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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 |
| 7967501 | Mixing pump Disclosed is a pump for controllably dispensing an additive into a stream of liquid and mixing therewith, the pump comprising: a pump body having a passage into which a liquid stream is introduced, and from which a combination mixture of the additive and the liquid ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7419296 | Gel mixing system A gel mixing system that employs a dynamic diffuser for quickly removing the air from the fluid as the fluid exits a traditional gel mixer and employs progressive dilution of the gel in a series of hydration tanks to maximize hydration time without allowing the gel ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416096 | Apparatus for supplying liquid color A container of liquid color material has a diaphragm liquid color pump located therewithin for providing liquid color from the container and non-drip apparatus for releaseably connecting the container with a blender for supply of liquid color thereto and methods for... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7384183 | Mobile decontamination unit An apparatus capable of mixing and dispensing a decontaminant foam that is useful in strategic and tactical decontamination comprises in one embodiment a plurality of tanks 11, a pump assembly that is capable of mixing binary or multi-component decontaminant ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7344299 | Mixing system and process A batter mixing apparatus and process is disclosed for mixing a dry batter mix with a predetermined amount of water is adapted to continuously measure the temperature and the viscosity, in centipoises, with an inline viscometer. The controls of the apparatus are ful... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7278776 | Apparatus and method for injecting a liquid dye into a polymer melt An apparatus and a method for injecting a liquid dye into a polymer melt, which includes a metering pump with a metering inlet and a metering outlet. The metering inlet connects to a dye tank and the metering outlet connects to a polymer melt carrying component. To ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7229207 | Method for gel hydration system A hydration apparatus for use with a hydration tank. The hydration apparatus disperses incoming gel into existing gel in the hydration tank to increase the hydration time of the incoming gel. The hydration apparatus includes flow conduits communicated with gel inlet... | 06/12/2007 |
| 6935769 | Apparatus for production of striated, laminated lipid-based confections A method of manufacturing multi-layered, laminated, lipid-based sweet confections comprises tempering the lipid-based formulation for each layer, and depositing them separately onto a moving conveyor belt, which is passed through a cooling tunnel between the station... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6827479 | Uniform small particle homogenizer and homogenizing process A uniform small particle homogenizer for liquid product comprising a pair of intensifier cylinder pumps (20) driven by a hydraulic system (22). The pumps have a power stroke side and a suction stroke side, and a pair of proximity sensors (24) th... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6793387 | Apparatus for automatic preparation of a mixture and method An apparatus and associated method of preparing a mixture using a computerized apparatus having a plurality of vessels, each of which is arranged on a support structure and oriented for dispensing a fluent substance through at least one exit port and a first flow ch... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6698915 | Manifold for mixing device A blender mixes a liquid and a quantity of particulate solids for use in hydrocarbon well operations. The blender is mounted on a vehicle having a suction manifold of rectangular tubing. The long side of the rectangular tubing is vertical, is positioned o... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6464385 | Method and apparatus for preparing slurry from starting materials A material blending tank 1 is formed in a pressure-resistant, and tightly closable vessel, in its inner cavity, into which predetermined quantities of starting materials are charged, followed by hermetically sealing the tank; a material adjusting tank 2 i... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6392072 | Procedure and equipment for a chemical reaction or mass transfer between gas and liquid Disclosed is a method and apparatus for conducting a mass transfer between a gas and a liquid, or for conducting a chemical reaction between a gas and a liquid. The method comprises supplying a liquid into a dynamic mixer, supplying a stripping gas or a r... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6314996 | Foam marking system A foam marking system is provided with separate tanks for water and foam concentrate. A water pump and a concentrate pump deliver water and concentrate from the respective tanks to a mixing chamber at a pre-selected ratio. The water pump is controlled by ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6296696 | One-pass method for preparing paper size emulsions A one-pass, non-tolerance dependent method for preparing paper size emulsions comprising an aqueous emulsion of a substituted cyclic dicarboxylic anhydride, a colloidal stabilizer, and a surfactant wherein the emulsion after one-pass through a dispersion ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6254269 | Dosing device for mixing in a continuous process a flowing primary liquid with one or more added secondary liquids The present invention relates to a dosing device, or mixing device for mixing, in a continuous process, a flowing primary liquid with one or more added secondary liquids of a smaller quantity for obtaining a flowing liquid mixture at a permanent uniform m... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6170977 | Method and device for stirring a developing liquid stored in an image forming apparatus In an image forming apparatus operable with a developing liquid consisting of a solvent and toner particles dispersed therein, a device for stirring the liquid includes a reservoir formed with an inlet and an outlet for causing the liquid to be circulated... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6168308 | Mechanical proportioner A mechanical proportioner is provided with two pump lowers which are connected together by a yolk underneath an air-operated reciprocating piston pump. The pumps are staggered axially so as to enable overlapping of certain portions thereof thereby enablin... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6129451 | Liquid carbon dioxide cleaning system and method The invention discloses an apparatus and method for mixing liquid carbon dioxide with an additive or surfactant and then forcibly dispersing the mixture into a cleaning chamber full of liquid carbon dioxide. Valving controls the process of admitting a liq... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6065864 | Apparatus and method for planar laminar mixing A microelectromechanical system mixes a fluid using predominantly planar laminar flow. The microelectromechanical system includes a mixing chamber and a set of valves to establish the planar laminar flow in the mixing chamber. In one embodiment, bubble-co... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5951160 | Method and apparatus for packaging, mixing and delivering bone cement A method and apparatus for packaging, mixing and delivering bone cement formed from at least a first component and a second component includes a first container, a second container and a mixing member. The first container is operable to be selectively ope... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5836686 | Multi-chamber high pressure dispersion apparatus A method and apparatus for mixing two or more materials which are difficult to mix. The dispersion apparatus has a cylindrical housing which is divided into an upper chamber and a lower chamber by a separator. The materials to be mixed are forced under pr... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5676461 | Oil injection apparatus and method for polymer processing A method and apparatus are provided for adding controlled and accurate quantities of differing oils, to a polymer processing mixer without substantially contaminating one oil with another. Oils are contained in a plurality of oil supply tanks wherein each... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5653533 | Apparatus and method for introducing liquid additives into a concrete mix A concrete mixing system includes reservoirs of liquid additives, where the additives are combined with concrete mix to add desired properties thereto. These reservoirs of liquid additive are connected to a storage chamber and a controller which controls ... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5624186 | Multi-chamber high pressure dispersion apparatus A method and apparatus for mixing two or more materials which are difficult to mix. The dispersion apparatus has a cylindrical housing which is divided into an upper chamber and a lower chamber by a baffle. The materials to be mixed are forced under high ... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5607233 | Continuous dynamic mixing system The present invention relates to a continuous dynamic mixing assembly comprising a pump assembly for motivating a fluid material into a mixing chamber and substantially preventing reverse flow of gas and/or fluid material and a continuous dynamic mixing c... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5240324 | Continuous flow system for mixing and processing bulk ingredients A system for combining, mixing, and further processing ingredients to produce a specified weight of a composition in accordance with a specified recipe. The ingredients are discharged from hoppers into a central conveyor. Each hopper operates under contro... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5219455 | Pump for ice-cream machines A pump with piston for feeding liquid mixture for ice-cream from a tank to a whipping cylinder in a machine for the production of soft-type ice-cream, comprises valve means to connect in an adjustable way the cylinder of the pump with ambient air; a check... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5077016 | Apparatus for producing gas-air concentrations Accordingly, the present invention is an apparatus for mixing gas and air to obtain a plurality of predetermined gas-air concentrations including means for supplying gas from a constant pressure gas source. A conduit has a first end connected to the suppl... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5071562 | Chromatographic system with mixer To prevent the solvents forming a gradient from mixing at the wrong place and to provide for accurate composition at start of the gradient in spite of solvent pressure variations, a microliquid or supercritical fluid chromatograph includes a combined mixe... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5048598 | Reservior tank for a liquid cooling system A reservoir tank of the present invention employed in a liquid cooling system is provided with a plurality of outlets for feeding out the coolant and a plurality of inlets to which the coolant returns after cooling electronics devices. These outlets are p... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5027267 | Automatic mixture control apparatus and method An automatic mixture control apparatus includes a micro-computer-based data acquisition and control device which responds in real time to flowmeter and densimeter signals to control water inlet and bulk cement valves so that a cement slurry is produced at... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5018870 | Dual-pump mixing and feeding apparatus The apparatus includes a frame in which a vessel is mounted. Water is delivered into the vessel through one inlet, polymer is delivered into the vessel through a second inlet, and a further liquid is delivered into the vessel through a further inlet. A pu... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5004351 | Reaction injection molding machine A reaction injection molding machine provides for independent spring actuation of pistons in metering cylinders. Individual compression of the springs is provided by hand screw compression mechanisms. The pressure level of the liquid in each metering cyli... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4973165 | Method of generating precisely-defined wall shearing stresses A method is provided to generate over a confined space precisely defined distributions of the magnitude of the wall shearing stresses in a substrate/fluid boundary layer. A fluid flow is rotated around a center axis in the confined space. Simultaneously a... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4915505 | Blender apparatus A truck-mounted apparatus is capable of blending liquid/liquid or liquid/solid constituents in a high capacity blending operation, and the apparatus achieves a high degree of versatility in the introduction of materials into a blender apparatus (10) for d... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4886643 | Apparatus for proportioning reaction mixtures An apparatus for proportioning reaction mixtures, particularly for the manufacture of hard polyurethane foam. The apparatus includes two proportioning cylinders each for proportioning one of the components to a mixing head. The pistons of the two proporti... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4871262 | Cosmetic dispensing system A cosmetic dispensing system for blending selected cosmetic additives into a cosmetic base is provided. The system includes a plurality of storage containers for storing the additives; a pumping system for transferring selected additives to a cosmetic bas... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4869595 | Hydraulic diffusion flash mixing Chemicals are injected and mixed in a fluid to be treated by hydraulically creating turbulence for mixing across the cross-section of the flow path of the fluid and injecting undiluted chemical into the turbulence.... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4859071 | Homogenizing device for a fluid carried in a pipe A fraction of a fluid mixture of two non miscible phases carried in a pipe (2) is tapped by a conduit (4), pressurized by a pump (6) and reinjected by nozzles (22, 24) to form jets which spray the drops of the discontinuous phase. For this purpose, these ... | 08/22/1989 |
