Apparatus for the discontinuous preparation of portioned pasta products and apparatus for portioning a predetermined amount of long-stemmed pasta products

An apparatus for the discontinuous preparation of portioned pasta products, in particular spaghetti, with a supply container (51A, 51B) to receive the raw pasta products, a cooking chamber (1) and a draining chamber (2), wherein the cooking chamber (1) and the draining chamber (2) can each be closed by valves (3, 17, 4) in the respective inlets (1E, 1A) and respective outlets (1A, 2A), the valve in the outlet region (2A) of the draining chamber (2) being constructed as a shut-off flap (4) that can be linearly displaced, and a single valve (17) being provided in the outlet region (1A) of the cooking chamber (1) and in the inlet region of the draining chamber (2), the improvement in said apparatus characterized in that the valves (3, 4) in the inlet region (1E) of the cooking chamber (1) and in the outlet region (2A) of the draining chamber (2) are shut-off flaps that can be moved linearly while spaced apart from the wall of the chamber (1, 2) containing the respective opening of the valves, in that to close the openings at the end of the linear movement, the shut-off flaps (3, 4) are pressed against the respective chamber (1, 2) in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the opening by means of a lever mechanism (36, 37A, 37B), and in that the valve (17) between the outlet region of the cooking chamber (1) and the inlet region of the draining chamber (2) is constructed as a pivotable shut-off flap (17), which is closed and locked in place by means of a linear drive means and an articulated-lever mechanism (42, 43).