JP3349692B2 - Method and apparatus for providing goods in a rotating dining table - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a rotary eating and drinking table in which a crescent chain is provided on the inner and outer perimeters, and supplies goods on the inner crescent chain to the outer crescent chain or on the outer crescent chain. And a method for providing a product by supplying the product again onto an inner crescent chain.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a rotary eating and drinking table provided with a crescent chain for circulating and transporting goods above a base,
In order to provide more commodities, a rotating eating and drinking table having crescent chains arranged in two rows on the inner and outer circumferences is often used.

[0003] In order to provide a product on a rotating dining table in which the crescent chain is arranged in two rows, sushi, which is a product, is placed on a product plate, and a product plate on which the product is placed is placed on a plate.
From the work space in the center of the rotating dining table, the worker appropriately supplies the product dishes on which the missing types of products are placed to the places where there is no product dish on each crescent chain on the inner and outer circumferences, and supplies the products. Was offered to customers.

[0004] Further, when products are supplied onto each crescent chain on the inner and outer circumferences, if the space where there is no product plate on each crescent chain is not enough, the following product plates are manually stagnated by a worker, and forced. After the supply space for one or a plurality of commodity dishes is secured, the commodity dishes are supplied.

[0005] Further, even during a time period when the number of customers is small, the goods are circulated and transported to places where there are no customers. Nothing short-circuited the transport path.

[0006]

Conventionally, as described above, a product plate having products placed thereon is supplied from the central working space of the rotating eating and drinking table onto each of the inner and outer crescent chains. Product supply had to be performed, and workability was not good.

[0007] Further, when supplying the commodity dish onto the outer crescent chain, the distance is far from the central working space of the rotating eating and drinking table, so that the commodity dish must be supplied over the inner crescent chain. There is a risk that the product and the dish will fall onto the inner crescent chain, and that the sleeve or hand of the worker's clothes will easily touch the dish on the inner crescent chain, and the dish on the inner crescent chain In addition to damaging the products placed on the premises, there has been a problem that the products are unsanitary.

In addition, when the number of commodity trays circulated on the outer crescent chain is small, the customer must take the commodity tray on the inner crescent chain which is far from the customer side counter. It has been a problem that the dish is difficult to remove and the product dish is easily dropped at that time.

[0009] Further, in order to efficiently provide products during a time period when the number of customers is small, there is a strong demand for a mechanism for short-circuiting the traveling path of each crescent chain, which is arranged in two rows on the inner and outer circumferences.

[0010] The present invention addresses these needs and, in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, can easily and sufficiently supply commodities onto an outer crescent chain from which customers can easily take commodities. It is an object of the present invention to provide a product providing method and apparatus capable of short-circuiting the round transport path.

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, there is provided a rotary eating and drinking table in which a crescent chain for cyclically transporting goods above a base is arranged on the inner and outer circumferences in a continuous manner. Or the outer crescent chain from the connection position of the connecting conveyor, by guiding the product on a connecting conveyor connecting the crescent chains at appropriate places and feeding the product from the connecting conveyor to the outer crescent chain. When the sensor located at the back of the traveling direction of the sensor detects that there is no product on the outer crescent chain, it moves the guide to the inner crescent chain and connects the products on the inner crescent chain. Characterized in that it is guided on the upper side and supplied onto the outer peripheral crescent chain from the connecting conveyor, or When the product is supplied from the inner crescent chain, a stopper provided movably on the outer crescent chain behind the outer crescent chain in the circulating direction from the arrangement position of the A product characterized by being stagnated on a crescent chain, or by reversing the traveling direction of each inner and outer crescent chain, and supplying goods from the inner peripheral crescent chain to the outer peripheral crescent chain via the connecting conveyor at a specific location After that, this product is guided on another connecting conveyor connecting the different places of each crescent chain, and supplied on the inner crescent chain, so that the circuit is short-circuited and the product is provided. It is characterized by the following.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A product providing device for a rotary dining table according to the present invention has the following configuration as shown in FIGS.

The rotary dining table used in the present invention includes a base 12
, A crescent chain 18 for circulating and transporting a commodity 14, in the present invention, a commodity dish 16 on which sushi is placed,
Numeral 20 is provided on the inner and outer peripheries in duplicate, with one end protruding toward the kitchen K and the other part excluding the one end being disposed on the hall H side.

The traveling path formed by the crescent chains 18 and 20 has a rectangular shape having a work space S at the center, so that the customer can easily see the goods 14 to be transported on the inner peripheral crescent chain 18. The inner circumferential crescent chain 18 is arranged at a higher position than the outer circumferential crescent chain 20, and the two crescent chains 18, 20 are provided with a height difference.

The inner and outer crescent chains 18, 20
Are connected by a connecting conveyor 22.

In the present embodiment, the connecting conveyor 22 is a belt conveyor, and the inner circumferential crescent chain 18 at a high position.
It is operated in the direction of transporting the article tray 16 as the article to be conveyed from the side to the lower peripheral crescent chain 20 side, and the number of installation is eight.

The inner and outer crescent chains 18, 20
A guide guide 24 is provided at a connection position between the shaft and the connection conveyor 22 so as to be movable toward the inner peripheral crescent chain 18 side.

In this embodiment, the guide 24 is a guide plate which moves toward the inner circumferential crescent chain 18 and is movable via a drive motor and a gear (not shown). When the sensor 26 detects that the commodity dish 16 on the outer crescent chain 20 is not present, the guide guide 24 is moved to the inner crescent chain 18 side, and the commodity dish 16 on the inner crescent chain 18 is smoothly connected to the connecting conveyor 22. Can guide you up.

A sensor 26 for detecting the absence of the commodity dish 16 on the outer crescent chain 20 is provided behind the connecting position of the connecting conveyor 22 in the circulating direction of the outer crescent chain 20.

The product tray 1 is located rearward of the position in which the sensor 26 is disposed with respect to the traveling direction of the outer crescent chain 20.
A stopper 28 for temporarily stopping the conveyance of the sheet No. 6 is provided movably.

In the present embodiment, the stopper 28 is a pair of pins which move from both sides in the width direction of the outer peripheral crescent chain 20 toward the center, and are movable via a drive motor and a gear (not shown).

The stopper 28 operates in conjunction with the sensor 26 and the connecting conveyor 22 to supply the product tray 16 to a space of the outer crescent chain 20 where the product tray 16 does not exist.

Even when the space of the outer crescent chain 20 is not enough for 161 commodity dishes, the stopper 28
Moves from both sides in the width direction of the outer peripheral crescent chain 20 to the center side, temporarily stagnates the subsequent product trays 16, and supplies a predetermined number of the product trays 16, for example, two or three, from the connection conveyor 22. After completion, the stopper 28 moves to the original position.

A computer (not shown) as a control mechanism is connected to the connection conveyor 22, the guide 24, the sensor 26, and the stopper 28.

In the figure, reference numeral 30 denotes both crescent chains 1
Reference numerals 8 and 20 denote drive units, 32 denotes a counter, 34 denotes a product display case, 36 denotes a cutting board, 38 denotes a drive motor, and 40 denotes a driven shaft.

The method of using the apparatus to serve goods on a rotating table is described in detail below.

First, the inner and outer crescent chains 1
After confirming the kind of the missing commodity 14 on 8,20,
A commodity plate 16 on which the missing commodity 14 is placed is prepared.

Next, the commodity dish 16 on which the commodity 14 of the missing type is placed is supplied onto the inner peripheral crescent chain 18.

Next, when the customer takes the food dish 16 and eats it, the sensor 26 senses the space without the product dish 16 formed on the outer peripheral crescent chain 20, and the space interlocks with the sensor 26. The guide 24 moves onto the inner crescent chain 18, and the product tray 16 on the inner crescent chain 18 is smoothly guided on the connecting conveyor 22, and a predetermined number of the products are transferred from the connecting conveyor 22 onto the outer crescent chain 20. Supplied.

At this time, the product plate 16 on the outer crescent chain 20 is moved by the guide 24 to the connecting conveyor 2.
Since the product 14 placed on the product plate 16 does not fall from the product plate 16 because the product 14 is guided smoothly on the
The product 14 is not damaged.

Further, even when the space without the commodity dish 16 of the outer crescent chain 20 is not seen in the number of the 161 commodity dishes, the stopper 28 is also provided with the outer crescent chain 20.
Side, the subsequent product trays 16 are temporarily stagnated, and after the supply of a predetermined number, for example, two or three, of the product trays 16 from the conveyer 22 is completed, the stopper 28 moves to the original position. I do.

As described above, the outer crescent chain 20
Is supplied from the inner circumference of the crescent chain 18 to the space without the product dish 16, the worker supplies the product tray 16 onto the inner circumference crescent chain 18 from the work space S in the center of the rotating eating and drinking table. It is not necessary to supply the commodity dish 16 onto the outer crescent chain 20, so that workability is improved, and the sleeve or hand of the worker's clothes is placed on the other commodity dish 16 on the inner and outer crescent chains 18, 20. Is not touched, is sanitary, and the product 14 on another product plate 16 is not damaged.

Also, the inner crescent chain 1 is automatically transferred to a portion of the outer crescent chain 20 where the commodity dish 16 is not provided.
8 can be supplied, the work load on the supply of the product by the worker can be drastically reduced, and the product can be provided efficiently.

[0034] The customer is also required to use the outer crescent chain 20.
A commodity dish 16 on which a desired commodity 14 is placed is selected from a group of commodity dishes 16 sufficiently supplied above, and can be eaten and eaten, on the inner peripheral crescent chain 18 far from the customer side. It is not necessary to take out the product plate 16 forcibly, and it is possible to enjoy the meal comfortably.

The dish 16 can be supplied from the kitchen K to the crescent chains 18 and 20 on the inner and outer circumferences according to the situation.

FIG. 3 shows another example of the present apparatus.

The merchandise providing apparatus in the rotating eating and drinking table of the present embodiment has two crescent chains 18, 20 of the example shown in FIG. The connecting conveyor 22 is used, and a guide 24 for guiding the products 14 on the two connecting conveyors is moved onto each of the crescent chains 18 and 20. In order to efficiently provide the products, the traveling conveyor path is short-circuited. Yes, and how to use it is described below.

In this example, the inner circumferential crescent chain 1
Numeral 8 indicates that the belt is conveyed in a counterclockwise direction while the outer crescent chain 20 is conveyed in a clockwise direction (see the arrow in FIG. 3).

Further, in this embodiment, the sensor 26 and the stopper 28 are not required since the patrol transport path is short-circuited during the time period when the number of customers is small, and the operator seats the customer at a predetermined position to provide the goods.

First, in a time period when the number of customers is small, the customer is seated only at a predetermined position in order to efficiently provide the product, instead of circulating the product to a place where there is no customer.

Next, in order to guide the commodity plate 16 onto two specific connecting conveyors 22 corresponding to places where a small number of customers are seated, each guide 24 at a position corresponding to both connecting conveyors 22 is provided. The inner crescent chain 18 and the outer crescent chain 20 are respectively moved.

For this reason, first, the inner circumferential crescent chain 1
8 is guided by one guide guide 24 (moved onto the inner crescent chain 18 in FIG. 3) onto one connecting conveyor 22, and this connecting conveyor 2
2 onto the outer crescent chain 20 and then by the other guide guide 24 (moved onto the outer crescent chain 20 in FIG. 3) to the other connecting conveyor 22.
It is guided upward, and is again supplied onto the inner crescent chain 18 from the connecting conveyor 22.

Therefore, the product plate 16 on which the product 14 is placed
Is sequentially and cyclically conveyed again onto the inner crescent chain 18 via the inner crescent chain 18, one connecting conveyor 22, the outer crescent chain 20, and the other connecting conveyor 22, and is formed by the respective crescent chains 18, 20. The product tray 16 is short-circuited in the traveling conveyance path.
Is transported cyclically.

Therefore, in the time zone with a small number of customers, the goods tray 16 on which the goods 14 are placed is efficiently transported in a circuit while the traveling transportation path is short-circuited. Without being transported to waste
The customer does not need to wait for a long time, and, as in the previous example, selects the commodity dish 16 on which the desired commodity 14 is placed from the group of commodity dishes 16 sufficiently supplied on the outer crescent chain 20,
The food can be taken and eaten, and the commodity plate 16 on the inner peripheral crescent chain 18 far from the customer side does not have to be forcibly taken, so that the meal can be enjoyed pleasantly.

As in the previous example, the worker only needs to supply the product dish 16 from the work space S at the center of the rotating dining table onto the inner crescent chain 18 and supply the product dish 16 onto the outer crescent chain 20. No need,
Workability is improved and the inner and outer crescent chains 1
The sleeves or the hands of the worker's clothes do not touch the other product trays 16 on the upper and lower surfaces of the other product trays 16 and 20.
The upper product 14 is not damaged.

FIG. 4 shows still another example of the present apparatus.

The product providing device in the rotary dining table according to the present embodiment has two places for short-circuiting the traveling paths of the crescent chains 18 and 20 in the example shown in FIG. The description is omitted because it is similar to the example shown in FIG.

In all the examples, the traveling path formed by the two crescent chains 18 and 20 has a rectangular shape, but may have any other shape such as an elliptical shape or a circular shape.

The inner and outer crescent chains 18,
Although the height difference is given to 20, it is obvious that the height is the same.

The product 14 is provided by being placed on a product plate 16. Desserts such as pudding and jelly stored in a cup or the like in advance are not placed on the product plate 16, It is self-evident that it can be provided directly on each of the crescent chains 18,20.

The number of connected conveyors 22 is eight or seven. However, if the number is one or more, the effect of the present invention can be sufficiently obtained.

In the example shown in FIG. 1, the stopper 28 is a pin that moves from both sides in the width direction of the outer crescent chain 20 to the center, but a pair of pins that can move up and down from below the outer crescent chain 20. Alternatively, any structure may be used as long as the transport of the commodity tray 16 that is circulated and transported on the outer peripheral crescent chain 20 is temporarily stopped.

Further, when the following product tray 16 on the outer crescent chain 20 is manually stagnated when the space without the product tray 16 of the outer crescent chain 20 is less than one, the stopper 28 can be omitted. It is obvious.

The connecting conveyor 22 is a belt conveyor provided with a drive mechanism. The connecting conveyor 22 has a roller conveyor structure, and the commodity tray 16 is placed under its own weight to form the outer crescent chain 2.
It is self-evident that it is transported above zero.

In the example shown in FIGS. 3 and 4,
The inner crescent chain 18 is transported in a counterclockwise direction and the outer crescent chain 20 is transported in a clockwise direction. The inner crescent chain 18 is transported in a clockwise direction, and the outer crescent chain 20 is transported in a counterclockwise direction. It is self-evident.

Each of the crescent chains 1 on the inner and outer circumferences
The number of short-circuited portions of the circular transport path formed by 8, 20 is one or two, but it is obvious that there are three or more.

[0057]

According to the method and the apparatus for providing goods in a rotary dining table according to the present invention, the goods on the inner crescent chain are guided on the connecting conveyor connecting the right and left crescent chains at appropriate places. In order to supply the product onto the outer crescent chain from the connecting conveyor, the worker only needs to supply the product onto the inner crescent chain from the work space in the center of the rotating dining table, and it is necessary to supply the product onto the outer crescent chain. In addition, the operability is improved, and other products on the inner and outer crescent chains are not touched by the sleeves or hands of the clothes of the worker, which is hygienic and the other products are not damaged.

Further, the customer can select a desired product from a group of products sufficiently supplied on the outer crescent chain, and forcibly picks up the product on the inner crescent chain far from the customer side. Eliminates the need for a pleasant meal.

When the sensor detects that there is no product on the outer crescent chain, the guide is moved onto the inner crescent chain, and the product on the inner crescent chain is transferred onto the outer crescent chain via the connecting conveyor. By supplying the product, the product on the inner crescent chain can be automatically supplied to the portion of the outer crescent chain where there is no product dish, drastically reducing the burden of the worker on the product supply work, and efficiently providing the product. Can be.

Also, the product of the outer crescent chain is
The guide guide smoothly guides the product on the connecting conveyor, so that the product does not fall from each crescent chain and the connecting conveyor and is not damaged.

Further, by arranging a stopper behind the sensor installation position in the circulating direction of the outer crescent chain, the following products are temporarily stagnated on the outer crescent chain, and are forced from the inner crescent chain. Goods can be supplied, which is more effective.

Further, the circulating direction of each of the inner and outer crescent chains is reversed, a product is supplied from the inner peripheral crescent chain to the outer peripheral crescent chain via a connecting conveyor at a specific location, and then the product is supplied to each crescent chain. By guiding on another connecting conveyor that connects the different parts of the chain and supplying it on the inner crescent chain,
Since products can be provided by short-circuiting the traveling transport path, products are not transported unnecessarily to locations where there are no customers during time periods with a small number of customers. The user can select a favorite product from the products supplied to and eat it.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a product providing apparatus according to the present invention.

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

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing another example of the product providing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing still another example of the product providing apparatus according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 12 Base 14 Product 18 Crescent chain (inner circumference) 20 Crescent chain (outer circumference) 22 Conveyor 24 Guide 28 Sensor 28 Stopper

Claims (8)

(57) [Claims] An internal crescent chain for a rotary eating and drinking table in which crescent chains (18) and (20) for circulating and transporting a product (14) above a base (12) are arranged in two rows on the inner and outer circumferences.
(18) A conveyer (22) connecting the crates (18) and (20) between the crescent chains (18) and (20) to place the goods (14) circulated and transported on top
A method of providing goods in a rotating eating and drinking table, wherein the goods are guided upward and supplied from above the connecting conveyor (22) to the outer crescent chain (20). 2. A product (14) on a peripheral crescent chain (20) of a sensor (26) disposed rearward in a circulating direction of the peripheral crescent chain (20) from a coupling position of the coupling conveyor (22). The guide guide (24) is moved onto the inner crescent chain (18) by sensing that there is no product, and the product (14) on the inner crescent chain (18) is guided onto the connecting conveyor (22). 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the product is supplied from the connecting conveyor (22) to the outer crescent chain (20). 3. A stopper (2) movably provided on the outer circumferential crescent chain (20) behind the position of the sensor (26) in the circulating direction of the outer circumferential crescent chain (20).
8), products from the inner crescent chain (18)
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the following product (14) is temporarily stagnated on the outer crescent chain (20) when supplying (4). 4. The inner and outer crescent chains (18), (2)
0), the product (14) is supplied from the inner crescent chain (18) to the outer crescent chain (20) via the connecting conveyor (22) at a specific location, and then the product is supplied to the outer crescent chain (20).
(14) is guided on another connecting conveyor (22) connecting the separate places of each of the crescent chains (18) and (20), and is supplied onto the inner peripheral crescent chain (18), whereby The method for providing goods in a rotary dining table according to claim 1, wherein the goods (14) are provided by short-circuiting the transport path. 5. A rotary eating and drinking table in which crescent chains (18) and (20) for circulating and transporting a product (14) above a base (12) are arranged in two rows on the inner and outer circumferences.
The right places of (18) and (20) are connected by the connecting conveyor (22),
A guide (24) is disposed at the connecting point with the connecting conveyor (22) so as to be movable toward the inner crescent chain (18), and the product is transported cyclically on the inner crescent chain (18) ( 14) is guided on the connecting conveyor (22) via the guide guide (24) moved to the inner peripheral crescent chain (18) side, and from above the connecting conveyor (22) onto the outer peripheral crescent chain (20). A product providing device in a rotating dining table, characterized by supplying. 6. A sensor (26) is disposed rearward of the connecting position of the connecting conveyor (22) in the circulating direction of the outer crescent chain (20), and the sensor (26) has an outer crescent chain (20). By detecting the absence of the above product, the guide guide (24) is moved onto the inner crescent chain (18), and the product (14) on the inner crescent chain (18) is guided on the connecting conveyor (22). The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the supply is performed from above the connecting conveyor (22) to the outer periphery of the crescent chain (20). 7. A stopper (28) is provided movably onto the outer peripheral crescent chain (20) behind the position of the sensor (26) in the circulating direction of the outer peripheral crescent chain (20),
This stopper (28) allows the inner circumferential crescent chain (1
8) The apparatus for providing goods in a rotary eating and drinking stand according to claim 6, wherein when supplying the goods (14) from above, the following goods (14) are temporarily stagnated on the outer crescent chain (20). . 8. The inner and outer crescent chains (18), (2)
0), the product (14) is supplied from the inner crescent chain (18) to the outer crescent chain (20) via the connecting conveyor (22) at a specific location, and then the product is supplied to the outer crescent chain (20).
(14) is guided on another connecting conveyor (22) connecting the separate places of each of the crescent chains (18) and (20), and is supplied onto the inner peripheral crescent chain (18), whereby The product providing device for a rotary dining table according to claim 5, wherein the product (14) is provided by short-circuiting the transport path.