US 12,285,136 B2
Automated cooking systems and methods of operating thereof
Gennadiy Goldenshteyn, Dallas, TX (US); Val Ginzburg, Rumford, RI (US); Dmitry Rumyantsev, Saint Petersburg (RU); and Vladimir Gordeev, Saint Petersburg (RU)
Assigned to Dinemic Ventures LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by Dinemic Ventures LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/780,115.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/515,092, filed on Jul. 22, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0024996 A1, Jan. 23, 2025
Int. Cl. A23L 5/10 (2016.01); A47J 27/18 (2006.01); A47J 37/12 (2006.01); B65G 15/30 (2006.01); F25D 13/06 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 37/1228 (2013.01) [A23L 5/10 (2016.08); A47J 27/18 (2013.01); A47J 37/1214 (2013.01); A47J 37/1223 (2013.01); A47J 37/1266 (2013.01); A47J 37/129 (2013.01); A47J 37/1295 (2013.01); B65G 15/30 (2013.01); F25D 13/06 (2013.01); A47J 2202/00 (2013.01); A47J 2203/00 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0202 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of cooking food items by using an automated cooking apparatus comprising (1) a storage unit comprising an uncooked food container unit, an insulating enclosure, and a refrigeration unit, (2) a delivery unit, (3) a cooking unit comprising a food transporter comprising a plurality of food compartments, a cooked food receiver, and a cooking tank comprising a cooking tank opening and a plurality of heating elements, (4) a main controller electronically coupled with the storage unit, the delivery unit, the cooking unit, and the food transporter, and (5) a manual bypass unit comprising a manual bypass tray, the method comprising:
positioning a portion of the food items within one of the plurality of food compartments, by performing one of:
(a) positioning the food items in the storage unit, instructing the food transporter by the main controller to align one of the plurality of food compartments with the delivery unit, and instructing the delivery unit by the main controller to transfer a portion of the food items from the storage unit to the one of the plurality of food compartments aligned with the delivery unit, such that the portion of food items is positioned within the one of the plurality of food compartments; or
(b) placing a portion of the food items in the manual bypass tray, instructing the food transporter by the main controller to align one of the plurality of food compartments with the manual bypass tray, and instructing the manual bypass unit by the main controller to transfer the portion of the food items from the manual bypass tray to the one of the plurality of food compartments aligned with the manual bypass tray;
instructing the food transporter by the main controller to transport the one of the plurality of food compartments through the cooking tank opening and into the cooking tank; and
instructing the food transporter by the main controller to transport the one of the plurality of food compartments from the cooking tank to the cooked food receiver and to transfer the portion of food items from the one of the plurality of food compartments to the cooked food receiver.