JPH0446091B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial Application Field> The present invention is for molding a noodle sheet to be set in a noodle manufacturing machine, and in particular, for molding noodles while preventing gluten once generated from being destroyed. This relates to a belt manufacturing machine.

<Prior art and its problems> Nowadays, when noodle making work is performed, it is customary to use a noodle making machine in most cases. There are various types of noodle-making machines, but what they all have in common is that they have a long, slender, movable belt and a plurality of rotating rollers on top of this belt. The kneaded dough is placed between the belt and the rollers, moved under pressure by the upper rollers, and then cut into noodles in the final stage.

By the way, the above-mentioned dough is formed by kneading flour, water, salt and other seasonings using a mixer. However, the dough formed in this way has
Some gluten is generated, and gluten will be generated in earnest in the noodle making machine, but considering that the more gluten there is, the better quality the noodles will be, so the mixer Before applying the kneaded dough to a noodle making machine, it is further kneaded. In order to generate gluten, it is done by kneading rather than so-called kneading, and for that purpose, it is important to apply continuous pressure.

On the other hand, in order to feed the dough kneaded as described above into a noodle-making machine, conventionally the lumps of dough taken out from the mixer were placed on a belt, but such lumps were continuously transferred to the noodle making machine. When pressure is applied intermittently by a roller on the belt, this fabric develops wide and narrow sections on the belt, and when it is cut longitudinally in the final stage, it becomes extremely irregular. , resulting in waste as a product. Therefore, it is preferable that the dough before being put into the noodle making machine contains a certain amount of gluten and as much gluten as possible, and that the dough has a shape that fits the width of the belt of the noodle making machine. is better.

The inventor conducted the following experiment based on the above purpose. That is, two large-diameter rollers (about 500 mm in diameter) were opposed to each other to produce noodle strips. However, the diameter of the roller is too large and a roughly V-shaped valley is formed.
Since the circumferential speed of the rollers is naturally the same, the amount of fabric existing in the V-shaped valley is much larger than the amount of fabric being discharged, and therefore the convection phenomenon of the fabric inside the valley is caused. In other words, although the dough that has once descended is continuously discharged, a considerable amount rises upward again, and the gluten generated by this convection phenomenon is destroyed. There was found. It was also discovered that the discharged noodle strips had lateral cracks in some places, making them unsuitable for forming long noodle strings.

In order to solve the above problem, the present inventor arranged a plurality of rollers in a substantially V-shape as shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-67429, and among these rollers, the lower rollers were arranged in a V-shape. A noodle sheet manufacturing machine configured to increase the rotational speed of the rollers, so that the speed at which the dough is discharged is increased even if the amount of dough supplied to the approximately V-shaped valley formed by the plurality of rollers is large. However, this also resulted in the convection phenomenon described above. The location where convection occurs is
This is the position of the third roller from the top in Figure 1 of the publication, and when the cause was investigated, it was found that the interval between the rollers facing each other in a substantially V-shape did not change. This phenomenon did not change even if the rotational speed of the lower roller was further increased. When this convection phenomenon occurred, the gluten that had been formed up to that point was destroyed, and the noodles were not of good quality.

<Means for Solving the Problems> Therefore, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the noodle manufacturing machine according to the present invention includes a plurality of rollers arranged vertically in parallel in an arched shape, and
Among these rollers, the lower roller is configured to have a higher rotational speed than the upper roller,
A guide plate is arranged to face the roller and move back and forth, so that the space formed by the roller and the guide plate is continuously changed in width and width, and the fabric is continuously fed to the lower roller. It is designed to prevent convection from occurring, and also promotes the development of gluten.

<Embodiment> Next, an embodiment of the noodle sheet manufacturing machine according to the present invention will be described based on the drawings. First, in the sectional view shown in FIG. 1 and 1' are arranged vertically parallel to each other in an arcuate shape, and other rollers 1'' facing these rollers 1' are arranged. Also, as shown in FIG. The roller 1'' may not be provided. The rotational speeds of these rollers 1, 1', and 1'' are configured such that the one at the top is the slowest and the speed increases as the rollers go to the bottom, meaning the one at the bottom is the fastest. These rollers 1, 1', 1'' are attached by shafts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, which
5 and 6 are rotated at the speed mentioned above. Reference numeral 7 denotes a guide plate that faces the roller 1 or rollers 1 and 1' and moves reciprocally. It is connected to the piston rod 10 of the cylinder 9. Further, as shown in Fig. 2, this guide plate 7 is connected at its upper and lower ends to piston rods 10 and 10' of cylinders 9 and 9', respectively, so that the cylinders 9 and 9' are synchronized so that the entire guide plate 7 is in an upright state. Sometimes it moves back and forth. Note that 11 is a side plate.

<Function> While rotating each roller 1, 1', 1'' at the above-mentioned speed via the shafts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, the cylinder 9 is operated, and the guide plate is directed toward the roller 1. In this case, the device shown in FIG. 1 reciprocates in a substantially V-shaped range around the pivot 8, but the device shown in FIG. , the guide plate 7 is held upright and reciprocated by both cylinders 9 and 9'. When the dough is put into the space formed by the roller 1 and the guide plate 7, it is pressed as if being kneaded, and when it reaches the bottom, it is pressed between the rollers 1' and 1''. . Further, in the case shown in FIG. 2, a similar effect is applied between the guide plate 7 and the rollers 1, 1'.
In this invention, the guide plate 7 and the roller 1 (or 1') are connected by the reciprocating guide plate 7.
Since the distance between the rollers 1 and 1' changes continuously, even if the distance between the guide plate 7 and the rollers 1 and 1' becomes narrower toward the bottom, the fabric will continue to move downward and no convection phenomenon will occur. It becomes.

<Effects of the Invention> As described above, according to the noodle band making machine according to the present invention, a plurality of rollers are arranged in parallel and in an arched shape in the vertical direction, and among these rollers, the rollers in the upper row The roller is configured to increase the rotational speed of the lower roller, and a guide plate is provided that faces the roller and moves back and forth, so that the noodle strip is not only formed to a constant width, but also has a so-called This eliminates the convection phenomenon in the dough, thereby eliminating the destruction of gluten, and also without causing cracks in the noodle sheets that are discharged, resulting in an excellent effect.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the noodle band manufacturing machine according to the present invention, with FIG. 1 being a sectional view and FIG. 2 being a sectional view showing another example. 1, 1', 1''...Roller, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6...Shaft, 7...Guide plate, 8...Pivot,
9, 9'... Cylinder, 10, 10'... Piston rod, 11... Side plate.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A plurality of rollers are arranged vertically in parallel and in an arcuate shape, and among these rollers, the rotation speed of the lower roller is higher than that of the upper roller, and the rotation speed of the lower roller is higher than that of the upper roller. A noodle sheet making machine characterized by having a guide plate that moves together and reciprocates.