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公开(公告)号：US10741341B2
公开(公告)日：2020-08-11
申请号：US16565942
申请日：2019-09-10
Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
Inventor： James Charles Johncock , David Wayne Mundy
Abstract: A method for selectively restricting movement of an appliance position switch from a closed position to an open position includes positioning the pin within a channel of a body portion of a switch retention device and moving the body of the switch retention device in a first direction into an opening in a face of the appliance within which the pin is moveable from the open position to the closed position. Such movement is carried out to cause movement of the pin in the first direction toward the closed position. The method further includes continuing to move the switch retention device in the first direction such that a cap thereof contacts the face, and a tab extending outwardly from the body engages with the opening to retain the switch retention device in the opening and the pin in the closed position.
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公开(公告)号：US10085584B2
公开(公告)日：2018-10-02
申请号：US14298991
申请日：2014-06-09
Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
Inventor： James Charles Johncock , Darpan Dinkar Patil
Abstract: A method of regulating the temperature of a cooking liquid during sous vide cooking in a cooking vessel on a burner of a cooktop includes setting a desired cooking temperature and measuring the temperature of the cooking liquid inside the sous vide cooking vessel at a plurality of predetermined time intervals with a first temperature sensor mounted on an interior surface of a wall of the sous vide cooking vessel. The temperature of the cooking liquid is compared to the desired cooking temperature at each of the predetermined time intervals. The energy output of the burner is controlled based on the difference between the temperature of the cooking liquid and the desired cooking temperature. A cooking vessel and system for sous vide cooking using this method are also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号：US10292521B2
公开(公告)日：2019-05-21
申请号：US16106277
申请日：2018-08-21
Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Inventor： James Charles Johncock , Darpan Dinkar Patil
Abstract: A method of regulating the temperature of a cooking liquid during sous vide cooking in a cooking vessel on a burner of a cooktop includes setting a desired cooking temperature and measuring the temperature of the cooking liquid inside the sous vide cooking vessel at a plurality of predetermined time intervals with a first temperature sensor mounted on an interior surface of a wall of the sous vide cooking vessel. The temperature of the cooking liquid is compared to the desired cooking temperature at each of the predetermined time intervals. The energy output of the burner is controlled based on the difference between the temperature of the cooking liquid and the desired cooking temperature. A cooking vessel and system for sous vide cooking using this method are also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号：US20180352991A1
公开(公告)日：2018-12-13
申请号：US16106277
申请日：2018-08-21
Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Inventor： James Charles Johncock , Darpan Dinkar Patil
Abstract: A method of regulating the temperature of a cooking liquid during sous vide cooking in a cooking vessel on a burner of a cooktop includes setting a desired cooking temperature and measuring the temperature of the cooking liquid inside the sous vide cooking vessel at a plurality of predetermined time intervals with a first temperature sensor mounted on an interior surface of a wall of the sous vide cooking vessel. The temperature of the cooking liquid is compared to the desired cooking temperature at each of the predetermined time intervals. The energy output of the burner is controlled based on the difference between the temperature of the cooking liquid and the desired cooking temperature. A cooking vessel and system for sous vide cooking using this method are also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号：US20170323743A1
公开(公告)日：2017-11-09
申请号：US15661350
申请日：2017-07-27
Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Inventor： James Charles Johncock , David Wayne Mundy
CPC classification number: H01H9/286 , H01H3/161 , H01H9/287 , H01H2221/068 , H01H2231/012 , H01H2300/024
Abstract: An appliance includes a position switch retention device for use with an appliance including a body defining a generally cylindrical profile extending through a first portion thereof along an axis and having a first radius. The body further defines a pin-receiving channel open on at least a first end thereof and positioned within the generally cylindrical profile. The device further includes a first tab extending from a side of the body. The tab defines a ramp and an edge with the ramp extending away from the first end of the body to the edge. A cap extends outwardly from a second end of the body opposite the first end. The cap is spaced apart from the edge of the tab at a first distance and has a second radius greater than the first radius.
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公开(公告)号：US20160313002A1
公开(公告)日：2016-10-27
申请号：US14693043
申请日：2015-04-22
Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Inventor： James Charles Johncock , Cristiano Vito Pastore
CPC classification number: F23N5/022 , F23K5/005 , F23K2900/05003 , F23N1/002 , F23N1/005 , F23N1/007 , F23N5/025 , F23N2035/14
Abstract: An appliance includes a first gas-burning heating element, a first gas path extending from an inlet to the first heating element, and a first solenoid valve positioned within the first gas path. The appliance further includes a second gas path extending from upstream of the first solenoid valve to the first heating element and supplying a base gas flow to the first heating element. A controller is electronically coupled with the first solenoid valve for controlling a supplemental flow of gas through the first gas path to the first heating element such that the supplemental gas flow combines with the base gas flow to achieve a total gas flow. The controller controls the supplemental flow to adjust the total gas flow by pulsing the first solenoid valve at a first rate corresponding to a desired rate of the total gas flow to the first heating element.
Abstract translation: 一种器具包括第一气体燃烧加热元件，从入口延伸到第一加热元件的第一气体通道和位于第一气体通路内的第一电磁阀。 该器具还包括从第一电磁阀的上游延伸到第一加热元件并将基本气体流供应到第一加热元件的第二气体通路。 控制器与第一电磁阀电连接，用于控制气体通过第一气体路径到第一加热元件的补充流动，使得补充气体流与基础气体流合并以实现总气体流动。 控制器控制补充流量以通过以对应于到达第一加热元件的总气体流量的期望速率的第一速率脉冲第一电磁阀来调节总气体流量。
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公开(公告)号：US12171359B2
公开(公告)日：2024-12-24
申请号：US16372909
申请日：2019-04-02
Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Inventor： James Charles Johncock , Darpan Dinkar Patil
Abstract: A method of regulating the temperature of a cooking liquid during sous vide cooking in a cooking vessel on a burner of a cooktop includes setting a desired cooking temperature and measuring the temperature of the cooking liquid inside the sous vide cooking vessel at a plurality of predetermined time intervals with a first temperature sensor mounted on an interior surface of a wall of the sous vide cooking vessel. The temperature of the cooking liquid is compared to the desired cooking temperature at each of the predetermined time intervals. The energy output of the burner is controlled based on the difference between the temperature of the cooking liquid and the desired cooking temperature. A cooking vessel and system for sous vide cooking using this method are also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号：US20190122833A1
公开(公告)日：2019-04-25
申请号：US16225354
申请日：2018-12-19
Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
Inventor： James Charles Johncock , David Wayne Mundy
IPC: H01H9/28
Abstract: A position switch retention device for use with an appliance including a body defining a first end, a cap extending outwardly from a second end of the body opposite the first end, and a first tab extending from a side of the body. The first tab defines a ramp extending away from the body to an edge directed toward and spaced from the cap.
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公开(公告)号：US10228144B2
公开(公告)日：2019-03-12
申请号：US14724368
申请日：2015-05-28
Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
Inventor： James Charles Johncock , Joel Matthew Sells
Abstract: A burner assembly for a cooktop includes a housing that defines first and second concentric outlet sections, the first outlet section being inset relative to the second outlet section. The housing further defines a first aperture between the first outlet section and the second outlet section. A first switch assembly is mounted within the housing and includes a lever coupled with the housing and a first pin extending from the lever and upwardly through the aperture to an end positioned above the housing. The end of the pin is moveable in a first direction inward and outward with respect to the housing by rotation of the lever to control a flow of energy to the second outlet section.
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公开(公告)号：US09953773B2
公开(公告)日：2018-04-24
申请号：US15661350
申请日：2017-07-27
Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Inventor： James Charles Johncock , David Wayne Mundy
CPC classification number: H01H9/286 , H01H3/161 , H01H9/287 , H01H2221/068 , H01H2231/012 , H01H2300/024
Abstract: An appliance includes a position switch retention device for use with an appliance including a body defining a generally cylindrical profile extending through a first portion thereof along an axis and having a first radius. The body further defines a pin-receiving channel open on at least a first end thereof and positioned within the generally cylindrical profile. The device further includes a first tab extending from a side of the body. The tab defines a ramp and an edge with the ramp extending away from the first end of the body to the edge. A cap extends outwardly from a second end of the body opposite the first end. The cap is spaced apart from the edge of the tab at a first distance and has a second radius greater than the first radius.
