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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 |
| 8137076 | Method and system for raising a liquid using a pressurised gas and a buoyant, movable interface member A method and a device for extracting a liquid from a liquid pond, wherein in a first phase air is removed from an airtight reservoir, a venting and a rising pipe in order to create depression therein and a suck-up of the liquid in the liquid pond. In a second phase,... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7866954 | Valve and micro fluid pump having the same Disclosed herein are a valve and a micro fluid pump having the same. The valve is mounted in a micro fluid pump having a capillary tube, to which a gas supply unit and a fluid transfer pipe are connected, for controlling the introduction and the discharge of fluid. ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7438080 | System and method for dewatering an area A system and method for dewatering an area in which a catch basin is situated within the area to collect water and conduit conveys the collected water to an elongated discharge chamber having a muzzle at a distal end in communication with a desired outfall body and ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7367366 | Pumping device A pumping device includes a container having a cover structure. A piston is movably received in the container and is manually operable. The cover structure has an air inlet valve and a slide switch, which, when properly set, allow air to be sucked into or expelled o... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7325579 | Watering can augmented by pump and snorkel device A watering can includes a pump and a snorkel which can be used to draw water out of a vessel and into the watering can. The snorkel device is put into a vessel from which water is to be evacuated and the pump is cranked in order to start the flow of water from the v... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7316544 | Automatic pneumatic pump An automatic, pneumatic pump having a chamber that is gravity fed through a top opening and through a vertical tube with waste liquid. A buoyant plunger sits on an air inlet nipple, which nipple is located at the bottom of the chamber. Liquid entering the chamber ca... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7233492 | Cooling systems and methods for same The described embodiments relate to devices and cooling systems for same. One exemplary device includes a housing and at least one fan unit configured to move air through the housing. The device also includes a fluid channel comprising an impeller for moving fluid c... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7163359 | Device for conveying powder and method for operating the same Transport system with several devices (1) for transporting powder, where each device (1) has a transfer chamber (3) into which a supply line (6) and a discharge line (8) for the powder open, and means to generate a negative pressur... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7093624 | Liquid pumping device A liquid pumping device includes a barrel, a cylinder, a conducting rod, a piston, an operation lever, and a cover. Thus, the liquid pumping device is operated automatically by the power source or operated manually by the operation lever to suck the liquid from the ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086473 | Submersible pumping system with sealing device A submersible pumping system includes a pump assembly that is connected to a motor assembly. The pump assembly includes a pump intake having an intake hole, a pump housing connected to the pump intake and a pump discharge head connected to the pump housing. An intak... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7080686 | Devices and methods for extraction, transportation and/or release of material Provided are methods and apparatuses for extracting, transporting and/or releasing various kinds of liquid and semi-liquid materials. The materials may have very high viscosity and may include solids. Generally speaking, the apparatus includes a container, a gateway... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7021900 | Vapor-powered kinetic pump A kinetic pump and method of pumping a liquid comprising providing an acceleration tube for the acceleration of a liquid contained therein by an introduced high-pressure vapor or gas, receiving the liquid from the acceleration tube with a compressed-air surge tank, ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7007751 | Apparatus for extracting oil or other fluids from a well The present invention is directed towards a fluid extractor system that has been design to obtain fluid, such as crude oil from wells at a fraction of the cost by using a novel canister assembly lowered in a well to collect the fluid. The canister assembly includes ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7007456 | Dual chamber pump and method Disclosed is a pneumatically powered high-pressure and lightweight fluid pump. The pump is useful for pumping fuel for liquid rocket engines and for pumping water, such as for fire suppression. During operation of the pump, liquid is drained from a tank into a pump ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6968631 | Method and apparatus for determining presence of moisture in freeze dryer vacuum line A freeze dryer having a collector chamber is provided with a sensor for detecting the presence of moisture in the chamber so that the vacuum pump cannot be operated if moisture is present. The refrigeration system can also be deactivated. This precludes moisture fro... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6962176 | Portable suction system A portable suction system comprises a vacuum valve subassembly. The subassembly has a body, upper and lower ball valves, and an actuating linkage. The body has a mounting portion for a tank and a valve housing portion. The mounting portion has a threaded diameter. T... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6955529 | Bidirectional air pump assembly for inflatable objects A bidirectional air pump assembly includes a pump mounting case, a valve and an air pump. The pump mounting case is mounted in an inflatable object and has a valve mounting hole. The valve is held in the valve mounting hole and includes an adapter with a valve port ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6945755 | Fluid controlled pumping system and method A fluid level controlled pumping system includes a pumping unit disposed within a fluid cavity. The pumping unit includes an inlet operable to receive a fluid to be pumped from the fluid cavity. The system also includes a valve slidably coupled to the pumping unit. ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6907933 | Sub-sea blow case compressor A sub-sea submersible compressing apparatus having at least one compressor tank. A compressor tank is configured to receive gas from a gas/liquid separator and has an inlet for water. The compressor further comprises a pump to pump water from the compressor tank the... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6793462 | Fluidic pump A fluidic pump (108) comprises an electrolyte cavity (110) and a pump outlet (115) fluidically coupled to the electrolyte cavity that are within at least a portion of a fluid guiding structure (105), two electrodes (112, 113) exten... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6722855 | Oil pumping device A manual/pneumatic oil pumping device having a housing defining therein an oil reserving space and an upper cover. A floating board is disposed in the oil reserving space. The upper cover is equipped with a manual air sucking mechanism, a pneumatic air sucking mecha... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6632073 | Air-operated pump with bladder-controlled inlet structure useful in floating-layer separation applications An air-operated, submersible pump features a bladder-controlled inlet applicable to water pumping or fluid separation, including the recovery of viscous hydrocarbon products. The inlet area fluidly penetrates through a portion of the wall of the pump, and... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6623248 | System for conveying liquids without pulsing A system tot the pulsation-free delivery of liquids, which system may be used for high-purity, liquid chemicals in the semiconductor industry.... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6604910 | Fluid controlled pumping system and method A fluid controlled pumping system includes a pumping unit disposed within a fluid cavity. The pumping unit includes a passage extending to a suction end of the pumping unit. The system also includes a pressure source coupled to the passage and operable to... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6602055 | Leachate and depollution pneumatic pump with sleeve valve A pneumatic pumping device for pumping liquids such as landfill leachates and polluted liquids or thick matter includes a tubular body (1) forming a pump body and defining a cylindrical main chamber (2) in the upstream and downstream ends of which respect... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6599098 | Thermolysis reaction actuating pump A thermolysis reaction actuating pump system including a first set of walls defining a channel having a cross-sectional area less than one millimeter squared, and wherein a liquid is received in the channel. A second set of walls defining a reaction chamb... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6558138 | Manual/pneumatic oil-pumping device A manual/pneumatic oil pumping device including a housing having an upper cover equipped with a manual mechanism and a pneumatic air sucking mechanism. A closing means is disposed in the upper cover corresponding to the pneumatic air sucking mechanism. Wh... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6450784 | Air-operated pumps with removable cartridges and improved manifold attachment mechanisms An air-operated pump for groundwater sampling and other applications includes a removable cartridge coupled to a manifold configured to receive air-inlet and fluid-discharge tubes from an above-ground location. The removable cartridge may be in the form o... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6368067 | Dual chamber liquid pump The fluid pump of the present invention includes an upper enclosure for holding fluid (typically a liquid) from a fluid input source, and a lower enclosure for outputting the fluid to an output line. A first valve (a) controls the fluid input flow into th... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6299686 | Drywall taping and texture system using pump A drywall taping and texture system for pumping drywall mastic material from a container filled with the drywall mastic material to a work surface includes a pump housing, an air compressor, a tool for applying the drywall mastic material to the work surf... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6234761 | Apparatus for an air lift and transfer pump A pump having a pump chamber arranged to receive liquid to be pumped and air, a delivery pipe for delivery of the liquid by the air to a location remote from said pump chamber, an air pipe for flow of air therein. The delivery pipe and pump chamber are in... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6224343 | Automated, air-operated bellows pumps for groundwater sampling and other applications An air-operated pump for groundwater sampling features a corrugated bellows as opposed to the traditional bladder used for fluid collection. The preferred embodiment includes an air-supply line and a fluid-discharge line, each coupled to the pump body thr... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6220823 | Air-operated pump with simplified inlet structure useful in floating-layer separation applications An air-operated, submersible pump features a simplified inlet design applicable to water pumping or fluid separation, including the recovery of viscous hydrocarbon products. The inlet area fluidly penetrates through a portion of the wall of the pump, and ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6200104 | Automatic pneumatic pump system An automatic pneumatic pump system includes a fluid reservoir, at least one fluid tank connected to the reservoir through an inlet conduit and discharge fluid through an outlet conduit, a pressure sensing unit mounted on each fluid tank and containing a h... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6193471 | Pneumatic control of formation and transport of small volume liquid samples A process and system are provided for forming and transporting precise small volumes of liquid samples by means of controlled gas pressures. As the controlled gas pressures are changed at a multiplicity of control points in the fluid circuit, transitions ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6145622 | Fluid change system A fluid change system (10) for use in changing fluid, i.e. motor oil from machinery. The system has a portable "suitcase" unit (12) and a unit (14) for recharging the suitcase unit. The suitcase unit (12) has a used fluid tank (22) for collecting and stor... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6089829 | Pump for hot corrosive melts The invention relates to a pump for discharging hot corrosive liquids, in particular molten salts, consisting of a pump pipe (1), a discharge pipe (2) dipping into the liquid and at least two valves (3, 4), whereby the liquid is discharged periodically by... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6042342 | Fluid displacement system In a fluid displacement system having a pressure vessel, an expansion vessel, first and second tubes in fluid communication with the two vessels, and an energy source, fluid contained within the system is transferred from one vessel to the other by activa... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6036446 | Fluid transfer with concurrent system movement for liquid and vacuum A portable system of inter-connected smaller and larger canisters for near simultaneous vacuum and liquid transfer free from any external power. Captured vacuum in the canisters is employed for waste liquid extraction and a subsequent pressure transfer ma... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5897295 | Timer controlled pneumatic water pump A pneumatic pump is provided including a housing with an inlet aperture and an outlet aperture. A one way valve is mounted on the inlet aperture. A tube has a first end connected to outlet aperture and a second end positioned distant the housing. An air c... | 04/27/1999 |
