SOFT MOLDING TRANSFERRING DEVICE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To scoop up a soft molding such as bread dough, whole of which is very soft and easily loses its own shape, without any loss of a shape so as to stably transfer it to another place. SOLUTION: In a soft molding transferring device, a transferring head 2 scooping bread dough A is mounted in an articulated type robot 1, and in the transferring head 2 formed into a cylinder surrounding the bread dough A, a head main body 3, in which an inside pressure is reduced when its upper opening is closed by means of an upper lid 7 possessing an exhaust hole 7a connected to an air suction device, is provided, while the rear end part is connected to a cylinder 6 arranged in the side upper part, of the head main body 3. The transferring head 2 is also provided with a thin elastic scooping plate 4, and the scooping plate 4 is guided by means of a guiding apparatus 5, which is provided with a curved guide groove 5a and is arranged in the side part of the head main body 3, and advanced/retracted in the horizontal direction along the lower face of the head main body 3 while curved from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction so as to close a lower opening of the head main body 3 at a slight interval.