PURPOSE: To enable to obtain needles having a uniform length of cut pieces by forming creases with the thickness or width decreased in part in the longitudinal direction of noodle strips, then frying the creased noodle strips in an oil and subsequently applying a force to the aforementioned creases.
CONSTITUTION: A noodle sheet 5 is rolled into a prescribed thickness with a rolling machine 6 composed of several sets of rolling rollers, then passed through a slitter 7, cut parallel in the longitudinal direction and processed into many noodle strips 8 parallel at a prescribed interval in the width direction. The resultant noodle strips 8 are then conveyed to a creasing machine 9 and creased for cutting at a prescribed interval. The noodle strips 8 with the formed creases for cutting are passed through a steamer 12, steamed and subsequently seasoned with a seasoning machine 13 to be ready for frying in an oil. The obtained noodle strips 8 are further placed on a net conveyor in an oil in a frying pan of a fryer 14, passed therethrough for a prescribed time and fried in the oil. The temperature of the needle strips 8 is decreased with a cooling machine 15 and the cooled noodle strips 8 are then cut with a cutter 16.
AKIYAMA SAKAI
SAKURAZAWA HATSUO
