Patents Examined by Logan P Jones
  • Patent number: 11333352
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas burner. The gas burner is also called a gas range, a gas grill, or the like and used to cook food indoors or outdoors. To this end, a supply part and an extension part are configured to be foldable through a body hinge part such that the supply part, the extension part, and a cooking part may be folded into one piece, and support parts are also configured to be folded through hinges (pivots) such that the support parts may be adjacent to the supply part. The gas burner including the supply part and the cooking part further includes the extension part having a length, the other end of the supply part is connected to one end of the extension part by means of the bendable body hinge part, and the cooking part is configured at the other end of the extension part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: XENTECH CO., LTD
    Inventor: Jiyun Oh
  • Patent number: 11320143
    Abstract: In one aspect a pilot assembly is disclosed for use with a flare having a first flare stack and a second flare stack, each having discharge ends. The pilot assembly comprises a pilot nozzle assembly, a pilot inlet pipe having a pilot fuel inlet, and a pilot ignition system. The pilot nozzle assembly comprises a connecting member, a pilot nozzle inlet, a first pilot nozzle and a second pilot nozzle. The pilot nozzle assembly can direct a quantity of pilot gas received via the pilot inlet pipe out through the first and second pilot nozzles. The first and second pilot nozzles may both be positioned adjacent the discharge end of either one of the first or second flare stacks. Alternatively, the first pilot nozzle may be positioned adjacent the first flare stack's discharge, and the second pilot nozzle may be positioned adjacent the second flare stack's discharge end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: FLARETECH INC.
    Inventor: Bo-John Cassidy
  • Patent number: 11297978
    Abstract: In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to an assembly configured to cover a barbecue grill, including a cover including an upper section and a lower section, wherein the upper section is configured to selectively cover and uncover a hood of the barbecue grill, wherein an inner surface of the upper section includes a loop; a stand including a hook, wherein the hook is configured to hold the loop such that the stand supports the upper section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Grill Hoodie LLC
    Inventors: Eugene Jules Pressman, Ryan Keil
  • Patent number: 11291333
    Abstract: A heat and flame control assembly for a grill or other cooking appliance. The heat and flame control assembly includes a main heat plate and a slider plate disposed above the main heat plate. The main heat plate includes openings that allow direct heat to be provided to the food. The slider plate is movable with respect to the main heat plate, and also includes opening. When direct heat is desired, the slider plate is movable to align the openings in the slider plate with the openings of the main heat plate. However, when indirect heat is desired, the slider plate is movable to cover the openings of the main heat plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Dansons US, LLC
    Inventor: Chris James
  • Patent number: 11259684
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a tub having an air outlet, an airflow conduit fluidly coupling the tub air outlet to ambient air, a blower assembly forcing air to flow from the tub and through the tub air outlet into the airflow conduit, a first reservoir associated with the airflow conduit and collecting liquid condensed from the air forced through the airflow conduit, the first reservoir fluidly coupled to the tub for draining the collected liquid into the tub, and a second reservoir associated with the airflow conduit downstream of the first reservoir and collecting liquid condensed from the air prior to the exhaustion of the air to the ambient air, wherein any liquid not collected by the first reservoir is collected by the second reservoir for evaporation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas M. Delellis, Mark S. Feddema, Alvaro Vallejo Noriega
  • Patent number: 11243028
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for cryo-curing plants are disclosed herein, which allow the plant to be picked and ready for sale and use within days. When the plant is cannabis, the process can deliver a product having a desired moisture content and limited loss of terpenes in just 24 to 48 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Fortunata, LLC
    Inventors: Greg Baughman, Tracee McAfee
  • Patent number: 11231173
    Abstract: A “flame show” is responsive to an audio input signal such as music. A base unit including an analog base unit controller circuit is arranged to receive an audio input signal and generate an analog control signal that is responsive to the audio input signal. The analog control signal is distributed, by wire or wireless, to one or more flame display units such as a “tiki torch.” Each flame display unit has a fuel source, and a proportional valve for controlling an amount of fuel supplied to a burner. Preferably, the control signal controls a gate terminal of a MOSFET semiconductor device, which in turn is coupled to control current in the proportional valve each each unit. By deploying multiple flame display units, all coupled to the same base unit, all of the flame display units contribute synchronously to the overall flame show.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: TKIP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: William H. Mann, Trent Farrer
  • Patent number: 11226155
    Abstract: A multi-chamber dryer using adjustable conditioned air flow is disclosed. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a drying belt configured to receive a product to be dried on a first surface of the drying belt and a heat medium in contact with a second surface of the drying belt. The heat medium is configured to heat the product and is maintained at a pre-determined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: E. & J. Gallo Winery
    Inventors: Joseph Rossi, Richard Magoon, Steven J. Anderson
  • Patent number: 11197489
    Abstract: Embodiments herein include devices adaptable to dehydrate articles, including foods. Embodiments are shown which can be compacted for reduced storage, and/or shipping requirements and/or for other purposes. Embodiments include simple, inexpensive means for controlling dehydrating conditions, including airflow. Various article holding devices, including devices to hold foods being dehydrated, are also shown. Such devices include vertical, diagonal, and horizontal panels to secure articles. Embodiments shown have variations which include the use of non-motorized convection airflow, as well as devices which incorporate motor driven air movement means. Embodiments are shown which may be used for preparing articles, including foods, for dehydration, including slicing such articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Inventors: Alan Backus, Iulius Marici
  • Patent number: 11199323
    Abstract: One object of the present invention is to provide a burner which can uniformly heat a wide area without decreasing the heat radiation even when the swing width of the flame self-oscillating is large, and the present invention provides a burner in which a main combustion fluid and a second combustion fluid are combusted by ejecting the main combustion fluid while self-oscillating from a central expanding ejection port (3) which expands towards a tip end and ejecting the second combustion fluid from a pair of side ejection ports (5 and 7) provided on both sides of the central expanding ejection port (3), wherein a pair of the side ejection ports (5 and 7) are disposed symmetrically with respect to a central axis of the central expanding ejection port (3), and the central expanding ejection port (3) and the side ejection ports (5 and 7) are provided such that an expanding angle ? of the central expanding ejection port (3) and an angle ? formed by the central axes of a pair of the side ejection ports (5 and 7) sa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: TAIYO NIPPON SANSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Saito, Yoshiyuki Hagihara, Yasuyuki Yamamoto, Naoki Seino
  • Patent number: 11196034
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode heating device that dries an electrode. The electrode heating device comprises a heating body having a drying space through which the electrode passes, and a heating member that directly heats and dries a surface of the electrode that passes through the drying space to remove moisture from the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Jin Woo, Young Ho Jeon, Sin Young Park, Tae Won Kang, In Tae Chun, Ji Soo Park, Dong Hyeuk Park, Yoon Bong Wi
  • Patent number: 11185953
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for one or more service panels for a cooking appliance. The service panel may be removable to access one or more interior compartments of the frame structure or cooking appliance. The service panel may include a plurality of fasteners releasably engaging the frame or remaining portion of the cooking appliance. The service panel may provide access to a variety of electrical devices and/or mechanical devices within the interior compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Felix Conde Zelocuatecatl
  • Patent number: 11181275
    Abstract: A universal device for the automation of solid fuel barbecues and ovens is provided that includes an automated draft butterfly-type valve housed in a chimney module. The chimney module can be installed at the smoke exhaust of the oven or barbecue over which control is intended. An electronic board is housed in a control module linked to a motor. The motor rotates the butterfly-type valve that in turn drives the exit of the gas flow via an exit signal that supplies the butterfly-type valve. The electronic board is in connection with at least a room temperature probe located within the chamber of the oven or barbecue. The control module has a control means and a power supply. A solid fuel barbeque can be fitted with the universal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: BONELESS GRILLS SL
    Inventors: Marcos Regueiro Fernandez, Alfredo Beltran Ruiz, Alfredo Beltran Rosa, Ruben Campos Moral
  • Patent number: 11181277
    Abstract: Pellet grills and associated methods of operation are disclosed. An example pellet grill includes a main body defining a cooking chamber. The main body includes a first opening extending through a bottom portion of an outer wall of the main body. The main body further including a grease channel formed along the bottom portion of the outer wall and extending to the first opening. The example pellet grill further includes a burn pot located within the main body. The burn pot includes a lower end having a second opening aligned with the first opening. The second opening is configured to enable pellet fuel ash to pass downwardly from the burn pot onto an ash slide positioned below the second opening. The example pellet grill further includes a waste collection drawer located below the main body. The waste collection drawer is movable relative to the main body between a closed position and an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: WEBER-STEPHEN PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventors: Brian C. Donnelly, Ryan P. Lundberg, Ethan Albrecht, David A. Larson
  • Patent number: 11175035
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe burner (10) configurations used in an industrial process to convert methane to olefins, aromatics, and nanoparticles/nanomaterials. Both a vitiated coflow burner and piloted turbulent burner with inhomogeneous inlets are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Mani Sarathy, Robert Dibble, William Roberts
  • Patent number: 11174587
    Abstract: A dryer appliance may include a cabinet, a drum, and a heater assembly. The heater assembly may include a housing, a first mounting flange, a second mounting flange, and a slide clamp. The housing may include a first housing portion and a second housing portion defining a chamber, as well as an inlet and an outlet. The first mounting flange may extend radially from the first housing portion to define a first reference plane having a mutually-orthogonal vertical direction, lateral direction, and transverse direction. The second mounting flange may extend radially from the second housing portion and slidably positioned on the first mounting flange. The second mounting flange may define a clamp aperture extending therethrough along the vertical direction. The slide clamp may extend through the clamp aperture and generally along the transverse direction from a base end fixed to the first mounting flange to a distal free end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Hans Bensel, Christopher Gene Vowels
  • Patent number: 11156357
    Abstract: An apparatus for automatically straightening a candle wick inside a receptacle containing a fusible combustible material in the solidification phase is provided that includes a detection system operable to detect an initial position of the wick inside the receptacle, a movable gripping system operable to grasp and displace the wick, and a control system connected to the detection system to drive it in a detecting manner and receive the initial position. The control system is connected to the gripping system to drive it in a gripping and displacing manner, from a rest configuration to an initial configuration in which the gripping system grasps the wick in its initial position and then to a final configuration in which the gripping system has vertically straightened the wick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Manufacture Francaise De Bougies
    Inventor: Guilhem Rousseau
  • Patent number: 11112125
    Abstract: An oven rack assembly (1000) includes an oven rack (1008) and a slide system (1018). The slide system (1018) includes slide devices (1020) positioned at opposing sides of the oven rack (1008). A subframe (1040) is positioned below the slide devices (1020). Retention/release devices (1062) are mounted on the slide devices (1020) and are manually operable by a user so as to selectively retain the subframe (1040) in a stationary position or, alternatively, release the subframe (1040) so that the subframe (1040) can be removed from the oven (128?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: SSW Advanced Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brian J. Stewart, Jeffrey Alan Ambrose, Jason Robert Yochum
  • Patent number: 11116049
    Abstract: An appliance includes a hinge module between a main body and a pull-down door. The hinge module includes a housing, a rotational axis member disposed in the housing serving as a center of rotation between the pull-down door and the main body, an inner link housing movably disposed in the housing that moves with the opening of the pull-down door in a direction of the rotational axis member, and a damper installed in the inner link housing, the damper including a piston and a cylinder and providing damping force according to a relative movement of the piston and the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jangmo Shin, Jeongkil Kim, Myeong Jun Shin, Seongho Jeong, Sangki Lee
  • Patent number: 11103105
    Abstract: A multi-part cooking grate with a lower sub-grate with a first plurality of V-shaped cooking members running along a length of the lower sub-grate and having a first predetermined spacing between the first plurality cooking members along a width of the lower sub-grate, and an upper sub-grate with a second plurality of V-shaped cooking members running along a length of the lower sub-grate and having a second predetermined spacing between the second plurality of cooking members along a width of the upper sub-grate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: W.C. Bradley Co.
    Inventor: Mallik Ahmed