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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 |
| 8043478 | Retort heating apparatus A retort heating apparatus for processing a feed material includes a heating chamber bounded at least in part by a side wall. A plurality of baffles are at least partially disposed within the heating chamber. Each baffle includes an elongated body having a top surfa... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8038848 | Recycling of tires, rubber and other organic material through vapor distillation A processor for vacuum distillation of whole tires including; an insulated housing having a door on one end, and rails on a lower surface of the housing to support a cart loaded with whole tires. A plurality of first heat tubes arranged around and spaced from a cent... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7351312 | Apparatus for obtaining sample and process therefor A vessel is provided for collecting a process stream and fractionating the process stream into a liquid and gas phase in the vessel. Cooling may be provided by an internal bath and/or an external bath. The liquid phase retained in the vessel and the gas phase collec... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7344622 | Pyrolytic process and apparatus for producing enhanced amounts of aromatic compounds A pyrolysis process and reactor converts various hydrocarbons such as waste materials, for example, scrap polymers, tires, etc., into various chemical components or amounts thereof, not otherwise produced by conventional pyrolytic processes. A large reactor size is ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7264694 | Retort heating apparatus and methods A retort heating apparatus for processing a feed material includes a heating chamber bounded at least in part by a side wall. A plurality of baffles are at least partially disposed within the heating chamber. Each baffle includes an elongated body having a top surfa... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7101464 | Microwave pyrolysis apparatus for waste tires A microwave distillation apparatus provides destructive distillation of whole waste tires. The apparatus includes a housing including a plurality of vertically arranged chambers. A preheat chamber provides preheating of a whole waste tire received therein. An irradi... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097743 | Method for operating a coke-oven battery A method is provided for operating a coke oven battery including many identical coking chambers, a raw gas receiver, and throttle devices arranged in the receiver for individually controlling the gas pressure in the chambers. Each throttle device includes an immersi... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7087140 | Carbonizing waste processing apparatus A carbonizing waste processing apparatus is operable to rotate and heat a radiant tube for carbonizing waste therein so as to generate granular char and vapors from the waste, transfer waste into an upstream end of the tube, temporarily impede movement of the waste ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7048832 | Method and system for extracting hydrocarbon fuel products from plastic material A method and system for extracting hydrocarbon fuel products from plastic material provides extraction of usable fuel components from waste plastic materials. The materials (or hydrocarbon portion thereof) are liquified and introduced to a chamber where the liquid m... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7022293 | Method and apparatus for processing a waste product A method and apparatus for processing a waste product and producing a synthesis gas is provided. The system includes a sealed, heated rotatable drum for preheating and preparing the waste material suitable for a plasma reactor, and processing the material in the rea... | 04/04/2006 |
| 5997288 | Apparatus for thermal removal of surface and inherent moisture and limiting rehydration in high moisture coals A flighted, horizontally inclined rotary retort, heated externally by flame, hot gases, steam or other sources of heat. The retort shall have sufficient flight area to transport the coal through the retort in the predetermined time. The coal being process... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5951826 | Recycling apparatus for obtaining oil from plastic waste A recycling apparatus for obtaining oil from waste plastic by thermal decomposition has a thermal decomposition tank 2 comprising a tank proper 3. The inside of the tank proper 3 is divided by a partition 7 into a thermal decomposition chamber at its fron... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5609731 | Process for gas pressure regulation in the retort of a coke oven A process is disclosed for regulating the gas pressure in the retort of a coke oven. Pivotable cup valves arranged in the elbows of the ascending pipe are actuated as throttling members according to the pressure curve resulting from gas formation from the... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5478897 | Polyurethane adhesive compositions A polyurethane adhesive composition prepared by incorporating phosphorus oxy acid or a derivative thereof, an amine compound and an epoxy resin into an organic polyisocyanate and an organic polyol. The polyurethane adhesive composition is employed in the manuf... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5453164 | Pyrolytic conversion system A pyrolytic converter utilizing a rotatable drum surrounded by an outer drum support structure and disposed in an oven chamber pyrolyzes materials including plastic waste, tires, materials from automobile shredding operations, containers and trays of plas... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5387321 | Apparatus for waste pyrolysis Apparatus and method for the pyrolysis of waste material which is not itself susceptible to heating by microwave radiation. The method comprises: (a) contacting the waste material, under an atmosphere wherein flame generation is substantially prevented, w... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5366595 | Mobile apparatus for pyrolyzing carbonaceous material and related method A loading mechanism places waste material into a porous rotatable cylinder that is mounted for relative rotation within an air-tight housing. Once loaded, the housing is sealed and oxygen is evacuated. A microwave heating device heats the waste material w... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5318672 | Method and apparatus for heating a low-temperature-carbonization drum A method and an apparatus for heating a carbonization drum is especially used for heating a carbonization drum for a low-temperature-carbonization combustion process. Heating gas heated in a heat exchanger is guided in a heating gas loop from the heat exc... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5302254 | Process and plant for the thermolysis of industrial and/or urban waste A plant for treating industrial and/or urban waste includes a stage for drying of the waste, followed by a stage for effecting thermolysis of the dried waste and a stage for effecting recovery of the solids and gases resulting from the thermolysis. Thermo... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5290327 | Device and allothermic process for producing a burnable gas from refuse or from refuse together with coal A method for generating, from refuse or refuse in combination with coal, a fuel gas suited for public utility purposes wherein refuse and coal can be introduced into the process in any proportion one to the other. The method provides the steps of subjecti... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5230777 | Apparatus for producing fuel and carbon black from rubber tires A method and apparatus for producing fuel and carbon black from rubber are disclosed. The method and apparatus produce a liquid fuel that is low in sulfur content, gaseous hydrocarbons, and solid carbonaceous materials from used rubber tires. Rubber is he... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5167772 | Apparatus for pyrolysis of tires and waste Method and apparatus for pyrolyzing used tires into a char fraction, wire, fiberglass, oil fraction and gas fraction. The tires are continuously conveyed to a preheating chamber where they are heated to a temperature level of 200° F. to 400° F. The heat... | 12/01/1992 |
| 4980029 | Apparatus for treating waste materials Gaseous, liguid and solid fuels are recovered from carbonaceous organic waste material by treating charges of waste material in several successive stages including preheating, drying and conversion into solid and gaseous phases, all as a result of heating... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4872954 | Apparatus for the treatment of waste An apparatus and method are disclosed for the separation and extraction of a waste material into a solid, a liquid, and a gas phase utilizing a rotating drum that is heated by a fluid medium circulating over the exterior surface of the drum in a chamber. ... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4613408 | Fuel producing apparatus using waste products Apparatus producing fuel from waste products of the type capable of forming a flammable oil and gas when heated. The apparatus and method are particularly useful for disposing of discarded vehicle tires and at the same time producing fuel capable of opera... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4502920 | Apparatus for aboveground separation, vaporization and recovery of oil from oil shale An improved retort apparatus for recovering oil from crushed oil shale moved by gravity through a passageway of an elongated housing includes a control assembly connected adjacent the outlet end of the housing to control the rate of movement of the crushe... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4495032 | Split hub wheel apparatus A shale oil retort apparatus is provided for retorting oil shale under airtight conditions. The retort apparatus employs a split hub wheel device which allows for the axial feeding of crushed oil shale and the axial dispensing of spent oil shale. The reto... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4401553 | System and method for lowered hydrogen sulfide emissions from oil shale Improved process and system for reducing the amounts of hydrogen sulfide emitted during pyrolysis of oil shale. At the elevated temperatures of oil shale pyrolysis, iron pyrite is converted to hydrogen sulfide which is emitted with the product gases and o... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4247367 | Apparatus for solid waste pyrolysis This disclosure is directed to an economical system for the pyrolysis of municipal solid waste to recover valuable by-products while reducing the putrecibility and bulk of the residue requiring disposal. Prior to this treatment, the solid waste has been p... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4222988 | Apparatus for removing hydrocarbons from drill cuttings Method and apparatus for removing hydrocarbons from drill cuttings is disclosed. The method involves heating the contaminated drill cuttings at a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure, milling the cuttings to expose hydrocarbons trapped within agglomer... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4217175 | Apparatus for solid waste pyrolysis This disclosure is directed to an economical system for the pyrolysis of municipal solid waste to recover valuable by-products while reducing the putrecibility and bulk of the residue requiring disposal. Prior to this treatment, the solid waste has been p... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4208252 | Apparatus for treatment of rubber and plastic wastes An apparatus for treatment of rubber and plastic wastes, comprising in series an extruder for heating and melting rubber and plastic wastes to extrude the molten wastes, a decomposing section for heating the molten wastes to prepare decomposed products wh... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4118282 | Process and apparatus for the destructive distillation of high molecular weight organic materials A process and apparatus for the destructive distillation of high molecular weight organic materials such as organic wastes, particularly those containing hydrocarbon groups, using ultrasonic and microwave generators together to irradiate, and molecularly ... | 10/03/1978 |
