JP2001000302A - Circulation conveyer system with automatic accounting and plate collecting function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automate display of a bill for eating and drinking and preparation of an account slip and improve turnover rate of customers, by transmitting, receiving, and processing a predetermined signal to an antenna placed at a receiving port for collection from a transponder buried in a plate when the plate after eating and drinking is placed on a belt conveyer for collection. SOLUTION: In a restaurant having a rotating eating and drinking table, a belt conveyer 2 for collecting plates 8 is placed under a belt conveyer 1 for transporting plates 8 for eating and drinking, the plate 8 is received from a receiving port 3 for collection, and then it is transported to a kitchen having a tap 4 for feeding hot water. A predetermined signal is transmitted and received to an antenna 10 placed at the receiving port 3 for collection from a transponder buried in the plate 8, and bill for eating and drinking is displayed on an account display plate 6. In payment after the eating and drinking, a clerk inserts a key into a clerk-dedicated slip taking out lock 11 placed on the side surface of a counter 7, and brings the slip taken from an account slip taking out port 5 in a casher to easily and accurately perform the payment.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rotating conveyor system with an automatic clearing and dish collecting function, which is used in a restaurant or the like in which a rotary dining table is installed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional restaurant system having a rotating system, a plate on which food is loaded is transported to a customer by a belt conveyor or a method of floating on water, and the customer takes the food and drinks after eating and drinking. Was a method of stacking dishes in front of.
In the accounting system, employees calculated the number of dishes stacked on the counter by color and handed out the slip to the customer and settled it at the cash register.

In this method, after eating and drinking, the dishes are piled up and cannot be collected, so that many dishes are required, and the place where customers eat and drink becomes very narrow. Further, according to the conventional clearing method, the clearing occurs only after the customer requests the clerk, so that the dishes cannot be collected until the customer leaves the seat. As a result, the turnover rate of the customer is not increased, and the cost for many dishes and the time required for settlement are long and wasteful.

[0004]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention aims to secure a place for eating and drinking for customers, and to automatically collect dishes that can improve the turnover rate of a shop.
The purpose is to simplify clearing and computerization.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a transponder capable of rewriting information is embedded in a dish, and a transponder is provided at a lower stage of a predetermined circuit run of the dish on which food is placed. Set up a belt conveyor dedicated to dish collection,
This is a rotary conveyor system with an automatic production dish collection function equipped with a CPU that receives information recorded on the transponder by an antenna when the dishes are collected and processes the information signal. A transponder that can rewrite information is embedded in the dish so that the color and pattern of the dish can be recognized by price. This makes it possible to manage dish information with a computer.

[0006] According to the invention of claim 2, the food and drink are placed on a plate and transported cyclically on a predetermined circular transport path in the upper stage of the two-stage conveyor, and a customer seat is arranged around the peripheral transport path. After seating in a restaurant, selecting a dish on which food and drinks are placed, eating and drinking, and inserting the used dish into the lower receptacle of the two-stage conveyor, the lower part of the belt conveyor dedicated to collection will be a blindfold wall 2. An automatic clearing tray collection as claimed in claim 1, wherein an antenna is provided on the back side of the wall, the information recorded on the transponder is received, and the plate is conveyed to a collection location of the dishes by a lower belt collection belt conveyor. It is a rotating belt conveyor system with functions. Food and drink are placed on the plate described in claim 1 and transported cyclically through a predetermined cyclic transport path in the upper stage of the two-stage conveyor. A customer sits in a customer seat arranged around the traveling transport path and selects a dish on which food and drink are loaded. After eating and drinking, insert the used plate into the lower receptacle of the two-stage conveyor. The lower part of the belt conveyor dedicated to collection is provided with a wall that serves as a blindfold so that the collection tray is not visible to customers. Eating and drinking places can be secured without food and drink dishes being loaded in front of customers. Also,
The view is not obstructed, and the cleanness of the counter improves the cleanliness. In addition, since the rotation of the dishes throughout the store is improved, the number of dishes can be reduced and the cost can be reduced.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, when the transponder of the dish responds to the antenna, a display plate for displaying a price is provided in front of the counter of the customer, and dish type information embedded in the dish is provided. Via the transponder on which the food information on the dish is recorded, the antenna receives the information, and the price of the food on the dish is displayed on the display board in front of the customer's counter. This display has:
After the customer eats and drinks the desired dish from the conveyor, each time the dish is inserted into the receptacle of the conveyor, the price is added,
3. A rotating conveyor system with an automatic clearing and dish collecting function according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an accurate food and drink price is displayed. When the used plate is inserted into the receptacle of the lower conveyor of the two stages described in claim 2, the transponder of the plate reacts to the antenna attached to the back of the receptacle in front of the customer. The signal received by the antenna is connected to the clearing system via the CPU that processes the dish information signal

[0008] When the dish transponder responds to the antenna, the price is displayed on the display board in front of the customer's counter. In other words, the antenna receives the information via the transponder on which the dish type information embedded in the dish and the food and drink information on the dish are recorded, and the dish is displayed on a display board in front of the customer's counter. The price of food and drink is displayed. After the customer eats and drinks the desired dish from the conveyor, the price is added each time the dish is inserted into the receptacle of the conveyor, and the accurate food and drink price is displayed.

According to the invention of claim 4, when the customer informs the clerk that the meal has been finished, the clerk unlocks the key held only by the clerk in the keyhole at the bottom of the counter, and the clerk is located in front of the counter. 2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a mechanism for outputting an accounting slip from a lower portion of the accounting display board.
A rotary conveyor system with an automatic clearing and dish collection function according to any one of claims 3 to 3.

[0010] When the customer informs the clerk that the meal has been completed, the clerk unlocks the key held only by the clerk in the keyhole at the bottom of the counter. The accounting slip comes out from the lower part of the billboard in front of the counter. With this, the customer can go to the cash register and pay off. As a result, the turnover of the store is increased, and calculation errors by the store clerk can be prevented. Even if it is comprehensive, it will lead to a significant increase in the turnover rate of the store

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a view showing the configuration of a store having a rotary eating and drinking table according to one embodiment of the rotary conveyor system with an automatic clearing and dish collecting function of the present invention, and FIG. It is sectional drawing of the rotating conveyor system with an automatic clearing and dish collection function applied. FIG. 3 shows a dish for carrying food and drink in which a transponder is embedded.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a plate conveyor belt conveyor. Reference numeral 2 denotes a two-stage belt conveyor according to the present invention. The second stage is for collecting dishes on which a customer can place a food-carrying dish on the dish from the dish-collecting receptacle 3 to the kitchen. It is a belt conveyor. 4 is a faucet for hot water supply.

In FIG. 2, an antenna 10 is provided behind the receiving port 3 for collecting dishes. When the customer inserts the dish after eating into the receiving port 3, a signal is received by the antenna 10 from the transponder 9 in FIG. 3 and the eating and drinking fee is displayed on the accounting display panel 6. When the customer asks the employee for accounting after eating and drinking, the employee inserts the key possessed only by the employee into the employee exclusive slip unlocking lock 11 on the side of the counter 7 shown in FIGS. This is a mechanism in which a slip comes out from the slip outlet 5. If you bring this slip to the cash register, you can easily check the bill.

The plate 8 in FIG. 3 is a plate on which food and drink are placed. The transponder 9 is embedded in this dish and used in this system.

[0016]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained by each of the constitutions described in claims 1 to 4.

When the dish after eating and drinking is put in the dish collection port, the antenna responds to the transponder, the information is received, and the information is automatically settled via the CPU.

Since the dishes after eating and drinking are placed on a collecting belt conveyor from the dish collecting port and automatically transported to the kitchen, the customers can use a large space without stacking the dishes on the counter. I can do it.

The settlement after eating and drinking is displayed on the accounting display board, and by unlocking, the slip can be taken out from the accounting slip exit and paid at the cash register. Therefore, it is not necessary to calculate the number of sheets after eating and drinking by coloring the dishes, so that labor can be saved. Store turnover also increases.

After the food and drink, the antenna immediately receives the information written in the transponder, the information signal is processed by the CPU, and the information is displayed on the display panel, so that the dish can be easily collected. For this reason, the number of dishes used in the store can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view of a rotary conveyor system with an automatic clearing and dish collecting function according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a rotating conveyor system with an automatic clearing and dish collection function.

Fig. 3 Food and drink dish with embedded transponder

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Conveyor belt for food and drink 2 Conveyor belt 2 for collection 3 Receiving tray for dishes 4 Faucet for hot water supply 5 Accounting slip takeout port 6 Accounting display board 7 Counter 8 Food and drink tray 9 Transponder 10 Antenna 11 Employee exclusive slip ejection lock

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A transponder capable of rewriting information is embedded in a dish, and a belt conveyor dedicated to dish collection is provided at a lower stage of a predetermined circuit of the dish on which food is placed, and information recorded in the transponder at the time of collection of the dish is used as an antenna. A rotary conveyor system with an automatic production dish collection function equipped with a CPU equipped with a function of automatically receiving information signals and processing information signals. 2. A food and drink product is placed on a plate and transported in a circular manner on an upper predetermined circular transport path of the two-stage conveyor, and a customer sits at a customer seat arranged around the circular transport path and receives food and drink. After selecting the plate on which you have boarded, after eating and drinking, insert the used plate into the lower receiving port of the two-stage conveyor, and apply a wall that will be a blindfold to the lower belt conveyor dedicated to collection,
2. The automatic production dish collection function-equipped rotation function according to claim 1, wherein an antenna is provided on the back surface of the wall, the information recorded in the transponder is received, and the dish is conveyed to a dish collection place by a lower belt collection belt conveyor. Belt conveyor system. 3. When a dish transponder reacts to an antenna, a display plate for displaying a price is provided in front of a customer's counter, dish type information embedded in the dish, food and drink placed on the dish. Via the transponder on which the information is recorded, the antenna receives the information, the price of the food and drink of the dish is displayed on the display board in front of the customer's counter, and the dish desired by the customer from the conveyor. The automatic clearing and dish collection function rotation according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the price is added each time a dish is inserted into the receiving port of the conveyor after eating and drinking the food and drink, so that an accurate food and drink price is displayed. Conveyor system. 4. When the customer informs the clerk that the meal has been completed, the clerk unlocks the key held only by the clerk in the keyhole at the bottom of the counter, and then the customer displays the key at the bottom of the accounting display plate in front of the counter. 4. A rotating conveyor system with an automatic clearing and dish collecting function according to claim 1, further comprising a mechanism for outputting an accounting slip.