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US 2025/0091853 A1Published application
Automated pizza assembly system
AssigneeLab2Fab, LLC
InventorsJohn Paul Norman, Shawn Lange, Samuel Tanaka
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Abstract
An integrated front-of-house and back-of-house restaurant operations system integrates automated and manual restaurant operations into an order-based system. The system interfaces with disparate devices and systems to provide order-based monitoring and control of operations within an establishment.
Claims21
-42. (canceled)
A pizza preparation and queuing system, comprising:
- a first speed rack comprising a plurality of locations to store a plurality of partially prepared pizzas;
- an automated pizza preparation system comprising at least one access location to receive individual partially prepared pizzas of the plurality of partially prepared pizzas at a first time and output individual prepared pizzas at a second time, and a plurality of dispensing stations to dispense ingredients onto each individual partially prepared pizza between a respective first time and a respective second time to prepare each individual prepared pizza;
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- a first transfer station located adjacent to each of the first speed rack and the automated pizza preparation system and configured to access each of the plurality of locations and to transport each partially prepared pizza from a respective location of the plurality of locations to the at least one access location.
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A pizza preparation and queuing system, comprising:
- a first speed rack comprising a first plurality of locations to store a plurality of partially prepared pizzas;
- an automated pizza preparation system comprising at least one access location to receive individual partially prepared pizzas of the plurality of partially prepared pizzas at a first time and output individual prepared pizzas at a second time, and a plurality of dispensing stations to dispense ingredients onto each individual partially prepared pizza between a respective first time and a respective second time to prepare each individual prepared pizza;
- a first transfer station located adjacent to each of the first speed rack and the automated pizza preparation system and configured to access each of the plurality of locations and to transport each partially prepared pizza from a respective location of the plurality of locations to the at least one access location;
- a second speed rack comprising a second plurality of locations to store a plurality of prepared pizzas output from the automated pizza preparation system;
- a second transfer station located adjacent to each of the second speed rack and the automated pizza preparation system and configured to access the at least one access location to transport the individual prepared pizzas output to the at least one access location to a respective location of the second plurality of locations;
- an oven, wherein the second transfer station is located adjacent to the oven and is configured to transfer prepared pizzas from the second plurality of locations to the oven;
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- a manual preparation station, wherein the second transfer station is located adjacent to the manual preparation station and is configured to transfer prepared pizzas from the second plurality of locations to the manual preparation station.
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A method, comprising:
- providing an automated pizza preparation system comprising at least one access location to receive individual partially prepared pizzas from a plurality of partially prepared pizzas at a first time, the plurality of partially prepared pizzas stored in a first speed rack comprising a plurality of locations, the automated pizza preparation system configured to output individual prepared pizzas at a second time, the automated pizza preparation system comprising a plurality of dispensing stations to dispense ingredients onto each individual partially prepared pizza between a respective first time and a respective second time to prepare each individual prepared pizza;
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- locating a first transfer station adjacent to each of the first speed rack and the automated pizza preparation system, the first transfer station configured to access each of the plurality of locations and to transport each partially prepared pizza from a respective location of the plurality of locations to the at least one access location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.