PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for weighing and feeding cooked rice which prevents deterioration in palate feeling of cooked rice during transportation thereof to improve the quality of the cooked rice and rapidly and surely weigh a prescribed amount of the cooked rice using a simple mechanism when weighing and feeding a prescribed amount of cooked rice to be used for lunch, Onigiri or the like.SOLUTION: The apparatus for weighing and feeding cooked rice is provided with a feeding roller 5 the peripheral surface of which is provided with a feeding groove 5, and a loosing roller 6 moving faster than the feeding roller 5 below a longitudinal guiding cylinder 4 having a cooked-rice feeding part 1 at the upper part in a facing posture, so that the cooked rice in the guiding cylinder 4 is prevented from stickiness and pressurization as soon as possible so as to feed the cooked rice to a cooked-rice weighing chamber 8 therebelow to weigh the cooked rice and then delivery the weighed cooked rice.COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT【課題】 弁当やおにぎり等に使用するため所定量の米飯を計量供給する場合において、その移送中における米飯の食感の低下を防止して品質を向上すると共に米飯の所定量の計量も簡易な機構で迅速かつ確実に行うようにする。【解決手段】 上部に米飯供給部1を有する垂直方向の案内筒4の下部に周面を送り溝部5′を形成した送りローラー5と該送りローラーより速度の速い解しローラー6とを対向設置し、案内筒4内の米飯に可及的に粘り、圧迫作用が加わるのを防止してその下方の米飯計量室8に移送して計量後搬出するようにする。【選択図】 図1
