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Dining Table Having Integral Dishwasher
A space-saving dishwasher, which may be installed within a counter top or table, having a dish-carrying rack that is vertically shiftable through the open top of the dishwasher for facilitating loading and unloading of the dishes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D654771 | Compression tool | 02/28/2012 |
| D653921 | Compression tool | 02/14/2012 |
| 8015698 | Application tool for coaxial cable compression connectors A tool for installing compression connectors of various sizes and types on the end of a coaxial cable has a base mounting a pair of movable anvils for engaging two different lengths of connectors. The base further incorporates a fixed anvil for engaging a third leng... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7988481 | Electrical disconnect with push-in connectors A wire connector has an enclosure including a housing and a cap and one or more contacts supported in the enclosure. The contacts each have outer ends opposite wire ports in the cap to receive a stripped end of a wire in a push-in engagement. One set of contacts has... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7984556 | Drill powered cable cutter A cable cutter for attachment to a power drill has a housing, first and second cutting blades and a drive assembly releasably engageable with the chuck of the drill. The drive assembly includes a worm mounted on a drive and a worm gear and a drive gear mounted on a ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7976339 | Cable connector with bushing that permits visual verification Connectors for interconnecting a coaxial cable to an electrical device are disclosed. The connector has an internal body and an external body which are assembled together, and which can be activated to clamp upon and seal to an inserted coaxial cable. The external b... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7952407 | Voltage disturbance and harmonics monitor An electronic monitor for monitoring characteristics of an AC power line for swells, sags, RMS voltage, impulses, total harmonic distortion (THD) and frequency. The waveform is received at the monitor, scaled to a lower magnitude, rectified by an op amp with zero of... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7914326 | Coaxial cable connector A coaxial cable connector is provided with a generally tubular mandrel. An attachment element and a retainer are associated with the mandrel and a bushing is telescopically mounted on the retainer. The bushing is adapted for axial movement along the retainer to a cl... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7891097 | Armored cable cutter A cutting tool for cutting the armor includes a cutter body having first and bottom entry walls defining a channel for receiving an armored cable. There is a slot in the first wall that affords reciprocating entry into the channel of a movable cutting blade from the... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7887353 | Electrical disconnect with push-in connectors An electrical disconnect has first and second female contacts mounted in a power connector housing and first and second male contacts in a load connector housing. The male contacts each have a male blade contact finger. The female contacts each have a socket for rem... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7797827 | Method of seating a connector on a coaxial cable A method for installing compression connectors of various sizes and types on the end of a coaxial cable utilizes a tool having a base mounting a pair of movable anvils for engaging two different lengths of connectors. The movable anvils define an aperture which is s... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7794268 | In-line push-in wire connector A push-in wire connector has an enclosure that includes at least two wire entry ports that face in opposite directions. A terminal assembly is disposed within the enclosure and includes a busbar positioned between the wire ports. A spring member biases inserted cond... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7771217 | Electrical disconnect with push-in connectors An electrical disconnect has first and second female contacts mounted in a power connector housing and first and second male contacts in a load connector housing. The male contacts each have a male blade contact finger. The female contacts each have a socket for rem... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7757537 | Accessory for the handle of a conduit bender An accessory for a conduit bender has a support member which attaches to the handle of the conduit bender. The support member includes a hand hold for grasping during conventional bending. The support member defines an anti-skid surface. The anti-skid surface has an... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7753718 | Electrical disconnect with push-in connectors A wire connector has an enclosure including a housing and a cap and one or more contacts supported in the enclosure. The contacts each have outer ends opposite wire ports in the cap to receive a stripped end of a wire in a push-in engagement. One set of contacts has... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7731522 | Push-in wire connector with improved busbar A push-in wire connector has an improved busbar suitable for use with either solid or stranded wire. The connector has a housing with a hollow interior. At least two openings in the housing provide access to the interior for the ends of wires inserted into the conne... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7727002 | Electrical disconnect with adjacent wire receptacle boxes An electrical disconnect has a pair of selectably engageable enclosures each including a housing and one or more terminals supported therein. The terminals each have a spring finger at an outer end opposite wire ports in the cap to receive a stripped end of a wire i... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7722384 | In-line push-in wire connector A push-in wire connector has an enclosure made of left and right housings. Each housing has a wire entry port and a wire receptacle box aligned with a respective wire entry port and receptacle box of the other housing. The wire entry ports face in opposite direction... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7710176 | Voltage disturbance and harmonics monitor An electronic monitor for monitoring characteristics of an AC power line for swells, sags, RMS voltage, impulses, total harmonic distortion (THD) and frequency. The waveform is received at the monitor, scaled to a lower magnitude, rectified by an op amp with zero of... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7685702 | Wire insertion tool for push-in wire connectors A wire insertion tool for a push-in wire connector has a frame and a slide assembly mounted for reciprocating motion on the frame. The frame includes a carriage on which a push-in wire connector is mounted. The slide assembly carries a wire holder which mounts an el... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7628631 | In-line electrical disconnect with terminal holders An electrical disconnect has a pair of selectably engageable enclosures each including one or more terminals supported therein. Each terminal has a blade at a forward end thereof. The blades are releasably engageable in overlapping relation in an engagement zone. A ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7622675 | Paint shield A paint shield for covering an electrical device has a generally planar plate with an attachment element connected thereto. The attachment element releasably engages one or more of a standard wall switch, a decor type switch or a socket. At least one overspray wall ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7596860 | Application tool for coaxial cable compression connectors A tool for installing compression connectors of various sizes and types on the end of a coaxial cable has a base mounting at least one movable anvil for engaging at least one length of connector. The base further incorporates a fixed anvil for engaging at least a se... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7527509 | Electrical disconnect with push-in connectors An electrical disconnect has first and second female contacts mounted in a power connector housing and first and second male contacts in a load connector housing. The male contacts each have a male blade contact finger. The female contacts each have a socket for rem... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7507106 | Push-in wire connector with improved busbar A push-in wire connector has an improved busbar suitable for use with either solid or stranded wire. The connector has a housing with a hollow interior. At least two openings in the housing provide access to the interior for the ends of wires inserted into the conne... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7479776 | Hand-held tester and method for local area network cabling A LAN tester has display and remote units each having a connector jack attached to an adapter board for connection to the plug of a patch cord. Both the display and remote units have circuits which are capable of measuring the phase between a drive signal voltage an... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7473123 | Electrical disconnect with radially-spaced terminals An electrical disconnect has a pair of selectably engageable enclosures each including a housing and a cap and one or more terminals supported therein. The terminals each have spring fingers at outer ends opposite wire ports in the cap to receive a stripped end of a... | 01/06/2009 |
| D574773 | Electrical disconnect with push-in connectors | 08/12/2008 |
| D574772 | Electrical disconnect with push-in connectors | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409736 | Wire stripper with strip length scale A strip length scale for a wire stripper has a receiving portion, a channel aligned with the receiving portion and gradation markings along the length of the channel. Numerical markings next to the gradation marking correspond with the length of the channel. The cha... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7356914 | Twist-on wire connector applicator A wire connector applicator is capable of holding a clip of interconnected twist-on wire connectors in a tube which can be rotated by an electric motor. The connectors rotate with the tube for installation on the ends of stripped electrical wires. The invention is a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7293362 | Drill powered cable cutter A cable cutter for attachment to a power drill has a housing, first and second cutting blades connected to the housing for movement relative to one another and a drive assembly releasably engageable with the chuck of the drill and operatively engaged with at least o... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7281942 | Releasable wire connector A releasable wire connector has a housing and a cap slidably engaging one another and enclosing an electrical contact. The contact has inner and outer flexible fingers disposed opposite wire ports in the housing and cap. The fingers engage conductors inserted into t... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7224879 | LC connector removal tool An LC connector removal tool has a handle connected to an elongated shank which terminates at first and second spaced fingers. The shank has a channel-shaped cross section including first and second walls connected by a side wall which define a clearance groove betw... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7181999 | Tool for driving coaxial cable connectors A driver tool for coaxial cable connectors is provided. The tool can drive both F-series coaxial cable connectors having a hex sleeve and BNC coaxial cable connectors having a bayonet sleeve. The driver tool has a socket which includes a first drive surface in the f... | 02/27/2007 |
| D514005 | Clamp meter | 01/31/2006 |
| 6975104 | Clamp meter with dual display A clamp type digital multimeter has one or more digital displays mounted so as to permit at least one of the displays to be read even when attachment of the clamp jaws about a conductor forces the display into an orientation that renders it inaccessible. The meter e... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6942197 | Fish tape handle with retention feature A fish tape assembly has a handle slidably mounted on a case formed by a pair of case halves. The periphery of the case has a gap formed therein. The handle has an exterior grip and shoe with a web extending from the shoe through the gap in the case to an interior b... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6896242 | Fish tape having a thumb winder A fish tape assembly includes a generally circular case, a fish tape and a winder. The fish tape has an inner end, an outer end and a main section. The inner end is fastened in the interior of the case to an anchor and an eyelet is formed at the outer end. A winder ... | 05/24/2005 |
| D500649 | Clamp-style bottle opener | 01/11/2005 |
