US 12,303,059 B2
Automated countertop egg cooker
Lance Lentini, Portsmouth, NH (US); Ivan Galic, Manchester, NH (US); Keller Waldron, Kensington, NH (US); Connor White, Portland, ME (US); and Thomas M. O'Brien, Rochester, NH (US)
Assigned to Bridge Appliances, Inc., Portsmouth, NH (US)
Filed by Bridge Appliances, Inc., Portsmouth, NH (US)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/640,183.
Application 18/640,183 is a continuation of application No. 17/553,308, filed on Dec. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,992,146.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/126,875, filed on Dec. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0341517 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. A47J 29/02 (2006.01); A47J 43/14 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 29/02 (2013.01) [A47J 43/145 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of cooking eggs with a device, the method comprising:
transferring an egg from a storage component of the device to a cracking component of the device such that the egg is positioned between a pusher and a sharp object of the cracking component;
advancing the pusher in a first direction to push the egg in position for cracking;
cracking the egg with the sharp object;
separating a shell of the cracked egg from an egg white and yolk of the cracked egg; and
cooking the egg white and yolk of the cracked egg in the device.