Patent ID: 6431318
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
A food and drink conveying system comprising:a circulating conveying path for conveying a plurality of items of food and drink; a plurality of tables arranged along the circulating conveying path; a plurality of display members provided on the circulating conveying path at respective positions corresponding to respective types of the food and drink items for displaying the types of the food and drink items placed on the circulating conveying path; food and drink detecting means for detecting the types of the food and drink items displayed by the display members and a number of the food and drink items of each type present on the circulating conveying path; optimum number setting means for setting an optimum number of the food and drink items of each type to be placed on the circulating conveying path; number judgment means for judging whether or not the number of food and drink items of each type present on the circulating conveying path matches the optimum number set by the optimum number setting means based on signals output from the food and drink detecting means; and display means for displaying the types and the number of insufficient food and drink items when the number judgment means judges that the number of the food and drink items present on the circulating conveying path is smaller than the optimum number set by the optimum number setting means.