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Pillow with retractable umbrella
A pillow assembly having a supporting assembly and a retractable umbrella assembly that is easily transportable and allows a user to support his/her head while covering their face from sunlight.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7431585 | Apparatus and method for heating substrates An apparatus for processing substrates is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a housing and a plurality of stacked cell structures in the housing. An actuator is adapted to move the plurality of stacked cell structures inside of the housing while su... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7331374 | Method and apparatus for assisting removal of sand moldings from castings Disclosed is a method for dislodging a mold from a casting formed within the mold. The mold may be removed from the casting by scoring the mold and applying a force sufficient to cause the mold to fracture and break into pieces. Additionally, the mold may be fractur... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7275582 | Methods and apparatus for heat treatment and sand removal for castings A system and method for heat treating castings and removing sand cores therefrom. The castings are initially located in indexed positions with their x, y, and z coordinates known. The castings are passed through a heat treatment station typically having a series of ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 6905332 | Modular oven, panel assembly and method of assembling the same A modular oven, such as a batch process oven, having a standardized set of self supporting, interconnectable panels which, when assembled, from a self-supporting heat containment shell, free of added structural support members. Also described are the self-supporting... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6901990 | Method and system for processing castings A method and system of processing castings is provided in which one or more castings are deposited into a mobile furnace and moved from one station to another of a multi-station casting processing system. The interior of the mobile furnace is heated so as to maintai... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6902635 | Multi-cell thermal processing unit The present invention relates to a multi cell thermal processing unit. The thermal processing unit comprises an air tight common chamber containing an atmosphere other than ambient air. A loading cell is linked to the common chamber via a gas tight door for providin... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6637637 | Reflow apparatus A reflow apparatus includes at least one heating unit. Each of the at least one heating unit includes an air blower for circulating air; a partition for defining an air circulating path; at least a first slit heater and a second slit heater for heating a ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6368668 | Method and apparatus for producing a photocatalytic material Disclosed is a method and an apparatus are provided which can efficiently produce a functional material having a satisfactory level of photocatalytic activity. A photocatalyst coating composition comprising a photocatalytic metal oxide and/or a precursor ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6336809 | Combination conduction/convection furnace A single furnace system integrates, in combination, two or more distinct heating environments (which in the preferred embodiments include a conduction heating environment and a convection heating environment) integrated such that the multiple environments... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6217317 | Combination conduction/convection furnace A single furnace system integrates, in combination, two or more distinct heating environments (which in the preferred embodiments include a conduction heating environment and a convection heating environment) integrated such that the multiple environments... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6065964 | Modular vacuum thermal processing installation The present invention relates to a chained thermal processing installation under rarefied atmosphere including several processing cells linked in a horizontal plane to a common air-tight chamber provided with handling means for transferring a load from on... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5525196 | Process for producing formed activated coke An improved process for producing a formed activated coke for simultaneous desulfurization and denitrification, which includes passing a ground coal through a tubular or cylindrical carbonization retort by using a hot gas stream, to subject the coal to pr... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5513983 | Apparatus for vitrifying soot preform for optical fiber An apparatus for vitrifying a soot preform from which an optical fiber is produced by drawing, is composed of a main vacuum chamber 20 in which a muffle tube 70 for vitrifying the soot preform PF is located, and an auxiliary vacuum chamber 30 mounted on t... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5502742 | Heat treating furnace with removable floor, adjustable heating element support, and threaded ceramic gas injection nozzle A heat treating furnace has a hot zone enclosure with a substantially rectangular cross section. The floor of the hot zone enclosure is formed such that it is removable independently of the remainder of the hot zone enclosure. The heat treating furnace ha... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5266777 | Dental furnace with metallic inner housing, plastic outer housing, and air space therebetween A dental furnace for heat treatment of dental materials and dental components, particularly for firing these at temperatures over 100° C. comprises an insulated furnace space which can be closed off by a door. The furnace space has a housing which is sus... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5052923 | Oven for partial heat treatment of tools An oven for the partial heat treatment of tools, for example, twist drills, omprises a first section, which contains the heating chamber that is constantly at the desired operating temperature. A second section for the loading and unloading and the quenchi... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5007825 | Heat reclamation apparatus The apparatus herein comprises a kettle for calcining particulate material and a surrounding furnace having a porous wall to pass heat of combustion into the kettle at one side and to permit evacuation of the products of combustion from an opposite side, ... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4738618 | Vertical thermal processor Vertically oriented thermal processor, also known as a vertical diffusion furnace for the processing of silicon or gallium arsenide wafers or substrates including a vertically positionable furnace assembly, and a quartz bell-jar shaped element which posit... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4437834 | Method of and apparatus for treating granular material A method and apparatus for treating granular materials which require to be heated to drive off volatile constituents and which require to be cooled, for example foundry sand containing an organic binder. The method comprises the step of maintaining a mass... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4207064 | Heating apparatus A heating apparatus having doors mounted on the inlet and outlet of a furnace body to cover them and at least one additional door disposed in an intermediate portion of the furnace body to divide it into compartment furnace chambers forming a preheating c... | 06/10/1980 |
