1178 patents
Utility
System and method for providing intelligent assistance for food preparation
16 Jan 24
The method and system disclosed herein present a cooking tutorial program that provides intelligent assistance to users during meal preparation, the method and system comprise: receiving a user selection of a recipe; playing a first content item corresponding to a first preparation step of the selected recipe in a first media format; monitoring user's actions performing the first preparation step of the selected recipe; and if the user's actions performing the first preparation step meet first criteria, adjusting the playing of the first content item, including displaying the first content item in a second media format, wherein the second media format differ from the first media format in at least a size and resolution of a portion of the first content item.
Qiang Liu, Xin Yan
Filed: 13 Sep 19
Utility
Microwave Cooking Appliance with User Interface Display
11 Jan 24
A microwave cooking appliance for increasing visibility into the cooking cavity.
Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness, Pierce R. Woodling
Filed: 25 Sep 23
Design
Control device
9 Jan 24
Yongtao Li, Guanqiu Qiu, Jiho Jung
Filed: 6 May 22
Utility
Dishwasher thermal imaging system
9 Jan 24
A dishwasher includes a thermal imaging device configured to capture thermal images in a wash tub of the dishwasher and a controller configured to control the thermal imaging device to capture one or more thermal images of a utensil in the wash tub and to configure an operation of a wash cycle based upon a temperature of the utensil as determined from the thermal image.
Russell Dietrich, Bassam Fawaz, Robert M. Digman, Joel Boyer
Filed: 20 Dec 21
Utility
Impeller for laundry washing machine
9 Jan 24
An impeller for a laundry washing machine having one or more scooping members.
Bryan T. Snook, Christopher G. Hoppe
Filed: 11 Jun 19
Utility
Laundry washing machine color composition analysis with article alerts
9 Jan 24
A laundry washing machine and method detect the presence of outlier articles in a load of articles added to a wash tub based in part on color composition data collected from the load of articles using a color detection sensor.
Phillip C. Hombroek, Abubakar Abukar, Christopher G. Hoppe
Filed: 18 Dec 20
Utility
Impeller apparatus and air blowing device
9 Jan 24
An impeller apparatus includes a housing, an impeller, and a heat generation member.
Qing Wang, Zhenbin He, Wenbo Du, Xin Yang, Hanfei Chen, Zhiping Sun, Mingbi Li
Filed: 27 Sep 19
Utility
High Speed Reusable Beverage Container Washing System with Themed Lighting
4 Jan 24
A beverage container washing system, e.g., for use in a retail environment to wash and/or sanitize customer-provided beverage containers prior to filling the beverage containers with purchased beverages, may include a lighting system with a plurality of lights disposed on a housing of the beverage container washing system and configured to be illuminated with various types of animations to convey different types of information to a customer and/or retail establishment employee.
Joel Boyer, Robert M. Digman, Dylan Rowe
Filed: 30 Jun 22
Utility
State Machine And/or Container-specific Operational Control of High Speed Reusable Beverage Container Washing System
4 Jan 24
A beverage container washing system may utilize a state machine-based control system and/or beverage container type determination to manage washing and/or sanitizing of beverage containers, e.g., for use in a retail environment to wash and/or sanitize customer-provided beverage containers prior to filling the beverage containers with purchased beverages.
Joel Boyer, Robert M. Digman, Dylan Rowe
Filed: 30 Jun 22
Utility
Wireless Power Enabling Undercounter Kitchen Appliance
4 Jan 24
An undercounter kitchen appliance, for example a dishwasher, includes an enclosure with a top surface that is located near a lower surface of a countertop when the undercounter kitchen appliance is installed, and a wireless power transmitter located near the top surface of the undercounter kitchen appliance, where the power transmitter supplies power to a small kitchen appliance disposed on an upper surface of the countertop.
Bassam Fawaz, John Kenneth Hooker
Filed: 30 Jun 22
Utility
Heat Pump Dishwasher
4 Jan 24
A heat pump dishwasher includes a chassis and a heat pump system.
Wenpeng WANG
Filed: 18 Sep 23
Utility
Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (Evse) Powered Apparatus
4 Jan 24
An Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) powered apparatus includes an input power receptacle capable of receiving the plug of an EVSE device to power the apparatus using power supplied by the EVSE device, and a user-actuatable control that may be used to transition the EVSE device from a connected but not charging state to a charging state after the plug has been inserted into the input power receptacle to cause the EVSE device to transition to the charging state and supply power through the plug.
John Kenneth Hooker, Justin Paul William Varga
Filed: 30 Jun 22
Utility
on Demand Oven Door Lock
4 Jan 24
A cooking apparatus includes a control circuit configured to operate an electronic lock on demand in response to user input provided to a user interface.
Richard W. Cowan
Filed: 29 Jun 22
Utility
Heat Exchanger, Heat Pump System and Dishwasher
4 Jan 24
A heat exchanger includes an outer sleeve provided with two open ends, and at least one diversion unit group provided in the outer sleeve.
Xunwei LIU
Filed: 18 Sep 23
Utility
Laundry washing machine with biased variable length agitator
2 Jan 24
A laundry washing machine includes a variable length agitator that is configurable in multiple configurations that provide different lengths for the agitator along its axis of rotation, and that is further biased to at least one of the configurations to facilitate user reconfiguration of the agitator.
Bryan T. Snook
Filed: 3 Dec 21
Utility
Mounting arrangement for over-the-range cooking appliance
2 Jan 24
An over-the-range cooking appliance for mounting to an underside of a wall cabinet, where the cooking appliance includes: an enclosure with a cooking cavity for food and where the enclosure includes at least a rear-facing side and a top-facing side; a wall bracket configured to be secured to the wall near the wall cabinet and configured to support the enclosure; and a cabinet bracket to support the enclosure from the underside of the wall cabinet.
Eric Scalf, Brian Langness, Daniel J. Trice, Guo Jun Zhang, Jared Speichinger
Filed: 4 Nov 20
Utility
Heated Wash Fluid Circulation System for High Speed Reusable Beverage Container Washing System
28 Dec 23
A beverage container washing system may utilize a heated wash fluid circulation system to circulate wash fluid retained in a line between a tank and a sprayer to enable fluid that is supplied to the sprayer to be maintained at a suitable temperature for washing and/or sanitizing a beverage container, and in many instances regardless of the amount of time between wash cycles.
Joel Boyer, Robert M. Digman
Filed: 24 Jun 22
Utility
Laundry Washing Machine with Dynamic Rinse System
28 Dec 23
A laundry washing machine and method utilize a fluid property sensor to sense a fluid property of a fluid during a wash cycle to sense the level of detergent remaining in a load and control a rinse operation performed thereafter based upon the sensed fluid property.
Phillip C. Hombroek, Alexi Blaise Poth
Filed: 28 Jun 22
Utility
Oven Door Alert
28 Dec 23
A cooking apparatus includes a control circuit configured to generate an alert in response to sensed movement of an oven door.
Richard W. Cowan
Filed: 28 Jun 22
Utility
Cooktop Apparatus and Method of Cleaning
28 Dec 23
One or more cooking elements of a cooking appliance may be controlled during a glass member-clean cycle to maintain a temperature within an oven cavity.
Charles Cardwell, II, Richard W. Cowan, Felix Conde Zelocuatecatl
Filed: 22 Jun 22