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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2022
Creator, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
James Brinkman, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Steven Frehn, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alexandros Vardakostas, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Balsamo, San Francisco, CA (US);
Noe Esparza, San Francisco, CA (US);
Cucina, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A system includes a food dispenser, a cooking surface, and an arm assembly. The arm assembly is configured to receive a food product from the food dispenser and transport the food product to the cooking surface. The arm assembly includes an arm portion, an actuator, a cylinder, and a piston. The actuator drives rotation of the arm portion about a first rotational axis. The cylinder is attached to the arm portion and is rotatable relative to the arm portion about a second rotational axis. The piston is axially movable within the cylinder. The piston includes multiple stages. At least one of the stages is movable axially relative to another of the stages between a first position and a second position.