Patents by Inventor Dean L. Tietz

Dean L. Tietz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10036113
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to a cycle of operation, includes a container rotatable about a rotational axis and having a peripheral wall, a plurality of arranged embossments, and a plurality of arranged holes, wherein the plurality of embossments may be oriented at an angle to both of the rotational axis and the plurality of arranged holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Gregg P. Fitzgerald, John M. Hunnell, John W. McConnell, Stephen D. Ostdiek, Dean L. Tietz
  • Patent number: 9885140
    Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance having a foreign object trap located in a bottom of a wash basket underlying a clothes mover, the bottom of the wash basket having an upwardly extending wall, with at least the wash basket rotatable about an axis of rotation, the method including radially expelling liquid through an outlet opening of the foreign object trap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Coporation
    Inventors: Dean L. Tietz, George L. Turner
  • Patent number: 9828714
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a cabinet, a static wash tub fixed in position relative to the cabinet, a wash basket mounted within the wash tub for rotation about a vertical axis and having at least one drain hole, a drive motor within the cabinet for rotating the wash basket, a catch basin fixed to the wash tub and spaced from the drive motor, a recirculation pump, and a closure between the drive motor and the catch basin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Donald E. Erickson, John M. Hunnell, Lauren M. Lalonde, Kenneth L. McConnell, Bradley D. Morrow, David Scharich, III, Brenner M. Sharp, Christine L. Strain, Dean L. Tietz
  • Publication number: 20150345060
    Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance having a foreign object trap located in a bottom of a wash basket underlying a clothes mover, the bottom of the wash basket having an upwardly extending wall, with at least the wash basket rotatable about an axis of rotation, the method including radially expelling liquid through an outlet opening of the foreign object trap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: DEAN L. TIETZ, GEORGE L. TURNER
  • Patent number: 9127394
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a tub a defining an interior, a wash basket within the interior and having a bottom from which extends a peripheral wall to at least partially define a laundry treating chamber, a clothes mover located within the laundry treating chamber in an overlying relationship to at least a portion of the bottom of the wash basket, and rotatable about an axis of rotation, and a foreign object trap located in the portion of the wash basket defines a foreign object passageway for retaining foreign objects, the foreign object trap having at least one outlet opening with a first portion that is not at a right angle to the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Dean L. Tietz, George L. Turner
  • Publication number: 20150176166
    Abstract: A method of controlling a laundry treating appliance having a rotatable wash basket defining a treating chamber for receiving laundry items for treatment according to an automatic cycle of operation, the method comprising supplying liquid to the wash basket, draining liquid from the wash basket by gravity, and filling the wash basket to a predetermined fill level based on an amount of laundry, a type of laundry, a selected cycle of operation, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: BENJAMIN E. ALEXANDER, BRENT M. BURGESS, MICHAEL K. CLUSKEY, DONALD E. ERICKSON, CHRISTOPHER A. JONES, AARON A. LINDEN, KENNETH L. MCCONNELL, BRADLEY D. MORROW, DALE E. MUELLER, MICHELE A. PAUSTIAN, BRENNER M. SHARP, CHRISTINE L. STRAIN, DEAN L. TIETZ, LAUREN M. LALONDE
  • Publication number: 20150052953
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a cabinet, a static wash tub fixed in position relative to the cabinet, a wash basket mounted within the wash tub for rotation about a vertical axis and having at least one drain hole, a drive motor within the cabinet for rotating the wash basket, a catch basin fixed to the wash tub and spaced from the drive motor, a recirculation pump, and a closure between the drive motor and the catch basin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: DONALD E. ERICKSON, JOHN M. HUNNELL, LAUREN M. LALONDE, KENNETH L. MCCONNELL, BRADLEY D. MORROW, DAVID SCHARICH, III, BRENNER M. SHARP, CHRISTINE L. STRAIN, DEAN L. TIETZ
  • Publication number: 20150020553
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to a cycle of operation, includes a container rotatable about a rotational axis and having a peripheral wall, a plurality of arranged embossments, and a plurality of arranged holes, wherein the plurality of embossments may be oriented at an angle to both of the rotational axis and the plurality of arranged holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: GREGG P. FITZGERALD, JOHN M. HUNNELL, JOHN W. MCCONNELL, STEPHEN D. OSTDIEK, DEAN L. TIETZ
  • Patent number: 8516859
    Abstract: An automatic washing machine having a tub defining an interior, a sump in fluid communication with the interior of the tub, a wash basket located within the interior of the tub and defining a laundry treating space, and a foreign object trap located in a portion of the wash basket that defines a foreign object passageway for retaining foreign objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Lauren M. Lalonde, Donald R. Miller, James C. Miller, Brenner M. Sharp, Jon D. Strait, Dean L. Tietz, Nyik Siong Wong
  • Publication number: 20130160217
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a foreign object trap located in a portion of a wash basket defines a foreign object passageway for retaining foreign objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: DEAN L. TIETZ, GEORGE L. TURNER
  • Publication number: 20110146354
    Abstract: An automatic washing machine having a foreign object trap located in a portion of a wash basket defines a foreign object passageway for retaining foreign objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lauren M. Lalonde, Donald R. Miller, James C. Miller, Brenner M. Sharp, Jon D. Strait, Dean L. Tietz, Nyik Siong Wong
  • Patent number: 5529460
    Abstract: A pressure washer is provided with a flow control switch and a bypass passage. The flow control switch shuts the motor of the pressure washer off when fluid is not being supplied to the pressure washer or when the spray gun of the pressure washer is closed. The bypass passage relieves excess outlet pressure and activates the flow control switch when the spray gun is closed. The pressure washer may include a soap pump for injecting soap into low pressure fluid at the inlet of the pressure washer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: Coleman Powermate, Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Eihusen, Kenneth M. Frank, Dean L. Tietz, Stephen W. Leutbecher, Bob Crum
  • Patent number: D748356
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Dean L. Tietz
  • Patent number: D761501
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Gregg P. Fitzgerald, John M. Hunnell, John W. McConnell, Stephen D. Ostdiek, Dean L. Tietz
  • Patent number: D801603
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Gregg P. Fitzgerald, John M. Hunnell, John W. McConnell, Stephen D. Ostdiek, Dean L. Tietz
  • Patent number: D830654
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Gregg P. Fitzgerald, John M. Hunnell, John W. McConnell, Stephen D. Ostdiek, Dean L. Tietz
  • Patent number: D867700
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Gregg P. Fitzgerald, John M. Hunnell, John W. McConnell, Stephen D. Ostdiek, Dean L. Tietz
  • Patent number: D878690
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Gregg P. Fitzgerald, John M. Hunnell, John W. McConnell, Stephen D. Ostdiek, Dean L. Tietz