Patents Issued in January 9, 2018
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Patent number: 9861215Abstract: An image display including an image substrate and a support structure. The image substrate includes a layer of leather material and has an image printed on a first surface. The support structure can include a front sheet, a back sheet and a plurality of side strips secured between the front sheet and the back sheet for forming a closed support structure. The image substrate can overlie an external surface of the front sheet so that the front sheet forms a rigid backing for the image substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Circle Graphics, Inc.Inventors: Hank B. Ridless, Jose Francisco Perez
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Patent number: 9861216Abstract: A sheet hanging device is configured to attach a sheet of material (e.g., a poster) to a substrate (e.g., a wall) without causing any damage to the sheet or the substrate. The sheet hanging device includes a magnet and a metal member disc. The metal member disc is releasably attached to the substrate via adhesive. The magnet is carried by body member, and may be attached to an insert. The sheet is secured between the magnet and the metal disc as the two are brought together to create an attraction therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2017Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: UNDER THE ROOF DECORATING INC.Inventors: Kelly R. Krake, Liette Tousignant, Michael Kurtz
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Patent number: 9861217Abstract: A clamp adapted to retain paintings which includes a female piece rotatably connected to a male piece. The proximal end of the female piece includes a sloped locking shoulder which engages a distally extending horizontal flange in the proximal end of the male piece in order to lock the clamp.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2017Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Luis and Martha Ingels TrustInventor: Luis Ingels
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Patent number: 9861218Abstract: A brace for invisibly supporting flowers and other decorative floral elements in the center of an opening of a vase of any circumference.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2017Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Inventor: Catherine Matula
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Patent number: 9861219Abstract: A system and method for reducing manufacturing costs of patterned constructible utensils and improving their constructability. One constructible utensil includes a set of scores (e.g., a quad of scores including an outer pair and an inner pair, a single such pair, or other number of scores) that are shaped to converge when moving from a bowl-region towards the handle portion. The scores do not intersect but stop and produce various alterations in the converging score pattern. These alterations in the converging pattern help with propagation of a bowl-forming fold responsive to a constructing manipulation of the handle portion (e.g., folding, bending, and other operation on the handle portion and one or more scores on the handle portion).Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: EcoTensil Inc.Inventor: Peggy V. K. Cross
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Patent number: 9861220Abstract: A moveable anti-fatigue mat that can be moved by a user's foot without the need for the user to bend over. In one embodiment, the anti-fatigue mat comprises a cushioned top layer affixed to a high friction bottom layer, wherein a low friction activation pad is positioned on or within the bottom layer. The activation pad can be attached so that a bottom surface protrudes below or is flush with the bottom surface of the bottom layer, and the activation pad is preferably located near the edge of the bottom layer. The anti-fatigue mat may be slid laterally on a floor or surface by a user's foot when a user places his foot on the mat directly above the activation pad and applies pressure downward and in the direction the user wishes the mat to move.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Inventor: John Charles Burkhalter
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Patent number: 9861221Abstract: A package receiving device, the package receiving device includes a sensor configured to obtain package identifying information from a package, a verification module configured to determine if the package identifying information matches information stored in a computer-readable storage media, and a receptacle configured to change from a compact mode to an extended mode to secure the package based on a determination of the verification module. Securing the package includes enclosing the package in the receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Inventor: Shuai Jiang
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Patent number: 9861222Abstract: A hanger (100) for a hanging item (1400) is provided. The hanger can define an aperture (102). The aperture can include a split rotated concave cardioid upper contour (104). The split rotated concave cardioid upper contour can include a first portion (105) and a second portion (106). The first portion and the second portion can be separated by an inverted convex cardioid (109). The inverted convex cardioid can be suspended into the aperture by two concave sidewalls (112,113). The aperture can include an intersecting concave lower contour (114) comprising a cusp (117).Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.Inventors: Lisa Bauer, Erin Jenkins
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Patent number: 9861223Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for dispensing a dispersion, in particular butter, comprising an input means for receiving the dispersion; a pump, for forcing the dispersion under pressure into; a tube, for leading the dispersion under pressure to a delivery unit, comprising a delivery mouth, having an essentially elongate opening; at least one scraper blade, arranged along a first long side of the opening and a collector for moist, arranged under the opening.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Radie B.V.Inventor: Johannes Josephus Antonius van Blokland
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Patent number: 9861225Abstract: The disclosure presents a single cup coffee brewer comprised of a dripper component, a drip rate control component, and a plunger assembly. The dripper component has a cylindrical brewing container and a removable cylindrical tube that enables an appropriately sized standard basket filter to be inserted snugly in the cylindrical brewing container. The drip rate control component, attached to the dripper component, has a lever that controls the drip control rate of the dripper component from a zero drip rate to a maximum value. The coffee brewer may therefore be used similar to a cone dripper, but with a user controlling the drip rate, or as an infuser perhaps followed by a dripper. The plunger assembly converts the dripper component and the drip rate control component into an Espresso plunger by allowing the user to force brewing coffee through the basket filter into a cup. Various embodiments are presented.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Inventor: Jerome E Sacks
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Patent number: 9861226Abstract: A brewer, system and method for heating water and dispensing heated water for producing a brewed beverage The brewer includes a water reservoir with a heating element associated with the reservoir for heating water retained in the reservoir A brewing substance holder is associated with the reservoir for receiving heated water from the reservoir A temperature sensitive control valve is provided in communication with the reservoir for controllably dispensing heated water from the reservoir to the brewing substance holder The temperature sensitive control valve may be in the form of a passive control valve which uses a bimetallic, magnetic or other material which is responsive to heat The water is placed in the reservoir and heated The elevated temperature of the water will result in operating the heat sensitive control valve to open the control valve and allow water to pass from the reservoir to the brewing substance holder.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2010Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Bunn-O-Matic CorporationInventors: Suresh Radhakrishnan, Charles H. Clark, Kent Morman, John T. Knepler
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Patent number: 9861227Abstract: The present invention relates to an infusion unit forming a hollow inner space that receives inserted elements, characterized in that it consists of a reinforcement belt that defines the hollow inner space of the infusion unit, said belt including means for taking up the forces generated while infusing on at least one inserted element, the reinforcement belt further including receiving means for each of said elements. The invention also relates to a machine container as well as to a machine with one such infusion unit, and similarly to a method for assembling at least one element to be inserted into an infusion unit. The invention can be used in all types of infusion machines, in particular EXPRESSO coffee machines.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2011Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Compagnie Mediterraneene Des CafesInventors: Jean-Pierre Blanc, Alain Goering
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Patent number: 9861228Abstract: A collapsible chafing dish stand includes a rim that holds the chafing dish pan; a first leg formed into a first geometric shape having two ends each pivotally coupled to the rim; a second leg similarly formed with two ends each pivotally coupled to the rim; a first cross bar and a second cross bar each formed into a select geometric shape, and pivotally coupled to the first leg and the second leg, respectively; and a hook to releasably couple the first cross bar to the second cross bar to secure the first and second legs in a support position. The improved configuration permits manufacture of a stand with fewer wire bends, simplified hinges and hook, simplified coupling of cross bars, and simplified geometric shapes, all of which combine to minimize material usage, and be more economically producible in a highly competitive marketplace, while retaining structural integrity.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2017Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Inventor: Michael Fariello
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Patent number: 9861229Abstract: The disclosure provides a movable door that directs debris, such as oil, grease, and food particles, that falls from a plurality of cooking slots in a vertical cooking grill to an area separate from a food product delivery tray, providing a cooked food product with reduced calories that is potentially more visually appealing.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Inventor: Lon Lehman
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Patent number: 9861230Abstract: A cooking system includes a first cooking apparatus including a first base and a first upper heating unit. The first base has a first lower heating plate and the first upper heating unit has a first upper heating plate. The first upper heating unit is moveable to bring the first upper heating plate towards the first lower heating plate. The first base includes a mounting surface configured to receive a plurality of interchangeable lower heating plates including the first lower heating plate and the first upper heating plate is one of a plurality of interchangeable upper heating plates.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: CARRIER COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION, INC.Inventors: Otley D. Freymiller, Jeffrey L. Sands, Ronald J. Glavan, Dennis J. Nelson
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Patent number: 9861231Abstract: A roaster comprises a main container equipped with the space in the inner portion; an upper supporter including a flame hole equipped at the side facing the bottom side of the main container, and a roasting plate supporting part equipped at the circumference position of the flame hole, and is combined to the main container; a fuel vessel which has a fuel filling part is formed in the inner space and a spacer equipped in the outer periphery position of the fuel filling part, and which is positioned in the main container to be positioned at the opposite direction to the flame hole of the upper supporter and which is arranged as the state separated from the spacer.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2013Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: SEJIN HIGHTECH CO., LTDInventor: Young Bong Kim
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Patent number: 9861232Abstract: A non-electric stovetop toaster that functions on various types of cooktops and is accommodative of various sizes and thicknesses of food contents. It folds flat to occupy a small, book sized volume and is designed for small kitchens (e.g. boats, motorhomes, cottages, apartments . . . ) where countertop space is too limited for an electric toaster. As with an electric toaster, both sides of the food contents are toasted simultaneously whereby good, even toasting results are produced through the combined action of A) IR diffusers, B) IR reflective sidewalls and C) an air filled heat shield.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Inventor: Edward Allen Dulles
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Patent number: 9861233Abstract: A system for measuring the state of degradation of cooking oil in a deep fryer is provided. The system includes at least one fryer pot and a loop of piping fluidly connected thereto for selectively allowing flow of oil from the at least one fryer pot into the loop and for selectively allowing the cooking oil to return to said at least one fryer pot from the loop. A pump urges the flow of cooking oil through the loop of piping and selectively to urge oil to return to the at least one fryer pot. The loop further comprises a return portion that extends from a discharge of the pump toward a suction of the pump. A sensor is disposed in the return portion of the loop and adapted to measure an electrical property that is indicative of total polar materials of said cooking oil.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Pitco Frialator, Inc.Inventors: Owen R. McGhee, Selim A. Bassoul, Jason D. Finnie, Jared Perkins, Nathaniel A. Lambert, Michael T. Fecteau
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Patent number: 9861234Abstract: A fryer filtration arrangement includes an oil reclamation system to reclaim used filtered cooking oil.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2007Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC.Inventors: Paul G. Forrest, Ronald F. Jacobs, Charles Amoss
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Patent number: 9861235Abstract: Basket apparatuses for use in food product preparation are provided that can be placed in cooking apparatuses. The basket apparatuses can include a plurality of side walls of one or more base sheets forming unitary side wall lattice-like portions and forming side wall component connection portions. The basket apparatuses can include a bottom wall of a base sheet forming a unitary bottom wall lattice-like portion and forming bottom wall component connection portions. The bottom wall is attached to the side walls to define a food product receiving space. The basket apparatuses includes a plurality of shelves with each shelf being pivotally connected to opposing side walls and movable between a stackable horizontal position and a stackable vertical position in the food product receiving space. Each shelf includes a base sheet forming a unitary shelf lattice-like portion having apertures therein forming substantially flat surfaces on which food products are placeable.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2013Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Inventor: Monte S. Beasley
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Patent number: 9861236Abstract: A retrofittable towel warmer for use with a hot tub preferably comprises a flexible conduit portion which is attachable to one of the jets of the hot tub together with a rigid thermally conductive portion which is detachably mountable on an exterior mast support. There is also preferably provided an exterior housing surrounding the thermally conductive portion designed to provide maximum thermal contact with the cloth material to be heated. The entire unit may be immersed in the hot tub or pool water when not in use. In an alternate embodiment a container having a thermally absorptive medium is provided in a structure which is easily mounted on the mast. In an alternate embodiment a container having a thermally absorptive medium is provided in a structure which is easily mounted on a supporting mast.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Inventors: Allen L Carl, David DiGiulio, Anthony Farinella
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Patent number: 9861237Abstract: A tacky mat is made from a tacky elastomeric polymer composition for releasably securing a portable roll dispenser to a surface and a portable roll dispenser on which a tacky mat is arranged, preferably on the bottom of the dispenser, wherein the mat is made from a tacky elastomeric polymer composition.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2012Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products ABInventor: Gunnar Bredahl
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Patent number: 9861238Abstract: An adapter for a recessed dispenser is disclosed. The adapter includes a frame configured to fit into a cavity of the dispenser. The adapter also includes a fastener for securing the frame to the dispenser. The frame includes two arms extending away from the cavity. The two arms are configured to removeably couple with a reduced-core diameter spindle. The spindle can expand/contract and is configured for use with a reduced-core roll of paper product. The adapter described herein allows for rolled product to be dispensed from an existing recessed dispenser where the rolls being dispensed have a larger outer diameter and a smaller inner core diameter than allowed by the original design of the recessed dispenser.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2011Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Solaris Paper, Inc.Inventor: Stephen Lawrence Phelps
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Patent number: 9861239Abstract: The toilet seat with sanitizing ultraviolet lamp is adapted for use with a toilet. Specifically, the toilet seat with sanitizing ultraviolet lamp is designed to replace the existing seat on a toilet. The toilet seat with sanitizing ultraviolet lamp is made of a transparent material. Integrated into the structure of the toilet seat are a plurality of UV sources which generate ultraviolet light. The ultraviolet light is used to sanitize the toilet seat between uses. The toilet seat with sanitizing ultraviolet lamp comprises a toilet seat and a plurality of UV sources.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Inventor: Harry Robinson
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Patent number: 9861240Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a vacuum component defining an aperture, and a hand vacuum including a removable battery. The hand vacuum is in removable engagement with the vacuum component, and the battery is removable from the hand vacuum through the aperture while the hand vacuum remains in engagement with the vacuum component.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.Inventor: Steven Jenson
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Patent number: 9861241Abstract: A vacuum cleaning device comprises: a housing; a motor and fan assembly for generating an airflow between an air inlet and an air outlet. A removable dirt collection bin receives dirt in the airflow. The dirt collection bin is located in fluid communication between the air inlet and air outlet and mountable to the housing. A locking mechanism is moveable between a locked position and an unlocked position for releasably coupling the dirt collection bin to the housing. An ejection mechanism arranged to eject the dirt collection bin away from the housing when the locking mechanism is in the unlocked position.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.Inventor: David Rowntree
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Patent number: 9861242Abstract: A vacuum cleaner is described that includes an elongated vacuum body, an optional battery-pack attached to the bottom end of the elongated vacuum body, and a removable backpack assembly with shoulder and waist straps attachable directly to the elongated vacuum body. The shape of the elongated vacuum body is such that the center of gravity of the body is shifted close to the body of the vacuum appliance user, allowing for greater freedom of movement during use. The vacuum appliance also includes exhaust air vents positioned to reduce the noise output of the vacuum appliance as perceived by the user during use.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.Inventors: Mark Tomasiak, Douglas K. Ritterling, Shane Glasgow
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Patent number: 9861243Abstract: A head (200) for a vacuum cleaning device includes a central airflow conduit (255), first and second flexible tubular appendage (211, 212), and a cross member (240). Each tubular appendage includes an internal channel (220) connected to a surface channel (222) via a plurality of ingress vents (221). A cross member (240) structurally connects the first and second flexible tubular appendages such that a cross-connecting airflow channel provides airflow from the first and second tubular appendages to the central airflow conduit. The first and second flexible appendage are attached at an apex (215) to form an A-shaped structure with the cross member.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Inventor: Gregory Caldwell
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Patent number: 9861244Abstract: A steam cleaning accessory for use with a steam generator comprises: a flexible body comprising a base and at least one peripheral wall upstanding from the base. At least one steam conduit is connectable to the steam generator and arranged to be in fluid communication therewith. The steam conduit comprises at least one steam outlet for ejecting steam and the at least one steam outlet is mounted on an underside of the base which is configured to be adjacent to a surface to be cleaned. A flexible pocket is mounted on the flexible body and is arranged to receive a user's hand. The at least one peripheral wall comprises at least one deflection element outwardly projecting from the peripheral wall.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.Inventor: Christopher Hussey
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Patent number: 9861245Abstract: A nonwoven wipe having a reversible sanitizer indicator for multiple uses and recharges is provided. The nonwoven wipe includes a cloth-like nonwoven fabric coated with a reversible color-changing ink formulation. During use, the nonwoven wipe is impregnated with a quaternary ammonium compound-based sanitizer. When the level of free quaternary ammonium compound falls below a threshold level, the color-changing ink formulation changes from a first color to a second color, indicating the need to recharge the wipe. When the nonwoven wipe is recharged with sanitizer solution, the color-changing ink formulation changes back to the first color.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Illinois Tool Works, Inc.Inventors: Darren J. Farrugia, Lesley J. Ward, Veronica R. Reichert
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Patent number: 9861246Abstract: A device for cleaning debris from a target surface. The device has a handle for gripping by a user, a hole in the handle which removably receives a replaceable container of cleaning solution and a flat surface which removably receives a cleaning pad. This device may be extruded from a monolithic piece of material, cut to length. The resulting device is unitary, inexpensive and durable. The pad/cleaning solution may be replaced when depleted and replaced with a new pad/cleaning solution or may simply be replaced with a new pad/cleaning solution as may be more suitable for a particular cleaning task. The device may be foam, which provides for an inexpensive construction material and convenient, ergonomic gripping.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Glenn Allen Bradbury, Louis Robert Zeiser
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Patent number: 9861247Abstract: The present patent document provides embodiments of a filter and a system for use with the filter for separating dirt and other contaminates from wash liquids. In a preferred embodiment the filter comprises: a plurality of passages all oriented parallel to each other wherein the passages have a circular top with a first diameter and a circular bottom with a second smaller diameter and a portion in between the top and the bottom that is funnel shaped; a body that couples each of the plurality of passages together; wherein the passages are arranged in concentric circles radiating out from the center of the body.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: SMART, INC.Inventor: Paul Schneider
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Patent number: 9861248Abstract: A sensor and a method of manufacture of a sensor includes a light interface portion comprising first and second walls, where a cavity is provided between the first and second walls, and where the first wall is configured such that at least a portion of light is totally reflected at the first wall when the sensor-external medium is water, and at least a portion of light is coupled out when the sensor-external medium is air, and a portion of light is coupled out and a further portion of light is totally reflected by the first wall when the sensor-external medium comprises foam. Light that is reflected by the first wall is directed toward a second wall, and reflected at the second wall to be directed to a light receiving element.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: emz-Hanauer GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Johann Schenkl, Manfredi Signorino, Johannes Baumer, Georg Wilhelm
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Patent number: 9861249Abstract: A dishwasher is provided. The dishwasher may include a tub forming a washing space, a sump collecting washing water, a tank forming a storage space outside the tub, a motor generating a dynamic force to supply the washing water collected in the sump to the tank, and a controller incrementally increasing a water level of the tank by intermittently driving the motor.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Seongho Kim, Youmin Lee, Jongmin Lee
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Patent number: 9861251Abstract: A dishwasher with a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber, a liquid spraying system, a liquid recirculation system defining a recirculation flow path, and a liquid filtering system. The liquid filtering system includes a filter disposed in the recirculation flow path to filter the liquid and at least one artificial boundary to aid in cleaning the filter.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Barry E. Tuller, Rodney M. Welch, Anthony B. Welsh
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Patent number: 9861252Abstract: A dishwasher is provided. The dishwasher includes a main body including a washing chamber and an input port for inputting dishes into the washing chamber; a door configured to hinge-connect at one end to the main body and open and close the washing chamber; and a door opening apparatus installed in the main body configured to open the door, wherein the door opening apparatus includes a thermally driven actuator configured to thermally expand and contract to make a plunger protrude, a movable member configured to linearly reciprocate when supplied with power from the thermally driven actuator, and a push portion configured to push the door so as to open the input port when supplied with power form the movable member.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Jin-doo Kim
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Patent number: 9861253Abstract: A water softening apparatus having an improved structure to provide a function of an air brake, a dishwasher including the same and a control method thereof, the water softening apparatus having an air brake assembly and a regeneration tank and configured to soften wash water being supplied from a tub, wherein the air brake assembly including a water supply valve allowing wash water to be introduced therethrough, an ion exchange tank to accommodate an ion exchange resin therein, and a plurality of valves installed on a first path allowing wash water being introduced through the water supply valve to flow toward the ion exchange tank, wherein the regeneration tank is connected to the air brake assembly and accommodates regeneration material configured to purify the ion exchange resin.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sang Hoon Lee, Jeong Myeong Kim, Seung Ah Joo
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Patent number: 9861254Abstract: A dish washing machine including a drive unit to drive a vane. The drive unit includes a motor to generate driving force, a belt connected to a drive pulley and an idle pulley to transfer the driving force of the motor to the vane the motor, a rail to guide movement of the vane, a rear holder to rotatably support the drive pulley, the rear holder being coupled to one end of the rail by tension of the belt, and a front holder to rotatably support idle pulley, the front holder being coupled to the other end of the rail by the tension of the belt.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Chan Young Park, Min Ho Jung, Hyun Dong Jung, Soo Hyung Yoo, Chang Wook Lee, Seung Gee Hong
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Patent number: 9861255Abstract: A dishwasher including a washing chamber to perform dishwashing, a water collecting portion provided at a lower portion of the washing chamber to gather water used for washing, and a sensing module which is disposed in the water collecting portion and integrally includes a water sensing sensor to sense whether or not water is present and a temperature sensor to sense a temperature of water. Since the sensing module simultaneously serves as the water sensing sensor and the temperature sensor, it may be possible to more efficiently utilize an inner space of the water collecting portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyoung Jum Kim, Ji Suk Ryu
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Patent number: 9861256Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for supplying washing inputs comprised by at least one hydraulic circuit comprising at least one water inlet pipe (2), at least one reservoir (3) of inputs and at least one inputs outlet pipe (4). It is further provided at least one water spreader (5) associated with at least one water inlet pipe (2) and at least one containment structure (6) associated with at least one inputs outlet pipe (4).Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2012Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Whirlpool S.A.Inventors: Leandro Souza Lima, Denilson Femandes de Oliveira
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Patent number: 9861257Abstract: A detergent dispenser module for a dishwashing appliance may generally include a body extending between a top side and a bottom side. The body may include an outer surface extending from the top side and may define a detergent chamber between the outer surface and the bottom side. The detergent chamber may be at least partially formed by an upper sidewall, a lower sidewall and a bottom wall extending between the upper and lower sidewall. In addition, the dispenser module may also include at least one flow diverter extending outwardly from the outer surface at a location adjacent to the upper sidewall of the detergent chamber. The flow diverter(s) may be angled in a direction of a fluid collection opening defined through a top of the upper sidewall such that fluid flowing downwardly along the outer surface of the body is directed into the fluid collection opening.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Kyle Edward Durham, Christopher Brandon Ross, Gregory Owen Miller, Craig Curtis
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Patent number: 9861258Abstract: A dishwasher has a treating chamber for receiving dishes for treatment according to an automatic cycle of operation and a dispensing system for storing and dispensing treating chemistry to the treating chamber during the cycle of operation. The dishwasher can be provided with a lifetime supply of a treating chemistry for the dispensing system.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2013Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Paul E. Beshears, Jr., Kaustav Ghosh, James W. Klein, Scott D. Slabbekoorn
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Patent number: 9861259Abstract: Disclosed herein is a dishwasher. The dishwasher includes a main body, a tub placed within the main body to receive dishes therein, and an air brake mounted to one lateral surface of the tub. The air brake includes a communication hole communicating with the tub to allow air to be introduced into the tub or to be discharged from the tub, a guide rib configured to guide air, introduced through the communication hole, upward of the air brake, and a vent formed in a lateral surface of the air brake to allow air to be discharged outward from the air brake or to allow outside air to be introduced into the air brake, the vent being located below the guide rib to prevent hot air from being discharged from the air brake.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun Kyu Jung, Jeon Suk Wee
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Patent number: 9861260Abstract: A tine assembly for a dishwasher appliance is provided. The tine assembly includes a plurality of segmented tines. Each segmented tine of the plurality of segmented tines includes a plurality of tine segments. Each tine segment of the plurality of tine segments is pivotally or rotatably mounted to a respective adjacent tine segment of the plurality of tine segments such that the segmented tines of the plurality of segmented tines are compliant. A related dishwasher appliance is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Michael Alexander Benedict, Rebecca Ann Alvord, Ryan James Diener, Brian Michael Schork
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Patent number: 9861261Abstract: An endoscopic microinstrument may include a substantially rigid body having first and second ends, a channel between the first and second ends; a substantially rigid end portion movably coupled to the body and having first and second ends; a tool located at the first end of the end portion and including first and second anvils; first and second handles coupled to the body, at least one of the handles further coupled to the tool and configured to control actuation of at least one of the first and second anvils; a camera coupled to, and situated to a side of, the substantially rigid end portion, the camera configured to obtain images of a region-of-interest; and an end portion controller coupled to the body and configured angulate and/or rotate the substantially rigid end portion relative to the substantially rigid body.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Inventor: Hrayr Karnig Shahinian
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Patent number: 9861262Abstract: The present invention relates to a catheter using an optical fiber and a camera, into which the camera for lighting and the optical fiber for lighting are built so that the camera can be used during an internal examination and treatment amid irradiation of light by the optical fiber. According to the present invention, the diameter of a shaft can be minimized while forming a hole in the shaft for the camera, the optical fiber, a wire, and medicine to be inserted, and the camera, the optical fiber, and a distal end of a medicine injection tube are driven at the same time and in the same manner following the driving of the wire so that internal imaging, light irradiation, and medicine injection can be performed with accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2013Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: META BIOMED CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Hwan Sung, Ki Sub Kim
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Patent number: 9861263Abstract: The invention provides an endoscopic video camera having a polymeric knob assembly, wherein the polymeric material used for manufacturing the knob assembly includes polyphenylsulfone resin, titanium dioxide, tin oxide, and colored metallic additives, is capable of withstanding sterilization, and has a metallic cosmetic appearance. The invention also provides methods of manufacturing the knob assembly by plastic injection molding processes, wherein undesirable molding characteristics are concentrated on portions of the knob assembly that are removed by secondary machining or post machining.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: KARL STORZ Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Kin Ming Kwan, Dejan Korkut, Thomas J. Anhalt, Paul McCarty, Diegas E. Zavala
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Patent number: 9861264Abstract: A rigid endoscope includes a first insertion section extending along longitudinal directions, a first needle defining an outer edge of a first opening, and a first functional section provided in a vicinity of the first opening of a first lumen, and configured to perform some part of functions. The rigid endoscope includes a second insertion section extending along the longitudinal directions, and located apart from the first insertion section in directions perpendicular to the longitudinal directions, a second needle defining an outer edge of a second opening, and a second functional section provided in a vicinity of the second opening of a second lumen, and configured to perform some part of the functions different from the functions performed by the first functional section.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2012Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiro Okamoto, Kazuo Banju, Hiroki Moriyama
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Patent number: 9861265Abstract: A pneumoperitoneum apparatus includes: an insufflation conduit for pneumoperitoneum; an endoscope connection tube connecting the insufflation conduit for pneumoperitoneum; an insufflation flow rate measuring section that measures an insufflation flow rate as a measured flow rate; a set flow rate setting section that sets the measured insufflation flow rate to a target set flow rate; an insufflation flow rate adjusting section; an adjustment value storing section that if the measured flow rate is equal to the target set flow rate, stores the adjustment value for the insufflation flow rate adjusting section; and a control section that if the measured flow rate varies to a value that is equal to or below a threshold value after the measured flow rate reaches the target set flow rate, performs control to set the adjustment value read from the adjustment value storing section for the insufflation flow rate adjusting section.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Koji Yamaoka
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Patent number: 9861266Abstract: An endoscope device includes: an imaging unit for photoelectrically converting light from an object that has been irradiated with the light to generate an image signal; an optical signal converter for converting the image signal into an optical signal; a signal dividing unit for dividing the optical signal into first and second optical signals at a predetermined light quantity ratio; a first optical signal transmission line for transmitting the first optical signal; a connecting unit configured to connect the first optical signal transmission line and other optical signal transmission line and to input the first optical signal that has been transmitted through the first optical signal transmission line into the other optical signal transmission line; an electrical signal converter configured to convert the second optical signal into an electrical signal including light quantity information of the second optical signal; and an electrical signal transmission line for transmitting the electrical signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventor: Hideaki Kinouchi