Patents Examined by Jorge Pereiro
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Patent number: 11503951Abstract: Portable grills are disclosed. An example portable grill movable between an erected configuration and a collapsed configuration includes a valve and regulator assembly and a tank blocker. The valve and regulator assembly includes a tank connector configured to removably couple a fuel tank to the valve and regulator assembly. The tank blocker is configured to prevent the portable grill from being moved from the erected configuration into the collapsed configuration when the portable grill is in the erected configuration and the fuel tank is coupled to the tank connector.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: WEBER-STEPHEN PRODUCTS LLCInventors: Paul R. Hunt, Karol Polaczek, Karol Polaczek, Jr., Jerzy Latocha, Jeffrey L. Crull, Simon Livingston-Jha, William R. Mathias, Evan Sparks, Joel Kramka, Montel Caruthers, Henry M. Hillstrom
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Patent number: 11490763Abstract: A fully automatic and efficiently energy-saving barbecue grill is disclosed. The barbecue grill comprises: a grill body, having side walls and a top plate thereon, wherein a grill space is formed inside and a smokeless heating pipe is arranged in the grill space; a gas control device, installed in the grill body, guiding fuel gas to burn in the grill space to heat the smokeless heating pipe; and an automatic grill device, installed in the grill body, rotating food periodically to get grilled by the heat from the smokeless heating pipe.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Inventors: Jilong Wu, Xianghua Zheng
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Patent number: 11493204Abstract: A burner gun includes a case, an ignition device, a switch and a operational part. By the switch and an operation rail in the case, the ignition device can only be activated by correctly operating the switch and pulling the operational part. The ignition device cannot activated by pulling the operational part if the switch is not correctly operated, so that the ignition device is prevented from being activated unintentionally to reduce possibility of causing fire disasters.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: REKROW INDUSTRIAL INC.Inventor: Ta-Jen He
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Patent number: 11480333Abstract: A burner and a method utilize a burner tile with an outer surface extending along the furnace wall and an inner surface defining a passageway. A fuel duct extends at least partially through the passageway and discharges fuel onto a burner head. The burner head forms a coanda-curved surface, wherein the fuel is directed onto the coanda-curved surface such that the fuel flows along the coanda-curved surface to the outer surface of the burner tile. There is an air channel defined by an outside edge of the coanda-curved surface and in fluid flow communication with the passageway such that air flows from the passageway through the channel to mix with the fuel so as to produce the combustible mixture.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: John Zink Company, LLCInventors: Gilles Theis, Valeriy Smirnov, I-Ping Chung, Ahmed Kadi, Hadj Ali Gueniche
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Patent number: 11473783Abstract: A kitchen hood has a first housing and a second housing that slides into and out of the first housing to adjust a length of the kitchen hood. The first housing has a fan to suction air, an outlet, and an air quality sensor assembly to continuously detect air quality in a kitchen. The second housing has an inlet and suction grill through which air is suctioned, a steam cleaning assembly to automatically steam clean an interior of the kitchen hood, and a height sensing assembly to sense a height of cookware seated on a cooktop surface below the second housing. The kitchen hood may be lengthened or shortened based on the sensed height of the cookware, and a speed of the fan and the height of the kitchen hood may be automatically adjusted based on detections by the air quality sensor assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Heejeong Heo, Younju Oh, Hyunju Kim, Hyun byung Cha, Chin Soo Hyon
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Patent number: 11470849Abstract: A liftable baking net structure for an oven includes an inner housing, a lifting support mounted inside the inner housing, and a connecting rod mechanism mounted outside the inner housing. A vertical first guide groove is opened in a side wall of the inner housing. The connecting rod mechanism is connected to the lifting support via a connecting member passing through the first guide groove. The connecting rod mechanism drives the lifting support to move vertically along the first guide groove in the housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Inventor: Jiebo Lee
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Patent number: 11466866Abstract: A kitchen hood has a first housing and a second housing that slides into and out of the first housing to adjust a length of the kitchen hood. The first housing has a fan to suction air, an outlet, and an air quality sensor assembly to continuously detect air quality in a kitchen. The second housing has an inlet and suction grill through which air is suctioned, a steam cleaning assembly to automatically steam clean an interior of the kitchen hood, and a height sensing assembly to sense a height of cookware seated on a cooktop surface below the second housing. The kitchen hood may be lengthened or shortened based on the sensed height of the cookware, and a speed of the fan and the height of the kitchen hood may be automatically adjusted based on detections by the air quality sensor assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Heejeong Heo, Younju Oh, Hyunju Kim, Hyun byung Cha, Chin Soo Hyon
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Patent number: 11464364Abstract: The protective cover for an outdoor grill is configured for use with a grill that is further defined with a plurality of stanchions. The protective cover for an outdoor grill is a protective shell placed over the grill. The protective cover for an outdoor grill is configured such that the plurality of stanchions project beyond the space protected by the protective cover for an outdoor grill. The protective cover for an outdoor grill is an elastic structure such that the protective cover for an outdoor grill pulls against the grill when the grill is protected by the protective cover for an outdoor grill. The protective cover for an outdoor grill comprises a plurality of lateral panels, a superior panel, an inferior panel, and a plurality of seams. The plurality of seams assemble the plurality of lateral panels, the superior panel, and the inferior panel.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Inventor: Earl Brown, II
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Patent number: 11466867Abstract: An oven with an enhanced structure to keep a cooking space clean includes a main body, a cooking chamber formed inside the main body and including a bottom wall, a burner provided at an outer lower part of the cooking chamber to heat up the cooking chamber, a door arranged to open or close the cooking chamber, a bottom plate coupled to the bottom wall of the cooking chamber with a gap from the bottom wall such that the bottom plate is located inside the cooking chamber, and an outlet for heated air formed between one end of the bottom plate facing the door and the bottom wall of the cooking chamber such that heated air generated from the burner is supplied to the door.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Tae Hun Kim, Hyun Sang Kim, Bok Hyun Jang, Yu Jeub Ha, Qasim Khan
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Patent number: 11460190Abstract: A gas burner assembly for a cooktop appliance includes a flame ring comprising a plurality of flame ports arranged in an annular array. An outer ring and an inner ring collectively define each flame port of the plurality of flame ports. The outer ring and the inner ring are concentrically aligned and concentrically mated. As a result of this arrangement of the outer ring and the inner ring, the plurality of flame ports are defined by the outer ring and the inner ring. The plurality of flame ports extend radially between the inner ring and the outer ring.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Paul Bryan Cadima
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Patent number: 11459696Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) dryer includes a cuboid structure defining an interior, an RF applicator having an anode and a cathode, the anode having multiple digits extending from an anode trunk and the cathode having multiple digits extending from a cathode trunk and, the cathode encompassing the multiple digits of the anode, and a drying surface on which textiles are supported for drying, located relative to the RF applicator such that the drying surface lies within an e-field generated by the RF applicator.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Mark L. Herman, Garry L. Peterman, Arun Rajendran
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Patent number: 11454536Abstract: A cooktop may include: a main body having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a suction opening; at least one cooking area configured to accommodate a heating element proximate to the top surface; suction means in fluid communication with the suction opening and configured to draw in cooking fumes; a support element connected to the main body; and weight sensing means between the support element and the main body for sensing a weight of objects to be weighed. The support element may at least partially overlap the suction means. The suction means may include: a suction duct in fluid communication with the suction opening; and a housing in fluid communication with the suction duct and configured to receive filters for the cooking fumes. The weight sensing means may be at the suction duct and/or the housing. The suction opening may be on the top surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: ELICA S.p.A.Inventors: Diego Bariviera, Marco Cimino, Manuele Martelli, Luca Meniconi
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Patent number: 11454403Abstract: An air baffle unit includes a major housing wall extending in first and second directions to define an exterior side and an interior side, two upper corner output vent openings, first and second laterally opposed side vent openings, and an air intake opening arrangement defined within an intake area along the major housing wall and extending therealong in the first and second directions. The air intake opening arrangement is defined in an intake area and includes first and second pluralities of intake vents positioned within respective first and second open areas of the intake area with first and second closed areas extending between the first and second open areas. The first and second open areas and first and second closed areas each positioned within respective quarters of the intake area. The open areas are displaced relative to each other in both the first direction and the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Nicholas E. Crow, Federico Fiolomia, Tiziano Lacche, Chiara Pascucci, Valentina Vitaloni
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Patent number: 11454401Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a door frame that supports a heating part and is coupled to a door such that the heating part is disposed at the door.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Dongseong Kwag, Donghyok Yun, Hag Soo Kim, Sung Mun Yoon
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Patent number: 11448396Abstract: A transformable wick device includes a plurality of bodies connected together. The plurality of bodies has flexible connections, and therefore positionable along a line of various types.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Pro-Iroda Industries, Inc.Inventor: Wei Cheng Wu
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Patent number: 11445854Abstract: The rotating charcoal grill comprises a base, a charcoal bowl, a cooking grate, a support shaft, a grate coupler, and a spring. The rotating charcoal grill may be a grill for cooking food over charcoal. The support shaft may support the charcoal bowl at a first height above the base. A motor located in the base may cause a motor shaft to rotate. A height adjustment pin on the motor shaft may cause rotation of the support shaft and the charcoal bowl when the motor shaft rotates. The motor shaft may support the cooking grate at a second height above the base. The difference between the first height and the second height may be adjustable such that the cooking grate may be brought closer to or farther away from the charcoal bowl.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Inventor: Willie Gresham, II
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Patent number: 11448397Abstract: A gas combustor includes: a housing, a storage cylinder, a fuel gas controlling device, an igniting device, a safety switch, and a combusting device. The safety switch has a fastening unit and a locking unit abutted against a locking bolt formed on a bottom surface of a press button; the fastening unit has an accommodation chamber allowing the locking unit to be accommodated, and a swing arm having a latching hook and longitudinally disposed at a front end of the accommodation chamber; the locking unit has a main body accommodated in the accommodation chamber, a longitudinal spring is disposed between the main body and the accommodation chamber, and the main body has a push button protruded from a penetrated slot longitudinally formed on a rear wall of the accommodation chamber, and a locking hook protruded towards the latching hook.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: ROBURN COMPANY LTD.Inventor: Chin-Lin Tsai
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Candle wick assemblies with multiple oppositely curlable candle wicks and candles including the same
Patent number: 11447719Abstract: Multiple candle wicks are provided that may be placed into a candle wax (paraffin) body such that the wicks when lit curl in a direction opposite to the curl direction of an adjacent wick, e.g., adjacent ones of each wick curling in an opposite direction relative to a bisecting midplane of the candle. By such oppositely curling wicks when lit, therefore, the wax pool diameter may thereby be increased which in turn increases the amount of liberated scents from the candle body.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: FIL-TEC HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Kyle R. Staley, Andrew L. Wallech, Lesa F. Bowers, Charles H. Rockwell, Amir Yaraghi, Vincent E. Schoeck, Jr., Vincent E. Schoeck, V -
Patent number: 11448400Abstract: A firebox is provided for use in a gas fireplace, the firebox comprising: a back which includes at least one combustion fan aperture, an upper end and a lower end and a length therebetween, a pair of sides, each side including an upper end, a lower end, a first riser which has an inner section and an outer section, the inner section attached to the back, a first flange, which is parallel to the back and extends outward from the back, and a second riser, wherein the outer section of the first riser, the first flange and the second riser extend above the upper end of the back and below the lower end of the back; a top which is attached to the inner section of the first risers and to the back at the upper end; and a base which is attached to the inner section of the first risers and to the back above the combustion fan aperture, to define an opening. The fireplace is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Inventors: Walter Wardrop, Nicholas Barber
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Patent number: 11441785Abstract: Disclosed is a gas furnace including a mixer configured to mix air and fuel gas introduced from an intake pipe and a manifold respectively so as to produce an air-fuel mixture, a mixing pipe configured to allow the air-fuel mixture having passed through the mixer to flow therein, a burner assembly configured to combust the air-fuel mixture having passed through the mixing pipe so as to generate combustion gas, heat exchangers configured to allow the combustion gas to flow therein, an exhaust pipe configured to discharge exhaust gas, which is the combustion gas having passed through the heat exchangers, to the outside. The gas furnace further includes a recirculator installed around the exhaust pipe and configured to guide a portion of the exhaust gas flowing in the exhaust pipe to the mixer, and may thus greatly reduce or fundamentally block NOx emissions.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Janghee Park, Jusu Kim, Hansaem Park, Yongki Jeong, Doyong Ha