US 11,930,985 B2
Apparatus and method for washing and sanitizing cookware by robotic or manual operation
David Ben-David, Rehovot (IL); and Yair Gordin, Modiin (IL)
Filed by Kitchen Robotics Ltd, Modiin (IL)
Filed on Jul. 1, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/917,936.
Prior Publication US 2022/0000330 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. A47L 15/00 (2006.01); A47L 15/42 (2006.01); A47L 15/46 (2006.01); G05B 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 15/46 (2013.01) [A47L 15/0028 (2013.01); A47L 15/0036 (2013.01); A47L 15/0047 (2013.01); A47L 15/0076 (2013.01); A47L 15/0092 (2013.01); A47L 15/4236 (2013.01); A47L 15/4285 (2013.01); G05B 13/024 (2013.01); A47L 2501/06 (2013.01); A47L 2501/16 (2013.01); A47L 2501/20 (2013.01); A47L 2501/30 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for washing and sanitizing cookware comprising:
a replaceable water nozzle;
a sink;
a heating element;
a heat generating component;
a pump;
an electric motor;
a controller; and
wherein, the water nozzle is static and mounted at the center of the sink, the water nozzle configured to generate a spray of cold-water jet with a specific geometry,
wherein, the cookware to be washed remains static and is positioned centrally above the nozzle and the sink,
wherein, relative motion required for engaging and disengaging the heating element within an inner volume of the cookware is generated by the electric motor, configured to position the heating element in a predefined position.