Patents by Inventor Ralph Bley
Ralph Bley 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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Publication number: 20230009231Abstract: A gear box has a housing and a direct current motor inside of the housing. A rotatable output shaft extends through a wall of the housing and is rotatably driven by the motor via a gear train. The gear box can be used to dispense ice from a refrigerator/freezer. The motor drives the output shaft in one direction to dispense ice cubes. The motor also drives the output shaft in an opposite direction to crush ice and dispense the crushed ice. The gear box has a low-profile height. The gear train is located in front of a motor shaft of the motor and has a maximum height which does not exceed a maximum height of the motor. The motor shaft is perpendicular to the input gear of the gear train and to the output shaft of the gear box.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: MOLON MOTOR AND COIL CORPORATIONInventors: Emilio A. RAMIREZ, JR., Ralph A. BLEY
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Patent number: 8585379Abstract: A peristaltic pump for dispensing liquid includes a front casing portion, a rear casing snap-fitted together with the front casing portion, a rotor confined between the front casing portion and the rear casing portion, a plurality of rollers mounted in the rotor, and a flexible tube compressed at equally spaced intervals by the plurality of rollers. The pump is resistant to constant torques and vibrations caused by a machine to which it is attached so that the pump does not become loose and fall apart. In a first embodiment for low torque and low vibration operations, the pump is screwless. In a second embodiment for high torque and high vibration operations, two screws secure a synchronous gear motor to the pump.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2010Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Molon Motor and Coil CorporationInventors: Emilio A. Ramirez, Jr., Ralph Bley
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Publication number: 20130251561Abstract: A fluid pump system has a housing having a housing cover removably connected to a housing base. A plurality of fluid pump assemblies are inside of the housing. Each fluid pump assembly has an electric motor operatively connected to a fluid pump. Each fluid pump has a fluid inlet extending through a wall of the housing to an exterior of the housing and a fluid outlet extending through the wall of the housing to the exterior of the housing. An electrical component inside of the housing is electrically connected to each electric motor. The electrical component has an electrical connector extending through a wall of the housing to connect to a source of electrical power. The fluid pump system can dispense three different fluids, such as two detergents and a fabric softener in a laundry machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: Molon Motor and Coil CorporationInventors: Emilio A. Ramirez, JR., Ronald A. Glaser, Ralph A. Bley
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Patent number: 8201478Abstract: A gear box has a housing and a direct current motor inside of the housing. A rotatable output shaft extends through a wall of the housing and is rotatably driven by the motor via a gear train. The gear box can be used to dispense ice from a refrigerator/freezer. The motor drives the output shaft in one direction to dispense ice cubes. The motor also drives the output shaft in an opposite direction to crush ice and dispense the crushed ice. The gear box has a low-profile height. The gear train is located in front of a motor shaft of the motor and has a maximum height which does not exceed a maximum height of the motor. The motor shaft is perpendicular to the input gear of the gear train and to the output shaft of the gear box.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2009Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Molon Motor and Coil Corp.Inventors: Emilio A. Ramirez, Jr., Ralph A. Bley
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Publication number: 20110265594Abstract: A gear box has a housing and a direct current motor inside of the housing. A rotatable output shaft extends through a wall of the housing and is rotatably driven by the motor via a gear train. The gear box can be used to dispense ice from a refrigerator/freezer. The motor drives the output shaft in one direction to dispense ice cubes. The motor also drives the output shaft in an opposite direction to crush ice and dispense the crushed ice. The gear box has a low-profile height. The gear train is located in front of a motor shaft of the motor and has a maximum height which does not exceed a maximum height of the motor. The motor shaft is perpendicular to the input gear of the gear train and to the output shaft of the gear box.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2011Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: Molon Motor and Coil CorporationInventors: Emilio A. Ramirez, JR., Ralph Bley
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Publication number: 20110239798Abstract: A gear box has a housing and a direct current motor inside of the housing. A rotatable output shaft extends through a wall of the housing and is rotatably driven by the motor via a gear train. The gear box can be used to dispense ice from a refrigerator/freezer. The motor drives the output shaft in one direction to dispense ice cubes. The motor also drives the output shaft in an opposite direction to crush ice and dispense the crushed ice. The gear box has a low-profile height. The gear train is located in front of a motor shaft of the motor and has a maximum height which does not exceed a maximum height of the motor. The motor shaft is perpendicular to the input gear of the gear train and to the output shaft of the gear box.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2009Publication date: October 6, 2011Inventors: Emilio A. Ramirez, JR., Ralph A. Bley
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Publication number: 20110232318Abstract: A gear motor assembly capable of operation in three modes and the method of operating the assembly in such modes, is disclosed herein. The assembly is generally comprised of a reversible motor having an input shaft, a gear train assembly coupled to the input shaft, an output shaft coupled to the gear train assembly, a power source, electrically coupled to the motor, for producing an operating voltage, and an input signal for directing the operating voltage from the power source through one of either a relay for switching the polarity of the operating voltage directed from the power source to the motor, thereby reversing the motor and a voltage control circuit for reducing the voltage to the motor. The motor is capable of operation, based on the input signal, at any one of a first speed in a clockwise direction, a first speed in a counter-clockwise direction, and a second speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2011Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: Molon Motor and Coil CorporationInventors: Emilio A. Ramirez, JR., Ralph A. Bley
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Publication number: 20110150679Abstract: A peristaltic pump for dispensing liquid includes a front casing portion, a rear casing snap-fitted together with the front casing portion, a rotor confined between the front casing portion and the rear casing portion, a plurality of rollers mounted in the rotor, and a flexible tube compressed at equally spaced intervals by the plurality of rollers. The pump is resistant to constant torques and vibrations caused by a machine to which it is attached so that the pump does not become loose and fall apart. In a first embodiment for low torque and low vibration operations, the pump is screwless. In a second embodiment for high torque and high vibration operations, two screws secure a synchronous gear motor to the pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: Molon Motor and Coil CorporationInventors: Emilio A. Ramirez, JR., Ralph Bley
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Publication number: 20090092507Abstract: A fluid pump system has a housing having a housing cover removably connected to a housing base. A plurality of fluid pump assemblies are inside of the housing. Each fluid pump assembly has an electric motor operatively connected to a fluid pump. Each fluid pump has a fluid inlet extending through a wall of the housing to an exterior of the housing and a fluid outlet extending through the wall of the housing to the exterior of the housing. An electrical component inside of the housing is electrically connected to each electric motor. The electrical component has an electrical connector extending through a wall of the housing to connect to a source of electrical power. The fluid pump system can dispense three different fluids, such as two detergents and a fabric softener in a laundry machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2008Publication date: April 9, 2009Inventors: Emilio A. Ramirez, JR., Ronald A. Glaser, Ralph A. Bley
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Publication number: 20070199407Abstract: A gear box has a housing and first and second direct current motors inside of the housing. A first rotatable output shaft extends through a wall of the housing and is rotatably driven by the first motor via a first gear train. A second rotatable output shaft extends through the wall of the housing and is rotatably driven by the second motor via a second gear train. The gear box can be used to dispense ice from a refrigerator/freezer. The first motor drives the first output shaft in one direction to dispense shaved ice. The second motor drives the second output shaft in one direction to dispense ice cubes and drives the second output shaft in an opposite direction to dispense crushed ice. The first and the second motors operate independently of each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2007Publication date: August 30, 2007Inventors: Emilio A. Ramirez, Athanase N. Tsergas, Ralph A. Bley
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Publication number: 20070031272Abstract: A peristaltic pump for dispensing liquid includes a front casing portion, a rear casing snap-fitted together with the front casing portion, a rotor confined between the front casing portion and the rear casing portion, a plurality of rollers mounted in the rotor, and a flexible tube compressed at equally spaced intervals by the plurality of rollers. The pump is resistant to constant torques and vibrations caused by a machine to which it is attached so that the pump does not become loose and fall apart. In a first embodiment for low torque and low vibration operations, the pump is screwless. In a second embodiment for high torque and high vibration operations, two screws secure a synchronous gear motor to the pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2005Publication date: February 8, 2007Applicant: Molon Motor and Coil CorporationInventors: Emilio Ramirez, Ronald Glaser, Ralph Bley, Athanase Tsergas
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Patent number: D550620Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2005Date of Patent: September 11, 2007Assignee: Molon Motor & Coil Corp.Inventors: William H. Redfield, Athanase N. Tsergas, Ralph A. Bley