TWI474797B - Food and beverage delivery - Google Patents

Description

Food conveying container

The present invention relates to a food and beverage storage container used in a food and beverage delivery device in a store.

A food and beverage conveying device having a conveying path that moves along a passenger's seat is provided in a restaurant generally called a rotating sushi. In the above-mentioned restaurant, the chef puts the food and drink such as sushi on a container such as a dish, and transfers the dish on which the food and drink are placed to the transport path of the food and beverage conveying device to sequentially transport it to the passenger. On the other hand, the customer appropriately picks up the dishes that are sequentially transported from the transport path and puts on food and drink such as sushi to eat the food and drink.

Here, since the sushi on the transport path is transported in an open state above the dish, it is easy to dry, and other customers are mistakenly touched. Therefore, it is a problem to prevent sushi from being dried or hygienically provided. Therefore, in order to solve the above problem, the cover member is placed on the dish containing the sushi, and then the disk is fed onto the transport path of the transport device (see Patent Document 1).

[Previous Technical Literature] [previous literature]

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-299553

However, in the method described in the above Patent Document 1, the chef must The cover member is directly covered on the dish by hand, and the dish is placed on the conveying path together with the cover member. Further, the customer must remove the transported disc and the cover member from the transport path, and then directly remove the cover member from the disc by hand. Further, when the cover member is attached or removed, the chef or the customer grasps the cover member by hand to attach the cover member to the disk or remove the cover member from the disk, so that the cover member is dirty. Moreover, since the cover member remains on the table of the guest seat since the disk is removed, there is also a problem that the table top becomes narrow.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a food and beverage storage container which can easily and easily take out a container to or from a mounting table without contacting the mounting table or the lid covering the mounting table.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 is a food and beverage storage container, which is placed on the transport path of a food and beverage transport device having a transport path for transporting food and beverage to each seat in the store. The container is provided with a container mounting portion, and a container mounting portion for holding a container containing food and beverage; the lid body is attached to the mounting table so as to be openable and closable with respect to the container mounting portion to cover The container is placed on the container mounting portion of the mounting table, and the opening and closing mechanism is configured to cause the lid to be closed when the tray is placed on the container mounting portion, and the lid is removed from the container mounting portion. The body performs the opening action.

The invention of claim 2, wherein the opening and closing mechanism includes an actuating body, and the container is placed in contact with the container by the container. On The first mounting means connects the actuating body and the cover body to transmit the action of the actuating body to the cover body to perform a closing operation; and the biasing means for opening the cover body Position force.

The invention of claim 3 is the container for food and beverage delivery according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the object to be read by the reading device provided in the food and beverage delivery device is The position is changed to a position readable by the reading device and an unreadable position in association with the opening and closing operation of the lid body, and the processing member is configured to be placed in the container along with the container. The position is changed to the reading position on the placing portion, and the position is changed to the unreadable position with the container being taken out from the container placing portion.

The invention of claim 4, wherein the at least two food and beverage storage containers that are adjacent to each other are placed adjacent to each other. The second connecting means is connected in a close state.

The invention of claim 5 is the food material conveying container according to the fourth aspect of the invention, wherein the second connecting means is formed of a stretchable belt-shaped member.

The invention of claim 6 is the food material conveying container according to any one of claims 1 to 5, which is provided with a timing means for detecting the time when the lid body is closed.

The invention of claim 7 is characterized in that the container for food and beverage transportation according to any one of claims 1 to 6 further comprising: a housing portion for accommodating the container mounting portion covered by the lid body; Keep cold or keep warm Material or insulation material.

According to the invention of claim 1, the food and beverage on the container is automatically covered by the lid by placing the container on the mounting table. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the food and beverage placed on the container from being dried and prevent the customer from being inadvertently dried. Mistaken contact with food and drink. Further, when the container is placed or taken out from the mounting table, for example, the container can be placed on the mounting table or taken out from the mounting table by simply holding the peripheral portion of the container by hand, and the container can be easily taken in and out. In addition, since it is not necessary to directly contact the food and beverage transport container when the container is picked up and lowered, it is possible to prevent the case where the food and beverage transport container is inadvertently soiled.

According to the invention of claim 2, in addition to the effects of the invention of claim 1 of the invention, the actuator can be moved to the container mounting portion, and the lid position can be changed to the closed position, and By taking out the container from the mounting table, the actuator is actuated by the biasing means to reliably bias the lid to the open position. Therefore, the opening and closing operation of the entire cover body can be performed more reliably and smoothly.

According to the invention of claim 3, in addition to the effects of the invention of claim 1 or 2, when the container is placed on the mounting table, the processing member can be read by the reading device. On the other hand, when the container is taken out from the mounting table, the reading member cannot be read by the reading device. Thereby, for example, even if the organizing member is not provided on the container itself as before, the freshness management of the food and beverage contained in the container can be preferably performed.

According to the invention of claim 4, at least two food and beverage transport containers are arranged in parallel, and the adjacent mounts are connected via the second connection means. The connection is in a close state, and in addition to the effects of the invention of any one of claims 1 to 3, a conveying device for short-circuiting a mechanism for short-circuiting the conveying path on the way to the conveying path of the passenger compartment is provided. In particular, the above-described food and beverage transport container to be connected can be preferably used. In other words, even when the self-contained transport path for the food and beverage transport container to be connected is returned to the main transport path by the short-circuit transport path of the short-circuiting mechanism, the outlet side of the container in the mounting table can always be directed toward the customer side. Table side. Thereby, the customer can take out the container from the container for food and beverage transportation more easily.

According to the invention of claim 5, in addition to the effects of the invention of claim 4, in the plurality of food and beverage containers for connection, for example, the food and beverage transport container on the rear side is on the transport path When the short-circuited conveyance path is blocked, the tension of the belt-shaped member temporarily stretches to generate a force for sucking the food-drinking material transporting body on the front side of the food-drinking material transporting body on the rear side, thereby automatically eliminating The container for food and beverage transportation is blocked in the conveying path.

The invention of claim 6 is provided with a timing means for detecting the time when the cover is closed, and the effect of the invention of any one of claims 1 to 5 can be determined to be carried on the load. The food and beverage of a predetermined period of time in the state of being placed, so that the freshness management of the food and beverage can be preferably performed.

According to the invention of claim 7, the accommodating portion for the cold-preserving material or the heat-insulating material for cooling or insulating the container mounting portion covered by the cover body is provided, except for the patent claims 1 to 5 In addition to the effects of any of the inventions, it is possible to more reliably suppress the food and drink on the mounting table. Deterioration.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

First, the inside of a sushi shop using the food-drinking container according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. Fig. 1 is a plan view schematically showing the inside of a sushi shop, and Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a main part of the food and beverage conveying apparatus. As shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, the sushi shop includes a service desk 1a and a plurality of attached footrests 1b, which are provided in each guest seat of the passenger compartment S1, and a partition housing 2, which faces the frontal table 1a, 1b from the front surface of the kitchen compartment S2. And a food and beverage delivery device 3 disposed on the partition housing 2 . In the above-described food and beverage delivery device, the container for the food and beverage, which is the food and drink of the present invention, is stored in the food and beverage storage container of the present embodiment, and is circulated and transported from the kitchen room S2 to the respective seats, that is, the respective dining tables 1a and 1b. In this embodiment, a dish 4 (illustrated in Fig. 3 and the like) is used as a container for holding sushi.

The partition housing 2 is as shown in FIG. 2, and the side walls 21, 22 opposed to each other by a predetermined interval, the upper wall 23 connecting the upper ends of the side walls 21, 22, and the bottom wall connecting the lower ends of the side walls 21, 22 are provided. (not shown), it is formed in a sectional box shape. Further, the partition casing 2 is formed by dividing the first casing portion 2a of the kitchen compartment S2 and the passenger compartment S1 along the front surface of the kitchen compartment S2 and bending the ends of the first casing portion 2a from the longitudinal direction of the first casing portion 2a. The second housing portion 2b and the third housing portion 2c extending in parallel in the passenger compartment S1 are formed. The service table 1a and the attached table 1b are provided on the outer sides of the side walls 21 and 22 of the second and third casing portions 2b and 2c. The food material conveying device 3 includes a concave portion 31 formed to be recessed downwardly from the upper wall 23 of the casing portion 2, and being disposed in the concave portion 31 and An endless flat chain conveyor 33 that is circulated by a motor drive. In this embodiment, the flat chain conveyor 33 constitutes a conveying path of the patent application. Further, a reading device 30 for reading information written in the following member 9 is disposed in the partition housing 2 below the flat chain conveyor 33.

In the food and beverage delivery device 3 configured as described above, the dishes 4 containing the sushi F are sequentially placed on the flat chain conveyor 33 and transported from the kitchen room S2 to the respective dining tables 1a and 1b in the passenger compartment S1. Then, the customers of the respective table 1a and 1b take out the dish 4 containing the favorite sushi F from the food-drinking container 5 and eat the sushi F. In this example, the dish 4 as the container of the present invention is constituted by a circular disk plate 41 which is formed in a plan view and a cylindrical platen 42 which is formed to protrude downward from the lower surface of the disk 41.

Next, a container for food and beverage delivery according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. 3 is a side view showing a state in which the lid of the food and beverage transport container is opened and a disc is inserted, FIG. 4 is a plan view of the food and beverage transport container shown in FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a view showing the food and beverage transport. FIG. 6 is a side view showing a state in which a portion of a side portion of the container is opened, and a side view showing a state in which the lid is closed. FIG. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the food and beverage storage container. The food and beverage delivery storage system of the present embodiment is placed on the flat chain conveyor 33 of the food and beverage delivery device 3 described above and transported.

In FIGS. 3 to 5, the food and beverage transport container shown by the reference numeral 5 is basically provided with a mounting table 6 having a container mounting portion 62 on which the disc 4 is placed, for covering the load. Cover on the container mounting portion 62 of the table 6 The body 7 and the opening and closing mechanism 8 for closing the lid 7 with the lid 4 placed on the container placing portion 62 and closing the lid 4 from the container placing portion 62 to open the lid 7 Composition.

As shown in FIG. 3, the mounting table 6 is integrally formed with a container mounting portion 62 at the upper end of the cylindrical base tube 61. A dish 4 is placed on the upper surface of the container mounting portion 62. As shown in FIG. 5, the container mounting portion 62 is formed by a disk-shaped mounting plate 63 formed in a circular shape in a plan view, and is disposed at a predetermined interval between the mounting plate 63 and the mounting plate 63 at a predetermined interval. The opposing plate 64 and the cylindrical connecting plate 65 surrounding the peripheral edges of the placing plate 63 and the opposing plate 64 are disposed. A through hole 66 penetrating in the vertical direction is provided in a central portion of the opposing plate 64 in a plan view. The base cylinder 61 is formed to protrude downward from the peripheral edge of the through hole 66 of the opposing plate 64. A stopper portion 63a having a shape in which the outer periphery of the lower end portion of the upper portion 42 of the dish 4 is engagable is formed on the upper surface of the placing plate 63. As shown in FIG. 4, the inner peripheral surface of the braking portion 63a is formed in a curved shape in a plan view in which the outer peripheral surface of the upper stage 42 is in close contact with each other.

As shown in FIG. 8, the lid body 7 includes a lid body 71 formed in a bowl shape, and a pair of left and right arm pieces 72 extending downward from the rear end portion of the lid body 71. The cover body 71 and the arm piece 72 are made of a transparent synthetic resin material. The lid body 7 is attached to the container mounting portion 62 so as to be openable and closable with respect to the upper surface of the container mounting portion 62, and covers the food and drink on the dish 4 placed on the container mounting portion 62 with the lid body 71 (sushi F). Specifically, the pivot shaft 73 is integrally formed at an intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction of the arm piece 72. A pair of support pieces 67 on the left and right sides of the arm piece 72 are protruded from the rear end portion of the upper surface of the container mounting portion 62 at a position on the outer side of the arm piece 72. Opened above the support piece 67 A fitting hole 68 is provided. By fitting the pivot shaft 73 to the fitting hole 68 of the support piece 67, the cover body 71 can be supported in the vertical direction with respect to the container mounting portion 60 with the pivot shaft 73 as a fulcrum. Further, a hammer body (balance weight) 74 is attached to the rear end portion of the cover body 71. The hammer body 74 is used to smoothly promote the position of the lid body 71 from the closed position of the lid body 71 to the open position from the position where the food and drink on the dish 4 placed on the container mounting portion 62 is covered. Furthermore, it is not necessary to provide the hammer 74.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the opening and closing mechanism 8 includes an actuator 81 which is slidably provided in a disk shape on the upper surface of the container mounting portion 62 of the mounting table 6 in the front-rear direction, and a coil spring 82 for facing The actuator 81 is biased in the front direction of the container mounting portion 62. The above-mentioned coil spring 82 constitutes a force applying means in the scope of the patent application. In the actuator 81, a pair of left and right guide members 83 are protruded from the lower surface thereof. The guide member 83 is loosely inserted into the guide hole 63b extending in the front-rear direction of the placing plate 63 opened in the container mounting portion 62 so as to be freely movable forward and backward. The coil spring 82 is bridged between the insertion end portion of the guide member 83 and the pair of left and right attachment pieces 63c provided on the front side of the lower surface of the placing plate 63. Thereby, the actuator 81 is configured to be movable in the front-rear direction along the guide hole 63b via the guide member 83 on the placing plate 63. Further, the actuating body 81 is always urged in the forward direction by the spring reaction force of the coil spring 82 which is extended with the movement to the rear.

As shown in FIG. 10, the front end surface 81a of the actuator 81 is formed in a curved shape in plan view so as to be in close contact with the outer peripheral surface of the upper table 42 of the dish 4. Further, a pair of left and right projecting pieces 84 extending upward are provided on both sides of the end portion of the movable body 81. A connecting shaft 85 is protruded from the outer surface of the protruding piece 84. The connecting shaft The 85 is attached between the slit-like long holes 75 formed at the lower end of the arm piece 72, whereby the cover body 71 is swung in the closing direction as the actuator 81 slides rearward. On the other hand, the cover body 71 is swung in the opening direction as the actuator 81 slides forward. That is, the above-mentioned projecting piece 84, the connecting shaft 85, and the long hole 75 constitute the first connecting means of the second item of the patent application.

Further, in the above embodiment, the mounting table 6 is provided with the information member 9 which can be read by the reading device 30 provided in the food and beverage material conveying device 3. The organizing member 9 can be set to be changed to a position readable by the reading device 30 and an unreadable position by the interlocking means 90 in conjunction with the opening and closing operation of the lid body 7. That is, as the disc 4 is placed on the container mounting portion 62, the position of the processing member 9 is changed to the reading position. On the other hand, as the disc 4 is taken out from the container mounting portion 62, the position of the organizing member 9 is changed to the unreadable position. Specifically, as the interlocking means 90, a pair of left and right support pieces 630 are protruded from the lower surface of the mounting plate 63 constituting the container mounting portion 62, and the pivot plate 631 is pivotally 632 via the lower end of the support piece 630. It is supported in a swingable direction in the up and down direction. Further, an identification member 9 composed of an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag is fixed to the lower surface of the swinging plate 631, and a linking shaft 633 is protruded from the left and right of the swinging plate 631.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, the insertion end portions of the pair of left and right guide members 83 provided on the actuator 81 of the opening and closing mechanism 8 are provided with the lower surface of the mounting plate 63 forward and backward. A pair of guide plates 86 extending in the left and right directions. The guide plate 86 is formed with a guide hole 87 that is inclined downward toward the front. The above-mentioned interlocking shaft 633 is inserted into the guide hole 87. Therefore, accompanying The actuator 81 moves rearward from the front side with respect to the container mounting portion 62, and the swinging plate 631 and the organizing member 9 fixed to the swinging plate 631 swing in a substantially horizontal direction, and can be read by the reading device 30. On the other hand, as the moving body 81 moves forward from the rear side with respect to the container mounting portion 62, as shown in FIG. 5, the swinging plate 631 and the handling member 9 are inclined, and cannot be read by the reading device 30. That is, the guide plate 86 and the interlocking shaft 633 described above constitute the interlocking means of the second item of the patent application. In addition, the cover main body 71 may be provided with an air flow hole, and the steam or the like collected in the cover main body 71 may be smoothly discharged to the outside from the air flow hole.

In the above-described food and beverage transporting container 5, the movable body 81 is moved forward relative to the container mounting portion 63 by the spring reaction force of the spring 82 in a state where the disc 4 is not placed on the container mounting portion 62. Therefore, the cover body 71 is maintained in an open state as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.

Next, a description will be given of the use form of the food-drinks transport container 5 composed of the above-described members.

First, the chef puts the sushi F on the dish plate 41 of the dish 4, and holds the peripheral portion of the disk plate 41 by hand, and places the dish 4 on the food and beverage conveying container 5 placed on the conveying path 3. Place the plate 6A. Then, the dish 4 is pushed rearward with respect to the placing plate 63. As a result, the actuator 81 of the opening and closing mechanism 8 is pressed by the outer peripheral surface of the upper table 42 of the dish 4 and moves rearward. Thereby, the connecting shaft 85 of the actuating body 81 presses the long hole 75 of the lid body 7 rearward, and therefore the cap body 71 swings in the direction of closing the upper surface of the placing plate 6A around the pivot shaft 73. Further, when the disk 4 is moved rearward to the position where the outer peripheral surface of the lower end portion of the lower stage 42 is engaged with the braking portion 63a, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, The front portion and the rear portion of the upper table 42 are held by the front end portion 81a of the actuator 81 by the braking portion 63a of the container mounting portion 63. Thereby, the dish 4 is held on the mounting table 6 and the position of the sushi F on the disk 41 is covered by the cover body 71, and the cover body 71 is also held in the closed position, so that it is not inadvertently opened.

On the other hand, the customer picks up the disc 4 by hand holding a part of the edge portion of the disc 41 which protrudes beyond the outer periphery of the cover main body 71. Thereby, the abutment of the actuator 81 and the platform 42 is released, so that the cap body 71 is opened by the hammer 73 and the coil spring 85 and maintained in an open state without being inadvertently closed. At this time, when the disc 4 is placed on the placing plate 63, the arranging member 9 attached to the oscillating plate 631 swings in a substantially horizontal direction, so that the arranging member 9 can be read by the reading device 30. On the other hand, when the disc 4 is removed from the mounting plate 63, the operation member 9 is tilted by the movement of the actuator 81 to the front, and therefore the reading member 9 cannot be read by the reading device 30. Thereby, even if the organizing member 9 is not provided in the disc 4 itself as before, the freshness management of the sushi F such as the dish 4 can be performed.

By using the above-described food and beverage transport container 5 during the transportation of the sushi F, it is possible to prevent the sushi F contained on the dish 4 from being inadvertently dried. Moreover, it is also possible to prevent the customer from touching the sushi F by mistake. In addition, when the dish 4 is placed on the container mounting portion 62 or taken out from the container mounting portion 62, there is no direct contact with the food and beverage transport container 5 by hand, so that it is possible to prevent inadvertent eating and drinking. The conveyance container 5 is dirty.

In the above embodiment, the setting member 9 can be provided with respect to the mounting table 6 to change the position to the position read by the reading device 30 and the position that cannot be read, thereby causing the tray 4 to be placed in the container. Set up part 62 and make it known The position of the member 9 is changed to the reading position, and the position of the document member 9 is changed to the unreadable position with the disk 4 being taken out from the container mounting portion 62. However, the device 9 is not necessarily provided on the mounting table. 6 on.

In the above embodiment, when the disk 4 is closed by the cover body 71, one of the peripheral portions of the disk 41 protrudes outward from the outer periphery of the cover body 71, and when the disk 4 is taken out, It is constructed by holding a part of the edge portion of the protruding disc 41 with a finger and pulling it forward. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and it is also possible to cover the entire surface of the upper surface of the disk 41 with the cover body 71. Such an embodiment and the case where the setting member 9 is not provided on the mounting table are shown in Figs. 13 to 25 . In the food-drinks transporting container 5A of the other embodiment, which is schematically shown in FIG. 13 to FIG. 15, the container mounting portion 62A is constituted by a disk-shaped mounting plate 63A formed in a circular shape in a plan view. A base cylinder 61 is integrally protruded from the lower surface of the placing plate 63A. According to the above configuration, it is possible to reduce the size and structure of the food and drink transport container. In the food-drinks transporting container 5A shown in FIG. 13 and the like, the attachment of the weight body 74 to the cap body 71A is omitted.

As shown in FIG. 13, FIG. 14, and FIG. 15, when the cover body 71A covers the entire surface of the upper surface of the disk 41, a notch 76 having a size through which a finger can pass is provided on the outer periphery of the cover body 71A. When the disc 4 is taken out, a finger is placed from the portion of the notch 76 and the peripheral portion of the disc 41 is grasped. In the food and drink transporting container 5A, the same components as those constituting the food and beverage transporting container 5 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted unless necessary. The left and right central portions of the lower surface 69 of the mounting table 63A in the base cylinder 61 are formed with guide holes extending forward and backward. 692, on the left and right sides of the guiding hole 692 are formed with guiding holes 691, 691 extending forward and backward. The guide projections 89 and 89 projecting from the lower surface of the actuating body 81 are inserted into the left and right guide holes 691 and 691 to prevent the lateral movement of the actuating body 81 when it moves forward and backward. A hanging portion 88 projecting from the lower surface of the self-actuating body 81 is inserted into the guide hole 692. The coil spring 82 hooks one end to the hanging lower portion 88, and hooks the other end to the hanging portion 693 which protrudes from the lower surface 69 of the mounting table 63A. Further, through holes 632 and 632 which will be described later in detail are formed on the left and right peripheral edge portions of the mounting table 63A.

Further, as schematically shown in FIG. 16, the support member 56 may be rotatably provided on the lower surface side of the mounting table 6A, and the mounting table 6A may be rotatably supported in the horizontal direction with respect to the support member 56. In this case, the direction of the food and beverage transport container 5A can be arbitrarily changed on the flat chain conveyor 33. The support member 56 shown in Fig. 16 is constituted by a support cylinder 57 which is rotatably fitted by the base cylinder 61 of the mounting table 6A, and a bottom plate 58 which closes the lower end of the support cylinder 57.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the food and beverage transport container 5A is schematically provided as shown in FIGS. 13 and 17, and includes an operation detector 51 for detecting the opening and closing operation of the lid body 7A and performing the lid body 7A when the lid body 7A is closed. The operation is turned on; the timer 52 (an example of the timing means of the patent application) is electrically activated by the activation operation of the activation detector 51; and the display 53 is made of an LED (Light Emitting Diode) A lamp 54 or the like is configured; a controller 54 for controlling the devices 52, 53; and a battery (not shown) for supplying electric power to the respective machines 51, 52, 53, 54. Therefore, it is configured to be turned on by the actuation detector 51 in association with the closing of the lid body 7A. The timer 52 starts counting, and when the time counted by the timer 52 reaches the predetermined time set in the controller 54, the controller 54 turns the display 53 on. Thereby, it is possible to determine the food and beverage F that has passed the predetermined time in the state placed on the mounting table 6A, and it is possible to preferably manage the freshness of the food and beverage F. Further, instead of the control configuration including the controller 54, the cover 7A may be provided with an hourglass (not shown) that is operated by opening and closing of the lid 7A, and the hourglass measurement cover 7A is closed. The time passed. Further, in the base tube 61, two cylindrical storage portions 617 and 617 are formed, and a hammer body 619 for blocking food and beverage transportation caused by the inertial force when the lid body 7A is opened is accommodated. The surface openings of the respective storage portions 617 are sealed by the sealing cover 618 by the bounce of the container 5A.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 18, the food and beverage transport container 5A used in the food and beverage transport device 3 including the short-circuit mechanism E in the middle of the transport path A is used to easily take out the disc 4 from the mount 63A. The disc take-out side (the side on which the notch 76 is disposed) of the mounting table 63A of the food-storage transport container 5A of the short-circuiting path B of the short-circuiting mechanism E is configured to face the customer side (table side). Specifically, as shown in FIG. 20, the two food and beverage transporting containers 5A and 5A are arranged side by side, and the adjacent mounting tables 6A and 6A are connected to each other by the second connecting means to form a housing group. 50. In this case, in the state in which the front side of the mounting table 6A faces the same direction, in other words, in the state in which the disk insertion or removal side of the container mounting portion 62A faces the same direction, the adjacent mounting stages 6A, 6A are mutually The second connecting means is connected in a close state.

Further, the short-circuiting mechanism E is schematically shown in FIG. In the middle of the main conveyance path A of the food and beverage conveying device 3 constituted by the conveyor belt 33, a short-circuit conveying path B for short-circuiting one portion (front end side) of the main conveying path A is provided. In addition, a first guide body C for transferring the food and beverage material storage body 5A transported by the main transport path A to the short-circuit transport path B is provided on the inlet side of the short-circuit transport path B. The second guide body D for transferring the food and beverage transport container 5A transported by the short-circuit transport path B to the main transport path A is provided on the outlet side of the short-circuit transport path B. Thereby, when the number of customers is small, the short-circuit conveying path B is driven, and one of the main conveying paths A is short-circuited by the two guiding bodies C and D, and the food-drink conveying container 5A is conveyed. As shown schematically in FIG. 19, the short-circuit conveying path B is provided with a base portion B3 disposed between two parallel recesses 31, 31; a pair of rotating rollers B1, B1 are rotatably provided in the base portion B3; The conveyor belt B2 is annularly hung between the rotating rollers B1 and B1, a motor (not shown) rotates one of the rotating rollers B1, and a controller (not shown) controls the driving of the motor. One end portion of the first guide body C in the longitudinal direction is rotatably attached to the upper surface of the inlet side of the base portion B3 via the shaft body B4 so that the first guide body C can swing in the horizontal direction. Further, one end portion of the second guide body D in the longitudinal direction is rotatably attached to the upper surface of the outlet side of the base portion B3 via the shaft body B4 so that the second guide body D can swing in the horizontal direction. Each of the guide bodies C and D is composed of a thin plate.

The second joining means shown in detail in Fig. 21 is constituted by a belt-like member 91 having elasticity. The material of the band member 91 is, for example, silicone rubber. The belt-shaped member 91 is a frustum-shaped first anti-offset formed by a belt main body 92 formed in a circular cross section and integrally formed in an intermediate portion of the belt main body 92 in the longitudinal direction. A hemispherical second retaining projection 94 integrally formed at one end portion of the belt main body 92 in the longitudinal direction is formed. The outer circumferential surface of the first retaining projection 93 is formed as a guiding tapered surface 931 when the first retaining projection 93 is formed in the through hole 632 formed in the mounting portion 63A. When the two food and beverage conveying containers 5A and 5A are connected by the belt member 91, one end of the belt main body 92 in the longitudinal direction is inserted into the through hole 632, and the insertion end portion 92A is held by hand. And the tension is forcibly tightened, and the first retaining projection 93 is elastically deformed (compressed and deformed) by the tapered surface 931 and passes through the through hole 632. Further, the second retaining projection 94 is locked by the lower surface 631 of the one mounting portion 63A, and the first retaining projection 93 is locked by the lower surface 631 of the other mounting portion 63A.

When the food and beverage transporting container 5A located on the rear side of the food and beverage transporting containers 5A and 5A is blocked by an obstacle or the like provided in the vicinity of the transport path A, the strip member 91 is temporarily placed. In the band member 91, the tension of the food and beverage transporting container 5A on the rear side is sucked forward, and the blockage of the food and beverage transporting container 5A can be automatically eliminated. In addition, when the pair of food and beverage transporting containers 5A and 5A are connected to each other in a close state, the food and beverage transporting container 5A is used when the short-circuiting mechanism E is used in the short-circuiting operation. The container take-out side (notch 76 side) of the container mounting portion 62 can always face the guest side (table side). In the main transport path A and the short-circuit transport path B, one of the food and beverage transport containers 5A and 5A is attracted to each other in the front-rear direction, and the pair of food and beverage transport containers are arranged in the front-rear direction. The bodies 5A and 5A are always held in the direction in which the container take-out side of the container mounting portion 63A is oriented in the direction orthogonal to the conveying direction, so that the container take-out side does not face. The direction of travel is before or after. Therefore, even after the abutment body group 50 autonomously transports the passage A through the short-circuit path B of the short-circuiting mechanism E and then returns to the main conveyance path A again, the container take-out side (the notch 76 side) of the mounting table 6A always faces the guest side ( Table side). In addition, when the single food and beverage transport container 5A is transported from the main transport path A and then returned to the main transport path A via the short-circuit transport path B, the transfer from the transport path A to the short-circuit transport path B and In any of the cases where the short-circuit conveying path B is transferred to the conveying path A, the single food-drink conveying container 5A is not attracted. Therefore, the food-drinking material storage body 5A shown by the single-dot chain line in FIG. 18 substantially maintains the same direction. As a result, the single food-drink conveying container 5A that has returned from the short-circuit conveying path B to the conveying path A is attached to the container outlet side of the mounting table 6A in the opposite direction to the guest side.

Here, the lid body 7B of the food-drinking material storage body 5B shown in FIG. 22 may be provided with a housing portion 78 in which the member to be housed N such as a cooling material or a heat insulating material is accommodated in the lid body 7B, and the housing portion 78 is accommodated in the housing portion 78. The upper opening detachably mounts the upper cover 79. In the case of such a configuration, it is preferable that the bottom wall of the accommodating portion 78 is formed with a through hole 781, and the cold air of the cold-preserving material or the heat of the heat insulating material flows into the lid body 7B from the accommodating portion 78 through the through hole 781. By adopting the structure shown in FIG. 21, it is possible to more reliably suppress the deterioration of the quality of the food and drink F such as the sushi to be contained. Further, the accommodating portion such as the cold storage material or the heat insulating material may be provided on the mounting table 6A side.

In addition, as a method of cooling the food and drink such as a sushi in the lid main body 71A, for example, the lid body 7C of the food-drinking material storage body 5C shown in FIG. 23 and FIG. 24 is used, and the inner surface side of the lid main body 71A is used. Partition wall 711 The filling chamber 713 and the connecting passages 712 and 712A are formed. The filling chamber 713 is formed in a substantially circular shape in plan view. The four contact passages 712, 712, 712, and 712A are formed such that one end portion communicates with the peripheral edge portion of the filling chamber 713 and the other end portion extends downward toward the lower end side of the peripheral edge of the lid body 71A. According to the food-drinking container 5C, the water contained in the filling chamber 713 is frozen in advance, and the inside of the cap body 71A can be cooled by the cold heat of the ice. When the water in the filling chamber 713 is frozen by a refrigerator or the like, if the lid body 71A is placed upside down in the upside-down state and stored in the freezer compartment, the water in the lowermost filling chamber 713 is solidified into ice. Further, when the ice in the filling chamber 713 is dissolved by the use of the food and beverage transporting container 5C, the generated water is gradually accumulated in the contact passages 772, 712, 712, and 712A. As a result, the amount of water stored in the contact passages 712, 712, 712, and 712A can be observed from the outside through the transparent lid main body 71A. Therefore, the usage time of the food and beverage transport container 5C can be roughly known. As a result, it is possible to determine whether or not it is a food or drink that has been placed on the mounting table 6A for a predetermined period of time.

Further, in the lid body 7D of the food-drinking material storage body 5D shown in Fig. 25, a partition wall 70 that partitions the concave portion 701 recessed toward the inside of the lid main body 71B is formed on the outer periphery of the lid main body 71B, and the partition wall 70 can be formed in the recess portion In 701, the peripheral portion of the disk 41 is grasped with a finger. In the case where the lid body 7A of the food-drinking material storage body 5A shown in FIG. 13 and the like has the notch 76 formed in the lid body 71A, the inside of the lid body 7A communicates with the outside via the portion of the notch 76. On the other hand, when the food and beverage transporting container 5C has the partition wall 70, the inside and the outside of the lid body 7D are more reliably separated than when the notch 76 is formed, so that the inside of the lid body 7D can be further with respect to the outside. Keep the resistance Broken state. Further, in the above embodiments, the lid body and the mounting table are made of a synthetic resin material in which an antibacterial agent is mixed, or the inner surface of the lid body and the mounting surface of the mounting table are coated with an antibacterial coating material.

Moreover, in each of the above embodiments, the dish 4 is exemplified as the container, but the invention is not limited thereto. As the container of the present invention, in addition to the dish, for example, a bowl or a cup may be mentioned. Moreover, in each of the above-described embodiments, the sushi is exemplified as a food or drink stored in a container, but the present invention is not limited thereto. As the food and drink of the present invention, for example, noodles or miso juice, ice cream, or cream cake can be preferably used.

Moreover, in each of the above embodiments, the cover body is swingably provided with respect to the mounting table, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In the present invention, for example, the cover body may be linearly moved (lifted) in the up-down direction with respect to the mounting table, and the cover body may be moved relative to the container mounting portion by linear movement (lifting) in the up-down direction. Opening and closing.

Further, in the above-described embodiments, the opening and closing mechanism has an urging body that is slidably disposed in the front-rear direction along the upper surface of the container mounting portion, and a force for biasing the urging body toward the front side with respect to the container mounting portion. The coil spring is constructed, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the actuator may be provided to be swingable or linearly movable in the up-down direction with respect to the container mounting portion on the container mounting portion, and the actuator is biased upward by the coil spring. In other words, the disk may be placed on the actuator, and the weight of the disk may be caused to swing downward or linearly against the spring reaction force of the coil spring by the weight of the disk, and the disk is removed from the container mounting portion. The spring reaction force of the coil spring causes the actuator to swing upward or linearly, thereby covering the present The body is turned on.

Further, it is preferable to adopt a structure in which the lid body can be easily removed from the mounting table. By adopting such a configuration, when the food and beverage transporting container is cleaned, the separate lid body and the mounting table can be carefully cleaned to a fine portion, and a high sanitary effect can be obtained.

1a‧‧‧Service Desk

1b‧‧‧foot table

2‧‧‧Separate housing

21, 22‧‧‧ side wall

23‧‧‧Upper wall

2a‧‧‧1st housing part

2b‧‧‧2nd housing part

2c‧‧‧3rd housing part

3‧‧‧Food and beverage delivery device

30‧‧‧Reading device

31‧‧‧ recess

33‧‧‧Flat chain conveyor belt (conveying path)

4‧‧‧disc (container)

41‧‧‧Disk

42‧‧‧High Platform

5, 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D‧‧‧Container for food and beverage delivery

50‧‧‧ Containment Group

51‧‧‧Activity detector

52‧‧‧Timer (timekeeping means)

53‧‧‧ display

54‧‧‧ Controller

56‧‧‧Support components

57‧‧‧Support tube

58‧‧‧floor

6, 6A‧‧‧ mounting table

61‧‧‧Base cylinder

617‧‧‧ Storage Department

618‧‧‧ Sealing cover

619, 74‧‧‧ Hammer (balance hammer)

62, 62A‧‧‧ Container Mounting Department

63, 63A‧‧‧ mounting board

63a‧‧‧Brake

63b‧‧‧guide hole

63c‧‧‧Installation

630‧‧‧Support tablets

631‧‧‧Swing plate

632, 73‧‧‧ pivot (through hole)

633‧‧‧ linkage axis

64‧‧‧ opposite board

65‧‧‧Link board

66, 781‧‧‧through holes

67‧‧‧Support tablets

68‧‧‧ fitting holes

69‧‧‧ lower surface

63b, 691, 692, 87‧‧ ‧ guide holes

693, 88‧‧‧ hanging down

7, 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D‧‧‧ cover

701‧‧‧ recess

71, 71A, 71B‧‧‧ cover body

70, 711‧‧ ‧ partition wall

712, 712A‧‧‧ contact path

713‧‧‧filled room

72‧‧‧ Arm pieces

75‧‧‧ long hole

76‧‧‧ gap

78‧‧‧ Housing Department

79‧‧‧上盖

8‧‧‧Opening and closing institutions

81‧‧‧acting body

81a‧‧‧ front face

82‧‧‧Helical spring (force means)

83‧‧‧Guide members

84‧‧‧1

85‧‧‧Connected shaft

86‧‧‧Guide board

87‧‧‧Guide

89‧‧‧ Guidance projection

9‧‧‧Information components

90‧‧‧ linkage means

91‧‧‧Band members (second link means)

92‧‧‧With ontology

92A‧‧‧ Plug-in end

93‧‧‧1st anti-drop protrusion

94‧‧‧2nd anti-offlift

931‧‧‧ Cone

A‧‧‧Transportation

B‧‧‧Short-circuit conveying road

B1‧‧‧Rotating roller

B2‧‧‧ conveyor belt

B3‧‧‧Base Department

B4‧‧‧Axis

E‧‧‧Short-circuit mechanism

C‧‧‧1st guide

D‧‧‧2nd guide

F‧‧‧Sushi (food and drink)

N‧‧‧ contained components

S1‧‧ guest room

S2‧‧‧Kitchen Room

Fig. 1 is a plan view showing a plan view of a sushi shop in which a food and beverage storage container according to an embodiment of the present invention is used.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing a state in which the lid of the food-drinking container is opened and a dish is inserted.

Fig. 3 is a side view showing a state in which the lid of the food-drinking container is opened and a dish is inserted.

Fig. 4 is a plan view showing the container for food and beverage transportation shown in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a side elevational view showing a main portion including a part of a side cross section of the lid body opened state of the food and beverage transport container.

Fig. 6 is a side view showing a state in which the dish is accommodated in the food-container transport container and the lid is closed.

Fig. 7 is a plan view showing the container for food and beverage transportation shown in Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a side view of the lid body in the food and beverage storage container.

Fig. 9 is a side view of an actuator constituting the opening and closing mechanism in the food-containment container.

Figure 10 is a plan view of the above-described actuator.

Fig. 11 is a side view showing the interlocking means of the member in the container for food and beverage transportation.

Fig. 12 is a plan view showing the interlocking means of the above-described organizing members.

Fig. 13 is a front view showing a state in which the lid of the food-drinking container according to another embodiment of the present invention is opened.

Fig. 14 is a side elevational view showing a main portion including a part of a side cross section in a state in which the lid of the other food and beverage transport container is closed.

Fig. 15 is a bottom view of the other container for transporting food and drink.

Fig. 16 is a side elevational view showing a main portion including a part of a side cross section of the other food material transporting container and the support member that rotatably supports the mounting table.

Fig. 17 is a control block diagram showing an outline of a control structure of the other food and beverage transport container.

FIG. 18 is a partial plan view showing a state in which a container group in which two of the other food and beverage transport containers are connected in parallel is transported.

Fig. 19 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing the main part of the short-circuiting mechanism of the conveying device for conveying the above-mentioned container group.

Fig. 20 is a front elevational view showing a part of the above-described container group.

Fig. 21 is a front view showing a belt-like member that connects the second connection means of the food-drinking container for the above-described container group.

Fig. 22 is a side elevational view showing a main portion including a part of a side cross section in a state in which a lid body of a food-drinking material storage body according to still another embodiment of the present invention is closed.

Fig. 23 is a view showing a main part side of a part of a side cross section in a state in which a lid body of a food and drink transporting container according to another embodiment of the present invention is closed; Depending on the composition.

Fig. 24 is a bottom view of the lid body of the food-drinking container according to the other embodiment.

Fig. 25 is a front view showing a state in which a lid body is opened in a food-drinking container for another embodiment of the present invention.

5‧‧‧Container for food and beverage transport

6‧‧‧ mounting table

61‧‧‧Base cylinder

62‧‧‧Container Mounting Department

63‧‧‧Loading board

63a‧‧‧Brake

63b‧‧‧guide hole

63c‧‧‧Installation

64‧‧‧ opposite board

65‧‧‧Link board

66‧‧‧through holes

67‧‧‧Support tablets

68‧‧‧ fitting holes

630‧‧‧Support tablets

631‧‧‧Swing plate

633‧‧‧ linkage axis

7‧‧‧ Cover

71‧‧‧ Cover body

72‧‧‧ Arm pieces

73‧‧‧ pivot

74‧‧‧ Hammer (Balance Hammer)

75‧‧‧ long hole

8‧‧‧Opening and closing institutions

81‧‧‧acting body

82‧‧‧Helical spring (force means)

83‧‧‧Guide members

85‧‧‧Connected shaft

86‧‧‧Guide board

87‧‧‧Guide

Claims (7)

A food and drink transporting container is transported on the transport path of a food and beverage transport device including a transport path for transporting food and beverage to each seat in the store, and is characterized in that it includes a mounting table having a container mounting portion for placing a container containing food and beverage; the lid body is attached to the mounting table to open and close with respect to the container mounting portion to cover the container mounting portion of the mounting table; and the opening and closing mechanism is used The lid body is opened by attaching a dish to the container placing portion, and the lid body is brought out from the container mounting portion. The food and beverage transporting container according to the first aspect of the invention, wherein the opening and closing mechanism includes: an actuating body that is placed in contact with the container to be placed on the container placing portion to actuate with respect to the container placing portion; And a connecting means for connecting the actuating body and the cover body and transmitting the action of the actuating body to the cover body to perform a closing operation; and applying means for biasing the cover body to an open position. The food material conveying container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the reading member read by the reading device provided in the food and beverage conveying device can be linked to the opening and closing operation of the lid body The position is changed to a position that is readable by the reading device and a position that is not readable, and the positioning member is configured to change the position to the container mounting portion. Read position, and accompanying from the container The container is taken out from the holder and the position is changed to the unreadable position. The food and drink transporting container according to any one of the first to second aspects of the present invention, wherein the at least two adjacent food and beverage transporting containers are connected to each other via a second connecting means. . The food material conveying container according to the fourth aspect of the invention, wherein the second connecting means is formed of a stretchable belt-shaped member. The food and beverage delivery container according to any one of claims 1 to 2, further comprising a timing means for detecting a time when the lid is closed. The food and beverage transporting container according to any one of claims 1 to 2, further comprising a accommodating portion for accommodating a cold-preserving material or a heat-insulating material for cooling or heat-insulating the container mounting portion covered by the lid body. .