US 12,439,927 B2
Preparation station for a fast food restaurant
Michael Kühlwein, Salzburg-Aigen (AT)
Assigned to MKV GMBH, Salzburg-Aigen (AT)
Filed by MKV GMBH, Salzburg-Aigen (AT)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/544,440.
Application 18/544,440 is a continuation of application No. 18/069,297, filed on Dec. 21, 2022, granted, now 11,980,196.
Application 18/069,297 is a continuation of application No. 16/628,461, abandoned, previously published as PCT/EP2018/068000, filed on Jul. 3, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2017 114 805.1 (DE), filed on Jul. 3, 2017; and application No. 10 2018 101 809.6 (DE), filed on Jan. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0114912 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A21C 15/00 (2006.01); A47B 33/00 (2006.01); B05C 17/01 (2006.01); G01F 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC A21C 15/002 (2013.01) [A47B 33/00 (2013.01); B05C 17/0123 (2013.01); G01F 11/029 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A station comprising:
a table having an input side for receiving a bread roll half, an output side opposite the input side for outputting the bread roll half covered with a sauce, a front side connecting the input side and the output side, and a rear side opposite the front side;
a base body with a receiving space configured to receive a container comprising the sauce, and the base body arranged over the table at a working distance from the front side and from which an outlet nozzle of the container oriented towards the table protrudes at a vertical distance from the table when the container is received in the receiving space so that the bread roll half can be placed on the table below the outlet nozzle; and
a pressure actuator configured to dispense the sauce from the container onto the bread roll half when the container is received in the receiving space and the pressure actuator is actuated by a user, wherein the pressure actuator is a pneumatic actuator or an electric drive;
wherein the base body comprises a base plate having a lower face for placing the base body thereon and an upper face opposite the lower face, the receiving space being arranged adjacent to the upper face;
wherein one end of the pressure actuator is connected to the base plate.