Patents by Inventor Bruce Grant MacGregor

Bruce Grant MacGregor has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6427365
    Abstract: A fluid supply and reservoir is proved which may be used in conjunction with a clothes refreshing appliance. A fluid cartridge has a top wall to which the nozzle assembly may be secured, and a supply of pressurized air is connected to the nozzle assembly to draw fluid from the reservoir into the nozzle assembly through a siphon tube by a venturi action. The air supply may be provided through an air supply arrangement which includes guide walls for positioning the nozzle assembly relative to the air supply, and a resiliently mounted air supply tube for mating with an air supply opening in the nozzle assembly. An arrangement may also be provided in the reservoir to assure a constant fluid pressure therein to provide a constant flow of fluid through the nozzle assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce Grant MacGregor, Alex Kazaks, Bradford W. Flora, Henry F. Doersam, George Crothall, Ana Taiyuan Chang
  • Publication number: 20010037590
    Abstract: A fluid supply and reservoir is proved which may be used in conjunction with a clothes refreshing appliance. A fluid cartridge has a top wall to which the nozzle assembly may be secured, and a supply of pressurized air is connected to the nozzle assembly to draw fluid from the reservoir into the nozzle assembly through a siphon tube by a venturi action. The air supply may be provided through an air supply arrangement which includes guide walls for positioning the nozzle assembly relative to the air supply, and a resiliently mounted air supply tube for mating with an air supply opening in the nozzle assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventors: Bruce Grant MacGregor, Alex Kazaks, Bradford W. Flora, Henry F. Doersam, George Crothall, Ana Taiyuan Chang
  • Patent number: 6070844
    Abstract: A beverage holder composed of hollow cylindrical upper and lower parts, where the parts are rotatable with respect to one another. The upper and lower parts are connected with one another by a plurality of rod-shaped connecting elements (rods). When the two parts are rotated relative to one another, the rods are tilted, such that the inside diameter inside the hollow cylindrical upper and lower parts is reduced. In this manner, a container inserted into the beverage holder is reliably clamped. The rod-shaped connecting elements may be designed "in the manner of a stocking." When an impermeable material is used and the rod-shaped connecting elements are attached in a sealing fashion to the hollow cylindrical assembly and/or the ring, the cylindrical assembly then becomes suitable for allowing a liquid or a gaseous media to flow through it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hermann Juergen Salenbauch, Alexander Klatt, Robert Stancel, Johnathan I. Kaplan, Alex Kazaks, Bruce Grant MacGregor, Steven Vassallo
  • Patent number: D435174
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Marianne Grisdale, Ralph LaZar, Douglas Schein, Bruce Grant MacGregor, Alexander Kazaks