JPS5897311A - Service method of drink and food by drive servicing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a novel method for serving food and drink, which is aimed at saving labor in restaurants, pleasing customers, and contributing to increased sales.

Okonomiyaki is cooked by placing okonomiyaki ingredients such as flour, meat, and vegetables on a griddle set on the table, but at okonomiyaki restaurants, customers are happy with the method of cooking the okonomiyaki themselves. It's edible, delicious, and has become mainstream these days. By the way, with this method, the staff has to carry the okonomiyaki ingredients from the cooking room to the table.

It requires a lot of manpower. Especially as labor costs have increased recently, the problem in the industry has been how to solve this problem. In addition, as the restaurant industry has developed, the number of restaurants has increased, and it has become difficult for ordinary restaurants to make a profit, so something unique about the restaurant that attracts customers is required. Therefore, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present inventor took into consideration the special circumstances of the industry, conducted various studies, and finally completed the present invention.

The present invention is applicable not only to the above-mentioned okonomiyaki but also to most of the so-called restaurant industry.

The features of the present invention are that a large number of eating and drinking tables are arranged along the track, a serving wagon pulled by a model locomotive, a drive serving device such as a robot, etc. are placed on the track, and a serving table is provided near the cooking area. Using the drive serving device using the control panel, the distance from the starting point near the kitchen to the table where the customer is sitting is set to 81, and if there is a customer, the distance to the last table in sequence is set to 82~Sn, The drive serving device on which the food or its ingredients are placed is stopped for a predetermined time at each position 81 to Sn, and after the predetermined time elapses while the food, etc. is being served on the table, the drive serving device returns to the starting point. You can set it on the control panel so that it does not require human intervention (
The point is that the food can be served at any table.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained specifically and in detail based on Examples.

Example 1 It is a circular track around which tables with iron plates are sequentially arranged, the track has a circumference of 16 m, and a model steam locomotive and 5 serving wagons are connected on the track to create a total length of 145 m. - Serving drive device. This serving drive device is driven by a motor installed inside the model locomotive, and an operation panel is installed in the galley to stop the drive.Push buttons 1 to 30 provided on the panel each correspond to table number 1. ~3
Made it correspond to number 0. When a customer presses the button corresponding to the table number where the customer is sitting, the serving drive unit moves forward, travels a predetermined distance, and then stops. The train stops in this state while the customer finishes serving the food on the table, and after the set stop time of about 20 seconds has elapsed, the serving drive device, with the model steam locomotive in the lead, moves forward and circles around the track. However, the food is served at designated positions on each table in the same manner as above.

When the serving drive device with the structure described above is used to distribute the ingredients for okonomiyaki, it is possible to eliminate the need for manpower to distribute the ingredients to each table. A significant increase can be expected.

Example 2 A robot equipped with a head, body, and both hands was manufactured as a serving drive device, and this robot was mounted on a trolley that was driven by a motor on a straight rail. Under computer control, this robot can carry out food serving tasks normally performed by humans. A control panel is located in the cooking room.
When table numbers for eating and drinking are set from Tl to Tn, this control panel is also provided with switches from 5Wl to 8Wn. When you press any of these switches, for example, SW 1, the robot waiting in the cooking room carries a flat wave with food and other food on it and moves straight to the target table T1', where it rotates the direction of table T1. After that, a voice saying ``Welcome'' followed by ``Sorry to have kept you waiting'' comes out of the speaker. Then, he placed the tablesha Hirami and turned and headed back towards the cooking room. For example, if SW2 and SW4 are pressed at the same time, the robot can serve tables Tt and T4 in the same way and return to the cooking room. Every move of this type of robot-driven serving device is controlled by a computer connected to a control panel.

As detailed above, according to the method of the present invention, restaurants,
Eating and drinking at a cafeteria at a leisure facility can be done by a small number of people. Additionally, while employee salaries increase year by year, this method can prevent such increases in expenses. A serving drive system that attracts people, like a train or a robot.

Because the restaurant will use a large number of locations, a significant increase in the number of customers can be expected.

In addition, because we adopted transportation by humans (devices),
It has become possible to always provide pleasant customer service that is hygienic and free from mood swings and errors.

that's all patent applicant Kayoko Moriyasu

Claims (1)

[Claims] A large number of eating and drinking tables are arranged along the track, and a drive serving device such as a serving wagon pulled by a model locomotive or a robot is placed on the track, and the drive serving device is controlled by a control panel installed near the cooking area. Using a serving device that moves and stops, the distance from the starting point near the kitchen to the table where customers are sitting is set to S+, and if there are additional customers, the distance to the last table is set to 82 to Sn. The drive serving device on which the food or its ingredients are placed is stopped for a predetermined time at each position of 5l-8n, and after the predetermined time elapses while the food is being served on the table, the drive serving device returns to the starting point. A method of serving food and drinks using a drive serving device, characterized in that food and drinks are served on any table without manual intervention by setting the food and drinks on a control panel so as to return to the original position.