Apparatus for molding cooked rice

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8672664
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12588899

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Provided is a food molding apparatus which performs all steps from forming to conveyance and storage in one housing and which is small in size and inexpensive. A conveyance section 500 which holds a formed cooked rice product (a rice ball 10) by use of holding arms 510 is provided, within a housing, with an X-axis moving unit 570 which moves the formed cooked rice product in an X-axis direction and a Z-axis moving unit 550 which moves the formed cooked rice product in a Z-axis direction. A storage section 600 provided with a tray 610 on which the rice ball 10 is to be placed is further provided, within the housing, a Y-axis moving unit 630 which moves the tray 610 in a Y-axis direction, whereby the rice balls 10 are spread over on the tray 610.

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  • KABUSHIKI KAISHA AUDIO-TECHNICA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Uchida, Junya Machida, JP 12 28

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