JPH069008A - Linen service system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To save labor in linen service for storing linen such as a bed sheet and towel in a specified position, conduct stock control of the linen easily at a single place, and convey the linen without using a passenger elevator, in a hotel, hospital and the like. CONSTITUTION:Cages 1a, 1b,... and 2a, 2b,..., each pair of which are assigned to each floor of a building, are joined to each other in two rows in the vertical direction while uppermost parts and lowermost parts thereof are respectively joined to each other so as to turn round the cages in the vertical direction in a gondola style. Fresh linen is housed in one of the two-cages at each floor while already used linen is housed in the other cage, and respective cages are moved to a floor where a linen control room 8 is located so as to load fresh linen on a cage and unload already used linen from another cage.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention stocks new linen such as sheets, towels and table cloths and used linen at a convenient position in a hotel or hospital on a multi-storey floor, and exchanges linen with good workability. Regarding the linen service system made possible.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for linen services at hotels and hospitals, a linen room for stocking sheets, towels, tablecloths, and other linen is provided on each floor, and new linen is taken out from the linen room when necessary. The used linen is replaced with the used one and the used linen is also temporarily stored in the linen room. A linen service person brings new linen into the linen room on each floor and collects the used linen at the same time. As another method, a large linen room is provided only on the basement floor, and the required amount of linen is transported to each floor by using the elevator for passengers or passengers, and at the same time, replace the used linen. The elevator collects it in the linen room in the basement.

[0003]

As in the prior art described above, in a system in which a linen room is provided on each floor to deliver new linen, and used linen is temporarily stored in the linen room on each floor, linen inventory control is required. Each floor has to be provided for each floor, which not only complicates the management, but also has many linen rooms, which causes inconvenience in the floor plan of the building. In addition, in a method in which a large linen room is installed only on the basement floor and the required amount of linen is transported to each floor by using an elevator for customers, it is necessary to repeat the transportation and collection work for each floor, It takes a lot of labor, and the elevator makes the customer use the linen transfer together with the customer to make the customer feel uncomfortable. Therefore, the present invention saves labor in linen service,
It is also an object of the present invention to enable easy linen inventory management at one place and to hygienically replace linen without causing discomfort to customers.

[0004]

The present invention provides a linen service system for stocking new linen such as sheets, towels and table cloths and used linen at a predetermined position in a hotel or hospital on a multi-storey floor, The above object is achieved. Therefore, a basket for accommodating new linen and a basket for accommodating used linen are arranged at each floor of the vacant space in the vertical direction provided in the building, and the above-mentioned 2 for each floor is provided.
Two baskets are vertically connected in two rows, and the two rows of baskets are connected at the top and bottom of the building respectively, and the rows are sequentially converted at the top and bottom to rotate the baskets up and down in a gondola manner. Configure so that you can. Then, one of the two baskets on each floor stores new linen, the other basket stores used linen, and the new linen is loaded onto the new linen basket on the floor suitable for loading and unloading linen and used. Used linen was collected from the basket for used linen.

[0005]

In the linen service system of the present invention, two baskets are arranged on each floor, new linen is stocked on one side, and used linen is stored on the other side. Therefore, linen replacement on each floor is easy and workable. Can be Also, the stock amount of new linen on each floor is managed only on the appropriate floors of the building, and the baskets are rotated vertically on each floor to replenish the required amount of new linen to the baskets on each floor on the floor that manages the stock amount. Similarly, the used linen can be recovered from the used linen basket and these operations can be performed at one place.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The linen service system of the present invention is applied to a hotel or a hospital on a multi-storey floor, and a basket 1a to 1f and 2a to 2f are arranged in two rows in a vertical direction in a vertical space A provided in a building B on the multi-storey floor. There are two baskets arranged on each floor, one for stock of new linen and the other for temporary storage of used linen. In this embodiment, the place where two baskets are arranged side by side on each floor is constructed in the linen room 3 as shown in FIG. 2, and is divided into the guest room 4 and the corridor part 5. The vertical basket 1a
1f and 2a to 2f are connected to each other from above and below, and the top and bottom of two rows of baskets are connected to each other, and the direction changing device 6 can change the direction of each basket to the opposite line. It has become. Further, a drive device 7 for moving the basket up and down is provided at the lowermost portion, and by the operation of the drive device 7, all the baskets can be rotated in a gondola type along the vertical rows.

A management room 8 for loading new linen into each basket and collecting used linen is provided on a floor convenient for the work, for example, on the first basement floor, and each basket is rotated in the vertical direction so that the management room 8 can be operated. At the position, load new linen into the basket,
Alternatively, it is possible to unload used linen from the basket. In addition, each basket is provided with a detection device 9 for detecting the amount of linen stock stored therein, and a signal from the detection device 9 is input to the computer 10 of the control room 8 so that the stock state of each basket can be grasped. There is. The computer 10 can control the driving device 7, and moves a basket requiring new linen or a basket full of used linen to the control room 8 based on a signal from the detecting device 9. It is supposed to be done. In addition, the drive device 7 can be automatically operated based on the signal of the detection device 9 provided in each basket to automatically move the basket for loading and unloading linen to the management room 8.
Alternatively, each basket can be moved to the management room 8 one after another to load and unload linen.

In hotels and hospitals equipped with the above linen service system, new linen is stocked in the basket on each floor, and a basket for storing the used linen is also provided. Go up to the floor without anything, bring new linen stocked in the basket to the guest room and exchange it for used linen, and temporarily store the used linen in the used linen basket on that floor. And bring new linen to each guest room one after another,
Replace linen as above. Then, after the linen on all floors has been replaced, the drive device 7 is operated to rotate each basket along the two vertical rows, and a new basket required for the basket that has moved to the management room 8 on the lowest floor. Stock the linen, move the baskets one after another, and replenish each basket with new linen in sequence. In addition, by operating the drive unit 7, the basket for the used linen is subsequently moved to the management room 8, and the used linen is collected from the basket and is moved to an empty state before the next used linen. Similarly, the used linen is collected from the basket and all the used linen baskets are emptied and moved to a predetermined floor, whereby the linen management in the management room 8 is completed.

[0009]

According to the linen service system of the present invention,
Since two baskets are arranged on each floor so that new linen can be stocked in one and used linen can be stored in the other, labor for replacing linen on each floor can be saved.
In addition, since the two baskets on each floor can be rotated up and down in a gondola manner, each basket can be sequentially moved to the management room at the bottom to replenish new linen and collect used linen. Since it can be done in one place, stocking and collecting work of linen becomes easy. Furthermore, since linen is not transported using a passenger elevator as in the conventional case, it does not cause discomfort to the customer.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a gondola-type rotating basket showing an outline of a linen service system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial plan view of a floor of a hotel equipped with a linen service system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1a basket 2a basket 6 direction conversion device 7 drive device 8 management room

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A linen service system for stocking new linen such as sheets, towels and table cloths and used linen at a predetermined position in a hotel or hospital on a multi-story floor, and using it with a basket for accommodating new linen. A basket for storing the finished linen is arranged on each floor of a vertical space provided in the building, and the two baskets for each floor are connected in two rows in the vertical direction, and the two rows of baskets are at the top of the building. And the bottom are connected to each other and the rows are converted at the top and the bottom so that the basket can be rotated up and down in a gondola manner. One of the two baskets on each floor contains new linen, The other basket will contain the used linen, the new linen will be loaded into the new linen basket on the floor suitable for loading and unloading the linen, and the used linen will be collected from the used linen basket. Slow linen service system.