Patents Assigned to Euro-Pro Operating, LLC
  • Food processor and attachment
    Patent number: 8702300
    Abstract: A blending apparatus is provided which includes a container, a lid for covering the container, and an attachment within the container. The attachment includes a central shaft having a first end and a second end, the first end being configured to engage the lid, and the second end being configured to engage a drive member of the container. The attachment further includes blades extending outwardly from the central shaft, the blades being operable to engage food products in the container. The attachment rotates within the container body (i) while the attachment is captured between a bushing of the lid and the drive member of the container, the first end of the central shaft engaging the bushing and the second end of the central shaft engaging the drive member of the container and (ii) while the second end of the attachment receives torque from the drive member of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventor: David M. Audette
  • Steam appliance with diffuser
    Patent number: 8667637
    Abstract: A diffuser with an absorbent substrate for holding a steam diffusible composition, such as a fragrance for mounting on a steam frame of a steam appliance is provided. The steam appliance has a water pump for selectively injecting water from a reservoir to a boiler to generate steam fed into a steam frame with a fabric pad or steam pocket mounted thereon. The steam envelopes the diffuser to dispense a fragrance or other material in the absorbable substrate into the generated steam in response to a user use or movement of the appliance. When steam is generated and passes the diffuser, the composition is heated to a temperature it will vaporize and be distributed with the steam through the fabric pad or steam pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventors: Ognjen Vrdoljak, Charles Boulos
  • Method and apparatus for assisting pivot motion of a handle in a floor treatment device
    Patent number: 8667643
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for influencing movement of a handle of a floor treatment device, such as a vacuum. The floor treatment device may include a handle portion that is attached to a base, which includes a floor treatment portion. The handle portion may be pivotally movable about a rotation axis relative to the base between at least first and second positions, where the rotation axis lies in a vertical plane that includes a longitudinal axis of the handle when the handle portion is in the first position and the longitudinal axis is a non-vertical position. A pivot assist device may apply a bias to the handle portion that urges the handle portion to move from the second position to the first position, e.g., to help support the weight of the handle when a user steers the floor treatment device across a floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventors: David J. Simonelli, Jason Boyd Thorne
  • Cleaning appliance having multiple functions
    Patent number: 8627543
    Abstract: A cleaning appliance is capable of performing two or more cleaning functions. The cleaning appliance may include a vacuum cleaner and a steam cleaner such that a user can vacuum a floor prior to steam cleaning the floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventors: Ognjen Vrdoljak, Chow Hung, Stephen Gatchell, Mason Isaac Greene, Homero Garza Malacara
  • Steam appliance
    Patent number: 8613151
    Abstract: A steam appliance having a split handle with the upper part biased away from the handle base and an actuator for a water pump. When the appliance is pushed, the handle upper part is depressed and displaces a pump actuator to activate the pump. Use of a steam frame and steam towel allows an iron to be used as a steam cleaner. When a pole is mounted on the upper handle part, the appliance may be used as a steam mop that is activated by pushing the pole which depresses the handle to actuate the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventor: Ognjen Vrdoljak
  • Blender base
    Patent number: D696063
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventors: Devin Joseph Coakley, Mark Allen Nichols
  • Dough hook
    Patent number: D696070
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventor: David M. Audette
  • Cooker
    Patent number: D697363
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventor: Joyce Chien Tu
  • Handle for a cleaning apparatus
    Patent number: D699011
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventor: Bryan Paul deBlois
  • Juicer
    Patent number: D700804
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventors: Devin Joseph Coakley, Mark Allen Nichols
  • Control panel
    Patent number: D700805
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventors: Devin Joseph Coakley, Mark Allen Nichols
  • Juicer
    Patent number: D701084
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventors: Devin Joseph Coakley, Mark Allen Nichols
  • Juicer
    Patent number: D701085
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventors: Devin Joseph Coakley, Mark Allen Nichols
  • Juicer window
    Patent number: D701086
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventors: Devin Joseph Coakley, Mark Allen Nichols
  • Shredder
    Patent number: D701087
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventor: David M. Audette
  • Steam attachment for a cleaning apparatus
    Patent number: D701360
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventor: Jason Boyd Thorne
  • Blender base
    Patent number: D702078
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventors: Devin Joseph Coakley, Mark Allen Nichols, Michael Tracz, Anthony DeMore, James Park
  • Blade assembly
    Patent number: D702085
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventor: David M. Audette
  • Blender container
    Patent number: D702999
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventors: David M. Audette, Laura Kay Raffi
  • Vacuum attachment for a cleaning apparatus
    Patent number: D703402
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventor: Jason Boyd Thorne