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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 |
| 7935291 | Method for producing molded plastic parts having functional surfaces A process for producing polymer moldings with functional surfaces, in which a coating is produced on a support sheet, the coated support sheet is shaped and backed by injection molding or foaming with a liquid polymeric material, and the coating, if this has not alr... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7754129 | Sealing system and process therefor A sealing element is formed from a desirably shaped body of a sealant material formulated from a first polymer in a concentration of about 25 percent to about 40 percent, an inert filler material in a concentration of about 20 percent to about 45 percent and a hydro... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7387758 | Tabbed ceramic article for improved interlaminar strength A ceramic article having improved interlaminar strength and a method of forming the article. The article may be a ceramic matrix composite article. The methods of forming the articles increase the interlaminar strength of the article by forming indentations in the a... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7364680 | Method of manufacturing a plurality of common components A method of forming a plurality of components comprising the steps of: closing a pair of mold halves to define a mold chamber; filling the mold chamber with a material about an armature; curing the material within the mold chamber to create a stack of material; movi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7232386 | Hockey stick A composite hockey stick having a tubular hollow rectangular shaft and a blade is disclosed. The shaft comprises an inner layer and an outer layer, each of the inner and outer layers are formed of uni-directional substantially continuous fibers disposed in a hardene... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7182908 | Method for making a lightweight, thermoplastic, vehicle headliner having at least one integrally formed, energy-absorbing, head-impact mechanism Lightweight, thermoplastic, vehicle headliners each having at least one integrally-formed, energy-absorbing, head-impact mechanism and injection molding methods for making same are provided. Each headliner includes a stiff, self-supporting, thermoplastic sheet adapt... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7144343 | Hockey stick A hockey stick comprising a blade and a shaft adapted to being joined together. The blade portion having an upper portion and a lower portion and a face. The upper portion being comprised of a defined region having a reduced width dimension in a direction that exten... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7128859 | Method of manufacturing multiple levels of automobile trim A method for using a single injection molding apparatus to manufacture at least two and up to four different levels of automobile trim pieces as well as automobile trim level pieces manufactured by the methods of this invention. ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7118697 | Method of molding composite objects Methods for molding a surround over a liner to form a composite shell are provided. The liner is placed in a mold and molten surround material is injected into the mold so as to surround the liner. A surface of a protrusion of the liner abuts the mold so that the su... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7097577 | Hockey stick A hockey stick having a composite blade and a shaft is disclosed. The composite blade includes a heel section that is recessed relative to the front and back faces of the blade. The recessed heel section is configured to be received by a hockey stick shaft or an ada... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7033529 | Plain bearing provided with a friction coating and method for making same A high-performance plain bearing provided with a friction coating including a bronze layer whereof the pores are filled with a PTFE-type fluoroplastic paste filled with molybdenum bisulphide. The production method includes sintering a layer of bronze powder on the m... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7026060 | Layered structure providing shielding characteristics The invention relates to a layered structure comprising a plastic substrate, at least one intermediate metallic layer on top of this plastic substrate and a metal or metal alloy layer on top of this intermediate metallic layer. The metal or metal alloy layer is appl... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7005100 | Method for manufacturing a potted bundle of hollow fibers The present invention involves a process that includes injecting a potting compound such as an epoxy through a hollow portion (2B) of the central mandrel (2) and onto the inner layer(s) of a multi-layered fiber bundle (3) and through the outside... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7005095 | Process for production of vulcanized rubber-resin composites In the production of a vulcanized rubber-resin composite material by providing a vulcanized rubber molding in a mold, followed by injecting a resin into the mold, a vulcanizable adhesive layer containing brominated poly(2,3-dichlorobutadiene-1,3) as the main compone... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6929771 | Method of decorating a molded article A method of providing a molding article with a plush surface is provided. The method includes providing a flocked transfer, securing the transfer in place in a mold, and molding the article such that the transfer is embedded in the surface of the article. The articl... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6923632 | Method and apparatus for forming a casting which includes an insert An insert is held in a cavity within a die set by a movable hold member. Molten resin is injected into the cavity when the insert is held by the hold member. The hold member is separated from the insert at a given timing. A surface of the hold member is heated to a ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6905643 | Process for molding on a substrate A process of molding a component on a substrate utilizes a substrate having a peripheral flange that projects into a parting line between mold segments defining a mold cavity, wherein the flange has a projecting, continuous circuitous ridge that forms a seal between... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6890467 | Method for producing a brake shoe In a method for producing a brake shoe (1), particularly a brake shoe for disk brakes in motor vehicles, by preforming a friction lining (6), arranged on a carrier plate (2), from a friction material fed into a press mould and by press-molding t... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6890464 | Method of manufacturing waterproof wire harness A coating position at which an water sealing agent in an unsolidified condition is coated on an outer periphery of each wire is provided. A first mold formed with a groove and a second mold configured to be inserted into the groove are provided. The second mold has ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889402 | Pull throughs A pull through such as might be used for an endoscope where a thermaplastics monofilament substantially free of spool or coil memory has molded thereon a desirable thermoplastic mass profile in a material of lower melting point than at least part of the filament, su... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6878328 | Methods for producing a molded part A method for producing a plastic part having a first component and a second component connected to the first component. The method includes molding a temporary connection between the first component and a preliminary second component, coating at least a surface regi... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6875389 | Method for in-mold coating a polyolefin article The present invention is a process for producing an injection-molded thermoplastic work piece having a thermoset coating bonded thereto, comprising the steps of introducing into a closed mold a thermoplastic material, such as a polyolefin, heated to a temperature ab... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6849216 | Method of making sensor A sensor is provided for the determination of various concentrations of one or more components within a fluid sample. The sensor includes an injection molded body, at least two electrodes, an enzyme, and if desired, an electron transfer mediator. The body includes a... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6841107 | Method of manufacturing multiple levels of automobile trim A method for using a single injection molding apparatus to manufacture at least two and up to four different levels of automobile trim pieces as well as automobile trim level pieces manufactured by the methods of this invention. ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6797219 | Method for manufacture of floor panels A method for manufacturing tiles for use in a raised floor system is disclosed. The tiles comprise an outer shell and an inner core material. The method includes constructing the shells at a manufacturing facility, transporting the shells to a remote location associ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6773645 | Injection molding method of polyamide resin molded article An injection molding method for a polyamide resin molded article in which an already-molded article including a polyamide resin is set in a molding die and, then, the polyamide resin, which has been heated so as to be in a molten state, is injection-filled in a cavi... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6746638 | Method of forming a computer casing A method of providing a protective barrier between a plastic casing and a rubber layer molded over the plastic casing. The protective barrier is applied to the plastic casing and then the rubber layer molded onto the plastic casing over the protective barrier. The p... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6702974 | Method for injection molded component with fuel vapor barrier layer An injection molded component having at least one structural layer of material and at least one fuel vapor barrier layer carried by the structural layer, and a method of making it utilizing separately injection molded structural and fuel vapor barrier lay... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6682679 | Process for providing a decorative transfer in a molded product Decorative transfers that can be directly applied to a mold surface during the molding process are created. The decorative transfers include an uppermost intermediate layer that includes a tacky resin. The decorative transfers also include inks that speci... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6572812 | Preform and container with crystallized neck finish and method of making the same A preform and container each having a crystallized neck finish and method of making the same, wherein the method involves introducing a first thermoplastic material into a first mold section to form a substantially crystallized neck portion of a preform, ... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6562279 | Multi-layer container and preform and process for obtaining same A multi-layer preform, includes: (a) a plastic inner liner, comprised of a cylindrical walled body, which may or may not include a tapered annular shoulder portion, and a cylindrical walled neck portion extending upwardly from the body, and (b) a molded o... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6548146 | Composite consisting of a coated polycarbonate and a polymer A composite plastic structure is described. The composite structure includes: (a) a shaped polycarbonate article having an edge region, the edge region having an adhesion-promoting geometric feature therein; (b) a coating applied to the surface of the sha... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6517755 | Resin multilayer molding method and mulitlayer molding device A resin multilayer molding method in which a skin material having a resin decorating layer on a surface and a core-material resin are integrally molded in a mold, comprising the steps of: presetting a relationship of a glass transition point (Tgs) of the ... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6497782 | Composite article from engineering thermoplastics and polyurethane elastomers, using an adhesion promoter A process for producing a composite article from at least one polar thermoplastic, in particular an engineering thermoplastic, and from at least one foamed or unfoamed polyurethane elastomer, where a molding is firstly molded from the thermoplastic, and s... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6454977 | Process for making battery plate A continuous paste making process for lead acid batteries that includes the steps of mixing water with a lead oxide, reaction an acid with the lead oxide in a mixture to produce lead acid compounds, and forming a paste including interlocking lead acid cry... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6432343 | Process of manufacturing rotationally symmetrical articles In a process of making a rotationally symmetrical article, such as rope pulleys, running wheels or the like, from plastic material such as cast polyamides, raw material melts of plastic material and predetermined amounts of catalysts, activators and stabi... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6413348 | Method of forming a blow-molded plastic part having a living hinge A method of forming a carpeted plastic part includes positioning a carpet between first and second mold halves, wherein the carpet has a back surface. A non-reinforced plastic strip is positioned adjacent a portion of the back surface of the carpet. A hol... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6395218 | Method for forming a thermoset golf ball cover A method and system for casting a thermoset layer over a golf ball precursor product is disclosed herein. The system includes multiple stations connected by a conveyor system. The thermoset flowable material is dispensed into a plurality of cavities on ea... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6387309 | Method of manufacturing a press die made of concrete A press die made of concrete having a surface layer bonded to the concrete, and a method manufacturing the same. A concrete member 60A is hardened through steam-curing. Thereafter, a surface material layer 70 is formed on a pressing surface of the concret... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6383428 | Method for preparing molded article A template is placed over a mold cavity, with the template including a series of orifices which extend over substantially the entire surface of the mold cavity. Molten plastic is passed through the orifices in a pattern corresponding to the shape of the a... | 05/07/2002 |
