PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a device for pressurizing a tea manufacture twisting machine with an air cylinder.SOLUTION: Provided is a means in which a pressure pole whose fulcrum is provided at the outside of a drum is transferred to the upper part of the drum, a pressure cover is suspended from the tip of the pressure pole to the center of the drum, an air cylinder is tied to the pressure pole, and the pressure of compressed air fed to the air cylinder is controlled with an electropneumatic composite type pressure valve.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】製茶揉捻機をエアーシリンダで加圧する方法と装置を提供すること。【解決手段】ドラムの外に支点を設けた加圧竿をドラム上方に渡し、加圧竿の先端からドラム中心に加圧蓋を吊下げ、加圧竿にエアーシリンダを繋ぎ、エアーシリンダに供給する圧縮空気の圧力を電空複合型圧力調整弁で制御するという手段を用いる。【選択図】図1