JP2756921B2 - Food and beverage transport device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a sushi restaurant, etc.
For example, the present invention relates to a food and beverage transporting apparatus that transports sushi assorted on a plate through a transport path in a circulating manner.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in a sushi restaurant or the like, as shown in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 60-29932, a transfer device having a transfer path circulating along each table in the store has been installed, and While the member supplies a dish filled with food such as sushi to the transport path as needed, a customer of each table selects various foods sequentially sent by the transport path and takes out from the transport path. See the stores where you eat.

[0003]

By the way, in the above-described conveying apparatus, the food and drink on the plate placed on the conveying path continues to go around on the conveying path until the customer takes it out.
Therefore, if the food orbiting on the transport path is not taken out of the transport path for a long time, the quality of the food decreases with the passage of time, and as a result, the food and drink with reduced quality are provided to the customer. There is a problem that goes wrong.

[0004] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, it is only necessary for employees to separate and collect food and drinks that have passed a predetermined time from the food and drinks circling the transport path. Since the dishes on which foods are served are sequentially sent, it is practically impossible to know how much time has passed since each food and drink on the transport path was placed on the transport path. Therefore, in the present situation, in order to prevent deterioration of the quality of food and drink, at present, the food and drink placed on the transport path is exchanged at once every predetermined time.

[0005] The present invention has been developed in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a food and drink transporting apparatus capable of selecting a food and drink on a transport path after a predetermined time has elapsed. To provide.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, an identification mark 4 is provided on each container T while the identification mark 4 of each container T circling the transport path 3 is read. A reading device 5; a controller 6 that counts the number of rounds of each container T in the transport path 3 based on an output signal from the reading device 5 and searches for a container whose number of rounds is equal to or greater than a set number; Controller 6
And a notifying device 7 for notifying the container T that the number of rounds on the transport path 3 has become equal to or greater than a set number based on the output signal from the container T.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, each container T is provided with an identification mark 4, while each container T
A reading device 5 that reads the identification mark 4 of the above, and counts the number of rounds of each container T in the transport path 3 based on an output signal from the reading device 5 to search for a container whose number of rounds is equal to or greater than a set number. A controller 6 that performs
On the basis of the output signal from the controller 6, the transport path 3
The retraction device 8 is provided for retreating the container T, whose number of rounds has become equal to or more than the set number of times, from the transport path 3.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the reading device 5 reads the identification mark 4 attached to the container T circling the transport path 3, while the controller 6 responds to an output signal from the reading device 5. The number of rounds of each container T in the transport path 3 is counted based on the output signal from the controller 6 if the number of rounds in the containers that round the transport path 3 is equal to or greater than a set number. The notification device 7 notifies the container.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the reading device 5 reads the identification mark 4 attached to the container T circling the transport path 3 while the controller 6
, Each container T based on the output signal from the reading device 5
The number of circulations in the conveyance path 3 is counted. If the number of circulations in the container circulating the conveyance path 3 is equal to or greater than a set number, the evacuation device 8 is controlled by an output signal from the controller 6. , Container T that has circulated more than a set number of times
Is retracted from the transport path 3.

[0010]

FIG. 1 shows a counter table 1a and a plurality of legged tables 1b installed in a guest room S2, and a kitchen room S1.
And a partition housing 2 arranged along the front surface or each of the tables 1a and 1b, and sushi provided in a circular shape on the partition housing 2 and arranged in a dish T (container) in the kitchen room S1. This is a plan view of the inside of a sushi restaurant provided with a transport path 3 for circulating transport in 1a and 1b.

The partition housing 2 includes side walls 21 and 22 facing each other at a predetermined interval, and both side walls 21 and 22.
And is formed along the front surface of the kitchen room S1 and is formed in a box-shaped cross section from an upper wall 23 and a bottom wall (not shown) connecting an upper end and a lower end of the kitchen room S1 and a guest room. S2, and a first housing portion 2a that partitions the passenger compartment S2 from the longitudinal ends of the first housing portion 2a.
The second and third housing portions 2b and 2c extend in parallel with each other. Outside the side walls 21 and 22 of the second and third housing portions 2b and 2c, the counter table 1a and the legs are provided. And a table 1b.

The transport path 3 is connected to each of the housing portions 2a.
A recess 31 provided in the upper wall 23 of the 2b and 2c;
And an endless flat chain 33 that is circulated and moved by a motor in the recess 31 while being guided by guide walls 32 provided on both sides in the width direction of the vehicle.

In the transporting apparatus having the above-described configuration, in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a plurality of (six in the embodiment) barcodes are printed as identification marks for specifying each plate T. Using the seal 4, the plurality of seals 4
Are attached to the outer peripheral edge of the lower surface of the plate T at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction.

On the other hand, at the end of the partition housing 2 on the third housing portion 2c side of the one housing portion 2a, an identification mark 4 of each container T circling the transport path 3 is provided.
A bar code scanner 5 of a laser type is installed as a reading device for reading the data, and the output side of the bar code scanner 5 is connected to the transport path 3 of each container T based on an output signal from the bar code scanner 5. A controller 6 composed of a microcomputer that counts the number of circulations and searches for a container T in which the number of circulations is equal to or greater than a set number is connected.

Further, based on an output signal from the controller 6, the transport path 3 is located above the position of the bar code scanner 5 in the first housing portion 2 a on the forward side in the transport direction of the transport path 3. An illuminating device 70 is provided to illuminate the container T in which the number of orbits has become equal to or greater than the set number with the lighting device 70 and notify the employee of the container T. The notifying device 7 is connected to the output side of the controller 6. I have.

In another embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, instead of the notification device 7 in the above-described embodiment, the number of rounds on the transport path 3 is equal to or more than a set number based on an output signal from the controller 6. An evacuation device 8 is provided for evacuation of the container T that has become the above from the transport path 3.

As shown schematically in FIG. 5, the retracting device 8 includes a retracting path 8a in which an endless transport belt 82 is stretched between a pair of driving rollers 81 driven by a motor, and A transfer device 8b for transferring the plate T to the evacuation route 8a.
The bar code scanner 5 in the housing 2a
Is provided at a position forward of the transport path 3 with respect to the transport path 3 so that the tray T that has been switched to the evacuation path 8a by the transfer device 8b is taken into the kitchen room S2 via the transport belt 82. .

As shown schematically in FIG. 5, the transfer device 8b has a pivot 83 attached to the upper wall 23 so as to be rotatable with respect to the upper wall 23.
The drive device 85 such as a motor is attached to the lower end of the pivot 83 while the drive device 85 is connected to the output side of the controller 6. By the drive control of the drive device 85,
The guide body 84 is swung so as to intersect the transport path 3 as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 4, so that food on the transport path 3 is guided and retracted to the evacuation path 8a. .

Next, the operation of the transport device having the above configuration will be described.

In the kitchen room S1, a dish T
Are sequentially placed on the transport path 3 flowing in front of the kitchen room S1, and the sushi is passed through the transport path 3 to the cabin S.
2 are circulated and conveyed to the tables 1a and 1b in the table 2. The customers of each table take out the dishes T on which the favorite sushi is placed from the conveying path 3 as needed, and eat the dishes T which are not taken out by the customers. The bar code scanner 5 reads the bar code on the sticker 4 attached to the plate T, and the controller 6 reads the bar code from the bar code scanner 5.
The number of circulations of each plate T in the transport path 3 is counted based on the output signal from the controller. If the number of rounds in the plate that goes around the transport path 3 is equal to or greater than a set number (for example, 10 times), the output signal from the controller 6 is used in the embodiment shown in FIGS. Accordingly, the lighting device 70 of the notification device 7 is turned on immediately for a predetermined time, that is, the time required for the plate T to pass through the illumination area of the lighting device 70, and illuminates the plate T that has rotated more than this set number of times. Let employees know.

When the tray T notified by the notification device 7 is taken out of the transport path 3 by an employee, the sticker attached to the plate T is required within the time required for the transport path 3 to make one round. Is not read by the scanner 5, therefore, the controller 6 can read the bar code attached to the plate being counted after the time required for one round of the transport path 3 has elapsed. Those that have disappeared are considered to have been taken out of the transport path 3 by a customer or an employee, and the count is immediately cleared. In the case where the bar code attached to the plate T for which the number of revolutions is equal to or more than the set number is read again by the scanner 5,
Is still placed on the transport path 3, so that the notifying device 7 is operated again via the controller 6, and the plate 70 is again illuminated by the lighting device 70.

On the other hand, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 5, if the number of rounds in the plate that goes around the transport path 3 exceeds a set number (for example, 10 times), the transfer device 8b Is driven by an output signal from the controller 6 so that the guide body 84 swings to a position where the guide body 84 intersects the transport path 3 and the transport belt 82 that configures the evacuation path 8a is When the tray T that has been driven and circulated more than a set number of times is transferred from the transport path 3 to the evacuation path 8a by the guide body 84, the evacuation path 8a
The bar code attached to the plate T returned to the kitchen room S1 as described above,
Thereafter, since the image is not read by the scanner 5 within the time required for one round of the transport path 3, the number of rounds of the plate counted by the controller 6 is cleared.

Thus, on the transport path 3, the transport path 3
All of the sushi dishes whose time has passed by the number of rounds above the set number of times are collected, and therefore, only the dishes T with fresh sushi are always provided to the customer via the transport path 3. It will be.

In the above embodiment, a sticker with a bar code is used as the identification mark, but the present invention is not limited to this.

Further, in the above embodiment, a lighting device is used as the notification device 7, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a buzzer or the like may be used.

[0026]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the reading device 5 reads the identification mark 4 attached to the container T circling the conveyance path 3, while the controller 6 reads the identification mark 4 from the reading device 5. The number of circulations of each tray T in the transport path 3 is counted based on the output signal from the controller 6. The notification device 7 notifies the container by the output signal of the above, so that the food and drink on the conveyance path after a predetermined time has elapsed can be reliably selected.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the reading device 5 reads the identification mark 4 attached to the container T circling the transport path 3 while reading the identification mark 4 from the controller 6.
, Each container T based on the output signal from the reading device 5
The number of circulations in the conveyance path 3 is counted. If the number of circulations in the container circulating the conveyance path 3 is equal to or greater than a set number, the evacuation device 8 is controlled by an output signal from the controller 6. , Container T that has circulated more than a set number of times
Is withdrawn from the transport path 3, so that food and drink placed on the transport path after a predetermined time has elapsed can be automatically removed from the transport path.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view in a store provided with a food and beverage transport device.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of a main part of the same.

FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view of a store provided with a food and drink transporting device according to another embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged plan view of a main part of the same.

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

[Explanation of symbols]

 T Plate (container) 3 Transport path 5 Barcode scanner (reading device) 6 Controller 7 Notification device 8 Evacuation device

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A food and drink transport device comprising a transport path (3) for circulating and transporting a plurality of containers (T) containing food and drink, wherein an identification mark (4) is provided on each of the containers (T). On the other hand, a reading device (5) for reading the identification mark (4) of each container (T) orbiting the transport path (3), and each container (T) based on an output signal from the reading device (5).
Counting the number of rounds in the transport path (3),
A controller (6) for searching for containers whose number of circulations is equal to or greater than the set number of times, and a container (6) in which the number of circulations in the transport path (3) is equal to or greater than the set number of times, And a notification device (7) for notifying T). 2. A food and drink transport device comprising a transport path (3) for circulating and transporting a plurality of containers (T) containing food and drink, wherein each container (T) is provided with an identification mark (4). On the other hand, a reading device (5) for reading the identification mark (4) of each container (T) orbiting the transport path (3), and each container (T) based on an output signal from the reading device (5).
Counting the number of rounds in the transport path (3),
A controller (6) for searching for a container having the number of circulations equal to or greater than the set number of times, and a container (6) having the number of circulations in the transport path (3) equal to or greater than the set number of times based on an output signal from the controller (6). A food and drink transport device, comprising a retracting device (8) for retracting T) from above the transport path (3).