JP2018183104A - Noodle string cutting device and method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a noodle line segmentation device that is able to segment noodles quickly and effectively while reducing a space.SOLUTION: A noodle line segmentation machine 1 is equipped with: a main conveyor 10 that transports a tabular noodle b; a slitter 20 that separates and divides the tabular noodle b transported by the main conveyor 10 along a transportation direction; a pair of distributing conveyors 40, 40 that receives separated noodle bodies d, d of both sides of the separated tabular noodle body from the main conveyor 10 to transport the same from the main conveyor 10 in a direction away from one another; and noodle cutters 50, 50 that cut each separated noodle d, d that is transported by the pair of distributing conveyors 40, 40 into noodle lines.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a noodle string cutting device and method.

  As a conventional noodle string cutting device, for example, Patent Document 1 includes a first sorting conveyor and a second sorting conveyor that alternately receive plate-like noodle bodies conveyed by a main conveying conveyor, A configuration is disclosed in which the second sorting conveyor transports the plate-like noodle body in the same direction and in the opposite direction to the transport direction of the main transport conveyor to cut out the noodle strings. This noodle string cutting device can distribute the plate-shaped noodle body conveyed by the main conveyor to a plurality of sorting conveyors by the noodle body guide mechanism and cut it into noodle strings, thereby improving the cutting ability. .

Japanese Patent No. 3798104

  Patent Document 1 discloses a configuration in which a noodle body guide mechanism and a sorting conveyor are further provided at the subsequent stage of the first sorting conveyor to distribute the noodle bodies in order to further improve the noodle string cutting ability. However, if the noodle body guide mechanism and the sorting conveyor are increased in this way, the installation space increases, and it may be difficult to improve the cutting ability depending on the installation environment. Moreover, since the conveyance distance of the noodle body becomes longer due to an increase in the distribution conveyor, it may take time to cut out the noodle strings.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a noodle string cutting device and method that can cut out noodle strings quickly and efficiently while saving space.

  The object of the present invention is to provide a main conveyor for conveying a plate-like noodle body, a slitter for cutting and dividing the plate-like noodle body conveyed by the main conveyor along the conveying direction, and a divided plate-like noodle body. A pair of sorting conveyors that receive the split noodle bodies on both sides of the main conveyor from the main conveyor and transport them in a direction away from the main conveyor, and a pair of split noodle bodies transported by the pair of sorting conveyors into noodle strings, respectively. This is achieved by a noodle string cutting device provided with a noodle string cutter.

  In this noodle string cutting device, the pair of sorting conveyors are preferably arranged so that their base end portions are close to each other and perpendicular to the main conveyor, and advance and retreat from directly below the main conveyor to the front in the conveying direction. It is preferable to further include a shuttle conveyor that is arranged in such a manner that the divided noodle bodies on both sides conveyed by the main conveyor are respectively placed on the base ends of the pair of sorting conveyors.

  Moreover, it is preferable to set the conveyance speeds of the main conveyor and the sorting conveyor so that a part of the plurality of divided noodle bodies sequentially mounted on the sorting conveyor overlap.

  In addition, the object of the present invention is to divide the divided noodle bodies on both sides formed by cutting the plate-shaped noodle bodies conveyed by the main conveyor along the conveying direction with a slitter from the main conveyor by a pair of sorting conveyors. This is achieved by a noodle strip cutting method in which the noodle strips are transported in directions away from each other and cut into noodle strips by noodle strip cutters.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the noodle string cutting device and method which can cut out noodle strings rapidly and efficiently, aiming at space saving can be provided.

It is a schematic plan view of the noodle string cutting device concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is the schematic front view which looked at the noodle string cutting device shown in FIG. 1 in the arrow A direction. It is a schematic side view for demonstrating an example of the action | operation of the noodle string cutting device shown in FIG. It is a principal part schematic front view for demonstrating the other example of the action | operation of the noodle string cutting device shown in FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of a noodle string cutting device according to one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of the noodle string cutting device shown in FIG. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the noodle string cutting device 1 includes a main conveyor 10, a slitter 20, a shuttle conveyor 30, a pair of sorting conveyors 40, 40 and noodle string cutters 50, 50 as main components. I have.

  The main conveyor 10 is, for example, a belt conveyor, and the plate-like noodle body b is placed on the horizontal conveyance surface 11 and conveyed in the direction indicated by the arrow. The plate-like noodle body b is formed by cutting a noodle strip obtained by rolling a noodle dough made of wheat flour into a strip shape in an appropriate length (for example, about 20 to 60 cm) in the width direction.

  The slitter 20 is disposed above the main conveyor 10 and includes a disk-shaped cutting blade 21 supported so as to be rotatable. The cutting blade 21 is disposed immediately above the conveying surface 11 and cuts and divides the central portion in the width direction of the plate-shaped noodle body b along the conveying direction to form divided noodle bodies d and d. In order to cut the plate-like noodle body b with the cutting blade 21 reliably, the conveying surface 11 may be divided into left and right in the width direction, and the cutting blade 21 may be inserted into these gaps. In this case, you may make it the structure which cut | disconnects the plate-shaped noodle body b with the cutting blade provided in the upper and lower sides of the conveyance surface 11. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the shuttle conveyor 30 has a retracted position just below the front part in the transport direction of the main conveyor 10 and an advanced position just above the base end parts 41 and 41 of the pair of sorting conveyors 40 and 40 ( It is supported by a support means (not shown) so as to reciprocate between it and a reciprocating movement (shown by a broken line in FIG. 1), and is disposed so as to be able to advance and retreat from directly below the main conveyor 10 in the conveying direction. The shuttle conveyor 30 places the divided noodle bodies d and d received from the main conveyor 10 on the conveying surface 31 and conveys them in the same direction as the conveying direction of the main conveyor 10.

  The pair of sorting conveyors 40, 40 are arranged so that the base end portions 41, 41 are close to each other, and the divided noodle bodies d, d received from the main conveyor 10 via the shuttle conveyor 30 to the transport surfaces 42, 42. Are transported in directions away from each other as indicated by arrows. The transport direction of the pair of sorting conveyors 40, 40 is preferably orthogonal to the transport direction of the main conveyor 10 in plan view, but may be an inclined direction.

  The noodle string cutters 50 and 50 are, for example, knife-cutting cutters disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 3155934, and are equipped with kitchen knives 51 and 51 that revolve around a drive mechanism (not shown). The noodle string cutters 50 and 50 can cut the noodle bodies d and d conveyed by the pair of sorting conveyors 40 and 40 into the noodle strings L by continuously cutting the noodle bodies d and d with the knives 51 and 51, respectively. it can. The configuration of the noodle string cutter 50 is not particularly limited, and may be a configuration in which the knife 51 simply moves up and down, for example. Moreover, the noodle strip cutter 50 of the present embodiment cuts the divided noodle body d along the rolling direction by cutting the divided noodle body d in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction by the sorting conveyor 40. The divided noodle body d is arranged by arranging a known cutting blade roll having a plurality of cutting blades so as to cut the divided noodle body d along the conveying direction by the sorting conveyor 40. The noodle strings L may be cut by cutting in a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction.

  Next, the operation of the noodle string cutting device having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG. First, as shown to Fig.3 (a), the plate-shaped noodle body b (broken line) conveyed by the main conveyor 10 is divided | segmented into right and left by passing the slitter 20 in the arrow direction, and divided | segmented noodle body d (Only one divided noodle body d is shown in the figure).

  Next, as shown in FIG. 3B, when the shuttle conveyor 30 advances from the retracted position in the direction of the arrow and receives the divided noodle body d conveyed from the main conveyor 10, the shuttle conveyor 30 The robot moves forward to the forward position while conveying d in the direction of the arrow.

  When a sensor (not shown) detects that the tip of the divided noodle bodies d conveyed by the shuttle conveyor 30 has reached the sorting conveyor 40, the shuttle conveyor 30 is directed to the retracted position as shown in FIG. Then, the divided noodle bodies d are placed on the sorting conveyor 40. Thereafter, the divided noodle bodies d are conveyed toward the noodle string cutter 50 (see FIGS. 1 and 2) by the sorting conveyor 40 and cut out into noodle strings.

  According to the noodle string cutting device 1 of the present embodiment, the plate-like noodle body b conveyed by the main conveyor 10 is cut by the slitter 20 to form the divided noodle bodies d and d. Since it can distribute to the sorting conveyors 40 and 40 and can cut out to the noodle strings L, the cutting of the noodle strings L can be completed in a short time. Therefore, the noodle strings L can be cut out quickly and efficiently without increasing the installation space.

  When a plurality of plate-like noodle bodies B are conveyed by the main conveyor 10, as shown in FIG. 4, in the sorting conveyors 40 and 40, the main conveyors are arranged such that some of the plurality of divided noodle bodies d and d overlap each other. 10 and the conveying speed of each sorting conveyor 40 are preferably set. That is, by making the transport speed of the main conveyor 10 sufficiently faster than the transport speed of each sorting conveyor 40, the divided noodle bodies d and d completely move from the supply position from the shuttle conveyor 30 to each sorting conveyor 40. Since the next divided noodle bodies d and d are supplied to the sorting conveyors 40, the noodle body cutter 50 can be cut by the noodle string cutter 50 in a state where the divided noodle bodies d and d partially overlap each other. The line L can be cut out more efficiently.

  As mentioned above, although one Embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail, the specific aspect of this invention is not limited to the said embodiment. For example, the slitter 20 of the noodle string cutting device of the present embodiment is configured to divide the plate-like noodle body b conveyed by the main conveyor 10 into two divided noodle bodies d and d. You may comprise so that it may divide | segment into a division | segmentation noodle body. In this case, in addition to the pair of sorting conveyors that convey the divided noodle bodies on both sides, a sorting conveyor that conveys the central divided noodle bodies is provided, and the base ends of the sorting conveyors are arranged close to each other. Thus, the divided noodle bodies conveyed by each sorting conveyor can be cut out into noodle strings. It is also possible to form four or more divided noodle bodies by the slitter 20 and distribute them to a sorting conveyor.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Noodle string cutting device 10 Main conveyor 20 Slitter 30 Shuttle conveyor 40 Sorting conveyor 50 Noodle string cutter

Claims (4)

A main conveyor for conveying plate-like noodle bodies;
A slitter that cuts and divides the plate-like noodles conveyed by the main conveyor along the conveying direction;
A pair of sorting conveyors that receive the divided noodle bodies on both sides of the divided plate-like noodle bodies from the main conveyor and convey them in a direction away from the main conveyor;
A noodle strip cutting device comprising: a noodle strip cutter that cuts the split noodle strips conveyed by the pair of sorting conveyors into noodle strips. The pair of sorting conveyors are arranged so that the base ends are close to each other and perpendicular to the main conveyor,
Further provided is a shuttle conveyor that is arranged so as to be able to advance and retreat from directly below the main conveyor in the transport direction, and for placing the divided noodle bodies on both sides transported by the main conveyor on the base end portions of the pair of sorting conveyors, respectively. The noodle string cutting device according to claim 1.   The noodle string cutting device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a conveying speed of the main conveyor and the sorting conveyor is set so that a part of the plurality of divided noodle bodies sequentially mounted on the sorting conveyor overlap.   The noodles on both sides formed by cutting the plate-like noodles conveyed by the main conveyor along the conveying direction with a slitter are conveyed in a direction away from the main conveyor by a pair of sorting conveyors, A method for cutting out noodle strings, each of which is cut into noodle strings using a noodle string cutter.

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