Patents Examined by Deming Wan
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Patent number: 12680220Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry dryer, and the laundry dryer comprises a steam part for supplying steam into a drum, and a water supply part for supplying water to the steam part, wherein the steam part includes: a steam generator; a steam nozzle for supplying steam into the drum; a steam pipe for connecting the steam generator and the steam nozzle; and an accumulator for separating condensate water from the steam flowing in the steam pipe, and thus prevents the condensate water from being generated in the steam pipe or the steam nozzle and falling into the drum.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2021Date of Patent: July 14, 2026Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yeeseok Bae, Hoon Chang, Kyoungmin Choi
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Patent number: 12674271Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a drum, a circulating flow passage configured to supply air discharged from the drum into the drum, a fan disposed inside the circulating flow passage and configured to cause the air to flow along the circulation flow passage, an evaporator disposed inside the circulating flow passage and configured to cool the air discharged from the drum, a condenser spaced apart from the evaporator and configured to heat the air, and a removal device that separates foreign matters from a heat exchanger including the condenser and the evaporator. The removal device is configured to provide a mechanical force for separating the foreign matters from the heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2021Date of Patent: July 7, 2026Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Juhan Yoon, Myoungjong Kim, Matthias Herrmann
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Patent number: 12669124Abstract: The present invention relates to a pump, in particular a vacuum pump, comprising a pump-active component having a coating, wherein the coating comprises an oxide layer, which is in particular formed by anodic oxidation in an acidic electrolyte and which has pores, and a fluorine-free polymer-based and/or sol-gel-based sealing, and wherein the pores of the oxide layer are at least partly covered by the sealing and/or impregnated with the sealing and/or filled with the sealing. The present invention further relates to a method of sealing a porous oxide layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2023Date of Patent: June 30, 2026Assignee: Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AGInventors: Bernd Koci, Jonas Becker, Sebastian Latta
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Patent number: 12660903Abstract: The invention relates to the field of devices for holding hairdryers. The technical result is mobility and more reliable fastening of a hairdryer. A holder for hairdryer includes an elongated body, which has an U-shaped cross-section and is made of an resilient material; the flat lateral sides of the fastening end of the holder body are provided with opposite holes for receiving an axis of the holder body, the axis being detachably fastened from the outside of both lateral sides of the body. One end of the holder body axis is threaded for connection with a fixing screw designed to press or release the lateral sides of the holder body relative to one another. The holder body is disposed on the holder body axis for rotation thereabout. Provided on the lateral sides of the opposite end of the holder body are opposing holes for receiving the ends of an resilient belt so that an opening is formed between the inside surface of the holder body and the belt for receiving a handle of a hairdryer.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: June 23, 2026Inventor: Elena Igorevna Kazanceva
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Patent number: 12662770Abstract: A clothes dryer including an improved gasket structure to improve a drying performance. The clothes dryer includes a cabinet, a drum rotatable inside the cabinet, a frame positionable between the cabinet and the drum to support the drum, and a gasket positionable between the drum and the frame. The gasket includes a first member to couple an inlet member of the drum to a vertical surface of the frame while the first member is in contact with the vertical surface of the frame so as to limit a horizontal movement of the drum, and a second member to couple the inlet member of the drum to a horizontal surface of the frame while the second member elastically supports the inlet member of the drum on the horizontal surface of the frame so as to limit a vertical movement of the drum.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2022Date of Patent: June 23, 2026Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Changbae Yeom, Youngjae Kim, Jaeik Cha, Yeonwoo Jeong
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Patent number: 12656060Abstract: A vacuum drying device and a related method thereof are provided. The device includes a box body, where a bottom end of the box body is provided with a base, and a top end of the box body is communicated with a vacuumizing pipeline. A lifting mechanism is arranged in the base, and a top end of the lifting mechanism is fixedly connected with a table top. A plurality of drying mechanisms are arranged on the table top, and top ends of the drying mechanisms are fixedly connected with a take-up mechanism. The take-up mechanism is connected with a powder collecting mechanism, the take-up mechanism is fixedly connected with the box body, and the take-up mechanism is connected to a wire collecting mechanism. The wire collecting mechanism is connected to a powder collecting mechanism, and the wire collecting mechanism is fixedly connected to the vacuumizing pipeline.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2023Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYInventors: Tingting Lang, Fanghao Li, Xinrong Jin, Junhao Ye
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Patent number: 12655571Abstract: A dryer appliance and steam generation system is provided. The dryer appliance includes a drum rotatably mounted within a cabinet. The drum defines a chamber for receipt of articles for drying. The drum includes a plurality of openings allowing fluid communication into the chamber. An induction heating element is positioned on a non-ferrous substrate. The non-ferrous substrate is positioned between the induction heating element and a ferrous substrate. The ferrous substrate is positioned in an interior volume, and a nozzle is positioned in the interior volume to eject water onto the ferrous substrate. The induction heating element is positioned fluidly separate from the water ejected from the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2023Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Alexander Leibman, Venkata Chakradhar Rangu, Ionelia Silvia Prajescu
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Patent number: 12655563Abstract: A dryer includes a rotating drum; a lifter positionable on an inner surface of the rotating drum; an energy harvester positionable inside the lifter so that while the energy harvester is positioned inside the lifter, the energy harvester generates electric power as the rotating drum rotates while the lifter is positioned on the inner surface of the rotating drum; a humidity sensor positionable inside the lifter so that while the humidity sensor is positioned inside the lifter, the humidity sensor receives the electric power generated by the energy harvester and senses humidity; a circuit board positionable inside the lifter and on which the humidity sensor is disposed; and an air passage formed through the lifter so as to allow air inside the rotating drum to pass through the lifter. The humidity sensor senses the humidity according to air passing through the air passage of the lifter.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2023Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jeongsu Han, Doyoon Kim, Hoyoung Kim, Taegyoon Noh, Junhoe Choi, Jaebok Lee
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Patent number: 12648672Abstract: A griddle adapted for use on a kamado-style grill is disclosed herein. The griddle may comprise a flat cooking surface suitable for cooking, for example, meats, vegetables, and breakfast foods. The griddle may comprise a grease chute that provides a receptacle within or adjacent to the flat cooking surface for removing grease during cooking. The grease chute directs the grease to one or more holes in the grease chute through which the grease can drain into the fuel chamber below the griddle. The griddle may comprise an outer lip that extends upwardly away from the flat cooking surface to prevent grease or food from falling over perimeter edges of the flat cooking surface. Additionally, the griddle may comprise one or more notches for coupling the griddle to a cooking grate and/or other structure, thereby helping to secure the griddle's position on the cooking grate of the kamado-style grill.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2023Date of Patent: June 9, 2026Assignee: Premier Specialty Brands LLCInventors: Donald Stephen Gazdick, III, Joseph Pruitt
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Patent number: 12648630Abstract: Disclosed herein is an automated reciprocating hair dryer including a base configured to exhaust air, a bowl having a top opening and a bottom opening, and a pipe connected to the base. The bowl has an outer wall and an inner wall forming a chamber, and a protruding structure forming an inlet opening. A linear actuator includes a support frame having a track and a motor connected to a power source and a positioning sensor. The motor drives the linear actuator to reciprocate the bowl from a raised position to a lower position around the pipe. A hose, a housing, a computing device, and a blower are also included. The blower is connected to the first end of the hose, and the second end of the hose is connected to the inlet opening of the bowl. The pipe is in alignment with the top and bottom openings of the bowl, and the first end of the pipe exhausts the air into the base.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2023Date of Patent: June 9, 2026Inventor: Shawna Stepp-Jones
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Patent number: 12644222Abstract: A clothes dryer including a cabinet including an inlet and a base; a drum inside the cabinet, a support frame including a front support frame supporting a front end portion of the drum, and having a laundry inlet, and a rear support frame supporting a rear end portion of the drum; a blow fan below the front support frame; and a guide portion behind the blow fan, and connected with the blow fan. The blow fan and the guide portion may be configured so that the blow fan is operable to move outside air to inside of the cabinet, and the guide portion guides a first portion of the outside air moved inside of the cabinet by the blow fan toward a gap between the drum and the front support frame to dry air leaking from between the drum and the front support frame.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2023Date of Patent: June 2, 2026Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Junhong Park, Guangri Jin, Woojin Kim, Eungryeol Seo
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Patent number: 12642033Abstract: The inventive concept provides a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes a chamber providing an inner space; a fluid supply unit configured to supply a drying fluid to the inner space; and a fluid exhaust unit configured to exhaust the drying fluid from the inner space, and wherein the fluid exhaust unit includes an exhaust line connected to the chamber; a pressure adjusting member installed at the exhaust line and configured to maintain a pressure of the inner space at a set pressure; and a heating member installed at the pressure adjusting member or a back end of the pressure adjusting member.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignee: Semes Co., LTD.Inventors: Jin Mo Jae, Seung Hoon Oh
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Patent number: 12637992Abstract: A turbine unit (10) for a supercharging device (1), with a bearing housing (30) and a turbine housing (20) which is coupled to the bearing housing (30) via a flange connection (100). The flange connection (100) has a turbine-housing-side flange (110) and a bearing-housing-side flange (120). The turbine-housing-side flange (110) and the bearing-housing-side flange (120) are configured and coupled to each other in such a way that they form an axial distance region (130) and an axial contact region (140) of the flange connection (100). The axial contact region (140) is arranged radially on the inside of the axial distance region (130). A radial distance (RD) between an outer radius of the axial contact region (RKA) and a circumferential radius (RF) of the bearing-housing-side flange (120) is at least 3.50 mm.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2024Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignee: BorgWarner, Inc.Inventors: Martin Czechanowski, Christian Kraemer
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Patent number: 12630964Abstract: A hanger device of present disclosure includes a main body including a at least one cabinet and a cover to cover the at least one cabinet, the cover having at least one opening and the cabinet having at least one discharge port. A fan module is provided in the cabinet and is configured to suction air through the opening of the cover and force the air to the discharge port. A filtering module is disposed over the fan module to filter air as the air is suctioned through the opening of the cover. A discharge tube extends through upper and lower surfaces of the main body and has at least one discharge duct which communicate with the at least one discharge port of the cabinet. A hanging unit extends from the bottom surface of the main body.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2022Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Joogyeom Kim, Hyunsun Yoo, Hyunjung Kim
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Patent number: 12630967Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a cabinet, a drum, a housing, a foreign particulate removal assembly, and a blower. The foreign particulate removal assembly includes a first lint filter that defines a plurality of first lint filter openings, a second lint filter that defines a plurality of second lint filter openings that are smaller than the plurality of first lint filter openings, such that the second lint filter is configured to collect foreign particulates that pass through at least one of the plurality of first lint filter openings, and a binding member that couples the first lint filter to the second lint filter. The foreign particulate removal assembly is operable between a collection position and a maintenance position. In the collection position, at least the second lint filter is positioned within the housing. In the maintenance position, the second lint filter is positioned outside of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2022Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Rachael Kelley Acker, Pawan Arora, Ryan Robert Bellinger, Timothy Noah Blatchley, Mark Jason Christensen, Alex Perry Hoffmann, Ryan Douglas Kuhn, Derek James Morgan, Wesley Paul Traylor, Mimansa Verma, Gianluca Bocchino, Justin Q. Nguyen
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Patent number: 12622452Abstract: Disclosed herein are a roasting apparatus and a method of controlling a roasting apparatus, and more particularly, are a roasting apparatus in which an object is stirred and roasted in a roasting chamber, and a method of controlling the roasting apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2022Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: Stronghold Technology, Inc.Inventor: Jong Wook Woo
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Patent number: 12624496Abstract: A method of operating a dryer appliance includes obtaining an image of a drum of the dryer appliance and a load of articles therein. The image of the drum may be obtained by a remote user interface device. The method further includes detecting a load type of the load of articles in the drum. The load type detected may be based on the image of the drum. The method additionally includes determining a recommended incremental cycle time. The method further includes adjusting a base cycle time with the recommended incremental cycle time.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2023Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: MyungGeon Chung, Youngmin Han
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Patent number: 12624497Abstract: A dryer is provided. The dryer includes a cabinet, a drum rotatably disposed inside the cabinet, at least one roller mounted on at least one surface inside of the cabinet to support the drum, a motor configured to provide power to rotate the drum, a motor driver configured to control the motor, and at least one processor configured to determine at least one of a first rotation velocity of the motor or a first rotation time of the motor based on a non-use time of the dryer, and control the motor driver based on the determined at least one of the first rotation velocity or the first rotation time of the motor.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2023Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taehyung Kim, Eunkyeong Kwak, Minhwan Oh, Hooijoong Kim, Hyemin Cha
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Patent number: 12616234Abstract: The invention concerns a method for drying at least one cell of the electrostatic precipitator of a smoke treating unit in a system of a coffee beans roasting apparatus and a smoke treating unit, said method comprising the step of passing hot air through said cell, while said cell is positioned inside the electrostatic precipitator and while said cell is switched off.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2020Date of Patent: May 5, 2026Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.Inventors: Joel Morend, Riste Pindjurov, Flavien Florent Dubief, Daniel Roland Manser
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Patent number: 12607401Abstract: A method for drying a component interior of a component can be used in a lithographic process chain. The method includes a first drying step, in which simultaneously heated air is admitted into a component interior through an inlet, and the heated air is sucked out of the component interior through an outlet. The method also includes a succeeding second drying step, in which the inlet for the heated air is closed and the air is sucked out of the component interior, resulting in a reduced pressure is generated in the component interior.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2022Date of Patent: April 21, 2026Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbHInventors: Arvid Maczeyzik, Patrick Paul