US 12,133,610 B2
Cooking system comprising different cooking apparatuses
Zhengxu He, Reno, NV (US)
Filed by Zhengxu He, Reno, NV (US)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/070,059.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/012,193, filed on Apr. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0321822 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A47J 37/12 (2006.01); A47J 44/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 37/1228 (2013.01) [A47J 44/00 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooking system comprising:
a first cooking apparatus comprising:
a plurality of basket holders, wherein one of the plurality of basket holders is configured to position or hold a basket wherein the basket is used to contain or hold one or more foods or food ingredients; wherein the plurality of basket holders are configured to be rigidly, fixedly, or otherwise connected to each other;
a first motion mechanism configured to move the plurality of basket holders, said first motion mechanism comprising a motor or an actuator;
a liquid container configured to contain a cooking liquid, wherein the cooking liquid is used to fry, boil, or otherwise cook the one or more foods or food ingredients contained or held by the basket while the basket is positioned or held by the basket holder; and
a heater configured to heat the cooking liquid in the liquid container; and
a first dispensing apparatus configured to grip and move the basket to dispense the one or more cooked foods or food ingredients from the basket to a food container, wherein the basket was positioned or held on one of the plurality of basket holders prior to the dispensing, wherein the food container is used to hold one or more cooked foods, said first dispensing apparatus comprising:
a gripping mechanism comprising a support component and one or more grippers, said gripping mechanism being configured to grip the basket; and
a second motion mechanism configured to move the support component of the gripping mechanism, said second motion mechanism comprising a motor; and
a second cooking apparatus comprising:
a cookware configured to contain or otherwise hold one or more foods or food ingredients; and
a third motion mechanism comprising a motor, said third motion mechanism being configured to move the cookware as to dispense a cooked food from the cookware to the food container.