KR20060111249A - Table having a rotating plate - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a table having a rotating plate by using a support shaft, thereby enabling users to conveniently take a meal by detachably engaging the rotating plate to an upper plate. An upper plate(10) is supported by a supporting member(40), and has a shaft installing hole(12) formed on the center of an upper surface of the upper plate and a dinner space formed on an edge of the shaft installing hole. A rotating plate(20) has a support shaft(22) protruding downwardly from a lower surface of the rotating plate and rotatably inserted into the shaft installing hole. A food receptacle is put on an upper surface of the rotating plate. A rotating member rotates the rotating plate. A curved surface(16) is formed on an edge of the upper plate in a constant curvature, and is engaged to a reinforcing rim(18).

Description

TABLE HAVING A ROTATING PLATE

1 is an exploded perspective view of a dining table having a rotating table according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a cross-sectional view of a dining table having a turntable shown in FIG. 1;

Figure 3 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of the main portion of the support member shown in FIG.

Figure 4 is a plan sectional view showing a coupling state of the support member shown in FIG.

5 is an exploded perspective view of a dining table having a rotating table according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

6 is an exploded perspective view of a dining table having a rotating table according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a front sectional view of the dining table with the turntable shown in FIG. 6, and

8A and 8B are cross-sectional views schematically illustrating a dining table having a rotating table according to the prior art.

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10: top plate 12: shaft installation hole

20: rotary table 22: support shaft

30: ball bearing 40: support member

The present invention relates to a dining table having a rotating table, and more particularly, is rotatably installed at a dining table provided in a large restaurant or a cafeteria to rotate a rotating table in which a food container is placed at a position where a plurality of eaters are not at the dining table. The present invention relates to a dining table having a turntable that can be conveniently eaten and eaten as needed.

In general, the dining table is provided to provide a dining space where a large number of meals can be gathered in one place, and the dining table is widely used in homes, large restaurants, or cafeterias in large businesses due to the advantage of having a meal in a chair. It has been used.

In particular, when dining at a large buffet restaurant or in a cafeteria of a large workplace, the diners line up in sequence to put food on a fixed table, such as rice and side dishes, on a plate or plate. After that, go to the table to eat.

In addition, the diner who lacked rice and side dishes moved to the fixed table again and ate less rice and side dishes, and the diner who finished the meal discarded the remaining food in the container and returned the plate or plate.

However, as described above, in the course of autonomous meals in the cafeteria of a large restaurant or a large workplace, the diners line up in turn to relieve the inconvenience and lack of food on the plate or plate. Since the meal time is increased due to the hassle of moving to a fixed table, the majority of eaters eat a large amount of food on a plate or plate at a time, and as a result, the amount of food waste is increased because they cannot eat all the food.

Unlike the general waste, these food wastes contain a large amount of moisture, and thus have a lot of difficulties in processing. Especially, if the food waste is not processed quickly in the summer, it causes a bad smell caused by corruption and pollutes the surrounding environment.

Therefore, various methods for reducing food waste have emerged due to the problem that annual national budget is required according to specialized treatment facilities and treatment costs in the treatment of such food waste.

In recent years, in order to compensate for this, a dining table having a rotating table has been proposed in which a meal table can be conveniently eaten by rotating a rotating table in which a food container is placed in a sitting position of the dining table.

The dining table with such a rotating table eliminates the inconvenience of having to move the food to a plate or plate, and the hassle of moving to a fixed table when additional food is needed. The amount of waste generated was significantly reduced.

8a and 8b schematically show a dining table with a rotating table according to the prior art.

First, the dining table for rotating the rotating table by hand, as shown in Figure 8a, the upper portion is provided with a dining space in the upper portion and a plurality of leg members 102 are installed at a lower level with respect to the floor surface 100 ), The bearing 104 is located in the upper center of the upper plate 100, the food container containing the food is placed in the upper portion and the lower table is composed of a rotary table 106 fixedly attached to the upper surface of the bearing (104).

In the table configured as described above, a plurality of meals placed at the table in the state where the food container is placed on the rotating table 106 rotates the rotating table 106 by hand to eat a proper amount of food on a plate or a plate.

On the other hand, the dining table for rotating the rotary table by the motor, as shown in Figure 8b, the upper portion is provided with a dining space, the lower portion is provided with a plurality of leg members 112, the upper plate is located at a constant height relative to the floor surface 110, a support member 114 installed between the leg members 112 so as to be positioned below the upper plate 110, and a motor shaft 117 penetrating the center of the upper plate is provided to provide an upper portion of the support member 114. Drive motor 116 is fixedly installed on, the food container containing the food is placed on the upper portion of the rotary table 118 coupled to the end of the motor shaft 117 of the drive motor 116 so as to approach the upper portion of the upper plate. do.

The dining table configured as described above has a structure shown in FIG. 8A by rotating the rotary table 118 by the motor shaft 117 of the driving motor 116 in the state where the food container is placed on the rotary table. Likewise, a proper amount of food was eaten on a plate or plate.

However, in the dining table having a rotating table according to the prior art, in the case of the structure shown in Fig. 8a when the dinner rotates the rotating table by applying excessive force, the lower part of the bearing is placed on the upper part of the upper plate without fixing. Due to this, the rotary table is biased toward the applied force, which causes the food container to fall in the direction of the rotary table so that food is spilled from the food container. There is a problem in that it is not possible to eat comfortably, and in the case of the structure shown in Figure 8b there is a problem that the power of the drive motor is wasted more than necessary because the rotary table must be continuously rotated during the meal.

In addition, the above-described two-type dining table can be separated from the rotating table by the centrifugal force during the rotation of the rotary table, there is a problem that there is no separate means for preventing the separation of the food container, the rotary table There is a problem that there is no separate heating means to heat soup or stew.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, the technical problem of the present invention is that the rotary table is rotatably supported so as to be coupled to the top plate to provide a convenience when dining and at the same time of the rotary table Regardless of the external force applied during the rotation can be made stable rotation, reducing the number of bearings to reduce the amount of noise, and to provide a means for preventing the departure of the food container placed on the rotary table.

In addition, another technical problem of the present invention is to provide a means for easily heating the soup or stew on the rotary table.

The present invention for solving the above technical problem,

A shaft mounting hole is formed in the center of the upper surface, the top plate is supported by the support member is provided with a dining space at the edge of the shaft installation hole;

A rotary shaft which is inserted into the shaft installation hole of the upper plate so as to be coupled and separated to be rotatably supported and protrudes on the bottom surface, and on which the food container is placed; And

It provides a dining table having a rotating table comprising a rotating means for rotating the rotating table.

The dining table having the rotary table according to the present invention having such a feature is provided by a ball bearing installed between the shaft mounting holes and the support shafts of the rotary table are inserted and supported to be coupled to and detachably into the shaft mounting holes of the upper plate. The rotating table rotates smoothly, so that it is easy to combine and separate the dining table and the rotating table to provide convenience for meals.The rotation of the rotating table provides stable rotation through the support shaft while reducing the number of bearings to reduce noise and rotate the rotating table. The separation prevention portion formed on the table can prevent the separation of the food container.

In addition, the heating means is provided on the rotary table, so that soup or stew can be easily heated.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings for a dining table having a rotating table according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

1 is an exploded perspective view of a dining table having a rotating table according to a first embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the dining table having a rotating table shown in Figure 1, Figure 3 1 is an enlarged exploded perspective view showing main parts of the supporting member shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a plan sectional view showing a coupling state of the supporting member shown in FIG. 3.

1 to 4, a dining table having a rotating table according to a first embodiment of the present invention includes a top plate 10, a rotating table 20, a rotating means, and a supporting member 40.

The top plate 10 is to provide a dining space for placing a dish or a plate, etc., the shaft mounting hole 12 of the shape of the clogging hole having a predetermined diameter and depth is formed in the center of the top surface 10. The lower portion of the shaft mounting hole 12 is formed in a conical shape, the curved seating portion 14 is formed in the center of the bottom surface.

A curved surface portion 16 having a predetermined curvature is formed at an edge of the upper plate 10, and a reinforcement frame member 18 having a circular cross section is coupled to the curved surface portion 16 by welding. This reinforcing frame member 18 is to prevent distortion by maintaining the balance of the top plate.

Here, the predetermined curvature of the curved portion 16 is formed by a curvature obtained by dividing the sphere by a quarter.

Such a top plate 10 may be formed in a circular or polygonal shape so that a plurality of meals can be placed on a plate or a plate, and the like is formed in this embodiment in a circular shape.

The rotary table 20 is rotatably supported on the upper plate 10 to place food containers containing food on the upper surface, and is coupled to the shaft installation hole 12 of the upper plate 10 at the center of the bottom surface of the rotating table 20. A support shaft 22 detachably inserted and rotatably supported is formed to protrude. The support shaft 22 is formed in a shape corresponding to the shaft installation hole 12, the hemispherical seating groove 24 is formed at the end thereof.

The upper edge of the rotary table 20 is formed to protrude the departure prevention portion 26 for preventing the food container is separated from the outside by the rotation. And the rotary table 20 is installed to open and close the lid 28 to prevent the inflow of foreign matter in the food container. The rotary table 20 may be formed in a circular or polygonal shape, in this embodiment is shown to be formed in a circular shape.

Since the support shaft 22 of the rotary table 20 is inserted into the shaft mounting hole 12 of the upper plate 10 and is firmly supported, stable rotation is achieved without biasing to either side during the rotation of the rotary table 20. It is done.

The rotating means is for rotating the rotary table 20 which is rotatably supported by the upper plate 10, and consists of a ball bearing 30 which is freely installed between the shaft mounting hole 12 and the support shaft 22. .

That is, the lower portion of the ball bearing 30 is seated in the seating portion 14 of the shaft mounting hole 12, the seating groove 24 of the support shaft 22 is seated in the upper portion of the ball bearing 30 so that the eater rotates the table. When rotating the 20, the rotary table 20 is smoothly rotated by the ball bearing 30 while being stably supported by the support shaft 22 inserted into the shaft installation hole 12.

Since the ball bearing 30 is always located in the center of the bottom surface of the shaft mounting hole 12 by the curved seating portion 14, the support shaft 22 of the support shaft 22 is coupled when the rotary table 20 is coupled into the shaft mounting hole 12. The seating groove 24 is accurately seated on the top of the ball bearing 30.

The supporting member 40 is for supporting the upper plate 10 to be positioned at a predetermined height with respect to the bottom surface. For this purpose, the supporting member 40 is a vertical member 42 which is installed at the bottom edge of the upper plate 10 and vertically. A horizontal member 44 provided between the members 42 and a support rib 46 provided on the vertical member 42 to support the lower portion of the horizontal member 44 are provided.

The rod-shaped vertical member 42 having a predetermined length is installed in a state in which at least one or more uprights face each other on the bottom surface of the upper plate 10. The installation grooves 43a having the upper side open are formed on the surfaces of the vertical members 42 facing each other. A screw hole 43b is formed at the lower end of the vertical member 42.

The horizontal member 44 is formed in a rod shape having a predetermined length like the vertical member 42, and both ends are respectively inserted into the installation groove 43a so that the vertical members 42 can be connected to each other by the bolt 49a. It is fixed to the vertical member 42.

In more detail, both ends of the horizontal member 44 are inserted into the installation grooves 43a of the vertical member 42, respectively, in which the selected end of the horizontal member 44 is inserted into the installation groove 43a and is vertical. In contact with the inner surface of the member 42, the selected end of the other horizontal member 44 is inserted into the installation groove 43a to be in contact with the side of the horizontal member 44 that has already been inserted into the installation groove (43a) Both ends of the horizontal member 44 are inserted into the installation grooves 43a of the vertical member 42, respectively, and are fixed to the vertical member 42 by the bolt 49a.

The support rib 46 is for supporting the horizontal member 44 installed in the vertical member 42. The support ribs 46 are positioned on opposite surfaces of the vertical member 42 so as to support the lower portion of the horizontal member 44. It is fixed to the vertical member 42 by the).

In addition, between the vertical members 42, a storage unit 45 for storing a meal utensil, for example tableware, cutlery, tablecloth, rinsing, and the like is formed. The storage part 45 is formed in a quadrangular shape so as to be positioned between the vertical members 42 and fixed to the vertical member 42 through bolts or welding.

The supporting member 40 configured as described above is further provided with a height adjusting member 48 for adjusting the height of the upper plate 10 at the lower end of the vertical member 42. The height adjusting member 48 is provided with a fixing screw 47 screwed into the screw hole 43b of the vertical member 42.

The height adjusting member 48 and the fixing screw 47 are each formed separately, the fixing screw 47 is a vertical member (in the state in which the fixing screw 47 is screwed and fixed inside the height adjusting member 48). Since the screw hole 43b of the screw 42 is rotated by the external force, the height adjusting member 48 is moved in the longitudinal direction of the vertical member 42 by the set screw 47. Will be height adjustable.

The height adjusting member 48 in the present embodiment is injection molded, the fixing screw 47 is formed of a metal, the fixing screw 47 is screwed to the height adjusting member 48 is fixed.

Here, the height adjusting member 48 and the fixing screw 47 is formed in addition to the above-described coupling method, the height adjusting member 48 and the fixing screw 47 are integrally formed by a metal or the like, or may be integrally injection molded by a synthetic resin or the like. It may be.

Referring to the operation of the dining table having a rotary table according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

When eating by using a dining table having a rotary table according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, first, by rotating the height adjusting member 48 provided at the bottom of the vertical member 42 can eat meals comfortably. Adjust the height of the top plate 10 so that.

At this time, when the height adjusting member 48 is rotated, since the fixing screw 47 provided in the height adjusting member 48 is screwed to the screw hole 43b formed at the lower end of the vertical member 42, the height is increased by rotation. Adjusting member 48 is moved in the longitudinal direction of the vertical member 42 is adjusted height.

When the height of the top plate 10 is adjusted so that the meal can be comfortably eaten, the rotating table 20 is separated from the top plate 10 to move to the kitchen, put the food in the food container top surface of the rotary table 20 After placing it on, it is moved back to the table to couple the rotary table 20 to the top plate 10. Then, the support shaft 22 of the rotary table 20 is inserted into the shaft mounting hole 12 of the upper plate 10 is coupled so that the rotary table 20 is rotatably supported by the upper plate 10.

At this time, since the lower portion of the shaft mounting hole 12 is formed in a conical shape and the curved seating portion 14 is formed at the center of the bottom surface, the ball bearing 30 installed inside the shaft mounting hole 12 is a seating portion. Since the mounting groove 24 of the support shaft 22 formed to match the shaft installation hole 12 is always positioned at the center of the bottom surface of the shaft installation hole 12 because it is seated on the 14. To be seated.

When the rotary table 20 is rotatably coupled to the upper plate 10 as described above, the upper portion of the rotary table 20 is covered with a lid 28 to prevent the inflow of foreign matter into the food container.

In this state, when the meal eater sitting on the table removes the lid 28 covering the turntable 20 and ingests food, the eater rotates the turntable 20 by hand at the seated position of the table so that an appropriate amount may be placed on a plate or a plate. Take your food and eat it.

At this time, even if the dinner rotates by applying excessive force to the rotary table 20, the support shaft 22 is installed so as to be firmly supported by the shaft mounting hole 12 of the upper plate 10, the rotary table 20 It is rotated stably without biasing to the side to prevent bias.

And when the meal eater while eating the food in the food container while rotating the rotary table 20, the food container placed on the rotary table 20 is released to the outside of the rotary table 20 by the centrifugal force according to the rotation, thereby The food container often falls to the top plate 10 and the food contained in the food container is often spilled. In this case, the separation of the food containers is prevented by the separation prevention part 26 formed on the upper edge of the rotating table 20. will be.

In addition, the rotary table 20 is smoothly rotated by the ball bearing 30 installed between the shaft mounting hole 12 and the support shaft 22, so that the amount of noise is reduced, so that the meal can be comfortably disturbed by the noise. You can eat.

On the other hand, if there are a lot of meals, the weight of the plate or plate and the habit of leaning the body to the upper plate 10 by the habit of eating the upper plate 10 due to the excessive load may occur, the upper plate (10) Balance is maintained by the reinforcing frame member 18 is coupled to the curved surface portion 16 of the) to prevent distortion.

On the other hand, when food is dropped, the rotary table 20 is separated from the top plate 10, the food container is replenished with food, and then the support shaft 22 of the rotary table 20 is installed on the shaft of the top plate 10 again. Combination into the ball 12 may provide convenience in eating.

Figure 5 shows a dining table having a rotating table according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, a dining table having a rotating table according to a second exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a top plate 10, a rotating table 20, a rotating means, and a support member 40.

However, the dining table having the rotary table according to the second preferred embodiment of the present invention has the following differences in the structure of the dining table having the rotary table according to the first embodiment.

That is, the upper surface of the rotating table 20 is formed by partitioning into at least one compartment 27 so as to contain the food directly.

The configuration other than the structure of the dining table with a rotary table according to the second preferred embodiment of the present invention configured as described above is the same as the dining table with the rotary table according to the first preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Table having a rotary table according to a second embodiment of the present invention configured as described above is formed by dividing the food table in a separate food container because the upper surface of the rotary table 20 is formed by partitioning at least one compartment (27) Since it is necessary to put directly into the compartment compartment 27, it is possible to reduce the effort of washing the food container.

6 is an exploded perspective view of a dining table having a rotating table according to a third preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a front sectional view of the dining table having a rotating table shown in FIG. 6.

6 and 7, a dining table having a rotating table according to a third exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a top plate 10, a rotating table 20, a rotating means, and a supporting member 40.

However, the dining table having the rotary table according to the third embodiment of the present invention has the following differences in the structure of the dining table having the rotary table according to the first embodiment.

That is, the upper surface of the rotary table 20 is provided with a heating member 50 that can heat soup or stew.

The heating member 50 has at least one vent hole 52A formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof, which is provided inside the body 52 and the body 52 coupled to the center of the upper surface of the rotary table 20 so as to provide a solid or liquid fuel. Containing the furnace 54, and the lower portion is inserted into the upper portion of the body 52 is fixed and the center is made of a container member 56 formed by protruding communication.

At this time, the body 52 is coupled to the rotary table 20 through the bolt.

And the upper portion of the body 52 is a step-shaped coupling portion 53 is formed is fixed to the lower portion of the container member 56 is inserted.

The configuration other than the structure of the dining table provided with the rotary table according to the third preferred embodiment of the present invention configured as described above is the same as the dining table having the rotary table according to the first preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Table having a rotary table according to a third embodiment of the present invention configured as described above is filled with a solid or liquid fuel in the furnace 54 provided in the body 52 of the heating member 50, if necessary, These fuels can be ignited to heat the soup or fork contained in the container member 56. At this time, the oxygen supply is smoothly supplied through the communication (57) of the vent hole 52A and the container member 56 formed in the body 52 to complete the combustion of fire.

Therefore, the mealtimer can always eat warm soup or stew through the heating member 50, and the soup or stew that has already cooled can be easily heated through the same process as described above.

As described above, the dining table having a rotary table according to the present invention is rotatably supported on the upper plate through a support shaft into which the rotary table is inserted into the shaft mounting hole so as to be coupled to and detachably, and is installed between the shaft mounting hole and the support shaft. Smooth rotation by ball bearings makes it easy to combine and separate the top plate and the rotary table, providing convenience for meals, and stable rotation is achieved by solid support when rotating the rotary table, while reducing the number of bearings and reducing noise. And, by the departure prevention portion of the rotary table is provided an effect that can prevent the separation of the food container.

In addition, it is possible to easily heat soup or stew through a heating member provided on the rotary table.

The present invention has been described above by the embodiments, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and those skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention claimed in the claims. Anyone can make a variety of variations.

Claims (11)

A shaft mounting hole is formed in the center of the upper surface, the top plate is supported by the support member is provided with a dining space at the edge of the shaft installation hole; A rotary shaft which is inserted into the shaft installation hole of the upper plate so as to be coupled and separated to be rotatably supported and protrudes on the bottom surface, and on which the food container is placed; And And a rotating means for rotating the rotating table. The method according to claim 1, wherein the edge of the top plate is formed with a curved surface having a predetermined curvature, the curved portion is provided with a rotary table having a reinforcing frame member having a circular cross-section so as to prevent distortion of the top plate table. The dining table with a swivel table according to claim 2, wherein said rotating means comprises a ball bearing provided between said shaft installation hole and said support shaft. 4. The shaft mounting hole of claim 3, wherein the shaft mounting hole has a predetermined diameter and a lower portion thereof is formed in a conical shape so that a curved seating portion is formed in the center of the bottom surface, and the support shaft is formed in a shape that is consistent with the shaft mounting hole. Hemispherical seating groove is formed in the case, when the ball bearing is installed between the shaft installation hole and the support shaft, the lower portion of the ball bearing is seated in the seating portion, the seating groove is seated on the upper portion of the ball bearing Dining table with rotating table. The dining table having a rotating table according to claim 4, wherein an anti-separation part for protruding from the food container is formed at an upper edge of the rotating table. The dining table having a rotating table according to claim 4, wherein the upper surface of the rotating table is partitioned into at least one compartment to directly hold food. The dining table having a rotating table according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the rotating table is provided with a lid to prevent foreign substances from entering the food container. The method according to claim 7, wherein the support member, At least one or more vertical members are installed on the bottom of the upper plate to face each other, and vertical grooves each having an installation groove are formed on opposite surfaces of the upper plate; A horizontal member having both ends inserted into the installation groove and installed on the vertical member; And And a support rib provided on each of the vertical members facing each other so as to support the lower part of the horizontal member. The dining table with a swivel table according to claim 8, wherein a storage unit for storing a meal utensil is formed between the vertical members. The dining table having a rotating table according to claim 9, wherein a height adjusting member is screwed to a lower end of the vertical member so as to adjust the height of the upper plate. The iron plate is formed in a circular shape, the center of the upper surface has a predetermined diameter and the lower portion is formed in a conical shape is formed in the shaft mounting hole formed a curved seating portion in the center of the bottom surface, the curved surface having a predetermined curvature at the edge of the iron plate An upper plate having an upper portion coupled to the reinforcing frame member having a circular cross section; The support shaft is formed in a shape corresponding to the shaft installation hole to be coupled and detachably inserted into the shaft installation hole so as to be rotatably supported, and a support shaft having a hemispherical seating groove formed at an end thereof protrudes from the bottom surface, Rotating table is formed to protrude from the separation prevention portion for preventing the separation of the food container, the rotary table is installed to prevent the foreign matter from entering the food container; A ball bearing for lowering the seating portion so as to be positioned between the shaft installation hole and the support shaft, the ball bearing for installing the seating groove on the upper portion to rotate the rotary table; At least one is installed on the bottom surface of the upper plate to face each other, the vertical member is formed on each of the mounting surface of the upper surface facing each other, the horizontal member is inserted into the installation groove both ends are installed in the vertical member, the horizontal member The upper plate is composed of support ribs respectively installed on opposite surfaces of the vertical member so as to support the lower part of the vertical member, and a height adjusting member screwed to enable height adjustment of the upper plate at the lower end of the vertical member. Support member for supporting to be positioned at a constant height; And At least one vent hole is formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof to be coupled to the center of the upper surface of the rotary table, a furnace provided inside the body to contain solid or liquid fuel, and a lower portion is inserted into and fixed to an upper portion of the body. The dining table having a rotating table comprising a; a heating member for warming soup or stew made of a container member formed by protruding communication.

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