PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rice ball molding tool which can include a filling at an approximate center in a thickness direction of a rice ball, and does not cause a problem that rice around the filling is crushed by the filling when forming a rice ball, and furthermore a container housing the formed rice ball can be carried while a closed state is maintained.SOLUTION: A rice ball molding tool 1 has a mold 5 and a filling hole forming tool 50, the mold 5 has a first mold part 10, a second mold part 20, and a hinge part 30, an axis body part 42 is provided for a protruded part 40 on a flange part 16 of the first mold part 10, and an axis line L1 of the axis body part 42 is on an extended line of an axis line of the hinge part 30. The filling hole forming tool 50 has a handle part 52 having a hole part 52a and a measuring vessel part 54 provided for one end part of the handle part 52, and the filling hole forming tool 50 is freely rotatable around the axis body part 42 in the state where the axis body part 42 is inserted into the hole part 52a. In the mold 5, an engaging protrusion 28 is provided for an engaging hole part 18 for maintaining a closed state.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】おにぎりの厚み方向の略中心に具材を包含させることができ、また、成形時に具材周囲の飯材が具材により潰れてしまう不具合が発生せず、さらに、成形したおにぎりを収納する容器を閉状態で保持したまま持ち運びできるおにぎり成形器を提供する。【解決手段】おにぎり成形器1は、成形型5と、具材穴形成具50とを有し、成形型5は、第1型部10と、第2型部20と、ヒンジ部30とを有し、第1型部10のフランジ部16における突出部40には軸体部42が設けられ、軸体部42の軸線L1がヒンジ部30の軸線の延長線上にある。具材穴形成具50は、穴部52aを有する柄部50と、柄部52の一方の端部に設けられた計量容器部54と、を有し、軸体部42を穴部52aに挿通した状態で、具材穴形成具50が軸体部42を中心に回動自在となっている。成形型5には、閉状態を維持するための係合穴部18に係合突部28が設けられている。【選択図】図2
