JP4683621B2 - Circulation type food container transport device cleaning device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention provides a transporting member that is endless by connecting a mounting member on which a food and drink container on which food and drink are placed to be relatively movable so as to travel on a predetermined transport path. In the circulation type food / beverage container conveyance apparatus which circulates and conveys the said food / beverage on a path | route, it is related with the cleaning apparatus for circulation type food / beverage container conveyance apparatuses for cleaning the said conveyance member.

  Conventionally, in this kind of endless circulation type food and beverage container transport device, a container on which food and drink such as sushi is placed is transported by placing it on a transport member that is circulated freely. For this reason, dust such as dust, dust or food ingredients such as rice grains, material, soy sauce, sauce, etc. may fall and the conveying member may become dirty.

  The situation where the conveying member is dirty is not preferable for hygiene, and is easily noticeable by customers, so in general, it was manually cleaned, for example, during off hours or during off hours. However, if the circulating conveyor is large and the transport path is long, etc., manual cleaning is troublesome, especially rice grains may be stuck to the transport member, so remove it Was a tough job.

  For this reason, the apparatus which cleans the dust adhering to the conveyance member of these circulation type conveying apparatuses is proposed (for example, refer to patent documents 1).

Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-185170

  However, the cleaning device described in Patent Document 1 is excellent in cleaning the dust adhering to the upper surface of the conveying member, but the food container is placed like the crescent chain conveyor. In the case where the plurality of mounting members having the mounting plate portion are connected so as to be relatively movable, the dust that has entered the gap between the adjacent mounting plate portions cannot be cleaned well, There is a problem that dust may remain in these gaps.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such a problem, and provides a cleaning device for a circulation type food container transport device that can satisfactorily clean dust that has entered a gap between adjacent placement plate portions. For the purpose.

In order to solve the above-described problem, a cleaning device for a circulation type food container transport device according to claim 1 of the present invention is provided.
A transport member made endless by connecting a plurality of mounting members having a mounting plate portion on which a food and drink container for mounting food and drink is relatively movable is allowed to travel on a predetermined transport path. In the circulation type food / beverage container conveying device for circulating and conveying the food / drink on the conveyance path, a cleaning device for the circulation type food / drink container conveying device for cleaning the conveying member,
The rotating plate is disposed substantially parallel to the upper surface of the mounting plate portion and includes a brush body on the lower surface, and a driving unit that rotationally drives the rotating plate, and the brush body is formed between the mounting plate portions. have a length which enters the gap, the shape of the placement plate portion is a plan view semicircular, at least a portion of the brush body is arranged on the turntable of the rotational center and concentrically, The curvature of the concentric circles is substantially the same as the curvature of the gap formed between the substantially half-moon-shaped mounting plate portions .
According to this feature, the tip of the brush body can easily enter the gap formed between the adjacent mounting plate portions by rotating the brush body by the rotational drive of the rotating disk. Can be cleaned well. Further, since the brush body is moved along the gap as the rotating disk is rotated, the dust that has entered these gaps can be cleaned better.

The cleaning device for the circulation type food and beverage container transport device according to claim 2 of the present invention is the cleaning device for the circulation type food and beverage container transport device according to claim 1,
The brush body is formed of a long brush body and a short brush body.
According to this feature, compared to the case where the lengths of the brush bodies are all the same, by having the long brush bodies, these long brush bodies can penetrate into the gaps between the mounting plate portions, and these The dust that has entered the gap can be cleaned better.

The cleaning device for the circulation type food and beverage container transport device according to claim 3 of the present invention is the cleaning device for the circulation type food and beverage container transport device according to claim 1 and 2 ,
It is characterized by comprising a brush part that is in sliding contact with at least a part of the side surface of the mounting plate part with respect to the traveling direction of the conveying member.
According to this feature, the side surface of the mounting plate portion can be cleaned simultaneously with the upper surface of the mounting plate portion and the gap between the adjacent mounting plate portions.

The cleaning apparatus for a circulation type food / beverage container transport apparatus according to claim 4 of the present invention is the cleaning apparatus for the circulation type food / beverage container transport apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3 ,
A suction unit connected to a suction device that sucks and collects dust on the transport member is provided.
According to this feature, the dust cleaned by the brush body and the brush part is collected by the suction unit and collected by the suction device. Therefore, the dust is collected and collected without dropping below the conveying member. can do.

The cleaning device for a circulation type food and beverage container transport device according to claim 5 of the present invention is the cleaning device for the circulation type food and beverage container transport device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 ,
It is characterized by comprising a charge removing unit that removes the charge of the conveying member due to friction with the brush body.
According to this feature, it is possible to prevent as much as possible the occurrence of inconvenience due to charging of the conveying member, for example, suction of dust or damage to equipment due to discharge.

  Examples of the present invention will be described below.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, FIG. 1 shows a circulation type food and drink according to the present embodiment in which a cleaning device (hereinafter abbreviated as a cleaning device) 50 according to the present invention is arranged. FIG. 2 is an external perspective view showing the cleaning device 50 of the present embodiment, FIG. 3 is a partially broken side view of the cleaning device 50 of the present embodiment, and FIG. 4 is the present embodiment. FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line BB of the cleaning device 50 of the present embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the rotating disk 71 used in the cleaning device 50 of the present embodiment. It is.

  First, FIG. 1 shows a circulation type food container transport device 4 according to the present embodiment, and a store that provides food and drink is separated into a kitchen area 2 and a food and drink area 3 by a partition wall 1. The circulation type food container transport device 4 disposed on the base 7 includes a crescent chain 5 serving as a transport member in the present invention that travels so as to circulate between the kitchen area 2 and the restaurant area 3. In the restaurant area 3, a table 8 is disposed around the circulation type food container transport device 4, and a seat 9 is disposed around the table 8.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the conveying member used in this embodiment includes a substantially half-moon-shaped mounting plate portion 5 ′ a and a chain portion 5 ′ through which a connecting pin 5 ′ c can be inserted. The plurality of mounting members 5 ′ composed of b are connected in the traveling direction by the connecting pins 5′c, so that the adjacent mounting members 5 ′ move relative to each other around the connecting pins 5′c. A crescent chain 5 that can be (rotated) is used. As shown in FIG. 2, the crescent chain 5 is on a slide rail 10 provided in a recess that forms a conveyance path provided in a base 7. Is driven by a chain drive unit not explicitly shown in the figure, so that the vehicle can travel along the transport path.

  That is, the circulation type food / beverage container transport device 4 of the present embodiment has a plurality of placement members 5 ′ having a placement plate portion 5′a on which food / beverage containers for placing food / drinks are placed in the traveling direction. By connecting the front and rear mounting plate portions 5'a so as to form a predetermined gap 11 (see FIG. 6) so as to be relatively movable, the crescent chain 5 serving as an endless transport member in the present invention. The food and drink can be circulated and transported on the transport path by traveling on a predetermined transport path formed on the base 7.

  The cleaning device 50 according to the present embodiment is installed at a predetermined position on the transport path in the kitchen area 2 at a cleaning position above the transport member 5, so that food and drink attached to the crescent chain 5 and an adjacent load are installed. A mounting rivet provided on the top surface 7a of the base 7 has a function of cleaning and sucking and collecting garbage such as food and drink that has entered the gap 11 of the mounting plate portion 5'a. 59 is inserted into a daruma hole 58 formed in the L-shaped member of the cleaning device 50 so that it can be attached and detached (detached) at this cleaning position.

  FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the cleaning device 50 of this embodiment. The cleaning device 50 according to the present embodiment mainly has a concave portion serving as a path for running the crescent chain 5 on the base 7 having a width slightly smaller than the width of the concave portion. A base 55 having a U-shaped cross-sectional view that can be fitted to the base 55, a bottomed box-shaped upper cover 51 that covers the upper portion of the base 55, and a crescent chain 5 of the upper cover 51. The wiping portion 61 is fixed on the downstream side in the running direction and wipes the upper surface of the crescent chain 5.

  The wiping portion 61 of the present embodiment is L-shaped so that it can be rotated by having one end pivotally supported by a shaft portion fixed to the side surface of the upper cover 51 on the downstream side in the traveling direction of the crescent chain 5. The two arm members 63 and the distal ends of the arm members 63 are pivotally supported by the fixing bolts 65 so as to be rotatable around the fixing bolts 65 so as to connect the two arm members 63. The duster mounting plate 64 around which the wiping cloth (duster) is wound is placed at the position where the wiping cloth (duster) contacts the upper surface of the crescent chain 5. By fixing the arm member 63 with the fixed handle 62 provided in the section, the upper surface of the crescent chain 5 cleaned in the main body section can be wiped, and the fixed handle 62 is loosened and the arm member 63 is rotated according to the situation. Moved In Rukoto, it is retracted to the retracted position where it does not abut the upper surface of the crescent chain 5 duster mounting plate 64, which is to be secured to the retracted position.

  Further, on the side surface of the upper cover 51 constituting the main body, a handle 49 is provided for facilitating holding the cleaning device 50 when the cleaning device 50 is attached to the circulation type food container transport device 4. A main switch 52 for operating / deactivating the cleaning device 50, a fuse plug for preventing an overcurrent from flowing due to an overload of the drive motor 70 described later, and a cord lead portion from which a power cord is derived 54 is provided.

  Further, on both side surfaces of the base 55 constituting the main body portion, a daruma hole 58 through which the top of the mounting rivet 59 erected on the top surface 7a of the base 7 can be inserted is drilled. After the top of the mounting rivet 59 is inserted through the hole 56, the cleaning device 50 is slid along the top surface 7a, so that the cleaning device 50 is disposed at a predetermined cleaning position above the crescent chain 5. The cleaning device 50 can be detached from the base 7 during non-cleaning such as during business hours.

  Therefore, particularly during non-cleaning, when the food and beverage container is placed on the upper surface serving as the food and beverage container placement surface of the crescent chain 5 and is circulated and transported, the cleaning device 50 is removed so that the eyes of the store clerk and customers can be removed. Since the cleaning device 50 can be cleaned in a state where it is removed from the crescent chain 5, it can be cleaned by cleaning the cleaning device 50. Since it can avoid that the used crescent chain 5 gets dirty again, it can be said that it is preferable from the viewpoint of hygiene.

  In addition, the longitudinal position of the base 55 is connected to a suction device (not shown) that generates negative pressure and sucks and collects dust in the base 55 at the center of the side surface in the longitudinal direction. A connection port 60 is provided that communicates via a suction port 82 (see FIG. 3) that serves as a suction unit of the present invention.

  FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway side view of the cleaning device 50 according to the present embodiment. In the base 55, the travel direction of the mounting plate portion 5 ′ a is located upstream of the crescent chain 5 in the travel direction. Two linear brush portions 90 are provided for cleaning both side surfaces.

  The linear brush portion 90 has a position corresponding to the side portion of the mounting plate portion 5′a on one surface of the substantially square plate-like brush plate 95, as shown in the BB cross-sectional views of FIGS. In the lower position, the brushes 91 are provided in a horizontal row, and these linear brush portions 90 are attached to a mounting holder 92 having a U-shaped cross-section so that the brushes 91 face inward. 94 'and the mounting holder 92 is mounted on the upper inner surface of the base 55 with fixing bolts 93' and manual nuts 93 so that the crescent chain 5 travels so that the brush 91 is mounted. The both side surfaces are cleaned by the sliding contact between both side surfaces of the mounting plate portion 5′a with respect to the traveling direction. In this embodiment, the brush 91 is made of nylon having excellent wear resistance. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the material of the brush 91 is appropriately determined in consideration of the wear resistance. Just choose.

  Thus, in this embodiment, the mounting holder 92 is fixed to the base 55 with the manual nut 93, so that these mounting holders 92 can be easily detached from the cleaning device 50 and attached to the mounting holder 92. The straight brush portion 90 is easily cleaned or replaced.

  Further, a long brush body 74a having a length that enters the gap 11 of the mounting plate portion 5'a at a position downstream of the linear brush portion 90 in the traveling direction of the crescent chain 5 inside the base 55, and the long brush body There is provided a turntable 71 provided with two types of long and short brush bodies composed of a short brush body 74b having a shorter length than 74a on the outer peripheral portion of the lower surface.

  In the turntable 71 used in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, long brush bodies 74a are arranged on the outermost periphery of the turntable 71 on a concentric circle at the rotation center of the turntable 71 in an annular shape. The short brush bodies 74b are arranged in an annular manner on a concentric circle at the center of rotation on the inner side of the middle position of the long brush bodies 74a provided in the arrangement.

  The curvature of the concentric circle in which the long brush bodies 74a are arranged is substantially the same as the curvature of the gap 11 formed between the mounting plate portions 5′a of the mounting members 5 ′ to be connected. Thus, by making the curvature of the concentric circle in which the long brush body 74 a is disposed substantially the same as the curvature of the gap 11, the long brush body 74 a moves along the gap 11 as the rotating disk 71 rotates. As a result, the dust adhering to the front and rear end faces of the mounting plate portions 5′a with respect to the traveling direction is scraped to the side of the crescent chain 5 and the front and rear with respect to the traveling direction of the mounting plate portions 5′a. Since the tip side surface of the brush body 74a is in sliding contact with the end surface, dust and dirt that have entered the gap 11 can be cleaned well.

  In this embodiment, each brush body is made of nylon having excellent wear resistance. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the material of these brush bodies is appropriately determined in consideration of the wear resistance. You can choose to.

  Further, as the dimensional difference between the lengths of the respective brush bodies, if these are small, the long brush body 74a is difficult to enter the gap 11. If these are too large, a large load is applied to the long brush body 74a and the long brush body 74a. Therefore, the dimensional difference is preferably substantially the same as or slightly larger than the thickness of the mounting plate portion 5′a.

  As described above, in the turntable 71 of this embodiment, the brush body is provided only on the outer peripheral portion of the turntable 71. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and these brush bodies, for example, the short brush body 74b. May also be provided on the inner peripheral portion of the turntable 71.

  As shown in FIG. 3 and the AA sectional view of FIG. 4, the turntable 71 of this embodiment has a fixing bolt 77 and so that its drive shaft 72 is substantially perpendicular to the upper surface of the crescent chain 5. Two mounting bolts 75 are attached to the brush fixing flange 75 coaxially fixed to the drive shaft 72 of the drive motor 70 which is a drive unit in the present invention fixed on the upper surface of the base 55 by a fixing nut 77 ′. ′ And the manual nut 75 are fixed so as to be substantially parallel to the upper surface of the crescent chain 5, that is, the upper surface of the mounting plate portion 5 ′ a, and is driven and rotated by the drive motor 70. It has become.

  As the rotating disk 71 is driven to rotate and the crescent chain 5 is circulated, the mounting is performed by each brush body slidably in contact with the upper surface of the mounting plate portion 5′a as shown in FIG. The upper surface of the mounting plate portion 5′a is cleaned, and the cleaning surface formed at the tips of the plurality of brush bodies rotates in a substantially parallel posture with respect to the upper surface of the mounting plate portion 5′a. Thus, even if the brush bodies are spaced apart from each other, dirt and dust adhering to the upper surface of the placement plate portion 5′a are prevented from slipping through the brush bodies, so that the placement plate portion 5 ′. The upper surface of a can be cleaned evenly.

  Further, as the rotating plate 71 rotates, each brush body moves so as to cross the travel path of the crescent chain 5, so that only the upper surface of the mounting plate portion 5 ′ a that becomes the upper surface of the crescent chain 5 can be obtained. First, dust such as rice grains that have entered the gap 11 between the adjacent mounting plate portions 5 ′ a is arranged on the brush body provided on the lower surface of the rotating plate 71, particularly on the outermost peripheral portion of the lower surface of the rotating plate 71. When the long brush body 74a enters the gap 11 well, suction is performed while avoiding as much as possible that the dust that has entered the gap 11 is pressed by the brush body and enters the circulation type food container transport device 4. The crescent chain 5 provided with the opening 82 is scraped to the side and collected and cleaned at the lateral position. By also polished, these gaps 11 are well cleaned.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the rotation plate 71 is fixed by the two manual nuts 75 so that the rotation plate 71 can be easily removed from the cleaning device 50 and cleaned or replaced.

  3 is a screw for fixing the upper cover 51 to the base 55, 81 is a capacitor for power supplied to the drive motor 70, and 82 is the connection port 60 described above. This is a suction port 82 communicating with.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a neutralizing brush 78 serving as a charge removing portion in the present invention having a stainless steel brush 79 is provided at a position downstream of the rotating disk 71 in the base 55 in the traveling direction of the crescent chain 5. The brush 77 made of stainless steel and the upper surface of the crescent chain 5 are provided so as to be in sliding contact with each other, and the static electricity of the crescent chain 5 generated by the friction with the brush body provided on the rotating plate 71 by the static eliminating brush 78 is generated. Removed.

  As described above, according to the cleaning device 50 of the present invention, after the cleaning device 50 is fixed on the base 7, the duster mounting plate 64 around which the duster is wound is fixed so that the duster contacts the upper surface of the crescent chain 5. After fixing the arm member 63 with the handle 62 and setting the crescent chain 5 to the running state, the main switch 52 is set to the “ON” state, whereby the turntable 71 is rotated, so that the upper surface of the crescent chain 5 The dust adhering to the upper surface of the mounting plate portion 5'a and the dust entering the gap 11 between the adjacent mounting plate portions 5'a are well cleaned and the traveling plate portion 5'a Both side surfaces with respect to the running direction are cleaned by a brush 91 provided on the linear brush portion 90, and the cleaned dust is not only sucked and collected but also cleaned. Static electricity generated more is removed by the static elimination brush 78.

  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 modifications and additions within the scope of the present invention are included in the present invention. It is.

  For example, the cleaning device 50 in the above-described embodiment is disposed at a predetermined location in the kitchen area 2 that is not easily noticeable to the customer. You may arrange | position, for example, you may arrange | position to a part of restaurant area 3.

  Furthermore, in order to enable cleaning in a state where food and drink in operation is being transported on the crescent chain 5 of the circulation type food container transport device 4, for example, as shown in FIG. 42 'and the bypass path 41 are provided at the position of the folded end of the circulation type food container transporting device 4 so that food and drink are not transported to the distal end area of the folded end, and the front end area of the folded end is cleaned. The apparatus 50 may be installed.

  Moreover, although the suction port 82 in the cleaning device 50 of the above-described embodiment has discharged the food waste collected by suction to the outside of the cleaning device 50 from the connection port 60, it is particularly necessary to discharge to the outside. Absent. For example, like a general electric vacuum cleaner, a space in which a portion of the cleaning device 50 sucks and collects food waste collected can be stored to temporarily store it.

  Moreover, although the cleaning apparatus 50 of the said Example has the wiping part 61, this invention is not limited to this, It is good also as what does not provide these wiping parts 61, and also these You may provide the wiping part 61 with the mechanism wiped around the endless wiping cloth.

  Moreover, in the cleaning apparatus 50 of the said Example, although the cleaning apparatus 50 is fixed and it is made to drive | run the crescent chain 5, this invention is not limited to this, Conversely, the crescent chain 5 is attached. Instead of running, the cleaning device 50 may be provided with a self-running mechanism so that the cleaning device 50 runs on the transport path.

  Further, in the cleaning device 50 of the above embodiment, the neutralizing brush 78 is provided on the downstream side of the rotating plate 71, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the configuration without the neutralizing brush 78 is also possible. good.

  Further, in the cleaning device 50 of the above embodiment, the rotating disk 71 has a disk shape, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the rotating disk 71 has a polygonal (square, hexagonal, octagonal) disk shape. It is also good.

  Moreover, in the said Example, although the brush body is equally arrange | positioned cyclically | annularly over the perimeter of the turntable 71, this invention is not limited to this, These brush bodies (long brush body 74a, The short brush body 74b) may be provided so as to be unevenly distributed only on a part of the concentric circle.

  Further, the arrangement position of the long brush body 74a is not limited to that arranged in a ring on the concentric circle at the rotation center of the rotating disk 71 as in the above-described embodiment, and is arranged randomly at a place other than on the concentric circle. May be.

It is a figure which shows the whole image of the circulation type food / beverage container conveying apparatus 4 which has arrange | positioned the cleaning apparatus 50 as an Example of this invention. It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the cleaning apparatus 50 of the Example of this invention. It is a partially broken side view which shows the cleaning apparatus 50 of the Example of this invention. It is AA sectional drawing of the cleaning apparatus 50 of the Example of FIG. It is BB sectional drawing of the cleaning apparatus 50 of the Example of FIG. It is a figure which shows the bottom view of the turntable 71 used for the cleaning apparatus 50 of the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the whole image of the circulation type food / beverage container conveying apparatus 4 which has arrange | positioned the cleaning apparatus 50 as another form.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bulkhead 2 Kitchen area 3 Restaurant area 4 Circulating type food container conveyance device 5 Crescent chain (conveyance member)
5 'mounting member 5'a mounting plate part 11 clearance 50 cleaning device 55 base 61 wiping part 64 duster mounting plate 70 drive motor 71 rotating disk 72 drive shaft 73 brush fixing flange 74a long brush body 74b short brush body 78 Static elimination brush 79 Brush 82 Suction port 90 Straight brush part 91 Brush

Claims (5)

A transport member made endless by connecting a plurality of mounting members having a mounting plate portion on which a food and drink container for mounting food and drink is relatively movable is allowed to travel on a predetermined transport path. In the circulation type food / beverage container conveying device for circulating and conveying the food / drink on the conveyance path, a cleaning device for the circulation type food / drink container conveying device for cleaning the conveying member,
The rotating plate is disposed substantially parallel to the upper surface of the mounting plate portion and includes a brush body on the lower surface, and a driving unit that rotationally drives the rotating plate, and the brush body is formed between the mounting plate portions. have a length which enters the gap, the shape of the placement plate portion is a plan view semicircular, at least a portion of the brush body is arranged on the turntable of the rotational center and concentrically, The circulating food / beverage container transporter cleaning device according to claim 1, wherein a curvature of the concentric circles is substantially the same as a curvature of a gap formed between the substantially half-moon-shaped mounting plate portions .   The said brush body is formed with the brush body with a long length, and the brush body with a short length, The cleaning apparatus for circulation type food / beverage container conveying apparatuses of Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned. Recycling food vessel conveying device for cleaning apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it comprises at least a portion in sliding contact brush portion of the side surface of the placement plate portion with respect to the running direction of the conveying member. The cleaning device for a circulation type food container transport device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , further comprising a suction unit connected to a suction device that sucks and collects dust on the transport member. The cleaning device for a circulating type food container transport device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , further comprising a charge removing unit that removes the charge of the transport member due to friction with the brush body.

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