JPH0779597B2 - Continuous folding device for noodle dough - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a continuous dough-folding device for noodle dough, which can continuously fold noodle dough whose width has been widened by training during noodle production.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, when the dough is forged (to make the noodles firm), this process of manually folding the once widened dough and re-training is repeated several times. As a method for continuously producing food dough such as noodle dough by automating such a process, for example, the one shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 44-22476 is known.

However, in this type, the rising portion of the noodle dough that is raised by the noodle dough rising means only falls down toward the central portion, so that the rising portion is on the noodle dough that is in contact with the conveyor belt. It is supposed to be folded. For this reason, the noodle dough tends to be insufficiently folded, and it is difficult to obtain a so-called firm noodle dough. As a means to mitigate this problem, it is conceivable to use a device that repeats a series of steps, but since the conveyor belt conveyor surface must be lowered stepwise in the direction in which the steps proceed, the device as a whole There is also a problem that the space occupancy in the vertical direction increases.

This invention has been made against the background of the above situation,
An object of the present invention is to provide a continuous dough-folding device for noodle dough that can sufficiently fold the dough without increasing the space occupancy in the vertical direction as a whole device.

(Structure) In order to achieve this object, the continuous folding device for noodle dough according to the present invention is a conveyor belt that conveys the noodle dough, and a training device that exercises the noodle dough on the conveyor belt.
Continuation of noodle dough comprising means for raising noodle dough to raise the edge of the trained noodle dough in the conveying direction, and pressing means for pressing the noodle dough raised by the means for raising noodle dough from above In the folding device, the conveying surface of the conveyor belt is moved on the same plane, and the noodle dough is in contact with the edge of the noodle dough raised by the noodle dough rising means on the conveyor belt. It is characterized in that a folding means for folding the noodle dough is provided between the noodle dough rising means and the pressing means.

(Operation) According to the present invention, the noodle dough to be forged by the forging means is conveyed on the conveyor belt. The trained noodle dough is raised at the edge in the transport direction by the noodle dough rising means. The edge of the raised noodle dough is positively and surely folded onto the noodle dough that is in contact with the conveyor belt while being supported by the folding means. The folded dough is pressed from above by the pressing means to complete one folding. In order to repeat this folding operation a plurality of times, when arranging a plurality of training means, noodle dough rising means, folding means and pressing means, the conveying surface of the conveyor belt is moved on the same plane. Therefore, the vertical space occupancy of the entire device is not increased.

(Example) Next, this invention is demonstrated based on drawing.

1 to 11 are views showing an embodiment of the present invention.
In the figure, 10 is a conveyor belt, 20 is a training means, 30 is a bending groove forming means, 40 is a noodle dough rising means, 50 is a folding means, 60 is a pressing means, and the training means 20 and the bending groove forming means 30. The noodle dough raising means 40, the folding means 50, and the pressing means 60 are sequentially provided at predetermined positions on the conveyor belt 10 from upstream to downstream. The conveying surface of the conveyor belt 10 is set so as to move on the same plane.

The training means 20 has a plurality of rolls 22 arranged side by side below the base 21 so as to be orthogonal to the conveying direction of the conveyor belt 10, and by pressing the roll 22 against the feeding of the noodle dough 1 by the conveyor belt 10. It is configured to move up and down by a driving device (not shown) to press while overlapping the pressing portions so as to eliminate the unevenness.

The bent groove forming means 30 is composed of two plates 31, and the plate 31 is fixed, for example, to the downstream side surface of the base 21 of the vertically moving exercise means 20 in parallel with the conveying direction. The shape of the lower side of the plate 31 and the amount of protrusion from the base 21 are adjusted by the desired width and depth of the groove 2.

The noodle dough rising means 40 is composed of, for example, two blocks 41 and 42. The wall surfaces 43, 44 of the blocks 41, 42 have the upstream side located outside the width of the noodle dough 1 and the downstream side of the noodle dough 1
It is provided so as to coincide with the bending line, that is, the groove 2. The wall surfaces 43, 44 may be of any shape as long as they can raise both edges of the noodle dough 1 in the conveying direction, but in this example, they are shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, and FIG. As can be seen from Fig. 7, the upstream side is tilted so that it opens upward, and gradually stands upright as it goes downstream. In addition, when the noodle dough is bent only at one side at substantially the center, one of the blocks 41 and 42 may be substantially parallel to the conveying direction in order to guide the noodle dough 1 and prevent it from moving laterally. Further, only the wall surfaces 43 and 44 are required to be formed, and the blocks 41 and 42 may be manufactured by bending a thin plate.

In the folding means 50, two curved plates 51 are centered on a fixed rotating point 52 on the lower side with their concave surfaces facing each other outside the bending line, which is shown as the groove 2 in the drawing. The upper part of the cylinder 53 is tilted inward by the cylinder 53 (see FIGS. 8 and 9). The rotation fulcrum 54 to which the cylinder 53 is attached is fixed, and the rotation fulcrum 55 that connects the curved plate 51 and the cylinder 53 moves along a rotation locus about the rotation fulcrum 52. As a result, both edges of the noodle dough 1 are supported while being positively and surely folded over the noodle dough 1 in contact with the conveyor belt 10.

The pressing means 60 is composed of a pressing plate 62 which is moved up and down by a cylinder 61 shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 which is a driving means.

Next, a method of using such a continuous folding device for noodle dough will be described.

The noodle dough 1 is placed on a conveyor belt 10 and conveyed. The noodle dough 1 sent to the training means 20 is composed of a plurality of rolls.
It is forged by pressing the upper and lower parts of 22 and thinned and sent to the downstream side. The plate 31 of the bending groove forming means 30 is formed on the noodle dough 1 along the upper and lower sides of the training means 20 to form two linear grooves 2 at desired bending positions. The noodle dough 1 on which the groove 2 is formed is sent to the noodle dough rising means 40. Here, the both ends of the noodle dough 1 are the walls 4 of the blocks 41, 42.
Hit the upstream end of 3,44 and tilt upward and forward (downstream side)
It gradually rises upward due to the narrowing of
(Fig. 7). The noodle dough 1 that has been launched reaches the next folding means 50 and is bent while being supported by the bending plate 51 by the operation of the cylinder 53, as shown in FIG. 8 to FIG. Can be folded into. Curved plate 51
In the case of a flat surface, there is a possibility that the bending position becomes irregular and the folding becomes complicated. The noodle dough 1 bent from both sides as shown in FIG. 10 is sent to the position of the pressing means 60, where it is folded flat by the pressing plate 62 by the operation of the cylinder 61 as shown in FIG. Be done. The noodle dough 1 thus folded may be sent to a fixed quantity cutter (not shown) and cut into a fixed quantity here, and when the steps of the training and folding are repeated several times during this time, the training means 20, A plurality of noodle dough raising means 40, folding means 50 and pressing means 60 are arranged, but since the conveyor belt 10 is configured to move on the same plane, the entire apparatus is used in the factory. It does not increase the vertical space occupancy.

(Effects) As described above, according to the present invention, the continuous folding of the noodle dough can sufficiently fold the noodle dough without increasing the vertical space occupancy of the entire device. There is an effect that a tatami mat device can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 11 relate to an embodiment of a continuous folding device for noodle dough according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view, FIG. 2 is a plan view, and FIG. 3 is a front view. 4 is a plan view showing a portion of the noodle dough rising means 40, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line VV of FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line VI-VI of FIG. 4, and FIG. VII-V in the figure
II cross-sectional view, FIG. 8 is a state diagram of the folding weight tongue before folding, FIG. 9 is a state diagram during folding operation, FIG. 10 is a state diagram of the pressing mechanism before folding, and FIG. 11 is It is a state diagram during the folding operation of the pressing means. 1 ... Noodle dough, 2 ... Groove, 10 ... Conveyor belt, 20 ... Training means, 30 ... Bending groove forming means, 31 ... Plate, 40 ... Noodle dough rising means, 41, 42 ... Block, 43, 44 ... Wall surface, 50 ... Folding means, 51 ... Curved plate, 53 ... Cylinder, 60 ... Breathing means,
62 ... Pressing plate.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A conveyor belt for transporting noodle dough, and a training means for training the noodle dough on the conveyor belt,
Continuation of noodle dough comprising means for raising noodle dough to raise the edge of the trained noodle dough in the conveying direction, and pressing means for pressing the noodle dough raised by the means for raising noodle dough from above In the folding device, the conveying surface of the conveyor belt is moved on the same plane,
The noodle dough rising means and the pressing means are folding means for folding the edge of the noodle dough raised by the noodle dough rising means onto the noodle dough that is in contact with the conveyor belt. A continuous folding device for noodle dough, which is provided between and.