Patents by Inventor Russell A. Borg, Jr.

Russell A. Borg, Jr. 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).

  • Photoelectric ice bin control system
    Patent number: 6414301
    Abstract: An ice making machine is provided which includes an ice making section; an ice discharge port connected to the ice making section for receiving ice made in the ice making section; an ice storage section for storing ice produced in the ice making section; an ice delivery chute interconnecting said ice discharge port the said ice storage section; and an ice storage level detecting apparatus including an ice storage level sensor disposed in the ice delivery chute proximate an outlet end of said ice delivery chute. An ice storage level detecting apparatus for an ice making machine is also provided which includes an ice storage level sensor, a housing to receive the ice level storage sensor, the housing adapted to be affixed within an ice delivery chute of an ice making machine at or adjacent an outlet of the ice delivery chute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Hoshizaki America, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell A. Borg, Jr., Earl B. Graffius, Jeff Snelling