Michael J Kraus

US Patent:

7017353, Mar 28, 2006

Filed:

Oct 10, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/683578

Inventors:

David Brett Gist - Grayslake IL, US
Matthew Allison - Mundelein IL, US
Daniel Leo Ziolkowski - Barrington IL, US
Michael Kraus - Lake Villa IL, US
Michael J. Andresen - Round Lake Beach IL, US

Assignee:

Scotsman Ice Systems - Vernon Hills IL
Mile High Equipment Company - Denver CO

International Classification:

F25C 5/10

US Classification:

62 73, 62277, 62352

Abstract:

An ice cube-making machine that is characterized by noiseless operation at the location where ice cubes are dispensed and be lightweight packages for ease of installation. The ice cube-making machine has an evaporator package, a separate compressor package and a separate condenser package. Each of these packages has a weight that can generally by handled by one or two installers for ease of installation. The noisy compressor and condenser packages can be located remotely of the evaporator package. The maximum height distance between the evaporator package and the condenser package is greatly enhanced by the three package system. A pressure regulator operates during a harvest cycle to limit flow of refrigerant leaving the evaporator, thereby increasing pressure and temperature of the refrigerant in the evaporator and assisting in defrost thereof. The evaporator can be integrated with a beverage dispenser and an ice dispenser.

US Patent:

7275387, Oct 2, 2007

Filed:

Aug 17, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/205724

Inventors:

David Brett Gist - Grayslake IL, US
Matthew Allison - Mundelein IL, US
Daniel Leo Ziolkowski - Barrington IL, US
Michael Kraus - Lake Villa IL, US
Michael J. Andresen - Round Lake Beach IL, US

Assignee:

Scotsman Ice Systems - Vernon Hills IL
Mile High Equipment Co. - Denver CO

International Classification:

F25C 5/18

US Classification:

62389, 62344

Abstract:

An ice cube-making machine that is characterized by noiseless operation at the location where ice cubes are dispensed and be lightweight packages for ease of installation. The ice cube-making machine has an evaporator package, a separate compressor package and a separate condenser package. Each of these packages has a weight that can generally by handled by one or two installers for ease of installation. The noisy compressor and condenser packages can be located remotely of the evaporator package. The maximum height distance between the evaporator package and the condenser package is greatly enhanced by the three package system. A pressure regulator operates during a harvest cycle to limit flow of refrigerant leaving the evaporator, thereby increasing pressure and temperature of the refrigerant in the evaporator and assisting in defrost thereof. The evaporator can be integrated with a beverage dispenser and an ice dispenser.

US Patent:

20040035136, Feb 26, 2004

Filed:

Apr 23, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/421632

Inventors:

David Gist - Grayslake IL, US
Matthew Allison - Mundelein IL, US
Daniel Ziolkowski - Barrington IL, US
Michael Kraus - Lake Villa IL, US

Assignee:

Scotsman Ice Systems and Mile High Equipment Co.

International Classification:

F25C001/00
F25C005/10

US Classification:

062/340000, 062/352000

Abstract:

An ice cube-making machine that is characterized by noiseless operation at the location where ice cubes are dispensed and be lightweight packages for ease of installation. The ice cube-making machine has an evaporator package, a separate compressor package and a separate condenser package. Each of these packages has a weight that can generally by handled by one or two installers for ease of installation. The noisy compressor and condenser packages can be located remotely of the evaporator package. The maximum height distance between the evaporator package and the condenser package is greatly enhanced by the three package system. A pressure regulator operates during a harvest cycle to limit flow of refrigerant leaving the evaporator, thereby increasing pressure and temperature of the refrigerant in the evaporator and assisting in defrost thereof.

US Patent:

20200408307, Dec 31, 2020

Filed:

Jan 10, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/474607

Inventors:

- Irving TX, US
Rodney Wayne Rynearson - Kalamazoo MI, US
Michael Anthony Kraus - McHenry IL, US

Assignee:

Flowserve Management Company - Irving TX

International Classification:

F16J 15/34

Abstract:

An improved rotor or stator split ring seal assembly includes a flexible ring-advancing mechanism that advances at least one of the split ring halves radially inward, so that during assembly the split ring halves meet before adjacent elastomeric members, thereby preventing the elastomeric members from expanding between the seal ring halves and interfering with their alignment. The ring-advancing mechanism is flexed as the seal is assembled, thereby allowing the ring halves to be seated in the housing. The ring-advancing mechanism can be removable after assembly or internal to the seal. In various embodiments, the ring-advancing mechanism is a flexible bracket, a coil spring, or a vertical or horizontal leaf spring. Separate, identical ring-advancing mechanisms can be included with each of the housing halves so as to advance the split ring halves symmetrically.

US Patent:

20070150174, Jun 28, 2007

Filed:

Dec 8, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/298427

Inventors:

Shafer Seymour - Bartlett IL, US
Ramy Ayoub - Arlington Heights IL, US
Michael Kraus - St. Charles IL, US

International Classification:

G01C 21/00

US Classification:

701200000

Abstract:

The present disclosure provides an on-board navigation system for a commuter vehicle that automatically saves in a database addresses corresponding to destinations to which the vehicle has traveled, along with one or more parameters relating to the addresses. The navigation system uses these parameters to predict a destination by comparing the present state of the vehicle to the saved parameters. The navigation system can present the user with a prioritized list of addresses based on the predicted and prompt the user to select a destination from list. Thus a user can conveniently inform the navigation system of an intended destination. The navigation system can automatically determine a route to the destination based on present traffic conditions, and may have the ancillary benefit of informing the user of traffic conditions, or directing the user around such traffic conditions, even if the user was not otherwise interested in receiving a route.