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Automatic cooking and vending machine for boiled noodles

Assignee: Kawatetsu Metrological Equipment and Vending Machine Co Ltd
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Filing: 1975-02-07
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Granted: 1975-12-23
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Expires: 1995-02-07
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Abstract

Abstract An automatic cooking and vending machine for boiled noodles is disclosed which comprises a casing composed of a refrigeration chamber and a cooking chamber. The refrigeration chamber is kept at a temperature of 5* C to 10* C and can deliver a number of containers each containing a bunch of boiled noodles one by one to the cooking chamber. The cooking chamber encloses therein a pivotally mounted cooking table on which is disposed the container delivered from the refrigeration chamber. The container is capable of receiving hot water at a temperature higher than 70* C, removing it, simultaneously receiving hot water and broth, delivering through a window provided in the front wall of the cooking chamber to a small table from which customers can pick up the container and appreciate the boiled noodles flavored with the broth.

Inventors

  • 👤 Tatsui Tsunoda
  • 👤 Santaro Oka
  • 👤 Kazuma Miyamoto
  • 👤 Makoto Matsumoto
  • 👤 Heiji Baba

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-22 22:41
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F17/00; G07F17/0064; G07F17/0078; A; A47; A47J; A47J27/00; A47J27/14; A47J27/18; G07F11/00; G07F11/02; G07F11/36; G07F9/00; G07F9/10; G07F9/105; A47J2027/006

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 302 words
AN AUTOMATIC COOKING VENDING MACHINE FOR BOILED NOODLES COMPRISING A CASING COMPOSED OF A REFRIGERATION CHAMBER AND A COOKING CHAMBER ARRANGED SIDE BY SIDE AND MADE INTERGAL WITH EACH OTHER THROUGH A PARTITION WALL, SAID REFRIGERATION CHAMBER BEING COMMUNICATED WITH SAID COOKING CHAMBER THROUGH AN OPENING PROVIDED AT THE LOWER PART OF SAID PARTITION WALL AND NORMALLY CLOSED BY A DOOR, A VERTICAL ROTARY DRUM ROTATABLY JOURNALED IN SAID REFRIGERATION CHAMBER AND PROVIDED AROUND ITS PERIPHERY WITH A PLURALITY OF RADIAL BLADES EXTENDING ALONG SAID ROTARY DRUM AND EQUIDISTANTLY APART FROM EACH OTHER, A DRIVING STEP MOTOR FOR ROTATING SAID DRUM IN A STEPWISE MANNER, A STATIONARY SPIRAL CHUTE SURROUNDING SAID RADIAL BLADES AND EXTENDING ALONG SAID ROTARY DRUM, A PLURALITY OF CONTAINERS EACH CONTAINING A BUNCH OF BOILED NOODLES AND DISPOSED IN A SPACE DEFINED BY SAID RADIAL BLADES AND SAID SPIRAL CHUTE, EACH OF SAID CONTAINERS BEING PROVIDED AT ITS LID WITH AN INJECTION OPENING, AN INCLINED GUIDE MEMBER HAVING ONE END LOCATED DIRECTLY BELOW THE LOWER OUTLET END OF SAID SPIRAL CHUTE, A COOKING TABLE ARRANGED IN SAID COOKING CHAMBER AND ADAPTED TO BE INCLINED, MEANS FOR INCLINING SAID COOKING TABLE AND RETURNING IT INTO ITS ORIGINAL POSITION, A HOT WATER TANK AND A BROTH TANK ARRANGE ABOVE SAID COOKING TABLE AND PROVIDED WITH RESPECTIVE SUPPLY PIPES COMMUNICATED AT THEIR LOWER ENDS WITH AN INJECTION PIPE ADAPTED TO BE RAISED AND LOWERED AND EXTENDED THRUGH SAID INJECTION OPENING OF SAID LID INTO SAID CONTAINER, MEANS FOR RASING AND LOWERING SAID INJECTION PIPE, AND ELECTROMAGNETIC VALVES PROVIDED FOR SAID SUPPLY PIPES OF SAID HOT WATER TANK AND BROTH TANK, RESPECTIVELY, AND ADAPTED TO OPEN AND CLOSE SAID SUPPLY PIPE OF SAID HOT WATER TANK AND THEN SIMULTANEOUSLY OPEN BOTH SAID SUPPLY PIPES OF SAID HOT WATER TANK AND BROTH TANK.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 302 words
AN AUTOMATIC COOKING VENDING MACHINE FOR BOILED NOODLES COMPRISING A CASING COMPOSED OF A REFRIGERATION CHAMBER AND A COOKING CHAMBER ARRANGED SIDE BY SIDE AND MADE INTERGAL WITH EACH OTHER THROUGH A PARTITION WALL, SAID REFRIGERATION CHAMBER BEING COMMUNICATED WITH SAID COOKING CHAMBER THROUGH AN OPENING PROVIDED AT THE LOWER PART OF SAID PARTITION WALL AND NORMALLY CLOSED BY A DOOR, A VERTICAL ROTARY DRUM ROTATABLY JOURNALED IN SAID REFRIGERATION CHAMBER AND PROVIDED AROUND ITS PERIPHERY WITH A PLURALITY OF RADIAL BLADES EXTENDING ALONG SAID ROTARY DRUM AND EQUIDISTANTLY APART FROM EACH OTHER, A DRIVING STEP MOTOR FOR ROTATING SAID DRUM IN A STEPWISE MANNER, A STATIONARY SPIRAL CHUTE SURROUNDING SAID RADIAL BLADES AND EXTENDING ALONG SAID ROTARY DRUM, A PLURALITY OF CONTAINERS EACH CONTAINING A BUNCH OF BOILED NOODLES AND DISPOSED IN A SPACE DEFINED BY SAID RADIAL BLADES AND SAID SPIRAL CHUTE, EACH OF SAID CONTAINERS BEING PROVIDED AT ITS LID WITH AN INJECTION OPENING, AN INCLINED GUIDE MEMBER HAVING ONE END LOCATED DIRECTLY BELOW THE LOWER OUTLET END OF SAID SPIRAL CHUTE, A COOKING TABLE ARRANGED IN SAID COOKING CHAMBER AND ADAPTED TO BE INCLINED, MEANS FOR INCLINING SAID COOKING TABLE AND RETURNING IT INTO ITS ORIGINAL POSITION, A HOT WATER TANK AND A BROTH TANK ARRANGE ABOVE SAID COOKING TABLE AND PROVIDED WITH RESPECTIVE SUPPLY PIPES COMMUNICATED AT THEIR LOWER ENDS WITH AN INJECTION PIPE ADAPTED TO BE RAISED AND LOWERED AND EXTENDED THRUGH SAID INJECTION OPENING OF SAID LID INTO SAID CONTAINER, MEANS FOR RASING AND LOWERING SAID INJECTION PIPE, AND ELECTROMAGNETIC VALVES PROVIDED FOR SAID SUPPLY PIPES OF SAID HOT WATER TANK AND BROTH TANK, RESPECTIVELY, AND ADAPTED TO OPEN AND CLOSE SAID SUPPLY PIPE OF SAID HOT WATER TANK AND THEN SIMULTANEOUSLY OPEN BOTH SAID SUPPLY PIPES OF SAID HOT WATER TANK AND BROTH TANK.

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