JPH02929B2 - - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (a) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a dining table having a conveyor path for conveying food and drink, for example, a food and beverage counter for sushi, etc. The present invention relates to a dining table having a conveyor path for conveying food and beverages that can be connected externally and additionally.

(b) Prior Art Conventionally, an endless transfer path is formed on a counter equipped with guardrails on both sides for guiding food and drinks, tableware with food and drinks is placed on this transfer path, and the movement of the transfer path moves the counter. Neither the customers seated at the counter nor the cooks at the counter need to move;
A dining table with a conveyor path for food and beverages on which customers can select their favorite foods and drinks can be used for foods such as sushi that are served on the side of the dining table, as well as foods that customers can prepare themselves. It is widely used for foods such as yakiniku that are eaten at home.

However, although such a dining table with a conveyor path for transporting food and drinks can promote labor savings in restaurants and help resolve labor shortages, it is not always possible to use a dining table that has a conveyor path for conveying food and drinks at regular intervals, regardless of the number of customers. Because of this, especially when there are few customers, more food and drinks than necessary are transported, and the excess food and drinks are left for a long time, which is undesirable in terms of freshness and hygiene. It was a waste of energy. That said, we constantly check the number of customers eating and drinking.
Adjusting the food and drinks to be transported is also labor-intensive and troublesome.

Therefore, a dining table has been proposed in which a short circuit is provided between the outbound and outbound paths of an endless conveyor path for food and drink, so that the distance of the food and drink transfer path can be adjusted depending on the number of customers. However, in order to use the short-circuit path, it is necessary to install tableware path change guides on each outbound and return path of the conveyor transfer path, and in addition, it is necessary to stop the operation of the conveyor transfer path and remove excess tableware. It was necessary to remove it. Moreover,
Even if a short circuit occurs due to the short circuit path, the circulation movement of the endless conveyor transfer path is not stopped, so it is still impossible to avoid wasting power.

(C) Structure The present invention solves all of the problems with conventional dining tables having food and drink transfer paths, and allows mutual transfer without forming a short circuit.

The present invention provides a dining table having a food transfer path of a crescent flat top small chain conveyor, each of which is provided with guide rails for guiding food and drink containers on both sides and has a food transfer area. In the chain conveyor transfer path, the guide rails on the adjacent side are notched in the food and beverage container transfer areas adjacent to each other to form guide rail notch areas,
Within this guide rail notch area, a food and beverage container is located between the two crescent flat top chain conveyor transfer paths and has a length that simultaneously reaches the food and beverage transfer paths of the two crescent flat top chain conveyors. A guide member for the conveyor is rotatably provided, and at least a part of the crescent flat top conveyor transfer path is formed to protrude into the guide rail cutout area, and the other is provided via the guide member. The dining table is located adjacent to and close to the crescent flat top conveyor transfer path.

In the present invention, the guide member may have a flat plate shape or a rod shape, or may have appropriately shaped curved surfaces on both sides.

Furthermore, in the present invention, the two conveyor paths are
The curved portions of at least one of the conveyor paths are provided close to each other, i.e. at least in the guardrail area the conveyor paths are protruded and curved. For example, in the case of a single lane, the two adjacent conveyor paths can be the outbound and inbound paths of an endless conveyor path, or the outbound and inbound paths of two different endless conveyor paths, such as a double lane. The degree of closeness of these two adjacent conveyor paths at the curved portion is such that the tableware being transferred on the conveyor path can be transferred to the other adjacent conveyor path with only a slight change in direction. . Therefore, if the tableware can be transferred to the adjacent conveyor with a slight change of direction, the two conveyor paths may be very close together;
There is no problem even if there is some distance between them.

Further, in the present invention, it is sufficient that the two conveyor paths are in close proximity to each other as long as the tableware can be guided by both sides of the food/drink container guide member and transferred from one piece to the other. By transferring between conveyor paths according to the present invention, tableware transferred on one conveyor path is transferred to another conveyor path. Therefore, for example, in the case of the same endless conveyor path, different circulation paths are formed with the guide members in the adjacent region as boundaries. Also,
In the case of two different endless conveyor paths, they run into each other with the guide member in the adjacent area as a boundary, forming one circulation path, and in the case of a double lane, they are mutually separated into separate circulation paths. It is formed. The guide member functions as a guide for tableware in this way, and is placed across two conveyor paths when transferring tableware, but is placed between the conveyor paths at other times, and is placed between the conveyor paths. It can be used commonly as a boundary member to demarcate a boundary. Of course, the guide member for transferring between the conveyor paths and the boundary member acting as a boundary between the conveyor paths may be different from each other.

The dining table of the present invention can be of various types, such as a counter type formed on at least one side of the conveyor path, a table type that projects from at least one side of the conveyor path, or a combination of both types. can do.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the technical scope of the present invention is not limited by this description.

(D) Embodiment FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a dining table having a food and beverage transfer path including a transfer area according to the present invention, and is a plan view mainly showing the transfer area in the transfer state. , FIG. 2 is a plan view mainly showing the transfer section in a state where transfer is not performed in the food and drink transfer path of the embodiment of FIG. 1.

Figure 3 shows the direction of movement of the transfer section in Figure 1 (C-
C) It is a cross-sectional view.

FIG. 4 is another embodiment of a dining table having a food and beverage transfer path with a transfer area according to the present invention, and is a flow path diagram of a plurality of dining tables connected at a transfer area and formed integrally. .

FIG. 5 is another embodiment of the present invention in the case of a single lane system similar to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and is a schematic flow path diagram of one in which one transfer section is provided. It is.

FIG. 6 is another embodiment of the present invention in which a plurality of dining tables are connected, and is a schematic flow path diagram of an example in which four dining tables are connected to form a rectangular shape.

1 to 3, there is shown a portion of a dining table having a food and beverage conveyor path constructed in accordance with the present invention; Indicated by

The food and drink conveyor device 1 of this example is provided with a food and drink conveyor path, for example, a single-lane outgoing path 2 and a return path 3. The conveyor paths 2 and 3 can be the forward and return paths of another endless conveyor for transporting food and beverages. In this case, for example, a double lane may be used, but in any case, the moving directions of the conveyor transfer paths of mutually adjacent portions of the respective endless conveyor paths are opposite to each other.

As this endless conveyor device for transporting food and drinks, a flat top chain conveyor device having a crescent type top plate is used.

This endless conveyor is formed by a crescent-shaped top plate section 4 and a chain section 5, the top plate sections 4 being connected to each other in a closed loop via the chain section 5 so as to be rotatable in a horizontal plane.

In this way, the outward path 2 and return path 3 of the endless conveyor transfer path formed in a closed loop are provided on the upper part of the support structure of the food and beverage transfer conveyor device 1.
It is formed in a groove-shaped recessed passage 7 that is connected to the closed loop. A chain guide 8 that engages with a driving chain portion is provided in this recessed passage 7, and this combination allows the endless conveyor transfer paths 2 and 3 to be in a stable state along a predetermined path. It will be possible to transport it.

Further, a pair of support rails 9 are provided in each of the recessed passages 7 to support and guide the crescent-shaped top plate 4 in a horizontal position. , guide rails 10 are provided on both sides of the endless conveyor paths 2 and 3, and the food and beverage containers circulated and transported on the endless conveyor paths 2 and 3 are provided with guide rails 10 on both sides of the endless conveyor paths 2 and 3, respectively. ,
For example, it acts to guide the plate 11.

Crescent top plate chain conveyor systems of this construction are well known and commonly used in the art. Endless conveyor transfer paths 2 and 3 are the first
Although only a portion is shown in the figure and FIG. 2, the endless conveyors 2 and 3 are connected in the upper and lower portions of FIG. There is a counter or table for eating and drinking. In this example, parts of the conveyor transport paths 2 and 3 form an approach area Z close to each other at their curved parts. The adjoining sides of the access area are not provided with guide rails so that the food and drink containers can freely transfer to the other transfer path. In the approach area Z, the endless conveyors 2 and 3 move so as to rub against each other on the outward path 2 and return path 3 of the endless conveyor transfer path.

The approach area Z is provided with food and drink guide means, and this food and drink transfer guide means is configured as a guide plate 12 in this example. It is removably attached to a pivot 13 provided between the outbound path 2 and return path 3 of the conveyor transfer path.

The guide board 12 is located in the proximity area Z from the outbound route 2 to the return route 3.
In addition, there is a position B (FIG. 1) which acts as a transfer wall for changing food and drink containers 11 midway, and a position B' (a second (Fig.) can be freely pivoted or removed as appropriate. When the guide plate 12 is used as a transfer wall, it is preferable that the guide plate 12 be arranged at a slight inclination with respect to the transport direction. Further, this proximity area is not limited to one location, but may be provided at a plurality of appropriate locations.

Since this example is configured in this way, when there are few customers eating and drinking, the guide plate 12 can be moved as shown in FIG.
By removing it from position B' and placing it at position B shown in FIG. Then, it moves in the direction of arrow _A1 , is placed on the crescent conveyor path 4 of the transfer path 2, and is transferred and circulated. On the other hand, the food and drink container 11 transferred on the transfer path 2 comes into contact with the opposite surface of the guide plate 12, moves along the opposite surface of the guide plate in the direction of arrow _A2 , and reaches the crescent of the transfer path 3. conveyor path 4
It is placed on the machine, transported and circulated. In this way, by arranging _the guide plate ₁₂ at the position B in FIG.
is circulated only to one circulation path, for example, the circulation path side of A ₁ , and transferred to the other circulation path, for example, the arrow
It is possible to prevent the container 11 containing food and drink from being placed in the circulation path on the side of the circulation path _A2 . Therefore, food and drinks are supplied to a part of the food and drink counter.

On the other hand, when there are many customers eating and drinking, by arranging the guide plate 12 at the position B' shown in FIG. Arrow A ₁ according to the progress of 3.
Since the food and drinks are transported in the directions of A2 and _A2 , food and drinks can be supplied to all the food and drink counters.

FIG. 4 shows a dining table in which dining tables 13 and 15 with two separate food and drink conveyor paths 14 and 16 are connected in a proximal area 17.

When there are many people eating and drinking at the dining table in this example,
With the guide plate 18 placed at position B, the food and drink container 11 being transferred along the food and drink transfer conveyor path 14 in the direction of _A1 comes into contact with the guide plate 18 and is forcibly moved to one side of the guide plate 18. It changes direction along the surface in the direction A ₁ ' and is transported on a conveyor path 16 circulating in the direction A ₂ . The food and beverage containers transferred in the direction _A2 on the conveyor transfer path 16 reach the proximity area 17 again, touch the guide plate 18, and follow the other side.
It changes direction in the _A2 ' direction and is transferred on the conveyor transfer path 14 circulating in the _A1 direction. Therefore, containers containing food and drink are sent to dining tables 13 and 15. On the other hand, when there are few customers eating and drinking, please use the information board 18.
Place it at position B′. By arranging the guide plate 18 in this way, the conveyor path 14 for conveying food and beverages is A ₁
The food and drink container 11 being transferred in the direction of
8 and moves along one surface of this guide plate 18, the food and beverage containers 11 transferred along the conveyor transfer path 14 circulate only through the conveyor transfer path 14. On the other hand, the food and drink containers being transported in the _A2 direction on the food and drink conveyor path 16 come into contact with the guide plate at position B' and move along the surface of this guide plate 18, so that the food and drink containers are transferred along the conveyor path 16. 16
A The food and beverage containers 11 transferred in _two directions circulate only through the conveyor transfer path 16. Therefore, when there are few customers eating and drinking, for example, only the conveyor transfer path 14 of the meal table 13 is in operation, the conveyor transfer path 15 is in a rest state, and the containers 11 containing food and drinks are circulated only to the meal table 13. It can be transferred.

FIG. 5 shows an embodiment in which the food and drink transfer path of the present invention is formed in a single lane type.

The endless conveyor device 19 for transporting food and drink is formed with an outgoing path 20 and a returning path 21, and the respective conveyor transfer paths 20 and 21 are formed close to each other in an approach area. In the dining table of this example, the guide plate 25 is arranged in the approach area 24.

In this example, for example, when there are few customers,
The guide plate is placed at the position indicated by the solid line 25. Therefore, the food and beverage containers 11 that are transferred on the outbound path 20 of the conveyor transfer path on the left side of the proximity area 24 in FIG. 5 (hereinafter referred to as the left conveyor path)
touches one surface of the guide plate 25, is guided along this surface, changes direction in the direction of arrow _A2 , and travels on the return trip 21.
Then, it is transferred through the return path 21 and circulated through the left conveyor path. The food and beverage containers 11 that are transferred on the return path 21 of the conveyor transfer path on the right side of the proximity area 24 in FIG. 5 (hereinafter referred to as the right conveyor transfer path) are
It comes into contact with the other surface of the guide plate 25, is guided along this surface, changes direction in the direction of arrow _A1 , reaches the outbound path 20, is transported through the inbound path 21, and circulates through the conveyor path on the right side.

Therefore, for example, when there are few customers eating and drinking, the food and drink containers filled with food and drinks are circulated and transferred only to one conveyor path, for example, the right side, and
For example, the left conveyor path can be run dry. In this way, food and drinks can be supplied to a small number of customers in a short time.

When there are many customers eating and drinking, the guide board is placed at the position indicated by the dashed line 25'. Therefore, the food and beverage containers 11 being transferred along the left conveyor path of the endless transfer conveyor device 19 are located in the access area 24
Then, it moves in the direction of arrow 22 guided by the guide plate 25', and from the outbound path 20 of the right conveyor path to the return path 2.
1, and again in the approach area 24 on the return path 21 side, guided by the guide plate 25', moves in the direction of the arrow 23, reaches the return path of the left conveyor path, and circulates.

Therefore, when there are many customers eating and drinking, containers containing food and drink can be supplied to the food and drink counters throughout the endless conveyor path 19.

FIG. 6 shows four endless conveyor devices 26, 27, 28 and 29 for transporting food and beverages in adjacent areas 38, 39, 40 and 41 provided at their respective ends.
This shows a dining table connected in a rectangular shape.

This dining table has respective adjacent areas 38, 39,
40 and 41 respectively have guide members such as guide plates 42,
43, 44, and 45 are provided, and by arranging these guide plates in the solid line direction and dotted line direction,
For example, any dining table can be operated while the others are in a dormant state.

For example, if the guide plates 42, 43, 44, and 45 are arranged in the direction of the solid line, the transfer path 30 of the endless conveyor device 26 will be connected to the transfer path ₃₂ of the endless conveyor device 27 via the transfer path A1 by the guide plate 42. In connection, this transfer path 32 is connected to a transfer path 35 of the endless conveyor device 28 via a transfer path A ₃ by a guide plate 43, and this transfer path 35 is connected to a transfer path A ₅ by a guide plate 44. is connected to the transfer path 36 of the endless conveyor device 29 via a guide plate 45, and this transfer path 36 is connected to the endless conveyor device 2 via a guide plate 45.
It is connected to the transfer path 30 of No. 6 to form a circulation path.

Therefore, via this circulation path, the containers 11 containing food and drinks are transferred to the endless conveyor devices 26, 27,
28 and 29 are provided.

When there are few customers, for example, when operating the dining table equipped with the endless conveyor devices 26 and 27, the guide plates 39 and 45 are placed in the positions indicated by the dashed-dotted lines, and the operation of the endless conveyor devices 28 and 29 is stopped. do.

By doing this, the transfer path 30 of the endless conveyor device 26 is formed by the guide plate 42.
Transfer path 32 of the endless conveyor device 27 via A ₁
The transfer path 33 of the endless conveyor device 27 is connected to the transfer path A ₂ by the guide plate 42, and
It is connected to an endless conveyor 26 device. Therefore, the container 11 containing food and drink transferred through the transfer path 30 of the endless conveyor device 26 is transferred to the transfer path of the endless conveyor device 27 via the transfer path _A1 defined by the guide plate 42 arranged at the position indicated by the solid line. 32 and in contact with a guide plate 43 arranged at the position indicated by the dashed line in the approach area 39 at the end of the transfer path 35,
The direction is changed as shown by the chain arrow and reaches the transfer path 33. Container 11 being transferred through transfer path 33
is the transfer route indicated by the guide plate 42 located at the position of the solid line.
Transfer path 31 of the endless conveyor device 26 via A ₂
will be transferred to. The container 11 transferred to this transfer path 31 is placed in the access area 4 at the end of the transfer path 31.
1, the direction is changed in the direction of the chain arrow by contacting the guide plate 45 located at the position indicated by the chain line, and the transfer path 3
It reaches 0. Therefore, containers containing food and drink are
Transfer paths 30, 3 of endless conveyor devices 26 and 27
2, 33 and 31 in order, and the food and drink can be transferred to a dining table having endless conveyor devices 26 and 27.

The above embodiments have been explained in terms of how the dining tables operate depending on the number of customers. However, the operation mode is not limited to this. There are various operating modes, such as using the

Furthermore, in order to change the guide member such as the guide plate from the position where it acts as a boundary wall to the position where it acts as a transfer wall, the food and drink containers 11 that become an obstacle are removed manually or the like in advance.

Further, the guide plate may be formed with an insertion portion in the center thereof, and this insertion member may be removably inserted into a through hole provided in the wall between the transfer paths in the approach area. You can change its position freely.

Therefore, the insertion portion of the guide plate can be taken out from the through hole, changed to a position where it acts as a transfer wall or a position where it is used as a boundary wall, and then reinserted and fixed.

Further, as a fixing means for arranging a guide member such as a guide plate, for example, a fitting recess is provided in the wall between the guide rail of the food and drink container provided on both sides of the transfer path and the transfer path. The end of the member may be held by this, or it may be rotatably provided and operated by an electric motor or the like.

(e) Effects In the present invention, as described above, the adjacent areas are provided to connect the conveyor paths, so even if there are few customers eating and drinking, the process can be changed by simply installing the guide member on the conveyor path. There is no need to stop the conveyor path each time to remove excess tableware.

Moreover, the present invention allows two or more dining tables to be connected, so if there are many customers eating and drinking, they can be connected in close proximity and tableware can be transferred between the dining tables.
It can be used as a single dining table, and when there are few customers eating and drinking, the connection in the nearby area can be disconnected and, for example, one of the two tables can be operated, which saves power and is economical.

Moreover, in the case of conventional dining tables, the dining tables had to be discarded when improvements were made to the store, but by using the connection method of the present invention, they can be easily combined and detached. There is no need to dispose of it when a store is expanded or renovated, which is beneficial in terms of resource utilization.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a dining table having a food and beverage transfer path with a transfer area according to the present invention, and is a plan view mainly showing the transfer section in the transfer state, and FIG. , is a plan view mainly showing the transfer section in a state where transfer is not performed in the food and drink transfer path of the embodiment of FIG. 1; Figure 3 shows the first
It is a sectional view of the transfer part in the traveling direction (CC) of the figure. FIG. 4 is another embodiment of a dining table having a food and drink transfer path with a transfer area according to the present invention;
It is a flow path diagram of a plurality of eating tables connected at a transfer part and formed integrally. FIG. 5 is another embodiment of the present invention in the case of a single lane system similar to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and is a schematic flow path diagram of one in which one transfer section is provided. It is.
FIG. 6 is another embodiment of the present invention in which a plurality of dining tables are connected, and is a schematic flow path diagram of an example in which four dining tables are connected to form a rectangular shape. Regarding the symbols in the figure, 1, 13, 15, 1
9, 26, 27, 28 and 29 are conveyor devices for transporting food and drink, 2, 3, 14, 16, 20, 21,
30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 and 37 are conveyor paths for transporting food and drink; 4 is a top plate portion; 5 is a chain portion; 6 is a support structure; 7 is a recessed passage; 8 is a chain guide; 9 is a support rail, 10 is a guide rail, 11 is a food and drink container, 1
2, 18, 25, 42, 43, 44 and 45 are guide plates, 17, 24, 38, 39, 40, 41 and Z are approach areas, A ₁ , A ₁ ′, A ₂ , A ₂ ′, A ₃ , A ₄ , A ₅
and _A6 is a transfer route with a guide board.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. At a dining table having a food and drink transfer path of a crescent flat top chain conveyor, each of which is equipped with guide rails for guiding food and drink containers on both sides and has a food and drink transfer area, the two crescent flat top chain conveyor conveyors In the food and beverage container transfer areas that are close to each other, the adjacent guide rails are cut out to form a guide rail cutout area, and within this guide rail cutout area, the two crescents are A food and beverage container guide member is rotatably located between the flat top chain conveyor transfer paths and has a length that simultaneously reaches the food and drink conveyance paths of the two crescent flat top chain conveyors. , a portion of at least one crescent flat top conveyor transfer path is formed to protrude into the guide rail cutout area,
A dining table having a food and drink transfer path, characterized in that the food and drink transfer path is adjacent to and close to the other crescent flat top chain conveyor transfer path via the guide member.