Patents by Inventor RACHEL MAGHAS

RACHEL MAGHAS 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).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING MOLD GROWTH IN THE RESERVOIR OF A FOOD WASTE RECYCLING APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20180057374
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for operating a food waste recycling appliance includes a food waste recycling container, a condensate reservoir, a first fluid pathway fluidly coupling the food waste recycling chamber and the condensate reservoir, and a fan moving air from the food waste recycling chamber to the condensate reservoir along the first fluid pathway to define a first airflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Rachel Maghas, Bruce M. Jarnot
  • Method for cleaning a food waste recycling bin of a food waste recycling appliance
    Patent number: 9895726
    Abstract: A method for cleaning a food waste recycling bin of a food waste recycling appliance includes maintaining between a lower portion and an upper portion of the food waste recycling bin a temperature differential sufficient such that water vapor is emitted from waste located in the lower portion of the food waste recycling bin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Wade Alan Atkinson, Thomas A. Latack, Andrew Roth, Joseph Gregory, Rachel Maghas
  • METHOD FOR CLEANING A FOOD WASTE RECYCLING BIN OF A FOOD WASTE RECYCLING APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20180029091
    Abstract: A method for cleaning a food waste recycling bin of a food waste recycling appliance includes maintaining between a lower portion and an upper portion of the food waste recycling bin a temperature differential sufficient such that water vapor is emitted from waste located in the lower portion of the food waste recycling bin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Wade Alan Atkinson, Thomas A. Latack, Andrew Roth, Joseph Gregory, Rachel Maghas
  • Household appliance having a physical alteration element
    Patent number: 9850618
    Abstract: A household appliance for treating at least one item according to at least one cycle of operation includes a treating chemistry dispenser receiving a unit dose container and having a door moveable between an opened position and a closed position, a piercing mechanism located proximate to the treating chemistry dispenser and having a piercer that is moveable between a non-piercing position and a piercing position where the piercer is moved to perforate a unit dose container received within the treating chemistry dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas L. Burger, Thomas A. Latack, Rachel A. Maghas
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A COMPOSTER DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170260111
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for operating a composter device includes a compost container, a condensate reservoir, a first fluid pathway fluidly coupling the composting chamber and the condensate reservoir, and a fan moving air from the composting chamber to the condensate reservoir along the first fluid pathway to define a first airflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: RACHEL MAGHAS, THOMAS ALAN LATACK
  • HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE HAVING A PHYSICAL ALTERATION ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20140060121
    Abstract: A household appliance for treating at least one item according to at least one cycle of operation includes a treating chemistry dispenser receiving a unit dose container and having a door moveable between an opened position and a closed position, a piercing mechanism located proximate to the treating chemistry dispenser and having a piercer that is moveable between a non-piercing position and a piercing position where the piercer is moved to perforate a unit dose container received within the treating chemistry dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: THOMAS L. BURGER, THOMAS A. LATACK, RACHEL A. MAGHAS