Patents Examined by Dario Antonio Deleon
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Patent number: 11737593Abstract: An insulated beverage sleeve assembly includes a cylinder that insertably receives a beverage container. A first flap is movably attached to the cylinder to close the cylinder. A second flap is movably attached to the cylinder to close the cylinder. A top insulator is releasably matable to the first flap to engage the beverage container. A bottom insulator is releasably matable to the second flap to engage the beverage container. Each of the top insulator and the bottom insulator are comprised of a thermally insulating material. A cooling sleeve is insertable into the cylinder to surround the beverage container. Moreover, the cooling sleeve is comprised of a refrigeratable material such that the cooling sleeve can be refrigerated thereby facilitating the cooling sleeve to cool the beverage container.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Inventor: Fawn Kuzminski
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Patent number: 11732950Abstract: A jumper drain for a refrigerator appliance, the jumper drain including a housing with a cavity defined therein and that is in fluid communication with a storage compartment of the refrigerator appliance. An inlet and an outlet extend from the housing and are both in fluid communication with the cavity. The outlet is disposed at a location that is offset from the inlet. A pressure equalizer opening is formed in the housing. The pressure equalizer opening is configured to provide fluid communication between the cavity and an ambient environment external to the refrigerator appliance in order to equalize a pressure differential within the refrigerator appliance.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin Mobley, William Lee Moody, Marcelo C. Candeo, Dennis Schenk
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Patent number: 11725876Abstract: A portable cold room storage system that includes an improved solar panel racking system is provided. The portable cold room storage system provides solar power for the cold room storage system. The portable cold room storage system includes a cold or cool room, one or more power sources to generate energy, a battery storage to store the energy generated by the one or more power sources and to supply the energy to the cold or cool room, and a racking system to mount the one or more power sources.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: RASP, LLCInventors: Jerrol Lee Wolf, Bruce Harvey Rubin
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Patent number: 11713915Abstract: An air supply assembly for a refrigerator, includes: an air duct cover plate defining, together with a refrigerator liner, an air supply space and configured to isolate the air supply space from a storage space in a compartment of the refrigerator, and a centrifugal wind wheel arranged in the air supply space, and axially sucking air in and blowing the air out towards a peripheral side, wherein a plurality of air return ports are provided in the air duct cover plate to allow air in the storage space to enter the air supply space; and the centrifugal wind wheel abuts against an inner side of the air duct cover plate and is configured to suck air in from a rear side thereof, such that air entering the air supply space via the air return ports is sucked in from the rear side of the centrifugal wind wheel.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2019Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.Inventors: Ning Wang, Guangrui Wu, Hongliang Li, Penghui Li, Xiao Ding, Chang Liu, Chaoge Xu, Xing Liang, Qing Chen
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Patent number: 11674735Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet with at least one food storage chamber defined in the cabinet. The refrigerator appliance also includes a sealed cooling system in fluid communication with the at least one food storage chamber via a multi-flow system. A plurality of independently cooled zones are defined within the at least one food storage chamber. The refrigerator appliance also includes a temperature control module selectively positionable in one of the plurality of zones. Methods of operating the refrigerator appliance may include and/or a controller of the refrigerator appliance may be configured for locating the temperature control module, receiving a temperature setting from the temperature control module, and adjusting operation of at least one of the sealed cooling system and the multi-flow system in response to the received temperature setting from the temperature control module.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Martin Mitchell Zentner
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Patent number: 11674739Abstract: An entrance refrigerator includes a condensation removal device supplying heat dissipation air generated from a cold air supply module to an outer gasket or an inner gasket to prevent condensation formation on surfaces of the outer gasket and the inner gasket or an outer circumferential surface of a cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Daewoong Kim, Minkyu Oh, Boan Kwon
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Patent number: 11674730Abstract: The present invention comprises: a first tray for forming a portion of an ice-making cell; a second tray forming the other portion of the ice-making cell, and capable of moving relative to the first tray; an ice bin for storing ice separated from the first and second trays; and a full-ice sensing lever for moving together with the second tray in a predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Donghoon Lee, Yongjun Bae, Donghoon Lee, Sunggyun Son, Wookyong Lee
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Patent number: 11671276Abstract: An AI agent includes an information receiver configured to receive a purchase history of an article and determine whether or not a new article for storage in refrigerator requiring refrigeration or freezing storage exists in the purchase history, an information collector configured to collect capacity information on the new article for storage in refrigerator and movement path information on the new article for storage in refrigerator when the new article for storage in refrigerator exists in the purchase history, and an agent controller configured to determine an expected arrival time at which the new article for storage in refrigerator is to be received in a refrigerator based on the movement path information, and transmit the movement path information and the capacity information and the expected arrival time information on the new article for storage in refrigerator to the refrigerator.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Jichan Maeng
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Patent number: 11638437Abstract: Disclosed is an automatic immersion ice-coating machine, including a frame, an ice-coating working pool, a feed port, a conveying device, a control system and a driving system. A first side of the ice-coating working pool communicates with a buffer tank. A bottom of the ice-coating working pool is stepped or inclined, and a drain valve is provided at a bottom of the ice-coating working pool. The conveying device includes a first conveyor belt and a second conveyor belt. The first conveyor belt is located under the feed port, and a lower portion of the first conveyor belt is lower than the liquid level, and the second conveyor belt communicates with the discharge port. The first and second conveyor belts are made of stainless steel mesh belts, and surfaces of the stainless steel mesh belts are provided with separators in a spaced manner.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Shanghai Ocean UniversityInventors: Jing Xie, Wenhui Yu, Jinfeng Wang, Mingtang Tan, Xuesong Wang
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Patent number: 11638436Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed relating to food preparation in commercial kitchens. The disclosed extreme vacuum cooling (EVC) technology and apparatus can work in ultra low pressure conditions with adaptive pressure control to avoid potential liquid splash inside the vacuum chamber caused by un-controlled low pressure conditions. Clean air or inert gas is added into the vacuum chamber so that the chamber pressure can track a setpoint trajectory that may have ramp up periods in order to avoid liquid splash events. The apparatus allows the user to automatically cool various kinds of foods based on a recipe with minimal human interaction and meet food safety regulations.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Culinary Sciences, Inc.Inventors: George Shu-Xing Cheng, David Kung-Tin Shao
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Patent number: 11512888Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a liner having a rear wall that is contoured to define a first vertical recess therein. A partition divides the compartment into an upper and a lower compartment and includes a first protrusion disposed in the first vertical recess in the liner. A first opening extends through the first protrusion and is aligned with the first vertical recess in the liner. A temperature control system is positioned in the upper compartment and includes a vertical partition. At least one lower opening extends through a front surface of the vertical partition and fluidly communicates with an upper end of the first vertical recess in the liner and the first opening extending through the partition. An evaporator fan is disposed in the lower compartment.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2018Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Electrolux do Brasil S.A.Inventors: Guilherme Picanço, Marcelo Campani, Carlos Richter, Felipe Ormelez, Rafael Roslindo, Israel Mercer, Rafael Leidens, Alcione Colecha, Antonio Voltarelli, Michel Werkhauser
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Patent number: 11397036Abstract: An ice maker and a refrigerator are provided The ice maker has an ice making tray having a plurality of ice making spaces, a motor assembly for driving the ice making tray, and a bracket, the motor assembly is connected to the bracket, and the ice making tray has one end rotationally supported at the bracket; the ice maker further has a fan mounted at the bracket, the bracket has a top plate located at an upper portion of an opening of the ice making space and a side plate located at one side of the top plate, one end of the ice making tray is supported at the side plate, a supporting plate extends from a side edge of the side plate relative to the ice making tray, and the fan is connected to the supporting plate and has an air guide direction towards the ice making tray.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2018Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER CO., LTD.Inventors: Jianjun Xue, Qihai Du, Yanqing Zhang, Xiaobing Zhu