Method of signaling menu components which are to be served out f

Details Method of signaling menu components which are to be served out f Method of signaling menu components which are to be served out f

1976-09-15

1978-01-24

Reger, Duane A.

Merchandising

Customer service

Store service

186 1R, 214 11C, E04H 304

Patent

active

040698963

ABSTRACT:
Each supply station has an assigned station number, and the respective carriages are positioned along both sides of an endless delivery belt for menu-component-receiving trays, and an electronic food service control is provided. Each carriage is divided into three sections with each section having three container areas therein with a respective signal lamp associated with each container area and mounted on a respective lamp arm, each lamp arm being associated with the respective section. Each section is arranged to receive either one full-size supply container, two half-size supply containers or three one-third size supply containers. A tray dispenser, responsive to a signal from the service control, delivers successive trays to the endless delivery belt. In a first step, the position of each tray is determined and stored and a menu request is read-in to the service control. In a second step, the travel of each tray past the stations and the respective assigned station numbers are determined from the initial position of each tray and the predetermined positions of the supply stations along the delivery belt. Upon coincidence of the tray position data and the supply station data, and through a menu request address, the stored menu request, which has been associated with the tray in the initial position of the tray on the endless belt, is retrieved. Upon lighting of one or more signal lamps on a carriage, a server places the corresponding supply containers on the component-receiving tray at the station. The method may be used to supply a customer with either individual food items, a predetermined menu comprising several food items, or both.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3725867 (1973-04-01), Jordan
patent: 3876038 (1975-04-01), Riller

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