Patents by Inventor Scott D. Slabbekoorn
Scott D. Slabbekoorn 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: 11779190Abstract: A dishwasher comprising a tub, a reuse tank, and a controller for implementing a wash cycle in the tub, the controller comprising a clock, the controller operably coupled to a recirculation pump and a drain pump, the controller configured (a) to cause the recirculation pump to supply liquid used during the wash cycle to the reuse tank, (b) to monitor via a clock a period of time that the liquid is within the reuse tank, and (c) when the period of time is greater than a predetermined period of time, (i) to cause a control valve in an outlet conduit to open and allow the liquid to flow from the reuse tank to a sump and (ii) to cause a drain pump to drain the liquid from the sump and out of the dishwasher.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Josef A. Buser, Kristopher L. Delgado, Scott D. Slabbekoorn, Cristian A. Soto, Elliott V. Stowe
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Patent number: 11612302Abstract: A dish rack for use in a dishwasher is provided. The dishwasher includes a tub defining a washing chamber for cleaning kitchenware and the like. The dish rack includes a wall bounding a space. A dispenser unit is mounted to the dish rack and is configured to hold an additive. A hydraulic circuit is disposed within the walls of the dish rack and is placed in fluid communication with the dispenser. Fluid pressure from the hydraulic circuit is operable to eject the additive from the dispenser unit into the washing chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Mark W. Baldwin, Paul E. Beshears, Jr., Scott D. Slabbekoorn, Elliott V. Stowe, Barry E. Tuller, Ameresh B. Viswanathan
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Patent number: 11481745Abstract: A fuel dispenser comprises a housing enclosing fluid handling components including a fluid flow meter. The housing has a user interface including a panel display. A control system is in electrical communication with the user interface and is operative to display money and volume information on the panel display during a fueling transaction. A secondary display having digit structure that registers fuel dispensing information is in electrical communication with the control system. The secondary display is configured to not be viewable by a customer during a fueling transaction.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Gilbarco Inc.Inventors: Scott D. Slabbekoorn, Felix La Pietra, Anny Liao, Edward Asbell Payne
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Publication number: 20220192459Abstract: A dishwasher comprising a tub, a reuse tank, and a controller for implementing a wash cycle in the tub, the controller comprising a clock, the controller operably coupled to a recirculation pump and a drain pump, the controller configured (a) to cause the recirculation pump to supply liquid used during the wash cycle to the reuse tank, (b) to monitor via a clock a period of time that the liquid is within the reuse tank, and (c) when the period of time is greater than a predetermined period of time, (i) to cause a control valve in an outlet conduit to open and allow the liquid to flow from the reuse tank to a sump and (ii) to cause a drain pump to drain the liquid from the sump and out of the dishwasher.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2022Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: JOSEF A. BUSER, KRISTOPHER L. DELGADO, SCOTT D. SLABBEKOORN, CRISTIAN A. SOTO, ELLIOTT V. STOWE
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Publication number: 20210298562Abstract: A dish rack for use in a dishwasher is provided. The dishwasher includes a tub defining a washing chamber for cleaning kitchenware and the like. The dish rack includes a wall bounding a space. A dispenser unit is mounted to the dish rack and is configured to hold an additive. A hydraulic circuit is disposed within the walls of the dish rack and is placed in fluid communication with the dispenser. Fluid pressure from the hydraulic circuit is operable to eject the additive from the dispenser unit into the washing chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Mark W. Baldwin, Paul E. Beshears, JR., Scott D. Slabbekoorn, Elliott V. Stowe, Barry E. Tuller, Ameresh B. Viswanathan
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Patent number: 11051675Abstract: A dish rack for use in a dishwasher is provided. The dishwasher includes a tub defining a washing chamber for cleaning kitchenware and the like. The dish rack includes a wall bounding a space. A dispenser unit is mounted to the dish rack and is configured to hold an additive. A hydraulic circuit is disposed within the walls of the dish rack and is placed in fluid communication with the dispenser. Fluid pressure from the hydraulic circuit is operable to eject the additive from the dispenser unit into the washing chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Mark W. Baldwin, Paul E. Beshears, Jr., Scott D. Slabbekoorn, Elliott V. Stowe, Barry E. Tuller, Ameresh B. Viswanathan
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Publication number: 20210174323Abstract: A fuel dispenser comprises a housing enclosing fluid handling components including a fluid flow meter. The housing has a user interface including a panel display. A control system is in electrical communication with the user interface and is operative to display money and volume information on the panel display during a fueling transaction. A secondary display having digit structure that registers fuel dispensing information is in electrical communication with the control system. The secondary display is configured to not be viewable by a customer during a fueling transaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2019Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Scott D. Slabbekoorn, Felix La Pietra, Anny Liao, Edward Asbell Payne
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Publication number: 20200329946Abstract: A dishwasher comprising a tub, a reuse tank, and a controller for implementing a wash cycle in the tub, the controller comprising a clock, the controller operably coupled to a recirculation pump and a drain pump, the controller configured (a) to cause the recirculation pump to supply liquid used during the wash cycle to the reuse tank, (b) to monitor via a clock a period of time that the liquid is within the reuse tank, and (c) when the period of time is greater than a predetermined period of time, (i) to cause a control valve in an outlet conduit to open and allow the liquid to flow from the reuse tank to a sump and (ii) to cause a drain pump to drain the liquid from the sump and out of the dishwasher.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: JOSEF A. BUSER, KRISTOPHER L. DELGADO, SCOTT D. SLABBEKOORN, CRISTIAN A. SOTO, ELLIOTT V. STOWE
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Patent number: 10736483Abstract: A method of operating a dishwasher includes a tub that at least partially forms a treating chamber and a reuse tank fluidly coupled to the tub for storing liquid from the tub for subsequent reuse in the treating chamber. The method includes supplying liquid from the reuse tank to the tub, sanitizing liquid in the tub by heating the liquid to a sanitizing temperature by operating a heating element located in the tub and maintaining the liquid at or above the sanitizing temperature for a sanitizing time period sufficient to sanitize the liquid, and supplying the liquid in the tub to the reuse tank after sanitizing to sanitize the reuse tank.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Josef A. Buser, Kristopher L. Delgado, Scott D. Slabbekoorn, Cristian A. Soto, Elliott V. Stowe
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Patent number: 10561295Abstract: A dishwasher has a treating chamber for receiving dishes for treatment according to an automatic cycle of operation and a dispensing system for storing and dispensing treating chemistry to the treating chamber during the cycle of operation. The dishwasher can be provided with a lifetime supply of a treating chemistry for the dispensing system.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Whirpool CorporationInventors: Paul E. Beshears, Jr., Kaustav Ghosh, James W. Klein, Scott D. Slabbekoorn
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Publication number: 20180125325Abstract: A method of operating a dishwasher having a wash tub and a reuse tank for storing liquid for subsequent reuse, wherein the condition of the water in the reuse tank may be monitored and/or acted upon to limit the likelihood of undesired effects associated with the growth of micro-organisms in the liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2018Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: JOSEF A. BUSER, KRISTOPHER L. DELGADO, SCOTT D. SLABBEKOORN, CRISTIAN A. SOTO, ELLIOTT V. STOWE
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Publication number: 20180125328Abstract: A dishwasher has a treating chamber for receiving dishes for treatment according to an automatic cycle of operation and a dispensing system for storing and dispensing treating chemistry to the treating chamber during the cycle of operation. The dishwasher can be provided with a lifetime supply of a treating chemistry for the dispensing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2018Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Paul E. Beshears, JR., Kaustav Ghosh, James W. Klein, Scott D. Slabbekoorn
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Patent number: 9918611Abstract: A method of operating a dishwasher having a wash tub and a reuse tank for storing liquid for subsequent reuse, wherein the condition of the water in the reuse tank may be monitored and/or acted upon to limit the likelihood of undesired effects associated with the growth of micro-organisms in the liquid.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Josef A. Buser, Kristopher L. Delgado, Scott D. Slabbekoorn, Cristian A. Soto, Elliott V. Stowe
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Publication number: 20180064309Abstract: A dish rack for use in a dishwasher is provided. The dishwasher includes a tub defining a washing chamber for cleaning kitchenware and the like. The dish rack includes a wall bounding a space. A dispenser unit is mounted to the dish rack and is configured to hold an additive. A hydraulic circuit is disposed within the walls of the dish rack and is placed in fluid communication with the dispenser. Fluid pressure from the hydraulic circuit is operable to eject the additive from the dispenser unit into the washing chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Inventors: Mark W. Baldwin, Paul E. Beshears, JR., Scott D. Slabbekoorn, Elliott V. Stowe, Barry E. Tuller, Ameresh B. Viswanathan
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Patent number: 9861258Abstract: A dishwasher has a treating chamber for receiving dishes for treatment according to an automatic cycle of operation and a dispensing system for storing and dispensing treating chemistry to the treating chamber during the cycle of operation. The dishwasher can be provided with a lifetime supply of a treating chemistry for the dispensing system.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2013Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Paul E. Beshears, Jr., Kaustav Ghosh, James W. Klein, Scott D. Slabbekoorn
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Patent number: 9848754Abstract: A dish rack for use in a dishwasher is provided. The dishwasher includes a tub defining a washing chamber for cleaning kitchenware and the like. The dish rack includes a wall bounding a space. A dispenser unit is mounted to the dish rack and is configured to hold an additive. A hydraulic circuit is disposed within the walls of the dish rack and is placed in fluid communication with the dispenser. Fluid pressure from the hydraulic circuit is operable to eject the additive from the dispenser unit into the washing chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2013Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Mark W. Baldwin, Paul E. Beshears, Jr., Scott D. Slabbekoorn, Elliott V. Stowe, Barry E. Tuller, Ameresh B. Viswanathan
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Publication number: 20160037996Abstract: A method of operating a dishwasher having a wash tub and a reuse tank for storing liquid for subsequent reuse, wherein the condition of the water in the reuse tank may be monitored and/or acted upon to limit the likelihood of undesired effects associated with the growth of micro-organisms in the liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: JOSEF A. BUSER, KRISTOPHER L. DELGADO, SCOTT D. SLABBEKOORN, CRISTIAN A. SOTO, ELLIOTT V. STOWE
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Patent number: 9192282Abstract: A method of operating a dishwasher having a wash tub and a reuse tank for storing liquid for subsequent reuse, wherein the condition of the water in the reuse tank may be monitored and/or acted upon to limit the likelihood of undesired effects associated with the growth of micro-organisms in the liquid.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2010Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Josef A. Buser, Kristopher L. Delgado, Scott D. Slabbekoorn, Cristian A. Soto, Elliott V. Stowe
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Patent number: 9186034Abstract: Methods of operating a dishwasher having a treating chamber, a sump fluidly coupled to the treating chamber, a sprayer for spraying liquid in the treating chamber, a recirculation pump fluidly coupled to the sump and the sprayer to recirculate the sprayed liquid from the sump to the sprayer, and a reuse tank for storing liquid. The methods remove and store liquid that do not include sedimented soil particles.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2012Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Scott D. Slabbekoorn, Elliott V. Stowe, Barry E. Tuller, Chad T. Vanderroest
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Patent number: 8968483Abstract: A method of operating a dishwasher having a treating chamber for washing dishes includes dispensing a detergent, supplying liquid to mix with the detergent to form a wash liquid, storing a first portion of the wash liquid in a reuse tank and using a second portion of the wash liquid in the treating chamber, supplying the first portion of the wash liquid from the reuse tank to the treating chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2012Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Scott D. Slabbekoorn, Elliott V. Stowe, Barry E. Tuller, Chad T. Vanderroest