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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8037969 | Method and apparatus for a drive-thru product delivery verifier A system for improving the efficiency of drive-through delivery systems is provided. The system can provide complete error tracking and feedback; however, partial or no error tracking and/or feedback can be provided if desired. Errors in order fulfillment can be red... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7356980 | Automated method for packaging food An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispens... | 04/15/2008 |
| 6578671 | Method and system for the automated exchange of merchandise A method and system for automatic drop off and pick up of merchandise on which service is desired. The system includes a processing device for input of data related to merchandise to be dropped off, a drop off section for receiving the merchandise being d... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6554105 | Conveyor system with stabilized carrier A conveyor system for delivering items between a processing station and a remote delivery station includes a pair of flexible drive members and a pair of spaced apart drive guides each positioned to define a path of travel for one of the drive members bet... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6384348 | Packing error detecting system The information of sales items is transmitted from a cash register 1 to a sensing device 2 and stored in a sales items memory 26. In the sensing device 2, a commodities information memory 25 stores the information relating to a nominal weight of each comm... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6086065 | Apparatus for feeding sheets from a sheet store An arrangement for feeding sheets from a sheet store to either one of a plurality of stations includes a movable carriage which receives sheets fed from the store and which has driving cogwheels for coaction with a fixed cog railway outside the carriage. ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5921036 | Drive-through restaurant A drive-through window station of a restaurant has a food preparation area adjacent a food preparation viewing window. A driveway exterior the window positions a customer in a vehicle at an enhanced elevation whereby the customer may look inward and downw... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5791451 | Tape drive conveyor system with twisted conformation A flexible drive tape conveyor system for conveying items between at least two spaced apart stations includes a carrier member and at least one tape guide track having a tape guide. The drive tape is substantially inflexible in a direction transverse to i... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5717568 | Telescoping drive-through menu system A new Telescoping Drive-Through Menu System for increasing the drive-through process by eliminating miscommunications that occur mesial the customer and the employee, and further providing a support which retracts the menu into a cavity thereby protecting... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5636710 | Pneumatic delivery system for restaurant food Restaurants featuring improved efficiency through use of pneumatic systems for delivery of fast food products from a kitchen area to a food delivery area, such as in an out building, can revolutionize the fast food industry. A customer order entry station... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5361891 | Tape conveyor system A tape conveyor system for moving a carriage along a path having at least one vertical curve and at least one horizontal curve comprises a carriage track, a tape guide, and a carriage. A block on the tape is movably positioned between two elements on the ... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5287948 | Food delivery apparatuses A food service facility for drive-up and walk-up patronage, a multi-purpose column, conveyor delivery structures, and menu and order display units. The food service facility comprises base level and second level housings, readily set up and removed from a... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5279392 | Food preparation and delivery apparatus The disclosure is directed to a food service facility for drive-up and walk-up patronage, to a method for food preparation, to a retractable menu, and to a drink dispenser and service module. The food service facility comprises base level and second level... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5113970 | Food service system for drive-in restaurants An integrated system for delivering food and other products from a central processing station to one or more remote delivery stations, the products being transported in carriers which travel both vertically and horizontally in an upright position on conve... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5109956 | Food preparation and delivery apparatus and method The disclosure is directed to a food service facility for drive-up and walk-up patronage, to a method for food preparation, to a retractable menu, and to a drink dispenser and service module. The food service facility comprises base level and second level... | 05/05/1992 |
| 4957188 | Conveyor system with stabilized conveyor basket A carrier basket is suspended between an opposing pair of drive members which define a path of travel between a processing station and a remote delivery station, the path of travel having vertical flights at each station interconnected by a horizontal fli... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4884662 | Driver interaction service center and method of operating such a center A driver interaction center, and a method of operating such a center, which includes a driver service dispensation structure, having a plurality of collection stations for dispensing services, and a plurality of driveways, each of which is arrayed adjacen... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4735289 | Dispensing apparatus and deposit apparatus for drive up machines A dispensing apparatus is provided for use from an open window of a stationary vehicle. The position of the open window is optically or acoustically sensed and a data input and dispensing component is moved by a carriage mechanism in response to the sense... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4733754 | Drive-in service establishment Disclosed is an establishment designed to facilitate dispensing food or other commodities to customers in automobiles from drive-up stations or windows. The establishment has two of its sides joined in a curved segment with one dispensing window on the cu... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4712650 | Hood conveying apparatus having an outwardly reaching basket A conveying system is provided, which is particularly designed to convey food over a traffic lane to another traffic lane. The system includes a track extending from inside the restaurant, over the adjoining traffic lane or lanes, to a food-receiving stat... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4675515 | Drive-through credit card payment device A system is set forth which is particularly adapted for use in drive-through, fast food establishments by which a patron make his/her own selections and pay for the order with a credit card. The system includes a panel having a plurality of touch responsi... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4158999 | Special purpose window An improved special purpose window fur use in "drive-in" businesses such as restaurants, banks and the like is disclosed. The window reduces exterior art infiltration without interfering with the normal merchandise-money exchange between attendant and cus... | 06/26/1979 |
| 4149474 | Pass-box system for transferring items A passbox type dispensing system designed for food dispensing to motorists at drive-in type restaurants but usable in banks, liquor stores and similar applications, includes a fixed longitudinal way with a rectangular-shape tubular longitudinal housing on... | 04/17/1979 |
