Noodles and apparatus for processing the same

An apparatus for processing noodles comprising:

• a first cutting roll including a first roll shaft and a plurality of first cutting blades arranged on said first roll shaft such that first spacers formed by first circular rings are inserted between the plurality of first cutting blades and spaces of a given distance are formed between successive first cutting blades, and
• a second cutting roll including a second roll shaft and a plurality of second cutting blades arranged on said second roll shaft such that second spacers formed by second circular rings are inserted between the plurality of second cutting blades and spaces of a given distance are formed between successive second cutting blades,
• wherein said first and second cutting rolls are arranged in parallel with each other with a predetermined distance therebetween such that when a noodle belt having a given width is introduced between the first and the second cutting rolls, the noodle belt is cut into a number of noodles, each having a hand-made quality with thick and thin portions, wherein said thick and thin portions are continuously coupled with each other such that one surface of said thick portion and one surface of said thin portion are aligned to form a substantial flat surface in a longitudinal direction,
• wherein each of said plurality of first and second cutting blades includes a large diameter portion and a small diameter portion which has a blade diameter larger than a diameter of each of said corresponding first and second spacers, and said first and second cutting rolls are relatively shifted in an axial direction such that each of the large diameter portions of the plurality of the first cutting blades faces each of the small diameter portion of each corresponding of second cutting blade and each corresponding of said second spacer, and such that each of the large diameter portions of the plurality of second cutting blades faces the small diameter portion of each corresponding first cutting blade and each of said corresponding first spacer, and
• wherein said thin portions of the noodles are formed between the large diameter portions of the plurality of the first and the second cutting blades and corresponding small diameter portions of the plurality of the first and the second cutting blades and said thick portions of the noodles are formed between the large diameter portions of the plurality of the first and the second cutting blades and said corresponding first and second spacers, and wherein adjacent edges of the large diameter portions of the plurality of the first and the second cutting blades cooperate to cut the noodle belt into a number of noodles.