JPH099854A - Bachi-containing home-made noodle and its production and production unit therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To automatically produce uniform BACHI (deformed part)-contg. home-made noodles by automatically mutually dispersing BACHI-attached noodles containing drawn planar BACHI-parts at the root of a noodle-hanging bar in noodle ribbons and the cut noodles in the central portion of the noodle ribbons. CONSTITUTION: First, noodle ribbons A are hung on a noodle-hanging bar A and arranged before the noodle ribbons (semi)dried by a drying mechanism 3 are cut, and they are then cut into four parts. Secondly, the resultant BACHI- attached noodles B1 and centrally cut noodles B2 are metered by a relevant mechanism 6, respectively. Thirdly, the two kinds of noodles B1 and B2 are mutually dispersed, and the BACHI-contg. cut noodle bundle C1 resulted from joining the 1st and 2nd rows of such noodles and the same sort of bundle C2 resulted from the 3rd and 4th rows are further joined together.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to hand-rolled noodles and a method and apparatus for producing the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, for hand-rolled noodles, noodle strings that have been aged and stretched to a predetermined length by a hand-rolling method are cut into several pieces, and the cut noodles are weighed and packaged for each meal before shipment. .

[0003]

By the way, a feature of hand-rolled noodles is that noodle strings with a drumstick portion can be formed. That is, hand-rolled noodles, as one of its manufacturing process,
When the twisted noodle strips are sprinkled, it is aged on the two noodle sticks with a machine in the shape of a figure of eight and matured, while the distance between the two noodle sticks is increased and the length is 10 to 20 times the original length. Since there is a step of stretching, a so-called bee portion in a stretched plane shape is spontaneously formed at the base of the noodle stick.

When the noodle strips containing the bee portion are divided and cut into a predetermined size and the cut noodles in the same transport row are packaged for each meal, a product having no bee in the center portion of the noodle strips,
A product with a bee at the end of the noodle band is obtained, and the quality of the product is not uniform, which is not preferable.

On the other hand, it may be possible to cut a large amount of both ends of the noodle band in the cutting step so that only the center part of the noodle band is made into a product so that the bee portion is not inserted at all. .

[0006] In the market as well, it is desired to provide hand-rolled noodles containing a bee portion so that consumers can understand that they are hand-rolled noodles, not only dry noodles but also semi-raw hand-rolled noodles such as ramen. There is. In order to meet this demand, it is possible to consider a step of manually inserting the bee portion, but there is a drawback that the mixing operation is not easy and the manufacturing cost is high.

In view of the above points, the present invention has an object to provide a hand-rolled noodle which is automatically mixed with a bee portion and is homogenized, and a method and an apparatus for producing the same.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present inventor has made a hand-rolled noodle produced by cutting a noodle string suspended from a noodle-sticking rod into several pieces. Cut noodles that contain stretched flat bees at the base of the hanging stick (hereinafter,
It was conceived to obtain the cut noodles with the drumsticks by separately transporting the noodles with the drumsticks) and the cut noodles in the central portion of the noodle strip (hereinafter referred to as the central noodles) and automatically mixing them. Hereinafter, when referring to cut noodles, the concept includes both cut noodles with bees and central cut noodles.

[0009] As a means for mixing the noodles with bees and the centrally cut noodles, when the manual work is not easy as described above, the present inventor conveys the noodles with the bees and the centrally cut noodles separately, We invented a merging mechanism that automatically mixes these.

This merging mechanism is provided with a hopper for cutting noodles, which is movable to other conveying rows, downstream of a plurality of rows of conveying belts for conveying the respective cut noodles after cutting the noodle strings. This hopper is arranged, for example, on the downstream side of the transportation line for the noodles with bees, and after receiving the noodles with the drums by the hopper, it is moved to the transportation line for the adjacent central cut noodles and dropped to mix them. be able to.

The noodles with bees and the centrally cut noodles can be achieved by the above-mentioned merging mechanism, but it is also necessary to obtain the cut noodles with bees by combining them one by one. Here, one serving is usually based on the weight, not the number of cut noodles. Therefore, the existence of a weighing mechanism is indispensable in order to put together one meal.

[0012] This measuring mechanism receives cut noodles successively conveyed to a measuring tray, but when a certain weight is reached, it stops so as not to put the cut noodles conveyed later on the measuring tray. A stopping mechanism is required to allow this. Although the mechanism for stopping the cut noodles may be configured to stop the conveyor belt itself, the conveyor belt is moved as it is and the cut noodles are temporarily suspended by using a stop rod or the like that projects freely from the conveyor belt by an air cylinder or the like. It is preferable to store in a storage space for control purposes. In addition, cut noodles are
It is desirable to transport the books one by one to the weighing tray. As this means, for example, a grooved roller is axially supported coaxially with the end roller of the conveyor belt, and the cut noodles on the conveyor belt are fitted into the grooves of the rollers one by one and dropped onto a weighing tray. If adopted, it can contribute to accurate weighing.

This measuring mechanism may be arranged on either the upstream side or the downstream side of the confluence mechanism, but it is not necessary to measure the cut noodles with bees in which the noodles with bees and the central cut noodles are mixed. It is desirable to join the two after weighing every two meals in order to ensure uniform quality. So, in this invention,
The noodles with bees and the central cut noodles are weighed in equal weights, and they are mixed in a row so as to be mixed to obtain one serving of cut noodles with bees.

To summarize the above series of production methods, the method for producing hand-rolled noodles according to the present invention is such that the noodle strings aged and stretched to a predetermined length by the hand-rolling method are hung on a noodle stick and dried or semi-dried. Arranged one or several long noodle strings in a flat shape,
This is cut into several pieces, the noodles with bees and the central cut noodles are weighed in equal amounts, and they are mixed by merging them in a line to obtain one serving of cut noodles.

The hand-rolled noodle producing apparatus according to the present invention has one or several long noodle strings that are hung on a noodle stick and dried or semi-dried, and are arranged in a plane, and the number of the noodle strings is increased. A cutting mechanism that cuts into pieces, a measuring mechanism that measures the cut noodles in each row in equal amounts, and a joining mechanism that joins the central cut noodles and the noodles with bees and mixes both are adopted.

[0016]

In the above manufacturing method, when the noodle strips are hung on a noodle stick and dried or semi-dried, the noodle strips are dried or semi-dried while the noodle strips are hung on the upper and lower noodle sticks. When arranging the noodles in a plane before entering the cutting step, it becomes easier to arrange the noodles by removing the lower noodles stick. Therefore, before starting the cutting step, a step of previously cutting the lower end portion of the noodle string with a cutter and removing the lower noodle hanging bar is performed.

Then, in order to enter into a cutting step of cutting the noodle strings into a predetermined length, a cutting preparation step of arranging the noodle strings in a plane from a suspended state is started. In this cutting preparation step, the reason for arranging the noodles in a plane is that when the noodle strings are conveyed in a state of being vertically stacked, particularly in the case of semi-raw noodles, the noodles tend to adhere to each other,
This is because if the particles adhere to the measuring mechanism, they may not be accurately measured in equal amounts. In addition, in this cutting preparation step, one or several noodle sticks are arranged together, which is for efficiently arranging the noodle strings one by one in a plane.

That is, the noodle strings have different diameters depending on whether it is soumen, rye or ramen. For example, 444m
When 62 pieces of the noodle strings with a diameter of 1.75 mm in the central portion are arranged in a hanging width of m, 124 noodle strings exist with one noodle stick, and two noodle sticks have noodles. If the lines are arranged side by side, 1.75 mm x 62 lines x 2 x 2 = 4 in the central part of the noodle band
The length is 34 mm, and they are arranged continuously in a line in a plane. Accordingly, particularly in the case of semi-raw noodles, the noodles can be efficiently conveyed while preventing the noodles from adhering to each other, and the weighing and the like in subsequent weighing steps can be easily performed.

The noodle strings arranged in a plane are cut by a cutting mechanism. As a cutter used for this cutting mechanism, a circular cutter is advantageous because it can continuously cut rather than a guillotine type cutter. is there. A plurality of these cutters are arranged in the length direction of the noodle strips, and the noodle strips are divided into several pieces to cut into central cut noodles and noodles with bees having a predetermined length. At the same time, cut the end of the noodle strip and remove the noodle stick. In the case of the present invention, since the noodle strips have bee portions at both ends thereof and this noodles with bee portions are mixed with the central cut noodles, it is desirable to divide the noodles into four rows of cut noodles in terms of the work process.

The divided central cut noodles and the noodles with bees are conveyed to the measuring mechanism by the conveyor belts in each row. The measuring mechanism at the end of the conveyor belt may be either a balance type or an electronic measuring device, but since the cut noodles must be conveyed to the confluence mechanism after being measured, a special mechanism is required for smooth conveyance between them. It is necessary to have a proper weighing receiver. That is, quickly move the cut noodles after weighing from the weighing tray,
A structure that makes it easier to carry the next cut noodles is required. As this structure, a flat plate-shaped measuring tray is used, the measuring tray is tilted by an air cylinder to drop the cut noodles, and a hopper that can be opened and closed is used as the measuring tray, and the cut noodles are opened after the measurement. A structure for dropping it is possible. As an embodiment of the weighing pan of the present invention, a configuration is adopted in which a plurality of weighing plates are arranged in the lengthwise direction of the cut noodles at intervals, and the cut noodles are dropped and placed across the upper edges thereof. When the number of cut noodles reaches a predetermined amount, the cut noodles are transferred onto a downstream conveyor belt and conveyed by a chain with a claw that is driven between a plurality of weighing trays.

If the cut noodles on the weighing tray are conveyed,
In order to measure the next cut noodle, if the stop rod or the like is retracted at the end of the conveyor belt immediately before the measuring mechanism, the cut noodle, which has been regulated and waited here, falls into the measuring tray and starts the measurement.

At this time, it is possible to arrange a measuring mechanism at the end of each conveyor belt to measure 1/2 meal. For example, when measuring 4 rows of cut noodles, The number of weighing mechanisms can be reduced by weighing the bee noodles in the row and the centrally cut noodles in the second row, or the centrally cut noodles in the third row and the noodles in the fourth row at the same time for each serving. . On the other hand, such omission of the cutting mechanism causes the noodles with bees and the centrally cut noodles to be mixed in a later joining mechanism, so that there is no particular problem and it is possible to provide hand-rolled noodles in which the bee portions are uniformly inserted.

For the cut noodles placed on the conveyor belt after weighing, for example, the noodles with bees and the cut noodles are mixed at the end of the conveyor belt by the joining mechanism. As this merging mechanism, a hopper that moves by an air cylinder on the slide guide between the first row conveyor belt and the second row conveyor belt and between the third row conveyor belt and the fourth row conveyor belt is used. To be That is, the moving hopper is placed on standby at the ends of the first-row transport belt and the fourth-row transport belt, and the half-meal-flavored noodles falling on this are fed to the second-row or third-row transport row of cut noodles. Move it to the top along the guide and drop it on the middle cut noodles in the 2nd or 3rd row by opening the hopper. Then, the cut noodles, which are cut into pieces and have bee, are transferred to the next packaging step.

When the process shifts to the packaging step, if the first row and the second row are merged, and the third row and the fourth row are merged, they can be merged into one row. Easy packaging process. Therefore, also in this second joining step, it is desirable to adopt a configuration in which a hopper that moves right and left orthogonally to the conveyor belt is provided.

In the case of dry noodles, these cut noodles with bees are bound and packaged as they are. In the case of semi-raw noodles, it is folded around the center of the noodles and folded in half before entering the packaging step and packaged.

[0026]

Embodiments Embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings will be described below. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a joining process in a manufacturing apparatus for hand-rolled noodles with bees according to the present invention, and FIG.
3 is a perspective view showing a merging process of FIG. 2 to a second merging process.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing from the second joining step to the bending step immediately before the packaging step, and FIG. 4 is a side view showing the second joining step.

As shown in the figure, the device for producing hand-rolled noodles with bees 1 according to the present invention is used in the process of mixing the noodles with bees at the end of the process for producing hand-rolled noodles. A cutting preparation mechanism 4 that arranges noodle strings dried on the stick 2 and dried or semi-dried by the drying mechanism 3 in a required state before cutting, and a noodle string A that is in a predetermined arrangement state by the cutting preparation mechanism 4. Cutting mechanism 5 for cutting into four parts, a measuring mechanism 6 for measuring the noodles B1 with a bee and the central cut noodles B2 at the ends cut by this cutting mechanism 5, a central cutting noodle B2 and a noodle with a bee cut B1 after weighing. And a first merging mechanism 7 for mixing with the first merging mechanism 7
The second merging mechanism 8 and the second merging mechanism 8 for merging the bundle C1 of cut noodles with bees in the row and the second row and the bundle C2 of cut noodles with bees in the third row and the fourth row are merged by the second merging mechanism 8. And a folding / conveying mechanism 9 for folding the cut noodle-containing noodles C and introducing it into the packaging process.

In the drying mechanism 3, the noodle strings A are hung on the upper and lower noodles hanging rods 2, and the noodles hanging rods 2 are provided on the upper two guides 11.
It is a mechanism for drying or semi-drying with warm air while transporting the top. Here, the moisture content of the noodle strings is 12% to 14% for drying.
It is carried out when producing a considerable amount of dry noodles, and semi-drying is carried out when producing a semi-raw noodle having a moisture content of 18% to 28%. In this drying step, the noodle strings may be dried between the upper and lower two noodle sticks, or the lower noodle sticks may be removed and only the upper ones may be dried. In any case, the lower noodles hanging bar is cut by cutting cutter (not shown) at the lower end of the noodle strings A,
Try to remove it from the noodle band.

The direction of the line of the apparatus for producing hand-rolled noodles with bees 1 is arranged in the direction orthogonal to the two guides 11 in this drying step. As shown in FIG. 1, the cutting preparation mechanism 4 is a mechanism for arranging long noodle strings on a plane before starting the cutting process, and receives the noodle sticks 2 from the guide 11 of the drying mechanism 3 and guides them to the conveyor belt 12 for cutting. Two guides to do 1
3, a delivery mechanism 14 that lifts the noodle stick 2 from the end of the guide 11 of the drying mechanism 3 to the start end of the guide 13 by an air cylinder or the like, and transfers the noodle stick 2 on the guide 13 to the guide 13. An endless chain 17 having a claw 16 wound around the pulley 15 so as to be moved to the terminal end.
And a curved guide plate 19 that guides the lower end of the noodle band A to the narrow conveyor belt 12 arranged in a number below the guide 13 in a direction orthogonal to the length direction of the guide 13. .

The conveyor belt 12 is arranged in a plane to form a flat portion for guiding the noodle strings A with the noodle sticks 2 to the cutting mechanism 5. It should be noted that the conveyor belts 12a on both sides of the conveyor belt 12 are formed to have a large width so that after the both ends of the noodle strings A are cut, they can be conveyed and collected together with the noodle sticks 2. The collected noodles are reused.

Next, the cutting mechanism 5 used in the cutting step uses the noodle strings A having a length of 300 mm and four rows of noodles B with bees.
1 and the central cut noodle B2, a plurality of round cutters 21 arranged in the width direction of the conveyor belt 12 corresponding to the length thereof and a rotary shaft 2 for synchronously rotating the cutters 21.
2 is provided. As shown in FIG. 4, the cutters 21 are arranged in a pair in the upper and lower parts, and are arranged so as to sequentially cut the noodle strings A sent by the conveyor belt 12, and are arranged in five rows so as to also cut both ends of the noodle strings A. ing.

In order to smoothly cut the noodle strings A by the cutter 21, the sent noodle strings A are set to be arranged in a line on a plane. For example, when 62 noodle strings having a noodle width of about 1.75 mm to 2 mm are arranged in a hanging width of 444 mm, if the noodle strings A of two noodle sticks 2 are arranged side by side, In the section, they will be continuously arranged in a line. Therefore, when handing over the noodles from the guide 11 to the guide 13 of the drying mechanism 3, it is possible to efficiently cut the noodles A by raising the two noodles at the same time and aligning them on the conveyor belt 12.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the weighing mechanism 6 used in the weighing process for weighing the cut noodles B1 with cut bees and the cut noodles B2, FIG. 6 is a front view thereof, and FIG. 7 is a conveyor belt immediately before the weighing mechanism. It is a front view which shows the grooved roller of an end.
Note that, as shown in FIG. 4, the conveyor belt 12 is used in a plurality of stages in the section from the cutting preparation mechanism 4 to the weighing mechanism 6, but may be performed in one stage. Further, in the present embodiment, in order to improve the cutting and conveying efficiency, the conveyor belt 12 with a switching mechanism that allocates to the upper and lower measuring mechanisms 6 in the middle of the conveyor belt 12 divided into a plurality of stages is used. However, when the transport efficiency is not required so much, the hand-rolled noodles with bees may be produced by a single-stage transport belt.
Therefore, in the following, only the weighing mechanism located in the upper stage will be described.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, two weighing mechanisms 6 are installed in parallel at the end of the conveyor belt 12, and each weighing tray 23 and the cut noodles B1 placed on the weighing tray 23, And a weighing unit 24 for electrically measuring the weight of B2. The configuration of the weighing unit 24 is no different from the known weighing principle, and only the weighing receiver 23 has a structure peculiar to the present embodiment. Therefore, only this structure will be described.

As shown in FIG. 6, the weighing tray 23 has a plurality of mounting plates 26 arranged and fixed on a flat plate 25 in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction, and the noodles B1 with a bee and the central cut noodles B2 are provided on the upper edge thereof. Is placed. A chain 28 with a claw 27 is wound around a pair of pulleys 28a between the mounting plates 26, and by driving the chain 28, the central cut noodles B2 and the noodles B1 with a bee are hooked on the claw 27 so as to move in the downstream direction. It will be transported on a plurality of bone-shaped slides 29 arranged in. The slides 29 are connected to each other by a connecting piece 30 below the chain 28. A narrow conveyor belt 36 may be arranged instead of the slide 29. 1 and 2 show an example in which the conveyor belt 36 is arranged.

In this measuring tray 23, the noodles B1 with cutlets and the cut noodles B2 are placed in two rows at the same time, and the cut noodles with one meal for each meal are arranged at the same time so as to straddle the conveyor belts 12 in two rows. There is. However, since the beveled noodles B1 and the cut noodles B2 are sequentially supplied from the conveyor belt 12, when a predetermined amount of noodles is placed on the weighing tray 23, a mechanism for stopping the subsequent supply of noodles. Is required. In the present embodiment, as this stopping mechanism, as shown in FIG. 5, a stopping rod 32 is provided which can freely move in and out from between a plurality of narrow conveyor belts 12, and the stopping rod 32 is actuated by an air cylinder 33 by a signal from the measuring unit 24. The cut noodles B1 and B2 falling from the end of the conveyor belt 12 are made to stand by temporarily.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, on the upper side of the stop rod 32, in order to drop the cut noodles B1 and B2 one by one, a guide roller 34 provided with a fitting groove 34a around the guide roller 34 drives the drive pulley 35 of the conveyor belt 12. It is provided coaxially with.

FIG. 8 is a side view of the merging mechanism 7. The merging mechanism 7 is arranged at the end of the conveyor belt 36 arranged on the downstream side of the measuring mechanism 6, and when there are four rows of cut noodles, the conveyor belts of the first row and the second row. It is provided with hoppers 38 and 39 that slide along the slide guide 37 between the conveyor belts 36 and between the conveyor belts 36 in the third and fourth rows.

As shown in FIG. 8, the hoppers 38, 39 are provided with a pair of opening / closing plates 40a, 40b whose upper ends are rotatably fitted to the guide 37. The opening / closing plates 40a, 40b are provided.
Can be opened and closed by an air cylinder (not shown). Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1, the noodles B1 with bee in the first row and the central cut noodles B2 in the second row can be mixed.

From the first joining mechanism 7 to the conveyor belt 36.
The second merging mechanism 8 for further mixing the cut noodles C1 and C2 with bee placed on the top is provided with a guide 43 and a hopper 44 having the same mechanism as the first merging mechanism 7 as shown in FIG. , By moving the hopper 44 between the first row conveyor belt 36 and the fourth row conveyor belt 36,
The cut noodles C1 and C2 containing both bees are assembled into a cut noodle C containing bees, which is conveyed to the next folding and conveying mechanism 9 by the collecting and conveying belt 45.

As shown in FIG. 3, the folding and conveying mechanism 9 for folding the joined cut noodles C and introducing them into the packaging process is provided with a pair of mounting plates 47 by providing a drop at the end of the collective conveying belt 45. The claws 48 arranged and fixed to a transport chain (not shown) which is driven between the mounting plates 47 in the transport direction.
The half-cooked noodles are bent by hooking the center of the cut noodles C with drumsticks and carrying it by moving. In addition,
In the case of dry noodles, it cannot be folded in two, so the above-mentioned folding step is unnecessary.

The bent half-cooked noodles are further bent by the side plates 49 on both sides of the conveyor belt and guided to a well-known packaging process while putting a bag 50 containing liquid, solid or powder soup or the like.

The weight of one meal of cut noodles having a length of 300 mm is 110 g (199 to 206 pieces). Usually, 62 rolls (124) of noodle strips are hung from one noodle stick, and if the noodle strips of two noodle sticks are cut at one time, 248 noodle strips will be cut. From this, when this is cut in four rows, a total of 992 cut noodles are obtained,
Since one serving is about 200 pieces, about 5 servings of cut noodles can be obtained. Therefore, if 24 noodle-rolling rods are supplied per minute and the feeding speed of the conveyor belt or the like is controlled correspondingly, 1
2 × 5 servings = 60 servings / minute of cut noodles with bees can be produced.

[0044]

As is clear from the above description,
According to the present invention, since the noodles with bees at the end of the noodle strip and the cut noodles at the central portion of the noodle strip are uniformly mixed by a confluence mechanism,
It also has an advantage that a hand-rolled noodle with a uniform bee can be automatically produced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a joining process in a manufacturing apparatus for hand-rolled noodles with bees according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a first merging process to a second merging process.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a process from a second joining process to a folding process immediately before the packaging process.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing up to a second joining process.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the weighing mechanism.

FIG. 6 is a front view of the weighing mechanism.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing the mechanism at the end of the conveyor belt immediately before the weighing mechanism.

FIG. 8 is a side view of the merging mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Hand-rolled noodle making device with bee 2 Noodle stick 3 Drying mechanism 4 Cutting preparation mechanism 5 Cutting mechanism 6 Weighing mechanism 7 First merging mechanism 8 Second merging mechanism 9 Bending and conveying mechanism

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A hand-rolled noodle produced by cutting a noodle strip hung on a noodle stick into several pieces, which is a noodle with a bee containing a stretched flat bee portion at the root of the noodle stick. Hand-rolled noodles with drumsticks, characterized in that the noodles and the cut noodles in the central part of the noodle strings are automatically mixed. 2. The hand-rolled noodles with bees according to claim 1, wherein the noodle strings are semi-raw noodles. 3. A noodle string which has been aged and stretched to a predetermined length by a hand-rolling method is hung on a noodle stick, and one or several long noodle strings which have been dried or semi-dried are arranged in a plane, and the noodle strings are arranged in a plane. Cut into several pieces, weigh equal amounts of noodles with bees containing the stretched flat bee portion at the end of the noodle stick at the end of the noodle strip and cut noodles at the central portion of the noodle strip, and join them in a row. A method for producing hand-rolled noodles with bees, which is characterized in that mixed noodles are obtained to obtain one serving of cut noodles. 4. A cutting mechanism for arranging one or several long noodle strings, which are hung on a noodle stick and dried or semi-dried, in a plane and cut the pieces into several pieces, and cut noodles in each row. A metering mechanism that measures the same amount of each of the noodles, and the cut noodles at the central portion of the noodle strips and the noodles with bees containing the stretched flat strips at the roots of the noodle sticks at the ends of the noodle strips are joined together to join them. An apparatus for manufacturing hand-rolled noodles with bees, which is provided with a mechanism.