JP4404833B2 - Food container - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a food container used in a food transport device that transports food and drink such as sushi on a transport body, and allows food and drinkrs to appropriately take out their favorite food and drink from the transport path and eat and drink. .

In recent years, in stores where a large number of tables and counters arranged in the store are equipped with a transport device that circulates along the counter, the cook puts a rice ball on the shaved ball in the kitchen room and is finished. On the plate, the basket is placed on the tray and transferred to the transport body of the transport device, and the transport body sequentially transports it to each table in the guest room. Is taken out from the carrier as needed and eaten. (See Patent Document 1)
By the way, foods and drinks such as candy that are transported by the above transport device are likely to rot due to aerobic bacteria when they are in contact with air. It is preferable.

However, conventionally, only food and drinks are placed on a plate, or only a cover is placed on a plate on which food and drinks are placed, and no effort has been made to prevent food and drinks from being exposed to the air. Is the current situation.
JP 2002-65442 A

This invention is developed in view of the above situation, Comprising: It is providing the food container which can convey to a predetermined place, without touching food and drink as much as possible in the case of conveyance of food and drink. .

In order to achieve the above object, the invention described in claim 1 is a food and drink used on the transport path in the food and drink transport apparatus provided with a transport path for transporting food and drink to each seat in the store. The container is composed of a dish member on which food and drink are placed, and a lid that covers the dish member, the dish member comprising a dish body and a hill protruding from the lower surface of the dish body, The dish body is provided with a vent hole having one end opened on the upper surface side of the dish body and the other end opened on the lower surface side of the dish body surrounded by the hill. The vent hole has a lid on the dish member. A check valve is provided that can discharge the air in the food and beverage storage space covered with the body to the outside and prevents the outside air from entering the space from the outside.

The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the lid according to claim 1 is transparent.

According to invention of Claim 1, after covering a lid | cover on the dish member which put food and drink, the air in food and drink accommodation space is discharged | emitted by an air removal apparatus etc. via a check valve. Accordingly, the progress of putrefaction of the food contained in the food receiving space is less air to slower than conventional, be able to suppress a decrease in the quality of food it is of course, a hill The air in the food and beverage storage space can be easily discharged by effectively using it as an exhaust path.

According to invention of Claim 2, in addition to the effect of invention of Claim 1, the food and drink on the plate member conveyed by covering a cover body can be seen.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a food and drink container according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, FIG. 5 shows a counter table 1a and a plurality of legged tables 1b installed in the guest room S2, a partition housing 2 arranged along the front surface of the kitchen room S1 or the tables 1a and 1b, and a circuit around the partition housing 2. The interior of the sushi store is provided with a transport path 3 for circulating and transporting the sushi prepared in the food and beverage container 4 according to the present invention to the tables 1a and 1b in the kitchen room S1. It is shown in

As shown in FIG. 6, the partition housing 2 includes side walls 21 and 22 that face each other with a predetermined gap therebetween, and an upper wall 23 and a bottom wall (not shown) that connect the upper and lower ends of the side walls 21 and 22. A first housing part 2a which is formed along a front surface of the kitchen room S1 and divides the kitchen room S1 and the guest room S2, and the first housing part 2a. The second and third housing portions 2b and 2c are bent from both ends in the longitudinal direction and extend in parallel to the cabin S2, and outward of the side walls 21 and 22 in the second and third housing portions 2b and 2c. The counter table 1a and the legged table 1b are arranged.

The conveyance path 3 is guided by a recess 31 provided in the upper wall 23 of each housing portion 2a, 2b, 2c and guide walls 32 provided on both sides of the recess 31 in the width direction. An endless flat chain 33 that circulates when driven is provided.

In the transport apparatus having the above configuration, the sushi put in the food container 4 having the structure described later by the employee in the kitchen room S1 is sequentially placed on the flat chain 33 moving on the front surface of the kitchen room S1. Through the flat chain 33, it is circulated and conveyed to the tables 1a and 1b in the guest room S2, and the customers of each table appropriately transfer the food container tray 4 having the structure described later, from which the favorite sushi is stored, from the flat chain 33. I take it out and eat.

The food / beverage container of the present invention is used on the flat chain 33 described above. Next, the food / beverage container will be described in detail.

The food / beverage container indicated by reference numeral 4 in FIG. 1 basically includes a dish member 5 on which food / drink is placed and a lid body 6 that covers the dish member 5.

The dish member 5 includes a dish body 51 having a circular shape in plan view, and a cylindrical platform 52 that projects integrally from the lower surface of the dish body 51.

A seal member 54 made of soft synthetic rubber is fitted into the lower end of the hill 52.

A vent hole 53 is provided in the center of the dish body 51 in the dish member 5.

One end of the vent hole 53 opens on the upper surface side of the dish body 51, and the other end opens on the lower surface side of the dish body surrounded by the hill 52.

Further, a check valve 7 is provided on the lower surface of the dish body 51 and at one end side opening portion of the vent hole 53.

The check valve 7 can discharge the air in the food storage space 8 covered with the lid 6 on the plate body 51 described later to the outside, and can prevent the outside air from entering the food storage space 8 from the outside. It has a structure to prevent.

The lid body 6 is formed of a synthetic resin material and is transparent. The lid body 6 includes a substantially cylindrical side wall portion 61 and a circular upper wall portion 62 in plan view that closes the upper end opening of the side wall portion 61. A seal member 63 made of a soft synthetic rubber material is fitted into the lower end of the side wall portion 61.

Moreover, in the above embodiment, the air removal apparatus 9 for removing the air in the food storage space 8 is provided in the kitchen room S1.

As shown in FIG. 1, the air removing device 9 is a device in which a compressor 91 is mounted in a hox-shaped housing 90, and the upper surface of the housing 90 has a plate member 5 in the food container 4. A placement surface 92 on which the hill 52 can be placed is provided.

As shown in FIG. 1, the mounting surface 92 is recessed by one step from the upper surface of the housing 90, and a suction port 91 a of the compressor 91 is opened at the center of the mounting surface 92.

The exhaust port 91 b of the compressor 91 is open on the side surface of the housing 90.

Next, the usage example of the food / beverage container 4 which consists of the above structure is shown.

First, the bowl F gripped in the kitchen room S1 is placed on the dish body 51 of the dish member 5, and the lid body 6 is placed on the dish body 51.

Subsequently, the plate member 5 covered with the lid 6 is carried onto the housing 90 of the air removing device 9, and the hill 52 of the plate member 5 is placed on the mounting surface 92 on the housing 90. A seal member 54 seals between the lower end and the mounting surface 92.

As the compressor 91 is driven, the air in the food and beverage storage space 8 on the dish body 51 covered with the lid body 6 is smoothly discharged to the outside via the check valve 7, After the air in the space 8 has been discharged to the outside for a certain period of time, the food and drink container 4 is transferred from the air removal device 9 onto the flat chain 33 and directed toward the tables 1a and 1b in the cabin S2. It is transported.

Thus, since the bag F accommodated in the food and drink storage space 8 with less air is less exposed to the air, the rot of the held bag F is slower than before, and the quality of the bag F Can be suppressed.

In addition, since the air in the food / beverage storage space 8 is extracted and the air pressure in the food / beverage storage space 8 decreases, it may be difficult to remove the lid 6 from the dish member 5. An opening / closing valve 64 for introducing air into the food storage space 8 is provided on the upper wall portion of the lid body 6. When the lid body 6 is removed, the opening / closing valve 64 is opened in advance to The air may be allowed to flow into the food and drink storage space 8 which is low.

Further, in the above embodiment, the vent hole 53 is provided in the dish member 5 and the check valve 7 is provided in the vent hole 53. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. A vent hole 65 may be formed in the upper wall portion 62 of the body 6, and the check valve 7 may be provided in the vent hole 65.

Moreover, in the above embodiment, although the candy was accommodated in the food-and-drink accommodation space 8, it is not limited to this, For example, you may make it accommodate sashimi and a cake.

Sectional drawing of the food / beverage container mounted on the mounting surface of an air removal apparatus. The perspective view of a food-drink container. The expanded sectional view of the principal part of a food-and-drink container. Explanatory drawing of the principal part which shows another embodiment of the food-drink container. Explanatory drawing which represented planarly the inside of the sushi store provided with the food and drink conveyance apparatus. The expanded sectional view of the principal part of the food-drink conveyance apparatus which shows the state by which the rotary body was mounted. The schematic sectional drawing which shows another embodiment of the food / beverage container.

2 Partition housing 3 Transport path 4 Food container 5 Dish member 51 Dish body 6 Cover body 7 Check valve 8 Food storage space 9 Air removal device

Claims (2)

A food container that is used by being placed on the transport path in a food transport apparatus provided with a transport path for transporting food and drink to each seat in the store, the dish member on which the food and drink are placed, and the dish member The dish member is composed of a dish body and a hill protruding from the lower surface of the dish body. One end of the dish body opens to the upper surface side of the dish body and the other end. Is provided with a vent hole that opens on the lower surface side of the dish body surrounded by the hill, and air in the food and beverage storage space covered with the lid on the dish member can be discharged to the vent hole. A food and drink container comprising a check valve for preventing outside air from entering the space from the outside.   The food and drink container according to claim 1, wherein the lid is transparent.

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