JP2014117682A - Crescent chain cleaning tool - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cleaning tool capable of automatically performing a cleaning operation on the upper surface of a crescent chain only by being set on the crescent chain and driving a food/drink transport device.SOLUTION: A cleaning tool for cleaning an upper surface of a crescent chain in a food/drink transport device having the crescent chain provided in a concave groove having right and left walls extending upward from both ends of a bottom wall, respectively, includes: a pair of pressure-contact plate portions that can pressure-contact the right and left side walls of the concave groove, respectively; and a coupling plate portion that couples these pressure-contact plate portions to each other. A cleaning member is attached to a lower surface of the coupling plate portion, such that the cleaning member can contact an upper surface of a top plate of the crescent chain and clean the top plate as right and left side plate portions pressure-contact the right and left sidewalls thereby the top plate is cleaned with the cleaning member.

Description

The present invention relates to a cleaning tool for cleaning a crescent chain of a food and drink transport device used in a sushi restaurant or the like.

In a restaurant generally referred to as sushi, a food and drink transport device including a crescent chain that circulates and moves along a passenger seat is installed.
In the above restaurants, the cook puts food and drink such as sushi on a container such as a plate and then transfers it to the crescent chain of the food and drink transport device and sequentially transports it to the audience seat, while customers are sent sequentially. Food and drinks such as sushi are taken out of the crescent chain as needed and eaten.
In recent years, customers have been able to directly order their favorite items, and orders from passenger seats are also transported through the crescent chain.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the crescent chain used in the above food and beverage conveying device is composed of an endless chain body 5 and a crescent-shaped top plate 6 disposed on the chain body 5. A plate 6 is integrally formed with the chain body 5.
Specifically, the chain body 5 rotates to the connecting cylinder 53 between the pair of upper and lower link members 51, 52 and one end in the longitudinal direction of the link members 51, 52 and the connecting cylinder 53 between the link members 51, 52. The top plate 6 is composed of a plurality of link components 50 constituted by freely supported rollers 54 and a connecting shaft 55 for connecting the link components 50 to each other. The member 51 is integrally formed. (See Patent Document 1)

By the way, since the plate | board etc. which put food and drink are mounted in the upper surface of the top plate 6 in the above food and drink conveyance apparatus, the upper surface of the top plate 6 is easy to get dirty, and needs to be cleaned regularly.
Therefore, in the past, employees manually cleaned the top plate 6 by wiping the top surface of the top plate 6 with a towel or the like. However, in the above cleaning methods, it is necessary to secure manpower for cleaning, and for cleaning work. It takes time and effort.

JP 2001-289285 A

The present invention has been developed in view of the above problems. The object of the present invention is to automatically clean the upper surface of the crescent chain simply by setting it on the crescent chain and driving the conveying device. It is to provide a cleaning tool.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a crescent chain is disposed in a groove formed by a bottom wall portion and left and right side wall portions extending upward from both ends of the bottom wall portion. A cleaning tool for cleaning the upper surface of the crescent chain in the food and drink transport device comprising: a pair of left and right pressure contact plate portions that can be pressed against the left and right side wall portions of the concave groove, and connecting the left and right pressure contact plate portions And connecting the cleaning member on the lower surface side of the connecting plate part, and the cleaning member is attached to the left and right side walls of the left and right side walls with the cleaning member as a top plate in the crescent chain. It is made to contact the upper surface of this.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the cleaning tool according to the first aspect, the connecting plate portion is provided with an attachment member for attaching the cleaning member.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the cleaning tool according to the first or second aspect, an anti-slip member is attached to the outer surface of the press contact plate portion.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the cleaning tool according to the first, second, or third aspect, a cushion member for elastically pressing the cleaning member to the upper surface of the top plate is provided on the lower surface side of the connecting plate portion. Is provided.

According to invention of Claim 1, if a cleaning tool is set in a ditch | groove and a food and drink conveyance apparatus is operated, the cleaning tool is fixed in the ditch | groove and the cleaning member drives the top plate. The upper surface of the top plate can be automatically cleaned by the cleaning member.
According to the second aspect of the invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect of the invention, the cleaning member can be securely attached to the connecting plate portion via the stop member, so that the top plate can be stably cleaned. I can do it.
According to the invention described in claim 3, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1 or 2, with the setting of the cleaning tool in the groove, the press contact plate part is inserted into the left and right of the groove through the sliding member. Since it press-contacts to a side wall part, it is suppressed that a cleaning tool moves carelessly at the time of a cleaning operation, and it can clean a top plate stably.
According to the invention described in claim 4, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, 2, or 3, the sliding member is slid in a state of being elastically pressed against the upper surface of the top plate via the elastic member. Therefore, the cleaning of the top surface of the top plate by the cleaning member can be performed more reliably and stably.

Explanatory drawing which represented the inside of the store provided with the food-drink conveyance apparatus planarly. The expanded sectional view of the principal part of a food and drink conveyance apparatus. The perspective view of the principal part of a crescent chain. Sectional drawing of the principal part of a crescent chain. The perspective view of the cleaning tool of the state which removed the cleaning member. The perspective view of the cleaning tool of the state which removed the cleaning member. The perspective view of the cleaning tool of the state which attached the cleaning member. The perspective view of the cleaning tool of the state which attached the cleaning member. The schematic perspective view of the state which set the cleaning member to the lane. Sectional drawing of the principal part of the state which set the cleaning member to the lane. Sectional drawing of the state which set another embodiment of the cleaning tool to the lane. The perspective view which shows another embodiment of the cleaning tool. Sectional drawing of the principal part in the state which set the cleaning tool shown in FIG. 12 to a lane.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.
First, FIG. 1 shows a table 1 installed in each passenger seat of the guest room S1, a partition housing 2 arranged along the front of the kitchen room S2 or along each table 1, and a food and drink transport device 3 installed on the partition housing 2. This is a plan view of the interior of a sushi store equipped with
As shown in FIG. 2, the partition housing 2 is a cross-sectional box composed of side plates 21 and 22 that face each other with a predetermined gap, and an upper plate 23 and a bottom plate (not shown) that connect the upper and lower ends of the side plates 21 and 22. A first housing part 2a which is arranged along the front surface of the kitchen room S2 and divides the kitchen room S2 and the guest room S1, and is bent from both longitudinal ends of the first housing part 2a. The second and third housing portions 2b and 2c extend in parallel in the cabin S1.

The table 1 described above is installed outside the side plates 21 and 22 in the second and third housing portions 2b and 2c.
The food and drink conveying device 3 includes a groove 31 provided in the upper plate 23 of each housing portion 2a, 2b, and 2c, and an endless crescent chain 4 that circulates and moves in the groove 31 by driving a motor. .
The recessed groove 31 is defined by a bottom wall portion 31a and a pair of left and right side wall portions 31b and 31c bent upward from both ends in the width direction of the bottom wall portion 31a.

The crescent chain 4 shown in the figure is provided with a chain body 5 and a substantially half-moon shaped top plate 6 provided on the chain body 5.
As shown in FIG. 4, the chain body 5 includes a pair of upper and lower link members 51, 52, a connection tube 53 that connects one end side in the length direction of the link members 51, 52, and a connection tube between the link members 51, 52. A plurality of link components 50 constituted by rollers 54 rotatably supported by 53, and a connecting shaft 55 for connecting these link components 50 to each other.

The connecting cylinder 53 is integrally formed on the lower surface of one end in the length direction of the upper link member 51, and the inside of the connecting cylinder 53 communicates with an insertion hole 56 formed at one end in the length direction of the upper link member 51.
An insertion hole 57 is provided at the other end in the length direction of the upper link member 51, and insertion holes 58 and 59 are also provided at both ends in the length direction of the lower link member 52, respectively.

The top plate 6 is formed from a synthetic resin material in a substantially half moon shape in plan view, and as shown in FIG. 3, a convex arc surface 61a is formed at the front end in the transport direction and a concave shape at the rear end in the transport direction. An arc surface 61b is formed.
The top plate 6 is integrally formed with the upper link member 51 of each link component 50.

In the crescent chain 4, the roller 54 is rotatably mounted on the connecting cylinder 53 of the link structure 50 in advance, and each link structure 50 is connected by the connecting shaft 55, whereby the endless crescent chain 4 is formed. The
In the figure, reference numeral 55 a denotes a split pin for retaining the stopper attached to the lower end portion of the connecting shaft 55.

The food and drink transport device 3 described above is for circulating and transporting a container containing food and drink such as sushi from the kitchen room S2 to each table 1, and a plate is used as a container for assembling sushi. ing.
In the food and drink transport device 3, for example, sushi-plated dishes are sequentially placed on the top plate 6 of the crescent chain 4 and transported from the kitchen room S 2 toward each table 1 in the guest room S 1. The customer appropriately takes out the dish or the like on which his favorite sushi is served from the crescent chain 4 and eats it.

The cleaning tool according to the present invention is for cleaning the top plate 6 of the crescent chain 4 constituting the food and drink transport device 3 described above. Next, the cleaning tool will be described in detail.
The cleaning tool indicated by reference numeral 7 in FIGS. 5 to 10 basically includes a cleaning tool body 70 formed of a stainless steel plate, a cleaning member 8 made of an existing cotton towel, and the cleaning member 8 as a cleaning tool body. It is comprised from the attachment member 9 for attaching to 70. FIG.
The cleaning tool body 70 may be formed of an aluminum plate or a synthetic resin panel in addition to the stainless steel plate.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the cleaning tool main body 70 includes a pair of left and right pressure contact plate portions 71 and 72 that can be elastically pressed against the left and right side wall portions 31 b and 31 c of the groove 31, and the left and right pressure contact plates. A connecting plate portion 73 that connects the upper ends of the portions 71 and 72 and an attachment plate portion 74 that rises from both front and rear ends of the connecting plate portion 73 and attaches the cleaning member 8 are provided.
A flexible plate-like cushion member 75 that can be elastically deformed is attached to the lower surface of the connecting plate portion 73.

The cushion member 75 is for elastically pressing the cleaning member 8 against the upper surface of the top plate 6 when the cleaning tool 7 is set in the concave groove 31.
The cushion member 75 of the embodiment is formed by forming foamed polyethylene in a plate shape, but the cushion member 75 may be a foamed urethane formed in a plate shape or a sponge formed from polyurethane, for example.
The thickness of the cushion member 75 is slightly smaller than the height of the pressure contact plate portions 71 and 72.

Further, the lateral width of the cushion member 75 is made smaller than the inner method between the left and right pressure plate parts 71 and 72, and a gap S is provided between the left and right side surfaces of the cushion member 75 and the inner side surfaces of the pressure plate parts 71 and 72. Yes.
This gap S is provided to store the left and right ends of the cleaning member 8 when the width of the cleaning member 8 to be mounted is wider than the width of the connecting plate portion 73.

The cleaning member 8 made of towel is arranged along the lower surface side of the connecting plate portion 73, specifically, the lower surface of the cushion member 75, and both ends thereof are attached to the mounting plate portion 74 as shown in FIGS. Then, both ends of the cleaning member 8 are fixed to the mounting plate 74 with the stopper member 9 made of an existing mountain-shaped clip.
Further, in the embodiment shown in the figure, a sheet-like anti-slip member 76 made of silicon rubber, vinyl chloride resin or the like is attached to the outer surface of the pressure contact plate portions 71 and 72.

Next, the usage example of the cleaning tool 7 which consists of the above structure is demonstrated.
First, the cleaning member 8 is filled with water or water containing a detergent, and the cleaning member 8 is placed along the lower surface of the cushion member 75 and both ends thereof are applied from the outer surface of the mounting plate portion 74 to the inner surface. The both ends of the cleaning member 8 are sandwiched between the stop members 9 and are fixed to the mounting plate portion 74.
Subsequently, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the cleaning tool 7 is set in the concave groove 31, so that the left and right press contact plate portions 71 and 72 are inserted into the left and right through the anti-slip members 76. The cleaning member 8 is elastically pressed against the upper surface of the top plate 6 via the cushion member 75 while being pressed against the side wall portions 31b and 31c.

When the crescent chain 4 is driven by the operation of the food and drink conveying device 3, the top surface of the top plate 6 slides in a state of being elastically pressed against the cleaning member 8, and the top surface of the top plate 6 is cleaned by the cleaning member 8. Is automatically cleaned.
Moreover, since the cleaning member 8 is elastically pressed against the upper surface of the top plate 6 by the elastic force of the cushion member 75, the dirt on the upper surface of the top plate 6 is efficiently and stably dropped.
Since the pressure contact plate portions 71 and 72 are in pressure contact with the side wall portions 31b and 31c that define the concave groove 31 via the anti-slip member 76, the cleaning tool 7 is separated from the partition housing 2 even if the crescent chain 4 is driven. It does not move inadvertently.

By the way, when using the cleaning tool 7 described above, for example, two cleaning tools 7 are prepared, and a cleaning member 8 containing detergent-containing water is attached to the cleaning tool body 70 of one cleaning tool 7, and another cleaning tool 7 is attached. The cleaning tool body 70 of the cleaning tool 7 is attached with a dry cleaning member 8 that does not contain any water or the like, and when the cleaning tool 7 is set in the groove 31, the dry cleaning member 8 is attached. The cleaning tool 7 is set on the downstream side of the cleaning tool 7 in which water is included and the cleaning member 8 is attached, and the water containing the detergent attached to the upper surface of the top plate 6 by the upstream cleaning tool 7 is placed on the downstream side. You may make it wipe off with the cleaning member 8 of the cleaning tool 7. FIG.
In the cleaning tool 7 described above, for example, one pressure contact plate portion 71 is movably provided with respect to the connecting plate portion 73 so that the inner method between the left and right pressure contact plate portions 71 and 72 can be adjusted. It is possible to correspond to the different concave grooves 31.
Moreover, in the above embodiment, the existing mountain-shaped clip was used as the attachment member 9, but it is not limited to this, For example, a clip-type exclusive attachment member may be integrally formed in the attachment plate part 74. .
Moreover, although the existing towel was used as the cleaning member 8 in the above embodiment, it is not limited to this, For example, you may use the existing sponge scrub, a brush, or wet tissue.

FIG. 11 shows another embodiment of the cleaning tool 7, and is different from the cleaning tool 7 of the above embodiment in that a storage tank 77 for storing the cleaning liquid is provided on the upper surface of the connecting plate portion 73. At the same time, a cleaning liquid discharge passage 78 in the storage tank 77 is formed from the storage tank 77 to the connecting plate portion 73 and the cushion member 75, and the cleaning member 8 in which the cleaning solution in the storage tank 77 is attached to the lower surface side of the connecting plate portion 73. It is to supply little by little.
In the cleaning tool 7 described above, the cleaning liquid in the storage tank 77 is continuously supplied to the cleaning member 8 when the top plate 6 is cleaned, so that the top plate 6 is more reliably cleaned.

12 and 13 show another embodiment of the cleaning tool 7, and the difference from the cleaning tool 7 of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 to 10 is that in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 to 10. While the attachment plate portions 74 are provided at both front and rear ends of the connecting plate portion 73, the cleaning tool 7 shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 provides the attachment plate portions 74 at both end portions in the width direction of the connecting plate portion 73. The outer surface of the mounting plate portion 74 is flush with the outer surfaces of the press contact plate portions 71 and 72.
Moreover, in the cleaning tool 7 of embodiment shown in FIG. 12, FIG. 13, the lateral width of the cushion member 75 is formed substantially the same as the inner method between the left-right press-contacting plate part 71 * 72.

In the cleaning tool 7 shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 described above, the cleaning member 8 containing water or water containing detergent is placed along the lower surface of the cushion member 75, and both end portions thereof are further pressed against the pressure plate portions 71 and 72 and After extending along the inner surface of the mounting plate portion from the outer surface of the mounting plate portion, the both ends of the cleaning member 8 are sandwiched by the stopper members 9 and are fixed to the mounting plate portion 74.
Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 13, the cleaning tool 7 is set in the concave groove 31, so that the left and right press contact plate portions 71 and 72 are connected to the left and right side wall portions 31 b and 31 c via the cleaning member 8. The cleaning member 8 is elastically pressed against the upper surface of the top plate 6 via the cushion member 75.

When the crescent chain 4 is driven by the operation of the food and drink conveying device 3, the top surface of the top plate 6 slides in a state of being elastically pressed against the cleaning member 8, and the top surface of the top plate 6 is cleaned by the cleaning member 8. Is automatically cleaned.

3 Food and Drink Conveying Device 31 Groove 31a Bottom Wall 31b Side Wall 31c Side Wall 4 Crescent Chain
5 Chain body 6 Top plate
7 Cleaning tool 70 Cleaning tool body 71 Pressure contact plate part 72 Pressure contact plate part 73 Connection plate part
75 Cushion member 76 Non-slip member 8 Cleaning member 9 Mounting member

Claims (4)

Cleaning for cleaning the upper surface of the crescent chain in a food and beverage conveying apparatus in which a crescent chain is disposed in a groove formed by a bottom wall portion and left and right side wall portions extending upward from both ends of the bottom wall portion. A pair of left and right pressure contact plate portions that can be pressed against the left and right side wall portions of the concave groove, and a connection plate portion that connects the left and right pressure contact plate portions, and cleaning is provided on the lower surface side of the connection plate portion. Cleaning the crescent chain characterized in that the cleaning member is brought into contact with the upper surface of the top plate of the crescent chain as the member is mounted and the left and right side plate portions are pressed against the left and right side walls. Ingredients. 2. The crescent chain cleaning tool according to claim 1, wherein the connecting plate portion is provided with an attachment member for attaching the cleaning member. 3. The crescent chain cleaning tool according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an anti-slip member is attached to the outer surface of the pressure contact plate portion. 4. The crescent chain cleaning according to claim 1, wherein a cushion member for elastically pressing the cleaning member against the upper surface of the top plate is provided on the lower surface side of the connecting plate portion. Ingredients.

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