Patents by Inventor Graeme Crawley

Graeme Crawley 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).

  • Publication number: 20220047133
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner comprising: a housing; a fan; a dirt collection chamber having an opening for emptying dirt from the dirt collection chamber; and a cover movable between a closed position, in which the cover seals the opening, and an open position, wherein the vacuum cleaner is configured to operate: in a suction mode in which the fan generates a suction airflow from an air inlet to an air outlet; and in a blow mode in which the fan generates a blowing airflow from the air outlet to the opening when cover is in the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Oleksiy P. SERGYEYENKO, Ana GARCIA, Mark Thomas DAVIES, Graeme CRAWLEY
  • Patent number: 10531775
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner comprises a housing and a motor fan assembly arranged to generate an air flow. A detachable dirt container is mountable to the housing and the dirt container has a dirty air inlet in fluid communication with the motor fan assembly. A filter is for separating dirt from the air flow and the filter is mounted between the dirt container and the motor fan assembly. Wherein the detachable dirt container comprises an emptying aperture in a wall of the dirt container, the emptying aperture being downstream in the air flow from the dirty air inlet and upstream of the filter. Wherein the housing comprises an overlap portion for covering the emptying aperture in the dirt container and sealing the emptying aperture when the detachable dirt container is mounted to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Reeves, Graeme Crawley, Conor James Kirkpatrick
  • Publication number: 20180132687
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner comprises a housing and a motor fan assembly arranged to generate an air flow. A detachable dirt container is mountable to the housing and the dirt container has a dirty air inlet in fluid communication with the motor fan assembly. A filter is for separating dirt from the air flow and the filter is mounted between the dirt container and the motor fan assembly. Wherein the detachable dirt container comprises an emptying aperture in a wall of the dirt container, the emptying aperture being downstream in the air flow from the dirty air inlet and upstream of the filter. Wherein the housing comprises an overlap portion for covering the emptying aperture in the dirt container and sealing the emptying aperture when the detachable dirt container is mounted to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Mark REEVES, Graeme CRAWLEY, Conor James KIRKPATRICK
  • Patent number: 9180472
    Abstract: A sprayer can include a sprayer body, a reservoir coupled to the sprayer body, a cleaning fluid reservoir coupled to the sprayer body and a pump assembly arranged within the sprayer body and coupled to the reservoir and the cleaning fluid reservoir. The pump assembly can include a pump barrel that defines a central aperture, a piston arranged within the central aperture, a solenoid coupled to the piston and configured to reciprocate the piston within the central aperture during operation of the sprayer, and a manifold assembly coupled to the pump barrel and including a valve member movable between a first position and a second position. The valve member can fluidly couple the central aperture with the reservoir in the first position and fluidly couple the central aperture with the cleaning fluid reservoir in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Jamie S. Munn, Graeme Crawley, James D. Marshall, Stacey Black, Oleksiy P. Sergyeyenko, Robert J. B. Hobden, Corey D. MacTavish
  • Patent number: 9149822
    Abstract: A sprayer generally includes a tool housing have a wet housing portion that disconnects from a dry housing portion. A solenoid motor is contained in the dry housing portion. An arm member is connected to the dry housing portion. The solenoid motor is operable to move the arm member relative to the dry housing portion. A spray nozzle is connected to a chamber member in the wet housing portion. A piston member extends from the wet housing portion and terminates with a tip portion operable to engage the arm member. A catch member is movably connected to the dry housing portion having an extended condition and a retracted condition. The catch member in the retracted condition is operable to release the wet housing portion from the dry housing portion and disconnect the piston member from the solenoid motor. The catch member in the extended condition is operable to lock the wet housing portion to the dry housing portion and keep the piston member engaged with the arm member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Jamie S. Munn, Graeme Crawley, Suhu Zhou, Genzhang Ye
  • Patent number: D712607
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventor: Graeme Crawley
  • Patent number: D712608
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventor: Graeme Crawley
  • Patent number: D712609
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventor: Graeme Crawley
  • Patent number: D728178
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventor: Graeme Crawley
  • Patent number: D742607
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventor: Graeme Crawley
  • Patent number: D806333
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Houghton, Graeme Crawley
  • Patent number: D816926
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Graeme Crawley, Stephen Houghton, Martin Harnett, Ryan Hargett, Paul Ringer
  • Patent number: D817573
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventor: Graeme Crawley
  • Patent number: D827956
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Gary Spratt, Neil Walmsley, Graeme Crawley, Christopher Hussey, Stephen Houghton
  • Patent number: D834773
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Graeme Crawley, Stephen Houghton, Martin Harnett, Ryan Hargett, Paul Ringer
  • Patent number: D866189
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Baxter, Stephen Houghton, Graeme Crawley, Martin Harnett, Robert P. Welsh, Lea Kobeli, Edward Wilson Licitra, Jonathan Patrick Summers, Germain Verbrackel
  • Patent number: D937511
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: James Standaloft, Carl Malia, Graeme Crawley, Gary Spratt, Stephen Houghton
  • Patent number: D937512
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: James Standaloft, Carl Malia, Graeme Crawley, Gary Spratt, Stephen Houghton
  • Patent number: D941539
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Graeme Crawley, Martin Harnett
  • Patent number: D971533
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel P. Thompson, James Standaloft, Graeme Crawley, Martin Harnett