Patents by Inventor Michael T. Dalton

Michael T. Dalton 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).

  • Method for automatically flushing a bulk dispensing system in a cleaning appliance
    Patent number: 8789226
    Abstract: A household cleaning appliance includes a bulk dispensing system configured to receive a removable cartridge containing multiple doses of treating chemistry and configured to deliver a charge of treating chemistry from the cartridge to a treating chamber and a water supply configured to be selectively coupled to the bulk dispensing system to flush at least a portion of the bulk dispensing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Michael T. Dalton, Michael S. Hendrickson
  • Failure mode detection in an appliance dispensing system
    Patent number: 8756828
    Abstract: An appliance having a dispensing system and a detection system for detecting failure modes related to the dispensing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Michael T. Dalton, Fredrick E. Chernetski, Karl D. McAllister
  • Variable airflow in laundry dryer having variable air inlet
    Patent number: 8732979
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance and a method for operating the appliance to supply air into a treating chamber through an air inlet and controlling the supplied air by varying the effective area of the air inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Michael T. Dalton, Layne E. Heilman
  • METHOD OF INDICATING OPERATIONAL INFORMATION FOR A BULK DISPENSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140096797
    Abstract: A method of determining the number of doses and the types of a treating chemistry available in the bulk dispensing system, and providing an indication of the determination on a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: KARL DAVID MCALLISTER, MICHAEL T. DALTON
  • Cleaning apparatus indicating operational information for a bulk dispensing system
    Patent number: 8650917
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining the number of doses and the types of a treating chemistry available in a bulk dispensing system, and providing an indication of the determination on a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Karl D. McAllister, Michael T. Dalton
  • Water diverter and related methods
    Patent number: 8650810
    Abstract: A water diverter for installation between siding panels of exterior siding includes a diverter body elongated in a longitudinal direction between first and second ends. The diverter body defining a channel extending in the longitudinal direction and has first and second edges extending in the longitudinal direction and defining an opening into the channel therebetween. The first and second edges can each be angled inwardly toward each to form first and second hooks, such that either one of the first and second hooks can be snap-fit into a horizontal junction between the siding panels and water flowing down the siding panel above the water diverter enters the channel through the opening and exits through at least one of the first and second ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Inventor: Michael T. Dalton
  • Method of indicating operational information for a bulk dispensing system
    Patent number: 8615834
    Abstract: A method of determining the number of doses and the types of a treating chemistry available in the bulk dispensing system, and providing an indication of the determination on a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Karl D. McAllister, Michael T. Dalton
  • METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY FLUSHING A BULK DISPENSING SYSTEM IN A CLEANING APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20130240049
    Abstract: A household cleaning appliance includes a bulk dispensing system configured to receive a removable cartridge containing multiple doses of treating chemistry and configured to deliver a charge of treating chemistry from the cartridge to a treating chamber and a water supply configured to be selectively coupled to the bulk dispensing system to flush at least a portion of the bulk dispensing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: MICHAEL T. DALTON, MICHAEL S. HENDRICKSON
  • Method for spraying treating chemistry in a dispensing dryer
    Patent number: 8522451
    Abstract: A method of spraying a treating chemistry into a dispensing dryer in a manner to avoid the pooling and dripping of the treating chemistry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Fredrick E. Chernetski, Michael T. Dalton, Joel Adam Luckman, Karl D. McAllister
  • Method for automatically flushing a bulk dispensing system in a cleaning appliance
    Patent number: 8505341
    Abstract: A household cleaning appliance includes a bulk dispensing system configured to receive a removable cartridge containing multiple doses of treating chemistry and configured to deliver a charge of treating chemistry from the cartridge to a treating chamber and a water supply configured to be selectively coupled to the bulk dispensing system to flush at least a portion of the bulk dispensing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Stephen Hendrickson, Michael T. Dalton
  • Variable airflow in laundry dryer having variable air inlet
    Patent number: 8387274
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance and a method for operating the appliance to supply air into a treating chamber through an air inlet and controlling the supplied air by varying the effective area of the air inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Farhad Ashrafzadeh, Michael T. Dalton, Layne E. Heilman
  • METHOD OF INDICATING OPERATIONAL INFORMATION FOR A BULK DISPENSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130000361
    Abstract: A method of determining the number of doses and the types of a treating chemistry available in the bulk dispensing system, and providing an indication of the determination on a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: KARL D. MCALLISTER, MICHAEL T. DALTON
  • METHOD OF INDICATING OPERATIONAL INFORMATION FOR A BULK DISPENSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130002439
    Abstract: A method of determining the number of doses and the types of a treating chemistry available in the bulk dispensing system, and providing an indication of the determination on a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: KARL D. MCALLISTER, MICHAEL T. DALTON
  • Method of indicating operational information for a bulk dispensing system
    Patent number: 8286288
    Abstract: A method of determining the number of doses and the types of a treating chemistry available in the bulk dispensing system, and providing an indication of the determination on a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Karl D. McAllister, Michael T. Dalton
  • METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY FLUSHING A BULK DISPENSING SYSTEM IN A CLEANING APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20120216836
    Abstract: A household cleaning appliance includes a bulk dispensing system configured to receive a removable cartridge containing multiple doses of treating chemistry and configured to deliver a charge of treating chemistry from the cartridge to a treating chamber and a water supply configured to be selectively coupled to the bulk dispensing system to flush at least a portion of the bulk dispensing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: MICHAEL STEPHEN HENDRICKSON, MICHAEL T. DALTON
  • Method for automatically flushing a bulk dispensing system in a cleaning appliance
    Patent number: 8246756
    Abstract: A household cleaning appliance includes a bulk dispensing system configured to receive a removable cartridge containing multiple doses of treating chemistry and configured to deliver a charge of treating chemistry from the cartridge to a treating chamber and a water supply configured to be selectively coupled to the bulk dispensing system to flush at least a portion of the bulk dispensing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Stephen Hendrickson, Michael T. Dalton
  • INTELLIGENT DISPENSING IN A LAUNDRY APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20120198719
    Abstract: A clothes dryer having a drum having an inner surface at least partially defining a treating chamber in combination with a dispensing system that sprays a fabric-condition substance onto an inner surface of the drum for subsequent distribution to the fabric articles. The dispensing system may have a variable delivery system to vary the distribution pattern of the fabric-condition substance into the treating chamber. The flow characteristic of the fabric-conditioning substance may also be varied as it is dispensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: FREDRICK E. CHERNETSKI, MICHAEL T. DALTON, KARL D. MCALLISTER
  • Method for removing chemistry buildup in a dispensing dryer
    Patent number: 8209879
    Abstract: A method for operating a dispenser dryer to remove treating chemistry in the dispenser dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Fredrick E. Chernetski, Michael T. Dalton, Kaustav Ghosh, Karl D. McAllister
  • Method for operating a cleanout cycle in a dispensing dryer
    Patent number: 8201345
    Abstract: A method for operating a cleanout cycle to remove treating chemistry dispensed within a dispenser dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Michael T. Dalton, Kaustav Ghosh, Karl D. McAllister
  • METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY FLUSHING A BULK DISPENSING SYSTEM IN A CLEANING APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20120012137
    Abstract: A household cleaning appliance includes a bulk dispensing system configured to receive a removable cartridge containing multiple doses of treating chemistry and configured to deliver a charge of treating chemistry from the cartridge to a treating chamber and a water supply configured to be selectively coupled to the bulk dispensing system to flush at least a portion of the bulk dispensing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: MICHAEL STEPHEN HENDRICKSON, MICHAEL T. DALTON