EP2983566A1

EP2983566A1 - Catering system and method for operating a catering system

Info

Publication number: EP2983566A1
Application number: EP14725596.2A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Michael Mack
Original assignee: Heinemack GmbH
Current assignee: Heinemack GmbH
Priority date: 2013-03-15
Filing date: 2014-03-12
Publication date: 2016-02-17
Anticipated expiration: 2034-03-12
Also published as: PL2983566T3; WO2014139508A1; DE102013102674B4; CN105338862B; DE102013102674A1; CA2906978A1; SA515361187B1; AU2014231387B2; BR112015022904A2; ES2652147T3; CN105338862A; DK2983566T3; US9545160B2; HK1219850A1; EP2983566B1; AU2014231387A1; US20160029819A1; SG11201507374XA

Abstract

The invention relates to a catering system (1) comprising at least one working area (2) for cooking and/or preparing meals and/or drinks, and at least one guest area (3), the working area (2) and the guest area (3) being connected via a transport system (4) for meals and/or drinks. The transport system (4) is designed to transport meals and/or drinks from the working area (2) to the guest area (3) and the transport system (4) comprises at least one first transport section (5), in at least some sections of which the meals and/or drinks are transported from the working area (2) to the guest area (3) by gravity. The invention is characterised in that the transport system (4) has a second transport section (6) situated upstream of the first transport section (5) in a designated transport direction (A) for the meals and/or drinks, the second transport section (6) having an elevator (7) which is designed to transport the meals and/or drinks into a higher position in relation to the guest area (3). The invention also relates to a method for operating a catering system according to the invention.

Description

Restaurant system and method of operating a restaurant system

description

The invention relates to a restaurant system (also: catering system) according to the preamble of claim 1 and a method for operating a

Restaurant system according to claim 20.

Such a restaurant system comprises at least one work area for cooking and / or preparing food and / or drinks and at least one guest area. Work area and guest area are connected via a transport system for food and / or drinks. The

Transport system is designed to food and / or drinks from

Work area to transport to the guest area. The transport system has at least one first transport section, in which the transport of food and / or drinks from the work area to the guest area takes place at least in sections by means of gravity. Such a restaurant system is known from DE 10 2005 059 188 B4 and EP 1 833 331 B l.

The term "restaurant system" is understood to mean not only systems for restaurants in the narrower sense, but rather systems for all types of catering, ie restaurants and restaurants, for example, mobile or permanently installed food stalls, beer gardens, fast food restaurants and drive-in restaurants , A restaurant system is also understood to mean a mobile trolley, which can be moved from table to table in, for example, restaurants or children's hotels in order to make the food and / or drinks spectacular, e.g. to be served by looping on or at the respective table. In general, mobile serving or snack systems, for example, as trailers or as self-propelled facilities trained systems, with a corresponding structure as

Restaurant systems understood within the meaning of the invention. For example, the workspace is an area that includes the kitchen and / or bar. It may, for example, at a food stall but also just a simple place to prepare or prepare food and / or drinks. Furthermore, the work area can also simply be the area in which food and / or drinks are placed in or on the transport system, as may be the case for example with the serving trolley mentioned above. The guest area is the area in which the guests of the restaurant, food stall, beer garden, etc. stay. Usually there are tables and chairs here. It can also be a bar counter or a drive-in area where guests can get food and / or drinks delivered to their car.

Under guest area but also, for example, at a food stall, a simple output range for food and / or drinks, at which the guests receive their food and / or drinks, understood. The transport of food and / or drinks takes place in a first transport section from

Workspace to the guest area via the transport system at least

in sections by gravity. This means that neither a waiter brings food and drinks to the guests, nor that the guests the

Meals and drinks have to pick up by yourself. Also in the first

Transport section not completely electrically or otherwise driven transport systems provided for the food and drinks, such as conveyor belts, as is known from some restaurants, especially Japanese restaurants. The transport of food and drinks by means of gravity, known from DE 10 2005 059 1 88 B4 and EP 1 833 331 B 1, requires a transport in the first transport section at the beginning of the transport

Minimum amount of potential energy of the food and / or drinks. If the work area is not higher than the guest area or in relation to the guest area is not high enough, at least partially by gravity to transport the food and / or drinks

This will lead to the requirement on the restaurant system that the food and / or drinks can be transported to a position higher in relation to the guest area in order to be transported in the first

To allow transport section by gravity. The present invention is therefore based on the object, a new restaurant system or a new method for operating a

Restaurantsystems, in particular a restaurant system or a method for operating a restaurant system, in which food and / or drinks in a relation to the guest area higher-lying position

can be transported.

This task is solved with regard to the restaurant system by the

Features of claim 1 and regarding the method of operating a restaurant system by the features of claim 20. Advantageous

Embodiments and further developments are in each case dependent

Claims specified.

The restaurant system according to the invention is characterized in that the transport system has a second transport section, which is arranged upstream of the first transport section in a provided transport direction of the food and / or drinks, wherein the second transport section has an elevator which is adapted to the food and / or To transport drinks in a position opposite the guest area. The elevator according to the invention can be designed to transport the food and / or drinks obliquely upwards. However, one is preferred

Training the elevator, where the food and / or drinks in the

Substantially upwardly parallel to gravity, i. E. the transport by elevator takes place essentially vertically upwards, directed against gravity. The transport of food and / or drinks takes place in that the food and / or drinks in the second transport section potential energy is supplied, which in the first

Transport section is converted by acceleration of food and / or drinks by gravity into kinetic energy. The food and / or drinks move in this way in the first transport section at least in sections, even without additional drive on. By converting the potential energy supplied into the second transport section into kinetic energy, they can also carry frictional forces and / or during further transport Overcome sections with gradients. The potential energy supplied in the second transport section thus makes it possible for the food and / or drinks in the first transport section to be transported completely or at least in sections by means of gravity.

Not as part of the transport system is a manual activity

(Activity by people). In the proposed restaurant system provides in accordance with a variant of workers in or on the work area only the food and drinks - possibly in suitable containers - in the transport system, in a particularly advantageous variant in special transport aids, such as transport carriages, and the guest removes in the guest area Food and / or drinks from the

Transportation system.

The advantages of the invention are in particular to supply the food and / or drinks by transport in a position opposite the guest area higher potential energy, which can then be converted during transport of food and / or drinks to the guest area at least partially into kinetic energy by the Food and / or drinks in the first transport section are accelerated by gravity. This allows a feeder-free feeding of the food and / or

Drinks from the work area in the guest area. A further advantage of the restaurant system according to the invention is that the working area and the guest area can be arranged as desired, in particular the working area does not have to be higher than the guest area, for example the working area and the guest area can be at one level. Of the

Transportation of food and / or drinks by the transport system takes place in that the food and / or drinks by the elevator the

required potential energy is supplied, which is then at least partially converted into kinetic energy, and which is sufficient to run through the rest of the transport path entirely or at least in sections without further drive and without further energy input. The kinetic energy is thereby reduced, for example, by performing friction and lifting work, the potential energy obtained by lifting work by means of Gravity at least partially converted back into kinetic energy and thus can be used again to transport the food and / or drinks.

The transport system can consist of a first and a second transport section. But it is also possible that the transport system additionally comprises a third transport section, in a planned direction of transport of the food and / or drinks the second

Transport section is upstream and in which the transport of food and / or drinks from the work area to the guest area is at least partially done by gravity. In the first and third

Transport section, the transport is thus at least partially by gravity, in the second transport section provided between these transport sections by means of an elevator.

It can also be provided that the transport system has two or more first transport sections in series, in which the transport of food and / or drinks from the work area to the guest area at least

is carried out in sections by means of gravity, wherein the transport system has two or more second transport sections, which in a designated transport direction of the food and / or drinks depending on one of the first

Transport section are upstream, wherein the second transport sections each have an elevator which is adapted to the food and / or

To transport drinks in a position opposite the guest area.

Except for the above-mentioned basic embodiment, the different first transport sections and the different second transport sections do not have to correspond to each other, so they may well be configured differently. Such a training of

Transport system is particularly advantageous if the potential energy supplied to the food and / or drinks in a single second transport section is not sufficient to allow complete transport of the food and / or drinks from the work area to the guest area by means of gravity. This is especially the case when the height of the opposite

Guest area higher elevation position in a single second

Transport section relative to the distance from the work area to the guest area is not large enough to provide enough potential energy.

According to a development of the invention, the elevator is designed to transport the food and / or drinks substantially counter-parallel to the force of gravity upwards. A development of the invention provides that the elevator has at least one movable elevator unit which carries the food and / or drinks during the transport of the food and / or drinks by elevator. A particularly advantageous development of

According to the invention, the elevator unit is arranged between a receiving position in which the food and / or drinks to be transported can be fed to the elevator unit and one above the receiving position

Transfer position in which the food / or drinks from the elevator unit to the first transport section can be forwarded, is movable.

According to one embodiment, the elevator has one or two or more sensors which detect the reaching of the receiving position and / or the transfer position.

For example, these sensors transmit the reaching of the pickup position and / or the transfer position to a control device of the elevator, which stops the movement of the elevator unit. Thereby, the feeding of the food and / or drinks in the receiving position of the elevator unit and the

Forwarding the food and / or drinks in the transfer position of the

Lift unit allows. It can also be provided that the sensors monitor the loading state of the elevator unit and transmit to the control device whether food and / or drinks are located on or at the elevator unit. Thus, the control device can release a movement of the elevator unit, provided that in the transfer position the food and / or drinks were forwarded to the first transport section or release a movement of the elevator unit, if a loading of the elevator unit was made in the receiving position. An advantageous development sees in that the elevator unit has at least one barrier which, in a closed state, blocks movement of the food and / or drinks carried by the elevator unit, and in an open state

Movement of the food and / or drinks carried by the elevator unit, in particular a forwarding to the first transport section releases. Such a barrier is particularly advantageous when the food and / or drinks are inclined on the elevator unit substantially relative to a horizontal. Gravity then acts on the food and / or drinks and would transport them without disability in the direction of inclination. This movement by gravity is prevented by the barrier in the closed state and released by the barrier in the open state, in particular targeted for forwarding to the first transport section. The at least one barrier can be connected to the above-mentioned control device. If, for example, one of the sensors signals the reaching of the transfer position to the control device, it can transfer the barrier from the closed to the open state and thus release the forwarding of the food and / or drinks to the first transport section.

Furthermore, at least one or at least two or more barriers may be provided in the first and / or in the second transport section, which may be provided with

Sensors and / or the control unit are coupled. For example, in the transport direction of the food and / or drinks an upstream second, an upstream first, a downstream second and a downstream first transport sections may be provided, wherein the elevators in the second

Transport sections each have a barrier and wherein the elevator in the downstream second transport section includes sensors that the

Detect loading status (loaded or free) of the lift. The information about the loading status is forwarded to the control device, which opens or closes the barrier at the elevator of the upstream second transport section depending on the respective loading status. Is the elevator in

downstream second transport section free, so the barrier is released on the elevator in the upstream second transport section or remains open. Is the elevator loaded in the downstream second transport section, Thus, the barrier on the elevator in the upstream second transport section is not released or remains closed. Furthermore, it may be provided that a barrier remains closed on the elevator in the upstream second transport section as long as the elevator unit of the elevator moves upwards in the downstream second transport section and is reopened as soon as the elevator unit has arrived again at the pickup point.

For example, the barrier is a mechanical one

Coupling mechanism with an L-shaped elbow, wherein the short side of the elbow in the closed state, the attachment point for the

Transport aids or the food and / or drinks trains. A development of the invention provides that the elevator one or two or more, preferably arranged substantially vertically,

Guide rods for guiding the elevator unit in the movement between the receiving position and transfer position comprises.

Furthermore, it can be provided that the elevator unit for guiding on the guide rods or the two or three or more wheels per

Guide rod which are arranged such that at least two of the wheels are moved in the movement of the elevator unit on opposite sides of the guide rods along.

For example, the wheels may be formed in a double-cone shape, wherein the guide rods are guided in a region between the two cones on a cylindrical center piece. Preferably, three wheels per guide rod are provided, wherein the axes of rotation of the wheels are perpendicular to the guide rods and the wheels lie in a plane perpendicular to the axes of rotation. The wheels are arranged in the plane in the form of a triangle, preferably in the form of an isosceles triangle, the guide rods in each case between the base and tip of the

isosceles triangle are arranged. Furthermore, it can be provided that the wheels with a brake against an unintentional fast

Slide down the elevator unit, for example, when tearing a

Tensile element, are equipped. Furthermore, it can be provided that the Elevator unit has a frame construction preferably with two mounting plates on which the wheels are rotatably mounted.

Preferably, a fixed connector is arranged at or near an upper end of the guide rods such that the food and / or

Be carried drinks starting from the elevator unit in its transfer position on the connector to the first transport section.

According to one embodiment variant, the position of the connection piece is adjustable at or near the upper end of the guide rods, in particular one or more attachment means of the connection piece are releasably detachable on one or more of the guide rods and can be refastened to the guide rod (s).

Alternatively or additionally, the position of the fitting may be adjustable at or near the lower end of the guide rods. A particularly advantageous embodiment of the invention provides that the elevator a

Drive system with a motor and at least one or at least two traction elements moved by the engine, in particular traction cables or drawstrings, wherein the elevator unit in such a way with the tension element or the

Tension elements is connected, that the elevator unit is moved by the tension element or the tension elements. Each tension member, such as each pull rope or drawstring, can be stretched circumferentially between a drive roller on the engine and a pulley.

For example, the motor may be arranged with the drive roller at or near the lower end of the guide rods and the deflection roller at or near the upper end of the guide rods. To connect the elevator unit with the one or more tension elements, for example, a tensioning elements clamping mechanical connection can be provided, which ensures a stable and slip-resistant attachment. The provision of two or more tension members has compared to the provision of only one

Tension element the advantage of greater security against unwanted

Slipping the elevator unit in case of failure, such as tearing, the tension elements. Should this actually happen, the additional tension member still holds the elevator unit in place. The elevator may further comprise a base plate at or near the lower end of the guide rods. At this base plate, the guide rods and / or the motor can be attached. Furthermore, a control device of the elevator, to which the above already mentioned

Control devices may include, be arranged on or below the base plate. According to one embodiment of the invention, the elevator comprises an emergency stop system, wherein the Notaussystem comprises a number of tension members corresponding number of contact elements, wherein in normal operation each contact element is in contact with one tension element and in

Malfunction of the contact is interrupted.

Under normal operation, the state of the elevator is understood in which no errors, such as the tearing of a tension element or several tension elements, occur or have occurred. Furthermore, in normal operation, the tension elements between the drive roller and pulley are tensioned.

If there is a malfunction, i. that one or more tension elements break, the contact between the respective tension elements and the contact elements is interrupted and the emergency stop system is triggered, wherein the elevator is stopped by stopping the engine. After the repair of the damaged tension element or the damaged tension elements, the elevator can be restarted by a special key position on the control device. Furthermore, it can be provided that the elevator comprises a braking device with brake elements, wherein the braking elements are hindered in normal operation by the tension elements in their braking effect, however, is made in faulty operation by tearing the tension elements between the brake elements and other parts of the elevator contact, so that the Elevator is slowed down. Preferably, the device can be supported with the brake elements on the tension elements.

In this way it is ensured that already when tearing a

Tensile element a braking effect occurs. For example, the

Brake device then released manually and / or mechanically again become. According to a development of the invention, the elevator has a protective box which surrounds the elevator unit in its receiving position at least laterally and / or the elevator unit has a protective box, which is movable with the elevator unit and surrounds the elevator unit at least laterally.

In the event that the elevator has a protective box, the

Elevator unit in its receiving position at least laterally surrounds, it is in the protective box is preferably a fixed protective box, which is not moved with the elevator unit.

It may be in the protective box to a protective box with four

Sidewalls act, for example, stand on a floor or on the aforementioned base plate. The upper side of the protective box may be open so as not to obstruct the movement of the elevator unit. Preferably, the walls of the protective box are completely or partially transparent or translucent.

For example, the walls may be formed substantially of Plexiglas. Furthermore, in the case where the elevator unit comprises a protective box which is movable with the elevator unit and at least laterally surrounds the elevator unit, it may be provided that the elevator has one or two or more sensors which intervene in the operator's intervention Track of the elevator unit along the guide rods recognize. For example, an optical or an acoustic warning signal can be emitted or the elevator can be switched off if an operator intervenes in the travel path of the elevator unit. In this way, injuries to the operating personnel can be prevented.

According to a further development, the protective box has a loading opening, via which food and / or drinks of the elevator unit in its

Recording position can be fed. The loading opening can be provided with a door, in particular with a sliding door. Of advantage is the provision of a sensor that detects an approach and automatically the door of the

Loading opening opens and after feeding the food and / or drinks closes again. But it can also be provided manual control devices for opening and closing the door. A particularly advantageous embodiment of the invention provides that the first transport section of the transport system at least two substantially parallel slide rails and / or roller tracks, in particular at least two in cross section at least in

Substantially circular or oval or rectangular slide rails and / or roller tracks, comprises, on which the food and / or drinks by means of transport, in particular sliding pads and / or

Sliding devices and / or rolling devices, at least partially transported by gravity, and that the elevator unit one of Gleitschienen- or roller conveyor number in the first transport section

corresponding number of substantially parallel

Transfer rails has, during transport of the food and / or drinks with the elevator carry in the transport aids set or introduced food and / or drinks, the

Transfer rails in the transfer position of the elevator unit a continuation of the slide rails and / or roller conveyors in the first

Transport section in a direction opposite to the intended

Transport direction of food and / or drinks form.

The transport aids may, for example, two or more

Guide components which at least partially surround the slide rails and / or roller tracks, which surround in particular at least half of the Gleitschienen- or roller conveyor circumference, which preferably engage around at least two-thirds of Gleitschienen- or roller conveyor circumference.

The guide components can be connected to each other, for example, via a ring component, in which a container with the food and / or drinks to be transported is set or mounted, wherein the ring component is preferably movably connected to the guide components. It can be provided that the elevator is designed such that the elevator one or two or more transport aids simultaneously can transport. The transfer rails can, but need not necessarily be directly adjacent to the slide rails and / or roller tracks.

For example, as explained below, intermediate rails of an already described connection piece between the

Transfer rails and the slide rails and / or roller conveyors

be provided. Preferably, the connector has a Gleitschienenbzw. Roller conveyor number in the first transport section corresponding number of substantially parallel intermediate rails, the one

Continuation of the slide rails and / or roller tracks form and in the

Transfer position of the elevator unit between the slide rails and / or roller tracks and the transfer rails are arranged.

An advantageous development provides that the transfer rails and / or the intermediate rails in the direction of the intended transport direction of the food and / or drinks down, that is in the direction of gravity, are inclined. This has the advantage that gravity accelerates the transport aids with the food and / or drinks in the intended direction of transport. It can be provided that the transfer rails and / or the intermediate rails are formed from a plurality of successively arranged, rotatably mounted wheels or rollers, whose axis of rotation in each case

Is oriented substantially perpendicular to the direction of transport provided at its position. It may alternatively be provided that the

Transfer rails and / or the intermediate rails are designed as slide rails.

It can be provided that the transport aids are guided by the wheels or rollers along the transfer and / or intermediate rails, in particular - with a corresponding design of the transport aids - on resting on the wheels or rollers guide components of

Transport equipment. This has the advantage that the frictional forces are significantly lower than when using a slide for the transfer and intermediate rails and thus the acceleration of the transport aids with the food and / or drinks from the stand at much lower Inclination of the rails is possible as with slide rails without wheels or rollers. In the field of transfer rails and / or intermediate rails, the transport aids are accordingly stronger than when using

Slide rails accelerated, they are therefore comparatively high

5 speed passed to the slide rails of the first transport section or a further portion of the first transport section and can be transported there by gravity along the slide rails on.

Furthermore, it can be provided that the transport system in the first transit port section includes slide rails and the transfer and intermediate rails are also formed in the second transport section as slide rails. Thus, the transport system would have exclusively slide rails in the entire area. It can also be provided that the

Transport aids comprise rollers which are rotatably arranged on the transport means 15 such that the transport means move by means of the rollers on rails. The rollers can be designed self-braking. The method according to the invention for operating the above-described restaurant system according to the invention comprises the steps:

20 - positioning the elevator unit in its receiving position;

Subsequently supplying food and / or drinks to the elevator unit, in particular by means of setting in or placing on the elevator unit;

- Then movement of the elevator unit with the supplied food

25 and / or drinks from the receiving position to the transfer position;

- Then forwarding the food and / or drinks to the first transport section;

30 - Then transport the food and / or drinks over the first

Transport section to the guest area, and at least in sections by gravity. It can be provided that subsequently to the

Positioning the elevator unit in its receiving position, a sensor that Reaching the receiving position transmitted to a control device of the elevator, which stops the movement of the elevator unit.

Alternatively or additionally, it may be provided that subsequently to the

Movement of the elevator unit with the supplied food and / or drinks from the receiving position to the transfer position, a sensor transmits the reaching of the transfer position to a control device of the elevator, which stops the movement of the elevator unit.

An advantageous development of the method according to the invention provides that before forwarding the food and / or drinks to the first

Transport section at least one barrier which blocks in a closed state, a movement of the food and / or drinks carried by the elevator unit is set in an open state in which they move the food carried by the elevator unit food and / or drinks, in particular a forwarding to the first transport section, releases. With regard to the further development of the restaurant system, for example with regard to rails and rail systems,

Transport aids and containers for food and / or drinks are referred to the restaurant systems described in DE 10 2005 059 188 B4 and EP 1 833 331 B l.

The features described in these publications

Restaurant systems can also be realized in the restaurant system according to the invention. The invention will be explained below with respect to further features and advantages with reference to the description of embodiments and with reference to the accompanying schematic drawings.

1 shows an embodiment of an inventive

Restaurantsystems in a schematic view;

2 shows an embodiment of an elevator of an inventive

Restaurant Systems in a three-dimensional view; 3 shows an upper section of the elevator according to FIG. 2 in an enlarged detail view; 4 shows a lower section of the elevator according to FIG. 2 in an enlarged detail view;

5 shows the upper section of the elevator according to FIG. 2 in a further enlarged detail view; FIG.

6 shows the lower portion of the elevator of FIG. 2 in a further enlarged detail view.

Corresponding parts and components in FIG. 1 to FIG. 6, also across the various exemplary embodiments, are designated by the same reference numerals.

1 shows a restaurant system 1 according to the invention. The restaurant system comprises a work area 2 for cooking and / or preparing food and / or drinks and a guest area 3, wherein work area 2 and guest area 3 are connected via a transport system 4 for food and / or drinks.

The transport system is designed to transport food and / or drinks from the work area 2 to the guest area 3, wherein the

Transport system 4 has a first transport section 5, in which the transport of food and / or drinks from the work area 2 for

Guest area 3 at least partially done by gravity. The transport system 4 further comprises a second transport section 6, which is upstream of the first transport section 5 in a provided transport direction A of the food and / or drinks. The second transport section 6 has an elevator 7, which is designed to transport the food and / or drinks to a position opposite the guest area 3. The elevator 7 thus serves to transport the food and / or drinks substantially counter-parallel to the force of gravity, ie the transport with the elevator 7 takes place essentially vertically upwards, directed against the force of gravity.

The elevator has a fixed protective box 24, which the

Elevator unit 8 laterally surrounds in its receiving position 12, which is not moved with the elevator unit 8. The protective box 24 comprises four side walls 26 which stand on the base plate 25. The upper side 27 of the protective box 24 is open so as not to hinder the movement of the elevator unit 8. The first transport section 5 of the transport system 4 comprises two parallel and circular cross-section slide rails 19, on which the food and / or drinks are transported by means of transport aids 20, at least in sections by means of gravity. 2 shows the elevator 7 of the restaurant system 1 according to the invention. The elevator 7 has a movable elevator unit 8, which during the

Transports of food and / or drinks by elevator 7 carries food and / or drinks. The elevator unit 8 is between a

Recording position 12, in which the food to be transported and / or

Be drinks of the elevator unit 8 can be fed, and one above the

Receiving position 12 arranged transfer position 13, in which the

Food / or drinks from the elevator unit 8 to the first

Transport section 5 are forwarded, movable. The elevator 7 comprises two vertically arranged guide rods 10 for

Guide the elevator unit 8 in the movement between the receiving position 12 and transfer position 13. The elevator 7 also has two sensors that detect the reaching of the receiving position 12 and the transfer position 13. The elevator unit 8 has parallel transfer rails 21 which, during transport of the food and / or drinks with the elevator 7, carry the food and / or drinks set or brought into the transport aid 20. The transfer rails 21 form in the transfer position 13 of the elevator unit 8 is a continuation of the two slide rails 19 in the first Transport section 5 in a direction opposite to the intended transport direction A of food and / or drinks.

The connecting piece 14 has two parallel intermediate rails 22, which form a continuation of the slide rails 19 and in the

Transfer position 13 of the elevator unit 8 between the slide rails 19 and the transfer rails 21 are arranged.

Both the transfer rails 21 and the intermediate rails 22 are inclined in the direction of the intended transport direction A of the food and / or drinks down. The transfer rails 21 and the intermediate rails 22 are further formed of a plurality of successively arranged, rotatably mounted rollers 23, whose axis of rotation is in each case oriented perpendicular to the transport direction A provided at its position. 3 shows an upper portion of the elevator 7. At the upper end of the

Guide rods 10 is a fixed connector 14 arranged such that the food and / or drinks starting from the elevator unit 8 in its transfer position 13 via the connector 14 to the first

Transport section 5 are forwarded. The position of the fitting 14 is adjustable at the upper end of the guide rods 10. A plurality of fastening means 15 of the connecting piece 14 are releasably attached to the guide rods 10.

These can be offset and then rearranged to readjust the position of the fitting 14 at the upper end of the guide rods 10. The elevator unit 8 has two barriers 9, which are in a closed state, in which they block a movement of the food and / or drinks carried by the elevator unit 8. Such a movement would be possible because of the food and / or drinks

Gravity acts because the elevator unit 8 is inclined relative to the horizontal. The barriers 9 are connected to the control device (not shown in the figures). If one of the sensors signals the reaching of the transfer position 13 to the control device (not shown in the figures), it transfers the barriers 9 from the closed to the open state and gives the forwarding of food and / or drinks to the first

Transport section 5 free.

The two barriers are each a mechanical one

Coupling mechanism with an L-shaped angle piece 32, wherein the short side of the angle piece 32 in the closed state forms the attachment point for the food and / or drinks. The elevator unit 8 has for guiding on the guide rods 10 on three wheels 1 1, which are arranged such that each two of the wheels 1 1 in the movement of the elevator unit 8 at

along opposite sides of the guide rods 10 are moved along.

The wheels 1 1 are formed double-cone-shaped, wherein the guide rods 10 are guided in a region between the two cones on a cylindrical center piece. The axes of rotation of the wheels 1 1 are perpendicular to the guide rods 10 and the wheels 1 1 lie in one of the

Rotation axes vertical plane. The wheels 1 1 are arranged in the plane in the form of an isosceles triangle in the plane, wherein the guide rods 10 are in each case arranged between the base and the top of the isosceles triangle. The wheels 1 1 are arranged on a frame construction with j e a mounting plate 3 1 per guide rod. Each three wheels 1 1 per mounting plate are rotatably mounted on this. The wheels 1 1 are with a brake against unintentional rapid sliding down the

Elevator unit 8, for example, when tearing a drawstring 18, equipped.

FIG. 4 and FIG. 6 show a lower section of the elevator 7. The elevator has a drive system 16 with a motor 17 and two drawstrings 18, moved by the motor, the elevator unit 8 being connected to drawstrings 18 in such a way that the elevator unit 8 moves through the Drawbands is moved. Each drawstring 18 is stretched circumferentially between a drive roller 28 on the motor 17 and a deflection roller 29 (seen in FIG. 3). The motor 17 and the drive rollers 28 are at the lower end of the guide rods 10; the

Deflection rollers 29 arranged at the upper end of the guide rods 10.

To connect the elevator unit 8 with the drawstrings 1 8 is a the tension bands 1 8 clamped mechanical connection 30 (seen in FIG. 5 and FIG 6), which ensures a stable and slip-resistant attachment. The elevator 7 comprises a base plate 25 at the lower end of the guide rods 10. At this base plate 25, the guide rods 10 and the motor 1 7 are attached.

Furthermore, the control device of the elevator 7 may be arranged below the base plate 25 (not shown in the figures).

5 shows the elevator 7 according to FIG. 3 in an open state of the barriers 9. In the open state, a movement of the food and / or drinks carried by the elevator unit 8, in particular a forwarding to the first transport section 5, is released.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1 restaurant system

2 workspace

3 guest area

4 transport system

5 First transport section

6 Second transport section

7 elevator

8 elevator unit

9 barrier

10 guide rods

1 1 wheels

12 recording position

13 transfer position

14 connection piece

1 5 fasteners

1 6 drive system

17 engine

1 8 tension elements

19 slide rails

20 transport aids

21 transfer rails

22 intermediate rails

23 rolls

24 protective box

25 base plate

26 side walls

27 upper side

28 drive roller idler pulley

Mechanical connection mounting plate

Elbow A Transport direction

Claims

Claims 1. Restaurant system (1), comprising at least one work area (2) for cooking and / or preparing food and / or drinks and at least one guest area (3), said work area (2) and guest area (3) via a transport system (4) for food and / or drinks are connected, and wherein the transport system is adapted to transport food and / or drinks from the work area (2) to the guest area (3), wherein the

Transport system (4) has at least one first transport section (5), in which the transport of food and / or drinks from the work area (2) to the guest area (3) takes place at least in sections by means of gravity, characterized

in that the transport system (4) has a second transport section (6), which is disposed in front of the first transport section (5) in a provided transport direction (A) of the food and / or drinks, the second one

Transport section (6) has a lift (7) which is adapted to the food and / or drinks in a relation to the guest area (3)

to transport higher lying position.

2. Restaurant system according to claim 1,

characterized in that

the elevator (7) is adapted to the food and / or drinks in the

Essentially to transport upwards parallel to gravity

3. Restaurant system according to claim 1 or 2,

characterized in that

the elevator (7) has at least one movable elevator unit (8) which carries the food and / or drinks during the transport of the food and / or drinks with the elevator (7).

4. Restaurant system according to claim 3,

characterized in that

the elevator unit (8) is arranged between a receiving position (12) in which the food and / or drinks to be transported can be fed to the elevator unit (8) and one above the receiving position (12)

Transfer position (13), in which the food / or drinks from the elevator unit (8) to the first transport section (5) can be forwarded, is movable.

5. Restaurant system according to claim 4,

characterized in that

the elevator (7) has one or two or more sensors, which the

Recognize the receiving position (12) and / or the transfer position (13) recognize.

6. Restaurant system according to claim 4 or 5,

characterized in that

the elevator unit (8) has at least one barrier (9) which in a closed state blocks movement of the food and / or drinks carried by the elevator unit (8) and, in an open state, movement of the food carried by the elevator unit (8) and / or drinks, in particular a forwarding to the first transport section (5) releases.

7. Restaurant system according to one of claims 4 to 6,

characterized in that

the elevator (7) comprises one or two or more, preferably substantially vertically arranged, guide rods (10) for guiding the elevator unit (8) during the movement between the receiving position and the transfer position.

8. Restaurant system according to claim 7,

characterized in that

the elevator unit (8) for guiding on the guide rod (s) (10) has two or three or more wheels (1 1) arranged such that at least two of the wheels (11) engage in movement of the elevator unit (8) along opposite sides of the guide rods (10) are moved along.

9. Restaurant system according to claim 7 or 8,

characterized in that

at or near an upper end of the guide rods (10) a fixed connection piece (14) is arranged such that the food and / or drinks starting from the elevator unit (8) in its transfer position (1 3) via the connecting piece (14) to the first transport section (5) can be forwarded.

10. Restaurant system according to claim 9,

characterized in that

the position of the fitting (14) at or near the upper end of the guide rods (10) is adjustable, in particular one or more

Fixing means (15) of the connecting piece (14) on one or more of the guide rods (10) releasably and offset to the one or more guide rods (10) are refastenable.

1 1. Restaurant system according to one of claims 4 to 10,

characterized in that

the elevator (7) has a drive system (16) with a motor (17) and at least one or at least two traction elements (18) moved by the motor, in particular traction ropes or drawstrings, wherein the elevator unit (8) thus engages with the traction element or the Tension elements (18) is connected to that the elevator unit (8) is moved by the tension element or the tension elements (18).

12. restaurant system according to one of claims 4 to 1 1,

characterized in that

the elevator (7) comprises an emergency stop system, wherein the emergency stop system comprises a number of contact elements corresponding to the number of tension elements (18), one contact element each having one in normal operation

Pulling element (1 8) is in contact and in malfunction of the contact is interrupted.

13. Restaurant system according to one of claims 4 to 12,

characterized in that

the elevator (7) comprises a brake device with brake elements, wherein the brake elements in normal operation by the tension elements (1 8) in their

Braking be hindered and slow down the elevator in malfunction.

14. Restaurant system according to one of claims 4 to 13,

characterized in that

the elevator has a protective box (24) which at least laterally surrounds the elevator unit (8) in its receiving position (12), and / or that the

Elevator unit (8) has a protective box, which is movable with the elevator unit (8) and surrounds the elevator unit (8) at least laterally.

15. Restaurant system according to one of claims 4 to 14,

characterized in that

the elevator (7) has one or two or more sensors which detect an intervention of an operator in the travel path of the elevator unit along the guide rods.

16. Restaurant system according to one of claims 4 to 15,

characterized in that

the first transport section (5) of the transport system (4) comprises at least two essentially parallel slide rails and / or roller tracks (19), in particular at least two slide rails and / or roller tracks (19), which are at least substantially circular or oval or rectangular in cross section; on which the food and / or drinks by means

Transport aids (20), in particular Gleitunterlagen and / or

Sliding devices and / or rolling devices, at least partially transported by gravity, and that the elevator unit (8) a Gleitschienen- and / or roller track number in the first transport section (5) corresponding number of substantially parallel

Transfer rails (21) carrying during transport of the food and / or drinks with the elevator (7) in the transport aids (20) set or introduced food and / or drinks, wherein the transfer rails (21) in the transfer position (13 ) of the elevator unit (8) a continuation of the slide rails and / or roller tracks (19) in the first transport section (5) in a direction opposite to the provided

Transport direction (A) of food and / or drinks form.

17. Restaurant system according to claim 9 and claim 16,

characterized in that

the connecting piece (14) has a number of substantially parallel running intermediate rails (22) corresponding to the number of slide rails and / or roller tracks in the first transport section (5), which is a continuation of the

Form slide rails and / or roller tracks (19) and in the transfer position (13) of the elevator unit (8) between the slide rails and / or roller tracks (19) and the transfer rails (21) are arranged.

1 8. Restaurant system according to claim 16 or 17,

characterized in that

the transfer rails (21) and / or the intermediate rails (22) in the direction of the intended transport direction (A) of the food and / or drinks are inclined downwards.

19. Restaurant system according to one of claims 16 to 1 8,

characterized in that

the transfer rails (21) and / or the intermediate rails (22) are formed from a plurality of rotatably mounted wheels or rollers (23) arranged one behind the other, the axis of rotation of which is oriented substantially perpendicular to the transport direction (A) provided in its position.

20. A method for operating a restaurant system according to one of the preceding claims 4 to 16, comprising the steps:

- Positioning of the elevator unit (8) in its receiving position (12);

- Subsequently feeding food and / or drinks to the elevator unit (8), in particular by means of setting in or setting up the elevator unit (8);

- Then movement of the elevator unit (8) with the supplied food and / or drinks from the receiving position (12) in the transfer position (13);

- Then forwarding the food and / or drinks to the first transport section (5);

- Then transport the food and / or drinks on the first transport section (5) to the guest area (3), at least

in sections by gravity.