Noodle making machine with a plurality of interchangeable feed units

U.S. Patent Number: 5393212

Abstract: A quantitative flour feeding unit of a noodle making machine which can easily be exchanged with another one for making a different kind of noodle using a different kind of flour including a support platform on which a hopper and a rotational driving mechanism are mounted to quantitatively feeding the flour stored in the hopper to a flour kneading unit. The support platform is removably mounted on a housing of the noodle making machine by a position determining unit to enable the exchange with the position determining unit including a V-shaped groove formed at one corner of the support platform and a stationary knob disposed on the support platform at another diametrically located platform corner. The noodle making machine has a unit for transmitting the power generated by a motor to the rotational driving mechanism and a unit for setting and indicating what kind of flour is being used at present.

Inventors: Takano; Kazuhiko (Kounosu, JP)

Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP)

Application Number: 08/053,151

Issued: 1995-02-28

Expired: 2007-02-28

Classes: 425/186 ; 425/194; 425/209; 425/239; 425/296; 425/302.1; 425/308; 425/363; 425/447; 426/502; 426/503

Field of search: 425/169,173,186,189,194,209,238,239,240,241,296,363,302.1,308,447 426/502,503,504

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