METHOD FOR SENDING OUT FOODSTUFF, AND HOPPER DEVICE THEREFOR

摘要

　A hopper device for sending out a foodstuff to a food manufacturing device is equipped with: a hopper provided with an opening for accepting the foodstuff; a rotary shaft provided with a screw for winding the periphery in a direction in which the foodstuff is moved toward the food manufacturing device, the rotary shaft extending along the axis of the hopper inside the hopper and being capable of rotating around the axis; and a plurality of paddles fixed at intervals to the rotary shaft in the direction of the axis so as to rotate together with the rotary shaft, each of the plurality of paddles comprising a flat surface or curved surface having an inclination relative to the axis so as to press the foodstuff against the screw by rotation.