JPH08140617A - Production unit for twisted thready konjak - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a production unit capable of continuously producing twisted thready konjak (devil's tongue) at low cost with a simple scheme free from any movable mechanism. CONSTITUTION: A spiral guide 4b is provided along the inner wall of a pipe 4a set up nearly vertically, and a plenty of thready konjak are fed by free-fall fashion together with hot water from the upper side of the pipe 4a, the falling hot water is subjected to spiral flow generation, and the objective twisted thready konjak is drawn out from the downstream side of the pipe 4a.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a twisted yarn konjac manufacturing device, and more particularly to a twisted yarn konjac manufacturing device for twisting a large number of yarn konjacs into a bundle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, many konjac products have been actively produced by bundling a large number of yarn konjacs into a bundle and cooking them.
Such a konjac product has a seasoning that easily penetrates into the spaces between the yarn konjacs as compared to the plate konjac,
It is also preferred because it provides a texture that is not chewy by conventional konjac products, which is chewy compared to dispersed yarn konjac. Among them, twisted yarn konjac prepared by twisting a large number of yarn konjacs in a bundle has been proposed because various manufacturing methods have been proposed in addition to the above-mentioned taste.

For example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication (Kokai) No. 2-23837 discloses an apparatus for producing such twisted yarn konjac, in which a rotary nozzle having a large number of small holes and continuously rotated by a motor is provided at the bottom of a raw material supply pipe, A large number of thread konjacs are continuously extruded while twisting from a small hole of a perforated plate attached to the lower surface of the rotating nozzle, and a pressure force is applied to further converge the twisted and bundled konjac in the center direction. A structure provided with a pipe for injecting air or hot water is shown.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned method for producing twisted yarn konjac, since the nozzle is rotated to impart twist, there is a problem that the device becomes complicated and the cost becomes high. In addition, since it has a structure having a movable mechanism, for example, in a small hole portion, a shearing force acts on konjac paste to easily cause clogging, and there is a problem that cleaning of the eyelids must be performed regularly. It was

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above problems in the conventional manufacturing method of twisted yarn konjac, and the twisted yarn konjac is continuously and at low cost with a simple structure having no movable mechanism. An object is to provide a twisted yarn konjac manufacturing device that can be manufactured.

[0006]

According to the present invention, a spiral guide is formed along the inner wall of a pipe arranged in a substantially vertical direction.
A large number of yarn konjacs are supplied and dropped together with warm water from the upper side of the tubular body, and a twisted yarn konjac configured to take out a twisted yarn konjac from the downstream side by generating a spiral flow with respect to the dropped warm water. Manufacturing equipment. In the present invention, it is preferable that a supply unit for supplying a large number of yarn konjac with hot water is provided on the upper side of the tubular body.

[0007]

In the present invention, when a large number of yarn konjacs are supplied together with warm water from the upper side of the pipe body, the dropped warm water flows along a guide spirally attached to the inner wall of the pipe body to form a spiral flow. Twist is imparted to the plurality of yarn konjacs by the spiral flow, and the twisted konjacs are obtained by bundling in a rope shape.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a twisted yarn konjac manufacturing apparatus (hereinafter simply referred to as apparatus) showing an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the device is roughly composed of a sink tank 1 as a supply unit for supplying hot water as a medium for transporting a large number of yarn konjacs, and between the sink tank 1 and a main hose 2 as a cooking flow passage. Vertical pipe 3 installed vertically
And a vortex flow generator 4 which is provided in the middle of the vertical pipe 3 and generates a vortex flow for the hot water passing through the inside of the vertical pipe 3.

The spiral flow generator 4 has a connecting pipe 4a having the same diameter as the vertical pipe 3, and a strip plate 4b spirally attached to the inner wall of the connecting pipe 4a in the axial direction of the connecting pipe 4a.
(Spiral guide).

The structure of each section will be described in detail below. Above the vertical pipe 3 in the sink tank 1 is attached a disc-shaped case 1b having a plate 1a in which a large number of small holes are arranged. The case 1b is connected to a pump 6 via a hose 5. The pump 6 pumps the konjac paste under pressure to create a konjac paste reservoir in a small space in the case 1b, and then forms and extrudes a large number of threads from the perforated plate 1a and introduces it into the vertical pipe 3 together with warm water. It is like this. Note that hot water flows in the direction of arrow A in the sink tank 1 and flows down from the downstream end 1c into the vertical pipe 3. The vertical pipe 3 is provided with an upper flange 7 and a lower flange 8, and the connecting pipe 4 described above is attached between the flanges 7 and 8.

As shown in FIG. 2 (enlarged view of portion B in FIG. 1), a band-shaped plate 4b is fixed to the inner wall of the body of the connecting pipe 4 in the axial direction of the pipe and passes through the inside of the connecting pipe 4. The hot water can be changed to the swirl flow C. The pitch P and the width W of the strip plate 4b are appropriately determined according to the degree of twist of the thread konjac. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 9
Is a fastening component for fixing the vertical pipe 3 and the main hose 2.

The operation of the twisted yarn konjac manufacturing apparatus having the above structure will be described below. First, when hot water is introduced into the vertical pipe 3 from the downstream end 1c in the state where the water flow in the direction of the arrow A is formed in the sink tank 1, the hot water flows down into the pipe body and the inner wall of the pipe body A spiral flow is formed by flowing along the strip-shaped plate 4b attached in a spiral shape, and when a plurality of yarn konjacs are supplied together with hot water, twists are imparted by the spiral flow, thereby causing individual flows. A large number of yarn konjacs are twisted into a bundle to form a rope as shown in FIG.

The twisted yarn konjaks thus formed into a bundle are cooked while flowing through the spirally-shaped main hose 2 as a conventionally known konjac cooking channel together with warm water, and then the conveyer conveyor. It is transferred to the top and sent to the packaging process.

As described above, according to the structure of the present embodiment, no special rotating mechanism or power source is required for imparting twist to the yarn konjac, so that the rotating mechanism is free from troubles and maintenance. Thus, the twisted yarn konjac can be easily produced.

[0015]

As is apparent from the above description, the twisted yarn konjac manufacturing apparatus of the present invention is capable of generating a spiral flow for imparting twist to a yarn konjac with a simple structure having no movable mechanism. Therefore, the twisted thread konjac has an advantage that it can be continuously manufactured at low cost.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a twisted yarn konjac manufacturing apparatus of the present invention, which is partially cut away.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the connecting pipe shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a twisted yarn konjac produced according to this example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Sink Tank 2 Main Hose 3 Vertical Pipe 4 Spiral Flow Generator 5 Hose 6 Pump 7 Upper Flange 8 Lower Flange 9 Fastening Parts

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A spiral guide is formed along the inner wall of a tubular body arranged in a substantially vertical direction, and a large number of filament konjacs are supplied and dropped together with warm water from the upper side of the tubular body. A twisted yarn konjac manufacturing apparatus, which is configured to generate a spiral flow and take out the twisted yarn konjac from a downstream side thereof. 2. A supply unit for supplying a large number of thread konjac along with hot water to the upper side of the tubular body.
The manufacturing apparatus described.