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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2013
Wolf Appliance, Inc., Fitchburg, WI (US);
Thomas Haft, Madison, WI (US);
Janusz Sendor, New Bern, NC (US);
Colin R. Clerkin, Waunakee, WI (US);
Gerry Lippincott, Milton, WI (US);
Brian Wylie, Stoughton, WI (US);
Randall Koplin, Fitchburg, WI (US);
Stephen Latham, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
Kent Kallsen, Jefferson, WI (US);
Wolf Appliance, Inc., Fitchburg, WI (US);
Abstract
A docking system includes basket and wall conduit systems. The basket conduit system includes a conduit and first and second nozzles mounted to opposite ends of the conduit. The second nozzle has a first funnel shape with a first circumference that decreases from an open end of the second nozzle towards the conduit. The wall conduit system includes front and back housings, a sliding plate, and a third nozzle. A sliding aperture is formed through a front plate of the front housing. A nozzle aperture is formed through a back plate of the back housing. The sliding plate slides within a space formed by the front housing and the back housing. The third nozzle is sized and shaped to slide within the sliding aperture and includes a generally cylindrical shape and a second funnel shape with a second circumference that decreases from the sliding plate towards the generally cylindrical shape.