Patents by Inventor SAYER J. MURPHY

SAYER J. MURPHY 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).

  • Publication number: 20180073183
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a washing machine including a cabinet defining a housing with internal components of a conventional automated clothes washer, a door mounted to the cabinet to selectively open/close the opening to the cabinet, and a dispenser in the form of a drawer having at least one cup in which doses of treating chemistry can be received. The dispenser includes a door pivotally mounted to the housing for pivoting movement between closed and opened positions. The dispenser drawer is pivotally mounted to the dispenser door and slidably mounted to the housing such that pivotal movement of the dispenser door between the closed and opened position effects a corresponding sliding movement of the at least one dispenser cup between the extended and retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: SETH E. BIXBY, RICHARD K. GRESENS, TODD LAMBKIN, MICHAEL R. MACKAY, SAYER J. MURPHY, ANNA C. SCHELLING
  • Publication number: 20180073184
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a washing machine including a cabinet defining a housing with internal components of a conventional automated clothes washer, a door mounted to the cabinet to selectively open/close the opening to the cabinet, and a dispenser in the form of a drawer having at least one cup in which doses of treating chemistry can be received. The dispenser includes a door pivotally mounted to the housing for pivoting movement between closed and opened positions. The dispenser drawer is pivotally mounted to the dispenser door and slidably mounted to the housing such that pivotal movement of the dispenser door between the closed and opened position effects a corresponding sliding movement of the at least one dispenser cup between the extended and retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: KEVIN AYERS, SETH BIXBY, SAYER J. MURPHY
  • Publication number: 20180057994
    Abstract: A washing machine includes a cabinet defining a housing with internal components of a conventional automated clothes washer, a door mounted to the cabinet to selectively open/close the opening to the cabinet, and a dispenser in the form of a fill cup assembly in which single or bulk doses of treating chemistry can be received. The fill cup assembly includes a base cup with at least first and second fluid conduits supplying corresponding destinations, and a selector cup defining a pour zone. The selector cup includes an outlet and rotatable relative to the base cup to selectively fluid couple the outlet to the at least first and second fluid conduits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: KEVIN AYERS, SETH BIXBY, SAYER J. MURPHY
  • Publication number: 20180023237
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to an automatic cycle of operation includes a treating chamber and a dispenser fluidly coupled to the treating chamber. The dispenser has a single dose reservoir, a bulk dispensing reservoir, and an overflow fluidly coupling the single dose reservoir to the bulk dispensing reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: KEVIN B. AYERS, SETH E. BIXBY, RICHARD K. GRESENS, SAYER J. MURPHY, ANNA C. SCHELLING
  • Patent number: 9863082
    Abstract: A washing machine includes a cabinet defining a housing with internal components of a conventional automated clothes washer, a door mounted to the cabinet to selectively open/close the opening to the cabinet, and a dispenser in the form of a fill cup assembly in which single or bulk doses of treating chemistry can be received. The fill cup assembly includes a base cup with at least first and second fluid conduits supplying corresponding destinations, and a selector cup defining a pour zone. The selector cup includes an outlet and rotatable relative to the base cup to selectively fluid couple the outlet to the at least first and second fluid conduits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Ayers, Seth Bixby, Sayer J. Murphy
  • Publication number: 20170183806
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance includes a detergent dispenser with a door pivotably mounted relative to the detergent dispenser for movement between an open position where an opening in the detergent dispenser is exposed and a closed position where the opening in the detergent dispenser is covered. A damper provides controlled movement of the door between the closed and open positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: SETH E. BIXBY, ROMMY MARIANA BUENO, ANDREW C. KUBASIAK, NDJEKA K. LUHAHI, SAYER J. MURPHY
  • Patent number: D814720
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Seth E. Bixby, Richard K. Gresens, Andrew C. Kubasiak, Sayer J. Murphy