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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 |
| 6398047 | End sill assembly with center plate casting An extended end-sill assembly for a railcar, which assembly is produced by mating a front-sill casting and back-sill casting having a transition region therebetween wherein the endsill includes a cast-in-place center plate, a support arrangement for a cus... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6206214 | Non-metallic coupler carrier wear plate for a railcar A railcar coupler carrier wear plate is formed in an "L" shaped section for ease of insertion and replacement in a coupler carrier and for efficient manufacture, the coupler carrier wear plate being retained in the coupler carrier with a bracket arrangeme... | 03/27/2001 |
| 5054630 | Slackless coupler connection for a railway vehicle In a railway coupler connection, an improved slackless connection in which an arcuate conical surface is provided about the butt end of a vertically restrained coupler member which is seated within the pocket of a self-adjusting follower member having a c... | 10/08/1991 |
| 4570807 | Railway car underframe A railway car underframe comprises a center sill having bell mouth draft housings at opposite ends thereof. The housings accommodate the use of drawbars or shank type couplers. With the use of a shank type coupler a draft housing extension is secured to t... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4445618 | Spring biased rotary railway car coupler carrier A rotary railroad car coupler assembly is described as having a unique carrier which is designed for limited angling or tilting in the vertically elongated chamber of the striker, as the coupler rotates. The projecting lugs of the carrier which interlocki... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4445617 | Striker for a railway coupler A striker for a railway vehicle comprises a casting having an endless rib projecting outwardly from each side wall to reinforce a key slot for a draft key. The endless ribs present continuous surfaces for welding the striker to a sill of a railway vehicle... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4345689 | Composite spin welded coupler carrier assembly A composite coupler carrier assembly for railroad cars comprising a lower metallic attachment plate shaped and arranged to be mounted on the car structure supporting the coupler shank, and an upper planar polymeric bearing body of ultra high molecular wei... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4327839 | Wear member for railway vehicle and method of making same A wear member for use between a pair of relatively movable components of a railway vehicle and method of making the same are provided wherein the wear member has a support provided with a continuous supporting surface. Polymeric material is attached to th... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4238039 | Railway car coupler wear liner A wear member is provided for use between a pair of relatively movable components of a railway vehicle. The wear member is mounted on a support having a continuous supporting surface, with polymeric material having an antifriction wear surface to support ... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4133434 | Snap-on coupler bearing plate for railroad car coupler carriers A snap-on coupler bearing plate for application to resiliently supported coupler carriers of AAR standard F type interlocking coupler applications, in which the bearing plate is in the form of a channel shaped member formed from an ultra high molecular we... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4120404 | Coupler shank bearing arrangement for supporting railroad car couplers on coupler carriers This invention relates to a coupler shank bearing arrangement for supporting a railroad car coupler on its coupler carrier, and more specifically, to a railroad car coupler support arrangement in which the familiar coupler wear plate that rides on the cou... | 10/17/1978 |
