Patents by Inventor Herbert P. Sabelhaus

Herbert P. Sabelhaus 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).

  • Ice maker with magnetic water conditioner
    Patent number: 6539742
    Abstract: An ice maker is provided including a refrigeration system for cooling an ice forming surface below the freezing temperature of water. The ice maker further includes a water supply inlet, a water collecting device connected to receive a supply of water from the water supply inlet and arranged to receive a flow of water from the ice forming surface, a recirculating pump having an inlet connected to the water collecting device, a recirculating passage connected at a first end to an outlet of the recirculating pump and arranged to direct water toward the ice making surface, and a magnetic field generating device positioned along a length of the recirculating passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Alan J. Mitchell, Herbert P. Sabelhaus, John P Tinney
  • ICE MAKER WITH MAGNETIC WATER CONDITIONER
    Publication number: 20030024263
    Abstract: An ice maker is provided including a refrigeration system for cooling an ice forming surface below the freezing temperature of water. The ice maker further includes a water supply inlet, a water collecting device connected to receive a supply of water from the water supply inlet and arranged to receive a flow of water from the ice forming surface, a recirculating pump having an inlet connected to the water collecting device, a recirculating passage connected at a first end to an outlet of the recirculating pump and arranged to direct water toward the ice making surface, and a magnetic field generating device positioned along a length of the recirculating passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Alan J. Mitchell, Herbert P. Sabelhaus, John P. Tinney