Patents by Inventor Floyd G. Jackson
Floyd G. Jackson 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: 11913160Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to a treating cycle of operation. The laundry treating appliance comprises a treating chamber for receiving the laundry that is selectively accessible through a door movable between opened and closed positions. The method comprises determining at the end of a laundry treating cycle whether the door has been opened and subsequently reclosed and reducing humidity in the treating chamber after the determination that the door has been reclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Barbara A. Balinski, Floyd G. Jackson, Karl David McAllister
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Publication number: 20240044068Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to a treating cycle of operation. The laundry treating appliance comprises a treating chamber for receiving the laundry that is selectively accessible through a door movable between opened and closed positions. The method comprises determining at the end of a laundry treating cycle whether the door has been opened and subsequently reclosed and reducing humidity in the treating chamber after the determination that the door has been reclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Barbara A. BALINKSI, Floyd G. JACKSON, Karl David McALLISTER
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Publication number: 20220081825Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to a treating cycle of operation. The laundry treating appliance comprises a treating chamber for receiving the laundry that is selectively accessible through a door movable between opened and closed positions. The method comprises determining at the end of a laundry treating cycle whether the door has been opened and subsequently reclosed and reducing humidity in the treating chamber after the determination that the door has been reclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Barbara A. BALINSKI, Floyd G. JACKSON, Karl David McALLISTER
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Patent number: 11208755Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to a treating cycle of operation. The laundry treating appliance comprises a treating chamber for receiving the laundry that is selectively accessible through a door movable between opened and closed positions. The method comprises determining at the end of a laundry treating cycle whether the door has been opened and subsequently reclosed and reducing humidity in the treating chamber after the determination that the door has been reclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Barbara A. Balinski, Floyd G. Jackson, Karl David McAllister
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Publication number: 20200240064Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to a treating cycle of operation. The laundry treating appliance comprises a treating chamber for receiving the laundry that is selectively accessible through a door movable between opened and closed positions. The method comprises determining at the end of a laundry treating cycle whether the door has been opened and subsequently reclosed and reducing humidity in the treating chamber after the determination that the door has been reclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: BARBARA A. BALINSKI, FLOYD G. JACKSON, KARL DAVID MCALLISTER
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Patent number: 10633776Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to a cycle of operation with the laundry treating appliance including a treating chamber for receiving laundry selectively accessible through a door, can include determining the removal of laundry after completion of the cycle of operation and reducing humidity in the treating chamber after determination of the removal of the laundry.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Barbara A. Balinski, Floyd G. Jackson, Karl David McAllister
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Publication number: 20180187356Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to a cycle of operation with the laundry treating appliance including a treating chamber for receiving laundry selectively accessible through a door, can include determining the removal of laundry after completion of the cycle of operation and reducing humidity in the treating chamber after determination of the removal of the laundry.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: BARBARA A. BALINSKI, FLOYD G. JACKSON, KARL DAVID MCALLISTER
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Patent number: 9945062Abstract: An apparatus and method for reducing humidity both within laundry and within a laundry treating appliance in response to a door being opened or closed are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2017Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Barbara A. Balinski, Floyd G. Jackson, Karl David McAllister
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Publication number: 20170254009Abstract: An apparatus and method for reducing humidity both within laundry and within a laundry treating appliance in response to a door being opened or closed are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Inventors: BARBARA A. BALINSKI, FLOYD G. JACKSON, KARL DAVID MCALLISTER
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Patent number: 9689100Abstract: An apparatus and method for reducing humidity both within laundry and within a laundry treating appliance in response to a door being opened or closed are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Barbara A. Balinski, Floyd G. Jackson, Karl David McAllister
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Publication number: 20150337475Abstract: An apparatus and method for reducing humidity both within laundry and within a laundry treating appliance in response to a door being opened or closed are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2015Publication date: November 26, 2015Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: BARBARA A. BALINSKI, FLOYD G. JACKSON, KARL DAVID MCALLISTER
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Patent number: 9109317Abstract: An automatic washing machine including a tub, a drum mounted for rotating within the tub, a treating chamber for receiving laundry to be treated, a door selectively moveable between opened and closed conditions to provide access to the treating chamber, a position sensor configured to sense the opened and closed conditions of the door and accordingly output a door condition signal, a humidity reduction device coupled to the treating chamber, and a controller configured to execute a treating cycle of operation and operably coupled with the position sensor to receive the door condition signal and the humidity reduction device to control its actuation, and further configured to operate the humidity reduction device and to rotate the drum to reduce the humidity in the treating chamber in response to the door being opened and subsequently closed after the completion of the treating cycle of operation.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2009Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Barbara A. Balinski, Floyd G. Jackson, Karl D. McAllister
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Patent number: 7918109Abstract: A steam generator having a steam generation tube defining a chamber for receiving water and converting the water to steam, and a heating element wrapped around the tube and having a first portion emitting a greater thermal output than a second portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2007Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Robert J. Pinkowski, Alvaro Vallejo Noriega, Markus Beck, Karl Furderer, Floyd G. Jackson
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Patent number: 7905119Abstract: A steam generator according to one embodiment of the invention includes a steam generation chamber for converting the water to steam, and a heating element thermally coupled with the steam generation chamber and having a first portion below an operational water level of the steam generation chamber and a second portion above the operational water level, with the first portion having a greater thermal output than the second portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2007Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Robert J. Pinkowski, Alvaro Vallejo Noriega, Markus Beck, Karl Furderer, Floyd G. Jackson
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Publication number: 20110041260Abstract: An apparatus and method for reducing humidity both within laundry and within a laundry treating appliance in response to a door being opened or closed are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2009Publication date: February 24, 2011Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: BARBARA A. BALINSKI, FLOYD G. JACKSON, KARL D. MCALLISTER
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Publication number: 20090056389Abstract: A steam generator according to one embodiment of the invention includes a steam generation chamber for converting the water to steam, and a heating element thermally coupled with the steam generation chamber and having a first portion below an operational water level of the steam generation chamber and a second portion above the operational water level, with the first portion having a greater thermal output than the second portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2007Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Robert J. Pinkowski, Alvaro Vallejo Noriega, Markus Beck, Karl Furderer, Floyd G. Jackson
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Publication number: 20090056175Abstract: A steam generator having a steam generation tube defining a chamber for receiving water and converting the water to steam, and a heating element wrapped around the tube and having a first portion emitting a greater thermal output than a second portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2007Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Robert J. Pinkowski, Alvaro Vallejo Noriega, Markus Beck, Karl Furderer, Floyd G. Jackson
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Patent number: 7444840Abstract: A garment refreshing appliance comprising: an enclosure for receiving at least one garment to be refreshed, a support positioned in said enclosure to receive and suspend said garment in said enclosure, an air moving device arranged to circulate a flow of air within said enclosure, and an air duct associated with said air moving device to direct said circulating flow of air within said enclosure, said air duct having a plurality of flow directing vanes associated therewith to direct said recirculating flow of air against said garment.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2003Date of Patent: November 4, 2008Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Floyd G. Jackson, James C. Perso, Robert J. Pinkowski, Viktor N. Kopyrin
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Publication number: 20040211227Abstract: A garment refreshing appliance comprising: an enclosure for receiving at least one garment to be refreshed,a support positioned in said enclosure to receive and suspend said garment in said enclosure, an air moving device arranged to circulate a flow of air within said enclosure, and an air duct associated with said air moving device to direct said circulating flow of air within said enclosure, said air duct having a plurality of flow directing vanes associated therewith to direct said recirculating flow of air against said garment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2003Publication date: October 28, 2004Inventors: Floyd G. Jackson, James C. Perso, Robert J. Pinkowski, Viktor N. Kopyrin
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Patent number: 4782738Abstract: A compressor includes a housing to which a cylinder and head structure is adjustably mounted by means of an adjustable spacer. By adjusting the compression on the head structure during assembly, the head clearance of the compressor piston is adjusted for a desired operating characteristic. In a preferred embodiment the compressor includes an extruded housing as well as other major components.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 1985Date of Patent: November 8, 1988Assignee: Gast Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Floyd G. Jackson, Michael L. Beidler