US 12,274,992 B2
Stirring apparatus for boiled noodles
Kenichi Iwao, Kanagawa (JP); Masato Taniguchi, Kanagawa (JP); and Maiko Doda, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Sodick Co., Ltd., Kanagawa (JP)
Filed by Sodick Co., Ltd., Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/509,057.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-021747 (JP), filed on Feb. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0258106 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. B01F 9/02 (2006.01); A21C 15/00 (2006.01); B01F 29/60 (2022.01); B01F 35/10 (2022.01); B01F 101/06 (2022.01)
CPC B01F 29/61 (2022.01) [A21C 15/002 (2013.01); B01F 35/1453 (2022.01); B01F 2101/06 (2022.01); B01F 2215/0422 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stirring apparatus for boiled noodles, comprising:
a bed;
a column, erected on the bed;
a revolution shaft, axially supported by the column and extending in a horizontal direction along a horizontal axis;
a revolution driving device, having a first actuator and rotating the revolution shaft every predetermined angle about a first center line being an axis of the revolution shaft;
a support member, fixed to the revolution shaft and rotating about the revolution shaft; and
at least one stirring unit, stirring and discharging boiled noodles supplied thereto, wherein
the at least one stirring unit comprises:
a plurality of cups, having a bottom plate, a side plate surrounding a periphery of the bottom plate, and an opening formed at an upper end of the side plate, the plurality of cups being disposed evenly every predetermined angle on a circumference centered on the first center line, and being attached to the support member; and
a self-rotation mechanism, having a second actuator and rotating each of the plurality of cups about a second center line passing through a center of the bottom plate and a center of the opening,
each of the plurality of cups is provided in an inclined manner so that a perpendicular from the center of the bottom plate to the first center line is shorter than a perpendicular from the center of the opening to the first center line,
during the rotation of the revolution shaft from 0° to 360°, an angle between the first center line and the second center line remains constant.