Food transport system

a food transport system and food technology, applied in the field of food transport systems, can solve the problems of not including the ability to heat or cool the food products on the conveyor, not including the automatic heating of hot-served foods, and the food conveyor system does not include automatic cooling

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-01-19
PAXANIC TAZOKA
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However, the system does not include the ability to heat or cool the food products on the conveyor.
One disadvantage of these types of food conveyor systems is that they do not include automated heating of hot-served foods once they are placed onto the conveyor.
Another disadvantage is that these types of food conveyor systems do not include automated cooling of cold-served foods once they are placed onto the conveyor

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[0020] In the following paragraphs, the present invention will be described in detail by way of example with reference to the attached drawings. Throughout this description, the preferred embodiment and examples shown should be considered as exemplars, rather than as limitations on the present invention. As used herein, the “present invention” refers to any one of the embodiments of the invention described herein, and any equivalents. Furthermore, reference to various feature(s) of the “present invention” throughout this document does not mean that all claimed embodiments or methods must include the referenced feature(s).

[0021] Referring to FIG. 1, a food transport system 10 in accordance with the principles of the present invention will now be described. Food transport system 10 comprises a conveyor 20 including a plurality of mounting stations 25 for mounting individual plates 30 of food and drinks, a food heater 40, individual machine-readable identifiers 50 disposed on each pla...

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The present invention provides a food transport system comprising a conveyor including a controller that controls the movement of plates of food around the conveyor and determines the circulation time of each plate of food, a food heater and food cooler. The controller automatically diverts individual plates of food to the food heater if they require reheating and automatically diverts individual plates of food to the food cooler if they require cooling.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention is directed to food transport systems, and more particularly food transport systems including automated food heating and food cooling. [0002] Background Of The Invention Conveyor-based food movement systems are known in the art. Typically, food is placed onto the conveyor in a food preparation area and moved to a pick-up or dining room area. For example, such conveyor-based food movement systems have been used to transport food in sushi restaurants. [0003] Turning our attention to U.S. Pat. No. 6,554,106, the patent discloses a food transport system for use with sushi and the like. This invention includes the ability to identify the particular type of food product passing by on the conveyor and, if that product is old, redirect the food product to be disposed of. The reference however, does not include the concept of heating or cooling the food product as it comes by. [0004] U.S. Pat. No. 6,431,318 also discloses a sushi conveying ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): E04H3/04
CPCA47F10/06
Inventor CHEN, RICHARD Y.CHEN, MICHELLE HO
Owner PAXANIC TAZOKA
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