PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a food material feeding device for improving cooling efficiency of a food material lump, in a food material feeding technique of generating a food material lump targeting a set weight value, from a food material in a warm state, cooling the food material lump, and feeding to a desired device in a conveyance downstream.SOLUTION: A food material feeding device is such that: when a rice sheet targeting a set weight value is generated from boiled rice in a boiled warm state in a measurement division section, and cooling the sheet with a cooler followed by feeding to a conveyance downstream, prior to cooling, a filling hole is molded on the rice sheet in a filling hole molding part 11c in a conveyance downstream of the measurement division section, and also a cooling promoting hole is molded air is sprayed to the rice sheet from a die plate 63 of the filling hole molding part 11c a pressing surface of the die plate 63 of the filling hole molding part 11c is provided with a plurality of molding protrusions 63b of the cooling promoting hole besides the molding protrusions 63a and the pressing surface of the die plate 63 is punched with a plurality of air holes 63c for blowing out air.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】温かい状態の食材から設定重量値を目標とした食材塊を生成した後、その食材塊を冷却して搬送下流の所望の装置に供給する食材供給技術において、食材塊の冷却効率を向上させる食材供給装置の提供。【解決手段】炊き上がった温かい状態の米飯から設定重量値を目標としたシャリシートを、計量分割部で生成した後、冷却装置で冷却して搬送下流に供給する場合に、冷却に先立って、計量分割部の搬送下流の具穴成形部11cにおいて、シャリシートに具穴を成形するとともに、冷却促進穴を成形する。また、具穴成形部11cの型板63からシャリシートにエアを吹き付ける。具穴成形部11cの型板63の押圧面には、具穴成形用の突起63aの他に、冷却促進穴の成形用の複数の突起63bが設けられている。また、型板63の押圧面には、エアを吹き出す複数のエア穴63cが穿孔された食材供給装置。【選択図】図5
