JP2548827B2 - Noodle boiling device - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION “Industrial field of application” The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing boiled noodles such as udon, buckwheat noodles, and Chinese buckwheat noodles in various types.

"Conventional technology" Boiled noodles can be made by boiling raw noodles in boiling water, so it seems that it is extremely easy to manufacture, but there are various sizes of boiling noodles. The noodles also include Japanese soba noodles and boiled Chinese food (Champon). Such various kinds of boiled noodles have different sizes of raw noodles (noodles' diameter). For example, # 10 for thick udon (diameter about 3 m / m) # 16 ~ # 18 (for Champon) Fine Udon # 20 (diameter about 1.6-2.0m / m) (diameter about 1.5m / m) Japanese soba noodles # 15- # 22 (about diameter)
2.0-1.3m / m). The raw material is wheat flour (60% to 30% buckwheat flour in Japanese buckwheat) There is no big difference in the amount of water added to any of the boiled noodles, and the rolling process is the same, but the raw noodle strings have different diameters depending on the cutting blade rolls. The noodle strip is made thick or thin according to the number of the cutting blade rolls, and is bitten into the cutting blade rolls.

The noodle strings that are made have a clear difference in size from udon (diameter of about 3 m / m) to Japanese soba (diameter of about 1.5 m / m) as described above.

Boiled noodles mean that the raw noodles absorb hot water and the starch is gelatinized to the inside, so the boiling time depending on the diameter of this raw noodle wire, that is, the time to immerse in the hot water (boiling time) depends on the size. There is a considerable difference.

Generally, it's like 20-30 minutes with "Dai Udon" (1-3 minutes) with "Champon" (2-4 minutes) with "Hoso Udon" (1-5 minutes) with "Nippon Soba" Each factory sets its own time. Generally, it is manufactured as boiled noodles with "Udon" for 25 minutes and other "fine noodles" for about 4 minutes.

However, if you put a large amount of raw noodles into a manual type boiling tank at one time, boil it in hot water for the required time, then rinse with cold water and cool water, and then divide it into 1 meal (ball removal), there will be no problem in production. However, this is an extremely unhygienic method because it is an unreasonable and unhygienic method in ancient Japan, which requires a surprisingly high labor cost, that is, a large number of people, and the noodles are handled inefficiently by hand. is there.

In order to escape from such manual work, mass production, and the purpose of not touching the boiled noodles, that is, not handling them by hand, many automatic boiled noodles manufacturing devices (Japanese Patent Publication No. Sho 39-20203) are currently used. There is. In the automatic boiled noodle making device, a large number of baskets are connected to the chains on both sides, each basket is divided into several chambers, and the amount of raw noodles is boiled in each chamber to form one serving, for example. In order to produce 250g (one serving) of boiled noodles, 90g of raw noodles is automatically put into each room, and the rotating chain keeps the basket inside the boiling water tank for a certain period of time. Has been.

Boiling one by one with this basket is mechanically rational, but has the following drawbacks.

Since the capacity of one basket divided into one serving is limited, the noodle strings cannot be fully migrating in hot water, and therefore the boil-up time is long and a smooth boiled noodle cannot be expected.

Since many mechanical structures (framework, metal, shaft, sprocket, chain, basket, vault, nut, etc.) enter the boiling water of boiling noodles, a large amount of metal ions are eluted into the boiling water and the water quality deteriorates. It is difficult to make delicious boiled noodles.

As described in item 2, since a large number of mechanical rotating parts are immersed in hot water, lubrication cannot be performed and the device mechanically rotates in the worst state, causing many mechanical failures.

Since various structures are installed in the boiling tank, it is difficult to clean it, and a dead spot is inevitably caused by the structure, and the residue remains like sludge.

Boiling by putting one meal in each room divided into baskets in this way has many drawbacks, but there is no alternative method and is still widely used.

If the boiled noodles are boiled, they will be divided into pieces one by one, so the result will be the same as the method of boiled one by one in the basket, but the raw noodles cut from the cutting machine will be the same. It is a method that uses a ball sorting machine to boil together together in a basket without specifying the amount and carry the next process of washing with water and separating balls by hand. Move to the next process by hand.

Next, as explained at the beginning, "boiled noodles" have extremely different boiling times depending on the type, so "udon" is 25 minutes,
If you use "Nippon Soba" for 5 minutes, the time ratio will be 5: 1.

If "Udon" and "Nippon soba" are manufactured in an inverted basket boiling tank, the boiling time of "Japan soba" should be 5 times faster than "Udon" unless it is reversed. Not only that, but the "Nippon soba" that is produced by it is 5 times as much as "Udon". Of course, this kind of thing is not possible due to the ability of the cutting machine and the ability of the ball wrapping machine. The production amount (the amount of boiled boiled noodles) of various types of boiled noodles with an extremely long and short boiling time difference In order to do the same, it is possible that you can get the desired boiling time by inserting raw noodles into the basket in the middle of the boiling tank according to the boiling time, but such a method has not been implemented until now. It was

At present, the noodle strip cutting machine, the boiling tank, the water washing tank, and the ball separating machine are used as a series of devices as shown in FIG.
It supplies raw noodle strings from a slicing machine to the tank, which can be used only for boiling noodles with a constant boiled time, but the production amount varies for small and long ones, for example 20 minutes boiled time If you prepare 1500 udon noodles for 1 hour, you will have to boil them at 4 times faster with "Nihonsoba", which takes 5 minutes to boil, and the production amount is 6000 meals / hour. Become. Thus, even if only 6000 meals can be handled on the boiled top, it is difficult to handle various kinds of boiled noodles without separating the balls and packaging machines beyond their ability.

"Problems to be solved by the invention" The present invention has a capability of a cutting machine, a ball separating machine, a packaging machine, etc., that is, a speed, "thick noodles" and "thin noodles" (such as udon and Japanese buckwheat have a large difference in boiling time). It is an object of the present invention to provide a device for automatically producing a large number of types of boiled noodles at the same speed when boiled).

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention supports a boiling tank 1 on a floor surface, and a plurality of baskets 2 are arranged inside the boiling tank 1 in a row. Boiled noodle line ball separating machine 3 at the end
The raw noodles by a slidable conveyor which is provided with the above-mentioned raw noodles line cutting machine 4 supported on the floor and can put the cut raw noodles strings into the basket 2 at a position corresponding to the boiling time specific to the cut raw noodles lines. The noodle feeder is provided with a line supply device 5 and the cutting device 4 is adapted to the cutting amount of the cutting device 4 and the processing amount of the ball separating device 3.

"Operation" Therefore, boiled water is stored in the boiling tank 1, the raw noodle string supply device 5 is contracted in the direction of the row of the basket 2 and stopped at the solid line position in FIG. A certain amount of a relatively thick cut noodle string is put into the container, or a certain amount of a relatively thin cut noodle string is put into the basket 2 at the terminal end (fifth) by extending to the imaginary line position in the figure. The above-mentioned feeding device 5 is stopped on the basket 2 at an appropriate position shown in FIG. 1 according to the thickness of the cut noodle string, that is, a position corresponding to the boiling time peculiar to the thickness of the cut noodle string. The cut noodle string is put into 2. The baskets 2 are sequentially loaded, transferred from the final basket 2 to the basket elevator 7, and further loaded into the ball sorting machine 3 to be ball-divided into one meal or two meals. The processing capacity of the ball separating machine 3 is adapted to the cutting amount of the raw noodle string cutting machine 4. The boiling time with one basket 2 is fixed (for example, 5 minutes). The feeding time of a certain amount of the cut noodle strings by the supply device 5 is kept constant, and the feeding time is set as short as possible to ensure the maximum boiling time by one basket 2. In FIG. 2, the slicing machine 4 and the feeding device 5 are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the row direction of the baskets 2, moved in the row direction, and charged into a predetermined basket 2.

[Example] Fig. 1 shows a boiling tank 1 equipped with five inverted baskets 2 for boiling.
Is supported on the floor surface, and one basket 2 is moved to the next step in 5 minutes if the boil-up time is 25 minutes with "thick noodles" using the reversing boil-up apparatus using the boiling tank 1. Of course, one basket 2 is not inverted in 5 minutes, the inversion time should be as short as possible, and it is necessary that the basket 2 and the noodles in the contents be immersed in hot water for a long time. Two
When the raw noodles are charged into the feeding device 5 by a conveyor, the baskets 2 are sequentially reversed and the boiling is completed in 25 minutes. When boiling "Nippon soba", the final basket 2 is stretched or slidable on the floor of the raw noodle string slicing machine 4 supported on the floor, and the final feeding operation is performed by straddling the basket 2 on the way with the feeder 5 Put the raw noodle strings in the basket 2. At this time, as shown in FIG. 1, the partition walls 8 partition the hot water tank 1 into the fourth and fifth baskets 2, so that the boiling water can be sufficiently manufactured with a small amount of hot water only in a necessary portion, and the amount of hot water is small and the cost is reduced. Further, the baskets 2 other than the used basket 2 are less mechanically worn if the reversal is stopped. And even if all the baskets 2 are used or only the last basket 2 is used, the reversal time of each basket 2 does not change, so that the production amount of "thick noodles (udon)" and "thin noodles (Nippon soba)" is also high. No change, the weight produced in the size of noodle string, for example, "Udon" 250g
The weight of one meal of "Nippon Soba" is different, but the number of meals to be packed and packaged can be manufactured according to the ability of each equipment if all the equipment move at the same speed. Further, since the raw noodle line cutting machine 4 continuously cuts raw noodles and is supplied even when the basket 2 is reversed, the time during which the basket 2 is immersed in hot water, that is, from one basket 2 in FIG. Next basket 2
If the time is set to 5 minutes, it is desirable that the time for reversal within the 5 minutes is as short as possible and that the “boiled noodle” is immersed in hot water for a long time. If inverted for 30 seconds, the basket 2 is still in the hot water for 4 minutes and 30 seconds, so that the cut raw noodle strings may be supplied by the above-mentioned feeding device 5 during this period. If the time to be supplied to the noodles is long, there will be a time difference when the raw noodles are put in between the first one and the latter one, even if considering the whole boiling time, and the quality of boiled noodles will also differ. . Especially when considering the case of "noodles (Nippon soba)", the boiled noodles are cut in as short a time as possible when only a few baskets 2 are used to boil "Noodles, Noodles" etc. It is necessary to supply the wire to the basket 2. In FIG. 1, the supply of the cut raw noodle strings to the baskets 2 can be freely supplied to each basket 2 by the supply device 5 and the raw noodle cutting machine 4 by the extendable conveyors of FIGS. 1 and 3. As shown in FIG. 2, a caster is attached to the slicing machine 4 so that the uncooked noodles slicing machine 4 can be easily moved from the lateral surface of the boiling tank 1 to the first basket 2 or the first basket 2. 5
As in the case of the basket 2, the raw noodle strip feeder 4 may supply the raw noodle strips from the slitter 4 by the raw noodle strip feeder 5 which is a conveyor slidable in the lateral direction from the position where the raw noodle strip cutter 4 is moved. . Also, since only the basket 2 is immersed in the boiling tank 1, it is very easy to clean all the surfaces in a short time by removing the basket 2 easily at the end of the work. It is a method and device that can be completely cleaned and is satisfactory from a hygiene standpoint. Although the boil-up device has been described in the embodiment as a reversal type boil-up tank, it may be a boil-up device that can supply raw noodle strings at any position of the sliding basket that moves in the row direction in the boiler tank. Inverted basket 2
In order to reverse, the support shaft 6 is extended to the outside of the boiling tank 1 and the support shaft 1 is reciprocally rotated by 90 degrees or more by a drive device so that the upper end opening 2'is above the upper end opening 2'of the next basket 2. Then, the boiled noodles are sequentially transferred to the next basket 2. In addition, what is shown by 9 in the figure is an automatic packaging machine for slicing boiled noodles and is synchronized with the sizing machine 3.

"Effect of the invention" Since the present invention is based on the above-mentioned apparatus, the cut raw noodle strings are sequentially boiled in a fixed amount by the plurality of baskets 2 arranged in the boiling tank 1, and the boiled noodle strings are divided into pieces. Not only can the boiled noodles be boiled at a specific boiling time regardless of the thickness of the raw noodle strings in all the steps, the raw noodle string cutting machine 4 and the boiled noodles can be prepared regardless of the boiling time. Provided is a noodle boiling device which does not need to change the throughput of the line ball separating machine 3 and is suitable for small lot production of a wide variety of products by using the conventional boiling tank 1 with a basket 2 and which can be compactly placed on the floor surface. There is an effect to obtain.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a noodle boiling apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of another embodiment of the apparatus, FIG. 3 is a side view of an embodiment of a raw noodle strip feeder, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a side view of a conventional noodle boiling device. 1 …… Boiler tank, 2 …… Basket, 3 …… Boiled noodle line ball separating machine,
4 ... Raw noodle strip cutting machine, 5 ... Raw noodle strip feeder.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A boiler tank 1 is supported on a floor surface, a plurality of baskets 2 are lined up inside the boiler tank 1, and a boiled noodle wire ball slicing machine 3 is provided at the end of the boiler tank 1 to provide a floor surface. A raw noodle strip feeder 5 with a slidable conveyor that can put the raw noodle strips into the basket 2 at a position corresponding to the boiling time specific to the raw raw noodle strips from the raw noodle strip cutting machine 4 supported by the above. A noodle boiling device provided in the cutting machine 4 and adapted to the cutting amount of the cutting machine 4 and the processing amount of the ball separating machine 3.