Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7316121 | Dispenser of icemaker in refrigerator Disclosed is a dispenser of an icemaker in a refrigerator for maximizing an inner space when a total size is the same, and for minimizing the total size when the inner space is the same. The dispenser of the icemaker in the refrigerator includes an ice chute being a... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7266963 | Switching device for refrigerator A switching device for an integrated product, such as a display, installed on a front surface of a door of a refrigerator is provided. The switching device includes a hinge assembly which rotatably couples the door to the refrigerator. The hinge assembly includes a ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7150155 | Beverage dispenser A beverage dispenser providing access to beverage containers in a refrigerator. Containers may be accessed through the door and may be obtained without opening the door of the refrigerator. Multiple beverage container types may be supplied. ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7137272 | Refrigerator having dispenser Disclosed is a refrigerator having a dispenser comprising: a dispenser case mounted at one side of a refrigerator door; a cold water faucet and a hot water faucet provided in the dispenser case and from which cold water and hot water are supplied; and a dispenser do... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7070249 | Tilt-out door buckets for refrigerators or freezers An improved door bucket assembly is provided for a refrigerator or freezer door. The assembly includes a bucket pivotally mounted in a retainer mounted in the door, such that the bucket is movable between an upright position and tilt-out position. The bucket is open... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7040111 | Ice supplying device of refrigerator An ice supplying device of a refrigerator is disclosed, which has a structure a container is easily mounted in a door, or separated from the door. The ice supplying device includes an icemaker for making ice with a cool air of a freezer; a container mounted in a doo... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6694770 | French door chiller compartment for refrigerators A chiller compartment is provided that secures to the inside of a refrigerator door. The chiller compartment includes a pair of French doors that are connected by a linkage that causes the doors to simultaneously open or close. The doors retract within th... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6679082 | No well dispensing assembly for a refrigerator A refrigerator includes a dispensing assembly having a service zone recessed in an outer portion of the freezer door, an ice passage formed in a freezer door, and a chute member arranged at the service zone. The ice passage is aligned with an outlet of an... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6595021 | Ice cube catcher The present invention is directed to an ice cube catcher that is attachable to a refrigerator door to catch ice cubes dispensed from the outlet of the dispenser. Preferably, the ice cube catcher includes a body that has a lower integral portion and two en... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6494049 | Control system for cryogenic processor for liquid feed preparation of free-flowing frozen product A cryogenic processor is provided for liquid feed preparation of a free-flowing frozen product comprising. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the cryogenic processor includes a freezing chamber having a substantially conical shape, at least o... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6209329 | Cryogenic processor for liquid feed preparation of a free-flowing frozen product The cryogenic processor comprises a tray or multiple trays that receives liquid feed composition from a delivery source. A plurality of orifices or combination of orifices and feed droppers, hereinafter feed assembly, associated with the tray are specific... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6138432 | Refrigerator door construction A refrigerator door for use in a refrigerator appliance has an outer door panel, an inner door liner, a metal reinforcing collar and a paper sheet. The collar has a generally rectangular frame that extends over a peripheral border of a central portion of ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 5860281 | Thermoelectric cooler and warmer for food with table top tray A container useful for keeping food or beverages warm or cold includes a combination lid and tray door assembly. The lid and tray are both coupled to the container and to each other. The tray may be pivoted independently of the lid into a table top positi... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5816058 | Device for magnetically treating water A device for magnetically treating water equipped in a refrigerator, capable of achieving an easy production of magnetically treated water and an easy discharge of the magnetically treated water produced. A device for magnetically treating water mainly in... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5685624 | Door for a refrigerator having rotatable pockets A door for a refrigerator having rotatable pockets is provided, which includes a pair of hinge bar installation parts formed in the upper and lower portions on the inner side of a first side-wall of the door with a predetermined distance; a hinge bar inst... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5588480 | Automobile heat transfer apparatus A heat transfer apparatus designed to control the temperature of objects placed within the apparatus over a wide temperature range of 42 to 180 degrees F. utilizing as a heating and cooling source a combined heating and air conditioning system of the type... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5181555 | Portable food and beverage storage unit mounted adjacent an air ventilator The present invention relates to a portable storage unit for food or drink items which is adapted for mounting over an air ventilator of an air-conditioner or heating unit, thus allowing items stored within to be cooled or heated, as desired. Additionally... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5092395 | Cooling or warming a beverage container An apparatus for cooling or warming a beverage container positioned in a flow of conditioned (cooled or warmed) air from a ventilation outlet. The apparatus includes a beverage container holder portion having a brace portion to clasp a beverage container ... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5048724 | Soft serve frozen confection dispenser An apparatus is provided for dispensing soft serve frozen confections such as ice creams and yogurts. A collapsible container is adapted to contain a frozen confection and is formed to include an outlet of sufficient size to permit extrusion of frozen con... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5012654 | Means for cooling drinks, especially in cans, in correspondence of air gratings of motor-vehicle passenger compartments Means for cooling drinks, especially soft drinks and beer contained in cans, aboard a running motor vehicle, in correspondence of air gratings of the passenger compartment of said motor vehicle. It comprises, on the one hand, a support (1) consisting of a... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4706472 | Refrigerated cosmetic storage container A refrigerated container for the storage of lipsticks. The device is sized to fit on one's bureau at home and the device includes various compartments to segregate individual lipsticks for storage as well as a section specifically for cooling the individu... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4653289 | Ventilator-mounted receptacle and mounting means therefor A ventilator-mounted receptacle having a body including a base and a plurality of upstanding wall sections joined to the base and to adjacent edges extending from the base to define a chamber which houses an upright container for holding food, drink or th... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4586347 | Intermediate temperature storage chamber A refrigerator comprising side-by-side freezer and fresh food storage compartments cooled to their respective low and high operating temperatures by the circulation of streams of below-freezing air thereto includes a storage chamber in the fresh food comp... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4368622 | Refrigerator with through-the-door quick-chilling service A refrigerator including a freezer compartment with a quick-chilling chamber having a first container section with a door for access to the interior of the container section from outside the freezer compartment and a second air-duct section. There is airf... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4223538 | Refrigerator compartment divider mounting An improved refrigerator partition bottom closure support frame assembly comprising a pair of side wall sections and a rear wall section whereby the closure may be slidably removed and reinstalled without removal of the closure support. The support frame ... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4186978 | Tilt down receptacle for refrigerator door A refrigeration apparatus having a door wherein a food receptacle provided with a closure lid is mounted for selective positioning in a retracted position and in an access position. Positioning structure is provided for positioning the lid of the receptac... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4173126 | Machine for the continuous production of whipped cream A whipped-cream dispensing machine is disclosed, in which the component parts are so arranged as to be easily and conveniently dismembered for cleaning and inspection purposes, whereas the timing and switching assemblies for the machine are located in a l... | 11/06/1979 |
