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EP 2355680 A4 20130403 - FRY STATION WITH INTEGRAL PORTION WEIGHT SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD

Title (en)

FRY STATION WITH INTEGRAL PORTION WEIGHT SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD

Title (de)

FRITTIERSTATION MIT INTEGRIERTEM PORTIONSGEWICHTSERFASSUNGSSYSTEM UND ENTSPRECHENDES VERFAHREN

Title (fr)

POSTE DE FRITURE AVEC SYSTÈME DE DÉTECTION DE POIDS DE PORTIONS INTÉGRAL ET PROCÉDÉ

Publication

EP 2355680 A4 20130403 (EN)

Application

EP 09826944 A 20091117

Priority

  • US 2009064696 W 20091117
  • US 19331708 P 20081117

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2010057147A1] A food portion preparation station 100 has an integral portion weight sensing system 110 configured for use in a portion control method. A fry ribbon system with integral portion weight sensing includes a weight sensor and software to weigh individual orders of comestibles such as french fries 112 in selected portion sizes, and as the operator is adding comestibles to the container, an instant indication is provided on a display 120 showing the operator that a full order or portion is delivered to the customer while avoiding unnecessary loss in excessive portions, thereby preserving the restaurant owner's profit margin. Comestibles are moved using a scoop, taken from a holding area 102 and placed into a container having a selected portion size, corresponding to an assigned weight. The fry ribbon structure incorporates the weight sensor 208A and each weighed portion is moved laterally along the queue defined by ribbon area 103 for retrieval and service to a customer.

IPC 8 full level

A47J 37/12 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A47J 37/12 (2013.01); A47J 37/1266 (2013.01); G07F 17/0078 (2013.01); G07F 17/0085 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

No further relevant documents disclosed

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2010057147 A1 20100520; CA 2743894 A1 20100520; CN 102281807 A 20111214; EP 2355680 A1 20110817; EP 2355680 A4 20130403; JP 2012509065 A 20120419

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2009064696 W 20091117; CA 2743894 A 20091117; CN 200980154755 A 20091117; EP 09826944 A 20091117; JP 2011536578 A 20091117