US 11,985,980 B2
Automated pizza oven assembly
Derwin Puckerin, Hinesville, GA (US); and Annette Puckerin, Hinesville, GA (US)
Filed by Derwin Puckerin, Hinesville, GA (US); and Annette Puckerin, Hinesville, GA (US)
Filed on May 5, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/866,744.
Prior Publication US 2021/0345622 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A21B 1/48 (2006.01); A21C 15/04 (2006.01); A21D 13/41 (2017.01); B65G 39/00 (2006.01); F24C 7/08 (2006.01); H05B 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A21B 1/48 (2013.01) [A21C 15/04 (2013.01); A21D 13/41 (2017.01); B65G 39/00 (2013.01); F24C 7/085 (2013.01); H05B 3/0076 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated pizza oven assembly for automatically cooking and cutting a pizza, said assembly comprising:
an oven having an entry and an exit;
a conveyor extending through said entry and said exit, said conveyor having a pizza being positionable thereon, said conveyor transporting the pizza through said oven wherein said oven is configured to cook the pizza;
a cutting unit being coupled to and extending away from said oven such that said cutting unit is positioned above said conveyor, said cutting unit including a plurality of blades, each of said blades radiating outwardly from a central point of said cutting unit, said cutting unit including a sensor for detecting when the pizza is positioned beneath the blades, said blades being urged downwardly onto the pizza when said cutting unit is turned on, wherein said cutting unit is configured to cut the pizza into a plurality of slices; and
a control unit being coupled to said oven, said control unit being in communication with said conveyor and said cutting unit, said control unit controlling operational parameters of said conveyor and said cutting unit.