Automated food delivery
AssigneeLab2Fab, LLC
InventorsPeter Ishiguro, Shawn Michael Lange, Hogan Hall Hempy
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Abstract
Example systems and methods for automated delivery of a food and/or beverage from a kitchen may be directed to a first vertically extending elevator configured to transport a payload to and from the kitchen. The payload may include a food and/or a beverage. Example systems also may include a laterally extending conveyor configured to transport the payload laterally from the first elevator to a second elevator. The second elevator is configured to transport the payload from the conveyor to a customer delivery window.
Claims20
A system for delivering food from a kitchen, comprising:
- a first vertically extending elevator configured to transport a payload to and from the kitchen, the payload including at least one of a food or a beverage;
- a laterally extending conveyor configured to transport the payload laterally from the first elevator to a second elevator;
- and
- wherein the second elevator is configured to transport the payload from the conveyor to a customer delivery window.
A method of delivering food from a kitchen, comprising:
- transporting a first payload from the kitchen along a first vertically extending elevator, the first payload including at least one of a food or a beverage;
- laterally transporting the first payload from the first elevator along a conveyor to a second elevator;
- and
- delivering the first payload from the conveyor to a customer delivery window via the second elevator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.