JP2001169892A - Food/drink supplying device and disposal automatic separator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a food/drink supplying device, or the like, for automatically separating food and drink from tableware and disposing them in the case that food and drink placed on tableware exceed the allowable degree of accumula tion. SOLUTION: Sushi (vinegared rice with ingredients thereon) which exceeds the allowable degree of accumulation and a dish therefor are spirally (in the direction of an arrow A in the fig.) passed on a route 73, and only the Sushi is brought into contact with a separating board 75. The Sushi in contact with the separating board 75 is separated from the dish, discharged from the route 73, and directly dropped into a disposal box 71. On the other hand, the dish separated from the Sushi is passed on the route 73 even after passing through the separating board 75, passed through a dish outlet 76 provided below a disposal hole 7, discharged from the disposal hole 7, and placed in the transfer path surface of a roller 51. Therefore, Sushi that exceeds the allowable degree of accumulation is automatically separated from the dish therefor, and only the Sushi is disposed of.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a food and drink providing apparatus for providing food and drink to a customer using an endless track transport path, and more particularly to disposal of food and drink that exceeds an allowable staying degree.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 8-80244 discloses a staying degree judging device used in a food and drink providing apparatus for feeding food to each table in a store using an endless track conveying path. ing. This apparatus is provided with an identification mark on each container that goes around the transport path, a reading device that reads the mark, counts the number of rounds of each container based on an output signal from the reading device, and determines that the number of rounds is equal to or larger than the set number It has a controller to search for lost containers. Further, the container whose number of circulations is equal to or greater than the set number of times is automatically retracted from the transport path.

[0003] In this device, foods and drinks exceeding the allowable staying degree are automatically removed from the endless track transport path and moved to a disposal place or the like. Then, when the food and drink are discarded, the food and drink are usually placed on the tableware. Therefore, a person separates the tableware and the food and then discards the food and drink.

[0004]

However, the food and beverage providing apparatus on the endless track transport path as described above has the following problems.

[0005] Even if the food or drink exceeding the allowable staying degree can be automatically detected and moved to a retreat place different from the transport path, the disposal means of the food and drink at the retreat place is automated. Absent. For this reason, the provider cannot speed up the disposal work.

[0006] The present invention solves the above problems,
Provided is a food and beverage providing apparatus having a mechanism for automatically detecting food and drink that exceeds an allowable staying degree on an endless track transport path, moving the food to a disposal place, and then automatically discarding the food and drink at the disposal place. The purpose is to:

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention
The food and beverage providing apparatus detects the degree of food retention on the endless track transport path, and based on the determination of the excess degree of retention detection means for determining when the detected degree of retention exceeds the allowable degree of residence, the excess degree of retention detection means And a sorting mechanism that guides food and drink that exceed the permissible retention degree from the endless track transport path to the disposal path, and a disposal path for discarding food and beverages that exceed the permissible retention degree. It is characterized in that a separation mechanism is provided for separating food and drink from tableware when the food and drink placed thereon passes. Therefore, after the food and drink exceeding the permissible residence degree is guided to the disposal path, the food and the tableware are automatically separated by the separation mechanism in the disposal path, and the food and beverage can be discarded. Therefore, the provider can speed up the disposal work.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the automatic sorting machine for waste disposal, wherein a separating mechanism is provided for separating the food and the food placed on the tableware when the food and the food placed on the table pass through the waste path. It is characterized by. Therefore, the food and the tableware are automatically separated in the disposal path, and the food and the food can be discarded.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, when the food placed on the tableware passes through the waste path through the separation mechanism, at least the food or beverage providing device or the automatic waste disposal sorter is in contact with the food or drink. It is characterized by having a contact separating member for separating the food and the tableware. Therefore, in the case of contacting only with food and drink, damage to tableware can be avoided.

[0010] According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the food or beverage providing apparatus or the automatic waste disposal apparatus, wherein the waste path is provided with a spirally formed passageway. This is effective when the height difference between the conveyor and the tableware outlet is large. That is, when the tableware is naturally dropped or the passage is steeply inclined, the speed at which the tableware reaches the outlet increases, and the tableware is easily damaged. For this reason, it is necessary to secure a passageway having a gentle slope. However, if a straight passageway having a gentle slope is provided, the waste path inevitably becomes large. Therefore, when the spiral passage as described above is provided, a long-distance passage can be secured in a small area, and the waste path can be made compact.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the food and beverage providing apparatus further comprises a washing mechanism for washing the dishes separated from the food and drink by the separating mechanism, and a drying mechanism for drying the dishes washed by the washing mechanism. . Therefore, food and drink that exceed the permissible residence degree are automatically separated from the food and drink, the food and drink can be discarded, and the food and drink can be washed and dried. The provider can further speed up the disposal work.

In the embodiment, the food / drink presence determination means corresponds to a plurality of stickers on which bar codes are printed and a bar code scanner for reading the stickers. In addition, a QR code or the like also applies.

In the present embodiment, the staying degree excess detecting means corresponds to ST4 in the flowchart of FIG.

In the present embodiment, the sorting mechanism corresponds to a sorting device.

In the present embodiment, the disposal path corresponds to a disposal hole.

In this embodiment, the separation mechanism corresponds to a separation board.

In the present embodiment, the cleaning mechanism corresponds to a shower, a nozzle, a brush, and a rinse shower.

In the present embodiment, the drying mechanism corresponds to a dryer.

[0019]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1. Description of Functional Block Diagram A food and beverage providing apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The food and beverage providing apparatus includes a placement information storage unit 11, a food presence determination unit 12, an excess staying degree detection unit 13, a selection mechanism 14, and a waste food and beverage information notification unit 15.

The placement information storage means 11 stores, as placement information, the types of food and drinks placed on the endless track transport path and the degree of residence determined according to the type of each food and drink. The food / drink presence determination unit 12 determines whether or not food / drink is placed on the endless track transport path.

The staying degree excess detecting means 13 detects the staying degree of food and drink on the endless track transport path based on the food and beverage presence determining means 12. Then, based on the placement information described above, it is determined whether or not the detected staying degree exceeds the allowable staying degree. If the detected staying degree exceeds the allowable staying degree, this is notified.

The sorting mechanism 14 is provided with a means
Based on the above, the food and drink exceeding the allowable staying degree are guided from the endless track transport path to the waste path. Waste food and beverage information notification means 15
On the basis of the staying degree excess detecting means 13 and the above-mentioned placement information,
The type of discarded food is acquired as discarded food information, and this is reported.

2. Overall Configuration The overall configuration of the food and beverage providing apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 shows a kitchen room S1, a counter table 1a and a plurality of legged tables 1b installed in the guest room S2, a partition housing 2 arranged on the entire surface of the kitchen room S1 and along the tables 1a and 1b, and on the partition housing 2. FIG. 2 is a plan view of a conveyor belt sushi restaurant constituted by a conveyor 3 traveling on a conveyor belt. The conveyor 3 is an endless track transport path for transporting sushi placed on a plate in the kitchen room S1 to each of the tables 1a and 1b.

Next, the partition housing 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 shows a cross-sectional view from the direction of the arrow X in FIG. The partition housing 2 is formed in the shape of a box in cross section from side walls 21 and 22 standing upright at a predetermined interval, and an upper wall 23 and a bottom wall 24 connecting the upper and lower ends of these end walls. The partition housing 2 is disposed along the front surface of the kitchen room S1 to partition the kitchen room S1 from the guest room S2. The first housing portion 2a is bent from both ends in the longitudinal direction of the first housing portion 2a. It comprises a second housing part 2b, a third housing part 2c, and a fourth housing part 2d extending parallel to S2. The fourth housing part 2d is located between the third housing part 2c and the first housing part 2a in the kitchen room S1, and is formed so that the conveyor 3 has a U-shape.

Next, the conveyor 3 will be described with reference to FIG. Conveyor 3 is provided with housing parts 2a, 2b, 2
a recess 31 provided on the upper wall 23 of the c · 2d; and an endless chain 33 which is circulated and moved by a motor in the recess 31 while being guided by guide surfaces 32 provided on both sides in the width direction of the recess 31. It has. The chain 33 has a flat surface (hereinafter, referred to as a conveyance path surface) on which a dish can be placed. In addition, the conveyor 3 is provided between the point where the sushi that goes around the conveyor 3 reaches from the cabin side S2 to the kitchen room side S1 and the point where the worker in the kitchen room S1 provides the sushi on the conveyor 3. Has a U-shaped shape so as to make a U-turn.

Next, in order to identify each sushi that goes around the conveyor 3, a plurality of stickers 4 having bar codes printed on each plate are used. The plurality of seals 4 are attached to the outer peripheral edge of the lower surface of the plate at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction. On the other hand, a laser barcode scanner 5 is installed in the third housing 2c in order to read a sticker 4 attached to each plate around the conveyor 3. The seal 4 and the barcode scanner 5 correspond to food / drink presence determination means. The output side of the barcode scanner 5 counts the number of rounds of each dish on the conveyor 3 based on the output signal from the barcode scanner 5 and searches for a dish whose number of rounds is equal to or greater than the set number. Computer 6 is connected.

In this embodiment, a bar code is used as the means for determining the presence of food or drink, but a QR code may be used.

The conveyor 3 of the fourth housing part 2d
The upper wall 23 is provided with a disposal hole 7 which is a disposal path in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the transport path. Further, based on an output signal from the microcomputer 6, a sorting device 8 that is a sorting mechanism that guides the sushi exceeding the allowable staying degree to the disposal hall 7.
Is also provided.

Further, a roller 51 is provided from a position below the disposal hole 7 to a tableware storage provided in the kitchen room S1. Along a roller 51, a shower 52 as a cleaning mechanism, a nozzle 53, a brush 54, a rinse shower 55, and a dryer 56 as a drying mechanism are provided (see FIG. 7).

Further, the output terminal of the microcomputer 6 is connected to a waste material information display 9 and a confirmation buzzer 10 which are waste food and beverage information notifying means. The disposal material information display 9 displays the type and tray number of the sushi disposed in the disposal hall 7 and displays the disposal information by performing statistical processing. The confirmation buzzer 10 is a buzzer that confirms that the worker in the kitchen room S1 has been disposed of.

Note that, instead of the confirmation buzzer 10, a confirmation lamp or the like that allows the operator to visually confirm that the discard has been performed may be used.

2.1 Regarding Sorting Device The structure of the sorting device 8 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4A and 4B. FIG. 4a is a perspective view and FIG. 4b is a side view.
The sorting device 8 includes an L-shaped arm 81, a rotating shaft 82, and a driving motor 83. The L-shaped arm 81 is a part that comes into direct contact with a plate that is transported on the conveyor 3. The rotating shaft 82 is provided on the upper wall 23 between the conveyors 3 of the fourth housing portion 2d perpendicular to the conveying path surface. Also,
The drive motor 83 is provided inside the fourth housing part 2d, in contact with the upper wall 23, and immediately below the rotary shaft 82 (see FIG. 4B). The L-shaped arm 81 is rotated by a drive motor 83 at a predetermined angle about a rotation shaft 82.

In the present embodiment, the sorting device 8 is used as the sorting mechanism. However, an extruder including a cylinder driven in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction and an extruding portion for guiding the plate to the waste hole 7 may be used. .

2.2 Disposal Hole The upper wall 23 between the conveyors 3 of the fourth housing portion 2d has
A disposal hole 7 is provided in a direction perpendicular to the transport path surface.
At the lower end of the disposal hall 7 is a disposal box 7 for disposing of sushi.
1 is installed.

The disposal hole 7 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5A is a configuration diagram of the entire disposal hole 7. FIG. 5B is a plan view of the disposal hole 7 as viewed from the conveyance path surface.

FIG. 5c is a cross-sectional view of the waste hole 7 from the arrow direction X in FIG. 5a. FIG. 5d is an end view of the waste hole 7 from the direction of arrow Y in FIG. 5a.

A cylindrical guide wall 7 constituting the disposal hole 7
The route 2 is provided with a route 73 which is a passage through which the sushi exceeding the allowable staying degree and the plate on which the sushi is placed pass. The route 73 is a spiral-shaped passage, and the sushi and dishes pass on the route 73 in a spiral shape in a direction perpendicular to the conveying road surface for two weeks. The route 73 has an appropriate inclination with respect to the guide wall 72.

At the side end of the route 73 located on the central axis side of the disposal hole 7, a dish passing over the route 73 is provided.
A support mechanism 74 is provided so as not to fall from the position 3. The support mechanism 74 is formed so as to abut only on the plate while the sushi and plate are spirally passing on the route 73. Therefore, the dishes are not thrown out of the route 73 and fall into the waste box 71.

As shown in FIG. 5B, the starting end of the route 73 forms a smooth surface with respect to the upper wall 23 of the fourth housing portion 2d. This is to prevent the sushi from falling off the plate or turning over the plate in the process of guiding the sushi and plate exceeding the allowable residence degree to the disposal hall 7 by the sorting device 8.

Further, a separation mechanism for separating the sushi and the dish passing through the route 73 at the place where the route 73 has been rotated one and a half times is provided with a separation board 75 which is a contact separating member (FIG. 5c, See FIG. 6a). The separation board 75 is located at an appropriate position such that it comes into contact only with the sushi, and is provided on the guide wall 71 in parallel with the inclination of the route 73 with respect to the guide wall 71. Further, the sushi and the dish passing on the route 73 have a predetermined angle with respect to the traveling direction. The predetermined angle is determined so that the sushi in contact with the separation board 75 does not return to the route 73 again after being separated from the plate.

A dish outlet 76 is provided below the disposal hole 7 and at the end of the route 73 for discharging the plate separated from the sushi by the separation board 75 from the disposal hole 7. At the plate discharge port 76, a conveyor conveying surface connected to the roller 51 described below is located.

In this embodiment, the disposal holes 7
Is provided in a direction perpendicular to the transport path surface, but may be inclined with respect to the transport path surface. Further, in this embodiment, the spiral route 73 is used as the passage, but the route 73 is used.
May be used.

In the present embodiment, the contact separating member that contacts only the sushi is used as the separating mechanism. However, the contact separating member that contacts only the dish or the sushi and the plate are separated while contacting both. A contact separation member may be used.

In the present embodiment, the separation board 75 is used as the separation mechanism, but an L-shaped separation guide as shown in FIG. 6B may be used. When this is used, the sushi separated from the plate once rides on the separation guide, and then slides down on the separation guide and directly falls into the waste box 71. Therefore, the sushi separated from the plate does not return to the route 73 again and does not hinder the course of the plate that subsequently passes on the route 73.

2.3 Washing Mechanism and Drying Mechanism The washing mechanism and the drying mechanism will be described with reference to FIG.
The roller 51 has a concave shape in consideration of the thickness of the dish, and is installed so as to stand upright according to the width of the dish. Further, the belt 60 is attached along each roller 51, and the plate is transported along the roller 51 by a driving mechanism (not shown) for driving the belt 60. Further, a waste disposal path 57 is provided below and along the roller 51.

Along the rollers 51, a shower 52 as a cleaning mechanism, a nozzle 53, a brush 54, a rinsing shower 55, and a dryer 56 as a drying mechanism are provided in this order in the transport direction.

The shower 52 is provided so that water can be jetted from four directions on the plate that is transported on the roller 51 in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction. This is the separation board 7
This is for flushing the sushi remaining on the plate even after 5 passes with water and discarding the sushi in the residue disposal path 57.

The nozzle 53 is provided so that the cleaning agent can be sprayed onto the transport surface from slightly above the transport surface on the roller 51.

Three brushes 54 are provided above and below the plate that conveys the rollers 51, respectively, and are rotatable with respect to the axis of the brush 54, respectively. By rotating these brushes 54, the dishes can be washed while the dishes conveyed on the rollers 51 pass between the brushes 54.

The rinsing shower 55 is provided so that water can be sprayed onto the plate carried on the roller 51 from four directions perpendicular to the carrying direction. Therefore, the dish which has been foamed by the brush 54 and the cleaning agent can be rinsed with water.

The dryer 56 is provided so that hot air can be blown from four directions perpendicular to the transport direction onto the plate transported on the rollers 51. Therefore, the dishes washed with the shower 52 or the like can be dried.

The shower 52, the nozzle 53, the brush 54,
The rinse shower 55 and the dryer 56
A sensor 58 provided between the shower head 6 and the shower sprays water or a cleaning agent every time the dish is transported.

Further, at the end of the roller 51, a dish collecting container 59 for storing the dried dish is provided.

In the present embodiment, the brush 54 and the like are activated by the sensor 58, but may be activated by the microcomputer 6 described above.

3. Hardware Configuration The hardware configuration of the food and beverage providing apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. This food and beverage providing apparatus uses a microcomputer 6 equipped with a central processing unit (CPU) and a storage device (memory) as a counting device for counting the degree of stay. The output terminal of the barcode scanner 5 is connected to the input terminal of the microcomputer 6, and the drive motor 83 of the selection device 8, the waste information display 9 and the confirmation buzzer 10 are connected to the output terminal of the microcomputer 6.

4 Flowchart 4.1 Assumptions First, the type of sushi corresponding to each tray number as shown in FIG. 9 and the number of laps (set number of times) determined according to the type of each sushi are stored in the memory of the microcomputer 6. . In the present embodiment, the total number of trays is 15
Since it is set to 0, the types of sushi corresponding to the tray numbers 1 to 150 and the set number of times determined according to the type of each sushi are stored. Further, in the present embodiment, the number of circulations of each sushi on the conveyor 3 is used as the staying degree, but the staying time may be used.

4.2 On Conveyor A series of operations for automatically guiding the sushi exceeding the allowable staying degree to the disposal hall 7 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The sushi placed on the conveyor 3 by the worker in the kitchen room S1 and the plate on which the sushi is placed are circulated through the conveyor 3 to the tables 1a and 1b in the passenger compartment S2. The customers at each of the tables 1a and 1b take out and eat the desired sushi, while the sushi and plates that are not taken out by the customers go around on the conveyor 3. Then, the barcode scanner 5 reads the barcode on the sticker 4 attached to the plate (step ST1 in FIG. 10), and the microcomputer 6 determines the number of rounds of each plate on the conveyor 3 based on the output signal from the barcode scanner 5. The counting is performed (steps ST2 and ST3 in FIG. 10). Then, if the number of rounds among the dishes that go around the conveyor 3 is equal to or greater than the set number of times (step ST4 in FIG. 10), based on the output signal from the microcomputer 6, the sorting device 8, the waste sushi material display. The instrument 9 and the confirmation buzzer 10 operate (steps ST5 to ST7 in FIG. 10). Step ST4 in FIG. 10 corresponds to the staying degree excess detecting means.

That is, the drive motor 83 of the sorting device 8
Is based on an output signal from the microcomputer 6,
The L-shaped arm is rotated through a predetermined angle via the rotation shaft 82 (the direction of the arrow A in FIG. 5B). In other words, the plate whose number of turns on the conveyor 3 is equal to or more than the set number of times is guided from the conveyor 3 to the disposal hole 7. Thereafter, since the plate is not read by the bar code scanner 5 within the time required for one round of the conveyor 3, the number of rounds of the plate counted by the microcomputer 6 is cleared (step ST9 in FIG. 10). After the drive motor 83 guides the sushi exceeding the allowable staying degree to the disposal hall 7, the
The mold arm 81 is returned (step ST8 in FIG. 10).

Therefore, the sushi that exceeds the allowable staying degree is automatically led to the disposal hall 7, and the disposal operation is speeded up.

4.3 Inside the Waste Hole Next, the sushi exceeding the allowable staying degree is guided by the output signal of the microcomputer 6 to the starting end of the route 73 in the waste hole 7 by the sorting device 8 (see FIG. 5B).
Then, the sushi and dish pass in a spiral shape (the direction of the arrow A in FIG. 5A and the direction of the arrow B in FIG. 5b) on the route 73 in a direction perpendicular to the conveying road surface.
Only the sushi contacts the separation board 75.

The sushi in contact with the separation board 75 is separated from the dish, thrown out of the route 73 in the direction of arrow B in FIG.

On the other hand, the plate separated from the sushi is placed on a separation board 75.
After passing through the route 73, and through the plate discharge port 76 provided at the lower part of the waste hole 7, the waste hole 7
And is placed on the conveying path surface (not shown) of the conveyor connected to the roller 51. Therefore, the sushi that exceeds the allowable staying degree is automatically separated from the plate, and only the sushi is discarded.

In order to make it easier for sushi and dishes to pass on the route 73, water may be flown on the route 73.

4.4 Washing Step and Drying Step The dishes placed on the conveying path surface connected to the roller 51 are arranged in the order of a shower 52, a nozzle 53, a brush 54, a rinsing shower 55 and a dryer 56 provided along the roller 51. It is processed as follows. When the plate separated from the sushi in the disposal hall 7 is detected by the sensor 58, the belt 60 is driven to convey the plate along the rollers 51. First, water is sprayed from the shower 52 in four directions perpendicular to the transport direction. by this,
Even if a portion of the sushi remains on the plate, the sushi is discarded into the residue disposal path 57 by the injected water.

Next, the dish that has passed through the shower 52 is washed by the rotation of the brush 54 after the cleaning agent is sprayed by the nozzle 53. The dish that has been foamed by the brush 54 and the cleaning agent is rinsed with water by a rinse shower 55.

Next, the washed dishes are blown with hot air from four directions in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction by a dryer 56 to be dried.

After that, the dish after the washing step and the drying step is stored in the dish collecting container 59 provided at the end of the roller 51.

Therefore, the worker only needs to move the dish stored in the dish collecting container 59 to the dish storage place, and can save the trouble of washing and drying the dish.

4.5 Waste Sushi Neta Display and Confirmation Buzzer Next, the waste sushi neta display 9 and the confirmation buzzer 10 will be described. Based on the output symbol of the microcomputer 6, the discarded sushi indicator 9 displays the type of discarded sushi, and performs statistical processing to display a graph. At the same time, the confirmation buzzer 10 causes the worker in the kitchen room S1 to confirm that it has been discarded.

Here, the screen display of the waste sushi material indicator 9 will be described with reference to FIG. The display screen of the waste sushi material indicator 9 has a waste display area 91 and a graph display area 92. The waste display area 91 displays the sushi material and the tray number when the sushi material exceeding the allowable staying degree is led to the disposal hall 7, and displays the confirmation buzzer 1
It is displayed corresponding to the buzzer of 0. In addition, the graph display area 92 displays the number of sushi pieces that have exceeded the permissible sushi degree per day by using a bar graph. Graph display area 9
In FIG. 2, a bar graph of sushi items of 10 items on one screen is displayed, and a screen movement switch 93 is provided at an upper right end. Each time the right switch of the screen movement switch 93 is pressed once, the bar graph items are sequentially shifted to the left, so that a bar graph of all the sushi items can be displayed.

Each time a sushi material exceeding the permissible residence degree is discarded, the sushi material may be automatically arranged in order from the left in descending order of the amount of discard.

Therefore, the worker in the kitchen room S1 can see what was discarded and see the discarding information of one day by looking at the discarded sushi material indicator 9. Also,
From this information, you can detect the sushi material that should be supplied,
We can provide a lot of sushi ingredients that suit customers' preferences.

5 Another Embodiment As another embodiment of the disposal hole 7, FIGS.
2b. FIG. 12A is a plan view of the disposal hole 7 as viewed from the conveyance path surface. FIG. 12B is an end view of the waste hole 7 cut along a plane perpendicular to the surface of the conveyance path.

A space 78 is provided on the route 73 along the support mechanism 74 so that sushi can pass through and dishes cannot pass through.

In the same manner as in the above-described embodiment, sushi and dishes exceeding the permissible residence degree are sorted by the sorting device 8 into the disposal hall 7.
Is guided to the start end of the route 73 inside. Then, the sushi and the dish pass spirally in a direction perpendicular to the conveying road surface on the route 73, and the sushi and the dish are separated by the separation board 75 at the place of one and a half weeks on the route 73.

Also, if the sushi falls off the plate before the sushi and plate reach the separation board 75,
If the sushi remains on the route 73 even after contacting the sushi 5, the sushi falls from the route 73 through the space 78 and falls directly on the waste box 71. Therefore, the sushi separated from the plate does not return to the route 73 again and does not hinder the course of the plate subsequently passing on the route 73.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a food and beverage providing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the overall configuration of the food and beverage providing apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a partition housing 2 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4a is a perspective view of a sorting device 8 in the present embodiment.

FIG. 4b is a side view of the sorting device 8 in the present embodiment.

FIG. 5A is a view showing an entire configuration of a disposal hole 7 in the present embodiment.

FIG. 5B is a plan view of the disposal hole 7 in the present embodiment.

FIG. 5c is a cross-sectional view of the disposal hole 7 in the present embodiment.

FIG. 5D is an end view of the disposal hole 7 in the embodiment.

FIG. 6A is a perspective view of a separation board 75 in the present embodiment.

FIG. 6b is a perspective view of a separation board according to another embodiment.

FIG. 7 shows a shower 52 and a nozzle 5 according to the embodiment.
3, brush 54, rinse shower 55, dryer 5
6 is a perspective view of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a registration table in the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a series of operations for guiding sushi exceeding the allowable staying degree to the disposal hall 7 in the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a waste sushi news item information display 9 and a confirmation buzzer 10 in the embodiment.

FIG. 12a is a plan view of a disposal hole according to another embodiment.

FIG. 12b is an end view of a waste hole in another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 5 barcode scanner 6 microcomputer 7 disposal hole 73 route 75 separation board 8 sorting device 9 waste information display 52, 53, 54 , 55: Cleaning mechanism 56: Drying mechanism

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A food and drink providing apparatus for providing food and drink to a customer using a crawler path, wherein the food presence determination means determines whether or not the food is placed on the crawler path. Based on the food and drink presence determination means, to detect the degree of food and drink staying in the endless track transport path, if the detected staying degree exceeds the allowable staying degree, staying degree excess detection means for notifying, A disposal path for discarding food and drink exceeding the retention degree, a sorting mechanism for guiding the food and drink exceeding the allowable retention degree from the endless track transport path to a disposal path based on the determination of the excess retention degree detection means. The food and beverage providing device, wherein the food and drink are placed on the tableware, and when the food and drink placed on the tableware pass through the disposal path, Separation mechanism for separating food and drink from tableware is provided A food and beverage provision device, characterized in that: 2. A waste path for discarding food and drink placed on tableware, and when food and drink placed on tableware pass through the waste path, the food and drink are separated from the tableware. An automatic sorting device for waste disposal, comprising: 3. The food / drink providing apparatus according to claim 1, or the automatic waste sorting device according to claim 2, wherein the separation mechanism is configured to at least remove the food placed on the tableware through the waste path. An abutment separating member that contacts food and drink and separates the food and tableware from each other. 4. The food / drink providing apparatus or the automatic waste sorting device according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the waste path is provided with a spirally formed passageway. What is characterized by. 5. The food providing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a washing mechanism for washing the dishes separated from the food and drink by the separating mechanism, and drying the dishes washed by the washing mechanism. A drying mechanism that performs drying.