APPARATUS FOR HOT-WATER DISINFECTION OF RICE SEED

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for hot-water disinfection of rice seeds designed to readily and surely place a rice seed container in a prescribed position on a hot water jetting part or a cold water jetting part when the rice seed container is placed on the hot water jetting part in a hot water tank of a hot water disinfector or the cold water jetting part in a cold water tank of a water cooler. SOLUTION: The apparatus for hot-water disinfection of the rice seeds is composed of the hot water disinfector 1 and the water cooler 36. The apparatus is equipped with the hot water tank 2 provided with a hot water jetting part 8 for jetting hot water in the interior and the perforated rice seed container 29 housing the rice seeds to be disinfected and placing the rice seed container 29 on the hot water jetting part 8 in the hot water tank 2. A guide part 31 guiding the rice seed container 29 lowered from the upper part to the prescribed position on the hot water jetting part 8 is installed on the periphery of the hot water jetting part 8. The guide part 31 is composed of standing bodies 32 arranged so as to contact the peripheral surface of the rice seed container 29. The tops of the standing bodies 32 form leading parts 33 opening to the outside. A guide part similar to the guide part 31 is provided even in the cold water tank of the water cooler. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI