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US 5,308,236 AGranted
Apparatus for forming noodle bundles
OwnerJor Wing-Faiinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for forming noodle bundles by folding strands of noodles, suspending the folded noodle strands from the apparatus at an intermediate position of the folded noodle strands and folding them again. The twice-folded noodles are then rotated by the apparatus to fold them at least once more or to roll up the doubly folded noodle strands in order to place loose ends of the noodle strands within the finally folded or rolled up noodle bundle, and subsequently removing the apparatus from the folded or rolled up noodle bundle.
Claims9
Apparatus for forming noodle bundles comprising:
- means for conveying at least one length of noodle material along a path;
- means for deflecting the length of noodle material from said path to form a fold in the length of noodle material;
- means for severing the length of noodle material into noodles of preset length as the noodle material is conveyed along said path by said conveying means;
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- an operating device which receives a folded noodle from said deflecting means and from which said folded noodle is suspended at an intermediate position thereof, after being deflected by said deflecting means and severed from the length of noodle material by said severing means, thereby folding over said folded noodle again, said operating device further rotating about an axis to further fold or roll up said folded noodle to form a noodle bundle;
- a portion of said operating device being movable along a direction of said axis in order to release said noodle bundle from said operating device.
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An apparatus for forming flexible strand bundles comprising:
- means for conveying at least one length of flexible strand material along a path;
- means for deflecting said at least one length of flexible strand material from said path to form a fold in said at least one length of flexible strand material;
- means for severing flexible strands from said at least one length of flexible strand material on said means for conveying;
- and operating means, located on an opposite side of said flexible strands from said deflecting means, for receiving at least one folded flexible strand from said deflecting means and from which said at least one folded flexible strand is suspended at an intermediate position thereof, after being deflected by said deflecting means and severed from said at least one length of flexible material by said severing means, thereby folding said at least one folded flexible strand again, and for folding or rolling said at least one folded flexible strand into a flexible strand bundle.
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