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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7255199 | Circulating type food and drink transport apparatus management device for managing the expiration date of food and drink arranged on a plate and including a camera for capturing a two-dimensional code on a cylindrical base of the plate, a barcode scanner for analyzing the two-dimensional code captured by the camera a... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7243758 | Food and drink managing device in circulation type carrying path A food and drink managing device with a circulation type path allows standardizing while adding food and drink onto the carrying path, simplifying management, holding down cost, and achieving precise identification information reading. The food and drink managing de... | 07/17/2007 |
| 6914582 | Food and drink ordering system in eating and drinking place A food and drink ordering system in an eating and drinking place for allowing a customer to make a precise order of a desired food and drink from the customer's table to a kitchen. The food and drink ordering system includes image display means and order input means... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6581727 | Method of and apparatus for serving merchandise items in a restaurant with a rotary catering table system, and merchandise item management system for such restaurants An improved serving method and apparatus are disclosed for use in rotary catering table equipment having a rotary conveyer (22) on which merchandise (e.g., sushi) items (14) are conveyed around. A freshness managing member (48) is used to automatically al... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6547040 | Self-service checkout system with RFID capability A self-service checkout system which weighs products with RFID labels for security. The system includes an RFID label affixed to a product, a scale for determining actual weight information for the product, and a computer which records a customer indicati... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6431318 | Food and drink conveying system A food and drink conveying system is provided in which the sorts of foods and drinks displayed on display members placed on a circulating conveying path and the number of foods and drinks placed on the circulating conveying path following after their resp... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6145628 | Food and drink conveying system A food and drink conveying system includes a conveying path for circulating a plurality of containers each having food and drink, and a plurality of tables arranged along the conveying path. The food and drink conveying system also includes a conveying co... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5979604 | Equipment for the automation of catering, bar or other products of goods sales services Serving lines (1) have ends that extend into a kitchen (2). At the sides of the serving lines (1) are seats (12), shelves (11), distribution ports sealed off with flaps (10), and equipment for remote ordering. Orders are transmitted to the kitchen (2), wh... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5727654 | Conveyor with a heater for food and beverage items in an aircraft A conveyor system for transporting menu boxes (14) in an aircraft is equipped with at least one heater element (17) or groups of such elements (17/17A . . . ) which tilt automatically into spaces (16) between neighboring boxes (14) or pairs of boxes withi... | 03/17/1998 |
| 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 |
