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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 |
| 4224824 | Detecting device for breaks or tears and for the end of the strip in a strip of any material during its advance Device for detecting breaks or tears and the end of the strip in a strip of any material, during its travel, which device comprises, mounted in proximity of the strip and positioned in correspondence with any of its sections which one wishes to explore, a... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4219702 | Malfunction detector for a dictation system A dictation system having means for providing a signal for indicating when dictation which the system has been made operative to record on a recording medium is not being recorded on the recording medium because of a malfunction of the system or the impro... | 08/26/1980 |
| 4204180 | End of paper roll detection assembly An end of paper roll detection assembly for detecting the end or near-end of a paper roll on a hollow core is provided. The end of paper roll detection assembly includes a detecting bar pivotally mounted on a retaining bar biased towards the side face of ... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4199792 | Tape end warning apparatus A tape end warning apparatus comprises an alarm switch which is closed in response to the detection of a terminal end of a running tape being reached during a record or playback operation of a tape recorder, and an oscillator circuit which is activated by... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4179716 | Tape end warning apparatus A tape end warning apparatus comprises an alarm switch which is closed in response to the detection of a terminal end of a running tape being reached during a record or playback operation of a tape recorder, and an oscillator circuit which is activated by... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4176941 | Malfunction display system for electrophotographic copying machines A mechanical schematic diagram showing the paper flow path through a xerographic copying machine and an associated sorter is illuminated when a paper jam occurs or when the supply of paper, toner or fuser oil is depleted. At the same time the copier is sh... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4170346 | Bindery caliper A bindery caliper is provided in the form of a non-contacting capacitive change measuring device capable of determining the page count of a multi-page stack with high sensitivity. The capacitance of a pair of plates between which the stack of pages is dis... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170414 | Document feed controls for copy production machines Copy production machine, such as a xerographic copier, includes an original document feed mechanism which is responsive to insertion of the document to place the document automatically in an imaging position. The copy production machine is actuated by the... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4157575 | Tape end warning apparatus A tape end warning apparatus comprises an alarm switch which is closed in response to the detection of a terminal end of a running tape being reached during a record or playback operation of a tape recorder, and an oscillator circuit which is activated by... | 06/05/1979 |
| 4148081 | Volume controlled tape end alarm for tape recorder A volume controlled tape and alarm for a tape recorder is disclosed. The tape end alarm is coupled between a microphone and an audio amplifier and includes an automatic gain control circuit for maintaining a constant recording level, an oscillator for gen... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4137528 | Faulty window construction detecting apparatus A tri-level output sensor senses faulty window construction in a web of continuous business forms of stationery, for controlling visual and audible indicators, including a display of the relative position of the faulty sensed window construction, within a... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4127266 | Proximity caliper A proximity caliper for sensing the correct thickness of printed signatures is mounted on an apparatus for feeding printed sheets. A metal gripper which retains a signature against a rotatable drum traverses the caliper as the drum transfers the signature... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4118744 | Tape end detection release device for tape recorder A release device is provided which disables a tape end detection in a tape recorder which is provided with an apparatus for indicating a tape end, such as an end alarm unit or auto "shut-off" unit (which returns a sliding plate carrying a head assembly, t... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4095887 | Detector circuit for electrophotographic copier In electrophotographic copying apparatus utilizing a photoconductive belt having markings regularly spaced apart on its back side for control of the copying operations by moving past a detector comprising a light source and a photoelement to generate sign... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4085698 | Device for detecting rotational speed of a tape reel A device for detecting rotational speed of a tape reel in a tape recording and/or reproducing apparatus by displacing a magnet from a first position where said magnet does not actuate a magnetically sensitive element to a second position where said magnet... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4086575 | Apparatus for the optional detection of the movement of any individual or any optional pair of objects Apparatus for detecting whether one thread selected from a number of threads is in motion, while no other thread is in motion, or whether a set of threads selected from a number of sets, each having two or more threads, is in motion, while no other set is... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4083515 | Method and apparatus for determining and controlling wire spacing on a spool The distance between turns of wire being wound on a spool is determined and controlled by generating a signal proportional to the traverse speed, generating a signal proportional to the spool speed, dividing one by the other, and displaying the output sig... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4072935 | Apparatus for indicating whether one or more objects are in motion A plurality of signal generators are provided, one signal generator being associated with each object for example threads, strips, or the like whose motion is to be detected. Each signal generator generates an electric signal upon detection of movement of... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4063303 | Stop-motion apparatus of weaving looms A signal is generated indicating a defect in a woven fabric and applied to a counting circuit stopping the loom which starts at a normal operating condition after correction when a normal length of fabric has been made in response to a reset signal.... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4063051 | Apparatus for detecting bumps in a web Apparatus for detecting bumps in a web, such as are caused by double threads or knots in a web of fabric, as the web is advanced past the detecting apparatus, comprises a blade, preferably a plurality of partially overlapping blades, arranged across the w... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4024524 | Single web edge contacting detecting apparatus A linearly slidable sensing member having a tungsten carbide tip is operatively connected to a linear variable differential transformer (LVDT), and mounted on an adjustable bracket so that it is in continuous contact with an edge of a web. A d.c. electric... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4005486 | Apparatus for detecting tape running in a tape recorder An apparatus for detecting tape running in a tape recorder includes an AND circuit to which are applied an output signal of a generator which produces an audio signal and an output signal from a tape running detector which detects the running of a magneti... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3999851 | Antijamming safety device for copying machine There is disclosed a safety device in a copying machine for detecting jamming of copying sheet materials to remove power only from the machine elements which might cause damage during subsequent operation of the machine. The copying machine is provided wi... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3995953 | Electrophotographic apparatus An electrophotographic apparatus having an endless electrophotosensitive belt transportable past a plurality of work stations and including paper supply and transport means and a unitary control circuit which actuates work stations and other apparatus ele... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3974490 | Paper roll diameter sensing device for use with paper splicing apparatus A paper roll diameter sensing device for use with a paper splicing apparatus is disclosed which gives the output signal when the diameter of an unrolled paper roll is reduced to a predetermined diameter so that the running paper web may be spliced to the ... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3962730 | Removal of faulty material in the manufacture of non-metallic webs A process of manufacturing a non-metallic web in which a fault is marked by means of a metal label, layers of the web are stacked on one another, the web is divided into pieces and the individual pieces, still in their stacks, are inspected by means of a ... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3955136 | Machine for dielectrically detecting defects in flat rubber stock A machine and method for detecting and identifying the approximate location of air leak-causing defects in flat, thin rubber stock used to manufacture inflatable, expandable bags. The detection of air leak-causing defects is accomplished by continuously m... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3949856 | System to detect abnormal paper feed in printers A system for monitoring the paper feed in printing mechanisms and the like, in which reference signals are derived in response to actuation of the feeding means for the paper web and in synchronism with the feed movement thereof, which signals may be comp... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3948510 | Sheet jam detector for electrophotographic copying machine Timers measure the length of time for the leading edge of the first copy sheet to reach a sensing point at the discharge side of the machine after the copy operation is started and de-energize the machine if the measured time is longer than a predetermine... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3944933 | Jam detection circuit A system for detecting a jam condition in a series of sequentially moving members which are passing a plurality of stations. The system finds particular application in the production of corrugated board or the like in which at the first station there may ... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3934505 | Method and apparatus for synchronous printing of a moving web A method and apparatus are disclosed wherein a signal proportional to the speed of a moving web is compared with a signal proportional to the speed of a motor driven rotary, printing member, and a resultant corrective signal is transmitted to the control ... | 01/27/1976 |
