Patents by Inventor Karl Eaton Abele

Karl Eaton Abele 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).

  • Systems and methods for robotic gutter cleaning along an axis of rotation
    Patent number: 9371651
    Abstract: A gutter-cleaning device includes a body defining a forward drive direction and configured to fit into a residential gutter. The device also includes a drive system supporting the body and configured to maneuver across the gutter. A driven impeller disposed on the body defines an axis of rotation. The impeller has at least one agitator oriented about the axis of rotation. The axis of rotation is arranged at an angle to the forward drive direction to aim toward an inside corner of the gutter to eject agitated debris from the gutter and away from the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas C. Dayton, Sung Park, Karl Eaton Abele, Jason Robinson
  • Systems And Methods For Robotic Gutter Cleaning Along An Axis Of Rotation
    Publication number: 20140238440
    Abstract: A gutter-cleaning device includes a body defining a forward drive direction and configured to fit into a residential gutter. The device also includes a drive system supporting the body and configured to maneuver across the gutter. A driven impeller disposed on the body defines an axis of rotation. The impeller has at least one agitator oriented about the axis of rotation. The axis of rotation is arranged at an angle to the forward drive direction to aim toward an inside corner of the gutter to eject agitated debris from the gutter and away from the impeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas C. Dayton, Sung Park, Karl Eaton Abele, Jason Robinson
  • Systems and methods for robotic gutter cleaning along an axis of rotation
    Patent number: 8551254
    Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention, a gutter-cleaning device comprises a housing containing an impeller drive facility, the housing configured to fit into a gutter, an impeller, disposed at an end of the housing and driven by the impeller drive facility, and a transport facility for transporting the housing along the gutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas C. Dayton, Sung K. Park, Karl Eaton Abele, Jason Robinson
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC GUTTER CLEANING ALONG AN AXIS OF ROTATION
    Publication number: 20110209726
    Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention, a gutter-cleaning device comprises a housing containing an impeller drive facility, the housing configured to fit into a gutter, an impeller, disposed at an end of the housing and driven by the impeller drive facility, and a transport facility for transporting the housing along the gutter
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Douglas C. Dayton, Sung Park, Karl Eaton Abele, Jason Robinson
  • Systems and methods for robotic gutter cleaning along an axis of rotation
    Patent number: 7886399
    Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention, a gutter-cleaning device comprises a housing containing an impeller drive facility, the housing configured to fit into a gutter, an impeller, disposed at an end of the housing and driven by the impeller drive facility, and a transport facility for transporting the housing along the gutter. The impeller may have an axis of rotation, the axis of rotation oriented toward an inside corner of the gutter and the impeller drive facility may be adapted to rotate the impeller on the axis of rotation. Transport of the housing through the gutter may cause the impeller to travel along an axis of motion, the axis of motion differing from the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Umagination Labs, L.P.
    Inventors: Douglas C. Dayton, Sung Park, Karl Eaton Abele, Jason Robinson
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC GUTTER CLEANING ALONG AN AXIS OF ROTATION
    Publication number: 20080216869
    Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention, a gutter-cleaning device comprises a housing containing an impeller drive facility, the housing configured to fit into a gutter, an impeller, disposed at an end of the housing and driven by the impeller drive facility, and a transport facility for transporting the housing along the gutter
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Douglas C. Dayton, Sung Park, Karl Eaton Abele, Jason Robinson