Food Vending Machine System Incorporating a High Speed Stored Energy Oven
AssigneeDe Luca Oven Technologies, LLC
InventorNicholas P. De Luca
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A novel vending machine system integrating a food storage container and a high speed stored energy cooking oven capable of cooking foods in under one minute such as that further described by U.S. Provisional Application 60/822,028 filed on Aug. 10, 2006 as well as co-pending application “Wire Mesh Thermal Radiative Element and Use in a Radiative Oven” filed on Dec. 30, 2008 by De Luca. The invention disclosing a novel configuration for the oven incorporating storage, a system allowing for the proper cooking of items and food positioning, an activation system, and an invoicing system.
Claims31
A vending machine comprising:
- a high speed stored energy oven capable of cooking foods at accelerated times;
- a food storage container;
- an energy storage device used to power the high speed oven.
A process of vending foods comprising:
- placing one or more foods within a storage container;
- detecting the one or more foods removed from the storage container within close proximity to or within a high speed cooking oven;
- modifying parameters associated with the operation of a high speed cooking oven based on the detection of the type of food to be cooked within the high speed cooking oven;
- cooking the foods within the high speed cooking oven;
- removing the cooked foods from the high speed cooking oven.
A process of purchasing food using a vending system comprising:
- selecting the food item desired to be cooked from a storage container;
- scanning the package or participating in an action allowing for the sensing of the item to be cooked;
- placing the item within a high speed cooking oven;
- removing the cooked item from a high speed cooking oven.
The process of invoicing or charging a customer for the use of a vending machine incorporating both a storage receptacle for food as well as food cooking or conversion equipment comprising the steps of:
- determining a cycle charge for the use of the conversion or cooking process;
- billing or invoicing or obtaining legal tender in compensation for the cycle charge associated with the use of the conversion or cooking process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.