Patents by Inventor James Anthony Coller

James Anthony Coller 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).

  • DEVICES FOR PRODUCING CLEAR ICE PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20240167747
    Abstract: Systems and methods for making clear ice are described. The system may include a housing comprising a plurality of elongate troughs. Each of the plurality of elongate troughs may have at least one flume surface wall in thermal communication with a cooling source while the housing is submerged in a fluid bath. The system may further include at least one fluid intake disposed to provide a flow of fluid to the housing and a means for distributing the flow of fluid from the at least one fluid intake into the plurality of elongate troughs while maintaining a substantially laminar fluid flow and substantially equal fluid pressure along the plurality of elongate troughs while the housing is submerged in the fluid bath and during a freezing operation of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Ashok Kumar Notaney, Todd Stevenson, Larry Allen Mercier, JR., James Anthony Coller, Andrew James Whalen, Nathan Ernst, Kayla Curtis, Guerin Rowland
  • DEVICES FOR PRODUCING CLEAR ICE PRODUCTS AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20240027118
    Abstract: A device for producing an elongate ingot of clear ice comprises a housing comprising at least one flume surface wall that defines at least one elongate trough; at least one fluid intake disposed to provide a flow of liquid into the at least one elongate trough; at least one drain disposed to drain liquid from at least one elongate trough; wherein the at least a portion of the at least one flume surface wall is in thermal communication with a cooling source; and wherein the at least one fluid intake and the at least one drain are adapted to provide a constant flow of fluid to the at least one elongate trough during a freezing operation of the device. The cooling source can be an internal cooling cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Ashok Kumar Notaney, Todd Stevenson, Andrew James Whalen, Larry Allen Mercier, Jr., Nathan Ernst, Kristopher Schilling, James Anthony Coller, Jason Bazylewicz, Parth Patel, Bryce Edmund Peterson
  • Devices for producing clear ice products and related methods
    Patent number: 11408659
    Abstract: A device for producing an elongate ingot of clear ice comprises a housing comprising at least one flume surface wall that defines at least one elongate trough; at least one fluid intake disposed to provide a flow of liquid into the at least one elongate trough; at least one drain disposed to drain liquid from at least one elongate trough; wherein the at least a portion of the at least one flume surface wall is in thermal communication with a cooling source; and wherein the at least one fluid intake and the at least one drain are adapted to provide a substantially constant flow of fluid to the at least one elongate trough during a freezing operation of the device. The cooling source can be an internal cooling cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Abstract Ice, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashok Kumar Notaney, Todd Stevenson, Andrew Whalen, Larry Allen Mercier, Jr., Nathan Ernst, Kristopher Schilling, James Anthony Coller, Jason Bazylewicz, Parth Patel, Bryce Edmund Peterson
  • DEVICES FOR PRODUCING CLEAR ICE PRODUCTS AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20220163249
    Abstract: A device for producing an elongate ingot of clear ice comprises a housing comprising at least one flume surface wall that defines at least one elongate trough; at least one fluid intake disposed to provide a flow of liquid into the at least one elongate trough; at least one drain disposed to drain liquid from at least one elongate trough; wherein the at least a portion of the at least one flume surface wall is in thermal communication with a cooling source; and wherein the at least one fluid intake and the at least one drain are adapted to provide a substantially constant flow of fluid to the at least one elongate trough during a freezing operation of the device. The cooling source can be an internal cooling cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Ashok Kumar Notaney, Todd Stevenson, Andrew Whalen, Larry Allen Mercier, JR., Nathan Ernst, Kristopher Schilling, James Anthony Coller, Jason Bazylewicz, Parth Patel, Bryce Edmund Peterson