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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 22, 2025
Applicant:

Chef Robotics, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

John Unkovic, San Francisco, CA (US);

Somudro Gupta, San Francisco, CA (US);

Rajat Bhageria, San Francisco, CA (US);

Luis Rayas, San Francisco, CA (US);

Kody Brown, San Francisco, CA (US);

Xinyi Daniel Tang, San Francisco, CA (US);

Weston Wahl, San Francisco, CA (US);

Clement Creusot, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Chef Robotics, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/90 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/907 (2013.01); B25J 9/0093 (2013.01); B25J 9/1664 (2013.01); B25J 11/0045 (2013.01); B25J 15/0052 (2013.01); B65G 47/905 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0202 (2013.01);
Abstract

The multi-deposit end effector systemcan include: a set of actuators; an optional set of utensil mating connectors; and a plurality of utensils. Each utensil can include: a set of scoops; a set of mechanical linkages; a set of ingressive elements; and/or any other suitable components. However, systemcan additionally or alternatively include any other suitable set of components. The system functions to facilitate ingredient (e.g., foodstuffs) manipulation with the plurality of utensils. More preferably, the system can function to facilitate portioned ingredient picking and/or deposition (e.g., insertion at a target foodstuff container and/or placement location) using each utensil of the plurality of utensils.


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