Patent ID: 8820221

Claim:
A single compact apparatus for making a flat edible material comprising: a first dispenser configured to dispense a grounded edible material for one flat edible material at a time; a second dispenser configured to dispense a liquid material; a kneading unit to combine the grounded material and the liquid material and knead the dough for making a kneaded ingredient using a segmented blade; a transfer sweeper is used to locate the kneaded ingredient from a transfer base to a flattening unit; a flattening unit having a upper weight and a lower weight and a spacer to flatten the kneaded ingredient to a flattened kneaded material; a platen unit having a upper platen, lower platen to cook the flattened kneaded material to a flat edible material; and a processor module configured to automatically: a) calculate a quantity of the grounded edible material and a quantity of the liquid material for making the dough for making one serving of the flattened kneaded material; b) control the first dispenser and the second dispenser for dispensing the grounded edible material and the liquid material respectively; c) control the pressing unit so as to flatten the kneaded material; and d) controlling multiple movements of the upper platen up and down differentially from the lower platen for cooking the flattened kneaded material to form the flat edible material.