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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 |
| 7942400 | Saddle stitcher with alignment paddle An improved saddle stitcher incorporating alignment paddle which includes paddle 100, a base 200, and torque producing means wherein the torque producing means rotates the paddle which contacts and jogs passing signature groups, thereby aligning them. | 05/17/2011 |
| 7427059 | Paper handling system materials exit path arrangement A materials handling system includes an insertion subsystem for inserting materials into envelopes to form mailpieces of a first type and mailpieces of a second type. The materials handling syatem also includes a first mailpiece transport path located downstream fro... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7367442 | Device for transferring continuously transported printing products from a flat lying position into an upright position or vice versa A device (1) for transferring continuously transported printing products (2 a . . . g), e.g., book blocks, books or sheet stacks consisting of folded and/or non-folded sheets, from an essentially flat lying position into an upright position or v... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7287748 | Method and apparatus for producing selectively collated print products A method and apparatus for producing selectively collated print products employ a production section, a control device, a transfer-out device for transferring out defective print products, a detection device that detects and records gaps resulting from the transfer ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7232122 | Jam detection method and system for an inserter A document assembly system with jam detection capability. The system including an accumulation chassis having a series of pusher fingers for pushing collations of documents. Above the chassis, document feeders release documents to the chassis to form the collations.... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7222844 | Hopper loader with lateral deblocking The invention relates to a signature hopper loader and method for feeding signatures to a hopper on a binding line. The hopper loader includes a conveyor and a deblocker that work together to feed signatures to the hopper. The deblocker is preferably positioned adja... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7017900 | Transporting an essentially sheet-shaped element, particularly a print material sheet Transporting an essentially sheet-shaped element, particularly for transporting a print material sheet in a printing press in which the sheet-shaped element is taken hold of by at least one rotating transport having at least one mouth-like receptacle for introducing... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6953189 | Multiple insert delivery systems and methods A delivery system comprises a frame, and a plurality of hoppers attachable to the frame in a vertically spaced apart arrangement. The hoppers are each configured to hold a plurality of sheet-like materials. At least one upper belt is movably coupled to the frame, wi... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6948870 | Print media loading mechanism for a printer A printer includes a print media loading mechanism that includes a pair of opposed endless belts to pick up print media for printing. The belts ride upon opposed pairs of rollers which are held in slides to limit the rollers' movement to motion towards and away from... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6916018 | Apparatus and method of delivering signatures to a binding line An apparatus and method for delivering signatures to a binding line, the apparatus and method preferably comprising a printer feeder apparatus and method for providing personalized information in a variety of locations upon a selected one of a plurality of signature... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6907316 | Insert machine The present invention discloses an improved insert machine for inserting flat material into an open pocket and, more particularly, to a straight line insert machine employed for printed matter such as newspapers. The machine includes an all-electronic control system... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6895303 | Process for controlling the conveying speed of a transporting track In the case of a method of controlling the transport speed of a transport and gathering unit, wherein filling-material stacks are moved from an inlet to an outlet of the gathering path making use of at least one transport means and wherein filling-material units can... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6802503 | Transport mechanism of sorting machine for large thin objects In a transport mechanism of a sorting machine for large thin objects, objects to be transported (paper sheets such as postal matter) stored in transport boxes can be made collectable into smaller collection boxes than the transport boxes. The transport boxes storing... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6547231 | Apparatus for placing inserts of different thicknesses and widths into newspaper jackets A newspaper inserting machine for inserting supplements or inserts into signatures or newspaper jackets improves upon conventional inserting machines by modifying the conventional inserting machines existing belt gripping mechanisms for gripping the inser... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6367794 | Enclosure feeder with ledge-extension fingers A method and system for gathering enclosure documents for insertion in an envelope inserting system having a plurality of enclosure feeders for releasing enclosure documents and a plurality of pusher fingers mounted on a pair of endless chains for gatheri... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6328297 | Method and apparatus for improving synchronization in a document inserting system A method and apparatus for improving the timing between the releasing of documents from enclosure feeders and the arrival of pusher fingers fixedly attached to a conveyer belt in a gathering section of an inserting machine. As the conveyer belt begins to ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6283466 | Device for producing printed materials in several parts An apparatus for producing multi-part printed products comprising an upwardly open V-shaped continuous conveying channel (1), and a V-shaped processing channel (2) arranged above the conveying channel (1). A plurality of supply locations (11-17) are arran... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6213457 | Apparatus and method for feeding sheet material magazines An apparatus for feeding flat products from a pile of flat products to a receiving location especially on a conveyor includes a plurality of delivering units for extracting a single flat product from the pile. Each of the delivering units has a first driv... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6158569 | Device for removing and inserting upright positioned flat products A device for removing and inserting flat products positioned upright, which are fed in a number of channels, includes feed stopping members and removing members. The removing members are led along the respective feeding channels, which are oblique to the ... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6095511 | Processing channel for incoming imbricated printed products An apparatus for processing printed products which has a stationary processing channel (14), and a feeding arrangement (28) for introducing printed products (12) into the processing channel in an imbricated formation. A conveying arrangement (26) transpor... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5992840 | Apparatus for processing sheet-like products An apparatus has a main conveyor and feed conveyors. The main conveyor is provided with elongate receiving elements that are arranged transversely with respect to their movement path. At feed locations, the circulatory paths of the feed conveyors run over... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5988352 | Device for turning an editorial product on a packaging line A device for turning an editorial product on a packaging line includes a pusher conveyor, a feeder for products to be packaged, and a plurality of feeders for sheet inserts for the products, arranged side by side one after another along a direction essent... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5979888 | Lapped stream feeding adaption for sheet material articles Sheet-like material articles are gathered in gathering pockets which move along a path in a horizontal direction. The sheet-like material articles are conveyed in a shingled stream adjacent the path. On each of the gathering pockets a deflector is actuata... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5901949 | Conveyor system for collating photographic prints and negatives A photograph collating system for combining and collating negative films and prints. The system includes a conveyer mechanism (70) extending through a negative film intake station (71) for receiving the negative films from a negative film outlet (60), a p... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5876029 | Feeder assembly apparatus The present invention relates to a sheet material feeder apparatus that includes a first feeder assembly positioned on an exit area of a sheet material storage compartment, which first feeder assembly is operative to provide a first driving force to a she... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5833232 | Apparatus for accumulating and directionally reorienting sheets An apparatus for accumulating sheets from a secondary source and changing their conveyance direction 90°. The accumulator is a group of vertically stacked bins that discharge batchwise and are loaded from the secondary source alternately by way of a dive... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5791641 | Apparatus for processing printed products An apparatus has pocket-like receiving parts into which printed products are introduced by feeders. Each receiving part is assigned clamps that can be moved to transport the printed products in the longitudinal direction of the receiving part. The movemen... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5758873 | Method and device for processing printed products supplied in a high-performance product stream In processing printed products (1) in a high-performance conveying stream the printed products (1) are supplied in a supply stream (Z) with their main surfaces oriented substantially perpendicular to a conveying direction (F). This supply stream (Z) is th... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5727781 | Process and apparatus for combining printed products A process and apparatus for combining printed products of a plurality of types to form sets having products of each type. The first type of products are arranged in an imbricated formation in which they overlap one another in a first conveying direction a... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5667211 | Apparatus for the adhesive binding of printed products An apparatus for the adhesive binding includes a plurality of receiving parts which are arranged one behind the other in a circulation direction. A printed product is introduced at a feed location in each receiving part. The receiving parts are driven con... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5660382 | Flexible conveying system Process for operating a piece-goods transporting apparatus such as printed products wherein the products which are fed individually one after the other are received at a receiving position by transporting members circulating in a continuously guide of the... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5622360 | Feeder station for collating apparatus A feeder station for apparatus for collating printed sheets includes a mechanism for imparting motion to individual sheets prior to the time the sheets are engaged by a pusher mechanism which propels the stack of collated sheets being formed along a conve... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5613670 | Device utilizing a rotary disc having a gripping element for rapidly feeding sheet inserts to a pusher conveyor of a packaging machine A device for rapidly feeding sheet inserts to a pusher conveyor of a packaging machine having upstream of the device a feeder for feeding sheet inserts one after another in a direction essentially perpendicular to the pusher conveyor, including at least o... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5595379 | Operator interface apparatus and method for adjusting binding line timing A timing-adjustment apparatus and method for adjusting a gathering section of a binding line is operable during an initial operational sequence of the binding line for storing a defined time period during which a condition of a feeding device of the bindi... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5421662 | Stabilization system for the printing of signatures A stabilization system for the printing of signatures having a chain conveyor for conveying a plurality of signatures in a longitudinal direction, the chain conveyor being subdivided into a plurality of conveyor spaces and one of the signatures being prov... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5288063 | Multi-length sheet material conveyor and collator A multi-length sheet material conveyor and collator is provided including a first conveyor for receiving successive cut sheets from a cutter and a second conveyor for receiving cut sheets from the first conveyor and arranging the received cut sheets in co... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5280895 | Method and apparatus for producing groups from different printed products The inventive method and apparatus serve to combine into groups different printed products supplied as continuous flows (1, 2, 3 etc.), on at least one grouping section (10.1, 10.2, 10.3), in which each group can have a composition of in each case one pro... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5141216 | Apparatus for the controlled feed of products in sheet form in a collating or packaging machine Apparatus for the controlled feeding of products in sheet form in a collating or packaging machine comprising a framework on which there is installed a magazine portion containing the products in sheet form to be fed, a drawing/advancement unit for drawin... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5039075 | Automatic document gathering and personalization system An automated system gathers coupons into sets that are individually customized for different addresses. The system involves recording a list of addressee information and codes for identifying the various addressees. The list is used to control the feeding... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4830352 | Gathering machine A gathering machine for book binding separates each sheet from the bottom of its hopper by a vertically pivotable suction head. The suction is induced by a venturi rather than by vacuum.... | 05/16/1989 |
