Patent ID: 8663727

Claim:
A cooked rice molding method, comprising: a first supplying step of spreading cooked rice in a plate form on rolling-up plates deployed horizontally, said rolling-up plates having first, second, third and base plates rotatably connected to each other, a second supplying step of placing a dried layer sheet and ingredients on the cooked rice, a first pressing step of folding the first rotating plate and the second rotating plate disposed on two sides of the base plate in a direction such that the first and second rotating plates are brought close to each other to erect at approximate right angles with respect to the base plate, a second pressing step of folding the third rotating plate rotatably attached to the first rotating plate at a side opposite to the base plate, to a base plate side, a repositioning step of deploying the rolling-up plates in a horizontal state, and rotating the cooked rice molded in the second pressing step about 90 degrees on the rolling-up plates and moving an edge of the cooked rice at a corner between the base plate and the second plate in the second pressing step to a corner between the first plate and the base plate so that the cooked rice on the second rotating plate comes to a bottom side with respect to a rotational center of molding, and a third pressing step of performing the first pressing step again.