Patents by Inventor Ravindra Kavchale

Ravindra Kavchale 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).

  • Mechanism for shaving ice in a refrigeration appliance
    Patent number: 7621475
    Abstract: An ice shaving mechanism may include a blade arranged with an edge to engage an ice mass to shave a layer of ice from the ice mass. A support may be provided upon which the blade may be mounted. An opening may be arranged adjacent to the edge of the blade to permit the shaved layer of ice to pass through the opening. At least one guide surface may extend away from the opening opposite the blade to intercept the shaved layer of ice that has passed through the opening, and to direct the shaved layer in a desired direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Brian K. Culley, Matthew W. Hartmann, Gary W. Wilson, Ravindra Kavchale
  • Mechanism for shaving ice in a refrigeration appliance
    Publication number: 20080149746
    Abstract: An ice shaving mechanism may include a blade arranged with an edge to engage an ice mass to shave a layer of ice from the ice mass. A support may be provided upon which the blade may be mounted. An opening may be arranged adjacent to the edge of the blade to permit the shaved layer of ice to pass through the opening. At least one guide surface may extend away from the opening opposite the blade to intercept the shaved layer of ice that has passed through the opening, and to direct the shaved layer in a desired direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Brian K. Culley, Matthew W. Hartmann, Gary W. Wilson, Ravindra Kavchale