JPH046332B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for stretching noodle strings.

In the past, the distance between the hanging rods of the noodle strings was increased in stages to stretch the noodle strings to a predetermined thinness, and the drying was performed using separate independent devices. It took a long time to move the noodle strings to the machine, the process was stopped in stages, and the process was left for a long time.It took a considerable amount of time to manufacture, and it took a lot of labor and workers to change the processing machine, and there were drawbacks that did not improve efficiency. .

The present invention takes these points into consideration, and uses an endless chain or a hanger type conveyor in which one hanging rod of the multi-strand noodle strings, which is hung on a pair of hanging rods and stretched to a certain extent, rotates horizontally. An adjustment device that allows transportation to be carried in a drying room or building that is configured independently and whose interior is adjusted to a predetermined temperature by being mounted one after another, and that can freely adjust the inclination of the other hanging rod from the transition start end to the end end. The noodle strings are sequentially transferred along a lower rail equipped with an endless chain conveyor, and the noodle strings are gradually stretched in a vertical state while being transferred, and the noodle strings are stretched to a desired thickness, formed, and dried at the same time. This invention relates to a method for stretching noodle strings and an apparatus therefor, which mechanically performs the stretching and drying process of noodle strings during dry noodle forming, and automatically adjusts the noodle strings to a desired predetermined thinness. The purpose is to improve manufacturing efficiency, save labor, and obtain a homogeneous product by taking out the product.Hereinafter, an embodiment shown in the drawings will be described.

1 is a drying room or building, and 2 is an endless chain installed in the upper part of the drying room or building 1 in a symmetrical manner so that it rotates once horizontally from the inlet side 3 to the outlet side 4. A pair of hanging rods 5 and 6 made by stretching noodle strings a in a twilled manner are arranged in parallel with an interval so that both ends of one hanging rod 5 can be mounted on the rack.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a lower rail for guiding both ends of the other hanging rod 6 of the pair, and is arranged symmetrically on the left and right sides of the lower part facing the endless chains 2, 2 with the inlet side higher and the outlet side lower. The opposing inner sides of these lower rails 7, 7 have slit-shaped openings 8, 8 in the longitudinal direction.

Reference numeral 9 denotes an endless chain conveyor in which feed pawls 10 are protruded from both ends of a lower hanging rod 6 at equal intervals, and a chain ring 1 is installed at a high position in front of each of the lower rails 7, 7.
1 and guide wheel 12 to lower the hanging rod 6
form and proceed inside the lower rail 7.
It is provided symmetrically so that it passes through a driving chain ring 11' at the end of the chain and rotates back and forth on the upper surface.

Reference numeral 14 denotes lower rail vertical adjustment devices installed at intervals to support the front, rear, and middle portions of the left and right lower rails 7, 7 in a freely adjustable manner. A stand 15 erected on the outside, a vertical screw shaft 16 rotatably mounted on the stand, a motor 17 for rotating the screw shaft at any time, a gear transmission 18, and a vertical screw shaft 1.
A strip-shaped rail mounting bracket 20 is integrally provided with a square screw nut 19 screwed into the rail mounting bracket 20.Elongated holes 21 and 21 are provided at both ends of the rail mounting bracket 20, respectively.
The screw rod 2 attached to the outer surface of the lower rail 7 at 21
2, a spacer 23 is fitted thereto, and the lower rail is attached somewhat loosely in the longitudinal direction with nuts 24.

25 is a drive chain ring of the endless chain in the upper part, and 26 is an electric fan installed in the drying room or the upper part of the building 1.

In the present invention, the upper endless chains 2, 2 and the lower endless chain conveyors 9, 9 are rotated in the direction of the arrow in FIG. Both ends of one hanging rod 5 of the multi-strand noodle strings are transferred manually or from another conveyor chain conveyor (not shown) to the upper left and right endless chains 2, 2 on the entrance side of the drying room or building 1. When transferred one after another, these hanging rods 5 are transferred horizontally in the direction of the arrow, and both ends of the lower hanging rod 6 are moved in front of the steep slope by the respective feeding claws 10 of the endless chain conveyors 9, 9 installed on the left and right. The hanging rod 6 is advanced through the lower rails 7, 7 through the opposing openings 8, 8 through the lowering guide part 13 of the lower part, and the hanging rod 6 is gradually lowered by the downward slope of the lower rails 7, 7. The distance between the hanging rods 5 and 6 gradually widens, and the noodle strings a move while being stretched. During this time, by adjusting the inside of the drying room or building 1 to a predetermined temperature, the noodle strings a are ripened, dried, and stretched at the same time, and are transported at a predetermined speed to the end of the lower rails 7, 7. After reaching a predetermined thinness, the hanging rods 6 are removed from the ends of the endless chain conveyors 9, 9, and reach the outlet side 4 while hanging from the upper endless chains 2, 2 via the hanging rods 5. Then remove the hanging rod 5 from the end of the endless chains 2, 2, or
Alternatively, it is transferred to a separate chain conveyor (not shown) and transported to the next process.

Adjustment of the thickness of the stretched noodle strings is carried out by the motors 1 in the lower rail vertical adjustment devices 14 provided on the front, rear, and both outer sides of the intermediate portions of both the lower rails 7, 7, respectively.
7 and rotates the symmetrical vertical screw shafts 16 via the gear transmission 18, and the square screw nuts 19 screwed thereon are moved up and down to a greater extent as they are closer to the exit side. The support parts of the lower rails 7, 7 are moved up and down via the rail mounting bracket 20 integrated with the nut 19, increasing or decreasing the height difference between the lower rails 7, 7 on the outlet side 4 relative to the inlet side 3. By doing so, the amount of lowering of the lower hanging rods 6 transferred by the endless chain conveyors 9, 9 along the lower rails 7, 7 is adjusted, and noodle strings of any desired thickness can be taken out. It is.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, instead of the endless chains 2, 2 installed on the left and right sides of the upper part, there are large diameter wire holes that rotate in a plane at the upper part of the entrance and exit sides of the drying room or building 1. Alternatively, a wire rope 28 or an endless chain 2 can be connected by providing chain rings 27 respectively.
The wire rope 28 is hung endlessly at the center upper part between the lower left and right endless chain conveyors 9, 9 so as to rotate horizontally from the inlet side to the outlet side. The upper part of the hanging rod 32 of the hanger 31, which has hanging portions 30, 30 of 5, is made into a bifurcated part 33, which is fixed through a wire clip 34, so that the hanger 31 is suspended at equal intervals. , 36 constitute a hanger type conveyor 37 that rolls along the upper rails 36, 36, and in the case of an endless chain 29, the hanging rods 32 of the hanger 31 as shown in FIG.
The upper part is directly suspended on the endless chain 29, and the rollers 35, 35, which are axially suspended on both sides of the endless chain and the hanging rod 32 of the hanger 31, are connected to the guiding part 39' of the single track upper rail 38, which has a box shape with a hollow cross section. bottom 3
The hanger type conveyor 40 moves horizontally along the line 9 toward the exit side. The operation is similar to that described above, in which the upper hanging rod 5 is connected to the hanging parts 30, 30 at both ends of the hanger 31 on the entrance side 3.
The hanging rods 5 are moved horizontally within the drying room or building 1 toward the exit side, and the lower hanging rods 6
Both ends of the noodle strings are gradually pulled down and conveyed along the lower rails 7, 7 through the hanging lever lowering guiding portions 13 on the front sides of the endless chain conveyors 9, 9 each having a feeding pawl 10, so that the noodle strings are gradually brought into a predetermined position. The material is automatically stretched and dried until it reaches the outlet side.

According to this invention, both ends of the upper part of the multi-strand noodle strings, which are twilled on a pair of hanging rods and stretched out to a predetermined length, are placed in a drying room or a building in which both ends of the upper hanging rod are individually configured and the inside temperature can be adjusted to a predetermined temperature. It is moved by riding on two left and right endless chains installed from the upper inlet side to the outlet side, or on the hanger of a hanger type conveyor with hangers suspended at equal intervals, and both ends of the lower hanging rod are connected to the lower part. The endless chain conveyor, which has feed claws arranged side by side on the left and right, passes through the hanging rod descending guide portions of the conveyor and is conveyed along the downwardly sloped lower rail whose inclination can be freely changed and adjusted. The mutual spacing gradually widens while moving through the drying room or building, allowing the stretching of noodle strings to a predetermined thinness, ripening, and drying process to be performed simultaneously, and the lower rail is automatically controlled by the lower rail vertical adjustment device. The descending slope of the lower rail can be freely and easily changed by moving up and down, so the combination of the lower endless chain conveyor and the lower rail allows the sprocket bearing that meshes with the conventional chain belt to be directly connected to the hand-cranked screw shaft. If the sprocket part is raised and lowered by the rotation of a hand handle, the chain belt will be bent, and only one point of the sprocket and chain belt will be raised or lowered, and the entire chain belt will not be raised or lowered to a straight line. This eliminates the disadvantages of requiring multiple sprockets and not being able to accurately and quickly adjust the entire chain belt to the desired inclination, and the lower chain conveyor is always kept in a straight line from the inlet to the outlet via the lower rail. The desired downward slope is maintained and transferred to the side, so
The hanging rod that transfers the lower part is moved very smoothly, and the thinness of the formed noodle can be changed instantly by adjusting the amount of stretching of the noodle accurately and easily through the lower rail. It is easy to change the molded noodles, and in dry noodle molding, noodles of different thickness such as udon and soba noodles can be easily produced, and the whole amount can be automatically stretched to uniformity, ensuring uniform noodle quality. At the same time, the time required for drawing and stretching the noodle strings can be greatly reduced, resulting in labor savings and improved processing efficiency. Furthermore, this device has a simple configuration and can be used alone or easily incorporated into a continuous production line for dry noodle production, and has a remarkable effect on product uniformity and production efficiency.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic vertical side view showing an embodiment of the device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partial schematic side view showing a modification of the upper transfer line in the same device, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line B-B in FIG. The figure is a vertical side view of the lower rail vertical adjustment device that adjusts the inclination of the lower rail in this device, Figure 7 is an enlarged view of section C in Figure 3, and Figure 8 is a cross-sectional view of the lower rail vertical adjustment device and the lower rail. Slope view showing the installation state, Figure 9 A,
B is a side view and a plan view of the lower rail mounting bracket. 1... Drying room or building, 2... Endless chain conveyor, 3... Inlet side, 4... Outlet side, 5, 6...
... Hanging rod, 7 ... Lower rail, 9 ... Endless chain conveyor, 10 ... Feed claw, 11 ... Chain ring, 12
... Guide wheel, 13 ... Lowering guide part of hanging rod, 14
... lower rail vertical adjustment device, 15 ... stand, 16 ... vertical screw shaft, 17 ... motor, 18
... Gear transmission, 19 ... Square screw nut, 20
...Rail mounting bracket, 21...Long hole, 22...Screw rod, 37, 40...Hanger type conveyor.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Each hanger of an endless chain conveyor or a hanger-type conveyor in which hangers are suspended at regular intervals from both ends of one of a pair of hanging rods made by stretching raw noodle strings in multiple threads. The drying chamber or building, which is constructed independently and whose interior is adjusted to a predetermined temperature, is moved horizontally from the entrance side to the exit side, and
The ends of the other hanging rod facing this hanging rod are arranged in the lower part of the drying room or building in a downwardly sloping manner from the transition start end side to the end side. The noodles are passed by a conveyor, and the difference in height between the starting end and the ending end of these lower rails is adjusted to increase or decrease, and each noodle string is transferred in a vertical manner while being dried automatically as desired. An automatic stretching method for noodle strings characterized by forming the noodle strings into thin noodle strings and taking them out. 2. A pair of hanging rods on which the raw noodle strings are twilled and stretched, and both ends of one of the hanging rods are placed on top for transport by hanging two endless chains on the left and right, or hangers that hang both ends of the hanging rods at regular intervals. A hanger-type conveyor is installed so as to rotate horizontally from the entrance side to the exit side along the upper part of the drying room or building, which is constructed independently and installed so that the inside temperature can be adjusted to a predetermined temperature. On the left and right sides of the lower part of the building, downward-sloping lower rails are installed side by side from the entrance side to the exit side, and an endless chain conveyor with feed pawls at both ends of the other hanging rod is installed in front of each lower rail. The chain ring and guide ring installed at a high level form a lowering guide part for the hanging rod, and it is installed so that it moves inside the lower rail and rotates around the upper surface of the lower rail, and also in front, rear, and intermediate positions of the lower rail. A lower rail consisting of a rail fixture having a square screw nut attached to the outside of each part, a stand on which a vertical screw shaft screwed into the square screw nut is mounted, a motor that rotates the vertical screw shaft, and a gear transmission device. An automatic stretching device for noodle strings, characterized in that a vertical adjustment device is provided respectively to adjust the inclination of the lower rail to produce noodle strings of a desired thickness.