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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 |
| 7243987 | Apparatus and method for noise reduction in a vehicle An area-reducing surface texture applied to a noise-prone portion of a vehicle panel or part where it makes contact with an unsecured length of wire harness, duct or other conduit. A plurality of small spaced structures is formed on or in the surface with their dist... | 07/17/2007 |
| 6296240 | Connector holder The present invention is directed to a connector holder for holding a connector during wiring of the connector which facilitates accurate positioning of protection material about wires of a cable. The connector holder includes a support member such as a p... | 10/02/2001 |
| 5856924 | Processor and method for developing a set of admissible fixture designs for a workpiece Methods and apparatus are provided for developing a complete set of all admissible Type I and Type II fixture designs for a workpiece. The fixture processor generates the set of all admissible designs based on geometric access constraints and expected app... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5704599 | Vacuum apparatus for aligning and securely positioning components An apparatus is provided for aligning and securely positioning at least two components relative to each other, comprising a support frame, first and second alignment plates pivotally mounted on the support frame for abutment by the components to permit po... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5694678 | Universal wire harness retainer clip holding system A family of retainer clip holders can each be adjusted to properly position a retainer clip at a desired location on a wire harness. In the past, it has sometimes been complicated to properly position a retainer clip holder relative to the base, and mount... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5490664 | Universal fork wire harness assembly jig A jig is provided which is capable of being selective locked in place to support a work piece and quickly dropped out of place to allow the work in progress to pass by. The jig includes a plurality of fingers which can be selectively configured to support... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5478060 | Guide jig for wiring harness assembly plate A guide jig (1) for a wiring harness assembly plate comprises a support tube (3) mounted and fixed on a plate member (2), and an electric wire guide rod (4) having an electric wire guide portion (4c) for guiding a bundle of electric wires (15) and support... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5215297 | Guide jig for use with assembly plate for assembling wire harness A guide jig for an assembly plate for assembling a wire harness has a support sheath extending through the assembly plate, a guide lever axially movably inserted in the support sheath and a support plate secured to the support sheath. The guide lever can ... | 06/01/1993 |
| 4809961 | Multiple workpiece positioning fixture A fixture holds a workpiece in a plurality of orientations. The fixture is operable to flip the workpiece into a plurality of positions for work to be performed thereon. Each workpiece is mounted at the end of the spindle and secured thereat by a workpiec... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4730511 | Valve actuating mechanism A mechanism for actuating a non-slidable disk type valve, which comprises a hollow cam body having a specific guide groove and axially slidable without rotation within a stationary casing, a cam follower relatively movably engaged with the guide groove an... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4703922 | Mechanism for raising, rotating and lowering a part A mechanism for raising, rotating and lowering a workpiece from a first secured position to a second secured position with only a rotational input, wherein work operations may be performed on said workpiece in the first and second secured positions, inclu... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4667531 | Cam mechanism A cam mechanism includes a continuous rotary shaft connected to a drive source, a cam fixed on the rotary shaft to convert each continuous rotation motion of the rotary shaft to a compound horizontal and vertical motion, and an output member coupled with ... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4373414 | Coded key cutting device A coded key cutting device for cutting key blanks using the manufacturer's code is comprised of a pair of movable carriage assemblies that index a key blank secured to one of the carriage assemblies under a punch cutter. Each of the assemblies is movably ... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4211512 | Rotary table with ballscrew drive A rotary table is driven by a pair of perpendicularly disposed linear slides which are each driven by a ballscrew drive. One of the linear slides is mounted on the movable member of the other linear slide and is coupled to the rotary table by a crank stud... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4008900 | Indexing chuck An indexing chuck assembly to hold a work piece so work may be performed on it in differently rotated positions, as on a lathe. The chuck block is rotated between a lifting arm and a table member, the bottom of the chuck block having a cammed shaft which ... | 02/22/1977 |
