JP2000287815A - Commodity freshness control method and device in rotating eating and drinking table - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make extremely easy the work of conforming a commodity freshness deterioration by detecting the commodity lowered to a predetermined temperature or less by a temperature sensor. SOLUTION: In this rotating eating and drinking table, a crescent chain for going round and conveying a commodity 14 is provided above a stand 12. In this case, the commodity 14 is placed on a commodity dish 16 and is fed to the crescent chain. A temperature of the commodity on the commodity dish 16 gone around and conveyed is detected by a temperature sensor 22 and the commodity dish 16 on which the commodity 14 lowered to a predetermined temperature or less is detected. An existence of the commodity dish 16 detected is warned by a caution tool 24.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for managing freshness of goods, which can easily manage the freshness of goods on a dish which is being conveyed in a shop where a rotating dining table is installed. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a store having a rotating dining table, freshness management of sushi, which is a product placed on a product plate which is conveyed on a rotating dining table, is performed by a cook or an employee. Products that have been performed and have been degraded in product freshness without being eaten by customers for a long time have been collected from the rotating dining table by cooks or employees.

[0003] In addition, in order to eat delicious sushi as a product, the temperature of the shari should be human skin (around 35 to 37 degrees).
It is known that cold spatter temperatures are optimal.

[0004]

As described above, since freshness management of a product is conventionally performed by a cook or an employee as described above, the product whose freshness has deteriorated is often not immediately collected. The products whose freshness has deteriorated continue to be transported around the rotating eating and drinking table as it is, and as a result, the products whose freshness has deteriorated have been noticed by customers, causing a significant decrease in the trust and confidence in the store's product provision.

[0005] In addition, it is usual to check the product whose freshness has deteriorated based on the patrol time or the number of patrols of the product dish on which the product is placed. However, since the temperature and humidity fluctuate depending on the season, it is determined according to the season. It is necessary for cooks and employees to learn the patrol time or number of tours of the product as an empirical rule, and this is a very troublesome task for cooks and inexperienced cooks. I was

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for managing freshness of goods in a rotating eating and drinking table, in which the work of confirming deterioration of freshness of goods is extremely easy.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, there is provided a rotary eating and drinking table provided with a crescent chain for circulating and transporting goods above a base, wherein the goods are placed on a goods plate and supplied to the crescent chain. Then, the temperature of the product on the product tray being circulated and transported on the crescent chain is detected by a temperature sensor arranged near the crescent chain, and the product tray on which the product whose temperature has dropped below a predetermined temperature is placed. Detecting the temperature of the product dish detected by the temperature sensor and warning the presence of the product dish by a warning device, or placing a product dish on which a product having a temperature lower than a predetermined temperature detected by the temperature sensor is placed, into a crescent chain. It is transported on a collection conveyor arranged in the vicinity.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an apparatus for managing the freshness of goods in a rotary eating and drinking table according to the present invention has the following configuration.

The rotary dining table used in the present invention includes a base 12
A crescent chain 18 for circulating and transporting a product 14, in the present invention, a product dish 16 on which sushi is placed, is provided above the base 12, and a counter 20 is provided on the outer peripheral edge of the base 12.

The temperature of the product 14 placed on the product dish 16 is detected, and the predetermined temperature, the temperature of the shari, which is optimal for eating sushi as the product 14, drops below a temperature of about 35 to 37 degrees. A temperature sensor 22 for detecting the product 14 is located near the crescent chain 18.

A warning device 24 for warning the presence of the commodity dish 16 detected by the temperature sensor 22 is provided near the temperature sensor 22.

In the present embodiment, the warning device 24 may have any other warning mechanism, such as a method of turning on a light when a temperature sensor 22 detects a product whose freshness has deteriorated, a method of emitting a warning sound, and the like.

The temperature sensor 22 and the alarm 24
Is connected (coupled) to the computer 26 and controlled.

As shown in FIG. 3, the driving mechanism of the crescent chain 18 of this embodiment is provided with a driving sprocket 28 at one corner of the crescent chain 18, and a driving shaft 30 of the driving sprocket 28 is connected via a transmission chain 32. And is connected to the motor 34.

When the motor 34 is driven, the drive shaft 30 is driven via the transmission chain 32.
Next, the crescent chain 18 is driven and circulates.

In the drawings, K indicates a kitchen and H indicates a hall in a store.

A method for managing the freshness of a product placed on a product plate to be conveyed on the crescent chain 18 of a rotating dining table using the present apparatus will be described in detail below.

In advance, a commodity dish 16 on which sushi as a commodity 14 is placed is sequentially supplied onto a crescent chain 18.

Each product dish 16 on the crescent chain 18
The temperature of the product 14 placed on the product 14 is detected by the temperature sensor 22, and the product tray 16 on which the product 14 whose temperature has dropped below the predetermined temperature is detected.

The cooker or employee is notified of the detected dish 16 by a warning of the warning device 24, and the cook or employee collects the dish 16.

At this time, by appropriately changing the set temperature of the product 14 to be detected by the temperature sensor 22 according to the season, it is possible to easily manage the freshness of the product according to the season.

As shown by a dotted line in FIG. 1, a collection conveyor 36 is provided along the crescent chain 18 and a movable guide 38 is provided at a connecting portion between the collection conveyor 36 and the crescent chain 18. Then, the guide 38 is moved to the crescent chain 18 side by the detection of the temperature sensor 22, and the detected product plate 16 whose freshness is deteriorated is moved along the guide 38 to the collecting conveyor 3.
By transferring and collecting the product 14 on the product 6, it is possible to mechanically collect the product dish 16 on which the product 14 with the deteriorated freshness is placed.

At this time, with the detection of the temperature sensor 22,
By causing the computer 26 to control the movement of the guide 38 and the driving of the collection conveyor 36, it is possible to automatically collect the product plate 16 on which the products 14 with reduced freshness are placed.

Although the temperature sensor 22 and the warning device 24 are separate bodies, the computer can be omitted by having an integrated structure and a mechanism for operating the warning device 24 by detecting the temperature sensor 22. .

The temperature sensor 22 is for detecting a product having a temperature lower than a predetermined temperature. However, in the case of desserts in which the product is cooled, it is not possible for the temperature sensor 22 to detect a product having a temperature higher than the predetermined temperature. It is obvious.

The apparatus used in the method of the present invention is not limited to this example.

[0027]

According to the method and apparatus for managing the freshness of a product in a rotating dining table according to the present invention, a product placed on a product dish is detected by a temperature sensor, and a product having a temperature lower than a predetermined temperature is detected. In order to warn of the presence of this detected product with a warning device, compared to the conventional method of managing the deterioration of product freshness based on the rules of thumb of cooks and employees, by changing the detection temperature of the temperature sensor according to the season, The freshness of the product can be managed very easily.

[0028] Further, the commodity dish on which the commodity whose temperature has dropped below the predetermined temperature detected by the temperature sensor is transferred to a collection conveyor arranged near the crescent chain, so that the commodity whose freshness has deteriorated is reduced. Can be automatically collected, and product freshness management can be performed more easily.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a product freshness management device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view showing the temperature detection unit of the product.

FIG. 3 is a schematic front view showing a driving mechanism of the crescent chain.

[Explanation of symbols]

 12 Base 14 Product 16 Product dish 18 Crescent chain 22 Temperature sensor 24 Warning device 36 Collection conveyor

Claims (4)

[Claims] Claims: 1. On a rotating eating and drinking table provided with a crescent chain (18) for circulating and transporting a product (14) above a base (12), the product (14) is placed on a product plate (16). Supply on the crescent chain (18)
The temperature of the product (14) of the product dish (16) being circulated above is detected by the temperature sensor (22) disposed near the crescent chain (18), and the temperature of the product (14) is reduced to a predetermined temperature or less. 1
4) Detects the product dish (16) on which the
A freshness management method for a rotating dining table, wherein a warning device (24) warns the presence of the product dish (16) detected by (22). 2. A collection conveyor (16) in which a product dish (16) on which a product (14) whose temperature has dropped below a predetermined temperature detected by a temperature sensor (22) is placed near a crescent chain (18). 36)
The method according to claim 1, wherein the product is transported upward. 3. A rotary dining table provided with a crescent chain (18) for circulating and transporting a product (14) above a base (12), wherein the crescent is disposed near the crescent chain (18). A temperature sensor (22) for detecting the temperature of the product (14) on the chain (18), and a product tray (1) on which the product (14) having a temperature lower than a predetermined temperature detected by the temperature sensor (22) is placed.
6) A warning device (24) that indicates the presence of
6) The product (14) is placed on the crescent chain (18) and supplied to the crescent chain (18), and the temperature of the product (14) on the product plate (16) being circulated on the crescent chain (18) is Temperature sensor (22)
The temperature sensor (22) detects the commodity dish (16) on which the commodity (14) that has dropped below a predetermined temperature is placed, and detects the presence of the commodity dish (16) detected by the temperature sensor (22). A device for managing freshness of goods in a rotating dining table, wherein a warning is issued by: 4. A collection dish (16) in which a commodity dish (16) on which a temperature-reduced commodity (14) detected by a temperature sensor (22) is placed is placed near a crescent chain (18). The freshness management device for a rotary dining table according to claim 3, wherein the product is transported.