AUTOMATIC FOOD PREPARATION LINE

• Main Authors: CARONE, JOE, GAUGER, STEVE, JONELIS, ROBERT, ELLIOTT, CHAD, PATEL, BHUPENDRA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 12.11.2020
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES; BAKING; CHECKING-DEVICES; COFFEE MILLS; COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS; CONVEYING; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; EDIBLE DOUGHS; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FURNITURE; HANDLING BAKED ARTICLES MADE FROM DOUGH; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HUMAN NECESSITIES; KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; MACHINES OR EQUIPMENT FOR MAKING OR PROCESSING DOUGHS; MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGINGARTICLES OR MATERIALS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; SHAPING OR WORKING OF FOODSTUFFS, NOT FULLY COVERED BY ASINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; SPICE MILLS; STORING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRANSPORTING; UNPACKING

An automatic food preparation line for automatically preparing bread products for making sandwiches or burgers comprises an automatic bread product handling system containing a plurality of different types of bread products, an automatic toaster appliance for toasting the bread products, an automatic packaging system for automatically dispensing both box and wrapping paper packaging, an automatic sauce dispensing system for dispensing a plurality of different sauces onto the bread product, an automatic non-sauce condiment dispensing system for dispensing one or more different condiments onto the bread product, and an automatic conveyor system for conveying the bread product between the various systems. The entire automatic food preparation line is under the control of a suitable computer, such as, for example, a programmable logic controller (PLC), and a patron may select the type of bread product, the type of sauce, and the type of non-sauce condiment by inputting such selections into a user interface (UI) located at a point-of-sale (POS) location.