JP3014777U - Hot / cold serving wagon - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] This relates to a structure designed to facilitate handling of a serving tray in a relatively narrow space in a hot / cold serving wagon mainly used for lunch at hospitals and other facilities. [Structure] Opening portions 4a and 4b formed on the front and back surfaces in the longitudinal direction of a wagon main body 3 having traveling wheels 18 are divided into two left and right portions by a partition wall 5 in the center, and each division should be opened and closed. Each of the door bodies 2 is slidable along the left and right insides of the wagon body 3 and can be stored.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention mainly relates to a structure for facilitating the handling of a serving tray in a relatively narrow space in a hot / cold serving wagon serving for lunch mainly in hospitals and other facilities.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 In this type of conventional catering wagon, the opening of the wagon that houses the catering tray is opened and closed by a pair of double doors, one for the warm side and the other for the cold side, that is, a door that swings to the front side. There is.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 By the way, in hospitals and other facilities where meals are mainly served by catering wagons, catering wagons are carried in corridors and other passages that are large enough to not interfere with normal driving, and meals are placed in each room. Since the method of distributing the serving tray is adopted, the space that can pass through the aisle is further narrowed by opening the door when removing or storing the serving tray from the serving tray. This is not only inconvenient for pedestrians, but in some cases it may be difficult to open the door itself. There was also a problem in operability because the operator had to open the hot and cold doors to the left and right using both hands to take out the internal serving tray.

In order to eliminate the inconveniences and inconveniences as described above, the present invention intends to provide a hot / cold serving wagon that efficiently serves the serving work in a relatively narrow space and does not disturb the surroundings. To do.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 That is, in the hot / cold serving wagon according to claim 1, the opening formed in the front and back in the longitudinal direction of the wagon main body provided with traveling wheels is divided into two parts in the center by a partition wall, and left and right. The flexible doors to be opened and closed can be stored by sliding along the left and right insides of the wagon body.

[0006] In the hot / cold serving wagon according to claim 2, the opening formed in the front and back in the longitudinal direction of the wagon body having the traveling wheels is divided into two sections at the center, and the sections should be opened and closed. The flexible doors can be slid and stored along the left and right side walls of the wagon body, and the inside of each opening is further divided into two chambers by a partition wall in the left-right direction. This chamber is provided with a heating means as a heating chamber, the other chamber is used as a refrigerating chamber, and an insertion groove extending across both chambers into which a serving tray can be inserted is provided in the partition wall.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a warm / refrigerator serving wagon in which the opening formed on the front side and the back side in the longitudinal direction of the wagon body provided with the traveling wheels is divided into two left and right portions at the center, and each division is opened and closed. The flexible doors should be slidable along the left and right sides of the wagon body, and the doors should be made of transparent or translucent transparent material such as polycarbonate. I will do it.

[0008]

[Action]

 According to the first aspect of the present invention, the tray can be particularly taken out from the wagon body by opening the door body closing the opening in the left-right direction.

In the device according to claim 2, in addition to the function according to claim 1, the inside of the opening is divided into a heating chamber and a refrigerating chamber to heat the food to be cooked on the serving tray. You can store what you need in the refrigerator and those that need to be cold in the refrigerator.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the function according to the first aspect, the inside of the wagon body can be observed without opening the door by forming the door with a transparent material. Is.

[0011]

【Example】

 Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a state in which a door body 2 of a hot and cold storage wagon 1 of the present invention is fully closed, and FIG. 2 is a front view in which the door body 2 is fully opened. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which one side of the door body that can be opened and closed in the left-right direction is opened and the other side is closed.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the hot and cold storage serving wagon of the present invention, openings 4a and 4b formed on the front and back surfaces of the wagon body 3 in the longitudinal direction are respectively provided with a partition wall 5 at the center. It is divided into two sections on the left and right, and each section is divided into four sections as a whole. It is divided into two by the partition walls 6 and 7 that pass forward and backward, and the relatively narrower one near the center is the refrigerating room 8. The larger room is designated as the heating room 9. Further, stopper walls 10 and 11 for partitioning the front chamber and the rear chamber are provided on the partition walls 6 and 7 which pass forward and backward, respectively.

Each of the door bodies 2 is made of a transparent or translucent transparent material such as polycarbonate, and is configured as a flexible shutter as a whole. As shown in FIG. It is slidable along guide rails 12 formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the main body 3, and these rails 12 are extended on the side of the wagon main body 3 so as to be divided inward and outward.

In order to allow smooth sliding along these rails 12, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, at the upper and lower ends of the door body 2, along the side wall 13 of each rail 12. The rolling roller bearing 14 is mounted, and the bearing mounting plate 15 attached to the lower end of the door body 2 has a roller bearing 17 that rolls along the bottom surface 16 of the lower rail 12. Is attached. Also in the upper rail 12, a roller bearing 14 that rolls along the side wall 13 thereof is attached to the door body 2.

The wagon body 3 itself is movable by traveling wheels 18, and the traveling wheels 18 are fixed position wheels 19a (two in the front and rear of the central portion) and freely rotatable wheels 19b. (4 front, rear, left and right).

The partition walls 6 and 7 are respectively formed with tray insertion grooves 20 in upper and lower eight steps (32 steps in total including front and rear), and the outline thereof is as shown in FIG. That is, the partition plate 7 (similar to 6) is made of glass fiber whose both sides are coated with aluminum alloy, and a mountain-shaped tray made of ABS resin is provided on the lower surface side of the tray insertion groove 20. The catch 21 is formed to receive the chevron portion 23 of the serving tray 22 (hereinafter referred to simply as the tray) made of a molded FRP body and corresponding to the tray 21. There is.

The tray 22 itself has a shape that straddles the refrigerating chamber 8 and the warming chamber 9, and has recesses 24 and 25 for receiving an object to be treated, and a flange 26 on the peripheral surface.

A tray receiver 27 is formed on both sides of the partition wall 5 and the inner wall of the wagon body 3 and the partition wall 5 in correspondence with the position of the tray insertion groove 20 (FIG. 3).

The inner wall portion and the partition wall of the wagon body 3 are of course made of a heat insulating material, and a heating element 28 is provided inside the wall forming the heating chamber 9 of the wagon body 3. Although not shown in the figure, a cooling pipe extending from the refrigerator installed in the wagon body 3 is embedded in the wall forming the refrigerating chamber 8 and used for each purpose. Since the structure is not directly related to the present invention, detailed description or illustration thereof will be omitted. In the figure, 29 is a handle for pushing by hand.

When using the hot and cold storage serving wagon 1 of the present invention, the tray 22 is provided with a predetermined cooking product, that is, the depression 24 on the refrigerating compartment 8 side is kept cold such as vegetables, pickles and juice. The tray 25 on the side of the heating chamber 9 is provided with the tray 25 of the tray insertion groove 20 and the tray 20 of the tray 20 which is required to keep warmth such as cooked rice, miso soup, and grilled fish. The mountain side portion 23 is inserted.

In the warm / refrigerator wagon 1 loaded with the tray 22 on which the cooked food is placed in this way, when the door body 2 is closed, the cooked foods in the refrigerating compartment 8 and the warming compartment 9 respectively While maintaining the hot / cold state, the hot / cold wagon 1 is moved to a predetermined place in this state, and the doors 2 are slid to the left and right to open the openings 4a and 4b, and the inner portion is opened. Take out the Tray-20.

According to the hot / cold food distribution wagon of the present invention, the door body has a sliding structure in the left-right direction as compared with the conventional double door structure, so that the tray can be taken out and stored relatively. Since it can be operated in a narrow place without any trouble, it will be easier to arrange food in the corridor of a hospital, etc., and since the door can be opened and closed easily with one hand, the double doors can be opened and closed in both directions. This is also useful in comparison with the conventional structure that has to be opened.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a state in which a door body of a hot and cold storage wagon of the present invention is fully closed.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a state in which a door body of the hot / cold serving wagon of the present invention is fully opened.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which one side of the door body is opened and one side is closed.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged front view in which a mechanism for guiding opening / closing of a door body is partially omitted.

5 is a side view of the portion shown in FIG. 4. FIG.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of a part.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Door body 3 Wagon body 4a, 4b Opening 8 Refrigerating room 9 Heating room 22 Serving tray

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A flexible door body for opening and closing the opening formed on the front side and the back side in the longitudinal direction of a wagon main body equipped with traveling wheels at the center by a partition wall to the left and right, and opening and closing each section. A hot and cold serving wagon that can be stored by sliding along the inside of the left and right sides of the wagon body. 2. A wagon body having traveling wheels, which is divided into two left and right openings formed in the front and back in the longitudinal direction of the wagon body, and each flexible door body for opening and closing each of the wagons. Sliding along the left and right side walls of the main body allows storage, and the inside of each opening is further divided into two chambers in the left and right direction by a partition wall, and one of these chambers is used as a heating chamber and a heating means is appropriately attached. However, the other compartment is a refrigerating compartment, and the partition wall is provided with an insertion groove into which a serving tray having a shape extending over both compartments can be inserted. 3. An opening formed in the front and back in the longitudinal direction of a wagon body provided with traveling wheels is divided into two parts at the center, left and right, and flexible door bodies for opening and closing each part are respectively provided in the wagon. A hot and cold storage wagon that can be slid along the left and right sides of the main body and can be stored, and the door body is made of a transparent or translucent transparent material such as polycarbonate.