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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 |
| 7303723 | Method of forming nanostructures on ceramics A method for manufacturing oriented arrays of ceramic or metal oxide nanostructures, such as titania (TiO2) nanofibers. The nanofibers are formed on the surface of a body that is first sintered at a temperature in the range of about 1,100 to about 1,400 d... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7161126 | Microwave heat treating of manufactured components An apparatus for heat treating manufactured components using microwave energy and microwave susceptor material. Heat treating medium such as eutectic salts may be employed. A fluidized bed introduces process gases which may include carburizing or nitriding gases. Th... | 01/09/2007 |
| 6344638 | Method for the disinfection of medical waste in a continuous manner A method of processing medical waste which includes the steps of continuously feeding medical waste into a tube and heating the medical waste passing through the tube with electromagnetic radiation so as to heat and disinfect the medical waste.... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6225612 | Electrode structure for dielectric heating A dielectric heating or drying system incorporating an electrode structure, which is provided with wings that projects toward the opposite electrode along each side of a planar central portion of the electrode and function to improve electric field unifor... | 05/01/2001 |
| 5817406 | Ceramic susceptor with embedded metal electrode and brazing material connection A ceramic susceptor with an embedded metal electrode. The metal electrode has multiple apertures, and the ceramic material is cross-linked through the apertures. An electrical connection to the electrode protects the electrode from the environment in the ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5641423 | Radio frequency heating apparatus for rendering medical materials Infectious medical materials is rendered innocuous by heating heterogeneous medical materials having wet and dry portions with a radio frequency electric field. The medical materials are exposed to the radio frequency electric field in order to heat the m... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5406058 | Apparatus for drying ceramic structures using dielectric energy The present invention features a process and apparatus for drying ceramic structures in an electromagnetic energy field. The apparatus comprises a cradle or setter for supporting the ceramic structure which is made of a light-weight, tough, temperature-re... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5387782 | Apparatus for smoothing paper webs The invention relates to an apparatus for the generation of smoothness in paper. The paper (1) is thereby supplied to the rolls (2) of the smoothing mechanism with a moisture distribution which is characterized in that the moisture content in the inner la... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5357088 | Method for melting a photographic composition gel to a sol using microwave energy A method for making a photographic composition gel ready for use in production from a good preservative frozen state, causing no change in photographic properties, wherein a photographic composition gel is melted to a sol by placing a light shielding diel... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5024004 | Radio frequency air float bar A radio frequency air float bar for use in floating and drying a continuous planar web of a material in a dryer. Radio frequency energy in an air bar accelerates drying, or evaporation of solvents, or curing of planar web material passing in proximity to ... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4812609 | Device for heating a product by means of dielectric high frequency heating A heating device, particularly for food products, includes a housing containing at least a pair of electrodes connected to supply dielectric high frequency heating. The product, contained within a tray, is positioned between the electrodes being connected... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4801778 | Condensation resistant electrode for use in a dielectric heating apparatus A dielectric heating apparatus comprising a pair of oppositely located electrodes is disclosed. In this apparatus, a passage for a heated fluid is arranged in the interior of at least one of the electrodes, whereby condensation at the electrode surface ca... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4775769 | Method of baking utilizing radio frequency energy and metal containers In a method of baking using an open face container a radio frequency field is applied between the container and the material to be baked therein in order to enhance the heating of the material and thus shorten the baking time. The method can be used in a ... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4007350 | Plant for the heat treatment of objects by means of an electric field The plant comprises two electrodes connected to a high-frequency generator and adapted to apply an electric field to the object to be heated. The first of the electrodes defines a space which is open on at least one of its sides and adapted to receive the... | 02/08/1977 |
| 3952421 | Dielectric heating arrangement for drying a continuously moving web of material A dielectric heating arrangement for drying wide wet webs of material is provided in which a rotatable drum structure is provided for supporting the web on its periphery and moving it past a stationary set of dielectric heating electrodes of the stray fie... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3931682 | Liquid removing method and apparatus Apparatus and method for removing moisture from moisture bearing material comprising supporting structure for supporting the material, a vibrator unit for vibrating the supported material and an electrostatic unit for electrostatically removing moisture f... | 01/13/1976 |
