JP4633071B2 - Assembling member for food and beverage container - Google Patents

Description

  TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a food and drink container used in a food and drink transport device that transports food and drink such as sushi on a transport path so that food and drink can be taken out from the transport path and eaten appropriately. .

In recent years, in a store where a transport device having a transport path that circulates along a table in the store is installed, a cook puts and holds the sushi material on a shari ball in a kitchen room and places the finished sushi on a plate. In addition, it is transferred to the transport path of the transport device, and sequentially transported to each table in the guest room by this transport path, while the customer can use the transport device according to their preference for multiple types of sushi that are sequentially sent by the transport device. We take out and eat appropriately. (See Patent Document 1)
By the way, in the above stores, sushi and the like whose prices vary depending on the type of material may be provided together.

  That is, for example, a 100-yen product and a 200-yen product are provided together on the transport path. In this case, as a method for determining which price the customer ate, Prepare dishes with different colors and patterns for each dish, count the number of empty dishes after meals by color or pattern, and multiply the price of food for each number of dishes to calculate the total price. ing.

  However, in the above calculation method, as described above, first, the dishes are sorted by color or pattern, the number of sorted dishes is counted for each color or pattern, and the price of food on each dish is multiplied. The amount of money must be calculated, and it takes time to calculate. In particular, when the store is crowded, there is a problem that it is easy to make a mistake in calculation.

  On the other hand, for the above problems, one dish is set at 100 yen, and in the case of 100 yen goods, the food is placed on one dish. There has also been proposed a method in which foods are placed on top of each other and fed onto the conveyance path.

However, when the above method is adopted, as schematically shown in FIG. 9, the customer mistakenly takes out only the uppermost plate P1 on which the food is placed from the conveyance path, and removes the lower plate P2 from there. There is a case where it is left on the transport path R, and in this case, there is a problem that it is impossible to calculate an accurate fee eaten by the customer.
JP 2001-46213

  The present invention has been developed in view of the above circumstances, and is an assembly tool for a food container that can prevent only one of two stacked food containers from being mistakenly taken. Is to provide.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to 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 table in the store. An assembling tool for receiving dishes, an assembling cylinder provided with an upper and lower opening into which a dish plate for food and drink receiving dishes can be fitted, and a dish plate for the food receiving dish are fitted into the upper and lower openings of the assembling cylinder. At the time, at least a pan position restricting portion is provided for restricting the upper surface of the peripheral edge portion of the plate to be fitted into the upper opening so as to be substantially at the same position as the upper opening edge of the assembly cylinder. It is a feature.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the assembling tool according to the first aspect, the lower surface of the peripheral edge of the dish plate in which the dish position restricting portion is fitted in the lower opening is substantially the same as the edge of the lower opening of the assembling cylinder. It is characterized by being restricted so that it may come to the same position.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the assembling tool according to the first or second aspect, the dish position restricting portion is integrally formed on the inner peripheral surface of the assembled cylinder.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when eating the sushi conveyed through the assembly tool according to the present invention, the plate on the plate on which the sushi is placed fits into the assembly cylinder of the assembly tool. Therefore, it is not possible to pick up only this plate on which sushi is served, and inevitably, the upper and lower plates fitted in the upper and lower openings of the assembly cylinder are picked by hand, Two dishes will be taken out from the flat chain together with the assembly tool. Therefore, for example, when eating 200 yen sushi, the two storage dishes will be taken out from the food and drink transport device together with the assembly tool. Even if you eat several different priced foods and drinks, you can easily and reliably calculate the amount of sushi you eat by simply removing the storage plate from the assembly tool and counting the total number of storage plates after eating. As before, prepare dishes with different colors and patterns for each price, count the number of empty dishes after meals by color or pattern, and multiply the price of food for each number of dishes to get the total price Compared to the case of calculation, the calculation does not require time and mistakes in calculation are reduced.

  According to the invention described in claim 2, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, two upper and lower plates can be taken out from the flat chain together with the assembly tool more smoothly.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, in addition to the effects of the invention described in claim 1 or 2, the manufacturing cost of the assembly tool itself can be reduced.

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

  First, FIG. 6 shows a kitchen room S1, a counter table 1a and a plurality of legged tables 1b arranged in the guest room S2, a partition housing 2 arranged along the front surface of the kitchen room S1 and the tables 1a and 1b, The food and drink transport provided with an endless flat chain 31 for running on the partition housing 2 and carrying the sushi arranged in the food and beverage container 6 described later in the kitchen room S1 to the tables 1a and 1b. The flat chain 31 is a plan view of the interior of the sushi store where the apparatus 3 is provided, and the flat chain 31 constitutes a transport path for transporting food and drink to each table in the store. The food and drink storage tray 6 can be placed.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the partition housing 2 is formed in a cross-section box shape from side walls 21, 22 facing each other with a predetermined interval, and an upper wall 23 and a bottom wall 24 connecting the upper and lower ends of both side walls 21, 22. A first housing part 2a which is disposed along the front surface of the kitchen room S1 and separates the kitchen room S1 and the guest room S2, and is bent from both longitudinal ends of the first housing part 2a. The second and third housing portions 2b and 2c extending in parallel to the cabin S2 are formed in a recess 25 provided in the upper wall 23 of each housing portion 2a, 2b, and 2c. The counter table 1a and the legged table 1b are disposed outside the side walls 21 and 22 of the second and third housing portions 2b and 2c.

  In the embodiment shown in the figure, openings 26 having a rectangular shape in front view are provided on the side walls 21 and 22 of the partition housing and at positions corresponding to the seats and the table with legs of the counter table 1a. A door 27 that opens and closes the door is swingably provided, and the door 27 is provided with an insertion port 28 through which a predetermined food and beverage container 6 can pass one by one.

  The above door 27 can be opened by operating a key cylinder 29 provided on the side walls 21 and 22 as shown in FIG. Etc. can be put into the dish collection water channel 4 to be described later from the opening 26.

  Further, in the first, second, and third housing portions 2a, 2b, and 2c in the housing 2, the first, second, and third ducts 3a, 3b, and the like extending over almost the entire length of the housing portions 2a, 2b, and 2c. 3c is provided, and one end of the second and third ducts 3b and 3c on the side of the first housing part 2a provided in the second and third housing parts 2b and 2c is installed in the first housing part 2a. The first duct 3 a is communicated with both ends in the length direction, and the inside of each of the ducts 3 a to 3 c is used as a dish collection water channel 4. The food / dish storage tray 6 put into the inside is transported to the tray collection tank 40 installed at one end in the length direction of the first duct 3a.

  In addition, the said dish collection | recovery water channel 4 is provided with the fixed inclination so that it may incline below as it goes downstream.

  On the other hand, in the second and third housing parts 2b and 2c, a shooter 5 serving as an input path for guiding the food and drink storage tray 6 input from the input port 28 to the dish collection water channel 4 is provided. In the middle of the shooter 5, a limit switch 51 is provided for detecting the food / dish storage tray 6 to be inserted into the insertion port 28, and the side walls 21 and 22 of the second and third housings 2b and 2c are provided. A digital indicator that displays the number of food storage trays 6 inserted into the insertion slot 28 based on an output signal from the limit switch 51 at a position facing the input slot 28 on the outer surface of the container. 52 is provided.

  The number display of the display 52 is reset to “0” when the door 27 is opened.

  The food and drink storage tray 6 is formed from a synthetic resin, and as is known, a circular dish plate 61 having a slightly depressed central portion in plan view, and a cylindrical plateau protruding from the lower surface of the dish plate 61. 62.

  In the transfer device 3 having the above-described configuration, the sushi T placed on the food and drink storage tray 6 by the employee in the kitchen room S1 is sequentially placed on the flat chain 31 that moves on the front surface of the kitchen room S1. 31 is circulated and conveyed to each table 1a, 1b in the guest room S2 via the 31. The customers of each table 1a, 1b appropriately take the food and drink storage dish 6 on which the favorite sushi T is served from the flat chain 31. Take it out and eat the sushi T on the plate 6.

  The assembling tool 7 of the present invention is used by placing it on the flat chain 31 in a state where the above-mentioned food and drink storage trays 6 are assembled up and down, and this assembling tool 7 will be described in detail below.

  The assembling tool 7 also shown in FIG. 1 includes an assembling cylinder provided with upper and lower openings 71a and 71b into which a dish plate of a food and drink storage tray can be fitted, and a dish plate 61 of the food and drink storage tray 6 with an upper and lower opening 71a. -It is comprised from the cylindrical assembly cylinder 71 made into the magnitude | size which fits in 71b, and the pan position control part 72 which protrudes in the internal peripheral surface of this assembly cylinder 71 for every predetermined space | interval.

  The inner diameter L1 of the assembling cylinder 71 is slightly larger than the outer diameter of the dish plate 61, and the height H1 of the assembling cylinder 7 is substantially the same as the height H2 of the dish 6, so that the dish plate 61 is this assembling cylinder. It is possible to fit in 71.

  The length L3 of the dish position restricting portion 72 is set to a length obtained by subtracting the thickness of the two plate plates 61 from the height H1 of the assembling cylinder 71. As shown in FIG. 4, the peripheral edge of the dish plate 61 is located when the dish plate 61 is fitted into the upper opening 71 a of the assembly cylinder 71 so as to be located inside the dish plate by the thickness from both ends. The bottom surface of the plate 61 abuts against the edge of the plate position restricting portion 72 at a position where the top surface of the plate is at the same position as the edge of the opening 71a of the assembly cylinder 71, and the plate 61 of the food storage tray 6 is assembled. The upper surface of the plate 61 is located at a position where the lower surface of the peripheral edge of the dish plate 61 is located at the same position as the edge of the lower opening 71b of the assembled tube 71 when it is fitted into the lower opening 71b of the tube 71. The end of the dish position restricting portion 72 is in contact with the edge.

  Next, the usage example of the assembly tool 7 which consists of the above structure is demonstrated.

  First, when providing 100 yen sushi T, as is conventionally done, 100 yen sushi T is placed on the plate 61 of the food container 6 and the food container 6 is flattened. It is placed on 31 and conveyed to the tables 1a and 1b.

  On the other hand, when 200 yen sushi is provided, the assembly tool 7 according to the present invention is prepared, and first, as shown in FIGS. After fitting the plate 61 of the food storage tray 6 of sushi) and the plate 61 of the food storage tray 6 loaded with sushi T on the upper end of the assembly cylinder 71, It is placed on the flat chain 31 and conveyed to the tables 1a and 1b.

  And the customer of each table 1a, 1b takes out the food and drink storage dish 6 on which the favorite sushi T was served from the flat chain 31 and eats the sushi T on the dish 6, for example 200 yen. When the sushi is eaten, the plate 61 of the upper plate 6 on which the sushi T is served is fitted into the assembly cylinder 71 of the assembly tool 7, so that only the plate 6 on which the sushi is served is hand-held. As shown in FIG. 5, the upper and lower dishes 6 fitted in the assembly cylinder 71 are picked by hand, and the upper and lower two dishes 6 together with the assembly tool 7 are flattened. When the sushi for 200 yen is eaten from the chain 31 as a result, the two storage dishes 6 together with the assembly tool 7 are taken out from the flat chain 31 and eaten.

  Therefore, even if you eat several foods and drinks with different prices, you can simply and reliably calculate the amount of sushi you eat by simply removing the storage tray 6 from the assembly tool 7 and counting the total number of storage trays 6 after eating. As in the past, prepare dishes with different colors and patterns for each price, count the number of empty dishes after meals by color or pattern, and multiply the price of food for each number of dishes. Compared with the case of calculating the total amount of money, the calculation does not require much time and mistakes in calculation are reduced.

  In the food and drink transport device 3 shown in the figure, the food storage tray 6 is sequentially inserted into the insertion slot 28, so that the number of sheets is counted by the limit switch 51, and the dish body 7 and The number of inserted dummy dish members 8 is automatically displayed on the display 52.

  In each of the embodiments described above, a magnet may be attached to the food / dish storage tray 6 and the attachment 7, and the food / dish storage tray 6 may be adsorbed to the attachment 7 via the magnet.

  In the above embodiment, the present invention is applied to the food storage tray 6 serving sushi T. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the present invention is applied to the food storage tray 6 on which sashimi or cake is placed. Also good.

  Moreover, in the above embodiment, when the plate 61 is fitted into the upper opening 71 a of the assembly cylinder 71, the upper surface of the peripheral edge of the plate 61 is located at the same position as the edge of the opening 71 a of the assembly cylinder 71. At the time when the lower surface of the plate 61 comes into contact with the edge of the plate position restricting portion 72 at the coming position, and the plate 61 of the food storage tray 6 is fitted into the lower opening 71b of the assembled cylinder 71, The upper surface of the plate 61 is brought into contact with the edge of the plate position restricting portion 72 at a position where the lower surface of the peripheral edge of the plate 61 is at the same position as the edge of the lower opening 71b of the assembly cylinder 71. For example, when the plate 61 is fitted into the upper opening 71 a of the assembly cylinder 71, the upper surface of the peripheral edge of the dish 61 is more than the edge of the opening 71 a of the assembly cylinder 71. Slightly jumps out or sinks into the opening 71a The lower surface of the dish plate 61 may be brought into contact with the edge of the dish position restricting portion 72, and the dish plate 61 of the food / drink storage tray 6 is fitted into the lower opening 71 b of the assembled cylinder 71. Even at the time, the lower surface of the peripheral edge of the dish plate 61 protrudes slightly from the edge of the lower opening 71b of the assembly cylinder 71 or sinks into the opening 71b. You may make it contact | abut to the edge of this.

The perspective view which shows one Embodiment of the fixture concerning this invention. FIG. The perspective view of the fixture of the state which set the two food-drinks accommodation dishes. Sectional drawing of the fixture with which two food-drinks accommodation dishes were set. Same as above, front view. 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 a food and drink conveyance apparatus. Explanatory drawing of the principal part of the food-drink conveyance apparatus. Explanatory drawing of a prior art example.

Explanation of symbols

1a, 1b Table partition housing 3 Food and drink transport device 31 Flat chain (transport path)
6 Food and Drink Containment Dish 61 Dish Plate 7 Assembly Tool 71 Assembly Tube 71a Upper Opening 71b Lower Opening 72 Dish Position Restriction Unit T Sushi

Claims (3)

  A food and beverage container assembling tool for use on a food and beverage transport apparatus provided with a transport path for transporting food and drinks to each table in the store, and the tray plate of the food and beverage container is fitted The upper surface of the peripheral edge of the plate that is fitted into at least the upper opening when the plate for the food storage tray is fitted into the upper and lower openings of the assembly tube. An assembly of a food and drink storage tray, comprising a tray position restricting portion for restricting so as to be substantially at the same position as the edge of the upper opening of the assembly cylinder.   2. The dish position restricting portion restricts the lower surface of the peripheral edge of the dish plate fitted in the lower opening so as to be positioned at substantially the same position as the edge of the lower opening of the assembled cylinder. Assembling tool for food and drink storage trays according to 1.   The assembling tool for a food and beverage container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the dish position restricting portion is integrally formed on the inner peripheral surface of the assembling cylinder.

Images