JP3469390B2 - Food counter surrounded by an enclosure with a door - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an enclosure for a food counter provided with an opening / closing door and covering a conveyor circuit for transferring food and drink therein. The present invention relates to a food counter provided in an opening and closing window so as to be openable. In addition, the present invention relates to a food and drink counter provided with a conveyor for forming a food and beverage transfer conveyor circuit, in particular, to partition the food and drink transfer conveyor circuit and a food and drink table, windows that can be opened and closed, especially,
The present invention relates to a food and drink counter provided with an enclosure having an opening and closing window provided with a transparent plate member. 2. Description of the Related Art A food and drink counter equipped with a food and drink conveyor is used to transfer food and drink by a conveyor, for example, while a food and drink occupying a seat around a counter table of the food and drink counter is used, for example. Food, such as sushi, grilled meat, vegetables, fruits, etc., taken out by the food and beverage conveyor, and eaten, so that the food and beverages are transported to the food and beverage customers who were conventionally attended by clerks. The service can be performed by a machine, and is widely used to help labor saving in restaurants. [0003] In such a food and drink counter, an enclosure having a transparent window covering the conveyor is provided in order to sanitarily transport foods such as sushi and grilled meat conveyed by the conveyor. I have. In the food counter provided with the enclosure as described above, the transparent window for taking out food is provided with a sliding door type opening / closing door that opens and closes in the left-right direction or a sliding door type opening / closing door that opens and closes in the vertical direction. In addition, a sensor is provided in front of the eating and drinking counter to sense that the eating and drinking customer is seated on the table, and to automatically open the opening / closing door . [0004] However, in this case, an opening / closing door operating mechanism is arranged in a limited space on the side wall of the eating and drinking counter. However, in order to smoothly operate the door, it is necessary to simultaneously move the left and right of the door, and therefore, in a conventional eating and drinking counter, the moving mechanism has many links and many gears. In short,
The mechanism was complex and bulky, expensive and costly, and was problematic. An object of the present invention is to solve these problems relating to the opening / closing door of a conventional food / drink counter. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a food / drink counter having an opening / closing door which has a simple mechanism, requires no space, and has relatively low manufacturing and maintenance costs. I have. That is, the present invention includes an outer side wall and an inner side
In a food and drink counter in which a conveyor is surrounded by an enclosure having a wall portion , the conveyor (3) is sandwiched between the outside and the outside.
Outer and inner struts provided inside and outside
[(9 '), (9)] and the upper part of each of the columns,
Outside and inside parallel to the conveyor
Girder members [(10 '), (10)] and the cross section is
An opening of the window that is at least one formed on the side wall of the outer, which is formed in a curved shape song openably provided in the front SL openings have a size to cover the opening
And a transparent opening / closing door member (8) curving outward, and arm portions respectively provided on both side ends of the transparent opening / closing door member (8).
(29) and the outer and inner beam members [(1
0 ′) and (10)] of the transparent door member (8).
Connect the part corresponding to the arm member (29) at the side end and
The arm members (29) at both ends are provided above the
A slide guide member (30) to be combined with the transparent opening / closing door
An arm member fixed to the center of the member (8).
(28) and the arm member (28) rotatably supported by the arm member (28).
Husband of the string holding member (22) and the inner girder member (10)
Strings provided on each slide guide member (30) side
One end of the fixing member [(17), (18)]
Is held by the strap fixing member (17) on the side of
On the other side of the strap fixing member (18), during which
String member (19) fixed to the string holding member (22) with
And the two string fixing members [(1
7), both rod syringes fixed between (18)]
(12) and both rod cylinders (12)
Moving axes [(13), (14)] respectively provided on the sides
Provided at each of the ends of the moving shaft, and the rotating shaft is
And the moving axes [(13), (1)
4)] and a movable pulley [(15), (1)
6)] and the two slide guides of the inner girder member (10).
The rotation axis is directed vertically to each of the side members (30).
Pulley on the side of the slide guide member (30), which is fixed and fixed
[(20), (26)] and the front of the inner girder member (10)
Serial corresponding to the center portion of the transparent door member (8) to 箇 plants, times
Pulleys in the center, with the axis of rotation oriented vertically
[(21), (25)] and the outer girders (10 ')
Secure it to a location corresponding to the center of the transparent door member (8).
With a fixed opening / closing tip pulley (24)
Between the string fixing members [(17), (18)] on both sides.
The string member (19) is connected to the moving shaft (13).
Pulley (15) movable together, the slide guide member
(30) side pulley (20) and central pulley (21)
And the fastener is passed through the string holding member (22).
A string fixed by (23) and passing through the string holding member (22)
The member (19) is bridged over the pulley (24) for opening and closing the door.
And a central pulley (25), the slide guide member
With the pulley (26) on the (30) side and the moving axis (14).
And is suspended over a movable pulley (16).
The moving axis of the rod cylinder (12) [(13), (1
4) The food and drink counter is movable . In the present invention, the term “enclosure” includes an enclosure formed by connecting a plurality of enclosure units having at least one opening / closing window, and the at least one opening / closing window constituting the enclosure. Means enclosure unit. In the present invention, at least one side section of the enclosure surrounding the conveyor is formed in a curved shape, for example, a circular or arcuate shape, and has at least one opening / closing window. The opening / closing window opening of the enclosure can be formed on one side or both sides. The enclosure can be integrally formed over the conveyor belt or can be assembled and disassembled by a member divided into a plurality of sections. When the opening / closing window opening is formed on one side of the enclosure, the opening / closing window opening on one side of the enclosure can be formed by being partitioned by the side wall of the enclosure. Can be formed continuously without forming a side wall between the opening and closing door members and partitioning. In the present invention, the cross-sectional shape of the opening and closing door member can be formed, for example, in an arcuate cross-section, and the upper ends on both sides of the opening and closing door member are arms rotatably provided on a guide member such as a guide roller. It is supported by a member. In the present invention, the door member is supported by an arm member rotatably attached to a fixed member attached to the moving cord member. Therefore, the door member can be opened and closed by moving the string member in a direction crossing the top plate chain conveyor above the top plate chain conveyor such as the crescent chain conveyor of the eating and drinking counter. Therefore, in the present invention, a support is erected on guide rails provided on both sides of the top plate chain conveyor, and spar members are provided thereabove, and pulleys are attached to the respective spar members to drive the string members. It can be done smoothly. In the present invention, as a power source for moving the cord member, there is an air cylinder or a motor, and these can be provided on the beam member and the machine base of the food and drink counter. In the case of an air cylinder, a double rod cylinder is preferable because the opening or closing operation of the door member can be performed in one stroke. In this case, since the opening and closing mechanism of the opening and closing door member can be formed by the arrangement of the string member and the pulley, a simple opening and closing mechanism can be provided. In the case of a single rod cylinder, the string member is loosened and closed by the weight of the door member or the weight of the weight provided on the door member. In the case of a motor, opening and closing are performed by forward or reverse rotation. In the present invention, in order to smoothly open or close the opening and closing door member, guides such as a slide roller and a guide wheel are provided at both end portions of the front end portion of the opening and closing door member. It is preferable to provide a guide member such as a slide guide, a guide slot, or the like. In the present invention, the guide is a driven cam,
The guide member can be a groove cam or a positive cam. The driven cam is a rotating wheel such as a guide wheel or a guide protrusion, and can be provided at an outer end of the door member reinforcing plate frame member provided at the upper end of the transparent door member. On the contrary,
The cam prime mover can be formed in a cam groove such as a guide groove or a guide cam. The cam prime mover can be provided on the spar member above the top plate chain conveyor, and can be provided inside the reinforcing partition wall of the ceiling member. In the present invention, as the string member, a metal wire such as steel, a string, or the like can be used. However, in order to avoid pulley wear, non-twisted plastics, for example, fishing line, strings used for tennis racket gut can be used, and nylon or polyester plastics can be used. . In the present invention, when the food on the conveyor is taken out by opening the window portion of the enclosure, a switch or a button provided on the customer seat of the food counter is pressed, and the air cylinder or the motor is driven to open and close the transparent door member. Can be taken out, and food can be taken out by putting a hand below the opened door member.
Further, when closing the opening / closing window opening of the enclosure, a switch or a button provided on the customer seat of the food / drink counter is pressed, and the air cylinder or the motor is driven to lower the transparent opening / closing door member located above. . In the present invention, a fixing member is attached to the string member, a transparent opening / closing door member is attached to an arm member rotatably attached to the fixing member, and a guide is provided to at least one end of the transparent opening / closing door member. And a guide member that is provided above the conveyor and engages with the guide element is provided.By pressing a button or switch, a prime mover such as an air cylinder is operated, and the cord member is moved, thereby opening and closing. The opening and closing of the door member can be performed easily and easily. Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited by the following description and examples. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a schematic front sectional view showing a part of an enclosure of a food and drink counter in an embodiment of the present invention, in which the transparent opening / closing door member of the enclosure is shown by a closed solid line, and an open state is shown by a two-dot chain line. Show. FIG. 2 is a schematic plan cross-sectional view showing a part of the ceiling of the enclosure of the food and drink counter in the embodiment shown in FIG. In FIGS. 1 and 2, corresponding portions are denoted by the same reference numerals. In one embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a food and drink counter 1 has a single-lane crescent chain conveyor 3 provided inside a guide rail 2 and has an endless crescent chain. An enclosure 4 is formed around the upper part of the conveyor 3 and surrounds the crescent chain conveyor 3 on the cook's side, that is, the inner part 5 and the passenger's seat or outer part surrounded by the circulating enclosure 4. 6 are formed. The inner part 5 of the surrounding body 4 is formed with a sliding door 7 having a handle (not shown), similarly to a conventional eating and drinking counter. On the other hand, a transparent opening / closing door member 8 having a substantially arc-shaped cross section is provided on the outer portion of the envelope outside the crescent chain conveyor 3, that is, on the envelope on the counter (not shown) side. In this example, no handle is formed on the transparent door member 8. In this embodiment, columns 9 and 9 'are erected on the guide rail 2, respectively, and a girder member 10 is provided above the columns, and a girder member 10' is provided above the columns 9 '. . An L-shaped member 11 is provided on a bracket (not shown) of the beam member 10.
Are provided with both rod cylinders 12. At the ends of one shaft 13 and the other shaft 14 of both rod cylinders 12, pulleys 15 and 16 are provided, respectively. Each pulley has a string fixing member attached to the L-shaped member 11, respectively. 17 and 18, a string member 1 having its ends fixed
Nine are spanned. The string member 19 bridged over the pulley 15 is bridged over an intermediate pulley 20 provided on the girder member 10, and also bridged over an upper pulley 21 similarly attached to the girder member 10, and a string holding member 22. And is fixed by two front and rear fasteners 23. The string member 19 that has passed through the string holding member 22 is bridged over a door opening / closing tip pulley 24 attached to the opposite spar member 10 ', and is bridged over the door opening / closing tip pulley 24. The string member 19 that has shifted to the lower stage is bridged over a lower pulley 25 attached to the girder member 10, is bridged over an intermediate pulley 26 provided on the girder member 10, and is the other of the two rod cylinders 12. A pulley 16 provided at the end of the shaft 14 is bridged and fixed to a string fixing member 18. An arm member 28 rotatably supported by the string holding member 22 is fixed to the front end 27 of the transparent door member 8. The arm members 29 provided on both side ends of the front end portion 27 of the transparent opening / closing door member 8 are engaged with and guided in the slots 31 of the slide guide member 30.
2 is rotatably mounted. Since this embodiment is configured as described above,
As shown in FIG. 2, both rod cylinders 12 are
Is pulled out, and the shaft 13 is pulled back.
It is loosened on the 4 side and pulled on the shaft 13 side. The arm member 28 attached to the string holding member 22 moves to the spar member 10 side, and the transparent opening / closing door member 8 is opened. On the other hand, the shaft 13 protrudes and the shaft 14
When pulling back the, string member 19 is loosened in the shaft 13 side, it is pulled by the shaft 14 side. Accordingly, the arm member 28 attached to the string holding member 22 moves toward the spar member 10 ', and the transparent opening / closing door member 8 is closed. In this embodiment, when the transparent door member 8 is closed (shown by a solid line in FIG. 1), the transparent door member 8 moves toward the beam member 10 '. The slide rollers 32 on both sides of the tip 27 of the 8 also move toward the beam member 10 ′ together with the transparent door member 8. On this occasion,
The arm member 29 moves while rotating about the shaft 33 of the slide roller 32 in accordance with the movement of the slide roller 32, so that the transparent opening and closing door member 8 can move on both sides smoothly. When the transparent opening / closing door member 8 is opened (indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 1), the transparent opening / closing door member 8 and the slide rollers 3 on both sides of the front end 27 of the transparent opening / closing door member 8 are opened.
2 both move to the girder member 10 side. At this time, the arm member 29
Moves while rotating about the shaft 33 of the slide roller 32 in accordance with the movement of the slide roller 32, so that even when the transparent door member 8 is opened, the movement of both sides of the transparent door member 8 can be performed smoothly. According to the present invention, a fixing member is attached to a string member,
A transparent opening / closing door member is attached to an arm member rotatably attached to the fixed member, a guide is provided at at least one end of the transparent opening / closing door member, and a guide provided above the conveyor and engaged with the guide. Since the member is provided, opening and closing of the door member can be easily and easily performed by a simple mechanism as compared with a food and drink counter including a conventional door member.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a schematic front sectional view showing a part of an enclosure of a food and drink counter according to one embodiment of the present invention, in which a transparent opening / closing door member of the enclosure is closed. And the open state is indicated by a two-dot chain line. FIG. 2 is a schematic plan sectional view showing a part of a ceiling portion of an enclosure of the food and drink counter in the embodiment shown in FIG. [Description of Signs] 1 Food and Beverage Counter 2 Guide Rail 3 Crescent Chain Conveyor 4 Enclosure 5 Inner Part 6 Outer Part 7 Sliding Door 8 Transparent Opening and Closing Door Member 9, 9 ′ Support 10, 10 ′ Beam Member 11 L-shaped Member 12 Double Rod Cylinder 13, 14 shaft 15, 16 Pulley 17, 18 String fixing member 19 String member 20, 26 Intermediate pulley 21 Upper pulley 22 String holding member 23 Fastener 24 Door open / close tip pulley 25 Lower pulley 27 Door open / close door member 8 tip 28, 29 Arm member 30 Slide guide 31 Slot 32 Slide roller 33 Shaft of slide roller 32

Claims (1)

(57) Claims 1. In a food and drink counter in which a conveyor is surrounded by an enclosure having an outer side wall and an inner side wall , the counter is provided outside and inside the conveyor (3), respectively.
Outer and inner struts [(9 '), (9)],
At the top of each of the struts, parallel along the conveyor
Provided outer and inner girders [(10 '),
(10)], and the cross section is formed in a curved shape that curves outward.
An opening of the window that is at least one formed on the side wall of the outer being openable and closable disposed before Symbol opening, and have a size to cover the opening, a transparent curved outwardly An opening / closing door member (8) , arm members (29) respectively provided at both side ends of the transparent opening / closing door member (8),
And the inside girder members [(10 '), (10)]
Corresponding to the arm members (29) at both ends of the door member (8).
At the upper end of the conveyor.
Slide guide member (3) engaging with the arm member (29)
0) and the front end of the central portion of the transparent door member (8).
The fixed arm member (28) and the arm member (28)
A rotatable string holding member (22) and an inner side
Each slide guide member (30) of the spar member (10)
String fixing member provided on the side [(17), (18)]
And one end is held by the string fixing member (17) on one side
The other end is secured to the other side of the string fixing member (18).
And between them is fixed to the string holding member (22).
The string member (19) and the inner girder member (10)
It is fixed between the string fixing members [(17), (18)].
Two rod cylinders (12) and the two rod cylinders
The moving axes [(1
3), (14)], provided at each end of the moving shaft.
The rotation axis is fixed in the vertical direction,
Pulleys that can move together with [(13) and (14)]
[(15), (16)] and the front of the inner girder member (10)
Each of the slide guide members (30) is rotated respectively.
A slide guide member whose axis is fixed in the vertical direction
(30) side pulley [(20), (26)] and inner girder
A member (10) is provided with a central portion of the transparent opening / closing door member (8).
At the corresponding point, the rotating shaft is arranged side by side with the vertical direction
Pulleys at the center [(21), (25)] and outer girder members
(10 ') corresponding to the center of the transparent door member (8)
Door pulley (24) fixed to the place where
And the string fixing members [(17), (1)
8)], the string member (19) is connected to the moving shaft
(13) a pulley (15) movable with the slide
The pulley (20) on the guide member (30) side, and the pulley on the center part
A car (21) is hung and passed through a string holding member (22)
And a cord holding member (22)
The string member (19) passing through the door pulley (24)
It is bridged, and the pulley (25) of the central part
Pulley (26) on the side of the id member (30) and the moving shaft (1).
4) It is bridged over a movable pulley (16)
And the moving axis of the two rod cylinders (12) [(1
3) A food and drink counter characterized by being movable according to (14)] .