HK1171926A - Food and drink conveying device - Google Patents

Description

Beverage and food delivery device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a beverage and food transport device that drives a transport driving body to move a moving body along a moving path.

Background

Conventionally, there is a beverage and food delivery device including: an order transport path (travel route) provided between the kitchen area and the catering person area, the order transport path transporting beverages and foods on a transport surface to provide the beverages and foods to a dining customer area; an endless chain (conveying drive body) provided movably along a lower side of the conveying surface of the meal ordering conveying path; and a tray (traveling body) that can be moved by the rollers while placing beverages and foods on the conveying surface, the tray being connected to a tray support extending from the chain so as to be supported by the chain in a cantilever manner, and the tray being movable on the conveying surface by driving the chain. Such a beverage and food conveying apparatus has a first corner (curved path) and a second corner (curved path) in which a tray turns and moves in the middle of a conveying path, and support pieces for moving the tray on the support pieces so that the rollers do not receive resistance from a conveying surface are provided at the first corner and the second corner, and the tray smoothly travels at the first corner and the second corner by moving the tray on the support pieces (see, for example, patent document 1).

Documents of the prior art

Patent document

Patent document 1: japanese laid-open patent publication No. 2008-44688 (page 7, FIG. 7)

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

However, in the beverage and food transport apparatus described in patent document 1, the tray (traveling body) is placed on the support piece at a corner (curved path) of the transport path (traveling lane), and the tray is inclined at a predetermined angle θ with respect to the transport surface with the tray holder as a fulcrum, and therefore, there is a possibility that stability of the beverage and food placed on the tray may be impaired.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a beverage and food conveying apparatus capable of stably moving a traveling body on which beverages and foods are placed along a curved path of a travel path while maintaining stability of the beverages and foods.

Means for solving the problems

In order to solve the above problems, a beverage and food transport device according to the present invention includes: a travel way having a curved path in at least a portion thereof; a conveying drive body arranged along the traveling path; a travel body capable of carrying beverages and foods and traveling along the travel path; and a coupling means for drivingly coupling the conveyance driving body and the traveling body, wherein the beverage and food conveyance device is configured to travel the traveling body along the travel path by driving the conveyance driving body,

the traveling body includes a traveling body main body that is driven and conveyed, and a guide body that is disposed at a front end portion of the traveling body main body with respect to a traveling direction of the traveling body, the guide body being pivotally supported by the traveling body main body so as to be rotatable in a horizontal direction, and abutting portions that are disposed on an inner peripheral side of the curved path so as to abut against the travel path at two places are provided along the traveling direction of the traveling body on both side portions of the guide body on a width direction side with respect to the traveling direction of the traveling body, the abutting portions being rotational bodies that are pivotally supported by the guide body so as to be rotatable in the horizontal direction.

According to this feature, when the traveling body travels on the curved path, the guide body rotates in the horizontal direction in accordance with the curvature of the curved path, and the traveling body abuts against the traveling lane on the front side of the abutting portion, and then abuts against the traveling lane on the rear side of the abutting portion provided on the side portion of the guide body on the inner peripheral side of the curved path.

In the beverage and food transport device according to the present invention, the travel body further includes a follower body disposed at a rear end portion of the travel body main body, abutting portions are provided along the travel direction of the travel body at both side portions of the follower body on a width direction side with respect to the travel direction of the travel body, and the abutting portions disposed on an inner peripheral side of the curved path are configured to abut the travel path at two places in the curved path.

According to this feature, the travel body can travel along the curved path in a more stable state by bringing the two contact portions arranged on the inner peripheral side of the curved path into contact with the travel path by the guide body and the follower provided in the front and rear of the curved path.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a top view showing the overall appearance of the beverage and food delivery device in an embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a partially cut-away top view of the order delivery path.

Fig. 3 is a cut-away top view of the first corner.

Fig. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the traveling body.

Fig. 5 is a side view showing the traveling body in the straight path of the order conveying path.

Fig. 6 is a plan view showing the traveling body in the straight path of the order conveying path.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken along line a-a of fig. 2.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken along line B-B of fig. 2.

Fig. 9 (a) is a plan view of the belt bracket, and (b) is a side view of the belt bracket.

Fig. 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along line C-C of fig. 7.

Fig. 11 is a plan view showing a traveling body at a first corner of the order conveying path.

Detailed Description

The manner in which the beverage and food delivery device of the present invention can be practiced is described below with reference to examples.

Examples

A beverage and food delivery device of an embodiment is described with reference to fig. 1 to 11. Next, the left side of the drawing sheet in fig. 5 is defined as the front side (front side) of the traveling body, the upper side of the drawing sheet in fig. 6 is defined as the front side of the traveling body, and the back side of the drawing sheets in fig. 7 and 8 is defined as the front side (front side) of the traveling body. First, reference numeral 1 in fig. 1 denotes a beverage and food delivery device to which the present invention is applied. The beverage and food transport apparatus 1 includes meal order transport paths 1a, 1b, and 2 as a travel route of the present invention, and the meal order transport paths 1a, 1b, and 2 are provided in a revolving sushi store or the like throughout a kitchen area C where a meal customer has a meal, the kitchen area C being an area where a beverage and food sushi is cooked by kitchen staff C1, C2, or the like.

An endless circulating transport path 5 is provided around the meal ordering transport paths 1a, 1b, and 2, and the circulating transport path 5 is configured to be substantially square in plan view so as to extend along the dining tables T1, T2, T3, and T4 in the meal customer area a. A circulating conveyor path 5 includes a circulating crescent chain conveyor 4, and a dinner plate 6 on which beverages and foods are placed is circulated and conveyed on the crescent chain conveyor 4 by driving the crescent chain conveyor 4.

In a revolving sushi store or the like provided with the circulating transport path 5 as described above, each meal client can take out and eat the beverage and food that are circulated and transported on the circulating transport path 5, and can individually order the food by a restaurant clerk, an ordering apparatus not shown, or the like when the customer wants to eat the beverage and food that are not circulated and transported on the circulating transport path 5.

Then, the beverage and food for individual ordering (customized) are placed on any one of the order transport paths 1a, 1b, and 2 disposed in the kitchen area C after being cooked in the kitchen area C, and transported to the vicinity of the seat of the ordering customer.

Specifically, when a customer in the meal order customer area a receives an order, after the restaurant staff members C1, C2, etc. in the kitchen area C partitioned by the partition wall W cook the customized beverage and food 9 on the cooking tables 8a, 8b and put the dish 6 (see fig. 7) therein, the dish 6 with the customized beverage and food 9 put therein is placed on the traveling body 7 as described later, and the traveling body 7 is provided so that the conveying surface 3 on the meal order conveying paths 1a, 1b, 2 can reciprocate.

Then, the ordered beverage and food 9 placed on the travel body 7 are transported to the catering person area B through the order transport paths 1a, 1B, 2. At this time, the ordered beverages and foods 9 conveyed through the ordering transport paths 1a and 1b are taken directly from the ordering transport paths 1a and 1b by the customer eating in the areas G1, G2, G3, and G5, respectively, and the ordered beverages and foods 9 conveyed through the ordering transport path 2 are conveyed to the front of the meal order clerk H1 and delivered to the customer in the area G4 by the meal order clerk H1.

The travel body 7 after the customized beverage and food 9 are conveyed passes over the original conveying surface 3 via the order conveying paths 1a, 1b, and 2 and returns to the kitchen area C. That is, the traveling body 7 is provided on the meal order transport paths 1a, 1B, and 2 so as to be capable of reciprocating between the meal order person area B and the kitchen area C on the transport surface 3, and the meal order transport paths 1a, 1B, and 2 are configured as independent transport paths.

Next, the three ordering transport paths 1a, 1b, 2 will be described. As shown in fig. 1, the meal order transport paths 1a, 1b, and 2 extend linearly from the kitchen area C side toward the customer area a side through an opening, not shown, formed in the partition W. In the kitchen area C, the order transport path 2 is arranged at the center, and the order transport paths 1a and 1b are arranged close to each other on the left and right sides thereof.

That is, by disposing these three ordering transport paths 1a, 1b, 2 close to each other, it is possible to efficiently place the cooked customized beverage and food from one place to any one of the plurality of ordering transport paths.

On the other hand, in the meal order person area B having a mouth shape in plan view, the meal order conveying path 2 is arranged at the center so as to divide the meal order person area B into two parts. The order transport paths 1a and 1b are bent in directions respectively diverging to the left and right from the center order transport path 2 near the partition wall W and then linearly extended to the vicinity of the inside of the circulating transport path 5. The meal order transport paths 1a and 1b are curved from the vicinity of the inner side of the circulating transport path 5 toward the region G4 and extend along the circulating transport path 5.

That is, the order transport path 1a has a first corner 10a (right arc line) and a second corner 11a (left arc line) that form the curved path of the present invention formed near the partition wall W, and the order transport path 1b has a first corner 10b (left arc line) and a second corner 11b (right arc line) that form the curved path of the present invention formed near the partition wall W.

Further, the sections of the meal order transport paths 1a and 1b extending from the kitchen area C to the first corners 10a and 10b, the sections extending from the first corners 10a and 10b to the second corners 11a and 11b, and the sections extending from the second corners 11a and 11b toward the area G4 are formed as linear paths 12a and 12b, respectively, as described above.

Next, the meal ordering transport paths 1a, 1b, and 2 and the travel body 7 will be described in detail. Note that although the shapes of the respective meal order transport paths 1a, 1b, and 2 are different, the structures for moving the traveling body 7 are completely the same, and therefore, only the meal order transport path 1a will be described below, and descriptions of the other meal order transport paths 1b and 2 will be omitted. Note that, regarding the explanation of the traveling body 7 at the corners 10a, 11a of the order transport path 1a and the corners 10b, 11b of the order transport path 1b, only the first corner 10a of the order transport path 1a will be explained because the moving direction of the first magnetic member 18 described later is reversed.

First, the configuration of the meal order conveying path 1a for the travel body 7 to travel will be described. As shown in fig. 2, a drive sprocket 13 is provided at an end portion of the meal delivery path 1a on the side of the kitchen area C below the delivery surface 3, the drive sprocket 13 is rotated in the horizontal direction by a drive motor or the like, not shown, and a stretching sprocket 14 is provided at an end portion of the meal delivery path 1a on the side of the meal preparing person area B below the delivery surface 3.

A drive belt 15 formed in an endless shape as a conveyance drive body of the present invention is bridged over the drive portion sprocket 13 and the stretching portion sprocket 14 disposed at both ends. A plurality of rack portions 15a are formed on the inner peripheral surface of the drive belt 15, and the plurality of rack portions 15a can engage with the drive portion sprocket 13 and the stretching portion sprocket 14 over the entire length of the right side surface of the drive belt 15.

Since the rack portion 15a engages with the drive portion sprocket 13 and the stretching portion sprocket 14, the drive belt 15 is driven by the rotation of the drive portion sprocket 13. As shown in fig. 2, 7 and 8, when the traveling body 7 on which beverages and foods are placed travels from the kitchen area C toward the catering person area B, the drive sprocket 13 rotates clockwise in fig. 2, so that the left side of the drive belt 15 constitutes an outward belt 15B that drives from the kitchen area C toward the catering person area B, and the right side of the drive belt 15 constitutes an inward belt 15C that drives from the catering person area B toward the kitchen area C. The stretching portion sprocket 14 is provided with a tension adjusting portion 16 for applying tension to the drive belt 15.

In addition, when the traveling body 7 from which the beverage and the food are taken out travels toward the kitchen area C in the catering region B, the right side of the drive belt 15 constitutes an outward path side belt 15B that drives from the kitchen area C toward the catering region B, and the left side of the drive belt 15 constitutes a return path side belt 15C that drives from the catering region B toward the kitchen area C, but a case where the traveling body 7 on which the beverage and the food are placed travels from the kitchen area C toward the catering region B will be described below.

The drive belt 15 is provided so as to be movable along the conveying surface 3 below the conveying surface 3 on which the traveling body 7 of the order conveying path 1a travels. A belt holder 17, which will be described later, is attached to a predetermined portion of the forward belt 15b as shown in fig. 7. The drive belt 15 is guided over the entire length of the straight path 12a between the drive portion sprocket 13 and the stretching portion sprocket 14 and below the first corner 10a and the second corner 11a by a belt guide 21 and slide rollers 37a and 37b, which will be described later.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2 and 7, a belt guide 21 is provided at the end of the linear path 12a on the drive direction side of the drive belt 15. These tape guides 21 have two guide grooves 21a that open upward in the left-right width direction and face in the front-rear direction, and the tape guides 21 are formed in an upward E-shape when viewed from the rear. The forward-side belt 15b and the return-side belt 15c are disposed in the guide grooves 21a, respectively, and the forward-side belt 15b and the return-side belt 15c are prevented from swinging in the lateral width direction by the guide grooves 21 a.

Further, a plate material is provided upright on the right side of the circuit-side belt 15c over the entire length of the linear path 12 a. The upper end portion of the plate member is formed as a traveling plate 36a that is horizontally bent in the left-right width direction above the circuit-side belt 15 c.

As shown in fig. 2 and 8, a plurality of slide rollers 37a and 37b as sliding means of the present invention are provided at the first corner 10a to slide the drive belt 15 in the drive direction of the drive belt 15.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 3 and 8, a plurality of (5 in the present embodiment) slide rollers 37a are disposed on the outer peripheral side of the first corner 10a so as to form the same curvature as the first corner 10a, and the inner surface of the forward belt 15b abuts against the slide rollers 37 a. On the other hand, a plurality of (5 in the present embodiment) slide rollers 37b are disposed on the inner peripheral side of the first corner 10a so as to form the same curvature as the first corner 10a, the outer side surface of the circuit-side belt 15c abuts against the slide rollers 37b, and the slide rollers 37a and 37b are supported so as to be pivotable in the horizontal direction as a pair in the left-right width direction. In which a traveling plate 36b having the same curvature as the first corner 10a is mounted on the upper portion of the slide roller 37 a. The traveling plate 36b is attached so that its upper surface is continuous with the upper surface of the traveling plate 36a in the straight path 12a arranged in front of and behind the first corner 10 a.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, an endless auxiliary belt 38 made of a rubber material or the like is stretched between a plurality of slide rollers 37a disposed at the first corner 10a, and the auxiliary belt 38 is interposed between the forward belt 15b and the slide rollers 37a, whereby it is possible to prevent the forward belt 15b and the slide rollers 37a from coming into contact with each other to generate an abnormal sound, and to suppress wear of the rack portion 15 a.

In the present embodiment, the auxiliary belt 38 is stretched between the plurality of slide rollers 37a disposed on the outer peripheral side of the first corner 10a as described above, but the auxiliary belt 38 may be stretched between the slide rollers 37b in addition to between the slide rollers 37a, or the auxiliary belt 38 may be stretched only between the slide rollers 37 b.

The second corner 11a has the same configuration as the first corner 10a except that the outward belt 15b is brought into contact with the slide roller 37b disposed on the inner peripheral side and the return belt 15c is brought into contact with the slide roller 37a disposed on the outer peripheral side, and therefore, the description thereof is omitted.

As shown in fig. 7, a track portion 22 is provided in the center of the snack food conveying path 1a in the lateral width direction of the conveying surface 3 so as to protrude over substantially the entire length of the conveying surface 3 in the longitudinal direction. Specifically, the conveying surface 3 is made of a plate material made of a metal material such as aluminum or stainless steel. Since the rail portion 22 is formed by pressing the plate material, a conveying groove 23 having a downward コ shape in cross section, which opens downward, is formed on the lower surface side of the plate material on which the rail portion 22 is formed.

Next, the traveling body 7 will be described with reference to fig. 4 to 7. As shown in fig. 4, the traveling body 7 is composed of a carriage unit 24 and a tray unit 25, the carriage unit 24 travels on the conveying surface 3, the tray unit 25 is attached to the carriage unit 24 from above, and the tray unit 25 is used to place the dish 6 containing the customized beverage and food 9. A placement recess 25a for placing the dish 6 is formed in the upper surface of the tray portion 25, and the dish 6 can be held so as not to fall off the tray 25 by placing the dish 6 in the placement recess 25 a.

The carriage unit 24 is mainly composed of a base unit 26 as a traveling body main body of the present invention and a roller holder 27, and the roller holder 27 is attached to both the front end portion and the rear end portion of the base unit 26. As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the roller holders 27 are formed in a downward コ shape by a horizontal plate 27a and a vertical plate 27b, the horizontal plate 27a is formed in a rectangular shape elongated in the lateral width direction in a plan view, and the vertical plate 27b is provided to extend downward from the lateral ends of the horizontal plate 27 a.

On the outer side surfaces of the vertical plates 27b, load rollers 28 are pivotally supported, and the load rollers 28 are used to cause the traveling body 7 to travel on the conveying surface 3. Further, a pair of front and rear rail rollers 29 are pivotally supported between the vertical plates 27b in the left-right direction so as to be rotatable in the horizontal direction, and the rail rollers 29 serve as a contact portion and a rotating body in the present invention. Specifically, the track rollers 29 are pivotally supported in line symmetry in the left-right direction at both left and right side portions in a space surrounded by the horizontal plate 27a and the vertical plates 27 b.

As shown in fig. 7, the width dimension between the track rollers 29 is formed to be slightly longer than the width dimension between the track portions 22 of the conveying surface 3, and by disposing the traveling body 7 on the conveying surface 3, the track rollers 29 are disposed to be close to the track portions 22 on the left and right sides at the front end portion and the rear end portion of the traveling body 7.

In this way, by disposing the track rollers 29 in the left-right width direction of the track portion 22 at the front end portion and the rear end portion of the traveling body 7, not only the traveling path of the traveling body 7 on the conveying surface 3 is defined, but also the traveling body 7 can be prevented from swinging in the left-right width direction by the contact of the track rollers 29 with the track portion 22.

As shown in fig. 6, the roller holders 27 are pivotally supported at the front end and the rear end of the carriage unit 24 by pivot support shafts 30 so as to be rotatable in the horizontal direction, and the pivot support shafts 30 are provided on a center line L that divides the carriage unit 24 into two parts in the width direction. That is, the roller holder 27 pivotally supported by the pivot support shaft 30 in the horizontal direction at the front end portion of the carriage unit 24 constitutes a guide body in the present invention, and the roller holder 27 pivotally supported by the pivot support shaft 30 in the horizontal direction at the rear end portion of the carriage unit 24 constitutes a follower in the present invention.

Further, an elongated hole 31 that penetrates the bogie unit 24 in the vertical direction toward the width direction is provided at a substantially center of the base unit 26 in a plan view. Guide pieces 32 are provided in front and rear of the elongated hole 31 so as to face the width direction from the upper surface of the base portion 26. These guide pieces 32 are arranged parallel to the long holes 31 and formed to have substantially the same width as the long holes 31.

A slide piece 33 having a substantially square shape in plan view is disposed between the front and rear guide pieces 32. The front-rear dimension of the slide piece 33 is substantially the same as the front-rear dimension between the front and rear guide pieces 32, and the slide piece 33 is slidable on the long hole 31 in the left-right width direction by being guided by the front and rear guide pieces 32.

A first magnetic body 18 as a coupling means of the present invention is attached to the lower surface of the sliding piece 33. The slide piece 33 can slide on the long hole 31 in the width direction of the first magnetic body 18. Further, the first magnetic member 18 abuts against the left and right ends of the inner wall of the long hole 31, thereby restricting the movement range of the first magnetic member 18 in the left and right width directions. When the tray portion 25 is attached to the carriage portion 24, the support plate 35 that supports the tray portion 25 from below is attached between the front and rear guide pieces 32, and therefore, as shown in fig. 5, the elongated hole 31 and the slide piece 33 are hidden from view in the carriage portion 24.

As shown in fig. 7, 8 and 10, the belt holder 17 as the connecting portion of the present invention is attached to the forward belt 15b as described above. Specifically, the belt bracket 17 constitutes the connecting portion of the present invention and is formed in a substantially L-shape when viewed from the back. An inner housing recess 15d that opens toward the inside of the forward belt 15b is formed on the inner surface (right side surface) of a predetermined portion of the forward belt 15b, and an outer housing recess 15e that opens toward the outside of the forward belt 15b and faces the inner housing recess 15d is formed on the outer surface (left side surface) of the forward belt 15 b.

These inner housing recess 15d and outer housing recess 15e are formed to penetrate in the front-rear direction, and a lower end portion of the belt holder 17 is housed in the inner housing recess 15 d. On the other hand, a lower portion in which a clamp plate 20 for attaching the tape holder 17 to the forward-side tape 15b is disposed is accommodated in the outer accommodation recess 15 e.

As shown in fig. 7 to 9 (b), the belt holder 17 and the clamp plate 20 are fastened to each other by bolts and nuts from the left-right width direction above the drive belt 15, and the drive belt 15 is clamped by the lower end portion of the belt holder 17 and the lower end portion of the clamp plate 20. Further, the lower end portion of the clamp plate 20 is formed to be bent downward of the belt holder 17.

Therefore, the drive belt 15 is surrounded from the left and right and below by the grip plate 20 and the belt holder 17, and thus the mounting of the belt holder 17 on the drive belt 15 can be maintained. That is, the band holder 17 of the present embodiment constitutes a part of the coupling unit together with the second magnetic body 19.

A second magnetic body 19 as a coupling means of the present invention is fixed to the upper end of the tape holder 17, and the second magnetic body 19 is made of a ferromagnetic metal, a permanent magnet, or the like. A regulating roller 39 as a movement regulating means of the present invention is pivotally supported around the second magnetic body 19, the regulating roller 39 is horizontally rotatable about the second magnetic body 19, and the second magnetic body 19 and the regulating roller 39, which are the upper end portion of the tape holder 17, are disposed in the conveying tank 23. The second magnetic body 19 is driven by the driving belt 15 to move along substantially the entire length of the order transport path 1a in the transport chute 23.

The second magnetic body 19 disposed below the conveyance surface 3 and the first magnetic body 18 attached to the traveling body 7 may be formed of a ferromagnetic metal on one side and a permanent magnet on the other side, or may be formed of a permanent magnet or the like on both sides. In the case where both are made of permanent magnets, different magnetic poles are arranged to face each other across the conveyance surface 3.

As shown in fig. 8 to 9 (b), a pair of guide rollers 34 that abut against the upper surface in the conveying groove 23 is disposed in front of and behind the second magnetic body 19 at the upper end portion of the belt holder 17.

Specifically, the guide rollers 34 are pivotally supported by the belt holder 17 so as to be movable integrally with the drive belt 15 by being driven by the drive belt 15, and are rotatable in the forward and backward directions, which are the driving directions of the drive belt 15, and the first magnetic body 18 and the second magnetic body 19, which are disposed to face each other across the conveying surface 3, are attracted to each other by the magnetic force of each other, so that the second magnetic body 19 abuts against the lower surface of the plate material whose upper surface is configured as the conveying surface 3, and the drive belt 15 is prevented from being lifted upward. That is, these guide rollers 34 constitute the lift prevention means of the present invention.

Also, an auxiliary roller 40 for supporting the load of the belt holder 17 is pivotally supported at the right side portion of the belt holder 17, and the auxiliary roller 40 is rotatable toward the driving direction of the driving belt 15, i.e., the front-rear direction. The lower portion of the auxiliary roller 40 abuts on the upper surfaces of the travel plates 36a and 36b and is driven by the drive belt 15, and the auxiliary roller 40 can travel on the upper surfaces of the travel plates 36a and 36b while supporting the load of the second magnetic body, the regulating roller 39, and the belt holder 17. That is, these traveling plates 36a, 36b and the auxiliary roller 40 constitute the supporting unit of the present invention.

By configuring the meal order transport path 1a and the traveling body 7 in this manner, when the drive belt 15 is driven, the traveling body 7 to which the first magnetic body 18 is attached can travel on the transport surface 3 along the meal order transport path 1a, and the first magnetic body 18 is drivingly coupled to the second magnetic body 19 by magnetic force.

Next, the operation of the traveling body 7 traveling on the conveyance surface 3 will be described. First, as shown in fig. 6, in the linear path 12a of the order feeding path 1a, the first magnetic member 18 is disposed to face the second magnetic member 19 moving in the feeding groove 23, and therefore the first magnetic member 18 is disposed at the center line L connecting the front and rear pivot support shafts 30, that is, at the substantial center of the long hole 31.

As shown in fig. 11, when the traveling body 7 enters the first corner 10a, the two roller holders 27 start to rotate along the shape of the rail portion 22 of the first corner 10a from the two roller holders 27 on the front side in the traveling direction of the traveling body 7, so that the two roller holders 27 rotate greatly about the pivot support shaft 30, and the rail roller 29 disposed on the front side of the two roller holders 27 out of the two front and rear rail rollers 29 disposed on the inner peripheral side of the first corner 10a abuts against the rail portion 22. Further, when the roller holders 27 rotate about the pivot support shafts 30, the rail rollers 29 disposed on the back sides of the two roller holders 27 abut against the rail portions 22, and as a result, the two roller holders 27 abut against the rail portions 22 at two points of the front and rear rail rollers 29, thereby restricting the two roller holders 27 from continuing to rotate about the pivot support shafts 30.

When the traveling body 7 moves at the first corner 10a, the roller holder 27 on the forward side in the traveling direction of the traveling body 7 and the roller holder 27 on the rearward side in the traveling direction of the traveling body 7 are different in the amount of swing rotation, and therefore an inner ring difference is generated in the traveling body 7, and the center line L of the traveling body 7 moves on the inner peripheral side of the first corner 10a with respect to the movement path (two-dot chain line in fig. 8) of the second magnetic body 19.

At this time, since the first magnetic body 18 is drivingly coupled to the second magnetic body 19 by magnetic force, the first magnetic body 18 moves relatively in the elongated hole 31 toward the outer peripheral side of the first corner 10a with respect to the traveling body 7 that moves with the center line L biased toward the inner peripheral side of the first corner 10a, and maintains the facing arrangement with the second magnetic body 19. That is, first magnetic body 18 moves on traveling body 7 so as to be able to follow second magnetic body 19.

At this time, first magnetic body 18 relatively moves toward the outer peripheral side of first corner 10a, and second magnetic body 19 receives a force from first magnetic body 18 toward the inner peripheral side of first corner 10a, which is a direction orthogonal to the driving direction of drive belt 15, but since restricting roller 39 abuts against the inner surface of conveyance groove 23, movement of second magnetic body 19 toward the inner peripheral side of first corner 10a is restricted. In the present embodiment, the movement of the second magnetic body 19 is regulated by bringing the regulating roller 39 into contact with the inner surface of the conveying groove 23, but a synthetic resin member or the like having a small frictional resistance may be attached to the inner surface of the conveying groove 23, and the movement of the second magnetic body 19 to the inner peripheral side of the first corner 10a may be regulated by bringing the second magnetic body 19 into contact with the synthetic resin member.

When the traveling body 7 enters the linear path 12a again from the first corner 10a, the traveling body 7 moves so that the center line L of the traveling body 7 is positioned above the center of the rail portion 22, and therefore the first magnetic body 18 moves relatively in the long hole 31 toward the substantial center of the long hole 31.

As described above, since the first magnetic body 18 attached to the traveling body 7 moves so as to be able to follow the second magnetic body 19, the second magnetic body 19 and the first magnetic body 18 are always kept in a drive coupled state, and the traveling body 7 can stably travel even if the traveling body 7 and the drive belt 15 move in different tracks.

As described above, the beverage and food conveying apparatus 1 of the present embodiment has: an order transport path 1a having a first corner 10a and a second corner 11a at least a portion of the order transport path 1 a; a drive belt 15 provided along the order conveying path 1 a; a traveling body 7 capable of carrying the customized beverage and food 9 and traveling along the order delivery path 1 a; and a first magnetic body 18 and a second magnetic body 19 that drive and couple the drive belt 15 and the traveling body 7, in the beverage and food conveying apparatus 1 that travels the traveling body 7 along the ordering conveyance path 1a by driving the drive belt 15, the traveling body 7 has a base portion 26 that is driven and conveyed, and a roller holder 27 that is disposed at a front end portion of the base portion 26 with respect to a traveling direction of the traveling body 7, the roller holder 27 is pivotally supported by the base portion 26 so as to be rotatable in a horizontal direction, and abutting portions are provided along the traveling direction of the traveling body 7 at both side portions on a width direction side of the roller holder 27 with respect to the traveling direction of the traveling body 7, and abutting portions that are disposed on an inner peripheral side of the first corner 10a and the second corner 11a in the first corner 10a and the second corner 11a are configured to abut against the ordering conveyance path 1a at two places, therefore, when the traveling body 7 travels on the first corner 10a and the second corner 11a, the roller holder 27 rotates in the horizontal direction in accordance with the curvature of the first corner 10a and the second corner 11a, while the traveling body 7 abuts on the order conveying path 1a on the front side of the abutting portion, and then abuts on the order conveying path 1a on the rear side of the abutting portion provided on the side portion of the roller holder 27 on the inner peripheral side of the first corner 10a and the second corner 11a, so that the traveling body 7 can make the rotation of the roller holder 27 suitable for the rotation of the first corner 10a and the second corner 11a, and stably travel along the first corner 10a and the second corner 11a while maintaining the horizontal state of the loaded customized beverage and food 9.

Further, since the contact portion is the track roller 29 pivotally supported by the roller holder 27 so as to be rotatable in the horizontal direction, the track roller 29 rotates in the horizontal direction while contacting the meal order conveying path 1a, and abnormal sounds generated by friction between the traveling body 7 and the meal order conveying path 1as can be suppressed.

Further, since the traveling body 7 further includes the roller holder 27 disposed at the rear end portion of the base portion 26, the rail rollers 29 are provided along the traveling direction of the traveling body 7 at both side portions of the roller holder 27 on the width direction side with respect to the traveling direction of the traveling body 7, and the rail rollers 29 disposed on the inner peripheral side of the first corner 10a and the second corner 11a are configured to abut against the ordering transport path 1a at two places in the first corner 10a and the second corner 11a, the traveling body 7 abuts against the ordering transport path 1a at the two rail rollers 29 disposed on the inner peripheral side of the first corner 10a and the second corner 11a by the roller holders 27, 27 provided in the front and rear portions in the first corner 10a and the second corner 11a, and the traveling body 7 can travel along the first corner 10a and the second corner 11a in a more stable state.

While the embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the drawings, the specific configurations are not limited to these embodiments, and the present invention also includes modifications, additions, and the like without departing from the scope of the main spirit of the present invention.

For example, in the foregoing embodiments, the beverages and foods are described in the form of sushi, but not limited thereto, and various beverages and foods can be applied.

In the above-described embodiment, the beverage and food transport apparatus 1 has been described as an apparatus for transporting the customized beverage and food 9 ordered by the dining customer, but may be a circulating transport apparatus for circulating and transporting the beverage and food cooked in advance in the kitchen area C and the dining customer area a.

In the above-described embodiment, the first magnetic body 18 and the second magnetic body 19 have been described as the coupling means, but a slit may be formed substantially over the entire length of the order feeding path 1a, a rod-shaped pin or the like as the coupling means may be engaged with the traveling body 7 from the drive belt 15 via the slit, and the drive belt 15 may be driven so that the traveling body 7 travels on the feeding surface 3.

In the above embodiment, the ordering transport path 1a and the traveling body 7 may be arranged upside down, and the traveling body 7 may be suspended and held in the ordering transport path 1 a.

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1: beverage and food delivery devices; 1a, 1b, 2: an order conveying path (travel lane); 7: a traveling body; 9: customizing beverages and foods; 10a, 10 b: a first corner; 11a, 11 b: a second corner; 12a, 12 b: a straight path; 15: a drive belt (conveyance drive body); 15 a: a rack portion; 15 b: a road side belt is removed; 15 c: a loop-side belt; 15 d: an inner accommodating recess; 17 belt bracket (connecting part, connecting unit); 18: a first magnetic body (coupling means); 19: a second magnetic body (coupling means); 26: a base part (traveling body main body); 27: a roller holder (guide body, follower); 29: a track roller (contact part, rotating body); 34: a guide roller (lift prevention unit); 36a, 36 b: a traveling plate (support unit); 37a, 37 b: a slide roller (slide unit); 38 an auxiliary belt; 39: a restriction roller (movement restriction unit); 40: an auxiliary roller (support unit).

Claims (2)

1. A beverage and food delivery device, the beverage and food delivery device having: a travel way having a curved path in at least a portion thereof; a conveying drive body arranged along the traveling path; a travel body capable of carrying beverages and foods and traveling along the travel path; and a coupling means for drivingly coupling the conveyance driving body and the traveling body, wherein the beverage and food conveyance device is configured to travel the traveling body along the travel path by driving the conveyance driving body,

the traveling body includes a traveling body main body that is driven and conveyed, and a guide body that is disposed at a front end portion of the traveling body main body with respect to a traveling direction of the traveling body, the guide body being pivotally supported by the traveling body main body so as to be rotatable in a horizontal direction, and abutting portions that are disposed on an inner peripheral side of the curved path so as to abut against the travel path at two places are provided along the traveling direction of the traveling body on both side portions of the guide body on a width direction side with respect to the traveling direction of the traveling body, the abutting portions being rotational bodies that are pivotally supported by the guide body so as to be rotatable in the horizontal direction.

2. The beverage and food conveying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the traveling body further includes a follower body disposed at a rear end portion of the traveling body main body, abutting portions are provided along the traveling direction of the traveling body at both side portions of the follower body in a width direction side with respect to the traveling direction of the traveling body, and the abutting portions disposed on an inner peripheral side of the curved path are configured to abut against the traveling lane at two places in the curved path.