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Food and drink managing device in circulation type carrying path

US7243758B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 16, 2004
Grant dateJul 17, 2007
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Expiry dateApr 19, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47F10/06
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

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 device with a circulation type carrying path has containers with identification information, an identification information reading means provided near said path, a sign part circularly moving as linked with said circulating carrying path, passage detection means for detecting passage of said sign parts, a registering means which recognizes an interval between passing sign parts as one zone, and registers the identification information of the containers read by said 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 the upstream side of the circulating carrying path from a position of the reading means.

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