Cooking-container-holding unit and automatic cooking-container-conveying device incorporating same
US12311533B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 4, 2024 |
| Grant date | May 27, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 4, 2044 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB25J15/08
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A cooking-container-holding unit includes a pair of upper and lower container-holding parts that sandwich an annular circumferential wall portion of a cooking container, which has a container body and the annular circumferential wall portion that is concentric with the container body and extends at least in one of an upward direction and a downward direction from a flange part, which is provided on a container outer circumferential surface; a holding drive part configured to detachably hold the cooking container in a cantilever manner with the pair of upper and lower container-holding parts; and a container displacement drive part configured to displace the cooking container. Part of at least one of the pair of upper and lower container-holding parts freely abuts against the container outer circumferential surface of the cooking container.
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