JP7100350B2 - Food and beverage heating device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a food and drink heating device that heats food and drink by irradiating the food and drink contained in the container with microwaves.

Traditionally, food and drink heating devices have been used in facilities such as hospitals and schools to provide warmed food and drink.

As this food and drink heating device, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, the applicant has developed a food and drink heating device having a structure in which the food and drink is irradiated with microwaves to heat the food and drink.

In this conventional food and drink heating device, heating shelves that can accommodate trays on which food and drink are placed are formed side by side vertically and horizontally.

Then, the user stores the trays on which the foods and drinks are placed one by one in each heating shelf, then heats all the foods and drinks, and then takes out one tray from each heating shelf. ..

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2015-9028

In facilities such as hospitals and schools, the food and drink are not limited to the case where the food and drink are placed on the tray, but the food and drink may be provided in the container. In that case, a plurality of containers are arranged side by side and housed in a transport box so that a plurality of containers can be collectively transported by one transport box.

However, in the above-mentioned conventional food and drink heating device, since the tray on which the food and drink are placed is configured to be taken in and out one by one, even if a plurality of containers can be housed in the transport box and transported, the food and drink heating device can be used. When heating, one container must be taken out from the transport box and placed on the heating shelf of the food and drink heating device, and after heating, one container must be taken out from each heating shelf and stored in the transport box. It may take a lot of time and effort.

Therefore, it is desired that the food and drink heating device be improved so that the food and drink contained in a plurality of containers in the transport box can be heated all at once.

Therefore, in the present invention according to claim 1, in the food and drink heating device that heats the food and drink by irradiating the food and drink contained in the container with microwaves , a carry-in outlet is formed in the housing and the inside of the housing is formed. A transport box mounting space is formed for freely loading and unloading transportable transport boxes that accommodate containers arranged side by side, and the loading / unloading outlet is made one size larger than the transport box, above the transport box mounting space. Alternatively, a microwave transmission space for transmitting microwaves is provided below, a microwave generator for generating microwaves is placed in the microwave transmission space, and microwaves are generated on both the left and right sides of the microwave generator. A microwave reflector is provided in an inclined shape to reflect the microwaves generated by the container toward the transport box mounting space, and the transport box mounting space and microwaves are located at positions corresponding to the left and right containers housed in the transport box. A window that communicates with the transmission space is formed, and the microwave emitted from the microwave generator is reflected by the left and right microwave reflectors, passes through the left and right windows, and irradiates the left and right containers to the left and right. I decided to heat the food and drink inside each container .

Further, in the present invention according to claim 2, in the present invention according to claim 1, the microwave generator and the microwave transmission space are accommodated in the area directly above or directly below the transport box mounting space. I decided to do it.

Further, in the present invention according to claim 3, in the present invention according to claim 1 or 2, the containers arranged side by side can be arranged side by side in the transport box and can be placed in the transport box. The microwave generator and the microwave transmission space are arranged side by side above or below the space, and the microwave generators arranged in the front and back are controlled to be sequentially driven without being driven at the same time.

Then, in the present invention, the effects described below are obtained.

That is, in the present invention, in the food and drink heating device that heats the food and drink by irradiating the food and drink contained in the container with microwaves, the transportable transport box in which the containers are arranged side by side is placed freely in and out. A microwave transmission space for transmitting microwaves is provided above or below the transport box mounting space, and a microwave generator for generating microwaves in the microwave transmission space. In addition to arranging the above, microwave reflectors are provided on both the left and right sides of the microwave generator in an inclined manner to reflect the microwaves generated by the microwave generator toward the transport box mounting space. In addition, the foods and drinks contained in a plurality of containers in the transport box can be heated all at once, and the time and labor required for heating the foods and drinks contained in the containers can be reduced.

In particular, when it is decided to accommodate the microwave generator and the microwave transmission space in the area directly above or in the area directly below the transport box mounting space, the footprint of the food / drink heating device (food / drink heating). The area occupied in the plan view required for installing the device) can be reduced.

In addition, the containers arranged side by side can be arranged side by side in the transport box, and the microwave generator and the microwave transmission space are provided side by side above or below the space for placing the transport box. When it is decided to control the microwave generators arranged in the above to be sequentially driven without being driven at the same time, the instantaneous power consumption of the food / drink heating device can be reduced.

The front view which shows the food and drink heating apparatus. Front sectional view showing a heating unit. The same plan sectional view. Front sectional view showing another heating unit.

Hereinafter, a specific configuration of the food / drink heating device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the dietary heating device is a movable cart-type dietary heating device, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a fixed-type dietary heating device may be used, or a fixed-type dietary heating device may be used. It may be a combination of a station and a movable cart.

As shown in FIG. 1, the food / drink heating device 1 has four casters 3 attached to the bottom of a vertically long box-shaped housing 2, and is operated and displayed on the upper left of the housing 2. A display unit 4 is provided, and a heating unit 5 for heating food and drink is housed in the housing 2 side by side. The food and drink heating device 1 is not limited to the case where a plurality of heating units 5 are arranged vertically, and the food and drink heating device 1 may be configured such that a plurality of heating units 5 are arranged horizontally or one. It may be configured to accommodate only the unit 5.

Further, the food / drink heating device 1 is formed by arranging the carry-in outlets 6 leading to each heating unit 5 vertically in the housing 2, and covers all the carry-in outlets 6 with the opening / closing doors 7 provided in the housing 2 so as to be openable / closable. ing.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the food and drink heated by the food and drink heating device 1 is housed inside a hollow container 10 including a main body 8 and a lid 9. Then, a plurality of containers 10 containing food and drink are collectively transported in the transport box 11. Here, two containers 10 are placed side by side on the transport box 11 and are placed side by side in four rows in the front and rear. Therefore, eight containers 10 can be transported by one transport box 11.

In the food and drink heating device 1, the carry-in outlet 6 is one size larger than the front dimension of the transport box 11, and the transport box 11 accommodating a maximum of eight containers 10 is used as it is with the carry-in outlet 6 and each heating unit 5. It is possible to carry in and out between.

The heating unit 5 is provided with a hollow box-shaped transport box mounting space 12 at the top for freely mounting the transport box 11 in and out, and is placed in a region directly below the transport box mounting space 12 (mounted on the transport box in a plan view). The microwave generator 13 and the microwave transmission space 14 are arranged side by side in front of and behind each other in the area below the transport box mounting space 12 that fits within the area of the storage space 12. The heating unit 5 is not limited to the area directly below the transport box mounting space 12, but is above the region directly above the transport box mounting space 12 that fits within the area of the transport box mounting space 12 in a plan view. The microwave generator 13 and the microwave transmission space 14 may be arranged in the area).

The transport box mounting space 12 is provided with side walls 16 and 17 at the left and right ends of the ceiling wall 15 at the upper end, and rear walls 18 are provided at the rear ends of the ceiling wall 15, and further, the left and right side walls 16 and 17 and the left and right side walls 16 and 17 are provided. A bottom wall 19 is provided at the lower end of the rear wall 18. On the bottom wall 19, through-hole-shaped windows 20 and 21 that communicate the transport box mounting space 12 and the microwave transmission space 14 are formed on the lower side of the container 10 housed in the transport box 11 at a predetermined position. ..

The transport box mounting space 12 has an opening on the front side and communicates with the carry-in outlet 6 formed in the housing 2. The transport box 11 is carried in and out from the carry-in outlet 6 into the transport box mounting space 12 of the heating unit 5 along the inner surfaces of the side walls 16 and 17 and the upper surface of the bottom wall 19.

The microwave generator 13 is provided at a lower position between the left and right containers 10 and 10 housed inside the transport box 11. Each microwave generator 13 is connected to a control means 22 (computer), and each microwave generator 13 is independently driven and controlled by the control means 22. The control means 22 is also connected to the operation / display unit 4.

The microwave generator 13 is attached to the lower center of the microwave transmission space 14, and the microwave irradiation terminal 23 for irradiating the microwave is projected inside the microwave transmission space 14. The microwave generator 13 radiates microwaves from the microwave irradiation terminal 23 toward the inside of the microwave transmission space 14.

Four microwave transmission spaces 14 are provided adjacent to each other in the front-rear direction, and form a hollow box-shaped microwave transmission space group 24 as a whole.

The microwave transmission space group 24 attaches the transmission wall 25 to the lower part of the bottom wall 19 of the transport box mounting space 12. A microwave generator 13 is attached to the transmission wall 25 in a state where the microwave irradiation terminal 23 is projected upward (inside the microwave transmission space 14) at the left and right center portions of the horizontal bottom surface 26. Further, on the transmission wall 25, microwave reflectors 27 and 28 are formed on the left and right ends of the horizontal bottom surface 26 so as to be inclined upward by 45 degrees.

The microwave transmission space group 24 is divided into four microwave transmission spaces 14 by three front and rear partition walls 29. In each microwave transmission space 14, the microwave irradiation terminal 23 of the microwave generator 13 is provided in a protruding shape in the central portion, and the transport box mounting space 12 and the windows 20 and 21 formed in the bottom wall 19 are formed. Communicating.

As a result, in each microwave transmission space 14, the microwave emitted from the microwave irradiation terminal 23 of the microwave generator 13 is reflected (bent) upward by the microwave reflector 27 on the left side, and the window 20 on the left side. The microwave transmitted from the microwave transmission path 30 on the left side and the microwave irradiation terminal 23 of the microwave generator 13 that will irradiate the container 10 on the left side through A microwave transmission line 31 on the right side is formed, which reflects (bends) on the right side and passes through the window 21 on the right side to irradiate the container 10 on the right side.

Then, in each microwave transmission space 14, the microwave irradiated from the microwave irradiation terminal 23 of the microwave generator 13 in the central portion travels through the microwave transmission path 30 on the left side to the transport box in the transport box mounting space 12. The container 10 housed on the left side of 11 is irradiated to heat the food and drink inside the container 10. At the same time, in each microwave transmission space 14, the microwave emitted from the microwave irradiation terminal 23 of the microwave generator 13 in the central portion travels through the microwave transmission path 31 on the right side to the transport box in the transport box mounting space 12. The container 10 housed on the right side of 11 is irradiated to heat the food and drink inside the container 10.

The heating unit 5 is configured as described above. In the heating unit 5, the microwave transmission space 14 is formed below the transport box mounting space 12, but the heating unit 5 is not limited to this, and the heating unit 5 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 is turned upside down. The microwave transmission space 14 may be formed above the transport box mounting space 12, and as shown in FIG. 4, the microwave transmission space 14 may be formed both above and below the transport box mounting space 12, respectively. It may be formed. In that case, the transmission wall 25 provided in the upper microwave transmission space 14 and the transmission wall 25 provided in the lower microwave transmission space 14 may be arranged at positions facing each other vertically, and FIG. 4 shows. As shown, the microwave reflectors 27 and 28 of the upper transmission wall 25 and the microwave reflectors 27 and 28 of the lower transmission wall 25 may be provided at positions shifted to the left and right. As a result, the upper microwave generator 13 and the lower microwave generator 13 can irradiate different regions of the same container 10 with microwaves, and the food and drink inside the container 10 can be evenly distributed over a wide range. It can be heated or the food and drink inside the container 10 can be heated at different temperatures.

The food and drink heating device 1 drives and controls each microwave generator 13 by the control means 22, so that the food and drink housed in a plurality of containers 10 placed in the transport box mounting space 12 together with the transport box 11 Can be heated all at once.

At that time, the control means 22 can also simultaneously drive all the microwave generators 13 for a predetermined time continuously to heat the foods and drinks contained in all the containers 10 at the same time. Further, in order to reduce the instantaneous power consumption, the control means 22 sequentially drives one or a plurality of (partial) microwave generators 13 and takes a predetermined time to drive all the containers 10. It is also possible to heat the food and drink contained in the container all at once.

As described above, the food and drink heating device 1 forms a transport box mounting space 12 for freely loading and unloading the transportable transport box 11 in which the containers 10 are arranged side by side and accommodated, and the transport box is formed. A microwave transmission space 14 for transmitting microwaves is provided above or below the mounting space 12, a microwave generator 13 for generating microwaves is arranged in the microwave transmission space 14, and microwave generation is performed. The microwave reflectors 27 and 28 for reflecting the microwave generated by the microwave generator 13 toward the transport box mounting space 12 are provided on the left and right sides of the vessel 13 in an inclined manner.

Therefore, in the food / drink heating device 1 having the above configuration, the food / drink contained in the plurality of containers 10 in the transport box 11 can be heated all at once (simultaneously), which is required for heating the food / drink contained in the container 10. Time and effort can be reduced.

Further, the food / drink heating device 1 has a configuration in which the microwave generator 13 and the microwave transmission space 14 are housed in the area directly above or directly below the transport box mounting space 12.

Therefore, in the food / drink heating device 1 having the above configuration, the footprint of the food / drink heating device 1 (occupied area in a plan view required for installing the food / drink heating device 1) can be reduced, and the food / drink heating can be easily performed. The device 1 can be introduced.

Further, the food / drink heating device 1 can accommodate the containers 10 arranged side by side in the transport box 11 side by side, and the microwave generator 13 and the microwave transmission above or below the transport box mounting space 12. The spaces 14 are provided side by side in the front-rear direction, and the microwave generators 13 arranged in the front-rear direction are not driven at the same time, but only one or a plurality of the spaces 14 are sequentially driven.

Therefore, in the food / drink heating device 1 having the above configuration, the instantaneous power consumption of the food / drink heating device 1 can be reduced, and the driving of other electronic devices is not hindered.

1 Food and beverage heating device 2 Housing 3 Caster 4 Operation / display unit 5 Heating unit 6 Carry-in / exit 7 Open / close door 8 Main body 9 Lid 10 Container
11 Transport box 12 Transport box mounting space
13 Microwave generator 14 Microwave transmission space
15 Ceiling wall 16,17 Side wall
18 rear wall 19 bottom wall
20,21 Window 22 Control means
23 Microwave irradiation terminal 24 Microwave transmission space group
25 transmission wall 26 bottom
27,28 Microwave reflector 29 Partition wall
30,31 Microwave transmission line

Claims (3)

In a food and drink heating device that heats food and drink by irradiating the food and drink contained in the container with microwaves.
In addition to forming a carry-in outlet in the housing, inside the housing A transport box mounting space is formed for freely loading and unloading transportable transport boxes that accommodate containers arranged side by side.The carry-in / exit is one size larger than the transport box.A microwave transmission space for transmitting microwaves is provided above or below the transport box mounting space, a microwave generator for generating microwaves is placed in the microwave transmission space, and a microwave generator is provided. Inclined microwave reflectors are provided on both the left and right sides to reflect the microwaves generated by the microwave generator toward the transport box mounting space., A window connecting the transport box mounting space and the microwave transmission space is formed at the position corresponding to the left and right containers housed in the transport box, and the microwave emitted from the microwave generator is reflected on each of the left and right sides. Reflected by the plate, it passes through the left and right windows and irradiates the left and right containers to heat the food and drink inside the left and right containers.A food and drink heating device characterized by that. The food and drink heating device according to claim 1, wherein the microwave generator and the microwave transmission space are housed in the area directly above or directly below the transport box mounting space. The containers arranged side by side can be arranged side by side in the transport box, and the microwave generator and the microwave transmission space are arranged side by side above or below the space for mounting the transport box. The food and drink heating device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the microwave generators are controlled so as to be sequentially driven without being driven at the same time.

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