PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve such deficiency in a conventional seed rice hot-water disinfecting apparatus that the number of seeds to be disinfected at a time is limited and seeds can not be efficiently disinfected because seeds are immersed in hot water in a hot-water tank for a prescribed period of time (e.g., 10 minutes) and the seeds are replaced with next seeds when disinfection in hot water is finished.SOLUTION: The seed disinfecting apparatus includes a hot-water disinfection tank (1), and a circulation transfer device (3) for circulating and transferring a plurality of storage containers (2) in which seed bags are stored while immersing the storage containers in hot water within the hot-water disinfection tank (1). The seed disinfecting apparatus also includes a seed cooling tank (11) disposed in a post-process of the hot-water disinfection tank (1). The seed bags are fed to a cooling starting end side of the seed cooling tank (11) and transferred one after another to a cooling terminal end side of the seed cooling tank (11) in synchronization with the circulation transfer device (3), so that seeds are cooled with cooling water in the seed cooling tank (11).COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】 従来の種籾の温湯消毒装置においては、温湯タンクでは所定時間(例えば10分)にわたり温湯浸漬し、温湯消毒が終了すると次の種子に入れ替えるものであり、一度に消毒できる種子量が制限され能率的に種子の消毒ができないという不具合があった。【解決手段】 温湯消毒槽(1)と、種子袋を収容した複数の収容容器(2)を前記温湯消毒槽(1)内の温湯に浸漬しながら循環移送する循環移送装置(3)とを設け、温湯消毒槽(1)の後工程に種子冷却槽(11)を設け、循環移送装置(3)に連動して、種子袋を種子冷却槽(11)の冷却始端側へ供給し順次冷却終端側へ移送し、種子冷却槽(11)の冷却水により冷却する構成とした種子消毒装置とする。【選択図】 図2
