Patent ID: 8721314

Claim:
A noodle maker comprising a casing having a cylindrical body, a screw rotatably housed inside the cylindrical casing, a nozzle unit formed with many holes and attached to the distal end of the casing, a connector surrounding the nozzle unit and screwed onto the distal end of the casing, a hopper for charging noodle ingredients, the hopper attached to an open upper portion of the cylindrical casing, and a drive unit for rotating the screw, wherein: the many holes in the nozzle unit are tapered in an outlet direction, an inner peripheral surface of the nozzle unit is formed in a plane that is perpendicular to a cylindrical axis of the cylindrical casing and faces in a direction opposite to the outlet direction, the inner peripheral surface is provided with multiple engaging protrusions and depressions extending in a direction perpendicular to the inner peripheral surface, a peripheral end surface of the distal end of the cylindrical casing is formed in a plane that is perpendicular to the cylindrical axis of the cylindrical casing and faces the inner peripheral surface of the nozzle unit, the peripheral end surface is provided at corresponding locations with multiple receiving depressions and protrusions extending in a direction perpendicular to the peripheral end surface for insertion into the engaging protrusions and depressions; and the cylindrical casing is constituted by forming a proximal end section thereof positioned under the hopper of resin and forming a distal end thereof near an outlet of metal, whereby it has a structure comprising a resin portion and a metal portion joined together.