Apparatus for manufacturing grilled seaweed and method for manufacturing grilled seaweed

An apparatus for manufacturing a grilled seaweed comprising:

• a grilling unit including:
• a first housing with a first inlet opening and a first outlet opening which communicate with each other;
• a first conveyor for transferring a sheet of seaweed from the first inlet opening to the first outlet opening;
• a first heating source installed over the first conveyor to discharge a flame onto a top surface of the seaweed being transferred by the first conveyor;
• a lifting member moving the first heating source up and down;
• and
• second heating sources installed to be separated from each other on both sides of a lower portion of the first conveyor in a widthwise direction to discharge a flame onto a bottom surface of the seaweed on the first conveyor, the second heating source being located deviated in both lateral directions from a vertical line of the seaweed transferred by the first conveyor,
• wherein the first conveyor is a mesh type,
• the first heating source is movable up and down by the lifting member to adjust a distance between the first heating source and the seaweed, thereby adjusting a temperature of heat and a time to apply the flame to the seaweed by the first heating source according to a type and a quality of the seaweed,
• each of the second heating sources is installed to be inclined at an angle of 20 to 40 degrees toward the first conveyor on the basis of a vertical state,
• the first conveyor transfers the seaweed in a direction passing between the second heating sources installed on both sides of the lower portion of the first conveyor in the widthwise direction,
• the first heating source and the second heating sources are heating sources with gas, which discharge actual flame by firing, and
• the oil applying unit includes:
• a second housing with a second inlet opening and a second outlet opening which communicate with each other;
• a second conveyor installed in the second housing to transfer the grilled seaweed from the second inlet opening to the second outlet opening;
• a nozzle installed over the second conveyor to apply oil onto the top surface of the grilled seaweed being transferred by the second conveyor;
• a reservoir storing the oil supplied to the nozzle;
• a pump to feed the oil from the reservoir to the nozzle;
• a sensor to detect the seaweed being transferred by the second conveyor and to output an electric signal;
• and
• a suction to collect the oil sprayed and scattered by from the nozzle.