PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rice seed dryer for disinfecting rice seeds with warm water or smoothly drying rice seeds, which have been immersed in water before seeding, with a simple configuration and for each of small bundles thereof.SOLUTION: The rice seed dryer is configured in such a manner that a first tank (6) for storing the rice seeds immersed in a liquid such as water, a drying portion (1) through which drying air of a blower (3) passes and a second tank (7) for storing the rice seeds exposed to the drying air in the drying portion (1) are arranged the first tank (6) is arranged above the drying portion (1) the second tank (7) is arranged below the drying portion (1) and the first tank (6) and second tank (7) are arranged each in a detachable way.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】本発明は、温湯等で消毒したり、播種前に水で浸漬した種籾を、簡単な構成で、かつ小口毎に円滑な乾燥を行なう種籾乾燥装置にすることを課題とする。【解決手段】水等の液体に浸漬した種籾を収容する第一収容タンク(6)と、送風機(3)の乾燥風が通過する乾燥部(1)と、乾燥部(1)で乾燥風に晒された種籾を収容する第二収容タンク(7)とを設け、第一収容タンク(6)を乾燥部(1)の上方に設け、第二収容タンク(7)を乾燥部(1)の下方に設け、第一収容タンク(6)と第二収容タンク(7)とをそれぞれ着脱自在に構成した。【選択図】 図1