US 12,262,847 B2
Automated cooking system and method using basket-gantry interface
Kimberly Reichelderfer, Yellow Springs, OH (US); Thomas M. Smith, Lewisburg, OH (US); Adrian Jason Pereira, Dayton, OH (US); and Michael Maddux, Kettering, OH (US)
Assigned to Henny Penny Corporation, Eaton, OH (US)
Filed by Henny Penny Corporation, Eaton, OH (US)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/344,063.
Application 17/344,063 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/244,096, filed on Apr. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,678,769.
Prior Publication US 2022/0346600 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A47J 37/12 (2006.01); A23L 5/10 (2016.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 37/1228 (2013.01) [A23L 5/11 (2016.08); A47J 37/1219 (2013.01); A47J 37/1266 (2013.01); A47J 37/1295 (2013.01); B25J 9/1005 (2013.01); B25J 13/08 (2013.01); B25J 15/0028 (2013.01); B25J 15/0038 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01); B25J 9/026 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated cooking system comprising:
a fryer basket, comprising:
a frame defining a storage space within the basket, wherein the frame comprises a front surface;
a pickup point operatively connected to the front surface of the frame, wherein the pickup point comprises:
a main body, the main body directly connected to the front surface of the frame and extending outward therefrom;
a neck portion directly attached to and extending outwardly from the main body, wherein the neck portion is narrower in diameter than the main body and wherein the neck portion is the part of the pickup point that is intended to be gripped; and
a head portion directly attached to and extending outwardly from the neck portion, wherein the head portion is greater in diameter than the neck portion; and
a gantry, comprising:
a clamping gripper that clamps a pair of jaws into engagement with the pickup point of the basket, wherein the gantry engages with the basket at only the pickup point and this single-location engagement between the pair of jaws and the pickup point is configured to prevent uncontrolled rotational movements of the basket when the basket is moved.