Apparatus and method for noodle rolling

An apparatus for noodle rolling comprising:

• a. a housing,
• b. a plurality of roller sets disposed in the housing, each set being vertically arranged one below the other, each roller set comprising a pair of spaced apart rollers, the rollers of each set being spaced apart a distance sufficient to provide a gap therebetween,
• c. a shaft for each roller, each roller being rotatably mounted on its associated shaft,
• d. means operative to drive the shafts,
• e. speed control means for each roller set, the speed control means controlling said driving means for setting the peripheral feed spee of the rollers in relation to the rollers of the other roller sets,
• f. means operable to sense sagging of the noodle strip as it emerges from between a roller set and enters into the next lower roller set, the means being disposed between adjacent roller sets and being operatively connected to an associated speed control means, and
• wherein the rollers of each pair are spaced apart a predetermined distance such that the space between such pairs progressively decreases along the vertical descent of the sets and further wherein the gap between any one roller set is such that it lies within a range corresponding to the distance between the shafts of the rollers of the immediately spaced below roller set.