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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 |
| 7343846 | Actuator having external load supporting member A hydraulic actuator is provided for supporting a load. The actuator includes a cylinder, a lower end closed by a base, and an annular side wall connected between the base and the upper wall. A piston is disposed partially within the cylinder, and includes a rod ext... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7240605 | Actuator with a variable run The invention concerns a pneumatic and/or hydraulic actuator. The pneumatic and/or hydraulic actuator is one in which the run of a driving shaft, which is pneumatically operated by a piston, can vary on the basis of the insertion in the body of the actuator or at le... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7201541 | Prop head bearing A prop head bearing between the roof bar and the prop (4) of a shield-type support frame, comprising a ball-joint socket (3) on the roof bar and open towards the prop for receiving a ball-joint head (2) on the prop (4), with at least one ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201062 | Device for measuring the tension in a continuous chain with link ends A device adapted for pulling the ends of a continuous chain together, with each chain end including a link, in order to measure the tension in the chain. The device comprises a first straight section, a second straight section, and a third section that is connected ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195197 | Techniques for controlling a fin with unlimited adjustment and no backlash A fin control assembly includes a housing, an arm configured to couple to a fin and to steer the fin relative to the housing, and a locking member disposed within the housing. The locking member is configured to (i) lock the arm in a substantially fixed state to inh... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7131548 | Folding pinnacle bending device A folding pinnacle bending device for a mobile crane (20) comprises a joint area (9) which is bent in order to adjust the angle of the folding pinnacle (10) and which comprises a joint (8) in its upper or tensile load area, wherein the jo... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7125058 | Locking device with solenoid release pin A locking device with a solenoid release actuator includes a housing, a plunger axially slidable within the housing, a biasing member for biasing the plunger in a first direction, one or more locking balls, and the locking balls disposed in an aperture in the housin... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7040216 | Hydraulic motor A hydraulic motor is equipped with an output shaft (2), a cylinder (4) arranged around the output shaft and receiving a plurality of pistons (6) expanding with the fluid pressure, a diagonal plate (7) that contacts the plurality of the ex... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7013792 | Actuator provided with locking mechanism A piston rod is formed in a diameter smaller than an inner diameter of a hollow cylinder. The piston rod is inserted in the cylinder so as to be relatively movable in an axial direction of the cylinder. A locking mechanism comprises a first surface provided on the i... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6912947 | Supporting device The invention relates to a supporting device for supporting substrates in a component placement machine including a housing (1), a piston rod (5) arranged in the housing so as to be movable in its longitudinal direction in the housing (1) by pre... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6752066 | Device for controlling the oscillation of the arm of a handling equipment of the swingable lever type A handling equipment of the swingable arm type comprises a double acting cylinder within whose chamber a main piston is sealingly mounted, which is slidable owing to the selective delivery of fluid under pressure at opposite zones of the chamber, which is connected ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6397728 | Linear stopping and positioning apparatus A linear positioning apparatus has a positioning actuator assembly including a cylinder and movable piston to be used for moving a workpiece or a moveable worktable along a rectilinear path or thrust axis. The apparatus includes at least one stop member a... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6343538 | Multiposition self-locking cylinder A self-locking cylinder capable of restraining substantially infinite force including: an angular or conical surface; a locking part; a release part; a force surface for establishing locking forces; a plurality of cylindrical or spherical parts such that ... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6308613 | Fluid pressure cylinder having lock mechanism A fluid pressure cylinder has a lock mechanism in which its entire structure is simple. Also, its assembling operation and maintenance are easy. The lock mechanism to be assembled to a body of a cylinder includes a fulcrum pin for immovably supporting a l... | 10/30/2001 |
| 5791230 | Rod clamping device for a linear fluid actuator A rod clamp device having a clamp sleeve and a cam member spring biased axially in a direction to actuate the clamp sleeve to a clamp condition, and a clamp release piston that is operable through a mechanical force amplifying mechanism to move the cam me... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5735122 | Actuator with failfixed zero drift The present invention provides an actuator controlled by an electro-hydraulic servovalve with a failfixed operation upon the loss of electrical power to the servovalve. A lock valve has apertures therethrough with friction pads therein for locking the act... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5513554 | Lockable telescopic device and use of the same The invention relates to a lockable telescopic device (1) which includes a cylindrical tube (10) and a piston rod (3). The piston rod (3) includes an expandable locking device (60) which, when active, forcibly abuts a part of the inner wall of the tube (1... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5499890 | Trench shoring device with locking mechanism There is disclosed a shoring device for holding shoring boards against the walls of a trench. The shoring device is equipped with a locking mechanism to lock the device in an extended position in order to prevent the trench walls from collapsing. The shor... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5327724 | Lockable master cylinder The invention relates to a master cylinder comprising a body (12) comprising a bore (14) in which slides, in leaktight manner, at least one piston (16, 18) movable between a rest position and at least one working position and defining at least one pressur... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5277101 | Rodless cylinder apparatus The rodless cylinder includes at least a cylinder tube and a piston, but it has no piston rod that is indispensable in the conventional cylinders. The article carrier is connected via the piston yoke to the piston and movable with parts and jigs placed th... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5079995 | Auxiliary remote-controlled release device for a positively acting mechanism The positively acting mechanism comprises a jack (2) with a rod (10) connected, at one of its ends, to a member whose actuation or retention it ensures, and, at its other end, to a thrust piece (16), on which a spring (18) comes to bear, in order to actua... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5050484 | Hydraulic actuator with locking mechanism A hydraulic actuator comprising a cylinder formed with an axial cylinder chamber, a main piston provided in the cylinder chamber and dividing the chamber into a first chamber and a second chamber and further formed with a locking chamber, an annular locki... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5048656 | Fluid operated clutch control system having latch member Provided is an improved fluid operated clutch control system having a latch member operable to lock the clutch in a selected condition of engagement or disengagement when the fluid pressure falls below a predetermined minimum value. In one embodiment a sy... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5024303 | Hatchback locking device The locking device may either be used with a conventional liftgate support or incorporated into the design of the liftgate support, to retain a hatchback-type door of a vehicle in an open position. The locking device of the present invention is for use wi... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5018434 | Self-adjusting servo mechanism for actuating a friction band assembly in a planetary gear set The present invention is directed to a self-adjusting servo mechanism (10). The servo pin (30) presented from the servo mechanism (10) will protract sufficiently to effect operative engagement of a friction band assembly (13) with a rotating member (18) i... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4899644 | Fluid cylinder assembly for robot actuators A fluid cylinder assembly comprising a fluid cylinder having ports disposed at opposite ends thereof communicable with a source of fluid under pressure, a piston disposed in said cylinder having a first rod section extending through an end of said cylinde... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4873824 | Master cylinder pressure-retaining vehicular anti-theft brake locking mechanism A brake locking mechanism of the anti-theft type for use with an automobile vehicular brake system having one or more fluid operated brakes, a master cylinder and an actuator for reciprocating a piston in the cylinder to apply and release the brakes. The ... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4785716 | Pneumatic cylinder and brake mechanism therefor A pneumatic cylinder having an elongated cylinder member, a reciprocally movable piston, transfer means for transferring reciprocal movement of the piston to a work piece and a brake mechanism associated and movable with the transfer means for creating a ... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4589380 | Cyclic dwell engine The invention disclosed herein is a cyclic power mechanism including means providing for a variable dwell between cycles of the mechanism. The mechanism produces energy during each cycle and stores the energy of each cycle for consumption. The variable dw... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4457212 | Hydraulic ram A hydraulic ram for use in thrust-jacking of tunnel linings comprises a cylindrical outer member, a cylindrical inner member reciprocable within the outer member, and an extension member reciprocable within the inner member. A two-part clamping ring is pr... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4442756 | Heat sensitive locking device A temperature sensitive locking mechanism is provided for a fluid pressure actuator which will hold the shaft of the actuator in a spring compressing position until the occurrence of a pre-selected temperature in the vicinity of the actuator. Locking thre... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4413944 | Tractor front loader with locking strut Tractor front loaders have sometimes been provided with struts enabling them to be locked in raised position. These struts have had to be moved bodily between operative and inoperative positions. To avoid the need for bodily movement, the struts are made ... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4309027 | Pneumatic spring having selectively releasable rod-retaining structure In the illustrative embodiments described, a pneumatic spring includes selectively releasable structure, located in part at the outer end of the piston rod and in part at the corresponding end of the cylinder, for retaining the piston rod at or near its i... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4078779 | Pneumatic spring with manually releasable stop A pneumatic spring having a cylinder and a piston rod biased axially outward of the cylinder by compressed gas in the cylinder cavity may be stopped in an axially intermediate position of the rod by engagement of respective radial faces on an abutment mem... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4014414 | Power parking failsafe disc brake A disc brake comprising a caliper housing having axially aligned first and second cylinder bores; a first piston slidable within the first bore and bearing against one of the friction pads; and a second piston slidable within the second bore and having an... | 03/29/1977 |
| 3941141 | Blowout preventer locking apparatus and method Locking apparatus for a ram type blowout preventer having a housing with a passageway through which a tubular member may pass; rams movable between a non-sealing position in the housing, in which the passageway is open, and a sealing position in which the... | 03/02/1976 |
