PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a machine for preliminarily washing and supplying tea leaves, preliminarily washing the tea leaves especially covered with volcanic ash, while extremely efficiently supplying the tea leaves.SOLUTION: A machine for supplying and preliminarily washing tea leaves includes a net conveyer 1 installed as inclined and installed with a plurality of feed stop pieces 15 by taking a prescribed interval, an inlet hopper 31 to which the tea leaves can be put in from a lower side position of the net conveyer 1, and a smoothing device 8 installed at the upper side position of the inlet hopper 31 and smoothing the tea leaves, and has a plurality of injection nozzles 5 injecting toward the smoothing device 8 and a body casing 2 covering the outside of an endless mesh belt 11 of the net conveyer 1.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】特に火山灰を被った茶葉を、極めて効率的に給葉しつつ予備洗浄する茶葉給葉兼予備洗浄機を提供する。【解決手段】所定間隔をおいて送り止め片15が複数設けられた傾斜設置されたネットコンベア1と、該ネットコンベア1の下側箇所から茶葉を投入できる入口ホッパ31と、該入口ホッパ31の上側位置に設けられた茶葉を掻きならす掻きならし装置8とを備えており、該掻きならし装置8に向かって噴射する複数の噴射ノズル5と、ネットコンベア1の無端メッシュベルト11の外側を覆う本体ケーシング2とからなる。【選択図】図1
