JPH043904Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a meal delivery vehicle used, for example, to transport meals for patients in hospitals.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in this type of serving vehicle, a pair of opposing rails are installed on both side walls of the container in multiple stages with a gap larger than the vertical dimension of the bowl in between. In addition, the trays for serving food can be straddled and supported.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] As described above, in the conventional serving cart, the space in each room inside the container, which is defined in multiple stages by the serving trays, is limited to the space for the dishes placed on the trays. For example, the maximum height of the container is determined by the vertical dimension of the bowl, so in order to increase its storage capacity, the height or width of the container must be increased. As a result, there was a drawback that the container had to be larger.

The present invention is based on the above-mentioned points, and because the interior of the container is divided into a hot food storage and a room temperature food storage by a partition wall, and normally cold food or room temperature food is stored separately in the room temperature food storage. , each tray has a lot of empty space,
Based on the knowledge that it is possible to place tableware for two people, we have made effective use of the empty space on each tray and designed it so that an empty tray can be placed below each tray to increase the storage capacity of the container. The purpose is to obtain a serving vehicle that can increase the amount of food served.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The serving cart of the present invention is provided with auxiliary rails below each rail that are separated by the height of the trays and support empty trays astride them.

[Function] According to the present invention, the empty space existing on the tray can be effectively utilized without increasing the height of the container, and the storage capacity of the container can be significantly improved.

[Embodiment] The present invention will be described below with reference to an embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3. In the figure, 1 is a container for storing a tray 2 for serving, and a plurality of doors 6 forming a floor plate 3, side plates 4, 4, a top plate 5, and front and rear walls 6, 6.
It is composed of a, 6b, 6c, and 6d. 7
8 are fixed casters attached to both sides of the center of the lower surface of the floor plate 3, and 9 are push rods installed on the outside of the both side plates 4. The rods and casters facilitate transport of the container 1.

Therefore, 10a, 10b, 10c are the floorboards 3 mentioned above.
It is a partition wall that is erected and divides the container 1 into a hot food storage 11a, 11a and a room temperature food storage 11b, 11b.The separation wall 10b located in the center contains a heat storage material 12, and when the power is turned on, Sometimes, the heat storage temperature is controlled by a control panel 13 placed on the top plate 5. 14 is the partition wall 10a, 1
A plurality of rails are installed on both sides of 0b and 10c and on the inner side of the side plate 4, and 15 is installed below each rail 14 in each hot food storage 11a, separated by the height of the tray 2. This is an auxiliary rail.

The serving car of the present invention configured as described above has hot food storages 11a, 11b and room temperature food storages 11b, 11.
Although it is possible to take out or store the serving tray 2 from either the front side or the rear side of either of the trays b, for convenience, it is possible to take out or store the tray 2 from the front side of the hot food storage 11b, that is, from the left side in Fig. 3. Let me explain the case. To store the food first, open the front door 6b and open the tray 2 to be served.
The tray 2 on which tableware for two people is placed is successively supported across the rail 14 from above.
Next, the empty trays 2 are successively supported across the auxiliary rails 15 from above. In addition, the stored tray 2
When taking out and serving food, pull out the empty tray 2 from the auxiliary rail 15, transfer the tableware for one person from the tray 2 supported across the rail 14 directly above, and then serve each tray 2. .
In this way, when transferring tableware for one person, it is possible to do so with the rear side of the empty tray 2 supported by the auxiliary rail 15, which makes the work easier.

FIGS. 4 to 6 show other embodiments in which the present invention is applied to the Utility Model Application No. 60-21447 already proposed by the present inventor. In this embodiment, both the rail 16 that straddles and supports the tray 2 on which tableware for two people is placed, and the auxiliary rail 17 that straddles and supports the empty tray 2 are located at the depth of the container 1. A plurality of sets of these rails 16, 17 are set to be shorter than the dimensions, and are arranged vertically and alternately at equal intervals from the front side and rear side of the container 1, and form the front and rear walls 6, 6. Among the doors, the doors 6e and 6f located at both ends are made of glass material, and the handles 18 of each of these doors 6e and 6f are
This differs from the previous embodiment in that it is integrally formed with the door frame. The configuration other than the above is the same as that in FIGS. 1 to 3, and the explanation thereof will be omitted. In this embodiment, since the lower bowl can be stored at the end of each rail without being obstructed by the upper tray, it is possible to reduce the distance between the top and bottom of each set of rails in the container 1. This has the advantage that the space inside the container can be used more effectively.

Furthermore, in each of the above embodiments, the tray is supported across a pair of rails, but the tray may be placed on a plate, for example, and the same effect as above can be obtained. be able to.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, both the front side wall and the rear side wall of the container are formed of doors and are configured to be openable, but as is clear from the above description, the front side wall of the container Either one of the rear surfaces may be shielded from the outside by a wall plate or the like, and in this case as well, the same effects as described above can be expected.

In addition, in the above embodiment, an auxiliary rail was provided only in the hot food storage, but this auxiliary rail may be further installed in the normal temperature food storage if necessary, and in this case, the storage capacity of the container may be increased. This can be further improved.

[Effects of the invention] As described above, according to the invention, auxiliary rails are provided below each rail that are spaced apart by the height of the trays and support empty trays across them, so that dishes can be placed on them. This has the effect that the empty space existing on the tray can be effectively utilized, the height of the container can be not increased, and the storage capacity can be significantly improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a serving vehicle showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the - line in FIG. 1,
Figure 3 is a partially fragmented side view of the one in Figure 1, Figure 4 is a view equivalent to Figure 1 showing another embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 5 is taken along the - line in Figure 4. The cross-sectional view, FIG. 6, is a partially fragmented side view of the one shown in FIG. 4. In the figure, 1 is a container, 2 is a tray, 4 is a side plate, 10a, 10b, 10c are partition walls, 14, 16
is a rail, and 15 and 17 are auxiliary rails.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a serving vehicle in which a plurality of pairs of rails facing each other are installed on both side walls of a container, and trays to be served are straddled and supported between these rails, a height separation distance of each tray is provided below the rails. A serving vehicle characterized by being provided with an auxiliary rail that at least straddles and supports an empty tray.