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A microwave oven adapted for use within a motor vehicle dashboard area. The microwave oven has a removable storage cassette, and slidable platforms for securing and serving containers of beverages and foods.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7410519 | Sandwich filter block A sandwich filter device including a block body and an insert held in the block body. The insert and the block body each have a passage for gas flow through. Positioned across the insert passage is a filter for removing contaminants from a gas stream. ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7354511 | Hydraulic unit for industrial trucks A hydraulic unit for industrial trucks, comprising a motor pump unit which is directly attached to a tank, a reflux filter which has an elongate filter casing for a filtering element adapted to be introduced into the tank through an opening, a hose coupling, and an ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347945 | Method and an installation for separating out multiphase effluents The invention relates to a method and to an installation for separating out an effluent made up of a multi-phase fluid mixture. According to the invention, said installation includes gravity separator means whose geometrical separation characteristics can be adjuste... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338606 | Arrangement and method for maintaining a minimum flow velocity in the coolant return of a machine tool coolant filtration system An arrangement and method for maintaining a minimum flow velocity in return piping receiving dirty coolant from a plurality of machine tools receiving filtered coolant from a filter apparatus. A bypass line diverts clean coolant into the return piping via a pressure... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7325781 | Automatic bathroom flushers with modular design A bathroom flusher includes a flusher body, a valve assembly, an electronic control system, and a flusher cover. The flusher body includes an inlet and an outlet, and is designed to accommodate the valve assembly that controls water flow between the inlet and the ou... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7318448 | Swimming pool cleaning apparatus and parts therefor A swimming pool cleaning device includes a fluid distribution system for controlling its operation. More particularly, the distribution system includes a housing having an inlet for receiving a supply of pressurized fluid, a pair of outlet openings and a valve chamb... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7222638 | Vortex minimizing fluid gathering and transferring apparatus A liquid gathering and transferring apparatus for gathering liquid from a liquid source containing a quantity of liquid having a liquid surface and containing debris and discharging the liquid into a liquid receiving location includes an intake chamber having a cham... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7188822 | Enclosures for automatic bathroom flushers A bathroom flusher includes a flusher body, a valve assembly, an electronic control system, and a flusher cover. The flusher body includes an inlet and an outlet, and is designed to accommodate the valve assembly that controls water flow between the inlet and the ou... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7172689 | Arrangement and method for maintaining a minimum flow velocity in the coolant return of a machine tool coolant filtration system An arrangement and method for maintaining a minimum flow velocity in return piping receiving dirty coolant from a plurality of machine tools receiving filtered coolant from a filter apparatus. A bypass line diverts clean coolant into the return piping via a pressure... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7156363 | Bathroom flushers with novel sensors and controllers A bathroom flusher (10) includes a body having an inlet (12) in communication with a supply line and an outlet (16) in communication with a flush conduit, a valve assembly in the body positioned to close water flow between the inlet and the outl... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7137406 | Self-cleaning filter A self-cleaning filter for use in a valve is disclosed. The valve can include a bore, an orifice disposed in the bore for accommodating a fluid flow therethrough, and a filter disposed in the bore between the input port of the fluid flow being filtered and the orifi... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131461 | Stream switching system An improved double block and double bleed stream switching system (modifiable to, for example, a double block, single bleed stream switching system) includes a common stream path for a multitude of gas streams from, for example, a process pipeline. The improved stre... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7025140 | Large particulate removal system A choke for removing large diameter particulate matter from an oil or natural gas well includes a housing having a chamber with an integral solids receptacle. The chamber is in communication with a flow stream outlet and a flow stream inlet. The flow stream inlet is... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6978795 | Diverter valve A diverter valve comprises a housing having inlets, a first outlet, and a second outlet. The inlets are connected to hot and cold water supplies, and mixing of the hot and cold water occurs both inside the housing and inside a mixing chamber external to the valve. T... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6941968 | Fluid spigot and filter unit A fluid spigot with a spigot body, a spigot tube, a rotary disc valve located in a valve cavity in the spigot body, the rotary disc valve having an opened and closed positions, a valve stem for turning the rotary disc valve, and a handle for turning the valve stem. ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6938437 | Cylindrical seal for refrigerant tube connector A refrigerant connection includes a ferrule positioned within a threaded nut. The threaded nut is received on a connector body. A seal is positioned between the ferrule and the connector body. As the nut is turned on the connector body, the ferrule squeezes the seal... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6926821 | Water treatment device with volumetric and time monitoring features A totalization meter system for a water treatment device, the device having an inlet aperture and an outlet aperture, and a channel for channeling water between the inlet and outlet apertures. A flow reactive device is positioned in the channel and is exposed to the... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6915818 | Floating arm pick up device A fluid pick up device for removing fluid from storage tanks includes an intake, a submerging member that maintains the intake submerged in the fluid, and a float that enables the intake to move in relationship to the level of fluid. The submerging member can includ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6899070 | Engine with dual oiling and hydraulic valves An internal combustion engine has a plurality of cylinders containing pistons connected with a crankshaft for transmitting power. The cylinders have closed ends, intake and exhaust ports communicating with the cylinders through the closed ends, valves operable to op... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6892759 | Valve having at least one screen A valve has a valve housing having a flow path for a medium with at least one bore. At least one screen is arranged in the flow path of the medium in the valve housing. The screen is a perforated plate having screen openings and is made of a strap. The valve housing... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6867049 | Method for obtaining increased particle concentration for optical examination The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for analyzing a blood or other biological fluid sample in a quiescent state, whereby particulate constituents of biological samples that contain sparse populations of interesting cellular species can be enumera... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6848626 | End of valve motion detection for a spool control valve A fuel injector system (10) calculates a first derivative filtered signal and a second derivative filtered signal from an unpowered spool valve coil signal. When the spool valve (16) reaches the end of travel, either open or closed position, a flat slo... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6755048 | Solenoid valve To prevent foreign particles from entering the inlet of a solenoid valve during assembly in a coolant circuit, a particle filter is connected upstream of the inlet. ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6739354 | Reservoir unit In order to provide a simply-structured fuel filter which permits soaking at least part of a filter unit all the time in fuel in a reservoir, a reservoir unit is configured of a resin-built cylindrical reservoir having a bottom arranged on the bottom of a fuel tank,... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6705343 | Pressure regulator with internal filter The pressure regulator has a regulator body with a control chamber and outlet and inlet passageways opening thereto, a bonnet with a bonnet chamber and a diaphragm separating the chambers. A filter housing is mounted in the control chamber and mounts a filter and a ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6675828 | Nextrol An instrument station in the form of a single-piece body is provided that incorporates ports for a flow measuring device or a piping accessory, including a thermometer, a drain valve, an air vent, a pressure or temperature transmitter, or other measuring ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6644345 | Flow control valve A flow control valve is disclosed having a cylindrical housing having inlet and outlet ends and a central portion there between; a piston slidably disposed within the central portion and having a wall at one end thereof; a piston rod having a base and a t... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6615866 | Hydraulic power assembly having a removable top A hydraulic power assembly (10) includes an electric motor (30) disposed on a removable top (26) outside a tank (12) defining a chamber (25). A first pump (32) depends from the removable top (26) and into the chamber (25) and includes a first inlet (34) a... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6581634 | Solenoid control valve with particle gettering magnet Engine oil solenoid control valve having a solenoid coil, a solenoid armature movable by energization of a solenoid coil, a check valve communicated to a fluid exhaust port of the control valve, a fluid control valve movable relative to a fluid control po... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6575189 | Automatic valve An automatic valve includes a housing having an inlet passage and a passage to outlet, a linearly movable shaft disposed in the housing having two stops separated by a predetermined distance, a hydraulic unit connected to the housing and to the linearly m... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6536468 | Whirlpool reduction cap A whirlpool reduction cap. The cap for redirecting fluid flow towards an exit port or drain in a vessel comprises a top solid surface area greater than or equal to the area of the exit port, a base connected to the exit port, a side wall positioned betwee... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6532982 | Methods and apparatus for filtering water with removable filter assembly A faucet assembly is mounted to a mounting surface and is coupled to a filter assembly that is replaceable both above and below the mounting surface. The faucet assembly includes a faucet including a valve to control the flow rate of water and a base atta... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6527054 | Apparatus and method for the disposition of drilling solids during drilling of subsea oilfield wellbores This invention provides apparatus and methods for controlling the particle size of the solid mass present in the circulating drilling fluid returning from an underwater wellhead during the drilling of a subsea wellbore. The system may include a separator ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6495032 | Filter arrangement A filter arrangement for use with a vessel that receives fluid includes a body engageable with the vessel. The body has an inlet port, an outlet port, a body cavity, a first fluid path disposed between the inlet port and body cavity, and a second fluid pa... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6467498 | City water flushing and sludge prevention control method For use with a city water system having a plurality of street water mains interconnected by branch water mains and having hydrants connected to the branch water mains, a city water flushing and sludge prevention method consisting the steps of: inserting a... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6426001 | Cartridge adapter An adapter assembly for use in mating a filter cartridge to a filter manifold, includes an adapter body having a manifold coupler and a cartridge coupler. The manifold coupler is for mating with the filter manifold and has an inlet being fluidly communica... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6408870 | Flow control valve A flow control valve is disclosed having a cylindrical housing having inlet and outlet ends and a central portion there between; a piston slidably disposed within the central portion and having a wall at one end thereof; a piston rod having a base and a t... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6394127 | Faucet and valve for a water filtration system A water faucet assembly comprises a spout, a water supply port, a filter, and a valve. Fluid flow is stopped, between the water supply port and the filter inlet, before fluid communication is closed, between the filter outlet and the spout, as the valve i... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6360764 | Cartridge adapter An adapter assembly for use in mating a filter cartridge to a filter manifold, includes an adapter body having a manifold coupler and a cartridge coupler. The manifold coupler is for mating with the filter manifold and has an inlet being fluidly communica... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6354329 | Device for the maintenance of compressed air systems The invention relates to a maintenance device (1) in which the individual functional modules (3-6) are aligned in a vertical direction and the compressed air flows through them in a vertical direction.... | 03/12/2002 |
