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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2018
Applicant:
Dishcraft Robotics, Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth McAfee Peters, San Mateo, CA (US);
Paul Michael Birkmeyer, San Carlos, CA (US);
Kevin Yuan Ma, Milpitas, CA (US);
Jacob Conor Dooris, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abigail Elizabeth Soong, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kent Michael Anderson, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Dishcraft Robotics, Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/84 (2006.01); A47L 15/24 (2006.01); A47L 15/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/92 (2006.01); A47L 15/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/848 (2013.01); A47L 15/0076 (2013.01); A47L 15/246 (2013.01); A47L 15/248 (2013.01); A47L 15/34 (2013.01); B65G 47/92 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for conveying dishware through a cleaning cycle. The apparatus includes a magnetic grasping element to grasp dishware having a ferromagnetic component. The magnetic grasping element transitions between at least two states to selectively engage and disengage the dishware. A corresponding system and method are also described herein.