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Microwave Oven With Removable Storage Cassette in Dashboard of Motor Vehicle
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 |
| 7322125 | Dry heater fixing unit of drum-type washing machine combined with drier A heater fixing unit of a drum-type washing machine is provided. The heater fixing unit more stably supports a heater installed in a dry duct to reduce vibration and a noise of the heater. For that purpose, the heater fixing unit includes a duct body, a heater, two ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7237293 | Method of controlling a shoe washing process of a washing machine A method of controlling a shoe washing process of a washing machine performs washing, rinsing, and spin-drying operations. The method includes the operations of determining whether or not to select a shoe washing course, and washing the shoe according to a reversibl... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7040826 | Imaging devices and related cleaning means Imaging apparatus in accordance with the present invention generally include a housing and a portal defined therethrough, whereby a vacuum filter cartridge can be placed in an operable position within the housing by way of the portal. The vacuum filter cartridge can... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6964117 | Method and apparatus for adjusting a moisture profile in a web An apparatus for drying a travelling wet fibrous web is provided which comprises a rotating air-permeable drum. The drum is at least partially surrounded by a hood which has an interior space for receiving a flow of air and directing the flow of air through a permea... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6962005 | Dryer system for shower A shower dryer system includes a dryer tower with nozzles for directing heated air into a shower enclosure interior. A programmed controller controls the rate of air flow and the temperature of air flow to and through the air nozzles. ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6637127 | Dryer airflow sensor An air flow detecting system is provided for monitoring air flow in a dryer system. The dryer system has an exhaust passage through which air from a drying compartment flows. The air flow detecting system includes a detector for monitoring a rate at which... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6446356 | Method of controlling the drying process in a drying section of a paper machine or the like A method for controlling the drying process taking place in the dryer section of a paper machine. The dryer section comprises at least one drying cylinder unit and at least one air impingement unit. Optimal evaporation is first compiled in a manner known,... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6334267 | Apparatus for confirming initial conditions of clothes drying equipment prior to start of drying cycle An apparatus for confirming the initial conditions of a clothes dryer prior to the start of the drying cycle is provided. The clothes dryer comprises a drying chamber with air inlet and outlet ports. A blower powered by a first motor is arranged in the ou... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6226892 | Drying module A dryer module for drying filter supports in DNA preparation comprises a receiving member for receiving the filter support and at least one blower member, the blower member being arranged below the receiving member for receiving the filter support so that... | 05/08/2001 |
| 5950325 | Method and apparatus for low temperature continuous drying of temperature sensitive materials (granular agricultural pesticides) at atmospheric pressure using radio frequency energy The present invention provides a method and apparatus for agitation-free, low temperature drying of fragile, temperature sensitive, granular materials at atmospheric pressure using Radio Frequency (RF) energy to provide the heat of evaporation. A relative... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5713138 | Coating dryer system A dryer system for drying a coating applied to a substrate includes a thermally conductive roll having a length and a peripheral surface for supporting the substrate, and a plurality of energy emitters disposed within the conductive roll along the length ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5704135 | Instant photographic print drying device An instant photographic print drying device. The device has a stand which carries a fan and a heating coil. Downstream of the fan the photograph is held in place by clips. A timer is provided which can be set to a prescribed time to dry the photographs. A... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5675913 | Photosensitive material processing apparatus A photosensitive material processing apparatus is equipped with a drying section in which a photosensitive material processed with a processing solution is conveyed by a plurality of rollers and dried by drying air from a drying air blowing device. In the... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5452524 | Photosensitive material drying method and apparatus A photosensitive material drying method for drying a photosensitive material conveyed along a conveying path, including steps of: training a front surface and a rear surface of the photosensitive material alternately around a plurality of heat rollers who... | 09/26/1995 |
| 4622759 | Control system for clothes dryer A control system for a clothes dryer comprises an exhaust temperature detector, a comparator for outputting a signal when either the exhaust temperature or the rate of change in exhaust temperature attains a value higher than a predetermined value, a firs... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4531306 | Food dehydrator with moisture sensing control The present invention relates to a countertop food dehydrator including moisture sensing mechanism which controls the on-off operation.... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4507875 | Apparatus for determining the concentration of vapors in a flowing gas stream A device for determining the concentration of condensable vapor in a flowing gas stream which includes a gas evacuation conduit for receiving a sample of gas from the stream, a gas condenser in the evacuation conduit for condensing out essentially all of ... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4502228 | Apparatus for drying printed or coated webs In the drying of printed or coated webs of moving material with the aid of heated air, the air is cycled through drying chambers or hoods until it is laden with solvents up to a predetermined value of saturation such as 50% of the lower explosion limit, w... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4439931 | Control means for a drier Control means for a drier for films or sheets using a minimum of electric power. A heater is connected to a semiconductor switch and an alternating-current power supply in series. An oscillator outputs a pulse to a turn-on terminal of the semiconductor sw... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4343096 | System for controlling emissions of a solvent from a printing press A system for controlling the emission of solvents from a printing press having a plurality of printing stations characterized by the solvents being evaporated from the ink solution in a drying hood or section of each of the printing presses and the volati... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4326342 | Multi-zone oven with cool air modulation An oven is disclosed as having a plurality of chambers which are sealed from the ambient atmosphere, and to which gas, heated to a high temperature outside the chambers, is circulated to each of the chambers for admixture with gas which is cool compared t... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4286392 | Automatic load-adjusting vent control for film dryers An air-impingement film dryer having an automatic self-adjusting vent for controlling the intake air flow in response to the increased demand caused by the presence of film in the drying chamber.... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4263722 | Recycle control for grain dryers A recycle control is provided for grain dryers of the type which have a drying column area with heating and cooling zones and a recirculating air blower. During a recirculating mode of the grain dryer, the recirculating blower draws in a mixture of coolin... | 04/28/1981 |
