METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRAWING CAKES

• US 20160015210A1
• Filed: 06/16/2015
• Published: 01/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PancakeBot, LLC
• Original Assignee: PancakeBot, LLC
• Inventors: Valenzuela, Miguel
• Granted Patent: US 9,681,774 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A21B 5/00 Baking apparatus for special goods; Other baking apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A21B 5/08 Apparatus for baking in baking fat or oil, e.g. for making doughnuts
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/067 Horizontally disposed broiling griddles

Abstract

The present invention is more particularly concerned with a liquid dispensing device which is connected to a means for capturing a design and then dispensing the liquid on to a cooking surface to form a foodstuff of said design and a means to control the flowrate of the batter and location of the batter dispenser and the batter deposit to result in a desired shape and size of the foodstuff. In preferred embodiments, the apparatus is used in connection with pancake batter to make pancakes (griddlecakes) in any design that the user would desire.

Claims

1. A foodstuff making machine comprising:

a) a batter dispenser for dispensing batter

b) an essentially flat cooking surface and

c) a means for inputting a design

d) a controller to control the flowrate of the batter and location of batter dispenser and batter deposit to result in a desired shape and size of the foodstuff.

2. A food preparation device comprising

a) a batter dispensing device, said batter dispensing device which is connected to a means for capturing a design and then dispensing the batter on to a cooking surface to form a foodstuff of said design and

b) a controller to control the flowrate of the batter and location of batter dispenser and batter deposit to result in a desired shape and size of the foodstuff.

3. A food preparation device according to claim 2 wherein the design is input by a user.

4. A food preparation device according to claim 2 further comprising an essentially flat cooking surface.

5. A food preparation device according to claim 2 wherein the design is input by electronically and data from the image is read and sent to a microcontroller which then controls the location of the batter dispenser, dispensing the batter on to the cooking surface at the appropriate rate and in the appropriate motion sequence to result in the foodstuff in the desired shape and cooked.

6. A food preparation device according to claim 2 wherein the design is downloaded from a remote location through a wireless connection.

7. An apparatus to prepare custom shaped foodstuff comprising

a) a foodstuff dispenser

b) a non flat cooking apparatus and

c) a means for inputting a design wherein the design is input by electronically and data from the image is read and sent to a microcontroller which then controls the location of the dispenser, dispensing the foodstuff into the cooking apparatus at the appropriate rate and in the appropriate motion sequence to result in a foodstuff in the desired shape and cooked.

8. An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the cooking apparatus is a vat of hot oil.

9. An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the foodstuff is fried dough.

10. An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the cooking apparatus is a vat of boiling water.