JP2002136413A - Circulative carrier for supplying food and drink - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a circulative carrier capable of surely carrying food containers such as sushi plates. SOLUTION: In the circulative carrier for supplying foods and drinks in which a plurality of second magnetic materials (magnets or magnetized base materials) 9 travel circularly under an endless carrying path with respect to first magnetized materials (magnetized base materials or magnets) arranged at food/drink containers or placing members placing the food/drink containers, the materials 9 are arranged so as to travel in a line in the center of the carrying path and the first magnetic materials are arranged in a ring shape around the traveling center of the placing members or the food/drink containers.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an endlessly circulating transporting device for transporting food and drink, particularly sushi, etc., and supplying the food and drink to customers.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, food and drink, for example, a container such as a plate on which sushi or the like is served is conveyed along a counter or the like of a restaurant so that the food or drink can be transferred to the food or drink without the food or cook moving. Examples of the food and beverage supply circulating transport device include those described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-313747.

In this circulating transport apparatus, a food container placed on a transport path is moved on the transport path by the magnetic force of a magnet attached to the lower surface of the container and an iron column circulating on the lower surface of the transport path. Since the transport path can be made flat, cleaning and the like are easy and sanitary.

[0004]

However, in such a circulating conveyance device, the iron column that circulates and runs below the conveyance path is below the slide plate, and its running position cannot be confirmed from above the slide plate. In addition, since only one magnet is attached to the approximate center of the bottom of the sushi plate, for example, if the sushi plate on the transport path may deviate from the running position of the iron pole, the sushi plate may be provided on the sushi plate or the like. The distance between the magnet and the circulating iron pole increases, and the magnetic force density between the magnet provided on the sushi plate and the iron pole as the magnetized base material decreases, making it difficult for the sushi plate to be attracted and ensuring the sushi plate. However, there is a problem that the transfer cannot be performed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide a circulating transport device that can reliably transport a food container such as a sushi plate.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the food and drink supply circulation type transport path of the present invention is disposed on a food container or a mounting member for mounting the food container. In the food and drink supply circulating conveyance path, a plurality of second magnetization materials (magnets or magnetization bases) are circulated below the endless conveyance path with respect to the first magnetization material (magnetized base material or magnet). The second magnetized material is arranged so as to run in a line in the center of the transport path, and the first magnetized material is arranged annularly around the traveling center of the food or drink container or the mounting member. According to the present invention, the food or beverage container or the mounting member placed on the transport path may have a placement position slightly shifted from the center of the transport path to the left or right, or its orientation may change with respect to the transport direction. Even if there is, the distance between the first magnetic material and the second magnetic material does not greatly increase,
Food and beverage containers can be transported reliably.

[0007] The circulating transport path for food and drink supply of the present invention is provided for the first magnetized material (magnetized base material or magnet) placed on the food or drink container or the mounting member on which the food or drink container is mounted. In a food and drink supply circulating conveyance path in which a plurality of second magnetized materials (magnets or magnetized base materials) are circulated and run below an endless conveyance path, the second magnetized material runs in a line in the center of the conveyance path. The first magnetized material is composed of at least two or more magnetized base materials or magnets, and is arranged at substantially equal intervals on a circumference centered on the center of the food or beverage container or the placing member. It is characterized by being provided so as to be separated. According to the present invention, the food or beverage container or the mounting member placed on the transport path may have a placement position slightly shifted from the center of the transport path to the left or right, or its orientation may change with respect to the transport direction. Even if the first
Since the distance between the magnetized material and the second magnetized material does not greatly increase, the food and beverage container can be transported reliably.

[0008] In the food and drink supply circulation type transport path according to the present invention, it is preferable that the first magnetizing material is attached to a peripheral surface of a thread bottom formed in a ring shape in advance on the bottom of the food and drink container. With this configuration, the first magnetizable material can be easily provided in the food and drink container in an annular shape by using the peripheral surface of the thread bottom formed in the annular shape.

In the circulating transport path for food and drink supply according to the present invention, the distance between the frontmost position and the last position in the traveling direction of the first magnetic material is substantially equal to the distance between the magnetic materials of the second magnetic material. It is preferable that it is comprised so that it may become. By doing so, the first food / drink container or the first member
Since the front and rear positions of the magnetized material are attracted to the two second magnetized materials before and after in the traveling direction, respectively, and the magnetic force at the time of conveyance is increased, the food container or the placing member can be conveyed more reliably.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a food and drink supply circulation type transport apparatus of the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway side view showing a mounting table used in the supply circulation type transfer apparatus,
FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 2, and FIG.

The circulation type transport apparatus for supplying food and drink according to the first embodiment is configured as shown in FIG. 1 and has an endless shape such that a transport path R for transporting food and drink is along the dining table 1. Is formed. In FIG. 1, the right side of the chain line is a kitchen,
The left side is a food and drink space, and sushi 20 and the like as food and drink are placed on the sushi plate 3 as a food and drink container in the kitchen, and the sushi plate 3 is put on the transport path R. ing.

The transport path R of the first embodiment is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 3, the housing 6 includes housings 6 disposed on the left and right sides in the transport direction so as to be separated from each other by a predetermined distance, and a resin plate 2 fixed between upper portions of the housings 6. , At the center of the conveyance path directly below the resin plate 2,
A plurality of iron pillars 9 as a magnetized base material formed in a columnar shape,
An endless drive chain 7 arranged in the longitudinal direction of the transport path R is provided at predetermined intervals via a holder 10. The drive chain 7 is driven by a drive means (not shown) provided at a predetermined position in the transport path R, so that the drive chain 7 extends along the chain rail 8 extending along the longitudinal direction of the transport path R below the resin plate 2. Thus, the transport path R circulates in a line substantially at the center.

As shown in FIG. 3, the mounting table 30 has a cylindrical resin case 32 integrally formed of a synthetic resin material.
An annular magnet 31 as a first magnetized base is fitted on the inner peripheral surface of the resin case 32. A projecting portion 33 projecting inward is formed at the lower portion of the inner peripheral surface of the resin case 32. The upper surface of the projecting portion 33 supports the lower end surface of the magnet 31 fitted from above. Has become.

The mounting table 30 has an outer diameter slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the thread bottom 4 previously formed into a cylindrical shape on the bottom of the sushi plate 3, and is mounted on the upper part. The sushi plate 3 can be supported so as not to fall down, and the lower end of the thread bottom 4 placed on the upper portion is formed at a height that does not contact the upper surface of the slide plate 2.

FIG. 2 shows a sushi plate 3 in this embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 4, the wafers are circulated and transported by being mounted on a plurality of mounting tables 30 mounted on the resin plate 2.

Next, the operation of the circulating transport apparatus for supplying food and drink according to the first embodiment will be described mainly with reference to FIG. First, when the power supply of the circulating transporting apparatus for supplying food and drink according to the first embodiment is turned on, a driving unit (not shown) is driven, and the driving chain 7 starts circulating.

Then, in order to supply sushi, which is food and drink, to diners, an employee such as a craftsman places a plurality of mounting tables 30 on the slide plate 2 and a sushi plate 3 on which the sushi 20 is mounted. Is loaded into the transport path R so as to be mounted on a predetermined mounting table 30.

The iron poles 9 arranged at predetermined intervals below the transport path R run in a line immediately below the resin plate 2 so that the magnets 31 of the mounting tables 30 placed on the resin plate 2 are moved.
Then, a magnetic force is generated between the iron pole 9 and the traveling iron pole 9 in the vicinity thereof, and each mounting table 30 slides on the resin plate 2 as the traveling iron pole 9 moves. Therefore, the sushi plate 3 mounted on the mounting table 30 is transported and supplied from the kitchen to the eating and drinking space.

In the present embodiment, the diameter L1 of the magnet 31 of the mounting table 30 and the distance L2 between each of the plurality of iron poles 9 arranged longitudinally below the conveyance path R are substantially the same. With this configuration, one mounting table 30
The two points on the front side and the rear side in the traveling direction of the magnet 31 are attracted and conveyed by two front and rear iron poles 9, 9 located immediately below the magnet 31. Therefore, one mounting table 30
Is transported more reliably than is attracted and transported by one iron pole 9.

Further, the mounting table 30 in the present embodiment includes:
Since the magnets 31 are disposed annularly around the traveling center of the mounting table 30, for example, when the magnets 31 are shifted to the left from the center of the transport path R in the transport direction as shown in FIG. Even if there is, the distance between the magnet 31 and the iron pole 9 is not greatly separated. Therefore, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5B, the right side of the magnet 31 of the mounting table 30 in the traveling direction is reliably attracted to the moving predetermined iron pole 9, and further, as shown in FIG. The sides are drawn to the next iron pole 9,
Eventually, the front and rear portions of the annular magnet 31 are attracted by the two iron columns 9a and 9b located in the front and rear directions in the traveling direction, and are conveyed on the resin plate 2.

The mounting table 30 mounted on the resin plate 2 as described above has a magnet 31 as a first magnetized material even if its mounting position is slightly shifted left and right from the center of the transport path R.
Since the distance between the sushi plate 3 and the iron pole 9 as the second magnetizing material does not greatly increase, the sushi plate 3 can be transported reliably. Further, since the magnet 31 is formed in an annular shape around the traveling center of the mounting table 30, the above-described effects can be reliably obtained regardless of the orientation when the magnet 31 is mounted on the resin plate 2. become.

Next, in FIG. 6, a plurality of cylindrical magnets 31 'as the first magnetized base material are provided on the inner peripheral surface of the resin case 32' of the mounting table 30 'at equal intervals by an adhesive or the like. The example shown in FIG. As described above, in the present invention, the magnet as the first magnetized base material can be obtained by using the magnet shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), the mounting table 30 may be provided on a circumference centered on the center of the mounting table 30 so as to be substantially equally spaced from each other.

Even when the magnet as the first magnetized base is provided, the mounting table 30 'mounted on the resin plate 2 has its mounting position from the center of the transport path R. Even if there is some deviation to the left and right, one of the magnets 31 'as the first magnetized material is located at a position close to the iron pole 9 as the second magnetized material, and the first magnetized base material and the second magnetized material Since the distance from the base material does not greatly increase, substantially the same operation and effect as those of the above-described embodiment can be obtained.

Needless to say, the magnets 31 and 31 'as the first magnetized base material described above are attached to the bottom of the sushi plate 3 with an adhesive or the like as shown in FIG. It is also possible to arrange the sushi plate 3 directly on the resin plate 2 and transport it without using the mounting table 30 or the like.

In this case, since a cylindrical thread bottom 4 is formed in advance at the bottom of the sushi plate 3 as shown in the figure, the thread bottom 4 is used to form a plurality of first magnetized base materials. The magnets 31 'can be easily arranged on the bottom of the sushi plate 3 on a circumference centered on the center thereof so as to be substantially equally spaced from each other.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.
It goes without saying that changes and additions without departing from the gist of the present invention are included in the present invention.

For example, in the above embodiment, the magnet is used as the first magnetized base and the iron pole 9 made of iron is used as the second magnetized base. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The first magnetized base may be an iron pillar and the second magnetized base may be a magnet. Further, since the first and second magnetized base materials only need to generate a magnetic force, a permanent magnet, which is a magnet base material magnetized in advance, may be used.

[0029]

The present invention has the following effects.

(A) According to the first aspect of the present invention, the food container or the mounting member placed on the transport path is slightly shifted from the center of the transport path to the left and right sides. Even if the direction changes with respect to the transport direction, the distance between the first magnetic material and the second magnetic material does not greatly increase, so that the food and beverage container can be transported reliably.

(B) According to the second aspect of the present invention, the food container or the mounting member placed on the transport path is slightly shifted from the center of the transport path to the left and right sides. Even if the direction changes with respect to the transport direction, the distance between the first magnetic material and the second magnetic material does not greatly increase, so that the food and beverage container can be transported reliably.

(C) According to the third aspect of the present invention, the first magnetizable material can be easily provided in the food and drink container in an annular shape by using the peripheral surface of the yarn bottom formed in an annular shape.

(D) According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the front and rear positions of the first magnetized material of one food or beverage container or the mounting member are respectively attracted to and conveyed by the two second magnetized materials before and after the traveling direction. Since the magnetic force at the time increases, the food container or the placing member can be transported more reliably.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a food and drink supply circulating transport device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway side view showing a mounting table used in the food and beverage supply circulating transport device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a state of transporting a food and beverage container used in the food and beverage supply circulating transport apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a top view showing another embodiment of the mounting table used in the food and beverage supply circulating transport apparatus in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which a first magnetized base material is applied to a sushi plate which is a food and drink container used in the food and drink supply circulation type transport device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 dining table 2 resin plate 3 sushi dish (food and beverage container) 4 thread bottom 6 housing 7 drive chain 8 chain rail 9 iron pole (second magnetized base material) 10 holder 20 sushi 30, 30 ′ mounting table 31, 31 ′ magnet ( (First magnetized base material) 32 resin case 33 protrusion

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Kunio Morishita 5-10-48 Masumi, Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa F-term in Ishino Works (Reference) 3B115 AA23 CB07 DA09 DA22 EA03

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A method according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of second magnets are disposed below an endless conveyance path with respect to a first magnetized material (magnetized base material or magnet) disposed on a food container or a mounting member on which the food container is mounted. In the food and drink supply circulating transport device in which a magnetized material (magnet or magnetized base material) is circulated, the second magnetized material is arranged to run in a line in the center of the conveyance path, and the first magnetized material is A food and beverage supply circulating transport device, which is arranged in a ring around a travel center of a food or beverage container or a mounting member. 2. A method according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of second magnets are disposed below an endless conveyance path with respect to the first magnetizable material (magnetized base material or magnet) disposed on the food container or the mounting member on which the food container is mounted. In the food and drink supply circulating transport device in which a magnetized material (magnet or magnetized base material) is circulated, the second magnetized material is arranged to run in a line in the center of the conveyance path, and the first magnetized material is It is composed of at least two or more magnetized base materials or magnets, and is provided so as to be substantially equally spaced from each other on a circumference centered on the center of the food or beverage container or the placing member. Food and drink supply circulation transport device. 3. The circulating and conveying apparatus for supplying food and drink according to claim 1, wherein the first magnetizing material is attached to a peripheral surface of a thread bottom formed in a cylindrical shape in advance on the bottom of the food and drink container. . 4. A structure in which the distance between the frontmost position and the last position in the traveling direction of the first magnetic material and the distance between the magnetic materials of the two second magnetic materials are substantially equal. Item 4. A circulating transport device for supplying food and drink according to any one of Items 1 to 3.