Abstract: A smart conveyor system for conveying food orders from a restaurant to patrons disposed within vehicles, comprises a first patron drive-through lane, a second patron drive-through lane, a first vertically oriented conveyor tower, a second vertically oriented conveyor tower, a horizontally oriented conveyor housing extending above the first patron drive-through lane and connecting the first and second vertically oriented conveyor towers together, and at least one conveyor traversing the first and second vertically oriented conveyor towers and the horizontally oriented conveyor housing for transferring a food order from the first vertically oriented conveyor tower to the horizontally oriented conveyor housing, and from the horizontally oriented conveyor housing to the second vertically oriented conveyor tower. A sensor activated-computer-controlled system controls the various conveyors.

Abstract: A smart conveyor system for an establishment comprises a vertically oriented conveyor tower, having a vertically moving conveyor disposed therein, a first horizontally oriented loading/unloading station having first conveyors operatively associated with the vertically oriented conveyor tower for delivering first objects to the vertically oriented conveyor tower, and for receiving second objects from the vertically oriented conveyor tower, and a second horizontally oriented loading/unloading station having second conveyors operatively associated with the vertically oriented conveyor tower for delivering the first objects from the vertically oriented conveyor tower, and for delivering second objects to the vertically oriented conveyor tower.