ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,473, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Eat Robotics Inc. (Sheridan, Wyo.).
"Automated food patty cooking apparatus" was invented by Thomas Andrew Braun (Vancouver, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated food patty cooking apparatus comprising a horizontal rotating griddle with dividers which automatically fries hamburger/sandwich patties. A dispensing component loaded with various patties comprises horizontal trays stacked on top of one another that moves vertically up and down and dispenses a desired patty. The patties keep on rotating and after being cooked on one side, flipped over one by one and cooked on the opposit...