PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for dusting a rice ball with salt capable of attaching salt also to the side faces of a rice ball.SOLUTION: A device 1 for dusting a rice ball with salt includes: a salt radiation disk 20 for radiating supplied salt SA by rotation from the peripheral part thereof toward an inner peripheral surface 17a of a cylindrical body 17 route changing members 18 and 21 that come into contact with the salt SA radiated from the salt radiation disk 20 into the cylindrical body 17 and change a route of the salt SA into a direction toward a center of the cylindrical body 17 and a rice ball enclosing member 19 that is openable/closable and arranged below the cylindrical body 17 to enclose a rice ball R. The rice ball enclosing member 19 is arranged so as to create a space between the inner inclined plane thereof and the side face of the enclosed rice ball R when closed. The salt SA fallen below the center in the cylindrical body 17 is attached to the top face of the rice ball R, while the salt SA coming down along the inner peripheral surface 17a of the cylindrical body 17 is brought into contact with the inner inclined plane and redirected toward the side face of the rice ball R to be attached to the side face of the rice ball R.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】おにぎりの側面にも塩を付着することができるおにぎり用塩振り機の提供。【解決手段】供給された塩SAを回転により周縁部から筒状本体部17の内周面17aの方向に放射する塩放射円盤20を設け、筒状本体部17内に塩放射円盤20から放射された塩SAに当接して、塩SAの進路を筒状本体部17の中央部方向に変更させるための進路変更部材18,21を設け、筒状本体部17の下方におにぎりRを包囲し得る開閉自在のおにぎり包囲部材19を設け、おにぎり包囲部材19は閉鎖時にその内面の傾斜面と包囲したおにぎりRの側面との間に空間が生ずるように構成し、筒状本体部17内の中央部の下方に落下してきた塩SAをおにぎりRの上面に付着させ、筒状本体部17の内周面17aに沿って下降してきた塩SAを、傾斜面に当接させておにぎりRの側面方向に進路変更させ、おにぎりRの側面にも塩SAを付着させる様に構成したおにぎり用塩振り機1。【選択図】図2
