US3901355A - Circulative catering table - Google Patents

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US3901355A
US3901355A US433056A US43305674A US3901355A US 3901355 A US3901355 A US 3901355A US 433056 A US433056 A US 433056A US 43305674 A US43305674 A US 43305674A US 3901355 A US3901355 A US 3901355A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G17/00—Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriers; Endless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface
    • B65G17/12—Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriers; Endless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface comprising a series of individual load-carriers fixed, or normally fixed, relative to traction element
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F10/00—Furniture or installations specially adapted to particular types of service systems, not otherwise provided for
    • A47F10/06—Furniture or installations specially adapted to particular types of service systems, not otherwise provided for for restaurant service systems
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
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  • a circular fixed fringe table is 1973 Japan 484401 16 mounted horizontally around the circumference of the outer side wall of the base frame structure.
  • the cir- 751,681 2/1904 Philippi 186/1 R Culafive Catering table further includes a Cover 1D!ate 1,450,434 4/1923 Docrfler... 186/1 R and a number of sterilizing lamps mounted overhead 1.825.951 0/1 31 Hall 86/1 R the endless conveyer for maintaining the served meals L J I1/193l Hall 186/l R or dishes suitably in a sanitary state free from dusts, 1,949,468 3/1934 Hackctt 186/1 R putrefaction and the like 2,037,815 4/1936 Ora 186/1 R 2,506,448 5/1950 Gregor 186/1 R X 4 Claims, 6 Drawing Figures PATENTED AUG 2 8 L975 SHEET 1 2 FIG.
  • This invention relates to a catering equipment, and more particularly to a circulative table particularly useful in self-service catering.
  • the present invention is directed to a circulating catering table which is provided with an endless conveyer inside and along a circular fixed table for transferring dishes or meals thereon to allow customers who are standing or sitting outside the fixed circular table to select a desired dish or dishes among those which are circulated by the conveyer.
  • the circulative catering table comprises; a base frame structure having inner and outer side walls defining therebetween an endless circulating path of travel; a fixed fringe table mounted substantially horizontally around the circumference of said outer wall of said base frame structure; an endless conveyer mounted in said endless circulating path of travel; a series of open-sided compartments fixedly mounted on said endless conveyor for receiving and circulatively transferring meals along said circulating path of travel; a driving means mounted on said basic frame structure and associated with said endless conveyer for imparting translational movement thereto.
  • the endless circulating path may beformed in a generally rectangular or circular shape, in a plan view, whichcver may be desired.
  • the circulative catering table of the invention further comprises a cover plate mounted overhead said circulating path and supported on the outer side wall of the base frame structure by means of a suitable number of posts in parallel spaced relation with the meal-carrying open-sided compartments. It is preferred to form the cover plate from a transparent material such as transparent glass sheet and retain the same in a framework using suitable straight and angular structural material.
  • the circulative catering table further includes a cooking table located at a suitable position within a boundary defined by the circulating path of travel and a number of sterilizing lamps mounted longitudinally on the underside of the cover plate for maintaining the served meals in the individual compartments in a sanitary state.
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the circulative catering table construction according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a side view, partly in section, of the circulative catering table shown in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a fragmentary plan view showing crescent plate members of the circulating endless conveyer and an open-sided box-like compartment fixedly mounted on a crescent plate for carrying a dish or meal;
  • FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view explanatory of the connection between a chain strand and a crescent plate of the conveyer and an open-sided mealcarrying compartment;
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 are diagramatic perspective views showing examples of driving means for the endless conveyer.
  • the circulative catering table of the invention comprises a base frame structure or construction l of a rectangular or circular shape in plan view.
  • the base frame structure 1 includes an inner and outer side walls 3 and 4 which define therebetween a circular endless path of travel.
  • an endless conveyer 2 for transferring dishes or meals in one direction therealong.
  • a relatively narrow peripherical fixed fringe table 5 is mounted substantially horizontally on the outer side wall 4 close to the upper end thereof.
  • the fixed fringe table 5 is projected outwardly from the circumference of the outer side wall 4 to surround the circulating path of travel in which the afore-mentioned endless conveyor is running.
  • a cooking table 6 is provided a suitable position within the boundary defined by the inner side wall 3 of the base frame structure 1.
  • the inner and outer wall 3 and 40f the base frame structure 1 have a passage 7 of a suitable size to provide an access to the inner side of the table.
  • the endless conveyer 2 which runs in and along the circulating passage on top of the frame 1 is constituted by a series of crescent plates 8 each having a swivel arm 9 extending downwardly from the underside thereof.
  • crescent plates 8 are pivotally supported on a strand of an endless chain which is formed from a plurality of chain units 11 each connected with adjacent ones by means of pin links 12.
  • the pin links 12 are each provided with a vertical bore for receiving and supporting the swivel arm 9 of the crescent plate 8.
  • the crescent plates 8 which are aligned end to end as shown in FIG. 3 can swivel on the chain 10.
  • the side wings of the crescent plates 8 are slidingly supported on horizontal racks 13 which are formed by folding the upper ends of the inner and outer side walls 3 and 4 inwardly angularly, the
  • crescent plates 8 being thus in horizontal alignment witheach other to provide a substantially continuous plane surface on the circulating path of travel.
  • the afore-mentioned endless chain 10 is applied around and meshed with teeth of a horizontally disposed sprocket wheel at each corner of the table.
  • the sprocket wheels 15 are each supported on a vertical shaft 14 and one sprocket wheel 15 is connected to and rotatingly driven from a driving mechanism 16 which is mounted at a suitable position on the base frame structure 1.
  • the driving mechanism 16 is arranged, for example, such that rotation of a driving motor is transmitted through a transmission or a reducer 18 to a worm gear 19, as shown in FIG. 5, which is in meshing engagement with a worm wheel 20 fixedly mounted on the afore-mentioned vertical shaft 14 of the sprocket wheel 15.
  • the vertical shaft 14 may be imparted with rotation by means ofa geared motor 21 which is connected thereto by a transmission chain 22.
  • a roof-shaped cover plate 23 which is formed, preferably, from a transparent material such as a transparent glass sheet retained in a framework including angular corner frames 25.
  • the transparent cover plate 23 is mounted on the inner side wall 3 of the base frame structure 1 by means of a number of posts 24 of an inverted L-shape in parallel spaced relationship to the endless conveyer 2.
  • the cover plate 23 which is coextensive with the endless conveyer 2 has mounted on the underside thereof a number of sterilizing lamps 26 end to end in the longitudinal direction, for sterilizing the meals or dishes which are circulatively transferred on the endless conveyer 2.
  • a glass refrigerating box 27 is placed on the cover plate 23 in a position in front of the cooking table 6 for storing and displaying food stuff or material to be cooked or served.
  • the crescent plates 8 are formed with screw holes 28 for detachably mounting thereon open-sided box-like compartments 29 by means of screws 31.
  • the compartments 29 are opened on the lateral and rear sides to present a substantially U-shaped cross-section as shown in FIG. 4.
  • the bottom plate 30 is superposed on the crescent plate 8 and secured thereto by threading a screw 31 into the screw hole 28.
  • the compartments 29 are preferably formed from a hard synthetic resin material.
  • the circulative catering table of the invention can thus contribute to laborsaving to a considerable degree and makes it possible to serve a variety of dishes with a high efficiency. It will be understood that, coupled with the cover plate 23 and the sterilizing lamps 26 overhead the dish transferring circular endless conveyer 2, the provision of the compartments 29 serves to maintain the dishes or meals in sanitary conditions against dusts and putrefaction.
  • a circulative catering table comprising:
  • a base frame structure having inner and outer side walls defining therebetween an endless circulating path of travel; a fixed fringe table mounted substantially horizontally around the circumference of said outer side wall of said base frame structure; an endless conveyer mounted in said endless circulating path of travel for circulatively transferring meals therealong, said endless conveyer comprising a strand of chain movable in and along said endless circulating path of travel and meshed with and driven from a horizontally disposed sprocket wheel which is supported on a vertical shaft, and a series of crescent plates swivable on said chain and having side wings thereof slidingly rested on horizontal racks at the upper ends of said inner and outer side walls of said base frame structure in horizontal alignment with each other to provide a planar meal-transferring surface on said endless circulating path of travel; a series of U-shaped meal receiving and dispensing compartments successively secured to the upper surface of said plates of said endless conveyer for individually accommodating dishes or meals to be circulated; driving meals mounted on said base frame structure and associated with said endless conveyer for imparting
  • said driving means further comprises a geared motor and a transmission chain interconnecting said geared motor and said vertical shaft of said chain driving sprocket wheel.

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US4349086A (en) * 1979-07-27 1982-09-14 Hideo Yamada Circulating food display system
US4560032A (en) * 1983-04-07 1985-12-24 Shoichi Imanaka Restaurant food display and serving system
FR2795710A1 (fr) * 1999-07-02 2001-01-05 Colombus Dispositif de convoyage pour la restauration
US6375256B1 (en) * 1997-08-28 2002-04-23 Paolo Rais Table with seats that move en masse around its perimeter
US6434970B1 (en) 2001-01-10 2002-08-20 Hiroshi Hasegawa Plate
US20030111325A1 (en) * 2000-02-11 2003-06-19 Hee Foo Kia Portable sushi counter with conveyor belt
US7775346B1 (en) * 2007-08-07 2010-08-17 Taylor Shirley D Food buffet table system
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US1831107A (en) * 1930-02-03 1931-11-10 Frank E Hall Conveyer
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US4349086A (en) * 1979-07-27 1982-09-14 Hideo Yamada Circulating food display system
US4560032A (en) * 1983-04-07 1985-12-24 Shoichi Imanaka Restaurant food display and serving system
US6375256B1 (en) * 1997-08-28 2002-04-23 Paolo Rais Table with seats that move en masse around its perimeter
FR2795710A1 (fr) * 1999-07-02 2001-01-05 Colombus Dispositif de convoyage pour la restauration
US20030111325A1 (en) * 2000-02-11 2003-06-19 Hee Foo Kia Portable sushi counter with conveyor belt
US6434970B1 (en) 2001-01-10 2002-08-20 Hiroshi Hasegawa Plate
US7775346B1 (en) * 2007-08-07 2010-08-17 Taylor Shirley D Food buffet table system
US20110309659A1 (en) * 2010-06-21 2011-12-22 Beauchamp M Francis Multiple configuration tables and bars
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US8668070B2 (en) 2011-08-11 2014-03-11 Raymond Laniado Oblong lazy Susan
US9090402B2 (en) 2011-08-11 2015-07-28 Raymond Laniado Oblong lazy susan
US9119492B2 (en) 2011-08-11 2015-09-01 Raymond Laniado Perimeter track lazy Susan
US9655465B2 (en) * 2011-08-11 2017-05-23 Raymond Laniado Perimeter track lazy susan
US10334974B2 (en) 2011-08-11 2019-07-02 Raymond Laniado Perimeter track toy
US10531783B1 (en) * 2018-08-30 2020-01-14 Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Movable cutlery basket

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