Patents Examined by Cristi J Tate-Sims
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Patent number: 12269076Abstract: An advanced concrete drum cleaning system that includes a dynamically controlled oscillating nozzle, a boom zeroing function, a breakaway mounting plate, and a hydraulic assembly for enhanced safety. The system features a motor-driven nozzle having a stroke length that can be dynamically adjusted in real-time using feedback from an encoder. A controller with a user interface allows operators to precisely control and monitor the nozzle's position. Additionally, the system includes a boom zeroing function, enabling the operator to set and maintain a reference position for the boom within the concrete drum. The hydraulic assembly, consisting of lifting and lowering components, allows the nozzle housing to quickly disengage from obstructions to prevent damage. Moreover, the breakaway mounting plate provides a means for limiting damage when the nozzle housing is unable to disengage from obstructions.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2024Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Ready-Jet Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Scott F. Boos, Justin Valdes
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Patent number: 12269075Abstract: Apparatus for cleaning a surface with a liquid jet, the apparatus having: a primary fluid conduit having a longitudinal axis and two ends, a fluid-intake end and a fluid-exit end; a first motor-driven drive assembly configured to engage the primary fluid conduit and turn the primary fluid conduit about the primary-fluid-conduit longitudinal axis; a first motor configured to engage the first motor-driven drive assembly; a section of the primary fluid conduit being inside of an adjacent penetration sleeve; a section of the penetration sleeve being inside of a piston sleeve; the piston sleeve configured to engage the penetration sleeve and move the penetration sleeve back and forth along a penetration-sleeve linear path over a primary-fluid-conduit exterior surface; an actuator configured to engage the piston sleeve and move piston sleeve back and forth along a piston-sleeve linear path; a penetration-sleeve end being attached to an extension sleeve that has a first end and a second end; the extension-sleeve secType: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Inventors: Adam McGuire, Robert O'Brien
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Patent number: 12264428Abstract: A chemical dispenser (14) includes a housing (40), a controller (34) disposed in the housing (40) for operating the chemical dispenser (14), at least one module bay (64) in the housing (40) and at least one module (66) selectively coupled to the at least one module bay (64) and operatively coupled to the controller (34) for operation with the chemical dispenser (14). The at least one module (66) may be selected from a plurality of modules each capable of being coupled to the at least one module bay (64) and operating under the control of the controller (34). A low-maintenance piston pump module (90, 240, 340) for use with the chemical dispenser (14) is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.Inventor: Glen Shafer
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Patent number: 12252832Abstract: A washing machine includes: an outer tub, an inner tub, a drain pump driven by an electric current to thereby drain water from the outer tub, a motor providing a rotational force to the inner tub, and a control unit controlling the drain pump and the motor. The control unit rotates the motor to increase a rotation speed of the inner tub to a preset first target speed during a sub spin-drying cycle to remove moisture from laundry in the inner tub, measure the current of the drain pump to measure an amount of water dehydrated from the laundry, measure, based on the current being increased and then decreased to or below a preset reference current, the rotation speed of the inner tub, and change a preset rotation time of the inner tub in a main spin-drying cycle according to the measured rotation speed of the inner tub.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2020Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jongmin Lee, Byunghyun Moon, Sangwook Lee, Youngjong Kim
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Patent number: 12252830Abstract: A laundry processing machine comprises: a rotatable drum; a load sensing arrangement configured to detect an amount of laundry in the drum and, based on a detected amount of laundry, generate a load signal; and a controller configured to initiate a laundry processing program, wherein the controller is configured to receive a capacity mode signal indicating a temporary maximum load, and, based on the load signal indicating a load equal to or lower than the temporary maximum load, allowing the laundry processing program to start.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2020Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: ELECTROLUX PROFESSIONAL AB (PUBL)Inventors: Silvana Johansson, Neal Milch, Marius Stücheli
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Patent number: 12246361Abstract: Proposed is a POD cleaning chamber including: a cleaning sub-chamber including an entrance door and accommodating and cleaning a separation POD being transported, the separation POD resulting from separating a POD; a drying chamber including an exit door and drying the separations POD transferred from the cleaning sub-chamber; a shutter being arranged between the cleaning sub-chamber and the drying chamber, the shutter being configured to ascend and descend; and a chamber moving mechanism transporting the separation POD from the cleaning sub-chamber to the drying chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: STI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young Soo Park, Dong Geun Hur, Ki Man Lee
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Patent number: 12239295Abstract: A fluid distributor for use with a reprocessing device for reprocessing a surgical instrument having a plurality of channels, including: a routing body having a plurality of connections corresponding to the channels; and a switching body movably disposed in the routing body, the switching body having an interior supply line connected to a fluid reservoir for selectively providing a fluid to one or more of the connections. The switching body can be configured such that, in a first position of the switching body relative to the routing body, the connections of the routing body are each in fluid communication with the supply line of the switching body and in at least a second position of the switching body relative to the fluid routing body less than all of the connections of the routing body are in fluid communication with the supply line of the switching body.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBHInventor: Mathis Jonathan Hoermann
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Patent number: 12234597Abstract: A water intake device for a washing apparatus, and a washing apparatus. The water intake device includes a first water intake assembly, a second water intake assembly, a communication assembly, a first flow limiting member and a second flow limiting member, the first flow limiting member and the second flow limiting member are arranged on the first water intake assembly in the direction of a water flow, and the flow rate of the first flow limiting member is less than the flow rate of the second flow limiting member. The communication assembly includes a communicating pipeline coupling the first water intake assembly and the second water intake assembly, and a connection control valve controlling the communicating pipeline to be connected or disconnected. The joint between the first water intake assembly and the communication pipeline is located between the first flow limiting member and the second flow limiting member.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER DRUM WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.Inventors: Tao Huang, Baozhen Cheng
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Patent number: 12237181Abstract: The present invention provides a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes: a cup having a treatment space therein; a support unit configured to support a substrate within the treatment space, and including a rotatable support plate; and a liquid discharge unit configured to discharge a chemical liquid to the substrate supported by the support unit, in which the support unit includes: a plurality of pin members provided to the support plate to support the substrate placed on the support plate; and a discharge member coupled to the pin member to discharge charges to the air according to a rotation of the support plate, and the discharge member is provided as a conductive member.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Semes Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ho Jong Hwang, Do Yeon Kim, Hyun Yoon
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Patent number: 12221741Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes a detergent storage unit retractable or extendable into or from a cabinet through a front opening. The detergent storage unit includes: a detergent storage frame retractable or extendable into or from the cabinet through the opening, where the detergent storage frame has detergent containing walls protruding upward from a bottom face thereof, where a detergent containing region is defined by the detergent containing walls; a detergent reservoir installed detachably on the detergent storage frame and surrounding at least a portion of the detergent containing region, where first detergent is stored in the detergent reservoir; and a detergent cup installed detachably in the detergent containing region. The detergent storage frame has a detergent container formed in a portion of the detergent containing region except for the detergent cup, second detergent is stored in the detergent container, and third detergent is stored in the detergent cup.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2023Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sungwoon Jung, Hunjun Jang
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Patent number: 12215456Abstract: A clothing treatment device having a cabinet having a first lateral panel and a second lateral panel, an upper panel and a lower panel which connect the first lateral panel and the second lateral panel, a first rear panel, and a second rear panel positioned below the first rear panel; a first base having a front panel which is fixed to the first lateral panel; a first chamber which is fixed to the front panel; a second base having a front frame which is positioned between the front panel and the second rear panel; a second chamber; a mounting body which is provided inside the second chamber; a supply unit which is provided on the mounting body; and an insulating unit formed by means of a foam plastic injected to a foam space formed between the cabinet, the first base, the first chamber and the second base.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Junyoung Choi, Wansik Nam, Sunghoo Park, Hyeyong Park
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Patent number: 12217983Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a processing tank that stores a processing liquid and accommodates a plurality of substrates; a bubble forming section that includes a plurality of bubble pipes, wherein each of the plurality of bubble pipes is divided into a tubular first discharge unit and a tubular second discharge unit that is coaxial with the first discharge unit, wherein one end on a divided side of the first discharge unit and one end on the divided side of the second discharge unit is closed and a plurality of gas discharge holes are formed on the first and second discharge units, and the plurality of bubble pipes are disposed at an interval in a horizontal direction orthogonal to the arrangement direction below the plurality of substrates to be accommodated in the processing tank; and a plurality of flow rate adjustment units that are provided corresponding to each of the first discharge units and each of the second discharge units and independently adjustType: GrantFiled: November 5, 2020Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: J.E.T. CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsuo Kimura, Hirofumi Shomori
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Patent number: 12209351Abstract: A washing machine is includes a tub, a spin basket rotatably disposed inside the tub, a pulsator disposed at a lower portion of the spin basket and configured to generate a flow of washing water, and a filter device including a body including a first side facing away from an inner wall and a second side coupled to the inner wall of the spin basket, that forms a path therein so that the washing water of the flow is introduced into the body, and to which a filter is installable so that when the filter is installed, the washing water introduced into the body is filtered by the filter, a cover covering the first side of the body and forming a portion of an inner circumferential surface of the spin basket, and a sealing member sealing a space between the body and the cover.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2022Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Hyundong Jung
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Patent number: 12202448Abstract: Provided is a vehicle cleaner system with which it can be ascertained which cleaner has broken down. A vehicle cleaner system comprises: a plurality of cleaner units; a motor pump; an electromagnetic valve which switches between allowing and denying the movement of a cleaning liquid; a cleaner control unit; and a plurality of protection determination units that protect the electromagnetic valve from being supplied with an overcurrent when the electromagnetic valve has short-circuited and is opened, and that notify the cleaner control unit that the electromagnetic valve has short-circuited and is opened. The cleaner control unit outputs, to a vehicle control unit, which electromagnetic valve is unavailable for use, on the basis of a signal that is acquired from the protection determination units and that indicates that the electromagnetic valve has short-circuited and is opened.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2019Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuki Kawamura, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Yusuke Funami, Yoshio Ito
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Patent number: 12202444Abstract: A washer control device includes a computer configured to: monitor a motor current value that is a value of electric current supplied to a washer motor; acquire an energization time for which the electric current is supplied to the washer motor; and calculate a usage amount of a washer fluid from the motor current value and the energization time, and calculate, as a margin of the washer fluid, a remaining amount of the washer fluid in a washer tank based on the usage amount.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: DENSO ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Manabu Morita
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Patent number: 12198948Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a chamber, a holding unit, a hydrophobizing agent nozzle, a first organic solvent nozzle, a second organic solvent nozzle, and an exhaust port. The chamber has a gastight space that is capable of accommodating the plurality of substrates. The holding unit lifts or lowers the plurality of substrates between a storage area where a liquid is stored in the gastight space and a drying area that is located above the storage area in the gastight space. The hydrophobizing agent nozzle supplies a vapor of a hydrophobizing agent to the drying area. The first organic solvent nozzle supplies an organic solvent from the drying area to the storage area. The second organic solvent nozzle supplies a vapor of an organic solvent to the drying area. The exhaust port discharges a gas in the gastight space.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Jun Nonaka, Yuta Hamashima
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Patent number: 12193625Abstract: A beverage container washing system may be used for rapid washing and/or sanitizing of beverage containers, e.g., for use in a retail environment to wash and/or sanitize customer-provided beverage containers prior to filling the beverage containers with purchased beverages, among other applications. The beverage container washing system may include a pop-up ultraviolet sanitizer that may be used to sanitize an interior of a beverage container by extending into an opening of the beverage container and emitting ultraviolet light onto an interior surface of the beverage container.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Joel Boyer, Robert M. Digman
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Patent number: 12194677Abstract: An apparatus and method for removing support material from a part formed by three-dimensional (3D) printing. The support removal machine contains a tank for submersion of a 3D printed part into a liquid mass. The liquid mass circulates in the tank in a controlled manner such that submerged parts remain centrally suspended in the tank, regardless of the material, density and geometry comprising the part. The part circulates and rotates in conjunction with the rotational flow of the liquid mass for uniform exposure to means of support removal. During rotation, the part may be subjected to multiple means of agitation that include heat, chemical and ultrasonic, in order to optimize energy use and maximize efficiency of the removal of support material.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: PostProcess Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Daniel Joshua Hutchinson
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Patent number: 12179227Abstract: The disclosure relates to a cleaning device for cleaning an application device which, in operation, applies at least one coating agent jet of a coating agent (e.g. paint) to a component (e.g. motor vehicle body component). The disclosure provides that a jet checking device is integrated into the cleaning device for checking the coating agent jet emitted by the application device, so that the cleaning device forms a structural unit with the jet checking device.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2019Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Dürr Systems AGInventors: Hans-Georg Fritz, Benjamin Wöhr, Jerome Lavallée, Moritz Bubek, Timo Beyl, Frank Herre, Steffen Sotzny, Daniel Tandler, Tobias Berndt, Georg Sommer
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Patent number: 12179496Abstract: A thread-coating module includes: a coating chamber having a thread entrance at one end and a thread exit at an opposite end thereof; and an inkjet printhead positioned in a printhead opening of the coating chamber for ejecting ink onto thread fed through the coating chamber. The coating chamber has an ink management system positioned opposite the printhead for managing excess ink. The ink management system includes: an inner ink-collection slot in fluid communication with a drain port for recycling excess ink and an outer aerosol-collection chamber fluidically connected to a vacuum port.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Memjet Technology LimitedInventor: Mark Profaca