Patent ID: 8495953
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: A23P

Abstract:
1. A cooked rice molding apparatus comprising: a hopper adapted to provide cooked rice; a forming section adapted to roll the cooked rice into a plate shape and disposed below the hopper, said forming section having a plurality of forming rollers horizontally rotatable in directions opposing each other; a cutting unit adapted to cut a rice sheet formed of the cooked rice into a prescribed length and disposed below the plurality of forming rollers; a slide tray disposed below the cutting unit; a pick plate placed on the slide tray to receive the rice sheet from the forming section; a positioning device disposed at a front side of the slide tray and contacting a front edge of said pick plate for positioning said pick plate relative to the slide tray; and a sensor unit disposed in said positioning device and formed of a reflection sensor emitting a sensor light adapted to detect presence of the rice sheet on the pick plate.