Patents by Inventor Eric D. Guy

Eric D. Guy 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: 10743714
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a housing and at least one upwardly facing cooking wall on which food product can directly sit for cooking, where the cooking wall is supported by the housing and has an associated drain path for residual cooking fluid and/or for cleaning fluid, where the drain path includes an outlet end. A mobile fluid receptacle located in an installed use position within the housing is positioned below the cooking wall. The mobile fluid receptacle is movable to a transport position fully disengaged from the housing. The mobile fluid receptacle may be configured to sit in a generally horizontal use orientation when in the installed use position, as well as an upright orientation when disengaged from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Eric D. Guy
  • Patent number: 10556300
    Abstract: A plasma cutting apparatus includes a housing, a workpiece support, a movable plasma nozzle, and a nozzle drive arrangement. The housing includes a base, an upright pedestal extending upward from the base, and a stationary head cantilevered from the upright pedestal. The workpiece support extends from the upright pedestal and is located below the stationary head. The nozzle extends downward from an underside of the stationary head and is oriented for delivering a cutting plasma generally along one direction and toward a workpiece on the workpiece support. The nozzle drive arrangement is mounted to the stationary head and is connected for moving the plasma nozzle during a cutting operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Harrison J. Jackson, Eric D. Guy
  • Publication number: 20180220847
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a housing and at least one upwardly facing cooking wall on which food product can directly sit for cooking, where the cooking wall is supported by the housing and has an associated drain path for residual cooking fluid and/or for cleaning fluid, where the drain path includes an outlet end. A mobile fluid receptacle located in an installed use position within the housing is positioned below the cooking wall. The mobile fluid receptacle is movable to a transport position fully disengaged from the housing. The mobile fluid receptacle maybe configured to sit in a generally horizontal use orientation when in the installed use position, as well as an upright orientation when disengaged from the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Eric D. Guy
  • Publication number: 20180029171
    Abstract: A plasma cutting apparatus includes a housing, a workpiece support, a movable plasma nozzle, and a nozzle drive arrangement. The housing includes a base, an upright pedestal extending upward from the base, and a stationary head cantilevered from the upright pedestal. The workpiece support extends from the upright pedestal and is located below the stationary head. The nozzle extends downward from an underside of the stationary head and is oriented for delivering a cutting plasma generally along one direction and toward a workpiece on the workpiece support. The nozzle drive arrangement is mounted to the stationary head and is connected for moving the plasma nozzle during a cutting operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Harrison J. Jackson, Eric D. Guy