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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 |
| 4870924 | Disposable litter box system A cat litter box system including a tray which may have inwardly canted edges and a waterproof bottom. Inserted in the tray is at least one orificed filter sheet, and prefereably several, having some type of corner or edge lifting means. Also desirably pr... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4422554 | Mechanized retrievable horizontal storage rack A mechanized rack assembly for the storage of items of virtually any identity makes use of a centrally disposed frame for supporting a multiple number of stacks of vertically spaced trays arranged to travel around the frame. Each stack is jointed to adjac... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4419891 | Support gravity measurement instrument A gravity anomalometer has dual units arranged in longitudinal alignment in a tube which in turn is maintained in substantially constant alignment with the center of gravity of the earth. Each unit has an upper electric member providing support for the ma... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4416464 | Spring assist drive for cycle A spring assist drive for pedal operated vehicles such as bicycles and tricycles makes use of a wind-up spring in the train of power from the pedal operated power sprocket to the drive sprocket for the rear drive wheel. The wind-up spring is a coil spring... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4415150 | Portable knock-down parallel bar exercise fixture A set of light-weight demountable parallel gymnastic bars makes use of tubular metal material built up as two identical end sections and two identical bar assemblies. Each end section provides a pair of braced laterally extending feet, a pair of endwardly... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4397370 | Surf service vehicle An offshore service vehicle of tricycle configuration employs three vertical legs to support a platform which remains above the water surface as the vehicle travels from a dry land station outwardly to service stations offshore such, for example, as a sta... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4385841 | Digital program control clock An electronically actuated system for a control clock device is provided with an instrument panel arranged in such fashion that an operator having virtually no familiarity with the technical aspects of the system can set up a program of activity, such for... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4384547 | Birdhouse cage A cage for the housing of pet birds makes use of a relatively large enclosure on the floor of which is a removable litter tray. Near the top of the cage at each of two rear corners is a plastic container removably supported on brackets, one providing food... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4369642 | Detained key assembly A deadlock of the customary type for locking and unlocking a dead bolt is equipped with a conventional cylinder having a cylinder plug rotating within it, the cylinder plug carrying pin chambers aligned with pin chambers in the cylinder for reception of p... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4369100 | Method for enhancing chemical reactions A method for enhancing chemical reactions in a constantly flowing stream of liquid character fortified with oxidizing agents, such as air or oxygen or other chemical agents, makes use of an inner resonant tube concentrically mounted within an outer resona... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4366972 | Pipe coating system A seamless coating system especially applicable to a welded bell and spigot type joint for steel pipe of exceptionally great length and diameter features a double layer of coating material applied to the outside surface of the pipe and extending over the ... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4348189 | Method for reading typing and spacing errors A method for rapidly and accurately evaluating the number of errors in a test document typed by a test applicant makes use of an original sample master sheet having subject matter imprinted on it in conventional type with margins and spacing established b... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4345507 | Elevator fluid flow control valve A fluid flow control valve system to be used to control a hydraulic lifting mechanism used on elevators and the like. The valve system includes an inlet conduit from the pump and an inlet-outlet to and from a jack connected together by a conduit with a on... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4334667 | Hydraulic release system for lifting jack A low-slung carriage-mounted lifting jack has a long tubular handle for projecting the jack beneath a conventional automotive vehicle. The handle is tiltably mounted on the carriage and simultaneously serves as a pump handle for pumping hydraulic fluid fr... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4333324 | Spring/dead bolt lock assembly One part of a key-in-knob lock set functions in a normal manner such that when the lock set is unlocked, either the outside or inside knob can be manipulated to open the door by withdrawing the latch bolt from a normal spring latch extended position. When... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4332304 | Transfer case conversion kit In a four-wheel drive vehicle wherein the forward pair of wheels is driven through one differential assembly and the rearward pair of wheels through another differential assembly there is a transfer case through which power originating in the engine is di... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4329902 | Electronic method and apparatus for modifying musical sound A continuously varying electrical signal representing an original musical sound is divided at a selected mid-frequency of about 800 Hertz to provide upper and lower frequency signal bands which are then frequency-modulated with separate modulation signals... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4327673 | Engine cooling system The invention makes use of a second thermostat in an engine cooling system, normally equipped with only a single thermostat. The second thermostat differs from the single thermostat in that provision is made for a constant, though materially diminished, f... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4311212 | Valve control system A hydraulic elevator is employed having the usual call buttons at the respective floors and selector buttons for all floors located in the elevator cab. When a button is pushed to select a floor to which the cab is to travel, up or down, as the case may b... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4299278 | Control system for well heating by steam In a control system for delivery of steam at a predetermined pressure to the head of an oil well for use in an open orifice bottom hole heater, a boiler, remote from the well head, is connected by a steam delivery line through a series of valves with a st... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4295749 | Eye splice fitting A fitting for anchoring together adjacent sections of rope or cable makes use of a housing with parallel, oppositely positioned frustoconical holes, each adapted to accommodate a pair of complementary wedge sections. Each wedge section of the pair has a s... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4290334 | Electronic wave sharing synthetic sound system An electronic sound system especially effective with bell sounds synthesizes the approximate sound of each bell in a set of 49 switch operated bell sounds. The synthesizing is accomplished by utilizig an envelope generator for each partial of a group of 7... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4286372 | Method of erection of pipe rail jointing system A tubular pipe rail jointing system consisting of posts and rails makes use of fittings on the posts providing sleeves into which ends of the tubular pipe rails are telescopingly received. For effective fabrication and erection it is preferable to cut the... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4281940 | Loose-leaf binder A loose-leaf binder makes use of a hinged back comprising parallel hinge leaves pivotally attached to each other at adjacent edges. There is an interlock at one end consisting of resilient flanges normally interlocked in overlying relationship, but releas... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4277910 | Infant pacifier combination An object or toy, naturally attractive to small children and infants, is provided with a receptacle at an advantageous location for reception of a nipple serving as a pacifier. The nipple in turn is one suitable for being individually sterilized from time... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4260077 | Dual separable dispenser A dual type dispenser for dispensing two materials in equal quantities consists of two barrels joined together and a plunger for each barrel. Since occasions may arise when the barrels are to be used separately, the junction between the barrels is separab... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4256115 | Leadless cardiac pacer A leadless battery operated cardiac pacemaker is embodied in a small disc-like case for attachment beneath the pericardium directly to the heart muscle. One electric lead is curled and serves also as a means for both physically and electrically attaching ... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4254648 | Inner locking cylinder with captive key A dead bolt lock set is designed to be key actuated on the inside as well as on the outside of the door. For the inside there is an inside tailpiece in engagement with a drive slot in the dead bolt hub. A lost motion circumferential recess on the inside t... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4253692 | Control system for material placement buckets A control system for opening and closing the clam shell gates of a material placement bucket makes use of a selfcompensating back pressure fluid system with a double-acting cylinder and piston. An air receiver is filled with high pressure air while air at... | 03/03/1981 |
