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A microwave oven adapted for use within a motor vehicle dashboard area. The microwave oven has a removable storage cassette, and slidable platforms for securing and serving containers of beverages and foods.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4162861 | Structural joint A structural joint for joining two elements comprises a malleable deformable flange on the first element and an elongate arcuate recess in the second element. The recess is adapted to receive the flange and allow the flange to be deformed therein into at ... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4160476 | Securement of heat exchanger surfaces to tubes by lock seaming and method of fabrication Securement of flat heat exchange surfaces, particularly fins to tubular conduits of a heat exchanger. The heat exchange material is formed into upper and lower, or first and second pieces having longitudinal, partially circular recesses parallel to the le... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4133566 | High pressure duct clamp and method of use A method and apparatus for permanently and sealably connecting two duct sections, the duct sections having peripheral flanges forming opposite and corresponding halves of a composite, T-shaped peripheral flange extending outwardly from the duct sections. ... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4130927 | Process and an apparatus for the continuous mechanical fabrication of starting sheets for the electrolytic refining of metals, especially copper A process and apparatus for the continuous mechanical fabrication of starting sheets for the electrolytic refining of metals, especially copper, from electrolytically deposited sheets which have already been cut to certain dimensions and straightened, the... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4112565 | Method of making strip-covered roll A strip-covered roll and the method for manufacturing the same, according to which the roll includes an inner roll body and a plurality of circumferential strip portions surrounding and engaging the inner roll body so as to cover the latter, these circumf... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4106179 | Method of cold-joining metal parts A method of joining together two metal parts, one of which may be a tubular heater, wherein an insert such as a helical wire coil which is preferably provided with a core is positioned between the parts or around one of the parts and the parts pressed tog... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4097983 | Wound roll of fibrous material and a method for forming the same A wound roll of a strip of fibrous material having a first end portion forming an innermost plurality of superimposed contiguous layers and a second end portion forming an outermost plurality of superimposed contiguous layers, a plurality of punctures def... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4080713 | Method of joining a ladder rung to a ladder rail A method of forming a structural joint between a first and a second rigid element, the first element having at least one flange extending from a face thereof and having an outer end, the second element having at least one elongate groove which is substant... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4071280 | Vehicle wheel apparatus An apparatus and method of manufacture of an inflatable tire supporting rim and spider apparatus wherein portions of the rim is cold worked into depressions formed in the spider, thereby forming an integral unit.... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4059897 | Method of joining thin and thick switch members A joint construction of two members each having one surface thereof disposed against a surface of the other member. One of the members has a part thereof punched through an unblanked part of the other member beyond the other surface of the other member, t... | 11/29/1977 |
| 4040465 | Wheel rim assemblies A wheel rim assembly comprising a rim having a well disposed between tire bead seats, a well cover band arranged to extend circumferentially around the well so as to prevent a tire bead from entering the well, the cover band being split at one side of its... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4035901 | Apparatus for joining two abutting metal members together and method of making such apparatus An apparatus for joining two abutting metal members together by lancing and forming a part of one member through an unblanked part of the other member and thereafter staking the lanced and formed part of the one member to an adjacent surface of the other ... | 07/19/1977 |
| 4023256 | Methods of fastening wood veneer sheets in edge-to-edge relationship Substantially rectangular veneer sheets of random lengths and widths are fastened in edge-to-edge relationship by raising integral fluke-like hooks or teeth in each sheet, abutting the edges of adjacent sheets, engaging continual strings or threads beneat... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4021765 | Electric fuse with plate-supported fusible element An electric fuse has helically wound fusible element means which are supported by a mandrel made up of insulating plates. The latter engage grooves provided in terminal plugs of the fuse. The mandrel-forming plates are locked in position inside said groov... | 05/03/1977 |
| 4008845 | Method of positive and non-positive cold-joining A method of joining metal sheets together or to shaped bodies, e.g., electric tubular heating elements, wherein use is made of an insert in the form of wire coils, profiled strips, wires or balls which are pressed into the material of the parts which are ... | 02/22/1977 |
| 3981064 | Method and apparatus for interlocking overlapping sheet material A punch and press mechanism is used to interlock two or more overlying sheets of metal, or other material having plasticity or deformable properties, by partially piercing and deforming minor areas of the sheets. The mechanism includes a pierce-and-formin... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3978899 | Closure for a steel band or strap placed around one or more articles and method and device for making said closure A closure band and a method for interconnecting the overlapping ends of the band and an apparatus for making the connection in which incisions are formed laterally into the opposite edges of the superimposed band ends to form tabs along the band edges. Th... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3976010 | Spin compensated liner for shaped charge ammunition and method of making same A shaped charge liner is made by forming a pair of hollow conical sub-liners, without any uncontrolled residual tangential shear stress (e.g. by a deep drawing method) so that they mate together to form a single conical liner. One sub-liner is inserted in... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3976385 | Method and apparatus for splicing lines The containment, splicing, or termination of the line is achieved by selective crimping along a housing. In a preferred form, the housing comprises a crimp barrel having a series of axially displaced apertures formed therein. A line, e.g. a wire, is inser... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3961412 | Method of installing a fastener A nut for installation on a metal panel includes an end mounting face and a centrally located circular bore through said face for threadedly receiving a bolt. The nut further includes a counterbore concentric with the circular bore and axially terminating... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3950841 | Method of local plastic flow diffusion bonding of metallic members The present invention is a method for constructing a solid state diffusion bonded connection which is homogeneous, capable of efficiently transmitting stress and capable of being analyzed. The method provides for the achievement of homogeneous filleted ju... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3942232 | Vent structure fabrication method A vent structure for reliable long term operation at high temperatures is fabricated by annealing a tubing of predetermined length and size, placing a predetermined number of strands of stabilized zirconium oxide yarn of predetermined diameter longitudina... | 03/09/1976 |
| 3934918 | Junction for sheet-like material load lifting band with overload indicator A load lifting band with an overload indicator includes a junction for strip material which is particularly useful for joining the ends of a strip of material so as to form a closed band for lifting heavy loads. The junction consists of a pair of overlapp... | 01/27/1976 |
| 3934327 | Method of interlocking overlapping sheet material To fasten together two or more overlying sheets of metal or other material having plasticity or deformable properties by partially piercing and deforming minor areas of the sheets, a pierce-and-forming punch is used in cooperation with a double-acting pre... | 01/27/1976 |
