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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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Class 15/200 - Metal bristle


Subclass of Class 15 - Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning
Definition: Implements of the brush or broom type in which a nonfolded
No. of patents: 33
Last issue date: 04/01/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7352074System for producing hydrogen making use of a stream of water
A system for producing hydrogen from water, making use of a stream of water such as a gulf stream or tidal stream, includes a number of submerged modules, each having a turbine that can be driven by the stream of water. The turbine is coupled to a generator for gene...
04/01/2008
6671921Magicarpet broom
A carpet is cleaned by drawing the broom over it, capturing animal hair and other objects from the carpet. The broom has a handle, preferably round of 1/2" to 2" diameter made of relatively rigid material such as wood, plastic, metal, or composite materia...
01/06/2004
6665902Metallic wire strip brush assembly and apparatus and method for making
A strip brush assembly for sweeping devices or machines comprises a plurality of metallic wires with attachment ends thereof being secured to a polymeric hub. The hub, while retaining the wire ends together is bonded or attached to a polymeric base that i...
12/23/2003
6442785Dental brush with enhanced bristles
A dental brush with enhanced bristles has a body including a grip and a head. Attached to the head are at least some bristles made from a shape memory alloy with a composition that allows for superelastic attributes at the operational temperature ranges o...
09/03/2002
6309291Brush cutter
A brush cutter adapted to be driven in rotary motion by a conventional machine tool. The brush cutter includes an annular wall having a cylindrical outer surface defining a longitudinal center axis. Front and rear faces are connected to opposing ends of t...
10/30/2001
6269515Apparatus for cleaning an optical fiber splicer electrode
An apparatus and method for cleaning electrodes of an optical fiber splicing apparatus is disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention, the cleaning apparatus includes a plurality of tungsten wires and a support member. The plurality of tungsten ...
08/07/2001
6112357Extendible golf brush
An extendible golf brush comprising a tether housing, a flexible bent arm for fastening the tether housing to an external article, a tether extendibly contained within the tether housing, a brush member, and a mechanism for removably fastening a second en...
09/05/2000
6105198Blower wheel blade cleaner for air conditioners
An improved blower wheel blade cleaner, which is hand held, and includes a first handle portion for grasping the apparatus, and a second cleaning portion. The cleaning portion comprises a double row of elongated teeth extending outward from the handle por...
08/22/2000
5964508Method for producing brushes with flexible bristles and brushes with stiff bristles
A method of permanently mounting bristles on a handle to form a brush, and a brush having bristles which extend preselected, irregular distances from the brush handle. First ends of bristles of substantially equal length are contacted against an insert el...
10/12/1999
5930862Rug rake
A rug rake is used for removing dead and unwanted hairs from a pile of a floor covering, such as either a rug or a carpet. The rug rake includes an elongated handle and a rake-head. The handle has a proximal end and a distal end. A person grips the proxim...
08/03/1999
5926904Twisted tuft brush and method of making
An abrading tool or brush is formed with an open center low density tuft. The tufts are laterally slightly compressed and encapsulated in a medium density elastomeric foam reinforcement having a density of from about 20 to about 50 lbs/cu/ft (320-800.90 K...
07/27/1999
5860184Process for the mechanical roughening of the surface of a printing plate substrate and cylinder brush for carrying out the process
The mechanical roughening of the surface of a printing plate substrate comprising aluminum or an aluminum alloy is carried out by wet brushing with the use of a cylinder brush 1 in which brush rows 2, 3 having bundles of organic fibers 22 and metal wires ...
01/19/1999
5515569Handbrush especially for cleaning carpets and upholstery
A handbrush for upholstery and carpets can have its brush body formed with at least one elastically bendable bristle band colinear with a handle and provided with bristles which can project forwardly on the band....
05/14/1996
5509378Method of brushing a pet using a brush with an adjustable head
A brush for pets, such as dogs, cats, etc., according to the present invention may be used as a tool for trimming the hair of pets or used for the purpose of obtaining such effect as keeping cleanness of pets by cleaning dust or scurf or dandruff adhered ...
04/23/1996
5418999Mouse cleaner
There is disclosed a brush comprising a handle and at least one brush insert having a bend which is useful for cleaning the rolling contacts in a computer mouse. The inserts have radially protruding bristles and are bent to facilitate cleaning the rollers...
05/30/1995
5383245Roller brush for sweeping machine with cassettes having metal reinforced mounting plate
A device at cassettes (3) for spring members (4) for a machine proposed i.e. for removing of rubber rests and ice from runways for aircrafts, at which the cassettes (3) are arranged around the periphery on a rotatable roller (1) and extending mainly in th...
01/24/1995
5369834Rotary duct cleaning brush device
A rotary air-driven brush device for cleaning air ducts comprises a reversible rotary air motor connected to a source of air under pressure and having a threaded output shaft. A brush head includes an inner mounting member secured to the output shaft and ...
12/06/1994
5230117Golf shoe and golf club cleaning device
A golf shoe and golf club cleaning device particularly adapted for attachment to a golf bag or other convenient surface. The device includes a brush handle having soft bristles embedded in one face thereof and stiff bronze bristles embedded in an end wall...
07/27/1993
5224231Powerbrush attachment
A brush attachment for a power tool, such as an electric drill, capable of rotating a suitable shaft including an attachment body containing a longitudinally extending chamber and an elongate shaft rotatably mounted in this body and projecting from a rear...
07/06/1993
5115534Rotary paint removed device
The present invention is directed toward a device that is adapted to the working end of a rotating string grass trimming tool. The standard string and spool end effector of the grass trimming tool is removed and the present invention is substituted in its...
05/26/1992
4850071Cleaning tool with manual and power adaption
A tool cleaner for selected manual or powered use comprising a stem assembly with a brush mounted on one end of the stem assembly and a handle mounted to the other end of the stem assembly. The stem assembly includes a stem portion with a hexagonal member...
07/25/1989
4662044Descaler and wire brush for use in the same
A descaler for removing scale from steel billet before rolling of the steel billet. The descaler has a plurality of steel wire brush units each being constituted by an elongated supporting member and a multiplicity of steel wires arranged densely along th...
05/05/1987
4493126Scraping brush
A scraping brush with the free ends of the bristles having feet or disc shaped terminal members, which provide the latching or anchoring surfaces by which paint scales or other scales are pried or pulled loose when the scraping brush, in which the bristle...
01/15/1985
4476605Rotary metal brush for removing submerged anti-corrosive covering and method for using the same
The present invention relates to a heavy-duty metal brush particularly, but not exclusively, for removing anti-corrosion materials from an immersed metal surface. The brush comprises a compact assembly of radial strands of, for example, steel wire, which ...
10/16/1984
4438812Brush tool for wells
A mandrel is provided for insertion in a well pipestring. First and second semi-cylindrical sections, in turn, are arranged to be brought together from opposite sides of the mandrel to surround the mandrel in coaxial relationship. Each of these semi-cylin...
03/27/1984
4286349Broiler grill cleaning brush
This brush provides a quick and easy way of cleaning a broiler grill, and it consists primarily of a block, having a multiple number of bristle clusters, which are spaced apart from a center row of steel pegs. It further incudes a removable handle, that c...
09/01/1981
4256510Method of scraping corners
A drum-type rotary scraper, for use in a corner, scraping a surface by the snapping reformation of elastically restrained portions of flexible fingers deformed from their normal circular path by the constraint of the planes forming the corner. By way of a...
03/17/1981
4247964Chimney sweeping brush
There is disclosed a chimney cleaning brush which comprises a large number of bristles extending outwardly and upwardly from a center hub. The bristles are distributed symmetrically around the periphery of the hub. Each bristle comprises a pre-formed leng...
02/03/1981
4221018Lawn sweeper
An improved lawn sweeper for clearing a lawn of accumulated debris such as leaves, pine straw, and the like is disclosed. The novel sweeper comprises, in the embodiment shown, an open-bottomed housing holding a rotating cylinder having a number of very st...
09/09/1980
4137595Rotary tool for stripping adhesive carpeting from flooring
A rotary adhesive carpeting removal tool has a circular base support member adapted to be coupled to a rotary drive floor finishing machine, against the underside of which base support member is removably secured a circular clamping member carrying a plur...
02/06/1979
4106193Rotary scraper with non-gouging finger array
A rotary scraper including a spool with fingers integral therewith and projecting radially therefrom, with the fingers striking the work surface as the wheel rotates, thereby to impact the work surface; the fingers are arranged in a plurality of comb-like...
08/15/1978
4041565Rotatable brushes
A rotatable brush suitable for removing growths and encrustations from submerged surfaces comprises a support, bristles attached to one face of the support adjacent to the periphery thereof and extending away from said one face, and a flexible or elastic ...
08/16/1977
4002491Removal of coatings by rotating chain flails
Coatings are loosened for removal from various substrates by rotating a chain-like flail against the coating while maintaining the flail oriented and positioned with respect to the surface of the coating so that the next-to-last terminal link of the flail...
01/11/1977
 
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