Identification and control apparatus, for example, for service personnel for a restaurant
US4511161A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 29, 1982 |
| Grant date | Apr 16, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 29, 2002 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S402/503
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and apparatus for dividing the working space of a restaurant into selected stations and for assigning service personnel to these stations comprising identification elements each associated with a respective subject and adapted for being magnetically attracted onto a layout which comprises a transparent plastic sheet on which are drawn divisions of the restaurant into separate sections and an underlying floor plan showing on a reduced scale, the physical area of the restaurant. A correlation sheet is secured in proximity to the layout to indicate the particular subject associated with its respective identification element and its station in accordance with the number of stations which the restaurant is to be divided at any given time of day. A plurality of transparent sheets are furnished corresponding to the maximum number of divisions of the restaurant into separate sections.
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