Patents Examined by Jorge A Pereiro
  • Patent number: 11668056
    Abstract: A locomotive (10) for spreading a waterproof coil in a hot melt manner. The locomotive (10) for spreading a waterproof coil in a hot melt manner comprises: a locomotive frame (11), provided with a coil support (12); and wheel devices, a spreading device, a combustion and heating device and a coil compaction device that are disposed on the locomotive frame (11). The combustion and heating device comprises a combustion chamber (6) and a mixing chamber (2). The mixing chamber (2) is provided with a fuel gas inlet end (5), an air inlet end (28), and an outlet end (29). The outlet end (29) is connected to the combustion chamber (6). Multiple gas discharge holes (7) are formed in one side surface of the combustion chamber (6) in an axial direction. The locomotive (10) for spreading a waterproof coil in a hot melt manner improves the construction efficiency, reduces human power costs and reduces consumption of fuel gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: ORIENTAL YUHONG WATERPROOF TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haixia Lin, Xin Wang, Li Ma
  • Patent number: 11662100
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an induction cooking hob (10) with an integrated down-draft hood. The down-draft hood includes at least one downstream channel (40) extending from an air inlet (18) to an air outlet (36). The air inlet (18) is arranged within and/or beside a cooking panel (12) of the induction cooking hob (10). The air outlet (36) is arranged in a bottom wall and/or side wall of a chassis of the induction cooking hob (10). At least one heat sink (28) is arranged in and/or at the down-stream channel (40). The heat sink (28) is thermally connected to at least one power circuit for at least one induction generator. The heat sink (28) provides a heat exchange between the power circuit and an air stream through the downstream channel (40), so that the power circuit is cooled down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Alex Viroli, Nicola Terracciano, Laurent Jeanneteau
  • Patent number: 11661564
    Abstract: The invention describes an apparatus for the desolventisation and toasting or an apparatus for the combined desolventisation, toasting, drying and cooling of a spent material, i.e., a solvent extraction residue obtained from the solvent extraction of oleaginous material. In particular, the invention describes desolventiser toaster or combined desolventiser toaster dryer cooler of improved design equipped with a side vapours outlet and optionally combined with at least one sieve stripping tray to allow nearly the full saturation of the outgoing vapours with hexane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: DESMET USA, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy G. Kemper, Marc Kellens
  • Patent number: 11639793
    Abstract: A gas furnace according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a mixer for mixing air and a fuel gas, which are introduced through an intake pipe and a manifold, respectively, to form a mixture; a mixing pipe through which the mixture, having passed through the mixer, flows; a burner assembly for producing a combustion gas by burning the mixture having passed through the mixing pipe; a heat exchanger through which the combustion gas flows; an exhaust pipe through which an exhaust gas, as the combustion gas having passed through the heat exchanger, is discharged outside of the gas furnace; and an inducer for inducing a flow of a fluid through the intake pipe, the mixer, the mixing pipe, the burner assembly, the heat exchanger, and the exhaust pipe. In this case, the mixer has a front end connected to the intake pipe, a rear end connected to the mixing pipe, and a side surface connected to the manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Janghee Park, Doyong Ha, Yongki Jeong, Jusu Kim, Hansaem Park
  • Patent number: 11627825
    Abstract: A steamer accessory for steam-heating and/or -cooking food contained in a container, the steamer accessory including a steam generator including a steam production chamber connected to at least one steam distribution outlet provided in a lower part of the steam generator, the steamer accessory including a ring carrying the steam generator, the ring having a lower surface and an upper surface. The ring provides, if so required, with the steam generator, at least one vent bringing the lower surface into communication with the upper surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventors: Laurent Guegan, Olivier Delrue, Laurent Blond
  • Patent number: 11629861
    Abstract: A kitchen hood has a first housing and a second housing that slides into and out of the first housing to adjust a length of the kitchen hood. The first housing has a fan to suction air, an outlet, and an air quality sensor assembly to continuously detect air quality in a kitchen. The second housing has an inlet and suction grill through which air is suctioned, a steam cleaning assembly to automatically steam clean an interior of the kitchen hood, and a height sensing assembly to sense a height of cookware seated on a cooktop surface below the second housing. The kitchen hood may be lengthened or shortened based on the sensed height of the cookware, and a speed of the fan and the height of the kitchen hood may be automatically adjusted based on detections by the air quality sensor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Heejeong Heo, Younju Oh, Hyun byung Cha, Chin Soo Hyon, HyunJu Kim
  • Patent number: 11629883
    Abstract: A gas furnace is provided. The gas furnace includes a combustion part in which a fuel gas is burnt to generate a combustion gas, a heat exchanger having a gas flow path through which the combustion gas flows, a blower configured to blow air around the heat exchanger, and an inducer configured to discharge the combustion gas from the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes at least one single path in which a single gas flow path is formed a single-multiple return bend configured to communicate with the single path and convert a flow direction of the combustion gas, and at least one multiple path having a plurality of paths that communicate with the single-multiple return bend and form multiple gas flow paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jusu Kim, Janghee Park, Hansaem Park, Yongki Jeong, Doyong Ha
  • Patent number: 11619399
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for using direct solar radiation. The apparatus may include a housing defining a window configured to transmit solar radiation and a secondary radiation source for transmitting a second radiation in response to the solar radiation via a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon and configured to be executed by a processor to measure the solar radiation and actuate the secondary radiation source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Inventor: William H. White
  • Patent number: 11612271
    Abstract: A multifunction assemblable barbecue grill, comprising a structural frame with supporting legs, a main cooking grate, a floor and side walls to accommodate a heat source, a hinged lid, a ventilated brazier, and a shaft associated with a member to regulate the main grate with respect to the heat source. At least one S-shaped primary cooking hook is provided. The floor comprises channels flowing into a drain that discharges water into a trough displaceably mounted on two guides. A column integrated to one side of said frame, and secondary elements selected from a griddle, a secondary cooking grate, a substantially rectangular frame with a longitudinal crossbar, a crossbar perpendicular to the column, and combinations thereof, are additionally associated with at least one secondary S-shaped cooking hook. The secondary elements comprise means for fastening to the column, where said elements are slidably mounted vertically in a suspended condition above said brazier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventor: Walter Aldo Afonso
  • Patent number: 11598521
    Abstract: Process for combusting a fuel with an oxidant and burner for the implementation thereof, process wherein at least one stream of the fuel is injected through at least one first perforation, a main flow of oxidant is injected below or above the one or more streams of the fuel through at least one second perforation, an auxiliary flow of the oxidant is introduced into contact with the at least one fuel stream so as to generate an initial flame by an initial partial combustion of the fuel with the auxiliary flow of the oxidant, this initial partial combustion being completed downstream of the initial flame by means of the at least one main stream of the oxidant, the flow rate of the main flow of the oxidant or the ratio between the flow rate of the main flow of the oxidant and the flow rate of the auxiliary flow of the oxidant being adjusted depending on the emission intensity of the initial flame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
    Inventors: Sarah Juma, Chloe Caumont-Prim, Xavier Paubel, Jean-Baptiste Senechal, Benoit Grand
  • Patent number: 11592187
    Abstract: Device and method are described for operational control of a knob on a stove or range. In some examples, a safety device, a sensor relay device, and method are described for automatically positioning an operational shaft of a burner to an Off position such that the power supplied to the burner is terminated upon the occurrence of a safety event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: INIRV LABS, INC.
    Inventors: Ranjith Babu, Akshita Iyer, Patrick Thomas Bailey, Raeshon McNeil, Jeremy Losaw
  • Patent number: 11585540
    Abstract: A cooking device according to the present invention may comprise: a frame forming a cooking chamber; and a rack support mechanism detachably installed to the frame and supporting a rack such that height of the rack can be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yonghyun Lee, Jaekyung Yang, Semi Lee, Yongsoo Lee, Yoojin Jung
  • Patent number: 11585529
    Abstract: A burner and a method utilize a burner tile with an outer surface extending along the furnace wall and an inner surface defining a passageway. A fuel duct extends at least partially through the passageway and discharges fuel onto a burner head. The burner head forms a coanda-curved surface, wherein the fuel is directed onto the coanda-curved surface such that the fuel flows along the coanda-curved surface to the outer surface of the burner tile. There is an air channel defined by an outside edge of the coanda-curved surface and in fluid flow communication with the passageway such that air flows from the passageway through the channel to mix with the fuel so as to produce the combustible mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: John Zink Company, LLC
    Inventors: Gilles Theis, Valeriy Smirnov, I-Ping Chung, Ahmed Kadi, Hadj Ali Gueniche
  • Patent number: 11578875
    Abstract: A method of controlling an electrical household system, comprises: starting a pyrolysis process in an oven, wherein the oven is connected or configured to be connected in signal communication to a household range hood; starting a suction device of the household range hood as a function of a communication signal from the oven, wherein said signal is correlated to the pyrolysis process in the oven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Gaetano Paviglianiti, Marco Signa, Cecilia Szalay
  • Patent number: 11573010
    Abstract: A kitchen hood has a first housing and a second housing that slides into and out of the first housing to adjust a length of the kitchen hood. The first housing has a fan to suction air, an outlet, and an air quality sensor assembly to continuously detect air quality in a kitchen. The second housing has an inlet and suction grill through which air is suctioned, a steam cleaning assembly to automatically steam clean an interior of the kitchen hood, and a height sensing assembly to sense a height of cookware seated on a cooktop surface below the second housing. The kitchen hood may be lengthened or shortened based on the sensed height of the cookware, and a speed of the fan and the height of the kitchen hood may be automatically adjusted based on detections by the air quality sensor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Heejeong Heo, Younju Oh, Hyun byung Cha, Chin Soo Hyon
  • Patent number: 11555634
    Abstract: Systems and methods for falling particle receivers are disclosed that include shield or deflector structures around the receiver aperture to reduce wind effects and/or heat losses from the falling particles. External and internal structures are disclosed that can be tailored to reduce particle, thermal, and radiative losses from within the cavity receiver due to external wind and the falling particles that are irradiated within the receiver. Structures of varying shapes, sizes, and composition (transparent, reflective) are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventor: Clifford K. Ho
  • Patent number: 11549684
    Abstract: A controller for managing communication of a burner system. The controller may comprise a communication module to manage the exchange of messages between devices of the burner system. The controller may also incorporate a processing module to compose the messages that are exchanged between the devices, identify issues regarding the messages, determine that devices may not be operating properly, and lock-out the devices in response. The controller may also incorporate a timing module having a set of timing requirements and being configured to lock-out devices in response to violation of a timing requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Pavel Kejik
  • Patent number: 11543122
    Abstract: A gas burner for a household appliance includes a burner housing having a mixing chamber for mixing fuel gas with primary air, a gas nozzle accommodated in the burner housing and configured to inject the fuel gas into the mixing chamber, and an annular first primary air inlet provided between the gas nozzle and the mixing chamber for drawing in the primary air. The gas nozzle has a second primary air inlet which is guided through the nozzle for drawing in the primary air. The second primary air inlet is configured in a direction of flow of the primary air through the second primary air inlet to taper at least once and to widen out again. The gas nozzle has an annular fuel gas outlet opening which opens directly into the second primary air inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Cesar Aguado Vela, Javier Corral Ricalde, Jose Salvador Ochoa Torres, Julio Rivera Peman, Cristina Rueda Sanudo
  • Patent number: 11536466
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a gas valve assembly for a furnace. The gas valve assembly includes a gas valve including an inlet flange having an outer geometric profile and defining a gas inlet of the gas valve. The gas valve assembly also includes a bracket having a mounting panel, a first support flange, and a second support flange, where the mounting panel extends between and is integral with the first support flange and the second support flange. A slot is formed in the first support flange and defined by a portion of a perimeter of the bracket. The outer geometric profile of the inlet flange corresponds to a profile of the slot, and the slot is configured to receive and abut a portion of the outer geometric profile. A passage is formed in the second support flange and configured to receive a gas flow from the gas valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Thomas D. Chase, Frank D. Ashby
  • Patent number: 11536463
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a body and a cooktop disposed on the body. A plurality of gas burner assemblies is operably coupled to the cooktop. A first frame member is coupled to a first side of the cooktop and defines at least a portion of a sump defined by the cooktop. A second frame member is coupled to a second side of the cooktop and defines at least a portion of the sump defined by the cooktop. A bracket is coupled to the first and second frame members. The bracket extends along a portion of a perimeter of the cooktop between the first and second frame members. The bracket defines at least a portion of the sump defined by the cooktop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick J. Duffy, Thomas Walker Faussett, Paul Jordan Neuman, Binesh R. Pillai, Edward Benjamin Standen, Nicholas Edward Righetti, Sarah Katherine Small