Patents by Inventor Dylan Rowe

Dylan Rowe 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).

  • State machine and/or container-specific operational control of high speed reusable beverage container washing system
    Patent number: 12285144
    Abstract: A beverage container washing system may utilize a state machine-based control system and/or beverage container type determination to manage washing and/or sanitizing of beverage containers, e.g., for use in a retail environment to wash and/or sanitize customer-provided beverage containers prior to filling the beverage containers with purchased beverages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joel Boyer, Robert M. Digman, Dylan Rowe
  • High speed reusable beverage container washing system with themed lighting
    Patent number: 12268346
    Abstract: A beverage container washing system, e.g., for use in a retail environment to wash and/or sanitize customer-provided beverage containers prior to filling the beverage containers with purchased beverages, may include a lighting system with a plurality of lights disposed on a housing of the beverage container washing system and configured to be illuminated with various types of animations to convey different types of information to a customer and/or retail establishment employee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joel Boyer, Robert M. Digman, Dylan Rowe
  • DENSITY-BASED COFFEE ROAST LEVEL CHARACTERIZATION AND/OR DYNAMIC COFFEE GRINDER CONTROL
    Publication number: 20240188750
    Abstract: A roast level of coffee grounds used in a coffee brewing operation may be characterized based at least in part on one or more weights of the coffee grounds determined during a grinding operation, and in some instances, may be used to determine one or more brewing parameters used in the coffee brewing operation. In addition, in some instances the roast level of the coffee grounds may be determined during a grinding operation and used to control the amount of coffee grounds generated during the grinding operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Simon Fowler, Leopold Ibel, Hieu M. Vu, Dylan Rowe, Mingjun Huang
  • HIGH SPEED REUSABLE BEVERAGE CONTAINER WASHING SYSTEM WITH THEMED LIGHTING
    Publication number: 20240000285
    Abstract: A beverage container washing system, e.g., for use in a retail environment to wash and/or sanitize customer-provided beverage containers prior to filling the beverage containers with purchased beverages, may include a lighting system with a plurality of lights disposed on a housing of the beverage container washing system and configured to be illuminated with various types of animations to convey different types of information to a customer and/or retail establishment employee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Joel Boyer, Robert M. Digman, Dylan Rowe
  • STATE MACHINE AND/OR CONTAINER-SPECIFIC OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF HIGH SPEED REUSABLE BEVERAGE CONTAINER WASHING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240000286
    Abstract: A beverage container washing system may utilize a state machine-based control system and/or beverage container type determination to manage washing and/or sanitizing of beverage containers, e.g., for use in a retail environment to wash and/or sanitize customer-provided beverage containers prior to filling the beverage containers with purchased beverages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Joel Boyer, Robert M. Digman, Dylan Rowe