JPH03132Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] Industrial field of application This invention relates to a circuit short-circuiting device in a rotating supply device for sushi, etc., which circulates a plurality of plates on which sushi, etc. are placed and supplies them to customers by an endless conveyor. This patent relates to an improvement of Japanese Patent Application No. 109043/1983, which was previously filed by the applicant of the present application.

Conventional technology Conventionally, in a rotary feeding device that supplies a large number of plates containing sushi, etc. to customers while circulating them by placing them on a crescent chain, which is an endless conveyor installed in a certain circuit, the conveyor circuit Once it was installed, it could not be changed. Therefore, even if the number of customers is small due to the time of day, etc., the plates carrying sushi and the like travel around a predetermined circuit at a predetermined speed.
In other words, plates and the like have to go around to areas where there are no customers, and it takes time to reach the customer, which not only makes the customer wait, but also causes the problem that the taste of the sushi, etc. deteriorates.

In order to solve the above problem, the applicant installed a short circuit in the circuit of the rotary feeding device, so that when the number of customers is small, the time it takes for dishes etc. to reach the customers can be shortened by passing through the short circuit. To prevent the taste of sushi etc. from deteriorating, the above-mentioned patent application No. 109043 was filed.
(Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 58-12621).

Problems to be Solved by the Invention In the invention of the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application No. 109043/1983 filed by the present applicant, even when the number of customers increased and the short circuit became unnecessary, the short circuit could not be eliminated and the rotation There was a problem in that the inside of the feeding device became narrow and the movement of the workers (sushi chefs) was restricted, making it difficult for them to work.

In view of the above, this idea was developed by short-circuiting part of the circuit of the conveyor that transports sushi and other dishes during times when there are few customers, thereby shortening the time it takes for the sushi and other dishes to reach the customers. As well as being able to
When the number of customers increases, the inside of the circuit can be enlarged by storing it in an out-of-the-way place and can be effectively used by people working inside. It is intended for the purpose of providing.

Means for Solving the Problems The configuration of this invention for achieving the above object will be explained using FIGS. 1 and 2 corresponding to the embodiment. In the rotary supply device 1 for sushi, etc., the conveyor body 8 has a crescent chain 7 for conveying plates, etc., and inner plate guides 9, 9' disposed opposite to each other in the longitudinal direction inside the crescent chain 7. , a pair of rotary base plates 11, 11' which are disposed facing each other at an arbitrary position S of the inner pan guides 9, 9' and whose bases are pivoted near the inner pan guides 9, 9', respectively; When both rotary base plates 11 and 11' are attached to the movable base plates 11 and 11' and rotated and fixed in a horizontal position, both ends become connected and the plates etc. are moved at the same speed and in the same direction as the crescent chain 7. short-circuit conveyor belts 17, 17' which are capable of transporting the rotary boards 11, 11' and which are accommodated in the machine frame 2 together with the rotary boards 11, 11' when both the rotary boards 11, 11' are rotated downward; Guide plates 22, 22' are provided in the vicinity of the shaft attachment portions of the substrates 11, 11' to change the direction of plates, etc., which are detachably arranged and are conveyed between the crescent chain 7 and the short-circuit conveyor belts 17, 17'. This device forms a circuit shorting device.

Operation To short-circuit the circuit for transporting sushi, etc. during times when the number of customers is low, the rotating boards 11, 11', which have been rotated downward, are rotated to the horizontal position and the short-circuit transport belts 17, 17 are connected. ′ is connected.
Next, the two guide plates 22, 22' are attached to the rotating base plate 1.
Attach it near the shaft attachment part of 1 and 11'. When the short circuit conveyor belts 17, 17' are run in this state, both belts 17, 17' are connected to the crescent chain 7.
The vehicle travels in the same direction and at the same speed. When a plate such as sushi transported by the crescent chain 7 comes into contact with the guide plate 22, its direction is changed and moved onto the short circuit transport belt 17, and further,
Conveyed by this short circuit conveyor belt 17,
It is transferred to the short circuit conveyor belt 17'. The plate on the short-circuit conveyor belt 17' is
7', it comes into contact with the other guide plate 22', changes its direction, and is moved to the crescent chain 7. In this way, the dishes such as sushi transported by the rotary feeding device 1 are circulated through a circuit including the short-circuit transport belts 17, 17'.

Next, when the number of customers increases, the information board 22,
22' and rotate the short circuit conveyor belts 17, 17' downward, both belts 1
7 and 17' are housed in the machine frame 2. On the other hand, the dishes conveyed by the crescent chain 7 are circulated without passing through a short circuit.

Embodiment Next, an embodiment of this invention will be described based on the drawings.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, a rotary feeding device 1 for sushi, etc. is mounted on the upper part of an outer wall 3 and an inner wall 4 of a machine frame 2 installed on a floor F, with an outer plate guide 5 and an inner plate guide 6 placed between them. It is formed into a substantially rectangular shape with an interval of . A conveyor body 8 equipped with a crescent chain 7 is provided between the outer plate guide 5 and the inner plate guide 6, and the crescent chain 7 is moved in the direction indicated by the arrow
It is now possible to patrol in different directions. an opposing longitudinal inner pan guide 9 of the inner pan guide 6;
On 9', there is a machine base 1 that can freely slide back and forth in the P and P' directions.
0,10' are placed.

This machine base 10, 10' includes an inner pan guide 9,
Rotating board 11, 1 with a length approximately half of the inner width of 9'
1' are facing each other, and their bases are pivotally connected by shafts 13, 13', and these rotating boards 11, 11' can be rotated downward from the horizontal position to approximately 90 degrees and can be fixed in both positions. It's getting old. Rotating board 1
1, 11' are connected upwardly from both sides in the longitudinal direction by a pair of parallel short circuit plate guides 12, 12 and 1.
2' and 12' are provided in a protruding manner.

The rotating boards 11, 11' have shafts 13, 13' pivotally mounted near their respective tips, and both shafts 13, 13'
Belt pulleys 14, 14 and 14', 14' are rotatably attached to 13, 13', 13', respectively.

At the tip of the short circuit plate guide 12, a rotating board 1 is attached.
The shaft 1 is located close to the tip of the belt pulley 14 at the tip of the shaft 1.
6 is attached to the shaft 16, and a small diameter roller 15 is rotatably attached to this shaft 16. And both belt pulleys 14, 14 and roller 15
Short-circuit conveyor belts 17 and 17' are wound around the belt pulleys 14' and 14', respectively. Note that the roller 15 is connected to both rotating base plates 11,
11' becomes horizontal, and both short circuit conveyor belts 17,
When 17' becomes connected, both belts 17,1
This is provided in order to reduce the gap between the tips of 7'.

The belt pulley 14 at the base end of the rotating base plate 11, 11',
14' shafts 13, 13' have pulleys 18, 1
8' are fixed respectively, and this pulley 1
8 and the drive motor 19 of the short circuit conveyor belt 17
A transmission belt 21 is wound around the motor pulley 20 of the conveyor belt 17', and a transmission belt 21' is wound around the pulley 18' and the motor pulley 20' of the drive motor 19' of the short-circuit conveyor belt 17'.

Outer (left side in Figure 2) short circuit pan guide 12
And at the base end of 12', there is an arc-shaped guide plate 2.
2 and 22' are detachably provided. Also,
The inner pan guide 9 and the machine base 10 that slides on the inner pan guide 9, and the inner pan guide 9' and the machine base 10' that slides on the inner pan guide 9' are provided with locking and unlocking devices, respectively. (not shown) is provided.

In the above configuration, in order to fix the short-circuit conveyor belts 17, 17' at desired positions depending on the number of customers, first, the rotary base plate 11,
With 11' rotated downward, the machine bases 10, 1
The locks on the inner pan guides 9, 9' at 0' are loosened, and the machine bases 10, 10' are slid on the respective inner pan guides 9, 9' in the direction of arrow P or P'.
When the machine bases 10, 10' reach the short circuit position S-S, they are stopped there and the machine bases 10, 10'
to the inner plate guides 9 and 9', respectively.
Next, the rotary boards 11 and 11' are rotated and raised in the direction of the arrow Z, so that the tips of both the short circuit conveyor belts 17 and 17' face each other, and
Rotating board 1 at the position where its top surface is on the same plane.
1 and 11' are locked and fixed to the machine bases 10 and 10', respectively. As a result, the short circuit conveyor belt 1
7, 17', the short-circuit plate guides 12, 12 on both sides of the rotary board 11 and the short-circuit plate guides 12', 12' on both sides of the rotary board 11' are brought into abutment against each other.

Then, as described above, the arcuate guide plates 22, 22' are attached to the bases of the short circuit plate guides 12, 12' located on the outside so as to protrude upward from the position of the crescent chain 7.

In this state, when the drive motors 19, 19' fixed to the machine bases 10, 10' are operated to run the short circuit conveyor belts 17, 17' in the direction of arrow R', both belts 17, 17 ' travels at approximately the same speed as the crescent chain 7.
When the plates D, D,... loaded with sushi etc. are placed on the crescent plates 7a, 7a... of the crescent chain 7 and are moved in the direction of the arrow R, abut against the inner surface of the guide plate 22, the direction is short-circuited. The circuits are sequentially shifted in the direction of the circuit conveying belt 17 and moved onto this belt 17. Then, the plates D, D, .
Note that the short-circuit conveyor belt 17 is provided with a roller 15 at its tip and is close to the short-circuit conveyor belt 17', so that the plates D, D, ... on the short-circuit conveyor belt 17 are short-circuited extremely smoothly. While being moved onto the circuit conveying belt 17',
It is moved toward the guide plate 22' while maintaining the same speed by the short-circuit conveyor belt 17'. Then, the plates D, D, which are in contact with the inner surface of the guide plate 22',
...is here changed in its direction and moved onto Crescent Chain 7. The moved plates D, D, . . . are further conveyed by the crescent chain 7 and advance toward the guide plate 22 again. In this way, the plates D, D,... are transferred to both short circuit conveyor belts 1
7, 17'.

Next, if you want to stop shorting the circuit due to an increase in the number of customers, stop the drive motors 19, 19', and then release the locks that fix the rotating boards 11, 11' to the machine bases 10, 10', respectively. Then, the rotary boards 11, 11' are rotated below the machine bases 10, 10' and housed in the machine frame 2. In this way, the rotating board 1
1 and 11' are housed in the machine frame 2, the area inside the internal plate guide 6 becomes larger as before, making it easier for the person working here to do the work.

Effects of the invention As mentioned above, this invention is arranged in a continuous manner in the middle of the conveyor circuit of the rotary feeding device for sushi, etc., and a pair of short-circuit conveyors that are the same as the running direction and running speed of the conveyor of the rotating feeding device. A pair of rotating boards each having a belt and capable of rotating downward from a horizontal position, and when both rotating boards are on the same plane, each is attached near the base of the rotating board and short-circuited with the conveyor of the rotating supply device. A short-circuit device is formed by a pair of guide plates that change the direction of plates such as sushi that are transported between the circuit and the conveyor belt, and during times when the number of customers is relatively small, sushi, etc. is supplied to customers through the short-circuit circuit. This makes it possible to shorten the time it takes to supply sushi to customers and maintain a high level of freshness.In addition, when the number of customers increases, both rotating boards of the short circuit can be rotated downward. Since it is housed within the machine frame, it is possible to take up a large space inside the conveyor main body, and the work of the person working inside the conveyor body can be made easier than before.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the main parts of an apparatus embodying this invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of FIG. 1. 1: Rotating supply device, 8: Conveyor main body, 9,
9': Inner plate guide, 10, 10': Machine base, 12,
12': Short circuit dish guide, 13,13': Axis, 1
4, 14': belt pulley, 17, 17': short circuit conveyor belt, 22, 22': guide plate.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A crescent chain 7 that travels around on the machine frame 2 to convey plates, etc., and an inner plate guide 9 disposed opposite to each other in the longitudinal direction inside this crescent chain 7.
In the rotary feeding device 1 for sushi etc., the conveyor body 8 has the inner plate guide 9,
A pair of rotating substrates 11, 11' are disposed facing each other at an arbitrary position S of 9', and their bases are pivoted near the inner dish guides 9, 9', respectively, and both rotating substrates 1
1 and 11' respectively, and both rotating boards 11,
When 11' is rotated and fixed in a horizontal position, both end sides become connected, and it is possible to transport plates, etc. in the same direction at the same speed as the crescent chain 7, and both rotating base plates 11, 11' rotate downward. When moved, the rotating board 11,
11' and the short circuit conveyor belts 17, 17' housed in the machine frame 2, and the rotating boards 11, 1.
A guide plate 2 which is removably arranged near the shaft attachment part of 1' and changes the direction of dishes, etc. conveyed between the crescent chain 7 and the short-circuit conveyor belts 17, 17'.
2, 22'.