Patents Examined by Sidney D Full
  • Patent number: 12714277
    Abstract: A mobile cleaner includes a body and a sweep module. The body has an installation space within the body and an insertion opening exposed to the underside of the body. The sweep module is detachably assembled to the installation space through the insertion hole. The sweep module includes a dust housing and an agitator. The dust housing includes a collection space for collecting the foreign material from the surface and a storage space where the foreign material is stored. The agitator is rotatably assembled to the dust housing and is configured to direct the foreign material from the surface to the collection space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaewon Jang, Youngbin Kim
  • Patent number: 12715747
    Abstract: The subject of the invention relates to a tool for manipulating a plurality of plugs, taking the form of a comb (1) comprising: a body (7) provided with a row of teeth (4) having pointed distal portions (4p) spaced apart in a linear direction in order to engage with the cavities of the plugs; a system for separating the plugs from the teeth (4) that comprises a slide returned elastically and guided to slide with respect to the body (7) in a direction parallel to the direction of extension of the teeth, the slide being provided with the fingers of the comb, which are movable by sliding between the teeth (4), and a control (11a) accessible from a first portion (1a) of the comb and which, when pressed to move translationally, causes the fingers of the comb to slide in the direction of the pointed distal portions (4p) in order to eject the plugs from the teeth (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: BIOMÉRIEUX
    Inventors: Michel Guy, Nicolas Delepaut, Edgar Minassian
  • Patent number: 12708241
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner comprises a housing having a longitudinal axis. A motor-fan assembly is mounted in the housing and arranged to generate an airflow along an airflow path from a dirty air inlet to an air exhaust. A retractable nozzle defines the dirty air inlet and is moveably mounted on the housing. At least a portion of the retractable nozzle is arranged to move between a retracted configuration within the housing and a deployed configuration outside the housing. The portion of the retractable nozzle in the retracted configuration is aligned in a direction along the longitudinal axis and the portion of the retractable nozzle in the deployed configuration is aligned in a direction across the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Oleksiy Sergyeyenko, Ashok Samuel Baskar, Sean Liu
  • Patent number: 12702260
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus includes a base assembly with a suction nozzle and at least one wheel. A hand-held portion has a hand grip, a recovery container, and a suction source in fluid communication with the suction nozzle and the recovery container and configured for generating a working airstream. A wand is operably coupled between the base assembly and the hand-held portion and defines at least a portion of a working air path extending from the suction nozzle to an air outlet in the hand-held portion and including the suction source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: BISSELL Inc.
    Inventors: Mackenzie Leigh Knapp, Brian Robert Dexter, Tyler Newkirk, Churu Yun, Connor Canavan, Nicholas Harvey Jobbitt
  • Patent number: 12685414
    Abstract: A cleaner includes a dustbin having an inlet formed on a first side thereof and an outlet formed on a second side thereof, the dustbin being provided with a cyclone part generating a cyclonic flow inside the cyclone part, and a motor part configured to communicate with the dustbin and generate a flow of air inside the dustbin. The dustbin includes a casing having the inlet and the outlet formed thereon, a separating wall dividing an inner space of the casing, a first dust storage part located in the inner space and communicating with the inlet, a first cap, a second dust storage part located in the inner space and communicating with the outlet, a second cap, and a lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kietak Hyun, Hwang Kim, Jungmin Ko
  • Patent number: 12678911
    Abstract: A honing tool includes a tool body which is tubular at least in certain portions and includes a cutting region with at least one honing stick receiving opening which is continuous from the interior of the tool body to the outside and is intended for receiving a honing stick, wherein dimensions of the honing stick receiving opening and of the honing stick are matched to one another such that the honing stick is received radially movably, and substantially without play in the circumferential direction of the tool body, between boundary surfaces of the honing stick receiving opening. The honing tool comprises a honing stick retaining system designed such that the honing stick is held in the honing stick receiving opening by the honing stick retaining system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: KADIA Produktion GmbH + Co.
    Inventor: Jochen Brandstetter
  • Patent number: 12672751
    Abstract: A mop strand bundle a plurality having elongated first elongated cleaning tendrils having a first surface roughness and oriented in parallel relationship to one another and connected to one another in at least one location. The mop strand bundle also includes at least one elongated second cleaning tendril and a head band. The second elongated cleaning tendril is oriented in parallel relationship to at least one opposed elongated edge and is in moveable relationship with at least one first cleaning tendril. The elongated second cleaning tendril has a second surface roughness greater than the first surface roughness. The headband is positioned in overlying fixed relationship to the plurality of elongated first cleaning strands and connected to the at least one elongated second cleaning tendril at a location between the first and second ends of the plurality of elongated first cleaning tendrils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: The Tuway American Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Koester, Nicholas Koester
  • Patent number: 12660969
    Abstract: A vacuum tool is configured to be removably coupled to a hose or wand of a vacuum. The vacuum tool comprises a first portion, a second portion, a flexible portion and a mechanical joint. The first portion and the second portion are connected by the flexible portion and coupled by the mechanical joint, so these portions are in fluid communication from various angles. And the mechanical joint comprises a detent and multiple recesses coupled to the detent. As a result, a user can use the vacuum tool in various situations more conveniently by bending the mechanical joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle Reeder, Ellen M. Owens, Jonathan Lowry, Alexander J. Goodman, Christopher J. Metcalf, Scott T. Moeller
  • Patent number: 12637756
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate treating apparatus for performing a predetermined treatment on a substrate. The apparatus includes: a holding mechanism including a plurality of support pins configured to rotate between a holding position and a delivery position, a first magnetic part configured to rotate the support pins individually between the holding position and the delivery position by switching surrounding magnetic poles, and a second magnetic part configured to rotate the support pins individually to the holding position by constantly applying a magnetic field to the first magnetic part; and a switching mechanism configured to apply no magnetic field of a third magnetic part to the first magnetic part normally and apply a magnetic field of the third magnetic part to the first magnetic part to rotate the support pins individually to the delivery position only when the substrate is delivered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hirofumi Tonai
  • Patent number: 12636757
    Abstract: A sharpening device, components thereof, and associated methods. The sharpening device includes a sharpening assembly and a housing. The sharpening assembly is selectively receivable in the housing in a stowed configuration and supportable by the housing in an operational configuration to support the sharpening assembly for sharpening a blade. The sharpening assembly can include first and second arms having respective abrasive sharpening surfaces pivotable away from each other about a pivot connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: AOB Products Company
    Inventors: Dennis W. Cauley, Jr., James Tayon, Anthony Vesich, Matthew Kinamore, Curtis Smith, Josh Neville, Mark Dalton
  • Patent number: 12611076
    Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet. An air treatment member and suction motor are positioned in the air flow path. The air treatment member is provided at the front end of the hand vacuum cleaner and has an air outlet provided at the rear end of the air treatment member. A pre-motor filter housing is positioned rearward of the air outlet of the air treatment member. A hand vacuum axis extends between the front end and the rear end of the hand vacuum cleaner. When the hand vacuum axis is horizontal, a portion of the air treatment member underlies the pre-motor filter housing. A pistol grip handle has an upper end that is positioned below the portion air treatment member that underlies the pre-motor filter housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 12611077
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus includes a housing, a suction assembly, and a fluid delivery system. A wand is coupled to the housing via an accessory hose. The wand includes a trigger and a fluid outlet. Actuation of the trigger provides fluid communication between the fluid delivery system and the fluid outlet for releasing a liquid. A vacuum tool is coupled to the wand. The vacuum tool includes a support body that defines an open end for receiving the wand and includes a guard that extends beyond the open end to extend over the trigger to prevent the actuation of the trigger. An intermediate recovery tank is coupled to the support body and defines an inlet in fluid communication with the suction assembly. A separator is disposed within the intermediate recovery tank to retain the debris within the interior and allow airflow to be directed through the separator to the accessory hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2025
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: BISSELL Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Harmelink, Derek Smith
  • Patent number: 12569098
    Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has a cyclone unit, a front electrical connector and electrical conductors that extend from the front electrical connector to a source of power. The electrical conducts extend along a portion of a wall of the cyclone unit. When a cleaning tool is connected to the hand vacuum cleaner, the cleaning tool is connected in air flow communication with the dirty air inlet and the cleaning tool is electrically connected to the front electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 12564914
    Abstract: A grinding apparatus and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device using the same are provided. A grinding apparatus includes a chuck unit configured to receive a substrate, a grinding unit on a part of the chuck unit and configured to grind the substrate, and a dressing unit under a part of the grinding unit adjacent to the chuck unit and including a dressing board configured to dress the grinding unit and magnets under the dressing board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junghyun Roh, Jongguw Kim, Wangsun Lim, Manhee Han, Jaeyoung Hong
  • Patent number: 12557953
    Abstract: A vacuum tool configured to be removably coupled to hose or wand of a vacuum includes a body including a first end, a second end, and a first longitudinal axis extending between the first end and the second end. The vacuum tool also includes a head coupled to the first end of the body, a connection portion coupled to the second end of the body and configured to couple the body to a hose or wand of a vacuum cleaner, and a brush coupled to the head. The brush includes an elongate support defining a second axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the body and configured to couple the brush to the head, and a plurality of bristles positioned on the elongate support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle Reeder, Ellen M. Owens, Jonathan Lowry, Alexander J. Goodman, Christopher J. Metcalf, Scott T. Moeller
  • Patent number: 12559962
    Abstract: A pool related platform that may include (i) a drive mechanism for moving the pool related platform; (ii) a housing that has a first fluid opening and a second fluid opening; (iii) a filtering unit that comprises a filtering element; (iv) a fluid flow mechanism for inducing a flow of fluid through the filtering unit in a first direction during a filtering process, and for inducing a flow of the fluid through the filtering element at another direction during a backwash process; (v) an entrapment cell; and (vi) a flow control unit that comprises a flow control element and an inlet that is maintained open during the filtering process and the backwash process; wherein the flow control unit is configured to allow debris and fluid from the filtering unit to enter the entrapment cell, and is configured to substantially prevent a flow of fluid and debris from the entrapment cell to the filtering unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: Maytronics Ltd.
    Inventors: Boaz Ben Dov, Leo Hershzenhaut
  • Patent number: 12545215
    Abstract: A pendulum rocker brush for a vehicle wash system is provided including a rocker arm, a rotatable coupler, a motor assembly, and a rocker brush head. Both the rocker brush head and motor assembly can be suspended from the coupler, freely dangling therefrom under the force of gravity, in an unbiased manner. The rocker brush head can pivot relative to the rocker arm through a swing angle between 5 and 45 degrees relative to vertical. The rotatable coupler and rocker brush head can be disposed at a pivoting angle between 10 and 45 degrees relative to a conveyor direction which a vehicle follows. When the rocker brush head encounters an opposing force above a movement threshold from the vehicle, the rocker brush head and the motor assembly can swing outward to the swing angle and at the pivoting angle so the vehicle is not damaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: Tommy Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Austin N. Jacobs, Ryan Essenburg, Dirk Deckinga
  • Patent number: 12528148
    Abstract: A platen apparatus includes a housing having multiple vents; a turbine wheel rotatably attached to a rear section of the housing, the wheel having a circular body and a circumferential face without a coating thereon, the body includes vanes, each vane being a hole which extends through the body from one side to an opposing side of the wheel; a support belt engaged in tension about the circumferential face of the wheel; and the rear section of the housing is at least partially open so that a portion of the circumferential face of the wheel is exposed outside the housing. The vanes are arranged adjacent to the vents, and each provide a flow channel through which air is drawn in from a first side of the housing through the wheel body and released at a second, opposite side of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: Moen Tooling LLC
    Inventors: Jerry Michael Moen, Princeton Wong
  • Patent number: 12527449
    Abstract: A vacuum tool that is removably couplable to a hose or wand of a vacuum includes a body, funnel, gasket, and connection portion. The body includes a first end, second end, and wall extending between the first and second ends. The wall forms a work surface suction opening and a cavity in fluid communication with each other. The funnel includes a proximal skirt portion coupled to the first end and a distal skirt portion integrally formed with the proximal skirt portion. The proximal skirt portion has an aperture in fluid communication with the cavity. The distal skirt portion extends from the proximal skirt portion in a direction away from the first and second ends. The gasket is positioned along a perimeter of the work surface suction opening. The connection portion is coupled to the second end and includes a conduit in fluid communication with the cavity and an outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle Reeder, Ellen M. Owens, Jonathan Lowry, Alexander J. Goodman, Christopher J. Metcalf, Scott T. Moeller
  • Patent number: 12527450
    Abstract: A vacuum tool is removably couplable to a hose or wand of a vacuum. The vacuum tool includes a frustoconical head portion, a base portion, and fasteners. The frustoconical head portion includes a distal end of the vacuum tool, an interior support body, and an outer layer. The distal end has a central inlet opening and an annular distal face. The interior support body has a central conduit and fastener receiving recesses. The outer layer includes rubber and forms at least a portion of the annular distal face and an entirety of an outer lateral surface of the frustoconical head portion. The base portion includes a flared portion and a tubular portion. The flared portion has a maximum outer diameter and fastener access openings. The tubular portion has an outer diameter, a central conduit, and a proximal end of the vacuum tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle Reeder, Ellen M. Owens, Jonathan Lowry, Alexander J. Goodman, Christopher J. Metcalf, Scott T. Moeller