Rotating belt-conveyor sushi counter

Abstract

A belt-conveyor sushi counter has an opening ( 8 ) under a conveyor lane ( 4 ) where conveyors ( 5, 6 ) circulate for bringing sushi S on plates T to customers. At least dishes such as the used plates T placed on a counter table ( 3 ) can be collected from the opposite side of the conveyor lane ( 4 ) through the opening ( 8 ). This configuration eliminates the need for employees who enter a customer seat floor to collect the dishes such as the plates, resulting in reduction of labor costs, reduction of the area required for the customer seat floor, reduction of the fatigue of employees, and improvement of sanitation and services.

1 . A rotating belt-conveyor sushi counter comprising a conveyor lane including an endless conveyor driven to circulate along a counter table accompanied with a plurality of customer seats, to thereby serve a sushi and other food set on a dish by the conveyor; wherein a working space for an employee is located opposite to the side of the customer seats across the conveyor lane, at a floor level a step lower than that of the customer seat side; an end portion of the counter table opposite to the customer seat side extends into the working space through under the conveyor lane; and an upper surface of the counter table and a lower face of the conveyor lane opposing the counter table define an opening that achieves communication between the customer seat side and the working space, to thereby enable collecting tableware such as a used dish from a portion of the counter table on the customer seat side into the working space, and delivering the sushi and a drink to the customer seat side.