JPH0732662B2 - Method and apparatus for removing hanging bar after drying dried noodles and semi-raw dried noodles - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to the production of dry noodles or semi-raw dried noodles by suspending a noodle strip cut into a predetermined length on a hanging rod and sequentially moving the dryer (drying chamber) to a predetermined length. The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for automatically removing a hanging stick from a noodle band during the transfer of the noodle string that has been dried and sent to the dry state.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the process of drying dry noodles and semi-raw dried noodles, in a general noodle making factory, the noodle strings cut out from the noodle making machine are hung on a hanging rod and dried in a dryer as desired. , I manually remove the noodle strings from the hanging sticks.

Further, the hanging bar with the noodle strings suspended is horizontally moved to a predetermined position, whereby the hanging noodle strings are held in a horizontal state, and the noodle strings are cut from the hanging bar at a fixed position. As an example in which the hanging bar is removed, there is, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 40-17315 developed by the present inventor.

[0004]

However, in the former method, there is a limit in mass production depending on the increase of the number of workers and the improvement of the manual work ability of the workers. Improving production efficiency has become impossible.

In the latter method, the noodle strips are cut out, the noodle strings are hung on a hanging stick, dried and cut after drying,
In the automation of continuous noodle making in a consistent work process from sending to packaging, there is a problem to cut the hanging bar from the noodle string temporarily, so there is a problem in efficient speedup. I couldn't put it in the line. In view of such a point, the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for automatically removing noodle strips from a hanging stick, capable of completely unattended continuous operation, capable of large-scale mass production and significantly improving the production efficiency. It is what

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, a straight or waving noodle strip cut out from a noodle making machine is hung on a hanging rod, and dried noodles or semi-dried noodles are sent through a drying chamber. A pair of left and right upward-moving chain conveyors for receiving and lifting the hanging rods by the feed claws provided at equal intervals from both ends of the rods are installed. Opposed to the upward rotating chain conveyor, the guide belt is rotated upward and comes into contact with both end portions of the hanging bar, and is hooked between the guide belt on both sides of the upward rotating chain conveyor. A pressing resin plate for contacting and passing a stick is provided, and a fixed guide plate is provided between the guide belts so that the noodle strings move lightly to advance.

[0007] A horizontal feed chain conveyor which receives a hanging rod from the upper part of the upward turning chain container and horizontally shifts, and elastic projecting strips for receiving the hanging rod on the upper surfaces of both sides are provided below it, and an appropriate interval is also provided in the length direction. A horizontal feed belt conveyor provided with a rubber band or a sponge band and a guide plate on which the noodle strings hanging from the hanging rod are gradually leveled and placed on the horizontal feed belt conveyor are provided. A resin holding plate that presses the hanging rod is arranged between the elastic strip and the hanging rod is rotated at a speed (deceleration progress) significantly slower than the speed of the lateral feed belt conveyor.

[0008] A noodle bar feed belt conveyor is arranged with a gap provided at the end of the horizontal feed belt conveyor, and the hanging rods are successively dropped and moved downward from the gaps and returned to the original hanging rod accommodating hopper. This is a configuration with a return device.

[0009]

[Operation] The straight or waving noodles cut out from the noodle making machine are hung on a hanging rod, sequentially transferred and dried along a chain conveyor line of several upper and lower stages arranged in a drying chamber, and finally a drying chain. The left and right ends of the hanging bar of the dried noodles and the semi-dried noodles are sent out by the conveyor 3 and then lifted on the receiving claws of the upward rotating chain conveyor that rotates upward. The portion passes between the guide belt that rotates upward and the pressing resin plate. At this time,
When the noodle strings move upward, some resistance is added to the fixed guide plate, and the left and right ends of the hanging bar are pushed by the presser resin plate to the guide belt side that is rotating upward and come into contact with it. Therefore, the hanging rod is rotated by the speed and pressure of the guiding belt, and the sticking of the hanging rod and the noodles is separated, and the hanging rod is moved upward.

Next, the hanging bar that has risen passes through the horizontal feed chain conveyor and is placed on the elastic ridges provided on the upper surfaces of both sides of the horizontal feed belt conveyor, and the noodle strings are placed on the horizontal feed belt conveyor with the hanging bar attached. When it comes to an intermediate position of the lateral feed belt conveyor while being moved horizontally, the hanging bar is sandwiched and pressed between the elastic projection strip by the resin pressing plates fixedly arranged on both upper sides of the conveyor belt. , The hanging bar is rotated along with the movement of the horizontal feed belt conveyor, and therefore is moved at a speed significantly slower than the speed of the horizontal feed belt conveyor. put out. Then, the noodle strings are transferred to the noodle feeding belt conveyor as they are and sent to the next process, and the hanging rods are sequentially dropped downward from the gap provided in front of the conveyor and the original hanging rods are fed by the hanging rod returning chain conveyor. It is conveyed to the storage hopper side.

[0011]

EXAMPLES Examples will be described with reference to the drawings.
In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, 1 is a hanging rod for hanging noodle strings cut out from a noodle making machine and cut into a predetermined length, 2 is a linear or waving noodle string 2 hanging on the hanging rod 1, The hanging bars 1 are sequentially moved at regular intervals by a pair of left and right transfer chain conveyors for drying arranged in several stages in a dryer (drying room) to be dried into dry noodles or semi-dry noodles. The final left and right pair of drying chain conveyors 3 are fed out. At the end of the drying chain conveyor 3, a pair of left and right upward rotations having feed claws 5 at appropriate intervals for sequentially picking up and lifting the hanging bar 1 via a guide 4 for receiving the hanging bar 1 are provided. A chain conveyor 6 is mounted on a machine frame 7 and a horizontal machine stand 8 above the conveyor, and the upper and lower chain wheels 9, 1
0 is mounted so as to rotate vertically.

Opposed to the front surface of the intermediate traveling portion of the upward rotary chain conveyor 6, the pulleys 12 and 13 axially supported on the upper and lower sides of the machine frame 7 come into contact with both end portions 1a of the crossing rod 1 and are directed upward. A pair of left and right guide belts 11 which are rotated to the upper side are installed, and both left and right end portions 1a of the hanging bar 1 are brought into contact with the guide belts 11 on both outer sides of the upward turning chain conveyor 6.
A resin pressing plate 14 for giving rotation to the hanging rod 1 is provided. In addition, between the pair of left and right guide belts 11, the noodle strings 2 are lightly touched so that the noodle strings 2 rise without swinging (rotating) as the hanging rod 1 rotates. A fixed guide plate 15 for guiding is installed.

In order to receive the hanging rod 1 from the upper part of the upward turning chain conveyor 6 and move it horizontally, the horizontal machine base 8 is coaxially symmetric with the chain wheel 9 above the upward turning chain conveyor 6, respectively. A horizontal feed chain conveyor 18 which horizontally rotates across the provided chain wheel 16 and a chain wheel 17 mounted behind the chain wheel 16 is provided on the upper part of the horizontal machine platform 8 and both insides of the horizontal feed chain conveyors 18 and 18 are provided. In addition, the guide plates 19 and 19 each having an inclined portion at the rear end for transferring the hanging bar 1 and the noodle strings 2 hung on them to the horizontal feed belt conveyor 21 described later, and the horizontal feed chain conveyor 18 And 18 are installed in several places between the hanging guide 1 and the dividing guide plates 20 of the divided portions of the noodle strings 2 suspended in three.

Reference numeral 21 is a roller shaft 2 which is mounted on the horizontal machine base 8 below the traverse chain conveyor 18 and is mounted on the front and rear sides.
It is a lateral feed belt conveyor that is stretched so as to horizontally move in the front-rear direction over 2,23. The transverse feed belt conveyor 21 has a cutting surface base on which the hanging bars 1 are placed along the longitudinal direction of the belt with a space in the width direction between the upper surfaces on the left and right sides in the width direction or between them. The elastic strips 24, 24 ...
Further, a large number of rubber strips or sponge strips 25, 25 ... Which are arranged in parallel in the width direction at intervals in the longitudinal direction of the belt are provided between these elastic ridge strips 24, 24. Suppress the slippage of the noodle string 2 placed horizontally.
An appropriate number of support rollers are arranged below the intermediate portion of the horizontal transition portion of the lateral feed belt conveyor 21 to support the rollers so that they do not bend.

Above the left and right sides of the intermediate portion of the transverse feed belt conveyor 21, elastic ridges 24,
The left and right ends 1 of the hanging rod 1 that has advanced on the 24
A holding plate 26 made of resin for pressing a and 1a from above is attached to a support rod 27 which is attached to a frame 8a passed to the center of the horizontal machine base 8 and which can be adjusted up and down. Install so that you can. This resin holding plate 26
Has a tapered lower surface at its front end so that both ends 1a, 1a of the hanging rod 1 which advances by the rotation of the lateral feed belt conveyor 21 will naturally sneak under the resin holding plate 26.

Reference numeral 34 designates the upward rotary chain conveyor 6,
Horizontal feed chain conveyor 18, horizontal feed belt conveyor 2
1 is a drive device that rotates the motors 35 to the speed reducer 36.
After that, they are rotated at a predetermined rotation speed by a chain wheel and a chain, respectively.

In FIG. 3, a detailed view showing a positional relationship among the upward turning chain conveyor 6, the guide belt 11 and the pressing resin plate 14, the left side rotating facing the upward turning chain conveyor 6, The fixed guide plate 15 arranged between the pair of right guide belts 11 is appropriately fixed to the machine frame 7. Further, the hanging bar 1 is mounted on the feeding claw 5 of the upward turning chain conveyor 6 and ascends while being sandwiched between the guide belt 11 and the pressing resin plate 14 with a slight gap therebetween. , The hanging rod 1 by contact with the guide belt 11
While rotating, pass through and rise between them.

The guide belt 11 provided so as to face the upward rotary chain conveyor 6 has a machine frame 7 as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the motor 37 fixed to the above is decelerated and transmitted, and as shown in FIG. 3, the side facing the upward rotating chain conveyor 6 is rotated upward at about twice as fast as the conveyor to rotate upward. The left and right end portions 1a, 1a of the hanging rod 1 placed on the feed claws 5 of the dynamic chain conveyor 6 are passed between the guide belt 11 and the presser resin plate 14 and lifted up so that the hanging rod 1 rotates upward. Since it is rotated by contact with the guide belt 11, the adhered portion between the noodle band 2 and the hanging bar 1 is peeled off. That is, while the hanging bar 1 of the noodle strings 2 hung on the hanging bar 1 and dried in the state of dried noodles or semi-raw dried noodles is placed on the receiving claws 5 of the vertically rotating chain 6 and moved to the upper part, the hanging bar 1 1. Both ends 1a of the guide belt 1 are passed between the guide belt 11 and the resin pressing plate 14, and the hanging rod 1 is driven by the speed and pressure of the guide belt 11.
While rotating the noodles, the fixed guide plate 15 can prevent the noodles from rotating around and move the noodles to the upper portion in a state where the hanging stick 1 and the noodle strings 2 are peeled off.

4 and 5 are detailed views of the mounting portion of the resin holding plate 26. The resin holding plate 26 can be adjusted by adjusting bolts 28, nuts 29, springs 30 and the like. The resin holding plate 26 is attached via, for example, the frame 8
It is installed so that it can be adjusted up and down together with the support rod 27 by the piston 33 of the cylinder 32 mounted on a.

The rising hanging rod 1 is transferred horizontally to a pair of left and right side-feeding chain conveyors 18, 18 and the hanging noodle strings 2 are gradually placed in a horizontal state on the side-feeding belt conveyor 21. The left and right end portions 1a of the hanging rod 1 placed on the elastic protruding strips 24 are moved while the hanging rods 1 are still attached, and the left and right elastic protruding strips 24 of the lateral feed belt conveyor 21 are moved. , 24, which are installed above the resin holding plates 26, 26, are embedded under the resin holding plates 2
By being pressed by 6, 26, the hanging bar 1 is sandwiched between the lateral feed belt conveyor 21 and the resin pressing plate 26 and moves while rotating, and the moving speed is delayed with respect to the speed of the conveyor. As a result, the hanging stick 1 gradually reaches the end of the noodle band 2 in the lengthwise direction and comes off.
The hanging rod 1 can be removed from the.

With respect to the speed of the lateral feed belt conveyor 21, the lateral feed belt conveyor 21 of the hanging rod 1 is pressed by the resin pressing plate 26 and is decelerated by moving while being rotated by the movement of the lateral feed belt conveyor 21. When the speed difference is small, the horizontal feed belt conveyor 21 and the resin feed plate 26 are required on the horizontal feed belt conveyor 21 for a considerable distance and time before the hanging bar 1 comes off with respect to the noodle length. Since a long length is required and the transfer device becomes long and large, it is preferable that the hanging rod 1 moves at a speed of 1/2 or less than 1/2 from the lateral feed belt conveyor 21. .

Further, referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, at the rear end of the lateral feed belt conveyor 21, a noodle feed belt conveyor 39 for holding only the noodle strips 2 horizontally while holding a gap 38 for the hanging rod 1 to drop. Is installed at the rear of the horizontal machine base 8 so as to rotate in the direction of the arrow.

Immediately below the gap 38 between the start point of the noodle feed conveyor 39 and the end of the horizontal feed belt conveyor 21, a drop guide 40 for the hanging bar 1 is provided. Below the noodle feed conveyor 39 and directly below the noodle feed conveyor 39, the machine frame 7 is provided. A pair of left and right hanging bar returning chain conveyors 41 each having a hook receiving claw 42 obliquely arranged below the hanging bar, and a hanging bar that is dropped below the hanging bar returning chain conveyor 41 by its lower end rotating portion. Shoot 1 4
3. A hanging rod returning device 45 including a transporting chain conveyor 44 for receiving and passing through 3 and returning to the hanging rod accommodating hopper side of the noodle making machine is provided, and the hanging rod 1 is returned to the hanging rod accommodating hopper and stands by. To do. Reference numeral 46 denotes a belt conveyor installed so as to transfer the noodle strings transferred from the feed belt conveyor 39 to the next step.

[0024]

According to the present invention having the above-described structure, the noodle strings are hung from the dryer in a predetermined dry or semi-dried state, and the noodle bars are moved while the hanging bars are moving. The noodle sticks can be separated from the hanging sticks by rotating the noodle sticks and the hanging sticks can be rotated with respect to the moving speed of the noodle sticks while the noodle sticks are horizontally moved by the horizontal feed belt conveyor with the hanging sticks attached. While moving forward and slowing down the moving speed to give a speed difference, the hanging sticks can be automatically and continuously removed from the noodle strings, and completely unattended operation for removing the hanging sticks can be performed. In the past, it was possible to easily eliminate the conventional problems that could not be incorporated into an automatic integrated production line, such as removing noodle strings by cutting them from the creases of hanging sticks in a separate process and forcing a temporary stop, thus enabling large-scale mass production. It has become possible. In addition, speeding up is sufficiently possible, the production capacity is greatly increased, and no human labor is used, so various hygienic problems can be solved, labor costs can be significantly reduced, and manufacturing costs and workers are unnecessary. Therefore, there is an effect that the space of the workplace can be significantly compressed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of the present invention with a part cut away.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the outline.

FIG. 3 is a detailed explanatory view showing the positional relationship between the guide belt, the upward rotary chain conveyor, and the resin pressing plate in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a partial vertical cross-sectional side view showing the positional relationship between the horizontal feed belt conveyor and the resin holding plate of the hanging rod in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Hanging Bar 2 Noodle Wire 3 Drying Chain Conveyor 5 Receiving Claw 6 Upward Rotating Chain Conveyor 7 Machine Frame 8 Horizontal Machine Stand 8a Frame 11 Induction Belt 14 Resin Holding Plate 15 Fixed Guide Plate 18 Side-feeding Chain Conveyor 19 Guide Hill 20 Divided guide slope 21 Horizontal feed belt conveyor 22 Roller shaft 23 Roller shaft 24 Elastic ridge belt 25 Rubber or sponge belt 26 Resin holding plate 27 Support rod 30 Spring 31 Adjusting device 32 Cylinder 34 Drive device 38 Gap 39 Noodle feeding belt conveyor 40 Guide 41 Hanging rod returning chain conveyor 42 Receiving claw 44 Conveying chain conveyor 45 Hanging rod returning device

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A straight or a wave-shaped noodle is hung, and the left and right ends of the hanging bar of the dried noodle and the semi-dried noodle sent out through the drying chamber are placed between the claws of a rotating chain which is rotated upward and lifted. At the same time, the left and right ends of the hanging bar are passed between the guide belt that rotates upward and the pressing resin plate, and the noodles are brought into contact with the fixed guide plate to prevent the rotation, and the speed of the guide belt increases. The contact rod is rotated by the contact pressure to move upward with the sticking of the noodles and the noodles peeled off, and the rising hanging rods pass through the horizontal feed chain conveyor and are elasticized on both sides of the upper surface of the horizontal feed belt conveyor. On the ridge belt,
The noodles are moved in a horizontal state with the hanging bar attached on the horizontal feed belt conveyor, and fixed resin holding plates are placed on both upper sides of the horizontal feed belt conveyor to ride on the elastic ridge belt. The left and right ends of the hanging bar are pressed and moved while rotating the hanging bar to reduce the speed from the speed of the transverse feed conveyor belt, and due to the difference in moving speed, the hanging bar is gradually moved to the end of the noodle string in the length direction. Then, remove the hanging bar from the noodle band, transfer the noodle band to the noodle feeding belt conveyor of the next stage, and the hanging bar drops from the gap in front of the conveyor and collects it. How to remove the stick. 2. A pair of left and right upward rotations in which straight or wave-shaped noodle strips are hung and fed from right and left pairs of drying chain conveyors that are fed through the drying chamber and receiving hooks are lifted by feed pawls provided at equal intervals. A moving chain conveyor, a guide belt facing the chain conveyor and contacting both end portions of the hanging bar to rotate upward, and a hanging bar between the guiding belt on both sides of the upward rotating chain conveyor. A pressing resin plate for pressing and rotating while passing through is provided, and a fixed guide plate that lightly touches the noodle strings is provided between the guide belts, and the horizontal bar that receives the hanging bar from the upper part of the upward turning chain conveyor and moves horizontally The feed chain conveyor and the elastic ridge strips below which the hanging rods are transferred from the transverse feed chain conveyor via the guide plates are provided on both upper surfaces, and the length for gradually transferring the noodle strings in a horizontal state The horizontal feed belt conveyor with sponge bands at appropriate intervals and the elastic projection strips on both upper sides of the intermediate part of the horizontal feed belt conveyor sandwich the hanging rods and rotate them To move at a slow speed, a resin holding plate provided with a device for adjusting the holding pressure of the hanging bar is provided, and a noodle feeding belt conveyor is arranged with a gap at the end of the horizontal feeding belt conveyor, and the gap is also provided. An apparatus for removing hanging rods of dried noodles and semi-raw dried noodles, which is provided with a hanging rod returning device for sequentially moving the hanging rods that have fallen below and returning them to the original storage hopper.