Patent ID: 8069953
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: A47F,B65B,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for making an assembled food item comprising; a food item assembly and packaging station comprising at least a first movable module having a first work area for assembling a food item and packaging an assembled food item; a meal order assembly station remote from the food item assembly and packaging station comprising at least a second movable module having a second work area for assembling a meal order that includes at least one packaged food item packaged on the first work area; a conveyor for conveying the packaged food item from the first movable module toward the second movable module, the conveyor integral with one of the first or second movable modules, so that when the first movable module is positioned relative to the second movable module to form an assembly line for assembling and packaging food items and meal orders, the conveyor is thereby moved into a position for conveying food items packaged at the first work area and the conveyor extends from a location proximate the first work area to a location proximate the second work area for conveying a packaged food item from a location proximate the first work area to a location proximate the second work area toward the meal order assembly station, a conveyor access proximate the first work area for providing worker access to the conveyor to permit a worker at the first work area to manually deposit the assembled and packaged food item at the conveyor access onto the conveyor for conveying the packaged food item beneath the first work area to the location proximate the meal order assembly station.