Patents by Inventor Michael Hodor

Michael Hodor 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).

  • BEVERAGE CHILLER AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20230175771
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are generally directed to beverage chillers for chilling a hot beverage so that the hot beverage can be served as a chilled beverage in real time on demand fashion. The beverage chillers include a beverage collection section, a heat exchanger section, and a dispensing section fluidically connected relative to each other. The beverage collection section receives a beverage in a hot state. The heat exchanger section chills the beverage from the hot state to a predetermined chilled temperature. The dispensing section dispenses the beverage at or near the predetermined chilled temperature. Exemplary embodiments are also directed to methods and systems for chilling a hot beverage in real time on demand fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: ROASTING PLANT, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Robert Caswell, Michael Hodor, David H. Phillips
  • Beverage chiller and associated systems and methods
    Patent number: 11493269
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are generally directed to beverage chillers for chilling a hot beverage so that the hot beverage can be served as a chilled beverage in real time on demand fashion. The beverage chillers include a beverage collection section, a heat exchanger section, and a dispensing section fluidically connected relative to each other. The beverage collection section receives a beverage in a hot state. The heat exchanger section chills the beverage from the hot state to a predetermined chilled temperature. The dispensing section dispenses the beverage at or near the predetermined chilled temperature. Exemplary embodiments are also directed to methods and systems for chilling a hot beverage in real time on demand fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Roasting Plant, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Robert Caswell, Michael Hodor, David H. Phillips
  • BEVERAGE CHILLER AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20180216875
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are generally directed to beverage chillers for chilling a hot beverage so that the hot beverage can be served as a chilled beverage in real time on demand fashion. The beverage chillers include a beverage collection section, a heat exchanger section, and a dispensing section fluidically connected relative to each other. The beverage collection section receives a beverage in a hot state. The heat exchanger section chills the beverage from the hot state to a predetermined chilled temperature. The dispensing section dispenses the beverage at or near the predetermined chilled temperature. Exemplary embodiments are also directed to methods and systems for chilling a hot beverage in real time on demand fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Robert Caswell, Michael Hodor, David H. Phillips