PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a food drying device in which shelves for placing material to be dried thereon are circulated and moved in multi-stage type, an installation area is made smaller, a long-time drying at a certain degree of temperature is permitted, the material to be dried is not deformed and injured by overheating and the satisfactory operability can be also obtained.SOLUTION: A food drying device in which each stage of multi-stages of drying shelves is constituted with continuous arrangements of a plurality of horizontally movable palettes and is successively circulated and moved by a unit of palette includes: a transportation part provided with a plurality of stages of rail parts, each stage of rail part transporting the plurality of palettes of each stage successively in the horizontal direction by a unit of palette elevating/lowering mechanisms which are respectively arranged on both edge parts of the transportation part and elevate/lower the palettes a drawing and extruding mechanism which draws or extrudes the palettes in the horizontal direction first and second driving parts which move the palettes between upper and lower respective stages and take out and put in the palettes with respect to the rail parts of corresponding respective stages and dryers which are disposed by at least one per each stage.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】被乾燥物を置く棚を多段式に循環移動させ、設置面積を小さくし、ある程度の温度での長時間乾燥させ、被乾燥物を過熱により変形・損傷することのなく、作業性もよい食品乾燥装置を提供する。【解決手段】多段の乾燥棚の各段を水平移動可能な複数のパレットの連続的な配列で構成し、パレット単位で順次に循環移動させる食品乾燥装置であって、各段の前記複数のパレットを順次にパレット単位で水平方向に搬送する各段のレール部を複数段備えた搬送部と、前記搬送部の両端部それぞれに配設され、前記パレットを昇降させる昇降機構と該パレットを水平方向に引き出しまたは押し出しする引き出し/押し出し機構とを備え、前記パレットを上下の各段間で移動させ、かつ各段の位置にて該パレットを対応する各段の前記レール部に対して出し入れする第1及び第2の駆動部と、各段に少なくとも1つ設けられる乾燥機と、を備える。【選択図】図1
