JP3302673B2 - Circulation transport path for food and beverage supply - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001] The present invention relates to a circulating transport path for transporting foods and the like, particularly sushi, etc., and supplying the edible food to customers, wherein at least a part of the circulatory transport paths is arranged close to each other with a height difference therebetween. The present invention relates to a food and drink supply circulating transport path that changes the course of a mounting table.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an endlessly formed circulating transport path for transporting food and drink is provided along a dining table such as a counter, and a dish or the like on which food, for example, sushi or the like, is placed. The food and beverage counter of the circulating transport type, which places and transports containers, allows food and drinks to be eaten and cooked without the need for food and drinkers to move, and food and drinks can be taken while sitting at the table. It is widely used because you can eat and drink while choosing.

[0003] In recent years, stores and the like have tended to be large in size to accommodate a larger number of food and beverage customers. In some cases, a bypass path is provided in the path of the circulating transport path as a course direction changing unit, thereby shortening the path length of the circulating transport path.

[0004] On the other hand, if two rows of circulating transport paths arranged in front of the food and drink are arranged on the same plane, when taking out desired food and drink from the transport path located in the back, the front side of the circulatory transport path will be described. In recent years, food and beverages on the transport path have been in the way.
A circulating transport path for supplying food and drink is used in which the transport paths of rows are provided with a height difference.

[0005]

However, when a bypass path is provided between two rows of transport paths having a difference in elevation, since the bypass path is installed in an inclined state, the path of a food table moving on the transport path is considered. Not only is it difficult to make the change smoothly, but also there is a problem that the mounting table or the food and drink on the mounting table may drop depending on the inclined state.

The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and a food placing table which moves on one circulating transport path having a height difference which is arranged close to each other is mounted on the other circulating transport path. It is an object of the present invention to provide a food and beverage supply circulating transport path that can be smoothly transferred.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a food and drink supply circulation transport path of the present invention comprises at least a part of a circulation transport path for supplying a food table with a table on which food and beverages are placed to a customer. Is a food and beverage supply circulating transport path that is juxtaposed with each other with a height difference, at least a predetermined portion of one of the circulating transport paths, by arranging a slope before and after in the transport direction, the other Formed at the same height as the circulation conveyance path,
The food table to move one of the circulation transport path between of identity one height circulation path of the advance of transferring to the other of the circulation transport path
A road direction changing means is provided. According to the invention having the above configuration, since the course direction changing means is provided between the circulation conveyance paths having the same height, the course of the mounting table is smoothly changed even between the two circulation conveyance paths having the height difference. be able to.

In the food and beverage supply circulating transport path of the present invention, the portion of the circulating transport path provided with the course direction changing means is configured such that the low-level circulating transport path is at the same height as the high-level circulating transport path. Is preferred. According to this configuration, only the height of the portion of the circulation transport path at the low position is changed, and the work of remodeling the circulation transport path can be simplified.

In the circulating transport path for supplying food and drink according to the present invention, a portion of the circulating transport path provided with the course direction changing means is configured such that a high-level circulating transport path is flush with a low-level circulating transport path. Is preferred. According to this configuration, only the height of the portion of the circulating transport path at the high position is changed, and the remodeling operation of the circulating transport path can be simplified.

[0010] The course direction changing means in the food and drink supply circulating conveyance path according to the present invention is characterized in that the part of the circulating conveyance path provided with the course direction changing means includes a low position circulation conveyance path and a high position circulation conveyance path. , Is preferably arranged at a substantially intermediate height position. According to this configuration, the portion of the circulating transport path in which the course direction changing means is provided is provided at an intermediate height between the two circulating transport paths, so that the length in the transport direction occupied by the slopes of the two transport paths is reduced. be able to.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view of a circulating transport path for supplying food and drink provided with a course direction changing unit according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the circulating transport path. 1A is a cross-sectional view, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along a line CC in FIG. 3, showing a side view of an upward slope provided in the low-level circulating conveyance path, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a course direction changing unit.

As shown in FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is disposed on the right side in the drawing of a restaurant, places food produced in the kitchen on a mounting table 4 and circulates from the kitchen side to the food and drink side. 1 shows a well-known crescent chain conveyor which is a circulating conveyance path composed of a half-moon-shaped conveyance plate 6 (stat) connected to a chain 8 for conveyance. Two protruding portions T1 and T2 are arranged on both sides facing the eating and drinking side, and a table-like eating table 2 is arranged along the crescent chain conveyor 1.

These crescent chain conveyors 1
For example, it is constituted by two rows of crescent chain conveyors 1a and 1b which are arranged side by side adjacent to each other so as to have a height difference, and have different conveyance directions.

One side (right side) arranged linearly on the kitchen side
The high position crescent chain conveyor 1a is installed at a higher position than the low position crescent chain conveyor 1b on the food side (left side) adjacent to the high position crescent chain conveyor 1a.

Here, the high position crescent chain conveyor 1a on the kitchen side is moved from the folded portion (U-turn portion) of one protruding portion T1 protrudingly arranged toward the food and drink side as indicated by an arrow. From the downward slope S1 which is gradually inclined downward to the low position crescent chain conveyor 1b
Is extended.

This low position crescent chain conveyor 1
b is extended to the folded portion (U-turn portion) of the protruding portion T2 disposed on the other side, and in this protruding portion T2, it is configured again as the high position crescent chain conveyor 1a.
An upward slope S2 that is gradually inclined upward in the transport direction from the middle is provided, and the high position crescent chain conveyor 1a extends to the inside of the kitchen.

Here, the substantially middle portion of the conveying path of the low position crescent chain conveyor 1b needs to be formed at the same height in order to provide the course direction changing means V.

In the present embodiment, the low position crescent chain conveyor 1b is connected to the high position crescent chain conveyor 1b.
It is necessary to configure the same level as the height of a. For this purpose, as shown in FIG. 3, an upward slope S2 and a downward slope S1 are configured before and after the course direction changing means V.

Next, the course direction changing means of the present invention will be described.

As shown in FIG. 1, the course direction changing means V has a height difference 2 adjacent to each other.
The row is connected between the high position crescent chain conveyor 1a and the low position crescent chain conveyor 1b.

More specifically, the course direction changing means V changes the course of the mounting table 4 which is sequentially conveyed on the high position crescent chain conveyor 1a or the low position crescent chain conveyor 1b of the crescent chain conveyor 1. As shown in FIG. 2 (a), a bypass connected between the high position crescent chain conveyor 1a and the low position crescent chain conveyor 1b perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction as shown in FIG. 2 (b). The belt conveyor C comprises a path, and a guide member G provided on the belt conveyor C.

Therefore, in order to configure the portion of the crescent chain conveyor 1 in which the course direction changing means V is provided at the same height, a part of the low position crescent chain conveyor 1b is connected to the up slope S2 and the down slope as described above. A belt conveyor C driven by a motor M is arranged at a high position of the crescent chain conveyor 1a via a slope S1 so as to be orthogonal to both circulation conveyance paths.

As shown in FIG. 4, the guide member G is located at one side of the belt conveyor C, and is driven by, for example, a motor (not shown) as a drive source via a pair of guide arms G1 through support shafts 5a and 5b. , G2 rotate within a predetermined angle range, and when both guide arms G1, G2 rotate and open, both crescent chain conveyors 1
a, 1a, and a closing operation can be performed to allow passage of the mounting table 4 moving on both the crescent chain conveyors 1a, 1a in plan view.

On the other side of the belt conveyor C,
A guide body for preventing the mounting table 4 guided from one of the crescent chain conveyors 1a onto the belt conveyor C from dropping from the side surface of the belt conveyor C when being transported toward the other crescent chain conveyor 1a. 7 are arranged.

Next, the operation of the course direction changing means V according to the first embodiment configured as described above will be described.

That is, in a situation where a large number of food and drinks are always in the store, such as during a busy season, the mounting table 4 on which the food and drinks are placed over the entire crescent chain conveyor 1 arranged in the store is moved from the kitchen. The table 4 is sequentially and continuously conveyed, and the remaining mounting table 4 is circulated and conveyed so as to be returned to the kitchen again.

In this case, both guide arms G1 and G2 of the course direction changing means V are connected to both the crescent chain conveyors 1.
In order to allow passage of the mounting table 4 that moves on a and 1a, it is in a closed state (a state parallel to both the crescent chain conveyors 1a and 1a) as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG.

On the other hand, when the number of food and drinks entering the store decreases, the course of the mounting table 4 conveyed over the entire crescent chain conveyor 1 arranged in the store is changed from the middle.

In such a case, the course direction changing means V
The two guide arms G1 and G2 rotate and open in a substantially C-shape in plan view so as to cross both the crescent chain conveyors 1a and 1a.

Therefore, the mounting table 4 on which sushi and the like are mounted
Is transported from the kitchen to the store by the high-level crescent chain conveyor 1a and reaches one of the projecting portions T1 projecting and facing the food and drink side, the projecting portion T1
Is returned on the low position crescent chain conveyor 1b from the down slope S1 and reaches the course direction changing means V.

In the course direction changing means V, the mounting table 4
Is transferred to the belt conveyor C while sliding on one of the guide arms G2 opened in a C-shape when transferred from the low position crescent chain conveyor 1b to the high position crescent chain conveyor 1a through the up slope S2. Will be posted.

The mounting table 4 transferred on the belt conveyor C
When being transported by the belt conveyor C, it is transferred to the high-level crescent chain conveyor 1a on the kitchen side facing the other while slidingly contacting the other guide arm G1 and returned into the kitchen.

By doing so, the part where the course direction changing means V of both the crescent chain conveyors is installed is
Up and down slope S2 and down slope S before and after in the transport direction
1 so that the placement direction of the mounting table 4 can be smoothly changed even between the high position crescent chain conveyor 1a and the low position crescent chain conveyor 1b having a height difference.

Further, in this embodiment, since the part where the course direction changing means V is installed has the low position crescent chain conveyor 1b at the same height as the high position crescent chain conveyor 1a, the course direction changing means V It is only necessary to change the height of only the portion of the low position crescent chain conveyor 1b where the V is installed, and the work of remodeling the circulating transport path can be simplified.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 5 is a side view of a food and drink supply circulating conveyance path provided with a course direction changing means according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The same components as those described above are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description will be omitted.

In the present embodiment, the crescent chain conveyor 1 at the position where the course direction changing means V is provided has the high position crescent chain conveyor 1a at the same height as the low position crescent chain conveyor 1b.

More specifically, a downward slope S1 is provided in front of the portion of the high-level crescent chain conveyor 1a where the course direction changing means V is provided to form a low-level crescent chain conveyor 1b. Is provided with an upward slope S2 to constitute the original high position crescent chain conveyor 1a.

The course direction changing means V of the present embodiment, which is configured as described above, is different from the course table V which is conveyed on the low-level crescent chain conveyor 1b inside the store, in that the direction of the course direction changing means V is V-shaped. It is guided by one of the guide arms G1 opened in the shape of a circle, guided on the belt conveyor C, further guided by the other guide arm G2, transferred onto the low-side crescent chain conveyor 1b on the kitchen side, and moved up the slope S2. Passing through the high position Crescent Chain Conveyor 1
Move to a.

As described above, it is only necessary to change the height of only the portion of the high position crescent chain conveyor 1a where the course direction changing means V is installed, and the work of remodeling the circulating conveyance path can be simplified.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 6 is a side view of a food and drink supply circulating conveyance path provided with a course direction changing means according to a third embodiment of the present invention. The same components as those described above are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description will be omitted.

In the present embodiment, the crescent chain conveyor 1 at the position where the course direction changing means V is provided is provided by changing the portion where the course direction changing means V is provided to the low position crescent chain conveyor 1b and the high position crescent chain conveyor 1a. It is configured so as to be at a substantially intermediate height position.

With such a configuration, the course direction changing means V allows the course change of the mounting table 4 to be provided at an intermediate height position between both the crescent chain conveyors 1.
The same operation as the above-described operation is performed on a plane having the same height, and the length of the ascending slope S2 and the descending slope S1 formed on the low-position crescent chain conveyor 1b and the high-position crescent chain conveyor 1a is determined by the length of the conveyance direction. Can be shortened.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to these embodiments, and even if there are changes and additions without departing from the gist of the present invention. Included in the invention.

[0046]

The present invention has the following effects.

(A) According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the course direction changing means is provided between the circulating conveyance paths having the same height, the path direction changing means is also mounted between the two circulating conveyance paths having a height difference. The course of the table can be changed smoothly.

(B) According to the second aspect of the present invention, only the height of the portion of the circulating transport path at the low position is changed, and the work of remodeling the circulating transport path can be simplified.

(C) According to the third aspect of the present invention, only the height of the portion of the circulating transport path at a high position is changed, and the work of remodeling the circulating transport path can be simplified.

(D) According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the portion of the circulating transport path in which the course direction changing means is provided is provided at an intermediate height between the two circulating transport paths. The length occupied in the transport direction can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a food and drink supply circulating transport path provided with a course direction changing unit according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are cross-sectional views of a circulating conveyance path, where FIG. 2A is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1 and FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a CC view showing a side view of an up slope provided in a circulating conveyance path at a low position.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a course direction changing unit.

FIG. 5 is a side view of a food and drink supply circulating transport path provided with a course direction changing unit according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a side view of a food and drink supply circulation transport path provided with a course direction changing unit according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Crescent chain conveyor (circulation conveyance path) 1a High position crescent chain conveyor 1b Low position crescent chain conveyor 2 Eating table 4 Placement table 5a, 5b Support shaft 6 Carrier plate 7 Guide body 8 Chain C Belt conveyor G Guide member G1, G2 Guide Arm M Motor S1 Downslope S2 Upslope T1, T2 Projecting part V Course direction changing means

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-9-201267 (JP, A) JP-A-57-184676 (JP, U) Design registration 1098111 (JP, S) Design registration 1036514 (JP, S) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A47G 23/08

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] At least a part of a circulation conveyance path for supplying a table with food and drink to a customer is a food supply circulation conveyance path which is juxtaposed and adjacent to each other with a height difference, A predetermined portion of at least one of the circulating transport paths is provided with slopes before and after in the transport direction, and is formed at the same height as the other circulating transport path, and one of the circulating transport paths is provided between the circulating transport paths having the same height. A food and beverage supply circulation transport path, comprising a course direction changing means for transferring a food placing table moving on a transport path onto the other circulation transport path. 2. The food and drink product according to claim 1, wherein the portion of the circulation transport path provided with the course direction changing means is configured such that the low-level circulation transport path is at the same height as the high-position circulation transport path. Circulation transport path for supply. 3. The food / drink according to claim 1, wherein a portion of the circulation transport path provided with the course direction changing means is configured such that a high-level circulation transport path is at the same height as a low-position circulation transport path. Circulation transport path for supply. 4. A part of the circulating transport path provided with the course direction changing means is configured to be located at an intermediate height between a low-level circulating transport path and a high-level circulating transport path. Item 4. A circulating conveyance path for supplying food and drink according to Item 1.