Patents by Inventor Lochana Subasekara Widanagamage Don
Lochana Subasekara Widanagamage Don 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).
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Publication number: 20240023759Abstract: A food processing device including: abase having a drive motor; a vessel removably mounted on the base and including a bottom wall, a side wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall to a cover member, the cover member including a feed tube extending upwardly therefrom; a pusher member adapted to be slidably received in the feed tube; and an interlock system operatively associated with the drive motor to enable operation of the drive motor, the system including: a light transmitter and a light sensor, the transmitter being operable to provide a path of light that is receivable by the light sensor; a light channel having an input end portion associated with the light transmitter and an output end portion associated with the light sensor to allow the path of light to travel therethrough; and a light blocker located between the input and output end portions of the light channel, the light blocker being movable between: a closed position to block the path of light travelling through the light channel, and an opeType: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2022Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Lochana Subasekara WIDANAGAMAGE DON, Con PSAROLOGOS, Rey Anthony CARULLO, Ze Kang LAI
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Publication number: 20230414030Abstract: A filter cup (100) holds ground coffee within a portafilter for attachment to an espresso machine to extract a dose of coffee. The filter cup (100) has a body (102) including a floor (104) with a plurality of perforations (106), a sidewall (108) extending upwardly from the floor (104) to a rim (110) to define a cavity for holding the ground coffee, and a magnet (114) attached to the body (102) for producing a magnetic field.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2021Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Lochana Subasekara WIDANAGAMAGE DON, Xiang REN, Con PSAROLOGOS
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Patent number: 11653792Abstract: A bench or stand mixer includes a bowl that contains ingredients, a motor that drives an accessory, for example a beater, to process the ingredients, and a sensor. The sensor provides a signal indicative of a change in the ingredients, with the sensor cooperating with a controller, for example a processor, to control the speed of the motor, in response to the change in condition of the ingredients.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2017Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: BREVILLE PTY LIMITEDInventors: Mark Thomas, Lochana Subasekara Widanagamage Don
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Publication number: 20220175194Abstract: A kitchen device (100) including: abase (102) having a mechanism (118) that is operated using electrical power to cause processing of food; a vessel (104) removably mounted on the base (102) and including a bottom wall (108), a side wall (110) extending upwardly from the bottom wall (108) to a rim (112) so as to provide a space (114) to receive the food to be processed, with the rim (112) surrounding an opening (116) to the space (114); a lid (106) removably coupled to the rim (112) so as to at least partially close the opening (116); and an interlock system (120) operatively associated with the mechanism (118) to permit the delivery of the electric power to the mechanism (118), the system (120) including a first interlock circuit (122) and a second interlock circuit (124), wherein delivery of the electric power to the mechanism (118) is permitted by the completion of the first interlock circuit (122) and activation of the second interlock circuit (124), wherein the first interlock circuit (122) includes a fiType: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Margaret ANTKOWIAK, Richard Llewelyn JONES, Lochana Subasekara WIDANAGAMAGE DON, Sebastien TIBURZIO
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Patent number: 11213170Abstract: A kitchen appliance for processing content is described. The kitchen appliance comprises a body portion, a removable accessory received by the body portion, the removable accessory being in contact with the content during processing thereof; and at least one sensor incorporated into the removable accessory. The kitchen appliance also comprises a wireless transmitter associated with the removable accessory, the transmitter receiving input from the at least one sensor and transmitting parameters associated with the input; and a controller in the body portion for controlling operation of the kitchen appliance based upon the parameters. The removable accessory is a food processing attachment that rotates with a mixing action.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2016Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: BREVILLE PTY LIMITEDInventors: Lochana Subasekara Widanagamage Don, Mark Thomas
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Publication number: 20210177212Abstract: A safety system (4) for a kitchen device (1) having a vessel (5) and a lid (21), the safety system (4) comprising: a processor (10); a retaining arm (7) adapted to, in a retaining position, retain the lid (21) against the vessel (5); a first sensor (40) adapted to communicate a retaining signal to the processor (10) when the retaining arm (7) is in the retaining position; and a second sensor (43) adapted to communicate a function signal to the processor (10), the function signal indicating a function of the lid (21), wherein the processor (10) is adapted to select an operating mode of the kitchen device (1) in response to the retaining signal and the function signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2019Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Eddie SIU, Khon THAI, Lochana Subasekara WIDANAGAMAGE DON, Bin GENG
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Patent number: 10537209Abstract: A food processor apparatus. The apparatus may include: a base having a motor; a processing bowl that is releasably couplable to the base; a lid for the processing bowl having a feed tube. A pusher device, having a body and a safety rail that extends from the body, cooperates with the feed tube. A longitudinal slot, is located about the feed tube, and has a pilot opening that is located about the top of the longitudinal slot for receiving the safety rail. A linkage assembly is located about the longitudinal slot. The safety rail engages the linkage assembly when the safety rail is at least partially inserted into the longitudinal slot. A majority of the longitudinal slot, as located below the pilot opening, has a full width of the longitudinal slot directly exposed to an interior of the feed tube.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: BREVILLE PTY LIMITEDInventors: Keith James Hensel, Lochana Subasekara Widanagamage Don, Daniel Armstrong
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Publication number: 20190239693Abstract: A bench or stand mixer includes a bowl that contains ingredients, a motor that drives an accessory, for example a beater, to process the ingredients, and a sensor. The sensor provides a signal indicative of a change in the ingredients, with the sensor cooperating with a controller, for example a processor, to control the speed of the motor, in response to the change in condition of the ingredients.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2017Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: BREVILLE PTY LIMITEDInventors: Mark Thomas, Lochana Subasekara Widanagamage Don
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Patent number: 10201790Abstract: A motorized kitchen apparatus including a processor module coupled to a non-volatile storage medium for storing a custom sequence; a user interface having a speed or power selection element and a record selector; a motor controller coupled to a blender motor, the processor module coupled to the motor controller for controlling operation of the motor according to user input selections. Upon user selection of the record selector, the processor module enters a record mode and records a sequence of user inputs made through the user interface; the sequence including data indicative of a power profile selected by the user over a period of time, and upon completion of the record mode, the processor module saves a custom sequence indicative of the recorded sequence to the non-volatile storage medium for subsequent playback.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2014Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: BREVILLE PTY LIMITEDInventors: Richard Hoare, Khon Thai, Lochana Subasekara Widanagamage Don
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Publication number: 20180368622Abstract: A kitchen appliance for processing content is described. The kitchen appliance comprises a body portion, a removable accessory received by the body portion, the removable accessory being in contact with the content during processing thereof; and at least one sensor incorporated into the removable accessory. The kitchen appliance also comprises a wireless transmitter associated with the removable accessory, the transmitter receiving input from the at least one sensor and transmitting parameters associated with the input; and a controller in the body portion for controlling operation of the kitchen appliance based upon the parameters. The removable accessory is a food processing attachment that rotates with a mixing action.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2016Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: BREVILLE PTY LIMITEDInventors: Lochana Subasekara Widanagamage Don, Mark Thomas
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Publication number: 20180301900Abstract: A method and apparatus for power allocation across multiple loads. The method comprising the steps of: allocating available power between two or more power load elements, wherein a ratio of power allocated to a load element is based on a priority and measured parameters; and dynamically updating the power allocated to a load element as power requirements change.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2016Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventors: Bin Geng, Eddie SIU, Lochana Subasekara Widanagamage Don
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Patent number: 9993015Abstract: An apparatus for making a frozen dessert. The apparatus including a reservoir located within a chassis for receiving a liquid dessert mixture and a rotatable paddle located within the reservoir. The paddle can have a body coupled to at least one respective scraper element by a living hinge, such that the scraper element has a scraping edge that is radially-outward biased by the living hinge for abuttingly engaging a wall of the reservoir. The reservoir and the axis of rotation can be substantially horizontally directed, with a substantially vertically-orientated lid closing an opening of the reservoir, the lid defining an aperture for receiving the mixture or enabling egress of the frozen dessert.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: BREVILLE PTY LIMITEDInventors: Bin Geng, Mark Thomas, Eddie Siu, Lochana Subasekara Widanagamage Don
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Publication number: 20170295999Abstract: A food processor apparatus. The apparatus may include: a base having a motor; a processing bowl that is releasablly couplable to the base; a lid for the processing bowl having a feed tube. A pusher device, having a body and a safety rail that extends from the body, cooperates with the feed tube. A longitudinal slot, is located about the feed tube, and has a pilot opening that is located about the top of the longitudinal slot for receiving the safety rail. A linkage assembly is located about the longitudinal slot. The safety rail engages the linkage assembly when the safety rail is at least partially inserted into the longitudinal slot. A majority of the longitudinal slot, as located below the pilot opening, has a full width of the longitudinal slot directly exposed to an interior of the feed tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventors: Keith James Hensel, Lochana Subasekara Widanagamage Don, Daniel Armstrong
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Patent number: 9770135Abstract: A food processor is provided with a wide feed tube. The food processor has a pusher that cooperates with a safety mechanism. The safety mechanism comprises a linkage assembly that prevents the food processor's motor from operating unless the pusher is inserted into the feed tube.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2016Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: BREVILLE PTY LTDInventors: Keith James Hensel, Lochana Subasekara Widanagamage Don, Daniel Armstrong
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Publication number: 20160366906Abstract: An apparatus for making a frozen dessert. The apparatus including a reservoir located within a chassis for receiving a liquid dessert mixture and a rotatable paddle located within the reservoir. The paddle can have a body coupled to at least one respective scraper element by a living hinge, such that the scraper element has a scraping edge that is radially-outward biased by the living hinge for abuttingly engaging a wall of the reservoir. The reservoir and the axis of rotation can be substantially horizontally directed, with a substantially vertically-orientated lid closing an opening of the reservoir, the lid defining an aperture for receiving the mixture or enabling egress of the frozen dessert.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2014Publication date: December 22, 2016Inventors: Bin Geng, Eddie Siu, Lochana Subasekara Widanagamage Don
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Publication number: 20160296899Abstract: A motorised kitchen apparatus including a processor module coupled to a non-volatile storage medium for storing a custom sequence; a user interface having a speed or power selection element and a record selector; a motor controller coupled to a blender motor, the processor module coupled to the motor controller for controlling operation of the motor according to user input selections. Upon user selection of the record selector, the processor module enters a record mode and records a sequence of user inputs made through the user interface; the sequence including data indicative of a power profile selected by the user over a period of time, and upon completion of the record mode, the processor module saves a custom sequence indicative of the recorded sequence to the non-volatile storage medium for subsequent playback.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2014Publication date: October 13, 2016Inventors: Richard HOARE, Khon THAI, Lochana Subasekara WIDANAGAMAGE DON
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Publication number: 20160213199Abstract: A food processor is provided with a wide feed tube. The food processor has a pusher that cooperates with a safety mechanism. The safety mechanism comprises a linkage assembly that prevents the food processor's motor from operating unless the pusher is inserted into the feed tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2016Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Keith James Hensel, Lochana Subasekara Widanagamage Don, Daniel Armstrong
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Patent number: 9386884Abstract: A food processor is provided with a wide feed tube. The food processor has a pusher that cooperates with a safety mechanism. The safety mechanism comprises a linkage assembly that prevents the food processor's motor from operating unless the pusher is inserted into the feed tube.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2011Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: Breville Pty LimitedInventors: Daniel Armstrong, Lochana Subasekara Widanagamage Don, Keith James Hensel, Shelley Anne Hensel
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Publication number: 20160037822Abstract: A juicer combines an augur with a processing disk that breaks down food before it makes contact with the augur.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2014Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Mark Thomas, Khon Thai, Samuel Adeloju, Lochana Subasekara Widanagamage Don
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Patent number: RE48305Abstract: A food processor is provided with a wide feed tube. The food processor has a pusher that cooperates with a safety mechanism. The safety mechanism comprises a linkage assembly that prevents the food processor's motor from operating unless the pusher is inserted into the feed tube.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: BREVILLE PTY LIMITEDInventors: Keith James Hensel, Lochana Subasekara Widanagamage Don, Daniel Armstrong