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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 |
| 4489016 | Apparatus for diffusing gases into liquids Apparatus for use in contacting a gas with a liquid comprises a pair of ported injector pipes onto which elastic sleeves having a series of slits therein are mounted by means of axially-spaced bands. The elastic sleeves expand as gas flows from the pipe t... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4448681 | Floatation arrangement An arrangement for floatation of solid particles from liquids such as from sewage, particularly for settling of coal from a conditioned pulp, has a conditioning device from which a pulp flows in a predetermined direction, gasifying device having a gasifyi... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4432777 | Method for removing particulate matter from a gas stream Particulate matter is removed from a stream of pressurized gas by directing the stream of gas upwardly through a bed of porous material, the porous bed being held in an open ended container and at least partially submerged in liquid. The passage of the ga... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4432721 | Combustion air bubble chamber method A combustion air bubble chamber having an inner surface defining an hourglass-shaped column of water and bubble holes located at the bottom of the chamber outwardly of the waist so that bubbles rising from the holes contact the converging inner wall of th... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4428893 | Pipe support A saddle type pipe support means attachable to a base. The support is comprised of an inverted V-shaped member, a sling support located at the vertex of said inverted V-shaped member for engagement of a pipe to the support, and a clamping means for securi... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4409693 | Bubble bath device The invention relates to a bubble bath device with varyingly large and separately operable air exit holes for large and small bubble production. The bubble bath device has at least one device body which in turn contains at least one air chamber. The air e... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4410550 | Apparatus and method for making a beverage An improved beverage infusion device and a method of rapid brewing an infusible beverage substance such as fresh, fine ground, roasted coffee by air agitation in an air-water chamber. The wall of the chamber is constructed of a fine porous filtering mater... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409908 | Method for thermal decontamination of waste waters The method according to the present invention ensures a thermal decontamination of waste waters. The method comprises passing a combustible gas through said waste waters in the presence of surfactants. Said combustible gas is passed in an amount sufficien... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4399028 | Froth flotation apparatus and method A froth flotation apparatus for elimination of solid particle impurities contained within a liquid includes a vessel defining a flotation cell which includes an upstanding foam discharge conduit, an inlet conduit communicating with the vessel such that fl... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4396507 | Ribbon-tube biofilter The ribbon-tube biofilter promotes bio-oxidation ahead of clarification in wastewater treatment and functions in hydraulic pumping, oxygenation, sparging, foam fractionation, aggregate formation, and passive thermal buffering. It is operated as single-pas... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4379750 | Fluid-solids contact device and improved fluid distributor A fluid-solids contacting device is provided in tanks which can be essentially filled with particulate solids treating medium. An improved fluid distributor element is provided in such vessels including a tube-defining-frame such as a helix which is ancho... | 04/12/1983 |
| 4367182 | Container with incorporated aerator A humidifier for humidifying gas with a liquid has a cavity defined by top, bottom, and side walls. An interior wall is attached to the side wall and defines a first and second cavity within the enclosed cavity. At least a first opening adjacent the botto... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4365978 | Storage of liquid hydrocarbons in salt dome caverns Liquid hydrocarbons are stored in salt dome caverns containing brine after first stripping the brine of contaminating gases such as oxygen and carbon dioxide by sparging a decontaminating gas such as nitrogen into the brine and removing the nitrogen and t... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4363639 | Gas trap for removing atmospheric pollutants and method of operation A gas trap for removing pollutants from gases which includes a vertically disposed, hermetic, double bulb enclosure wherein said bulbs are connected by a restricted passageway. A bubble tube that terminates in a fritted lower end is centrally disposed wit... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4360234 | In-situ method and apparatus for sparging gas bubbles Method and apparatus for introducing finely divided gas bubbles into a lixiviant used for in-situ mining of minerals containing metal values, such as copper values. The lixiviant is supplied to a plurality of porous tubes formed of sintered powdered metal... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4350589 | Floating jet aerator A water-aeration apparatus has a tubular frame defining a substantially closed chamber and capable of floating and carrying a load when the chamber is filled with air. Flood and bleed valves are provided at respective underwater water intakes and above-wa... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4335060 | Multi-fuel vapor charge carburetion system and device therefor A fuel vapor producing device comprising a liquid fuel or mixture bowl-shape container; an associated cover for said container having a fuel inlet valve; and a float secured in said device, said cover integrally incorporating therewith a cylindrical air f... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4333829 | Aquaria inlet means The present invention is concerned with an apparatus for removing foreign matter from the top surface of water, for use with aquaria, which comprises a discharge tube stationarily disposed in the aquarium and having its upper opening rim below the water s... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4325923 | Contacting of plural phases Intimate and efficient contacting of plural, physically disparate phases, e.g., a gas and a liquid, is achieved by contacting the phases cocurrently in a column. The gas phase is introduced at a velocity between its phase transition inversion point (T) an... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4304740 | Liquid aeration apparatus A removable light-weight, apparatus for the aeration of a body of water or other liquid in a tank or a pool having a submerged liquid source or inlet port supplying a continuous or a sporadic stream of liquid into said tank, said aeration apparatus compri... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4301117 | Gas-liquid equilibration apparatus Standards solutions and test samples are necessary for blood gas analyzers. Production of such standards and test samples has only been possible with relatively expensive apparatus. Such standards and test samples are provided herein by apparatus 10 which... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4294696 | Swing diffuser A swing diffuser apparatus for gas diffuser systems for liquid treatment is disclosed in which an array of diffusers (50) is movable between a deeply submerged, essentially horizontal operating position, a shallowly submerged, essentially horizontal opera... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4290590 | Apparatus for sparging molten metal by gas injection A process for sparging molten metal comprises passing gas bubbles upwardly through a series of spaced nozzles arranged in a trough or furnace, the nozzles being arranged to prevent lateral spread of emergent bubbles so as to hold down the bubble size to a... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4288395 | Diffusion element with boundary zone treatment Gas diffusion elements, formed of a body of solid particles which have been shaped, pressed and rendered coherent by bonding or sintering in a compacted form having pores, are disclosed. Said elements include a peripheral, annular zone of relatively small... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4288394 | Sewage aeration system A sewage aeration system comprising a header pipe, plenums of synthetic thermoplastic or thermoset resin with side walls inclined upwardly and outwardly to diffusion element support means, generally horizontal diffusion elements free of through-holes othe... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4283917 | Evaporative charge forming system incorporating air cooling means A closed chamber is provided for containing evaporative liquid fuel for a combustion engine and fuel supply structure is operatively associated with the chamber for maintaining a predetermined general level of liquid fuel in the chamber. The chamber inclu... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4273732 | Method and apparatus for raising an aeration apparatus for liquids An apparatus for raising a liquid aeration apparatus having a carrier element 62 which can be guided to a position engaging an air distributing pipe 36 to raise same by means of a guide rod 66. The movement of the guide rod is controlled by a guide device... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4269797 | Bubble generator A bubble generator is comprised of a bubble plate and an adjuster plate slidably coupled to each other, the former being provided with parallel small bubble holes rows and the latter with parallel small slot rows, large slot rows and large bubble hole row... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4265376 | Beverage carbonation and dispensing container A substantially cylindrical container for use in carbonating small quantities of water for household or individual use as a soft drink dispenser contains a spherical, porous stone through which carbon dioxide gas is expressed under pressure for diffuse di... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4261932 | Diffusion element with boundary zone treatment Gas diffusion elements, formed of a body of solid particles which have been shaped, pressed and rendered coherent by bonding or sintering in a compacted form having pores, and having an enhanced apparent volumetric compression ratio in a central zone and ... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4261711 | Magnetic separation apparatus The apparatus described in this disclosure has only one principal function, that is, to mechanically separate an inert, dielectric, nonmagnetic, liquid carrying absorbed paramagnetic gases; into two phases, that which becomes saturated or supersaturated w... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4261933 | Diffusion element Gas diffusion elements, formed of a body of solid particles which has been shaped, pressed and rendered coherent by bonding or sintering in a compacted form having pores, and having an enhanced apparent volumetric compression ratio in a central zone there... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4256461 | Method and apparatus for equilibrating gas and liquid in a transportable vessel--syringe tonometer Method and apparatus for gas-liquid equilibration (tonometry) in a transportable vessel. Specifically the method and device is concerned with tonometry of blood or buffer solution in a syringe. The compartment formed when a syringe plunger is partially in... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4253845 | Gas-liquid equilibration apparatus Standards solutions and test samples are necessary for blood gas analyzers. Production of such standards and test samples has only been possible with relatively expensive apparatus. Such standards and test samples are provided herein by apparatus 10 which... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4248707 | Gas diffuser, aerator, or sparger method Disclosed is novel apparatus and method for introducing various gasses into liquids. This as is commonly done in aerating or oxygenating liquids where growing aquatic life such as fish; instances concerning lagoon and pond treatment, absorption of oxygen ... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4243616 | Air diffuser Diffuser apparatus comprises a frame including end portions interconnected by and integrated with an elongate intermediate portion. The intermediate portion is formed to produce a longitudinally extended trough, preferably of generally hemi-cylindrical co... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4239515 | Gas-liquid contact reaction apparatus An improved compact apparatus for gas-liquid contact and separation by precipitation of solids therein, which essentially comprises a splash separating section, a solid-gas-liquid contact section and a solid depositing section formed in a single reaction ... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4231988 | Artificial lung An artificial lung having first and second oxygen blowing stages formed therein. The device comprises an outermost blood reservoir tube having top and bottom walls formed thereon, a plurality of oxygenation tubes disposed coaxially with the blood reservoi... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4229389 | Gas diffuser, aerator, or sparger apparatus Disclosed is novel apparatus and method for introducing various gasses into liquids. This as is commonly done in aerating or oxygenating liquids where growing aquatic life such as fish; instances concerning lagoon and pond treatment, absorption of oxygen ... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4215082 | Device for injecting a gas into a liquid Device for the injection of a gas in a liquid, constituted by a gas feed tube in which at least a part of the walls is immersed in the liquid at the place where the injecting of the said gas is to be effected, flexible pipes having a small inside diameter... | 07/29/1980 |
