US 12,137,824 B2
Housing body
Kunihiko Tanaka, Sakai (JP); and Makoto Tanaka, Sakai (JP)
Assigned to KURA SUSHI, INC., Sakai (JP)
Appl. No. 18/010,841
Filed by Kura Sushi, Inc., Sakai (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 9, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/026047
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/009993, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 13, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-118580 (JP), filed on Jul. 9, 2020; and application No. 2020-168123 (JP), filed on Oct. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0218098 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. A47G 23/08 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 23/08 (2013.01) 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A housing body that is to house a container having a plate and a base that protrudes in a downward direction from the plate, a food and/or beverage item being to be placed on the plate, the housing body being to be transported along a transport path, the housing body comprising:
a placement table having a placement position at which the container is to be placed;
a lid body that is attached to the placement table so as to be openable and closable;
an opening/closing mechanism for causing the lid body to transition to a closed state when the container is placed at the placement position of the placement table, and causing the lid body to transition to an open state when the container moves away from the placement position; and
an operation means for moving the container away from the placement position, wherein
the operation means is disposed in the placement table and is configured to press the base in an upper direction from a lower side of the base, and
the lid body is caused to transition to the open state when the container moves away from the placement position by the operation means pressing the base in the upper direction.