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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 |
| 8186397 | Hardwood texturing apparatus and methods for using same Texturing apparatuses and methods are provided for forming a textured surface on a panel. An exemplary texturing apparatus has a bed and a mount having at least one cutting blade that can be configured to impart a cut to a top structural surface of the panel as the ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 7997310 | Combination planer/moulder with adjustable vertical support and method of adjustment A combination planer/moulder having means to raise, lower and lock a cutting member at a desired position is provided. The device includes a platform onto which a table for holding materials and an adjustment system are attached. The adjustment system includes at le... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7857018 | Carrier of a wood planer for carrying a cutter and a motor A light weight carrier movable along vertical guide posts of a wood planer includes left and right mounting seats having front and rear support blocks projecting oppositely and inwardly therefrom, front and rear guide holes adapted for extension of the guide posts, ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7823612 | Systems and methods for measuring height of jointer infeed surface A jointer system comprises a blade assembly, a base, an infeed table, and a measurement system. The base supports the blade assembly for rotation about a blade axis. The infeed table is movably supported by the base. The measurement system comprises a stop member, a... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7686045 | Apparatus and method for creating a flat surface on a workpiece An apparatus and method for forming a flat surface on a workpiece. The apparatus includes a cutterhead, having a plurality of cutting member, configured for forming a plurality of grooves in a workpiece. The cutterhead may be disposed generally at the interface of s... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7637293 | Automatic wood planer The automatic wood planer includes two front columns separately assembled at both sides of the input end of the feed table of the main body. The pin joint end of the rotary support is screwed at the preset location of the feed table. The swinging end of the rotary s... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7624775 | Power planer A planing machine including a base, at least two support columns disposed on the base, and a carriage assembly carrying a cutterhead. The carriage assembly may be mounted on the support columns. At least one of the base and the carriage assembly is movable verticall... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7556069 | Adjusting device for the conveying belt of a planer An adjusting device for the conveying belt of a planer includes a fundamental plate assembled on the base of a planer. The fundamental plate has its rear end disposed with a rear roller unit connected with the base of the planer and composed of two adjusting plates ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7533704 | Tool-shaft locking device for a planing machine A tool-shaft locking device for a planing machine is connected with a second end of the tool shaft having a first end connected with a belt wheel, including a bearing base, a locking rod, a spring and a locking button. The bearing base has a sidewise hole, two oppos... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7527080 | Planer and thicknesser A planer and thicknesser comprising a frame having a passageway that substantially extends through the frame. The planer and thicknesser further comprises an upper table having front and rear sections mounted on the frame, wherein a slot is located between the front... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7503358 | Quick elevating and micro-adjusting device for the worktable of a manual planer A quick elevating and micro-adjusting device for the worktable of a manual planer includes a base, a stationary worktable, a movable worktable and an adjustment device. The adjustment device has its support shaft inserted in the fixing holes of two side plates of th... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7503357 | Swiftly adjusting device for a blade shaft of a planer A swiftly adjusting device for a blade shaft of a planer includes a blade shaft movably positioned in a blade opening of a worktable superposed on a machine body. The machine body has an adjusting hollow space formed in a front portion, and the adjusting hollow spac... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7422040 | Debris collection container for a planer A debris collection container for a planer comprising a receptacle for storage of debris generated by a planer and a connector which connects the receptacle to a planer and through which debris can pass from the a planer to the receptacle, wherein the receptacle is ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7347232 | Lumber processing apparatus and method A method and apparatus are provided for processing rough cut lumber to convert the rough cut lumber into trimmed to length and dimensionally trimmed to form a standard piece of dimensioned lumber. The process and apparatus includes the formation of a plurality of co... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7316528 | Ergonomic router assembly An ergonomically designed router assembly includes a base assembly coupled with a motor casing including a grip assembly which provides an overall narrower profile to the router assembly. The grip assembly may relieves stress on the muscles and allows the operator t... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7299837 | Planing heads assembly for an automated planing machine A planing heads positioning device to be used with an automatic planing machine for planing sides of a piece of lumber moving along a travelling course is provided. The device includes a main frame and a planing assembly including first and second planing head arran... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7296603 | Debris collection container for a planer A debris collection container for a planer comprising a receptacle for storage of debris generated by a planer during its planing action and a connector which connects the receptacle to a planer and through which debris can pass from the a planer to the receptacle d... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7293588 | Woodworking tools A rotary shaper tool for use in conjunction with a power tool used to rotate the shaper tool in which a cutter panel is formed about a cylindrical framework. The cutter panel is formed with rows or sets of cutter teeth and an array of vent holes. Chips formed by the... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7252124 | Work feeding and conveying device for a planing machine A work feeding and conveying device for a planing machine includes a conveying unit assembled on an intermediate base of a planing machine. The conveying unit has a power source, a front shaft, a rear shaft and a conveying belt. The front shaft is secured at the fro... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7168897 | Planing/chamfering attachment for a rotary hand tool A planing attachment for a rotary hand tool of the type having a generally cylindrical body with an output shaft at a nose end thereof to which a cutting bit can be attached, the attachment being configured at an attaching end to matingly engage the nose end of the ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7171278 | Optimized planer feeder system and method An apparatus for optimizing orientation of a workpiece in a planermill for feeding of the workpiece into a planer includes an infeed to the planer, a workpiece turner for selectively turning the workpiece end-for-end upstream of the planer on the infeed a workpiece ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7124793 | Portable planer for a single use stand An apparatus for a portable planer 12 having rails 14 with means for mounting to a single use stand 16, 18. The planer 12 has a pair of rails 14 with bolts 48 depending from the base thereof having threads with nuts 50 | 10/24/2006 |
| 7101274 | Method and circuit for inserting a picture into a video picture The present invention is directed to a power finishing tool having a variable position handle. In aspects of the present invention, a power finishing tool includes a motor housing for containing a motor configured to drive a working element. A variable position hand... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7093627 | Quick shifting and micro-adjusting device for the angle blocking plate of a planing machine A quick shifting and micro-adjusting device for the angle blocking plate of a planing machine includes a material conveying table connected with a fundamental base having a support member extending downward. A shaft able to slide axially has its inner end inserted t... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7069967 | Power tool A planer including a housing having a base planing surface for contacting a workpiece, a rotatable blade cylinder located within said housing and including more than one cutting blade for engaging with and planing the work piece. A drive means is associated with the... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7011122 | Edge-routing unit for a program-controlled feed-through machine An edge-routing unit has a routing tool (4) on a shaft (9) of a routing motor (6), which is arranged on a rest (10), and which is controlled approximately along a workpiece outline in a workpiece feed-through direction, an X-axis, and in ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7000658 | Precision adjustable woodworking platform A precision adjustable woodworking platform that is self-calibrating and designed to move a tool very accurately back and forth horizontally and up and down. One of a number of different woodworking tools is fastened in a saddle that can be rotated and set at a sele... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6976514 | Pressing element of a machine for machining wood or plastic workpieces and method and device for adjusting such pressing element In a method for adjusting at least one pressing element of a molding machine for machining workpieces of wood or plastic material relative to a workpiece, transported through the machine and to be machined by the machine, the pressing element is adjusted outside of ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6789588 | Wood planing machine with a wood shaving collecting mechanism A wood planing machine includes a support carriage movably mounted on a mounting frame for supporting a cutting shaft. A motor housing and a shaving collecting member are mounted on the carriage. The collecting member defines a shaving passageway in the vicinity of ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6708412 | Bench plane jointer fence A bench plane jointer fence having a fence body secured to the side of any conventional ferromagnetic bench plane by two rare earth magnets mounted in the fence body and by the cooperation between a fence registration surface that bears against the sole of the plane... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6695021 | Molding machine and method for adjusting at least one spindle of the molding machine A molding machine for machining workpieces of wood or plastic material has a transport path for transporting workpieces in a transport direction and adjustable spindles arranged sequentially in the transport direction on the transport path. Tools are fixe... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6666243 | Height-adjustable workpiece feeding device for a wood planing machine In a height-adjustable workpiece feeding device for a wood planing machine, two rollers are journalled on two cam follower units which are respectively slidable along two guideways in a support carriage between upper and lower positions. A connecting rod ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6666246 | Automated planer machine An automated planer machine for planing a piece of lumber. The planer machine has a feed table for slidably receiving the bottom surface of the piece of lumber along a traveling course. One or more planing heads extend on sides of the traveling course to ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6651710 | Dust-sucking and power-driving motor A dust-sucking and power-driving motor has the opposite ends of a rotating shaft respectively formed into a wind-release driving portion connected with a wind-releasing device, and an operation driving portion connected with a carpentering machine, not on... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6640853 | Wood-milling cutter The present invention relates to a wood-milling cutter. A circular cutter head includes a plurality of semicircular engaging grooves at the rim thereof for receiving a plurality of hilts with corresponding arched surface. A semicircular screw hole is form... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6629548 | Sawdust collecting device for a wood planing machine A sawdust collecting device includes a flexible sleeve having a tapered top section with an open top end, and a bottom section having an open bottom end. A truncated cone-shaped coil spring is disposed in the tapered top section of the flexible sleeve, an... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6607017 | One pass combination of traditional and multi-axis material carving machine Apparatus and method for carving a uniformly carved portion and a variably carved portion in a workpiece in a single pass. The apparatus consists of a uniform carving head fixed relative to the workpiece and a variable carving head that is movable simulta... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6601621 | Portable Power Planer A portable power planer for planing the top surface of a workpiece. The portable power planer includes a novel base assembly, a carriage elevation mechanism, a cutterhead assembly, a carriage locking mechanism, a setting mechanism, a height scale mechanis... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6585017 | Thickness planer with locking mechanism A thickness planer is described having a carriage locking mechanism to minimize vibration and movement of the carriage during the planing operation. Also described is a depth of cut indicator to display the thickness of the material to be removed during t... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6571838 | Wood machining apparatus with a sawdust collecting mechanism A wood machining apparatus includes a sawdust collector having a supporting wall that supports a base of a cutter carriage thereon, two upright walls extending downward from the supporting wall to define a bin-receiving space therebetween, a mounting rod ... | 06/03/2003 |
