JP6515965B2 - Cooked rice sales system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a sales system of cooked rice cooked with rice cookers of retail stores such as convenience stores and supermarkets.

  We arrange rice storage tank, rice washing tank, rice cooker sequentially from the upper side to the lower side, drop supply supply of washed rice and water from rice washing tank to rice cooker and cook rice, and keep warm rice cooked with rice cooker The rice-washing rice-cooking machine made into is well-known (patent document 1).

Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 3-37014

  The above-mentioned rice washing machine is large-sized and is usually used in places where rice is cooked in one serving, such as a cafeteria, a sushi shop, a hospital, etc. It is common to provide.

  In the present invention, the rice cooker is placed at the place where the prepared food is put in a container and sold at a retail store such as a convenience store, a supermarket, a cafeteria, etc., and the purchaser takes out the cooked rice which is being cooked and kept warm from the rice cooker into a container. It aims to provide a system that can be purchased.

The invention of claim 1 is
The register (36), a rice cooker (31) for putting cooked rice into the store, and cooked rice weight detection means (38) for detecting the weight of cooked rice inside the rice cooker (31),
When the cooked rice is taken out from the rice cooker (31), the cooked rice controller (12) calculates the charge of the cooked rice from the subtraction information of the cooked rice by the cooked weight detection means (38) and inputs it to the register (36). To be sold in a register (36) based on the calculation result of
When it is detected from the subtraction information of the cooked rice weight detection means (38) that the cooked rice in the rice cooker (31) has become equal to or less than a predetermined amount, the rice washing alerting means (45) is characterized to promote the next rice cooking operation. Rice sales system to be.

The invention of claim 2 is the invention of claim 1
The cooked rice container (34) provided with the barcode reading means (41) and having the barcode (40) attached thereto is read by the barcode reading means (41) of the barcode (40) of the cooked container (34). When the cooked rice is taken out of the bowl (31), the rice cooking controller (12) calculates the bar code (40) information of the cooked container (34) and the charge of the cooked rice based on the taken-out cooked weight information and inputs it to the register (36). , and boiled rice sales system, characterized in that the display means (42) of said register (36).

  According to the invention of claim 1, the purchaser can purchase a desired amount of cooked rice in the warm state of the rice cooker (31), and the convenience of the purchaser can be enhanced. In addition, store staff can sell cooked rice by combining the charge of cooked rice, which has been arithmetically displayed, with the charge for other prepared foods, etc., in the register (36).

Also,
When the amount of boiled rice in the rice cooker (31) is reduced, the next rice washing and cooking are promoted by the rice washing warning means (45), so that the store staff can cook rice quickly.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effects of the first aspect of the present invention, the rice charge corresponding to the purchaser's rice container (34) can be properly and promptly received.

Front view of a rice washing machine and a sales counter. Front view of a rice cooker. A perspective view of a cooked rice container and a front view of a cooked rice receipt.

  An embodiment specifically configured based on the above technical concept will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  The rice-washing rice-cooking machine 1 is comprised by the rice accommodation part 2, the rice-cooking part 3, and the rice-washing part 4 arrange | positioned sequentially from the lower side to the upper side, and the support frame 5 which supports these.

  The operation panel 11 is provided on the front of the rice washing section 4, and the right side of the operation panel 11 is provided with a rice extraction start switch 13, a rice washing start switch 14, and a rice washing discharge switch 15. These switches are connected to the rice cooking controller 12 There is.

  A hopper-shaped washing tank 21 is provided in the washing unit 4, and a washing blade (not shown) for stirring washing rice is provided in the washing tank 21, and the rice and water in the washing tank 21 are electric rice cookers 31 of the rice cooker 3. It is dropped and supplied to the pot for cooking rice.

  A water supply pipe (not shown) is connected to the rice washing tank 21 so as to supply water into the rice washing tank 21.

  Further, a drain pipe (not shown) is connected to the washing tank 21 so as to drain the water contaminated by the washing.

  The rice storage unit 2 is provided with a rice storage hopper 25 and a grain growing machine 26. A metering and feeding means (not shown) is provided at the lower flow-down port of the rice storage hopper 25 to feed a predetermined amount of white rice to the grain growing machine 26 The rice is transported to the rice washing section 4 by the grain feeding.

  Next, an outline of the operation of the rice washing rice cooker 1 will be described.

  When white rice is put into the rice storage hopper 25 of the rice storage unit 2, the power switch (not shown) is turned on, the supply switch (not shown) is operated, and the amount of cooked rice is specified. A rice supply motor (not shown) and a metering and feeding means (not shown) are driven, and a predetermined amount of white rice is supplied to the upper washing water tank 21 via the grain growing machine 26.

  Next, when the rice washing start switch 14 is turned on by the operator, the solenoid valve of the water supply pipe (not shown) is opened based on the rice washing command of the rice cooking controller 12 and water corresponding to the amount of white rice is supplied from the water supply pipe to the rice washing tank 21 After being supplied, a diffusion washing rice blade (not shown) is rotationally driven for a predetermined time by a rice washing motor to wash white rice. Next, the open / close valve of the outlet of the jacket 22 is adjusted to drain the contaminated water. When such washing operation is repeated several times, clean water is supplied according to the supplied white rice, and the washing operation is finished, and the rice cooking controller 12 is the rice cooker 31 based on the detection information of the rice cooker detection sensor (not shown). Check the set state of the pot for cooking rice.

  Next, when the rice washing discharge switch 15 is turned on, a dropping valve (not shown) is moved downward based on the white rice dropping command of the rice cooking controller 12, and the white rice and water in the rice washing tank 21 enter the rice pot for rice cooking of the rice cooking unit 3. It is supplied by dropping.

  Next, the operator (store staff) sets an inner pot for cooking in the electric rice cooker 31 and starts cooking. Then, the rice cooking is started based on the rice cooking start command of the rice cooking controller 12, and when the rice cooking is finished, the heat retention state is established.

  Next, the contents of sale of cooked rice using the rice washing rice cooker 1 will be described.

  A drawer plate 32 is provided at the bottom of the space portion of the rice cooker 3, a mounting table 33 which can move up and down is provided on the drawer plate 32, and a load cell type cooked rice weight detecting means 38 is attached below the mounting table 33. The change in weight of the cooked rice of the rice cooker 31 placed on the mounting table 33 is detected. Further, the rice cooking controller 12 and the register controller 37 of the register 36 are configured to be capable of wireless communication.

  A store that displays and sells prepared dishes related to cooked rice is equipped with a sales counter (not shown) and a register 36. A rice washing machine 1 is disposed near a display shelf of prepared dishes of the store, and the rice cooker 1 is cooked. Cooked rice is kept warm and stored in the vessel 31.

  When the purchaser opens the lid of the rice cooker 31 and takes out the cooked rice from the inner pot into the cooked rice container 34, the cooked weight detection means 38 detects the weight of the taken-out cooked rice by subtraction. Then, the weight and the charge of the purchased cooked rice are calculated from the subtraction information of the cooked rice based on the cooked rice charge computing function of the cooked rice controller 12 and displayed on the display means 42 of the register 36.

  According to the above-mentioned configuration, the purchaser can take out and purchase a desired temperature-maintained cooked rice from the rice cooker 31 according to taste, and can purchase the cooked rice and the prepared food at the same time, which is convenient. In addition, the store staff can receive the calculated charge of the cooked rice and the charges of other prepared dishes etc. and receive them together, and can sell the cooked rice and prepared dishes together while omitting the time and effort of taking out the cooked rice.

  In addition, the operation panel 11 of the rice washing rice cooker 1 is provided with a bar code reading means 41, and in the vicinity of the operation panel 11, for example, a cooked rice container 34 to which a bar code 40 which is a customer identification symbol is attached is disposed. When the purchaser causes the barcode reader 41 to read the barcode 40 of the cooked container 34 and takes out the cooked rice from the cooking pot, the cooked rice controller 12 takes out the cooked rice weight from the subtraction detection information of the cooked weight detection means 38 and the cooked rice charge Is calculated and transferred to the register controller 37, and the information on the bar code 40 of the purchaser and the rice charge are displayed on the display means 42 of the register 36.

  According to the above configuration, even if there are several persons who purchase rice continuously, it is possible to appropriately grasp and promptly receive the rice charge corresponding to the rice container 34 of the purchaser.

  In addition, it may be configured as follows. The operation panel 11 of the rice washing machine 1 is provided with a bar code reading means 41 and a rice receipt opening 43. When the rice purchaser reads the bar code 40 of the rice container 34 by the barcode reading means 41 and takes out the rice from the rice cooker 31, the rice charge according to the weight information of the taken-out rice 34 of the rice container 34 based on the rice charge operation function of the rice cooking controller 12. Is calculated, and the cooked rice receipt 44 displaying the barcode 40 is discharged from the cooked rice receipt opening 43.

  According to the above configuration, even if the rice purchasers are several people in a row, the rice charges corresponding to the rice containers 34 of each purchaser can be smoothly and properly received while identifying the rice charges with the barcode 41 on the rice receipts 44. it can.

  In the store, a rice storage unit 2, a rice cooking unit 3 equipped with a rice cooker 31 containing cooked rice, and a rice washing unit 1 equipped with a washing unit 4 are installed in the store. A conveying means 26 for conveying the rice to the rice washing section 4 is provided. On the back side of the rice washing section 4, there is provided a washing means 45 for promoting washing of the next rice, rice washing prompting for rice cooking, and based on the washing function of the rice washing of the rice controller 12, the rice cooking of the rice cooker 31 is less than a predetermined amount When the weight detection means 38 detects, the rice washing warning means 45 is turned on to prompt the next rice washing and cooking.

  With this configuration, the rice washing warning means 45 is turned on when the amount of boiled rice in the rice cooker 31 is reduced, and the staff of the store operates the rice washing start switch 14 and the supply switch (not shown) to operate the rice storage unit 2 From the above, a predetermined amount of rice can be sent out to the rice washing section 4, and the next rice cooking can be prepared, and the rice can be cooked quickly.

  Further, the cooking controller 12 of the rice washing machine 1 and the register controller 37 of the register 36 are connected by wireless communication, for example, and the barcode 40 information of the cooked container 34 input to the cooked controller 12 and the cooked weight detection of the cooked vessel 34 The rice charge based on the detection information of the means 38 is transmitted to the register controller 37, and the bar code 41 information of the rice container 34 and the rice charge are displayed on the display means 42 of the register 36, and the rice counter is not shown. The fee may be received.

  Further, when the cooked rice receipt port (not shown) is provided in the register 36 and the cooked rice is taken out from the rice cooker 31 to the cooked rice container 34, the bar code 40 information of the cooked rice container 34 from the cooking controller 12 and detection of the cooked weight detection means 38 The cooked rice charge based on the information may be transmitted to the register controller 37, and the cooked rice receipt 44 to which the barcode 40 is attached may be taken out from the receipt outlet (not shown) of the register 36.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Washed rice cooker 2 Rice accommodation part 3 Rice-cooking part 4 Washed part 5 Support frame 12 Rice-cooking controller 26 Conveying means 31 Rice-cooking machine 34 Cooked rice container 36 Register 37 Register controller 38 Cooked rice weight detection means 40 Bar code 41 Bar code reading means 42 Display means 44 Cooked rice receipt 45 Washed rice cooking alert means

Claims (2)

The register (36), a rice cooker (31) for putting cooked rice into the store, and cooked rice weight detection means (38) for detecting the weight of cooked rice inside the rice cooker (31),
When the cooked rice is taken out from the rice cooker (31), the cooked rice controller (12) calculates the charge of the cooked rice from the subtraction information of the cooked rice by the cooked weight detection means (38) and inputs it to the register (36). To be sold in a register (36) based on the calculation result of
When it is detected from the subtraction information of the cooked rice weight detection means (38) that the cooked rice in the rice cooker (31) has become equal to or less than a predetermined amount, the rice washing alerting means (45) is characterized to promote the next rice cooking operation. Rice sales system to be. In the invention of claim 1, the cooked rice container (34) provided with the barcode reading means (41) and attached with the barcode (40) is displayed by the barcode reading means (41) with the barcode of the cooked rice container (34). 40) and read the cooked rice from the rice cooker (31), the rice cooker controller (12) calculates the charge of the cooked rice based on the bar code (40) information of the cooked rice container (34) and the extracted cooked rice weight information A cooked rice sales system characterized by being input to a register (36) and displayed on display means (42) of the register (36) .

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