PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To produce a rice ball that always has a constant weight per one piece, and has a plump eat-texture and yet does not become shapeless.SOLUTION: The rice ball production apparatus includes an amount casing 3 for always holding a constant amount of cooked rice, and a primary molding machine 4 and a secondary molding machine 5 arranged in a line. The amount casing 3 includes an opening/closing shutter 34 for opening/closing a discharge port 36 at its lower end and a cutting shutter 32 located slightly above thereof, and produces a rectangular shaped tabular preliminarily molded body B. This preliminarily molded body B is compression-molded in two stages by the primary molding machine 4 and the secondary molding machine 5 to produce a rice ball E.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】常に1個分の重さが一定していて、ふっくらとした食感を持ちしかも型くずれしないおにぎりを製造する。【解決手段】おにぎり製造装置は常に一定量の米飯を保有する量目ケーシング3、一次成型機4及び二次成型機5を一列に並べて備えている。量目ケーシング3はその下部の排出口36を開閉する開閉シャッター34とその少し上に位置する切断シャッター32を備えていて長方形板状の予備成形体Bを作る。この予備成形体Bを一次成型機4と二次成型機5で2段階に圧縮成形しておにぎりEを作る。【選択図】 図1
