A dishwasher, including a chamber for washing dishes and a chamber for storing dishes is provided. A mechanism is also provided allowing the dish racks to move the dishes from the washing chamber to the storage chamber of the dishwasher once the wash is completed.

An automatic cooking system with a cooking tool includes an ingredient storage and feeding apparatus and an ingredient conveying and dispensing apparatus. The ingredient storage and feeding apparatus includes a plurality of storage units with inlets and outlets, a plurality of ingredient boxes are provided between the inlets and outlets. The ingredient conveying and dispensing apparatus includes a work position located on one side of the cooking tool. The ingredient conveying and dispensing apparatus transports the ingredient boxes to the work position and then rotates so that the ingredient boxes are turned over to pour the required ingredients into the cooking tool. The automatic cooking system realizes the integration of the classified storage and transportation of ingredients, a single ingredient is used as a storage unit, and ingredients can be automatically transported from different storage units to the pot according to the order of adding the ingredients to the dishes.

A dishwasher table includes a housing with an interior volume for a washing assembly, and a panel located within a frame mounted to the housing. At least one side of the panel defines a utensil surface, with the panel interior volume defining a manifold in communication with a plurality of apertures formed in the utensil surface. A pivot assembly at least partially engages the panel with the housing and pivots the panel to present the utensil surface to the interior of the housing or to face the utensil surface away from the interior of the housing. A vacuum pump is connected to the manifold defined by the interior volume of the panel, and operation of the vacuum pump engages dinning utensils placed over one or more of the apertures formed in the utensil surface with the utensil surface.

A dishwashing appliance includes a tub defining a wash chamber, a pump configured to deliver a liquid into the wash chamber, a spray assembly provided within the wash chamber, conduit in fluid communication with the spray assembly, a rack slidably provided within the wash chamber, container attached to the rack and in fluid communication with the conduit, and a controller in communication with the pump and the spray assembly. The controller is configured to perform a series of operations, including determining that a cooking operation has been input to the dishwashing appliance, activating the pump to supply the liquid to the container at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined amount of time such that an amount of liquid within the container is above a first predetermined amount, and deactivating the pump after the predetermined amount of time.

A counter system for transferring foodstuffs, wherein the counter system has a first region assigned to the counter staff and a second region segregated therefrom and assigned to the customer. The counter system also has a dishwasher for cleaning items of washware, in particular in the form of mugs, cups, glasses, bowls or plates. The dishwasher has a treatment zone, an introduction region and a removal region, wherein the introduction region is accessible from the second region of the counter system and the removal region is accessible from the first region of the counter system.

A storage and handler system is provided. The system comprising performance members, a locomotion member, one or more of an articulation member, and one or more of a sensor unit. At least one of the performance members includes a control unit. The locomotion member is carried by one or more of the performance members. The control unit stores a library of performance options that are selectable to define at least one selected performance option. The performance members are operable to perform and are associated with at least one task. The control unit is operable to selectively control the locomotion member, the articulation member(s), and the performance members based on one or more selected performance option(s) to create at least one finished good.

A dishwasher with an improved structure for built-in installation of an electric range and a dishwasher. The dishwasher is arrangeable below an electric range including an intake portion formed on a lower surface thereof, includes a main body including a top cover, and a tub forming a washing chamber while the tub is provided inside the main body. The top cover includes a space-forming portion at a position corresponding to the a position of the intake portion of the electric range to allow for a ventilation space between the top cover and the intake portion of the electric range.

Provided is an automatic cooking apparatus capable of providing dishes from a variety of menus. An automatic cooking apparatus of an embodiment of the present invention includes: a bottomed cylindrical cooking container; and a container holding unit configured to hold the cooking container, the automatic cooking apparatus being configured to perform, at a minimum, agitation and cooking of an ingredient contained in the cooking container, in which the cooking container includes an agitation member configured to agitate the ingredient, the container holding unit includes a container rotation mechanism configured to cause the cooking container to rotate around a container rotation shaft, and when a motional state of the cooking container including a rotational direction, a rotational speed, or a stationary state is a first motional state, the agitation member is allowed to take a second motional state different from the first motional state of the cooking container.