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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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| 6961898 | System and method for calculation using vertical parentheses Systems and methods for computer-based numerical calculation using a calcsheet are provided. A calcsheet may provide one or more columns for vertical calculation, each column having a plurality of fields including operation fields, number fields, and optional commen... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6922710 | Hand-held calculator with problems and operations linked lists A hand-held calculator programmed to teach mathematics in a manner which emulates traditional step-by-step teacher-student teaching methods and shows the important intermediate steps. Using linked lists, the method allows the use of selected data sets of problems an... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6857002 | Integrated circuit with a mode control selecting settled and unsettled output from a filter In a signal processing integrated circuit having an analog to digital converter and a digital filter having a plurality of taps separated in time, when starting a conversion after a reset or a change of input channel, the filter will have an incomplete set of input ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6142367 | Electronic device and method of displaying mathematical expressions including variables The present invention is intended to enable an electronic calculator device for calculating functions to display a mathematical expression by automatically substituting a variable-value into a variable therein in advance. An electronic device comprises an... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6070216 | Serial I/O multichannel semiconductor device capable of selecting a transmitting pin for data output and of detecting received data at a plurality of receiving pins A serial I/O incorporated semiconductor device comprises a transmitting unit 4 including a transmission channel selection register 14 for selecting a transmitting pin to output transmit data and a receiving unit 5 including a receiving channel detection c... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6026449 | Computers with a proof function The inventive computer includes a RAM which sequentially stores a series of calculation expression data thereto, a proof unit which proves the series of calculation expression data by inputting those data again, and a display which displays calculation da... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6015224 | Calculator A calculator, comprising a keyboard having keys, each key having tactile symbols which indicate in Braille the numeral or function that the key represents. The calculator communicates its calculated numerical results visually, audibly, and tactiley. The t... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5870319 | Device and method for collecting data from graphed images A computing device (10) for capturing designated data from one or more graphic applications (60) comprising a screen area (16) for viewing one or more graphic functions (111) wherein each function (111) is manipulated with a plurality of shortcut keys (75... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5786776 | Character input terminal device and recording apparatus Texts including required message are entered with a small number of keys such as those of a cellular telephone. In this case, a conversion table is unnecessary and the number of key operations is reduced. The number of input characters or input character ... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5528524 | Calculating device capable of quickly finding a solution in an application using the iterative method In a calculating device, a control part performs arithmetic processing by an iterative method based on a mathematical expression inputted by an operator, an initial value for a variable in the mathematical expression, and a solution existing range in whic... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5432721 | Device and method of displaying mathematical expression for small electronic appliance When a user requested mathematical expression requiring, when normally displayed, a plurality of display rows is not an independent numerical element in another mathematical expression, for example, a numerator portion, the requested mathematical expressi... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5418902 | Electronic spreadsheet system producing generalized answers including formulas An electronic spreadsheet consists of an array of cells into which a user can enter formulas and values. The contents of the spreadsheet cells are translated into a query in a high-level logic language such as the Pure Logic Language (PLL). The query is t... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5410719 | Field compositor for merging data and including cells each receiving three control and two data inputs and generating one control and one data output therefrom A field compositor, with a regular and systematic structure, that merges fields of data together to compose new data words. Starting from a basic cell, the field compositor merges longer words by connecting more of the basic cells together in a systematic... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5381353 | Scientific electronic calculator for performing mathematical operations with predetermined priority Scientific electronic calculator comprising an input device such as a keyboard for inputting operational information including the operands and operators to the calculator, a display device for displaying the input operational information and results of p... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5377326 | Electronic apparatus with remote data supplementation/update selection and error display A small electronic apparatus such as an electronic organizer, electronic memo, etc. is disclosed which has a memory for storing data, and a communication unit for transmitting data stored in the memory to another electronic apparatus, and for receiving da... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5138566 | Fractional/decimal/digital converting calculator A Production Pal is provided that permits a user to perform calculations directly upon fractional data. Input to the Production Pal can be either a length expressed as a mixed fraction or rectangular measurements (length×width). The desired size, origina... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5132924 | Electronic computer capable of repeatedly displaying the results of a quotient/remainder calculation An improved electronic computer which can produce a quotient/remainder calculation. The computer has first and second memories for storing respectively a dividend and a divisor which are input for execution of division. A quotient/remainder calculation is... | 07/21/1992 |
| 4845652 | Generic equation solver interface for solving mathematical equations A user-to-calculating device interface for the solution of mathematical equations. The interface allows for the simple construction of equations which may be utilized or stored. Once an equation has been constructed, it may be solved. The preferred embodi... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4774684 | Electronic apparatus with a display means An electronic apparatus such as an electronic desk-top calculator, word-processor or electronic typewriter having a display unit and a data input keyboard with plural operating modes in which one of a mode display format and a regular display format is se... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4718029 | Display device for a programmable electronic calculator A display device for a programmable electronic calculator comprises an input device for inputting the contents of a display to be displayed in the display device, a sheltering display memory for storing the contents of the previous display for sheltering ... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4425619 | Selective read out of one hour transaction data in an electronic cash register An electronic cash register includes a transaction data memory having 24 (twenty-four) memory sections each of which is assigned to store the transaction amount registered in a preselected one hour. A selection system is associated with each of the memory... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4159525 | Programmable calculator employing computed memory addresses An adaptable programmable calculator is provided by employing a modular read-write and read-only memory unit capable of being expanded to provide the calculator with additional program and data storage functions oriented towards the environment of the use... | 06/26/1979 |
| 3991306 | Electronic calculator or digital processor chip with separately controllable digit and segment outputs An MOS/LSI semiconductor chip for providing the functions of an electronic calculator or digital processor includes a data storage RAM, a ROM for program instruction storage, an arithmetic unit for performing operations on data, and control circuitry for ... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3991305 | Electronic calculator or digital processor chip with multiple code combinations of display and keyboard scan outputs An MOS/LSI semiconductor chip for providing the functions of an electronic calculator or digital processor includes a data storage RAM, a ROM for program instruction storage, an arithmetic unit for performing operations on data, and control circuitry for ... | 11/09/1976 |
