JP3396205B2 - Food and drink tray - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a restaurant, particularly a conveyor belt sushi restaurant, for circulating and transporting food such as udon and red soup on a transport path. The present invention relates to a food / drink placing tray used for the present invention. 2. Description of the Related Art In a restaurant such as a conveyor belt sushi restaurant, a transport device having a transport path circulating along tables and counters arranged in a large number of restaurants is installed so that employees can eat and drink sushi and the like. While the articles are supplied to the transport path in a state of being placed on a dish or a tray, the food and drink customers (hereinafter, referred to as “customers”) on each table are supplied to the tray or the tray sent from the transport path. Pick and pick the ones you like,
You can freely eat and drink the food on the plates and trays you picked up. [0003] In the above-described transport apparatus, food and drink on a tray or a tray placed on the transport path continues to go around the transport path until picked up by a customer. Therefore, if the food orbiting on the transport path is not taken out of the transport path for a long time, the quality of the food decreases with time, and as a result, the food and drink of the reduced quality is provided to the customer. There is a problem that it will. [0004] In particular, foods and drinks such as udon and buckwheat are short-lived times due to cooling of juice and extension of noodles, and it is difficult to determine whether or not the time is within the validity time. In this case, it is very difficult to carry out round transport on the transport path, and it is also difficult for the store to manage time.
Therefore, foods such as udon and soba are not transported by the transport device and provided to the customer, but cooked and provided after listening to the order from the customer, even in a conveyor belt sushi restaurant or the like due to its nature. Most of the time it was. [0005] However, the biggest feature of the conveyor belt sushi restaurant is that it can provide food and drink without waiting for the customer, so that the customer can order food and drink after the customer places an order. Cooking would result in waiting for customers, and in addition to losing the features of the conveyor belt sushi restaurant, there is a problem that it takes time for employees on the store side . Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems,
The taste of food and beverages provided at restaurants and other restaurants that have a conveyor equipped with a conveying path that circulates along tables and counters, such as conveyor belt sushi restaurants Provision of food and drink trays that enable employees to easily manage the best-selling time so that employees can easily provide food and beverages in good quality by making it possible to recognize the passage of time at a glance Made for the purpose. [0007] To achieve the above object, a food and drink placing tray according to claim 1 of the present invention comprises a food and drink placing portion for placing food and drink, and a table. along
In food placed trays used placed on a conveyance path for circulating transporting, comprising a notification means for notifying the progress of optimal expiration time of the food placed on the food mounting portion is driven by the mainspring, food In order to keep food and drink warm
Is provided . [0008] In the above configuration, the food and drink placing tray is
The food and drink may be placed directly on the food and drink placing portion, or a container containing the food and drink may be placed, and there is no particular limitation. The drive of the notification means is not particularly limited as long as the power source is a mainspring, and examples thereof include a drive mode used for a generally used mainspring-type timer switch and the like. The notifying means may be of any structure as long as it informs at least the elapse of the optimal taste time of the placed food or drink, and is not particularly limited. A structure that gives a visual notice by e.g., raising a tag from a part of the food / drink placement tray when the optimal expiration time elapses, or a structure that gives an audible notice by sounding or placing There is a structure in which a mark such as a doll is attached to a portion that covers food and drink so that the user can eat and drink while the mark is moving. At this time, the notifying means is provided with a display unit such as a scale, a color code, and a language for notifying the elapse of the expiration time on a part of the tray, and displays an arrow provided on another part of the tray by driving a mainspring. When the method of informing by relative movement to the section is performed, it is possible to more specifically recognize the elapse of the taste time. Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.
This will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a food placing tray according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the inside of the food placing tray of FIG. It is the side view sectional drawing expressed. As shown in FIG. 1, the food and drink placing tray 1 includes a rotating section 11 and a fixed base 12. The rotating unit 11 includes, as shown in FIG. 1, a food and drink placing unit 110 on which a container 5 containing “udon” is placed as food and drink;
A heat insulating wall 111 provided so as to surround the periphery of the food and drink placing part 110;
The heat retaining wall 111 forms a recess having a size just enough to accommodate the container 5. Although not shown, the heat retaining wall 111 has a vacuum space formed therein to prevent the juice of "udon" in the container 5 placed on the food / drink placing section 110 from cooling. Has a double structure. As shown in FIG. 1, the heat retaining wall 111 has arrows 31 pointing downward at three places (two places in the figure) along the outer peripheral wall at an angle of 120 ° from the rotation center of the rotating unit 11. Is drawn. Further, as shown in FIG.
In order to correspond to each of the above, the character 32 of “eat around” and “time over”
Are alternately three places (one place or two places in the figure)
Section) are listed. 2, the driving unit 2 is provided between the rotating unit 11 and the fixed base 12, and the driving force of the driving unit 2 causes the arrow 31 of the rotating unit 11 shown in FIG. The position to be pointed is changed from the portion 32 of the character "eat around" on the fixed base 12 to the character 3 of the "time over".
The rotation is performed so as to move over three parts. That is, the arrow 31 of the rotating unit 11, the characters 32 of "eat around" and the character 33 of "time over" of the fixed base 12, and the driving unit 2 form the notifying means 3, and the mounted container The elapse of the optimal taste time of the "udon" contained in No. 5 is recognized. Although not shown, the drive unit 2 moves the arrow 31 from the character 32 of “eating time” to the character 33 of “time over”, and then moves the arrow 31 again to the character 32 of “eating time”. And stop means for stopping so as not to move. The driving unit 2 is shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B.
As shown in, the mainspring 21 as the driving source and the rotating shaft 2
2, support shaft 23, gear 24, disk 25, feed pawl 26
a, 26b, and deceleration means 27. The spring 21 has a spring fixing part 2 at one end.
At 10, it is attached to the fixed base 12, and the other end is attached to the rotating shaft 22. The rotating shaft 22 is fixed to the rotating portion 11 and is rotatably supported by the support shaft 23. When the rotating shaft 22 is rotated in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. It has become. The support shaft 23 is fixed so as to rise from a position that is the center of rotation of the rotating part 11 at the bottom of the fixed base 12. The gear 24 has a so-called ratchet wheel shape, and is fixed to the rotating shaft 22 by a feed pawl 26a, 26b so as to be rotatable in a direction indicated by an arrow shown in FIG. 2B. The disk 25 is, as shown in FIG.
It is rotatably mounted below the gear 24 in a free state from the rotating shaft 22, and a gear 250 is provided on an outer peripheral portion thereof, and feed claws 26 a and 26 b which mesh with the gear 24 are mounted on two upper surfaces thereof. . The feed pawls 26a and 26b are mounted on the upper surface of the disk 25 so as to mesh with the gear 24 when the gear 24 is rotated in a certain direction. That is, when trying to rotate the gear 24 in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. 2 (b), the feed pawls 26a, 26b and the gear 24 do not mesh with each other and do not hinder the rotation. When trying to rotate, the feed pawls 26a, 26b and the gear 24 mesh with each other to prevent rotation, and transmit the force applied to this rotation to the disk 25,
The disk 25 is rotated. The deceleration means 27 includes an arm 270 and a claw 27
a and 27b, and a weight 271. The two claws 27a and 27b are adapted to mesh with the gear 250 of the disk 25. The claws 27a and 27b at both ends alternately contact the gear 250, so that the arm 270 swings. . Further, the speed reducing means 27 having the above configuration can freely set the rotation speed of the disk 25 by the driving force of the mainspring 21 by changing the weight of the weight 271, for example, 90 ° / 10 minutes. I can do it. Next, the use and movement of the food / drink placing tray 1 will be described by taking a conveyor belt sushi restaurant as an example. First, FIG.
As shown in (a), the display state of the notification means 3 changes the display state of the notifying means 3 in accordance with the taste time of the food placed on the food placement tray 1 by the arrow 31 of the rotating unit 11 by “ The rotating unit 11 is rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow, that is, in the direction in which the mainspring 21 is tightened, so as to be at a predetermined position in the character 32 of “eat around”. Next, as shown in FIG. 3B, the container 5 containing “udon” is placed on the food / drink placement section 110 of the food / drink placement tray 1 and is placed along the table of the shop. To the transport path 7 which is traveling round. Food and drink tray 1
Uses the mainspring 21 shown in FIG.
1 is transported cyclically in the transport path 7 while rotating in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. Therefore, the arrow 31 of the rotating unit 11 is changed from the character 32 of “eat around” to the character 33 of “time over” in accordance with the taste time of “udon”.
Move to the part. At this time, the rotating unit 1 of the food and drink placing tray 1
Since the arrow 31 of 1 indicates either the character 32 of “eat around” or the character 33 of “time over”, the time lapse state of the food and drink in the container 5 on which it is placed can be seen at a glance. I understand it. Therefore, when the customer confirms that the arrow 31 points to the character 31 of "eat around" and picks up the food and drink placing tray 1, the customer can eat a delicious "udon" within the best time. it can. On the other hand, when the store clerk confirms that the arrow 31 points to the character 33 of “time over”, the store clerk collects the container 5 from the food placing tray 1 that is being conveyed in the transport path 7 and places the food placing tray. 1
Can be set again, and the container with freshly cooked food and drink can be passed through the transport path 7 with the container placed thereon. As described above, when the food and drink placing tray 1 of the present invention is used, the freshness of the food being conveyed on the conveyance path 7 can be seen at a glance, and the customer can safely transfer the food and drink from the conveyance path 7. Can be taken up. In addition, since the store can also check at a glance the foods and drinks whose expiration time has passed, by immediately collecting the foods and drinks whose expiration time has passed, the old foods and beverages are allowed to flow to the transport path 7 forever. Disappears. Furthermore, as the notification means 3, the arrow 3 and the character 32 "Eatago" and the character 33 "Time Over" are provided at three places, respectively, so that they are conveyed on the conveyor path 7 of the conveyor belt sushi restaurant. Also, the notification means 3 can be easily confirmed by both the customer and the store employee. The food and drink placing tray 1 is provided with a heat insulating wall 11.
1 has the effect of keeping the food placed on the food placement section 110 warm, so that the food is less likely to cool or warm. Furthermore, since the power source of the drive unit 2 is a mainspring, the food and drink placing tray 1 does not spend extra costs such as electricity bills, and hardly breaks down even when wet with water. The food and drink tray according to the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the above-described embodiment, “udon” is used as the food placed on the food placing tray 1, but other foods such as “soba” and “red dashi” are placed on the tray. You may. Further, the configuration of the food and beverage tray may be such that the beverage can be loaded like the food and beverage tray 10 shown in FIG. In this case, beer or juice can be transported. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the heat retaining wall 111 has a double structure having a vacuum space inside in order to provide a heat retaining effect. May be filled to give a heat retaining effect. In addition, the heat retaining wall 111 may be fixed to the food / drink placement section 110 or may be detachable. As described above, according to the food placing tray of the present invention, the heat retaining wall prevents the food placed on the food placing portion from cooling or warming. While being suppressed, the freshness state of the food placed on the food placement part can be checked at a glance. Therefore, from the point of view of the store, the employee can easily perform time limit management for providing food and drink in good quality, and from the viewpoint of the customer, after the food and drink are cooked. Can be recognized at a glance, so that food and drink in a delicious state can always be eaten and consumed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of a food and drink placing tray according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a side cross-sectional view schematically illustrating the inside of the food / drink placing tray of FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a use state of the food and drink placing tray. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the food and drink placing tray according to the present invention. [Description of Signs] 1 Food and Food Placement Tray 110 Food and Food Placement Unit 2 Drive Unit 21 Spring 31 Arrow (Notification Means) 32 Characters (Notification Means) 33 Characters (Notification Means)

Claims (1)

(57) Patent Claims 1, further comprising a food mounting portion for mounting a food, Te
Notification means for driving the mainspring to notify the elapse of the optimal taste time of the food placed on the food placement part in the food loading tray used by being placed on the transport path that circulates and transports along the table. The food storage part has a heat insulation wall for keeping food and drink warm.
Food placed tray, characterized in that is provided.