Patents by Inventor Daniel Lee Short

Daniel Lee Short 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).

  • Ice-making machine that utilizes closed-loop harvest control with vibrational feedback
    Patent number: 10480843
    Abstract: There is provided a method that includes (a) controlling a vibrator to produce an acoustic wave in accordance with a signal that includes (i) an on-time during which a packet of pulses is generated, followed by (ii) an off-time during which no pulses are generated, and thus includes (iii) a frequency component, (b) receiving an electrical representation of the acoustic wave that has been detected from a body of water that is being frozen on a structure, (c) extracting, from the electrical representation, (i) the frequency component, and (ii) a magnitude of the frequency component, (d) recognizing that the magnitude of the frequency component exceeds a threshold value, thus yielding a recognition, and (e) issuing a command to remove the body of water from the structure, in response to the recognition. There is also provided a system that employs the method, and a storage device containing instructions for the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: MANITOWOC FOODSERVICE COMPANIES, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Lee Short, Christopher Greicar, Richard T. Miller, William Eugene Olson, Jr., Brian Gerald Polly, John Phillip Myers
  • ICE-MAKING MACHINE THAT UTILIZES CLOSED-LOOP HARVEST CONTROL WITH VIBRATIONAL FEEDBACK
    Publication number: 20190226739
    Abstract: There is provided a method that includes (a) controlling a vibrator to produce an acoustic wave in accordance with a signal that includes (i) an on-time during which a packet of pulses is generated, followed by (ii) an off-time during which no pulses are generated, and thus includes (iii) a frequency component, (b) receiving an electrical representation of the acoustic wave that has been detected from a body of water that is being frozen on a structure, (c) extracting, from the electrical representation, (i) the frequency component, and (ii) a magnitude of the frequency component, (d) recognizing that the magnitude of the frequency component exceeds a threshold value, thus yielding a recognition, and (e) issuing a command to remove the body of water from the structure, in response to the recognition. There is also provided a system that employs the method, and a storage device containing instructions for the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel Lee Short, Christopher Greicar, Richard T. Miller, William Eugene Olson, JR., Brian Gerald Polly, John Phillip Myers