JPH0243965Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] This invention is used in self-service restaurants to prevent heat, odor, noise, etc. from entering the kitchen from the serving counter, and to improve efficient self-service. This invention relates to a building for a self-service restaurant in which a part of the partition wall between the kitchen and the store is formed as a display case for displaying cooked products.

[Conventional technology and its problems] Generally, in self-service restaurants, a large number of prepared foods are arranged on plates at the serving counter, and customers are required to carry their desired food to the table themselves. However, if there are few customers and the cooked food is left on the counter for a long time, there are problems such as hot food cooling down and becoming unpalatable, or dust accumulating and becoming unhygienic. In addition, gas stoves, tableware, cooking materials, etc. inside the kitchen can be seen through the serving counter from inside the store, which not only damages the quality of the store, but also reduces the cooling effect of the store due to the heat from the gas stove during cooking. There was also the problem that smells or noises could directly enter the store through the counter, causing discomfort to customers while eating or drinking.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention attempts to solve the above problems, and in order to achieve the purpose, a building for a self-service restaurant is constructed in such a way that multiple show cases are used as partition walls between the store and the kitchen. The show case is provided with transparent glass doors on the inside of the store and on the kitchen side, respectively, and is moved downwardly on the kitchen side inside the case by driving an endless chain installed on the inside wall of the case. However, it is constructed by providing a circulation conveyor with a movable shelf that moves upward inside the case inside the store.

[Function] By placing food on the transfer shelf of the case and circulating it inside the case, the food in the case can be displayed in an easy-to-see manner, and the case can be used in place of the conventional serving counter in self-service restaurants. In such cases, customers can open the glass door on the kitchen side and put in dishes of cooked food from the kitchen, and customers can open the glass door on the inside of the store and freely select and take out the food.

In addition, the above-mentioned show case has a structure in which the kitchen is shielded and divided from the inside of the store by placing multiple units side by side instead of the conventional serving counter, so that the heat, smell, noise, etc. generated inside the kitchen are directly transmitted to the inside of the store. There is no intrusion into the area.

[Example] This is a case in which the heated storage case according to the present invention is used as a part of a partition wall. In Figures 1 and 2, A is a self-service restaurant building facing street B. The building has outer walls 1 on its four sides, and the interior is divided into a store 3 with a large number of seats 2 and a kitchen 4 for preparing food, both of which are divided by partition walls 5, 6, and 7.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a total of 10 heating storage cases of the same shape arranged in a fan shape so as to form a part of the partition wall, 8a is the inside of the store, and 8b is the kitchen side. Further, reference numeral 9 denotes a wall for closing the gap between each of the ten warm storage cases 8, and the wall 9 and the ten warm storage cases 8 together form a partition wall 11. The upper part of the housing case 8 is adhered to the ceiling of the building A (not shown). Furthermore, both ends 10 of the show case 8
a and 10b are also integrally connected to the other partition walls 6 and 7 via the wall 9, and thereby the partition wall 11
The barrel heating case 8 has a structure that isolates the store 3 and the kitchen 4 without any gaps. Reference numerals 12 and 12 indicate trays for returning tableware installed at both ends of the warm storage case 8, and 13 and 13 indicate dust boxes.

Further, 14 is a cooking table equipped with a gas stove, a sink, etc. arranged inside the kitchen 4, 15 is a refrigerator, 16a,
16b is an entrance/exit.

Further, 17 is a circular plaza with a tree 18 arranged in the center, and the plaza 17 has glass walls 19 on all sides except for the opening leading to the street B, and the glass wall 19 has an entrance 19b leading to the audience seats 2. ing. 20
21 is a toilet, and 21 is an auxiliary storage room.

In FIGS. 3 and 4, 22a is a glass door on the store side 8a of the warm storage case 8, 22b is a glass door on the kitchen side 8b, and inside the case 8 there is a circulating conveyor having a large number of movable shelves 23. 2
4 is installed, and the circulation conveyor 24 is driven by an endless chain 26 disposed on the inside wall 25 of the case, so that it moves downward in the direction of the arrow on the kitchen side 8b of the case, and rises on the inside side 8a of the store inside the case. move. Reference numeral 27 denotes a support rod 28 of the movable shelf 23, which is a motor serving as a driving source for the endless chain 26. The endless chain 26 is rotated vertically by the motor 28 and circulates around the conveyor 24 via a sprocket 29.

Further, 30 is a ceramic heater as a heat source, 31 is a circuit fan for circulating heated air into the case 8, 31a is a shaft of the fan 31, and 32
is a motor that drives the fan 31. The heated air is circulated evenly within the case 8 in the circulation boxes 33, 33 in the upper part of the case 8. 34 is a germicidal lamp, and 35 is a lighting lamp. Further, a humidifying spray pipe 36 for preventing drying is provided on the lower side of the heating case 8, and a drain pipe 37 penetrates the floor surface.

As described above, ten of these heating storage cases 8 are arranged side by side to partition the store 3 and the kitchen 4, and are installed on the partition wall 1.
1 is formed.

According to the configuration described above, the cook first opens the glass door 22b on the kitchen side 8b of the hot storage case 8 to store the cooked food cooked in the kitchen 4, and then moves the cooked food to each movable shelf 23 on the circulating conveyor 24. Place them in sequence. At this time, each type of food can be arranged in the 10 warm storage cases 8. Then, by driving the motors 28 and 32, the movable shelf 23 is moved to the kitchen side 8b.
It moves downward at 8a on the inside of the store and rises at 8a. Therefore, the customer can observe the food on the movable shelf 23 one by one through the glass door 22a on the inside of the store 8a. When the user opens the door 22a while waiting for the cooked food he/she wants to rotate in front of him, the limit switch is activated, the motor 28 is stopped, and the movable shelf is stopped. The food can be removed. Since the vacant movable shelf 23 can be immediately checked by the cook through the glass door 22b on the kitchen side 8b, the movable shelf 23 can be immediately replenished with the same cooked food.

In addition, air heated by the ceramic heater 30 is continuously circulated inside the heating case 8 by the circuit fan 31, so that the temperature inside the case 8 is maintained at an appropriate temperature throughout, and the cooked food is kept at an appropriate temperature. It doesn't get cold or overheat. Further, in order to prevent the inside of the case 8 from drying out, the humidifying spray pipe 36 is activated whenever necessary to maintain the inside of the case 8 at an appropriate humidity.

As mentioned above, 10 warm storage cases 8
Even if a staff member is cooking in the kitchen 4 while using a hot storage case 8, ten heating cases 8 are lined up side by side with walls 10 eliminating gaps and forming an integrated partition wall 11. Customers do not directly see the clutter inside the kitchen 4 from the store interior 8a of the store case 8, and cooking fire heat, smells, etc. do not directly enter the store 3.

FIG. 5 shows another example in which the present invention is applied to a self-service Chinese restaurant C.
In addition to providing double doors 38a and 38b at the entrance/exit 37, a side wall 39 next to the entrance/exit 37 is provided to sandwich the tea serving equipment 4.
0 was set. Further, nine heating storage cases 8 are arranged side by side in a straight line to form a partition wall 11 between the store 3 and the kitchen 4. Therefore, in this example, in addition to the effect of the first embodiment, the surplus area of the store 3 is used for the customer seats 2.
In addition to being able to increase the number of customers, the heated store cases 8 are arranged horizontally in a straight line to maintain uniformity with the linear shape of other parts of the store 3.

[Effects of the invention] As described through the above embodiments, according to the invention, a plurality of heated storage cases are placed side by side and also function as partition walls between the kitchen and the store, which reduces the clutter inside the kitchen. Not only can the interior of the store be maintained by not being visible from inside the store, but it also prevents the heating of gas stoves during cooking from reducing the cooling effect of the store, and prevents odors and noise from directly entering the store. You can enjoy comfortable eating and drinking.

In addition, customers in the cafeteria can observe all of the food items placed on the movable shelves in the show case through transparent glass, select and easily take out the food they want, while the staff can easily take out the food they want while staying in the kitchen. Self-service efficiency can be improved because food can be refilled after confirming that the mobile shelf is empty.

The storage case of the present invention can be used not only as a heating storage case but also as a refrigerating storage case.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figures relate to an embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 1 is a plan view, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the exterior of the building, Fig. 3 is a front view showing a section of a part of the heating storage case, and Fig. 4 3 is a sectional view taken along the line X-X in FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a plan view showing another embodiment. 3... Inside the store, 4... Kitchen, 5, 6, 7, 11...
...Division wall, 8...Heated storage case, 8a...Inside of the heated storage case, 8b...Kitchen side of the heated storage case, 22a...Glass door on the inside of the store, 2
2b...Glass door on the kitchen side, 23...Movable shelf, 2
4... Circulation conveyor, 25... Case inner wall, 2
6...Mudian chain, A...Self-service restaurant building, B...Street, C...Self-service Chinese restaurant.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a self-service restaurant building in which a partition wall separates a restaurant facing the street and having a large number of seats inside and a kitchen where food is prepared, a plurality of The show case is provided with transparent glass doors on the inside of the store and on the kitchen side, and is moved downward inside the case on the kitchen side by the drive of an endless chain installed on the inside wall of the case. A building for a self-service restaurant, characterized in that it is configured with a circulating conveyor having a large number of movable shelves that move upward inside the store.