JPS6111567B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a noodle making device, particularly to a device that makes noodles similar to hand-pulled noodles.

Hand-made udon is made by stretching the noodle dough in all directions using a noodle stand and rolling pin, flattening it, and then cutting it into stripes with a knife.

On the other hand, in order to meet the large demand, machine udon noodles are made by using a roll to make the noodle dough thin and flat and then cutting it into stripes using a push-cut cutter.

However, this machine-made udon was made by passing the noodle dough through several tiers of rolls and rolling it in the same direction over and over again, so it had a very hard, chewy texture similar to somen, and was soft. It also lacked the chewy, springy texture that is typical of udon noodles.

This is due to the difference in tissue structure between "somen noodles" and "udon noodles." It turned out that this is because the fibers have a dense structure with an increased linear density, without changing the number of fibers even when the cross-section becomes thinner.
In other words, conventional mechanical udon noodles using rolls were repeatedly rolled in only one direction, resulting in a fibrous structure with a high linear density like somen noodles.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for making udon noodles that are more similar to hand-made noodles and have radially extended textures, rather than textures similar to somen noodles.

In order to achieve this object, the present invention includes first and second direction changing mechanisms for changing the direction of the noodle dough, which are disposed laterally, and a roll set for rolling the noodle dough by passing it between the first and second direction changing mechanisms. A roll gap adjustment means is provided each time the noodle dough passes through the roll gap of the roll set, and at least one of the first and second direction changing mechanisms has two mutually correct The noodle dough rotation auxiliary device is provided with a conveyor that rotates in reverse and an arm with a padded arm that can move toward and away from the conveyor.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be explained based on the drawings.

FIGS. 3 and 4 show an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numerals 10 and 20 indicate first and second direction changing mechanisms, which are spaced apart from each other in the lateral direction.
At least one of the two-way rotation mechanisms 10 and 20 is provided with a noodle dough conversion auxiliary device 15. Here, the bidirectional rotation mechanisms 10 and 20 have similar configurations, and the conveyors 1 and 20 are arranged in parallel.
1 and 12, and a noodle dough rotation assisting device 15 provided above the boundary between these conveyors 11 and 12. Both conveyors 11 and 12 are made to move in both directions, and the noodle dough is conveyed in the same direction, and the noodle dough is rotated and the direction is changed in the opposite direction.

The noodle dough rotation auxiliary device 15 includes a rotating shaft 16, a frame 17 attached to the tip of the shaft 16 and extending laterally, and air cylinders 18 attached at both ends of the frame 17 at equal distances from the shaft 16. and a padded arm 19 which can be moved into and out of contact with the conveyors 11 and 12 by means of an air cylinder 18.

First direction change mechanism 10 and second direction change mechanism 20
A roll set 30 is provided between. This roll set 30 is comprised of two roll pairs, each consisting of a lower roll 31 and an upper roll 32. The number of roll pairs may be one or three or more.

Each pair of rolls in the roll set 30 is provided with a roll gap adjusting means 40 shown in FIG. The roll gap adjusting means 40 includes a fixed base 41, a movable base 42 that can move up and down with respect to the fixed base 41 and is urged upward by a spring 43, and a movable base 42 that is in contact with the upper end of the movable base 42 and located above the movable base 42. It is composed of an eccentric cam 44 that suppresses the bias. A lower roll 31 is rotatably attached to the fixed table 41, and an upper roll 32 is rotatably attached to the movable table 42. The eccentric cam 44 rotates around an eccentric center O, and when it rotates to the left or right from the state shown in FIG. . By changing the rotation of the eccentric cam 44 to a desired angle in this manner, a desired roll gap can be obtained. Rotate the eccentric cam 44,
To stop it at a predetermined amount, you can do it manually or
A mechanism (not shown) such as a geared motor with a brake may be used via a worm, a worm wheel, etc.

Further, below the second direction change mechanism 20, a conveyor 6 to which the noodle dough is sent by a guide plate 50 is provided.
0 is set. By placing them on the bottom rather than lining them up horizontally, the footprint of all devices is reduced. The guide plate 50 is for this purpose and is formed into a curved plate with a certain gap from the top surface of the conveyor 60. Moreover, the conveyor 60 is designed to carry out reversible conveyance.

A cutting device 70 for linearizing the rolled noodle dough is provided on the right side of the conveyor 60 in the figure. The cutting device 70 has a roll 71 and a roll 7.
1 and a cutting blade 72 that moves up and down above the cutting blade 1.

In addition, in the embodiment, the first and second direction change mechanisms are composed of two conveyors arranged in parallel and a noodle dough rotation auxiliary device having an arm with a pad that can freely move toward and away from the conveyor in order to press the noodle dough on the conveyor. Although it is configured so that any rotation angle can be given by adjustment, it is possible to change the direction by 180 degrees by simply configuring one conveyor in either direction change mechanism and reversing the feeding direction. , can adopt 180 degree direction change mechanism. Further, in these figures, drive sources for moving the rolls, conveyors, eccentric cams, etc., and transmission devices such as gears are omitted.

Next, the operation of this noodle making device will be explained.

First, salt water is added to flour, and a lump of noodle dough made by kneading is transferred to both conveyors 1 of the first direction changing mechanism 10.
Insert it so that it straddles the boundary between numbers 1 and 12. At this time, the conveyors 11 and 12 are moved to the right in the figure, and the noodle dough is fed into the roll set 30 and rolled. In addition, the rolled noodle dough is
The second direction changing mechanism 20 is placed on the conveyors 11 and 12 that are being moved to the right in the figure, and is conveyed directly below the noodle dough rotation auxiliary device 15. At this position, the conveyors 11 and 12 are stopped, and the padded arm 19 of the aforementioned auxiliary device 15 is lowered onto the noodle dough by the air cylinder 18. And for example,
When the conveyor 11 is moved to the right and the conveyor 12 is moved to the left, the noodle dough rotation auxiliary device 15 is also rotated by the shaft 16 in the direction of the arrow. Therefore, although the noodle dough can be rotated by the conveyors 11 and 12 alone, it is held down by the padded arm 19 and rotated without wrinkles because it is given rotational force. Although this rotation angle can be set arbitrarily, it is set to 90 degrees here, for example, and the direction in which the noodle dough is initially rolled is changed to the depth direction in the figure.

While the rolling direction is being changed on the conveyors 11, 12, the roll gap of the roll set 30 is set to a narrower preset value by the roll gap adjusting means 40 shown in FIG. Then, the second rolling is performed and the noodle dough is placed on the conveyors 11 and 12 moving to the left of the first direction changing mechanism 10. When the noodle dough comes directly under the noodle dough rotation auxiliary device 15, the conveyors 11 and 12 are stopped. After the padded arm 19 of this device 15 sandwiches the noodle dough between the conveyors 11 and 12, the conveyor 11 starts to move to the right and the conveyor 12 to the left, and the padded arm 19 moves toward the shaft 16 as shown by the arrow. Rotated by rotation, the noodle dough is rotated by 90
Rotating degrees. As a result, the conveyor 11,1
The current noodle dough in No. 2 is rolled in two directions: the left direction and the depth direction.

During the third rolling, the gap between the rolls is further narrowed, and the noodle dough passes through the first direction changing mechanism 10.
from the roll set 30 to the second direction change mechanism 2
Sent to 0.

In this way, the noodle dough passes through the roll set 30 a number of times in a predetermined rolling direction, and depending on the number of passes, the roll gap is successively set until the noodle dough has a predetermined thickness.

To explain this roll gap adjustment in FIG. 4, each time the noodle dough passes through the roll set 30,
This is performed manually at successive roll gaps calculated from the number of passes to reach a predetermined thickness, or automatically by a geared motor (not shown) or the like. That is, when the eccentric cam 44 is rotated around the center O to a predetermined angle, the movable base 42 is pushed down toward the fixed base 41 against the upward urging force of the spring 43. Therefore, the rollers 31 and 32 attached to the fixed base 41 and the movable base 42 move closer to each other, and the gap between the rolls becomes smaller.

In this way, in the process of rolling the noodle dough left and right to a predetermined thickness by changing the gap in the roll set 30, the rolling direction on both sides is changed, so the noodle dough is rolled in four or more directions. .

After rolling an odd number of times, the noodle dough is sent to a conveyor 60 by a guide plate 50, and the conveyor 60, which had been moving to the left, moves to the right after receiving the noodle dough completely and sends it to a cutting device 70. Here, the noodle dough is cut into linear shapes by the roll 71 and the cutting blade 72 to form raw udon noodles. After that, by connecting an eggplant pot, you can do all the steps up to boiling.

Note that the direction change angle may be any other angle other than 90 degrees, or the conveyors 11 and 12 may be turned 180 degrees by simply reversing the feeding direction in both directions without using the noodle dough rotation assisting device 15 several times. Conversions may also be made.

Moreover, such a series of operations can be automatically operated by providing sensors at various locations and using a microcomputer.

As explained above, according to the noodle-making device of the present invention, udon is made by giving the noodle dough a rolling direction other than just one direction, thereby providing chewy, crunchy udon with a texture similar to that of hand-made noodles. I can do it. Moreover, although it is small, it can be manufactured in large quantities. Furthermore, it can be easily controlled automatically using a microcomputer or the like.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a diagram showing the coarse texture of udon noodles that are stretched radially, Figure 2 is a diagram showing the dense texture of somen noodles that are stretched into fibers, and Figure 3 is a diagram showing the noodle making device of the present invention. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a roll gap adjusting means. 10, 20...Direction change mechanism, 15...Noodle dough rotation assist device, 30...Roll set, 31...
Lower roll, 32... Upper roll, 40... Roll gap adjustment means, 41... Fixed base, 42... Movable base,
43...Spring.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. First and second direction changing mechanisms for changing the direction of the noodle dough are disposed in the horizontal direction, a roll set for passing and rolling the noodle dough is disposed between the first and second direction changing mechanisms, and the roll set is A roll gap adjustment means is provided to reduce the roll gap each time the noodle dough passes, and at least one of the first and second direction change mechanisms includes two parallel conveyors that rotate forward and backward, and the conveyor. A noodle making device characterized in that a noodle dough rotation auxiliary device is provided with a padded arm that can be freely moved toward and away from the noodle dough.