Abstract: An automated food making apparatus is described. An automated food making apparatus can include: a carousel; a dispensing apparatus shared among a plurality of canisters on the carousel, wherein at least one canister includes a paddle; and wherein the dispensing apparatus is configured to rotate the canister's paddle to dispense ingredients stored in the canister. A dispensing mechanism for an automated food making apparatus can include: an actuator arm; a motor that is adapted to rotate the actuator arm; one or more magnets embedded in the actuator arm; and one or more sensors configured to detect position of the actuator arm; wherein the actuator arm dispenses ingredients by rotating a pin located on a canister.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 3, 2017
Date of Patent:
October 27, 2020
Assignee:
Casabots Inc.
Inventors:
Kathirgugan Kathirasen, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Richardson, Sanath Bhat, Victoria Reidling
Abstract: An automated cooking machine is described wherein various functions, such as dispensing, stirring, chopping, baking and cleaning are conducted by intelligent use of a Cartesian robot system.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 8, 2015
Publication date:
March 10, 2016
Applicant:
CASABOTS INC.
Inventors:
Deepak Chandra Sekar, Phil Swab, Rupsha Chaudhuri, Amit Bose, Brian Richardson