Patents by Inventor Jan Rickman

Jan Rickman 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).

  • Patent number: 8904816
    Abstract: Ice maker comprising a mould (10, 110) forming at a number of mould cavities (11, 111a, 11b) for receiving water and forming a respective piece of ice (41, 42,141), which number of mould cavities are arranged in at least one column defining a longitudinal direction; a first (2, 102) and a second shaft (3, 103); an endless conveyor (100), which is arranged to convey the mould in the longitudinal direction around at least the first shaft; and drive means (8) connected to at least one of the first and second shafts for driving the conveyor. The mould (10, 110) is formed of an elastic material and arranged to be elastically deformed as the mould passes over the first shaft (2, 102). Longitudinal communication channels (13a, 113a) are arranged between consecutive mould cavities (11, 111a) arranged in one column, for allowing water to flow between mould cavities in one column. A method of fabricating pieces of ice is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Dometic Sweden AB
    Inventors: Anders Bergqvist, Per Wedby, Björn Flemsäter, Jan Rickman, Ingemar Hallin
  • Publication number: 20110296863
    Abstract: Ice maker comprising a mould (10, 110) forming at a number of mould cavities (11, 111a, 11b) for receiving water and forming a respective piece of ice (41, 42,141), which number of mould cavities are arranged in at least one column defining a longitudinal direction; a first (2, 102) and a second shaft (3, 103); an endless conveyor (100), which is arranged to convey the mould in the longitudinal direction around at least the first shaft; and drive means (8) connected to at least one of the first and second shafts for driving the conveyor. The mould (10, 110) is formed of an elastic material and arranged to be elastically deformed as the mould passes over the first shaft (2, 102). Longitudinal communication channels (13a, 113a) are arranged between consecutive mould cavities (11, 111a) arranged in one column, for allowing water to flow between mould cavities in one column. A method of fabricating pieces of ice is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: DOMETIC SWEDEN AB
    Inventors: Anders Bergqvist, Per Wedby, Björn Flemsäter, Jan Rickman, Ingemar Hallin
  • Publication number: 20070295024
    Abstract: Refrigerator cabinet, especially for bringing bottles of wine to the proper serving temperature, comprising a refrigerating system with a heat exchanger (14a, 14b), which is arranged in a heat exchanger chamber (11, 12), a storage compartment (7) which is enclosed by outer cabinet walls (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) and by a cabinet door (6), and a partition wall (8) for delimiting a first (7a) and a second (7b) zone within said storage compartment. The partition wall is fixable at different positions within a zone size varying portion (9) of said storage compartment for allowing the sizes of the first and second zone to be varied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: Dometic Sweden AB
    Inventors: Ingemar Hallin, Per Wedby, Jan Rickman