Rice Forming Device

Abstract

The present invention provides a rice forming device, which can not only suppress the formation failure of the rice formed product, but also quickly form the rice formed product. A rice forming device (100) has: a storage unit (1) storing rice; and a forming unit (4) forming a rice product from the rice stored in the storage unit. The forming part has: a first rotating shaft (41), which rotates in a certain direction; a second rotating shaft (42), which rotates in a direction opposite to that of the first rotating shaft; a first forming roller (43), which installed on the first rotating shaft; and a second forming roll (44) installed on the second rotating shaft. The interaxial distance (L) between the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft is shorter than the sum of the pitch radius r1 of the first forming roll and the pitch radius r2 of the second forming roll.

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technical field

[0001] The invention relates to a rice forming device. Background technique

[0002] For example, in a food retail store and the like, a rice forming device is used as a device for making a formed rice product (onigiri) for nigiri sushi.

[0003] The rice molding device is configured to include, for example, a hopper, a compression unit, a molding unit, and a conveying unit. The hopper stores rice that is a raw material of rice balls, and supplies the rice to the compression unit. The compression unit compresses the rice supplied from the hopper into a stick shape. The molding section molds the stick-shaped rice into rice balls of a predetermined shape. The conveying part receives and conveys the rice balls formed by the forming part.

[0004] The forming section has a pair of rotating shafts and a pair of forming rollers mounted on the rotating shafts. The forming roller has a plurality of housing portions on the outer peripheral surface. A pair of for...

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