Patents Issued in May 2, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190125118
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a squeezing threaded rod, a squeezing component and a food processor. The squeezing threaded rod includes: a rod body, and the rod body includes a feeding segment, a squeezing segment connected with the feeding segment and a residue discharge segment connected with the squeezing segment; and the area of the cross section of the rod body gradually increases from the feeding segment to the squeezing segment. In the squeezing threaded rod provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, the stress direction of juice squeezing and residue discharge thereof is consistent with the thrust direction of the rod body, in this case, the juice squeezing force and the residue discharge force can be increased, the food residues at a residue discharge opening can be discharged more easily, then the phenomenon that the food residues block the residue discharge opening can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Han HAN, Weijie CHEN, Yan TANG
  • Publication number: 20190125119
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a drive assembly and a food processor. The drive assembly comprises: a drive body; and a transmission assembly comprising at least a first transmission member and a second transmission member, the first transmission member being in driving connection with the drive body and provided thereon with a first drive shaft, and the second transmission member being in driving connection with the drive body and provided thereon with a second drive shaft. The technical solution is capable of driving, using a single drive body, at least two drive shafts to move, so that multi-shaft output with a single drive body can be realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Han HAN, Weijie CHEN, Yan TANG
  • Publication number: 20190125120
    Abstract: According to one example, a system comprises a heat source system and a processor. The heat source system comprises a plurality of heat sources. Each heat source is operable to provide an amount of energy to be used to cook a food item during a cooking process. The processor is operable to determine that a cooking device system has been positioned on or in a first heat source of the plurality of heat sources, determine an identity of the cooking device system that has been positioned on or in the first heat source, and correlate the determined identity of the cooking device system with an identity of the first heat source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Meyer Intellectual Properties Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan A. Jenkins, Brenden Duncombe-Smith
  • Publication number: 20190125121
    Abstract: A steam generator system for a cooking appliance includes an in-line heating element coupled to a heating tube, wherein water from a water reservoir is gravitationally fed into the heating tube for heating by the in-line heating element to produce a hot water and steam mixture. A first supply line is coupled to the heating tube to carry the mixture to a separator without the need for moving or complex pump parts. The separator separates steam and hot water from the mixture of the two. A second supply line is coupled to the separator at a first end and opens into the cooking cavity of the cooking appliance at a second end. The second supply line is configured to supply steam separated at the separator to the cooking cavity via a steam outlet disposed in the cooking cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert S. Donarski, Nicholas E. Crow, Jason Schneemann
  • Publication number: 20190125122
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a flowable product, such as a frozen and/or liquid beverage, automated dispensing apparatus and specifically an automated component for installation on and use in conjunction with the flowable product dispensing system. The modular component includes a communication interface and controller, an actuator for a valve, for use with a frozen beverage dispenser that dispenses the frozen and/or liquid beverage. The actuator is in electronic communication with the communication interface and controller and is responsive to direction received from the communication interface and controller to open or close the valve. An electronic switch assembly placed in the frozen and/or liquid beverage system replaces conventional manual switch systems and is in communication with the communication interface and controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Anthony V. Feola
  • Publication number: 20190125123
    Abstract: An electrically operated beverage maker, in particular electrically operated coffee machine, having at least one component which is subjected to wear and tear and hence maintenance-relevant, wherein at least one load parameter which characterises an actual wear and tear of the maintenance-relevant component can be determined, and in that at least one reliability parameter of the maintenance-relevant component can be calculated, taking into account the specific load parameter(s) of the maintenance-relevant component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: WMF Group GmbH
    Inventors: Armin Startz, Peter Arndt
  • Publication number: 20190125124
    Abstract: Heating/stirring cooker includes: main body; container that is disposed inside main body and accommodates an object to be cooked; stirring body that is disposed inside container so as to be detachable from container, stirring body having blade for stirring the object to be cooked in container and magnet disposed at a position facing an inner bottom part of container in a state in which stirring body is disposed inside container; magnetic field generator that is disposed inside main body and generates a rotating magnetic field so that a rotational force of the rotating magnetic field acts on magnet; and controller that is disposed inside main body and controls magnetic field generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: MAKOTO NISHIMURA, KATSUYUKI OHTA
  • Publication number: 20190125125
    Abstract: A portable electric tortilla warming device that allows a user to insert a stack of room temperature tortillas into the top of the device and for the device to automatically lift the tortillas, one at a time and insert them into an electric warming compartment, and once warmed, to deliver them into a receiving tray. The device is microprocessor controlled and once activated, allows the warming of multiple tortillas without human input. The tortillas are helped along by means of several motorized horizontal brushes. The tortillas are also caused to progress because the entire tortilla pathway is tilted at a forty-degree angle with respect to a table top. An exit gate prevents the tortilla from leaving the heating compartment until it is fully warmed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Ricardo Gonzalez, Raul Luna, Kenneth A. Tarlow
  • Publication number: 20190125126
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for automatically preparing food for consumption in which preparation comprises dispensing, manipulation, heating, and other operations using a wide variety of ingredients. The methods and apparatus described use ingredients efficiently and maintain their quality, while avoiding contact between ingredients and apparatus to minimize the risk of system contamination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Adam Cohen
  • Publication number: 20190125127
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a spit roaster for foods comprising spits and at least two supports, each of the supports having two vertical profiles with feet for supporting the support and horizontal profiles which are arranged joining the two vertical profiles to one another, and spaced from one another, determining different roasting heights, and where the spits can be arranged such that they are freely supported on the horizontal profiles of each of the supports, the spits being configured for holding foods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Jose Maria SANCHEZ ANTON
  • Publication number: 20190125128
    Abstract: A grilling system including a combustion pan configured to receive and hold a plurality of combustible articles on an upper surface thereof, a cooking grid provided over the combustion pan and configured to support food over the combustible articles, and a support member coupled to an underside of the combustion pan and configured to receive and support a portable gas torch, wherein a lighting aperture is formed in the combustion pan proximate the support member to allow flame from a portable gas torch supported by the support member underneath the combustion pan to pass through to the upper surface of the combustion pan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Joseph Todd DeGidio
  • Publication number: 20190125129
    Abstract: A grill, for example, a gas grill for grilling, cooking or baking food on a grill grate or the like, in particular for outdoor use. The gas grill has a combustion chamber, in which a burner arrangement is provided. The combustion chamber is provided with a hinged hood which covers the grill grate in the closed state. A simple and reliable conversion between direct and indirect grilling is achieved and enables a simultaneous and energy-saving direct and indirect grilling. The grill is provided with a separating plate dividing the grill grate into regions. A main surface of the separating plate extends below the grill grate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: OUTDOORCHEF AG
    Inventor: Andre BITTEL
  • Publication number: 20190125130
    Abstract: A fryer unit includes a housing, and a fryer vat supported by the housing and defining a volume for receiving oil to be heated for cooking. An oil heating system includes at least one immersed electrical heating unit within the fryer vat for heating oil within the fryer vat. An overall height of the fryer unit is no more than twenty-five inches so as to be adapted for positioning upon an appliance base or countertop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Kacy W. Denning
  • Publication number: 20190125131
    Abstract: A fryer unit includes a fryer vat defining a volume for receiving oil to be heated for cooking. A heating system is provided for heating oil in the volume. The heating system includes at least one gaseous fuel burner and at least one heat exchange tube, the heat exchange tube passing through the volume such that an external surface of the heat exchange tube will be in contact with oil in the volume. The heat exchange tube defines an internal passage through which heated combustion gases of the gaseous fuel burner can pass, and a baffle is positioned within the internal passage for enhancing heat transfer from the combustion gases to the external surface of the heat exchange tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Kacy W. Denning, Craig D. Burnett, Carlos M. Franco-Pulgarin
  • Publication number: 20190125132
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for preparing and dispensing [medical] marijuana, comprising: a grinder for preparing marijuana, the grinder comprising a grinder label for a user-designed mark of the contents of the grinder; and a dispenser, the dispenser comprising a storage portion for prepared marijuana, and a dispensing portion, the dispensing portion sized to hold a dispense a fixed amount of prepared marijuana through a dispensing opening, with the storage portion and the dispensing portion being in fluid communication with each other, the dispenser further comprising a dispenser label for a user-designed mark of the contents of the dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Warren Allan Powers, Sabrina Leung Powers
  • Publication number: 20190125133
    Abstract: A mixing appliance assembly includes a housing, which includes a motor and shaft operably coupled with the motor and extending outwardly from the housing. A top handle is operably coupled with a top end of the housing and includes a pulse button and a continuous run switch. A side port is disposed in the housing and configured to receive a port connecting member and includes an interlocking feature. An interlock switch is disposed inside the side port. A switch engagement member is configured to engage the interlock switch such that the continuous run switch can be depressed. A bowl clamp is engageable with the side port and configured to removably secure the housing to a bowl and includes the switch engagement member. A side handle is engageable with the side port and is configured to be removably coupled with the housing and aid a user in handling the mixing appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fred Bournay, JR., John W. McConnell, Joel Graham Van Faasen, ZhaoYi Yin
  • Publication number: 20190125134
    Abstract: The cutting board with a drainage valve allows for the collection and drainage of liquids associated with cutting, slicing and chopping of foodstuffs. The cutting board has first and second longitudinally opposed ends, first and second laterally opposed sides, an upper surface and a lower surface. A liquid collection reservoir is defined in the upper surface adjacent the first longitudinally opposed end of the cutting board. At least one peripheral channel is defined in the upper surface of the cutting board and is in open communication with the liquid collection reservoir. A drainage port is formed through the lower surface of the cutting board adjacent the first longitudinally opposed end. The drainage valve is mounted in the cutting board for selectively controlling drainage of liquid from the liquid collection reservoir to the drainage port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: GREGORY J. COLLETTI
  • Publication number: 20190125135
    Abstract: A portable campground sink. The portable campground sink includes a frame having at least one sidewall, wherein an interior portion of the frame is divided into a first section and a second section by a cross bar. A plurality of legs are removably affixed to the frame, wherein the plurality of legs extend perpendicularly away from the frame. A container having an upper compartment in liquid communication with a lower compartment is received by the frame such that the lower compartment lies within the first section. An outlet is disposed on the lower compartment can receive a hose thereon. An adaptor having an inlet that can receive the hose thereon can be removably secured within a sewer drain such that the contents of the lower compartment exit through the outlet, through the hose, into the inlet, and out of the adaptor into the sewer drain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Kenneth Harding
  • Publication number: 20190125136
    Abstract: This document discusses, among other things an assist structure that includes a mount structure configured to mount above a shower or bath wall, and a support structure configured to couple to the mount structure, extend downward over the shower or bath wall, and contact the shower or bath wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Steven Douglas Johnson
  • Publication number: 20190125137
    Abstract: A foam discharging device includes: a storage portion that stores a liquid agent; a foamer mechanism that changes the liquid agent into foam to generate a foam body; and a discharging portion that discharges the foam body. The discharging portion includes a foam passing chamber that allows the foam body to pass, and one or a plurality of ejection-port forming wall portions that extend downward below the foam passing chamber, are formed into a closed-loop shape in plan view, have the inner space communicating with the foam passing chamber, and have the lower edge having an ejection port formed thereon. At least part of the ejection-port forming wall portion has a bottom end portion formed into a shape that has a thickness reduced toward the lower side. The ejection-port forming wall portion and a second portion. The height position of a lower edge of the first portion is higher than the height position of a lower edge of the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshimasa TAKAGI
  • Publication number: 20190125138
    Abstract: An exfoliation and body cream application mitt is configured to apply a thickened liquid to a human user. The exfoliation and body cream application mitt has a back side and a front side joined to one another forming a pocket therebetween. The front side is adapted to accomplish exfoliation and the back side is adapted to accomplish lotion application. A soft fabric arranged within the back side and configured to gently spread body creams, foams and lotions to a skin surface. A wrist section is arranged between the back side and the front side, defining an opening for receiving a hand of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: James Snyder
  • Publication number: 20190125139
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a paper towel product that will capably separate from the paper towel roll as a full sheet, a half sheet or a quarter sheet. A method of making a paper towel with machine direction perforations is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Steven R. OLSON, David A. HOADLEY, Thomas J. DAUL
  • Publication number: 20190125140
    Abstract: A paper roll cover includes a cover member, a left side wall having a plurality of apertures peripherally around a central large aperture, a right side wall having a plurality of apertures peripherally around a central large aperture, and where the left side wall is arranged and configured to reside on a left side of the cover member and the right side wall is arranged and configured to reside a right side of the cover member. In some embodiments, the plurality of apertures in the right side wall or the left side wall are configured to fit pegs to adjust the paper cover roll to brackets mounted on a wall and alternatively to a stand alone paper roll stand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Rollmate LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Kaweblum, Adam Bender
  • Publication number: 20190125141
    Abstract: A wipe dispensing apparatus includes a housing, a connector, a support platform, and a dispensing lid. The housing includes a top and a bottom. The connector is coupled to the housing and is for suspending the wipe dispensing apparatus from a user. The support platform is disposed within the housing and includes a support surface for supporting a plurality of wipes and a raised annular rim defining a central opening. The dispensing lid is positioned adjacent to and below the support platform. The dispensing lid includes a barrier having a dispensing aperture defined therein. The dispensing lid further includes an inner sidewall extending around and depending from the barrier towards the bottom of the housing such that the dispensing aperture is recessed from the housing bottom to facilitate shielding a portion of a wipe extending through the dispensing aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Frank Quattromani, Patricia Quattromani
  • Publication number: 20190125142
    Abstract: A reusable towel dispenser includes a reusable towel holding compartment including multiple reusable towels stored in a non-structured manner. The dispenser also includes a reusable towel output of the reusable towel holding compartment, the reusable towel output being configured to enable a reusable towel of a group of non-structured reusable towels to be accessed and pulled, from the reusable towel holding compartment, out of the reusable towel dispenser. The dispenser further includes a reusable towel input of the reusable towel holding compartment, the reusable towel input being configured to allow a group of non-structured reusable towels to be concurrently loaded in the reusable towel holding compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Steven Krengel, Hyung Seok Lee, Marianne Grisdale, James Dangora
  • Publication number: 20190125143
    Abstract: The portable latrine comprises a frame, a rear sheet member, and a front sheet member. The rear sheet member comprises sheet material comprising outer edges coupled to the frame such the rear sheet member extends from a frame first side to a frame second side. The frame, the rear sheet member, and front sheet member define a receptacle. The frame is flexible and the rear and front sheet members are arranged such that the frame is adapted to be coiled into a collapsed position and uncoiled into an expanded position. The method comprises the steps of providing a portable latrine, the portable latrine being in a collapsed position; uncoiling the portable latrine from the collapsed position; using a suspension mechanism, suspending the portable latrine from a structure; removing the portable latrine from the structure; and re-coiling the portable latrine into the collapsed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Michael Zepeda
  • Publication number: 20190125144
    Abstract: A sheet dispensing apparatus for dispensing sheets from a sheet material card having a plurality of sheets. The sheet dispensing apparatus includes a sensor, a motor including a motor shaft, a supply roller operatively connected to the motor, an indicator, and a controller operatively connected to the proximity sensor and to the indicator. The controller includes a processor and a memory configured to store program instructions. The processor is configured to execute the stored program instructions to: detect a first presence of an object with the sensor; move the supply roller into contact with one sheet of the plurality of sheets in response to the detecting the first presence of the object; rotate the motor shaft a first time to move the supply roller a predetermined angle of rotation to dispense the one sheet; and stop the motor shaft when the predetermined angle of rotation has been completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Kenneth F. Vuylsteke, Michael Duane Blanchard, Atilla Rist, Hans Van Reenen, Fred I. Morad, Robert A. Acosta
  • Publication number: 20190125145
    Abstract: A backpack blower includes a motorized blower unit driven by an engine mounted to a frame having straps to be supported by a user's shoulders and having an air discharge pipe with openings which allow a portion of the air discharge to blow out onto a wearer's neck, head, and/or body. A deflector can further be added to direct the air discharge and the deflector can be adjustable. One or both of the deflector and openings can include a control device which allows for flow through the opening or deflector to be stopped or the volumetric flow rate of air passing there-through can be adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Carl Pickett
  • Publication number: 20190125146
    Abstract: An electric fan and a vacuum cleaner having the same are provided. The electric fan includes: a cover having an open side; an impeller disposed in the cover; a diffuser including a diffuser body and a plurality of vanes, the diffuser body being located at a side of the impeller adjacent to the cover, the plurality of vanes being disposed at an end of the diffuser body adjacent to impeller and spaced apart from one another along an outer circumference of the impeller, an outlet angle of each vane being denoted as ?, and ? satisfying: 45°???90°; and a refluxer disposed at an end of the diffuser body away from the impeller. The electric fan reduces flow losses of airflow, and improves work efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Lele MING, Xiaowen HU, Hui ZHANG, Xiaoyin HAN
  • Publication number: 20190125147
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner having a profile arrangement with a profile having a first profile part and a second profile part. The second profile part is arranged to at least partly enclose the first profile part and the first profile part is slidable into the second profile part for adjustment of a length of the profile. The housing is moveably attached to the profile, such that the housing is moveable along at least a part of the length of the profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Esbjörn Svantesson, Henrik Holm, Erik Dahlbeck, Maeva Schaller, Henrik Eriksson, Jonas Kristiansson, Jesper Hederos
  • Publication number: 20190125148
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a chassis, a driving wheel support provided with at least two first cooperation parts, a driving wheel having an adjustable height relative to the chassis, and being rotatable relative to a hood. The vacuum cleaner further includes the hood being provided with at least two second cooperation parts, and an elastic member. The first cooperation parts or the second cooperation parts are in the form of long track portions, the remainders are in the form of sliding portions capable of moving along the track portions, and lengths of the at least two track portions extend along directions not parallel to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Xianmin WEI, Xiaogang XUAN, Bo HE
  • Publication number: 20190125149
    Abstract: Disclosed are a floor brush of a dust collector and a dust collector having same, the floor brush of a dust collector comprising: a main body, the main body defining an air channel therein and being provided with, on a lower surface at the front end thereof, a suction port in communication with the air channel, when the main body covers a surface to be cleaned, an air-tight space being formed between the air channel and the surface to be cleaned, and the front end of the main body being provided with a front air inlet port in communication with the air channel; and a flow guiding portion, the flow guiding portion being provided at the front end of the main body and being provided adjacent to the front air inlet port, and the flow guiding portion being provided with a flow guiding face so that the external air passes through the flow guiding face and the front air inlet port into the air channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Xiaokang PENG, Siyu JIN, Zhonghua LI
  • Publication number: 20190125150
    Abstract: A ground brush for a cleaning appliance and a cleaning appliance with the same are provided. The ground brush includes: a body and a front dust collection strip. The body defines an air channel therein, a bottom plate of the body defines a suction port in communication with the air channel, and a rear side of the body defines an exhaust port. When the body covers a surface to be cleaned, an airtight space is defined between the air channel and the surface to be cleaned. The front dust collection strip is arranged at a front end of the body to support the ground brush for a cleaning appliance on the surface to be cleaned, defines a plurality of front air inlets in communication with the air channel, and is incline relative to a normal direction of the surface to be cleaned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Xiaokang PENG, Siyu JIN, Zhonghua LI
  • Publication number: 20190125151
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a cyclone separator, a collection chamber below the cyclone separator, a pre-motor filter downstream from the cyclone separator, and an openable cover above the pre-motor filter. The cover provides access to an upstream surface of the pre-motor filter when open, and forms an outer surface of the vacuum cleaner that is angled forwardly at an incline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Phong H. Tran
  • Publication number: 20190125152
    Abstract: A dirt collector that includes a housing and an air-permeable filter media extending from the housing such that the filter media and housing at least partially define a collection volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Bloom, Steven Marcus, William Jacob Kozlowski, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20190125153
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner and filter cleaning system includes a filter cleaning mechanism which allows the filter to be cleaned without removal from the vacuum. Operation of the filter cleaning mechanism both flows air backwards through the filter and strikes the filter to more effectively clean the vacuum filter. The vacuum allows for filter cleaning and debris disposal without significant interruption of the use of the vacuum cleaner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Dustless Depot, LLC
    Inventors: Spencer Loveless, Kyle Alan Bjork, Stephen Brent Willson
  • Publication number: 20190125154
    Abstract: An autonomous mobile robot includes a housing infrastructure, a drive system including one or more wheels to support the housing infrastructure above a floor surface, a cleaning assembly, electrical circuitry positioned within the robot housing and an electrostatic discharge assembly including an electrostatic discharge member that includes fibers electrically connected to the electrical circuitry and extending, from the electrical circuitry, to an exterior of the housing infrastructure. The electrical circuitry includes a controller to initiate a cleaning operation in which the drive propels the robot across the floor surface while the cleaning assembly cleans the floor surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Victor Fay, Travis James Gschrey
  • Publication number: 20190125155
    Abstract: A wet-cleaning appliance, in particular a wet mop, has a cleaning roller, which can be rotated about a roller axis, and having a wetting device for applying a liquid to the cleaning roller. In order to provide for regeneration of the cleaning roller with the best possible result, it is proposed that the wet-cleaning appliance should have a wiper device, in particular a wiper lip, which can be displaced onto the cleaning roller and is intended for assisting in removing liquid and/or dirt from the cleaning roller and/or for assisting in applying liquid to the cleaning roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH
    Inventor: Bernd LINDENBECK
  • Publication number: 20190125156
    Abstract: A wet cleaning device, has a cleaning roller that is rotatable about a roller axis, the cleaning roller having a cleaning covering. The wet cleaning device has a deceleration element and a guide element for supporting the removal and discharge of liquid and/or dirt from the cleaning roller to a liquid channel. The deceleration element has an impact edge in opposite direction to the fibers of the rotating cleaning covering, wherein the guide element is arranged in the direction of rotation of the cleaning roller behind the impact edge. During a regeneration operation of the wet cleaning device, the impact edge is arranged so far apart between the fibers of the cleaning covering that free ends of the fibers project outward in the radial direction beyond the impact edge, and in the event of an impact on the impact edge, are deflected in the direction of the guide element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph GUNTER, Hannes BUESING, Jochen JENTSCH
  • Publication number: 20190125157
    Abstract: A spin-dry mop comprising a rotatable mop rod, a cleaning body, an outer cover and a fixing sleeve; the rotatable mop rod comprises an upper tube, a lower tube and a rotating driving mechanism; the upper tube and the lower tube are movably connected through the rotating driving mechanism; the upper tube and the lower tube can move up and down relative to each other, and can rotate relative to each other; the cleaning body is connected to the lower tube; the outer cover is sleeved outside the lower tube, and can move up and down along the lower tube; the fixing sleeve is fixedly connected with the upper tube; the spin-dry mop further comprises a locking mechanism used for locking the rotatable mop rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Jing LI, Juhong ZHANG, Hongliang GAN
  • Publication number: 20190125158
    Abstract: A wet cleaning device, in particular a wet mop, has a cleaning roller mounted rotatably about a roller axis and a roller cover surrounding, at least in part, the cleaning roller in the circumferential direction, which roller cover has at least one movable cover element for elective sealing and/or exposing of an opening region of the roller cover. In order to enable a changeover of the wet cleaning device from a wiping operation to a regeneration operation in a particularly convenient and time-saving manner, according to the invention, the wet cleaning device has a first cover element and a second cover element which, based on a circumferential direction of the cleaning roller, can be moved in opposition to each other in order to seal and/or to expose the opening region from opposite circumferential directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH
    Inventor: Christian STEHL
  • Publication number: 20190125159
    Abstract: Provided is a duster having a body attachable to a handle and a cleaning head attached to the body. The cleaning head is an elongate tubular member that is resiliently flexible to conform to a surface when pressed against the surface. In this way, the cleaning head can conform to a floor, corners, and/or walls and increase a surface area coming in contact with the surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: André Sampaio
  • Publication number: 20190125160
    Abstract: A wash-aid dispenser (20) for dispensing dishwasher detergent and rinse-aid employs a DC motor (46) and drive train (43) to separately actuate a door (23) for the release of detergent and a valve (21) for the release of rinse-aid allowing reduced noise and reduce energy operation using a single electric actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Krieger, Michael Osvatic, Jonathan H. Olson
  • Publication number: 20190125161
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber, at least one dish rack in the treating chamber, and a rack height adjustment assembly. The rack height adjustment assembly includes an adjuster plate slidably coupled to the at least one dish rack and fixed vertically relative to the tub, the adjuster plate including at least one adjuster detent, a locking lever having a catch end that is biased to engage the adjuster detent to hold the dish rack in place in either a lowered or raised position, the locking lever being pivotally movable relative to the at least one dish rack between an engaging position where the catch end engages the adjuster detent and a release position where the catch end does not engage the adjuster detent and the dish rack is vertically movable between the lowered and raised positions, and an actuator configured to move the locking lever to the release position when the actuator is moved from an undepressed position to a depressed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew Martin Kenneth Hansen, Ronald M. Nowell, JR., Richard Lawrence Kretz, Kapil Gupta, Darryl C. Bodine, Jerry M. Visin, Ameresh B. Viswanathan
  • Publication number: 20190125162
    Abstract: An endoscopic device includes: an insertion portion configured to be inserted into a subject; an imaging unit configure to capture the subject image; a lens unit including a focus lens configured to adjust a focus by moving along an optical axis; a detection processor configured to perform detection processing of positioning a position of the focus lens at an in-focus position based on an image within the detection frame; a lens controller configured to position the focus lens at the in-focus position based on a processing result from the detection processor; a distal end detector configured to detect a distal end of a treatment tool in the captured image based on the captured image; and a detection frame setting unit configured to perform setting processing of setting a position of the detection frame in the captured image based on a position of the distal end of the treatment tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Naoshi KOIZUMI, Noriaki Fujita, Yuichi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20190125163
    Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a capsule endoscopic image analyzing method includes: receiving signs from a user, by a capsule endoscopic image analyzing apparatus; determining a disease which shows the signs using disease information included in a knowledge model, by the capsule endoscopic image analyzing apparatus; determining findings which are found from a gastrointestinal tract due to the disease using findings included in the knowledge model, by the capsule endoscopic image analyzing apparatus; and separately providing only frames in which the findings appear in an image photographed by a capsule endoscope, by the capsule endoscopic image analyzing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jung Won LEE, Ye Seul PARK, Gyu Bon HWANG
  • Publication number: 20190125164
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein that improve control of a shapeable or steerable instrument using shape data. Additional methods include preparing a robotic medical system for use with a shapeable instrument and controlling advancement of a shapeable medical device within an anatomic path. Also described herein are methods for altering a data model of an anatomical region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew J. Roelle, Neal A. Tanner, Robert G. Younge, Christopher R. Carlson, Federico Barbagli, David Camarillo
  • Publication number: 20190125165
    Abstract: An add-on cap for electroporation of tissue including: at least one closed sidewall, such as a cylindrical sidewall; a proximal open end; a distal open end; the at least one closed sidewall and the proximal and distal open ends defining a hollow body having an internal volume; two electrodes on opposite sides of the internal volume, the electrodes configured to apply an electric field for electroporation of tissue inside the internal volume, wherein the proximal open end is sealingly engaged to a tip of an instrument, such as an endoscope. A system for electroporation of tissue including the add-on cap and an endoscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicants: AARHUS UNIVERSITET, REGION MIDTJYLLAND
    Inventors: Mai-Britt Worm ØRNTOFT, Torben GEERT, Iben LYSKJÆR, Morten Møbjerg CALLESEN, Vibeke UHRE, Mads Kristoffer Heilskov RASMUSSEN
  • Publication number: 20190125166
    Abstract: A tissue imaging assembly includes a steerable sheath and a steerable catheter deployable within the sheath. The tissue imaging assembly also includes an imaging hood at a distal end of the steerable catheter. The imaging hood is independently translatable with respect to the steerable sheath and the steerable catheter. The steerable catheter includes an imaging element and a lumen for delivering an elongate instrument out a distal region of the steerable catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Vahid Saadat
  • Publication number: 20190125167
    Abstract: An endoscope button for an endoscope including a cylinder communicating with tubes includes: a first unit and a second unit that are attachable and detachable with respect to a fitting part fixed to the cylinder, and that are separable from each other in a state being removed from the fitting part. The first unit has a cylindrical shape, and includes a cylindrical member that is attachable and detachable with respect to the fitting part. The second unit includes: a fixing member that is inserted inside the cylindrical member in a state in which the endoscope button is attached to the fitting part, and is fixed to the cylindrical member; and a first movable member that is installed movably with respect to the fixing member, and that is movable back and forth inside the cylinder in the state in which the endoscope button is attached to the fitting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuko TANIGUCHI