Method for producing noodles containing noodle strands of different widths and noodle strand cutting and recovery device

Abstract

To provide a method of producing noodles including noodle strings with different widths, and a device, the method being capable of easily adjusting a ratio of the number of noodle strings with different widths.SOLUTION: A noodle string cutting device comprises: a pair of cutting blade rolls having a plurality of annular blades and annular grooves, arranged side by side to face each other and mesh with each other, and rotating to cut a noodle strap into noodle strings; and a scraper for scraping out a front noodle string from the annular groove into which the noodle strings cut by the pair of cutting blade rolls are pushed. A groove width of the annular groove differs on opposing cutting blade rolls or / and on the same cutting blade roll, a position of the noodle string scraped out by the scraper differs in the annular groove on the same cutting blade roll by shifting positions of tips of scraping teeth of the scraper that are fitted into the annular groove on the same cutting blade roll, and unneeded noodle strings scraped out by a specific scraper and cut out by the noodle string cutting device are collected by noodle string collecting means.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 12

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a method for adjusting the ratio of the numbers of noodle strands of different widths in noodles containing noodle strands of different widths, and a noodle strand cutting and recovery device. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, a common method for cutting noodle strands mechanically involves passing a noodle sheet that has been reduced to a predetermined thickness by a rolling roll between a pair of rotating rolls (cutter rolls) that have multiple circular blades called cutting blades and multiple circular grooves, and that are arranged side by side so that they face each other and intermesh with each other, thereby cutting the noodle sheet and producing noodle strands. There are several types of cutting blades, including square blades, round blades, and knife blades, depending on the shape of the noodle strands to be cut and the shape of the circular blades.

[0003] The noodle strings cut by the cutting blades are immediately pushed into the annular groove of the cutting blade roll and rotate together with the cutting blade roll, but when they come into contact with the scraping teeth of a scraper inserted and arranged in the annular groove of the cutting blade roll, they are scraped out of the annular groove and cut out as noodle strings.

[0004] In the case of noodles such as instant noodles and steamed noodles, noodle strands cut out by cutting blades are stacked on a conveyor and transferred to a steaming chamber where they are steamed with steam to gelatinize them. At this time, in order to prevent the noodle strands from sticking together and to facilitate the passage of steam for gelatinization, the noodle strands cut out by the cutting blades are generally passed through a box-shaped conduit called a wave box located directly below the cutting blade roll, thereby giving the noodle strands a wavy (curly) shape.

[0005] However, in recent years, due to the diversification of consumer needs, there has been an increasing demand for noodles with less waviness and a generally straight shape, known as "straight noodles," and many techniques for producing straight noodles have been disclosed (for example, Patent Documents 1 to 5).

[0006] Patent Document 1 describes a technique for producing straight noodles for instant noodles, in which noodle strands cut from noodle dough are repeatedly drawn in rings on a conveyor that transports the noodle strands, and the rings are arranged while being sequentially shifted in the opposite direction to the conveyor's transport direction, and the trajectories of the noodle strands are not synchronized with those of adjacent noodle strands, and each noodle strand is in a layered state where it crosses and overlaps with each other, with the position of the ring within the noodle strand being shifted from the position of the ring of the adjacent noodle strand, and the technique relates to raw noodles for instant noodles that are bundled together.

[0007] Furthermore, Patent Documents 2 to 5 describe techniques related to cutting devices for producing the bundled raw noodles for instant noodles described in Patent Document 1. All of these techniques prevent noodle strands from sticking together by shifting the positions of adjacent noodle strands cut out by the same cutting blade roll. Although these techniques disclose techniques for cutting out noodle strands at different positions on the same cutting blade roll, they do not disclose techniques for cutting out noodle strands of different widths or methods for adjusting the ratio of the numbers of noodle strands of different widths.

[0008] Furthermore, Patent Documents 6 and 7 are known as methods for producing noodles containing noodle strands of different widths. In all of these methods, the cutting blades have annular grooves on the cutting blade roll that result in different noodle widths, but the ratio of the number of noodle strands is determined by the cutting blade roll, so in order to change the ratio of the number of noodle strands, a cutting blade roll must be produced each time, making it difficult to freely change the number of noodle strands. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0009] [Patent Document 1] Patent No. 4381470 [Patent Document 2] Patent No. 4491050 [Patent Document 3] Patent No. 4438018 Publication [Patent Document 4] Patent No. 4951012 [Patent Document 5] Patent No. 5344490 [Patent Document 6] Japanese Patent Publication No. 158442 / 1983 [Patent Document 7] Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 56-72692 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0010] An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing noodles containing noodle strands of different widths, and a noodle strand cutting and recovery device, which allows for easy adjustment of the ratio of the numbers of noodle strands of different widths. [Means for solving the problem]

[0011] The inventors investigated methods for mechanically producing noodles containing noodle strands of different widths, as if they had been cut by hand, and because the appearance and texture differ depending on the ratio of the number of noodle strands of different widths, they considered changing the ratio of the number of noodle strands. However, with conventional methods, it was necessary to design a cutting blade roll each time the ratio of the number of noodle strands of different widths was changed. Therefore, as a result of extensive research into a method for easily changing the ratio of the number of noodle strands of different widths, the inventors arrived at the present invention.

[0012] That is, the method for producing noodles containing noodle strands of different widths includes a pair of cutting blade rolls having a plurality of annular blades and annular grooves, which are arranged side by side so as to face each other and mesh with each other, and which rotate to cut a noodle band into noodle strands, and a scraper for scraping the noodle strands from the annular grooves into which the noodle strands cut by the pair of cutting blade rolls have been pushed, and the groove widths of the annular grooves may differ on the opposing cutting blade rolls and / or on the same cutting blade roll, and by shifting the positions of the tips of the scraping teeth of the scrapers that fit into the annular grooves on the same cutting blade roll, the positions of the noodle strands scraped out by the scrapers vary in the annular grooves on the same cutting blade roll, and a process for adjusting the ratio of the numbers of noodle strands cut out to different widths by recovering the noodle strands scraped out by the specific scrapers using the noodle strand cutting device.

[0013] Also, the noodle string cutting and recovering device for noodles containing noodle strings of different widths comprises: a pair of cutting blade rolls having a plurality of annular blades and annular grooves, arranged side by side so as to face each other and mesh with each other, and rotating to cut a noodle band into noodle strings; and a scraper for scraping out the noodle strings cut by the pair of cutting blade rolls from the annular grooves into which the noodle strings are pushed, wherein the groove widths of the annular grooves may differ on the opposing cutting blade rolls and / or on the same cutting blade roll, and by shifting the positions of the tips of the scraping teeth of the scrapers that fit into the annular grooves on the same cutting blade roll, the positions of the noodle strings scraped out by the scrapers vary in the annular grooves on the same cutting blade roll; and noodle string recovering means for recovering noodles scraped out and cut by a specific scraper by the noodle string cutting device. [Effects of the Invention]

[0014] The present invention can provide a method for producing noodles containing noodle strands of different widths, and a noodle strand cutting and recovery device that can easily adjust the ratio of the numbers of noodle strands of different widths when the noodles contain noodle strands of different widths. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0015] [Figure 1] 1 is a top view of a noodle string cutting device A according to the present invention. [Figure 2] 1 is a bottom view of a noodle string cutting device A according to the present invention. [Figure 3] 1 is a side view of a noodle string cutting device A according to the present invention, seen from the side on the cutting blade roll 21 side. [Figure 4] 1 is an explanatory view showing a noodle string cutting device A according to the present invention as seen through from the side. [Figure 5] 2 is an enlarged view of cutting blade rolls 21 and 22 of the noodle string cutting device A according to the present invention. FIG. [Figure 6] FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of a modified example of a cutting blade roll of the noodle string cutting device according to the present invention. [Figure 7] FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of a modified example of a cutting blade roll of the noodle string cutting device according to the present invention. [Figure 8] FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of a modified example of a cutting blade roll of the noodle string cutting device according to the present invention. [Figure 9] FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of a modified example of a cutting blade roll of the noodle string cutting device according to the present invention. [Figure 10] 3 is an enlarged view of a scraper 31 of the noodle string cutting device A according to the present invention. FIG. [Figure 11] FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of a modified example of the scraper of the noodle string cutting device according to the present invention. [Figure 12] 1 is an explanatory view showing a noodle string cutting and collecting device D according to the present invention as seen through from the side. [Figure 13] 1 is an explanatory view showing a noodle string cutting device B according to the present invention as seen through from the side. [Figure 14] 1 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the noodle string cutting and collecting device E according to the present invention is seen through from the side. [Figure 15] 1 is an explanatory view showing a noodle string cutting device C according to the present invention as seen through from the side. [Figure 16] 1 is an explanatory view showing a noodle string cutting and recovery device F according to the present invention as seen through from the side. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0016] The present invention will be described in detail below, but the present invention is not limited to the following description.

[0017] The type of noodles according to the present invention is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include udon, soba, Chinese noodles, pasta, etc. Furthermore, the noodles according to the present invention are not particularly limited, and examples thereof include fresh noodles, boiled noodles, steamed noodles, dried noodles, semi-dried noodles, instant noodles, and frozen noodles.

[0018] In a method for producing noodles according to the present invention, first, noodle dough is prepared by mixing and kneading a noodle raw material flour consisting of grain flour such as wheat flour (including durum flour), buckwheat flour, barley flour, and rice flour, and various starches such as potato starch, tapioca starch, and corn starch, together with mixing water in which salt, alkaline agents, phosphates, various thickeners, noodle quality improvers, edible oils and fats, pH adjusters, various colorants such as carotene pigments, preservatives, and the like, until the mixture is uniformly mixed, using a batch mixer, flow jet mixer, vacuum mixer, or the like.

[0019] Next, the prepared dough is formed into a noodle sheet. There are no particular limitations on the method for forming the noodle sheet, and examples include a method in which a coarse noodle sheet is formed using a shaping roll and then compounded to produce a noodle sheet, a method in which a noodle sheet is produced using an extruder, and a method in which multiple noodle sheets are combined to produce a multi-layer noodle sheet. The prepared noodle sheet is rolled multiple times using a rolling roll to obtain a predetermined noodle sheet thickness, and then the noodle sheet is cut into noodle strands using the noodle strand cutting and conveying device according to the present invention described below.

[0020] ─Noodle string cutting device─ The noodle string cutting device according to the present invention includes a pair of cutting blade rolls having a plurality of annular blades and annular grooves, which are arranged side by side so as to face each other and mesh with each other and rotate to cut a noodle sheet into noodle strings, and a scraper for scraping the noodle strings cut by the pair of cutting blade rolls from the annular grooves into which the noodle strings are pushed, and which has annular grooves with different groove widths on the opposing cutting blade rolls and / or on the same cutting blade roll, and by shifting the positions of the tips of the scraping teeth of the scrapers which fit into the annular grooves on the same cutting blade roll, the positions of the noodle strings scraped out by the scrapers vary among the annular grooves on the same cutting blade roll, and specifically, this noodle string cutting device can be produced by applying the noodle string cutting devices described in Patent Documents 2 to 5. Note that the present invention and the noodle string cutting device according to the present invention will be described mainly with reference to noodle string cutting device A, which is an embodiment of the noodle string cutting device according to the present invention and is shown in Figures 1 to 4.

[0021] As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the noodle string cutting device A, which is an embodiment of the present invention, has a plurality of annular blades (211 and 221) and annular groove portions (212 and 222), and is equipped with a pair of cutting blade rolls (21 and 22) that are arranged side by side so as to face each other and mesh with each other and rotate to cut out noodle strings from a noodle sheet, and scrapers (31 to 34) that scrape out the noodle strings from the annular groove portions (212 and 222) into which the noodle strings cut out by the pair of cutting blade rolls (21 and 22) have been pushed. A pair of cutting blade rolls (21 and 22) are rotatably fixed to the housing 1, and similarly, the scrapers (31 to 34) are fitted into the annular groove portion (212 or 222) of the cutting blade roll (21 or 22) so that the positions of the respective scraping teeth (311, 321, 331, 341) of the tooth tips (312, 322, 332, 342) are shifted, and are fixed to the housing 1.

[0022] (Cutting blade roll) 5 is an enlarged view of a portion of the cutting blade rolls (21 and 22) of the noodle string cutting device A. As shown in Fig. 5, the cutting blade rolls (21 and 22) have multiple annular blades (211 and 221) and annular grooves (212 and 222) on the rolls, and the opposing annular blades (211 and 221) on the opposite cutting blade rolls are arranged side by side so as to intermesh with each other, and when the noodle sheet passes between the rotating cutting blade rolls (21 and 22), the noodle sheet is cut into noodle strings (n1 and n2). At this time, the cutting blade rolls (21 and 22) of the noodle string cutting device A are designed so that the annular groove width (W1 or W2) on each cutting blade roll is the same, but the annular groove widths (W1 and W2) on the opposing cutting blade rolls are different, and the widths of the cut noodle strings (n1 and n2) differ between the noodle strings on the opposing cutting blade rolls.

[0023] Fig. 5 shows the structure of cutting blade rolls called square blades, but the pair of cutting blade rolls of the noodle string cutting device according to the present invention may also have a structure called round blades as shown in Patent Documents 3 and 4. When cutting with square blades as shown in Fig. 5, the cross section of the noodle string cut perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is approximately rectangular. In contrast, when cutting with round blades, the cross section of the noodle string cut perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is approximately oval. In addition, although not shown in the figure, the cutting blade rolls may have a structure such as a knife blade.

[0024] Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 6, the pair of cutting blade rolls of the noodle string cutting device according to the present invention can also have two or more stages of annular groove depths (212a and 212b, and 222a and 222b) arranged alternately or sequentially, as described in Patent Document 2.

[0025] Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 7, the pair of cutting blade rolls of the noodle string cutting device according to the present invention is designed so that the annular blades (211a and 211b, and 221a and 221b) mesh together so that the widths (W1a and W1b or W2a and W2b) of the annular groove portions on the same cutting blade roll (21 and 22) are alternately different, thereby making it possible to make the widths of the noodle strings (n1a and n1b or n2a and n2b) on the same cutting blade roll (21 or 22) different when the noodle sheet is cut.

[0026] Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 8, the pair of cutting blade rolls of the noodle string cutting device according to the present invention is designed so that the annular blades (211a and 211b and 221a and 221b) mesh together so that the widths of the annular grooves (W1a and W1b or W2a and W2b) on the same cutting blade roll (21 and 22) are not alternately different but are clustered together and different, thereby making it possible to cut the noodle strips (n1a and n1b and n2a and n2b) on the same cutting blade roll (21 and 22) into different noodle widths.

[0027] Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 9, the pair of cutting blade rolls of the noodle string cutting device according to the present invention are designed so that the annular blades (211a, 211b, and 211c and 221a, 221b, and 221c) mesh together so that the widths of the annular groove portions (W1a, W1b, and W1c and W2a, W2b, and W2c) on the same cutting blade roll (21 and 22) are three or more different, thereby making it possible to cut the noodle strips (n1a, n1b, and n1c and n2a, n2b, and n2c) on the same cutting blade roll (21 and 22) into different noodle widths.

[0028] (Scratches) As shown in Figures 1 to 4, the noodle string cutting device A according to the present invention has four scrapers (31 to 34). Figure 10 is an enlarged view of the first scraper 31, which has scraping teeth 311 designed to fit into the annular groove 212. The third scraper shown in Figures 1 to 4 has scraping teeth 311 designed to fit into the annular groove 212, and the second or fourth scraper has scraping teeth 321 or 341 designed to fit into the annular groove 222, and these scrapers also have a similar structure.

[0029] 2 shows the first scraper 31 and the second scraper 32 installed in the noodle string cutting device A, the first scraper 31 is fixed and installed to the housing 1 so that three scraping teeth 311 are fitted into the annular groove portion 212 of the cutting blade roll 21, and then one is opened and three more are fitted, and the second scraper 32 is fixed and installed to the housing 1 so that two scraping teeth 321 are fitted into the annular groove portion 222 of the cutting blade roll 22, and then one is opened and two more are fitted. Therefore, of the noodle strings (n1 and n2) cut out by the pair of cutting rolls (21 and 22), three out of four noodle strings n1 are pushed into the annular groove portion 212 by the first scraper 31 and scraped out from the annular groove portion 212. Furthermore, two out of three noodle strings n2 are pushed into the annular groove portion 222 and scraped out from the annular groove portion 222 by the second scraper 32. The ratio of the number of noodle strands scraped out by the first scraper 31 and the second scraper 32 is adjusted to 3:2. By adjusting the ratio of the scraping teeth of the scrapers, the ratio of the number of noodle strands cut out can be easily changed, and the ratio of the number of noodle strands of different widths can be adjusted.

[0030] 1 shows the state in which the third scraper 33 and the fourth scraper 34 are installed in the noodle string cutting device A, but the third scraper 33 is fixed and installed to the housing 1 so that the scraping teeth 331 fit into the annular groove portions 212 of the cutting blade roll 21 into which the scraping teeth 311 of the first scraper 31 do not fit, and the fourth scraper 34 is fixed and installed to the housing 1 so that the scraping teeth 341 fit into the annular groove portions 222 of the cutting blade roll 22 into which the scraping teeth 321 of the second scraper 32 do not fit. Therefore, the noodle strings that have been cut out by the pair of cutting rolls (21 and 22) and that have not been scraped out by the first scraper or the second scraper are scraped out of the annular groove portions (212 or 222) by the third scraper 33 or the fourth scraper 34.

[0031] The material of the scraper is not particularly limited, but it is preferably made of a metal softer than the cutting roll, for example, if the cutting roll is made of stainless steel, it is preferably made of metal such as brass or copper. When using a stainless steel scraper, it is preferable to use a non-contact scraper that does not come into direct contact with the cutting roll.

[0032] Furthermore, in the present invention, it is sufficient that the position scraped out by the scraping teeth of the scraper is different, and as for the scraper, by changing the angle of the scraping teeth of the same scraper, as shown in Figure 11, it is also possible to shift the position of the tip of the scraping teeth of the scraper.

[0033] (Method and device for cutting and collecting noodle strings) 12 is a diagram showing a noodle string cutting and collecting device D according to the present invention, which includes a noodle string cutting device A and a collecting conveyor 4 as noodle string collecting means. By using the noodle string cutting and collecting device of the present invention, the noodle sheet M is cut by the noodle string cutting device A according to the present invention, and the noodle strings N1 scraped out by the first scraper 31 and the noodle strings N2 scraped out by the second scraper are used, and the noodle strings N3 scraped out by the third scraper and the noodle strings N4 scraped out by the fourth scraper are placed on the collecting conveyor 4 and collected and reused as noodle dough, thereby producing noodles in which the ratio of the number of noodle strings of different widths is adjusted to 3:2. To change to a different ratio, the ratio of the number of noodle strings of different widths (n1:n2) can be easily changed by using scrapers in which the ratio of the scraping teeth of the first scraper and the second scraper is adjusted, and fitting the third scraper and the fourth scraper into the annular grooves in which the scraping teeth of the first scraper and the second scraper are not fitted.

[0034] In addition, in FIG. 12, the noodle strands scraped out by the third scraper and the fourth scraper are collected by the collection conveyor 4, and the ratio of the numbers of noodle strands of different widths is adjusted, but it is also possible to collect only the noodle strands N3 scraped out by the third scraper or only the noodle strands N4 scraped out by the fourth scraper, or conversely, it is also possible to collect the noodle strands scraped out by the first scraper and the second scraper (N1 and N2) and use the noodle strands scraped out by the third scraper and the fourth scraper (N3 and N4).

[0035] Furthermore, when raw noodles for instant noodles as described in Patent Document 1 are stacked on a conveyor and the noodle strands are steamed, the cutting blade rolls (21 and 22) as shown in FIG. 5 may be replaced with cutting blade rolls (21 and 22) having annular groove portions (212a and 212b and 222a and 222b) with different groove depths as shown in FIG. 6, and the first and second scrapers or the third and fourth scrapers may be replaced with scrapers as shown in FIG. 11, as shown in FIG. 13 or FIG. 15, and a noodle strand cutting device B or a noodle strand cutting device C and a noodle strand collecting conveyor 4 may be used, as shown in FIG. 14 or FIG. 16. By using noodle string cutting and recovery device E (cutting device B and recovery conveyor 4) or noodle string cutting and recovery device F (cutting device C and recovery conveyor 4), the noodle strings (N1 and N3, and N2 and N4) cut out from adjacent annular grooves of the same single-blade roll are stacked on transport conveyor 5 in a repeated circular pattern while shifting their positions so that they do not align with each other, and the noodle strings cut out at the very back (N5 and N6), which are not required for number adjustment, are recovered by recovery conveyor 4, making it possible to adjust the ratio of the numbers of noodle strings of different widths.

[0036] (Means of collection) Although the recovery conveyor 4 is an example of the noodle string recovery means according to the present invention, the recovery means is not limited to this, and a certain amount of noodle strings may be recovered in a container, and then mixed with noodle dough to be used as a noodle sheet.

[0037] (others) The cut noodle strands can be cut to an appropriate length and used as fresh noodles as is, or they can be dried and then cut into dried noodles or semi-dried noodles, or the fresh noodles can be further boiled to form boiled noodles, or the boiled noodles can be frozen to form frozen noodles. When the fresh noodle strands are stacked on a conveyor in a repeated circular pattern so that adjacent noodle strands are not stacked in sync, the noodle strands can be steamed to form steamed noodles, or the steamed noodles can be further dried to form instant noodles such as fried noodles or non-fried noodles.

[0038] As described above, by using a noodle string cutting device which includes a pair of cutting blade rolls which have a plurality of annular blades and annular grooves, which are arranged side by side so as to face each other and mesh with each other, and which rotate to cut a noodle sheet into noodle strings, and a scraper which scrapes out the pre-cut noodle strings from the annular grooves into which the noodle strings cut by the pair of cutting blade rolls are pushed, and the groove widths of the annular grooves may differ on the opposing cutting blade rolls or on the same cutting blade roll, and by shifting the positions of the tips of the scraping teeth of the scrapers which fit into the annular grooves on the same cutting blade roll, the positions of the noodle strings scraped out by the scrapers vary within the annular grooves on the same cutting blade roll, and a noodle string collecting means which collects the noodle strings scraped out by a specific scraper by the noodle string cutting device, it is possible to produce noodles containing noodle strings of different widths, with the ratio of the numbers of noodle strings of different widths being adjusted, simply by adjusting the scrapers without having to change the design of the cutting blades each time. [Explanation of symbols]

[0039] A. Noodle string cutting device (Example) B. Noodle string cutting device (variant) C. Noodle string cutting device (variant) D. Noodle string cutting and collection device (Example) E. Noodle string cutting and collection device (variation) F. Noodle string cutting and collection device (variant) M noodle band n1 noodle strings (noodle strings pressed into the annular groove portion 212 (in order of width: a, b, c)) n2 Noodle strands (noodle strands pressed into the annular groove portion 221 in order of width a, b, c) N1, N3, N5 (noodles cut out from the cutting blade roll 21 (1, 3, 5 in order of earliest)) N2, N4, N6 (noodle strips cut out from the cutting blade roll 22 (2, 4, 6 in order of earliest)) W1 groove width (width of the annular groove portion 212 (widest to narrowest: a, b, c)) W2 groove width (width of the annular groove portion 222 (widest to narrowest: a, b, c)) 1 chassis 21 First blade roll 211 Circular blade 212 Annular groove 22 Second cutting blade roll (opposite side of first cutting blade roll) 221 Circular blade 222 Annular groove 31 First Scrap 311 Raking teeth 312 Tooth tip 313 Fasteners 32 Second Scrap 321 Raking teeth 322 Tooth tip 323 Fasteners 33 Third Scrap 331 Raking teeth 332 Tooth tip 333 Fasteners 34 Fourth Scrap 341 Raking teeth 342 Tooth tip 343 Fasteners 4 Collection conveyor 5. Transport conveyor

Claims

1. a pair of cutting blade rolls each having a plurality of annular blades and annular grooves, arranged side by side so as to face each other and mesh with each other, and rotating to cut the noodle sheet into noodle strands; a scraper for scraping out the noodle strings from the annular groove into which the noodle strings cut by the pair of cutting blade rolls have been pushed, The groove widths of the annular groove portions may be different on opposing cutting blade rolls and / or on the same cutting blade roll, a step of cutting out noodle strings using a noodle string cutting device in which positions of the tips of the scraping teeth of the scrapers that are fitted into the annular groove portion on the same cutting blade roll are shifted so that the positions of the noodle strings scraped out by the scrapers are different in the annular groove portion on the same cutting blade roll; and recovering the noodle strands scraped out and cut out by the specific scraper using the noodle strand cutting device, thereby adjusting the ratio of the numbers of noodle strands cut out to different widths.

2. a pair of cutting blade rolls each having a plurality of annular blades and annular grooves, arranged side by side so as to face each other and mesh with each other, and rotating to cut the noodle sheet into noodle strands; a scraper for scraping out the noodle strings from the annular groove into which the noodle strings cut by the pair of cutting blade rolls have been pushed, The groove widths of the annular groove portions may be different on opposing cutting blade rolls and / or on the same cutting blade roll, a noodle string cutting device in which positions of the tips of the scraping teeth of the scrapers fitted into the annular groove portion on the same cutting blade roll are shifted, so that positions of the noodle strings scraped out by the scrapers vary within the annular groove portion on the same cutting blade roll; a conveying means for conveying the noodle strings scraped and cut out by the scraping teeth of the scraper of the noodle string cutting device; and a noodle string recovery means for recovering noodles scraped and cut out by the scraping teeth of the scraper, which are separate from the noodle strings scraped and cut out by the conveying means of the noodle string cutting device, A noodle string cutting and recovery device for noodles containing noodle strings of different widths, characterized in that the ratio of the numbers of noodle strings cut into different widths and conveyed by the conveying means can be adjusted.

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