JPH07203832A - Noodle making machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a noodle making machine capable of producing a modified noodle having high chewiness and made of a mixed dough of different grain materials and performing an adequate rotational-speed control of a roller. CONSTITUTION:This noodle making machine is provided with two hopper sections 2a, 2b, two mixers 6a, 6b which produce doughs independently from grain powdery materials 1a, 1b supplied from the hopper sections 2a, 2b, the 1st press-rollers 31a, 31b which produce the 1st noodle belt M1 and the 2nd noodle belt M2 by pressing independently the two doughs, the 2nd press-rollers 32 which produce the 3rd noodle belt M3 by making together the 1st noodle belt M1 and the 2nd noodle belt M2 after passing the 1st delivery rollers r1, r2 and integrally rolling the combined noodle belts of M1 and M2, the 3rd press-rollers 33 which produce the 4th noodle belt 4 by further rolling the 3rd noodle belt M3 produced by the integral rolling by the 2nd press-rollers 32 after passing the 2nd delivery roller r3, a cutting machine 8 which cuts the noodle belt M4 into noodle strings M5 and a transferring apparatus 9 which delivers the noodle strings M5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a noodle making machine for producing noodles such as buckwheat noodles, Japanese Chinese buckwheat noodles (so-called ramen) noodles and udon noodles, and a noodle making machine having a structure particularly suitable for producing strong noodles. It is about machines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a noodle making machine for producing buckwheat noodles, Japanese Chinese buckwheat noodles, udon noodles, etc. from raw material flour, for example, JP-A-60-172264 and JP-A-62-42781.
The one disclosed in Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication is known.

The above-mentioned conventional noodle making machine has a basic structure as shown in FIG. 6, and includes kneading (kneading), rolling,
A series of line cutting / conveying steps are continuously performed.

That is, the noodle making machine 10 is generally provided with an apparatus main body frame 30, a hopper portion 2 arranged above the apparatus main body frame 30 for accommodating raw material flour 1 such as udon flour or buckwheat flour, and the hopper portion. 2. The raw material flour 1 supplied from 2 and the kneading water supplied from the kneading water supply unit 11 are kneaded to form a kneaded mass, and a rolling unit 7 that rolls the kneaded mass into a noodle strip.
A cutting unit 8 that cuts the noodle strips rolled by the rolling unit 7 to produce noodle strings, and a conveying unit 9 that sends out the noodle strings. Driven via the power transmission mechanism of a motor and a chain or gears.

The structure of each of the above-mentioned parts will be outlined. First, the hopper part 2 is equipped with a stirrer 3 having a stirring rod 4 projecting therein, and the stirrer 3 stirs the raw material flour 1 stored therein. It is adapted to feed it (via the drive 21) to the mixer 6 through the passage 5.

Next, the mixer section 6 comprises a rotary shaft 13 to which a kneading blade is attached and which is rotated by a drive section 20, and a cylinder 6a surrounding the rotary shaft 13.
The raw material flour 1 sent from the passage 5 and the kneading water supplied from the kneading water supply unit 11 are kneaded to produce a kneaded mass, which is sent to the rolling unit 7 located below the mixer unit. There is.

The rolling section 7 is composed of a pair of rolling rollers 7a and 7b which are rotated inward by a driving section 22. The so-called noodle strip is obtained by rolling the kneaded mass fed by the rolling rollers and extending it thinly. Is designed to be manufactured.

The noodle strip has a cutting section 8 composed of a pair of cutting rollers which rotate inward as they are.
In the direction of, and is cut into long and thin pieces by the cutting roller to form noodle strings having an appropriate predetermined thickness.

Further, the noodle strings hang down on the conveyor belt 14 of the conveyor section 9 as they are, and are sequentially conveyed to the outside by the conveyor belt 14. Here, the conveyor belt 14 is made of synthetic rubber or elongated metal plates or metal rods arranged side by side and connected in a belt shape.

By the way, the noodle making machine 10 described above has a hopper 2
One is provided with one kind of raw material flour, and a kneaded mass obtained by kneading different raw material flour cannot be manufactured at the same time, and such a usage method or manufacturing method is not envisioned.

There are also noodle making machines having two or more hoppers and mixers in one apparatus body frame, but they simply connect the structure of the noodle making machine 10 to enhance the production capacity. It is nothing more than a thing.

[0012] The noodles produced by the noodle making machine as described above are called machine-made noodles, and most of the commercially available Japanese Chinese buckwheat noodles and udon noodles are machine-made noodles. There are many soba restaurants that feature noodles.

[0013]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The proportion of noodles in the Japanese diet is high, and the taste and texture are unmatched. Noodles such as udon noodles and Chinese buckwheat noodles are especially important in terms of texture, and it is no exaggeration to say that the strength of the waist determines whether the noodles are good or bad. In this regard, although most of the noodles are currently machine-made, it is still the firmness of the noodles that the hand-made noodles are still said to be delicious.

[0014] Since mechanical noodles start and end with a single kneading and rolling, it is generally evaluated that the texture is slightly inferior to the hand-made noodles. When two kneaded masses kneaded under different kneading conditions (separately kneaded masses are not exactly the same as each other) are mixed and rolled, the noodles become stronger and the food is similar to hand-made noodles. It turned out to be a feeling.

For example, for Chinese buckwheat noodles, when kneaded well with flour containing a lot of protein and brackish water (generally, sodium carbonate and potassium carbonate powder is used), the alkalinity of brackish water acts on gluten and starch of flour. It was found that it increases the extensibility of Chinese buckwheat noodles, but when the kneaded masses kneaded separately are combined and rolled several times, it is possible to produce extremely strong Chinese buckwheat noodles.

However, the conventional noodle making machine only has a mechanism for rolling a single kneaded mass, and there is no one provided with a mechanism for separately making a kneaded mass and rolling them together.

Further, according to the hand-made noodles, for example, soba noodles are mixed with a kneaded mass of raw material flour which is mixed with other raw materials, so that the noodles are colorful and colorful (for example, the soba noodles have cherry blossoms or matcha brown). Soba noodles that are mixed) can be easily made, but the conventional noodle making machine does not have a mechanism for combining the kneaded masses kneaded separately as described above, and thus the strange noodles as described above cannot be produced. It was

Further, when the kneaded mass is rolled by a plurality of rolling rollers one after another, it is necessary to appropriately adjust the rotation speed of the rolling rollers at each stage. That is, when the speed of the noodle strips sent from the first rolling roller and the speed at which the next second rolling roller draws the delivered noodle strips deviate from each other, the noodle strips are excessively pulled and torn, or vice versa. There is a situation where it becomes loose and becomes a dumpling.

Therefore, it is necessary to adjust the rotation speed of the rolling rollers at each stage, but this adjustment is not simple because it is related to the rolling interval of each rolling roller, the elongation of the noodle strips, and the like. In this respect, the conventional noodle making machine has a problem in that it is difficult to adjust the rolling roller at a rotation speed once set at the start of noodle making since it is rotated at a constant speed, and it is necessary to constantly monitor it during operation.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and automatically controls the rotation of the first to third rolling rollers, and at the same time, produces a strong noodle and a kneaded mass of different raw material flour. The present invention provides a noodle making machine capable of making mixed strange noodles and the like.

[0021]

According to the present invention, there are provided an apparatus main body frame, two hopper portions arranged above the apparatus main body frame for accommodating the raw material flour, and the raw material flour supplied from each of the hopper portions. Two mixer sections for kneading with kneading water to independently produce a kneaded mass, and two first rolling sections for individually rolling the kneaded mass to produce a first noodle strip and a second noodle strip, respectively. A second rolling unit for rolling the first noodle band and the second noodle band through a first derivation roller and then coalescing them to produce a third noodle band, and secondly rolling the coalesced third noodle band. A third rolling unit that rolls via a delivery roller, a cutting unit that cuts the noodle strips that have passed through the third rolling unit to produce noodle strings, and a conveying unit that delivers the noodle strings, Provided is a noodle making machine characterized by a structure in which a drive motor and a transmission mechanism arranged in the apparatus body frame drive the respective parts. Accordingly, it is intended to achieve the above object.

Further, in the noodle making machine, a delivery mechanism for sending the first and second noodle strips rolled in the first rolling section to the second rolling section, and the third noodle strip passing through the second rolling section. The feeding mechanism for sending to the third rolling unit, each noodle strip is peeled from the rolling roller by the scraper in contact with the rolling roller of the first rolling unit or the second rolling unit, and the axis held horizontally is vertically moved. The second rolling section or the third rolling section is configured to enter via the movable first derivation roller or the second derivation roller, and each noodle strip passing through the first derivation roller or the second derivation roller is When the rolling rollers of the first rolling part or the third rolling part rotate too fast or too slow, the lead-out roller moves downward or upward, and a switch or sensor interlocked with the vertical movement of the lead-out roller is used. Detects, by providing a noodle machine, characterized in that so as to control the rotational speed of the first rolling unit or the rolling rollers of the third rolling unit, is intended to achieve the above object.

[0023]

According to the noodle making machine of the present invention, the raw material flours supplied separately from the two hoppers are kneaded in the respective mixers. Therefore, it is possible to simultaneously prepare the same kind of dough or the dough of different kinds of raw material flour from different kinds of raw material flour under different conditions.

Since the kneaded masses kneaded separately are sent together to the second rolling section, they can be combined and rolled. Therefore, for example, it is easy to make unique noodles (for example, buckwheat noodles with cherry-colored or matcha brown mixed with buckwheat-colored spots) that are colorful by combining the kneaded mass of the raw material flour that is mixed with other ingredients. You can make noodles.

Further, if the same kind of kneaded masses under slightly different conditions are united and rolled, it is possible to make noodles stronger than conventional machine-made noodles by the mixing action.

Next, by appropriately selecting the arrangement of the left and right scrapers in contact with the rolling rollers of the first rolling section or the second rolling section, the rolled noodle strips are peeled off from the rolling roller and the rolling section of the next stage. The second rolling part or the third rolling part is fed to the second rolling part or the second rolling part, and the horizontally held shaft is vertically movable through the first guiding roller or the second guiding roller. Join the club.

Since the noodle strips to be sent out are placed on the first and second outlet rollers, the noodle strips are moved downward by the weight of the noodle strips themselves and the tension with which the next rolling roller pulls the noodle strips. Although stressed during operation, it is normally supported in a balanced state by a spring or lever principle so as to be located at approximately the center of the vertical movable range. The rolling roller of the next stage is adjusted so as to be pulled and move downward when the tension for pulling in the noodle strip is excessively strong, and conversely move upward when the tension is excessively weak.

Therefore, a switch or a sensor interlocking with the vertical movement of the first and second derivation rollers detects this vertical movement, and pulls the rotational speed of the rolling rollers of the first rolling section or the third rolling section to pull the tension. The rotation of the rolling roller is automatically adjusted by controlling the drive unit so that the rotation is slower if it is larger and the rotation speed is faster if the drawing tension is smaller.

[0029]

EXAMPLES Examples of the noodle making machine of the present invention are shown in FIG.
~ It will be described in detail with reference to FIG. Incidentally, the same parts as those of the above-mentioned conventional example shown in FIG.

FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment relating to the noodle making machine of the present invention. If the overall structure of the noodle making machine 40 is outlined based on this figure, reference numeral 41 in the figure is the apparatus main body frame, 2a, 2b.
Is a hopper, 6a and 6b are mixers, 31a and 31b
Is a first rolling section, 32 is a second rolling section, 33 is a third rolling section,
Reference numeral 8 is a cutting unit, and 9 is a conveying unit. In addition, a controller 25 that controls electric control of the noodle making machine 40, a conveyor belt 26 for conveying the noodle strips from the third rolling section 33 to the cutting section 8, and a caster 27 that is convenient for moving are provided. .
The drive motor and the transmission mechanism for driving the above-mentioned respective parts are arranged on the back side of the apparatus main body frame 41.

In addition to the noodle making machine 40 in FIG. 1, powder (wheat flour) is dropped onto the conveyed noodle strings to prevent the noodle strings from adhering to each other, and at the same time, for each serving size. The device 50 for dividing is arranged as an auxiliary facility.

Of the above-mentioned device parts, the hopper parts 2a, 2b,
The mixer sections 6a and 6b, the cutting section 8, the conveying section 9, and the rolling sections 31 to 33 are the same as those of the conventional noodle making machine and there is no mechanical change, so the description thereof will be omitted. (Note that the handle W in each rolling unit is for adjusting the rolling roller interval.) Next, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the main part of the present invention and the process of making noodles. In the figure, S1 to S8 are scrapers for peeling the noodle strips from the rolling roller, and for example, a thin copper plate is used. R1 to R8 are rolling parts (31a, 31
b, 32, 33), r1 to r2 are first derivation rollers, and r3 is a second derivation roller.

In FIG. 2, the process of making noodles will be outlined below.

Each raw material flour 1a in the hoppers 2a, 2b,
1b is kneaded by the mixer sections 6a and 6b to form kneaded masses K1 and K
2 and sent to the first rolling units 31a and 31b,
Rolled by rolling rollers R1 to R4, each first noodle strip M
1 and the second noodle strip M2.

Next, the first noodle strip M1 which has passed through the rolling rollers R1 and R2 of the first rolling portion 31a on the left side of the drawing is the scraper S.
At R1, the R1 side is peeled off and is sent to the right side while being attached to R2, is peeled off from R2 by the scraper S2, is placed on the first delivery roller r1, and is guided to the second rolling section 32 below.

Similarly, the second noodle strip M2 that has passed through the rolling rollers R3 and R4 of the first rolling section 31b on the right side is first scraped off by the scraper S3, and the R3 side is first peeled off and sent to the left side while adhering to R4, and then the scraper S4. It is peeled off from R4, placed on the first lead-out roller r2, and drawn into the second rolling section 32 below together with M1. The noodle strips M1 and M2 are the first derivation roller r.
After passing 1 or r2, they both enter the second rolling section 32 and are combined and rolled by the rolling rollers R5 and R6 to form the third noodle strip M3.

Next, the rolling roller R of the second rolling section 32.
The third noodle strip M3 sandwiched between 5, R6 is peeled off on the R5 side by the scraper S5, is sent to the right side while being attached to R6, is peeled off from R6 by the scraper S6, and is discharged from the second delivery roller r3. It is placed on and guided to the third rolling section 33 below.

Next, the rolling roller R of the third rolling section 33.
The noodle strip M4 further rolled at 7 and R8 is continuously conveyed to the cutting unit 8 in a strip shape by the conveyor belt 26.

Finally, the noodle strip M4 is made into a noodle strip M5 having a predetermined thickness at the cutting portion 8, placed on the transport portion 9 (usually a transport belt similar to 26), and sequentially outside the noodle making machine 40. Be transported to.

The delivery rollers r1 to r3 are arranged at positions where the noodle strips M1 to M3 are slightly peeled off from the rollers R2, R4, and R6 and are smoothly placed and delivered.
The positions of the scrapers S2, S4 and S6 should also be determined in consideration of the above points.

According to the noodle making machine 40 having the above-mentioned structure, the raw material flours 1a and 1b separately supplied from the two hoppers 2a and 2b are separate mixers 6a and 6b. It is obvious that it is possible to make the same kind of kneaded mass or kneaded mass (K1, K2) of different kinds of raw material flour under different conditions at the same time from different kinds of raw material flour.

Further, the above-mentioned kneaded mass K1 kneaded separately,
Since K2 is sent together to the second rolling section 32, it can be united and rolled. Therefore, for example, it is easy to make unique noodles (for example, buckwheat noodles with cherry-colored or matcha brown mixed with buckwheat-colored spots) that are colorful by combining the kneaded mass of the raw material flour that is mixed with other ingredients. You can make noodles.

Needless to say, if the same kind of kneaded mass under slightly different conditions is united and rolled, a noodle stronger than the conventional machine-made noodle can be produced by the mixing action.

In the above structure, the rotation shafts (horizontal shafts) of the first and second derivation rollers r1 to r3 which are held horizontally may be fixed to the apparatus main body frame 41, but the horizontal shafts are vertically moved as described below. A movable structure is required for automation of the rotation speed control of the second and third rolling rollers 32, 33 according to claim 2 of the present invention.

Next, this mechanical portion according to claim 2 is shown in FIG.
The following is a detailed description with reference to the partially enlarged view of FIG.

First, the horizontal axes of the first output rollers r1 and r2 are fixed to a vertical support plate 39, and the vertical support plate 39 is vertically movable by four guide rollers Rg arranged on the left and right. In addition, the vertical support plate 39 is urged and held by the spring 38 (leaf spring or coil spring) so that the vertical support plate 39 is located at the substantially center of the vertical movable range when the rolling rollers R5 and R6 are at appropriate rotation speeds.

Large and small slits A1 and A2 are provided in the vertical support plate 39, and a shield plate 42 is arranged between them. Moreover, two optical sensors (photoelectric switches) Q1 and Q2 fixed to the apparatus main body frame 41 side are arranged at positions exposed from the slits A1 and A2 with the shield plate 42 sandwiched therebetween when the device is normally movable.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 5, the horizontal shaft of the second guide roller r3 is fixed to the lever plate 43, and the lever plate 43 has a weight 44 at the other end and a support shaft 45. Since the second derivation roller r3 can be moved up and down, the weight 44 constantly exerts a force to lift the second derivation roller r3.
Also, the photosensors Q3 and Q4 are arranged so that the detection light is directed toward the weight 44 side at a position exposed to the weight 44 of the lever frame 43 just above and just below the device body frame 41 when normally operating. There is.

The detection light emitted from the photosensors Q1 to Q4 is not shielded by the shield plate 42 or the weight 44 in a proper rotating state, so that the reflected light does not return, but when the lead-out rollers r1 to r3 move up and down, the shield plate. Either the upper or lower detection light is blocked by the weight 42 or the weight 44, and the optical sensor operates.

The first to third rolling parts 31a, 31
The rotation speed control mechanism of the rolling rollers R1 to R8 of b, 32, and 33 will be described below.

First, as a premise, the first rolling parts 31a, 31
It is assumed that the rolling speeds of the rolling rollers R1 to R4 of b or the rolling rollers R5 and R6 of the second rolling section 32 are kept constant. The latter case, that is, the case where the rotation speeds of the rolling rollers R5 and R6 of the second rolling section 32 are constant (the inventors of the present invention obtained the best result) will be described below.

In FIG. 3, the first rolling parts 31a, 31b
If the rolling rollers R1 to R4 are slow to rotate, the first noodle strip M
The first and second noodle strips M2 are pulled by the rolling rollers R5 and R6 of the second rolling section 32 more strongly than in the normal state and push down the first delivery rollers r1 and r2 (r1′r2 ′). Then, the vertical support plate 39 lowers, and the shield plate 42 blocks the light detected by the optical sensor Q2 below. Then, the general electric control circuit controls to increase the rotation speed of the drive motors for the rolling rollers R1 to R4.

On the contrary, if the rotation speeds of the rolling rollers R1 to R4 are too fast, the noodle strips M1 and M2 are stagnant and the pulling force of the rolling rollers R5 and R6 is smaller than that in the normal state, and the vertical support plate 3
9 goes up, and the shielding plate 42 blocks the light detected by the upper optical sensor Q1. In this case, the rotation speeds of the drive motors R1 to R4 are controlled to be suppressed.

Next, in FIG. 5, when the rolling rollers R7, R8 of the third rolling section 33 rotate faster, the third noodle strip M3 is pulled more strongly than in the normal state, and the second delivery roller r3 is pushed downward (r3. ′). Then, the weight 44 at one end of the lever plate 43 rises to block the light detected by the upper optical sensor Q3 (43 '). Then, the rolling rollers R7 and R8 are the same as above.
Control to control the rotation speed of the drive motor of.

On the contrary, if the rolling rollers R7 and R8 rotate too slowly, the third noodle strip M3 is stagnant and the force for pulling the second lead-out roller r3 downward is reduced more than in the normal state, and the weight 44 of the lever plate 43 is removed. It goes down and blocks the light detected by the optical sensor Q4 (4
3 ″). In this case, control is performed to increase the rotation speed.

With the above-described mechanism, the noodle making machine 40 can always keep proper rotation of the rolling rollers during operation, and can make noodles smoothly without delaying or cutting the noodle strips. .

It is needless to say that the same effect can be obtained even if a switch that is mechanically or electrically turned on / off by vertical movement is used instead of the photosensors Q1 to Q4.

[0058]

Since the noodle making machine according to the present invention is constructed as described above, it has the following effects.

(1) Since noodle powders are manufactured by rolling the doughs that have been kneaded separately, the noodle band has an excellent effect that a chewy texture and a good texture can be obtained.

(2) It has an excellent effect of making strong noodles and modified noodles obtained by mixing kneaded masses of different raw material flours.

(3) It has an excellent effect that the proper rotating state of the rolling roller is always maintained during the operation, and the noodle strip can be smoothly made without being stuck or cut.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view for explaining the configuration of an embodiment of a noodle making machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a configuration of a main part and a noodle making process of the example.

FIG. 3 is a front view for explaining the structure in the vicinity of the first delivery roller of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged perspective view for explaining a structure in the vicinity of a second lead-out roller of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged front view for explaining the operation of the lever plate of the same embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a front view for explaining the structure of a conventional noodle making machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 1a, 1b Raw material flour 2, 2a, 2b Hopper part 6, 6a, 6b Mixer part 8 Cutting part 9 Conveying part 10, 40 Noodle making machine 14 Conveying belt 20 Driving part 30, 41 Device body frame 31a, 31b First Rolling part 32 Second rolling part 33 Third rolling part 38 Spring 39 Vertical support plate 42 Shielding plate 43 Lever plate 44 Weights K1, K2 Kneading blocks R1 to R8 Rolling rollers S1 to S8 Scraper M1 First noodle strip M2 Second noodle strip M3 third noodle strip M4 noodle strip M5 noodle strip Q1-Q4 optical sensor

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An apparatus main body frame, two hoppers arranged above the apparatus main body frame for accommodating raw material flours, and the raw material flours supplied from the respective hoppers are kneaded with kneading water to be independent from each other. And two mixer sections for producing a kneaded mass, and two first rolling sections for separately rolling each kneaded mass to produce a first noodle strip and a second noodle strip, and the first noodle strip and the first noodle strip. A second rolling unit that makes a third noodle band by rolling the two noodle strips through a first derivation roller and then a third rolling strip, and further rolls the coalesced third noodle strip through a second derivation roller. A third rolling unit, a cutting unit that cuts the noodle strips that have passed through the third rolling unit to produce noodle strings, and a transport unit that delivers the noodle strings, and are arranged in the apparatus main body frame. A noodle making machine characterized by a structure in which a drive motor and a transmission mechanism drive the respective parts. 2. A delivery mechanism for sending the first and second noodle strips rolled in the first rolling section to the second rolling section, and the third noodle strip passing through the second rolling section to the third rolling section. Sending mechanism to send to
First stripping roller or second stripping roller in which each noodle strip is peeled from the stripping roller by a scraper that is in contact with the stripping roller of the first rolling section or the second rolling section and the axis held horizontally is vertically movable. It is configured not to enter the second rolling unit or the third rolling unit via, and each noodle strip via the first derivation roller or the second derivation roller is a rolling roller of the first rolling unit or the third rolling unit. If the rotation is too fast or too slow, the guide roller moves downward or upward, and this is detected by a switch or a sensor that works in conjunction with the vertical movement of the guide roller, and the first rolling unit or the third rolling unit is detected. The noodle making machine according to claim 1, wherein the rolling speed of the rolling roller is controlled.