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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2011
Gerald A. Sus, Frankfort, IL (US);
Ed Bridgman, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
David W. Kirby, Lemont, IL (US);
Thomas Tapper, Schenectady, NY (US);
Gerald A. Sus, Frankfort, IL (US);
Ed Bridgman, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
David W. Kirby, Lemont, IL (US);
Thomas Tapper, Schenectady, NY (US);
Restaurant Technology, Inc., Oak Brook, IL (US);
Abstract
A system and method for making a food item are provided. The apparatus includes a food item assembly and packaging station having a first work area for assembling and packaging a food item and a food order assembly station having a second work area for assembling a food order that includes a food item packaged on the first work surface. A conveyor is positioned beneath the first work area and extends from a position proximate to the first area to a position proximate to the second work area. A conveyor access opening is proximate to the first work area to provide worker access to the conveyor to permit manual placement of a food item assembled and packaged at the first work area onto the conveyor for conveying the packaged food item beneath the first work area to the location proximate the food order assembly station.