US 11,717,105 B2
System and method for an automatic cooking device
Khalid Aboujassoum, Doha (QA); Tariq Maksoud, Gloucester (CA); and Adam Leonards, Concord, CA (US)
Assigned to Tahi Technologies Inc., Berkeley, CA (US)
Filed by Else Labs Inc., Berkeley, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/814,849.
Application 16/814,849 is a continuation of application No. 15/149,156, filed on May 8, 2016, granted, now 10,617,253.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/159,009, filed on May 8, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0015290 A1, Jan. 21, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47J 27/12 (2006.01); A47J 27/00 (2006.01); A47J 43/07 (2006.01); A47J 43/06 (2006.01); A47J 36/06 (2006.01); A47J 36/00 (2006.01); A47J 27/08 (2006.01); A47J 43/046 (2006.01); A23L 5/10 (2016.01); A47J 36/32 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 27/12 (2013.01) [A23L 5/15 (2016.08); A47J 27/004 (2013.01); A47J 27/08 (2013.01); A47J 36/00 (2013.01); A47J 36/06 (2013.01); A47J 36/321 (2018.08); A47J 43/046 (2013.01); A47J 43/06 (2013.01); A47J 43/0716 (2013.01); A47J 2043/0733 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated cooking device comprising:
a multi-ingredient dispenser that comprises a base with a set of base receptacles and a dispensing selector, the dispensing selector comprising a central hub, a geared motor system configured to rotate the central hub, and a pin rotationally positioned about the central hub by the geared motor system;
a set of ingredient dispenser units configured to removably couple with the base receptacles, wherein each ingredient dispenser unit comprises an ingredient container and a dispensing gate, the dispensing gate comprising a hinged door and a coupling mechanism configured to engage with the pin of the dispensing selector during rotation of the central hub and transition the ingredient dispenser unit between a closed state with the hinged door closed and an open state with the hinged door open; and
a control unit that is a computing device comprising a user interface and that at least partially controls the dispensing selector and is configured to process a multi-stage cooking process.