PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rice division device reducing damage to rice, maintaining a puffy feeling characteristic of rice and a satisfactory texture, and further facilitating the change of the amount of rice lumps.SOLUTION: Provided is a rice division device 1 dividing rice by a prescribed amount and feeding the same, comprising: an upper stage conveyor 31 carrying the fed rice a cracking roller 32 provided at the upper part of an upper stage carrier face 31a and cracking the rice so as to act on the rice on the upper stage carrier face 31a a measuring conveyor 33 receiving the rice carried by the upper stage conveyor 31 a scraping-out roller 34 scraping-out the rice fed from the upper stage carrier face 31a to a lower stage carrier face 33a from the surface of the upper stage carrier face 31a and a holding roller 35 provided between the cracking roller 32 and the scraping-out roller 34 and temporarily holding the rice fed from the upper stage carrier face 31a to the lower stage carrier face 33a together with the scraping-out roller 34, and the rice received on the lower stage carrier face 33a is fed out by a prescribed amount in succession.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】米飯分割装置において、米飯へのダメージを低減し、米飯が本来有するふっくら感や良好な食感を維持し、しかも、米飯塊の量の変更を容易とする。【解決手段】米飯を所定量ずつ分けて送り出す米飯分割装置1であって、供給された米飯を搬送する上段コンベア31と、上段搬送面31aの上方に設けられ、上段搬送面31a上の米飯に作用して米飯を解す解しローラ32と、上段コンベア31により搬送された米飯を受ける計量コンベア33と、上段搬送面31aから下段搬送面33aに送られる米飯を上段搬送面31a上から掻き出す掻出しローラ34と、解しローラ32と掻出しローラ34との間に設けられ、上段搬送面31aから下段搬送面33aに送られる米飯を掻出しローラ34とともに一時的に保持する保持ローラ35と、を備え、下段搬送面33a上に受けた米飯を順次所定量ずつ送り出す。【選択図】図2
