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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 |
| 8159816 | Rail assembly and computer component securing device with a rail assembly A computer component securing device includes a rack and a pair of rail assemblies. The rail assemblies are mounted respectively on two sides of a computer component and are disposed on the rack. Each rail assembly includes a rail and a handle pivoted to a front end... | 04/17/2012 |
| 7987987 | Product display system having an integral protective case for housing and displaying a product A bi-layer product package (12) includes a protective case (20) secured between opposed display and backing layers (14, 16) of the product package (12). A product display base (24) of the case projects through a display void (18... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7815051 | Container system A system comprising a container, a linking segment, and a container stand is provided. The container is configured to hold an object and includes an attachment device. The linking segment is configured for attachment to both the object and to the container. The cont... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7611015 | Electrical connector assembly with protecting member An electrical connector assembly (1) comprises an insulative housing (2) having opposite upper and lower surfaces, a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing, and a protecting member (4) comprising opposite upper and lower plates... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7510081 | Electronic component tray and identification method of similar electronic component tray An electronic component tray includes: a tray main body housing an electronic component; and a mark provided by the tray main body to represent mass of the tray main body. ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7445119 | Chip receptacle, method for fabricating a chip receptacle and chip transport container Cavities for holding semiconductor chips are etched anisotropically into a semiconductor wafer. An orientation of the wafer in the (100) pulling direction results in geometrically exactly etched sidewalls of the cavities with an angle of 125.3°. What is thereby ach... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7430116 | Hard disk drive case A hard disk drive case has a base, a cover and a fan assembly. The base has an inner surface, a sidewall and an outlet formed through the sidewall of the base. The cover is mounted onto the base and has an inlet formed through the cover. The fan assembly is mounted ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7425362 | Plastic packaging cushion A plastic cushion pad (40) includes at least one plastic spring portion (46) between oppositely facing contact surfaces (42, 44). In one example, the pad (40) is vacuum formed using a film of carbon-impregnated polystyrene material. The p... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7358295 | Hybrid polymer composition, and article therefrom An anti-static polymer composition comprises a thermoformable, moldable, hybrid urethane-vinyl polymer composition which exhibits relatively low surface and volume resistivities and good toughness. The hybrid polymer composition can be made without volatile organic ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7341144 | Case with hinged lid A case includes a case body, a lid, hinges supporting the lid on the case body and a waterproof seal placed on the joining surface of the case body. The lid can be turned for closing on the hinges so as to compress the waterproof seal perpendicularly to the joining ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7328986 | Inkjet printer ink cartridge An inkjet printer ink cartridge, which improves upon the ink cartridge of a conventional inkjet ink cartridge, whereby need for sponge within the ink cartridge is eliminated, and a siphon device is configured within the ink cartridge. The ink cartridge utilizes a si... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329443 | Resin container A resin container is provided which has a container body and a lid for closing the container body. The container body of the resin container is produced by injection-molding an amorphous thermoplastic resin. The container body form has a peripheral rise portion and ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7315447 | Electronic apparatus and hard disk drive housing apparatus A system for mounting a hard disk drive inside an electronic apparatus in such a way that the hard disk drive is isolated from vibration and noise and heat generated by the hard disk dive is radiated to a cover of the electronic apparatus to prevent overheating. A f... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311203 | Geometrically-configured flexible packaging assembly A packaging apparatus comprising a pulp-based composition that provides protection to an equipment component (or other fragile or breakable item), provides ease in use during pre-packing and packing of an equipment component for transport, does not require the need ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7312984 | Protective enclosure and watertight adapter for an interactive flat-panel controlled device A protective enclosure is disclosed for an interactive flat-panel control device. The protective enclosure is watertight, crush-resistant, and impact-resistant. An electrical adapter may disposed within the protective enclosure and covered with an elastomeric coveri... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308316 | Storable implantable medical device assembly allowing in package charging A storable implantable medical device assembly. An implantable medical device has a secondary coil operatively coupled to therapeutic componentry. A container holds the implantable medical device, the container having a first face. The implantable medical device bei... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7300142 | Ink cartridge for ink-jet printing apparatus An ink cartridge for an ink jet printer having a housing having at least one wall. The ink cartridge further has at least two ink chambers for containing different ink accommodated in the housing. Ink supply ports are formed in one wall of the housing within each of... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7258703 | Apparatus and method for aligning devices on carriers An apparatus and method are provided for aligning a plurality of semiconductor devices placed on a carrier. Alignment guides are located adjacent to each device in use, and arranged such that they correspond to a desired alignment of each semiconductor device. For a... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7220590 | Conductive plastic rack for pipette tips A conductive plastic tip rack for pipette tips includes a conductive outer shell formed around a support insert. The support insert serves as the skeleton for the tip rack, providing structural support to make the tip rack strong and sturdy. The conductive outer she... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7180735 | Protective enclosure and watertight adapter for an interactive flat-panel controlled device A protective enclosure is disclosed for an interactive flat-panel control device. The protective enclosure is watertight, crush-resistant, and impact-resistant. An electrical adapter may disposed within the protective enclosure and covered with an elastomeric coveri... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175024 | Configurable insert for a manufacturing carrier A manufacturing carrier has an insert that can be configured and reconfigured for a wide variety components. The carrier has a frame configured to be transported by a conveyor, an insert and at least one positioner. The insert has pin holes arranged in a matrix. The... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7171265 | Apparatus and method for detecting lead adequacy and quality A method and system for detecting lead adequacy and quality for leads used in devices that sense or deliver low levels of electromagnetic energy. The system includes leads attached to a package substrate having known electrical or optical characteristics. The packag... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165676 | Heat seal blister package having improved moisture vapor transmission barrier and method for forming same A heat seal blister package having an improved moisture vapor transmission barrier hindering penetration of moisture into the blister package from the surrounding environment to support and protect a product therewithin, and a method for forming same. The blister pa... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167360 | Hard disk drive housing apparatus and electronic apparatus In a hard disk drive (HDD) or an electronic apparatus in which the HDD is wrapped with a foam resin sheet with a noise absorption effect and a metal outer casing to thereby damp noise, a sub-assembly wrapping body incorporating therein the HDD wrapped with a wrappin... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7159719 | Thermophoretic protection of reticles A thermophoretic source may be contained within the packaging of a reticle during transport or otherwise to protect the reticle from particle contamination. For example, in advanced lithography technologies, very small particles may be thermophoretically attracted a... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7143895 | Methods of bonding metal surfaces, and components therefor A tray device that serves as a shipping tray and an assembly fixture to align a fabricated tape assembly in the bonding of steel locating hinge washers to a hinge assembly to facilitate doors-off/door-on processing through an automotive trim shop. The adhesive bondi... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140511 | Dispenser with stowable cover A dispenser for small objects, such as candy, pills, tablets, and other objects of similar size. The dispenser includes a housing having a bottom, a front wall, a rear wall and two opposing side walls. The housing defines an interior volume and an aperture providing... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7140643 | Apparatus and method for teaching early learning skills A learning tool includes a book binder and a plurality of removable pages. Each of the pages has a mounting surface and/or mounting locations for releasably attaching a plurality of symbol devices formed as letters, numbers and the like. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7112305 | Automation-optimized microarray package A method and system for economically packaging microarrays into sealed reaction chambers and storage vessels. A pocket strip is manufactured as a linear sequence of pockets, or wells, into which microarrays are positioned. A cover strip is then heat sealed to the up... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108172 | Display of operational instructions Information regarding electrical components and their use is provided with a foldable information sheet having instructions thereon. The sheet has apertures which fit over the electrical components and information is printed on the sheet in proximity to the electric... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104625 | Ink jet printing apparatus and method of controlling ink jet printing apparatus An object of this invention is to provide an ink jet printing apparatus that can detect a state causing a printing operation failure without adding a sensor and also enhance the ease of handling on the part of the user while keeping an apparatus cost from rising. Fo... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104748 | Methods for use with tray-based integrated circuit device handling systems A stack processing tray for use with tray-based integrated circuit device handling systems. The stack processing tray has a plurality of cells, each cell being configured to receive at least two integrated circuit devices in a vertically superimposed, stacked relati... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7105377 | Method and system for universal packaging in conjunction with a back-end integrated circuit manufacturing process A method and system for universal packaging in conjunction with an automated in-line back-end IC manufacturing process. In one method embodiment, the present invention processes a die-strip through a number of integrated in-line processes that function independently... | 09/12/2006 |
| RE39250 | Electrode package An electrode package in which one or more adhesively-applied skin electrodes may be sealed has an envelope that includes a sheet of material and a releasable seal joining portions of the envelope to provide a sealed first compartment in which an electrode may be iso... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093710 | Ink-package assembly, and method of producing the same An ink-package assembly including an ink package fluid-tightly containing a mass of an ink, and a sealing wrapper fluid-tightly enclosing the ink package, wherein an interior space of the sealing wrapper is charged with an inert gas such as a helium gas, which has a... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7059476 | Tray for electronic parts A first construction of a tray for electronic parts according to the present invention is provided with an engaging cut-out corner portion which is formed by cutting a corner portion of a table-like flat portion which is arranged diagonally with respect to a-cut-out... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055695 | Container providing a controlled hydrated environment A container is provided for shipping and storing a pre-wetted and pre-conditioned microfluidic “sipper” chip. The container contains both dry compartments and wet compartments. A base contains a fluid-filled reservoir configured to house the capillaries. The ope... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7044588 | Ink jet head storing structure and liquid filling method The present invention provides a storing structure for storing an ink jet head including a nozzle communicated with an opening for discharging liquid, a liquid storing portion for storing the liquid to be supplied to the nozzle and a liquid introduction portion for ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7036667 | Container providing a controlled hydrated environment A container is provided for shipping and storing a pre-wetted and pre-conditioned microfluidic “sipper” chip. The container contains both dry compartments and wet compartments. A base contains a fluid-filled reservoir configured to house the capillaries. The ope... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7036673 | Lot management production method and product carrying container A lot management production method in which the lot size is reduced in order to respond to an order for small volume of large variety, without increasing the intermediate inventory and reducing lead-time, however without reducing the productivity of a production of ... | 05/02/2006 |
