Automated food article making system and method

A sauce dispenser system comprising

• a platform moving assembly configured to support and rotate a pizza crust at a dispense operating height;
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• a sauce dispenser assembly comprising:
• a sauce container configured to store a sauce therein;
• a sauce pump unit configured to receive and pump the sauce from the sauce container to a discharge tube;
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• a sauce spreader including at least one spreader pad configured to spread the sauce dispensed from the discharge tube on to the pizza crust being rotated by the platform moving assembly;
• wherein the platform moving assembly is further configured to automatically adjust a horizontal (X-axis) position of the pizza crust in relation to the sauce spreader while the sauce being dispensed on the rotating pizza crust is being spread by the sauce spreader pad(s);
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• wherein the sauce spreader further comprises a spreader body having a distal end and a proximal end, the spreader pad(s) being located at the distal end, and wherein the sauce spreader is configured to lower the spreader body at an angle of inclination to the horizontal X-axis for spreading by the spreader pad(s) the sauce being dispensed in relation to a rotational direction of the pizza crust, and wherein the spreader body includes a discharge tube through opening disposed between the distal end and the proximal end for receiving therethrough a dispensing end of the discharge tube.

A sauce dispenser system comprising

• a platform moving assembly configured to support and rotate a pizza crust at a dispense operating height;
• and
• a sauce dispenser assembly comprising:
• a sauce container configured to store a sauce therein;
• a sauce pump unit configured to receive and pump the sauce from the sauce container to a discharge tube;
• and
• a sauce spreader including at least one spreader pad configured to spread the sauce dispensed from the discharge tube on to the pizza crust being rotated by the platform moving assembly;
• wherein the platform moving assembly is further configured to automatically adjust a horizontal (X-axis) position of the pizza crust in relation to the sauce spreader while the sauce being dispensed on the rotating pizza crust is being spread by the sauce spreader pad(s);
• wherein the sauce spreader further comprises a spreader body having a distal end and a proximal end, the spreader pad(s) being located at the distal end for spreading the dispensed sauce on the pizza crust, wherein the spreader body is pivotally mounted to lower the spreader body at an angle of inclination to the horizontal X-axis for the spreader pad(s) spreading the sauce being dispensed in relation to a rotational direction of the pizza crust;
• and wherein the sauce dispenser system further comprises a computer or controller operably coupled to the sauce dispenser assembly, the computer or controller being configured to control the sauce dispenser assembly to automatically adjust the spreader body angle of inclination according to data relating to the thickness of the pizza crust.