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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 |
| 8151614 | Variable adjustable cutoff device for roll formers A cutoff unit for cutting a variably swept continuous beam extending from a roll forming mill includes a pickup subassembly for tracking a shape of the continuous beam, and a cutoff subassembly that engages and supports sides of the continuous beam while a blade sli... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8061171 | Automated manufacturing machine The present invention provides a method and machine for producing a slotted wound core (50). The machine includes a punch arrangement (16) arranged to punch apertures in a length of material (12a), a mandrel (22) for receiving the ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7654123 | Automated manufacturing machine The present invention provides a method and machine for producing a slotted wound core (50). The machine includes a punch arrangement (16) arranged to punch apertures in a length of material (12a), a mandrel (22) for receiving the ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7530249 | Method utilizing power adjusted sweep device A computer controlled roll-forming apparatus is adapted to provide a repeating pattern of different longitudinal shapes to a continuous beam “on the fly” during the roll-forming process. A sweep station on the apparatus includes a primary bending roller tangenti... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7392681 | Wire rod cutting apparatus of spring manufacturing machine To easily adjust and change a locus of a leading end (an endless locus) of a cutter, a wire rod cutting apparatus of spring manufacturing machine has structure so that a slide may vertically slide via a connection rod by rotating a rotation shaft, and a cutter mount... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7353680 | Universal compression spring former The compression spring former disclosed by the present invention contains an external diameter mechanism, spacing mechanism, wire-feeding mechanism, cutting mechanism, length-detecting mechanism, sorting mechanism, and microcomputer control mechanism. Within the wor... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7340931 | Roll forming and punching machine for metal sheet material A punching machine installed in the machine base of a roller shape forming machine in a metal working system and controlled to punch holes on a metal sheet material being delivered through the roller shape forming machine during operation of the roller shape forming... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340932 | Wire-rolling apparatus A rolling-mill cooling unit has a cooling-unit conveyor transporting fanned-out loops of wire in a transport direction toward a coiler spaced downstream from the cooling-unit conveyor and serving to organize the fanned-out loops of wire into coils or bundles. A feed... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337642 | Roll-former apparatus with rapid-adjust sweep box A computer controlled roll-forming apparatus is adapted to provide a repeating pattern of different longitudinal shapes to a continuous beam “on the fly” during the roll-forming process. A sweep station on the apparatus includes a primary bending roller tangenti... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7114359 | Method for producing bent spring rails from an endless spring band The invention relates to a method for producing bent spring rails from an endless spring band. The method is characterized by the following steps: continuous bending of a section of spring band; cutting the bent section of spring band into a spring rail; discontinuo... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7080537 | Spring manufacturing machine To efficiently manufacture springs having various kinds of shapes, a spring manufacturing machine is structured such as to bend a wire by two inner engagement projections (47) by adjusting a position of a position adjusting table (34), fitting a gap ( | 07/25/2006 |
| 7055356 | Wire rod cutting apparatus of spring manufacturing machine To easily adjust and change a locus of a leading end (an endless locus) of a cutter, a wire rod cutting apparatus of spring manufacturing machine has structure so that a slide may vertically slide via a connection rod by rotating a rotation shaft, and a cutter mount... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7043951 | Wire rod-forming machine To provide a wire rod forming machine for which it is possible to increase the production speed above that of the prior art. In the ring-forming machine 10 of the present configuration, between the respective edges 42 and 51 of the moving die | 05/16/2006 |
| 6997026 | Quick change metal stud to hemmed track roll forming system An apparatus and method for selectively forming metal stud and track members from sheet material, the apparatus including a stud forming assembly capable of transforming the sheet material into a stud member as the material exits the stud forming assembly, and a tra... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6910360 | Multiple wire feed for spring coiling machine and method An apparatus for making mattress and upholstery spring coils. The apparatus has a wire feeding device and a wire guide adapted to support first and second wires of different diameters. The wire guide is movable to first and second positions to align the first and se... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6295853 | Spirally formed pipe cutter with driving mechanism to actively rotate inner knife A method and apparatus for cutting spiral pipe is disclosed. The pipe cutting apparatus includes a driving mechanism that imparts rotation to a knife located inside the spiral pipe via a drive element, such as a drive shaft. The method includes forming a ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6125676 | Control system for controlling a rod mill A control system for controlling a rod mill wherein a general-purpose motor can be used together with servomotors in controlling the operational sequence of processes, wherein the time required for going through all the processes can be reduced, and where... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6062054 | Spring forming apparatus A first large drive gear for slider driving mechanisms and a second large drive gear for a tool rotating driving mechanism are disposed coaxially with an axis of a wire feeding quill and in parallel with a rear surface of a front base frame panel, and a s... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6000264 | Driving mechanism for moving a cutter or pitch control rod in a spring forming machine A spring forming machine includes a machine frame, a movable member, and a driving mechanism. The driving mechanism comprises a slide plate seat, a slide plate and a cam wheel. When fitting an eccentric pin unit and a filler within a horizontal slide slot... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5927124 | Apparatus for bending and cutting tubing, and method of using same An apparatus for bending and cutting metal tubing includes a support base and a number of components attached thereto. A bend die is rotatably attached to the support base, and is pivotally movable about a pivot axis. The bend die has a tube-receiving per... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5860305 | Pipe cutter with dual outer cutting knives and method A pipe cutter having dual outer knives and a method of using the same is disclosed. The outer knives are mounted on knife positioners capable of swinging the outer knives into a pipe in an arc to overlap with a knife positioned inside the pipe. The method... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5761943 | Method of and arrangement for making helical springs from biconical wire A method and arrangement of making helical springs from a wire, includes a winding machine for coiling the wire strand to a finished spring. Disposed upstream of the winding machine is a wire gage for measuring a diameter of the wire strand at a predeterm... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5727435 | Severance control for sinuous wire forming machine Apparatus for cutting, from a continuously extending sinuously formed wire, a variably selected predetermined length thereof having a plurality of sinuously formed generally identical coils, which apparatus comprises a frame, a mechanism on said frame for... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5636541 | Apparatus for forming and cutting spiral pipe An improved apparatus for forming and cutting spirally formed pipe, particularly spiral pipes having a diameter of approximately one inch or less, is disclosed. The device for slitting the spiral pipe into sections includes a first knife that is positione... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5609055 | Method and apparatus for cutting and notching a hollow pipe An apparatus for simultaneously cutting and notching a pipe includes an upper knife assembly having a pipe cutting knife and notch cutting knives with cutting edges adjacent a surface of the pipe and a lower knife assembly having a pipe cutting knife and ... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5555758 | Method and apparatus for cutting coiled wire A length of wire is introduced to a coiling station to form a wire coil which then is fed to a cutting station where the free end of the coil engages a stop. Cutting means sequentially move between non-cutting and cutting positions to cut rings from the c... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5477717 | Apparatus for cutting helically wound metal tubing A cutting apparatus usable in a machine having a forming head for helically winding a metal strip into a helically wound metal tubing and for issuing the helically wound metal tubing along a defined path. The apparatus includes a first mounting for suppor... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5477715 | Adaptive spring winding device and method An apparatus includes means for feeding a wire from a fixed outlet against a coiling surface having a variable location in relation to the fixed outlet. The fixed outlet directs the wire in a path and the wire is deflected from the path by the coiling sur... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5319833 | Apparatus for producing coils from spring steel material Apparatus for producing coils of spring steel material comprising an unwinding station, a cutting station, a winding spindle which contains angled gripping wires on its peripheral surface and conveying means for conveying the spring steel material from th... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5305625 | Adjustable cutoff apparatus A cutoff apparatus is adapted to be positioned adjacent a roll-forming machine, and is particularly adapted for adjustably receiving and cutting bumper-length segments from a swept elongated shape made of high strength steel being extended from the roll-f... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5285669 | Spring manufacturing apparatus and spring cutting mechanism A spring manufacturing apparatus for reducing the time from the beginning to the completion of the manufacturing of a spring having a flat end surface and for manufacturing a large amount of springs at a high-speed. Feed rollers 3a and 3b supply wire mate... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5193374 | Apparatus for cutting spiral pipe An apparatus for cutting spirally formed pipe is disclosed. The pipe cutting apparatus has an inner knife positioned inside a pipe and an annular outer knife positioned outside the pipe. The inner knife moves from an inner position within the pipe to an o... | 03/16/1993 |
| 4995251 | System for trimming leading and trailing ends from a wire coil The instant invention is an improvement on a method of making wire coils comprising the steps of rolling a length of wire having a leading end and a trailing end and displacing the wire in a longitudinal travel direction and coiling the wire into succeedi... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4934165 | Computer controlled coiling machine A system for controllng the feeding of wire to a workstation for the formation of a coil spring by means of at least one moveable work tool that is disposed at the workstation and that is selectively operated to move to different positions in the formatio... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4934224 | Strip threading tension monitoring system The present invention relates to a system for monitoring tension of a peeled strip during threading of the strip onto a coil wrapping assembly. Sensors mounted on the coiler assembly monitor strip tension during threading such that a break in the strip tr... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4924684 | Apparatus for forming and cutting spiral pipe An apparatus for forming and slitting spirally formed pipe, particularly spiral pipes having a diameter of approximately one inch or less, is disclosed. The pipe forming apparatus includes an enclosed forming head and a mandrel. A continuous strip of meta... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4891963 | Wire rod rolling mill The wire rolling mill has a plurality of roughing stands, a cropping shears, a finishing block, a coiler with a coiler pipe and a coiler drive including a coiler motor and a coiler gear unit and a delivery conveyor for the finished wire deposited in coils... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4873854 | Computer controlled coiling machine A computer controlled wire coiling machine having three separately controllable motors for controlling wire feed, pitch tool operation and diameter tool operation. The machine includes a computer having a keyboard for setting predetermined parameters ther... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4823579 | Apparatus for cutting hollow pipes An apparatus for cutting spirally formed pipe is disclosed. This apparatus has two knives mounted on a boom to be positioned inside of the pipe. The inner knives have cutting edges that are adjacent the inner pipe surface and point in opposite directions.... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4798072 | Spring coiling machine with dual arbors The present invention is directed to a spring coiling machine, a chuck or tool holder for a coiling machine, and a method of operating a coiling machine, which, in their broadest aspects, utilize two vertically spaced apart arbors of different constructio... | 01/17/1989 |
