Patents by Inventor Thomas McCullough

Thomas McCullough 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).

  • Direct cooling ice maker
    Patent number: 10539354
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a fresh food compartment for storing food items in a refrigerated environment having a target temperature above 0° C., a freezer compartment for storing food items in a sub-freezing environment having a target temperature below 0° C., a system evaporator for providing a cooling effect to at least one of the fresh food compartment and the freezer compartment, and an ice maker disposed within the fresh food compartment for freezing water into ice pieces. The ice maker includes an ice mold with an upper surface comprising a plurality of cavities formed therein for the ice pieces, a heater disposed on the ice mold and an ice maker refrigerant tube abutting at least one lateral side surface of the ice mold and cooling the ice mold to a temperature below 0° C. via thermal conduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhuochen Shi, Thomas McCullough
  • DIRECT COOLING ICE MAKER
    Publication number: 20190195543
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a fresh food compartment for storing food items in a refrigerated environment having a target temperature above 0° C., a freezer compartment for storing food items in a sub-freezing environment having a target temperature below 0° C., a system evaporator for providing a cooling effect to at least one of the fresh food compartment and the freezer compartment, and an ice maker disposed within the fresh food compartment for freezing water into ice pieces. The ice maker includes an ice mold with an upper surface comprising a plurality of cavities formed therein for the ice pieces, a heater disposed on the ice mold and an ice maker refrigerant tube abutting at least one lateral side surface of the ice mold and cooling the ice mold to a temperature below 0° C. via thermal conduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Zhuochen Shi, Thomas McCullough
  • Methods of Treatment of Chromite Ore Processing Residue
    Publication number: 20070224097
    Abstract: Methods to reduce hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) in chromite processing wastes include one or more of the following steps: contacting the chromite processing wastes with an oxygen scavenger or chemical reducer; permitting the chromite processing wastes to react with the oxygen scavenger or chemical reducer; contacting the chromite processing wastes with ferrous ion; contacting the chromite processing wastes with sulfide ion; and, contacting the chromite processing wastes with ferrous sulfide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: REDOX SOLUTIONS, LLC.
    Inventors: Steven Chisick, Timothy Heffernan, Thomas McCullough, Gary Meyer
  • Foot cover blanket
    Patent number: D771978
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Inventor: William Thomas McCullough, Jr.