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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 |
| 7121066 | Installation for slicing and packaging bread An installation for slicing whole loaves and packaging each sliced loaf in its entirety or in halves after splitting of the loaf that has been sliced in its entirety. The installation comprises a slicing device for slicing whole loaves, and a packaging device... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6789663 | Rotating conveyor for evacuating metallic shavings resulting from mechanical work processes Rotating conveyor for the evacuation of metallic shavings resulting from mechanical work processes comprising a collection container in which is able to rotate a motorised bucket above whose bottom wall is positioned the lower end of an evacuation conduit connected ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6152281 | Magnetic bulk feeder for electronic components There is disclosed herein an apparatus for bulk-feeding electronic components which utilizes magnetic force and a rotating feeder tube to properly orient the components for presentment to an automated pick-and-place machine. The apparatus comprises: (1) a... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6059650 | System and method for coin singulation A system and method are taught for receiving a plurality of different sized coins substantially simultaneously and outputting the received coins serially. The output of coins according to the preferred embodiment of the disclosed invention is controlled s... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6017179 | Ring conveyor The invention relates to a ring conveyor for conveying bulk material, especially brewing barley or long malt, from a feed pipe fitted permanently inside a building in the form of an annular tower and opening above the ring conveyor into the region of a ra... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5474493 | Apparatus for placing randomly deposited items in a single file An apparatus for placing items such as poultry carcasses in a single file is disclosed which includes a rotatable cone having an outer periphery, a conveyor belt dispersed about the outer periphery of the rotatable cone and a guide means for effecting dis... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5413210 | Controlling a feed of objects An apparatus and method to control the velocity and spacing of a spaced feed of objects, includes a member rotatable about an axis and having at least one receptacle, the objects being fed into the apparatus in spaced succession so that they are captured ... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5305867 | Method and apparatus for feeding articles A feeding apparatus includes an upper movable carrier (1) having a plurality of guides or receptacles (7) which are transported at a predetermined speed and with a predetermined spacing along a predetermined path. The guides each have an open bottom and a... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5234098 | Conveyor for individual pieces of food In particular in the food industry it is needed to provide a regular stream of in themselves irregular pieces, e.g. for weighing and packing, from a store of partly congealed deep frozen food. According to the invention the randomly discharged pieces from... | 08/10/1993 |
| 4962842 | Apparatus for converting a multi-row stream of upright articles, in particular bottles, to a single row An apparatus is disclosed for converting a multi-row stream row of upright articles, such as bottles, into a single row. The apparatus includes a rectilinear supply conveyor for supplying the upright articles in adjacent rows, a rotating conical surface l... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4815580 | Intermediate storage station A storage station for receiving workpieces from a loading conveyor belt and for sending workpieces to an unloading conveyor belt. The station has a plurality of spaced platforms mounted on a common rotatable shaft, and apparatus for adjusting the vertical... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4765453 | Pellet-press-to-sintering-boat nuclear fuel pellet loading system A system for loading friable nuclear fuel pellets into sintering boats from a pellet press which ejects newly made pellets. A chute receives the ejected pellets and discharges them into an upright bowl at a location towards the top of the bowl near its in... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4662508 | Product feeding device for combination weighing machine A novel product feeding device for a combination weighing machine. The feeding device is designed to feed a plurality of weighing hoppers of the machine with product, such as uncooked meat, having sticky characteristics so that it cannot be conveyed by vi... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4502590 | Conveyor apparatus Conveyor apparatus in which there is a first conveyor for transporting material in one direction and a second conveyor for transporting material in a different direction. Between the respective conveyors there is a rotatable deflector dish having a concav... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4460432 | Bottle table for labeling machines A bottle table for a labeling machine is ring-shaped and has an annular surface for receiving bottles and transporting the same in sequence between the stations of a labeling apparatus. The bottle table is supported for rotation by means of a ring bearing... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4254319 | Portable microwave oven-turntable device In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a totally non-metallic and portable turntable and driving mechanism thereof, insertable into microwave oven space the same as any other item would be placed into the oven space, having a plastic coil spring as t... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4044837 | Cleaner for root crop harvester conveyor A conveyor cleaning mechanism is provided for a root crop harvester utilizing an annular root elevating conveyor. Rotatable stripper wheels project between circular rib members which comprise the root elevating conveyor and eject roots, rocks, mud and for... | 08/30/1977 |
