Programmable apparatus for storing displaying and serving food and drink
First Claim
1. A party production apparatus, comprising:
- a table counter including a frame, a table provided on said frame, a food displaying section formed on said table, a storage chamber provided in said frame for accommodating a plurality of dishes therein, and a transport apparatus for transporting a selected dish or dishes accommodated in said storage chamber to said food displaying section, anda controller connected to said table counter for control of the operation of portion of said table counter, said controller including register means for storing therein a party program including a plurality of operations for execution successively in a time series relationship in accordance with said program, and means for controlling said transport apparatus of said table counter in accordance with an order stored in said register means to transport at least one of the selected dishes to said food displaying section.
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Abstract
A party production apparatus allows a party program to be stored in advance and automatically serves various dishes in accordance with the progress of the party to produce the party successfully. The party production apparatus comprises a kitchen counter, a table counter, and a controller. The kitchen counter includes cooking device. The table counter includes a frame, a table provided on the frame, a food displaying section formed on the table, a storage chamber provided in the frame for accommodating a plurality of dishes therein, and a transport apparatus for transporting a selected dish or dishes accommodated in the storage chamber to the food displaying section. The controller includes a register for storing therein a party program including a plurality of operations to be executed successively in a time series relationship and controls the transport apparatus in accordance with an order sequence stored in the register to transport the dish or dishes to the food displaying section.
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15 Claims
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1. A party production apparatus, comprising:
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a table counter including a frame, a table provided on said frame, a food displaying section formed on said table, a storage chamber provided in said frame for accommodating a plurality of dishes therein, and a transport apparatus for transporting a selected dish or dishes accommodated in said storage chamber to said food displaying section, and a controller connected to said table counter for control of the operation of portion of said table counter, said controller including register means for storing therein a party program including a plurality of operations for execution successively in a time series relationship in accordance with said program, and means for controlling said transport apparatus of said table counter in accordance with an order stored in said register means to transport at least one of the selected dishes to said food displaying section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A party production apparatus, comprising:
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a table including a food displaying section, a storage chamber for storing a plurality of dishes therein, and a transport apparatus for transporting an arbitrary one of the dishes accommodated in said storage chamber to said food displaying section; and a controller connected to said table including register means for storing therein a party program including a plurality of operations for execution in a time series relationship, means for controlling said transport apparatus of said table in accordance with an order stored in said register means to transport the dishes to said food displaying section, speech recognizing means for inputting speech thereto and for recognizing the speech, and said controller executing the operation in response to the speech recognized by said speech recognizing means.
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15. A party production apparatus, comprising:
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a table counter including a frame, a table provided on said frame, a food displaying section formed in said table, a storage chamber formed in said frame for accommodating a plurality of dishes therein, and a transport apparatus for transporting an arbitrary one of the dishes accommodated in said storage chamber to said food transporting section; a controller connected to said table counter for control of the operation of portions of said table counter, said controller including register means for storing therein a party program including a plurality of operations for successive execution in a time series relationship in accordance with said program, controlling means for controlling said transport means of said table counter to execute a plurality of operations to transport the dishes to said food displaying section, display means for displaying thereon information, confirming means for confirming a progressing condition of the party program, fast feeding operating means for skipping an operation in the party program, and speech recognizing means for inputting speech thereto and for recognizing the speech; and a controller executing the operations in accordance with the order stored in said register means and in response to contents of the speech recognized by said speech recognizing means, to cause, when said controller advances the control sequence thereof to a next operation, said display means to display contents of speech input to said speech recognizing means, to cause said display means to display a result of recognition by said speech recognizing means, to cause said display means to display a progressing condition of the party program in response to an operation to said confirming means, and to advance the control sequence to a next operation skipping a particular operation in the party program in response to an operation to said fast feeding means.
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