116 patents
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Utility
Immersion mixer with trigger manipulable from multiple grasping locations
26 Jul 22
An immersion mixer includes: a housing; a drive motor residing within the housing; a shaft attached to the motor and configured to rotate relative to the housing; blades attached to and rotatable with the shaft; a handle attached to the housing, the handle including a first segment and a second segment attached to the first segment and to the housing; and a trigger attached to the handle and operatively associated with the motor.
Joseph R Elliott
Filed: 10 Aug 18
Design
Coffeemaker
21 Jun 22
Mark C Steiner
Filed: 18 Nov 19
Utility
Beverage-Making Method
16 Jun 22
A beverage-making method includes the step of providing a beverage-making machine that has s housing; a fluid reservoir mounted to the housing; a first pump fluidly connected with the water reservoir; a heating unit comprising a conduit fluidly connected with the first pump; a second pump fluidly connected with the conduit of the heating unit; a brew chamber having an inlet fluidly connected with the second pump, an outlet, and a receptacle platform positioned to receive fluid from the outlet.
Jie Zhao, Adam Hanes, Koen Aidan Ambrose
Filed: 11 Dec 20
Utility
Beverage-Making Machine
16 Jun 22
A beverage-making machine includes: a housing; a fluid reservoir mounted to the housing; a first pump fluidly connected with the water reservoir; a heating unit comprising a conduit having an upper end and a lower end, the lower end of the conduit fluidly connected with the first pump, the conduit configured and arranged to rise monotonically from lower end to upper end; and a brew station having a brew basket with an inlet fluidly connected with the upper end of the conduit and an outlet, and further having a receptacle platform positioned to receive fluid from the outlet.
Jie Zhao, Adam Hanes, Koen Aidan Ambrose
Filed: 11 Dec 20
Utility
Beverage-Making Machine
16 Jun 22
Jie Zhao, Adam Hanes
Filed: 31 Mar 21
Utility
Stand mixer with mechanism to lift head
14 Jun 22
A stand mixer includes: a lower assembly comprising a base and a lower support arm extending upwardly from the base; an upper assembly comprising a generally horizontal head positioned above the base and an upper support arm extending downwardly from the head, the lower and upper support arm assemblies forming a generally vertical support arm, the head configured to provide a mounting location for a beater; and a head-raising mechanism that moves the head relative to the base between raised and lowered positions, the head remaining generally horizontal in the raised position.
Benjamin H Branson, III, Koen Aidan Ambrose
Filed: 25 Jan 19
Utility
Vacuum Sealer and Method of Sealing Same
12 May 22
A vacuum sealer includes: a housing comprising a vacuum chamber therein; a vacuum pump in fluid communication with the vacuum chamber; a sealing mechanism adjacent a periphery of the vacuum chamber; a valve positioned and configured to releasably seal the vacuum chamber, the valve movable between a first position, in which the valve forms a seal with the sealing chamber, and a second position, in which the valve does not form a seal with the sealing chamber; and a controller operatively connected with the vacuum pump, the sealing mechanism, and the valve.
David Matthew Schandel
Filed: 8 Nov 21
Utility
Air-Based Fryer Lids for Slow Cooker
28 Apr 22
The present disclosure describes air-based fryer lids.
Derek A. McCullough, George W. Stamper, III, Paula L. Pennington
Filed: 22 Oct 20
Design
Toaster
5 Apr 22
Mark C Steiner, Scott Henderson
Filed: 21 Apr 20
Design
Heat control display on handle
5 Apr 22
Guoyao Ye
Filed: 22 Jul 21
Utility
Iron with heat control display on handle
29 Mar 22
An iron includes: a housing; a handle attached to an upper portion of the housing; a sole plate attached to a lower portion of the housing; a heating element positioned within the housing to heat the sole plate; a controller operatively connected with the heating element to regulate heat produced by the heating element; and a display mounted on one of the housing and the handle, the display operatively connected with the controller, the display configured such that manipulation of the display selects a heat level associated with the sole plate.
Brandon Sung-Hwan Song
Filed: 5 Sep 19
Utility
Food Processor with Cleaning Accessory and Methods of Using Same
10 Feb 22
David Matthew Schandel, Koen Aidan Ambrose
Filed: 25 Oct 21
Utility
Pressure Cooker Having Temperature Probe
10 Feb 22
A pressure cooker includes: a base configured to provide heat to an internal chamber for pressure cooking; a lid that engages the base to seal the chamber; a controller that controls one or more operational parameters of the pressure cooker, the controller located external to the internal chamber; and a temperature probe, the temperature probe comprising a temperature sensor positioned in the internal cavity, the temperature probe configured to communicate temperature signals to the controller.
Suzanne Hensley, George W Stamper, III, Derek A McCullough
Filed: 6 Aug 20
Utility
Multi-functional Oven with Air Fryer Capability
13 Jan 22
A multi-functional oven includes: a housing having a floor, a rear wall, a ceiling, and first and second side walls; a door that serves as a front wall of the housing; an internal side wall that divides the housing into a cooking cavity and an control cavity; a removable cooking rack that defines a cooking surface; a lower heating element positioned in a lower region of the cooking cavity beneath the cooking surface; an upper heating element positioned in an upper region of the cooking cavity above the cooking surface; and a fan residing in a recirculation duct in the control cavity configured to draw air from the cooking cavity through lower vents located in a lower area of the internal side wall, thereby creating an airstream above and below the cooking surface that flows into the lower vents, and to force air from the control cavity through upper vents into the cooking cavity.
William D. Starr, Lynda Musante
Filed: 10 Jul 20
Design
Steamer
30 Nov 21
Patrick Walraven
Filed: 1 Mar 19
Design
Toaster
30 Nov 21
Brian Bock
Filed: 26 Dec 19
Design
Food processor
30 Nov 21
Mark C Steiner, Drew Carlson
Filed: 12 Aug 20
Utility
Multi-Functional Beverage Maker
11 Nov 21
A beverage-making machine includes: a housing; an espresso station; a coffee station; a water reservoir; a fluid transport system fluidly connected with the water reservoir, the fluid transport system including a pump configured to provide selectively variable pressure, a heater positioned to heat fluid in the fluid transport system, and a three-way valve fluidly connected with the pump; and a controller configured such that, (a) upon a user's selection to brew espresso, the controller signals the pump to operate at a first, higher operating pressure and signals the three-way valve to direct fluid from the pump to the espresso brewing station, and (b) upon a user's selection to brew coffee, the controller signals the pump to operate at a second, lower operating pressure and signals the three-way valve to direct fluid from the pump to the coffee brewing station.
Michelle L Johnson, Adam Hanes
Filed: 6 May 20
Utility
Beverage Maker
28 Oct 21
A beverage maker includes a body and a cover movably attached to the body.
Adam Hanes, Yongwu Chen
Filed: 2 Jul 21
Design
Meat grinder with funneled feed chute
5 Oct 21
Kevin L Leppert, Ernest B Pryor, Jr., Michael G Sandford
Filed: 14 Jul 20