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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 |
| 7384562 | Treatment of brown grease The invention is a process for treatment of brown grease, where the brown grease comprises water, food solids and free-oil. This process starts with the collection of the brown grease into a container. The brown grease's pH is adjusted with a chemical treatment to p... | 06/10/2008 |
| D570248 | Cable car cabin | 06/03/2008 |
| 7365219 | Solid phase extraction method for obtaining high-purity unsaturated compounds or derivatives of said compounds The invention relates to a novel extraction method for obtaining at least one unsaturated, optionally derivatized compound, from mixtures of said compounds with other less saturated constituents, e.g. for obtaining polyunsaturated fatty acids or the derivatives ther... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7351088 | Electrical connector with self-locking by snap-fastening An electrical connector, a ring-like locking sheet with inner and outer teeth of which is fixed at the end of its plug connector; and a circumferential bulge, with trapezoid cross section which has an upslope, a flat top and a down-slope, is provided on the surface ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7320845 | Printed battery A printed battery has a flexible backing sheet, a first conductive layer printed on said sheet; a first electrode printed on the first conductive layer; a second electrode layer printed on said first electrode layer; and a second conductive layer printed on said sec... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7311293 | Multi-use hand tool for framing A multi-use hand tool for framing includes a shaft, a head, a notch, and a close space. The head is attached to the shaft and includes an open space adapted to fit a board. The notch is adapted for pulling nails. The closed space is adapted for pulling long nails. | 12/25/2007 |
| D557696 | Portable data terminal | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305739 | Apparatus for tow opening An apparatus for opening a crimped multifilament tow comprising: a source of crimped multifilament tow; at least one pair of opposed gripping rollers comprising a first roller which is a metal roller and a second roller which is a smooth-surfaced roller made of a ma... | 12/11/2007 |
| D556292 | Fish hook | 11/27/2007 |
| 7264725 | Hollow fiber membrane contactor and method of making same The instant invention is a hollow fiber membrane contactor, and method of making same. The hollow fiber membrane contactor includes (1) a shell, said shell having a internal bonding surface, an interlocking geometry ring being provided on said internal bonding surfa... | 09/04/2007 |
| D546768 | Three-port high performance mini hollow fiber membrane contactor | 07/17/2007 |
| D546769 | Three-port high performance mini hollow fiber membrane contactor | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243600 | Ink pan for a rotogravure printing press An ink pan for a rotogravure printing press has a reservoir and a dam. The dam is located within the reservoir and divides the reservoir into an intake section and an outtake section. A gate is within the dam. The gate has an open position and a closed position. Whe... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7244155 | Mooring line for an oceanographic buoy system A mooring line for an oceanographic buoy system includes four sections. The first section is a protected cable that is connectable to the buoy. The second section is an energy absorbing cable. The third section is a weighted cable. The fourth section is a buoyant ca... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238744 | Ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene articles and method of manufacture An article of manufacture comprises an ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) mixed with a processing oil and a lubricant selected from the group consisting of fatty acid esters, ethoxylated fatty acid esters, glycol esters, PEG esters, glycerol esters, et... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7214444 | Melt blown battery separator Battery separators made of a wettable, uniform mat of melt blown fibers. The melt blown fibers are thermally bonded to one another. These fibers are made of a thermoplastic material. The fibers have a diameter in the range of 0.1 to 13 microns (μ) and lengths great... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7204879 | Fiber reinforced cementitious material A fiber reinforced cementitious material and the fiber used therein are disclosed. The fiber reinforced cementitious material includes a conventional cementitious material and less than 5 pounds per cubic yard of the cementitious material of fibers dispersed therein... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7204475 | Vehicle lift for motorcycles A vehicle lift for a motorcycle includes a base, a ramp, and a lifting mechanism. The base has a first end and a second end. The lifting mechanism has a first end and a second end. The ramp has an end and a connection point. The connection point of the ramp is pivot... | 04/17/2007 |
| D538749 | Three-port high performance mini hollow fiber membrane contactor | 03/20/2007 |
| 7181817 | Method and apparatus for making an absorbent composite A method and apparatus for making an absorbent composite from continuous tow is disclosed. The method and apparatus includes the steps of or means for spreading a crimped tow; de-registering the crimped tow; shaping the de-registered tow to a substantially rectangul... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178658 | Article store The store arranged between production and packaging having an endless, circulating pair of chains on which the product-carrying gondolas are suspended for swinging action. The pair of chains, which are guided on a vertical section and on a horizontal section, are gu... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7152288 | Stuffer box crimper and a method for crimping The instant invention is a stuffer box crimper and a method for crimping. The stuffer box crimper according to instant invention includes a pair of nip rollers, a pair of doctor blades, and a stuffer box. The pair of doctor blades is adjacent to an exit end of the p... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7107659 | Method and apparatus for making an absorbent composite A method and apparatus for making an absorbent composite from continuous tow is disclosed. The method and apparatus includes the steps of or means for spreading a crimped tow; de-registering the crimped tow; shaping the de-registered tow to a substantially rectangul... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7094498 | Battery separator with battlemented rib A separator for a storage battery is a microporous membrane having a back web and a battlemented rib standing on the back web. ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7087343 | High melt integrity battery separator for lithium ion batteries The battery separator for a lithium battery is made from a nonwoven flat sheet material having high temperature melt integrity, a microporous membrane having low temperature shutdown properties, and an adhesive bonding the nonwoven flat sheet to the microporous memb... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7081423 | Nonwoven absorbent materials made with cellulose ester containing bicomponent fibers The invention is directed to a nonwoven material made of a bicomponent fiber in which the first polymer is a cellulose ester polymer, preferably cellulose acetate, and the second polymer is selected from the group consisting of polyolefins, polyesters, polyamides an... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7076848 | Method and apparatus for making an absorbent composite A method and apparatus for making an absorbent composite from continuous tow is disclosed. The method and apparatus includes the steps of or means for spreading a crimped tow; de-registering the crimped tow; shaping the de-registered tow to a substantially rectangul... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7060782 | Process for a two stage melt polymerization for the production of polybenzimidazole having an improved solid state polymerization A process for the production of high molecular weight polybenzimidazole by one: providing a first reaction vessel; charging the reaction vessel with at least one aromatic hydrocarbon tetraamine, and a heterocylic ring making up the dicarboxylic component; heating th... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7059027 | Method and apparatus for making an absorbent composite A method and apparatus for making an absorbent composite from continuous tow is disclosed. The method and apparatus includes the steps of or means for spreading a crimped tow; de-registering the crimped tow; shaping the de-registered tow to a substantially rectangul... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7049453 | “Constrained geometry” metallocenes, method for the production thereof and use of the same for the polymerisation of olefins The present invention relates to a process for preparing specific transition metal compounds, novel transition metal compounds and also catalyst systems and their use for the homo- or copolymerization of olefins. ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7038007 | Process for a continuous polymerization for the production of high molecular weight polybenzimidazole A process for a single-stage melt polymerization for the production of a high molecular weight polybenzimidazole which comprises the steps of: providing a reaction vessel having a means for agitation and a means for vacuum; charging the reaction vessel with reactant... | 05/02/2006 |
