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Microwave Oven With Removable Storage Cassette in Dashboard of Motor Vehicle
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 |
| 7080533 | Lock and magnetically coded card A magnetically coded card and a lock include a slot into which the card is inserted to operate the lock. The card has an aperture through which a card-impaling lock-in pin of the lock can pass when the card is fully inserted within the slot, thus retaining the card ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7059495 | Single periodical dispensing device A periodical dispensing device combines a camming mechanism and an article engaging blade to separate a single article from a horizontal stack. When actuated, the separated article is released through a dispensing chute. The stacked articles are dispensed through a ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6279719 | Vending machine for dispensing single copies of periodicals and newspapers A vending machine for dispensing a single publication product at a time. The vending machine includes a housing with a front wall, back wall, side walls, top wall and bottom wall. A door is hinged to the front wall on the housing and forms part of a displ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 5421444 | Toy disk operated mechanism A disk actuated mechanism for a toy which accepts and responds to disks of different diameters. The mechanism can be adapted to a housing having a circular opening in the housing and a disk reservoir in the housing located below the circular opening. A sh... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5360093 | Method and apparatus for the control of a multiple of door accessible newspaper vending cabinets with a single vend control mechanism operating remote door latches A method and apparatus to control the selective opening of one of a multiple of door accessible newspaper vending cabinets (6a-6e) through a single vend control mechanism (7). The method provides for signaling a selected door from a multiple of doors (18a... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5339985 | Coin operated dispensing machine A coin operated product dispensing machine including a housing with an enclosed main display compartment and an elongate slide plate extending therethrough and attached at one end to the housing with a biasing element, an opposite free end of the slide pl... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5209336 | Newspaper vending machine The present invention relates to a coin-operated newspaper vending machine that is designed to prevent direct access to the newspaper-storage compartment by means of a door that includes a newspaper-display compartment. A multiplicity of stack newspapers ... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5197589 | Single paper dispenser The present invention provides a single paper dispenser. An enclosure has a transverse aperture at one end and a discontinuous transverse member near the aperture. A horizontal stack of papers is located within the enclosure and a mechanism is provided to... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5137134 | Vending machine for newspapers and magazines A vending machine for newspapers and magazines, where, inside a compartment (12), a couple of rotating discs (21) are forseen. Due to gravity, the discs (21) rest on the pile of newspapers or magazines and, by pushing down onto the top copy of the pile, s... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5067605 | Single paper dispenser The present invention provides a single paper dispenser. An enclosure has a transverse aperture at one end and a discontinuous transverse member near the aperture. A horizontal stack of papers is located within the enclosure and a mechanism is provided to... | 11/26/1991 |
| 4932228 | Locking device having a large number of locking combinations A locking device includes a lock and key and has tumblers which can be brought by a key into a release position, and provides, in particular, for a large number of closing combinations, that at least one of the tumblers can be brought, in addition or alte... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4919250 | Newspaper or other article vending device A vending device for newspapers or other articles comprising a box like receptacle which can be pole or pedestal mounted. The device includes a one piece paper display member, an access door biasing means which is hidden from exposure to the weather, a do... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4784252 | Double door front locking newspaper vending machine An enclosed newspaper vending machine has a double front door with a paper access door mounted in a security door carrying coin actuated release mechanism for the paper access door and a key operated pin lock fits within a surrounding guard on the front o... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4732255 | Dispensing apparatus A dispensing apparatus 10 for elongate flat articles such as newspapers is described. The mechanism uses a rachet or pawl mechanism 36 or 36a to control a roller 23 or 23a rotatably mounted on a shaft 24 or 51 for dispensing the articles with the shaft an... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4720004 | Coin-operated display rack having rotatable coin-receiving mechanism which activates a movable coin diverter A coin-operated latch mechanism for a newspaper rack includes a coin-receiving mechanism into which coins are deposited. A coin-return mechanism is provided which, when depressed, swings the coin-receiving mechanism to a position in which the outlets of t... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4667803 | Single paper dispenser A single paper dispenser is disclosed. The dispenser includes a frame which has a support plate for supporting the papers in a generally horizontal stack. The support plate has a forward, slotted edge, and the stack of papers are biased toward that edge. ... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4582190 | Self-contained module for controlling access to a display machine A newspaper display machine comprises a base frame forming therein an interior compartment, and an access opening communicating with the compartment. A self-contained module is provided for controlling the access to the compartment. The self-contained mod... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4574934 | Newspaper display machine A newspaper display machine has a container and an access door pivotably mounted to the container. The door includes a transparent window large enough to expose the full length and full width of a newspaper. A pair of pressure plates are pivotably mounted... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4572348 | Lock, particularly a coin-deposit lock A lock provides a locking function after the insertion of a coin into it. The lock includes a punch card scanner which serves to enable the lock to provide the locking function. The lock includes a moveable bolt which is responsive to the scanner and a de... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4566581 | Coin operated dispensers for dispensing horizontally disposed articles such as newspapers from the upper end of a stack A coin operated vending machine is provided for delivering the uppermost of a stack of generally horizontally disposed article such as newspapers, out a delivery opening or vending slot. The machine employs an upright pedestal with a top wall for supporti... | 01/28/1986 |
