Patents by Inventor Daniel E. Friel, Jr.

Daniel E. Friel, Jr. 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: 9386880
    Abstract: A waffle maker has upper and lower baking plates each of which is powered with at lease one heating element for baking waffle. A power control unit responds to a temperature sensing unit to control power applied to the heaters and to maintain the heating plates both before and after each baking cycle at a manually pre-selected temperature. A manually adjustable timer controls the duration of the baking cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel D. Friel, Sr., Daniel E. Friel, Jr., H. William Busch, Jr., James Fitzgerald, Terry Hall