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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4862870 | Bimetal lock arrangement for a self-cleaning oven latch A self-cleaning over door latching mechanism is provided with a locking arrangement responsive to the oven cavity temperature, which includes a locking pin moved by a snap action bimetal member mounted in thermal communication with an oven cavity wall. Th... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4862795 | Cooktop grill with improved reflector pan A cooking appliance equipped for indoor grilling includes an integrally formed, sheet metal reflector pan interposed between the grill member and the drip pan. The reflector pan has a bottom wall which extends beneath the heating element and four generall... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4860938 | Automated method of brazing An automated method of brazing to join two metal parts together at a joint with a braze alloy. The two parts are moved to a brazing station and maintained in a fixed position. The two metal parts are heated at the joint at a high heat rate to a predetermi... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4855550 | White touch pads for capacitive touch control panels A capacitive touch pad assembly which provides a touch control panel for an appliance with white touch pad appearance. A thin dielectric substrate has an outer touch electrode of a relatively dark-colored conductive material deposited on its outer surface... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4848271 | Flux applying apparatus Apparatus to apply brazing flux to a joint between two vertically oriented parts. A reservoir containing liquid brazing flux is in liquid flow communication with a pump capable of metering a fixed amount of flux when actuated. A nozzle in liquid flow comm... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4848581 | Packing support for slidably mounted articles within a cabinet A pair of packing supports prevents movement during shipment of two shelves, which are slidably supported on vertically spaced shelf supports integral with inner side liners of a refrigerator cabinet. Each packing support, which is formed of corrugated ca... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4843202 | Magnetron with frequency control for power regulation A microwave heating system uses a magnetron powered by a full wave full bridge inverter. The magnetron has its power output stabilized against variations which might be caused by fluctuations in the AC input line. The inverter powers the magnetron by way ... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4838026 | Ice piece ejection mechanism for icemaker An icemaker including a freezer mold having a plurality of cavities along the longitudinal central axis of the mold in which water is to be frozen to form ice pieces with a crescent shape with a flat side and an arcuate side joined to form two opposite ed... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4835353 | Filament power conpensation for magnetron An arrangement for providing power to a cooking magnetron uses a ful wave bridge inverter circuit connected to a power transformer. The filament of the magnetron is energized by a secondary winding of the power transformer. The inverter controls the micro... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4829653 | Method of making an appliance door having a module support system A refrigerator door has a metallic outer panel and a plastic inner panel with rigid insulating foam therebetween. A track support is attached at a predetermined position to the outer panel. A plurality of tracks is supported by the track support between t... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4829652 | Apparatus and method of installing a gasket in a channel member Apparatus and method for installing an elongated stretchable gasket in a longitudinal channel member including a frame having a rail extending along the channel with the gasket being located between the rail and the channel. The rail has a series of space... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4828887 | Method and apparatus for applying material to selected areas of a moving part A moving part has material initially applied to it a predetermined distance from its leading edge. Whenever a sensor senses a notch in a flange of the moving part, application of material to the moving part is stopped for a predetermined distance prior to... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4828977 | Conveyor line training simulator system and method A method of demonstrating the advantage in production efficiency of non-synchronous conveyor lines over synchronous conveyor lines. There is provided an elongated diagram illustrating parallel conveyor lines with an equal number of paired, opposed operato... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4825028 | Magnetron with microprocessor power control A microwave oven uses a full wave full bridge inverter for supplying energy to a cooking magnetron by way of a power transformer. The inverter is controlled by a microprocessor which acts upon a control circuit having an oscillator. The control circuit pr... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4821399 | Method of assembling a refrigerator A method of assembling a refrigerator having a fresh food compartment and a freezer compartment separated by a mullion partition, the refrigerator having an outer metal casing with side walls, an inner liner and foamed-in-place thermal insulation between ... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4815685 | Shelf assembly A shelf assembly including a panel forming a shelf with a back wall, bottom wall and side walls and having an elongated front shelf member and an end cap holding the shelf front member to each side wall of the shelf. The end cap has a base wall with perpe... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4816647 | Power control for appliance having a glass ceramic cooking surface An improved power control system for a household cooking appliance of the type having a glass ceramic cooking surface and at least one radiant heating unit disposed beneath the cooking surface operable at a plurality of user selectable power settings. At ... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4812624 | Temperature sensor assembly for an automatic surface unit A temperature sensor assembly for an automatic solid disk surface unit includes a temperature sensor enclosed in a metallic hermetically sealed generally cylindrical housing. Upper and lower centrally apertured annular disks formed of a porcelain ceramic ... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4811567 | Method for testing the operability of a refrigerant system A refrigerant system for a household refrigerator has its operability tested after assembly of the refrigerant system with a refrigerator cabinet. A rotary compressor of the refrigerant system is preheated, preferably by applying heat to its stator throug... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4805370 | Cabinet corner cap and method of assembly A cabinet corner cap and method of assembly comprising forming metal sheet into a cabinet corner having an elongated space at the junction of two panels of the metal sheet forming the corner. A corner cap is molded from suitable plastic material and has a... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4798753 | Insulating panels containing insulating powders and insulating gases Insulating panels are formed from compressed particulate material impregnated with insulating gases, the combination being held in a gas tight pouch. These pouches can be placed in the insulation space of a structure where insulation is to be provided and... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4798425 | Compartment assembly for a refrigerator A compartment assembly for a refrigerator comprising a panel on the inside of a refrigerator door, the panel having a recess area with a rear wall, a top wall and at least two spaced apart vertical dikes directed outwardly from the rear wall. The recess a... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4793150 | Refrigeration system including refrigerant noise suppression A refrigeration system comprising in closed series-flow relationship, a condenser, a capillary tube flow restrictor, and an evaporator including means connecting the outlet end of the restrictor to the evaporator inlet for reducing the noise generated by ... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4789834 | Method and apparatus for testing of induction motor overload protection device A method and apparatus for testing the operability of an overload protection device for an induction motor, rapidly and without the need to mechanically load the motor output shaft. A rectifier circuit converts a standard AC input power signal to an unfil... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4789130 | Container and ice cube tray assembly A container and ice cube tray assembly to store a plurality of relatively small similarly shaped items with easy user manual access. The container has a corrugated bottom wall and two spaced apart side walls integrally connected to the bottom wall and ter... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4788415 | Dual bimetal power control switching arrangement for electronically controlled appliances A power control switching arrangement for controlling energization of a load in response to an external controller, in which a first semiconductor switch is connected in parallel with the series combination of a first normally open thermally actuated swit... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4788398 | Temperature sensor failure detection arrangement using a heater energy counter An improved temperature sensor failure detection arrangement for a temperature controlled heating device of the type having a heater, an electronic controller for controlling the power level applied to the heater, and a temperature sensor. The controller ... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787956 | Friction welding apparatus Apparatus for holding and spinning a plastic part during a friction welding operation to join the plastic part to work piece. There is included in the apparatus a driver to impact rotational movement, a vacuum chamber, and a rotatable part driver assembly... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787133 | Method of assembling a refrigerator door A refrigerator door assembly comprising an outer metal rectangular shaped shell having a base panel, four upwardly turned side panels on each side and perpendicular to the base panel, and two sets of two opposite facing inturned flanges, each flange being... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4786799 | Power control for cooking appliance with multiple heating units An improved electric cooking appliance with a plurality of heating units arranged in two groups, a first group adapted for energization by a first AC power signal and a second group adapted for energization by a second AC power signal, 180° out of phase ... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4755655 | Thermal protection arrangement for solid disk glass cooktop A solid disk surface unit mounted in a glass or ceramic support surface, comprising a plate member of cast material with one or more resistive heating elements mounted to the underside thereof and a thermally conductive cover member enclosing the undersid... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4747245 | Refrigerator door assembly and method A refrigerator door assembly comprising an outer metal rectangular shaped shell having a base panel, four upwardly turned side panels on each side and perpendicular to the base panel, and two sets of two opposite facing inturned flanges, each flange being... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4739629 | Water storage tank for use in the fresh food compartment of a refrigerator A water storage tank for use in the fresh food compartment of a refrigerator comprising a surpentine shaped hollow body having parallel first, second, third and fourth straight sections serially connected. The first section has an inlet at the top end and... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4740664 | Temperature limiting arrangement for a glass-ceramic cooktop appliance An improved power control system for a glas-ceramic cooktop appliance of the type having at least one radiant heating unit disposed beneath the glass-ceramic cooking surface, and a user actuable input keyboard to enable the user to select one of a plurali... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4740042 | Appliance door having stiffened inner panel with shelves and method of forming A refrigerator door has its plastic inner panel, which has a plurality of container supporting shelves extending therefrom, stiffened through forming integral vertical stringers adjacent each other across substantially the entire width of the surface of t... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4738814 | Molding process A process and apparatus for molding a plurality of articles of hardenable material such as plastic which requires each article to be maintained under heat and pressure for a cure interval. A molding press is utilized wherein there is placed a first open m... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4736997 | Household refrigerator shelf assembly A household refrigerator shelf assembly comprising a removable rigid unitary frame having two spaced apart shelf brackets, a front horizontal support member and a rear horizontal support member, both being rigidly attached to and spanning the distance bet... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4737617 | Power control for cooking appliance with transient operating modes A power control system for operating a heating element in a cooking appliance in response to the selection of one of a plurality of user selectable power settings. Approximate heating element temperature information is provided by a heater energy counter.... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4735468 | Mounting socket A mounting socket installed in a compartment having spaced apart side walls with socket muonting holes and the side walls are spaced apart a greater distance at the front of the compartment relative to the back of the compartment. The socket is adapted to... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4735062 | Refrigerator with anti-sweat hot liquid loop A cabinet assembly for a refrigerator having a freezer compartment on top, a fresh food compartment on the bottom and a hot liquid anti-sweat loop. The cabinet assembly outer sheet metal shell has a top panel, side panels and a front face with the front f... | 04/05/1988 |
