PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and apparatus for forming a wrapped food that can cope with a change of a crust material and an inner material, and can reliably seal the whole circumferential edge of the crust material.SOLUTION: An apparatus for forming a wrapped food of the present invention includes: a covering unit (43) with a flat crust material (D) transferred and comprising a pair of covering plates (44), and having an opening (43A) in the center a pressing member (63) for pressing the circumferential edge of the crust material to the covering unit a bowl-shape forming device for extending the center vicinity of the crust material from the opening toward a lower part, and forming the crust material into a bowl shape and a driving device for making the covering unit perform the closing operation so as to perform overlapping and sealing by two-folding the circumferential edge of the crust material to wrap an inner material arranged in the crust material.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】外皮材や内材の変更に対応でき、外皮材の周縁部全体を確実に封着できる包被食品の成形方法及び装置を提供する。【解決手段】本発明による包被食品の成形装置は、偏平状の外皮材(D)が移載され且つ1対の包合板(44)からなり中央に開口(43A)を有する包合ユニット(43)と、前記外皮材の周縁部を前記包合ユニットに押さえる押さえ部材(63)と、前記外皮材の中央付近を前記開口から下方に延ばし前記外皮材を椀状に形成する椀状形成装置と、前記外皮材に配置される内材を包むように前記外皮材の周縁部を二つ折りして重ね合わせ封着するよう、前記包合ユニットを閉動作させる駆動装置とを備えた。【選択図】図4
