JPH05330645A - Method of supplying food-drink container into food-drink container carrier path and device therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a food-drink counter allowing a food-drink container to be newly thrusted into a row of food-drink containers conveyed in the carrier path of a food-drink container conveyor device so as to supply lacking dishes and the like automatically to a client's seat at A table. CONSTITUTION:A cut-in food-drink container 31 is positioned in the inclined state to the upper reaches of the coveying direction, and the lower edge of the inclined food-drink container 31 is brought into contact with the front face of an upstream food-drink container in conveyance to dispose the cut-in food- drink container 31 into a row of food-drink containers.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a conveyor for conveying food and drink containers, and more particularly to a food conveyor for conveying food and drink containers on the food and drink container conveyor from the outside. The present invention relates to a conveyor for transporting food and drink containers. The present invention also relates to a food and drink counter equipped with a conveyor for carrying food and drink containers, and in particular, food and drink that can automatically interrupt the food and drink containers carrying the food and drink containers on which the ordered food and drinks are carried. Regarding the counter. Further, the present invention relates to an automatic food and drink counter which is provided with a pushing part for a food and drink container in a part of a food and drink container carrying space of a carrying conveyor such as a circulating conveyor and which can automatically take out food and drink carried by the carrying conveyor. ..

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, a so-called food and drink counter in which a food and drink counter is formed around at least a part of a circulation conveyor path, conveys food and drink along a conveyor path and does not require manual operation. It supplies food and drink to customers. In such a food and drink counter, a customer sits at the counter and selects from among the food and drink to be transported.
It is convenient in that you can eat and drink while choosing your favorite food, and even the cook at the counter can supply your favorite food without moving.
In addition, it is widely used from the case of sushi and other dishes that can be eaten and drinks to the case of barbecue cooked by the customers themselves, and it is helping to eliminate labor shortage by promoting labor saving of restaurants. ..

However, in a food / drink counter, a food / drink container on which food / drinks are placed is generally conveyed by a circulation conveyor, and a customer places a desired food / drink from the food / drink containers conveyed by the circulation conveyor. In order to select food and drink containers and eat and drink, the types of food and drinks conveyed by the circulation conveyor tend to be biased depending on the customer's preference, and in order to carry various foods and drinks evenly, the conveyance It was necessary to add foods and drinks of a reduced number. In this case, since the food and drink containers conveyed by the circulation conveyor form a line and are circulated, the food and drink containers on the upstream side are added to, for example, a gap formed by temporarily stopping by pressing with hand. The food and drink container on which the food and drink to be placed is placed and the food and drink container is interrupted.

[0004]

As described above, the food and drink container on which the food and drink of the type whose number is circulated is reduced is interrupted between the food and drink containers that are circulated. To temporarily stop the product container with your hand,
The resulting gap tends to be a space for one or more food and drink containers, and even if a food and drink container with new food and drink is placed and sent, it is inevitable that the number of food and drink containers sent will decrease. .. Moreover, such a situation occurs when there are many customers, for example, during meals, and a decrease in the efficiency of transportation of food and drink containers on the circulation conveyor causes a delay in the provision of food and drink to customers, which is considered a problem. There is.

Further, although it is possible to perform a manual operation to form a gap for interrupting supply of a food or drink of a type in which the number of circulations is reduced, it is possible to perform a relatively fine gesture, but it is a further problem in a situation where the number of manual operations is small. The problem is that it increases service costs. An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems relating to the replenishment of food and drink in the conventional conveyer conveyor device for food and drink conveyance.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a replenishment of a food / drink container having food / drinks sent on a conveyor path such as a circulating conveyor, between food / drink containers sent on a conveyor. An object of the present invention is to provide a food and drink container transporting conveyor device that can mechanically supply food and drink without providing an unnecessarily large space.

That is, according to the present invention, a food and drink container is newly inserted between food and drink containers of a plurality of food and drink containers conveyed by a food and drink container carrying conveyor and arranged in the food and drink container row. In the method of supplying a food and drink container to the container transport path, the food and drink container to be interrupted is moved from the side of the transfer conveyor in a tilted position with respect to the upstream side in the transfer direction, and the food and drink container is tilted. Supplying the food and drink container to the food and drink container transfer path of the food and drink container transfer conveyor characterized by placing the lower edge in contact with the front surface of the food and drink container to be conveyed on the upstream side and arranging it in the row of the food and drink container The present invention also provides a food and drink container conveyer apparatus in which a food and drink container supply unit including a horizontal reciprocating device is provided adjacent to the food and drink container transfer path side of the food and drink container transfer conveyor. , Horizontal reciprocating device A vertical reciprocating device is provided at the operating end, and a lower end of the reciprocating end of the vertical reciprocating device has a lower end formed on the food container holding part and a downward operating end. Is swingably provided with a reciprocating member formed in the food and drink container holder, and a swing control member is provided so as to be in contact with a side portion of the reciprocating device. The food and drink container holding member is provided at an acute angle toward the upstream side of the food and drink container carrying direction of the carry conveyor, toward the upstream side thereof.

In the present invention, the food and drink container supplied to the conveying path of the food and drink container conveying conveyer device has an acute angle, preferably 15 to 75 degrees, toward the upstream side in the conveying direction of the food and drink container fed through the conveying path. More preferably, the food container is moved laterally, for example, at a right angle with respect to the conveying direction of the food and drink container while keeping the posture inclined forward at an angle of 35 to 55 degrees. In the present invention, with respect to the conveying direction of the food and drink container conveyed conveyor, at an acute angle, toward its upstream side, while maintaining a posture inclined forward, with respect to the conveying direction of the food and drink container The lateral movement is to temporarily stop the food container on the upstream side by bringing the inclined front edge of the food container into contact with the front surface of the food container on the upstream side in the transport direction. This is because, while keeping the food and drink container side on the downstream floating, the contact with the food and drink container on the downstream side is reduced and the food and drink container is interrupted between the two food and drink containers. Therefore, in the present invention, when the gap between the two food and drink containers is just one food and drink container, the food and drink container can be efficiently interrupted.

In the present invention, the food container newly interrupted between the two food containers which are sent to the interruption position along the food container conveying path of the food and drink container conveyer device is inclined to a low posture. Is fed so that the front edge of the food container comes into contact with the front surface of the food and drink container on the upstream side. With this arrangement, the food container on the downstream side can be slightly pushed even if it comes into contact with the food container, and the food container can be interrupted when a gap corresponding to one food container is formed. Therefore,
Provisionally, even if the edges of food and drink containers overlap each other and are conveyed, the food and drink containers should be interrupted and supplied in an extremely short time without disturbing the row of food and drink containers on the downstream side. You can

In the present invention, a food / drink container with or without food / drink is provided on a side portion of a conveyor for conveying food / drink containers by interrupting the food / drink container row to be conveyed along the conveyance path. A region is formed. In the present invention, a food and drink container holding device for holding one side of the food and drink container is provided in the food and drink container supply region. In the present invention, the food and drink container holding device sandwiches the food and drink container edge between the movable side holding part and the fixed side holding part, and the reciprocating member for the movable side holding part and the fixed side holding part. It is equipped with a supporting column member. Both the reciprocating member and the column member are provided in the reciprocating device. In the present invention, the reciprocating member is an actuating member of the reciprocating device, the strut member is provided on the lower surface of the cylinder part of the reciprocating device, and the lower end of each of the strut member and the reciprocating member is a food and drink container. A holding portion is formed so that the edge can be held.

In the present invention, the upper pressing member is provided at the lower end of the reciprocating member, and the lower holding member of the food / drink container is provided at the lower end of the support member, which reduces the movement of the food / drink container. preferable. On the contrary, the lower holding member of the food and drink container may be provided at the lower end portion of the reciprocating member, and the upper pressing member may be provided at the lower end portion of the column member. In the present invention, since the food and drink container needs to be held at an acute angle toward the upstream side and with the front surface inclined at a low angle with respect to the conveyance direction of the food and drink container conveyor, the lower side of the food and drink container The holding member is preferably provided with a food container positioning member. The positioning member for the food and drink container is preferably formed so as to be able to hold the food and drink container at two or more points on the edge of the food and drink container.

In the present invention, the reciprocating device for holding the food and drink container is swingably provided on the lower surface of the support member provided on the lower surface of the reciprocating member of the reciprocating device for lifting the food and drink container. Be done. In this case, it is possible to fix the attachment part of the reciprocating device for holding the food and drink container to a shaft that is rotatably supported by a pair of columns having a bearing part and provided at intervals. As described above, in order to hold the food and drink container in the rotatably provided food and drink container holding reciprocating device while forcibly tilting the food and drink container by a certain angle, for example, the food and drink container holding side of the reciprocating device is held. The other side is connected to an operating member of a separate reciprocating device for tilt / posture control, and the reciprocating device for controlling is operated to forcibly hold the food and drink container. It can be done by attracting the device.
In this case, the food and drink container can be forcibly tilted to a predetermined tilt, and the food and drink container can be easily tilted freely. Also in this case, the holding portion of the food and drink container of the reciprocating device for holding the food and drink container is set at an acute angle toward the upstream side with respect to the conveyance direction of the food and drink container conveyer.

In the present invention, the tilted posture of the food and drink container when held can be performed by the weight of the food and drink container. This case is preferable because it does not require control power. Also in this case, it is preferable that the attachment end of the reciprocating device for holding the food and drink container to the support member is rotatably attached. In this case, the inclination of the food / drink container is adjusted by swinging the reciprocating device at a proper position on the side opposite to the food / container holding side of the reciprocating device for holding the food / drink container, that is, at an appropriate position on the back of the reciprocating device. This can be done by disposing a stop member. In this case, when the food and drink container is held, by placing the swing control member of the reciprocating device on the side where the reciprocating device is inclined by the weight of the food and drink container, the structure is simplified and the food and drink container is held. This is preferable because the posture can be kept constant. In this case, if an interference device such as a damper is provided in order to avoid reciprocal rocking, the posture can be controlled easily in a short time.

In the present invention, not only the reciprocating device for holding the food and drink container but also the other reciprocating device can move the food and drink container without changing the food and drink placed on the food and drink container. Selected to be smooth and fast. The reciprocating device is, for example, a piston type, so that the occupied space becomes smaller with respect to the stroke length.
It is preferable to use an appropriate cylinder from rodless cylinders and air cylinders such as magnet type, cable type, chain type and tube type.

[0015]

According to the present invention, the food and drink container to be interrupted is conveyed from the side of the conveyor to the upstream side of the lower edge of the inclined food and drink container in a posture inclined with respect to the upstream side in the conveying direction. Since the food and drink container is placed in the row of the food and drink container in contact with the front surface of the food and drink container, a new food and drink container without disturbing the row of the food and drink containers conveyed by the food and drink container transport conveyor in a food and drink counter or the like, for example. Can be easily interrupted by the operation of the reciprocating device. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily supply food and drink to the conveyor that conveys food and drink by the operation of the reciprocating device,
In a food / drink counter or the like, it becomes easy to automate supply of new food or drink.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the following description and examples. FIG. 1 is a schematic partial plan view of a food / drink container transporting conveyor of a food / drink counter having an interrupting part of a food / drink container according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an embodiment shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a schematic partial front view of an interrupting part of the food and drink container transporting conveyor of the food and drink counter, showing a state in which the plate is held in an inclined state. FIG. 3 is a schematic partial side view of an interruption unit of the food and drink container transporting conveyor of the food and drink counter of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 4 is a schematic partial side view of a food / drink container transporting conveyor of a food / drink counter having a food / drink container interruption unit according to another embodiment of the present invention, which is different from the embodiments of FIGS. 1 to 3. .. 1 to 4, corresponding parts are designated by the same reference numerals.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3,
The food and drink counter 1 includes a housing 2. On the top 3 of the housing 2, there is provided a crescent type flat top chain conveyor 4 for circulating and transporting sushi plates, and an interrupt position 5 for sushi supply is formed in a part of the conveyor transport path. Has been done. In this example, a counter (not shown) is provided around a part of the outside of the housing 2 and a passenger seat (not shown) is formed. In this example, the circulation type crescent type flat top chain conveyor 4 of the food and drink counter 1 is
A sprocket (not shown) driven by a motor or the like drives along the counter.

In this embodiment, a plate pushing-in portion 6 for dish interruption is provided on one side of the dish interruption position 5 for sushi supply, and a dish pushing device 7 is provided in the plate pushing-in portion 6. .. In this example, in the dish pushing device 7, four girder members 9 are erected on four columns 8, and beam members 10 and 11 are erected thereon. Between the beam members 10 and 11, a rodless cylinder 13 is erected and supported on the downstream side of the crescent-type chain conveyor 4 for carrying sushi on the downstream side in the transport direction (arrow 12), and upstream of the transport direction. A guide shaft 14 is erected and supported on the side. A fixed plate 16 is attached to the slider portion 15 that reciprocates the rodless cylinder 13, and the guide shaft 14 of the fixed plate 16 is attached.
The side forms a guide portion 19 which is sandwiched by support rollers 18 from above and below via a row 5 shaft 17. A lifting cylinder 20 that reciprocates in the vertical direction is attached to the fixed plate 16.
It is fixed with the cylinder rod 21 facing downward.

A base plate 22 is provided at the lower end of the cylinder rod 21 of the plate lifting cylinder 20, and a pair of rotation fulcrum bearings 23 are provided on the lower surface of the base plate 22 so as to project therefrom. In the rotary fulcrum bearing 23,
A shaft 24 is rotatably supported, and the shaft 24 is fixed to the upper end portion of the plate holding cylinder 25 so that the plate holding cylinder 25 swings with the rotation. The bracket 2 is attached to the bottom of the cylinder body of the plate holding cylinder 25.
6 is provided, and the bracket 26 has a support rod 2 parallel to the cylinder rod 27 of the dish holding cylinder 25.
8 are provided.

At the lower end of the cylinder rod 27 of the plate holding cylinder 25, there is provided a plate upper pressing member 29 which comes into contact with the upper surface of the edge of the plate and presses the upper side of the plate. In this example, the plate pressing member 29 is made of an elastic material. The support rod 28 is formed to be longer than the stroke length of the cylinder rod 27, and a dish receiving rod member 30 is provided at the lower end portion thereof. In this example, the dish receiving rod member 30 is formed by horizontally arranging two round rod-shaped rod members. The plate pressing member 29 and the plate receiving rod member 30 jointly hold the edge of the plate 31 on which sushi is placed, and are formed in a size capable of holding the edge of the plate 31. .. In the present example, the plate positioning plate 32 is provided from the lower end of the support rod 28 so that the plate 31 is held at a predetermined position of the plate holding cylinder 25.
It has a width up to a position higher than the height.

The plate holding cylinder 25 holds the plate 31 in an inclined state by its operation. After the plate holding cylinder 25 holds the plate 31, the plate lifting cylinder 20 is held.
When is operated and rises, the posture of the dish holding cylinder 25 is inclined due to the weight of the dish 31. When the dish holding cylinder 25 is tilted in this way, the rodless cylinder 13 operates and the slider portion 15 is moved to the arrow 33 direction.
The tray 31 in the tray holding position 34 can be moved to the interruption position 5 by moving in the direction of. The bracket 26 of the plate holding cylinder 25 is arranged at an angle of 45 degrees in the reverse direction with respect to the traveling direction of the crescent-type chain conveyor 4 for transferring plates. Dish holding cylinder 2
The plate 31 held by the 5 is the plate lifting cylinder 20.
When the tray 31 is operated and rises, the weight of the tray 31 causes an angle of 45 ° in the reverse direction with respect to the traveling direction of the crescent-type chain conveyor, and takes an inclined posture with the front facing downward. This tilted posture depends on the tilt of the dish holding cylinder 25 due to the weight of the dish, but in this example, the back face of the bracket 26 attached to the dish holding cylinder 25 is in contact with the posture control plate 35. The plate holding cylinder 25 is fixed because it stops at a constant inclination.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the tray 31 held by the tray holding cylinder 25 is held in a constant inclination in the direction of an angle of 45 ° opposite to the traveling direction of the crescent chain conveyor. Facing head, guide shaft 14
, Laterally along. The dish 31 held by the dish holding cylinder 25 is placed in the inclined position of the tray 31 at the tray interrupting position 5, and the trays 37 before and after the row 36 of the trays to be conveyed.
Interrupt between (rear tray not shown).
When the plate 31 held by the plate holding cylinder 25 is cut between the plates 37 at the plate interruption position 5, the plate upper pressing member 29 is raised to move the plate 31 to the plate holding cylinder 25.
And then place it on the crescent type chain conveyor 4.

In this example, a plate transfer section 38 for transferring the plate 31 to the plate holding position 34 of the plate pressing section 6 is formed next to the plate pressing section 6 in the moving direction 12 of the crescent type chain conveyor 4. Has been done. The plate transfer section 38 is formed in two stages, that is, the upper plate transfer section 38 and the lower plate transfer section 39. The upper plate transfer unit 38 includes a plate transfer lever 4
0 is provided. The plate transfer lever 40 is a transfer cylinder 4 provided on the back surface of the floor 41 of the upper plate transfer unit 38.
It rotates by the reciprocating motion of 2. The plate 31 with sushi is
It is slid and transferred to the plate holding position 34 of the plate pushing portion 6 by the rotation operation of the plate transfer lever 40. The floor portion 41 of the upper tray transfer portion 38 is formed at substantially the same level as the floor of the tray pushing portion 6 so that the tray 31 can be transferred smoothly and easily.

The upper plate transfer section 38 has a lower plate transfer section 39.
In order to transfer the sushi plate from the upper plate transfer section 38 to the upper plate transfer section 38, the plate is opened to the floor section 41 of the upper plate transfer section, extends to the lower plate transfer section 39, and the plate 31 is attached to the end. A plate guide cylinder 43 having a flare portion 44 for position correction is provided. In the present example, the lower rod transfer section 39 has a cylinder rod of the lift cylinder 45 so that the tray 31 can be lifted and supplied from the lower plate transfer section 39 to the upper plate transfer section 38 through the plate guide cylinder 43. A lift plate 47 is provided at the end of 46. The lift cylinder 45 places the plate 31 on which the sushi is placed on the lift plate 47, and the plate 31
Is moved up to the upper plate transfer section 38. At the stage when the cylinder rod 46 of the lift cylinder 45 is pulled back, the upper surface of the lift plate 47 is on the lower plate transfer section 3
9 is substantially equal to the floor surface of the lift cylinder 45, and when the cylinder rod 46 of the lift cylinder 45 is pushed out, the upper surface of the lift plate 47 is substantially equal to the floor surface of the upper plate transfer portion 38.

In this embodiment, the plate on which the sushi is placed is supplied to the lower plate transfer unit 39 by the plate supply unit 48 provided adjacent to the lower plate transfer unit 39. In this example,
Top plate chain conveyor 49 in the plate supply unit 48
Is provided. The end portion 50 of the top plate chain conveyor 49 has a rodless cylinder 52 provided with a pusher 51 that reciprocates in a direction intersecting the transport direction.
Is provided.

In the rodless cylinder 52, the plate 31 on which the sushi conveyed is placed on the end 50 of the top plate chain conveyor 49 is transferred to the lower plate transfer section 39 by the pressing tool 51.
It is formed so that it can be extruded. Pusher 5
The extrusion stroke of 1 is set so that the plate on which the sushi is placed is fed on the lift plate 47. In this example, in order to position the plate 31 sent onto the lift plate 47, the pressing tool 51 of the lift plate 47 is used.
The dish stop column member 53 is provided at a position where one of the tip portions of the dish pushed by is in contact.

Since this example is constructed as described above,
The rodless cylinder 52 is driven when the plate 31 carrying the sushi conveyed to the end 50 of the top plate chain conveyor 49 is detected by the sensor (not shown) of the plate supply unit 48. By driving the rodless cylinder 52, the pressing tool 51 sends the plate 31 detected by the sensor onto the lift plate 47 of the lower plate transfer section 39. The displacement detection sensor (not shown) of the rodless cylinder 52 detects that the plate 31 on which the sushi is placed is sent to the lift plate 47 of the lower plate transfer unit 39, and drives the lift cylinder 45, The dish 31 on the lift plate 47 is pushed up.

By the lifting operation of the lift cylinder 45, the plate 31 on the lift plate 47 is moved to the upper plate transfer section 38.
Is detected by a displacement detection sensor (not shown) of the lift cylinder 45,
The transfer cylinder 42 for driving the plate transfer lever 40 is driven to rotate the plate transfer lever 40. The operation of the plate transfer lever 40 is detected by a displacement detection sensor (not shown) of the transfer cylinder 42, and it is detected that the plate 31 has been moved to the plate holding position 34 of the plate pushing portion 6. .. The plate holding cylinder 25 is driven when the position detection sensor (not shown) of the transfer cylinder 42 detects that the plate 31 on which the sushi is placed has been moved to the plate holding position 34 of the plate pushing portion 6. Then, the plate pressing member 29 is lowered, and the plate 31 is brought into contact with the upper surface of the plate 31,
The dish receiving rod member 30 is pressed and held.

Plate holding member 2 of the plate holding cylinder 25
When it is detected by the position detection sensor (not shown) of the plate holding cylinder 25 that the plate 31 is held between the plate 9 and the plate receiving rod member 30, the plate lifting cylinder 20 is driven. The lifting stroke of the plate lifting cylinder 20 is detected by a displacement detection sensor (not shown) of the plate lifting cylinder 20. The position detection sensor detects that the plate 31 has been lifted by a predetermined stroke, and the lifting operation of the plate lifting cylinder 20 is stopped. In the row 36 of plates sent by the crescent type flat top chain conveyor 4, the position between the plates where the plate 31 is interrupted is the upstream running path of the plate interrupt position 5 of the crescent type flat top chain conveyor. It is detected by a plate detection sensor (not shown) provided on the side, and the rodless cylinder 13 is driven at the timing when the detected positions of the plate and the plate reach the plate interrupt position for sushi supply. Rodless cylinder 13
A predetermined stroke operation is detected by a displacement detection sensor (not shown), the operation of the rodless cylinder 13 is stopped, the plate top pressing member 29 of the plate holding cylinder 25 is raised, and the plate 31 is moved. Can be separated from the dish holding cylinder 25 and interrupted in the row of dishes 31 at the dish interruption position 5 of the crescent chain conveyor.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the bracket 26 of the plate holding cylinder 25 is provided with a fulcrum pin 58 whose end is provided on a clevis fitting 57 via two knuckles 55 and 56 connected by a joint pin 54. The embodiment is different from the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 in that it is connected to a tilting cylinder 59 which is rotatably supported by, and the other points are the same. Since the bracket 26 of the plate holding cylinder 25 holding the plate 31 on which sushi is placed is pulled back by the tilt cylinder 56, the plate holding cylinder 25 should operate while holding the plate 31 at a certain tilted posture. become. Therefore, when the dish holding cylinder 42 releases the held dish 31, the dish receiving rod member 30 can be easily slid down on the dish receiving rod member 30 in order to maintain a constant inclination.

In this example, the rodless cylinder and various cylinders are provided with a detection sensor. However, when a reciprocating device such as an air cylinder without a detection sensor is used, the working end of the cylinder is To detect displacement, a limit switch, a position detection sensor such as an optical sensor, etc. are provided to enable continuous operation of each cylinder.

[0032]

According to the present invention, the food container to be interrupted is conveyed from the side of the conveyor to the upstream side in the conveying direction, and the lower edge of the inclined food container is conveyed to the upstream side. Since it is placed in the row of the food and drink container in contact with the front surface of the food and drink container, compared to, for example, a conventional food and drink counter,
It is possible to replenish food and drink of a type with a reduced circulation amount without disturbing the arrangement interval of food and drink containers conveyed by the food and drink container conveyer, and moreover, simply by mechanical operation. The efficiency can be increased. Further, according to the present invention, it becomes possible to easily supply food and drink to the conveyor that conveys food and drink by the operation of the reciprocating device. It becomes easy to automate the supply of items. Therefore, the orders of many food and drink customers can be automatically fulfilled, which contributes to the labor saving of the restaurant.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 4, corresponding parts are designated by the same reference numerals.

FIG. 1 is a schematic partial plan view of a food / drink container transporting conveyor of a food / drink counter including an interrupt part for a food / drink container according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic partial front view of an interruption unit of a food and drink container transporting conveyor of the food and drink counter of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic partial side view of an interruption unit of a food and drink container conveyor of the food and drink counter of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

FIG. 4 is a schematic partial view of a food / drink container transporting conveyor of a food / drink counter having a food / drink container interrupting portion according to another embodiment of the present invention, which is different from the embodiments of FIGS. 1 to 3; It is a side view.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Food and drink counter 2 Box-shaped housing 3 Top part 4 Crescent type flat top chain conveyor 5 Plate interrupt position for sushi supply 6 Plate pushing part 7 Plate pushing device 8 Column member 9 Girder member 10, 11 Beam member 12 Conveying direction 13, 52 Rodless cylinder 14 Guide shaft 15 Slider part 16 Fixing plate 17 Roller shaft 18 Support roller 19 Guide part 20 Plate lifting cylinder 21 Cylinder rod 22 Base plate 23 Rotation fulcrum bearing 24 Shaft 25 Plate holding cylinder 26 Bracket 27 Cylinder rod of plate holding cylinder 28 Support rod 29 Plate holding member 30 Plate receiving rod member 31 Plate 32 Plate positioning plate 33 Moving direction of plate lifting cylinder 34 Plate holding position 35 Posture control plate 36 Plate row 37 Plates before and after plate 38 Plate transfer part And upper plate transfer Mounting part 39 Lower plate transfer part 40 Plate transfer lever 41 Floor part of upper plate transfer part 42 Transfer cylinder 43 Plate guide tube 44 Flare 45 Lift cylinder 46 Cylinder rod of lift cylinder 47 Lift plate 48 Plate supply part 49 Top Flat plate chain conveyor 50 Top plate chain conveyor end 51 Pusher 53 Plate stop column member 54 Joint pin 55,56 Knuckle 57 Clevis fitting 58 Support point pin 59 Tilt cylinder

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A food / drink container transport path arranged in a food / drink container row by newly inserting a food / drink container between food / drink containers of a plurality of food / drink containers conveyed by a food / drink container transfer conveyor. In the method of supplying a food container of, the food container to be interrupted is moved from the side of the conveyor in an inclined posture with respect to the upstream side in the conveying direction so that the lower edge of the inclined food container is upstream. A method of supplying a food / drink container to a food / beverage container transfer path of a food / beverage container transfer conveyor, wherein the food / drink container is placed in a row of the food / beverage container in contact with the front surface of the food / beverage container to be conveyed. 2. The food and drink container is tilted with respect to the upstream side in the transport direction of the food and drink container, and is at an angle of 15 to 75 degrees toward the upstream side in the transport direction.
The method for supplying a food / beverage container to the food / beverage container transporting path of the food / beverage container transporting conveyor. 3. A food and drink container conveyer apparatus, wherein a food and drink container supply unit provided with a horizontal reciprocating device is provided adjacent to a side portion of a food and drink container conveyer conveyer and a food container conveyer path. A vertical reciprocating device is provided at an operating end of the moving device, and a lower end of the reciprocating end of the vertical reciprocating device has a lower end portion formed on the food and drink container holding portion and a downward direction. A reciprocating device having a reciprocating member whose operating end is formed in the food and drink container holding portion is swingably provided, and a swing control member is provided so as to be able to contact a side portion of the reciprocating device. The food / drink container transporting conveyor device is characterized in that the food / drink container holding member is provided at an acute angle toward the upstream side of the transport direction of the food / drink container of the transport conveyor. 4. The swing control member is a plate member fixed to the lower surface of the support member, and is located in the back swing area of a reciprocating device provided swingably on the lower surface of the support member. The food and drink container transporting conveyor device according to claim 3. 5. The swing control member is a reciprocating device having an end portion swingably attached to a lower surface of the support member, and an operating end of the reciprocating device is swingable on the lower surface of the support member. The food and drink container transporting conveyor device according to claim 3, wherein the food and drink container transporting device is connected to a back portion of a reciprocating device provided.