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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 |
| 7364652 | Screening apparatus Screening apparatus (101,901) for use at an overflow weir (301, 902) in a sewerage system. The apparatus comprises a continuous moving screen band (201, 902) and a band cleaning mechanism (608). A first portion (801) of the screen ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7344637 | Apparatus for removing fine material from a liquid An apparatus serves for removing fine material to be screened from waste water. The apparatus includes a sieve grate (6) and a detaching device (16). The sieve grate (6) is cylindrical, and it is rotatingly driven. The sieve grate (6) all... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7293658 | Drum filter assembly A drum filter assembly comprising a hollow drum filter having a longitudinal axis and an outer filter screen or mesh material, the drum filter being supported on external rollers for rotation about its longitudinal axis and an inlet for introducing liquid to be filt... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7258784 | Solid liquid filtration apparatus and method A method and system for separating a particulate contaminate from a contaminated liquid medium involves filtering the contaminated liquid medium with a filter element having an afflux surface made of plastic particles that are sintered together. The contaminated liq... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7249472 | Device for treating textile or similar in a continuous stream The invention relates to a device for treating web-type textiles, nonwovens or paper in a continuous stream, uses a gaseous treatment agent that circulates in the device. The product lies on the exterior face of a permeable drum (5), which is subjected to an ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7186281 | Dust-removing device for the dust-collecting tank of a dust-collecting machine A dust-removing device for the dust-collecting tank of a dust-collecting machine includes a guide frame installed inside the dust collecting tank and having a central guide rod for a brush base to move up and down thereon. The brush base has its outer circumferentia... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7160443 | Apparatus for removing material from a liquid flowing through a channel An apparatus for removing material from a liquid flowing through a channel includes a sieve grate, a screw conveyor and a detaching device. The sieve grate has an inflow side, an inner side and an outer side. The sieve grate is designed to be cylindrical and to be r... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7066187 | Modular treatment plant having horizontal drum machines A machine for treating bulk material of industrial volume parts, having a treatment drum which is arranged with a horizontal axis and can be driven in both directions of rotation around the axis, the treatment drum comprises a permanently open co-axial inlet apertur... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7044307 | Drum type paper stock fine screen A drum type paper stock refine screen is provided which is capable of efficiently filtering a refined paper stock to the outside of a laterally suspended rotary drum and efficiently discharging foreign matter to the outside of the drum while rotating the drum. The d... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7037437 | Dual filter system for filtering of injector fluids A filtering system used on a meat injection machine that injects pickling into meat products. The filter consists of a tank and a first and second rotary filter. The first rotary filter uses a wedge wire wound cylinder and augers having flutes that rotate to catch a... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7001515 | Dual filter system for filtering of injector fluids A filtering system used on a meat injection machine that injects pickling into meat products. The filter consists of a tank and a first and second rotary filter. The first rotary filter uses a wedge wire wound cylinder and augers having flutes that rotate to catch a... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6651822 | Horizontal solids recycler Horizontal solids recycler to treat waste water comprising refuse solids from hog farms which comprises an intake and loading hopper adapted to establish a uniform curtain of the waste water, a mesh to which an over flow of the waste water is directed, a ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6581783 | Fine solids separator A fine solids separator 10 including a hollow housing 12 having a generally cylindrical wall 11. Located within the housing 12 is a cylindrical screen member 15 that is preferably formed of expanded metal mesh. The screen member 15 encloses a chamber 22 t... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6571959 | Coolant fluid cleaning method and apparatus An improved coolant cleaning method, system, and apparatus, are provided through the use of a filter disk assembly that defines and is rotatable about an axis of rotation of the disk, for removing particulate matter from a fluid flowing through the filter... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6488849 | Rotating device for continuously filtering a liquid such as a solution containing a precipitate The present invention relates to a rotating device for continuously filtering a liquid such as a solution containing a precipitate. According to this invention, the device comprises a cylindrical, horizontal-axis drum of revolution, rotated by a drive system, ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6451213 | Methods and apparatus for de-watering sludge An apparatus for de-watering sludge. A main shaft is rotated about a longitudinal axis at a first rate. A screw shaft coupled to the main shaft is rotated about the longitudinal axis at the first rate. Screw flighting coupled to the screw shaft is rotated... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6432299 | Cuttings dryer for removing liquid from a slurry A method and apparatus are provided for receiving the solids discharge of a centrifuge, shaker, or other clarification system and further drying the solids discharge. The influent into the apparatus of the invention is in the form of a slurry, such as for... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6419094 | Fixed sequential sprayer for a cylindrical wastewater screen An apparatus for cleaning a rotating cylindrical wastewater screen of the type formed of tubular perforate wedgewire. The apparatus includes a frame, a rotatable cylindrical screen carried by the frame and having an axis of rotation and which is defined b... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6395187 | Horizontal solids recycler Horizontal solids recycler to treat waste water comprising refuse solids from hog farms which comprises an intake and loading hopper adapted to establish a uniform curtain of the waste water, a mesh to which an over flow of the waste water is directed, a ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6338411 | Screw drum type filtration device An arrangement comprising a filter cylinder (1) composed of an approximately horizontally extending alternately superposed array of fixed plates (8) having circular or approximately circular openings, and annular floating plates (9) having geometrically s... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6311850 | Pressure screening apparatus for screening a paper stock suspension and screen clearer for such a screening apparatus A pressure screening apparatus for screening a stock suspension and screen clearer for a pressure screening apparatus. The pressure screening apparatus includes an inflow chamber, a suspension inflow connected to one end of the inflow chamber, a reject ou... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6261454 | Device for treating, in particular washing, gluten or the like Device for washing gluten, provided with at least one drum screen rotatably supported on a corrosion-resistant shaft, and equipped with means for supplying and discharging washing water and also with means for supplying the material to be treated at the o... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6241879 | Filtering machine and filter cloth therefor A filter cloth comprising at least a base layer and a filtering layer, characterized in that the ratio T/L of the thickness (T) of the filtering layer to the length (L) of fibers of fiber bundles constituting the filtering layer is 0.02 to 0.7 and the sum... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6227379 | Rotary separator apparatus and method A method and apparatus for efficiently separating solids from liquid/solid slurries are disclosed. The slurry to be separated is retainably placed within a container having one or more lift paddles secured within its inner cavity. The container is support... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6186340 | Cylindrical drum filter having two parallel circular circumferentially spaced support rods A drum filter comprises a pair of circular disks connected in coaxial relation by a plurality of axially extending disc support rods. A cylindrical filter media is disposed between the disc support rods. Unfiltered liquid is admitted to the interior of th... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6182833 | Reciprocating sprayer for a cylindrical wastewater screen A reciprocating power sprayer for cleaning a rotating cylindrical wastewater screen of the type formed of tubular perforate wedgewire. The spray is reciprocated on an elongated pneumatic cylinder which is arranged in parallelism along the cylinder wastewa... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6183653 | Apparatus and method for removing sludge from filter for use in electric discharge machine An apparatus for removing sludge is applied to a generally cylindrical filter for use in an electric discharge machine. The filter removes sludge in a process solution used in the electric discharge machine by flowing the process solution from an inner pe... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6177021 | Method and device for clearing the crystalline material out of a centrifuge basket The invention relates to a method and a device for clearing product, e.g., sugar, from the inside of a centrifuge basket of a discontinues centrifuge. A scraper blade, which is attached to a clearing rod, is pivoted toward the spun-off layer of product. T... | 01/23/2001 |
| 5992642 | Filtering apparatus and filtering system A filtering apparatus and filtering system where a hinge belt 10 of a hinge-belt type filtering apparatus 100 is continuously rotated by driving of a drive motor 65 such that hinge scrapers are rotated along a bottom plate 6b of the hinge filtering appara... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5853585 | Rotary separator apparatus A method and apparatus for efficiently separating solids from liquid/solid slurries are disclosed. The slurry to be separated is retainably placed within a container having one or more lift paddles secured within its inner cavity. The container is support... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5817505 | Particle settler for use in cell culture Disclosed is a device for separating particles from a bulk liquid, such as viable hybridoma cells from antibody-containing liquid medium. The device comprises a plurality of settlement plates, or other surfaces, being inclined to the vertical, and a pump ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5804071 | Rotating disc filter means A rotating disc filter for separating coarse phase from a liquid mixture having carrier elements and blocking means that prevent the coarse phase from falling back into the pool of incoming liquid mixture. The capacity of the filter is increased by the pr... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5798039 | Drum filter system with removable filter elements and a pawl rotation mechanism A drum filter system includes a tank in which a rotary drum is disposed with liquid to be filtered entering inside the drum and exiting peripherally of the drum. The drum consists of a plurality of individual filter elements that are removable in a direct... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5685983 | Apparatus for filtering liquids containing particles An apparatus for filtering liquids, such as fiber suspensions or polluted water, includes a hollow rotating filter body adapted to receive the liquid to be filtered within the body. A plurality of guide members are attached to the filter body and distribu... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5651881 | Fluid recovery assembly A fluid recovery assembly continuously separates lubrication liquid from lubrication-impregnated shavings. The fluid recovery assembly includes a shredder which receives and shreds the lubrication-impregnated shavings. A centrifugal drum rotates the lubri... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5641398 | Device for removing screened material from a liquid flowing in a flume A device for removing floating and suspended debris from a liquid flow passed through a liquid flow flume (3) is disclosed, the device including a separator (9) positioned within the liquid flow flume at an angle with respect to the flume and extending ac... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5595655 | Self-cleaning filter assembly A fluid filter assembly having a body with a chamber for receiving a filter element supported by the body. At least one cleaning device is positioned adjacent the inlet side of the filter element. The cleaning device includes a hollow duct for collecting ... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5547573 | Device for removing cake or residual layer in a centrifuge The device comprises a first wide-mesh cloth or screen which bears against the calender of a basket, at least one tight supple tube connected to a source of gas under pressure which is against the first cloth or screen, a second cloth or screen identical ... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5500114 | Separator device A separator device for separating solid material from liquid, particularly in sewage, has an outer casing with respective solid material and liquid outlets, a drum rotatable within the casing and formed of mesh panels for flow of liquid therethrough, spir... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5490928 | Tandem waterwheel trommel A tandem waterwheel type trommel apparatus having a laterally-disposed drain-off drum and a laterally-disposed classifying drum combined through a short pipe to form a main body, which is rotatably disposed on a base and is connected to a drive unit. A fr... | 02/13/1996 |
