SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRECISELY DISPENSING FOOD ITEMS

An automated food preparation system includes a conveyance system configured to move a foodstuff into a sauce position. The automated food preparation system includes multiple sauce reservoirs each having a pump and each configured to contain a respective one of multiple sauces. The automated food p...

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Hauptverfasser: VARDAKOSTAS, Alexandros, NICHOLSON, Taylor, BRINKMAN, James, HANSON, Thomas, NAZARIAN, Oshin, BALSAMO, Michael
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:An automated food preparation system includes a conveyance system configured to move a foodstuff into a sauce position. The automated food preparation system includes multiple sauce reservoirs each having a pump and each configured to contain a respective one of multiple sauces. The automated food preparation system includes multiple tubes, each in fluid communication with the pump of a respective one of the sauce reservoirs. The automated food preparation system includes a scanning head including multiple openings each coupled with a respective one of the tubes. The automated food preparation system includes a motor drivingly coupled to the scanning head and operable to move the scanning head relative to the foodstuff in the sauce position to position a selected one or more of the openings over a selected one or more regions of the foodstuff.