JP5800403B1 - Serving car for cooking meal and cooking meal method using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an economical and efficient and delicious meal.
SOLUTION: There are formed a cart 3 in which trays are arranged in multiple stages and can be moved by casters 16 attached to the bottom, and a cart storage chamber 40 for storing the cart 3 therein. The car 3 is provided with a cold air supply part 5 for sending cold air to the cart 3 and a distribution vehicle body 2 having a superheated steam supply part 6 for sending superheated steam and the like. The room is not divided into rooms.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a cooking and feeding method for cooking food used in a facility such as a hospital or a nursing home, in which food is cooked in a distribution car using superheated steam, and the cooked food is provided to a eater in the facility. It relates to a distribution car for lunch.

  Conventionally, food prepared in advance is cooled and stored, and the dish containing the food is placed in a hole formed in a predetermined position of the tray so that the food-containing dish is placed on the tray and the dish. A basin is covered with a lid, and the basins are stored in multiple stages in the garage car, and then placed in the refrigerator together with the garage car, and then temporarily stored on each tray accommodated in the garage car. After energizing an electric heater or electromagnetic heater located at the bottom of the dish and reheating the food on the dish, adding a rice cake with rice and miso soup that has been cooked in advance to the tray, As a serving basin on which all predetermined dishes are placed, there is known a heating and serving method in which these are sequentially taken out from the serving car and served.

  In addition, various foodstuffs are put in one or a plurality of tableware, a serving tray in which the tableware is arranged at a predetermined position of the tray is made, and the serving tray is accommodated in each shelf portion in the serving vehicle in which the induction heating coil is incorporated. There is also known a method for serving dishes that is once stored in a cold state and energized to the induction heating coil at a predetermined time to heat each tableware in the serving tray to cook and serve the ingredients in the tableware. ing.

  In general, in the tray housing of the distribution car, there is a refrigerated room for refrigerated storage of cold vegetables that do not need to be heated, and a warm storage for heating main dishes such as cooked rice (main food) and meat / fish. A partition wall is provided to separate the room.

JP 2007-236861 A JP 2006-94902 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-328962 Japanese Patent No. 4056127

  Of the conventional examples described above, in the former case, the cooked food is once stored in a cold state and then reheated, so that the flavor of the food is likely to be impaired, and the food is prepared in advance. In addition, the cooked food must be stored in the cold once in order to prevent deterioration and decay of the cooked food. Furthermore, since it is necessary to put the serving car containing the serving tray on which the cooked food is placed in the refrigerator together with the serving car, much work is required for the preliminary work up to the serving. There was a problem of taking time. In addition, since a large refrigerator for refrigeration with the above-mentioned serving car is required separately, the equipment cost becomes high, and the above-mentioned feeding and serving method is executed in hospitals and nursing homes where there are many eaters. For this purpose, it is necessary to deploy a large number of arrangement vehicles and refrigerators, which causes a further increase in equipment costs, and a storage space for the arrangement vehicles and refrigerators and a wide passage for ensuring smooth movement thereof. There is also a drawback that it is necessary to secure a space, and therefore it is impossible to effectively use a limited space in the facility.

  In addition, among the above-described conventional examples, in the latter case, cooking the ingredients previously placed in the tableware in the serving tray in order to cook the ingredients in the serving car, although the aforementioned problems do not occur An induction heating coil is incorporated in each shelf in the layout car in advance, while each tableware is provided with a magnetic material for induction heating, and a tray is provided with an outer plate for placing the tableware on the induction heating coil. Since it is necessary to form a frame, there has been a problem that it takes a lot of labor and cost to manufacture a distribution car, tableware and a tray. In addition, as described above, induction heating coils are incorporated in each shelf in the layout car, while each tableware on the tray is provided with a magnetic material. Because the food is contained, the total weight of the arrangement car is very heavy, so it is difficult to move and change the direction of the arrangement car, so that it takes considerable effort to reach the predetermined arrangement position. There was also inconvenience. Also, after moving the catering car to the specified position, each caterer is served with a lot of food-equipped tableware with magnetic materials. Cost. Furthermore, the tableware provided with the magnetic material has an inconvenience that it is difficult for a eater to handle because the weight increases compared to a tableware made of a general synthetic resin.

  Furthermore, the problem of the operability and the weight of the tableware described above became a problem not only in the case of the above-described arrangement but also in the case of lowering.

  In addition, when cooking ingredients by induction heating, it is difficult to adjust the temperature of each ingredient to be cooked, and it is necessary to manage complicated temperature settings in order to completely prepare different types of ingredients. It was.

In addition, in the above-described layout car having a partition wall in the layout car body, it is necessary to insert a tray between the partition walls adjacent to each other in the vertical direction, and between the cold storage room and the warming room adjacent to each other across the partition wall. It is necessary to reliably insulate and shut off the air, and since the temperature difference between the refrigerator compartment and the refrigerator compartment is large, it is necessary to consider the problem of heat loss between the temperature and the cold.

  The object of the present invention is to cook using superheated steam, which solves the above-mentioned problem of serving by a conventional car at a stretch, is economical and efficient, and can provide a delicious meal. The object is to provide a lunch feeding method and a distribution car used therefor.

  The inventor of the present invention puts various dishes containing ingredients such as rice, meat, vegetables on trays accommodated in multiple stages in the layout car and efficiently circulates superheated steam in the layout car. The present invention has been completed by finding that the above-mentioned ingredients can be cooked all together in a galley. In addition, a cooking and feeding distribution car described later for implementing such a cooking and feeding method at a low cost has also been developed.

That is, the cooking and feeding distribution vehicle according to the first aspect of the present invention has a tray accommodating chamber in which trays are arranged in multiple stages, and a cart that is movable by a caster attached to the bottom, A cart housing chamber is formed for housing the cart, and the cart housing chamber includes a cool air supply unit that feeds cool air into the cart in the cart housing chamber and a distribution vehicle body that has a superheated steam supply unit that feeds the superheated steam. The superheated steam outlet from which the superheated steam supplied from the superheated steam supply section spouts, the superheated steam inlet from which superheated steam is sucked in, the cool air outlet from which the cold air supplied from the cold air supply section blows out, the cool air inlet from which cool air is sucked in, and the cart. The cart has a cart doorway to be taken in and out, and a main body door for opening and closing the cart doorway, and the cart has a superheated steam outlet, a superheated steam inlet and a cold air jet in the main body of the trolley. Each of the mouth and the cold air inlet, and a tray inlet / outlet part through which trays are taken in and out, and the tray storage chamber of the cart is not divided into a refrigerator compartment and a refrigerator compartment by a partition wall. By adopting a chamber configuration , cold air or superheated steam circulates in the tray accommodating chamber of the cart .

  In the present invention, “tray” includes not only the tray but also hotel bread.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cart feeding opening according to the first aspect, wherein a cart entry opening into which a cart enters is formed at a bottom portion of the distribution vehicle main body, and a required number at a bottom portion of the distribution vehicle main body. The caster is attached .

The present invention described in claim 3 is characterized in that the cooking / dispensing distribution car according to claim 1 or 2 is provided with a refrigerator adjacent to the distribution car body.

A fourth aspect of the present invention is a cooking and feeding method using the cooking and feeding trolley according to any one of the first to third aspects, and includes ingredients such as rice, meat and vegetables. The trays on which one or a plurality of dishes are placed are stored in multiple stages inside the cart in the distribution car body, and then superheated steam is supplied to the entire cart from the superheated steam supply unit, and the dishes on each tray are stored. After cooking the food stored in the container, the cart is taken out from the main body of the distribution car and only the cart is moved to perform the distribution.

The present invention according to claim 5 is characterized in that cooking with superheated steam is performed in the range of 100 to 300 ° C. in the cooking and feeding method according to claim 4.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the cooking and feeding method according to the fourth or fifth aspect, the food is refrigerated in a cart before cooking the food with superheated steam.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the cooking and feeding method according to any one of the fourth to sixth aspects, after the food is cooked, the cart is taken out from the distribution car body and only the cart is moved. When serving, it is characterized by adding cold chilled vegetables that have been refrigerated separately to the trays and then serving.

The present invention according to claim 8 is a cooking and feeding method using the cooking and feeding distribution vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the chilled cold vegetables that are separately refrigerated are attached adjacent to the distribution vehicle main body. Stored in a refrigerator.

  Since the cooking and feeding method using the distribution car according to the present invention is to prepare food by cooking the food in the distribution car, it is not necessary to cool and store the food prepared in advance in the distribution car. Moreover, since it is not necessary to reheat the food for serving, freshly prepared food can be provided without impairing the taste, appearance and texture of the food to be provided. Furthermore, since it is not necessary to separately provide a large refrigerator that accommodates the entire distribution car for refrigerated storage of the food, it is possible to reduce equipment costs and necessary space, and there is some space that can be used for school lunch, Even in restricted locations, a smooth and efficient arrangement work is realized.

  In addition, in the cooking and feeding method using the distribution car according to the present invention, cooking of ingredients using superheated steam is performed instead of conventional cooking of ingredients using induction heating, so that each tableware containing individual different ingredients is complicated. There is no need to manage temperature settings. Furthermore, according to the present invention, there is no need to incorporate an induction heating coil in each shelf in the layout car, or to attach a magnetic material to the tableware, as in the case of a conventional layout car by induction heating. Therefore, since it is not necessary to form an outer frame portion on the tray in order to place the tableware at a predetermined position on the tray, it is possible to greatly reduce the labor and cost of manufacturing the layout car, the tableware and the tray. Furthermore, according to the cooking and feeding method of the present invention, since there is no induction heating coil on the shelf in the layout car, and no magnetic material is attached to the tableware, the total weight of the layout car in the lower bowl is of course also. It is light, and therefore, the labor required for moving and changing the direction of the arrangement car to a predetermined position and the labor for handling tableware can be greatly reduced.

  Further, according to the cooking and feeding method according to the present invention in which the distribution vehicle is composed of the distribution vehicle main body and the cart accommodated in the distribution vehicle main body, after cooking with superheated steam in the state where the cart is accommodated in the distribution vehicle main body, Since the arrangement can be performed by moving out of the main body of the distribution vehicle and moving only the cart, the various effects described above according to the present invention are further enhanced.

  In addition, the cart for cooking and feeding according to the present invention has a simple structure for the tray storage chamber because the tray storage chamber of the cart is not divided into a refrigerator compartment and a warm storage compartment by a partition wall. In addition, it is not necessary to insert a tray between the upper and lower adjacent partition walls, and it is technically necessary to reliably insulate and block the air between the adjacent refrigerator compartment and the warm compartment with the partition wall in between. No means are required, and there are various practical advantages such as no need to consider the heat loss between the temperature and the cold due to the temperature difference between the refrigerator compartment and the refrigerator compartment.

It is a perspective view of the layout vehicle which concerns on embodiment of this invention, Comprising: The state which accommodated the cart in the layout vehicle main body is shown. It is a perspective view of the layout vehicle which concerns on the same embodiment, Comprising: The state which took out the cart from the layout vehicle main body is shown. It is an expansion perspective view of a cart simple substance. It is a perspective view which shows embodiment which adjoined the refrigerator to the distribution vehicle. It is a perspective view of the tray in which the tableware containing a foodstuff was mounted. It is a perspective view of the tray in which the tableware containing the food after cooking was mounted. It is a horizontal sectional view in the state where the cart was stored in the layout vehicle body. It is a perspective view which shows other embodiment of a cart.

  Next, although embodiment of this invention is described according to drawing, this invention is not limited to this embodiment.

  First, as shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 and FIG. 7, the structure of the cooking and feeding distribution vehicle according to the present invention will be described. The cooking and feeding distribution vehicle 1 includes a tray storage chamber in which trays T are arranged in multiple stages. A cart 3 having 40 and movable by a caster 16 attached to the bottom, and a cart accommodating chamber 4 for accommodating the cart 3 therein are formed, and cool air for sending cold air to the cart 3 in the cart accommodating chamber 4 is formed. The cart 5 is equipped with a facility car body 2 having an equipment 5 and a superheated steam device 6 for feeding superheated steam, and the cart housing chamber 4 has a superheated steam outlet 19 and superheated steam from which superheated steam supplied from the superheated steam device 6 is ejected. The superheated steam inlet 21 for sucking in, the cold air outlet 22 from which the cold air supplied from the cold air facility 5 blows out, the cold air inlet 23 for sucking cold air, the cart inlet / outlet portion 10 for taking in and out the cart 3, and the cart in / out The cart 3 is provided with a main body door 13 for opening and closing the part 10, and the cart 3 communicates with each of the superheated steam outlet 19 and the superheated steam inlet 21, the cold air outlet 22 and the cold air inlet 23 in the distribution vehicle body 2. An opening 3e and a tray inlet / outlet portion 3f through which the tray T is inserted and removed are provided, and the tray accommodating chamber 40 in the cart 3 is configured as a single room without being divided into a refrigerator compartment and a refrigerator compartment by a partition wall. It is.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the cart housing chamber 4 of the distribution vehicle body 2 includes an upper wall 7, left and right walls 9, 11, a rear wall 12, and the cart doorway portion 10 formed on the front side. A main body door 13 is attached to the left side edge of the portion 10. Casters 14 and legs 30 are respectively attached to the four corners of the outer surface of the bottom of the cart housing chamber 4, and a cart entry opening 17 into which the cart 3 enters is formed at the bottom.

  In short, the distribution cart 1 for cooking and feeding according to the present embodiment accommodates the cart 3 in which the trays T are arranged in multiple stages in the cart storage chamber 4 of the distribution vehicle main body 2, and the main body door 13 of the cart entrance / exit portion 10. The foodstuff placed on each tray T in the cart 3 is refrigerated or cooked by the cooling facility 5 and the superheated steam device 6.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 and 7, the tray accommodating chamber 40 of the cart 3 includes upper and lower walls 3 a and 3 b, left and right walls 3 c and 3 d, and cold air and superheated steam from the cooling facility 5 of the distribution vehicle body 2. A communication opening 3e into which superheated steam from the apparatus 6 flows, a tray inlet / outlet portion 3f through which the tray T is inserted and removed, and a pair of cart doors 14A and 14B for opening and closing the tray inlet / outlet portion 3f and the communication opening 3e are provided. . A substantially inverted L-shaped tray receiving member 55 that receives the edge of the tray T is fixed to the left and right walls 3c and 3d at the same height. Further, as described above, since the entire cart 3 is accommodated in the distribution vehicle body 2 and superheated steam supply / cold air supply is performed, the cart 3 is blocked from outside air. Accordingly, the upper and lower walls 3a and 3b, the left and right walls 3c and 3d of the cart 3 and the cart doors 14A and 14B themselves are not required to have high heat insulation, and can be lightened. 3d and 14A and 14B are constituted by a thin simple panel.

Then, as shown in FIG. 2, by rotating the cart doors 14A and 14B of the cart 3 to the outside of the left and right walls 3c and 3d, the communication opening 3e and the tray doorway 3f are opened and closed. Has been made.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, on the rear wall 12 of the cart housing chamber 4 of the distribution vehicle body 2, the above-described multiple superheated steam jets 19 are arranged in the vertical direction on the left side, and the bottommost part. The above-described superheated steam inlet 21 having a circular outer shape is formed inward from the superheated steam outlet 19, and a number of cold air outlets 22 and a number of cold air inlets are provided above the superheated steam inlet 21. 23 are arranged in the vertical direction.

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 and FIG. 7, the tray T accommodated in the tray accommodating chamber 40 of the cart 3 has a rectangular shape as a whole. There is no ridge to be inserted between partition walls in the arrangement car, and the entire upper surface is a flat surface so that tableware can be arranged freely.

And by supply of the superheated steam by the superheated steam device 6, each foodstuff W, R, BE, TB, BR, P, HB put in the dishes 51-54 on each tray T is surely cooked.

FIG. 4 is an embodiment in which a refrigerator 71 is provided adjacent to the distribution car main body 2 in the cooking and feeding distribution car 1 described above. The refrigerator 71 has a cooling facility in the upper part 71a, and the tray of the main body 72 is provided. A tray receiving member 55 extending in the front-rear direction is fixed to the left and right side walls 74 of the storage chamber 73, and the pair of left and right tray receiving members 55 serve as cold vegetables such as potato salad, pudding P, and fruit F. Etc. are placed and refrigerated and stored.

Next, a cooking and feeding method using the cooking and feeding distribution vehicle 1 according to the present embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 5, for example, rice tray 51 and miso soup for eating rice are placed on the tray T. A soup bowl 52 for drinking, a dish 53 for eating vegetables, and a small dish 54 for eating meat are placed. The rice bowl 51 is filled with water W and washed rice R as ingredients, and the soup bowl 52 is water. W, miso BE, tofu TB, etc. are added as food, raw vegetables such as broccoli BR and potato P are served as food on plate 53, and small hamburger element HB is placed as food on small plate 54. Yes.

As shown in FIG. 1, a rice bowl 51, a soup bowl 52, a dish 53, and a small dish 54 each containing the above-described predetermined ingredients in the tray accommodating chamber 40 in the cart 3 for serving in the layout car body 2. Are accommodated in multiple stages.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 7, while closing the main body door 13 of the cart 3, the cart doors 14A and 14B of the cart 3 are opened and the communication opening 3e and the tray inlet / outlet portion 3f of the tray accommodating chamber 40 are opened. By circulating the superheated steam from the steam generating device 6 in the tray accommodating chamber 40 on the trays T arranged in multiple stages in the cart 3, the ingredients WR in the dishes 51 to 54 in each tray T are provided. BE, TB, BR, P, and HB are cooked by superheated steam. At this time, as described above, since the tray storage chamber 40 has a single chamber configuration without a partition wall, the superheated steam circulates in the entire tray storage chamber 40 without causing heat loss. Ingredients W, R, BE, TB, BR, P, and HB are efficiently cooked.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, on the tray T taken out from the cart 3, rice SR can be produced in the rice bowl 51, miso soup MS can be produced in the soup bowl 52, and broccoli BR or potato can be produced on the dish 53. Warm vegetables such as P can be made, and the small plate 53 has a softly steamed hamburger HB.

Then, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the cart 3 containing the trays T on which the cooked dishes are prepared is opened in a multistage manner, and the main body door 13 of the distribution vehicle body 1 is opened and pulled out. Move it to the position of the bar and perform the bar. In addition, as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 6, the potato salad, pudding P, fruit F, etc. as cold vegetables are added to the tray T from the refrigerator 71 adjacent to the distribution vehicle 1 and distributed. You may do it. Furthermore, the addition of such cold vegetables may be performed by taking out from a normal refrigerator installed in another place without providing the refrigerator 71 adjacent to the distribution vehicle 1 described above.

Moreover, it is preferable to perform cooking by the superheated steam mentioned above in the range of 100-300 degreeC.

Furthermore, when there is time until the cooking of the ingredients W, R, BE, TB, BR, P, HB in the dishes 51 to 54 of each tray T accommodated in the cart 3 is started, the cooling equipment described above Temporarily perform refrigeration according to 5.

In this case, the cooling equipment 5 provided in the upper part of the above-described distribution vehicle main body 1 is operated, and cold air is supplied into the cart 3 from the cold air outlet 22 via a cold air duct (not shown) communicating therewith. As a result, the foodstuffs W, R, BE, TB, BR, P, and HB are refrigerated.

FIG. 8 shows a cart 63 according to another embodiment of the present invention. In the cooking / dispensing distribution cart 1 according to the above-described embodiment, the cart 3 in the distribution vehicle main body 1 is arranged in the vertical direction of the tray accommodating chamber 40. In this embodiment, the tray T is accommodated in two stages on the left and right.

  That is, in the cart 63 of the present embodiment, the tray receiving member 55 is fixed to the left and right walls 64 and 65, and the struts 67 that are opposed to each other are erected at the front end portion and the rear end portion in the center portion in the left-right direction in the cart 63. The tray receiving members 55 are supported in the front-rear direction on both sides of the columns 67, and the tray receiving members 55 of the left and right walls 64 and 65 and the tray receiving members 55 of the columns 67 are set at the same height position. The tray T is supported. Of course, the arrangement vehicle main body 2 is enlarged so that such a cart 63 is accommodated. Therefore, according to this embodiment, it is possible to accommodate twice as many trays as in the above embodiment, and as a result, it is possible to carry out double arrangement.

  According to the cooking and feeding method using the distribution vehicle according to the present invention, since a delicious meal is realized efficiently at a low cost, it can be expected to be widely used in facilities such as nursing homes and hospitals.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cart accommodation type distribution vehicle 2 Distribution vehicle main body 3 Cart 4 Cart accommodation room 5 Cooling equipment 6 Superheated steam device 12 Cart entrance 13 Main body door 14A, 14B Cart door 19 Superheated steam outlet 21 Superheated steam inlet 22 Cold air outlet 23 Cold air Suction port 40 Tray storage chamber 51 Rice bowl 52 Soup bowl 53 Plate 54 Small plate

Claims (8)

There is a tray storage chamber in which trays are arranged in multiple stages, and a cart that can be moved by a caster attached to the bottom and a cart storage chamber for storing the cart inside are formed. And a cart housing body having a superheated steam supply section for delivering superheated steam, and the cart housing chamber has a superheated steam outlet from which superheated steam supplied from the superheated steam supply section is ejected. It has a superheated steam inlet for sucking in superheated steam, a cold air outlet from which cool air supplied from the cold air supply unit blows out, a cold air inlet for sucking in cold air, a cart inlet / outlet part for taking in and out the cart, and a main body door for opening and closing the cart inlet / outlet part. The cart has a communication opening and a tray that communicate with the superheated steam outlet and the superheated steam inlet and the cold air outlet and the cold air inlet, respectively, in the main body of the distribution vehicle. It comprises a tray entrance portion s is out, and the cart tray accommodating chamber together instead of being separated to the refrigerating chamber and Yutakazo chamber by a partition wall, room cold or superheated steam by configuring the cart tray accommodating chamber A trolley for cooking meals that is designed to circulate . 3. The cooking and feeding distribution vehicle according to claim 2, wherein a cart entry opening through which the cart enters is formed at the bottom of the distribution vehicle main body, and a required number of casters are attached to the bottom of the distribution vehicle main body .   3. The cooking / meal serving cart according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a refrigerator is attached adjacent to the serving cart body.   A cooking and feeding method using the food and drink distribution cart according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein one or a plurality of tableware containing ingredients such as rice, meat and vegetables are placed. After storing the trays in multiple stages inside the cart in the distribution car body, supplying superheated steam from the superheated steam supply unit to the entire cart, and cooking the ingredients stored in the dishes on each tray, A cooking and feeding method, characterized in that a cart is taken out from the main body of the distribution car and only the cart is moved for distribution.   The cooking and feeding method according to claim 4, wherein cooking with superheated steam is performed in a range of 100 to 300 ° C.   The cooking and feeding method according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the ingredients are refrigerated in a cart before cooking the ingredients with superheated steam.   After cooking the ingredients, the cart is taken out from the main body of the distribution car and only the cart is moved to perform the distribution, and after adding the chilled vegetables that have been separately refrigerated on the tray, the distribution is performed. The cooking lunch method as described in any one of Claims 4-6.   A cooking and feeding method using the cooking and feeding distribution car according to claim 3, wherein the refrigerated chilled vegetables are stored in a refrigerator attached adjacent to the distribution car body. Item 8. A method for cooking meals according to Item 7.

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