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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 |
| 7726365 | Electric pencil sharpener An electric pencil sharpener includes a motor, a transmission subassembly and a cutter subassembly driven by the motor, a feeding subassembly and at least one resilient adjusting means. The feeding subassembly includes a feeding gear set coupled to the transmission ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7669619 | Electric pencil sharpener An electric pencil sharpener includes a frame, a first motor, a first transmission mechanism driven by the first motor, and a continuing feeding mechanism. The feeding mechanism includes a roller, a feeding wheel rotatably mounted to the frame and driven by the firs... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7581573 | Electric pencil sharpener An electric pencil sharpener, comprises a base, a powering device, a feeding subassembly, a cutter subassembly and an adjusting subassembly. Two brackets (31, 32) are mounted on the base, standing face to face. Each of the brackets defines two guideways (3... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7546858 | Pencil sharpener A pencil sharpener includes a base having a bottom surface adapted for being supported by a horizontal surface. A cutting assembly is mounted to the base and projects upwardly therefrom. A cage is disposed above the base and has an upper portion surrounding the cutt... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7360566 | Structure of automatic pencil sharpener An automatic pencil sharpener has a plurality of different sizes of pencil selector openings in a front side of a pencil selector panel, and an annulus groove at the back side of the pencil selector panel for mounting the trigger. Accordingly, the pencil inserted in... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7273079 | Electric pencil sharpener An electric sharpener has a casing, an electric motor, and a flat cutting blade for turning by the motor. There is an aperture in the casing through which a pencil can be inserted for sharpening by the cutting blade. An activation sensor is included for detecting wh... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7240703 | Automatic pencil sharpener An automatic pencil sharpener having a motor, a transmission device, a cutter assembly, a feeding device, a feeding reverse mechanism, and a manual reverse mechanism. The feeding device has a pair of feeding rollers for feeding the pencil. The manual reverse mechani... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7153200 | Blade grinding tool A blade grinding tool includes a main base, a sucker mounted on the main base and attached to a surface, and a grinding unit mounted on the main base for grinding a blade of a cutting tool. Thus, the blade grinding tool is attached to a surface, so that a user needs... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7134461 | Pencil sharpener A pencil sharpener includes a frame, a drive mechanism, a transmission mechanism, a cutting mechanism, and a pencil-core adjustment mechanism. The pencil-core adjustment mechanism is constituted of a core stopper shaft, an elastic body, and a core adjustment switch ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7013772 | Method and apparatus for arrow shaft truing A method and an apparatus for truing the interface between an arrow shaft or insert and the arrow tip is provided. A squaring tool having a frame with at least one V-shaped channel supports an arrow shaft in parallel with the frame longitudinal axis. A cutting tool ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6886614 | Pencil sharpener A pencil sharpener having a sharpening sub-assembly for sharpening pencils, and first and second external shells having internal ribs defining surfaces for supporting the sharpening sub-assembly. Components of the sub-assembly are placed into corresponding portions ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6845795 | Portable handheld sharpener with loop attachment A portable, handheld sharpener having an elongated body with loop attachments, a battery-operated DC motor with speed reducing gears and a gear plate and a rotatable sharpening unit. A pouch-shaped waste shavings receptacle detachably attached to the body provides a... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6688197 | Notch sawing apparatus for dove-tail joints A sawing apparatus for cutting dove-tail notches in boards includes at least one saw for cutting one or more back cuts of the dove-tail notch and at least one saw for cutting one or more head cuts of the dove-tail notch. The head saw is configured to be a... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6637481 | Apparatus for sharpening a writing instrument An apparatus for sharpening a writing instrument, e.g. an electric pencil sharpener, is disclosed as including a body for receiving a pencil for sharpening, and a base, the base having a bottom surface to support the apparatus on a surface, and the body m... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6470929 | Pencil sharpener A pencil sharpener including a self-governing sharpening assembly, a motor for driving the sharpening assembly, and a selector guide. The selector guide defines a plurality of openings positionable for aligning pencils of various sizes with the sharpening... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6457498 | Cosmetic eye and lip pencil sharpener A cosmetic eye and lip pencil sharpener that includes an electrically powered sharpener for a number of different diameters of cosmetic pencils and which further includes a number of storage cavities for storing cosmetic pencils when they are not being us... | 10/01/2002 |
| 5052453 | Structure of pencil sharpener A pencil sharpener, comprising an audio circuit reporter which gives audio signal to report that pencil has been well sharpened. The audio circuit reporter is comprised of an audio circuit, a dry battery and a speaker. The two opposite terminal ends of th... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4966208 | Pencil sharpener A pencil sharpener comprises a housing defining a pencil passage, roller means for supporting and conveying a pencil back or forth along the pencil passage, abrasive means driven to rotate around the leading end of the pencil and self-rotate to produce a ... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4601316 | Electric pencil sharpener A pencil sharpener which includes a sliding safety shield preventing operation of the sharpener with the pencil drawer removed and further preventing a pencil to be inserted into the sharpener so as to actuate the cutter assembly unless the shavings drawe... | 07/22/1986 |
