Food and drink conveying device

A conveying device having a conveying path for conveying in circulation a number of containers containing at least one of foods and drinks, the conveying device comprising:

• a plurality of mounting bases, arranged on the conveying path, for mounting the containers thereon;
• a mounting base identifier, provided on the mounting bases, for identifying the mounting bases;
• a container identifier, provided on the containers, for identifying the containers;
• a mounting base reading device for reading the mounting base identifiers provided on the mounting bases arranged on the conveying path;
• a container reading device for reading the container identifiers provided on the containers circulating through the conveying path;
• presetting means for presetting items that are to be served on the mounting bases;
• judging means for identifying mounting bases with no container thereon based on output signals from the mounting base reading device and the container reading device;
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• a display for displaying items to be made, based on output signals from the judgment means.