PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dehydrating and molding method of tofu/deep fried bean curd dough and its device which effectively separates coagulum and whey from soybean milk coagulum provided by adding coagulant to warm soybean milk for heat-treated tofu or deep fried bean curd dough without installing water removing device separately from a conveyor belt for transporting and molding, to prevent temperature of soybean milk coagulum from lowering, and to prevent the soybean milk coagulum from jamming, or being unsanitary.SOLUTION: The device is provided with an endless lower conveyor C1 composed of water-permeable material and an endless upper conveyor C2 placed above the lower conveyor C1 and composed of water-permeable material. A solid-liquid mixture K which is a mixture of soybean milk coagulation and whey is supplied to the lower conveyor or the upper conveyor C2 by a solid-liquid supplying means 7 or a distribution supplying means to remove the whey. The rich soybean milk coagulation from which whey is removed is supplied to above the lower conveyor, is naturally dehydrated by its own weight, and is compressed between the lower conveyor C1 and the upper conveyor C2 to be molded in a specific size.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】 搬送成型用のコンベアベルトとは別に水取り装置を設けることなく、加熱処理した豆腐用ないしは油揚生地用の温豆乳に凝固剤を加えて得た豆乳凝固物から凝固物とゆ(ホエー)とを効果的に分離して、豆乳凝固物の温度が下がったり、目詰まりしたり、非衛生的にならない豆腐・油揚げ生地の脱水・成型方法とその装置を提供する。【解決手段】 通水性の素材で構成される無端状の下方側コンベアC1と、その上方に配される通水性の素材で構成される無端状の上方側コンベアC2とを備え、これら下方側コンベアC1又は上方側コンベアC2に豆乳凝固物とゆの混ざった固液混合物Kを固液供給手段7又は分配供給手段により供給してゆ切りして、このゆ切りした濃厚な豆乳凝固物を前記下方側コンベア上に供給して、その自重による自然脱水を行って、前記下方側コンベアC1と上方側コンベアc2との間で豆乳凝固物を圧搾して所定の大きさに成型する。【選択図】 図1
