公开(公告)号：US5172328A

公开(公告)日：1992-12-15

申请号：US819575

申请日：1992-01-08

申请人： Robert L. Cahlander ,  David W. Carroll ,  Robert A. Hanson ,  Alfred C. Hollingsworth ,  Richard O. Koehler ,  John O. Reinertsen

发明人： Robert L. Cahlander ,  David W. Carroll ,  Robert A. Hanson ,  Alfred C. Hollingsworth ,  Richard O. Koehler ,  John O. Reinertsen

IPC分类号： A47J27/14 ,  A47J37/12 ,  G07F9/10

CPC分类号： G07F17/0085 ,  A47J27/14 ,  A47J37/1228 ,  G07F17/0078

摘要： A fully automated robotized system and method is provided for cooking food products. The system and method is especially useful for use in a quick service or fast food restaurant and, in one embodiment, is capable of cooking, on a fully automated basis, french fries, chicken nuggets, fish filets and chicken patties. In one embodiment, the system includes a robot, a bulk uncooked food dispensing station, a cooking station and a cooked food storage station. The system can be controlled by a computer operating and control station that controls and directs the robot to obtain bulk food from the dispensing station, place it in cooking position at the cooking station and when cooked, remove the food and deliver it to the storage station, at a rate required to fill anticipated customer orders. In one embodiment, the cooking station is a clamshell grill and the robot deposits on and retrieves from the grill hamburger patties in a predetermined horizontal array with a novel end of arm tool.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种完全自动化的机器人系统和方法来烹饪食品。 该系统和方法对于在快速服务或快餐店中使用是特别有用的，并且在一个实施例中，能够在全自动化的基础上烹饪炸薯条，鸡块，鱼片和鸡肉馅饼。 在一个实施例中，该系统包括机器人，散装未烹调的食物分配站，烹饪站和烹饪食物储存站。 该系统可由计算机操作和控制站控制，该计算机操作和控制站控制和引导机器人从分配站获取散装食物，将其放置在烹饪站的烹饪位置，并且在烹饪时，将食物移出并将其输送到储存站 ，以填补预期客户订单所需的费率。 在一个实施例中，烹饪台是蛤壳格栅，并且机器人以预定的水平阵列沉积并从格栅汉堡包馅饼中取出，具有新颖的手臂工具末端。