ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,731, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to TECHMAGIC INC. (Japan).

"Automated cooking device" was invented by Shohei Mawatari (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "[Problem] To provide an automated cooking device which can efficiently scrape off a dirt, such as a burn sticking to an inner wall surface of a cooking container due to heating and cooking and remaining there after cooking.[Solution] An automated cooking device 10 comprising: a cooking counter 100 including a sink for washing 110; a container holding unit 200 configured to hold a cooking container 300 rotatably around a container central axis AC; and a scraping unit 600 configu...