Patents Examined by Ismael Izaguirre
  • Patent number: 11686039
    Abstract: A clothes treatment apparatus comprises: a frame; a hanger body configured to move with respect to the frame and provided to hang clothes or clothes hangers; a vibrating body configured to move with respect to the frame; a first eccentric portion that is supported by the vibrating body and rotates around a predetermined first rotational axis in such a way that the weight is off-center; a second eccentric portion that is supported by the vibrating body and rotates around a predetermined second rotational axis, which is the same as or parallel to the first rotational axis, in such a way that the weight is off-center; and a hanger driving unit that connects the vibrating body and the hanger body and transmits the vibration of the vibrating body to the hanger body, wherein the first eccentric portion and the second eccentric portion are configured to rotate at the same angular speed but in opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyungha Kang, Jaehyung Kim, Semin Jang, Joosik Jung
  • Patent number: 11680361
    Abstract: A body part (2) has an upper surface formed into a convex curve shape, and a cushion member (3) is overlaid on the upper surface of the body part (2). The body part (2) is vertically divided to include an upper section (2a) and a lower section (2b). The cushion member (3) includes an upper cushion member (3A) and a lower cushion member (3B). The upper cushion member (3A) and the lower cushion member (3B) are covered with a cushioning sheet member (4). The sheet member (4) includes attachment means (5) for attachment to the body part (2). An attachment site (6) for the attachment means (5) is provided at the body part (2). The sheet member (4) has a back side where the upper cushion member (3A) is provided. The body part (2) is covered with a cover (11) through the sheet member (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Sankosha Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yusuke Uchikoshi
  • Patent number: 11666166
    Abstract: A clothing hanger may include a vertical frame, a support frame including a center part connected to an upper end of the vertical frame and a pair of support parts extending from both sides of the center part to support clothing, a moving bar provided in an inner portion of the vertical frame and capable of being elevated, a moving block embedded in the support part and movable in a left and right direction according to the elevation of the moving bar, a connecting rod connecting the moving bar and the moving block, a main link located at the front and rear of the support part and rotatably connected to the moving block, a sub link rotatably connected to the support part and the main link, respectively, and a vertical bar connected to the main link and extending in a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jihyun Yoon, Jeongjoon Roh, Ayeong Lee, Taehee Lee
  • Patent number: 11668034
    Abstract: A sewing machine according to the present invention includes: an upper shaft that drives a needle and a balance; a lower shaft that drives a hook and a feed dog; an upper and lower shaft belt that synchronizes rotation of the upper shaft with rotation of the lower shaft; and an idler unit that pushes an idler into the upper and lower shaft belt to change a tension side belt length, in which the idler unit includes a transmission mechanism connected to the upper shaft or the lower shaft, and a rotating body mechanism provided with the idler and having a rotating body that rotates in synchronization with the upper shaft or the lower shaft by the transmission mechanism, and a pushing amount of the idler into the upper and lower shaft belt is changed according to rotation of the rotating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: JANOME SEWING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Syuichi Sato, Jun Mafune
  • Patent number: 11661690
    Abstract: A quilt binding press for folding and creasing a strip of binding fabric in a continuous engagement with a heated iron. The binding press has an iron engagement support platform with a pair of upstanding spaced parallel binding guides provides a folding and guide path for a strip of binding material be folded and pulled there across the support platform for engagement with a heated iron there between the guides in a continuous manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventors: Susan Lee Adams, Michele Noble, Nicholas Morgan Adams
  • Patent number: 11661692
    Abstract: A sewing machine includes a sewing portion, a movement portion, a processor, and a memory. The memory is configured to store computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, instruct the processor to perform processes. The processes include pattern acquisition processing of acquiring data relating to an embroidery pattern, first position information acquisition processing of acquiring first position information indicating a position of the holder when the holder is in a first position, second position information acquisition processing of acquiring second position information indicating a position of the holder when the holder is in a second position different from the first position, generating processing of generating sewing data for sewing the embroidery pattern re-shaped on the basis of the first position information and the second position information, and sewing control processing of controlling the sewing portion and the movement portion in accordance with the generated sewing data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Minematsu, Tsuneo Okuyama, Mitsuhiro Iida, Kazutaka Imaizumi
  • Patent number: 11647858
    Abstract: A garment hanger has a body for supporting a garment and an attachment mechanism for coupling the garment hanger to a garment rod. The attachment mechanism is mounted on a top central portion of the body and has a first semi-circular ring member, a second semi-circular ring member, a bracket, and a spring means. Each semi-circular ring member has a first end and a central aperture in proximity to a second end. The bracket has a central horizontal portion and two vertical portions on opposite sides of the central horizontal portion. The first and second semi-circular ring members are mounted in a mirrored direction between the two vertical portions by a shaft passing through a central aperture in each of the two semi-circular ring members. The spring means is coupled to force the first ends of the two semi-circular ring members towards each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventor: Moshe Ratzabi
  • Patent number: 11649576
    Abstract: A needle threading aid has a graspable body with a threading ledge on its upper surface, with a threading aperture formed through the threading ledge, a ridge is formed next to the threading aperture, the ridge has a collapsible wire loop over the threading aperture, the wire loop has a generally angular return bend, the wire loop is passable through the eye of a needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: DPG USA INC.
    Inventor: Nikhil Gupta
  • Patent number: 11642424
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a clothes-handing apparatus comprising: a cabinet having a holder opening provided at an upper panel; an air moving part provided inside the cabinet so as to generate an air flow; a holder which is withdrawable from the cabinet through the holder opening and on which clothes are hung; and holder air holes provided at the holder so as to supply air to the clothes hung on the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Miju Shin, Seonglak Kim
  • Patent number: 11639563
    Abstract: The present invention provides a winding and twisting device of a ring spinning or ring twisting machine with at least one stator, which comprises at least one superconducting material and a stator cooling system, at least one rotor that creates a magnetic field, and a rotatable spindle, wherein the rotor and the stator are arranged co-axially to the spindle; and wherein the rotor and the stator are formed in a way that a ring-shaped air gap, which is arranged co-axially to the spindle and in which the thread to be wound up can circulate, is formed between the rotor and the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: SANKO TEKSTIL ISLETMELERI SAN.VE TIC.A.S. BASPINAR SUBESI
    Inventors: Oliver De Haas, Lars Kühn
  • Patent number: 11633057
    Abstract: A hanger is provided which supports long garments securely and easily in half or less length than the garment would occupy hanging on a conventional hanger. Such a garment hanger comprises: a primary support including a hook and elements arranged to suspend a top portion of a garment; an auxiliary support including a bar for suspending the bottom portion of the garment, shortening a total length of the garment thus supported; and the primary support and the auxiliary support including cooperative, non-locking elements detachably suspending the auxiliary support from the primary support with the bar close to the primary support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Inventor: Jessica Davidoff
  • Patent number: 11634845
    Abstract: The invention relates to a quilting machine for fabrics, including at least three pairs of drive rollers between which the fabric can pass, one pair of rollers being the master pair and the other pairs of rollers being the slave pairs, generating a sewing area and a post-sewing area. Each pair of rollers consists of two opposing rollers associated with a set of chains and sprockets allowing the rollers to rotate in opposite directions to one another. The machine also includes pneumatic cylinders, associated with the pairs of drive rollers, for varying the distance between paired rollers, stabiliser bars for maintaining paired rollers parallel to one another, a sewing head, and a controller for controlling all of the pairs of drive rollers and the sewing head independently, exerting tension on the fabric in the sewing and post-sewing areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: IMASD S.L.
    Inventors: Sergio Belda Navarro, Jose Vicente Albero Navarro
  • Patent number: 11629453
    Abstract: A garment steaming device includes a housing having a reservoir for containing liquid therein, a head portion connected to the housing, and a steam generator contained within the head portion, the steam generator being in fluid communication with the reservoir for generating steam from the liquid contained in the reservoir. The steam generator includes a first layer and a second layer and at least one heating element sandwiched between the first layer and the second layer. The first layer and the second layer define a steam flowpath that is configured such that steam flows back and forth between the first layer and the second layer before exiting the steam generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Conair LLC
    Inventor: Kin Man Lai
  • Patent number: 11624144
    Abstract: A clothes treatment apparatus includes a first case, a second case, a width-direction bracket for coupling at least one of front walls or rear walls of the first case and the second case to each other in a width direction, a depth-direction bracket for coupling at least one of upper walls or lower walls of the first case and the second case to each other in a depth direction, and a height-direction bracket for coupling at least one of the front walls or the rear walls of the first case and the second case to each other in a height direction. At least two of the width-direction bracket, the depth-direction bracket, or the height-direction bracket are configured to fix at least two surfaces of the first case and the second case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jeongryeol Choi, Minhyoung Lee, Seonghui Kim
  • Patent number: 11618993
    Abstract: A width folder is configured for width-folding an article of laundry, and especially lateral excess portions thereof. The width folder includes male and female members stacked along a vertical direction. The male member includes two opposite first folding edges which extend along a laundry article motion direction perpendicular to the vertical direction and further includes opposite male top and bottom surfaces each of which extends between the first folding edges. The female member being located at least partially beneath the male member and includes two opposite second folding edges which converge in the motion direction. The female member further includes opposite female top and bottom surfaces. The female member further includes opposite folding protrusions which extend outwardly therefrom in a direction away from the female top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: MIELE & CIE. KG
    Inventors: Bilal Saudi, Isaac Naor, Alon Naim
  • Patent number: 11618991
    Abstract: A clothes care apparatus including: a main body including a clothes care room; a blower configured to form an airflow inside the clothes care room formed therein, and disposed between an upper part of the clothes care room and an upper part of the main body; and a duct configured to allow air inside the clothes care room to be introduced into the blower by the blower, and formed between a rear part of the main body and a rear part of the clothes care room, wherein the blower includes a blowing fan and a scroll to cover the blowing fan, and the scroll includes a flat portion formed to extend in a direction corresponding to an extension direction of the duct to guide the air into the blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongwoo Shin, Hooijoong Kim, Minsung Kim, Jinbaek Kim, Hyunjoo Kim, Geonung Lee, Hwangmook Cho, Sung Han
  • Patent number: 11617629
    Abstract: A gloving apparatus that has a glove-opening device and a glove-lifting-and-positioning device. The glove-lifting-and-positioning device includes a linear actuator with a moveable rod that is ended with an inserting pin, a rotating actuator that is designed to rotate the glove-lifting-and-positioning device, and a lifting arm with a lifting actuator that are designed to lift up and lower down the glove-lifting-and-positioning device. The glove-lifting-and-positioning device is designed to insert the inserting pin into a matching hole at a glove holder to which a glove is attached and to insert the opening of the glove over grasping pins of the glove-opening device. The glove-opening device can stretch open the glove opening and when an air pump creates sub-pressure then the glove inflates to a size suitable for a hand to be inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Inventor: Shlomo Matan Shalom Avshalom
  • Patent number: 11618992
    Abstract: A steam generator includes a pre-heat chamber configured to heat incoming water to a temperature less than the boiling point of water, where the pre-heat chamber is configured to heat the water such that if the water contains a calcium compound, the calcium compound is caused to take a particulate form. The steam generator also includes a filter assembly in fluid communication with the pre-heat chamber, the filter assembly including a removable particulate filter element, where the filter element is reusable and cleanable. The steam generator also includes a water pump in fluid communication with the filter assembly, and operative to cause water flow through the steam generator and a boiler in fluid communication with the water pump, where the water pump is configured to cause water to flow to the boiler, and where the boiler is configured to boil water such that steam is produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Kroy Everett Nernberger, Boopalan Sampath, Daniel Richard Strong, Adam Joseph Mayer
  • Patent number: 11613835
    Abstract: A hook (5) for a tufting machine to provide an enhanced J-cut effect. The hook comprises a shank portion (12) via which the hook is connected to the tufting machine, in use, and a working portion (4) extending from the shank portion. The working portion (4) comprises a cutting edge (6) on one side of a lower face of the working portion. A J-cut forming portion is formed at the working portion (4), in that the working portion in the region above the cutting edge has a greater thickness than the thickness of the shank portion (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: VANDEWIELE NV
    Inventor: Frank Shanley
  • Patent number: 11613840
    Abstract: A handheld steam iron for straightening creases in wrinkled fabric is disclosed. The handheld steam iron can combine the benefits of both an iron and a steamer by providing heat and steam to a garment. The handheld steam iron can include an upper arm and a lower body. The upper arm and/or lower body can include a plate, steam chambers, or both. The steam iron can include a pump to provide fluid to the upper arm and/or lower body. The steam iron can also include a fluid reservoir that enables a user to quickly provide the liquid used for steam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: NORI Inc.
    Inventors: Courtney Toll, Mohan Rajasekaran