Patents Examined by Cristi Tate-Sims
  • Patent number: 9694458
    Abstract: An interior cleaning device for a machine tool includes a pipe arranged inside a cover covering at least a periphery of a machining section of the machine tool, and a pump for supplying liquid into the pipe, the interior cleaning device being for ejecting liquid from the pipe and cleaning accumulated substances accumulated inside the cover, wherein the pipe includes a first pipe provided with a first ejection section for ejecting liquid or air into the cover, and a second pipe installed inside the first pipe and that is provided with a second ejection section at a part facing other than downward in a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keita Asano
  • Patent number: 9687139
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of dispensing a plurality of treating compositions into a multistage automatic washing machine, as well as a dispensing device comprising an associated reservoir for collection of wash liquor and at least two chambers containing a treating composition. Said chambers are activated in response to an input from a sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) Limited
    Inventors: Shauna McKenna, Edmund Pedley, David Thomas, John Wasonga
  • Patent number: 9691646
    Abstract: A liquid processing apparatus includes a substrate holding and rotating unit provided with a rotating plate and a substrate support unit, and a liquid supply unit. The rotating plate is connected to a rotating shaft and a central portion of the rotating shaft is exposed to outside through an opening of the rotating plate. A ring-shaped retro-reflective sheet is attached to the central portion of the rotating shaft. The central opened part of the ring-shaped retro-reflective sheet is positioned on the extended line of the central axis of the wafer holding and rotating unit. Further, a supply pipe penetrates through the central opened part of the retro-reflective sheet. Laser light is irradiated to the retro-reflective sheet from the slanted upper side, the reflected light is received by the laser light projecting/receiving part, and presence or absence of the wafer is detected by a substrate detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Kento Kurusu, Kohei Mori
  • Patent number: 9679789
    Abstract: A wafer in which a modified layer is internally formed along planned dividing lines is placed on a placement table and a water tank allows the wafer placed on the placement table to be submerged in cleaning water. An ultrasonic supply unit supplies ultrasonic waves to the wafer submerged in the cleaning water. By the ultrasonic waves supplied by the ultrasonic supply unit, the wafer is divided along the planned dividing lines and is turned into small pieces to generate plural chips and the generated chips are cleaned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Disco Corporation
    Inventor: Tsukuru Obata
  • Patent number: 9663888
    Abstract: A washing machine includes an auxiliary washing unit. When an inner tank is rotated during a washing cycle or a rinsing cycle, laundry experiences direct impact from an impact projection member of a rotator assembly of the auxiliary washing unit, thereby improving washing performance by virtue of the rubbing caused by such impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: In Dong Kim
  • Patent number: 9644303
    Abstract: A wall-mounted drum washing apparatus includes: a wall-mounted drum washing machine; and an installation stand formed to extend upward from a floor and contacted with a floor and a wall. The wall-mounted drum washing machine is mounted on the installation stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ju Dong Lee, Ui Kun Hwang, Man Ki Kim
  • Patent number: 9630217
    Abstract: To provide a cleaning apparatus which is flexibly adaptable to a wide variety of workpieces so as to improve productivity while being suitably adaptable to high-pressure cleaning so as to improve cleaning work efficiency. The cleaning apparatus for cleaning a workpiece by jetting cleaning liquid from nozzles disposed in a cleaning region includes: a feeding device that is disposed facing the cleaning region to hold and move the workpiece; a holding device that is disposed on the feeding device to hold the workpiece; a moving device that movably supports the feeding device; and a cover device that shields the moving device from the cleaning region E and allows the feeding device to pass therethrough. The feeding device moves the workpiece W to the cleaning region E for cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Toyoaki Mitsue, Yoshiteru Kawamori, Toru Sumiyoshi
  • Patent number: 9629516
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a rack assembly with a modular handle for allowing a user to grasp and pull out the rack. The modular handle includes a front piece, a rear body, and two end caps, which fit together to form an aesthetically pleasing handle suitable for the temperature and humidity in a dishwasher environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: David H. Chen, Demetrius J. Schaaf, Michael S. Seeley, Jeffrey R. Taylor
  • Patent number: 9610008
    Abstract: An endoscope reprocessor includes: a processing tank including a first tank that is arranged at a lowermost tier, and a second tank that communicates with the first tank, the processing tank allowing an endoscope to be placed in the processing tank; a drainage port arranged in the first tank; a first water level detection section that detects whether or not a first water level set to be a water level that is equal to or below a boundary between the first tank and the second tank is submerged in water; a circulation port that opens at a level that is below the first water level; a circulation conduit including one end connected to the circulation port and another end that opens at a position that is above the first water level in the processing tank; and a circulation pump that is provided in the circulation conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichiro Kawachi
  • Patent number: 9611581
    Abstract: A washing machine which comprises a fixing unit configured to fix an auxiliary laundry tub located in a rotary tub. The washing machine includes a cabinet, a tub disposed in the cabinet to store wash water, a rotary tub installed in the tub to be rotatable, a balancer coupled to an upper portion of the rotary tub to offset an unbalanced load of the rotary tub, an auxiliary laundry tub disposed in the rotary tub to be removably coupled to the balancer, and a fixing unit installed at the auxiliary laundry tub to be coupled to the balancer and to restrict up and down movement of the auxiliary laundry tub when the rotary tub is operated. Therefore, since the auxiliary laundry tub and the balancer may be stably coupled with each other, the auxiliary laundry tub is prevented from be separated during a washing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Pil Seo, Tai Eun Kim, Sang Yeon Pyo
  • Patent number: 9610616
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus is used for a carrier and a model is fixed on the carrier. The cleaning apparatus includes a case body, a sprinkling unit, a switching valve, and a rotating mechanism. The case body has an opening disposed at a top thereof, an outlet disposed at a bottom thereof, and a receiving space disposed between the opening and the outlet. The sprinkling unit is installed in the case body and has plural nozzles configured corresponding to the receiving space. The switching valve is installed at the outlet to open or close the outlet. The rotating mechanism is configured corresponding to the opening and connected to the carrier and is able to drive the carrier in which the model passes through the opening and is disposed in the receiving space. Thus, the safety, stability, and convenience of the model clean-up are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: XYZPRINTING, INC., KINPO ELECTRONICS, INC., CAL-COMP ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Peng-Yang Chen, Wen-Ten Lin
  • Patent number: 9605916
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus for cleaning a cooling tube array of a heat exchanger, including a triangular truss beam supported to be movable in a first direction, which direction is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the truss beam, a nozzle carriage movably held on the truss beam, the nozzle carriage being movable along the longitudinal direction of the truss beam, and a plurality of cleaning nozzles mounted to the nozzle carriage, the truss beam having two tubular top chords and one tubular bottom chord that is arranged centrally below the top chords, and bracings that connect the chords, and the nozzle carriage having at least one bottom chord roller that is arranged for traveling on the bottom side of the bottom chord; and a cleaning apparatus having a square truss beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Johannes Stickling
    Inventor: Johannes Stickling
  • Patent number: 9603513
    Abstract: A medicinal solution collecting tool of the invention includes: a pillar-shaped portion including an insertion end and a withdrawal end; a collecting section provided on the insertion end side of the pillar-shaped portion; a collecting port provided on a surface of the pillar-shaped portion; and a guide section provided on the surface of the pillar-shaped portion, the guide section including a first guide section being convex or concave and parallel to an axial direction of the pillar-shaped portion, and a second guide section provided on the withdrawal end side relative to the first guide section, the second guide section being convex or concave and crossing the axial direction of the pillar-shaped portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroo Takada, Hisato Kogure
  • Patent number: 9540754
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance includes a rotatable drum for receiving a laundry load. The rotatable drum includes a cylindrical body with a cylindrical wall about a longitudinal axis, and a metal cover at one end thereof, the metal cover having an annular groove formed by a first wall, a second wall spaced from the first wall, a third wall extending between the first and second walls, and a fourth wall extending from the second wall. A metal adjoining piece having a first adjoining wall is coupled with the third wall and a second adjoining wall is coupled with the fourth wall, wherein a hollow annular raceway is defined by the second wall, the third wall, the first adjoining wall, and the second adjoining wall. A sound dampener is disposed adjacent at least one of the walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher L. Borlin, Mark R. Haslanger, George W. Malheiros, Stephen D. Ostdiek
  • Patent number: 9534335
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance includes a rotatable drum for receiving a laundry load. The rotatable drum includes a cylindrical body with a cylindrical wall about a longitudinal axis, and a metal cover at one end thereof, the metal cover having an annular groove formed by a first wall, a second wall spaced from the first wall, a third wall extending between the first and second walls, and a fourth wall extending from the second wall. A first land is secured to the third wall and has a leg extending toward the second wall adjacent to the third wall, and a second land is secured to the fourth wall. A non-metal adjoining piece is coupled with the first and second land. A hollow annular raceway is defined by the second wall, the leg, the first adjoining wall, and the second adjoining wall and includes a moveable mass disposed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher L. Borlin, Donald E. Erickson, Mark R. Haslanger, George W. Malheiros, Stephen D. Ostdiek
  • Patent number: 9529399
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laundry treating apparatus including a cabinet, a control panel having a power key and a display panel provided to one side of the cabinet, a display MICOM for controlling a frame to be displayed on a display of the display panel, a main MICOM for putting a load into operation according to a washing stroke applied thereto, and a standby power MICOM for generating a power supply signal to supply power to the display MICOM and the main MICOM in response to a power key applied signal generated as the power key is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jeonghan Kim, Sangwoo Jo, Woonghyun Lee
  • Patent number: 9506184
    Abstract: A detergent feeding apparatus that automatically supplies a detergent to a washing machine. The washing machine including a cabinet, a tub to accommodate water at an inside therein, and a detergent feeding apparatus to supply at least one detergent along with wash water to the tub. Wherein the detergent feeding apparatus includes a detergent container housing installed at an inside the cabinet, a detachable detergent container, and at least one valve apparatus configured in a way that the detergent accommodated at the detergent container is automatically put into the detergent container housing, wherein the at least one valve apparatus includes a detergent accommodating room to accommodate detergent at an inside therein, an inlet valve to allow the detergent in the detergent container to introduced to the detergent accommodating room, and an outlet valve to allow the detergent in the detergent accommodating room to be discharged to the detergent container housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Kwon Kim, Hong Seok Ko, Sang Up Lee
  • Patent number: 9505013
    Abstract: A container cleaner includes a body having a fluid inlet, a fluid passage within the body, and a nozzle assembly. The nozzle assembly comprises a spray head, a plunger movable relative to a spray head, and a stopper having an opening to receive a portion of the plunger. The spray head may include a plurality of spray apertures formed in the spray head. The spray apertures are angled to direct fluid to portions of a container placed over the container cleaner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: VITA-MIX MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michael Arnett
  • Patent number: 9474430
    Abstract: A fixed full coverage wash system that includes a base portion having a generally square or rectangular shaped outer portion that extends into one or more corners of a tub of a dishwasher. The base portion is operably connected to the plurality of arms for the delivery of a pressurized liquid. The base portion may include a plurality of tube segments that are not in fluid communication with at least a portion of the other tube segments. Such an arrangement may be used in connection with a rotor that controls the release, or timing, of pressurized liquid through sprayers in the tube segments. According to certain embodiments, the movement and/or position of the rotor may be controllable, such as, for example, through the use of a controller and motor that allows for the control of the location and/or concentration of where the pressurized liquid is sprayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: SEARS BRANDS, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Anthony Daniel Shoemaker, Thomas DeSalvo, Christopher Salatino
  • Patent number: 9474435
    Abstract: A detergent dispenser for dispensing detergent in a domestic appliance, the detergent dispenser comprising a housing, a container defined in said housing and adapted to store detergent, a movable cover adapted to close and seal the container, and at least one extension depending from the cover, said at least one extension adapted to clear detergent from a perimeter of the container as the cover moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Janusz Sendor, Scott Tarcy