To improve the steam injection efficiency, and to improve maintenability of a device itself and a nozzle as a steam injection opening.
This steam generating device for injecting steam to pasta as an object of thermal treatment is provided with a steam generation chamber 10 for generating steam, a heating chamber 8, into which the steam from the steam generation chamber 10 is to be injected, a tray 9 to be inserted/drawn into/from the heating chamber 10 with pasta thereon, a thermal treatment part 2 having a water supply unit 11 for supplying water to the steam generation chamber 10, and an electrical equipment part 3. The steam generation chamber 10 is formed of a heating unit 16 having a heating recessed part 16a to be heated by a heater 18 to generate the steam from the water supplied from the water supply unit 11 in the heating recessed part 16a and a cover body 17 for sealing the heating recessed part 16a and formed with a collection part 16d for collecting the generated steam and while for communicating the heating recessed part 16a with the nozzle 19.
Kazuo Shigenobu
Tomoko Watanabe
Shimizu Hideo