JP2012170663A - Food container carrier - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a food container transport device that has a smaller installation space with respect to the floor surface than before and that can be smoothly transported by lifting the food container up to a predetermined height.
An apparatus for transporting a food and drink container for transporting and lifting a food and drink container collected by a collecting unit to a predetermined height, the swivel mechanism that swivels up and down with respect to a machine body, and the swivel A scooping part for scooping up the food and drink container collected in the collecting part by turning up and down in conjunction with the mechanism, and discharged from this scooping part when the scooping part shifts from ascending to descending A carrying-out part for carrying the food and drink container out of the side part of the machine body and a surrounding member that surrounds the outer periphery of the scooping part and turns together with the scooping part are provided.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a container transport device for eating and drinking, and more particularly, to a container transport device for eating and drinking used to transport a food and drink container such as a plate collected by a container collection unit to a predetermined height position in a rotating sushi store or the like.

In recent years, in so-called rotating sushi stores, etc., a food container recovery channel is provided between the table and the food container recovery tank, and the water flow toward the food container recovery unit is supplied to the food container recovery channel by the water supply device. A collection device that causes food and beverage containers such as dishes to be fed into the food and beverage container collection water channels from the inlets provided in each table and puts them in the water flow and collects them in the food and beverage container collection tank. It can be seen. (See Patent Document 1.)
However, in the above collection device, when the food and beverage container collected in the food and beverage container collection tank is washed with the washing device, the employee removes the food and beverage container collected in the collection tank each time from the collection tank and becomes the washing device. Therefore, it was necessary for the employees to transfer the food and drink containers, and the workability as a whole was poor.

Therefore, in order to eliminate the above-mentioned problems, a conveyor belt device is installed so as to run obliquely upward from the above-mentioned dish recovery tank, and the food and drink containers recovered in the recovery tank are passed through this conveyor belt apparatus. In addition, a transport device has been developed in which food and beverage containers collected in a collection tank are moved obliquely upward, and sequentially fed to a cleaning device installed at a position higher than the collection tank.
By the way, in the kitchen of a store, it is difficult to secure an installation space for other devices due to the fact that many kitchen devices are installed. However, the conveyor belt device described above extends linearly obliquely upward. Therefore, in order to install this conveyor belt device, it is necessary to secure a large space. For this reason, conventionally, in order to secure an installation space for the conveyor belt device, installation space for other devices or employees The work space must be sacrificed.

JP-A-7-262

The present invention was developed in view of the above circumstances, and the object of the present invention is that the installation space for the floor surface may be smaller than before, and the food and drink container can be lifted to a predetermined height while being smooth. An object of the present invention is to provide a container transport device for food and drink that can be transported.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is an apparatus for transporting food and drink containers for transporting and lifting the food and drink containers collected in a collection unit in a store to a predetermined height. A swiveling mechanism that swivels up and down with respect to the airframe, a scooping unit that swivels up and down in conjunction with the swiveling mechanism and picks up the food and drink container collected in the collecting unit, and the scooping It is characterized in that a carry-out portion is provided for carrying out the food and drink container discharged from the scooping portion when the raising portion shifts from ascent to descent to the outside of the side portion of the machine body.

The invention described in claim 2 is characterized in that, in the eating and drinking container transport device according to claim 1, an enclosing member that surrounds an outer periphery of the scooping part and turns with the scooping part is provided. To do.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the food and drink container collected in the collecting section can be automatically and surely transported in a substantially vertical direction up to a desired height, and still obliquely upward. Compared to a conventional transport device of the type that transports, the installation space for the device on the floor surface can be reduced.
According to the invention described in claim 2, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, it is scooped up by the scooping portion by the surrounding member which surrounds the periphery of the scooping portion and turns together with the scooping portion. The food and drink container can be reliably lifted to a predetermined height.

Explanatory drawing which represented the inside of the shop of a rotary sushi restaurant which installed the container transport apparatus for food and drink concerning this invention planarly. The expanded sectional view of the principal part. The front view which shows one Embodiment of the container transport apparatus for food and drink concerning this invention. Same side view. Operation | movement explanatory drawing of the container transport apparatus for eating and drinking concerning this invention. The schematic plan view of a conveyance sorting apparatus. The schematic side view of a conveyance sorting apparatus. Schematic explanatory drawing of a dish washing apparatus.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.
FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing the interior of a rotary sushi restaurant where a container transport device for eating and drinking according to the present invention is installed, FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the main part, and FIG. 3 is an eating and drinking according to the present invention. The front view which shows one Embodiment of a container conveying apparatus, FIG. 4 is the same side view, FIG. 5 is the action | operation explanatory drawing of the food-and-drink container conveying apparatus concerning this invention.

First, FIG. 1 schematically shows the inside of a carousel sushi store. In the carousel sushi shop, there are a kitchen room S1, a counter table 1a arranged in the guest room S2, and a plurality of legged tables 1b. The partition housing 10 disposed along the front surface of the kitchen room S1 or the tables 1a and 1b, and the partition housing 10 travels to the plate P1 which is one of the eating and drinking containers P in the kitchen room S1. There is provided a transfer device 2 having an endless flat chain 2a for transporting assorted sushi to the tables 1a and 1b.

The partition housing 10 is formed in a cross-sectional box shape from side walls 11 and 12 facing each other at a predetermined interval, and an upper wall 13 and a bottom wall 14 connecting the upper and lower ends of both side walls 11 and 12. The first housing part 10a that is disposed along the front surface of the kitchen room S1 and divides the kitchen room S1 and the guest room S2, and is bent from both longitudinal ends of the first housing part 10a and extends in parallel to the guest room S2. The flat chain 2a of the transfer device 2 is disposed in the recess 15 provided in the upper wall 13 of each housing part 10a, 10b, 10c. The counter table 1a and the legged table 1b are arranged outside the side walls 11 and 12 of the third housing portions 10b and 10c.
At the end of the counter table 1a on the side of the partition housing 10 is provided an insertion port 101 through which the plate P1 can pass in the vertical direction. An insertion port 101 that can pass through is provided.

Further, in the second and third housing parts 10b and 10c of the partition housing 10, a recovery tank as a recovery part that extends over almost the entire length of the housing parts 10b and 10c and has one end in the length direction installed in the kitchen chamber S1. A duct 17 that opens on 16 is provided, and the inside of this duct 17 is used as a food / drink container recovery water channel 17a, and is poured into the food / drink container recovery water channel 17a by running water at a predetermined flow rate flowing through the food / beverage container recovery water channel 17a. The container P for food and drink such as the plate P <b> 1 and the cup is conveyed to the collection tank 16.

In the above stores, the dishes P1 that have been eaten and emptied by the customers of the tables 1a and 1b are sequentially inserted into the input port 101, while other eating and drinking containers P such as cups that cannot be input into the input port 101. For the clerk, the store clerk who performs the clearing process opens the opening / closing door 102 provided with the insertion port 101 and directly inputs it into the food and beverage container collecting water channel 17a.
The introduced food and drink containers P such as the dishes P1 and the cups are washed away by running water flowing in the food and drink container collecting water channel 17a in the duct 17 and collected in the collecting tank 16, and the food and drink containers In the process of flowing through the recovery water channel 17a, the remaining rice adhering to the food / beverage container P is washed with the flowing water flowing through the food / beverage container recovery water channel 17a and the jet water sprayed from the washing water jetting device (not shown). Be dropped.

The food container transport device according to the present invention is for transporting the food container P such as the dish P1 collected in the collection tank 16 so as to be lifted up to a predetermined height position. This eating and drinking container conveyance device will be described.
In the figure, a food and drink container transport device denoted by reference numeral 3 basically includes a frame-shaped machine body 4 having a vertically long rectangular shape, a turning mechanism 5 that is mounted in the machine body 4 and turns in the vertical direction, and this turning A scooping part 6 for scooping up the food and drink container P collected in the collecting tank 16 by turning up and down in conjunction with the mechanism 5, and surrounding the perimeter of the scooping part 6 6 and the food container P discharged from the scooping unit 6 at the time when the scooping unit 6 shifts from rising to lowering to carry the food container P out of the side of the machine body 4 described above. An unloading unit 8 is provided.
And in embodiment, it arrange | positions in the downstream of the carrying-out part 7 in the food / beverage container conveying apparatus 3 on the downstream side of the conveyance sorting apparatus 9a for sorting the food / drink containers P while conveying them. In addition, a dish cleaning device 9b for cleaning the dish P1 sent out from the transport sorting device 9a is provided.

The machine body 4 constituting the eating and drinking container transport device 3 is assembled in a vertically long rectangular frame shape, and the lower part of the machine body 4 is accommodated in the collection tank 16 as shown in FIG.
The swivel mechanism 5 constituting the food and beverage container transporting device 3 includes a drive motor 51 disposed on the upper portion of the machine body 4 and a pair of front and rear drive sprockets 52a and 52b that rotate in conjunction with the drive shaft 51a of the drive motor 51. And a pair of front and rear turning drive chains 53a and 53b that turn in the vertical direction through the drive sprockets 52a and 52b, and guide rails 54a and 54b for guiding the turning drive of these drive chains 53a and 53b. The turning drive chains 53a and 53b are turned between the lower part and the upper part in the machine body 4 through the guide rails 54a and 54b by the rotational drive of the drive sprockets 52a and 52b.

A plurality of scooping parts 6 are provided between the rotational drive chains 52a and 52b. Specifically, the scooping part 6 is installed between the support brackets 55 assembled to the front and rear rotational drive chains 52a and 52b, respectively. It is arrange | positioned inside turning of chain 52a * 52b.
The scooping portion 6 includes a synthetic resin scooping plate body 61 formed in a substantially strip shape in plan view, and a synthetic rubber auxiliary plate portion extending obliquely from the free end of the scooping plate body 61 in the extending direction. 62, the plate body 61 is substantially horizontal when it rises or descends, faces downward when shifting from rising to falling, and rises when shifting from falling to rising.
And when this scooping part 6 shifts from descending to ascending, that is, when scooping plate main body 61 of scooping part 6 is standing up, when it faces in the horizontal direction, food and drink container P is scooped up, scooping part On the carry-out part 8 to be described later, the food and beverage container that has been scooped up at the time when 6 moves from rising to lowering, that is, when the scooping plate main body 61 of the scooping part 6 faces downward from the horizontal direction. It is trying to discharge.

As shown schematically in FIG. 4, the surrounding member 7 surrounding the periphery of the scooping portion 6 includes a large number of connecting rods 71 installed between the rotational drive chains 52 a and 52 b with a predetermined interval, and adjacent connecting rods. A plurality of connecting links 72 spanned at predetermined intervals between 71 are formed in a substantially lattice shape, and are provided so as to surround the outer periphery of the scooping portion 6 between the rotation drive chains 52a and 52b.
The carry-out portion 8 is made of a synthetic resin plate, and the carry-out portion 8 is disposed at an upper portion in the body 4 and is provided so as to be inclined downward from the inside of the body 4 toward the outside of the side portion of the body 4. The food and drink container P discharged from the scooping section 6 is slid outwardly from the machine body 4 and carried out onto a transport sorting device 9a described later.

On the other hand, as schematically shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the transport sorting device 9a includes only a transport conveyor 91 that rotates in the horizontal direction and a predetermined gap on the transport conveyor 91, that is, the plate P1 in the food and drink container. A sorting body 92 arranged with a gap that can pass is provided, and when the food and drink container P reaches the sorting body 92, the food and drink container P is sorted through the sorting body 92 according to the height difference. I have to.
Specifically, the dish P1 passes under the sorting body 92 and is sent to the dish washing apparatus 9b by the transport conveyor 91, while the food and drink container P such as a cup taller than the height of the gap is sorted. The body 92 is guided to the side of the transfer conveyor 91 and is discharged from the transfer conveyor 91.

  Further, as schematically shown in FIG. 8, the dish cleaning device 9b includes a transport mechanism 95 that rotates in the horizontal direction for transporting the dish P1, and a brush body that cleans the dish P1 transported by the transport mechanism 95. 96, a driving device 97 for driving the brush body 96 to rotate, and a cleaning liquid ejector 98 for injecting the cleaning liquid onto the dish P1 transported by the transport mechanism 95. The dish P1 is cleaned by the brush body 96 while spraying cleaning water on the surface via the cleaning liquid ejector 98.

In the store equipped with the food container transport device 3 having the above-described configuration, the food containers P collected in the collection tank 16 are sequentially sent to the lower part of the machine body 4 installed in the collection tank 16. The food and drink container P fed into the machine body 4 is sequentially scooped up by the scooping unit 6 that turns through the turning mechanism 5 and lifted up to the upper part of the machine body 4 in a substantially vertical direction. When the raising part 6 shifts from ascending to descending, it is discharged onto the carry-out part 8.
And the container P for food / drink discharged | emitted on the carrying-out part 8 slides on the carrying-out part 8 which inclines, and is carried out on the conveyance conveyor 91 of the conveyance sorting apparatus 9a arrange | positioned outside the side part of the body 4. That is, when the food and drink container P subsequently transported on the transport conveyor 91 is about to pass through the sorting body 92, the food and drink container P such as a cup larger than the gap below the sorting body 92 is sorted. The lower side of the body 92 cannot pass and is fed to the side of the conveyor 91 by the guide of the sorting body 92, while the dish P <b> 1 having a height lower than the above-described gap passes through the sorting body 92. It is sent to the dish washing | cleaning apparatus 9b, and is wash | cleaned suitably.

Thus, in the above-described food container transport device 3, the food container P recovered in the recovery tank 16 installed on the floor of the kitchen room S1 is automatically and surely transported to a desired height in a substantially vertical direction. As a result, it is possible to smoothly perform the subsequent washing operation of the container for eating and drinking, and the floor is compared with a conventional conveying device that conveys it obliquely upward. The installation space for the device relative to the surface is small.

  In the above embodiment, the surrounding member 7 surrounding the periphery of the scooping portion 6 and provided with the surrounding member 7 turning with the scooping portion 6 is provided in the fuselage 4, but the present invention is not limited to this, for example, A peripheral wall surrounding the scooping portion 6 may be provided in the airframe 4 and the scooping portion 6 may be turned along the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall.

Reference Signs List 16 Recovery tank 3 Eating and drinking container transport device 4 Airframe 5 Turning mechanism 52a / 52b Drive sprocket 53a / 53b Turning drive chain 6 Scooping part 7 Enclosing member 8 Unloading part S1 Kitchen P Food / drink container P1 Dish

Claims (2)

A food container transport device for transporting a food container collected by a collection unit in a store and lifting it up to a predetermined height, a swivel mechanism that swivels up and down with respect to the machine body, and the swivel mechanism The scooping part for turning up and down in conjunction with the scooping up and collecting the food and drink containers collected in the collecting part, and when the scooping part shifts from rising to falling, the scooping part is discharged from the scooping part The food / drink container transporting apparatus is further provided with a carry-out unit for carrying out the food / drink container out of the side of the machine body.   The container transport device for eating and drinking according to claim 1, further comprising an enclosing member that surrounds the outer periphery of the scooping portion and pivots together with the scooping portion.

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