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US 12,408,798 B2Granted
Microwave cooking systems
OwnerZhengxu Heinventor
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Abstract
The present application firstly discloses a cooking system comprising two cooking apparatuses, each capable of producing a cooked food from food or food ingredient(s). The first cooking apparatus comprises a plurality of microwave ovens which can be moved by an intermittent motion mechanism or a transport system. The second cooking apparatus comprises a cookware and a motion mechanism to move the cookware to dispense a cooked food to a food container. A semi-cooked food is produced by a microwave oven of the first cooking apparatus and is used as an ingredient in the second cooking apparatus to produce cooked food.
Claims20
An automated cooking system comprising:
- a first cooking apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of microwave ovens, each said microwave oven comprising:
- a first enclosure component comprising a first solid;
- a second enclosure component comprising a second solid;
- and
- a first motion mechanism configured to move the second enclosure component between a first position and a second position, said first motion mechanism comprising a first motor or other driving mechanism;
- and
- a magnetron or microwave generator;
- wherein the first enclosure component and the second enclosure component are configured to enclose a cooking chamber when the second enclosure component is moved to the first position by the first motion mechanism, wherein the cooking chamber is configured to position a cooking container, wherein the cooking container is a container used to contain or hold a food or one or more food ingredients;
- wherein the magnetron or microwave generator is configured to generate electromagnetic waves of microwave frequencies in the cooking chamber to heat the food or food ingredients contained or held in the cooking container positioned in the cooking chamber;
- and
- a second motion mechanism comprising a second motor, said second motion mechanism being configured to move the first enclosure components of the microwave ovens among a plurality of positions;
- and
- a second cooking apparatus comprising a cookware, said cookware being configured to contain or hold a food or one or more food ingredients;
- wherein the second cooking apparatus is configured to produce a cooked food from the food or food ingredients;
- wherein the food or food ingredients heated by one of the plurality of microwave ovens of the first cooking apparatus may be used as a food ingredient for the second cooking apparatus.
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A cooking system comprising
- a first cooking apparatus, said first cooking apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of microwave ovens, each said microwave oven comprising:
- a first enclosure component comprising a first solid;
- a second enclosure component comprising a second solid;
- a first motion mechanism configured to move the second enclosure component between a first position and a second position, said first motion mechanism comprising a first motor or other driving mechanism;
- and
- a magnetron or microwave generator;
- wherein the first enclosure component and the second enclosure component are configured to enclose a cooking chamber when the second enclosure component is moved to the first position by the first motion mechanism, wherein the cooking chamber is configured to position a cooking container, wherein the cooking container is a container used to contain or hold a food or one or more food ingredients;
- wherein the magnetron or microwave generator is configured to generate electromagnetic waves of microwave frequencies in the cooking chamber to heat the food or food ingredients contained or held in the cooking container positioned in the cooking chamber;
- and
- a second motion mechanism comprising a second motor, said second motion mechanism being configured to move the first enclosure components of the microwave ovens among a plurality of positions.
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A cooking system comprising:
- a first cooking apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of microwave ovens, each said microwave oven comprising:
- a first enclosure component comprising a first solid;
- a second enclosure component comprising a second solid;
- a first motion mechanism configured to move the second enclosure component between a first position and a second position, said first motion mechanism comprising a first motor or other driving mechanism;
- and
- a magnetron or microwave generator;
- wherein the first enclosure component and the second enclosure component are configured to enclose a cooking chamber when the second enclosure component is moved to the first position by the first motion mechanism, wherein the cooking chamber is configured to position a cooking container, wherein the cooking container is a container used to hold a food or one or more food ingredients;
- wherein the magnetron or microwave generator is configured to generate electromagnetic waves of microwave frequencies in the cooking chamber to heat the food or food ingredients contained or held in the cooking container positioned in the cooking chamber;
- a second motion mechanism comprising a second motor, said second motion mechanism being configured to move the first enclosure components of the microwave ovens among a plurality of positions;
- and
- a transfer apparatus configured to grip and move the cooking container to and from one of the cooking chambers of the first cooking apparatus, wherein the
- cooking container is used to contain or hold a food or one or more food ingredients, said transfer apparatus comprising:
- a gripping mechanism comprising a support component and one or more grippers, said gripping mechanism being configured to grip the cooking container;
- and
- a third motion mechanism configured to move the support component of the gripping mechanism, said third motion mechanism comprising a third motor or other driving mechanism.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.