JPH0135619B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to an apparatus for ripening raw noodle strings in the initial stage of manufacturing hand-rolled noodles.

Conventional technology Traditionally, the aging of raw noodle strings, which is important in the production of noodle strings, is done by hanging the ends of a pair of noodle sticks with the noodle strings hung in a figure of eight inside a long box called a ripening box, over several tiers of hanging bars.
They put a lid on it to keep it stable and prevent it from drying out, and allowed it to ripen for a while.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention In the above method, the noodle strings are simply hung and placed inside the box, which requires a large space and takes time to put in and take out, putting a heavy burden on the worker. Moreover, it is difficult to maintain uniform humidity and temperature in each part of the ripening box, resulting in uneven ripening and impairing the homogeneity and uniformity of the product.

For this reason, in recent years, chain conveyors have been installed in several stages inside the ripening box so that they rotate from the inlet side on one side to the outlet side on the other side. The rolled noodle sticks are placed on a rack one after another and moved to the exit side one by one, so that the noodles are aged for an appropriate period of time before being taken out from the exit side. However, even with this method, it is difficult to maintain the temperature and humidity inside the aging box at an average level in each part, and there are problems such as a considerable difference in temperature and humidity between the upper and lower parts of the aging box, which makes it difficult to achieve uniform ripening. Ta.

The object of the present invention is to eliminate these drawbacks and provide a continuous ripening device for noodle strings that can also be used for continuous noodle production.

Means for Solving the Problems The structure of the present invention for achieving the above object will be explained using FIGS. 1 to 6 corresponding to embodiments.

A pair of left and right noodles are transported by placing a pair of noodles hanging rods 2, 2' in a figure of 8 on each pair of noodles hanging rods 2, 2' using a machine (cradle machine). A front horizontal transition part 6 parallel to the front part of the conveyor 1 consists of a conveyor 1 and an endless chain that pivotally supports noodle-hanging rod supports 5, 5 that support the noodle-hanging rods at regular intervals.
From this point, it ascends and descends in a meandering manner backwards inside the room,
In the rear part, a first ripening chamber 3 is installed which has an inverted U-shaped transfer and circulation section 7 outside the room and has symmetrical chain conveyors 4, 4 disposed so as to circulate downward.

On the front side between the conveyor 1 and the horizontal transition part 6 of the chain conveyors 4, 4 in the front part of the first ripening chamber 3, both sides of the noodle hanging rods 2, 2' on the front end of the conveyor 1 are provided in a U-shape. The horizontal transition part 6 in the chain conveyor 4, 4 is scooped up by the support rod 21 and rotated.
A transfer device 22 is provided for lowering and transferring onto the noodle hanging rod holders 5, 5.

At the rear of the first ripening chamber 3, there is an endless chain in which noodle hanging rod holders 9, 9 are pivoted at a distance greater than the interval between the noodle hanging rod holders 5 of the chain conveyors 4, 4. A symmetrical chain conveyor 1 that is arranged so that it sequentially ascends and descends in a meandering manner backwards and descends.
A second ripening chamber 8 having a temperature of 0.0,10 is installed.

Between the first and second ripening chambers 3 and 8, the noodle racks 2, 2' are received from the U-shaped transfer and circulation section 7, and the noodle racks of the chain conveyors 10, 10 of the second ripening chamber 8 are provided. There are two conveyors 11 on the left and right that are supported on the rod supports 9, 9 and transferred to raise them, and on the way there is a conveyor 11
Only one of the noodle hanging rods 2' of the noodle strings is raised sequentially to stretch the noodle strings 20, and then lowered again onto the conveyor 11' at the same level, where the noodle strings hang down in a U-shape for second ripening. Baby pulling device 12 for moving to room 8
It is characterized by having the following.

Function: Noodle stick 2, with noodle strings hung in the shape of 8 using a kakeba machine.
2' are sequentially suspended and transferred on the left and right conveyor 1, and at the front end of the conveyor 1, the pair of noodle hanging rods 2, 2' are connected to the U-shaped horizontal support rod 2 of the transfer device 22.
1 is scooped up from below and raised, and lowered by rotational movement to the horizontal transition part 6 between the chain conveyors 4, 4 at the front part of the first ripening chamber 3, and the noodle hanging rods 2, 2 Both ends of ' are the left and right noodle rod receivers 5,
The noodle hanging rods 2 and 2', which are thus sequentially mounted on the chain conveyors 4 and 4, are moved up and down in a meandering manner rearward in the first ripening chamber 3, and each noodle is transferred to the chain conveyor 4. Since the wires 20 travel along exactly the same route and take the same amount of time, the ripening of the noodle strings is equalized. When each pair of noodle hanging rods 2 and 2' pass through the inverted U-shaped transfer and circulation part 7 that can protrude outside, the noodle hanging rod receivers 5,
5, the noodle hanging rods 2 and 2' are sequentially placed on the conveyor 11 with two feed claws on the left and right, and the noodle strings are slightly
The noodle strings 2 are moved horizontally by the conveyor 11 while the noodle strings 2 are moved horizontally by the conveyor 11, and the other noodle strings 2' are sequentially raised by the noodle puller 12 to pull the noodle strings. The noodle strings 20 are stretched and lowered onto the conveyor 11' again, and the noodle strings 20 are transferred to the conveyor 1 while hanging down in a longer U-shape.
1', the noodle hanging rods 2, 2 are moved by the noodle hanging rod receivers 9, 9 at the vertically rising part of the front part of the symmetrical chain conveyors 10, 10 running in the second ripening chamber 8. Both ends of the noodle strings are scooped up and supported, and each noodle string is aged by moving in a meandering manner through the ripening chamber 8 at a predetermined speed, and then transferred to the next stretching process.

Example The drawings will be explained below.

1 is a conveyor consisting of two chain belts on the left and right, each with a pair of noodle hanging rods on which noodle strings are hung in a figure of 8;
It is provided so that both ends of 2' can be mounted on it for transportation.

3 is a first ripening chamber; 4, 4 is a symmetrical chain conveyor consisting of an endless chain that pivotally supports noodle rod receivers 5, 5 with W-shaped bottoms at regular intervals; The first ripening process is carried out using a parallel horizontal transition section 6, which ascends and descends in a meandering manner toward the rear inside the room, and at the rearmost section, an inverted U-shaped transfer section 7 is provided outside the room to make a downward cycle. It is located in room 3.

22 is a noodle hanging rod 2, which is attached to the noodle hanging rod receivers 5, 5 of the horizontal transition part 6 from the conveyor 1 to the chain conveyors 4, 4.
2' is a transfer device that transfers the rotating shaft 2 to the machine base 23.
U-shaped support rods 21 that scoop up and support the noodle hanging rods 2, 2' at both ends of the rotating arm 25 that is pivoted at 4;
21 is pivotally supported by support shafts 26, 26, and by connecting a chain wheel 27 provided on each support shaft 26 and a chain wheel 28 provided on the rotating shaft 24 through a chain 29, the rotating arm 25 is rotated. Even if the U-shaped support rod 21 is displaced 180 degrees without changing its direction, the noodle hanging rods 2 and 2' are moved from the top of the conveyor 1 to the adjacent chain conveyors 4 and 4.
It is designed so that it can be transferred to the noodle rack receiver 5,5.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a second ripening chamber, in which an endless chain in which noodle-hanging rod holders 9 are pivotally supported at regular intervals larger than the above-mentioned interval is sequentially raised and lowered in a meandering manner backwards, and the lower part is moved from the rearmost line to the bottom. Bilaterally symmetrical chain conveyors 10, 10 are disposed so as to circulate through the belt. 1st
and the second ripening chambers 3 and 8 receive the noodle hanging rods 2 and 2' from the transfer and circulation parts 7 of the chain conveyors 4 and 4, and the chain conveyors 10 and 10 of the second ripening chamber 8 are connected to each other.
There are two horizontal conveyors 11 on the left and right that move to transfer and tighten the noodles to the noodle hanging rods 9 and 9, and a pulling device 12 that stretches the noodle strings by sequentially raising one of the noodle hanging rods 2' in the middle. There is.

As shown in FIG. 9, the child pulling device 12 has a pair of noodle hanging rods 2 and 2', one of which holds down the top of the horizontal conveyor 11 with a feeding claw, and is moved horizontally by the rod 13 without floating. , the other noodle hanging rod 2' has an elevating plate 16 having step-like receiving parts 14 and 15 at the top, respectively.
Due to the mutual movement of the back and forth reciprocating plate 17, the noodle hanging rods 2' are sequentially moved to the upper stage to stretch the noodle strings 20, and at the final stage, they are lowered onto the endless conveyor belt 11' and transferred to the next second ripening chamber. Both ends of the noodle hanging rods 2, 2' are scooped up by the noodle hanging rod receivers 9, 9, which are moved up the front part of the second ripening chamber 8, and placed on the racks one after another. The noodle strings are raised and lowered in a meandering manner within the noodle strings 8 to be ripened as desired in an atmosphere of appropriate temperature and humidity, and are gradually finished into noodle strings of a predetermined thinness through the next step, for example, by passing through the pulling device 18 and the noodle string stretching device 19. It's something to go to.

Effects of the Invention As described above, the present invention has a method in which the noodle rods with which the noodle strings are hung in the shape of a figure 8 are sequentially mounted on the noodle rod receivers provided on the chain conveyor, and the noodle strings are raised and lowered alternately in the ripening chamber to form a serpentine shape. The noodle strings hung in the figure 8 on the noodle rods pass through the upper, middle, and lower parts of the ripening chamber evenly and exit from the transfer section to the next process at the rear. Therefore, even if there are temperature and humidity differences in the aging room, all noodle strings can be aged uniformly under the same conditions.
The quality of the noodles can be made uniform. In addition, whereas conventionally the loading and unloading of the noodle rack into the ripening box was done manually, according to the present invention, everything can be done automatically, and the number of entrances and exits can be minimized. It is extremely useful for maintaining a predetermined temperature and humidity with little heat escape and loss within the ripening chamber. Furthermore, the present invention includes a chain conveyor that transports a pair of noodle hanging rods between a first ripening chamber and a second ripening chamber, and a chain conveyor that sequentially raises one of the noodle hanging rods along the way to stretch the noodle strings. It is easy to repeatedly use a straining device that feeds the noodle in a U-shaped hanging state to the ripening chamber for the next step, and it has the characteristics that it is advantageous for continuous automation of noodle making.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional schematic explanatory diagram of the device of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, Fig. 3 A and B are enlarged views of parts a and b in Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a part of Fig. 2. 5 is an enlarged plan view of the chain conveyor, FIG. 5 is a side view showing the locking state of the noodle hanging rod receiver and the noodle hanging rod of the chain conveyor, FIG. 6 is a side view of FIG. 4,
Figures 7C and D and Figures 8E and F are side and front views showing examples of the noodle hanging rod holder, and Figure 9 is the noodle installed between the first and second ripening chambers. An explanatory cross-sectional view of a wire pulling device. 1...conveyor, 2,2'...menkake rod, 3...
1st ripening chamber, 4... Chain conveyor, 5... Noodle hanging rod receiver, 6... Horizontal transition part, 7... Transfer circulation part,
8...Second ripening room, 9...Noodle rack receiver, 10...
Chain conveyor, 11... Two conveyors on the left and right,
11'...Conveyor conveyor, 12...Child pulling device,
20... Noodle strings, 21... U-shaped support rod, 22...
Transfer device, 24... Rotating shaft, 25... Rotating arm.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A conveyor that sequentially transports noodle strings on which noodle strings are hung in a figure of 8, and noodle rod receivers that sequentially support both ends of the noodle strings at regular intervals are pivotally supported, and the conveyor A symmetrical chain conveyor is arranged so that it ascends and descends in a meandering manner backwards in the room from the front horizontal transition part parallel to the front part of the vehicle, and goes around the room through an inverted U-shaped transfer and circulation part to the outside of the rear room. a first ripening chamber having;
a transfer device that scoops up the noodle hanging rods on the conveyor with a U-shaped support rod supported by a rotary arm and sequentially transfers them onto the noodle hanging rod receivers in the horizontal transition section of the chain conveyor by rotational movement; At the rear of the ripening chamber, there is a symmetrical chain conveyor consisting of an endless chain having noodle rod holders at larger intervals than the above, and arranged so as to move up and down in a meandering manner in the rear of the chamber. A second ripening chamber is provided between the first and second ripening chambers, where the noodle hanging rods are received from the U-shaped transfer and circulation part and transferred to the noodle hanging rod holder of the chain conveyor in the second ripening chamber. Two conveyors and one of the noodle rods on the way are raised one after another to stretch the noodle strings, and then lowered to the conveyor at the same level again and transferred to the second ripening room with the noodle strings hanging down in a U shape. A continuous ripening device for hand-rolled noodle strings.