JP2002125833A - Plate recovery apparatus for eating house - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a plate recovery apparatus which is capable of separating a plate and a sushi for disposal for recovering the plate. SOLUTION: This invention relates to a plate recovering apparatus which can withdraw the plate having remained on a conveyor system 3 longer than the time predetermined from the conveyor system in an eating house where there is provided the conveyor system 3 carrying rotatively the plate P serving sushi thereon, and the apparatus is equipped with a withdrawal section of the plate P, a shunt device to put the plate to one side from the conveyor system and a plate recovery passage 8 for recovering the plate shunted by the shunt device, and there is provided a food recovery section 9 at the middle of the plate recovery passage for separation of dishing up sushi from the plate.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a collecting device for collecting containers containing sushi in a sushi restaurant or the like provided with a transport device for circulating and transporting containers containing food such as sushi. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a transport device having a transport path circulating along a table in a store has been installed, and employees can supply a tray as a container filled with sushi as food and drink to the transport path as needed. On the other hand, there are restaurants where customers at each table select various sushi sequentially sent by the transport path, pick up the sushi from the transport path, and freely eat and drink.

[0003] In the above sushi restaurants, the sushi on the plate placed on the transport path is kept until the customer picks it up.
If the sushi that orbits the transport path is not taken out of the transport path for a long time because it continues to orbit on the transport path, the quality of the sushi deteriorates over time, and as a result, the sushi of reduced quality is provided to customers There is a problem that does.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the applicant of the present application has proposed a controller for searching for a dish whose orbiting time has become a predetermined time or more, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-235262. And a retreating device having a retreat path for retreating the plate whose revolving time on the transport path is equal to or longer than a set time from the transport path based on the output signal from the controller, and a predetermined plate revolves around the transport path. The time is measured via the controller, and when the measured time reaches the set time, the plate is retracted from the transport path to the evacuation path.

[0005]

However, since the evacuation path of the above-mentioned apparatus is constituted by a belt conveyor, the evacuation path of the evacuation apparatus is for evacuation of a plate on which sushi of reduced quality is served from the conveyance path. At present, the sushi on the plate brought into the evacuation route is manually disposed of by the employee each time, and thus the workability is poor.

The present invention has been developed in view of the above circumstances. It is an object of the present invention to separate food and drink such as sushi contained in a container such as a dish from the container and separate the food and the food from each other. It is an object of the present invention to provide a container collecting device which can be collected.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is directed to a restaurant provided with a transport device for circulating and transporting containers containing food and drink, wherein A collection device for collecting the container from the transport device, a collection unit for the container, evacuation means for retreating the container from the conveyance device, and a container collection path for collecting the container retracted by the evacuation device in the collection unit for the container. And a food collection unit for separating and collecting the food contained in the container from the container is provided in the middle of the container collection path.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the container collecting apparatus according to the first aspect, the container in which the transfer time by the transfer device is equal to or longer than the set time is collected from the transfer device.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows a kitchen room S1, a counter table 1a and a plurality of legged tables 1b arranged in a guest room S2, a front surface of the kitchen room S1 and the tables 1a and 1a.
b and a partition housing 2 disposed along the partition b, and traveling on the partition housing 2 to carry the sushi as food and drink assorted on a plate P as a container in the kitchen room S1 to each of the tables 1a and 1b. Is a plan view of the inside of a sushi restaurant provided with a transfer device 3 having a transfer path 30 made of an endless chain, and a chain P acting on the transfer path 30 is capable of mounting a plate P. It has a flat surface.

The partition housing 2 is, as shown in FIG.
The side walls 21 and 22 facing each other at a predetermined interval, and the upper wall 23 and the bottom wall 24 connecting the upper end and the lower end of the side walls 21 and 22 are formed in a box-shaped cross section. A first housing portion 2a disposed along the front surface of the first housing portion 2a to partition the kitchen room S1 and the guest room S2, and bent from both longitudinal ends of the first housing portion 2a.
2 and 3 housing parts 2b and 2c extending in parallel inside
And upper wall 2 of each housing part 2a, 2b, 2c.
3, the transfer path 3 of the transfer device 3
The counter table 1a and the legged table 1b are arranged outside the side walls 21 and 22 in the second and third housing portions 2b and 2c, while the chain constituting zero is arranged.

In the embodiment shown in the figure, as shown in FIG. 6, rectangular front-view rectangular shapes are respectively provided at the side walls 21 and 22 of the partition housing and at positions corresponding to the respective seats and the table with legs of the counter table 1a. An opening 26 is provided, and a door 27 for opening and closing the opening 26 is provided so as to be swingable,
An insertion port 28 through which only a predetermined dish P can pass
Has been established.

The above-mentioned door 27 can be opened by operating the key cylinder 20 provided on the side walls 21 and 22. By opening the door 27, for example, cups or the like that cannot be inserted through the insertion port 28 can be opened. From the container collecting water channel 4 described later.

In each of the second and third housing portions 2b and 2c, a plate P to be put in from each of the inlets 28 is filled with the container collecting water passage 4.
Is provided, and in the middle of the introduction path 29,
A limit switch 29a for detecting the plate P inserted into the insertion port 28 is provided, while the second and third housings 2b are provided.
At the outer surface of the side walls 21 and 22 in 2c and at a position facing each of the insertion ports 28, the number of plates P to be inserted into the insertion port 28 based on an output signal from the limit switch 29a is displayed. Digital display 2
00 is provided. The number display on the display 200 is reset to 0 when the door 27 is opened.

The first, second, and third housing portions 2a, 2b, and 2c of the housing 2 include a housing portion 2a.
3 ducts 10 extending over substantially the entire length of 2b and 2c
And one end of the duct 10 provided in the second and third housing portions 2b and 2c on the first housing portion 2a side is respectively attached to both ends in the length direction of the duct 10 installed in the first housing portion 2a. And the inside of these ducts 10
The empty plate P introduced into the container recovery channel 4 is collected by the flowing water of a predetermined flow rate flowing through the container recovery channel 4 to form a container recovery channel 4 constituting the recovery portion of the plate. It is transported to the tank 40.

A carrier water supply device (not shown) for generating a water flow flowing toward the recovery tank 40 is provided in the container recovery water channel 4.
Is provided.

In the above-described apparatus, a sticker S on which an identification mark made of a QR code is printed is used as identification means for identifying each plate P, and the sticker S is attached to the center of the lower surface of the plate P.

On the other hand, the first housing portion 2a has a laser type identification device 5a for reading the identification mark of each plate P circling the transport path 30, a controller 5b composed of a microcomputer, and an output signal from the controller 5b. The container recovery device 6 according to the present invention for recovering, from the transport path 30, the dishes P whose circulation time in the transport path 30 has become equal to or longer than the set time.

The controller 5b measures the time during which each plate P circulates the transport path 30 based on the output signal from the identification device 5a, and searches for the plate P whose circulating time is equal to or longer than the set time. I have.

That is, the controller 5b first inputs the initial data of the identification mark by reading the identification mark with the identification device 5a, and starts measuring the orbiting time (sets the start time). The orbiting time at the present time is determined by reading the identification mark by the identification device 5a, and the orbiting time from the start of measurement to the present time is calculated from the orbiting time, and the preset orbiting time (for example, 2)
0 minute) to determine whether or not the set circulation time has elapsed. When the current circulation time exceeds the set circulation time, a command to activate the container collection device 6 is issued. Like that.

The container collecting device 6 includes an evacuation conveyance path 60 as evacuation means disposed along the conveyance path 30, and a conveyance path 3.
The first guide body 7a for transferring the plate P from 0 to the evacuation conveyance path 60, the second guide body 7b for changing the plate P from the evacuation conveyance path 60 to the conveyance path 30 again, and on the evacuation conveyance path 60 And a container collection path 8 for collecting the dish P7 into the collection waterway 4.
A food collecting unit 9 for separating and collecting the upper sushi from the plate P is provided.

The retreating conveyance path 60 is connected to the first belt conveyor 6.
1 and second and third belt conveyors 62 and 63 disposed on the side of the first belt conveyor 61, and are distinguished between the rear end of the second belt conveyor 62 and the front end of the third belt conveyor 63. An installation space for the device 5a is provided, and the identification device 5a installed in the installation space allows the transport path 30
The identification mark of the sticker S affixed to the lower surface of the plate P sent to the evacuation conveyance path 60 is read.

The second guide 7b is a motor (not shown)
The motor is connected to the output side of the controller 5b, and the second guide member 7b is connected to the drive shaft 71 via the drive shaft 71 by the drive control of the motor by the controller 5b. As shown in FIG. 3, the reciprocating movement path is swung between a position intersecting the retreat conveyance path 60 and a position retreating outside the retreat conveyance path 60 as indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 3.

The retreat conveyance path 60 for the second guide body 7b
At the time of swinging to the position where the plate P intersects, the plate P sent into the retreat conveyance path 60 via the first guide 7a is moved to the second guide body 7
b, while the second guide member 7b swings to the outward retreat position in the retreat conveyance path 60, the plate P sent into the retreat conveyance path 60 is put into the container collection path 8. I am trying to.

The container recovery path 8 includes a pair of left and right upper inclined guide members 81 and a lower inclined guide member 82 for receiving both sides of the plate P, and the lower inclined guide member 82 extends from the lower end of the upper inclined guide member 81. The upper inclined guide member 81 is inclined so as to be folded in the opposite direction to the inclined direction.

At the lower end of the upper inclined guide member 81, receiving pieces 83 for receiving both sides of the plate P are provided.
And a notch 84 for moving the plate P from the upper inclined guide member 81 to the second guide member side 82 is provided above the receiving piece 83.

Below the upper inclined guide member 81 and the lower inclined guide member 82, there is provided a collecting chamber 91 which constitutes a collecting section 9 for collecting sushi to be discarded. A collection container 92 for sushi to be disposed is provided.

In the apparatus having the above-described configuration, the customers P of the tables 1a and 1b sequentially put the empty plates P into the input port 28.
, Falls into the container recovery channel 4 in the duct 10, is washed away by the flowing water flowing in the container recovery channel 4, and is sequentially collected in the recovery tank 40 via the container recovery channel 4.

Further, with the introduction of the plate P into each of the inlets 28,
The number of plates P put in, counted by the limit switch 29a, is displayed on the display 200. When the employee further operates the key cylinder 20 to open the door 27,
While the display on the display 200 is reset to 0 for the next customer, the cups remaining on the tables 1a and 1b
When the container 7 is put into the open introduction channel 29, the container 7 is collected in the collection tank 40 via the container collection channel 4.

On the other hand, the plate orbiting the transfer path 30 of the transfer device 3 is basically transferred once to the retreat transfer path 60 via the first guide, and the lower surface of the plate P by the identification device 5a on the way. The identification mark of the seal S affixed to is read.

If the circling time of the plate P is equal to or less than the set circulating time (for example, 20 minutes), the plate P is swung to a position crossing the retreat conveyance path 60.
On the other hand, if the rotation time is equal to or longer than the set rotation time (for example, 20 minutes), the motor is driven by the output signal from the controller 5b, and the second guide body 5
a swings to the retreat position along the outside of the circulation conveyance path 4,
The plate P is put into the container collection path 8 from the retreat conveyance path 60.

Then, the plate P put into the container collection path 8
First, the sushi R, which has fallen down along the upper inclined guide member 81 and is once received by the receiving piece 83, and has been served on the plate P, falls into the collection container 92 of the collection chamber 91, and then the plate P Is fallen toward the lower inclined guide member 81 through the notch 84, falls further down along the lower inclined guide member 82, and is collected in the container collecting water channel 4.

In this way, all the dishes P that have passed the set circulation time on the transport path 4 are collected, so that only fresh sushi is always provided to the customer via the transport path 4, and Is collected and separated from the plate P, and the sushi R to be discarded is individually returned to the collection container 92, and the plate P is individually returned to the container collection waterway 4.

Therefore, the labor of discarding the sushi R put on the plate P by the manual work of the employee is eliminated.

Incidentally, with respect to the plate P collected in the container collecting path 8, the data of the plate P managed by the controller 7 is cleared, and the measurement of the circulation time for the plate P is completed.

[0035]

According to the present invention, in a restaurant provided with a transport device for circulating and transporting containers containing food and drink, a collection device for recovering the containers from the transport device, A collecting unit, a retracting unit for retracting the container from the transport device, and a container collecting path for collecting the container evacuated by the retracting unit to the container collecting unit. The food collection unit for separating and collecting the prepared food from the container can separate the stored food from the container and automatically collect the food and the food separately from each other. The labor of removing the food and drink stored in the container by the manual work can be eliminated.

According to the invention described in claim 2, according to claim 1
In the container collection device according to (1), by collecting from the transfer device a container whose transfer time by the transfer device is equal to or longer than the set time, in addition to the effect of the invention according to (1), transfer by the transfer device Containers containing food that needs to be discarded when the time is longer than the set time can be evacuated from the transport device, and food and beverages and containers can be individually and automatically collected, and therefore, manual work by employees Thus, the trouble of disposing of the food and drink stored in the container can be eliminated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view in a store on which a transport device having a dish collecting device is set.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line XX in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view of a dish collecting device.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line YY in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line ZZ in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic side view showing an inlet portion of the partition housing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 Conveying device 4 Container collection waterway 40 Collection tank 6 Container collection device 60 Evacuation conveyance path (evacuation means) 8 Container collection path 9 Food collection section P Plate (container) R Sushi (food and drink)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A collection device for collecting a container from a transport device in a restaurant provided with a transport device for circulating and transporting a container containing food and drink, comprising: a container collection unit; Evacuation means for evacuation of the container from the device, and a container collection path for collecting the container evacuated by the evacuation means to the container collection unit, and in the middle of the container collection path, the food contained in the container is separated from the container. A container collection device in a restaurant, comprising a food collection unit for collection. 2. The container collecting device according to claim 2, wherein the container in which the transfer time by the transfer device exceeds a set time is collected from the transfer device.