DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC PREPARATION AND DISPENSING OF HOT DOGS

Abstract

A device and a method for the automatic preparation and dispensing of hot dogs comprising a housing fitted with a door, inside of which is a hot dog preparation system comprising a refrigeration unit, a gripper, a drive system, a controller, a toaster system and a sauce application mechanism, together with a self-cleaning system, characterised in that a control panel is located on the outside of the housing, a hot dog pick-up point is located in the housing, constituting a link between the external part and the interior of the housing, and inside the housing there is a refrigerating unit containing storage for the buns and the food input in the form of drawers with closing mechanism that are opened and closed by a dedicated manipulator in response to an order signal received by the controller, the toaster system comprising a dedicated toaster for the food input and a mobile toaster for the buns, wherein the dedicated food input toaster is equipped with rollers containing patron heaters and an infrared radiator, while the mobile bun toaster is equipped with a housing with a lockable lid, heating elements in the form of patron heaters arranged around the plates, while the sauce application mechanism comprises at least one sauce container, at least one movable sauce application nozzle and at least one sauce pump.

Claims

1. A device for automatic preparation and dispensing of French-style hot dogs comprising: a housing fitted with a door, a control panel is located on an outside of the housing; a hot dog preparation system located inside the housing, comprising a refrigeration unit, a gripper, a drive system, a controller, a toaster system, and a sauce application mechanism, together with a self-cleaning system, a, a hot dog pick-up point is located in the housing, constituting a link between external part and interior of the housing, and inside the housing there is the refrigerating unit containing storage for buns and food input in form of drawers with a closing mechanism operated by a dedicated manipulator in response to an order signal received by the controller, the toaster system comprising a dedicated toaster for the food input and a moveable bun toaster, wherein the dedicated food input toaster is equipped with rollers containing cartridge heaters and an infrared radiator, wherein the toaster dedicated to the food input is provided with a pusher, while a mobile bun toaster is equipped with a housing with a lockable lid, heating elements in the form of cartridge heaters arranged around plates, while the sauce application mechanism comprises at least one sauce container, at least one movable sauce application nozzle and at least one sauce pump.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the hot dog pick-up point consists of a feeder equipped with vertically movable partitions separating an external environment from the interior of the unit.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the drawers of the refrigerating unit are provided with contoured positioning spaces.

4. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a product presence detector located either on the gripper or in the refrigerating unit.

5. The device according to claim 1 wherein fronts of the pull-out drawers constitute a door of the refrigerating unit.

6. The device according to claim 1 wherein the refrigerating unit is one of the following: a refrigerator, a fridge-freezer or a freezer.

7. (canceled)

8. The device according to claim 1 wherein the control panel is in communication with an external system that is one of following: a mobile application, a payment in cash or credit using a register system, external servers, or a combination thereof.

9. The device according to claim 1 further comprising a napkin dispensing mechanism to dispense napkins to the hot dog pick-up point.

10. The device according to claim 1 wherein the infrared radiator is one of following: a quartz radiator or a ceramic radiator.

11. The device according to claim 1 wherein the infrared radiator is mounted on a movable Z-axis.

12. The device according to claim 1 wherein the sauce application mechanism comprises from one to five sauce application nozzles.

13. A method for automatic preparation and dispensing of hot dogs by the device according to claim 1 comprising the following steps: a) starting hot dog preparation process after product has been selected and paid for by a user through a control panel; b) transmission of a signal to the controller initiating opening of the drawer of the refrigeration unit by the gripper moveable thought a griper rail and equipped with two pair of jaws movable by electric gripper drive; c) picking up the food input and the bun from currently extended drawer of the refrigerating unit; d) the gripper transporting the food input to the dedicated food input toaster and simultaneously the bun to the bun toaster; e) the gripper dropping the food input on a dedicated toaster for food input and a bun on a bun toaster in toasting positions; f) the food input being heated up by way of actuating rotating rollers with internal heaters of the toaster dedicated to the food input and lowering the infrared radiator, and toasting the bun using the heaters arranged around the plates of the bun toaster, which toaster is placed horizontally and then vertically during toasting of the bun, the heating of the food input and toasting of bun taking place simultaneously; g) once the food input and the bun have reached a pre-set temperature, the heating elements of the dedicated food input toaster and the bun toaster are switched off, h) positioning of at least one nozzle and application of the sauce through at least one application nozzle of the sauce application mechanism to the toasted bun located in the bun toaster which, during this operation, is in a vertical position; i) aligning an axis of symmetry of the food input and the bun which are then situated in the toasters by returning the bun toaster to the horizontal position and inserting the food input into the bun by means of a movable pusher and cleaner, whereby the elements of the toaster dedicated to the food input are being cleaned; j) lifting top lid of the bun toaster and having the hot dog picked up by the gripper; k) having a napkin placed in hot dog pick-up area by napkin dispensing and delivery mechanism; l) transferring the hot dog to the hot dog pick-up point; m) dispensing the hot dog to customer from the hot dog pick-up point.

14. The method according to claim 13 wherein in step a) payment is made via the control panel either via a dedicated application or via cash register system of facility using the device.

15. The method according to claim 13 wherein the hot dog pick-up point constitutes a feeder equipped with vertically movable partitions.

16. The device according to claim 1 wherein the device includes an integral payment subsystem and the device is therefore standalone.

Description

[0044] The subject-matter of the invention is depicted in the embodiments shown in the drawing, wherein:

[0045] FIG. 1 shows the device in accordance with the invention in an overview view;

[0046] FIG. 2 shows the interior of the device in accordance with the invention in front view;

[0047] FIG. 3 shows the interior of the device in accordance with the invention of FIG. 2 in cross-section A-A;

[0048] FIG. 4 shows the door of the housing of the device in accordance with the invention as seen from the inside of the machine;

[0049] FIG. 5 shows the interior of the housing of the device in accordance with the invention in the top view;

[0050] FIG. 6 shows the structure of a radiator with a section of a sausage-dedicated toaster and bun toaster, where A) shows the said system in an overview view, B) shows the said system with the bun toaster set in the position ready for the gripper to deposit the food, C) shows the said system with the bun toaster set in the position ready to apply the sauce;

[0051] FIG. 7 shows the detailed characteristics of the system of FIG. 6;

[0052] FIG. 8 shows the toasting system in the appliance in accordance with the invention in an overview view;

[0053] FIG. 9 shows the appliance in accordance with the invention with particular reference to the outside of the door.

EXAMPLE 1

[0054] The device according to the invention is illustrated in the figure, where 1denotes the device according to the invention; 2denotes the housing; 3denotes the refrigerating unit; 4denotes the drawer; 5denotes the gripper; 6denotes the dedicated toaster for food input; 7 denotes the bun toaster; 8denotes sauce application mechanism; 9denotes gripper rail; 10denotes door; 11denotes positioning areas; 12denotes control panel; 13is the bun toaster plate; 14is the toasting/rotating roller for the food input; 15is the food input 16is the bun; 17denotes the hot dog pick-up point; 18denotes the infrared radiator; 19is the movable piston rod mounting bar and guides; 20denotes the radiator housing mount; 21is the radiator housing; 22denotes the actuator piston rod; 23denotes the radiator guide; 24denotes the electric actuator of the radiator; 25denotes the arm mountings; 26denotes the arm for lifting the upper bun toasting plate; 27denotes the rotating element for lifting the upper bun toasting plate; 28denotes the piston rod of the bun toaster actuator; 29is the electric cylinder of the bun toaster; 30denotes the heater fixing to the plate that toasts the bun; 31is the patron heater of the bun toaster; 32denotes the rotating element of the bun toaster; 33is the gearbox; 34denotes the worm gear motor; 35denotes the Teflon roller bearing; 36denotes the Teflon sausage pusher and roller cleaner; 37is the fixing base; 38denotes the roller trough; 39denotes the toasting roller motor; 40is the gear wheel; 41denotes the removable tray underneath the rollers; 42is the fixing bar for the guides and the radiator actuator; 43denotes the chain; 44is the patron heater of the roller toaster; 45denotes the heater fixing element; 46is the washer; 47denotes the slide bearing; 48denotes the Teflon roller bearing element; 49denotes the scraper drive shaft; 50is the hexagon socket tooth fit screws; 51is the nut; 52drives the mechanism that places the sausage in the bun; 53is the napkin dispenser; and Z is the movable axle.

[0055] Whereby, within the meaning of the invention, the food input 15 may be a sausage (e.g. poultry, pork, veal), sausage, cabanos or so-called meatless sausages (vegetable or fish). In contrast, in this embodiment, the food input 15 is a sausage.

[0056] The device 1 for the automatic preparation and dispensing of hot dogs is schematically shown in FIG. 1-5. In this embodiment, the device 1 is connected to a standard 230V socket as a power source. Furthermore, the device 1 is additionally equipped with a UPS (battery+inverter) to maintain the numerical information about the current position of the drives and the process, as well as to supply the refrigeration unit 3.

[0057] Device 1 consists of a housing 2 equipped with a door 10, which, in the embodiment, is made of steel. The maintenance and the service and technical support of the appliance 1 (e.g. replenishment of the semi-finished products in the refrigeration unit 3) can be carried out after opening the front door 10 of the appliance 1. The interior of the housing comprises a refrigeration unit 3 to store the sausages 15 and buns 16 and a hot dog preparation system comprising a gripper 5 moving along a rail 9, a drive system, a controller, a toaster system and a sauce application mechanism 8.

[0058] Whereby, the drive system comprises: [0059] Drives of the toaster system comprising: the rollers drive of the dedicated food input toaster 6; pusher drive 52; bun toaster drive 7electric motors, radiator drive and bun toaster lid driveelectric actuators; [0060] Dedicated manipulator for opening the drawers 4 of the refrigeration unit 3, which manipulator consists of two motors that move the manipulator arm that will open and close the respective drawer; [0061] The gripper drive 5, which consists of four motors that move the arms. On the last drive of a gripper 5 there are two gripping tips installed. One of these gripping tips grips the food input 15 (e.g. a sausage) and the other a bun 16 or a hot dog (optionally also a napkin)the movement of the jaws of the gripping tips is executed by way of an electric actuator or an electromagnet; [0062] Drives for the sauce application mechanism 8, the number of which depends on the number of sauces (each sauce is put in a separate tank with a dedicated nozzle, a dedicated pump and a dedicated drive). Each of the sauce drives consists of a drive that activates the pump (electric motor) and drives that move the nozzle in two directions (electric actuators)i.e. from the rest position to the position over the toasted bun 16 and back to the rest position.

[0063] Furthermore, in the event where the device 1 is provided with a napkin dispensing mechanism in the form of a napkin dispenser 53 connected to a dedicated gripping system located above said dispenser 53, said dedicated gripping system consists of a dedicated manipulator, wherein the movement of the jaws of the manipulator is carried out by means of an electric actuator or an electromagnet, and the movement of the manipulator with the retrieved napkin is carried out by means of an electric actuator.

[0064] A control panel 12 connected to the controller is mounted on the outer part of the door 10 of the housing 2. In this embodiment, the control panel 12 is wired to the controller. In this embodiment, the control panel 12 is an integrated tablet, which contains an interface for order selection and payment. In addition, the control panel 12 may be connected to an external system supporting alternative payment methods. Such an external system may be, for example, a dedicated mobile application installed on the customer's device or the checkout system of the shop where the device 1 is located. If the device 1 is connected to the checkout system, the order and the payment for the order can be processed at the cashier.

[0065] On the other hand, in this embodiment, the controller is an industrial PLC with expansion cards (inputs, outputs, drive operation, communication interfaces) and an HMI operating panel. In addition, the controller includes a relay equipped with communication means (e.g. Ethernet interface).

[0066] In this non-restrictive embodiment, the refrigeration unit 3 is a refrigerator. Alternatively, other appliances, e.g. a freezer or a fridge-freezer, may be used. The example refrigerator 3 is shown in detail in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3. The refrigerator 3 is provided with pull-out drawers 4 constituting storage compartments for food inputs 15 (e.g. sausages) and buns 16, which are stored in the positioning spaces 11. The said positioning spaces 11 are contoured spaces in the drawers 4 into which the device operator 1 will deposit the semi-finished products (i.e. the food input 15 and the buns 16) in order to replenish shortages.

[0067] In this embodiment there are three drawers 4 and the drawer fronts 4 also perform the function of doors of the refrigeration unit 3. Furthermore, in this non-limiting embodiment, the refrigerator 3 comprises a product presence detector wired to the controller, the locations to position 11 the semi-finished products (i.e. sausages 15 and buns 16) and a feeding system in the form of pull-out drawers 4 with a closing mechanism, which, for example, can be magnets. Furthermore, in this embodiment, a dedicated drawer opening manipulator 4 is provided for the refrigeration unit 3, which comprises two motors, which move the manipulator arm which will open and close the respective drawer 4.

[0068] After detecting the absence of a given semi-finished product in the drawer 4, the detector sends information to the controller, which sends the information to the control panel 12, which displays an appropriate message on the screen and generates an acoustic signal. Alternatively, if the device 1 is connected to a cash register system, the controller sends a signal (telegram) to the cash register.

[0069] In this embodiment, the gripper 5 is equipped with two pairs of jaws (separate for the sausage 15 and for the bun 16). The jaws are on a single axis and are characterised by a spacing enabling the simultaneous picking up and putting down of the bun 16 and the sausage 15. The movement of the jaws is executed by means of an electric gripper drive 5. A rail 9 of the gripper extends over the entire height of the appliance, which allows the gripper 5 to move between the refrigeration unit 3 and the toaster system located inside the device housing 1 above the refrigeration unit 3.

[0070] In this embodiment, the toaster system consists of a dedicated toaster for food inputs 6 and a toaster for buns 7. As shown in FIG. 6-8, in this embodiment the bun toaster 7 is provided with a housing with a lockable lid, heating elements in the form of patron heaters 31 placed around the toasting plates 13 and an electric drive, which allows for positioning the bun toaster 7 in an upright position, thus enabling application of the sauce to the toasted bun 16 through the sauce application mechanism 8 located above said bun toaster 7. In this embodiment, the electric drive of the bun toaster 7 consists of a monoreducer. However, other electric drives can be used, e.g. a linear actuator.

[0071] Furthermore, in this embodiment, the bun toaster 7 (i.e. on the plates 13) will comprise, on the inside, a pattern which will be baked on the bun 16. In this embodiment, the said pattern will be the wording hot-dog. On the other hand, the said pattern may feature any other inscription, logo or mark, etc.

[0072] In this embodiment, the sauce application mechanism 8 comprises five sauce tanks, five movable sauce application nozzles, five dedicated electric drives and five sauce pumps. In this embodiment, the sauce application mechanism is equipped with five nozzles, each of which is designated for a different sauce. Each nozzle is positioned over the bun 16 by means of a separate electric drive of the sauce application mechanism 8. Whereby, a separate tank and pump is designated for each sauce type. Furthermore, the sauce application mechanism 8 allows for different sauce packaging types (e.g. bag, bottle, pouch).

[0073] In this embodiment, the toaster dedicated to the food input 6 is equipped with two rollers rotating/toasting the sausage 14 (the rollers comprise patron heaters 44) and an infrared radiator 18, which in this embodiment is a ceramic infrared radiator mounted on a movable axis Zi.e. along the height of the machine (the axes are indicated by an arrow in FIG. 9). However, a quartz radiator, for example, can also be used. An example of the structure of the radiator 18 and its installation in relation to the other components of the toaster system is shown in FIG. 6-8. As shown in FIG. 6-8, the toaster dedicated to the food input 6 and the bun toaster 7 are placed on a common base 37 ensuring that the toasters are properly positioned with respect to each other inside the appliance.

[0074] The toaster dedicated to the food input 6 comprises two rollers rotating/toasting 14 the food input 15, which in this embodiment is a sausage. Inside the said rollers 14 there are stationary heaters 44 which are fixed by means of a fastening elementa metal sheet having holes in which the heaters 44 are placed. The heaters 44 heat the rollers 14 which, together with the radiator 18, toast the sausage 15.

[0075] Underneath the rollers 14, a removable tray 41 is located to capture fat that may drip from the rollers 14 during the toasting of the sausage 15.

[0076] On the other hand, the radiator 18 as shown in FIG. 6-8 is housed in a housing 21 which, in this embodiment, is made of stainless steel polished to a high gloss. This allows it to reflect the infrared radiation and focus it on the food input 15 (e.g. a sausage), thus accelerating its heating.

[0077] Furthermore, in this embodiment, the mounting bar 42 for the guides and the actuator of the radiator is a piece of flat bar in which holes are made in which the aforementioned elements are placed. On the other hand, the guide 23 of the radiator 18 consists of ground rollers along which the movable bar 19 moves. The movement is executed by means of an electric actuator.

[0078] In addition, a hot-dog pick-up point 17 is located in the housing, providing a connection between the external surface and the interior of the housing 2.

[0079] Furthermore, in this embodiment, the toasting system of appliance 1 is provided with a pusher and a roller cleaner 36, the detailed structure of which is shown in FIG. 7.

[0080] In this embodiment, the pusher and the roller cleaner 36 (hereinafter referred to as pusher) is a Teflon-covered plate with the guide holes in which the rollers 14 are installed. While the sausage 15 (or other food input 15) is toasted, the holes serve as bearings for the rollers 14. When moving the sausage 15, the rollers 14 serve as a guide for the pusher 36. In addition, two threaded holes are made in element 36 to which chain is screwed by means of screws. The mechanism placing the sausage 15 in the bun 16 is driven by a motor 52 (FIG. 8), which is mounted along the axis of the shaft of the scraper's drive 49 and connected to the drive shaft mounted on the plain bearings 47 by means of a coupling, which transmits the rotational movement of the motor shaft to the drive shaft 49. Whereby, in this embodiment, drive shaft 49 is a steel shaft on which a pair of toothed wheels 40 are mounted. The function of the shaft is to transmit the rotational movement from the motor 52 to the toothed wheels 40.

[0081] As indicated above, a pair of toothed wheels 40 is installed on the shaft 49, while between the bearing 47 (e.g. a Teflon sleeve) and the toothed wheel 40 there are washers 46 which position the toothed wheels 40 on the shaft 49. The toothed wheels 40 are connected by a chain 43, which is connected to the sausage pusher 36. The role of the toothed wheels is to change the rotational motion (via the chain) coming from the motor 52into a linear motion along the rollers 14. When the wheels 40 start to rotate, the chain 43 starts to move the pusher 36 along the rollers 14 seated in the bearings on the Teflon elements that bear rolls 35 and 48 of the roller. While the above-described elements make their path, pusher 36 pushes the sausage 15 into the bun 16. In addition, a second pair of toothed wheels 40 are also involved in the process, which are also mounted in bearing 47 and positioned by washers 46, which, in turn, are mounted to the roller troughs 38 by means of the slotted bolts 50 and nuts 51. Whereby, the role of said second pair of toothed wheels 40 is to tension the chain 43.

[0082] Furthermore, in this embodiment, the appliance 1 is provided with a dispensing mechanism for dispensing napkins into the rotating hot dog pick-up point 17. In this embodiment, the napkin dispensing mechanism is an electronic napkin dispenser 53 (e.g. the TORK XPRESS sensor napkin dispenser known from the state of the art), which stores napkins (or tissues or bags) and automatically issues one napkin for retrieval. The napkin dispenser 53 is connected to a dedicated gripping circuit located above said dispenser 53, which grabs this protruding single napkin (or tissue or paper bag) and moves it to the depositing location 17 of the finished hot dog.

[0083] As the hot dog falls, it wraps itself with the tissue, which prevents the hot dog from coming into direct contact with the rotating feeder of the appliance 1 (i.e. the hot dog pick-up point 17).

EXAMPLE 2

[0084] Appliance as in embodiment 1 except that the sauce application mechanism 8 consists of a sauce tank, an electric drive, one movable nozzle and one pump. In addition, in this embodiment, the gripper 5 comprises a product presence detector. On the other hand, the hot dog pick-up point 17 is a rotating feeder equipped with movable bulkheads. In addition, in this embodiment, the napkin dispenser 53 does not comprise a dedicated gripping system, and the transfer of the napkin to the hot dog pick-up point 17 is realised by a gripper 5 equipped with two gripping tips located one below the other, of which the upper gripping tip picks up the finished hot dog, after which the gripper 5 moves over to the napkin dispenser 53, from which the lower gripping tip picks up the napkin. The gripper 5 then transports the hot hot-dog to the pick-up point 17, where it successively drops the napkin then the hot dog.

EXAMPLE 3

[0085] The invention provides for automatic preparation and dispensing of hot dogs. In this embodiment, the method in accordance with the invention is embodied in device 1 in accordance with embodiment 2.

[0086] Whereby, within the meaning of the invention, the food input 15 may be a sausage (e.g. poultry, pork, veal), sausage, cabanos or so-called meatless sausages (vegetable or fish). In contrast, in this embodiment, the food input 15 is a sausage.

[0087] The process of automatic preparation and dispensing of the hot dogs starts with the selection of the desired product and payment through the control panel 12 of the device 1. Alternatively, payment can be made via a mobile application installed on the customer's device. Receipt and payment of the order generates a signal that is sent to the controller, which then initiates the process of preparing and dispensing the hot dog.

[0088] The controller initiates the opening of the drawer 4 of the refrigeration unit 3 by means of a dedicated manipulator 4, which consists of two motors that move the arm of the manipulator that will open and close the respective drawer 4. Then, the gripper 5 picks up a sausage 15 and a bun 16 from the currently extended drawer 4 of the refrigeration unit 3. Subsequently, the gripper 5 simultaneously transports the sausage 15 to the dedicated food input toaster 6 and the bun 16 to the bun toaster 7. The gripper 5 drops the sausage 15 onto the toaster dedicated to the food input 6 and the bun 16 onto the bun toaster 7 in the toasting positions. The next step is to heat the sausage 15 by activating the rotating rollers 14 with the internal heaters 44 of the toaster dedicated to the food input 6 and lowering the infrared radiator 18 to accelerate the heating process. Simultaneously, the buns 16 are toasted by means of heaters 31 arranged around the plates 13 of the bun toaster 7 which, during the toasting of the buns 16, is brought into a vertical position by means of a geared motor (or other electric drive) and a worm gear motor 34 which subsequently enables the application of sauce to the toasted bun 16.

[0089] Once the sausage 15 and the bun 16 have reached the pre-set temperature, the heating elements of the dedicated food input toaster 6 and the bun toaster 7 are switched off. Then, the application nozzle of the sauce application mechanism 8 is positioned over the bun 16 by means of a dedicated electronic drive and applies the sauce (e.g. mustard) to the bun 16 being toasted, located in the bun toaster 7 in a vertical position. The next step involves inserting the sausage into the bun using a movable pusher and cleaner 36 with the rollers 14 of the toaster 6 being simultaneously cleaned. At this stage, the axes of symmetry of the food input 15 (here sausages 15) and the buns 16 being toasted are aligned with each other in a single line. This makes it possible to slide the sausage 15 into the bun 16 just by moving (pushing) the sausage 15 along the rollers 14.

[0090] The alignment of the axis of symmetry of the sausage 15 and the bun 16 situated in the toasters is executed by means of the bun toaster 7 returning to the horizontal position.

[0091] The mechanism that places the sausage 15 in the bun 16 is driven by a motor 52 mounted along the axis of the shaft of the scraper's drive 49 and connected to the drive shaft mounted on the plain bearings 47 by means of a coupling, which transmits the rotational movement of the motor shaft to the drive shaft 49. A pair of toothed wheels 40 is installed on the shaft 49, while between the bearing 47 and the toothed wheel 40 there are washers 46 which position the toothed wheels 40 on the shaft 49. The toothed wheels 40 are connected by a chain 43, which is connected to the sausage pusher 36. When the wheels 40 start to rotate, the chain 43 starts to push the pusher 36 along the rollers 14 seated/mounted on the elements 35 and 48. While the above-described elements make their path, pusher 36 pushes the sausage 15 into the bun 16.

[0092] In addition, a second pair of toothed wheels 40 are also involved in the process, which are also mounted in bearing 47 and positioned by washers 46, The second pair of toothed wheels 40 is used to tension the chain 43 and is mounted to the roller trough 38 using the slotted bolts 50 and nuts 51. As a result of the operations, a hot dog ready for consumption is assembled. The next step is to lift the top lid of the bun toaster 7 and pick up the hot hot-dog through the gripper 5. This activates the napkin dispensing mechanism, which places a napkin at the hot dog pick-up point 17, before the hot dog is transferred to the pick-up point 17 by the gripper 5. The gripper 5 transfers the hot hot-dog to the pick-up point 17, which is a dispensing feeder with a pre-prepared napkin. After the hot dog is dropped by the gripper 5 onto the feeder 17, the hot dog is being dispensed to the customer by way of rotating the dispensing feeder 17.

EXAMPLE 4

[0093] Method as in embodiment 3, except that device 1 is connected to the store's cash register system and the order and payment for the order can be processed at the cashier's.

LIST OF DESIGNATIONS

[0094] 1device in accordance with the invention; [0095] 2housing; [0096] 3refrigeration unit; [0097] 4drawer; [0098] 5gripper; [0099] 6toaster dedicated to the food input (e.g. sausages); [0100] 7bun toaster; [0101] 8sauce application mechanism; [0102] 9grab rail [0103] 10door [0104] 11positioning areas [0105] 12control panel [0106] 13bun toaster plates [0107] 14roller to toast/rotate the food input (e.g. sausage) [0108] 15food input (e.g. sausage) [0109] 16bun [0110] 17hot-dog pick-up point [0111] 18infrared radiator [0112] 19movable bar to fasten the piston rod bar and guides [0113] 20the mounting of the radiator housing [0114] 21radiator housing [0115] 22actuator's piston rod [0116] 23radiator's guide [0117] 24electric actuator for the radiator [0118] 25arm mountings [0119] 26arm for lifting the upper plate that toasts the bun [0120] 27rotating element to lift the upper bun toasting plate [0121] 28piston rod of the bun toast actuator [0122] 29bun toaster electric actuator [0123] 30mounting of the heaters mounting it to the bun toasting plate [0124] 31bun toaster patron heater [0125] 32rotating element of the bun toaster [0126] 33gearbox [0127] 34worm gear motor [0128] 35teflon bearing of the rollers [0129] 36teflon sausage pusher and roller cleaner [0130] 37mounting base of toaster system [0131] 38roller trough [0132] 39dedicated toaster roller motor for sausages [0133] 40toothed wheel [0134] 41removable tray located under the rollers [0135] 42fixing bar for the guides and toaster actuator [0136] 43chain [0137] 44patron heater of the roller toaster [0138] 45heater fixing element [0139] 46washer [0140] 47slide bearing [0141] 48teflon element mounting the rollers [0142] 49scraper drive shaft [0143] 50hexagon socket head cap screws [0144] 51nut [0145] 52motor for the mechanism that places the sausage in the bun [0146] 53napkin dispenser [0147] Zmovable axle