Kenneth M Cyll

US Patent:

20080250796, Oct 16, 2008

Filed:

Feb 15, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/816243

Inventors:

P. Edward Clugston - Windham ME, US
Kevin Damian - Buxton ME, US
Michael F. Ehman - Saco ME, US
Kenneth M. Cyll - Buxton ME, US

Assignee:

CONTROL DEVICES, INC. - Standish ME

International Classification:

F25C 1/00
F25B 39/02
F25D 21/06

US Classification:

62 66, 62348, 62139, 62515, 62 80

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus for making and sensing ice. Also, apparatus and methods for sensing the change of phase of a substance. In one embodiment, a fringe-effect capacitor is placed proximate to a substance, such as water, which is undergoing a phase change, such as the change of phase from the liquid state to the solid state. During this change, the dielectric constant of the substance changes, and thereby changes the electrical flux between conductors of the fringe-effect capacitor. Also, apparatus and methods as described above, and using a capacitor but not a fringe-effect capacitor.

US Patent:

D3484343, Jul 5, 1994

Filed:

Dec 18, 1992

Appl. No.:

D/002732

Inventors:

Kenneth M. Cyll - West Buxton ME
Robert Ekowicki - Westbrook ME
Carl Weymouth - Standish ME

Assignee:

GTE Control Devices Incorporated - Standish ME

US Classification:

D13160