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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 |
| 5177687 | Insertion machine with postage categorization and selective merchandising In an insertion machine a track 20 moves groups of items past feed station 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, during respective machine cycles. The feed stations selectively feed items onto the tracks 20 for inclusion with a group of items and eventual s... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5154653 | Bung plug assembly A bung plug assembly (30) for a clamshell life-raft canister (14) comprises a tubularly-shaped housing (32) for holding wound, or coiled, rope (84) with a resilient grommet cap (34) on an outwardly-directed end (64) thereof and a resilient rear cap (36) o... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5152209 | Rotary punching machine A rotary punching machine comprises a pair of punching tools, namely a rotary punching tool with punches arranged on its circumference and a rotary counter tool, which co-operates with the latter, with dies in the form of punching bushings arranged on its... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5148841 | Filling apparatus for filling receptacle with metered weights Filling apparatus for filling receptacles, the apparatus comprising a feed member connected to at least one filling spout via a flow control member connected to an output of a weight processing unit having an input connected to a weighing member in order ... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5144659 | Computer file protection system The invention is a system for protecting the security of computer files. It has hardware elements, including a programmable auxiliary memory and control unit along with associated software elements. The security subsystem is installed on the host computer... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143697 | Device for extracting particulate materials of a fluidized bed from the fluidization enclosure The device has an opening provided through a side wall of the fluidization enclosure and a tube extends outside a enclosure and substantially perpendicular thereto. A duct is connected substantially perpendicularly to the tube and extends downwards. A pis... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143717 | Burn foam and delivery system An antibiotic formulation useful in the treatment of burns and abrasions and adapted for topical application as a clinically water soluble foam, the process for preparing the formulation and a special dispenser system for applying same.... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5140846 | Pneumatic measurement apparatus The apparatus of the invention comprises a measurement chamber fed with gas under pressure by a feed nozzle, a measurement chamber having an outlet nozzle spaced apart from the feed nozzle and including a pressure take-off point disposed between the feed ... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5139953 | Rotary column reactor A rotary column is rotatably mounted on a hollow shaft having orifices and the shaft is journaled in a reaction vessel. The rotary column has an outer net around the shaft and a space defined by this outer net within the rotary column is divided by partit... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5140307 | Arrangement for timing moving objects This arrangement enables the identification of a plurality of vehicles (4) and determination of the instant of their passing over a reference line (30). It includes a moving station (1) mounted on the vehicle and a fixed station (2) arranged alongside a r... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5137756 | Varnish impregnation method Apparatus is provided for carrying out a varnish impregnation method wherein a sheet-like base material is sequentially passed through a low-viscosity liquid storage region storing a low-viscosity liquid such as a solvent, a thermal syphon region, and a v... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5137294 | Step assembly for vehicles A folding step apparatus (38) is provided for vehicles having either a hinged door (26) or a sliding door (26'). The apparatus includes two parallel step supporting members (44) pivotally attached to the underside of the vehicle for adjustably supporting ... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5136283 | Apparatus for timing races This race timing apparatus of the video finish type includes a photo sensitive CCD bar (5) which may be read at a predetermined frequency in correspondence with the run past speed (Vi) of the image of the race. The images are stored and visualized by mean... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5132882 | Auxiliary brake lamp for motor vehicles An auxiliary brake lamp for motor vehicles comprises a holder which includes a track (7) which has a double-T-shape in cross section and which is adherable to a rear window. A lamp housing (2) is engagingly shoved onto the holder. A holding spring (5) arr... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5132996 | X-ray imaging system with a sweeping linear detector A linear detector selectively detects successive line images from different angles while the linear detector and a radiation source are rotated about a patient. Radiation-transmission images are generated and detected and converted to computer-grabbed ima... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5130558 | Skew detector for inserter In an inserter, a skew and misalignment detector for measuring skew misalignment of inserts that are conveyed on and along a conveyor comprises a plurality of photosensors disposed above the insert-conveying path in transverse relation thereto and a plura... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5129478 | Seat occupant restraining device A restraining device for limiting forward movement of an operator of a wheeled mechanical vehicle in case of a collision includes two restraining bars pivotally mounted at opposite sides of a seat and extending toward one another. The restraining bars are... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5125642 | Feeder module with thickness detection A feeder module for feeding sheet inserts and having a thickness detector for measuring the thickness of inserts comprises: a gripper drum disc for transporting the inserts upon its periphery; a detector caliper assembly including a pivotable arm having a... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5125827 | Injection molding apparatus having an insulative and resilient spacer member An insulative and resilient spacer member to be mounted between a heated manifold and a cooled clamp plate in an injection molding system. The spacer member has a plurality of V-shaped concentric rings. It has a uniform cross section with a number of web ... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5124954 | Method of, and apparatus for, detecting the position of an object This invention relates to a method of, and apparatus for, detecting the position of an object relative to a detector device, in which a pulse signal is transmitted to such object by a transmitter means, and a receiver means receives a signal reflected by ... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5119830 | Analytical specimen cup with testing means An analytical specimen cup (10) has outer and inner partitions (26, 34) in a lid (14) thereof, with the outer partition being flexible and transparent and the inner partition having a valve (46) comprised of a frangible portion (50) of the inner partition... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5119350 | Timepiece in which the arbor for one of the hands bears a decorative pattern A timepiece including a decorative pattern (30) rotating with the arbor (8) for one of the hands under a first crystal (1). In order to avoid permanent deformation of the arbor brought about by shocks, the decorative pattern is surrounded by a protective ... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5119351 | Arrangement for attaching bracelet strands to a watch case This arrangement for attaching the strands (1) of a bracelet to the watch case (3) includes, for each of the strands, at least one horn (4) attached to the caseband (10) and a lug (5) for connecting the horn to the strand. The horn comprises at least two ... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5114578 | Settling apparatus A settling apparatus for the separation of amalgam from waste water in a dental procedure includes an inclined passage through which the water is caused to flow from below and upwards while depositing amalgam. The inclined passage has an inclination of be... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5110464 | Apparatus for recirculation of liquids A waste liquid treatment system (10) includes an aeration chamber (10A) and a settling chamber (13). an aerator (11) is disposed within the aeration chamber (10A). A conduit (12) delivers liquid from the aeration chamber (10A) to the settling chamber (13)... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5110107 | Sheet material feeder A sheet material feeder for high speed singulating and seriatim feeding of sheet material articles from the bottom of a stack disposed in a hopper comprises apparatus for feeding sheets from the stack and a restrainer device for restraining all but the lo... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5111463 | Error correction method and apparatus In a method of encoding and decoding informational data for transmission to a storage medium, a group G of physical blocks written to the storage medium includes both user data information blocks and auxiliary error correction blocks. Each block (Br | 05/05/1992 |
| 5106790 | Filler materials for spiral gaskets A filler material for spiral gaskets has: 36.5 weight percent or more fibrous material, composed of 5 to 20 weight percent ceramic fibers, 13.5 to 25 weight percent sepiolite and 1 to 10 weight percent organic fibers; 59 weight percent or less inorganic p... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5105510 | Telescopically extensible bracelet clasp The clasp (1) is telescopically extensible. It includes a first tubular element (2) capped on its upper and lateral faces by a plurality of links (5) resembling those employed for the rest of the bracelet. Into the first element there may be introduced a ... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5104698 | Method for impregnating a fibrous base material with a substantially air-free varnish A method and apparatus for impregnating a fibrous base material with a varnish liquid, wherein the so-impregnated base material is substantially air free. A base material is passed under the surface of and through a supply of low-viscosity liquid such as ... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5103850 | Radial crutch tip assembly A crutch tip assembly (12) comprises a solid base (14) having substantially vertical side surfaces (18, 20, 54, 56) and outwardly, downwardly tapered front and rear surfaces (22, 24, 51a, 51b) with convex bottom surface (26, 52) forming an approximate arc... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5103767 | Method and a machine for the vaccination of fish In a method for vaccinating fishes, the fishes are first anaesthetized in a vessel (1) containing anaesthetic-admixed water. From the vessel, the fishes-as they are anaesthetized and as a consequence thereof sink to the bottom-are conveyed upwards anad tr... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5103986 | Cartridge rack A cartridge rack (70) includes ribs (816) for partitioning the rack into cells (826) for accommodating magnetic tape cartridges. A pair of resilient engagement fingers (832) are provided in each cell (826). Each engagement finger (826) has a chevron-shape... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5103142 | Circuit arrangement for ignition and operation of a high pressure gas discharge lamp for motor vehicles In a circuit arrangement for ignition and operation of a high pressure gas discharge lamp (GEL) for motor vehicles include: a desired power value determining device (LS) coupled to a first input of an integrating comparator (K) whose second input is coupl... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5101943 | Method of controlling inching clutches A method of controlling an inching clutch in response to movement of an inching clutch pedal between up and down positions in a power shift transmission comprises, for clutch pedal positions below a limiting position, applying to the clutch a control sign... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5103143 | Process and apparatus for starting a high pressure gas discharge lamp for vehicles In a process for starting a high pressure gas discharge lamp (GDL) of a motor vehicle of a type for which an alternating voltage is developed from a direct voltage, the alternating voltage being fed to an ignition device to ignite the high pressure gas di... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5099852 | Method for determining the arterial blood pressure in a non-invasive manner This method for establishing blood pressure in an artery employs the measurement results from two non-invasive sensors (5, 6) of artery diameter at two closely spaced locations (3, 4) separated by a distance Ɗx. The method provides for measuring the time... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5096651 | Method for manufacturing an object of synthetic resin A method of manufacturing a large-sized, thin-walled object of fiber reinforced synthetic resin, using inner and outer mold parts, which bound a mold cavity. A reduced pressure is created in the cavity by means of at least one vent in one of the two mold ... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5095754 | Apparatus and method for detection of icing onset and ice thickness An apparatus and method for detection of icing onset and ice thickness upon an accretion surface utilizing ultrasonic echo ranging techniques, including propagation of ultrasonic waves through a buffer block. A portion of the wave energy is reflected by r... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5092818 | Metal and hard object detectors with shared fixed support inside a feed roll A forage harvester having a feed mechanism for transporting crop material along a feed path to a rotating cutterhead is provided with a first detector for detecting metal objects in the crop material and a second detector for detecting hard objects. The f... | 03/03/1992 |
