Patent ID: 9718040
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: B01F,B65B,B65G

Claim:
1. A system for preparing recipes with components coming from closed containers, said system comprising: one or more robotic units, each being provided with withdrawal means for a selected container; said one or more robotic units being essentially formed by a mobile cart, an articulated arm mounted on the mobile cart and a pneumatic gripping head mounted at the end of the arm; a plurality of hoppers, each having a mouth, said plurality of hoppers being provided downstream of said one or more robotic units, each of said plurality of hoppers having inside a cutting device which is formed by toothed cutting blades angularly adjustable, with teeth facing vertically towards the hopper mount, in each of said plurality of hopper a withdrawn selected container being inserted by the robotic unit, each hopper comprising automatic container opening means for loading the component into the hopper; discharging means of a preset component dose from each hopper; collection means of the dosed components; a driving and control unit, connected to the robotic units, the discharging means, and the collection means to drive and control the withdrawal of the containers, the dosing of the components, and the collection of the components as a function of the required recipe, wherein the containers are arranged in groups, the containers of each group containing a given component, which is different from that of the other containers, so as to be able to prepare said recipe with different components contained in the containers, an arrangement for aligning the robotic unit with the groups of containers, wherein the driving and control unit and the robotic unit comprise an optical/electronic device for recognizing the containers.