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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 |
| 8134262 | Kit servomotor A kit servomotor consists of an electromotor and a rotary encoder. The electromotor has a motor stator (3, 8) and a rotor (1), which is positioned in unsupported fashion in the motor stator. The motor stator (3, 8) and the rotor (1) can b... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128389 | Positive-displacement machine design (variants) In the first variant, the device comprises a stator and a rotor eccentrically mounted in the stator. A planetary train consists of large and small gear wheels. The large gear wheel is fixedly arranged on the outside of the small gear wheel and it is enabled to run a... | 03/06/2012 |
| D655329 | Video projector | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123316 | Inkjet image-forming apparatus and method for printing An image forming apparatus including: a print-job controller configured to receive a print job and control a printing operation based on the received print job; an ink-ejection driver configured to output a driving signal on the basis of the print job; an ink ejecto... | 02/28/2012 |
| D654383 | Optoelectronic sensors | 02/21/2012 |
| 8110325 | Substrate treatment method A substrate treatment method including a first treatment process (S13 to S16) for exposing, heating, and developing a substrate on which a first resist is formed, thereby forming a first resist pattern, and a second treatment process (S17 to S | 02/07/2012 |
| 8094968 | Image creating method and image creating system For a halftone representation of a grayscale data of an original image of P tones, an output resolution, a screen ruling frequency, and a screen angle are based to set a basic array of L×L pixels, where L is an integer greater than 1, and a number N of tones reprod... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8087833 | Plug parts for an optical plug connection A plug part (1) for an optical plug connection comprises one pin holder (3) in which a plug pin (2) for retaining an optical waveguide which extends over a longitudinal central axis (L) is held. The pin holder (3) can be pushed into a plu... | 01/03/2012 |
| D651402 | Handbag | 01/03/2012 |
| D651401 | Handbag | 01/03/2012 |
| D650988 | Handbag | 12/27/2011 |
| D650580 | Handbag | 12/20/2011 |
| 8066418 | Lighting device and display device A lighting device includes a plurality of light-transmitting guide plates 1, 2, 3 laminated in at least three layers and a plurality of light emitting elements 4, 5, 6 arranged so as to oppose to respective lateral sides of the light-transmitting guide... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8059263 | Apparatus for the recognition of the presence of an object in space An apparatus for the recognition an object in space in accordance with the pulsed time-of-flight principle. The apparatus has a pulsed laser and a photoreceiver arrangement which receives the light pulses reflected back from the object present in the space. The appa... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8051395 | Method of labelling swappable pins for integrated circuit pattern matching The present invention seeks to provide a simple, but novel regime, for re-labelling swappable pins that permits swappability information to be maintained without significantly increasing computational complexity and is conducive to inexact pattern matching for the p... | 11/01/2011 |
| D647936 | Camcorder | 11/01/2011 |
| D647906 | Portable and small form factor document camera and scanner with extendible folding arms | 11/01/2011 |
| D647808 | Watch case | 11/01/2011 |
| 8041180 | Hardware apparatus and method having video/audio encoding and multiplexing functionality The apparatus includes a video signal acquisition device, an audio signal acquisition device, a time information processing device, a video signal encoding device, an audio signal encoding device, a multiplexing device and an output device. The video signal acquisit... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8037782 | Steering column assembly The steering column assembly includes: an upper clamp 7; a distance bracket 8 fixed to an outer tube 4; a clamp bolt 9 including a shank 9b inserted in tilt long holes formed in the upper clamp 7 and telescopic long h... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036097 | Information recording carrier and information reproducing apparatus for the same Plural grooves or lands formed in an information recording carrier include at least a wobbling region and data is recorded wobblingly in this wobbling region by phase shift modulation while recorded digitally with a single or multiple waves as a channel bit. ... | 10/11/2011 |
| D646058 | Carrying bag | 10/04/2011 |
| 8027133 | Power plate for driving at least one robot A power plate for driving a robot is provided herein. The power plate is capable of driving the robot in a stable manner. This stable drive of the robot is achieved by preventing a whole system paralysis phenomenon, which is caused by a local short-circuit occurring... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8026986 | Projection type display device A projection type display device is provided to display high quality images. In the device, a WB-PBSW 2 is inclined to liquid crystal display devices 1r, 1b, 1g and has wire grids 2a parallel with a firs... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8025189 | Plastic aerosol container and method of manufacturing same A container (1) for dispensing a pressurised product and a method for manufacturing the container. The container (1) includes a body (2), a collar (3) and a dispensing valve (4). The body (2) is moulded from PET or like plas... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8021061 | Lens barrier device A lens barrier device 10 includes a pair of lens barrier members 12, 12 having a pair of toggle-lever engagement bosses 12e, 12e, a ring 14 having a pair of recesses 14d, 14d formed on its ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020844 | Printer and control method for printer A setting acceptor is operable to accept printing settings for a current printing job, including a setting of a first printing condition involving a confirmation print to print a copy set of sorted pages before a temporary pause waiting for a continuation instructio... | 09/20/2011 |
| D645464 | Disc player with radio tuner | 09/20/2011 |
| 8013930 | Imaging apparatus and exposure control method used for the same An imaging apparatus includes a shutter drive section, an aperture blade drive section, an ND filter drive section, a light intensity detection section, a memory, and a control section. The shutter drive section opens and closes a shutter for a light receiving surfa... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8009845 | Microphone apparatus A microphone unit (1) has a first vibration plate. A support member (6) supports the microphone unit (1). A second vibration plate (5) is fixed to the support member (6) at a predetermined distance from the first vibration plate. A... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7999215 | Image reading apparatus having dual white reference plate and image reading method for effectively performing shading compensation When reading the first document sheet, light intensity reference data is acquired by sampling a white reference plate while acquiring light intensity reference auxiliary data indicative of the light intensity of a light source lamp by sampling an auxiliary white ref... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7995215 | Process for monitoring the functioning and/or adjustment of an optoelectronic sensor arrangement, as well as an optoelectronic sensor arrangement Monitoring the functioning and/or adjustment of an optoelectronic sensor arrangement (10) exhibiting at least two optical transmitters (S1, S2, S3), to each of which a laterally-resolving optical receiver is assigned, such that each of th... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995192 | Safety system for contactless measurement of paths and/or speeds An optoelectronic safety sensor (10) is set forth for the contactless measurement of paths and/or speeds of the safety sensor (10) or of a first object connected in a fixed position to the safety sensor (10) with respect to a second object (1... | 08/09/2011 |
| D641611 | Jig for positioning rods | 07/19/2011 |
| D641011 | Earphone | 07/05/2011 |
| 7967438 | System for obtaining a fundus image The present invention is related to a system for obtaining a fundus image, constituted by optical means implemented in an equipment to observe and photograph the image of the wall fundus (16), comprising a capturing optical means composed by high sensibility ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7963169 | Level indicator or pressure-measuring device with a cup-shaped housing cover Level indicator or pressure-measuring device with a cup-shaped housing cover (1), having a cylindrical lateral wall (10) and an inspection glass (4) fixed to the base, such that the inspection glass (4) is held in place by a bayonet fitti... | 06/21/2011 |
| D640155 | Bracelet | 06/21/2011 |
| D639776 | Portion of headphone | 06/14/2011 |
| D639689 | Bracelet | 06/14/2011 |
