HK1220083B - Noodle cutting machine and raw noodles - Google Patents

Abstract

This noodle cutting machine is provided with the following: a pair of cutting blade rolls that are engaged with each other and rotate in contrary directions in order to cut noodles out from a noodle strip; rows of removing teeth that come into contact with the outer circumference of the cutting blade rolls at different positions in the rotation direction of the rolls; and chute members disposed in correspondence with the falling position of the noodles removed by the rows of removing teeth. The chute members of the noodle cutting machine are disposed so that there can be at least two pairs of adjacent rows of removing teeth for each of which the chute member is disposed in correspondence with the falling position of the noodles removed by either one in the pair of the rows of removing teeth. Due to this configuration, the noodle cutting machine enables noodles to be stacked on a conveyance conveyor so that, during steaming, the sticking of noodles to each other can be reduced and the overall uniform gelatinization of noodles can be carried out.

Description

Noodle cutting device and raw noodle

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a noodle strip cutting device for cutting noodle strips from noodle strings by means of cutter rollers in the production of noodles, and raw noodles formed by means of the noodle strip cutting device.

Background

In general, a method for producing noodles includes mixing and kneading dough-making raw materials such as wheat flour and starch to form a dough, and rolling the dough to a predetermined thickness to produce a noodle strip. Then, noodles of a predetermined thickness are cut out of the noodle strip by a noodle cutting device. The cut noodles are subjected to a processing treatment such as cutting or cooking. A method of cutting noodles by a noodle cutting device generally includes a method in which the noodle cutting device includes a pair of cutter rollers rotating while facing each other, and a noodle ribbon is passed between the pair of cutter rollers to be cut into a linear shape. For example, a noodle strip cutting device (noodle dividing device) has been developed which peels a noodle strip formed by cutting a noodle strip with a pair of cutter rollers (roller blades) using four peeling blades (for example, patent document 1).

Prior art documents:

patent document 1: japanese Kokai publication Sho-57-203787.

Disclosure of Invention

The problems to be solved by the invention are as follows:

however, the invention described in patent document 1 has not been developed for the purpose of laminating the noodle strings on the conveyor belt so that the adhesion between the noodle strings is reduced and the whole noodle strings are uniformly gelatinized in the cooking process.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a noodle strip cutting device capable of stacking noodle strips on a conveyor belt so as to uniformly gelatinize the whole noodle strips while reducing adhesion between the noodle strips in a cooking process, and raw noodles formed by the noodle strip cutting device.

Means for solving the problems

In order to solve the above problems, a noodle strip cutting device according to the present invention is a noodle strip cutting device that cuts noodle strips from a noodle strip and supplies the noodle strips to a conveyor belt, wherein a conveying speed at which the noodle strips are conveyed is slower than a cutting speed that is a speed at which the noodle strips are cut from the noodle strip; and is provided with: a first cutter roller and a second cutter roller which rotate in opposite directions in a state of being engaged with each other, thereby cutting the noodles from the noodle band; the noodle peeling device comprises a first peeling dentition and a second peeling dentition, wherein the first peeling dentition and the second peeling dentition are abutted with the periphery of a first cutter roller at different positions in the rotating direction of the first cutter roller so as to peel the noodles; a third stripping dentition and a fourth stripping dentition, wherein the third stripping dentition and the fourth stripping dentition are abutted with the periphery of the second cutter roller at different positions of the rotation direction of the second cutter roller so as to strip the noodles; and a chute member disposed corresponding to a falling position of any one of the noodle strings peeled by the first peeling dentition, the noodle strings peeled by the second peeling dentition, the noodle strings peeled by the third peeling dentition, and the noodle strings peeled by the fourth peeling dentition, and guiding the noodle strings onto a conveyor belt; the fourth stripping teeth, the third stripping teeth, the second stripping teeth, and the first stripping teeth are arranged in this order from the upstream side toward the downstream side in the conveying direction of the conveyor belt; the chute member is configured in the form of: at least two or more sets of the chute members may be provided for the adjacent sets of the first to fourth stripping tooth rows corresponding to the falling position of the noodle strings stripped by any one of the stripping tooth rows.

Here, in the case where the noodle strip cutting device is not provided with the chute member, the fall of the noodle strips is not restricted by the chute member, and the deviation of the noodle strips in the conveying direction is not restricted. That is, the movement of the conveyor tends to induce the direction of the deviation of the noodle strings in the conveying direction (longitudinal direction).

In contrast, the noodle strip cutting device according to the present invention is configured such that a chute member is disposed in a part thereof, and the cut noodle strips come into contact with the chute member until reaching the conveyor belt. Therefore, the speed of the cut noodle strings with respect to the conveying direction is reduced, and the noodle strings are not smoothly moved on the chute member, but are guided onto the conveyor belt while being biased in the width direction (lateral direction) of the chute member.

According to the above configuration, the noodle strip cutting device according to the present invention is configured such that, among the adjacent sets of the peeling tooth rows, at least two sets or more of the sets of the chute members are arranged corresponding to the falling position of the noodle strip peeled by any one of the peeling tooth rows.

Therefore, the noodle cutting device of the present invention can form at least two or more noodle strip layer groups stacked in a manner that noodle strip deviation directions are criss-cross. Therefore, as compared with a structure in which the inclined groove members are not provided and the noodle strings are stacked in the conveying direction, the adhesion of the noodle strings to each other can be reduced in the cooking process, and the noodle strings can be uniformly gelatinized as a whole.

Therefore, the noodle cutting device of the present invention exhibits the following effects: the noodle strings can be laminated on the conveyor belt in a form that can reduce adhesion of the noodle strings to each other and make them uniformly gelatinized in the cooking process.

In the noodle cutting device according to the present invention, the chute member may be a first chute member and a second chute member; the first chute member and the second chute member are disposed corresponding to a falling position of the noodle strings peeled by the first peeling tooth row and the third peeling tooth row or a falling position of the noodle strings peeled by the second peeling tooth row and the fourth peeling tooth row, respectively.

According to the above configuration, the first and second chute members are disposed at any one of the falling positions of the noodle strings peeled off by the first and third peeling tooth rows or the falling positions of the noodle strings peeled off by the second and fourth peeling tooth rows, and the noodle strings peeled off from the adjacent peeling tooth rows are stacked on the conveyor belt while being biased in different directions.

Therefore, the noodle strip cutting device of the present invention can stack the noodle strips cut in different biasing directions on the conveyor belt in a mutually different manner. Therefore, the noodle strings can be prevented from being overlapped and laminated only in the conveying direction, and the adhesion between the noodle strings can be reduced in the steaming treatment, and the whole noodle strings can be uniformly gelatinized.

In the noodle cutting device according to the present invention, the chute member may be a first chute member and a second chute member; the first chute member and the second chute member are disposed corresponding to a falling position of the noodle strings peeled by the first peeling tooth row and the fourth peeling tooth row, or a falling position of the noodle strings peeled by the second peeling tooth row and the third peeling tooth row, respectively.

According to the above configuration, since the first diagonal member and the second diagonal member are disposed corresponding to either the falling position of the noodle strings peeled off by the first peeling tooth row and the fourth peeling tooth row or the falling position of the noodle strings peeled off by the second peeling tooth row and the third peeling tooth row, two noodle string layer groups stacked so that the deviation directions of the noodle strings intersect exist in the stacked state of the noodle strings peeled off by the first to fourth peeling tooth rows. Therefore, as compared with a structure in which the first chute member and the second chute member are not provided and the noodle strings are stacked such that the biasing direction of all the noodle strings is the conveying direction, the adhesion of the noodle strings to each other can be reduced in the cooking process.

In the noodle cutting device according to the present invention, in the above configuration, the chute member may be disposed so as to correspond to a falling position of the noodle strings peeled by the second peeling tooth row or the third peeling tooth row.

According to the above configuration, since the chute member is disposed so as to correspond to the falling position of the noodle strings peeled off by the second peeling tooth row or the third peeling tooth row, two noodle string layer groups stacked so that the noodle strings are crossed in the direction of movement of the noodle strings exist in a stacked state of the noodle strings peeled off by the first to fourth peeling tooth rows. Therefore, as compared with a structure in which the inclined groove members are not provided and the noodle strings are stacked such that the biasing direction of all the noodle strings is the conveying direction, the adhesion between the noodle strings can be reduced in the cooking process.

In the noodle cutting device according to the present invention, in the above configuration, the first chute member and the second chute member may each include a noodle strip abutment surface inclined with respect to the conveying direction of the conveyor and adapted to come into contact with the noodle strips; the noodle strip contact surface of the first chute member and the noodle strip contact surface of the second chute member are inclined in different directions or in the same direction.

In order to solve the above problems, the raw noodle of the present invention is formed by a noodle strip cutting device that cuts noodle strips from a noodle strip and supplies the noodle strips to a conveyor belt that conveys the noodle strips at a speed slower than a cutting speed that is a speed at which the noodle strips are cut from the noodle strip; and is provided with: a first cutter roller and a second cutter roller rotating in opposite directions in a state of being engaged with each other, thereby cutting noodles from the noodle band; the noodle peeling device comprises a first peeling dentition and a second peeling dentition, wherein the first peeling dentition and the second peeling dentition are abutted with the periphery of a first cutter roller at different positions in the rotating direction of the first cutter roller so as to peel the noodles; a third stripping dentition and a fourth stripping dentition, wherein the third stripping dentition and the fourth stripping dentition are abutted with the periphery of the second cutter roller at different positions of the rotation direction of the second cutter roller so as to strip the noodles; and a chute member disposed corresponding to a falling position of any one of the noodle strings peeled by the first peeling dentition, the noodle strings peeled by the second peeling dentition, the noodle strings peeled by the third peeling dentition, and the noodle strings peeled by the fourth peeling dentition, and guiding the noodle strings onto a conveyor belt; the fourth stripping teeth, the third stripping teeth, the second stripping teeth, and the first stripping teeth are arranged in this order from the upstream side toward the downstream side in the conveying direction of the conveyor belt; the chute member is configured in the form of: at least two or more sets of the chute members may be provided for the adjacent sets of the first to fourth stripping tooth rows corresponding to the falling position of the noodle strings stripped by any one of the stripping tooth rows.

According to the above configuration, in the noodle cutting device, the chute member is disposed so as to correspond to a falling position of any one of the noodle strings peeled by the first peeling dentition, the noodle strings peeled by the second peeling dentition, the noodle strings peeled by the third peeling dentition, and the noodle strings peeled by the fourth peeling dentition. In particular, in the group of the adjacent peeling tooth rows, at least two or more groups of the chute members may be arranged corresponding to the falling position of the noodle strings peeled by any one peeling tooth row.

Therefore, the noodle strip cutting device of the present invention can form at least two or more groups of noodle strip layers stacked so that the deflection directions of the noodle strips intersect. Therefore, the raw noodle formed by the noodle strip cutting device can reduce the adhesion of the noodle strips in the cooking process and uniformly gelatinize the whole raw noodle compared with the raw noodle without a chute member and with the noodle strips stacked in the conveying direction.

Therefore, the raw noodles of the present invention exhibit the effect of reducing the adhesion of the noodles to each other during the cooking process and uniformly gelatinizing the whole of the noodles.

Furthermore, the raw noodles formed in the above manner are used for producing instant noodles, frozen noodles, and refrigerated (jelly) noodles, and since the adhesion of the noodles to each other can be reduced in the cooking process, it is possible to provide noodles in which the adhesion of the noodles to each other is small at the time of eating.

The invention has the following effects:

the noodle cutting device of the present invention is configured as described above, and exhibits the following effects: the noodle strings can be laminated on the conveyor belt in a form that can reduce adhesion among the noodle strings and make the whole noodle strings uniform and pasty in the cooking process.

In addition, the raw noodles of the present invention are configured as described above, and the effect of reducing the adhesion of the noodles to each other and uniformly gelatinizing the whole of the noodles is exhibited in the cooking process.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of a schematic configuration of a noodle cutting device according to the present embodiment;

fig. 2 is a plan view showing the configuration of a first cutter roller and a second cutter roller provided in the noodle cutting device shown in fig. 1;

fig. 3 is a view showing an engagement state of the first cutter roll and the second cutter roll shown in fig. 2;

fig. 4 is a perspective view showing a first cutter blade structure provided in the noodle cutting device according to the present embodiment;

fig. 5 is a perspective view showing a second cutter blade structure provided in the noodle cutting device according to the present embodiment;

fig. 6 is a perspective view showing a structure of a first chute member provided in the noodle cutting device according to the present embodiment;

fig. 7 is a perspective view showing a structure of a second chute member provided in the noodle cutting device according to the present embodiment;

fig. 8 is a table schematically illustrating a state of cutting the noodle strings cut by the noodle string cutting device of the present embodiment on the conveyor;

fig. 9 is a table showing experimental results regarding the adhesion state of the noodle strings, in which (a) is an experimental result showing the noodle strings cut by the noodle string cutting apparatus of the present embodiment, and (b) is an experimental result showing the noodle strings cut by the apparatus without the chute member;

fig. 10 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of a schematic configuration of a noodle cutting device according to modification 2 of the present embodiment;

fig. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of a schematic configuration of the noodle cutting device according to modification 3 of the present embodiment.

Detailed Description

A specific example of the noodle cutting device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to fig. 1 to 3. Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of a schematic configuration of a noodle cutting device 1 according to the present embodiment. In fig. 1, the lower portion of the housing 50 is not shown for the sake of convenience of explanation. Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the configuration of the first cutter roller 10a and the second cutter roller 10b provided in the noodle cutting device 1 shown in fig. 1. In the following, the same members are given the same reference numerals throughout the drawings and the description thereof will be omitted. Fig. 3 is a view showing a state in which the first cutter roll 10a and the second cutter roll 10b shown in fig. 2 are engaged with each other.

(Structure of noodle cutting device)

First, the structure of the noodle cutting device 1 according to the present embodiment will be described. The noodle cutting device 1 of the present embodiment is a device that cuts the noodle strip 2 to form a plurality of noodle strings 3a to 3 d. Note that, if necessary, the noodles 3a to 3d will be simply referred to as noodles 3. The noodle cutting device 1 is described by way of example as a circular knife type device having a knife roller of a circular knife (a knife roller in which the cross section of the cut noodle is substantially circular), but the type of the shape of the knife roller is not limited thereto. For example, the shape type of the cutter may be a horn knife, a kitchen knife, or other shape types.

As shown in fig. 1, the noodle cutting device 1 according to the present embodiment includes a housing 50, a first cutter roller 10a, a second cutter roller 10b, a first cutter blade 30a, a second cutter blade 40a, a third cutter blade 30b, a fourth cutter blade 40b, a first chute member 20a, and a second chute member 20 b.

As shown in fig. 2, the housing 50 includes a first bracket 56 and a second bracket 57. The first and second brackets 56 and 57 have two pairs of through holes (not shown) through which shaft members of the first and second cutter rolls 10a and 10b are inserted. The first cutter roll 10a and the second cutter roll 10b can be rotatably supported by the two pairs of through holes.

As shown in fig. 1, the housing 50 includes a first cross member 51a, a second cross member 52a, a third cross member 51b, and a fourth cross member 52b between a first cross bracket 56 and a second cross bracket 57.

The first cross member 51a, the second cross member 52a, the third cross member 51b, and the fourth cross member 52b are rod-shaped members extending in the axial direction of the first rotation axis C1 and the second rotation axis C2 as shown in fig. 2, and are attached with the first cutting blade 30a, the second cutting blade 40a, the third cutting blade 30b, and the fourth cutting blade 40b, respectively, as shown in fig. 1. Further, a first chute member 20a and a second chute member 20b are attached to the second cross member 52a and the fourth cross member 52b, respectively. Although the detailed configuration will be described later, in the example shown in fig. 1, the mounting surface of the second cutting blade 40a overlaps the mounting surface 20a1 of the first chute member 20a and is mounted to the second cross member 52 a. Similarly, the mounting surface of the fourth cutting blade 40b overlaps the mounting surface 20b1 of the second chute member 20b and is mounted to the fourth cross member 52 b. Further, a conveyor 500 is disposed below the housing 50.

(Structure of first and second cutter rolls)

As shown in fig. 1, the first cutter roll 10a is rotatable about a first rotation axis C1 in a first rotation direction R1. As shown in fig. 2, the first cutter roll 10a includes a plurality of first press-fitting portions (portions of the circular cutter type having narrow grooves (shallow grooves) 82 a) 15a formed on the outer periphery thereof, and a plurality of first fitting portions (portions of the circular cutter type having thick grooves (deep grooves) 81 a) 16a formed between the first press-fitting portions 15 a. The plurality of first press-fitting portions 15a and the plurality of first fitting portions 16a are formed alternately in the axial direction of the first rotation axis C1.

More specifically, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, a plurality of knife portions 70a, a plurality of coarse grooves 81a, and a plurality of fine grooves 82a are formed in the outer periphery of the first cutter roller 10a, respectively. Coarse grooves 81a or fine grooves 82a are formed between adjacent blade portions 70a, and the coarse grooves 81a and the fine grooves 82a are alternately formed in the axial direction of the first rotation axis C1. As shown in fig. 3, the tip end of the blade portion 70a is pointed toward the second cutter roller 10b, and the tip end has a slope portion 71a on the left side and a slope portion 72a on the right side.

Therefore, the first press-fitting portion 15a is formed by a gap between the narrow groove 82a and the inclined portion 71a and the inclined portion 72a provided at the tip end portion of the adjacent blade portion 70 a. On the other hand, the first fitting portion 16a is formed by a gap between the wide groove 81a and the inclined portions 72a and 71a provided at the tip end portions of the adjacent blade portions 70 a.

On the other hand, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the second cutter roll 10b rotates in a second rotational direction R2 opposite to the first rotational direction R1 about a second rotational axis C2 parallel to the first rotational axis C1. The second cutter roll 10b has a plurality of second press-fitting portions 15b formed on the outer periphery thereof and a plurality of second fitting portions 16b formed between the second press-fitting portions 15 b. The plurality of second press-fitting portions 15b and the plurality of second fitting portions 16b are formed alternately in the axial direction along the second rotation axis C1.

More specifically, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, a plurality of knife portions 70b, a plurality of coarse grooves 81b, and a plurality of fine grooves 82b are formed in the outer periphery of the second cutter roller 10b, respectively. Coarse grooves 81b or fine grooves 82b are formed between adjacent blade portions 70b, and the coarse grooves 81a and the fine grooves 82a are alternately formed in the axial direction of the second rotation axis C2. As shown in fig. 3, the tip of the knife portion 70b is pointed toward the first cutter roll 10a, and the tip has a slope portion 71b on the left side and a slope portion 72b on the right side.

Therefore, the second press-fitting portion 15b is formed by a gap between the narrow groove 82b and the inclined portion 71b and the inclined portion 72b provided at the tip end portion of the adjacent blade portion 70 b. On the other hand, the second fitting portion 16b is formed by a gap between the wide groove 81b and the inclined portions 72b and 71b provided at the tip end portions of the adjacent blade portions 70 b.

The first cutter roll 10a and the second cutter roll 10b are engaged with each other as shown in fig. 2 and 3. More specifically, as shown in fig. 3, the inclined portions 71b and 72b on the outer sides of the two adjacent knife portions 70b forming the narrow grooves 82b in the second knife roll 10b are engaged with the inclined portions 71a and 72a on the inner sides of the two adjacent knife portions 70a forming the wide grooves 81a in the first knife roll 10 a.

By forming the meshed state as described above, the noodle band 2 is cut as shown in fig. 1 to form a plurality of noodle strings 3 (noodle strings 3a to 3 d). The formed noodles 3 are pressed into the second fitting portion 16b of the second cutter roller 10b by the first press-fitting portion 15a of the first cutter roller 10 a. The formed noodle strings 3 are press-fitted into the first fitting portions 16a of the first cutter roller 10a by the second press-fitting portions 15b of the second cutter roller 10 b.

The noodle strings 3 press-fitted into the respective fitting portions 16b and 16a are formed into a circular or nearly circular cross-sectional shape. Next, the noodle strings 3 pushed into the respective fitting portions 16a and 16b are peeled by the peeling teeth formed on the cutting blades (the first cutting blade 30a, the second cutting blade 40a, the third cutting blade 30b, and the fourth cutting blade 40 b) described later.

As shown in fig. 1, the first cutter blade 30a and the second cutter blade 40a are disposed to correspond to the first cutter roll 10 a. On the other hand, the third cutter blade 30b and the fourth cutter blade 40b are disposed corresponding to the second cutter roller 10 b. Each cutting blade is attached to the housing 50 such that an angle (contact angle) formed by a tangent line to the cutter roll at a portion where the tooth point is inserted and the tooth point is in a range of about 10 ° to 60 °. The position of the cutting blade is preferably set to a position where the noodle strings are easily peeled in the range of about 10 ° to 60 ° and the tooth tips of the cutting blade are not worn as much as possible.

(Structure of cutter blade)

Next, the respective cutting blades 30a, 40a, 30b, 40b will be described. In the noodle cutting device 1 according to the present embodiment, two cutting blades, i.e., the first cutting blade 30a and the second cutting blade 40a, are arranged with respect to the first cutting roller 10a, and two cutting blades, i.e., the third cutting blade 30b and the fourth cutting blade 40b, are arranged with respect to the second cutting roller 10 b.

In the present embodiment, the plurality of stripping teeth arranged at the distal end of the cutting blade are referred to as a stripping tooth row. In the conveying direction of the conveyor 500, the stripping tooth rows that are in contact with the cutter roller from the upstream side to the downstream side thereof are referred to as a fourth stripping tooth row, a third stripping tooth row, a second stripping tooth row, and a first stripping tooth row.

First, the first and fourth cutter blades 30a and 40b will be described. Here, the structure of the first cutter piece 30a will be described by way of example with reference to fig. 4. The fourth cutting blade 40b has the same configuration as the first cutting blade 30a, and therefore, the description thereof is omitted.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a first cutter blade 30a provided in the noodle cutting device 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in fig. 4, the first cutting blade 30a is formed by bending a substantially rectangular plate-like member, and is composed of a mounting surface 30a1 and a peeling surface 30a 2.

The mounting surface 30a1 is a surface that is in surface contact with the first cross member 51a of the housing 50 to mount the first cutting blade 30 a. The first cutter piece 30a brings the mounting surface 30a1 into surface contact with the first cross member 51a, and is fixed by a fixing bolt (not shown) or the like, for example. A washer (not shown) is interposed between the first cross member 51a and the fixing bolt.

As shown in fig. 4, the peeling surface 30a2 includes a tooth group 36 at its tip end. The tooth group 36 is composed of a plurality of stripping teeth 32 and cleaning teeth 33. The stripping tooth 32 is inserted into the first fitting portion 16a, and the cleaning tooth 33 is inserted into the first press-fitting portion 15 a. That is, the stripping teeth 32 are teeth for stripping the noodle strings 3a (see fig. 1) which are press-fitted into the first fitting portions 16a (the rough grooves 81 a) and closely attached to the first fitting portions 16 a. On the other hand, the cleaning teeth 33 are teeth for taking out chips entering the narrow grooves 82a constituting the first press-fitting portion 15 a.

Next, the structure of the second cutting blade 40a and the third cutting blade 30b will be described. Here, since the second cutting blade 40a and the third cutting blade 30b have the same structure, the second cutting blade 40a will be representatively described.

As shown in fig. 5, the second cutting blade 40a is formed by bending a substantially rectangular plate-like member in the same manner as the first cutting blade 30a, and includes a mounting surface 40a1 and a peeling surface 40a 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing a structure of the second cutter blade 40a provided in the noodle cutting device 1 according to the present embodiment.

Similarly to the first cutting blade 30a, the second cutting blade 40a is also surface-contacted to the second cross member 52a of the housing 50 on the mounting surface 40a1, and fixed by a fixing bolt (not shown) or the like, for example. A washer (not shown) is interposed between the second cross member 52a and the fixing bolt.

However, the second cutting blade 40a has a different arrangement of the plurality of stripping teeth 42 constituting the tooth group 46 formed at the tip end of the stripping surface 40a2 than the first cutting blade 30 a. That is, the stripping teeth 42 of the second cutting blade 40a are arranged at intervals, compared with the arrangement of the stripping teeth 32 of the first cutting blade 30 a.

Therefore, when the first cutter roller 10a rotates in the first rotation direction R1, the noodle strings 3b (see fig. 1) are first peeled off by the peeling teeth 42 of the second cutter blade 40 a. At this time, the noodle strips 3a are peeled by the peeling teeth 32 of the first cutting blade 30a by the second cutting blade 40a at the position where the peeling teeth 42 are not formed at the tip end of the second cutting blade 40 a. Thereby, the noodle strips 3 can be cut out from two different positions in the rotational direction with respect to the outer periphery of the first cutter roller 10 a.

In the present embodiment, the number of the stripping teeth 32 of the first cutting blade 30a and the number of the stripping teeth 42 of the second cutting blade 40a are different, but the stripping teeth of the respective cutting blades may be arranged at intervals so as to be shifted from each other. That is, the cutting blades may be arranged such that the stripping tooth 32 of the first cutting blade 30a and the stripping tooth 42 of the second cutting blade 40a are inserted into different adjacent first embedded portions 16 a.

(Structure of chute Member)

As shown in fig. 1, the first chute member 20a and the second chute member 20b are attached to the second cross member 52a and the fourth cross member 52b, respectively, together with the second cutting blade 40a and the fourth cutting blade 40 b. The first chute member 20a and the second chute member 20b are flat plates for guiding the stripped noodle strings 3b and 3d onto the placing surface of the conveyor 500 and preventing the noodle strings 3b and 3d from being biased back and forth in the traveling direction of the conveyor 500.

Here, the structure of the first chute member 20a provided in the noodle cutting device 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to fig. 6. Fig. 6 shows a perspective view of the structure of the first chute member 20 a.

As shown in fig. 6, the first chute member 20a includes a mounting surface 20a1 for mounting to the second horizontal frame member 52a together with the second cutting blade 40a, and a noodle strip contact surface 20a2 curved from the mounting surface 20a1 and contacting the noodle strips 3b stripped from the first cutter roller 10a by the stripping tooth rows of the second cutting blade 40 a. The noodle strip contact surface 20a2 is a surface extending in the width direction of the conveyor 500 and is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the conveying direction of the conveyor 500. That is, the first chute member 20a may be inclined to such an extent that the noodle strip 3b is guided by the conveyor 500 so as to avoid the noodle strip 3b from being caught on the noodle strip contact surface 20a2, while the noodle strip contact surface 20a2 is reliably brought into contact with the noodle strip 3b in accordance with the falling position of the noodle strip 3 b.

As shown in fig. 1 and 6, the end of the noodle strip contact surface 20a2 is further curved. The bending angle of the end portion may be an inclination angle at which the noodle strings 3b abutting on the noodle string abutting surface 20a2 can be smoothly guided to the conveyor 500 in a state where the first chute member 20a is attached to the housing 50.

Next, the structure of the second chute member 20b provided in the noodle cutting device 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to fig. 7. Fig. 7 shows a perspective view of the structure of the second chute member 20 b.

As shown in fig. 7, the second chute member 20b includes a mounting surface 20b1 for mounting to the fourth cross member 52b together with the fourth cutter blade 40b, and a noodle strip abutment surface 20b2 with which the noodle strips 3d falling down in the direction of the conveyor belt 500 abut. The noodle strip contact surface 20b2 is a surface extending in the width direction of the conveyor 500 and is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the conveying direction of the conveyor 500. That is, the second chute member 20b may be inclined to such an extent that the noodle strip 3d is guided by the conveyor 500 so as to avoid the noodle strip 3d from being caught on the noodle strip contact surface 20b2, while the noodle strip contact surface 20b2 is reliably brought into contact with the noodle strip 3d in accordance with the falling position of the noodle strip 3 d. The noodle strip contact surface 20b2 of the second diagonal groove member 20b is inclined in a direction different from the above-described noodle strip contact surface 20a2 of the first diagonal groove member 20a when attached.

As shown in fig. 1 and 7, the end of the noodle strip contact surface 20b2 is curved. The bending angle of the end portion may be an inclination angle at which the noodle strings 3d abutting on the noodle string abutting surface 20b2 can be smoothly guided to the conveyor 500 in a state where the second chute member 20b is attached to the housing 50.

The first chute member 20a and the second chute member 20b are exemplary, and are not limited to the above-described shapes, and may be appropriately changed depending on the position where the first chute member 20a and the second chute member 20b are attached to the housing 50 and the range in which the noodle strips 3 peeled off from the cutter roller can move when they are cut out onto the conveyor 500. For example, the first chute member 20a is configured to be curved at a boundary portion between the attachment surface 20a1 and the noodle strip abutment surface 20a2, and is also curved at an end portion of the noodle strip abutment surface 20a 2. On the other hand, the second chute member 20b is configured such that the end of the noodle strip abutment surface 20b2 is curved. As described above, the first chute member 20a and the second chute member 20b are formed by bending flat plates, but the bent portions may be bent at a predetermined angle or may be bent. Further, the noodle contact surfaces 20a2 and 20b2 themselves may be curved.

The first diagonal member 20a and the second diagonal member 20b are configured such that the end portions of the noodle strip contact surfaces 20a2 and 20b2 are curved. However, the noodle contact surfaces 20a2 and 20b2 may be simple flat plates having no such curved portions at their ends. That is, the end portions of the noodle strip abutment surfaces 20a2 and 20b2 may be bent or not bent depending on the angle of the noodle strip abutment surfaces 20a2 and 20b2 with respect to the placement surface of the conveyor 500.

(falling state of noodle)

Before describing a falling state in which the noodle strings peeled off from the cutter rollers fall to the conveyor 500, a relationship between the conveying speed of the conveyor 500 and the cutting speed of the noodle strings 3 by the first cutter roller 10a and the second cutter roller 10b will be described. Here, a case where the noodle strings 3 peeled by the peeling tooth rows are directly stacked on the conveyor 500 will be described as an example.

If the speed of cutting the noodle strings 3 from the noodle strings 2 by the first cutter roller 10a and the second cutter roller 10b is substantially equal to the conveying speed of the conveyor 500, the noodle strings 3 extend substantially linearly in the conveying direction on the placing surface of the conveyor 500. However, when considering mass production of noodles, if the cutting speed of the noodle strings 3 and the conveying speed are made substantially equal, the production line for conveying the noodle strings 3 needs to be increased, and it is difficult to secure the installation place of the manufacturing equipment. Therefore, the cutting speed of the noodle strings 3 is faster than the conveying speed of the conveyor 500.

In the noodle cutting device 1 of the present embodiment, the speed of cutting the noodle strings 3 from the noodle strings 2 by the pair of cutter rollers 10a and 10b is sufficiently higher than the conveying speed of the conveyor 500. Therefore, the cut noodle strings 3 are stacked on the placement surface of the conveyor 500 so as to absorb the difference between the cutting speed and the speed of the conveyor 500. Further, the deviation in the conveying direction is generated by the speed difference between the cutting speed of the noodle strings 3 and the conveying speed of the conveyor 500.

Specifically, the noodle strings 3 peeled from the cutter roller by the peeling tooth rows fall as follows when the chute member which restricts the movement of the noodle strings 3 is disposed between the cutter blade and the placement surface of the conveyor 500.

That is, the noodle strings 3a and 3c peeled off from the first cutter roller 10a and the second cutter roller 10b by the peeling tooth rows fall by their own weight to reach the placing surface of the conveyor 500, and the noodle strings 3a and 3c are stacked on the placing surface of the conveyor 500 so as to absorb the difference between the cutting speed and the speed of the conveyor 500. In this case, a force that biases the noodle strings 3a and 3c forward and backward in the conveying direction of the conveyor 500 tends to act on the noodle strings 3a and 3c, and as shown in a cutting state of the noodle strings 3a and 3c peeled by the peeling tooth rows (the first peeling tooth and the third peeling tooth shown in fig. 8) of the first cutting blade 30a and the third cutting blade 30b, for example, on the mounting surface of the conveyor 500, the noodle strings 3a and 3c are stacked while being formed into a loop shape whose major axis is the conveying direction of the conveyor 500 with respect to the width direction (biased in the conveying direction).

Fig. 8 is a table for schematically explaining a state of cutting the noodle strings 3 cut by the noodle cutting device 1 of the present embodiment on the conveyor 500. Fig. 8 shows a state of cutting of each of the noodle strips 3a to 3d peeled by the peeling tooth rows of each of the first, second, third, and fourth cutting blades 30a, 40a, 30b, and 40b on the conveyor 500.

In fig. 8, the cutting states of the noodle strings 3a and 3c peeled by the peeling tooth rows of the first cutting blade 30a and the third cutting blade 30b are shown as periodically drawing the same ring shape. However, this is simply illustrated in order to make it easier to understand the direction of the deviation in the cut state of the noodle strings 3a and 3c, and in reality, there is a case where the cut state is a ring shape in which a waveform is mixed in accordance with the magnitude relationship between the conveying speed and the cutting speed of the noodle strings 3a and 3 c.

On the other hand, the noodle strings 3 peeled off from the cutter roller by the peeling tooth rows fall as follows when the first chute member 20a or the second chute member 20b for restricting the movement of the noodle strings 3 is disposed between the cutter blade and the mounting surface of the conveyor 500.

That is, the noodle strips 3b and 3d peeled off by the peeling teeth rows (the second peeling teeth and the fourth peeling teeth shown in fig. 8) of the second cutting blade 40a and the fourth cutting blade 40b and falling by their own weights are brought into contact with the noodle strip contact surface 20a2 of the first chute member 20a and the noodle strip contact surface 20b2 of the second chute member 20 b. At this time, the noodle strings 3b and 3d are biased mainly in the width direction of the conveyor 500 on the noodle string abutment surface 20a2 and the noodle string abutment surface 20b2 in order to absorb the difference between the cutting speed and the speed of the conveyor 500. Then, the noodle contact surface 20a2 and the noodle contact surface 20b2 are guided to the placement surface of the conveyor 500 with their inclination. The noodle strings 3b and 3d guided to the placing surface are conveyed along with the movement of the conveyor 500.

Therefore, as shown in fig. 8, the noodle strings 3b and 3d peeled by the peeling tooth rows of the second cutting blade 40a and the fourth cutting blade 40b are stacked (biased in the width direction) on the placement surface of the conveyor 500 while being formed mainly in a waveform having an amplitude in the width direction of the conveyor 500. In fig. 8, the noodle strips 3b and 3d peeled by the peeling tooth rows of the second cutting blade 40a and the fourth cutting blade 40b are shown as a periodic waveform having an amplitude in the width direction of the conveyor 500. However, this is for easy understanding of the direction in which the noodle strings 3b and 3d stacked on the placing surface of the conveyor 500 are biased, and the noodle strings are simply illustrated, and actually mainly have a wave shape as a center, but may have a ring shape depending on the case.

In the present embodiment, the noodle strings 3 are placed on the placing surface of the conveyor 500 with the noodle string 3d as the lowermost layer, and the noodle strings 3c, 3b, and 3a are stacked in this order. That is, a layer of the noodle strings 3c having a ring shape with a long axis in the conveying direction is laminated on a layer of the noodle strings 3d having a waveform with an amplitude in the width direction of the conveyor 500, and a layer of the noodle strings 3b having the same waveform as the noodle strings 3d is further laminated thereon. Next, the layer of noodle strips 3a having the same ring shape as that of the noodle strips 3c is stacked on the uppermost layer. As described above, the layers in which the direction of the deviation of the noodle strings 3 peeled off from the cutter roller by the peeling tooth rows is the width direction of the conveyor 500 and the layers in the conveying direction of the conveyor 500 are alternately stacked in this order from the lower layer to the upper layer.

Therefore, as compared with the above-described case where the noodle strings 3 are stacked on the conveyor 500 in a state where all four layers are biased in the conveying direction, the adhesion between the noodle strings can be reduced in the cooking process, and the uniform gelatinization can be achieved as a whole.

The cutting speed is preferably in a range of 3 to 20 times the conveying speed of the conveyor 500. This is because if the ratio is 3 times or less, the noodle strings 3 are stacked in a straight line extending substantially in the conveying direction, and conversely if the ratio exceeds 20 times, the amount of stacked noodle strings 3 becomes too large, and there is a case where the cooking is insufficient in the cooking process.

As described above, the noodle strip cutting apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment can stack the noodle strips 3 on the conveyor 500 so that the noodle strips adhere to each other in the cooking process and the whole noodle strips are uniformly gelatinized.

In addition, the raw noodles cut out by the noodle cutting device 1 of the present embodiment are used for producing instant noodles, frozen noodles, and refrigerated (chill) noodles, and since the adhesion of the noodles can be reduced in the steaming process, it is possible to provide noodles with less adhesion of the noodles when eaten.

(Experimental example 1)

Next, the noodle strip adhesion state of the instant noodles produced using the noodle strips 3 cut out from the noodle strip cutting apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment and the apparatus having a structure in which the first chute member 20a and the second chute member 20b are not arranged in the noodle strip cutting apparatus 1 (hereinafter, referred to as an apparatus without chute members) was compared. Specifically, 12 persons were prepared for each of the instant noodles produced by subjecting the noodles 3 cut out by each apparatus to a steaming treatment and subjecting the noodles to a general treatment process. After the instant noodles were cooked by a usual method, the instant noodles were stirred 5 times with chopsticks and the water was drained with a basket, and the number of groups of noodles to which each person of instant noodles was adhered was counted.

The results are shown in the table of FIG. 9. (a) The number of noodle strings to be bonded of the instant noodles produced by the noodle cutting device of the present embodiment is shown. (b) The number of noodle strings of instant noodles produced by the apparatus without the inclined groove member is shown.

As shown in fig. 9 (a), in the instant noodles produced by the noodle cutting device 1 of the present embodiment, in the first part, the noodle strings to which 2 noodle strings are bonded are 7 groups, the noodle strings to which 3 noodle strings are bonded are 2 groups, the noodle strings to which 4 noodle strings are bonded are 0 group, and the total number of the noodle strings to be bonded is 9 groups. In the second part, the number of noodle groups to which 2 noodles are adhered is 11, the number of noodle groups to which 3 noodles are adhered is 0, the number of noodle groups to which 4 noodles are adhered is 0, and the total number of noodle groups to which noodles are adhered is 11. Similarly, after the experiment was performed on the instant noodles of 12 persons in total, the average number of the set of the adhesive noodles was 10.8 sets.

On the other hand, as shown in fig. 9 (b), the number of the sticky noodle strings in the instant noodles produced by the device without the inclined groove member was similarly tested for 12-part instant noodles, and the average number of the sticky noodle strings was 14.0 strings. As is clear from the results, the instant noodles produced by the noodle cutting device 1 of the present embodiment have a smaller number of noodle string groups adhered thereto than the instant noodles produced by a device without a chute member.

(modification 1)

As described above, the noodle strip cutting device 1 according to the present embodiment is configured such that the first chute member 20a and the second chute member 20b are arranged so as to correspond to the falling positions of the noodle strips 3b and 3d peeled by the peeling tooth rows of the second cutting blade 40a and the fourth cutting blade 40b, respectively. However, the structure of the noodle cutting device 1 is not limited thereto. For example, the first chute member 20a and the second chute member 20b may be arranged so as to correspond to the falling positions of the noodle strings 3a and 3c peeled by the peeling tooth rows of the first cutting blade 30a and the third cutting blade 30b, respectively.

(modification 2)

As shown in fig. 10, the first chute member 20a and the second chute member 20b may be arranged so as to correspond to the falling positions of the noodle strips 3a and 3d peeled by the peeling teeth of the first cutting blade 30a and the fourth cutting blade 40b, respectively. Fig. 10 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of a schematic configuration of the noodle cutting device 1 according to modification 2 of the present embodiment.

In this configuration, the deflecting direction of the noodle strings 3 is the width direction of the conveyor 500, the conveying direction of the conveyor 500, and the width direction of the conveyor 500 in the order of the noodle strings 3d, 3c, 3b, and 3 a. At this time, two sets of layer groups of the noodle strips 3 (a layer of the noodle strip 3a and a layer of the noodle strip 3b, a layer of the noodle strip 3c and a layer of the noodle strip 3 d) stacked so as to intersect the biasing direction of the noodle strips 3 can be formed. Therefore, as compared with a structure in which the first chute member 20a and the second chute member 20b are not provided and the noodle strips 3 are stacked so that the biasing direction of the noodle strips 3 is the conveying direction, the adhesion between the noodle strips can be reduced in the cooking process.

The arrangement of the first chute member 20a and the second chute member 20b in accordance with the falling positions of the noodle strips 3a and 3d peeled by the peeling tooth rows of the first cutting blade 30a and the fourth cutting blade 40b as in the noodle cutting device 1 shown in fig. 10 is not limited. Conversely, the first chute member 20a and the second chute member 20b may be arranged so as to correspond to the falling positions of the noodle strings 3b and 3c peeled by the peeling tooth rows of the second cutting blade 40a and the third cutting blade 30b, respectively.

(modification 3)

As shown in fig. 11, only the first chute member 20a may be provided as the chute member, and the first chute member 20a may be disposed so as to correspond to the falling position of the noodle strings 3b peeled by the peeling tooth rows of the second cutting blade 40 a. Fig. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of a schematic configuration of the noodle cutting device 1 according to modification 3 of the present embodiment.

In this configuration, the deflecting direction of the noodle strings 3 is the conveying direction of the conveyor 500, the width direction of the conveyor 500, and the conveying direction of the conveyor 500 in the order of the noodle strings 3d, 3c, 3b, and 3 a. At this time, two sets of layer groups of the noodle strips 3 (a layer of the noodle strip 3a and a layer of the noodle strip 3b, a layer of the noodle strip 3b and a layer of the noodle strip 3 c) stacked so as to intersect the biasing direction of the noodle strips 3 can be formed. Therefore, as compared with a structure in which the first chute member 20a is not provided and the noodle strings 3 are stacked such that the biasing direction of the noodle strings 3 is the conveying direction, adhesion between the noodle strings can be reduced in the cooking process.

The first chute member 20a is not limited to the configuration in which it is arranged corresponding to the falling position of the noodle strips 3b peeled by the peeling tooth row of the second cutter blade 40a as in the noodle cutting device 1 shown in fig. 11. The first chute member 20a may be disposed so as to correspond to the falling position of the noodle strings 3c peeled by the peeling tooth rows of the third cutting blade 30 b. That is, the first chute members 20a may be provided in at least two or more groups stacked so as to intersect the biasing direction of the noodle strips 3.

The noodle cutting device 1 according to the present embodiment may be configured not only to arrange two cutting blades having one peeling tooth row on one cutting blade for one cutting roller but also to arrange two cutting blades having two peeling tooth rows on one cutting blade for one cutting roller. Even if the cutter blade is configured in this way, the noodle strings can be peeled from the cutter roller by making the peeling tooth rows contact with the outer periphery of the cutter roller at different positions in the rotation direction. In this case, the stripping tooth rows may be formed in two on one cutting blade by forming the stripping teeth, the lengths or angles of which are changed, at the tip end portion of the cutting blade so as to be offset from each other by one spacing.

In this case, as described above, the stripping teeth rows abutting the cutter roller from the upstream side to the downstream side in the conveying direction of the conveyor are arranged as the fourth stripping teeth row, the third stripping teeth row, the second stripping teeth row, and the first stripping teeth row.

The noodle cutting device 1 according to the present embodiment is configured to change the direction of the biasing by the first chute member 20a and/or the second chute member 20b so that the noodle strings 3 are biased in the width direction of the conveyor 500. That is, the noodle strings 3 abutting on the inclined groove member are configured such that the direction of the deviation of the noodle strings is changed to be substantially 90 degrees with respect to the direction of the deviation of the noodle strings 3 not abutting on the inclined groove member. However, the direction of the biasing of the noodle strings 3 is not necessarily limited to the configuration in which the biasing direction is changed to substantially 90 degrees as described above, and the noodle strings 3 biased in the conveying direction may intersect the biasing direction of the noodle strings. However, in order to more effectively prevent the sticking of the noodle strings during the steaming process, it is preferable to change the direction of the deviation of the noodle strings to substantially 90 degrees.

Many modifications and other embodiments of the invention will come to mind to one skilled in the art to which this invention pertains having the benefit of the teachings presented in the foregoing descriptions. Therefore, the above description should be construed as merely illustrative, and is intended to teach those skilled in the art the most preferred form of practicing the invention. The details of the construction and/or function may be substantially changed without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Industrial applicability:

the present invention is useful in a noodle cutting device that cuts a plurality of noodle strings from a noodle string. In particular, it is advantageous when a plurality of noodles are cut from a noodle strip for producing instant noodles, frozen noodles, and refrigerated (jelly) noodles.

Description of the symbols:

2 noodle belt

3, 3 a-3 d noodles

10a first cutter roll

10b second cutter roll

15a first press-fitting part

15b second press-fitting part

16a first fitting part

16b second insertion part

20a first chute member

20a1 mounting surface

20a2 noodle abutting face

20b second chute member

20b1 mounting surface

20b2 noodle abutting noodle

30a first cutter blade

30a1 mounting surface

30a2 peeling surface

30b third cutting blade

32 stripping tooth

33 cleaning teeth

40a second cutting blade

40b fourth cutting blade

42 stripping tooth

50 casing

51a first cross member

51b third Cross Member

52a second cross member

52b fourth Cross Member

56 first support

57 second support

70a, 70b knife section

Inclined parts 71a, 71b, 72a, 72b

81a, 81b coarse groove

82a, 82b slots

500 conveyor belt

C1 first rotation axis

C2 second rotation axis

R1 first direction of rotation

R2 second direction of rotation.

Claims (3)

1. A noodle cutting device is a noodle cutting device which cuts noodle strips from a noodle strip and supplies the noodle strips to a conveyor belt,

a conveying speed at which the conveyor belt conveys the noodle strings is slower than a cutting speed which is a speed at which the noodle strings are cut from the noodle strings;

and is provided with:

a first cutter roller and a second cutter roller which rotate in opposite directions in a state of being engaged with each other, thereby cutting the noodles from the noodle band;

the noodle peeling device comprises a first peeling dentition and a second peeling dentition, wherein the first peeling dentition and the second peeling dentition are abutted with the periphery of a first cutter roller at different positions in the rotating direction of the first cutter roller so as to peel the noodles;

a third stripping dentition and a fourth stripping dentition, wherein the third stripping dentition and the fourth stripping dentition are abutted with the periphery of the second cutter roller at different positions of the rotation direction of the second cutter roller so as to strip the noodles; and

a first chute member and a second chute member which are disposed so as to correspond to a falling position of any one of the noodle strings peeled off by the first peeling tooth row, the noodle strings peeled off by the second peeling tooth row, the noodle strings peeled off by the third peeling tooth row, and the noodle strings peeled off by the fourth peeling tooth row, and guide the noodle strings onto a conveyor belt;

the fourth stripping teeth, the third stripping teeth, the second stripping teeth, and the first stripping teeth are arranged in this order from the upstream side toward the downstream side in the conveying direction of the conveyor belt;

the first chute member and the second chute member are disposed corresponding to a falling position of the noodle strings peeled off by the first peeling tooth row and the third peeling tooth row or a falling position of the noodle strings peeled off by the second peeling tooth row and the fourth peeling tooth row, respectively;

the first chute member and the second chute member are flat plates that prevent the noodle strings from being biased back and forth in the direction of travel of the conveyor, and have noodle string contact surfaces that extend in the width direction of the conveyor and come into contact with the noodle strings.

2. The noodle cutting device according to claim 1, wherein the noodle-abutting face is inclined with respect to a conveying direction of the conveyor belt;

the noodle strip contact surface of the first chute member and the noodle strip contact surface of the second chute member are inclined in different directions or in the same direction.

3. A raw noodle formed by the noodle cutting device according to claim 1 or 2.