Whirlpool Corporation

Other

Casey L McCuan

Leif A Norland

Jason W Tippetts

Mallory A Fuller

Ameresh Babu Viswanathan

Jessica R McConnell

Michael A Kahwaji

Richard L Hammond

Benjamin Edinger

Samuel B Breneman

Jason S Lind

Michael P Conti

Cristiano Vito Pastore

Wyndham Fairchild Gary, Jr

Christopher L Carpenter

Joshua George Abdoo

Alexander L Clayton

Donald John Gilmore

Bruce M Wiatrak

Seth Herndon

Everett Sidney Kettle

Hanks Hu

Collin Andrew Stipe

Pallavi Manjrekar

Vince Huang

Jack Li

Juan Chen

Richard J Hughes

Tracy Yu

Ken Lei

Joel Fletty

Andrea Ferrise

Roy Qiu

Dick Ge

Nicholas Brenn

Blake Cartwright

Kaitlyn M Benoit

Christopher A Gregory

Zachary A Lownds

Mitchell L Robertson

Michael R Mackay

Xiangxu Liu

Xiangxu Li

Jason M Cassar

Jason L Hollinger

Refrigerator

An automatic oven having a controller and a sensor assembly for automatically determining a food type for a food item placed in a cooking chamber of the automatic oven, and cooks the automatically determined food item according to a cooking profile selected based on the determined food type, while optionally accommodating a user input on the determining of the food type, and the cooking profile, including an optional degree of doneness.

Automatic oven

Dishwasher

A control knob for an appliance includes an outer control ring, a stationary hub, a rotation modulating mechanism coupled to the outer control ring and engaged with an outer surface of the stationary hub, wherein the outer control ring is rotationally operable about the stationary hub at a first rate, an indicial ring positioned around the stationary hub, wherein the indicial ring engages a portion of the rotation modulating mechanism, wherein rotation of the outer control ring at the first rate causes the rotation modulating mechanism to rotate the indicial ring about the stationary hub at a second rate, the second rate being different than the first rate and an encoder shaft positioned within the stationary hub, wherein an inner gearing mechanism extends between an exterior surface of the encoder shaft and one of the outer control ring and the indicial ring.

Multi-function appliance knob incorporating multiple rotation modulating mechanisms

Knob

A clutch mechanism includes first and second shafts having a drive system disposed therebetween, wherein the first shaft is coupled to a drive mechanism. A fixed clutch plate is disposed on the second shaft and includes a plurality of ramped members disposed thereon. An attachment shaft includes a slip clutch plate disposed on a first end and having a plurality of ramped members adapted to releasably couple with the plurality of ramped members disposed on the fixed clutch plate. The slip clutch plate is operable between engaged and disengaged positions relative to the fixed clutch plate and a biasing mechanism is disposed on the attachment shaft and configured to bias the slip clutch plate towards the engaged position. The biasing mechanism is further configured to be overcome when a torque force of a predetermined load is realized on the attachment shaft.

High performance adjustable juicer with whole foods feed chute and clutch mechanism

Undercabinet vent hood

A food processor attachment assembly for a stand mixer includes a coupling hub adapted to be received in an attachment hub of the stand mixer. A gear housing includes a gearing mechanism disposed therein to translate an output drive from the attachment hub to the coupling hub to drive an output shaft along a vertical rotational axis. The output drive is accessible at a coupling portion for attaching to various food processing discs as housed within a top housing assembly. The output drive is further accessible for coupling to the food processing attachment at a lower coupling portion for powering food processing attachments within a bowl assembly.

Food processor mixer attachment

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Saugatuck, MI, United States of America

Casey L McCuan