US 11,992,146 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 Dec. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/553,308.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/126,875, filed on Dec. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0192410 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. A47J 29/02 (2006.01); A47J 43/14 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 29/02 (2013.01) [A47J 43/145 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A kitchen device for cooking eggs comprising:
a storage component comprising a plurality of cups configured to store a plurality of raw eggs;
a cracking component configured to receive a raw egg of the plurality of raw eggs from the storage component via a ramp configured to transfer the raw egg from a cup of the plurality of cups of the storage component to the cracking component, the cracking component comprising:
an arm extending in a first direction relative to the raw egg, and
a sharp object configured to move in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, such that the sharp object cracks the raw egg to form a cracked egg;
a cooking component configured to receive the cracked egg from the cracking component and cook the cracked egg to form a cooked egg; and
a warming component configured to receive the cooked egg from the cooking component and warm the cooked egg.