JP5771477B2 - Custom food and beverage transport equipment - Google Patents

Description

  TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an ordered food and beverage transport apparatus that can transport food and drink to a passenger seat side by using a transport path provided so as to communicate a kitchen or the like for cooking food and drink with a passenger seat.

  Conventionally, a food table has been provided around a part of a transport conveyor for transporting foods and drinks provided with food and drink outlets corresponding to the passenger seats, and food and drinks are fed to the transport conveyor path for transporting foods and drinks adjacent to the food and drink outlets. A reciprocating device (moving mechanism for serving) that pushes the container on which food is placed from the food / beverage take-out section to the audience side is provided, and the food and drink etc. conveyed by the conveyor are automatically eaten by the operation of this reciprocating device. There is an order food and drink conveyance device that can be arranged on the table side (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-245033 (page 2, FIG. 3)

  However, in the customary food and beverage transport apparatus described in Patent Document 1, when the food and drink are taken out to the dining table, the container on which the food and drink is placed is pushed out from the transport conveyor toward the dining table by the reciprocating device. Since it is an aspect, it is necessary to ensure the space which arrange | positions a reciprocating device on the opposite side of a dining table. For this reason, the reciprocating device (moving mechanism for serving) does not fit within the width of the conveyor, and the arrangement space of the reciprocating device (moving mechanism for serving) itself is limited, and the desired arrangement of the dining table with respect to the conveying conveyor. There was a problem that could not.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems, and can arrange a moving mechanism for serving to move food and drink from the transport path to the dining table without projecting in the width direction of the transport path, and An object of the present invention is to provide an order food and beverage transport apparatus that can reliably transport food and drink from the transport path to the passenger seat side.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem,
Place the food and drink ordered by the prescribed food and beverage ordering means in a container of a predetermined depth, and transport the container to the vicinity of the ordering customer's dining seat by a transportation path provided to communicate the kitchen etc. with the customer seat And a food and beverage ordering device that can be served to the dining table by the serving mechanism for serving,
The container is placed on the upper surface of a container placing body that moves on the transportation path and can be transported. The container placing body is temporarily placed at a position near the meal seat of the ordering customer ordered by the food and beverage ordering means. The container mounting body is integrally provided with the layout moving mechanism, and the container mounting body, the layout moving mechanism, and the container are transported together. Move on the street,
At a predetermined timing in which the vessel mounting body diet seat vicinity to the slow or still in the transport path, the serving mobile mechanism, the container positioned above the its by its driving force, the container From the abutted state, the container mounting body is moved in a direction crossing the transport path.
According to this feature, the arrangement moving mechanism is in contact with the container positioned above from the container mounting body, that is, the distribution moving mechanism uses the space above the container mounting body to store the container. Is moved in a direction crossing the conveying path, so that the arrangement space of the serving moving mechanism for transferring food and drink etc. from the arrangement conveying path to the passenger seat side is not limited, and temporarily low speed or Since the serving moving mechanism is activated after it is stationary, food and drink can be reliably transferred from the transport path to the passenger seat side. Further, it is only necessary to prepare one arrangement moving mechanism for one container, it is not necessary to provide many arrangement moving mechanisms, and the control steps are simplified.

The ordered food and beverage conveying apparatus of the present invention is
A power receiving unit is provided as a driving power source for the serving moving mechanism provided in the container mounting body, and a power feeding unit is provided in each of the transport path in the vicinity of a predetermined meal seat. At a predetermined timing when the container mounting body is slow or stationary at a position near the seat, the power feeding unit of the transport path and the power receiving unit of the layout moving mechanism are brought close to or in contact with each other, and the power received from the power feeding unit It is characterized in that is adapted to move the container in a direction crossing the conveyance path by the driving force of the serving mobile mechanism.
According to this feature, the driving force of the serving moving mechanism can be obtained from the power feeding unit of the transport path only by controlling the low speed or the stationary state of the container mounting body at the position near the meal seat in the transport path. The container can be moved in the direction crossing the transport path, and the control of the order food and drink transport device as well as the mechanism of the order food and drink transport device are greatly simplified.

The ordered food and beverage conveying apparatus of the present invention is
Control means for executing travel control of the transport path includes speed control means for performing stop or deceleration of the transport path in order to stop or decelerate the container mounting body at a position near the ordered meal seat, Detecting means for judging the completion of driving of the moving mechanism for laying received power from the power supply unit at the timing of stopping or decelerating by the speed control means, and moving mechanism for laying by the detecting means And a return means for moving the transport path so as to return the container mounting body to the kitchen side.
According to this feature, in the control means for executing the traveling control of the transport path, the detection means determines completion of driving of the layout moving mechanism based on the movement of the container, and the return means moves the container mounting body to the kitchen. Since the transport path is moved so as to return to the side, it is not necessary to monitor the drive of the serving moving mechanism itself, and the control of the order food transport device is of course not only the mechanism of the order food transport device. Will be simplified.

The ordered food and beverage conveying apparatus of the present invention is
The detection means is an optical sensor provided between the container mounting body and a table of a passenger seat.
According to this feature, the movement of the container can be easily detected by the optical sensor.

It is a top view which shows the order food / beverage conveying apparatus in Example 1. FIG. It is a cross-sectional view of the container mounting body and the order conveyance path in the first embodiment. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the structure of the container mounting body in Example 1. FIG. It is an enlarged plan view which shows the order food-and-drink conveyance apparatus in Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows operation | movement of the moving mechanism for arrangement | positioning in Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows operation | movement of the moving mechanism for arrangement | positioning in Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows operation | movement of the moving mechanism for arrangement | positioning in Example 1. FIG. It is a cross-sectional view of the container mounting body and the order conveyance path in the second embodiment. It is an enlarged plan view which shows the order food-drink conveyance apparatus in Example 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows operation | movement of the moving mechanism for arrangement | positioning in Example 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows operation | movement of the moving mechanism for arrangement | positioning in Example 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows operation | movement of the moving mechanism for arrangement | positioning in Example 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows operation | movement of the moving mechanism for arrangement | positioning in Example 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows operation | movement of the moving mechanism for arrangement | positioning in Example 2. FIG.

    EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION The form for implementing the order food-and-drink conveyance apparatus which concerns on this invention is demonstrated below based on an Example.

  The food and drink transport device according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, the order food and drink transport device 1 is provided so as to communicate between a kitchen C where the kitchen clerk S cooks and a restaurant K where the restaurant eats and drinks, for example, in restaurants such as a sushi restaurant. And the container placing body 3 that travels on the order conveyance path 18 in accordance with an instruction on the kitchen C side. In the present embodiment, the order conveyance path 18 extends from the kitchen C to the store K, and the eating table 4 is provided on the store K side of the order transport path 18 so as to surround the order conveyance path 18 on the left and right sides. There are audience seats. The kitchen C and the store interior K have various arrangements and are not limited to this embodiment. In this embodiment, the container mounting body 3 traveling on the order transport path 18 travels on the order transport path 18 from the kitchen C side toward the in-store K side, so that the container mounting body 3 travels. The food and drink 7 can be conveyed to the left and right food / beverage tables 4 as viewed from the direction.

  On the kitchen C side of the order conveyance path 18, a table 20 for the kitchen clerk S to place the food and drink 7 on the end side of the order conveyance path 18 on the kitchen C side is arranged in parallel. Is a control device 9 having a confirmation means for confirming the food and drink 7 ordered from each food and drink table 4 and a control means for controlling the operation of the order food and drink conveying device 1 when the food and drink 7 is transported to the food and drink table 4. Is placed.

  Next, the order transport path 18 and the container mounting body 3 will be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 1, the end of the order transport path 18 on the side of the kitchen C below the transport surface 18a is leveled by a motor not shown here. A drive part sprocket 14a that rotates in the direction is provided, and a tension part sprocket 14b is provided at the end on the K side in the store. In addition, a rotary encoder (not shown) for measuring the rotation speed of the motor is attached to the motor. Further, a drive belt 16 formed in an annular shape as a conveyance drive body is stretched over the drive part sprocket 14a and the tension part sprocket 14b disposed at both ends.

  Since the inner circumferential surface of the drive belt 16 extends over the entire length of the right side surface of the drive belt 16 as shown in FIG. 2, the drive belt 16 is rotated by the rotation of the drive portion sprocket 14a shown in FIG. Is to be driven. Further, a belt guide 17 is provided at the lower portion of the order conveying path 18 and has two guide grooves 17a that open upward and face in the front-rear direction in the left-right width direction. In each of the guide grooves 17a, an outward drive belt 16 and a return drive belt 16 are disposed.

  Further, a belt bracket 22 formed in a substantially L shape in a sectional view is attached to the drive belt 16. A second magnetic body 41 made of a ferromagnetic metal, a permanent magnet, or the like and center rollers 24 and 24 that rotate in the horizontal direction are pivotally supported at the upper end of the belt bracket 22.

  The second magnetic body 41 is configured to move over substantially the entire length of the order conveying path 18 when the driving belt 16 is driven. Thus, when the drive belt 16 is driven by configuring the order conveyance path 18 and the container mounting body 3, the first magnetic body 40 that is drivingly connected to the second magnetic body 41 by the magnetic force is attached. The container mounting body 3 can travel on the transport surface 18 a along the order transport path 18.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the transport surface 18a of the order transport path 18 is made of a metal plate such as aluminum or stainless steel. In the vicinity of each eating table 4 on the transport path 18, power feeding portions 51 that feed power to drive rollers 30a and 30b, which are serving moving mechanisms described later, are provided on the back side of the transport surface 18a. The mounting body 3 is provided with a power receiving unit 50 as a driving power source for the layout moving mechanism.

  The power feeding unit 51 and the power receiving unit 50 are energized by a non-contact power transmission device built in each of them, and power feeding is started when the power feeding unit 51 and the power receiving unit 50 are close to each other by a predetermined distance or more. The drive rollers 30a and 30b are supplied with power from the power supply unit 51. That is, the power feeding unit 51 and the power receiving unit 50 of the order transport path 18 are brought close to or in contact with each other at a predetermined timing at which the container placing body 3 is slow or stationary at a position in the order transport path 18 near the meal seat. The driving rollers 30a and 30b are driven as the driving force of the layout moving mechanism that receives power from the power source 50. In the present invention, the power feeding unit 51 and the power receiving unit 50 are energized by the non-contact power transmission devices incorporated therein, but the mode of energization is not limited to this. For example, the power feeding unit 51 and the power receiving unit The terminals may be energized by contacting each of the terminals protruding from the surface of 50.

  Further, an optical sensor including a light emitting unit 60 and a light receiving unit 61 serving as detection means is provided between the container mounting body 3 and the food / beverage table 4 so that the movement of the container 11 described later can be detected. . Further, a conveyor 37 is provided on the eating and drinking table 4, and assists the movement of the container 11 by being driven by drive rollers 30 a and 30 b described later when the container 11 is moved in a direction crossing the order conveying path 18. It is like that.

  Further, FIG. 3 shows a container placing body 3 that carries and carries the container 11, and the container placing body 3 is provided with driving rollers 30a and 30b having driving motors 301a and 301b, respectively. The driving rollers 30a and 30b are installed upward through long holes 34 and 34 provided on the left and right in the longitudinal direction, respectively, and the driving rollers 30a and 30b are at least the container bottom surface 111 of the container 11 disposed on the tray portion 3b. It is installed so as to protrude from the surface of the tray portion 3b so as to come into contact with. In addition, free rollers 32 and 32 are rotatably attached to the tray portion 3b at equal intervals between the drive rollers 30a and 30b.

  Next, the control device 9 provided in the kitchen C shown in FIG. 4 will be described. This control device 9 is connected to an ordering device and a rotary encoder (not shown) here, and orders for food and drink 7 received from all the food and beverage tables 4 are associated with the seat IDs respectively set in the food and beverage tables 4. Further, the distances from the placement area 20 to the food / beverage tables 4 in the order conveyance path 18 are stored.

  The control device 9 can measure the rotational speed of a motor (not shown) by detecting the container mounting body 3 traveling on the order conveyance path 18 and the rotation of the motor measured by the rotary encoder. The travel distance of 3 is calculated from the number. Therefore, the container placing body 3 on which the container 11 on which the food and drink 7 are placed is capable of traveling to each food and beverage table 4 on which the food and drink 7 has been ordered accurately, and the speed control of the control device 9 is further provided. The container mounting body 3 can be stopped at each eating and drinking table 4 ordered by the means. At this time, the control device 9 may reduce the conveyance speed as long as the drive rollers 30a and 30b can function without necessarily stopping the container mounting body 3 on each ordered eating and drinking table 4. In addition, the control device 9 can control the start and stop of power supply of each power supply unit 51 associated with the seat ID of the ordering table.

  Next, the procedure at the time of conveyance will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 to 7 with reference to the control device 9, ordering device, power supply circuit, and signal line shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, for example, when the food and drink 7 is delivered to the food and drink table 4 c ordered by the ordering device, the control device 9 responds to the power supply unit 51 c associated with the seat ID of the food and drink table 4 c ordered. The container 11 on which the food and drink 7 are placed is placed on the basis of the distance from the placement area 20 to each of the eating and drinking tables 4c, which is associated with the seat ID of the ordering table 4c. The container mounting body 3 is transported. Then, at the timing when the container mounting body 3 is stopped by the execution of the speed control means, the power supply unit 51c that has started power supply by the control device 9 described above and the power reception unit 50a of the drive roller 30a are brought into proximity to energize. . As a result, the drive roller 30a is not driven except for the power feeding unit 51c associated with the seat ID of the eating / drinking table 4c where the order is placed.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the power feeding unit 51 c and the power receiving unit 50 a of the order transport path 18 are close to each other or at a predetermined timing at which the container mounting body 3 is slow or stationary at the position of the eating and drinking table 4 c in the order transport path 18. The driving roller 30a starts to be driven as the driving force of the arrangement moving mechanism that is in contact with and receives electric power from the power feeding portion 51c. Then, as shown in FIG. 6, the drive roller 30 a is driven to rotate in the direction of the arrow in contact with the container bottom surface 111, and the container 11 is moved in the direction of the eating and drinking table 4 c that has been ordered so as to cross the conveyance path 18. Then, as shown in FIG. 7, it is completely transferred onto the conveyor 37 provided on the eating and drinking table 4c.

  Regarding the movement of the container 11, since the container 11 passes and moves above the light emitting unit 60 of the optical sensor provided between the container mounting body 3 and the eating and drinking table 4 c described above, the light is emitted from the light emitting unit 60. While the reflected light is reflected by the container bottom surface 111 and the light is received by the light receiving unit 61 (FIG. 6), the control device 9 detects that the container 11 is moving from the container mounting body 3. And when the light irradiated from the light emission part 60 is not reflected by the container bottom face 111 and light reception by the light-receiving part 61 stops (FIG. 7), the control apparatus 9 moves from the container mounting body 3 of the container 11 to the eating and drinking table 4c. Detect that the movement of is complete. Upon completion of the movement of the container 11 to the food / beverage table 4c, the control device 9 determines the completion of driving of the driving roller 30a.

  When the completion of driving of the driving roller 30a is detected by the detection means using the optical sensor, the control device 9 moves the transport path 18 so as to return the container mounting body 3 to the kitchen C side. At this time, since the container mounting body 3 moves in the kitchen C direction, the power feeding unit 51 and the power receiving unit 50 are separated from each other, so that the power feeding to the power receiving unit 50 is interrupted, and the drive roller 30a is automatically driven. Stop. According to this, since the control device 9 can stop driving of the driving roller 30a without separately giving an instruction to stop the driving roller 30a, the control configuration is simplified.

  In the present embodiment, when power is supplied to the driving rollers 30a and 30b, the power feeding unit 51 and the power receiving unit 50 provided in the conveyance path 18 and the container mounting body 3 are used. A battery may be built in the mounting body 3 and power may be supplied to the drive rollers 30a and 30b.

  The order food and drink conveying apparatus according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected about the same component as the component shown by the said Example 1, and description is abbreviate | omitted about the overlapping structure.

  As shown in FIG. 8, a serving moving mechanism is accommodated below the transport path 18 located directly beside each eating and drinking table 7 so as to be vertically movable. The arrangement moving mechanism includes two drive rollers 130 a and 130 b provided in parallel to the conveyance path 18, a support plate 62 that rotatably supports these drive rollers 130 a and 130 b, and a telescopic member 63 that raises and lowers the support plate 62. It is comprised by.

  Each of the driving rollers 130a and 130b has a motor therein, and each of them is driven to rotate only in a different direction. Each of the drive rollers 130a and 130b is configured to rotate in only one direction when driven. However, the drive rollers 130a and 130b are not limited to this in the case of not being in a power supply state, and can be driven to rotate in the opposite direction.

  As shown in FIG. 8, long holes 35 through which the driving rollers 130a and 130b can be inserted are provided on the left and right in the longitudinal direction of the conveying surface 18a, respectively, and the roller bracket 3e and the tray portion 3b are provided on the conveying surface 18a. The long holes 33, 33 having substantially the same shape as the long holes 35, 35 and the small holes 34, 34 having the same shape as the long holes 33, 33 or having a narrow width in the left-right direction are viewed from the top of the long holes 35, 35. The drive rollers 130a and 130b can be inserted through the long holes 33 and 33, the long holes 4 and 34, and the long holes 35 and 35, respectively. The driving rollers 130a and 130b can be lifted so as to protrude from the surface of the tray portion 3b as long as they abut at least the bottom surface of the container disposed on the tray portion 3b.

  Next, the procedure during conveyance will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 9, when the food and drink 7 is delivered to the ordered eating and drinking table 4, the control device 9 moves from the placement area 20 associated with the seat ID of the ordered eating and drinking table 4 to each eating and drinking table 4. Based on this distance, the container mounting body 53 on which the container 11 on which the food and drink 7 are mounted is transported.

  As shown in FIG. 10, at the timing when the container placing body 53 is stopped by the speed control means, the support plate 62 is raised above the container placing body 53 by the telescopic member 63 and the drive rollers 130a and 130b are moved. Since the drive roller 130a is rotationally driven in the direction of the arrow while being in contact with the container bottom surface 111, the container 11 is moved in the direction of the ordered table 4c so as to cross the conveyance path (FIG. 11). At this time, the driving roller 130b is not driven, and is driven by the movement of the driving roller 130a along the container bottom surface 111.

  While the container 11 is moved in the direction of the ordered food / drink table c4 so as to cross the conveyance path, the container is above the light emitting unit 60 of the optical sensor provided between the container mounting body 53 and the food / drink table 4c. Since the light irradiated from the light emitting unit 60 is reflected by the container bottom surface 111 and the light is received by the light receiving unit 61 (FIG. 12), the control device 9 causes the container 11 to be mounted on the container. It is detected that the moving body 53 is moving. When the light emitted from the light emitting unit 60 is not reflected on the bottom surface 111 of the container and no light is received by the light receiving unit 61 (FIG. 13), the control device 9 causes the container 11 to move from the container mounting body 53 to the eating and drinking table 4c. It is detected that the movement has been completed. Upon completion of the movement of the container 11 to the food / beverage table 4c, the control device 9 determines the completion of driving of the driving roller 130a.

  When the completion of driving of the driving roller 130a is detected by the detection means using the optical sensor, the driving roller 130a, 130b and the support plate 62 are lowered by the control member 9 below the container mounting body 53 by the telescopic member 63 (FIG. 14). When the drive rollers 130a and 130b and the support plate 6 are lowered to below the container placing body, the control device 9 moves the transport path 18 so as to return the container placing body 53 to the kitchen C side.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to these embodiments, and modifications and additions within the scope of the present invention are included in the present invention. It is.

1 Ordered Food and Drink Conveying Device 3,53 Container Placement Body 3a Dolly 3b Tray 3d Base 3e Roller Bracket 4 Food Table
7 Food and drink 9 Control device 11 Container 14a Drive part sprocket 14b Tension part sprocket 16 Drive belt 17 Belt guide 17a Guide groove 18 Order conveyance path (conveyance path)
18a Conveying surface 18b Rail portion 18c Conveying groove 20 Mounting table 22 Belt bracket 24 Center roller 30a, 30b Driving roller 32 Free rollers 33, 34, 35 Long hole

Claims (4)

Place the food and drink ordered by the prescribed food and beverage ordering means in a container of a predetermined depth, and transport the container to the vicinity of the ordering customer's dining seat by a transportation path provided to communicate the kitchen etc. with the customer seat And a food and beverage ordering device that can be served to the dining table by the serving mechanism for serving,
The container is placed on the upper surface of a container placing body that moves on the transportation path and can be transported. The container placing body is temporarily placed at a position near the meal seat of the ordering customer ordered by the food and beverage ordering means. The container mounting body is integrally provided with the layout moving mechanism, and the container mounting body, the layout moving mechanism, and the container are transported together. Move on the street,
At a predetermined timing when the container placing body is at the low speed or at a stationary position in the vicinity of the meal seat in the transport path, the serving moving mechanism causes the container located above the container mounting body to touch the container by the driving force. The order food and drink transport apparatus is configured to move from the container mounting body in a direction crossing the transport path from the contacted state.   A power receiving unit is provided as a driving power source for the serving moving mechanism provided in the container mounting body, and a power feeding unit is provided in each of the transport path in the vicinity of a predetermined meal seat. At a predetermined timing when the container mounting body is slow or stationary at a position near the seat, the power feeding unit of the transport path and the power receiving unit of the layout moving mechanism are brought close to or in contact with each other, and the power received from the power feeding unit The order food and drink transport device according to claim 1, wherein the container is moved in a direction crossing the transport path by the driving force of the serving moving mechanism.   Control means for executing travel control of the transport path includes speed control means for performing stop or deceleration of the transport path in order to stop or decelerate the container mounting body at a position near the ordered meal seat, Detecting means for judging the completion of driving of the moving mechanism for laying received power from the power supply unit at the timing of stopping or decelerating by the speed control means, and moving mechanism for laying by the detecting means The order food and drink transport according to claim 2, further comprising: a return unit that moves the transport path so as to return the container mounting body to the kitchen side when the completion of driving is detected. apparatus. The order food and drink conveying apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the detecting means is an optical sensor provided between the container placing body and a table of a passenger seat.

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