US 11,918,149 B2
Enhanced automated food making apparatus
Deepak Chandra Sekar, San Jose, CA (US); Kathirgugan Kathirasen, Selangor (MY); Brian Richardson, Los Gatos, CA (US); Sanath Bhat, Redwood City, CA (US); and Levi Lalla, Redwood City, CA (US)
Assigned to DoorDash, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by DoorDash, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/933,130.
Application 16/933,130 is a continuation of application No. 15/945,483, filed on Apr. 4, 2018, granted, now 11,284,748.
Application 15/945,483 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/449,548, filed on Mar. 3, 2017, granted, now 10,813,503.
Application 15/449,548 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/847,959, filed on Sep. 8, 2015, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/481,217, filed on Apr. 4, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/304,277, filed on Mar. 6, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/201,105, filed on Aug. 4, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/185,524, filed on Jun. 26, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/150,303, filed on Apr. 21, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/094,595, filed on Dec. 19, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/056,368, filed on Sep. 26, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/047,785, filed on Sep. 9, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0000300 A1, Jan. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. A47J 44/00 (2006.01); A47J 36/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 44/00 (2013.01) [A47J 36/00 (2013.01); B25J 9/026 (2013.01); Y10S 901/16 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated food making apparatus comprising:
a carousel;
a plurality of canisters coupled to the carousel, each of the plurality of canisters configured to store ingredients;
a peristaltic pump mechanism comprising a plurality of rollers distributed circumferential around a shaft;
at least one canister of the plurality of canisters having a bottle and the peristaltic pump mechanism both located within the at least one canister, the peristaltic pump mechanism configured to dispense a liquid ingredient from the bottle;
a pin configured to rotate the plurality of rollers about the shaft to actuate the peristaltic pump mechanism; and
a dispensing apparatus shared by the plurality of canisters having a motor, the dispensing apparatus configured to rotate the pin.