Patents Assigned to National Controls Corporation
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Patent number: 5662955Abstract: A coffee grinder which has several different automatic grinding capacities is connected to a coffee brewer which has several different automatic brewing capacities by a control that inhibits brewing of all but the corresponding brew capacity following grinding of a quantity of coffee. The grinder is also inhibited from grinding any more coffee until the appropriate brew cycle of the coffee brewer is started. Once the corresponding brewing cycle is selected, the coffee grinder is reset and any grinding capacity may be selected. A calibration mode for the coffee grinder and the coffee brewer is provided wherein the duration of the grinding cycle or brewing cycle, respectively, is set by manually initiating the cycle and then halting of the cycle when the appropriate capacity is reached. The duration of the cycle is then set for subsequent automatic operation.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 1995Date of Patent: September 2, 1997Assignee: National Controls CorporationInventors: William A Joseph, Jr., Donald R. Buttle, David G. Motkowski
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Patent number: 5660336Abstract: A coffee grinder which has several different automatic grinding capacities is connected to a coffee brewer which has several different automatic brewing capacities by a control that inhibits brewing of all but the corresponding brew capacity following grinding of a quantity of coffee. The grinder is also inhibited from grinding any more coffee until the appropriate brew cycle of the coffee brewer is started. Once the corresponding brewing cycle is selected, the coffee grinder is reset and any grinding capacity may be selected. A calibration mode for the coffee grinder and the coffee brewer is provided wherein the duration of the grinding cycle or brewing cycle, respectively, is set by manually initiating the cycle and then halting of the cycle when the appropriate capacity is reached. The duration of the cycle is then set for subsequent automatic operation.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 1996Date of Patent: August 26, 1997Assignee: National Controls CorporationInventors: William A. Joseph, Jr., Donald R. Buttle, David G. Motkowski
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Patent number: 5417145Abstract: A coffee grinder which has several different automatic grinding capacities is connected to a coffee brewer which has several different automatic brewing capacities by a control that inhibits brewing of all but the corresponding brew capacity following grinding of a quantity of coffee. The grinder is also inhibited from grinding any more coffee until the appropriate brew cycle of the coffee brewer is started. Once the corresponding brewing cycle is selected, the coffee grinder is reset and any grinding capacity may be selected. A calibration mode for the coffee grinder and the coffee brewer is provided wherein the duration of the grinding cycle or brewing cycle, respectively, is set by manually initiating the cycle and then halting of the cycle when the appropriate capacity is reached. The duration of the cycle is then set for subsequent automatic operation.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 1993Date of Patent: May 23, 1995Assignee: National Controls CorporationInventors: William A. Joseph, Jr., Donald R. Buttle, David G. Motkowski
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Patent number: 4601004Abstract: A microcomputer controlled cooking apparatus and method including a plurality of presettable time and temperature circuits which allow for the programming into a cooking device of ideal cook time and temperature data. A microcomputer continuously monitors actual cooking conditions and automatically adjusts the cooking time of a food item in accordance with variations in temperature. These adjustments are computed in reference to an optimum temperature/time curve.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 1981Date of Patent: July 15, 1986Assignee: National Controls CorporationInventors: Ronald R. Holt, William A. Joseph, Edward J. Zeissler
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Patent number: 3963919Abstract: A motion monitor apparatus includes a monitoring housing with a projecting encoder shaft having an encoding disc on the inner end. The outer peripheral portion of the disc is imprinted with equicircumferentially distributed opaque sections. A pair of photo detectors are mounted with U-shaped arms having a light emitting diode to one side of the disc and a phototransistor to the opposite side. A signal processing circuit within the housing includes a pair of channels. Each channel includes a dual input gate connected to a resettable monostable multivibrator having a pulse width resistor-capacitor network have a variable resistor to adjust the output pulse width. The monostables have inhibit inputs and the outputs interconnected for various response conditions including dual directional response, single direction response or indicated opposite direction response. The processed pulse signals are impressed on an integrating capacitor which is coupled to drive a transistor.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 1974Date of Patent: June 15, 1976Assignee: National Controls CorporationInventor: Fred E. Sells
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Patent number: D275104Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 1981Date of Patent: August 14, 1984Assignee: National Controls CorporationInventors: Gustav Kuschewski, William A. Joseph, David W. Ek, Ronald R. Holt
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Patent number: D275105Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 1981Date of Patent: August 14, 1984Assignee: National Controls CorporationInventors: Gustav Kuschewski, William A. Joseph, David W. Ek, Ronald R. Holt