PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air washing apparatus for enabling a water washing apparatus to surely and smoothly remove adhered matter.SOLUTION: The air washing apparatus for air-washing raw green tea leaves by discharging air to the raw green tea leaves to be supplied to a tea manufacturing process so as to remove matter adhered to the raw green tea leaves is arranged in a process before the water washing apparatus for water-washing the raw green tea leaves to supply the same to the green tea manufacturing process in order to convey the air-washed raw green tea leaves to the water washing apparatus. From one end of the air washing apparatus, the raw green tea leaves before air washing are supplied, and from the other end thereof, the air-washed raw green tea leaves are conveyed. The air-washing apparatus includes: a mesh drum 3 formed of a cylindrical mesh body rotatable in a predetermined direction with a rotary shaft as a center an air supplying means 4 for discharging air into the mesh drum 3 an air suction means 5 for sucking air from the inside of the mesh drum 3 and crosspieces 3b formed on the inner wall surface of the mesh drum 3 for conveying the raw green tea leaves from one end to the other end while stirring the raw green tea leaves within the mesh drum 3.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】水洗浄装置による付着物の除去を確実且つスムーズに行わせることができるエア洗浄装置を提供する。【解決手段】製茶工程に投入するための生葉に対して空気を吐出し、当該生葉に付着した付着物を除去することによりエア洗浄可能なエア洗浄装置であって、生葉を水洗いして製茶工程に投入するための水洗浄装置より前工程に設置され、当該水洗浄装置に対してエア洗浄後の生葉を搬出するためのものであり、一端からエア洗浄前の生葉を投入可能とされるとともに他端からエア洗浄後の生葉を搬出可能とされ、回転軸を中心として所定方向に回転可能な円筒状網体から成る網胴3と、網胴3内に空気を吐出可能なエア供給手段4と、網胴3内から空気を吸引可能なエア吸引手段5と、網胴3の内壁面に形成され、当該網胴3内の生葉を撹拌しつつ一端から他端まで搬送可能な桟3bとを具備した構成とされている。【選択図】図2
