Patents Assigned to Wolf Appliance, Inc.
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Patent number: 10401035Abstract: A knob assembly for a gas cooktop is provided that includes a receptacle mounted between a valve and a knob. The knob directly mounts to a knob control rod and is configured to mount in a vertical plane perpendicular to a plane defined by a horizontal support surface for a cooking receptacle. The receptacle includes a receptacle abutment wall, a receptacle wall extending from the receptacle abutment wall, and a control rod aperture wall formed through the receptacle abutment wall. The control rod aperture wall is sized and positioned to support insertion of the knob control rod therethrough. The receptacle abutment wall is configured to abut a back of a control panel when the knob assembly is mounted to the control panel. The receptacle wall is sized and positioned within a knob aperture wall formed through the control panel when the knob assembly is mounted to the control panel.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2016Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: WOLF APPLIANCE, INC.Inventors: Jason C. Pionek, Mark R. Eckert, Curtis Leroy Cruver, IV, William Cesare Cesaroni, Curt P. Vitcenda, Patrick W. Best
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Patent number: 10281157Abstract: A chimney assembly includes a cone assembly and a chimney. The cone assembly includes a wall forming a truncated cone having an outer surface, a first circumferential edge, and a second circumferential edge, a support flange extending from the outer surface, and a bottom wall extending between the second circumferential edge and including a burner aperture wall formed therethrough. The chimney includes an inner wall, an outer wall circumscribing the inner wall, a bottom chimney wall, and a plurality of tabs. The bottom chimney wall extends between a first cylinder formed by the inner wall and a second cylinder formed by the outer wall. The plurality of tabs extend from the inner wall toward a center of the first cylinder. The support flange rests on the plurality of tabs.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: WOLF APPLIANCE, INC.Inventors: Patrick W. Best, Aaron Hotz, Nicholas H. Schutte, Jared W. Wells
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Patent number: 9655494Abstract: A liquid filtration system includes a sump screen, a filter, and a cap. The sump screen mounts to a tub bottom wall and includes a plate and a filter aperture edge mounted through the plate. The plate includes a sump mesh having a sump mesh size of less than approximately 0.1 inches. The filter mounts to the filter aperture edge and includes a sidewall and a plurality of posts mounted to extend up from the sidewall. The sidewall includes a filter mesh having a filter mesh size of less than approximately 0.1 inches. At least a portion of each post extends above the filter aperture edge when the filter is mounted to the filter aperture edge. The cap mounts above the plurality of posts. The plurality of posts and the cap form a conduit sized to allow material that cannot pass through the sump mesh to flow through the conduit.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: Wolf Appliance, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Haft, Gerry Lippincott, Colin R. Clerkin, Brian Wylie
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Patent number: 9480389Abstract: A docking system includes basket and wall conduit systems. The basket conduit system includes a conduit and first and second nozzles mounted to opposite ends of the conduit. The second nozzle has a first funnel shape with a first circumference that decreases from an open end of the second nozzle towards the conduit. The wall conduit system includes front and back housings, a sliding plate, and a third nozzle. A sliding aperture is formed through a front plate of the front housing. A nozzle aperture is formed through a back plate of the back housing. The sliding plate slides within a space formed by the front housing and the back housing. The third nozzle is sized and shaped to slide within the sliding aperture and includes a generally cylindrical shape and a second funnel shape with a second circumference that decreases from the sliding plate towards the generally cylindrical shape.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Wolf Appliance, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Haft, Janusz Sendor, Colin R. Clerkin, Gerry Lippincott, Brian Wylie, Randall Koplin, Stephen Latham, Kent Kallsen
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Patent number: 9084527Abstract: A door includes a first door assembly, a second door assembly mounted to the first door assembly, a left hinge, and a right hinge. The first door assembly includes a first panel, a first brace, and a plurality of tabs that extend from the first brace. The second door assembly includes a second panel, a second brace, and a plurality of slots formed in the second brace. The first brace is mounted between a left side flange of the first panel assembly and a right side flange of the first panel assembly. The second brace is mounted between a left side flange of the second panel assembly and a right side flange of the second panel assembly. The plurality of tabs are configured to align with and to slide down into respective ones of the plurality of slots to mount the first door assembly to the second door assembly.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2013Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: Wolf Appliances, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Haft, Colin R. Clerkin, Gerry Lippincott, Brian Wylie, Dan Yokes, Randy Campbell, Curtis Leroy Cruver, IV
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Patent number: D752385Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2015Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: Wolf Appliance, Inc.Inventors: Jason C. Pionek, Curtis Leroy Cruver, IV, William Cesare Cesaroni, Curt P. Vitcenda, Patrick W. Best
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Patent number: D752386Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2015Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: Wolf Appliance, Inc.Inventors: Jason C. Pionek, Curtis Leroy Cruver, IV, William Cesare Cesaroni, Curt P. Vitcenda, Patrick W. Best
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Patent number: D776372Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Wolf Appliance, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Haft, Gerry Lippincott, Colin R. Clerkin, Brian Wylie
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Patent number: D781126Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2016Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Wolf Appliance, Inc.Inventors: Jason C. Pionek, Mark R. Eckert, Curtis Leroy Cruver, IV, William Cesare Cesaroni, Curt P. Vitcenda, Patrick W. Best
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Patent number: D799763Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Wolf Appliance, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Haft, Gerry Lippincott, Colin R. Clerkin, Brian Wylie
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Patent number: D799764Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Wolf Appliance, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Haft, Gerry Lippincott, Colin R. Clerkin, Brian Wylie
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Patent number: D799765Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Wolf Appliance, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Haft, Gerry Lippincott, Colin R. Clerkin, Brian Wylie
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Patent number: D799766Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Wolf Appliance, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Haft, Gerry Lippincott, Colin R. Clerkin, Brian Wylie
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Patent number: D800398Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Wolf Appliance, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Haft, Gerry Lippincott, Colin R. Clerkin, Brian Wylie
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Patent number: D812415Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2016Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Wolf Appliance, Inc.Inventors: Patrick W. Best, Aaron Hotz, Nicholas H. Schutte, Phillip Nguyen, Jared W. Wells
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Patent number: D840117Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: WOLF APPLIANCE, INC.Inventors: Thomas Haft, Joel Andrew Schmidt, Jacob Tyler Riggs, L Tuck Foree, Jr.
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Patent number: D842558Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Wolf Appliance, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Haft, Joel Andrew Schmidt, Jacob Tyler Riggs, L Tuck Foree, Jr.
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Patent number: D849478Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: WOLF APPLIANCE, INC.Inventors: Jason C. Pionek, Mark R. Eckert, Curtis Leroy Cruver, IV, William Cesare Cesaroni, Curt P. Vitcenda, Patrick W. Best
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Patent number: D858008Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: WOLF APPLIANCE, INC.Inventors: Thomas Haft, Joel Andrew Schmidt, Jacob Tyler Riggs, L Tuck Foree, Jr.
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Patent number: D919363Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Wolf Appliance, Inc.Inventors: Jason C. Pionek, Mark R. Eckert, Curtis Leroy Cruver, IV, William Cesare Cesaroni, Curt P. Vitcenda, Patrick W. Best