JP2678579B2 - Rotating food and drink table with heat retention mechanism and cold air circulation mechanism - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention
For example, in addition to bread and cake, the present invention relates to a rotary food and drink table that can provide products that need to be kept warm, such as pots filled with coffee and tea, products that need refrigeration, such as salads and fruits. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a specific example of this kind, there is a rotary eating and drinking table described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 2-8890 and Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-28461 previously filed by the present applicant.

[0003] The former of the prior art is one in which a heat-retaining iron plate is attached to a predetermined plate of a crescent chain, and simultaneously provides a product requiring heat retention and a product not requiring heat retention.

[0004] The latter conventional example is for supplying cold air onto a crescent chain, and only for providing refrigerated products.

[0005]

In the former case of the prior art, it is impossible to provide refrigerated products, and in the latter case, it is impossible to provide normal products and warm products. .

Further, in the former case, since the upper part of the crescent chain is not covered, dust, dust, etc. are apt to adhere to the products on the crescent chain, which is unsanitary.

[0007] Further, both of them constantly circulate and convey the goods on the crescent chain, so that it is difficult to take the goods on the crescent chain.

[0008] In recent years, along with the abundant food habits, the tastes of customers for food and drink have diversified, and it has been strongly demanded to eat three kinds of products, that is, normal products, heat-insulating products, and refrigerated products at the same time.

The present invention addresses this need and, in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, the products are easy to pick up, and ordinary products, heat-insulating products,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a rotating food and drink table equipped with a heat retention mechanism and a cold air circulation mechanism that can simultaneously provide three types of refrigerated products.

[0010]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a rotary food and drink table in which a crescent chain for circulating and conveying products is provided above a base, and a power source is connected to both inner sides of the base below the crescent chain. A heat-retaining mechanism in which a heater is installed in a plate attached to the crescent chain and the wire and the heater are connected to each other, and a partition plate is provided on the inner circumference of the crescent chain with a partition plate. And a refrigerating conveyor is provided with a minute interval maintained, and an airtight first cold air path communicating with the minute interval is formed inside the base on the partition plate side of the refrigerating conveyor. A fan that blows downwards is provided inside, while maintaining a small gap between the inner side of the refrigeration conveyor and the base, and inside the lower base on the inner side of the refrigeration conveyor. An airtight second cold air passage communicating with the minute space is formed by being connected to the first cold air passage, and a refrigeration fin is arranged in the second cold air passage, and a second cold air passage above the partition plate is provided. It consists of a cool air circulation mechanism with a cool air outlet that blows cool air toward the partition plate at the upper end, and a mounting plate arranged above the heat retaining mechanism. The mechanism is used to connect a power supply device slidably mounted on a rail installed inside the base below the crescent chain and a heater in a plate mounted on the crescent chain, or above the refrigeration conveyor. A collecting conveyor for collecting product dishes, or one end of the collecting conveyor protruding to the kitchen side, or a refrigerating conveyor of the cold air circulating mechanism intermittently conveyed, or a first cold air circulating mechanism of the cold air circulating mechanism. And a second cold air path or is covered by a heat insulating material, or the mounting plate is obtained by forming a transparent material.

[0011]

The operation of the present invention will be described below.

[0012] When using the rotary eating table equipped with the heat retaining mechanism and the cold air circulating mechanism according to the present invention, a normal product that does not require heat retaining on the plate without the heater installed on the crescent chain of the heat retaining mechanism. , For example, a bread, a product plate on which a cake is placed, a coffee cup, a plate on which a heater is installed, a product that needs to be kept warm, for example, a bottle infused with coffee, tea, or the like is placed, Make it circulate.

On the refrigeration conveyor of the cold air circulation mechanism, a product requiring refrigeration, such as a salad ball containing a salad, a plate on which fruits are placed, a salad server for separating salads, and a salad are arranged. Tableware such as a ladle for serving, a plate on which the sorted salad is placed, and the like are placed and circulated and conveyed.

At this time, by intermittently conveying the refrigerating conveyor, the refrigerated goods on the refrigerating conveyor can be temporarily stagnated and the refrigerated goods can be easily taken.

Further, since the placing plate is disposed above the crescent chain of the heat retaining mechanism, the tray for separately placing the refrigerated products on the refrigerating conveyor is placed on the placing plate. This makes it possible to separate refrigerated products easily, and because the upper part of the crescent chain of the heat insulation mechanism is covered by the mounting plate, it is possible to protect ordinary products and heat insulation products on the crescent chain from dust, dust, etc. Refrigerated products separated from the conveyor do not fall onto the products of the heat-insulating mechanism's crescent chain,
It is hygienic.

At this time, the product on the crescent chain of the heat insulating mechanism can be made easier to see by forming the placing plate with a transparent material.

A collection conveyor for collecting tableware such as product plates eaten by customers and plates used by customers is arranged above the refrigeration conveyor of the cold air circulation mechanism with one end projecting toward the kitchen. By placing these tablewares on the collection conveyor, these tablewares can be automatically collected on the kitchen side, and the upper side of the refrigeration conveyor can be covered.
It is hygienic as it can protect refrigerated products from dust and dirt.

Further, by covering the first cold air passage and the second cold air passage of the cold air circulation mechanism with the heat insulating material, the cold air is not affected by the outside temperature, and the refrigerating effect can be improved.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As shown in FIGS. 1 to 7, a rotary eating table equipped with a heat retaining mechanism and a cold air circulating mechanism according to the present invention has the following constitution.

The rotary dining table used in the present invention is a base 12
Above the table, there is provided a product 14, in the present invention, a product plate 16 on which a bread, a cake is placed, a coffee cup 17, and a crescent chain 20 which circulates and conveys a bottle 18 infused with coffee or tea. Yes, one end is projected to the kitchen K side, and the other part except one end is arranged on the hole H side.

A heat retaining mechanism is attached to the crescent chain 20, and its structure will be described below.

The base 12 below the crescent chain 20
An electric wire 22 connected to a power source (not shown) is provided on both inner sides of the heater, and a heater 26 is provided inside a predetermined plate 24 attached to the crescent chain 20. The electric wire 22 and the heater 26 are connected to each other. There is.

In the present embodiment, the electric wire 22 and the heater 2
The connection with 6 is made by a conductor 28 which is mounted below the heater 26 and slidably mounted between the electric wires 22.

As shown in FIG. 4, the drive mechanism of the crescent chain 20 is provided with a drive sprocket 60 at one corner of the crescent chain 20, and a drive shaft 62 of the drive sprocket 60 has a speed reducer 63 and a transmission chain. 6
4 and is connected to the motor 66 via the motor 4.

When the motor 66 is driven, the driving action is that the drive shaft 62 passes through the transmission chain 64 and the speed reducer 63.
Is driven, and then the crescent chain 20 is driven and circulates.

The cold air circulation mechanism has the following structure.

A refrigerating conveyor 32 is provided on the inner circumference of the crescent chain 20 with a partition plate 30 interposed therebetween and at a minute distance d from the partition plate 30.

In this embodiment, the refrigeration conveyor 32 has a plate 36 mounted on an endless chain 34, and a drive motor 38 for driving the endless chain 34 is installed in the intermittent speed reducer 4.
It is driven intermittently by 0, and is arranged above the crescent chain 20 in order to make it easier to take refrigerated products.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, in the intermittent reduction gear 40, a Geneva gear wheel 90 is mounted on the drive shaft 91 of the refrigeration conveyor 32, and a Geneva gear driver 92 is attached to the rotary shaft 93 on the motor 38 side. When the driver 92 is rotated once through the motor 38 for about 4 minutes, the refrigerating conveyor 32 is conveyed for about 1 minute and then stopped for about 3 minutes to intermittently convey the refrigerated goods. be able to.

Inside the base 12 below the partition plate 30 side (right side in FIG. 3) of the refrigerating conveyor 32, the minute gap d is provided.
An airtight first cold air path 42 is formed in communication with the first cold air path 42.

A minute distance d at the upper end of the first cold air path 42
The portion becomes the cold air suction port 44.

A fan 46 is provided in the first cold air passage 42 to blow air downward (to the side of the second cold air passage 48 described later).

On the other hand, a minute gap D is maintained between the inner peripheral side (left side in FIG. 3) of the refrigerating conveyor 32 and the base 12, and inside the lower base 12 on the inner peripheral side of the refrigerating conveyor 32. An airtight second cold air passage 48 that communicates with the minute gap D is formed by being connected to the first cold air passage 42.

Refrigeration fins 50 for generating cold air are provided in the second cold air passage 48.

Second cold air path 4 above the partition plate 30
A cool air outlet 52 for blowing cool air toward the partition plate 30 is provided at the upper end of 8 (the upper end of the minute interval D portion).

Therefore, the refrigeration fins 5 of the second cold air passage 48
0 is generated by the fan 46 in the first cool air path 42.
As a result, the refrigerant circulates sequentially to the second cool air path 48, the cool air outlet 52, the refrigerated conveyor 32, the cool air suction port 44, and the first cool air path 42.

In the present embodiment, the first cold air passage 42 and the second cold air passage 48 are provided in order to improve the refrigerating effect.
A heat insulating material 54 is provided respectively.

A mounting plate 56 is arranged above the heat retaining mechanism.

In this embodiment, the mounting plate 56 is the partition plate 3.
It is installed at 0.

In order to make it easier to see the products such as cakes and coffee bottles that are circulated and conveyed on the crescent chain 20 of the heat insulation mechanism, the mounting plate 56 is preferably made of a transparent material, and glass is most suitable.

Further, since the placing plate 56 covers the crescent chain 20 of the heat retaining mechanism, it is possible to prevent dust and the like from adhering to products such as cakes and coffee bottles, which is extremely effective in hygiene. Is.

In order to collect tableware such as product plates eaten by customers and dishes used by customers, a collecting conveyor 58 is provided above the refrigerating conveyor 32, and one end of the collecting conveyor 58 is projected to the kitchen K side like the crescent chain 20. It has been arranged.

In this embodiment, in order to facilitate the taking of refrigerated products on the refrigerating conveyor 32, the collecting conveyor 58 is arranged at the upper part of the partition plate 30, and the lower edge of the collecting conveyor 58 on the front side and the partition plate 30 are arranged. The refrigerated goods on the refrigeration conveyor 32 can be picked up from between the upper end.

Further, the protruding position of the recovery conveyor 58 on the kitchen K side is up to a position behind the kitchen K for cooking (upper side in FIG. 2) to the second kitchen k, and the recovery conveyor is used in the second kitchen k. The used tableware collected by 58 is washed.

Further, the collecting conveyor 58 covers the upper side of the refrigerating conveyor 32 to protect the refrigerating product from dust and dust.

Since the drive mechanism of the recovery conveyor 58 is similar to the drive mechanism of the crescent chain 20,
The description is omitted (see FIG. 5).

In addition, since the rotary food and drink table of this embodiment does not have a working space inside, the respective constituent elements are symmetrically arranged (left and right in FIG. 1). The exclusive space can be reduced and the installation area can be saved.

Further, the rotary eating table of this embodiment can be used in either a sitting-type or a standing-type dining room, and the seated or standing customers face each other on the left and right sides of the rotary eating table. However, since the central part of the rotary eating table is partitioned by the side wall of the second cold air passage 46 of the cold air circulation mechanism, the front passenger does not have a direct view, and the front passenger does not care about the rotation. You can eat the products on the table.

In the figure, 70 is a salad bowl, 72 is a salad server, 74 is a plate, 76 is a fruit, 78 is a counter, 80 is a drain hole, and 81 is a partition wall.

FIG. 8 shows another embodiment of the heat retaining mechanism.

In the heat insulation mechanism of this example, instead of connecting the electric wire 22 and the heater 26, a power supply slidably provided on a rail 82 provided inside the base 12 below the crescent chain 20. Device 84 and crescent chain 20
It is connected to the heater 26 in the plate 24 attached to the.

In this embodiment, the power feeding device 84 is connected to the connecting pipe 86 hung on the plate 24 via the support arm 88, and is cyclically conveyed integrally with the plate 24.

It should be noted that in all the embodiments, the rotary food and drink table does not have a working space inside and the respective components are arranged symmetrically, but it is not possible to arrange a working space inside. It is self-evident.

Further, in all the embodiments, the crescent chain 20, the refrigerating conveyor 32 and the collecting conveyor 58 are arranged so that one ends thereof project toward the kitchen K side. It is self-evident that it is provided.

In all the embodiments, the refrigerating conveyor 32 of the cold air circulation mechanism is intermittently conveyed through the intermittent speed reducer 40. However, the motor 38 is simply electrically driven,
It is self-evident that the intermittent speed reducer 40 is omitted when stopping.

Further, in all the embodiments, the refrigerating conveyor 32 of the cold air circulation mechanism is intermittently conveyed, but it is obvious that it is always cyclically conveyed.

Further, in all the examples, the refrigerating conveyor 3
Although 2 is arranged above the crescent chain 20, it is obvious that it is arranged substantially on the same plane as the crescent chain 20.

Further, in all the examples, the recovery conveyor 5
Although 8 is an endless chain similar to the crescent chain 20, it is obvious that a conveyor having a base end and a tip and one or two of these conveyors are arranged in parallel.

Further, in all the embodiments, the mounting plate 56 is provided so as to project from the partition plate 30, but the crescent chain 20
It is self-evident that it is arranged above via a column (not shown).

[0060]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION According to the rotary food and drink table provided with the heat retaining mechanism and the cold air circulating mechanism according to the present invention, a normal commodity such as bread, cake,
A coffee cup and a heat-retaining product, such as a bottle infused with coffee or tea, are circulated and conveyed, respectively, and on the refrigeration conveyor of the cold air circulation mechanism, a chilled product, such as a salad or a fruit, is circulated and conveyed. It is possible to provide warm and refrigerated products at the same time.

Further, since the placing plate is arranged above the crescent chain of the heat retaining mechanism, the tray for separately placing the products on the refrigerating conveyor can be placed on the placing plate. In addition to making it easy to separate products, the upper part of the crescent chain of the heat retention mechanism is covered by the mounting plate, so that normal products and heat-insulated products on the crescent chain can be protected from dust, dust, etc. It is hygienic as the products separated from it do not fall onto the products of the heat-insulating crescent chain.

Further, above the refrigeration conveyor of the cold air circulation mechanism, a collection conveyor for collecting tableware such as product plates eaten by customers and plates used by customers is arranged, and these tableware are placed on the collection conveyor. By placing the tableware on the table, these tablewares can be automatically collected, the upper side of the refrigeration conveyor can be covered, and the refrigerated goods can be protected from dust and dust, which is hygienic.

Further, by projecting one end of the recovery conveyor to the kitchen side, it is possible to automatically recover the used tableware to the kitchen side.

By intermittently conveying the refrigerating conveyor, the merchandise on the refrigerating conveyor can be temporarily stopped and the refrigerated goods can be easily taken.

Further, by covering the first cold air passage and the second cold air passage of the cold air circulation mechanism with the heat insulating material, the cold air is not affected by the outside temperature, and the refrigerating effect can be improved.

Further, by forming the placing plate with a transparent material, it is possible to make the products on the crescent chain of the heat insulating mechanism easy to see.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view of a rotary eating table equipped with a heat retaining mechanism and a cool air circulation mechanism according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same.

3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the right side portion of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a schematic front view showing a drive mechanism for a crescent chain and a refrigerating conveyor.

FIG. 5 is a schematic front view showing a drive mechanism of a recovery conveyor.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a main part of a drive mechanism (intermittent reducer) of the refrigeration conveyor.

FIG. 7 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

FIG. 8 is a vertical sectional view showing another embodiment of the heat retaining mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

 12 Base 14 Product 16 Plate 20 Crescent Chain 22 Electric Wire 24 Plate 26 Heater 30 Partition Plate 32 Refrigerating Conveyor 42 First Cold Air Path 46 Fan 48 Second Cold Air Path 50 Refrigerating Fin 52 Cold Air Outlet 54 Insulating Material 56 Mounting Plate 58 Recovery Conveyor 82 Rail 84 Power supply device d Minute gap D Minute gap

Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] 1. A rotating food and drink table comprising a crescent chain (20) for circulating and transporting a product (14) above a base (12), comprising a base (12) below the crescent chain (20). The electric wire (22) connected to the power source is arranged on both sides inside, and the heater (26) is installed inside the plate (24) attached to the crescent chain (20). The electric wire (22) and the heater (26) With a heat retention mechanism that is connected to and the inner circumference of the crescent chain (20), with a partition plate (30),
In addition, a refrigerated conveyor (32) is provided so as to maintain a small distance (d) from the partition plate (30), and the partition plate (30) of the refrigerated conveyor (32) is provided.
An airtight first cold air path (42) communicating with the minute interval (d) is formed inside the lower base (12) on the side, and air is blown downward into the first cold air path (42). A small gap (D) between the inner periphery of the refrigerated conveyor (32) and the base (12), and a lower part of the inner periphery of the refrigerated conveyor (32). An airtight second cold air path (48) communicating with the minute gap (D) is formed inside the base (12) of the base (12) in connection with the first cold air path (42), and the second cold air path (48) is formed. A refrigeration fin (50) is disposed in the cooling air outlet (48), and at the upper end of a second cold air path (48) above the partition plate (30), a cool air outlet for blowing cold air toward the partition plate (30) ( A rotary eating and drinking table provided with a warming mechanism and a cool air circulating mechanism, comprising: a cold air circulating mechanism provided with 52); a mounting plate (56) disposed above the warming mechanism. 2. A heat insulation mechanism, instead of connecting the electric wire (22) and the heater (26), the base under the crescent chain (20).
The power supply device (84) slidably provided on the rail (82) disposed inside the (12) and the heater (26) in the plate (24) mounted on the crescent chain (20) A rotary eating table provided with a heat retention mechanism and a cold air circulation mechanism according to claim 1, which is a connection. 3. The warming mechanism and the cold air circulation mechanism according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a collecting conveyor (58) for collecting the product tray (16) is arranged above the refrigerating conveyor (32). Rotating dining table. 4. A rotary eating table provided with the heat retaining mechanism and the cold air circulation mechanism according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein one end of the recovery conveyor (58) is projected toward the kitchen. 5. A rotary eating table equipped with the heat retention mechanism and the cold air circulation mechanism according to claim 1, claim 2, claim 3 or claim 4, wherein the refrigeration conveyor (32) of the cold air circulation mechanism is intermittently conveyed. 6. The first cold air passage (42) and the second cold air passage (48) of the cold air circulation mechanism are covered with a heat insulating material (54), claim 1, claim 2, claim 3, claim 4. Or claim 5
A rotary eating and drinking table provided with the heat retention mechanism and the cool air circulation mechanism described in the above. 7. The heat retaining mechanism and the cool air circulation mechanism according to claim 1, claim 2, claim 3, claim 4, claim 5 or claim 6, wherein the mounting plate (56) is formed of a transparent material. Rotating dining table.