Manufacturing apparatus and manufacturing method of rolled sushi

• Main Authors: HOSODA TORU, ONEDA IKUYA, SUZUKI KAZUHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.04.2008
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SHAPING OR WORKING OF FOODSTUFFS, NOT FULLY COVERED BY ASINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

For easy sanitary maintenance, stable topping of ingredients on rice, and formation of a roll in good appearance, a manufacturing apparatus of rolled sushi is provided with a roll forming sheet (S) fitted to a drive roller ( 12 ) and a back tension roller ( 13 ) rotating in forward and backward directions so as to be capable of transferring, conveying and winding the rice seasoned with vinegar (P) expanded on the roll forming sheet (S) by rotation of the rollers ( 12, 13 ), fitting grooves ( 20 ) provided at outer peripheries of the drive roller ( 12 ) and the back tension roller ( 13 ), fitting shafts ( 21 ) provided at end portions of the roll forming sheet (S) for detachably and slidingly inserting into the fitting grooves ( 20 ), and a pair of opening and closing rollers ( 14, 15 ) provided in an intermediate portion between the drive roller ( 12 ) and the back tension roller ( 13 ).