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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 |
| 5511879 | Shaker attachement An orbital shaking device (56) for use with a magnetic stirring device having a driving magnet (52) mounted on the motor shaft of an electric motor (54). The orbital shaking device comprises a base structure (58, 60) and a outer plate (62) arranged in par... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5499722 | Product dispenser including fixed quantity dispensing arrangement A product dispenser of the type for dispensing cards having products encapsulated thereon has a dispensing section and supports a retaining element at a fixed position relative to the dispensing section, whereby only a fixed quantity of cards can be easil... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5421617 | Rotary device for storing and accessing correlated information A cylindrical drum has correlated information stored thereon in circumferentially extending longitudinally spaced rows. The drum is rotatably disposed within an open cylinder and the cylinder has windows longitudinally spaced therealong so as to correspon... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5411458 | Angled track squat exercise apparatus Horizontal squat exercise apparatus includes a substantially horizontally disposed base frame. The base frame supports at its front a substantially vertically disposed foot plate frame and supports at its rear a substantially vertically disposed weight ra... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5409312 | Orbital shaking attachment An orbital shaking attachment can be fitted or removed from a magnetic stirrer thereby giving the stirrer the extra function of orbital shaking in addition to its primary function of magnetic stirring. The principal of he invention could also be used to m... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5387736 | Portable decontamination system and method for environmental well drilling rigs A portable decontamination system including a carriage for carrying an operator and a decontamination unit is moved to the site of a truck mounted environmental well drilling rig. The carriage is displaced along the length of the substantially upright rig... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5379758 | Hand held surgical retractor A retractor has a blade which is in contact with a surgical wound. A handle has one end supported by the blade and extends substantially normal thereto, and has an opposite free end. A brace plate is attached to the free end of the handle and fits against... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5370225 | Tray arrangement for multiple lead integrated circuit components and the like A tray includes adjustably positioned support members for supporting multiple lead integrated circuit components of various sizes and configurations. The components are supported by the support members so that the component leads do not make contact with ... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5343594 | Corner roller arrangement for sliding panels A sliding panel includes top, bottom and side members. A corner roller arrangement has integral corner keys, whereby a corner member abuts the ends of the panel members at each of the corners thereof. Each of the corner members includes a spring biased ro... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5328290 | Coupling arrangement for cylindrical members A center member is disposed between a pair of end members. A cylindrical member is accepted in a hole in one of said end members and an other cylindrical member is accepted in a cavity formed by the cooperative arrangement of the other of the end members ... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5314431 | Surgical instrument used in conjunction with fixation of fractures or surgical osteotomies A pair of pivotally attached handles are normally displaced away from each other via a spring biasing arrangement, and are displaced toward each other as by squeezing the handles against the spring bias. A wire or pin is introduced into a fixed fracture o... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5309281 | Foldable stereoscopic viewer A frame supports stereoscopically paired pictures and a pair of lenses for viewing the pictures. The frame is foldable to vary the distance between the lenses and the pictures so that an observer can focus on the pictures in accordance with the observer's... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5294027 | Portable combination table top/basket apparatus A base is mounted to a frame and a pair of foldable basket sides are mounted to the base and to a rim above the base. A pair of basket ends are displaceably mounted the rim. The sides are folded and the ends are displaced to an upright position to coopera... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5288001 | Oxygen tank holder for use with wheelchairs An oxygen tank holder of a suitable fabric material includes a pouch for holding an oxygen tank, and which pouch is strapped at its upper and lower ends to the back of a wheelchair. The straps are adjustable to accommodate various size wheelchairs and so ... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5287655 | Roller arrangement for sliding panels A sliding panel includes a frame having top, bottom and side members. Expanders rotatably supporting rollers are partially disposed within the top and bottom members and are displaceable against spring tension inwardly and outwardly of said members. Clips... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5267529 | Guiding muzzle for dogs A muzzle is arranged to fit over the snout of a dog and includes a pair of straps which are adjustably crossed around the neck area of the dog to secure the muzzle in place. A loop member extends downwardly from the muzzle and includes a ring to which a l... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5265834 | Nurser bottle holder A holder for an infant nurser bottle includes an elongated strap-like member which is formed at one end so as to be looped around a securing member and formed at the other end so as to cooperate with a lower bottle girdling strap secured thereto to provid... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5261383 | Combined archery arrow retainer, guide and overdraw compensating device A bracket is mounted to an archery bow so as to be adjustable relative to the bow string to compensate for arrow overdraw. A body member is adjustably mounted to the bracket to provide accurate arrow flight and to avoid interference of arrows of various d... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5249365 | Telescoping level A level includes a plurality of telescoping members locked in a telescoped position, whereby the effective length of the level is adjustable so that the level is useful in establishing horizontal for a structure of an extended length and for establishing ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5207690 | Arrangement for stabilizing the hormonal effects produced by the ovaries of a small female mammalian creature An arrangement including a suction pump, a pipette, an application tip and a plurality of ligating rings which are carried on the application tip. The application tip is disposed in cooperative relation with the pipette so that the ligating rings may be t... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5199112 | Raised superimposed toilet seat for total hip arthroplasty patients A raised superimposed toilet seat is adapted to fit on a conventional toilet seat and is contoured to particularly meet the needs of patients who have undergone unilateral or bilateral total hip replacement procedures. The seat is contoured so that when t... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5169603 | Modular test tube rack arrangement A plurality of test tube racks are disposed side by side and coupled together at their opposite sides via clamps to form a modular test tube rack arrangement. A handle or handles engage(s) the clamps to provide a balanced pivot handle arrangement for tran... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5158504 | Flexible coupling including a flexible diaphragm element contoured with its thinnest thickness near the center thereof A flexible coupling has at least one and more commonly a plurality of diaphragms having a particular profile. The profile has first and second contoured sections. The first contoured section has a radially-inwardly decreasing thickness and extends to near... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5150767 | Portable self-contained impact system An impact system features an integral stored gas inflation source augmented by an ejector which entrains ambient air to rapidly deploy an inflate a safety cushion. The cushion has a plurality of chambers and each chamber is interconnected to an adjacent c... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5147090 | Wrist and forearm support and rest apparatus for use with keyboards and the like Apparatus for supporting and resting the wrists and forearms of an operator of a keyboard such as associated with a computer or word processor or the like so as to reduce wrist and arm fatigue and cumulative trauma due to extended operation of the keyboar... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5127213 | Training and conditioning apparel for animals A blanket-type member supports weights in either a fixed or variable relation and is disposed on the back of an animal for training and conditioning purposes. The blanket-type member has a cushioned undersurface for the comfort of the animal and is dispos... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5125543 | Squeeze type bottle including anti-syphon device A squeeze-type bottle of the type containing a liquid, a syphon tube extending within the liquid and a nozzle communicating with the syphon tube includes an anti-syphon device disposed between the syphon tube and the nozzle, whereby expulsion of the liqui... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5108593 | Apparatus for collecting substances floating in an effluent stream A hollow, floatable, hydrodynamically shaped member supports a screen in canopy-like fashion and is secured to a harness for being lowered into and raised from an effluent stream such as in a closed sewage system. The member floats on the stream and float... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5102070 | Inflatable aircraft evacuation slide arrangement An arrangement which permits installation of an inflatable aircraft evacuation slide in an enclosure disposed in a non-pressurized cavity beneath an aircraft exit. The enclosure is opened when activated by the gas used to inflate the slide and the arrange... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5080268 | Clothes hanger with removable garment retainer in frame A garment retainer includes a saddle member having an open channel which is disposed over a garment folded over the crossbar of a conventional clothes hanger. At least two resilient members have portions which span the open channel and which are urged int... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5076445 | Circular, collapsible rack for cuvettes and like vessels A circular collapsible rack for cuvettes and like vessels such as test tubes is disclosed which features a flat base and likewise flat upper and lower vessel support members of a suitable plastic material. The base has a plurality of equally spaced circum... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5061270 | System for orienting, inserting and impacting an acetabular cup prosthesis A system for implanting an acetabular cup prosthesis includes an instrument and a disposable adapter. The disposable adapter engages the prosthesis and is supported on the instrument. The instrument is effective for orienting, inserting and impacting the ... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5042669 | Product card dispensing rack A product card dispensing rack includes a plurality of product card dispensers which are flexurally secured at one end to the back of the rack. The front of the rack includes a door having a plurality of ledge members which normally cover the other end of... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5037424 | Instrument for orienting, inserting and impacting an acetabular cup prosthesis An instrument for implanting an acetabular cup prosthesis in a patient's acetabulum. The cup is gripped on the base of the instrument and is aligned and inserted in accordance with a plane normal to the plane in which a patient is positioned and normal to... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5027445 | Raised superimposed toilet seat and securing clamp A raised toilet seat is superimposed upon the bowl of a conventional toilet. A clamp has a section which includes pins that engage holes in a recess on the underside of the seat at the rear thereof to secure the clamp to the seat. The clamp has another se... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5014949 | Product dispenser Cards of the type having products encapsulated thereon are supported on a dispenser. A mounting section mounts the dispenser to a mounting surface and the cards are supported on a supporting section of the dispenser via engagement thereof by an aperture i... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4999020 | Variable displacement high pressure pump with internal power limiting arrangement A variable displacement piston pump includes a plurality of axially aligned pumping cylinders with a drive shaft extending therebetween having a pivotable swash plate disposed in a relatively dry cavity at one end of the drive shaft for operating the pump... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4997123 | Multi-piece flexural pivot A flexural pivot is configured as a multi-piece device which is specifically configured to tolerate vibration and shock loading. The flex pivot described uses pre-formed unitary (one-piece) support structures which have integral undercut areas, diametrica... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4994064 | Instrument for orienting, inserting and impacting an acetabular cup prosthesis An instrument for implanting an acetabular cup prosthesis in a patient's acetabulum. The cup is gripped on the base of the instrument and is aligned and inserted in accordance with a plane normal to the plane in which a patient is positioned and normal to... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4961247 | Balancing arrangement for double hung windows A balancing arrangement for double hung windows is disclosed including a spring arrangement supported by a spring holder installed in a window jamb and a balance shoe installed in a window sash. The spring holder is adapted to engage a detent in the balan... | 10/09/1990 |
