PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an immersion type continuous processing unit which immerses the whole of a floatable product to be processed in a liquid so as to achieve uniform processing.SOLUTION: A vaned wheel 11 of transport devices 9a and 9b in a well-boiling unit 1 is rotation-driven in counterclockwise direction in Figure 1. Each of the vaned wheels 11 is rotation-driven such that vanes 19 repeat the motion into and out of hot water W in a processing tank 7, so that a stream from the water level toward the bottom of the processing tank 7, and further toward the downstream is generated in the hot water W. Undaria K as a product to be processed is fed into the processing tank 7 through between the transport devices 9a and 9b. The stream in the processing tank 7 draws the Undaria K toward the bottom of the processing tank 7, and toward the downstream. Consequently the Undaria K is transported in a state that the whole is immersed in the hot water W, so as to be uniformly well-boiled. The well-boiling device 1 can continuously well-boil the Undaria K, eliminating a batch operation such as halt of well-boiling after completion of well-boiling for taking out seaweeds and the like from the processing tank and feeding unboiled seaweeds and the like into the processing tank.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】連続して処理を行うことができ、液体に浮く被処理物であっても全体を液体の中に漬かった状態として均一に処理することができる浸漬式処理装置の提供。【解決手段】煮熟装置1の搬送装置9a、9bの羽根車11を図1において反時計回りに回転駆動させる。それぞれの羽根車11は羽根19が処理槽7内の熱水Wに対し出入を繰り返すように回転駆動して、熱水Wに水面から処理槽7の底へと向かい、さらに下流へと向かう水流を発生させる。搬送装置9a、9bの間から被処理物としてのワカメKを処理槽7へ投入する。すると、処理槽7内の水流がワカメKを処理槽7の底に引き込みながら下流へ送る。従って、ワカメKは全体が熱水Wに浸かった状態で搬送され、均一に煮熟される。煮熟装置1はワカメKを連続して煮熟することができるため、1回分の煮熟が終了する度に、煮熟を一旦中断して海藻等を処理槽から出し、煮熟前の海藻等を処理槽へ入れる作業を行う必要がない。【選択図】 図2
