JP2009131292A - Belt-conveyor sushi counter - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a belt-conveyor sushi counter capable of reducing labor costs by dispensing with employees who enter a customer seat floor to collect dishes such as plates, reducing the area required for the customer seat floor, reducing the fatigue of employees, and improving sanitation and services. <P>SOLUTION: The belt-conveyor sushi counter has an opening 8 under a conveyor lane 4 where conveyors 5 and 6 circulate for bringing sushi S on plates T to customers. At least dishes such as the used plates T placed on a counter table 3 can be collected from the opposite side of the conveyor lane 4 through the opening 8. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a conveyor belt sushi counter installed on a floor of a conveyor belt sushi store.

Conventionally, a rotating dining table has been proposed in which food and drink are circulated and delivered to customers around the conveyor by a conveyor using a crescent chain, etc., and it is widely used mainly as a rotating sushi counter. Yes. (For example, see Patent Document 1)
JP 2002-17548 A

  4 is a side view of a rotary sushi counter installed in a conventional rotary sushi store as viewed from the audience side, and FIG. 5 is a perspective partial view including a cross-sectional structure thereof, as shown in these drawings. In the conventional sushi counter A1, a conveyor lane A4 is disposed above the counter table A3 on which the guest seat A2 is disposed.

  In this conveyor lane A4, endless conveyors A5 and A6 having a horizontal conveyance surface are provided so as to be circulated and driven by the conveyor A5 and A6. The various types of sushi S that were placed passed, and when Customer C brought the sushi she wanted to eat in front of her, she reached out on the conveyor lane A4 and placed the sushi S on the plate. T is set on the counter table A3.

  In addition, the inside of the conveyor lane A4 is a work space for the sushi chef P to enter and make sushi, and a vertical partition A7 is provided below the conveyor lane A4. By this partition A7, The counter table A3 side where the passenger seat A2 is located and the work space side are completely separated.

  In such a conventional rotating sushi counter A1, a refrigerator A8 or the like for temporarily storing sushi is generally installed in a place that cannot be seen from the passenger seat A2 behind the partition wall A7. . When the customer C orders a type of sushi that does not flow on the conveyor lane A4, the sushi chef P in the work space picks up the sushi according to the order and provides it to the customer C. In addition, the dish T used by the customer C is collected from the counter table A3 by the employee M on the floor on the side of the passenger seat A2 and carried to a washing place (not shown).

  At the conveyor belt sushi counter installed at a traditional conveyor belt sushi store, as described above, the dishes on the customer's seat floor are collected from the counter table by the customers who have finished eating the dishes. Therefore, the number of employees corresponding to the number of seats has to be constantly arranged on the floor, which has a problem of increasing labor costs.

  In addition, since it is necessary to always keep employees behind the seats, a large floor space is required, and employees who collect dishes such as dishes need to carry dishes to the washroom away from the counter table. As a result, there was a problem of increased fatigue.

  Also, since the dishes on the counter table must be collected over the shoulders from behind the passengers sitting at the seats, the collection work is difficult and time consuming, especially when crowded, and the customers settle down and become sushi. There was a problem that the service deteriorated because I could not eat.

Furthermore, when a customer orders sushi that does not flow through the conveyor lane, a sushi chef in the work space inside the conveyor lane reaches out to the counter table from the top of the sushi flowing through the conveyor lane. Since the sushi was handed over to the customer, dust attached to the sushi chef's clothes could fall on the sushi moving downward, which was unhygienic.
Also, from the passenger seat side, there is a partition in front of the counter table and the inside of the work space cannot be seen, so that there is also a problem that the inside of the work space tends to be unsanitary.

  Therefore, the present invention solves the problems in the prior art as described above, eliminates the need for employees to enter the seating floor and collect dishes such as dishes, reduces labor costs, and reduces the required seating floor area. An object of the present invention is to provide a rotary sushi counter that can be used and that is less sagging for employees and that is hygienic and can improve service.

  The rotating sushi counter of the present invention provided to achieve the above object includes a conveyor lane in which an endless conveyor is circulated and driven along a counter table of a guest seat, and sushi placed on a plate by the conveyor. In a rotating sushi counter provided to customers, an opening is formed below the conveyor lane so that at least used dishes such as used dishes placed on the counter table can be collected from the opposite side of the conveyor lane. It is a thing.

  In the rotary sushi counter of the present invention, it is desirable that the end of the counter table opposite to the passenger seat side extends through the opening to a position beyond the bottom of the conveyor lane. In addition, in order to transport used dishes such as used dishes collected from the counter table in parallel with the conveyor lane to the washing place on the opposite side of the passenger seat side with the conveyor lane in between and below the opening It is also desirable to provide a tableware collection conveyor lane. Further, it is also desirable that a transparent glass window that can be opened and closed is attached to the opening.

  According to the invention of claim 1, since dishes such as used dishes placed on the counter table by the customer can be collected from the opposite side of the conveyor lane through the opening below the conveyor lane, There is no need to arrange an employee for collecting used tableware behind the auditorium like a conventional sushi counter, and labor costs can be reduced.

  In addition, since there is no need for employees to enter the audience floor, it is possible to increase the use efficiency of the floor area in the store, it is possible to provide a large number of audience seats on a small floor area, and the conventional rotary sushi counter As described above, since it is not necessary to carry the dish collected by the employee around the back of the passenger seat and carry it around to the washing place, the employee's fatigue can be reduced.

  In addition, it is no longer necessary to collect dishes on the counter table over the shoulder from the back of the passenger sitting in the passenger seat as in the conventional case, so that the collection operation can be performed quickly and easily, and the customer is calm and sushi. Because you can enjoy the taste of the service, you can improve the service.

  Furthermore, when a customer orders sushi or the like that does not flow through the conveyor lane, the sushi can be presented to the customer through the opening from the bottom of the conveyor lane. Since the behavior of employees on the opposite side of the conveyor lane and the state of the work space can be seen at all times, it can be expected that the work space is naturally prevented from becoming unsanitary.

  Further, according to the invention described in claim 2, since the passenger sitting in the audience seat can use the front of the counter table widely, it is possible to relax without making the customer feel cramped even when the distance between the adjacent audience seats is narrow. You can taste sushi in the mood. Further, the portion of the counter table that protrudes on the opposite side of the conveyor lane can be used as a place for temporarily storing collected dishes such as used dishes.

  In addition, according to the invention described in claim 3, it is further possible to quickly transport used dishes such as used dishes collected by the employee through the opening from the customer to the washing place on the conveyor lane for collecting dishes. The tableware collection operation can be performed more efficiently.

  In addition, according to the invention described in claim 4, the dish is mounted on the opening only when used dishes such as used dishes and cups are collected from the counter table, or when sushi ordered by the customer is presented. Opening the transparent glass window, and closing it at all times, shields the noise generated when employees handle the flow of air entering the audience through the opening and the dishes such as collected dishes. Can do.

  FIG. 1 is a side view of a rotary sushi counter according to an embodiment of the present invention as seen from the audience side, and FIG. 2 is a perspective partial view including a cross-sectional structure thereof. The conveyor belt sushi counter 1 is provided with a conveyor lane 4 that conveys various types of sushi S placed on a plate T along a counter table 3 on which a guest seat 2 is arranged.

  The conveyor lane 4 is provided with conveyors 5 and 6 that are circulated and driven endlessly by a travel drive source (not shown). In the present embodiment, although not shown in detail, these conveyors 5 and 6 are configured by connecting a number of half-moon shaped slat plates that constitute the conveying surface of the sushi S placed on the plate T. The well-known thing using the made crescent chain is used.

  In the rotary sushi counter 1 of the present invention, conveyor lanes 4 are supported by support columns 7 provided at predetermined intervals, and an opening 8 is provided between the conveyor lane 4 and the counter table 3 between these support columns 7. Is formed.

  Further, the counter table 3 has an end opposite to the passenger seat side that penetrates the lower part of the conveyor lane 4 and enters the inner working space 9. The space between the upper surface of the table 3 is designed to be high enough to collect a plurality of stacked dishes T. The portion of the counter table 3 entering the work space 9 is also used as a place for temporarily placing used dishes T collected by employees on the work space 9 side.

  In the rotary sushi counter 1 of this embodiment, the sushi chef is not in the work space 9 inside the conveyor lane 4 along the counter table 3, and the sushi is not visible from the audience seat 2. In the work space 9, only an employee M who provides services to customers is included.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in the rotary sushi counter 1 of the present embodiment, the level of the work floor 11 where the work space 9 is provided is 1 than the level of the customer seat floor 10 where the guest seat 2 is provided. It is easy to pass through the opening 8 in a lightly crouched posture for the used dish T placed on the counter table 3 by the employee C who has finished eating the customer C and is placed in the work space 9. Can be recovered.

  In addition, by the step between the passenger floor 10 and the work floor 11, the difference in eye height between the customer C sitting on the passenger seat 2 and the employee M standing and working in the work space 9 is reduced. An effect of preventing the employee M from intimidating the customer C is also obtained.

  Further, below the counter table 3 protruding to the work space 9 side, a high-speed conveyor lane that quickly conveys the sushi S, etc. that do not flow through the conveyor lane 4 to the place where the customer C is located in accordance with the order of the customer C 12 is installed below, and further, a tableware collection conveyor lane 13 is provided for conveying the used dishes T collected by the employee M from the customer C to the washing place.

  As the high-speed conveyor lane 12 and the tableware collection conveyor lane 13, a well-known conveyor such as a belt conveyor can be used in addition to a conveyor having the same structure as the conveyors 5 and 6 used in the conveyor lane 4.

  As described above, in the rotary sushi counter 1 of the present invention, the employee M is arranged only in the work space 9 inside the conveyor lane 4 and does not go out to the audience floor 10. Moreover, the sushi chef who holds the sushi S is not in the work space 9 and is making sushi in another place (not shown).

  On the other hand, the customer C sitting in the passenger seat 2 takes the dish T on which the sushi S he wants to eat from the conveyors 5 and 6 moving on the conveyor lane 4 is put down on the counter table 3 and eats it.

  The dish T, which is empty after the customer has finished eating the sushi S, is collected from the counter table 3 through the opening 8 by the employee M in the work space 9 and travels on the tableware collection conveyor lane 13. When it is placed on a conveyor, it is automatically transported to a dishwashing place (not shown) and washed by a dishwasher or the like installed there.

  Although not shown in the figure, the dish that has been washed at the washing place is sent to the place where the sushi chef holds sushi, where new sushi is placed, and the conveyor 5 on the conveyor lane 4 or It is sent out to the passenger seat 2 side by the conveyor 6.

  On the other hand, when the customer C orders a type of sushi that does not flow on the conveyor lane 4, the employee M in the work space 9 that has received the order notifies the sushi chef at a remote location. Then, the notified sushi chef immediately grabs the sushi ordered by the customer C, puts it on the plate, and sends it to the side of the customer C ordered by the high-speed conveyor lane 12.

  The sushi conveyed to the side of the customer C ordered by the high-speed conveyor lane 12 is received by the employee M in the work space 9 and immediately provided to the customer C ordered through the opening 8. The opening 8 is used not only for collecting tableware but also for serving beverages such as miso soup and beer to the customer C.

  Next, FIG. 3 is a side view of another embodiment of the rotary sushi counter according to the present invention as seen from the audience side, and is the same as the numbers described in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 described above. About the part which has numbered, it has the same structure as the rotating sushi counter 1 of embodiment mentioned above.

  A rotating sushi counter 1 ′ shown in FIG. 3 is obtained by attaching a transparent glass window 14 that can be opened and closed as necessary to the opening 8 of the rotating sushi counter 1 described above. In this embodiment, the rotating sushi counter 1 ′ is transparent. The glass window 14 has a sliding door structure that slides horizontally to open and close. In addition, the glass used for the transparent glass window 14 may be an organic glass having high transparency such as acrylic glass in addition to normal transparent inorganic glass, and may be resistant to impact, and the function of the transparent glass is not lost. It may be that the pattern of is drawn on the surface.

  The transparent glass window 14 is opened only when collecting dishes T, cups, etc. from the customer C, or when serving sushi or the like ordered by the customer, and is always closed to open the work space through the opening 8. It is possible to shield the noise generated when employees handle tableware such as dishes collected in the work space 9 from the air flow entering the passenger seat 2 side from the 9 side so as not to reach the passenger seat 2 side. it can.

  The conveyor belt sushi counter of the present invention can be used in conveyor belt sushi stores, and is particularly useful in stores with a large number of seats.

It is the side view which looked at the rotary sushi counter in one Embodiment of this invention from the passenger seat side. It is a perspective partial view including the cross-sectional structure of the rotating sushi counter in one embodiment of the present invention. It is the side view which looked at the rotary sushi counter in another embodiment of this invention from the passenger seat side. It is the side view which looked at the conventional rotary sushi counter from the audience seat side. It is a perspective fragmentary view including the cross-sectional structure of the conventional rotary sushi counter.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 1 'Rotating sushi counter 2 Passenger seat 3 Counter table 4 Conveyor lane 5, 6 Conveyor 7 Strut 8 Opening 9 Work space 10 Passenger's floor 11 Work floor 12 High-speed conveyor lane 13 Conveyor lane 14 for tableware collection Transparent glass window

Sushi counter of the present invention provided to achieve the above object, a conveyor lane seats of endless conveyor along a counter table is circularly driven is disposed, and the counter table across the conveyor lane In a rotating sushi counter provided with a work space for employees on the opposite side and serving customers with sushi and the like placed on a plate by the conveyor, the end of the counter table opposite the passenger seat side is the conveyor An opening that protrudes into the work space beyond the lane and communicates with the passenger seat side and the work space side is formed between the conveyor lane and the counter table. The collection of used dishes such as used dishes placed on the customer's side and the delivery of sushi and beverages to the customer's side It is obtained by way.

In the rotary sushi counter of the present invention, the tableware collection for transporting used dishes such as used dishes collected from the counter table in parallel with the conveyor lane to the lower position on the work space side of the opening to the washing place it is desirable use the conveyor lane is al provided. Further, it is also desirable that a transparent glass window that can be opened and closed is attached to the opening.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since used dishes such as used dishes placed on the counter table by the customer can be collected from the work space side through the opening below the conveyor lane, the conventional rotation There is no need to place an employee to collect used dishes behind the seats like a sushi counter, and labor costs can be reduced.

Moreover, customer when ordering sushi like not flow through the conveyor lane is hygienic because it can hold out sushi like from the lower side of the conveyor lane order customer through the opening, The opening from the audience side Since the state in the work space on the opposite side of the conveyor lane is always visible through, it can be expected that the work space is naturally prevented from becoming unsanitary.

In addition, since the passenger sitting in the audience seat can use the front of the counter table widely, even if the distance between the adjacent audience seats is narrow, you can taste the sushi in a relaxed feeling without making the customer feel cramped . Moreover, the part which protrudes in the working space of a counter table can be utilized also as a place etc. which puts tableware, such as collect | recovered used dishes.

Further, according to the invention described in claim 2, the tableware such as used dishes collected by the employees in the work space through the opening from the customer is quickly transported to the washing place by the tableware collection conveyor lane. Therefore, the tableware collection operation can be performed more efficiently.

Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, further, or to recover the tableware such as spent plates and cups from the counters table, the opening only when or held out sushi like ordered customer Occurring when employees handle the flow of air that enters the audience from the work space side through the opening and the dishes such as collected dishes by opening the attached transparent glass window and always closing it. Noise can be shielded.

On the other hand, the customer C, which was sitting in the passenger seat 2, for the hand of the dish T that sushi S is riding that want to eat from on the conveyor 5 and 6 to move the conveyor lane 4, eat down to the counters table 3.

Dish T the customer has become empty finished eating sushi S, the employee M, which is stored in the work space 9 is recovered from the top counters table 3 through the opening 8, traveling in the tableware collection conveyor lane 13 When it is placed on a conveyor, it is automatically transported to a tableware washing place (not shown) and cleaned by a dishwasher or the like installed there.

The rotating sushi counter of the present invention provided to achieve the above object is provided with a conveyor lane in which an endless conveyor is circulated along the counter table of the passenger seat, and is opposite to the passenger seat side across the conveyor lane. on the side, and working space for employees who step lower floor level than audience side is provided, a sushi counter which is adapted to provide a sushi or the like mounted on the pan by the conveyor to the customer, the counter table projects the audience side and an opposite end is the conveyor working space beyond the bottom of the lane, between the lower surface of the conveyor lane top and opposed thereto of the counter tables, seats side and work space side and seats of tableware such as pre dish using placed side recovery on counter table from the working space side communicating bets, sushi and drinks to audience side The delivery is one that is an opening portion of the line Utame.

In addition, because the floor level on the work space side is one level lower than that on the passenger seat side, employees in the work space lightly squat used dishes that are placed on the counter table after the customers have finished eating. It can be easily collected through the opening in a posture .

In addition, the floor level on the work space side is made lower than that on the passenger seat side, which reduces the difference in eye height between customers sitting in the seat and employees standing in the work space. It is possible to avoid giving a sense of intimidation .

Claims (4)

In the rotating sushi counter, in which a conveyor lane in which an endless conveyor is circulated and driven along the counter table of the audience seat is arranged, and sushi and the like placed on a plate by the conveyor is provided to the customer,
A rotating sushi counter, wherein an opening is formed below the conveyor lane so that at least used dishes such as used dishes placed on a counter table can be collected from the opposite side of the conveyor lane.   The rotating sushi counter according to claim 1, wherein an end of the counter table opposite to the passenger seat side is extended to a position beyond the bottom of the conveyor lane through the opening.   Tableware for transporting used dishes such as used dishes collected from the counter table in parallel with the conveyor lane to the washing place, on the opposite side of the passenger seat side across the conveyor lane and below the opening. 3. A rotating sushi counter according to claim 1, further comprising a recovery conveyor lane.   The rotating sushi counter according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a transparent glass window that can be freely opened and closed is attached to the opening.

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