Patents by Inventor Cynthia C. Jara-Almonte
Cynthia C. Jara-Almonte 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).
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Publication number: 20170203987Abstract: A system and method are provided for a food loading station having a disposer that grinds food waste that is located at a facility that processes food waste. A storage tank receives a slurry of food waste and water from the disposer. A controller is connected to the disposer and in communication with a scale that senses a weight of the food waste before grinding by the disposer. A remote module is in communication with the controller, receives the sensed weight of the food waste, and calculates, based on the sensed weight, a total amount of the food waste ground by the disposer and received by the storage tank over a predetermined time period. A terminal associated with the facility and connected to the remote module receives a report that includes diverted food waste data for the predetermined time period corresponding to the total amount of food waste.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2015Publication date: July 20, 2017Inventors: Jeffrey S. MCMAHON, Matthew WHITENER, Gregory J. CHESACK, Thomas R. BERGER, Cynthia C. JARA-ALMONTE
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Patent number: 8985489Abstract: A food waste disposer has a food conveying section that receives food waste and water; a grinding section including a grinding mechanism, and a motor section including a motor. The grinding section is disposed between the food conveying section and the motor section. The grinding mechanism includes a stationary grind ring and a rotating shredder plate assembly that rotates in the grind ring to grind food waste to form ground matter that combines with the water to form a slurry. The slurry passes into a discharge area in an upper end bell below the shredder plate assembly. The food conveying section includes a housing having a food waste deflecting band with an angular profile at a lower end of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.Inventors: Cynthia C. Jara-Almonte, Donald Gapko, Randall E. Hammer, Dane Hofmeister
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Publication number: 20130175375Abstract: A food waste disposer has a food conveying section that receives food waste and water; a grinding section including a grinding mechanism, and a motor section including a motor. The grinding section is disposed between the food conveying section and the motor section. The grinding mechanism includes a stationary grind ring and a rotating shredder plate assembly that rotates in the grind ring to grind food waste to form ground matter that combines with the water to form a slurry. The slurry passes into a discharge area in an upper end bell below the shredder plate assembly. The food conveying section includes a housing having a food waste deflecting band with an angular profile at a lower end of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2012Publication date: July 11, 2013Applicant: Emerson Electric Co.Inventors: Cynthia C. Jara-Almonte, Donald Gapko, Randall E. Hammer, Dane Hofmeister
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Patent number: 7866583Abstract: Various mechanisms for reducing food waste in a food waste disposer are disclosed. In each of the reduction mechanisms, structures are provided for shearing food waste as it passes through or past a rotating shredder plate of the disposer. Each of the reduction mechanism has a rotatable plate having a plurality of lugs positioned for rotation relative to an inner wall of a stationary ring. In one embodiment, the reduction mechanism includes a horizontal toothed ledge positioned above the stationary ring is used to enhance grinding the food waste. In another embodiment, the reduction mechanism includes a vertical rasping surface positioned above the stationary ring. In yet another embodiment, the reduction mechanism includes serrated edges added to the vertical leading edges of the teeth on the stationary ring.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2009Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.Inventor: Cynthia C. Jara-Almonte
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Patent number: 7753297Abstract: A grinding mechanism for a food waste disposer includes a grinding ring defining a plurality of window openings therethrough. The grinding ring is received in a housing of a grinding mechanism. The grinding mechanism has a plurality of cavities therein corresponding to the window openings that are disposed outboard of the window openings. A plurality of stacked disks form a rotatable shredder plate that is situated to rotate relative to the grinding ring.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2008Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.Inventors: Steven P. Hanson, Richard A. Junk, Cynthia C. Jara-Almonte, Thomas R. Berger, Randall Hammer
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Patent number: 7735760Abstract: A grinding mechanism for a food waste disposer includes a grinding ring defining a plurality of window openings therethrough. A backing member receives the grinding ring and defines a plurality of cavities therein corresponding to the window openings. A plurality of stacked disks form a rotatable shredder plate that is situated to rotate relative to the grinding plate.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2007Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.Inventors: Steven P. Hanson, Richard A. Junk, Cynthia C. Jara-Almonte, Thomas R. Berger
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Patent number: 7665680Abstract: A shredder plate assembly for a food waste disposer includes a disk with one or more water slinging devices attached, so that water flowing into the disposer flows over the water slinging device and against the inside of the disposer housing as the disk rotates.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2005Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.Inventors: Scott W. Anderson, Joseph G. Farmerie, Nicholas J. Hirsch, Steven P. Hanson, Cynthia C. Jara-Almonte, Richard Junk
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Publication number: 20100006682Abstract: Various mechanisms for reducing food waste in a food waste disposer are disclosed. In each of the reduction mechanisms, structures are provided for shearing food waste as it passes through or past a rotating shredder plate of the disposer. Each of the reduction mechanism has a rotatable plate having a plurality of lugs positioned for rotation relative to an inner wall of a stationary ring. In one embodiment, the reduction mechanism includes a horizontal toothed ledge positioned above the stationary ring is used to enhance grinding the food waste. In another embodiment, the reduction mechanism includes a vertical rasping surface positioned above the stationary ring. In yet another embodiment, the reduction mechanism includes serrated edges added to the vertical leading edges of the teeth on the stationary ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: Emerson Electric Co.Inventors: Cynthia C. Jara-Almonte, Steven P. Hanson
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Patent number: 7607599Abstract: Various mechanisms for reducing food waste in a food waste disposer are disclosed. In each of the reduction mechanisms, structures are provided for shearing food waste as it passes through or past a rotating shredder plate of the disposer. Each of the reduction mechanism has a rotatable plate having a plurality of lugs positioned for rotation relative to an inner wall of a stationary ring. In one embodiment, the reduction mechanism includes a horizontal toothed ledge positioned above the stationary ring is used to enhance grinding the food waste. In another embodiment, the reduction mechanism includes a vertical rasping surface positioned above the stationary ring. In yet another embodiment, the reduction mechanism includes serrated edges added to the vertical leading edges of the teeth on the stationary ring.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2004Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.Inventors: Cynthia C Jara-Almonte, Steven P Hanson
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Patent number: 7584915Abstract: A food waste disposer includes a housing defining an inlet opening and a grinding mechanism driven by a motor for grinding food waste received into the housing through the inlet opening. An annular retaining collar has one end for connecting to a sink opening, via a standard sink mount, for example. An annular elastomeric coupler is situated about the opposite end of the annular retaining collar and connected to the housing for vibrationally isolating the annular retaining collar from the housing. The primary loading on the elastomeric material is in shear. Elastomeric materials in shear are particularly effective in absorbing both vibration and shock loads.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2005Date of Patent: September 8, 2009Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.Inventors: Cynthia C Jara-Almonte, Steven P Hanson, Scott Anderson, Thomas R Berger
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Patent number: 7500628Abstract: Various mechanisms for reducing food waste in a food waste disposer are disclosed. In each of the reduction mechanisms, structures are provided for shearing food waste as it passes through or past a rotating shredder plate of the disposer. In one embodiment, the reduction mechanism has a rotatable plate coupled to a rotational source and positioned for rotation relative to an inner wall of a stationary ring. The plate has a fixed lug attached to the rotatable plate and has a movable lug attached to the rotatable plate. In another embodiment, the reduction mechanism includes a rotatable plate coupled to a rotational source and a stationary plate disposed adjacent the rotatable plate. The stationary plate or impeller defines a plurality of apertures therethrough. At least one first portion of the rotatable plate or impeller shears over at least some of the apertures in the stationary plate to shear the food waste.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2007Date of Patent: March 10, 2009Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.Inventors: Thomas R. Berger, Cynthia C. Jara-Almonte, Joseph G. Farmerie
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Publication number: 20080116305Abstract: A grinding mechanism for a food waste disposer includes a grinding ring defining a plurality of window openings therethrough. The grinding ring is received in a housing of a grinding mechanism. The grinding mechanism has a plurality of cavities therein corresponding to the window openings that are disposed outboard of the window openings. A plurality of stacked disks form a rotatable shredder plate that is situated to rotate relative to the grinding ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2008Publication date: May 22, 2008Applicant: Emerson Electric Co.Inventors: Steven P. Hanson, Richard A. Junk, Cynthia C. Jara-Almonte, Thomas R. Berger
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Patent number: 7337996Abstract: A grinding mechanism for a food waste disposer includes a grinding ring defining a plurality of window openings therethrough. A backing member receives the grinding ring and defines a plurality of cavities therein corresponding to the window openings. A plurality of stacked disks form a rotatable shredder plate that is situated to rotate relative to the grinding plate.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2005Date of Patent: March 4, 2008Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.Inventors: Steven P. Hanson, Richard A. Junk, Cynthia C. Jara-Almonte, Thomas R. Berger
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Patent number: 7331539Abstract: A food waste disposer having devices to reduce noise is disclosed. The disposer has a food conveying section, a motor section, and a grinding section. To reduce the emitted noise that may result when food waste impacts the various components of the grinding section, in one embodiment, the present invention uses sound reduction layers attached to the external surfaces of the food conveying section, the motor section, and/or the central grinding section. The sound reduction layers may be made of materials that absorb, block, or dampen the emitted noise. The rotating shredder plate may have a first metallic layer, a second damping layer, and a third metallic layer. The stationary shredder ring may be made of a high-mass material or have a high-mass ring in connection with a stationary shredder ring. These devices may be combined with various disposer inlet baffles.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2002Date of Patent: February 19, 2008Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.Inventors: Cynthia C Jara-Almonte, Thomas R Berger
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Publication number: 20070221765Abstract: A grinding mechanism for a food waste disposer includes a grinding ring defining a plurality of window openings therethrough. A backing member receives the grinding ring and defines a plurality of cavities therein corresponding to the window openings. A plurality of stacked disks form a rotatable shredder plate that is situated to rotate relative to the grinding plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2007Publication date: September 27, 2007Applicant: Emerson Electric Co.Inventors: Steven P Hanson, Richard A. Junk, Cynthia C. Jara-Almonte, Thomas R. Berger
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Patent number: 7021574Abstract: Disclosed herein is a vibration isolation gasket for mounting a food waste disposer to a sink that is at least partially molded onto a portion of the housing of the disposer, and preferably to the disposer's container cover. The vibration isolation gasket preferably includes a rubberized and integrally-formed gasket portion, sleeve portion, and over-molded portion. The gasket portion couples to the drain opening and may contain pleats to prevent food ejection from the disposer. The sleeve portion connects the gasket and over-molded portions, bears the weight of the disposer as it hangs from the sink, and acts as the primary structure for reducing vibration-induced noise. The over-molded portion is preferably molded onto the top and bottom of the container cover, which is in turns crimped to the remainder of the disposer housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2003Date of Patent: April 4, 2006Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.Inventors: Thomas R. Berger, Cynthia C. Jara-Almonte
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Publication number: 20040245358Abstract: Various mechanisms for reducing food waste in a food waste disposer are disclosed. In each of the reduction mechanisms, structures are provided for shearing food waste as it passes through or past a rotating shredder plate of the disposer. Each of the reduction mechanism has a rotatable plate having a plurality of lugs positioned for rotation relative to an inner wall of a stationary ring. In one embodiment, the reduction mechanism includes a horizontal toothed ledge positioned above the stationary ring is used to enhance grinding the food waste. In another embodiment, the reduction mechanism includes a vertical rasping surface positioned above the stationary ring. In yet another embodiment, the reduction mechanism includes serrated edges added to the vertical leading edges of the teeth on the stationary ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2004Publication date: December 9, 2004Inventors: Cynthia C. Jara-Almonte, Steven P. Hanson
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Publication number: 20040195409Abstract: Disclosed herein is a vibration isolation gasket for mounting a food waste disposer to a sink that is at least partially molded onto a portion of the housing of the disposer, and preferably to the disposer's container cover. The vibration isolation gasket preferably includes a rubberized and integrally-formed gasket portion, sleeve portion, and over-molded portion. The gasket portion couples to the drain opening and may contain pleats to prevent food ejection from the disposer. The sleeve portion connects the gasket and over-molded portions, bears the weight of the disposer as it hangs from the sink, and acts as the primary structure for reducing vibration-induced noise. The over-molded portion is preferably molded onto the top and bottom of the container cover, which is in turns crimped to the remainder of the disposer housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2003Publication date: October 7, 2004Inventors: Thomas R. Berger, Cynthia C. Jara-Almonte
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Patent number: D536211Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2005Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.Inventors: Cynthia C. Jara-Almonte, Thomas R. Berger, Richard A. Junk
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Patent number: D542595Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2006Date of Patent: May 15, 2007Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.Inventors: Cynthia C Jara-Almonte, Thomas R Berger, Richard A Junk