Patent ID: 7243758

Claim:
A food and drink managing device with a circulation type-carrying path for providing containers carrying foods and drinks to customers by an endless circulating carrying path, comprising: an identification information reading means for reading identification information on containers, adapted to identify individual containers, and provided near said circulating carrying path, at least one sign part circularly moving as linked with said circulating carrying path, a passage detection means provided near said circulating carrying path to detect passage of said sign parts, a registering means connected to said identification information reading means and said passage detection means, which recognizes an interval between passing sign parts as one zone, and registers the identification information of the containers read by said identification information reading means, as foods and drinks being supplied in relation to a zone in which the containers exist, and a container throwing-in prohibited area of a given length provided in an upstream side of the circulating carrying path from a position of the identification information reading means, wherein said container throwing-in prohibited area comprises a tunnel-shaped cover that covers the containers, and wherein said identification information reading means is positioned inside said tunnel-shaped cover, and further comprising an electromagnet shield on said tunnel-shaped cover.