US 12,134,183 B2
Isolating robotic actuators from food and beverage preparation
Michael Hazen Knuepfel, Brooklyn, NY (US); Andrew William Lynch, Brooklyn, NY (US); Darian Montague Ahler, Brooklyn, NY (US); and Jordan Ross Adelson, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Assigned to Truebird Technologies, Inc., Brooklyn, NY (US)
Filed by Truebird Technologies, Inc., Brooklyn, NY (US)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/112,921.
Application 18/112,921 is a continuation of application No. 16/600,463, filed on Oct. 12, 2019, granted, now 11,613,025.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/745,117, filed on Oct. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0278236 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B25J 15/04 (2006.01); A23F 5/08 (2006.01); A23F 5/26 (2006.01); A47J 31/42 (2006.01); A47J 31/44 (2006.01); A47J 31/52 (2006.01); A47J 36/32 (2006.01); A47J 43/06 (2006.01); A47J 44/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/02 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/06 (2006.01); G07F 17/00 (2006.01); A47J 31/00 (2006.01); A47J 43/046 (2006.01); A47J 43/27 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 15/0441 (2013.01) [A23F 5/08 (2013.01); A23F 5/26 (2013.01); A47J 31/42 (2013.01); A47J 31/4496 (2013.01); A47J 31/52 (2013.01); A47J 31/521 (2018.08); A47J 36/321 (2018.08); A47J 43/06 (2013.01); A47J 44/00 (2013.01); B25J 9/0009 (2013.01); B25J 9/023 (2013.01); B25J 9/1612 (2013.01); B25J 11/0045 (2013.01); B25J 15/0608 (2013.01); G07F 17/0071 (2013.01); G07F 17/0078 (2013.01); A47J 31/007 (2013.01); A47J 43/0465 (2013.01); A47J 43/27 (2013.01); B25J 9/026 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39065 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
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1. A method of maneuvering of object, the method comprising:
receiving, via a controller, an instruction to move an object;
connecting the object to a secondary member of a device, the device comprising:
an actuator configured to be controlled by the controller;
a primary member, located on the actuator; and
a sheet having a first side and a second side, wherein:
the primary member is located on the first side of sheet and the secondary member is located on the second side of sheet,
the primary member is coupled to the secondary member across the sheet via a coupling force, and
the secondary member is configured to slide on the second side of the sheet, following the primary member, actuated by the actuator based on instructions from the controller;
positioning, via the controller based on the instruction, the primary member on the first side of the sheet via the actuator; and
causing, by the positioning of the primary member on the first side of the sheet, the object connected to the secondary member on the second side of the sheet to move.