PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus capable of producing a noodle string having texture closer to hand-made noodle than a noodle string produced by the conventional noodle producing apparatus.SOLUTION: A noodle producing apparatus 10 includes: a chopping board 142 disposed with the surface thereof in contact with a belt-like aggregate on a pathway where the belt-like aggregate having a plurality of noodle strings arranged like a belt moves in the longitudinal direction a blade 143 which is a thin plate-like blade for cutting the belt-like aggregate in the width direction of the belt-like aggregate and disposed with a gradient to the surface of the belt-like aggregate on the opposite side of the chopping board 142 across the belt-like aggregate and a blade moving part 144 for pressing the blade 143 to the belt-like aggregate at each designated time. Since the blade 143 cuts the noodle strings in the direction of inclination to the surface of the belt-like aggregate, the noodle strings present the shape closer to the hand-made noodle so that the more the noodle strings go toward the distal ends, the thicker they are.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】従来の麺製造装置で製造された麺線よりも更に手打ち麺に近い食感を有する麺線を製造することができる装置を提供することである。【解決手段】麺製造装置10は、複数の麺線が帯状に並んだ帯状集合体が該帯状集合体の長手方向に移動する経路上に、表面が該帯状集合体に接するように配置された俎板142と、帯状集合体の幅方向に帯状集合体を切断する薄板状の刃であって、帯状集合体を挟んで俎板142の反対側に、帯状集合体の表面に対して傾斜して配置された刃143と、所定の時間毎に刃143を帯状集合体に押し付ける刃移動部144とを有する。帯状集合体の表面に対して傾斜した方向に、刃143が麺線を切断するため、麺線は先端に近づくほど厚みが薄くなるという、手打ち麺に近い形状を呈する。【選択図】図1
