Patents by Inventor David G. Beers

David G. Beers 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: 4920765
    Abstract: A refrigerator cabinet has a valve controlling the amount of cooled air flowing from a cooling chamber having an evaporator to a fresh food compartment to control the ratio of the air flow from the cooling chamber to a freezer compartment and the fresh food compartment. The valve is retained in a predetermined position at the time of assembly by a duct cover, which is forward of an evaporator cover in the freezer compartment, having a frangible key on its front wall extend through an opening in a disc of the valve. If a user deems the freezer compartment too hot or too cold, a service person breaks the frangible key with pliers, for example, after removing the duct cover and rotates the valve to one of a plurality of selected positions to change the air flow. The dics has a plurality of notches in its periphery for cooperation with a second key on the front wall of the duct cover to hold the valve in its selected position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1990
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael J. McCauley, David G. Beers, John P. Raymond
  • Patent number: 4450692
    Abstract: An apparatus for making frozen food products, particularly ice cream or the like, wherein the apparatus is interchangeable with the existing ice dispenser unit in the freezer compartment of a domestic refrigerator provided with an automatic ice maker unit, which apparatus includes a housing for containing the frozen food product mix, an auger blade disposed within the housing for stirring the mix during convection heat exchange between the mix and the interior of the freezer compartment, a drive assembly for detachably connecting either the auger blade or mix housing to the existing ice dispenser unit drive motor, and a user operated timer assembly for actuating the drive motor to operate same for a predetermined period of time in accordance with the desired consistency of the final product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1984
    Assignee: Magic Chef, Inc.
    Inventors: Verlos G. Sharpe, David G. Beers