KR19990079543A - Rotary Buffet - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a rotary buffet device.

Buffets are a variety of menu items on the table, allowing people to eat as they go. However, such a buffet is not only inconvenient because the user has to go to the place where the food is displayed and bring the food, but also takes a lot of time, and also requires a large place because the place where food is displayed and the place to eat are separated. Of course, it takes a lot of manpower.

Therefore, the rotary buffet device of the present invention is installed to face each other with a central portion spaced apart from each other, having a lighting device in the upper center and one end thereof is extended to the kitchen 10; Food circulation device 30 for rotating the transport in the longitudinal direction in the state of loading a variety of food in the central portion of the table; Conveyor device 70 for transferring the tableware used in the lower portion of the table to the kitchen; Installed on the lower side of the table was composed of control boxes 90 to operate the food circulation device and the conveyor device.

Due to this configuration, the food of various menus is circulated, so that the person who wants to eat can sit down and pick the food they want, and after the meal, the tableware can be collected by the conveyor to operate the hygienic restaurant with less manpower. Of course, users who use it can quickly and easily eat the food they want.

Description

Rotary Buffet

According to the present invention, a person who wants to eat a meal by circulating a variety of menus may sit at a seat and select a desired food for himself, and after the meal, a restaurant may be operated with a small number of people by collecting dishes through a conveyor. The present invention also relates to a rotary buffet device that allows for quick and easy self-cultivation of food as desired.

In general, buffets display a variety of menu items on the table, people move around to get the food they want, and go to their tables to eat.

However, such a buffet is not only inconvenient because the food is located in a fixed place because the person has to move to contain the food, it takes a lot of time to eat.

It also requires a large space because there are separate places for displaying food and places for people to eat. Therefore, buffets are usually served at large restaurants.

Also, when people eat food, some foods may fall quickly, so you should check this frequently. After eating, the tableware will be placed on the table. Due to the operation, a lot of manpower is required.

The present invention was devised to solve the shortcomings of the conventional buffet, so that people who eat meals of various menus are continuously rotated at a constant speed so that they can sit at a seat and choose a desired food to eat, and the food is When there is a shortage, it can be easily checked and replenished in the kitchen, and the tableware used after meals are automatically transferred to the kitchen by the conveyor so that everything from feeding the people to collecting the dishes is automatically done. Minimize labor costs by allowing the company to operate with a minimum number of people in the space, and reduce the time required for ordering and supplying food from the customer's point of view, allowing them to eat as much as they want according to their diet. Its purpose is to.

1 is a perspective view of a rotary buffet apparatus according to the present invention,

2 is a front view of the rotary buffet apparatus according to the present invention,

3 is a schematic structural diagram of a food circulation device according to the present invention;

4a is a structural diagram of the chain tension adjusting device of the food circulation device according to the present invention;

Figure 4b is a structural diagram of the display case according to the present invention,

Figure 5a is an exploded perspective view showing the structure of the food container support of the present invention,

Figure 5b is an operating state of the food container support of the present invention,

6 is a perspective view showing a food container support structure according to another embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a schematic structural diagram of a dish feeding apparatus according to the present invention;

8 is a bottom structure of the conveyor of the tableware conveying apparatus of the present invention,

*** Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ***

10-tables 11a, 12b-upper and lower tables 12-legs

13-Lampshade 14-Lamp 15-Support

16-Drinking water bottle 17-Drinking water pipe 18-Dispenser

19-Drainage 20-Showcase 21-National Storage

22-Breadbasket 23-Tray 30-Food Circulator

31-Frame 32-Shaft hole 33-Guide

34a, 34b, 34c, 34d-Sprocket Wheel 35-Sprocket Wheel Shaft

37-Slide 38-Groove 39-Nuthole

40-Bolt hole 42-Nut 43-Screw rod

44-fastening hole 45a, 45b-nut 46-chain

48-Motor 50-Food Container 51-Frame

52-Bearing 53-Connecting member 54-Counterweight

55-Burner Support 56-Small Burner 60-Food Container Support

64-Balance weight 65-Burner seat 66-Food container

67-Flange 70-Dishwasher 71a, 71b-Drive wheel

72-tooth 73-motor 76-conveyor

77-Conveyor piece 78-Pin hole 79-Article 1 fin tube

80-Article 2 Fin Tube 81-Rib 90-Control Box

Rotary buffet device of the present invention for achieving the above object, the central portion is spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval to face each other, having a lighting device in the upper center and its one end is extended to the kitchen; A food circulating device for rotating and transporting various kinds of foods in a longitudinal direction in which the various kinds of foods are placed in spaced center portions of both tables; A dish transfer device for transferring the tableware used in the lower part of both tables to a kitchen; It is installed on the lower side of the table and consists of control boxes for operating the food circulation device and the dish transfer device. When the meal is finished, used utensils are put on the conveyor at the bottom of the table to automatically transfer to the kitchen.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view of a rotary buffet apparatus according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a front view of the rotary buffet apparatus according to the present invention, the long table 10 is connected to the kitchen as shown is installed. Reference numeral 12 is a leg supporting the table. The table 10 is divided into two sides, and the central portion forms a space portion in the longitudinal direction. A lighting device is installed at the upper part of the space part, and this lighting device is composed of a shade 13 provided with a lamp 14 at the bottom. In this lighting apparatus, the support stand 15 supports the lighting apparatus perpendicularly to the table 10 every fixed section. At this time, a dispenser (cock) 18 for supplying water connected to the drinking water tank 16 and the drinking water supply pipe 17 (see FIG. 2) is installed on both side supports 15 supporting the lighting device, and each dispenser ( In the lower part of 18), a drain 19 for collecting and draining the residual water is provided.

In addition, the table 10 configured on both sides consists of two layers. That is, the upper layer table 11a at the center portion and the lower layer table 11b slightly lower than the upper layer table 11a at the center portion are provided outside the table. A notch 101 is formed between the upper table 11a and the lower table 11b so that the tableware is sufficiently inserted. In addition, the opposite side of the table 10 connected to the kitchen is provided with a dish showcase 20, where the table is placed, the upper part of the bucket 21, the rice bowl 22 and the tray 23 on which the dishes are placed. [Reference FIG. 4B]

In addition, the food circulation device 30 is installed in the central portion of the table (10). The food circulation device 30 is provided with frames 31 constituting the frame of the food circulation device on both sides as shown in FIG. 3, and a pair of sprocket wheels 34a and 34b formed on the front and rear sides of the frame 31. 34c and 34d) are provided, respectively. Each pair of sprocket wheels 34a, 34b, 34c, 34d is placed on the same axis, and each pair of sprocket wheels 34a, 34b, 34c, 34d, which are placed back and forth, is wound with a chain 46.

In addition, the shaft hole 32 of the frame 31 on which the sprocket wheel shaft 35 is installed has a structure cut in the longitudinal direction. This is for adjusting the tension of the chain 46, the guide guide 33 is formed in the upper and lower portions of the shaft hole 32 is cut as shown in Figure 4a, the sprocket wheel shaft 35 in the center therein A condensed slide 37 is provided. Grooves 38 for inserting guide guides 33 are formed at the upper and lower ends of the slide 37, and slide in the upper and lower portions by the guide guide 33. A nut hole 39 penetrating to both sides and a bolt hole 40 formed in a direction perpendicular to the nut hole are formed at one side of the slide 37. The nut 42 is provided in this nut hole 39, and the nut 42 and the screw rod 43 are screwed together through the bolt hole 40. In addition, a corresponding fastening hole 44 to which the screw rod 43 is fastened is formed in the frame 31 corresponding thereto, and nuts 45a and 45b are coupled to the front and rear of the fastening hole 44. Accordingly, the slide 37 is moved by the rotation operation of the nuts 45a and 45b to adjust the tension of the chain 46.

In addition, the sprocket wheel shaft 35 installed on the kitchen side is provided with a sprocket wheel for power transmission and is connected to the chain with the motor 48 installed on the lower portion, or the motor 48 is directly connected to the sprocket wheel shaft 35 to sprocket wheel 34a. , 34b, 34c, and 34d are rotated.

The food container base 60 in which the food container 66 is seated between both side chains 46 is installed at a plurality of suitable intervals. Food container 66 is to be heated or insulated in a structure formed with a flange 67 on the upper circumference as shown in Figure 5a consists of an outer container 671 and the inner container 672 to fill the outer container with water The inner container is inserted to heat the bath. The food container support 60 supporting the container forms a frame 51 on which the bar of the length member is bent into a square like the flange 67 of the food container 66 to seat the food container 66. The central portion of both sides of the 51) is axially coupled to the chain 46 so as to be free to rotate. Reference numeral 52 is a bearing that the food container support 60 is freely connected to the chain 46. The connecting member 53 bent in a "U" shape at both centers of the frame 51 is provided, and the counterweight 54 is provided at the lower center of the connecting member 53. Since the counterweight is installed at the bottom center of the food container support 60, it maintains the balance so that it is always horizontal as in FIG. 5B. And the small burner 56 is mounted on both sides of the balance weight 54, the ring-shaped burner support 55 for warming the food container 66 is stored detachably installed. In the section section in which the chain 46 is installed, rollers are installed to prevent the chain 46 from sagging.

On the other hand, Figure 6 is another embodiment of the food container support 60 of the present invention, as shown, the food container support 60 is formed in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped. Therefore, the food container 66 is seated in the opening portion, and a burner seating portion 65 having a plurality of small burners 56 detachably coupled to the bottom is provided. And it is pivotally coupled to the chain 46 in the upper center part on both sides, and the counterweight 54 is provided in the center part of the bottom face.

As the two side chains 46 are connected to the food container support 60 as described above, when the one sprocket wheel 34a is rotated by the motor 48, the rotational force is opposite to the sprocket wheel 34b by the food container support 60. As it is delivered to the food container support 60 is rotated through the chain 46.

In the lower part of the upper table 11a of the table 10, a dish transfer device 70 for transferring the used tableware to the kitchen is provided. As shown in Fig. 7, the dish transfer device 70 is provided with driving wheels 71a and 71b in front and rear of the frame forming the dish transfer device, respectively, and the conveyor wheels 71a and 71b are mounted on the conveyor wheels 71a and 71b. 76), one side is connected to the kitchen. Drive wheels (71a) and (71b) installed in the kitchen side is connected to the motor, one side of the drive wheels (71a) (71b) by connecting the power transmission sprocket wheel to the motor (73) fixed to the frame through the chain Or a rotation shaft of the motor 73 is directly connected to the shafts of the driving wheels 71a and 71b.

In addition, the conveyor 76 is connected to a plurality of conveyor pieces 77 by a hinge to rotate as an endless track, looking at the structure of the conveyor piece 77 as shown in FIG. That is, the conveyor piece 77 is formed at each end of the bottom surface and at the same time spaced apart at regular intervals, and at the same time forming a first jaw fin tube 79 having a pin hole 78 in the transverse direction, respectively, at the opposite ends of the center and both sides. 2nd finned tube 80 is respectively installed to correspond to the spaced space of the first finned tube (79) formed in each of the front and rear, both sides of the first and second finned tube (79, 80) ribs Connected to (81). The first nailing tube 79 made of the conveyor pieces 77 adjacent to each other by this structure corresponds to the second nailing tube 80 such that the pinholes 78 coincide with each other, and then pins the pinhole 78 to each other. In connection, a conveyor 76 such as a caterpillar is formed. In addition, the driving wheel (71a) (71b) for rotating it has a length of the second jaw fin tube 80, as shown in Figure 7, 8, the outer periphery of the first, second jaw fin tube (80) This inserted tooth 72 is formed.

On the other hand, the control box 90 is provided on one side of the table 10, the control box 90, the ON / OFF switch 91 to control the supply of power, the food circulation device 30 and the tableware A lever 92 is provided for operating the feeder 70 and adjusting the speed at the same time.

The present invention having such a structure is as follows.

First, food is supplied to the food container 66 according to the food menu, and then placed on each food container support 50 of the food circulation device 30. At this time, when placing the food to be eaten in a hot state, the small burner 56 is placed on both side burner seating portions 65 of the food container support 60, and then the food container 66 is seated so that the food is always hot or warm. Keep it. In this way, when the seating of the food container 66 is completed, by operating the ON / OFF switch 91 of the control box 90 by operating the lever 92 for operating the food circulation device 30 in the state of supplying power The food circulation motor 48 is operated. At the same time, the speed is adjusted so that food is transported at a suitable speed. As the motor 48 rotates, the sprocket wheels 34a, 34b, 34c, and 34b rotate, and the sprocket wheels 34a, 34b, 34c, and 34b rotate the chain 46. Since both sides of the chain 46 are connected to each other by the food container support 60, both sprocket wheels 34a, 34b, 34c, and 34b are rotated together even if they are not connected to the shaft. At this time, the rotating food container support 60 is changed from the upper to the lower position of the transport direction is changed, if the food container support 60 is fixed to the chain 46 will be turned upside down when the transport direction is switched. . However, the food container support 60 is freely axially coupled to the chain 46, and the counterweight 54 is installed at the bottom, so that even if the transport direction is changed, it always faces in a constant direction and never turns over.

On the other hand, in addition to the operation of the food circulation device 30 also operates the dish transfer device 70 installed on both sides of the table (10). Of course, even at this time, adjust the feed rate to operate. In this way, the conveyor motor 73 is operated to rotate the driving wheels 71a and 71b connected thereto, and the conveyor 76 wound thereon rotates. Since the conveyor 76 is divided into several parts and hinged, the direction is flexibly changed, and the first and second tubular fins 79 and 80 of the conveyor 76 are moved by the driving wheels 71a and 71b. It is inserted into the teeth 72 and rotates without slipping.

The person who wants to eat in such a state removes the dishes from the tableware showcase 20 installed on one side of the table 10, places the dishes on the tray 23, and directly cooks rice and soup in the rice bowl 22 and the soup bucket 21 as desired. Put it in place of the table 10. Then, the tableware is placed on the upper table 11a, and the food circulated by the food circulation device 30 picks up the desired food in the tableware and then puts the tableware on the outer lower table 11b to eat. When you want to drink water before, during, or after a meal, you can drink the water through the dispenser 18 installed on the support 15 holding the cup and supporting the lighting device. At this time, the water supplied to the dispenser 18 is supplied from the drinking water container 16 connected to the drinking water supply pipe 17 for the smooth supply of the drinking water container 16 in a place where the dispenser 18 is not exposed to the outside, such as a kitchen. Install at the position higher than). The remaining water falling in the state in which the cup is removed from the dispenser 18 is drained through the drain 19 provided in the lower portion. If you want to discard the drink, you can throw it in this drain 19.

When the meal is completed, the tableware is pushed into the upper portion of the conveyor 76 provided in the lower portion of the upper layer table 11a through the cutout 101 formed between the upper layer table 11a and the lower layer table 11b. At this time, the conveyor 76 is made of a soft material does not make noise. The utensils placed on the conveyor 76 are transferred to the kitchen, and in the kitchen, the utensils fall to the lower portion at the position where the conveyor 76 is turned. At this time, place the dishwashing container in the lower portion to receive the dishes to be transported and wash as soon as the dishes arrive.

As described above, according to the present invention, everything from supplying food to recovering used utensils after finishing a meal is automatically made, and when a person who wants to eat enters a restaurant and finishes eating. As the diner himself takes care of the work he collects, labor costs can be minimized because it requires no manpower other than making food and washing dishes. In addition, from the customer's point of view, it takes less time to order food and make and supply food, so that you can eat as much as you want in a timely manner.

In addition, since guests eat only as much as they want, they do not cause any leftovers, and even if there is any food left over, they are collected directly from the conveyor through the conveyor, so they cannot be used again. Will disappear. Therefore, it is hygienic and there is no waste of food.

In addition, simply changing the food container seated on the food container support can change the menu simply because people can change the diet according to the time of day, there is an advantage that can bring higher profits by changing the sales.

In addition, there is an advantage that you can have a buffet even in a narrow place because the place where the food is displayed is a place to eat food.

Claims (7)

A table 10 installed to face each other with a center spaced apart from each other, having a lighting device in the center, and one end of which is extended to the kitchen; And food circulation device 30 for rotating and conveying in the longitudinal direction in the state of loading a variety of food in the central portion spaced apart from the two side table (10); A dish transfer device (70) for transferring the dishes used in the lower portion of the table (10) to the kitchen; Rotating buffet apparatus, characterized in that consisting of a control box (90) installed on the lower side of the table 10 to operate the food circulation device (30) and the dish transfer device (70). The rotary buffet apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the table (10) is provided with a dish display cabinet (20) on which one side of the table is placed. According to claim 1, wherein the food circulation device 30 is provided with a pair of sprocket wheels 34a, 34b, 34c, 34b on both sides of the table 10, respectively, the longitudinal direction on each of the sprocket wheels The chain 46 is wound around, and the food container support 60 is connected and installed between the chain 46 on both sides, and the sprocket wheel shaft 35 is connected to the control of the control box 90 through a power transmission device. Rotary buffet device, characterized in that connected to the motor 48 is operated by. According to claim 3, wherein the food container support 50 is bent to have a shape of the food container 66 is seated on a long member to form a mold 51 on which the food container is seated, of the mold 51 Both shafts are pivotally coupled to both sides of the chain 46 on both sides, and the coupling members 53 are connected to the lower sides of the central portions of the frame 51 to fix the counterweights 54 and fix the lower weights. On both sides of the 54, a small burner 56 using a fuel such as a solid fuel or alcohol is seated so that a ring-shaped burner support 55 for heating the food container 66 storing hot food is detachably installed. Rotary buffet device. According to claim 1, wherein the food container support 60 is a cuboid shape with an open upper portion of the food container 66 is seated in the opening, the burner seating portion is detachably coupled to the plurality of small burners 56 on the bottom It is provided with a 65, rotatably coupled to the chain 46 in the upper central portion on both sides, the rotary buffet device, characterized in that the balance weight 54 is installed in the bottom central portion. According to claim 1, The dish transfer device 70 is provided with driving wheels (71a, 71b) in the front and rear, respectively, the conveyor 76 is fastened to the drive wheel, and the motor 73 on one drive wheel shaft Rotary buffet device, characterized in that connected. According to claim 1, wherein at least two dispensers (18) connected to the drinking water tank (16) and the drinking water supply pipe (17) for supplying water to the support (15) supporting the lighting device are installed, and each dispenser is provided. Rotating buffet apparatus, characterized in that the lower portion of the 18 is installed drainage portion 19 for draining the remaining water.