COOKING APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH PRODUCT RECOGNITION

Cooking apparatus having first and second platens with product recognition. A positioning mechanism moves the second platen toward the first. A detector senses the second platen making contact with a food product disposed on the first platen and provides a signal. A controller uses the signal to mea...

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Hauptverfasser:	JONES DOUGLAS S, STEPHENS RYAN J, CLAESSON JAN, HARTER DAVID W, NEVAREZ ROBERTO
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES COFFEE MILLS DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J FURNITURE HUMAN NECESSITIES KITCHEN EQUIPMENT PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL SPICE MILLS SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Zusammenfassung:	Cooking apparatus having first and second platens with product recognition. A positioning mechanism moves the second platen toward the first. A detector senses the second platen making contact with a food product disposed on the first platen and provides a signal. A controller uses the signal to measure the travel distance of the second platen. The product thickness is a function of the travel distance, which is used to select a cooking procedure for the food product. The controller then executes the selected cooking procedure to cook the food product. The detector can include a micro switch, proximity sensor, touch sensor, strain sensor, thermal sensor, optical sensor, sonar sensor or positioning load change sensor.