A cautioning method includes: delivering an item on a conveying path of a conveying device to a target seat; outputting a delivery notification indicating that the item will be delivered to the target seat presently by the conveying device; determining whether a caution state has occurred at each of the two or more seats based on information from a sensor disposed in the restaurant; determining that a caution condition is satisfied when the caution state is determined to have occurred at any seat located upstream of the target seat in a conveying direction of the conveying path after the delivery notification was output; and outputting caution information for alerting a user that an abnormality may have occurred in the item upon determining that the caution condition is satisfied.

A lazy Susan platform has a major diameter and a minor diameter, at least one curved platform portion with a first width at or about the radius of curvature, at least one straight platform portion with a second width, and a ratio of the widths of the first platform portion to the second platform portion that is greater than one.

A lazy Susan platform has a major diameter and a minor diameter, at least one curved platform portion with a first width at or about the radius of curvature, at least one straight platform portion with a second width, and a ratio of the widths of the first platform portion to the second platform portion that is greater than one.

The present invention provides a food and/or beverage item counting device to be provided in a food and/or beverage item provision system including a transport path that passes along a customer table to transport carriers each configured to allow a food and/or beverage item to be placed thereon, the food and/or beverage item counting device including: a first information acquiring unit disposed upstream of the table and configured to acquire information relating to each of the carriers on the transport path; a second information acquiring unit disposed downstream of the table and configured to acquire information relating to each of the carriers on the transport path; and a first calculating unit configured to calculate the number of the food and/or beverage items taken out from the transport path to the table, wherein each of the carriers is provided with identification information for identifying the carrier.

A rotatable serving carousel is configured to provide serving elements extending from a centerpiece. Bowls or other useful items may be placed or connected with a carrier of the serving element. At least one arm extends from the second portion of the centerpiece to the carrier(s) and allows for rotation of the bowl generally horizontally over the table through the connection with the arm to the second portion. A user may manually push or pull on any portion of the serving element to rotate the bowl to a desired position relative to the table. The serving carousel may be provided with one or more serving elements and bowls, and the carousel improves access to these bowls while also lifting those elements off a tabletop surface to allow for more space efficiency in outdoor patio furniture using the serving carousel.

A rotatable serving carousel is configured to provide serving elements extending from a centerpiece. Bowls or other useful items may be placed or connected with a carrier of the serving element. At least one arm extends from the second portion of the centerpiece to the carrier(s) and allows for rotation of the bowl generally horizontally over the table through the connection with the arm to the second portion. A user may manually push or pull on any portion of the serving element to rotate the bowl to a desired position relative to the table. The serving carousel may be provided with one or more serving elements and bowls, and the carousel improves access to these bowls while also lifting those elements off a tabletop surface to allow for more space efficiency in outdoor patio furniture using the serving carousel.

The invention relates to an ice bucket (1) comprising: a base (2) for resting on a surface; a central body (3); a plurality of tanks (4), associable with said central body (3), adapted to contain ice and bottles to be refrigerated; means for the rotatable connection between said central body (3) and said base (2) to allow the rotation of said tanks (4) and selectively make said bottles available to a plurality of users.

The invention relates to an ice bucket (1) comprising: a base (2) for resting on a surface; a central body (3); a plurality of tanks (4), associable with said central body (3), adapted to contain ice and bottles to be refrigerated; means for the rotatable connection between said central body (3) and said base (2) to allow the rotation of said tanks (4) and selectively make said bottles available to a plurality of users.

The ordered food and drink conveying apparatus includes: a main belt conveyor to form a conveying path leading to a customer seat from a kitchen side of a restaurant; an auxiliary belt conveyor to be provided in extension from the main belt conveyor on the kitchen side to elongate the conveying path; and a control unit to operate the auxiliary belt conveyor and the main belt conveyor upon a conveyance start operation being performed and to convey the dish of the food and drink placed on the auxiliary belt conveyor to the customer seat, the control unit setting the auxiliary belt conveyor in a stop state enabling placement of the dish to be conveyed next on the auxiliary belt conveyor before stopping the main belt conveyor upon the dish being transferred onto the main belt conveyor from the auxiliary belt conveyor by performing the conveyance start operation.

The ordered food and drink conveying apparatus includes: a main belt conveyor to form a conveying path leading to a customer seat from a kitchen side of a restaurant; an auxiliary belt conveyor to be provided in extension from the main belt conveyor on the kitchen side to elongate the conveying path; and a control unit to operate the auxiliary belt conveyor and the main belt conveyor upon a conveyance start operation being performed and to convey the dish of the food and drink placed on the auxiliary belt conveyor to the customer seat, the control unit setting the auxiliary belt conveyor in a stop state enabling placement of the dish to be conveyed next on the auxiliary belt conveyor before stopping the main belt conveyor upon the dish being transferred onto the main belt conveyor from the auxiliary belt conveyor by performing the conveyance start operation.