Patents by Inventor Tom StQuintin

Tom StQuintin 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).

  • Patent number: 8601829
    Abstract: In the case of an ice maker comprising a frame (15) and a tray (1), which is pivotable in the frame (15) about an axis and in which at least one compartment (4) is formed, a flexible line (12) connecting the tray (1) with the frame (15) extends in a curve about the pivot axis of the tray (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Heger, Tom StQuintin, Craig Duncan Webster, Nathan Wrench
  • Publication number: 20090272141
    Abstract: An ice maker comprises a frame (15) and a tray (1) pivotable in the frame (15) about an axis. The tray (1) has a plurality of compartments (4) which are arranged in a number of rows and separated from one another by partition walls (3) and is pivotable between an upright setting in which the upper edges of the partition walls (3) extend horizontally, an emptying setting in which the openings of the compartments (4) face downwardly and a tilted setting in which a predetermined water quantity filled into a row of the tray (1, 1?, 1?) in part floods over the upper edges of the partition walls (3) between the compartments (4) of the row whilst after pivotation back into the upright setting the partition walls (3) separate the part quantities, which are distributed to the compartments (4), of the water quantity from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Heger, Tom StQuintin, Craig Duncan Webster, Nathan Wrench
  • Publication number: 20090100856
    Abstract: In the case of an ice maker comprising a frame (15) and a tray (1), which is pivotable in the frame (15) about an axis and in which at least one compartment (4) is formed, a flexible line (12) connecting the tray (1) with the frame (15) extends in a curve about the pivot axis of the tray (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Heger, Tom StQuintin, Craig Duncan Webster, Nathan Wrench