Miscellaneous

Unless we’re in the drive-through fast food business…

…it’s probably difficult for most of us to realize how much time, and thus money can be saved simply by eliminating the need…

…for an employee at the drive-through window to have to reach up and manually slide it open. And then to close it, as is…

…probably required by those governing the food service industry to keep the food preparation area separated from exterior contaminants.

Thus it is that most of the drive-through business has converted to automated windows.

Now days, an employee need only move close enough to the window to trip a motion-sensor that triggers a motor…

…to automatically open the window for them as they lean out with the food already in hand. Step away from the window, and it…

…automatically closes. For us, the greatest challenge installing one of these units, assuming it’s ordered to the correct specifications is…

…dealing with cosmetic issues related to the footprint of the original window assembly. That’s where the techniques we’ve developed over the…

…past several decades comes into play so that the installation doesn’t look like an afterthought.