PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rice molding device which eliminates a rice molded article standing in stopping molding roller and can mold a rice molded article with stable quality.SOLUTION: There is provided a rice molding device 100 having a molding part 4 for continuously molding and discharging a plurality of rice molded article PR, the molding part has a pair of roller 43 and 44 rotating in mutually opposite directions, the rice molded article at a storage state in which it is molded by the molding part and not discharged is discharged when rotations of the pair of rollers are stopped, and the pair of rollers is stopped with rotating only with a prescribed angle in an opposite direction to a rolling direction during molding the rice molded article.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 17【課題】停止している成形ローラに待機する米飯成形物を無くし、品質の安定した米飯成形物を成形可能な米飯成形装置を提供する。【解決手段】米飯成形装置１００であって、複数の米飯成形物ＲＢを連続して成形して放出する成形部４、を有してなり、成形部は、互いに逆向きに回転する一対のローラ４３、４４、を備え、一対のローラの回転が一時的に停止したとき、成形部により成形されて放出されていない仕掛状態の米飯成形物は放出され、一対のローラは、米飯成形物の成形時の回転方向と逆方向に所定の角度だけ回転して停止する、ことを特徴とする。【選択図】図１７
