JPH0699771A - Kitchen container - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform high-efficient preparation of provision of meals for the large number of persons, to load the meals by an own force on the load-carrying platform of an ordinary truck, and to unload them by an own force. CONSTITUTION:A container is loadable on the load-carrying platform of a general purpose truck and provided at the interior with a generator room 2 and a cooking room 3. The generator room, 2 is provided with a generating device 4 and a hot water tank ad the cooking room 3 is provided with various electric type cooking systems. Further, expandable type support legs 8 are arranged to the respective four corners of the container 4.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a kitchen container for cooking meals for a large number of people outdoors, and in particular, it can be loaded on a normal truck and transported to a destination, and can be loaded and unloaded from the truck to the kitchen. It relates to the kitchen container used as.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a camping device or a food vending device equipped with a kitchen facility, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 55-39885 (first known technique), Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 2-3937 (second known technique), The techniques disclosed in Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 49-117379 (third known technique) and Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 59-111742 (fourth known technique) are known.

According to the first known technique, a vehicle structure in which an accommodation facility unit and a reception unit are detachably attached to both sides of a central cabin having a kitchen unit is towed by a vehicle or loaded on a truck to a desired place. It is configured so that it can be moved and installed on the ground at the location. In this technique, when the vehicle structure is loaded on a truck and moved, it can be unloaded from the truck by a support device having a cylinder / piston device.

The second known technology relates to an automobile type camping device which is constructed so that a camping house that can be camping outdoors can be loaded on a truck bed and moved, and that the camping house can be used while being loaded on the truck bed. . The third known technique relates to a mobile cooking vehicle in which a cooking chamber having a cooking table, a gas stove, a sink, a fresh water tank, etc. is integrally provided on a truck.

The fourth known technique relates to a mobile food vending apparatus in which a container equipped with a generator, an electric refrigerator, an electric heat-retaining shelf, an electric heat-retainer, a hand-washer, etc. is integrally loaded on the body of a truck. .

[0006]

When a wind and flood damage, an earthquake, or other disaster occurs, it is necessary to provide a large number of meals to many victims and workers involved in disaster recovery activities. In such a case, it is required to provide lunch at an appropriate timing without being affected by the regional or climatic environment. For this reason, load it on a truck and move it
It can be installed in any desired position, whether or not the ground is sloping, and can be easily loaded and unloaded from the truck for effective use in other rescue operations. Development of a device equipped with kitchen equipment is desired.

However, in the above-described conventional camping device or food vending device, a small number of families cook or stay meals, or store cooked food and heat it at a desired place. Although it is possible to sell it, it is recommended to prepare the meals for a large number of people, or to load them on an ordinary truck to transport them to their destination, and then unload them from the truck to use them independently as a kitchen. Is not configured in.

That is, according to the first known technique, the vehicle frame can be moved to a desired place and installed at that place.
It is effective as a small camping car. However,
There is no idea that the vehicle structure does not include an independent power generation device and the vehicle structure is configured only with kitchen equipment.
Therefore, it is difficult to independently use the vehicle structure as a kitchen for a large number of people.

The second known technique is constructed such that a camping house that can be camping outdoors is loaded on a truck bed and moved. However, the camping house can be unloaded from the truck bed or loaded again on the truck bed. There is no idea of loading. Therefore, a large crane or the like is required when the camping house is originally unloaded from the truck or reloaded on the truck at the destination, and it is difficult to use the camping house as a kitchen for a large number of people. is there.

In the third known technique, since the cooking chamber is integrally provided on the truck, the cooking chamber cannot be loaded and unloaded from the truck and used independently. There is a problem that is limited.

According to the fourth known technique, since a container equipped with a generator, an electric refrigerator, an electric warmer, etc. is integrally loaded on the body of a truck, it is possible to drive the refrigerator etc. with its own energy source. You can, but there is a problem that the range of use of the truck is limited.

When a leg is provided on a heavy object such as a container and the leg is allowed to stand up and down by itself, when the container is tilted, an unbalanced load due to this tilt acts on the leg,
There is a risk of falling into a very unstable state due to a slight external force. Further, there is a possibility that the furniture stored inside may drop or move due to the inclination of the container and be damaged. In particular,
When a container dedicated to the kitchen for cooking meals for a large number of people is configured, if the container is inclined, there is a problem that cooking using water cannot be performed.

It is an object of the present invention to be loaded on a truck and moved to a desired place, to be freely unloadable from the bed of the truck at the moving position, and to keep the floor surface in a horizontal state when installed on the ground. Can be maintained,
It provides a completely new kitchen container technology with a built-in power generator and electric kitchen equipment that can be used outdoors independently.

[0014]

A kitchen container according to the present invention is a technique that has fundamentally improved the above-mentioned conventional problems, and its gist is to provide a container that can be freely loaded and unloaded on a truck bed. In this case, it is characterized in that a power generator and an electric kitchen facility are provided inside, and an extendable support leg capable of supporting the container is provided at a predetermined position and a horizontal detection means for detecting the horizontal state of the container is provided. It is a thing.

[0015]

As described above, the kitchen container according to the present invention is composed of a container that can be loaded and unloaded on the bed of a truck. Can be done.

Further, since a telescopic support leg for supporting the container is provided at a predetermined position of the container, by utilizing the telescopic support leg, the container can be unloaded from the truck by itself or again on the truck. Can be loaded.

Further, since a detecting means for detecting the horizontal state of the container is provided at a predetermined position of the container, the inclination of the container detected by the detecting means when the container is unloaded from the truck is corrected, and it is always It can be raised and lowered while maintaining the horizontal state. Therefore, an unbalanced load does not act on the telescopic support legs, and safe loading / unloading work or loading work can be performed.

Further, when the container is unloaded from the truck and installed on the ground, the horizontal state of the container is detected by the detection means, and the telescopic state of the telescopic support leg is adjusted based on the detection value of the detection means. The container can be kept horizontal. Therefore, cooking using water such as rice cooking can be performed in a preferable state.

In the container, since the telescopic support legs also serve as the columns of the container, the overall structure can be simplified.

Since the power generator is installed in the container,
Electric energy can be used to operate a cooking appliance such as an electric cooker or an electromagnetic cooker that uses heat energy, and a device such as a peeler or slicer that can be operated using electric energy. In addition, cooking can be automated by electrically controlling the above-mentioned devices. For this reason, it is possible to rationally cook a large amount of meals by using a highly mechanized and automated electric kitchen facility independently without requiring a separate gas or electricity supply source.

Further, by utilizing the exhaust heat of the engine for driving the generator, the cold water can be turned into hot water, and the energy can be effectively recovered to improve the efficiency.

[0022]

1 is a perspective view of a kitchen container according to the present invention, FIG. 2 (A), (B), and FIG.
(C) and (D) are explanatory views of the kitchen container of FIG. 1, respectively, FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing an internal state of the kitchen container of FIG. 1, and FIGS. 4 (A) and (B) are 4 of the kitchen container. Explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the telescopic support legs provided in the corner,
5 (A) and 5 (B) are explanatory views of a state in which kitchen containers are unloaded from a truck.

1 to 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a kitchen container according to the present invention, the interior of which is separated into a generator room 2 and a kitchen room 3, and the generator room 2 generates electricity. The device 4 is built in, and the kitchen room 3 is built in the electric kitchen equipment described later. Also kitchen container 1
A plurality of windows 5 and a plurality of ventilation ducts 6 are provided on the wall surface of the.

An engine generator is used as the power generator 4. Particularly, in consideration of safety when storing fuel, it is preferable to use a generator using a diesel engine. A water heater and a hot water tank 7 for collecting exhaust heat of the engine and raising the temperature of the cold water are provided above the power generation device 4, and while the power generation device 4 is operating, the hot water is stored to constantly maintain the kitchen. It is configured so that hot water can be supplied to the chamber 3. Further, an exhaust pipe 4a of the power generator 4 is provided on the ceiling of the generator room 2 so as to project therefrom. Further, an air conditioner (not shown) is provided in the generator room 2 so that the room temperature of the kitchen room 3 can be adjusted.

Telescopic support legs 8 are provided at the four corners of the kitchen container 1, and a rear part of the kitchen room 3 can be connected with an extension part 10 having auxiliary legs 9 if necessary. Is. That is, since the kitchen container 1 is loaded on the truck, the size and weight of the container 1 are limited to values corresponding to the truck bed size and the load. For this reason, the number of meals that can be cooked in the kitchen container 1 can be adjusted by configuring the connecting portion 10 to be connectable.

Reference numeral 11 in FIG. 2 (C) is a detector provided at the bottom of the kitchen container 1 for detecting the inclination of the container 1 in the longitudinal direction, and reference numeral 12 in FIG. 2 (D) is
It is provided at the bottom of the kitchen container 1
It is a detector for detecting the inclination of the width direction of the. Known inclinometers can be used as the detectors 11 and 12.

When the kitchen container 1 is maintained in the horizontal state, the tilted state of the kitchen container 1 detected by the detectors 11 and 12 in the longitudinal direction and the width direction is displayed on a display (not shown), and the operator indicates the display. It may be configured to control the telescopic state of each telescopic support leg 8 configured as described below while monitoring the value, and the detectors 11 and 12
It is also possible to electrically connect the control device of the drive device (hydraulic cylinder 29) of the telescopic support leg 8 to automatically control the telescopic state of the telescopic support leg 8.

In the kitchen room 3, there are an electric rice cooker 13 and a vegetable cooker.
14, slicer 15, peeling machine 16, electric refrigerator 17, tilting pan 18, electromagnetic cooktop 19, steam convection
An electric cooking device such as 20 and a rice washer 21 that operates by electric power is provided, and all the electric power supplied to these electric cooking devices 13 to 21 is generated by the power generation device 4. In the kitchen room 3, there are hanging cabinets or pipe shelves (shaded areas) 22,
Ancillary facilities such as a sink 23 and a pan rack 24 are provided. The expansion unit 10 is configured so that a sink 26 with a stand, a prefabricated heat retention box storage shelf (hatched portion) 27, a prefabricated pan rack (hatched portion) 28, and the like can be provided.

4A and 4B, the structure and operation of the telescopic support leg 8 will be described as follows. As described above, the telescopic support legs 8 are provided at the four corners of the kitchen container 1, respectively, and are formed by the outer pillar 8a having a quadrangular cylindrical shape and the inner pillar 8b capable of sliding inside the outer pillar 8a. It is configured. The outer pillar 8a is a kitchen container 1
Plays the role of a pillar.

Each of the four inner columns 8b is provided with an independent hydraulic cylinder 29, and a not-shown hydraulic unit including a hydraulic pump and a control valve is provided at a predetermined position of the kitchen container 1. Electric power for operating the hydraulic pump is supplied from the power generator 4. Then, when the hydraulic pump is driven and the control valve is operated to operate the hydraulic cylinder 29, the inner pillar 8b slides along the outer pillar 8a along with the operation, and the telescopic support leg 8 is expanded and contracted. The kitchen container 1 can be supported by the telescopic support legs 8 and the like.

A ground member 31 is attached to the lower end of the inner column 8a via a spherical body 30. Therefore, the grounding member
When the ground 31 touches the ground, the spherical support 30 acts to ground the telescopic support leg 8 in a stable state regardless of the inclination of the ground. Between the outer pillar 8a and the inner pillar 8b of the telescopic support leg 8, there are provided guide rollers (not shown) that can slide along the four surfaces, respectively, to move the inner pillar 8b up and down. It is constructed so that it can be guided accurately.

An example of the state in which the kitchen container according to the present invention is unloaded from the truck or reloaded in the truck will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 (A) and 5 (B). That is, when loading and unloading the kitchen container 1 loaded on the bed 33 of the truck 32 as shown in FIG. 5A, a rotating device (not shown) built in the bottom of the kitchen container 1 is used. As shown in FIG. 5 (B), the kitchen container 1 is rotated laterally, and in this state the telescopic support legs 8 are extended and grounded, and the kitchen container 1 is tracked by the telescopic support legs 8. Loading platform
The truck 32 is moved by lifting it from 33 and supporting it, and then the telescopic support leg 8 is contracted so that it can be unloaded by itself.

When the kitchen container 1 is unloaded on the ground as described above, if the ground is inclined, the detector 11 provided on the kitchen container 1 causes the container 1 to move.
The tilted state of the kitchen container 1 is detected by detecting the tilted state, and the stretchable state of each telescopic support leg 8 is controlled manually or automatically according to the detected value to load and unload the kitchen container 1 horizontally regardless of the tilted state of the ground. It can be installed. For this reason, it is possible to guarantee the horizontal level of each cooking appliance when cooking, and thus it is possible to perform cooking with a cooking appliance that uses water without any inconvenience.

Load the kitchen container 1 into the truck bed
When reloading to 33, contrary to the above unloading,
Extend the telescopic support legs 8 to lift the kitchen container 1, insert the cargo bed 33 of the truck 32 below the kitchen container 1, contract the telescopic support legs 8 and place the kitchen container 1 on the cargo bed 33, Moreover, by rotating the kitchen container 1, the kitchen container 1 can be loaded on the loading platform 33 by itself.

In the above embodiment, the kitchen container 1 is rotated on the bed 33 of the truck 32 to load or unload the kitchen container 1 on the bed 33 using the telescopic support legs 8. It is also possible to load or unload the kitchen container 1 on the luggage carrier 33 by sliding the container 1 on the luggage carrier 33 in the front-rear direction. In this case, it is necessary to move the pair of telescopic support legs 8 provided in the kitchen container 1 inward from the corners by a predetermined dimension and to provide a device for sliding the kitchen container 1 in the front-rear direction. is there.

Since the kitchen container according to the present invention is provided with various electric kitchen equipments necessary for cooking meals in the kitchen room 3 as described above, it is possible to provide an extremely large number of meals by using these equipments. You can cook efficiently. Further, all the electricity, hot water supply, etc. necessary for these cooking can be supplied from the power generator 4 and the hot water tank 7 in the generator room 2.

[0037]

Since the kitchen container according to the present invention has the above-described operation, the kitchen container can be installed by moving the kitchen container to a desired place by a truck and receiving no gas or electricity from others. , You can cook meals for a large number of people by yourself.

Further, the kitchen container according to the present invention is
As described above, since the telescopic support legs are provided at the predetermined positions, it is possible to load or unload the kitchen container on the truck bed as necessary by using these. . Therefore,
A general purpose truck can be used as is and this truck can be used for other purposes while loading and unloading kitchen containers.

Further, it is possible to detect the horizontal state of the kitchen container by the detecting means provided inside and keep the kitchen container in the horizontal state based on the detection value of the detecting means. Therefore, when loading or unloading from the truck or loading, the kitchen container can be moved up and down horizontally to perform work in a stable state without the risk of falling, and the furniture stored inside the container may drop during loading or unloading or loading. Will not move and be damaged.

The kitchen container can be installed horizontally regardless of the inclination of the installation location.
Stable work can be performed even when cooking using water.

Since the power generator and the electric kitchen equipment are used, all the electric power can be supplied by the power generator. Therefore, by using the generated power, it is possible to mechanize and automate the cooking equipment. Therefore,
A small number of people can cook a large amount of lunch. Further, since fuel such as gas is not used, there is little possibility of accidents such as gas leaks, fires and burns, and safety can be improved.

By providing a water heater that recovers the exhaust heat of the engine constituting the power generator and raises the temperature of the cold water, it is possible to improve the thermal efficiency and always supply the hot water to quickly perform cooking.

Further, since the kitchen container according to the present invention is provided with the telescopic support legs which also function as the columns of the container at a predetermined position, it is strong in strength, and the whole structure is simple and compact. I have.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a kitchen container according to the present invention.

2 (A), (B), (C) and (D) are explanatory views of the kitchen container of FIG. 1, respectively.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing an internal state of the kitchen container of FIG.

4 (A) and (B) are explanatory views showing a configuration of telescopic support legs provided at four corners of a kitchen container.

5 (A) and 5 (B) are explanatory views showing a state where a kitchen container is unloaded from a truck.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Kitchen Container 2 Generator Room 3 Kitchen Room 4 Power Generator 5 Window 6 Ventilation Duct 7 Hot Water Tank 8 Telescopic Support Leg 8a Outer Pillar 8b Inner Pillar 9 Auxiliary Leg 10 Expansion Section 11, 12 Detector 13 Electric Rice Cooker 14 Vegetable Cooking Machine 15 Slicer 16 Peeling machine 17 Electric refrigerator 18 Tilting pan 19 Electromagnetic cooktop 20 Steam convection 21 Rice washer 22 Hanging cabinet 23 Sink 24 Bread rack 26 Sink with 27 units Assembly heat storage box storage shelf 28 Assembly pan rack 29 Hydraulic cylinder 30 Spherical body 31 Engineering steel 32 Truck 33 Platform

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A container which can be loaded on and unloaded from a truck bed so as to be freely loaded and unloaded, wherein a power generator and an electric kitchen facility are provided inside, and a telescopic support leg capable of supporting the container is provided at a predetermined position. A kitchen container characterized by being equipped with a horizontal detection means for detecting the horizontal state of the.