own weight. Met.

[0003] However, whether it is raw noodles or dry noodles, the noodles having a high water content are superior in taste to those having a low water content, and therefore tend to try to make dry noodles with a high water content. For that purpose, as shown in FIG. 5, the noodle strings c are suspended from the hanging rod b in a meandering manner as described above. In this case, however, the noodle strings c hung on the two hanging rods b in the first step are pulled down to about 40 cm from the middle thereof to form a meandering shape as shown in FIG. After aging for about an hour, then further doubling it as shown in (b) of the figure, again aging time of about 3 hours, and further extending as shown in (c) of the figure. Here again, a certain aging time is set, and this is repeated several times.

[0004] Therefore, in the case of highly watered noodles, it takes a long time to obtain dry noodles having a final fineness.
In addition, in order to carry out such stretching, there is an inconvenience that only a skilled person can carry out the cutting, since the cutting will occur immediately if excessive force is applied.

In order to solve the above problems, the inventor of the present invention, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-65753, forms a pair of two horizontally arranged cylindrical rotating bodies, and A plurality of pairs are arranged in the traveling direction of the noodle strips, and among the pair of cylindrical rotating bodies, the cylindrical rotating body at the front side in the traveling direction of the noodle strips has a higher rotational peripheral speed than the cylindrical rotating body at the rear side. , Thereby developing a noodle band stretching device that stretches the noodle strings while straddling the noodle strings on the cylindrical rotating body.
According to this, although the stretching action is certainly performed, the noodle strings may be cut during the stretching. The noodle strings cut in this way had a problem that they did not move forward in a hanging state between the cylindrical rotating body and the cylindrical rotating body adjacent thereto, but rather fell during that time. It was.

[0006]

Therefore, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present inventor, as disclosed in Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 5-5458, moves a belt conveyor having a substantially horizontal conveying surface in the vertical direction. In addition to being arranged in multiple stages, the front end of the above belt conveyor in the transport direction is positioned on the transport surface of the one immediately below, and the rotation speed of the one immediately below is higher than that of the one immediately above. We have developed a noodle-stretching device that has a rotating structure and has a driven roller that is in pressure contact with the belt conveyor through the noodle-strip at the tip of each belt conveyor in the transport direction. By this, even if the noodles are cut in the drawing process of the noodles, it can be conveyed as it is, but since it is conveyed by being pulled by a conveyor regardless of the state of the noodles, The problem remains that the noodle strings are cut unless the rotation speed of each conveyor is adjusted properly. That is, the noodle string has different tensile strengths depending on the thickness, the room temperature, the room humidity, the dough temperature, the water content, and the like.

Further, if the process of repeating the drawing and aging in the noodle making process is carried out by an apparatus capable of automatically performing a plurality of times, it is possible to gradually draw the noodle strings and set a maturing time in the process. Therefore, even non-experts can make noodles such as highly watered noodles, which is convenient.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems] That is, the condition such as the thickness of the noodle strings and the working environment for stretching when they are conveyed by a conveyor are not necessarily constant. Therefore, unless the rotation speed of the conveyor immediately below is adjusted appropriately depending on the state of the noodles, the noodles will be pulled by the conveyor immediately below and cut. If it is too late, the noodle strings will not be pulled by the conveyor at all, and the noodle strings will not be stretched. Therefore, it is necessary to constantly adjust the relative rotation speeds of the conveyors located immediately below and above the noodle strings depending on the condition of the noodle strings being conveyed.

Therefore, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the noodle band stretching apparatus according to the present invention has a plurality of vertically arranged belt conveyors whose conveying surfaces are substantially horizontal or slightly upward, and the belts Of the conveyors, the one in the upper stage of the conveyor should be positioned so that the leading edge of the conveyor is on the conveying surface of the one in the lower stage, and the rotation speed of the one in the lower stage should rotate faster than that in the one in the upper stage. At the tip of the conveying direction of the, the driven roller that comes into pressure contact with the belt conveyor via the noodle strips is arranged, and the pull amount detection roller is installed at the position where the noodle strips descending from the conveyor immediately above arrives at the conveyor directly below. Arranged, the pulling amount detection roller is moved in such a manner that the pulling amount detection roller is pulled in the conveying direction by the noodle strings that move the conveyor at the immediately lower stage, and the moving amount is within a predetermined range Is obtained so as to adjust the rotational speed of the immediately below or straight upper conveyor so that.

Further, in the noodle making method according to the present invention, a noodle strip rolled by a continuous rolling mill is aged, and after the noodle strip is formed into a noodle strip by a noodle strip cutting blade, a belt conveyor having a substantially horizontal conveying surface is moved up and down. Of the belt conveyors, the leading end of the belt conveyer in the conveying direction is positioned on the conveying surface of the conveying belt of the lower stage, and the rotation speed of the conveying belt of the lower stage is higher than that of the conveying belt of the upper stage. And a structure that rotates quickly, and at the tip of each belt conveyor in the conveying direction, a noodle roller stretching device in which a driven roller that presses against the belt conveyor through the noodle strings is arranged is stretched and then aged again, The aging is performed a desired number of times.

[0011]

[Function] The noodle strips coming down from the belt conveyor at the immediately upper stage are conveyed by the conveyer at the lower stage. At this time, the pull amount detection roller is pulled by the noodle strips in the conveying direction of the noodle strips. Moving. And, if the pulling amount of the pulling amount detection roller is large, it means that the rotation speed of the immediately lower stage is too fast, so that the noodle strings may be cut, so make the rotation speed of the immediately lower stage slow. Adjust. Basically, the rotation speed of the immediately lower stage is adjusted within a range not slower than that of the immediately upper stage, but the rotation speed of the immediately lower stage may be temporarily slower than that of the immediately above stage. Alternatively, conversely, the rotation speed of the immediately upper stage is increased. Further, when the pulling amount of the pulling amount detection roller is too small, it means that the rotation speed of the immediately lower stage is too slow, and the noodle strings are not stretched. Therefore, the rotation speed of the immediately lower stage is increased. Alternatively, reduce the rotation speed of the immediately upper stage. Alternatively, the speeds of the upper and lower conveyors are relatively adjusted.

In this way, by controlling the rotation speed of the conveyor immediately below so that the tension amount of the tension amount detection roller falls within a predetermined range, cutting of noodle strings is prevented and The noodle strings are often drawn.

Then, the support rod of the pulling amount detection roller is rotatably rotatably supported, and a motor shifting controller whose output signal is changed according to the rotation angle of the support rod is provided on the support shaft portion. If the rotation angle is large, the output signal from this controller adjusts the rotation speed of the conveyor drive motor immediately below to be low, and when the rotation angle is small, the rotation speed of the motor is increased. To adjust.
Alternatively, when the rotation angle is large, the rotation speed of the conveyor drive motor in the immediately upper stage is adjusted to be high, and when the rotation angle is small, the rotation speed of the motor is adjusted to be low.

Further, even if the noodle strips are cut during the process of stretching the noodle strips, the noodle strips can be conveyed as they are and the rolled noodle strips are aged by a continuous rolling mill to cut the noodle strips. After forming into noodle strips with a blade, after stretching with the noodle strip stretching device, aged again, by performing this stretching and aging a desired number of times,
The noodle strings are degassed in the mechanical stretching process and the aging process to produce so-called chewy and delicious noodles.

[0015]

EXAMPLE Next, an example of the noodle band stretching apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
It is a belt that is stretched over the belt and constitutes a belt conveyor A. The belt conveyor A is arranged so that the conveying surface has a slight upward slope. Reference numeral 4 is a driven roller which is arranged so as to be in pressure contact with the noodle conveyor 5 at the front end of the belt conveyor A in the conveying direction.

Further, the other belt conveyors B and C having the same structure as the belt conveyor A are vertically arranged in multiple stages by the frame body 6, and the leading end of the belt conveyor A in the carrying direction is the carrying surface of the belt conveyor B. The belt conveyor B is arranged so that the leading end of the belt conveyor B in the carrying direction is located on the carrying surface of the belt conveyor C. Basically, the rotation speed of the belt conveyor B is higher than that of the belt conveyor A. The rotation speed of the belt conveyor C is higher than that of the belt conveyor B.

At a position where the noodle strings 5 descend to the belt conveyors B and C located immediately below, a tension amount detecting roller 7 is supported by an angle member 9 rotatably fixed to a frame 6 by a supporting rod 8. It is rotatably supported by the shaft portion 10, and the noodle amount 5 moves the tension amount detection roller 7 at that position. A controller 11 for a motor (not shown) for driving a belt conveyor is arranged on the spindle 10. The output signal of the controller 11 is changed according to the rotation angle of the support rod 8, and for example, a variable resistor resistor control volume can be used.

When the rotation angle of the support rod 8 of the tension amount detection roller 7 is large due to the noodle strings 5, a motor rotation speed control signal is output so as to reduce the rotation speed of the conveyor driving motor immediately below. When the rotation angle is small, a signal is output so as to increase the rotation speed of the motor for adjustment. Alternatively, the controller 11 may directly change the rotation speed of the motor. Alternatively, when the rotation angle of the support rod 8 of the tension amount detection roller 7 is large due to the noodle strings 5, the motor rotation speed control signal is output and adjusted so as to increase the rotation speed of the conveyor drive motor immediately above. When the rotation angle is small, a signal is output and adjusted so as to reduce the rotation speed of the motor.

FIG. 2 shows another example. In FIG. 1, the vertical relationship of the belt conveyors is arranged in a zigzag pattern, whereas the belt conveyors are arranged in a staircase pattern. It is a thing. The conveyor surfaces of the belt conveyors A, B, C and D are made substantially horizontal. Others are the same as in FIG.

The number of belt conveyors is three or four in the illustrated embodiment, but is not limited to this. The above is the configuration of the noodle band stretching device.

Next, the noodle making method according to the present invention using the noodle string stretching device will be described. First, the noodle strips rolled by a continuous rolling mill are aged for a certain period of time and formed into noodle strips by a known noodle strip cutting blade. Then, it is stretched by the noodle string stretching device. The method of stretching here will be described based on FIGS. 1 to 3, while feeding the noodle strings 5 onto the belt conveyor A while rotating the belt conveyors A, B, C and D in the directions of the arrows. Then, the noodle strings 5 are guided to the leading end by the conveying surface of the belt conveyor A, and are transferred to the belt conveyor B located immediately below while being sandwiched between the noodle strings 5 and the driven roller 4.

The belt conveyor B also transfers to the belt conveyor C while receiving the same action.
As described above, for example, when the noodle strings 5 pressed against the driven roller 4 in the belt conveyor A are being conveyed in the belt conveyor B immediately below, the rotation speed of the belt conveyor B is higher than that of the belt conveyor A. Because it's early
The noodle strings 5 are to be stretched, and while the noodle strings 5 are being sandwiched between the belt conveyor A and the driven roller 4 as described above, the leading end portions thereof are on the belt conveyor B and the driven roller 4. When it is sandwiched, it is more reliably stretched. The same applies to the belt conveyors C and D below.

Since the noodle strips 5 are pulled and stretched by the belt conveyor in the lower stage because the rotation speed of the belt conveyor in the lower stage is high, the noodle belt 5 is drawn in a high speed in the lower stage. If too much, pull amount detection roller 7
Is greatly pulled to the position shown in FIG. When the pull amount detection roller 7 is pulled, the rotation angle of the support rod 8 also increases, and the controller 11 arranged on the support shaft 8
The resistance value of changes. And this controller 11
Output signal to reduce the rotation speed of the belt conveyor drive motor located immediately below. Alternatively, the rotation speed of the conveyor immediately above is adjusted. Then, the position of the pulling amount detection roller 7 is set within a predetermined range. For example, the pull amount detection roller 7 is always located near the position shown in FIG. In this way, the relative rotation speeds of the conveyors immediately below and immediately above are constantly and automatically adjusted depending on the thickness of the noodle strings and the like.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1D, when the noodle strips 5 are not pulled down by the conveyor directly below and are not pulled and the tension amount detecting roller 7 is free, the noodle conveyors are run by the belt conveyor directly below. Since No. 5 is not stretched at all, the number of rotations of the belt conveyor drive motor in the immediately lower stage is increased by the signal output from the controller 9. Alternatively, the number of rotations of the belt conveyor driving motor located immediately above is reduced. Then, the noodle strings 5 are brought into contact with the pull amount detection roller 7 so that the position of the pull amount detection roller 7 is within a predetermined range (for example, the position (b) in FIG. 1).

As shown in FIG. 1C, when the pull amount detection roller 7 is slightly pulled but hardly pulled, the pull amount detection roller 7 hangs due to its own weight. In this case as well, since the noodle strings 5 are not sufficiently stretched by the belt conveyor in the lower stage, the rotation speed of the belt conveyor driving motor in the lower stage is increased by the signal output from the controller 9. Alternatively, the number of rotations of the belt conveyor driving motor located immediately above is reduced.
Then, the position of the pulling amount detection roller 7 is set within a predetermined range. The output signal of the controller 11 may be manually adjusted.

After the stretching is completed in this manner, the noodles are aged again, and then the stretching and aging are performed a desired number of times while the filaments are stretched again.

Although the time required for aging depends on the season, it may be about 30 minutes to 2 hours, and a specific method for aging is to pass through a multistage belt conveyor in a noodle factory. The air contained in the noodle strips escapes, so-called degassing, hydration, and structural relaxation are performed, and by stretching the noodle strips that are easier to stretch, so-called chewy and delicious noodles are continuously produced. You can get it.

Further, the number of times of stretching and aging may be such that the thickness of the noodle strings to be obtained as a product reaches a desired level, and therefore the stretching may be performed once, and the aging and stretching are repeated several times. May be. In any case, by performing stretching, the thickness of the noodle strings immediately after the noodle cutting blade can be gradually reduced, and the product can be formed into udon, yamugi, somen, etc. Can also be used.

In any case, the noodle strings 5 may be cut during the drawing process, but even if they are cut,
Since there is another belt conveyor in the lower stage, it is conveyed as it is.

[0030]

As described above, according to the noodle band drawing apparatus of the present invention, belt conveyors whose conveying surface is substantially horizontal or slightly upwardly inclined are arranged in multiple stages in the vertical direction, and the linear conveyor The top end of the conveyor in the conveyance direction is located on the conveyance surface of the bottom part, and the rotation speed of the bottom part is faster than that of the top part. In, while arranging a driven roller that is pressed against the belt conveyor through the noodle strips, the tension detecting roller is disposed at a position where the noodle strips descending from the conveyor immediately above reach the conveyor directly below, Rollers are moved by pulling noodles in the conveying direction by the noodle strings that move the conveyor in the immediately lower stage, so that the amount of movement is within a predetermined range. Since the rolling speed is adjusted, it is possible to continuously and automatically adjust the rotation speed of the conveyor at the lower stage or the immediately upper stage according to the state of the thickness and the like of the noodle strips and the stretching work environment. The noodle strings can be appropriately stretched while preventing cutting.

According to the noodle making method of the present invention,
Aging the noodle strips rolled by a continuous rolling machine, after forming this into noodle strips by the noodle strip cutting blade, with a belt conveyor having a substantially horizontal conveying surface is arranged in multiple stages in the vertical direction, and the belt conveyor Of these, the tip in the conveying direction of the one directly above is positioned on the conveying surface of the one in the directly below,
And the noodle strips having a structure in which the rotation speed of the one immediately below is rotated faster than that of the one immediately above, and at the tip of the conveying direction of each belt conveyor, a driven roller arranged to press-contact the belt conveyor via the noodles is provided. After being stretched by a stretching device, it was aged again, and this stretching and aging was performed a desired number of times. After being stretched by the noodle string stretching device, it is aged again,
By performing this stretching and aging a desired number of times, it is possible to deaerate the noodle strings in the mechanical stretching process and the aging process, and to produce so-called chewy and delicious noodles.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a noodle band stretching device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing another example of the noodle band drawing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a process drawing showing a noodle making method according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a conventional stretching method.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a conventional method for stretching a multi-hydrated noodle.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 belt 2 roller 3 roller 4 driven roller 5 noodle strip 6 frame 7 tension amount detection roller 8 supporting rod 9 angle material 10 supporting shaft portion 11 controller A belt conveyor B belt conveyor C belt conveyor D belt conveyor

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. Belt conveyors having a substantially horizontal or slightly upwardly inclined transfer surface are arranged in multiple stages in the vertical direction, and the tip of the belt conveyor immediately above is located on the conveyor surface of the belt conveyor immediately below. In addition, the rotation speed of the lower stage is higher than that of the directly upper stage, and a driven roller that presses against the belt conveyor through the noodle strings is arranged at the tip of each belt conveyor in the conveying direction. A pull amount detection roller is installed at the position where the noodle strips coming down from the conveyer at the upper stage come down to the conveyer at the lower stage, and the pull amount detecting rollers are conveyed by the noodle strips moving on the conveyer at the lower stage. It is designed so that it can be moved by being pulled in the direction, and the rotation speed of the conveyor immediately below or immediately above is adjusted so that this movement amount falls within a predetermined range. Noodle stretching device to. 2. A controller for motor shifting, in which a support rod of a tension amount detection roller is rotatably supported, and an output signal is changed according to a rotation angle of the support rod. The noodle-stretching device according to claim 1, wherein the number of rotations of the conveyor driving motor at the immediately lower stage or immediately above stage is adjusted by an output signal from the noodle-stretching device. 3. A noodle strip rolled by a continuous rolling mill is aged, and after being formed into a noodle strip by a noodle strip cutting blade, belt conveyors having a substantially horizontal conveying surface are arranged in multiple stages in the vertical direction. The belt conveyor has a structure in which the leading end of the belt conveyor in the conveying direction is located on the conveying surface of the conveying belt of the lower stage, and the rotating speed of the conveying belt of the lower stage rotates faster than that of the conveying belt of the upper stage. At the leading end of each belt conveyor in the conveying direction, the noodles are stretched by a noodle band stretching device provided with a driven roller that is pressed against the belt conveyor through the noodles, and then aged again, and the stretching and aging are performed a desired number of times. Noodle making method.