DK172138B1 - Plants for use in serving portions of food on portion carriers - Google Patents
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Opfindelsen angår et anlæg til brug ved anretning af portioner af fødevarer på portionsbærere, omfattende en transportør til fremføring af portionsbærerne forbi mindst en arbejdsstation, ved hvilken der manuelt 5 anbringes en mængde af en fødevare på portionsbærerne.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The invention relates to a system for use in arranging portions of food on serving carriers, comprising a conveyor for conveying the serving carriers past at least one work station, where a quantity of a food is manually applied to the serving carriers.
Sådanne anlæg anvendes eksempelvis indenfor flycatering, hvor der på bakker eller tallerkener skal anrettes måltider, som senere kan serveres under en flyrej se.Such facilities are used, for example, in aircraft catering, where meals or dishes must be arranged on trays or plates, which can later be served during an airplane flight.
10 Der er imidlertid krav om, at de fødevarer, der således anrettes af hygiejniske hensyn holdes under en bestemt temperatur, hvorfor det er nødvendigt at det rum, hvori portionsbærerne (bakkerne eller tallerkenerne) bevæges, holdes nedkølet. Det er imidlertid dyrt og 15 til gene for de personer, som skal anbringe fødevarerne på portionsbærerne, at nedkøle hele arbejdslokalet. Der kan imidlertid også tænkes tilfælde, hvor det ønskes at holde fødevarerne ved en i forhold til almindelig stuetemperatur hævet temperatur.10 However, there is a requirement that the food thus prepared for hygienic reasons be kept at a certain temperature, which is why it is necessary to keep the space in which the portion carriers (trays or plates) move. However, it is expensive and inconvenient for the people who have to place the food on the serving carriers to cool down the entire workroom. However, there may also be cases where it is desired to keep the food at a temperature raised relative to ordinary room temperature.
20 Formålet med opfindelsen er at tilvejebringe et anlæg, hvorved det ikke er nødvendigt at nedkøle eller opvarme hele arbejdslokalet.The object of the invention is to provide a system whereby it is not necessary to cool or heat the entire working room.
Fra US-A-2 2 00 345 kendes en salgsautomat til salg af frosne fødevarer. Salgsautomaten omfatter et iso-25 lerende kabinet, i hvilket fødevarer til stadighed cirkulerer på en karrusel forbi en luge. Når en ønsket vare er ud for lugen, åbnes denne af en kunde, hvorved karrusellen stopper og varen kan tages ud. Karrusellen kan ikke køre når lugen er åben.US-A-2 2 00 345 discloses a vending machine for the sale of frozen foods. The vending machine comprises an insulating cabinet in which food is continuously circulating on a carousel past a hatch. When a desired item is outside the hatch, it is opened by a customer, whereby the carousel stops and the item can be removed. The carousel cannot run when the hatch is open.
3 0 Formålet opfyldes ved hjælp af et anlæg af den ind ledningsvis anførte art, der er særegent ved, at transportøren løber i en afkølet eller opvarmet tunnel, i hvilken der findes mindst én oplukkelig luge svarende til en arbejdsstation, at transportøren er sektionsop-35 delt, idet der findes en selvstændigt drivbar sektion 2 DK 172138 B1 ved hver luge, og at der findes et af tastningsorgan ved hver luge for at bestemme om lugen er åben, idet en åben luge ikke i sig selv udgør en hindring for transportørens drift. Herved opnås, at portionsbærerne bevæges 5 i et særskilt rum, der har en i forhold til temperaturen i arbejdsrummet sænket eller hævet temperatur, og til hvilket der er adgang gennem lugen for anretningen, idet det er muligt at stoppe en sektion ud for en åben luge under anretningen.The object is accomplished by means of an installation of the kind indicated in the beginning, which is peculiar in that the conveyor runs in a cooled or heated tunnel, in which there is at least one openable hatch corresponding to a workstation, that the conveyor is sectional 35 shared, there being a self-propelled section 2 B1 at each hatch and one of the sensing means at each hatch to determine if the hatch is open, since an open hatch does not in itself constitute an obstacle to the operation of the conveyor. Hereby, the portion carriers are moved 5 in a separate room which has a lowered or raised temperature relative to the working room temperature, and to which access is possible through the door of the device, as it is possible to stop a section next to an open door. under the device.
10 I en udførelsesform er transportøren indrettet til at føre portionsbærerne rundt i en lukket bane for at passere arbejdsstationen flere gange. Herved opnås, at en (mindre) serie af portionsbærere, på hvilke portioner skal anrettes, kan ledes flere gange forbi en enkelt 15 arbejdsstation for ved hver passage at få påfyldt en mængde af en bestemt fødevare indtil der på alle portionsbærere er anbragt alle de forskellige fødevarer som ønskes.In one embodiment, the conveyor is arranged to guide the portion carriers around in a closed lane to pass the workstation several times. Hereby it is achieved that a (smaller) series of portion carriers, on which portions are to be arranged, can be passed several times past a single workstation to have at each passage a quantity of a particular food loaded until all the portion carriers are placed on all the different carriers. food as desired.
I en anden eller yderligere udførelsesform findes 20 flere luger i tunnelen svarende til flere arbejdspladser placeret hen langs transportøren. Herved kan der ved lange serier af portionsbærere, på hvilke der skal anrettes portioner, arbejdes kontinuerligt, idet portionsbærerne passerer én gang forbi samtlige arbejds-25 stationer, og der ved hver arbejdsstation anbringes en bestemt fødevare på portionsbærerne, således ac portionsbærerne er færdiganrettede efter at have passeret alle arbejdspladser.In another or further embodiment, 20 more hatches are located in the tunnel corresponding to several workplaces located along the conveyor. Hereby, for long batches of portion carriers on which portions are to be arranged, work can be carried out continuously, with the portion carriers passing once past all workstations, and at each work station a particular food is placed on the portion carriers, thus the ac portion carriers are ready after having passed all jobs.
I en yderligere udførelsesform findes der et andet 20 aftastningsorgan til at føle en portionsbærer, der ankommer til den åbne luge, og der findes styreorganer til at stoppe transportørsektionen, når en portionsbærer er ud for den åbne luge, og til at starte transportørsektionen igen ved signal fra en operatør ved lugen/ar-35 bejdsstationen. Herved opnås der en mere behagelig 3 DK 172138 B1 arbejdsplads, idet ikke alle operatører behøver at arbejde i takt, men de mellem arbejdspladserne værende transportørsektioner kan virke som buffere.In a further embodiment, there is another sensing means for sensing a portion carrier arriving at the open hatch and control means for stopping the conveyor section when a portion carrier is adjacent to the open hatch and for restarting the conveyor section by signal. from an operator at the hatch / work station. This provides a more comfortable working space, as not all operators need to work in tandem, but the conveyor sections between the workplaces can act as buffers.
Opfindelsen vil i det følgende blive forklaret 5 nærmere ved hjælp af et udførelseseksempel under henvisning til den skematiske tegning, på hvilken fig. 1 viser et anlæg ifølge opfindelsen set oppefra, og fig. 2 viser et snittet perspektivbillede af en 10 transportør i en afkølet tunnel ifølge opfindelsen.The invention will now be explained in more detail by way of an embodiment with reference to the schematic drawing, in which FIG. 1 is a plan view of a plant according to the invention; and FIG. 2 is a sectional perspective view of a conveyor in a cooled tunnel according to the invention.
Fig. 1 viser en transportør 1 med en indløbsende 2 og en udløbsende 3. Transportøren 1 løber ved sin indløbsende 2 ind i en tunnel 4, der omfatter dels en retliniet sektion 5, dels en rundtgående sektion 6, som 15 fører fra udløbsenden 3 tilbage til indløbsenden 2.FIG. 1 shows a conveyor 1 with an inlet end 2 and an outlet end 3. The conveyor 1 runs at its inlet end 2 into a tunnel 4 comprising partly a rectilinear section 5 and partly a circular section 6 which leads from the outlet end 3 back to the inlet end. 2nd
Det skal forstås, at transportøren 1 på en ikke nærmere vist måde er indrettet således, at emner, der anbringes på transportøren 1 ved indløbsenden kan føres gennem tunnelen 4's retlinjede sektion 5 og ud ved 20 udløbsenden 3, eller emner, som anbringes på transportøren 1 ved indløbsenden 2, kan føres gennem den retlinjede sektion 5, videre gennem den rundtgående sektion 6 tilbage til indløbsenden 2 for derefter at blive således cirkuleret et ønsket antal gange inden 25 emnerne ledes ud ved udløbsenden 3.It is to be understood that the conveyor 1 is arranged in an unspecified manner so that items placed on the conveyor 1 at the inlet end can be passed through the rectilinear section 5 of the tunnel 4 and out at the outlet end 3, or items placed on the conveyor 1 at the inlet end 2, can be passed through the rectilinear section 5, further through the circumferential section 6 back to the inlet end 2, then being circulated a desired number of times before the blanks are discharged at the outlet end 3.
Ved tunnelen 4's retlinjede sektion 5 er i eksemplet tilvejebragt fire arbejdspladser, idet der er fire åbne luger 7 i tunnelen 4. Ved hver luge 7 er vist en operatør 8, cg ved hver luge 7 er endvidere vist en Ξ0 bakke 9, på hvilken der kan anbringes en fødevare af hvilken en given mængde af operatøren 8 skal placeres på portionsbærere, der fremføres på transportøren 1, idet de er ud for den åbne luge 7.In the rectilinear section 5 of the tunnel 4, in the example, four jobs are provided, with four open hatches 7 in the tunnel 4. An operator 8 is shown at each hatch 7, and at each hatch 7 a en0 tray 9 is also shown on which For example, a food may be placed from which a given amount of the operator 8 is to be placed on portion carriers advanced on the conveyor 1, facing the open hatch 7.
Fig. 2 viser et udsnit af den retlinjede sektion 35 5 af tunnelen 4 med to luger 7a og 7b, hvoraf den ene DK 172138 B1 4 7a er åben og den anden 7b er lukket. Transportøren 1 er i det viste tilfælde en rulletransportør og rullerne drives sektionsvist på en måde, som skal beskrives nedenfor. Tunnelen bæres af ben 10, og der løber under 5 transportøren 1 et kølerør 11. I et tilfælde, hvor det ønskes at holde en forhøjet temperatur i tunnelen, vil kølerøret 11 være erstattet af et varmelegeme.FIG. 2 shows a section of the rectilinear section 35 5 of the tunnel 4 with two hatches 7a and 7b, one of which is open and the other 7b is closed. In the case shown, the conveyor 1 is a roller conveyor and the rollers are sectionally driven in a manner to be described below. The tunnel is supported by leg 10 and under the conveyor 1 a cooling pipe 11 runs. In a case where it is desired to maintain an elevated temperature in the tunnel, the cooling pipe 11 will be replaced by a heater.
I det følgende beskrives et eksempel på anlæggets anvendelse ved anretning af portioner omfattende flere 10 forskellige fødevarer på tallerkener. Tallerkenerne anbringes på transportøren l ved indløbsenden 2 og føres forbi et antal arbejdspladser svarende til det antal forskellige fødevarer, som skal anrettes på tallerkenerne. Efter at portionerne således er færdiganrettet, 15 ledes tallerkenerne ud ved udløbsenden 3. Fig. 1 viser fire arbejdspladser men det skal forstås, at der efter behov kan oprettes flere exler færre arbejdspladser.The following describes an example of the plant's use in the preparation of portions comprising several 10 different foods on plates. The plates are placed on the conveyor 1 at the inlet end 2 and passed by a number of workplaces corresponding to the number of different foods to be arranged on the plates. After the portions are thus arranged, the plates are discharged at the outlet end 3. FIG. 1 shows four jobs, but it should be understood that more exler fewer jobs can be created as needed.
En arbejdsplads vil i realiteten sige en åben luge 7a, idet der findes ikke viste midler til at aftaste om 20 en luge er åben eller ej . Resultatet af denne aftastr.mg sendes til en styreenhed. Transportøren 1 er opdelt i sektioner, der kan drives selvstændigt. Således findes der ud for hver luge en selvstændig drivbar sektion og der findes ikke viste organer til at aftaste ankomsten 25 af en tallerken. Når styreenheden således registrerer, at en tallerken er ankommet til en arbejdsstation ved en åben luge 7, standses den tilsvarende transportørsektion, hvorved tallerkenen står stille ved arbejdsstationen. Operatøren 8 tager en bestemt mængde føde-3 0 vare, som er til stede på den nærværende bakke 9, og anretter på tallerkenen. Når dette er sket giver operatøren signal via en trykknap 12 til styreenheden, som starter den pågældende transportørsektion, hvorved tallerkenen føres videre til den næste arbejdsstation.In fact, a workplace would say an open hatch 7a, since there are no shown means for sensing whether a hatch is open or not. The result of this scan is sent to a controller. The conveyor 1 is divided into sections which can be operated independently. Thus, for each hatch there is a self-propelled section and no means shown to sense the arrival 25 of a plate. Thus, when the control unit detects that a plate has arrived at a workstation at an open hatch 7, the corresponding conveyor section is stopped, leaving the plate at the workstation. The operator 8 takes a certain amount of food 30 present on the present tray 9 and aligns on the plate. When this is done, the operator sends a signal via a push button 12 to the control unit which starts the respective conveyor section, whereby the plate is passed to the next workstation.
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Hvis der er tale om en lang serie af tallerkener, vil disse blive ført i en række gennem anlægget på transportøren 1 fra dennes indløb 2 til dens udløb 3 og undervejs passere så mange arbejdsstationer 7, som der 5 er forskellige arter fødevarer på en færdiganrettet tallerken, og eventuelt en sidste arbejdsplads 7, i hvilken tallerkenen indpakkes, således at færdigan-rettede tallerkener ledes ud ved udløbsenden 3 efter at have passeret hver arbejdsstation 7 en gang.In the case of a long series of plates, these will be passed in a row through the plant on the conveyor 1 from its inlet 2 to its outlet 3 and on the way pass as many workstations 7 as there are 5 different kinds of food on a ready-made plate and, optionally, a last work place 7 in which the plate is wrapped so that ready-made plates are discharged at the outlet end 3 after passing each work station 7 once.
10 Hvis der kun skal anrettes et mindre antal taller kener, kan der oprettes en enkelt arbejdsplads, og rækken af tallerkener ledes efter at have passeret arbejdspladsen 7 tilbage gennem transportøren l's rundtgående sektion 6 for atter at passere arbejds-15 pladsen 7. Derved anrettes en fødevare ad gangen på samtlige tallerkener af den samme operatør, som derefter anretter en anden fødevare på samtlige tallerkener og så fremdeles indtil alle tallerkener er færaiganrettede, hvorpå de ledes ud ved udløbsenden 3.10 If only a small number of plates are to be arranged, a single workplace can be created, and the row of plates is guided after passing the workplace 7 back through the circumferential section 6 of the conveyor 1 to again pass the working space 7. A food at a time on all plates by the same operator, who then arranges another food on all plates and so on until all dishes are arranged, and then discharged at the outlet end 3.
20 Det skal forstås, at selvom der omtales en trans portør l, vil denne sædvanligvis være sammensat af flere mindre transportører. Eksempelvis kan sektionerne 5 og 5 være dannet af fire retliniede oransportører med egnede overføringsorganer oil overføring af emner fra 25 oransportør til oransportør.It should be understood that although a conveyor 1 is referred to, it will usually be composed of several smaller conveyors. For example, sections 5 and 5 may be formed of four rectilinear transporters with suitable transfer means for transferring items from transporter to transporter.
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