Patents by Inventor David J. Gushwa
David J. Gushwa 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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Patent number: 11701788Abstract: A food processor includes a bowl with a removable lid. Food items are advanced into the bowl through a feed tube formed in the lid where they are cut by a blade assembly. A rotating disk is adjustable relative to the blade assembly to vary the thickness of the food items cut by the blade assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Kevin James Beber, Alex R. Oliveira, Fernando R. Oliveira, Eric Tauzer, Joao Paulo M. Goncalves, David J. Gushwa, Yung Leong Hin, Jeffrey Carl Loebig, Euan Skinner MacLeod, Qu Zhi Jie, Michael P. Conti, Thomas Allen Gillette, Brent A. Rowland, Jeremy T. Wolters
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Publication number: 20210237303Abstract: A food processor includes a bowl with a removable lid. Food items are advanced into the bowl through a feed tube formed in the lid where they are cut by a blade assembly. A rotating disk is adjustable relative to the blade assembly to vary the thickness of the food items cut by the blade assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Kevin James Beber, Alex R. Oliveira, Fernando R. Oliveira, Eric Tauzer, Joao Paulo M. Goncalves, David J. Gushwa, Yung Leong Hin, Jeffrey Carl Loebig, Euan Skinner MacLeod, Qu Zhi Jie, Michael P. Conti, Thomas Allen Gillette, Brent A. Rowland, Jeremy T. Wolters
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Patent number: 11007664Abstract: A food processor includes a bowl with a removable lid. Food items are advanced into the bowl through a feed tube formed in the lid where they are cut by a blade assembly. A rotating disk is adjustable relative to the blade assembly to vary the thickness of the food items cut by the blade assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Kevin James Beber, Alex R. Oliveira, Fernando R. Oliveira, Eric Tauzer, Joao Paulo M. Goncalves, David J. Gushwa, Yung Leong Hin, Jeffrey Carl Loebig, Euan Skinner MacLeod, Qu Zhi Jie, Michael P. Conti, Thomas Allen Gillette, Brent A. Rowland, Jeremy T. Wolters
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Patent number: 10582808Abstract: A food processor includes a base and a bowl with a removable lid. Food items are advanced into the bowl through a feed tube formed in the lid where they are cut by a cutting assembly driven by a motor. The cutting assembly is adjustable to vary the thickness of the cut food items. An adjustment assembly positioned in the base is operable to adjust the cutting thickness of the cutting assembly while the cutting assembly is driven by the motor.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2016Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Kevin James Beber, David J. Gushwa, Yung Leong Hin, Jeffrey Carl Loebig, Euan Skinner Macleod, Qu Zhi Jie, Michael P. Conti, Thomas Allen Gillette, Brent A. Rowland
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Publication number: 20200001490Abstract: A food processor includes a bowl with a removable lid. Food items are advanced into the bowl through a feed tube formed in the lid where they are cut by a blade assembly. A rotating disk is adjustable relative to the blade assembly to vary the thickness of the food items cut by the blade assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Kevin James Beber, Alex R. Oliveira, Fernando R. Oliveira, Eric Tauzer, Joao Paulo M. Goncalves, David J. Gushwa, Yung Leong Hin, Jeffrey Carl Loebig, Euan Skinner MacLeod, Qu Zhi Jie, Michael P. Conti, Thomas Allen Gillette, Brent A. Rowland, Jeremy T. Wolters
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Patent number: 10449685Abstract: A food processor includes a bowl with a removable lid. Food items are advanced into the bowl through a feed tube formed in the lid where they are cut by a blade assembly. A rotating disk is adjustable relative to the blade assembly to vary the thickness of the food items cut by the blade assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2016Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Kevin James Beber, Alex R. Oliveira, Fernando R. Oliveira, Eric Tauzer, Joao Paulo M. Goncalves, David J. Gushwa, Yung Leong Hin, Jeffrey Carl Loebig, Euan Skinner MacLeod, Qu Zhi Jie, Michael P. Conti, Thomas Allen Gillette, Brent A. Rowland, Jeremy T. Wolters
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Patent number: 10092138Abstract: A food processing device (10) includes a drive assembly coupled to a dualaction cutting tool (20) and a single-action dicing tool (40). First and second cutting assemblies (51, 52) are disposed on the cutting tool (20) and are adapted to make first and second cuts in a food substrate as the cutting tool (20) rotates within a food processing path (26). The cutting tool (20) is further adapted to urge the cut food substrate towards and through the dicing tool (40) where generally parallel spaced-apart blades (66) further cut the food substrate to form diced food elements. The sequential cutting arrangement of the cutting tool (20) and the dicing tool (40) provides for a food processing device (10) that is capable of dicing a food substrate with lower torque and lower power requirements as compared to conventional dicing methods.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2014Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: David J. Gushwa, Jeffrey Carl Loebig, Yung Leong Hin, Fan Zhao
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Patent number: 10039419Abstract: A container and system for holding a cutting tool of a food processing device is disclosed. The container includes a shell defining a chamber sized to receive one of at least a first cutting tool and a second cutting tool. The shell has a slot that receives a stem of the first cutting tool when the first cutting tool is positioned in the chamber and another slot that receives a stem of the second cutting tool when the second cutting tool is positioned in the chamber. The shell also has a plurality of openings that are sized to permit fluid to pass into the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2012Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: David J. Gushwa, Euan Skinner MacLeod, Edith M. Wine
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Publication number: 20180213978Abstract: A container and system for holding a cutting tool of a food processing device is disclosed. The container includes a shell defining a chamber sized to receive one of at least a first cutting tool and a second cutting tool. The shell has a slot that receives a stem of the first cutting tool when the first cutting tool is positioned in the chamber and another slot that receives a stem of the second cutting tool when the second cutting tool is positioned in the chamber. The shell also has a plurality of openings that are sized to permit fluid to pass into the chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: David J. Gushwa, Euan Skinner MaCleod, Edith M. Wine
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Patent number: 10028620Abstract: A food processing device includes a dicing kit adapted to be received in a bowl which is coupled to a base. The dicing kit includes a dicing grid disposed within a frame which is coupled to a cover member having a rotating slicing tool disposed there between. The slicing tool is positively captured between the dicing grid frame and the cover member and is further adapted to rotate as powered by a motor disposed in the base portion of the food processor.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: David J. Gushwa, Zachary A. Lownds, Jeffrey Carl Loebig, Euan Skinner Macleod, Leong Hin Yung, James Fan Zhao, Huang Yong Hang
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Patent number: 9872588Abstract: A blender collar assembly including a plunger moveable between a lower position where a blade assembly is prevented from coupling with a motor, and an upper position where the blade assembly is able to couple with the motor. The plunger includes an arm extending upward and having a u-shaped feature, and a protrusion associated with the u-shaped feature. The assembly further includes a concentric interlock ring rotating responsive to rotation of a blender jar. The interlock ring including a first portion engaging the u-shaped feature preventing the plunger from moving upward, a second gap portion not engaging the u-shaped feature enabling the plunger to move upward and downward within the collar, and a key engaging a protrusion of the blender jar as the plunger moves upward preventing the interlock ring from rotating while the second portion is rotationally aligned with the u-shaped feature.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2016Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: David J. Gushwa, Jason P. Kachorek, Everett Sidney Kettle
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Publication number: 20170311760Abstract: A food processing device (10) includes a drive assembly coupled to a dualaction cutting tool (20) and a single-action dicing tool (40). First and second cutting assemblies (51, 52) are disposed on the cutting tool (20) and are adapted to make first and second cuts in a food substrate as the cutting tool (20) rotates within a food processing path (26). The cutting tool (20) is further adapted to urge the cut food substrate towards and through the dicing tool (40) where generally parallel spaced-apart blades (66) further cut the food substrate to form diced food elements. The sequential cutting arrangement of the cutting tool (20) and the dicing tool (40) provides for a food processing device (10) that is capable of dicing a food substrate with lower torque and lower power requirements as compared to conventional dicing methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2014Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: David J. Gushwa, Jeffrey Carl Loebig, Yung Leong Hin, Fan Zhao
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Patent number: 9655474Abstract: A food processor includes a base and a bowl with a removable lid. Food items are advanced into the bowl through a feed tube formed in the lid where they are cut by a cutting assembly driven by a motor. The cutting assembly is adjustable to vary the thickness of the cut food items. An adjustment assembly positioned in the base is operable to adjust the cutting thickness of the cutting assembly while the cutting assembly is driven by the motor.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2011Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Kevin James Beber, David J. Gushwa, Yung Leong Hin, Jeffrey Carl Loebig, Euan Skinner Macleod, Qu Zhi Jie
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Patent number: D793152Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: David J. Gushwa, John W. McConnell, Joel Graham Van Faasen
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Patent number: D819386Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2016Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: David J. Gushwa, Joel Graham Van Faasen
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Patent number: D827356Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: David J. Gushwa, Joel Graham Van Faasen
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Patent number: D870503Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2018Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: David J. Gushwa, John W. McConnell, Mansour Ourasanah
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Patent number: D870504Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2018Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: David J. Gushwa, John W. McConnell, Mansour Ourasanah
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Patent number: D891169Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: David J. Gushwa, John W. McConnell, Mansour Ourasanah
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Patent number: D892532Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: David J. Gushwa, John W. McConnell, Mansour Ourasanah