Patents by Inventor Gerard White
Gerard White 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).
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Patent number: 11832765Abstract: There is disclosed herein a toaster (10) including: a housing (12); a pair of opposing food guards (24a, 24b) located within the housing (12) and defining a toasting cavity (25a, 25b) for receiving foodstuff to be toasted; a pair of heating elements (28) located within the housing (12), each heating element (28) being located on a respective side of the pair of food guards (24a, 24b), wherein each food guard (24a, 24b) is spaced from the corresponding heating element (28) by a clearance (81); and wherein each food guard (24a, 24b) has an upwardly-extending portion (75c, 75d) that extends upwardly to a portion (75a, 75b) that extends transversely from the upwardly-extending portion so as to extend above the corresponding heating element (28), the transversely-extending portion (75a, 75b) of each food guard (24a, 24b) projecting away from the opposing food guard (24a, 24b).Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: BREVILLE PTY LIMITEDInventors: Johnson Thie, Duncan Hellmers, Stephen John McClean, Ali Tofaili, Alastair Dover, Sathia Thangamuthu, Gerard White, Eugenie Barnet, Tee Smith, Sam Walker, Tristan Brega, James Morton, Richard Hoare, Con Psarologos, Philip McKnight
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Publication number: 20230354767Abstract: There is disclosed herein a frothing assembly (21) to froth milk in a container (11). The assembly (21) includes: a body (25); a motor (33) fixed to the body and having an output shaft (34) that is rotatably driven about a longitudinal axis (35) of the shaft (34); a frothing device (36) rotatably driven by the shaft (34) and to be submerged in the milk in the container (11); and a perforated member (43) at least partly surrounding the frothing device (36) and spaced from the frothing device (36) by a clearance (44), wherein rotation of the frothing device (36) causes movement of milk in the clearance (44) and movement of milk through the perforated member (43) to be circulated back through the container (11) and the clearance (44) to cause frothing of the milk.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Duncan Bruce HELLMERS, Giovanni BAEZ, Norman OLIVERIA, Gerard WHITE
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Publication number: 20230309749Abstract: A heatable kitchen device such as a toaster has a housing having an outer wall and an inner wall (114), a heating area within the housing for receiving foodstuff to be heated, a heating element located between the heating area and the inner wall (114), a bracket (140) mounted to the inner wall (114) adjacent the heating area. The bracket (140) has a seat (142) located opposite the inner wall (114). The seat receives a sensor assembly (150) and has a first aperture and a second aperture through the bracket (140) to the seat (142). The first aperture has an area and the second aperture has an area, and the inner wall (114) has an opening (148) that is larger than the combined areas of the first and second apertures to allow the sensor assembly (150) to detect a property of the foodstuff.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2021Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Gerard WHITE, Nicholas MCCOLL, Alexander PROFILIO, Simin ZHAO, Tommy Chung Yeung CHUI
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Patent number: 11684033Abstract: There is disclosed herein a frothing assembly (21) to froth milk in a container (11). The assembly (21) includes: a body (25); a motor (33) fixed to the body and having an output shaft (34) that is rotatably driven about a longitudinal axis (35) of the shaft (34); a frothing device (36) rotatably driven by the shaft (34) and to be submerged in the milk in the container (11); and a perforated member (43) at least partly surrounding the frothing device (36) and spaced from the frothing device (36) by a clearance (44), wherein rotation of the frothing device (36) causes movement of milk in the clearance (44) and movement of milk through the perforated member (43) to be circulated back through the container (11) and the clearance (44) to cause frothing of the milk.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2018Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: BREVILLE PTY LIMITEDInventors: Duncan Bruce Hellmers, Giovanni Baez, Norman Oliveria, Gerard White
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Publication number: 20220274272Abstract: An electric hair-cutting device that has a housing. Further, the electric hair-cutting device has a hair-cutting module coupled to a first end of the housing, the hair-cutting module comprising blades and configured for cutting hair. Also, the electric hair-cutting device has a plurality of pinholes on a top of the housing and adjacent the hair-cutting module for delivering air to the hair-cutting module to cool the hair-cutting blades and a cooling module contained in the housing, the cooling module that has a fan and receives air through a plurality of pinholes on a bottom end of the housing and delivers the air to the plurality of pinholes adjacent the hair-cutting module thereby cooling the hair-cutting module.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: Duett, LLCInventors: Tyler Albert Anthony, Thomas Gerard White, Wade Patterson, Patrick Stapler, Daniel Lipszyc
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Publication number: 20220175172Abstract: An appliance (210) to heat a liquid, the appliance (21) including: a vessel (212) to receive the liquid to be heated, the vessel (212) having a generally central upright longitudinal axis (218), a bottom housing (220), and a side wall (222) extending upwardly from the bottom housing (220), with a portion of the bottom housing (220) and side wall (222) at least partly enclosing a chamber (234) within which the liquid is heated; and a heating element (238) in thermal communication with the chamber (234) so that heat generated by the element (238) can be delivered to the liquid via convection, wherein the housing (210) includes a deformable sealing member (268) sealingly associated with the element (238) to sealingly connect the element (238) and bottom housing (220), with the member (268) inhibiting transmission of sound from the chamber (234).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Scott FRYER, Tee SMITH, Nicholas EDMONDS, Xiang REN, Con PSAROLOGOS, Ali TOFAILI, Sam WALKER, Tae-Kyung KONG, Barnaby WARD, Gerard WHITE
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Publication number: 20220104651Abstract: There is disclosed herein a coffee machine (10) including: a body (12); a steam wand (14), to froth milk, attached to the body (12); and a cleaning mechanism (20), the cleaning mechanism (20) including: a stem (22) having a first end portion (24) attached to the body (12), and a second end portion (26) extending longitudinally away from the first end portion (24); and a supply of water under pressure to deliver water to the second end portion (26), wherein water under pressure is delivered to the second end portion (26) to produce at least one water jet directed at the steam wand (14).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Andrew Robert MORGAN, Norman OLIVERIA, Gerard WHITE, Robert GRASSIA
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Publication number: 20210177207Abstract: There is disclosed herein a toaster (10) including: a housing (12); a pair of opposing food guards (24a, 24b) located within the housing (12) and defining a toasting cavity (25a, 25b) for receiving foodstuff to be toasted; a pair of heating elements (28) located within the housing (12), each heating element (28) being located on a respective side of the pair of food guards (24a, 24b), wherein each food guard (24a, 24b) is spaced from the corresponding heating element (28) by a clearance (81); and wherein each food guard (24a, 24b) has an upwardly-extending portion (75c, 75d) that extends upwardly to a portion (75a, 75b) that extends transversely from the upwardly-extending portion so as to extend above the corresponding heating element (28), the transversely-extending portion (75a, 75b) of each food guard (24a, 24b) projecting away from the opposing food guard (24a, 24b).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2019Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Johnson THIE, Duncan HELLMERS, Stephen John MCCLEAN, Ali TOFAILI, Alastair DOVER, Sathia THANGAMUTHU, Gerard WHITE, Eugenie BARNET, Tee SMITH, Sam WALKER, Tristan BREGA, James MORTON, Richard HOARE, Con PSAROLOGOS, Philip MCKNIGHT
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Publication number: 20210007319Abstract: There is disclosed herein a frothing assembly (21) to froth milk in a container (11). The assembly (21) includes: a body (25); a motor (33) fixed to the body and having an output shaft (34) that is rotatably driven about a longitudinal axis (35) of the shaft (34); a frothing device (36) rotatably driven by the shaft (34) and to be submerged in the milk in the container (11); and a perforated member (43) at least partly surrounding the frothing device (36) and spaced from the frothing device (36) by a clearance (44), wherein rotation of the frothing device (36) causes movement of milk in the clearance (44) and movement of milk through the perforated member (43) to be circulated back through the container (11) and the clearance (44) to cause frothing of the milk.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2018Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Duncan Bruce HELLMERS, Giovanni BAEZ, Norman OLIVERIA, Gerard WHITE
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Publication number: 20190358834Abstract: A modular electric hair cutting device that has a housing, a hair-cutting module contained in a first end of the housing, the hair-cutting module has blades for cutting hair, the hair-cutting module having at least one sensor coupled to and configured for detecting a temperature of the hair-cutting module, and a cooling module contained in a second end of the housing, the cooling has a fan and cools the internal components of the housing. Further, the modular electric hair-cutting device has a processor that receives data indicative of a temperature from the at least one sensor contained in the hair-cutting module and compares the temperature to a threshold temperature, and the processor activates a first fan if the temperature is greater than the threshold temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Applicant: DueTT, LLCInventors: Tyler Albert Anthony, Thomas Gerard White
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Patent number: 9900634Abstract: Improved systems and methods for delivering CATV content over a fiber optic network from a transmitter. The transmitter preferably monitors performance attributes of a transmitted signal and selectively configures the transmitter based on the monitored attributes.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: David B Bowler, Clarke V. Greene, John Holobinko, Gerard White, Xinfa Ma, Shaoting Gu, Xiang He, Lawrence M. Hrivnak, Steven H. Hersey
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Patent number: 9820275Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes predicting a user average data rate for a cable modem; establishing a minimum bandwidth grant size and a maximum bandwidth grant size for the cable modem based on the predicted user average data rate; receiving from the cable modem a request for a particular amount of bandwidth; performing an overgrant if the particular amount of bandwidth is less than the minimum bandwidth grant size, in which the overgrant comprises granting to the cable modem more than the requested particular amount of bandwidth; and performing an undergrant if the particular amount of bandwidth is greater than the maximum bandwidth grant size, in which the undergrant comprises granting to the cable modem less than the requested particular amount of bandwidth.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Hang Jin, John T. Chapman, Gerard White, Alon Bernstein
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Publication number: 20170303273Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes predicting a user average data rate for a cable modem; establishing a minimum bandwidth grant size and a maximum bandwidth grant size for the cable modem based on the predicted user average data rate; receiving from the cable modem a request for a particular amount of bandwidth; performing an overgrant if the particular amount of bandwidth is less than the minimum bandwidth grant size, in which the overgrant comprises granting to the cable modem more than the requested particular amount of bandwidth; and performing an undergrant if the particular amount of bandwidth is greater than the maximum bandwidth grant size, in which the undergrant comprises granting to the cable modem less than the requested particular amount of bandwidth.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2016Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Hang Jin, John T. Chapman, Gerard White, Alon Bernstein
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Patent number: 9641813Abstract: Improved systems and methods for delivering CATV content over a fiber optic network from a transmitter. The transmitter preferably includes a combining network that combines CATV signals received from a CATV head end.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: David B Bowler, Clarke V. Greene, John Holobinko, Gerard White, Xinfa Ma, Shaoting Gu, Lawrence M. Hrinvak
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Patent number: 9635309Abstract: Improved systems and methods for delivering CATV content over a fiber optic network to a receiver.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: David B Bowler, Clarke V. Greene, John Holobinko, Gerard White, Xinfa Ma, Shaoting Gu, Vincent L. Bu, Bruce C. Pratt, Lawrence M. Hrivnak, Steven H. Hersey
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Patent number: D912455Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: BREVILLE PTY LIMITEDInventors: Tristan Brega, Gerard White, David Davenport, Richard Hoare
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Patent number: D927239Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: BREVILLE PTY LIMITEDInventors: Tristan Brega, Gerard White, David Davenport, Richard Hoare
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Patent number: D927914Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: BREVILLE PTY LIMITEDInventors: Tristan Brega, Gerard White, David Davenport, Richard Hoare
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Patent number: D927915Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: BREVILLE PTY LIMITEDInventors: Tristan Brega, Gerard White, Richard Hoare, David Davenport
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Patent number: D946958Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: BREVILLE PTY LIMITEDInventors: Chris Hardy, Richard Hoare, David Davenport, Gerard White