US 11,730,338 B2
Apparatus, method and system of washing induction cookware using induction heating and high-pressure water jet
David Ben-Daviv, Rehovot (IL); and Yair Gordin, Modiin (IL)
Filed by Kitchen Robotics Ltd, Modiin (IL)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/656,883.
Application 17/656,883 is a division of application No. 16/908,815, filed on Jun. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,317,782.
Prior Publication US 2022/0218178 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A47L 15/16 (2006.01); A47L 15/00 (2006.01); A47L 15/42 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 15/0028 (2013.01) [A47L 15/0036 (2013.01); A47L 15/0076 (2013.01); A47L 15/4234 (2013.01); A47L 15/4236 (2013.01); A47L 15/4278 (2013.01); A47L 15/4289 (2013.01); A47L 15/0034 (2013.01); A47L 2501/14 (2013.01); A47L 2501/16 (2013.01)] 1 Claim
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of washing and sanitizing induction cookware positioned within a washing apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
an induction heating unit;
a replaceable water nozzle;
a sink;
a piece of ceramic glass;
a water pump;
an electric motor;
a vision system;
a controller; and
wherein the water nozzle is a static water nozzle mounted at the center of the sink, wherein the water nozzle generates a spray of water with a specific geometry, wherein the induction cookware to be washed remains static and is positioned centrally above the water nozzle and the sink, wherein the induction heating unit has an induction heating element in a sealed enclosure, which comprises the piece of ceramic glass, and wherein the induction heating unit is positioned vertically above the sink and is configured to heat the induction cookware while the induction cookware is positioned between the sink and the induction heating unit;
whereby the method comprises the steps of:
a. heating the cookware with the induction heating unit during a washing cycle;
b. washing the cookware with the spray of water during the washing cycle;
c. heat sanitization of the cookware; and
d. steam sanitization of the cookware.