US 2025/0094903 A1Published application

Modular system for food assembly

AssigneeHyphen Technologies, Inc.

InventorsJacob Boyer, Mayuki Sasagawa, Pooya Heiraty, Mark Marino, Ethan Wilensky, Maneesh Jain, Daniel Fukuba, Stephen Klein

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Abstract

One variation of a food production system includes a controller and a module housing: configured to transiently house a food-dispensing module configured to store and dispense units of an ingredient toward an autonomous assembly zone; and including a positioner module, arranged within the autonomous assembly zone, including a platform configured to receive and support a food container, a set of positioner arms configured to maneuver the platform across an assembly plane to position the food container below food-dispensing modules, and a set of actuators configured to transiently engage the set of positioner arms. The controller is configured to: receive a food order specifying the ingredient; trigger the set of actuators to rotate the set of positioner arms to move the platform across the assembly plane and locate the food container below the food-dispensing module; and trigger the food-dispensing module to dispense the ingredient into the food container.

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Dependent claims

A food production system comprising:

a first module housing:
comprising a first manual food preparation surface at work surface height;
defining an autonomous assembly zone extending along a longitudinal assembly axis arranged below the first manual food preparation surface;
configured to transiently house a first food-dispensing module, in a set of food-dispensing modules, configured to store and dispense units of a first ingredient toward the autonomous assembly zone;
and
comprising a first container positioner arranged within the autonomous assembly zone and comprising:
a first container platform configured to receive and support a food container;
a first set of positioner arms supporting the first container platform;
and
a first set of arm actuators coupled to the first set of positioner arms;
and
a controller configured to:
trigger the first set of arm actuators to rotate the first set of positioner arms to maneuver the first container platform across an assembly plane, coplanar the longitudinal assembly axis, and locate the food container in a first position beneath the first food-dispensing module;
and
trigger the first food-dispensing module to dispense a first unit of the first ingredient into the food container occupying the first position.

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A food production system comprising:

a first module housing:
comprising a manual food preparation surface at work surface height;
defining an autonomous assembly zone arranged below the manual food preparation surface and extending along a longitudinal assembly axis;
configured to transiently house a first food-dispensing module configured to store and dispense units of a first ingredient toward the autonomous assembly zone;
and
comprising a first container positioner arranged within the autonomous assembly zone and comprising:
a first set of positioner arms supporting a first container platform configured to receive and support a food container;
and
a first set of arm actuators coupled to the first set of positioner arms;
and
a controller configured to trigger the first set of arm actuators to rotate the first set of positioner arms to maneuver the first container platform across an assembly plane, coplanar the longitudinal assembly axis, and locate the food container beneath the first food-dispensing module to receive a first amount of the first ingredient.

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Application: 18/968,492Filed 4 Dec 2024
Priority: 5 Oct 2020
Published: 20 Mar 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

G06Q 10/06316
Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations: sequencing of tasks or work
A23L 5/10
Preparation or treatment of foods or foodstuffs, in general; Food or foodstuffs obtained thereby; Materials therefor: general methods of cooking…
A47J 44/00
Multi-purpose machines for preparing food with several driving units
B65G 37/005
Combinations of mechanical conveyors of the same kind, or of different kinds, of interest apart from their application in particular machines or…:…

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