JPH11313597A - Dry noodle cutting apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the subject apparatus designed to automatically recover dry noodles cut to a specified dimension to containers. SOLUTION: This apparatus works as follows: containers 7 for recovering dry noodles after cut are stacked in such a mode as to horizontally lay a lot of dry noodles on a cutting table 2; thereafter, a cutter table 3 is intermittently moved from the right side of the cutting table 2 toward the left end thereof and noodles put on the cutting table 2 are cut to a specified dimension with a cutter 5 supported on the cutter table 3; the dry noodles thus cut are pushed with a pusher 9 before the cutting table 2, guided through a chute 10, and recovered into one of the containers 7; a support frame 8 supporting the containers 7 is then moved along with the cutter table 3, thereby each time dry noodles are cut to a specified dimension with the cutter 5, the dry noodles thus cut are recovered into another container 7.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dry noodle cutting apparatus for cutting dry noodles that have been ripened while being dried into a predetermined size, and more particularly to a dry noodle cutting device that can automatically collect dry noodles cut into a predetermined size in a container. To a dried noodle cutting apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Raw noodles are prepared by mixing and kneading raw material powders, kneading them, leaving them to mature for a predetermined period of time, stretching them into a string, and wrapping them over two chopsticks in an eight-character shape. These two
The interval between the chopsticks of the book is expanded stepwise at predetermined time intervals to extend the noodle strings, and thereafter, it is ripened while drying, and then cut to a predetermined length.

[0003] The noodles cut into a predetermined length are bundled by a predetermined number, packed into a box by the predetermined number, and sent to the market. The operation of cutting the dry noodles into a predetermined length is, for example, as shown in FIG. 13, automatically using a conveyor for the dry noodles suspended from the upper chopsticks, or
The dried noodles wound around the predetermined number of upper chopsticks by this dry noodle placing apparatus 101 are laid on the cutting board 102 by hand, and then the dried noodles placed on the cutting board 102 are placed near the upper chopsticks. And cut off the section of the knot wound around the upper chopsticks with the end cutter 103, and thereafter, the dry noodle placing apparatus 10
After the first cutter 1 and the end cutter 103 are retracted, the cutter table 104 is intermittently moved, for example, from right to left, and the cutter table 104 is supported by the cutter table 104 every time the cutter table 104 stops at a predetermined position. At 105, the dry noodles are cut.

After the cutter 105 cuts the dry noodles at the nearest cutting point on the left end, the cutter board 10
2 and returns to the initial position set to the right of FIG. 2 and waits for the start of the next cutting step. And to ensure the safety of work,
The cutting board 10 after the cutter base 104 returns to the initial position.
Take out the dried noodles in Step 2.

[0005] Paper is laid on the cutting board 102 in advance,
The front and rear ends of the paper cut with the dry noodles are lifted with both hands, and the cut dry noodles are picked up from the cutting board together with the paper.

[0006]

As described above, manually removing the dried noodles from the cutting board 102 by dividing them into the number of cuts is very disadvantageous in improving workability.
It is very disadvantageous in saving labor. Further, the paper supporting the dried noodles may be broken and the noodle strings may be scattered around.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a dry noodle cutting apparatus that solves the conventional technical problem and that can automatically collect dry noodles cut to a predetermined size in a container. And

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a cutting table for supporting a large number of dry noodles in a state of being laid on the right and left, and intermittently moving from one side of the cutting table to the other side. In order to achieve this object, in a dry-noodle cutting apparatus including a cutter table to be cut and a cutter supported by the cutter table to cut dry noodles while the cutter table is stopped, the following technical means are adopted.

In other words, a container support frame for traversing from one of the left and right sides of the cutting table toward the other side while supporting the container in which the cut dry noodles are collected on one of the front and rear sides of the cutting table, Technical means is adopted in which a pusher that pushes the cut dry noodles from the cutting table to the container side and a shooter that guides the dry noodles pushed to one side of the cutting table by the pusher into the container are provided.

According to the present invention, the container is supported by the container support frame, and the container is traversed from one of the right and left sides of the cutting table toward the other side, whereby the container is placed on the front side (or the rear side) of the cut dry noodles. Side). Then, in a state where the container is positioned on the front side (or the rear side) of the cut dry noodles, the dried noodles are pushed out from the cutting table to the container side by a pusher. , Is guided by a shooter, falls into the container, and is collected in the container.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A dry noodle cutting apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in the side view of FIG. 5, the apparatus for cutting dry noodles has a dimension cutting section A and an end noodle cutting section B disposed on the rear side thereof. In this end noodle cutting section B, as described later, dry noodles suspended from the upper chopsticks C carried in by the carry-in conveyor 52a are separated into chopstick receiving frames 52c by a predetermined amount, and are placed on the receiving frames 51a of the dry noodle receiving table 51. Let it lie down.

After repeating this operation a predetermined number of times, the dry noodles placed on the dry noodle receiving table 51 are placed near the upper chopstick C in the end cutter 5.
3, the section of the knot wound around the upper chopstick C is cut off, and the upper chopstick C wound around the knot is dropped into the end collecting device 56 to be collected. And the knots separated from the upper chopsticks C are discharged to a predetermined place by a conveyor 58 for discharging noodles.

The lower chopsticks and the nodes wrapped around the lower chopsticks are removed before the upper chopsticks C and the dry noodles suspended from and supported by the carry-in conveyor 52a of the end noodle cutting section B. The dry noodles from which the nodes at both ends have been removed are mounted on the cutting table 2 of the dimensional cutting section A by moving the dry noodle receiving table 51 as described later.

As shown in the front view of FIG. 1, the side view of FIG. 2, and the plan view of FIG. 3, the dimension cutting portion A is supported by the machine frame 1 and a large number of dry noodles. And a final cutting point on the left side of the cutting table 2 from an initial position on the right side of the cutting table 2 and supported by the machine frame 1 so as to be movable in the left-right direction. The cutter table 3 includes a cutter table 3 for moving the cutter table 3, a cutter table driving device 4 supported by the machine frame 1 and driving the cutter table 3, and a cutter 5 supported by the cutter table 3.

The cutting table 2 may be essentially a single plate. However, in order to smoothly transfer the dry noodles from the end noodle cutting section B, the cutting table 2 moves the dry noodles in the left-right direction. The noodles are divided in the left-right direction so as to be supported at a plurality of places at predetermined intervals, that is, at a plurality of cutting points for cutting dry noodles.

As shown in the flow chart of FIG. 4, the dry noodles are transferred to the cutting table 2, that is, a predetermined amount of dry noodles from which the nodes at both ends have been cut are laid on the cutting table 2 by laying left and right. Is completed (F4), a leading edge cutting (F5) for trimming one end of the dried noodles is performed, and subsequently, a next point cutting (F5) is performed.
6) That is, the cutting at the cutting point next to the cutting point at which the cutting was performed is repeatedly performed, and when the cutting at the last cutting point is completed (F8), the cutter table 3 returns to the origin (F1).
0).

As shown in FIG. 1, the cutter table driving device 4 includes a ball screw 4a rotatably supported on a machine frame 1 for supporting the cutter table 3 slidably in the left-right direction around a left-right axis. The ball screw 4a supported by the machine frame 1
A motor 4b composed of, for example, a servo motor for driving
A ball nut 4c screwed to the ball screw 4a so as to advance and retreat, and fixed to the cutter table 3;
After the cutter table 3 starts to be driven leftward from the initial position, the first cutting point detector among the cutting point detectors provided corresponding to the respective sections of the cutting table 2 divided by a sensor (not shown) is detected. Then, the cutter 5 stops for a certain period of time for cutting the dry noodles, and after that, the driving of the cutter table 3 to the left is restarted. When the last cutting point detector is detected, the cutter table 3 is stopped for a predetermined time and then starts driving to the right, and the cutter table 3 is detected at the initial position. When this is detected by the sensor, it stops and waits for the start of the next operation.

However, each time the next-point cutting (F6) is completed, it is determined whether or not the container 7 described later is full of the collected dry noodles (F7). After discharging onto the chain conveyor 12 and dropping the empty container 7 onto the chain conveyor 12 (F9), the cutter table 3 is returned to the origin (F10).

In the step of cutting the leading edge (F4), first,
The cutter table driving device 4 is operated to move the cutter table 3 to the origin, that is, to the left from the initial position on the right side of the cutting table 2, and stop at the first cutting point for a predetermined time. or,
In the start end cutting (F4) step, the cutter 5 subsequently cuts the dry noodles, and one end of the dry noodles is trimmed.

The cutter 5 allows the dry noodles placed on the cutting table 2 to be cut in the longitudinal direction of the cutting table 2, that is, in a vertical plane perpendicular to the left-right direction while the cutter table 3 is stopped. It only has to be configured, for example, a rotary blade that rotates around the left and right axis, a motor that drives this rotary blade,
Means for moving the rotary blade and the motor along a vertical plane perpendicular to the left and right axes may be provided.

However, in this embodiment, in order to eliminate breakage of the dried noodles and to simplify the structure and operation principle, the push-cutting blade 5a supported on the cutter base 3 so as to be able to move up and down.
And a cutter 5 which is supported by the cutter base 3 and has a blade driving device 5b composed of, for example, an air cylinder, which raises and lowers the press cutting blade 5a.

In the initial state (or standby state), the blade driving device 5b positions the push cutting blade 5a at a position higher than the dry noodles on the cutting table 2 and, when cutting, pushes the cutting blade 5a to the cutting table 2
Press down all at once to cut the dry noodles, turn it back,
The push cutting blade 5a is raised to the original initial position (standby position) to stand by until the next cutting.

The cutter stand 3 is provided with a noodle holding device 6 for holding dry noodles on the left side of the cutting blade 5a. The noodle holding device 6 holds the dry noodles on the cutting table 2 at the time of cutting, and the noodle strings are cut at the time of cutting. This prevents movement and allows the dry noodles to be accurately trimmed without breaking.

The noodle holding device 6 is composed of a holding frame 6a extending back and forth and a lifting / lowering drive device 6b for raising and lowering the holding frame above the dry noodles, for example, an air cylinder, and stops the cutter table 3 at the cutting point. After that, before the cutter 5 is lowered, the holding frame 6a is pushed down from a predetermined position higher than the dry noodles by the lifting drive device 6b to hold the dry noodles on the cutting table 2 with a predetermined pressure, and after cutting the dry noodles, the cutting blade 5a At the same time (or before and after) may be raised to its original position.

In the next point cutting (F6) step which is executed after the end of the cutting except the end cutting, the cutter table 3 moves a predetermined distance to the next cutting point, stops, and then starts. Dry noodles are cut in the same manner as cutting dry noodles in cutting.

In the dimension cutting section A, a container supporting frame 8 reciprocating in the left-right direction while supporting a container 7 for collecting the cut dry noodles in front of the cutting table 2, and a cut dry noodle. A pusher 9 for pushing the container 7 from the cutting table 2 toward the container 7, that is, a front side, and a shooter 10 for guiding the dry noodles pushed to the front side of the cutting table 2 by the pusher 9 to the container 7 are provided. The dried noodles are pushed forward by a pusher 9 and guided by a shooter 10 so that they can be collected in the container 7.

The container 7 is made of, for example, a synthetic resin, is formed in a rectangular box shape having an open upper surface, and an outer flange is formed at an upper end portion of an outer peripheral edge thereof. Are formed with a pair of recessed portions. The empty containers 7 are stacked and stored in a suitable amount on the stocker 11 up and down as follows, and the chain conveyor 1 extended into the lower portion of the stocker 11 to be set on the container support frame 8.
2 are dropped one by one, and are transported below the container support frame 8.

As shown in the front view of FIG. 6, the side view of FIG. 7, and the plan view of FIG. 8, the stocker 11 holds the container 7 horizontally and at an appropriate height, and the left and right sides of the container 7 in plan view. Surrounding U-shaped upper frame 11a and supporting frame 4
A book leg 11b, a vertically movable frame 11c that is provided below the upper end frame 11a and that surrounds the container 7 from the left and front in a plan view, and an air cylinder that drives the vertical frame 11c. Elevating drive device 11
d, a pair of front and rear stoppers 11e supported by the lifting frame 11dc so as to be openable and closable to receive the outer flange of the container 7 from below, and a pair of front and rear cylinders (solenoids) for opening and closing the stopper 11e. ) 11f and a plurality of containers 7 stacked one on top of the other
With a stopper 11e on the outer collar of the lowermost container 7 therein.
To be stored.

As shown in FIG. 4, the starting edge cutting (F5)
It is checked whether or not the container 7 has been set in the container support frame 8 before the cutting is performed or before the next cutting (F6) is performed (F1). If the container 7 is not set, After the container 7 is set on the container support frame 8 (F
2) If it is set, it is confirmed whether or not the previous cutting is the terminal cutting (F3).

Then, if the previous cutting is the terminal cutting,
Waiting for the transfer of the dried noodles to the dimension cutting section A (F4),
The process shifts to the start cutting (F5) step, and if it is not the end cutting, the next cutting (F5) at the cutting point next to the last cutting point is performed.
Move to step 6).

In the container setting (F2) step, after the cutter table 3 is returned to the original position in advance (F10), the stopper 11e of the stocker 11 supporting the plurality of containers 7 is closed, and the lifting frame 11c and the stopper 11e is lowered, and the lowest container 7 is placed on the chain conveyor 12.

Thereafter, the stopper 11e is opened and the container 7 is opened.
Is released, the lifting frame 11c and the stopper 11e are raised, and the stopper 11e is closed when the stopper 11e passes a predetermined height, for example, the intermediate height of the second container 7 from the bottom placed on the chain conveyor 12. Then, by raising the lifting frame 11c and the stopper 11e, the outer flange of the second container 7 from the bottom is received from below,
The second container 7 from the bottom and the container 7 stacked thereon are lifted from the container 7 at the bottom.

Thereafter, the chain conveyor 12 is operated to move the container 7 (the lowest container 7) placed thereon to the container support frame 8 at the origin position. However, the container supporting frame 8 only needs to return to the original position before the container 7 is moved to this position. For example, after the lowermost container 7 starts to be lowered on the chain conveyor 12, the lowermost container 7 is moved to the original position. The container support frame 8 may be moved to the origin in parallel before moving to the position.

The chain conveyor 12 includes a ladder-like frame 12a laid on the left and right and a frame 1a.
A pair of front and rear sprockets 12b rotatably supported at both ends of the shaft 2a, and a pair of front and rear chains 12c wound between the sprockets 12b corresponding to the left and right.
A motor 12d for driving these chains 12c,
A container receiving frame 12e fixed to the upper peripheral portion of the chain 12c.

A detector 12f is fixed to the lower surface of the container receiving frame 12e. When the container 7 supplied to the container receiving frame 12e is conveyed to a position below the container supporting frame 8 located at the origin, the detector 12f is turned off. The detector 12f is detected by another sensor 13, and the chain conveyor 12 is stopped.

The container support frame 8 includes a sub-frame 8a protruding from the front side of the cutter table 3, and a quadrangular frame-shaped table 8b supported by the sub-frame 8a so as to be able to move up and down.
A lifting / lowering drive device 8c, for example, an air cylinder, for raising and lowering the table 8b, and a pair of front and rear clampers 8d supported on the lower surface of the table 8b to be openable and closable;
A cylinder (which may be a solenoid) for opening and closing the clamper 8d is provided.

When an empty container 7 is conveyed from the stocker 11 to a position below the container support frame 8 at the origin by the chain conveyor 12, the lifting drive 8c is operated with the clamper 8d opened to operate the table 8b and the table 8b. The clamper 8d is lowered. When the lower surface of the table 8b is received by the upper surface of the container 7, the clamper 8d is closed and the clamper 8 is closed.
d is made to protrude into a concave portion formed on the outer peripheral surface of the container 7, and then the elevation drive device 8c is operated to raise the table 8b and the clamper 8d.

Thus, the container 7 is supported by the container support frame 8 by the engagement of the clamper 8d and the concave portion, and subsequently the elevation drive 8c is operated to raise the table 8b and the clamper 8d to predetermined positions, and to move the container 7 It is lifted until its upper surface becomes a predetermined height lower than the upper surface of the cutting table 1. Thus, the setting of the container 7 (F2) is completed.

After the container 7 is supported by the container supporting frame 8 as described above, the container 7 and the container supporting frame 8 are driven by the cutter table driving device 4 and move leftward from the origin together with the cutter table 3. It stops at the first cutting point or at the next cutting point after the container 7 is full.

Since the right end of the dried noodle cut at the start end cutting (F5) is not always the same length, it is collected as a cut noodle by a cut noodle collecting device (not shown). By the way, the dry noodles are cut into a predetermined length by the starting edge cutting and the next next-point cutting, or a certain next-point cutting and the next next-point cutting, and the cut dry noodles 2 are positioned on the left and right sides. Is supported by the portion of the cutting table 2.

However, since the dry noodles on the right side of the cutting blade 5a of the cutter 5 are not held down by the holding frame 6a, they can easily move to the right at the time of cutting. May fall. Further, the noodle strings loaded on the lower side may flow to the right side during cutting, and the cutting position of the noodle strings may be out of order and the dimensions may be irregular.

In view of this, the cutter base 3 is supported with a vertical plate-shaped cut guide 14 so as to be able to move up and down.
5, the cutting guide 14 is lowered to the right side of the already cut dry noodles in synchronism with or slightly ahead of the pushing blade 5a, and the dry noodles cut by the pushing blade 5a move to the right. Thus, it is prevented from falling between the cutting tables 2 or changing the cutting dimensions.

The cutting edge of the pushing blade 5a may be horizontal. However, in order to sharpen the cutting edge, the pushing blade 5a may be inclined upward or backward in the direction of the cutting edge, or may be formed in a mountain-like shape with a middle height. It is preferable to form a downward inverted mountain shape.

The pusher 9 is provided on the cutter base 3
Drive device 9 consisting of a peripheral surface output type air cylinder fixed to
a and a push plate 9d fixed to the output block 9c of the driving device 9a.

The driving device 9a is called a linear rotary, and has a cylinder 9b having a slit formed over its entire length and closed at both ends, a piston slidably inserted into the cylinder 9b, A sealing member that seals the slit on both sides of the piston; and an output block 9c that is connected to the piston and that moves in the axial direction of the cylinder 9b along the peripheral surface of the cylinder 9b. Body 9
By moving compressed air into and out of two working air chambers formed on both sides of the piston in b, the piston and the output block 9c are driven.

In the initial state (or standby state), the push plate 9d is held down behind the cutting table 2, and the cutter table 3 stops at a predetermined cutting point, and
After the push cutting blade 5a is lowered and the dry noodles are cut, the drive unit 9a is operated to move the cutting table 2 from the rear to the front. Since the push plate 9d is provided from a position higher than a predetermined height above the upper surface of the cutting table 2 to a position lower than the upper surface of the cutting table 2, the push plate 9d is placed on the cutting table 2 by moving forward. The cut dry noodles are slid on the cutting table 2 and pushed out of the cutting table 2.

The cutter base 3 is provided along substantially the same plane as the front and left and right three surfaces of the container 7 supported by the container support frame 8 in a plan view (or a slightly inward vertical surface). A shooter 10 having three front and left and right side surfaces 10a to 10c and a forwardly inclined surface 10d connected to the rear ends of the left and right side surfaces 8b and 8c is fixedly supported.

In addition, before and after each part of the cutting table 2, fall prevention plates 2a and 2b for preventing the dry noodles from falling back and forth are provided, and the front fall prevention plates 2a are each provided with an air cylinder 2c when the dry noodles are discharged. Then, the dry noodles pushed out of the cutting table 2 by the push plate 9d pass over the cutting board 2 and the side walls 10a to 10d.
It is guided to the opening on the upper surface of the container 7 by the c and the inclined surface 10d, and is dropped into the container 7 to be collected.

When the push plate 9d moves to a predetermined position in front of the cutting table 2, the driving device 9a operates in reverse, and the push plate 9d is turned back from that position and moves to the original position behind the cutting table 2. . At the same time or thereafter, the air cylinder 2c is shortened, and the front drop prevention plate 2a
Rises to its original height.

Then, if this cutting is not the terminal cutting,
Thereafter, the cutter table driving device 4 is restarted, and the cutter table 3, the cutter 5, the noodle holding device 6, the container 7, the container supporting frame 8, the pusher 9, and the shooter 10 are moved to the next cutting point, and the next cutting is performed. At this point, the dried noodles are cut in the same manner as described above and collected in the container 7.

At the last cutting point, when the container 7 is full, the container 7 is lowered onto the chain conveyor 12, released from the container support frame 8, and then the chain conveyor 12 is operated to determine the full container 7 in advance. Discharge to the designated location.

When the container 7 becomes full at the last cutting point, the container 7 is released on the chain conveyor 12, and then the container support frame 8 is raised to the initial position. That is, the elevation driving device 8c of the container support frame 8 is operated, and the table 8b,
The clamper 8 d and the container 7 supported by the clamper 8 d are lowered, and the container 7 is placed on the chain conveyor 12.
Then, after opening the clamper 8d, the lifting drive 8c is reversely operated to raise the table 8b and the clamper 8d.

At the same time or after this, the cutter table driving device 4 is operated in reverse to move the cutter table 3 to the origin. If the container 7 does not become full at the last cutting point, the cutter table driving device 4 is immediately operated in reverse to move the cutter table 3 to the origin.

In this embodiment, an empty container 7 is moved from the stocker 11 to the origin of the cutter table 3 on the right side of the chain conveyor 12 in parallel with the discharge of the container.

Accordingly, the cutter table 3, the cutter 5, the noodle holding device 6, the container supporting frame 8, the pusher 9 and the shooter 10 return to the original position (initial position, standby position), and at the same time, the next empty container 7 is moved to the container supporting frame. No. 8, and subsequently, the cutting and collection of dry noodles can be repeated.

The end noodle cutting section B has been previously filed by the present applicant. This is an improvement of the automatic dry noodle cutting device. As described above, the automatic dry noodle cutting device is disposed on the rear side of the dimension cutting portion A opposite to the container supporting frame 8.

As shown in the front view of FIG. 9, the end noodle cutting portion B comprises a dry noodle receiving table 51 for hanging dry noodles suspended from and supported on upper chopsticks C on the left and right sides at regular intervals, and upper chopsticks C Dry noodle take-up device 52 that lays dry noodles suspended on a dry noodle cradle 51 such that upper chopsticks C are located on the right end of dry noodle cradle 51, and dry noodles placed on dry noodle cradle 51 An end cutter 53 for cutting on the right end of 51;
After moving the dry noodle receiving table 51 above the cutting table 2,
A dry noodle transferring device 54 is provided to transfer the dry noodles from the dry noodle receiving table 51 to the cutting table 2 by lowering the noodles between the cutting tables 2.

The dry noodle receiving table 51 includes a plurality of receiving frames 51a arranged at appropriate intervals on the left and right, and each receiving frame 51a.
a connecting frame 5 for connecting stopper frames 51b erected at both front and rear ends of the plurality of receiving frames 51a to rear ends of the plurality of receiving frames 51a.
1c.

Further, the dry noodle taking-in device 52 sequentially receives the upper chopsticks C on which dry noodles are wound from a carry-in conveyor (not shown) on a chopstick picking conveyor 52a supported by a machine frame 55, and is supported by the machine frame 55 so as to be able to move up and down. A predetermined number of upper chopsticks C are separated by a chopstick receiving frame 52c supported by the lift frame 52b, and the dry noodles are laid on the dry noodle receiving table 51 so that the upper chopsticks C are located on the right end of the dry noodle receiving table 51. ing.

That is, as shown in the rear view of FIG. 10, a stopper 52d for receiving the upper chopsticks C is provided at the destination of the chopstick picking conveyor 52a, and the upper chopsticks C received from the carry-in conveyor are used by the stoppers 52d. The distance between the nodes of the noodle strings wrapped around them is reduced to the extent that they come into contact with each other, and checks are made one after another. 10 and FIG.
1, a chopstick picking conveyor 52a has a counting device 52e for counting the number of upper chopsticks C conveyed by the conveyor.
When a predetermined number (for example, 18) of upper chopsticks C pass through the counting device 52e, a pair of left and right pin-shaped stoppers 52f provided on the transport source side are projected from the counting device 52e.
Thereafter, the upper chopstick C is prevented from proceeding to the destination.
As a result, a predetermined number of upper chopsticks C are accumulated at the destination of the chopstick picking-up conveyor 52a at such a distance that the nodes of the noodle strings contact each other.

The chopstick receiving frame 52c is located at the left end of the elevating frame 52b in the initial state, and is located below a predetermined number of upper chopsticks C to be collected at the destination of the chopstick picking conveyor 52a. , As described above, the chopstick picking conveyor 52
After a predetermined number of the upper chopsticks C are collected at the destination of the transfer, the chopstick receiving frame 52c is raised together with the elevating frame 52b as shown in FIG. Is picked up by the chopstick receiving frame 52c.

Thereafter, the chopstick receiving frame 52c is moved rightward from the left end of the lifting frame 52b, and the lifting frame 52b and the chopstick receiving frame 52c are lowered from the time when the chopstick receiving frame 52c passes the right end of the chopstick picking conveyor 52a. By doing so, these predetermined number of upper chopsticks C are carried in above the right end of the dry noodle receiving table 51.

A guide plate 52 is provided on the left end of the dry noodle receiving table 51.
g is provided, and the lower half of the dry noodles slides over the guide plate 52g while the upper chopsticks C are transported from above the chopstick pick-up conveyor 52a to the upper side of the right end of the dry noodle receiving table 51. The lower half is smoothly guided on the dry noodle receiving table 51 without breaking, and is laid down.

While the upper chopstick C is being moved by the chopstick receiver 52c, the chopstick receiver 52c tilts downward and the upper chopsticks C supported by the chopstick holder C are arranged in a downward tilt direction. Then, by cutting the dry noodles in the vicinity of the upper chopsticks C by the end cutter 53 supported on the right end of the lifting frame 52b, the upper chopsticks C and the knot portion of the dry noodles wrapped around the upper chopsticks C are cut, and later. The right end of the dry noodle cut into a predetermined size in the size cutting section A falls on the dry noodle receiving table 51 and is laid down. The cut-out section and the upper chopstick C around which the cut-off section is wound are collected by the end collecting device 56, and the cut-out device 57 removes the node from the upper chopstick C. The knots separated from the upper chopsticks C are discharged to a predetermined place by the end noodle discharging conveyor 58.

As shown in the side views of FIG. 9 and FIG. 12, the dry noodle transferring apparatus 54 is provided so as to be able to move up and down, and an elevating frame 54a which supports the dry noodle receiving table 51 so as to be able to slide back and forth.
An elevating drive device 54b composed of, for example, an air cylinder for driving the elevating and lowering device,
And a forward / backward drive device 54c composed of, for example, a linear rotary supported by an elevating frame 54a.

As shown in FIG. 12, the dry noodle receiving table 51 is
After operating the lifting drive 54b from the predetermined initial position shown by the solid line to raise the noodles to the noodle receiving position, the dry noodles are received from the dry noodle intake device 52 as described above, and the nodes are cut off by the end cutter 53. From the forward and backward drive 5
4c is moved from inside the machine frame 55 to an upper position above the cutting table 2 of the dimension cutting section A while the dry noodles are placed thereon. After that, the lifting / lowering driving means 54b is operated in reverse, so that the
By lowering each of the receiving frames 51 a to a lower position between the cutting tables 2, the dry noodles are reloaded from the dry noodle receiving table 51 to the cutting table 2 of the dimension cutting section A. Further, thereafter, the advance / retreat driving device 54c is operated in reverse to move the dry noodle receiving table 51 to the rear initial position, so that the next predetermined number of dry noodles supported by the upper chopsticks C are taken into the dry noodle receiving table 51. To wait.

Accordingly, in this dry noodle cutting apparatus, the upper chopsticks C on which the noodle strings are wound are carried into the end noodle cutting section B by a carry-in conveyor, and
After gathering a predetermined number of noodle strings, the section of the knot was cut off and the upper chopsticks C were separated, whereby the noodle strings with knots cut off at both ends were transferred from the end noodle cutting section B to the dimension cutting section A. After that, it is cut into a predetermined size, collected in the container 7, and can be carried out to the predetermined position together with the container 7.

That is, it is not necessary to manually collect the noodle strings cut into a predetermined size from the cutting table 2, and the noodle strings having the predetermined size can be collected from the cutting table 2 with high efficiency. This is very advantageous in saving labor.

Further, since the collected noodle strings are housed in the container 7, there is no danger that they will be scattered to the surroundings before the operation of separating and bundling them, and the operation of separating and bundling the noodle strings is easy. become.

In addition, the operation of cutting the knots and separating the upper chopsticks C at the end noodle cutting section B and the operation of cutting the noodle strings to a predetermined size at the dimension cutting section A and collecting them in a container are performed in parallel. Therefore, the workability of the whole manufacturing process can be further enhanced.

[0072]

As described above, according to the present invention, the container for collecting the cut dry noodles is supported on either one of the front and rear sides of the cutting table, while the container for collecting the dried noodles is placed on the left or right side of the cutting table. Since it has a container support frame that traverses toward the side, a pusher that pushes the cut dry noodles from the cutting table to the container side, and a shooter that guides the dry noodles pushed to one side of the cutting table by the pusher into the container, Thus, an effect is obtained that the dried noodles cut into a predetermined size can be automatically collected in the container.

As a result, the workability of this work, which has been conventionally performed manually, can be significantly improved, and labor can be saved. In addition, the dry noodles cut to a predetermined size are scattered around and the yield is reduced. Can be prevented from stopping, and it is possible to obtain effects such as being advantageous in proceeding with subsequent work.

In the present invention, in particular, the cutting table is provided so as to be divided in the left-right direction so as to support the dried noodles at a plurality of places at predetermined intervals in the left-right direction, and is arranged on the opposite side to the container support frame. The dry noodles are suspended on the left and right sides to support the dry noodles at regular intervals, the dry noodles suspended on the upper chopsticks are placed on the dry noodle cradle, and the dry noodle placing device is placed on the dry noodle cradle. An end cutter for cutting dry noodles on one of the left and right ends of the dry noodle tray, and after moving the dry noodle tray above the cutting table, lowering the dry noodles between the cutting tables to dry the dry noodles. In the case where a dry noodle transferring device for transferring to a cutting table is provided from the above, in addition to the above-described effects, only the hanging of the upper chopstick supporting the dry noodle in the dry noodle placing device is wrapped around the upper chopstick. Separate the knots and upper chopsticks from the dried noodles cut to the specified size, The operation of placing the dried noodles on the cutting table can be automated, the workability of this operation can be significantly improved, and labor can be saved.In addition, the operation of cutting the dried noodles to a predetermined size can be performed continuously. ,
It is possible to obtain an effect that workability of the whole manufacturing process can be significantly improved.

In this case, the operation of cutting off the nodes of the dry noodles and separating the upper chopsticks and the operation of cutting the dry noodles to a predetermined size can be performed in parallel. Can be further enhanced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a dimension cutting section of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the dimension cutting unit of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a dimension cutting section of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a control flowchart of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front view of the stocker of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a side view of the stocker of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of the stocker of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a front view of the end noodle cutting section of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a rear view of the chopstick picking conveyor of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a side view of the chopstick picking conveyor of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a side view of the dry noodle transferring apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a side view of a conventional dry noodle cutting device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Cutting table 3 Cutter table 5 Cutter 7 Container 8 Container support frame 9 Pusher 10 Shooter 51 Dry noodle receiving table 52 Dry noodle take-in device 53 End cutter 54 Dry noodle transfer device

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A cutting table for stacking and supporting a large number of dry noodles in a state of being laid on the left and right, a cutter table for intermittently traversing from one of the left and right sides of the cutting table toward the other side,
And a cutter supported by the cutter base and cutting the dry noodles while the cutter base is stopped.The dry noodle cutting device, wherein the container in which the cut dry noodles are collected is supported on one of the front and rear sides of the cutting base while cutting. A container support frame that traverses from one side of the table to the other side, a pusher that pushes the cut dry noodles from the cutting table to the container side, and a dry noodle that is pushed to one side of the cutting table by the pusher And a shooter for guiding the noodles to the container. 2. The cutting table is provided so as to be divided in the left-right direction so as to support the dried noodles at a plurality of places at predetermined intervals in the left-right direction. A dry noodle cradle that lays the supported dry noodles on the left and right and supports them at regular intervals, a dry noodle take-in device that lays the dry noodles suspended on the upper chopsticks on the dry noodle cradle, and a dry noodle placed on the dry noodle cradle An end cutter for cutting on one of the right and left ends of the receiving table, and after moving the dry noodle receiving table above the cutting table, lowering it between the cutting tables to dry the dry noodles from the dry noodle receiving table. The dry-noodle cutting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: