Patents Assigned to Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
  • Stomper for food grinder
    Patent number: 10350606
    Abstract: A stomper for a food grinder comprises a distal end adapted to push food into a receiving tube of a food grinder, a proximal handle end adapted for a user to grasp the stomper while pushing food into the receiving tube of the food grinder, an elongated shaft between the distal end and the proximal handle end, a channel defined in the proximal handle end, and a bayonet projecting from one or more internal walls of the channel. The bayonet is adapted to engage a protrusion on an auger of the food grinder to apply a pulling force to remove the auger from the food grinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Devin Lee Moore, Brian Andrew Wong-Shui
  • Juicer Brush
    Patent number: 10349730
    Abstract: A cleaning brush comprises a front curved wall and a rear curved wall. The front curved wall has a front surface and a back surface, with a plurality of frictional cleaning elements projecting from the back surface. The rear curved wall has a front surface and a back surface, with a plurality of frictional cleaning elements projecting from the front surface. The front and rear curved walls are hingedly affixed to each other and movable between an open position and a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Guoyao Ye
  • Toaster oven control knob and method of controlling a toaster oven
    Patent number: 10327591
    Abstract: A toaster oven comprising a housing defining a food cavity, an opening defined in the housing, a door movably affixed to the housing, a cooking grid selectively mountable within the housing, one or more heating elements within the housing, a timer controlling activation of the heating elements, and a timer control knob engaged with the timer. The timer control knob is selectively rotatable in a second direction from the off position to a third position to activate at least one of the one or more heating elements until the timer control knob is selectively rotated in the first direction back to the off position. The timer control knob has a selectively movable button, such that the timer control knob is only selectively rotatable in the second direction from the off position to the third position when the button is moved from a first position to a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: William D Starr
  • Kitchen appliance for preparing a beverage and method of operating same
    Patent number: 10307014
    Abstract: A kitchen appliance includes a first reservoir for receiving a liquid to be used for preparing a beverage. A hot water generator (‘HWG’) has an inlet end, an outlet end and a passageway extending therebetween. The inlet end of the HWG is connected to the first reservoir. Liquid from the first reservoir flows into the HWG through the inlet end. A selector valve is connected to the outlet end of the HWG. At least a portion of the selector valve is movable by a user between a first valve position and a second valve position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: William D Starr, Patrick T Mulvaney, Adam Hanes, Larry Olson
  • Sandwich making appliance and method of making a sandwich with the same
    Patent number: 10244893
    Abstract: An appliance for cooking a food item comprises a bottom housing, a top housing, and a cooking assembly. The cooking assembly comprises a top heated plate, a bottom heated plate, and a center ring therebetween. The top heated plate is selectively movable between (i) an open position and (ii) a closed position in which a top cooking cavity is selectively formed by the top heated plate and the top housing when the top housing is in a closed position. The bottom heated plate is selectively movable between (i) an open position and (ii) a closed position in which a bottom cooking cavity is selectively formed by the bottom housing and the bottom heated plate. A center cooking cavity is selectively formed by the top heated plate, the center ring, and the bottom heated plate when the top and bottom heated plates are in their respective closed positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Garman, David L Jackson, Abraham S Longmire, George Stamper, Micheal M Pierce, Derek A McCullough, Mark C Steiner, Andrea L Radford
  • Beverage carafe with improved liquid flow
    Patent number: 10244879
    Abstract: A beverage carafe comprises a beverage reservoir and a channel for directing a flow of liquid from the reservoir when the carafe is tilted for dispensing the liquid. The channel has a floor and an elongated protrusion projecting upward from the floor. The protrusion is transverse to the flow of the liquid through the channel and has a curved distal face and curved sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick T Mulvaney
  • Toaster oven control knob and method of controlling a toaster oven
    Patent number: 10051996
    Abstract: A toaster oven comprising a housing defining a food cavity, an opening defined in the housing, a door movably affixed to the housing, a cooking grid selectively mountable within the housing, one or more heating elements within the housing, a timer controlling activation of the heating elements, and a timer control knob engaged with the timer. The timer control knob is selectively rotatable in a second direction from the off position to a third position to activate at least one of the one or more heating elements until the timer control knob is selectively rotated in the first direction back to the off position. The timer control knob is only selectively rotatable in the second direction from the off position to the third rotational position when a main body of the timer control knob is moved longitudinally from a first longitudinal position to a second longitudinal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: William D Starr
  • Sandwich making appliance and method of making a sandwich with the same
    Patent number: 10010216
    Abstract: A small cooking appliance with a bottom housing, a top housing, and a ring assembly. An uppermost cooking cavity is defined in the top housing and may be used to cook or heat a top food layer. The uppermost cooking cavity includes a floor that forms an uppermost cooking surface. The uppermost cooking cavity may have an open top. The appliance may include a hinged or pivoting lid to selectively close off the open top of the uppermost cooking cavity. The uppermost cooking surface may be heated by one or more heating elements in the top housing. The appliance cooks a food item in an assembled manner save a top food layer of the food item needs to be manually removed from the uppermost cooking cavity and placed onto the other layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Garman, David L Jackson, Abraham S Longmire, George Stamper, Micheal M Pierce, Derek A McCullough, Mark C Steiner, Andrea L Radford
  • Iron
    Patent number: D821671
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Bock, Mark Steiner
  • Iron
    Patent number: D821672
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Steiner, Brian Bock
  • Toaster oven
    Patent number: D821803
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Drew Carlson
  • Coffeemaker
    Patent number: D823040
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Bock, Mark K Romandy, Drew Carlson
  • Coffeemaker
    Patent number: D823628
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark C Steiner
  • Coffeemaker
    Patent number: D824713
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark C Steiner, Mark K Romandy
  • Blender
    Patent number: D828081
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Bock
  • Coffeemaker
    Patent number: D833792
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Garman
  • Countertop oven
    Patent number: D838535
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Garman
  • Blender
    Patent number: D838538
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Drew Carlson
  • Griddle
    Patent number: D842023
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Drew Carlson, Spencer Dodge, Hee Seung Lim, Jonathan Dalton
  • Toaster oven
    Patent number: D855372
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Guoyao Ye