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).

  • VARIABLE AIRFLOW IN LAUNDRY DRYER HAVING VARIABLE AIR INLET
    Publication number: 20120011738
    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: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: FARHAD ASHRAFZADEH, MICHAEL T. DALTON, LAYNE E. HEILMAN
  • Method for automatically flushing a bulk dispensing system in a cleaning appliance
    Patent number: 8052805
    Abstract: A method for flushing at least a portion of a bulk dispensing system in a household cleaning appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Stephen Hendrickson, Michael T. Dalton
  • Method of indicating operational information for a dispensing system having both single use and bulk dispensing
    Patent number: 7950088
    Abstract: A user interface of a cleaning appliance and the method of operation for a cleaning appliance having a single dose treating chemistry dispenser and a bulk dispensing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Michael T. Dalton, Karl D. McAllister
  • STEAM ACTIVATION OR DEACTIVATION OF CHEMISTRY IN AN APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20100139699
    Abstract: A method for treating a consumer article wherein a treating chemistry is activated or deactivated by the introduction of steam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: MICHAEL T. DALTON, KARL D. MCALLISTER, ROBERT J. ROLEK, SATHISH ANDREA SUNDARAM
  • METHOD OF INDICATING OPERATIONAL INFORMATION FOR A DISPENSING SYSTEM HAVING BOTH SINGLE USE AND BULK DISPENSING
    Publication number: 20100000025
    Abstract: A user interface of a cleaning appliance and the method of operation for a cleaning appliance having a single dose treating chemistry dispenser and a bulk dispensing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: MICHAEL T. DALTON, KARL D. MCALLISTER
  • METHOD OF INDICATING OPERATIONAL INFORMATION FOR A BULK DISPENSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100000023
    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: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: KARL D. MCALLISTER, MICHAEL T. DALTON
  • METHOD FOR SPRAYING TREATING CHEMISTRY IN A DISPENSING DRYER
    Publication number: 20100000113
    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: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: 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
    Publication number: 20100000578
    Abstract: A method for flushing at least a portion of a bulk dispensing system in a household cleaning appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: MICHAEL STEPHEN HENDRICKSON, MICHAEL T. DALTON
  • METHOD FOR OPERATING A CLEANOUT CYCLE IN A DISPENSING DRYER
    Publication number: 20100000114
    Abstract: A method for operating a cleanout cycle to remove treating chemistry dispensed within a dispenser dryer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael T. Dalton, Kaustav Ghosh, Karl D. Mcallister
  • METHOD FOR REMOVING CHEMISTRY BUILDUP IN A DISPENSING DRYER
    Publication number: 20100000115
    Abstract: A method for operating a dispenser dryer to remove treating chemistry in the dispenser dryer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: FREDRICK E. CHERNETSKI, MICHAEL T. DALTON, KAUSTAV GHOSH, KARL D. MCALLISTER
  • INTELLIGENT DISPENSING IN A LAUNDRY APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20090272004
    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: May 1, 2008
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fredrick E. Chernetski, Michael T. Dalton, Karl D. McAllister
  • FAILURE MODE DETECTION IN AN APPLIANCE DISPENSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090272003
    Abstract: An appliance having a dispensing system and a detection system for detecting failure modes related to the dispensing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: MICHAEL T. DALTON, FREDRICK E. CHERNETSKI, KARL D. MCALLISTER
  • Non-aqueous washing machine and methods
    Patent number: 7534304
    Abstract: The invention relates to a non-aqueous washing machine, methods of using the machine, methods of washing, and recycling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel C. Conrad, Tremitchell Wright, Michael T. Dalton, Kurt Estes, Mark B. Kovich, Andrew J. Leitert, Brooke Lindsay-Steel Lau, Cinnamon S. Brown-Green, Holli Krumbein, Kenyata Joi Maki, Joel A. Luckman, Karl David McAllister, Vicki Lyn Wyatt-Smith
  • Non-aqueous washing machine & methods
    Publication number: 20040117919
    Abstract: The invention relates to a non-aqueous washing machine, methods of using the machine, methods of washing, and recycling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Daniel C. Conrad, Tremitchell Wright, Michael T. Dalton, Kurt Estes, Mark B. Kovich, Andrew J. Leitert, Brooke Lindsay-Steel Lau, Cinnamon S. Brown-Green, Holli Krumbein, Kenyata Joi Maki, Joel A. Luckman, Karl David McAllister, Vicki Lyn Wyatt-Smith