Patents by Inventor Geoffrey Walker
Geoffrey Walker 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: 9534328Abstract: A laundry machine configured to supply a first amount of water to the wash tub wherein a wash plate can be oscillated such that clothes items directly above and in contact with the impeller are frictionally dragged in a oscillatory manner with the wash chamber while continuing to oscillate said wash plate, an additional supply of water is added to said wash tub such that as cloth items lost frictional engagement with the wash plate, the cloth items continue to move along an inverse toroidal rollover path at higher water levels.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2012Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Anna Kathryn Duncan, Erin Louise Hall, Geoffrey Walker, Gerald David Duncan, Flavio E. Bernardino, Mary Ellen Zeitler, David Wayne Carr
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Publication number: 20160215428Abstract: A laundry machine configured to supply a first amount of water to the wash tub wherein a wash plate can be oscillated such that clothes items directly above and in contact with the impeller are frictionally dragged in a oscillatory manner with the wash chamber while continuing to oscillate said wash plate, an additional supply of water is added to said wash tub such that as cloth items lost frictional engagement with the wash plate, the cloth items continue to move along an inverse toroidal rollover path at higher water levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2016Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: ANNA KATHRYN DUNCAN, ERIN LOUISE HALL, GEOFFREY WALKER, GERALD DAVID DUNCAN, FLAVIO E. BERNARDINO, MARY ELLEN ZEITLER, DAVID WAYNE CARR
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Publication number: 20120227189Abstract: A laundry machine configured to supply a first amount of water to the wash tub wherein a wash plate can be oscillated such that clothes items directly above and in contact with the impeller are frictionally dragged in a oscillatory manner with the wash chamber while continuing to oscillate said wash plate, an additional supply of water is added to said wash tub such that as cloth items lost frictional engagement with the wash plate, the cloth items continue to move along an inverse toroidal rollover path at higher water levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: ANNA KATHRYN DUNCAN, ERIN LOUISE HALL, GEOFFREY WALKER, GERALD DAVID DUNCAN, FLAVIO E. BERNARDINO, MARY ELLEN ZEITLER, DAVID WAYNE CARR
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Publication number: 20120017647Abstract: A laundry machine configured to supply a first amount of water to the wash tub wherein a wash plate can be oscillated such that clothes items directly above and in contact with the impeller are frictionally dragged in a oscillatory manner with the wash chamber while continuing to oscillate said wash plate, an additional supply of water is added to said wash tub such that as cloth items lost frictional engagement with the wash plate, the cloth items continue to move along an inverse toroidal rollover path at higher water levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2011Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: ANNA KATHRYN DUNCAN, ERIN LOUISE HALL, GEOFFREY WALKER, GERALD DAVID DUNCAN, FLAVIO E. BERNARDINO, MARY ELLEN ZEITLER, DAVID WAYNE CARR
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Patent number: 8028550Abstract: A laundry machine configured to supply a first amount of water to the wash tub wherein a wash plate can be oscillated such that clothes items directly above and in contact with the impeller are frictionally dragged in a oscillatory manner with the wash chamber while continuing to oscillate said wash plate, an additional supply of water is added to said wash tub such that as cloth items lost frictional engagement with the wash plate, the cloth items continue to move along an inverse toroidal rollover path at higher water levels.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2011Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Anna Kathryn Duncan, Erin Louise Hall, Geoffrey Walker, Gerald David Duncan, Flavio E. Bernardino, Mary Ellen Zeitler, David Wayne Carr
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Publication number: 20110107799Abstract: A laundry machine configured to supply a first amount of water to the wash tub wherein a wash plate can be oscillated such that clothes items directly above and in contact with the impeller are frictionally dragged in a oscillatory manner with the wash chamber while continuing to oscillate said wash plate, an additional supply of water is added to said wash tub such that as cloth items lost frictional engagement with the wash plate, the cloth items continue to move along an inverse toroidal rollover path at higher water levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2011Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Anna Kathryn Duncan, Erin Louise Hall, Geoffrey Walker, Gerald David Duncan, Flavio E. Bernardino, Mary Ellen Zeitler, David Wayne Carr
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Patent number: 7874187Abstract: A laundry machine configured to supply a first amount of water to the wash tub wherein a wash plate can be oscillated such that clothes items directly above and in contact with the impeller are frictionally dragged in a oscillatory manner with the wash chamber while continuing to oscillate said wash plate, an additional supply of water is added to said wash tub such that as cloth items lost frictional engagement with the wash plate, the cloth items continue to move along an inverse toroidal rollover path at higher water levels.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2006Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignees: Whirlpool Corporation, Fisher & PaykelInventors: Anna Kathryn Duncan, Erin Louise Hall, Geoffrey Walker, Gerald David Duncan, Flavio E. Bernardino, Mary Ellen Zeitler, David Wayne Carr
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Publication number: 20070101772Abstract: A laundry machine configured to supply a first amount of water to the wash tub wherein a wash plate can be oscillated such that clothes items directly above and in contact with the impeller are frictionally dragged in a oscillatory manner with the wash chamber while continuing to oscillate said wash plate, an additional supply of water is added to said wash tub such that as cloth items lost frictional engagement with the wash plate, the cloth items continue to move along an inverse toroidal rollover path at higher water levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2006Publication date: May 10, 2007Inventors: Anna Duncan, Erin Hall, Geoffrey Walker, Gerald Duncan, Flavio Bernardino, Mary Zeitler, David Carr
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Patent number: 5968564Abstract: A molded container top 140 has engravings 145 formed by an embossing 108. The core 120 withdrawn from the cavity 102 and a retaining ring 110 holds the hot molded part 140 in the cavity 102. The molded part 140 shrinks away from the cavity 102 and is pushed out of the cavity 102 by an ejector 105. The part 140 has no witness lines on its circumferential skirt 142.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 1997Date of Patent: October 19, 1999Assignee: Kord Products LimitedInventors: Ralph William Welsh, Geoffrey Walker
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Patent number: 5695706Abstract: A molded container top 140 has engravings 145 formed by an embossing 108. The core 120 withdrawn from the cavity 102 and a retaining ring 110 holds the hot molded part 140 in the cavity 102. The molded part 140 shrinks away from the cavity 102 and is pushed out of the cavity 102 by an ejector 105. The part 140 has no witness lines on its circumferential skirt 142.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1996Date of Patent: December 9, 1997Assignee: Kord Products LimitedInventors: Ralph William Welsh, Geoffrey Walker
