JPH032517Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the invention] <Industrial application field> This invention transports leftover food from catering, school lunches, etc. to a predetermined location, and efficiently stores the leftover food into leftover containers placed there. Concerning a conveyor for feeding leftovers.

<Conventional Technology> During catering and school lunches, large amounts of leftover food such as rice and side dishes are generated. Such leftovers are collected together with the used tableware and lunch boxes, but before the tableware and the like are washed, the leftovers are removed from the tableware manually or by a device such as a leftover remover.

The removed leftovers are ultimately put into leftover containers and taken out, but due to transportation and hygiene issues, leftover containers are sometimes placed outside the cooking room, etc. It was necessary to transport the leftovers from the place where they are removed using a vegetable scraper or the like to the place where the leftovers container is located.

<Problems to be solved by the invention> Therefore, belt conveyors and net conveyors were used as devices to transport leftovers to leftover containers placed outside, but when leftovers were removed,
Since water is used and it contains a considerable amount of moisture, the moisture must be removed during the process and placed in the leftover container.
However, the former conveyor has the problem of not being able to separate moisture, and the latter conveyor can initially remove moisture from leftover food during transportation, but leftover food can get into the nets and cause clogging. However, there were problems in that the water could not be separated and the leftover food would stick to the conveyor.

<Means for solving the problems> The present invention was developed in consideration of the above points, and allows leftovers to be transported efficiently while removing moisture, and also eliminates the problem of clogging and adhesion of leftovers on the conveyor. The present invention provides a conveyor for leftover food that does not cause food waste, and is configured as follows.

That is, the present invention is a leftover conveyor in which a plurality of shallow bucket carts are rotatably supported between chains on both sides hung between sprockets, and the rotating shaft of each bucket cart is located at the front. The bottom of the bucket is formed into a perforated shape, and the rear end of the bucket is provided with a protruding rising part, and each bucket overlaps a part of it so as not to create a gap between the bucket and the next bucket on the conveyor. The bucket is arranged such that when the bucket is reversed at the end of the conveyor, the rising part is struck against the hitting part.

<Example> Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

Fig. 1 shows a cross-sectional view of a conveyor for leftover food, and this conveyor is constructed by hanging chains 1 on both sides between two pairs of sprockets, and rotatably supporting a large number of bucket carts 2 between the chains 1 on both sides. be done. As shown in FIG. 2, each bucket bag 2 is formed into a box shape with a shallow bottom, and the bottom portion is formed into a perforated shape by a wire mesh 2a. Further, the rear end of the bucket cart 2 is provided with a rising portion 3 that protrudes obliquely rearward and upward, and a rotating shaft 4 is provided on both sides of the front portion of the bucket cart 2, and this rotating shaft 4 is connected to the link of the chain 1 on both sides. The bucket 2 is pivotally supported by a plate and has a structure that allows it to rotate approximately 100 degrees forward from a substantially horizontal position when the chain 1 is stretched horizontally. The bucket carts 2 are connected along the entire length of the chain 1 with a slight interval between them, and the gap between each bucket cart 2 is covered from above by the rising part 3 of the preceding bucket cart 2 in the upper conveyance path of the conveyor. It is. A striking part 5 is fixed by a fixed frame or the like in front of the terminal end of the conveyor, that is, at a position where each bucket 2 is reversed from a horizontal state and its rising part 3 is struck upside down. This striking portion 5 is made of a cushioning material such as rubber in order to prevent excessive impact from being applied to the bucket 2. A leftover container 6 for storing leftovers that fall when the bucket 2 is reversed is installed below the striking part 5 and the end of the conveyor. Further, a chute 7 for throwing in leftover food is provided above the front part of the conveyor. Reference numeral 8 denotes a bucket support rail provided at the lower part of the conveyor, which slides and supports each bucket 2 so that it does not hang downward on the lower return path of the conveyor.

In the leftover conveyor configured in this way, for example, the front part of the conveyor is installed below the chute 7 that drops the leftovers from the leftover machine for dishes and lunch boxes, and the end part of the conveyor is For example, it protrudes to the outside of a cooking room, etc., and a leftover container 6 is placed below the terminal end, and the striking part 5 is attached to a predetermined position for use.

When the sprocket is rotationally driven by the operation of a rotational drive mechanism (not shown) and the chains 1 on both sides rotate at a low speed, each bucket cart 2 moves on the conveyor in a substantially horizontal state. When the leftover food falls from the chute 7, the leftover food is dropped into the bucket 2 that moves underneath.
can be received by. At this time, since the gaps between the buckets 2 are covered by the raised parts 3 at the rear of the buckets, leftovers are prevented from falling through the gaps between the buckets. The leftovers are placed in the first bucket as bucket 2 moves.
During this time, most of the moisture contained in the leftover food falls through the wire mesh 2a and is removed.

In this way, when the bucket 2 containing leftover food moves and reaches the end of the conveyor, the rear end of the bucket 2, that is, the side of the rising part 3, lifts up as the chain 1 rotates, and when it passes vertically, the bucket 2 is rapidly reversed forward due to gravity, and at this time, the rising portion 3 hits the striking portion 5 in a substantially horizontal position. Due to this impact, the leftovers in the bucket 2 fall downward and enter the leftovers container 6, and the leftovers that had gotten into the wire mesh 2a of the bucket 2 are also completely dropped, and the leftovers in the bucket 2 are completely dropped. moves to the right on the lower return path. By repeating such movement and reversal of the bucket 2, the wire mesh 2a of the bucket 2 is not clogged, the leftover vegetables are drained well, and the leftovers are efficiently put into the leftover container 6. .

FIGS. 3 and 4 show another embodiment, in which the bucket bag 12 is formed of a wire mesh plate with a rotating shaft 14 at the front end, and a raised part 13 bent upward at the rear end. provided. As shown in FIG. 3, these wire-mesh plate shaped buckets 12 are arranged so that their rear ends are slightly overlapped with the front part of the adjacent bucket 12, and the chain 1 on both sides is
They are each rotatably mounted between 1 and 1. Also in a conveyor for leftover food provided with buckets 12 having such a structure, the leftovers are placed thereon and conveyed, as in the above embodiment, and each bucket 12 is connected to the rotation shaft 14 at the end of the conveyor. At this time, the rising part 13 of the bucket hits the striking part, and the leftovers on the bucket 12 fall downward.

Although the bottom of the bucket bag in the above embodiment is made of wire mesh, it is of course possible to use a perforated plate with a large number of holes, and the raised part can also be provided in any form.

<Effects of the invention> As explained above, according to the leftover conveyor of the present invention, the bottom of the bucket of the conveyor is perforated, and when each bucket is reversed at the end of the conveyor, the rear part of the bucket is attached to the striking part. Since the structure is such that leftovers in the bucket are dumped into the leftover container below by hitting the rising part of the bucket, the leftovers can be drained well during transportation, and leftovers can be kept without sticking to the bucket. Vegetables can be transported efficiently. Also,
Since the structure is such that there are virtually no gaps between the buckets, it is possible to prevent leftovers that have fallen from above, such as through a chute, from falling through the gaps between the buckets.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The figures show an embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a sectional view of a conveyor for leftover food, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a bucket, Fig. 3 is a sectional view of another embodiment, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the bucket. FIG. 1... Chain, 2... Bucket, 3... Standing part, 4... Rotating shaft, 5... Hitting part.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A conveyor in which a plurality of shallow bucket carts are rotatably supported between chains on both sides hung between sprockets. , a rear end of the bucket is provided with a protruding raised part,
Each bucket is arranged so that a part of the bucket is overlapped so as not to create a gap between it and the adjacent bucket on the conveyor, and when the bucket is reversed at the end of the conveyor, the rising part hits the striking part. A conveyor for leftover food, characterized in that it is configured to allow food to be conveyed.