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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 |
| 7438201 | Apparatus for detecting of dropping tablets in automatic medicine packaging machine An apparatus for precisely, detecting a tablet dropped in a last hopper so that packaging speed of tablets is increased and operation of a shutter and a sealer is precisely performed, is disclosed. The automatic medicine packaging machine includes a last hopper prov... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7395944 | Medicine supply apparatus A medicine supply apparatus has a tablet case containing medicines, a roll of packing paper that is open at its upper end and folded at its lower end, a nozzle whose discharge end is inserted into the packing paper upper open end for projecting medicine discharged f... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7275657 | Bag dispenser A container for individually dispensing plastic bags provided in a stack. The container is formed from a blank that is cut and formed with appropriate fold lines, such that when assembled, the container includes a bottom wall, spaced, opposing sidewalls, and spaced,... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7152747 | Antitheft display device for socket The present invention relates to an antitheft display device for socket, wherein the socket can be locked on the display device in an antitheft manner through the cooperation of a housing, a retainer, an inserting member, an elastic member and a positioning member. ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150375 | Apparatus and method for storing slides in an angular arrangement An apparatus and method for storing slides in an angular, offset or fanning arrangement. The apparatus includes a base member and two support members. At least one of the base member, the first support member, and the second support member is arranged at an angle. W... | 12/19/2006 |
| 6877634 | High capacity dispensing carton A disposable dispensing carton for paper and nonwoven sheet materials is provided that can be made from paperboard blanks and includes a set or ridges, integral with the dispensing carton, that extend into the interior area of the dispensing carton adjacent the disp... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6805184 | Stripping apparatus for label separable paper A stripping apparatus for label separable paper includes a holder provided with a reel support rod at the rear side for fitting label tape reels thereon, a label stripping unit containing a guide plate, a separating rod and a guide rod provided at the front side and... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6698615 | Golf tee holder and dispenser A golf tee holder and dispenser in a rectangular form holds a vertical stack of tees lying one on another horizontally, with successive tees alternating the orientation of their heads and their points. The golf tee holder and dispenser housing includes in... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6672476 | Shot shell primer dispenser A housing has two side walls extend upwardly from a floor to define a channel extending between a primer inlet and a primer outlet. A lanyard clip is fastened to the side walls adjacent the primer inlet, compressing the clip releases it, allowing primers ... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6520373 | Apparatus and method for vending products in a glass front merchandiser The invention is a snack style clear front merchandiser having a horizontal product column with a front opening leading into a vend space. A product mover pushes a product through the front opening and into the vend space. A retaining device, mounted to t... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6357624 | Lid dispenser A lid dispenser for storing and dispensing plastic drink lids. The dispenser has an elongated body within which the lids are stacked upside down and a dispensing slot in a sidewall facing a user. A gravity biased finger rides in a vertical trackway in a s... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6138868 | Ampule feeder An ampule feeder which can discharge ampules one by one with high efficiency without the possibility of clogging. It includes an ampule container having a bottom plate pivotable in one direction. Ampules stored randomly in the container are moved onto an ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 5988433 | Sports ball storage, transporter and dispenser for court played games A cylindrical unit of varying lengths which stores sports balls, with unit capable of attaching to any solid object in a vertical position, close to a sports court or storage area. The unit also serves as a ball transporter, carried in a horizontal or ver... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5860564 | Ice dispensing chute The present invention comprises an ice directing chute mechanism including a slide portion and a housing portion. The slide portion is securable to an ice dispensing machine. In particular, the slide is securable to a regulated opening of the dispenser. T... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5794817 | Article dispenser An article is inserted through the upper front of a dispenser, over a first shelf, a fall space, and a second shelf while it is supported by the first shelf at about the same height as the second shelf. The item is then moved off the first shelf so that i... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5582326 | Drinking-water service system for athletes A drinking-water service system for supplying individual cylindrical containers of drinking water to athletes. A storage and dispensing unit for storing the containers for semi-automatically sequentially dispensing individually the drinking water containe... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5570808 | Dispensers for protective gloves A dispenser for loose, unpackaged protective gloves. A container has at least one compartment for holding a bulk quantity of gloves, and each compartment has a filling shaft with an upper filling opening to permit filling with the gloves. A dispensing por... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5547105 | Can vending mechanism A can vending mechanism comprising a module containing three vertically-extending channels arranged front-to-back and dimensioned to vend cylindrical products, such as cans, with their longitudinal axes parallel to the front face of a vending machine to a... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5511691 | Plastic grocery bag dispenser and storage container The present invention provides for a container that will store a plurality of used plastic grocery bags. The container of the present invention consists of a hollow cylindrical sleeve having a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion further incl... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5458260 | Cartridge tube display unit The invention pertains to a modular display for merchandising tubular cartridges containing adhesives, caulks, sealants or similar flowable elastomeric materials, where each cartridge contains a narrow dispensing nozzle at one end of the cartridge. The mo... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5295592 | Article dispenser A dispenser including a storage zone to receive a column of said like articles, a resilient first abutment engagable by a rear corner of the lowest article in storage zone, said dispenser also including a dispensing zone having an inclined article support... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5294020 | Dispensing mechanism for cylindrical products An apparatus for displaying and dispensing cylindrical objects having a diameter and a length along an axis includes a base supporting a reservoir configured and arranged to hold a plurality of cylindrical objects to be dispensed. The reservoir communicat... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5135135 | Dispenser for carded products Storage, display and dispensing apparatus for carded product is disclosed. The dispenser has front and back faces and opposite side faces defining a channel adapted to contain carded product in a vertically nested arrangement. An opening is provided in th... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5042687 | Shopping bag dispenser Plastic shopping bag container to store randomly disposed shopping bags with lower horizontal slot for removal of stored bag.... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4850511 | Dispensing rack A display rack for dispensing packaged items from a vertical stack of items contained within magazines which are interchangeably received and retained by columns within a housing. The leading item within each magazine may be withdrawn through the discharg... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4799606 | Dish dispensing device A dispenser of light-weight articles such as plates, trays, dishes, or the like which includes a storage tube for a stack of the articles to be dispensed, a resilient member disposed beneath the stack for urging the stack upwardly, a stop for holding the ... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4643334 | Gravity fed dispenser for soft drink cup lids and the like A dispenser for storing and sequentially dispensing flexible synthetic resin disposable lids or other similar flexible, generally flat articles has an elongated, upright container with an abutment shelf extending partially across its lower end. A dispensi... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4607761 | Apparatus for dispensing solid components from a flexible substrate assembly Disclosed is an improved for dispensing solid members, such as electrical connectors, having extended rigid projections inserted in a penetrable flexible substrate sheet material. The apparatus for dispensing the solid members includes a rotatable drum ha... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4586632 | Paper dispenser A paper strip dispenser unit is disposed below a food slice receiving surface of food slicing machine. The dispenser is in the form of an elongate container having an upturned open side of which the stack of paper is fanned out to enable individual strips... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4574981 | Apparatus for dispensing cans and the like An apparatus for storing and individually dispensing cans or other similarly shaped objects. The apparatus is of tubular construction with a resilient dispensing-type outlet in the form of a slot near the lower portion of the tube to allow a can to be rem... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4170325 | Receptacle A dispensing carton for relatively flat, rectangular articles comprises elongate side walls of generally rectangular disposition closed by end walls. Dimensions of the side walls are such that the articles in stacked array assume an angular disposition in... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4102660 | Ice guide for refrigerator with external ice service Structure for controlling the delivery of ice pieces for external service with the ice pieces being formed within a refrigerator or the like. The apparatus may include a closure for selectively closing the end of a delivery chute through which the ice pie... | 07/25/1978 |
