JPS61149061A - Method for drying noodle and apparatus therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable the drying of large amount of noodles, etc. without necessitating a wide drying space, by lifting the object to be dried such as noodles having a definite width under gyration using a string or a chain, and lowering the object under gyration, thereby carrying out the drying under the motion along transversal and vertical directions. CONSTITUTION:One end of the drying object-holding device 7 is supported by a string or a chain at the lower end of the ascension conveyer 15 in the drying chamber 13 furnished with a dehumidifier and a dry air circulation fan 17. The drying object having a width of (t), e.g. noodle 12, is suspended from the horizontal short lever 11 of the drying object-holding device 7, lifted from the wheel 2 of one end to the wheel 3 of the other end by the string or the chain 4, and turned round the wheel 3 to the wheel 2. The above procedure is repeated to effect the gyrative ascension of the object along the conveyer 5, and the object is transferred from the top wheel 2 to the wheel 2' attached at the top of the discending conveyer 6, turned round the wheel 2', lowered toward the wheel 3' of the other end, and turned round the wheel 3'. The procedure is repeated until the object reaches the bottom wheel 2', when the (semi)dried noodle 12 is taken out of the apparatus in the cource by moving from the bottom wheel 2' to the wheel 2 of the conveyer 5.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] "Industrial application field" The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for drying noodles.

``Prior art'' In the conventional noodle drying method and device, the noodles are arranged in a flat manner and dried naturally, and the noodles are force-dried while being rotated in a vertical plane. However, since the width of the noodles is almost constant in the forced drying method described above, it is difficult to expand the drying device in the width direction, and the drying device has to be extended only in the direction perpendicular to the width direction, so the drying device must be made short. was difficult.

"Problems to be Solved by the Invention" The present invention aims to provide a method and device for drying noodles that does not take up much space and is suitable for drying a large amount of noodles by moving noodles of a constant width in the width direction and in the vertical direction. It is something.

"Means for Solving the Problems" The present invention performs a circulation operation in which a single string or chain is swiveled up and then swiveled down, and after the material to be dried is swiveled up along with the string or chain 2, The present invention is composed of a method and apparatus for drying noodles characterized by drying by rotating and lowering the noodles.

``Action'' Therefore, the one type 12 aligned to constant @1 which is the thing to be dried
When the material to be dried is supplied and supported by the drying material support device 7 at the lower end of the ascending conveyor 5, the support device 7 moves upward from the wheel 2 at one end toward the wheel 3 at the other end by means of a string or chain 4. Bypassing wheel 3, turn to wheel 2 at one end.
, bypassing the wheel 2 at one end and sequentially ascending conveyor 5.
The conveyor 5 rotates upward, moves from one end wheel 2 at the upper end of the conveyor 5 to one end wheel 2 at the upper end of the descending conveyor 6, detours around this and descends toward the other end wheel 3, bypasses the other end wheel 3, and then sequentially It is rotated downward and dried from one end wheel 2 at the lower end to one end wheel 2 at the lower end of the ascending conveyor 5.
During the transition, the dry or semi-dry noodles 12 are removed and new noodles 12 are fed as described above.

"Example" A plurality of wheels 2 at one end are provided on a common vertical shaft 8 on a machine frame 1,
The other end wheel 3 is placed at an intermediate level between the upper and lower one end wheels 2.2, and each wheel is supported on the machine frame l via a traction device 9, and both wheels 2.3 are arranged in a staggered position in the vertical direction. An ascending conveyor 5 is formed by a string or check 24 that rotates upward from the wheel 2 at one end, bypassing the wheel 3 at the other end.
A descending conveyor 6 is provided parallel to. This descending conveyor 6 is formed by a string or chain 24 that turns and descends from the wheel 2 at one end of the upper end, bypassing the wheel 3 at the other end. The wheels 2.3 are supported on the machine frame 1 via a device 9 at one end of the upper and lower sides, and both wheels 2.3 are arranged in a staggered position in the vertical direction. Then, the string bypasses the wheel 2 at one end of the upper end of the ascending conveyor 5, or the wheel 2 at the upper end of the descending conveyor 6, which bypasses the same wheel 2. It is connected with a string or check 24. Also, at the lower end of the descending conveyor 6, the string or chain 24 that has bypassed the wheel 2 at one end bypasses the guide wheel 10 and reaches the wheel 2 at the lower end of the ascending conveyor 5, and the wheels 2.2 at both ends of the lower end also pass through the same line as mentioned above. They are connected by a string or chain 24, and eventually one string or chain 24 rotates upward and then rotates downward, thereby performing a circular operation. When using the above Hobelt etc., it is a pulley guide pulley, etc., and when using the check 24, it is a sprocket. Support device for drying material [i
f7 is sufficient to be a horizontal short rod 11 with one end supported on a string or a checker 24, and can hang down and support noodles (-line strip bundle) 12 of a constant width t. 13# in the figure: i drying chamber; 14
is a dehumidifier, 15 is its inlet, 16 is an outlet, 17tIi dry air distribution fan, 18 in Fig. 3 is the mounting plate of the horizontal short rod 11, 19 is its mounting bolt, 20 guide grooves of the mounting plate l-8, 21 is an upper end support guide of the mounting plate 18; 22 is a screw thread for sliding a wheel at the other end of the traction device 9;
23 is the same threaded rod, a set screw screwed into 22, and 24 is a noodle supply belt conveyor.0 ``Effects'' Since the present invention is based on the method and apparatus described above, the supplied dried material having a constant width t can be fed in the width direction. It can be moved to multiple widths and to multiple stages in the vertical direction, and can be dried efficiently without taking up much space.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a plan view showing the noodle drying device of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a front view of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken along line A-A in Fig. It is. End wheel, 4. String or check 2. 5. Ascending conveyor, 6. Descending conveyor, 7. Supporting device for dried material.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) Drying is performed by performing a circulation operation in which a single string or chain is swiveled up and then swiveled down, and the material to be dried is swiveled up along with the string or chain and then swiveled down. Noodle drying method. (2) The wheels at one end and the wheels at the other end provided on the machine frame are arranged at different levels in a staggered position in the vertical direction;
It consists of an ascending conveyor using a string or chain that rotates upward from one end wheel bypassing the other end wheel, and a descending conveyor using a string or chain that pivots downward from one end wheel bypassing the other end wheel. is formed by a single string or chain connected at the upper and lower ends of both conveyors, and the string or chain is provided with a drying material support device.