WO2002013627A1

WO2002013627A1 - Noodle gelating device

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Publication number: WO2002013627A1
Application number: PCT/JP2001/005230
Authority: WO
Inventors: Hatsuo Sakurazawa
Original assignee: Fuji Manufacturing Corporation Ltd.
Priority date: 2000-08-11
Filing date: 2001-06-19
Publication date: 2002-02-21
Also published as: JP4540810B2; MY128361A; AU2001264330A1; JP2002051717A

Abstract

A noodle gelating device capable of performing a noodle line steaming step efficiently while suppressing a running cost and a device cost, wherein, when the conveyor outward route (28a) of a net conveyor (28) moves through the inside of a steam chamber (26), a packing (42) and packing (44)(not illustrated but continued to the packing) disposed at the lateral both ends of a net (36) move in contact with band-shaped packings (46) extending in the forward moving direction on a lower cover (24), whereby the hot steam fed from a steam tube into the steam chamber (26) does not bypass a roller chain (30) side, but moves to the upper side of the steam chamber after passing through the net of the conveyor outward route (28a) (net (36)) while coming in contact with the entire area of the noodle line (N).

Description

Specification

糊 Gelatinization equipment Technical field

The present invention relates to a gelatinizing device. Background art

As a general manufacturing method for instantaneous taste, first, raw materials such as flour, soba flour, and starch are put into a kneader such as a mixer, and water is prepared and water is then supplied, followed by kneading for a predetermined time. Next, the dough (麵 dough) taken out of the kneading machine is formed into a predetermined thickness by a roll rolling device, and the 麵 wire cut out to a predetermined length by a wire machine is placed on a conveyor, and is put into a gelatinization device. After being steamed for a predetermined time in the steam atmosphere of the gelatinization device to perform a steaming process, the material is conveyed to a frying device or a hot air device as a drying process. Here, the reason why the steaming step is performed by the kneader 31 is to change the green starch into a form easily digestible by the heat treatment with water, that is, to convert the starch into arsenic.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing the internal structure of a conventional gelatinizing device. This gelatinization device advances the outward path of the net conveyor 9 to the horizontally extending device space 6 defined by the upper canopy 12 and the lower canoe 4, and the steam placed on the lower cover 14 The steam is sent upward from the pipe 8 to make the device space 6 a steam chamber 6.

The net conveyor 9 includes two endless roller chains 10 and 12 arranged in parallel with each other, a net 14 stretched between the roller chains 10 and 12, A rail 16 that is arranged on the widthwise end of the lower and upper canopies 4 to roll the rollers 10 and 12 and a horse that drives the roller chains 10 and 12 A separate sprocket (not shown) is provided.

Then, by passing the net 14 on the outward route through the steam chamber 6 at a predetermined transport speed, the steam N is carried out by steaming the wire N placed on the net 14. By the way, in the gelatinizing apparatus of »described above, after the steam supplied upward from the steam pipe 8 bypasses the roller chains 10 and 12 in the width direction of the net 14, There is a possibility that the steam flowing to the upper part of the steam chamber 6 and coming into contact with the 麵 line N may decrease. For this reason, the steam supply amount from the steam pipe 8 is increased so that the steam is sufficiently distributed to the wire N as the steam chamber 6 in a high mist state, the transport of the net 14 is slowed, and A method of lengthening the line is conceivable.

However, if the steaming process time is extended or a large amount of steam is required, there is a problem in terms of running costs. In addition, if the manufacturing line of (1) becomes long, there is a problem in terms of equipment costs.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and a gelatinization apparatus which can efficiently perform a steaming process of a wire while suppressing running costs and equipment costs. It is intended to provide. Disclosure of the invention

The gelatinization apparatus according to the present invention performs the steaming step of the wire by transporting the wire placed on a conveyor into a steam chamber and supplying steam from a steam pipe arranged below the steam chamber. The gelatinizer of the above, wherein the conveyor drives two endless chains arranged in parallel in the steam chamber, an endless net stretched between these chains, and a knitting three chain. And a drive unit for moving the net. The steam in the steam chamber flows to the chain side at positions extending in the traveling direction of the net at both ends in the width direction of the net. This is a device provided with a vapor shielding means for prevention.

In addition, the vapor barrier means comprises: a plurality of rod-shaped packing materials which are embedded in a linear material forming the net at both ends in the width direction of the net and are connected in the traveling direction; A belt-shaped packing material was arranged in the lower part of the steam chamber 3 so as to be in contact with the material from the lower side while extending in the traveling direction. Further, the packing material described in the above-mentioned B and the band-shaped packing material are members excellent in producing bacteria. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an entire gelatinizing apparatus according to the present invention. Figure 2 shows the 麵 It is a principal part cross-sectional view of a gelatinization apparatus. FIG. 3 is a view taken in the direction of arrows III-III in the gelatinizing apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a view taken in the direction of arrows IV-IV in the gelatinizing apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a conventional gelatinizing apparatus (1). BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the gelatinization apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a view showing the entirety of a gluing apparatus of a first embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of the gelatinizing apparatus of the present embodiment.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the apparatus 20 of the present embodiment has a net conveyor inside a horizontally extending steam chamber 26 defined by an upper cover 22 and a lower cover 24. The outgoing path 28 a of the conveyor 28 advances in the direction of the arrow, and the return path 28 b advances outside the steam chamber 26 in the direction of the arrow, and the steam pipe 3 1 arranged on the lower cover 24. High-temperature steam is sent into the steam chamber 26 from the inside.

The net conveyor 28 includes a pair of driving vehicles 32, 34 arranged outside the steam chamber 26, and a pair of driving vehicles 32, 34, which are wound around the pair of driving vehicles 32, 34 in parallel with each other. It is equipped with a chain, a net 36 stretched between two roller chains, and a rail that is arranged in the steam chamber 26 and supports the rollers of the two roller chains so that they can roll freely. The member indicated by reference numeral 30 in FIG. 2 indicates one roller chain of the two-roller chain, and the member indicated by reference numeral 33 in FIG. 2 supports the roller roller 30 of the other roller chain. Shows the rails to be used.

As shown in FIG. 3, the net 36 is composed of a number of horizontal lines 36a in which linear materials are arranged in parallel at a predetermined pitch, and a wave peak woven into each horizontal line 36a and abutted. It is composed of a number of vertical lines 36 b cross-connected with each other, and a number of meshes 36 c are formed between the horizontal lines 36 a and the vertical lines 36 b.

Also, as shown in FIG. 4, the roller 36 is coaxial with the roller 30a of the roller chain 30 in a predetermined annular space defined by vertical lines 36 on both sides in the width direction of the net 36. And a packing material 42 having a substantially elliptical cross section and externally fitted to the net fixed shaft 40 fixed thereto. Also, roller chain 3 0 In the other annular space defined by the above-mentioned vertical line 36 b which is not opposed to the roller 30 a, the tread material 44 is pressed in to remove the substantially elliptical thigh in cross section. The filling material 42, 44 is a member having excellent perpendicularity.

On the upper part of the lower cover 24, a strip-shaped packing 46 extending from the lower side to the conveyor outgoing path 28a is disposed on all the packing materials 42, 44 described above. I have. This packing 46 is also a member excellent in heat resistance.

Note that the members indicated by reference numerals 48 arranged on the widthwise edges of the upper cover 22 and the lower cover 24 in FIG. 2 prevent the steam from leaking from inside the steam chamber 26 to the outside. It is a band-shaped patch.

Then, the 麵 line N is placed on the outgoing path 28 a of the conveyor and proceeds in the steam chamber 26 in the direction of the arrow. Note that the dashed line N has a long linear shape obtained by cutting a strip having a predetermined thickness by a roll rolling device with a cutting blade device.

Here, the packing materials 42, 44, and 46 correspond to the vapor shielding means of the present invention.

According to the gelatinizing device 20 of the best practice, when the conveyor outgoing route 28 a of the net conveyor 28 travels inside the steam chamber 26, the packings 4 arranged at both ends in the width direction of the net 36 are used. 2 and 4 4 move on the lower cover 24 onto the belt-like packing 46 extending in the direction of the outgoing conveyor 28 a, and move from the steam pipe 31 into the steam chamber 26. The sent high-temperature steam does not bypass to the roller chain 30 side.

For this reason, when the 麵 line N is carried on the conveyor outgoing route 28a and is conveyed into the steam chamber 26, the high-temperature steam sent out from the steam pipe 31 is transferred to the conveyor outgoing route 28a (ne (3) After passing through the mesh (36c) of (36), head toward the upper part of the steam chamber, and at that time, the insects fly across the entire area of the 麵 line (N).

As described above, in the apparatus of the present embodiment, the high-temperature steam delivered from the steam pipe 31 flows toward the net 36 on which the wire 載 is placed, and does not flow in the other direction, so that the steam is efficiently steamed. Since the process is performed, the consumption of steam does not increase, and the running cost can be reduced.

In addition, the complete steaming process of the line N can be performed without reducing the transport speed of the conveyor outgoing route 28a and without lengthening the steaming process line. Ig can be reduced.

In addition, assuming that steam does not flow to the roller chain 30, the packings 42, 44 disposed at both ends in the width direction of the net 36, and the band-shaped packing 4 disposed on the lower cano 24 are provided. Since the structure is simply different from that of 6, the cost of the apparatus can be further reduced.

Furthermore, since the packings 42, 44, and 46 have excellent heat resistance, they have a function to block steam to the roller chain 30 even if they are exposed to high-temperature steam for a long period of time. It can last for a long time.

In the present embodiment, a net 36 is composed of a number of horizontal lines 36a in which linear materials are arranged in parallel at a predetermined pitch, and a number of vertical lines 36b braided to each horizontal line 36a. However, similar effects can be obtained with other types of nets. Industrial applicability

According to the gelatinizing apparatus, the high-temperature steam sent out from the steam pipe is blocked by the steam shielding means from flowing to the chain sides at both ends in the width direction of the net, and is directed toward the net on which the wire is placed. As the steaming process is performed efficiently, the steam consumption is not increased, and the running cost can be reduced. In addition, the complete steaming process of the wire can be performed without slowing down the traveling speed of the net and without lengthening the steaming process line, so that the equipment cost can be reduced.

Further, according to the gelatinizing apparatus of (2), since the steam flow to the chain side can be shielded by the simple steam shielding means, the apparatus cost can be further reduced.

Furthermore, according to the glue-making device of (4), the packing material and the belt-shaped packing material are members having excellent heat resistance, so that even if they are exposed to high-temperature steam supplied into the steam chamber for a long time, the roller chain side The function of shielding steam to air can be maintained for a long time.

Claims

The scope of the claims

1. A gelatinization device that transports a wire placed on a conveyor into a steam chamber, and feeds steam into the steam chamber from a steam pipe located below the steam chamber to perform tins wire steaming. hand,

The above conveyor is driven in two endless chains in parallel with each other in a three-volume steam chamber, an endless net stretched between these chains, and a three-end chain. And a driving unit for moving the net. The steam is supplied to the chain at a position extending in the net moving direction at both ends in the width direction of the net. The gelatinization device of (1), which is provided with a vapor shielding means for preventing flow

2. A plurality of packing materials connected in the direction of knitting 3 in a state where the steam shielding means is embedded in a linear material forming the net at both ends in the width direction of the filB net; 2. A belt-shaped nozzle member disposed in the lower part of the steam chamber so as to extend from the lower side of the steam chamber so as to be in contact with the lower part of the steam chamber. No.2 gelatinizer.

3. The gelatinizing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the packing material and the strip-shaped packing material are members having excellent perpendicularity.