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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 |
| 7971809 | Fibrous materials and composites Methods of making fibrous materials are disclosed that include shearing a fiber source to provide a first fibrous material, and passing the first fibrous material through a first screen. Also, composites are disclosed that includes a fibrous material, a resin and a ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7938346 | Grinding method for inorganic particulate material A method of preparing a steep particle size inorganic particulate material includes grinding an aqueous suspension of an inorganic particulate material having a solids content of less than 35% and including a sub-effective amount of a dispersant for the inorganic pa... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7478771 | Methods for recrushing rocks and removing fines therefrom Crushed rock is produced by passing rocks through an early stage rock crusher. Crushed rocks that exit the early stage rock crusher are passed across a sizing device. Rocks failing to pass completely through the sizing device are recrushed in a later-stage rock crus... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7448562 | High-security destruction including sacrificial cutting followed by non-sacrificial cutting True zero-clearance cutting on a commercial scale is provided via a cutting area including a sacrifice material that is relatively softer than the cutter. One example is a cutting system which is capable of cutting a material such as, for example, tape or paper, int... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7441716 | Aluminum recovering dry system and process A closed circuit, dry processing system for processing aluminum containing products and producing reusable particles of aluminum, and a process thereof. The aluminum containing products are crushed into chips which are then separated into iron-based and ironless chi... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7429010 | Methods and apparatus to mechanically reduce food products into irregular shapes and sizes Apparatus and methods of using the apparatus for manufacturing irregularly shaped and sized products, and in particular cheese irregularly shaped and sized crumbles from cheeses, such as semi-soft cheeses including types of cheddar, mozzarella, Monterey jack, Colby,... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7419108 | Corn fractionation process A method of corn fractionation wherein the resulting high starch concentration endosperm is subsequently used for ethanol production or dry milling is described. The method includes: providing substantially cleaned corn kernels, tempering the corn; screen processing... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7413602 | Production of glass powder from waste glass, and products made using the same, especially concrete A clean dry glass powder useful as a substitute for Portland cement in concrete, in paints, and for other known uses for glass powder produced conventionally can be produced from unsorted post-consumer waste glass, including a subsatantial fraction of non-glass item... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7407122 | Method of processing multicomponent, composite and combined materials and use of so separated components The nature of the method of treating multicomponent, composite and combined materials, consisting of organic and inorganic, non-metallic and metallic components and especially of waste from electronic and electric devices and equipments, consists in that the treated... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7395979 | Methods of modifying fibers Methods of modifying fibers, such as glass fibers, are disclosed. The modified fibers can be used, for example, in a lead acid battery. ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7370820 | Method and system for harvesting weighting agent fines A method for harvesting weighting agent fines includes milling weighting agent into a plurality of pieces, classifying the pieces based on size to extract those particles having a particle size less than an acceptable maximum diameter, reclassifying the pieces based... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368037 | Refiner steam separation system for reduction of dryer emissions A refiner steam separation system according to the present invention includes a blowline for transporting a mixture of fiber material from a refiner to an inlet of a steam separator. Waste steam is discharged from the separator through a waste steam outlet. Cleaned ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7335254 | Alpha-type calcium sulfate hemihydrate compositions and methods of making same Disclosed is an improved alpha-type calcium sulfate hemihydrate. Methods of producing an improved powdered calcium sulfate hemihydrate (CaSO4.½H2O) [alpha-type] compound are disclosed, at least one method including forming calcium sulfate dihy... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334747 | Destroying planar material into high security pieces True zero-clearance cutting on a commercial scale is provided via a cutting area including a sacrifice material that is relatively softer than the cutter. One example is a cutting system which is capable of cutting a material such as, for example, tape or paper, int... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7300974 | Rheology regulators such as ground natural calcium carbonates optionally treated with a fatty acid or salt and their use The invention relates to the selection of a natural calcium carbonate crushed to a high degree of fineness, possibly treated with one or more fatty acids or one or more of their salts or mixtures thereof, and its use as a rheology regulator for polymeric composition... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293724 | Animal bedding composition method of manufacture An automated method and system of manufacturing an animal bedding composition includes cutting or shredding pieces of multiple panel corrugated cardboard structures having an internal corrugated panel sandwiched between outer panels and adding an adsorptive deodoriz... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7284715 | Shredding machine A shredding machine having a plastics loading section and a paper loading section. The two loading sections feed material to be shred into a single cutting section. The plastics loading section may include a ram that urges loaded materials into the cutting section f... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7270282 | Screenless disintegrators True zero-clearance cutting on a commercial scale is provided via a cutting area including a sacrifice material that is relatively softer than the cutter. One example is a cutting system which is capable of cutting a material such as, for example, tape or paper, int... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267294 | Zero-clearance cutting systems True zero-clearance cutting on a commercial scale is provided via a cutting area including a sacrifice material that is relatively softer than the cutter. One example is a cutting system which is capable of cutting a material such as, for example, tape or paper, int... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264182 | Method and device for comminuting particulate organic substances in suspensions of microorganisms A method and device that comminutes particulate organic substances in suspensions of microorganisms in mediums such as wastewaters or sludges of biological sewage treatment plants, whereby the organic substances are subjected to inertial forces in an active chamber ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7249723 | Organic solvent dispersed nano-talc slurry The invention provides high surface area talc compositions by a novel hybrid milling method or soaking method. The hybrid milling method comprises dry milling talc powder followed by mixing with water and wet milling to provide a nano-talc slurry with high surface a... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7227882 | System and method of processing electric arc furnace dust A method of processing electric arc furnace dust includes the steps of preheating a portion of electric arc furnace dust to a temperature of at least 170 degrees centigrade by convection heating to form a preheated dust. The preheated dust is further heated by micro... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7226005 | Hyperplaty clays and their use in paper coating and filling, methods for making same, and paper products having improved brightness The present invention relates to a hydrous kaolin product having improved optical properties, for example, when used in the production of paper products. The present invention comprises an improved barrier coating for paper and a method of making the coated paper. T... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7210641 | Methods of making a niobium metal oxide Methods to at least partially reduce a niobium oxide are described. In one embodiment, a milling process is described wherein the surfaces of the mill in contact with the starting metal oxide, getter material, and/or oxygen reduced metal oxide are the same as the ma... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204436 | Residue exit for security destruction machines True zero-clearance cutting on a commercial scale is provided via a cutting area including a sacrifice material that is relatively softer than the cutter. One example is a cutting system which is capable of cutting a material such as, for example, tape or paper, int... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7174747 | Use of corrugated hose for admix recycling in fibrous glass insulation The present invention relates to a method for improving the thermal performance of fibrous glass insulation in the admix recycling of the insulation, which includes the use of corrugated hose in the recycling process. ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7159957 | Actuator for a movable portion of an article of furniture A movable portion of an article of furniture, in particular a drawer, flap or door, includes at least one preferably electrical drive unit and a triggering device for actuation of the drive unit. The triggering device is at least partially arranged at the movable po... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159804 | Unit and method for recycling a bituminous membrane Method and unit for recycling a bituminous membrane provided with at least one reinforcement, which membrane is reduced to pieces which are introduced into a recycling unit, provided with a first rotor, housed in a first stator, and where they are heated and ground,... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156329 | Bone crusher and method for bone crushing An apparatus for bone milling includes a housing defining a first opening, a second opening, a third opening, and a linear passage from the first opening to the second opening. The bone mill further includes a rotatable grinding member, wherein the rotatable grindin... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7140564 | Method for the computer-based process control of a fragmentation apparatus In a method for the computer-based process control of a fragmentation apparatus having an energy storage device which is discharged via a spark gap to a load consisting of fragmentation goods submerged in a process liquid and disposed in a space between two electrod... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134619 | Method of separating and processing catalyst carriers A method of separating and processing a catalyst carrier that is contained in a processing object that includes a catalyst carrier metal cover to which an exhaust gas pipe is still connected, magnetic carrier foil or a ceramic carrier, a surface-enlarging coating fi... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7128285 | Disintegrator with rotative disk cutters An object of the present invention is to diminish the sizes of most disintegrated material effectively, said sizes being determined by the box seats made on the surface of the under roll (7). In a disintegrator (1) having a case (4) with ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7111801 | Destroying non-homogeneous loads using zero-clearance cutting systems, double-secondary shredders in zero-clearance cutting systems, and other zero-clearance systems True zero-clearance cutting on a commercial scale is provided via a cutting area including a sacrifice material that is relatively softer than the cutter. One example is a cutting system which is capable of cutting a material such as, for example, tape or paper, int... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7093782 | Method and device for fine grinding of mineral particles A method for fine grinding of mineral particles consists of producing by atomization pellets, made from steel with a high carbon content, or cast iron, with a granular size range less than 15 mm and mixing the pellets with balls, made from steel or cast iron with di... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090156 | Destroying planar material True zero-clearance cutting on a commercial scale is provided via a cutting area including a sacrifice material that is relatively softer than the cutter. One example is a cutting system which is capable of cutting a material such as, for example, tape or paper, int... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7080650 | Screenings washer A screenings washer having a hopper, a grinder downstream of the hopper, and a washer downstream of the grinder. The washer includes an auger rotor that receives the screenings ground by the grinder, a spray wash system that sprays a wash fluid directly onto a porti... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7073736 | Shredder dust electrostatic separation apparatus and method A shredder dust electrostatic separation apparatus separates and recovers various kinds of crushed pieces included in shredder dust by the use of electrostatic force. The apparatus includes a rotating drum made of a conductive material, which receives supplied shred... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070131 | White pozzolan composition and blended cements containing same A white pozzolan derived from by-products of manufacturing vitreous low alkali, low iron glass fibers, and to the method for producing the white pozzolan. The invention relates as well to cement compositions based on the white pozzolan, such as white and pigmented b... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7018831 | Composting apparatus and method Composting apparatuses and composting methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a composting apparatus includes a housing and a plurality of composting drawers in the housing. The plurality of composting drawers is in a stacked relationship when in the housing, and ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6978956 | Method and apparatus for granulating plastic A granulator has a first coarse cutting stage operating at between 5 and 45 rotations per minute and a second fine cutting stage operating at two to ten times the speed of the first stage. Since granulate exiting the second stage is uniformly divided, the granulator... | 12/27/2005 |
