Patents by Inventor Thomas St Quintin

Thomas St Quintin 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: 8181471
    Abstract: An ice maker comprises a tray (1), which has at least one compartment (4) for molding a piece of ice, a frame (15), in which the tray is mounted to be pivotable about an axis (14), and a motor (22) for driving the pivot movement of the tray, which motor is mounted at the frame (15) to be adjacent to the tray (1) and transversely offset relative to the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Heger, Thomas St Quintin, Craig Duncan Webster, Nathan Wrench
  • Publication number: 20090126391
    Abstract: An ice maker comprises a tray (1), which has at least one compartment (4) for moulding a piece of ice, a frame (15), in which the tray is mounted to be pivotable about an axis (14), and a motor (22) for driving the pivot movement of the tray, which motor is mounted at the frame (15) to be adjacent to the tray (1) and transversely offset relative to the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete Gmbh,
    Inventors: Bernd Heger, Thomas St. Quintin, Craig Duncan Webster, Nathan Wrench
  • Publication number: 20090044559
    Abstract: An ice maker comprises a frame (15) and a tray (1) pivotable in the frame (15) about an axis. At least one compartment (4) is formed in the tray (1) and the tray (1) is provided with an electric heating device (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Heger, Thomas St Quintin, Craig Duncan Webster, Nathan Wrench
  • Publication number: 20070203587
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system (1) for preparing a beverage from a beverage base material (5), comprising an apparatus (2) for preparing a beverage extract from a beverage base material (5) and a liquid and a container (3) for containing the beverage base material (5) during storage, the container (3) comprising an identifier (4) provided with data (A), which apparatus (2) comprises a reader (14) for reading the data (A) in said identifier (4) and a controller (6) for controlling a beverage brewing process in dependence on the data (A) during operation of the apparatus (2). In this manner the brewing process parameters for the beverage extract can be optimized for the specific variety of beverage in a user-friendly manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Jan Erlandsson, David Harris, Hans Kodden, John McGarva, Max Middleton, Christopher Smith, Thomas St. Quintin, Jonathan Tuckwell, Eric Wilkinson