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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 |
| 6817326 | Valve system for internal combustion engines Disclosed is a valve system that provides a means of controlling the charging and exhausting of the combustion chamber(s) of internal combustion engines. In this system, asymmetrical valve bodies are first lifted a nominal distance from their sealing surfaces, then ... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6662770 | Valve rotating device The invention relates to a valve rotator having an annular body in which are circumferentially provided several ball pockets having inclined ball races and in which a ball and a tangential spring are located in each case. In a rest position, the tangentia... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6568361 | Valve operating device for internal combustion engines A valve operating device for an internal combustion engine enabling both valve timing and valve lift characteristic to be varied depending on engine operating conditions includes intake and exhaust camshafts, an eccentric cam fixed to a first one of the i... | 05/27/2003 |
| 4597408 | Rotating poppet valve system A poppet valve has a threaded end of its stem. A coiled valve spring is provided with a valve spring retainer having a central bore for the valve stem, a circular groove for the spring, and a first ball bearing race on the opposite face from the spring gr... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4424773 | Valve rotator A valve rotator is effective between a valve stem of an internal-combustion engine and a support, normally the cylinder head. The rotator comprises an upper spring plate, a lower spring plate spaced along an axis below this upper plate, a compession sprin... | 01/10/1984 |
