JP2002228324A - Catering service system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a catering service system in which dishes can be arranged without taking time after delivery and only dishes requiring heating can be heated selectively and easily. SOLUTION: Trays mounting individual dishes cooked on the order from a catering place are contained individually in a delivery wagon 6 which is then delivered to the catering place while being cooled by a refrigerating/ freezing truck 5 for delivery. At the catering place, the trays are taken out from the delivery wagon 6 and contained individually in sectioned chambers of a cooking wagon 7 which is placed in a refrigerator until the catering time. At the catering time, the dishes are cooked by means of a heater provided in the cooking wagon 7 before being arranged. The heater comprises induction heating coils disposed in respective sectioned chambers of the cooking wagon and the dishes can be heated or not heated selectively by employing dishing plates having and not having a metallic body on the bottom selectively.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lunch service system for providing meals to hospitalized patients and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In hospital meals for hospitalized patients, it is necessary to prepare a variety of menus according to the condition of each patient. However, conventionally, a kitchen is provided in each hospital, and the hospital itself prepares the meals. Or to provide the cooking to an external cooking company.

[0003] However, such cooking at each hospital is wasteful and inefficient for equipment and personnel. Therefore, in order to solve it, Patent No. 26441
Japanese Patent Publication No. 87 (A47B 31/02) proposes a school lunch system as shown in FIG.

[0004] In the cooking center 30, various dishes are cooked according to orders from a plurality of hospitals, cooked, and packed together with tableware. The packed foods are stored in a cool wagon 33, placed on a refrigeration cart 32 for delivery, and delivered to each hospital 21. The inside of the cool wagon 33 is maintained at a predetermined temperature or lower by the cool air of the refrigerated freezing vehicle 32 for delivery.

In the hospital 21, when the cool wagon 33 is delivered, a cooling unit (not shown) is connected to the cool wagon 33, and the cool wagon 33 is kept in a refrigerated state and waits until a lunch time. When the meal time approaches, the food is taken out of the cool wagon 33 according to the menu corresponding to each patient, placed on the tray 36 for each patient, and stored in a predetermined compartment 35 of the hot wagon 34.

In the hot wagon 34, heaters 38 are provided in the respective compartments 35 at positions corresponding to the dishes 37 on the tray 36, and the respective heaters are energized for a predetermined time by a timer. Cooking 37
Is heated to an optimal state. In that state, they are transported to each room and provided to each patient.

[0007] In this way, it is possible to efficiently provide dishes suitable for each patient while reducing equipment and human waste.

[0008]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional meal service system, after the delivery, a cooling unit is connected to the cool wagon 33, or when the meal time approaches, the food is taken out from the cool wagon 33, and the food is taken out. It is necessary to arrange on the tray 36 for each patient and then store it in the hot wagon 34, which is troublesome. Further, there is a dish to be heated and a dish not to be heated on the tray 36, so that it is difficult to selectively heat only the dish to be heated.

An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem, that is, to make it possible to arrange a meal without any trouble after delivery. It is another object of the present invention to be able to easily select and heat only a dish to be heated.

[0010]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a meal service system for providing food from a cooking center to a food destination, wherein the food service system includes an order from the food destination. A delivery wagon having a compartment that can individually store trays on which dishes prepared according to the individual are placed, and a cooling device that cools the interior of the delivery wagon during delivery to the destination to a predetermined temperature or less. A cooking wagon having a compartment capable of individually storing trays taken out of the delivery wagon at the meal destination, and having an induction heating device capable of heating and cooking dishes stored in the stored trays A refrigerator for storing the cooking wagon and cooling the inside of the cooking wagon to a predetermined temperature or less, and a control device for turning on the heating device at a preset time. The features. In this way, it is possible to serve the meal without any trouble after the delivery.

The meal service system according to a second aspect of the present invention is a meal service system for providing dishes from a cooking center to a meal destination, wherein dishes cooked according to an order from the meal destination are placed individually. And a cooling device for cooling the interior of the delivery wagon during delivery to the food destination to a predetermined temperature or less, and the delivery wagon is taken out of the delivery wagon at the food destination. A cooking wagon having a compartment capable of individually storing trays, and having a cooling device for cooling dishes on the stored trays and an induction heating device capable of heating and cooking, and a preset time And a control device for turning on the heating device when the condition is satisfied. In this way, after the delivery, it is possible to serve the meal without further trouble.

Further, in the food service system according to a third aspect of the present invention, the dish is arranged on a tableware having a metal body at the bottom and placed on the tray, and an induction heating coil is provided in each compartment of the cooking wagon. The cooking provided on the tableware is cooked by controlling the induction heating coil by a control device. In this case, the food can be efficiently heated.

[0013] Further, in the food service system according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, heating and non-heating of dishes can be selected by selectively using tableware having a metal body at the bottom and tableware having no metal body. It is characterized by. In this way, only the dishes to be heated can be easily selected and heated.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a meal service system according to the present invention. In the cooking center 1, various dishes are cooked in accordance with orders from a plurality of hospitals, cooked and chilled, and then placed on tableware for each patient and placed on a tray. The dishes placed on those trays are stored in the delivery wagon 6. As shown in FIG. 2, the delivery wagon 6 has a plurality of compartments 8 inside.
The trays 10 can be stored in the respective compartments 8 one by one.

The delivery wagon 6 in which the trays 10 are stored in this manner is placed on a delivery refrigeration car 5 and delivered to the respective hospitals 2 to 4. Shipping, delivery wagon 6
Is maintained at a predetermined temperature or lower by the cool air of the refrigerated freezing vehicle 5 for delivery.

Delivery refrigerated truck 5 loaded with delivery wagon 6
Arrives, the hospitals 2 to 4 transfer the tray 10 from the delivery wagon 6 to the cooking wagon 7. Cooking wagon 7
As shown in FIG. 3, similarly to the delivery wagon 6, the inside is partitioned into a plurality of compartments 12, and the trays 10 can be stored one by one in each compartment 12. The lower surface of each compartment 12 is partitioned by a heating plate 11, and a plurality of induction heating coils 15 are embedded in the heating plate 11, as shown in FIG.

From the transfer of the tray 10 to the cooking wagon 7 until the lunch time, as shown in FIG.
0 is stored in the refrigerator 18 with the refrigerator 1 stored therein, and the refrigerator 1
The food on top of 0 is kept refrigerated. When the feeding time approaches, each induction heating coil 15 is energized for a predetermined time by a timer, and each dish is heated to an optimal state. In that state, the patient is transported to each hospital room, and a meal is provided to each patient.

In the above embodiment, the cooking wagon 7 is placed in the refrigerator 18 and kept in a refrigerated state from the time when the tray 10 is transferred to the cooking wagon 7 until the lunch time comes. A refrigeration state may be maintained by incorporating a cooling device.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a cooking wagon incorporating a cooling device. In FIG. 6, 20 is a cooking wagon, 21 is a heating plate, 22 is a compartment, 23 is a control unit, 24 is a cooler, 25 is a cool air circulation fan, and 26 is a vent.

The cooking wagon 7 is placed on the heating plate 21.
In the same manner as the heating plate 11, an induction heating coil (not shown) is embedded, and the tableware with a metal layer placed on the tray 10 can be heated. In addition, cooking wagon 20 includes
A compressor (not shown) is mounted, and a cooler 2
4 performs cooling by receiving a refrigerant from the compressor.
When the cool air circulation fan 25 is rotated, as shown by the arrow, cool air circulates through the compartments 22 evenly through the ventilation holes 26 communicating with the compartments 22 to cool the entire interior of the refrigerator.

Induction heating coil and cool air circulation fan 25,
The control of the compressor is performed by the control unit 23.

As a cooling device for the cooking wagon 20, instead of using the compressor and the cooler 24, other cooling devices such as an electronic thermo module can be used.

[0023]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. That is, the lunch service system according to the first aspect stores trays on which dishes prepared according to an order from a meal destination are placed individually in individual compartments of a delivery wagon, and a predetermined interior of the delivery wagon is provided. Delivery while cooling below the temperature. Then, the trays taken out of the delivery wagon at the lunch destination are individually stored in the compartments of the cooking wagon, and until the predetermined time, the cooking wagon is placed in a refrigerator to cool the inside to a predetermined temperature or less, and a predetermined temperature is set. At the time, the dishes on the trays were heated and cooked. As a result, it is possible to serve the meal without any trouble after the delivery.

Further, in the lunch service system according to the present invention, trays on which dishes prepared according to an order from a meal destination are individually placed are individually stored in compartments of a delivery wagon, and the delivery Delivery is performed while cooling the inside to a predetermined temperature or less. Then, the trays taken out of the delivery wagon at the meal destination are individually stored in the compartments of the cooking wagon, and until the predetermined time comes, the inside of the cooking wagon is cooled to a predetermined temperature or lower by a built-in cooling device, and At the time, the food on the tray stored was heated to cook. As a result, after the delivery, it is possible to serve the meal without further trouble.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a meal service system wherein dishes are placed on a tableware having a metal body at the bottom and placed on a tray, and an induction heating coil is provided in each compartment of the cooking wagon. Since the dishes arranged on the tableware are cooked by the heating coil, the dishes can be efficiently heated.

Further, the food service system according to the fourth aspect makes it possible to select between heating and non-heating of dishes by selectively using tableware having a metal body at the bottom and tableware having no metal body. Only the dishes to be heated can be easily selected and heated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a meal service system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a delivery wagon.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a cooking wagon.

FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged sectional view of the inside of the cooking wagon.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a state in which the cooking wagon is placed in a refrigerator.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a cooking wagon incorporating a cooling device.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a conventional lunch service system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 5 Refrigerated freezer truck for delivery 6 Delivery wagon 7 Cooking wagon 10 Tray 11 Heating plate 13 Control unit 15 Induction heating coil 16 Tableware 17 Silver paste 18 Refrigerator 20 Cooking wagon 21 Heating plate 23 ... Control unit 24 ... Cooler 25 ... Cool air circulation fan 26 ... Vent

──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification symbol FI Theme coat ゛ (Reference) H05B 6/12 302 H05B 6/12 302 (72) Inventor Toshiyuki Tamura 2-5 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka No. 5 Inside Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hitoshi Murata 3-12 Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Kioicho Building 16F A Room Nissin Medical Food Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 3K051 AA08 AB05 AC35 CD41 3L045 AA02 BA02 KA09 MA12 4B066 AA05 AA11 AB06 AB08 BA07 BA14 BD18

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A meal service system for providing food from a cooking center to a meal destination, comprising a compartment capable of individually storing trays on which dishes cooked according to an order from the meal destination are individually placed. A delivery wagon having the same, a cooling device for cooling the inside of the delivery wagon during delivery to the food destination to a predetermined temperature or less, and a compartment capable of individually storing trays taken out of the delivery wagon at the food destination. And a cooking wagon having an induction heating device capable of heating and cooking the food on the stored tray, and a refrigerator storing the cooking wagon and cooling the inside of the cooking wagon to a predetermined temperature or less. A control device for turning on the heating device at a preset time. 2. A lunch service system for providing food from a cooking center to a meal destination, comprising a compartment capable of individually storing trays on which dishes cooked according to an order from the meal destination are individually placed. A delivery wagon having the same, a cooling device for cooling the inside of the delivery wagon during delivery to the food destination to a predetermined temperature or less, and a compartment capable of individually storing trays taken out of the delivery wagon at the food destination. And a cooking wagon having a cooling device for cooling dishes on a stored tray and an induction heating device capable of heating and cooking, and turning on the heating device at a preset time. The meal service system according to claim 1, further comprising a control device that performs the service. 3. A dish having a metal body at the bottom, the dish is placed on the tray, and placed on the tray, induction heating coils are provided in each compartment of the cooking wagon, and the control device controls the induction heating coils. The food service service system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the dish prepared on the tableware is cooked by (1). 4. Cooking and cooking of dishes by selectively using tableware having a metal body at the bottom and tableware having no metal body at the bottom.
The meal service system according to claim 3, wherein non-heating can be selected.