PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of manufacturing elongated gel food and a manufacturing device which is in small size but capable of enabling mass production, and an automatic manufacturing system using such a manufacturing device.SOLUTION: A device for manufacturing elongated gel food from a liquid raw material is provided with several cylinders capable of being filled with the liquid raw material in the amount of one elongated gel food, a plurality of rods inserted into each of such cylinders in a reciprocable manner which are capable of having the liquid raw material sucked from a container that contains the liquid raw material to inside of the cylinders by their reciprocation and are capable of pushing out the gel food congealed inside the cylinders from the sucking slots to outside of the cylinders, and a driving means which relatively displaces each of the plurality of rods inside several cylinders in an integrated manner.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】 小型で、しかも大量生産を可能にできる、細長状ゲル食品の製造方法及び製造装置、並びに本発明の製造装置を用いた自動化製造システムを提供する。【解決手段】 液状原料から細長状ゲル食品を製造するための装置であって、1本の細長状ゲル食品量の液状原料を充満できる複数本の円筒体;前記各円筒体に、往復動可能に挿入されたロッドであって、該ロッドの往復動により、前記液状原料を収容した容器から前記液状原料を前記円筒体内に吸入でき、前記円筒体内で凝固されたゲル食品を、前記吸入口から該円筒体外への押し出しを可能とした複数本のロッド;及び前記複数本の各ロッドを、前記複数本の各円筒体内で、一体的に相対移動させる駆動手段を備えている。【選択図】 図1
