Patents Assigned to Blako Inc.
  • Patent number: 5546969
    Abstract: An integrated recycling system for dishwashing machine includes an impeller positioned within the sump of the dishwashing machine, an impeller housing enclosing the impeller within the sump, and a motor for rotating the impeller within the impeller housing whereby a flow of water is achieved from the sump to one or more spray arm assemblies of the dishwashing machine, the impeller housing being formed from a strip of sheet metal that is cut to the proper length and wound around the impeller, defining an arcuate-shaped peripheral wall portion of the impeller housing that is open on opposing sides, one side being closed by a plate member and the other side being closed by a wall of the sump on which the impeller housing is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Assignee: Blako Inc.
    Inventor: Erik O. Vilen
  • Patent number: 4500210
    Abstract: A mixing apparatus having a bowl lift arrangement which includes a yoke which is attachable to the mixing bowl and which includes only one guide rod for supporting the yoke, the guide rod being located in the forward portion of a support column which supports the drive motor housing above the base of the mixing unit, and the guide rod being centered to extend vertically along and an axis co-planar with the axis of the bowl. The bowl lift arrangement further includes a screw shaft extending parallel to and behind the guide rod and which has one end received in a threaded aperture provided in the rearward end of the base portion of the yoke, the other end of the screw shaft being linked to a handle, turning of which causes rotation of the screw shaft, with the yoke riding up or down on the screw shaft as it is rotated, carrying the bowl up or down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1985
    Assignee: Blakeslee, A division of Blako, Inc.
    Inventor: Erik O. Vilen