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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 |
| 7644916 | Unit and a method for feeding labels in a packer machine for tobacco products A label feeder unit associated with a machine for packing tobacco products holds a stack of labels placed in a channel presenting an infeed end, and an outfeed end from which the labels are released to a take-up station, then picked up singly and transferred to a fu... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7384031 | Product separator and feeder This invention discloses an apparatus and method for separating and feeding flat products from a stack to a gripper drum. The invention employs a specially-positioned pivoting and articulating sucker bar, having several degrees of motion, operating in timed relation... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7080832 | Sheet material feeder A sheet material feeder includes a sheet material holder for holding a pile of sheet material; a sucker bar device having at least one sucker for contacting the sheet material, the sucker bar device having a pivot axis, and an actuator for pivoting the sucker bar de... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6997549 | Media hold down system A media hold down system includes electrodes configured to create an electric field at a surface and a vacuum source configured to create a vacuum at the surface. ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6705606 | Bag placer magazine A bag placer magazine such as for feeding flat pleated paper or plastic bags to a bag filling apparatus. The bag magazine accommodates flat pleated bags stacked horizontally on a moveable conveyor platform which circulates around the stacked bags. Bags are removed o... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6702276 | Apparatus for reducing a stack of flat, flexible articles An apparatus for reducing a stack 1 of flat, flexible articles, in particular printed products, having bearing elements 3 which are moved along a continuous circulatory path U and, in a first sub-section A1 of the circulatory path U, U1, U2, form a stack ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6698749 | Device for feeding folded or unfolded signatures to a production line A feeder device for removing folded or unfolded signatures from a stack of signatures in an adjacent signature magazine and feeding a production line with the signatures. The device includes a conveying rotor having an approximately circular circumference... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6666447 | Method and device for transporting flat products away A method and device for transporting flat, flexible products away from a stack of the products. The leading edge of each individual product is bent away downward from the underside of the stack of products by means of a suction element. The individual pro... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6616137 | Adjustable needles for a sheet separating device An apparatus for separating a flat product from a pile of flat products includes at least two needles arranged in at least one needle group on a respective needle block. The needle blocks and needle groups are movable from a closing position to an opening... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6536968 | Paper tray for a printer A tray for holding a stack of sheets of paper for feeding into a printer includes opposite paper guides one of which is adjustable relative to the other for varying the spacing between the paper guides. The adjustable paper guide is slideable across the t... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6502814 | Apparatus for handling blanks in packaging machines For removing blanks (10) from a blanks magazine (14, 15) a transfer roller (18, 19) is employed which grips the blank (10) with a suction head (20) and takes it along its circumference. The transfer roller (18, 19) must be moved back and forth along a lin... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6439566 | Apparatus for separating sheets from a stack Sheet feeder comprising a holder with a guide for guiding a stack of sheets and with an abutment structure which defines an abutment plane for keeping a stack of sheets in a position with an outer sheet positioned against the abutment plane. The abutment ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6406014 | Method and apparatus for transporting objects arriving in an overlapping formation Flat rectangular objects, such as printed products, arrive in an overlapping formation and have a specific first extent A1 and a variable second extent A2, A2 ' running at right angles thereto. The objects 10 are conveyed ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6332607 | Apparatus and method for separating sheets from a stack that includes a pulsed suction assembly For individually separating outer sheets (9, 109) of a stack (6, 106) in a holder (1, 101), in each case in the area of an outer sheet or an outer set of sheets a suction is generated for sucking at least a portion of an outer sheet or set of sheets (9, 1... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6206361 | Device for separating blanks A device for continuous separation of blanks for book cover material, envelopes for brochures or similar bendable sheets of a stack of sheets from a magazine with a conveyor belt with a non-skid surface and openings acted upon by air suction, bearing the ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6070866 | Apparatus for the charging of a processing line for printed sheets An apparatus for the charging a processing line with printed sheets is comprised of a conveying device which pulls off the printed sheets from a bottom side of a stack, with a separating apparatus that partially lifts off the printed sheet to be pulled of... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6024358 | Device for the separation of stacked flat objects The invention relates to a device for the separation of stacked objects, the device comprising a stack bearing area, which is formed by a grid of rollers, travelling along the bottom area of the stack, whereby the rollers of the grid of rollers are positi... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5785310 | Device for decollating stacks of flat objects A device for decollating stacks of flat objects includes a stack magazine. The base of the stack magazine supports the stack and includes revolving rollers that form a continuously moving series of rollers, pass underneath the stack magazine, and roll alo... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5772200 | Feeder for sheet form elements A feeder for separating sheet form elements, such as envelopes, from a stack has a suction device and a mechanical gripper mounted together on a movable head. The movement of the head is controlled by a lever mechanism and cams so that an envelope is firs... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5702099 | Arrangement for separating flat stacked objects An arrangement for separating flat stacked objects is composed of a stacking hopper, the base of which supports the stack and is composed of rolls. The rolls pass through at intervals and roll against the respective bottommost workpiece. The rolls are pro... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5535998 | Sheet separation method and apparatus The front limit stop of the stack receiving magazine of a sheet separator is provided, in the region contacted by the lowermost sheets of the stack, with a retractable wall portion. The movements of this retractable wall portion are synchronized with the ... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5330169 | Apparatus and method for handling sheet material articles An apparatus for use in handling sheet material articles includes a feed drum which is rotatable to sequentially pull sheet material articles from a hopper. A separator assembly includes a rotatable separator disk in which a plurality of gaps are formed. ... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5209463 | Signature pile lift mechanism for demographic bindery line A conventional pocket for delivering signatures in a bindery line is modified by providing a lift plate which is hinged to the leading edge of the pocket's signature support tray. A suitable actuator under control of the system's computer is made to raise... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5116040 | Sheet-feeder The sheet-feeder (B), designed as a buffer store, has a magazine (24) for receiving vertically stacked sheets and having a base (26), which leaves free an edge strip (R) of the sheet stack (S). Along this edge strip there moves an endless belt (18), artic... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5106070 | Process and apparatus for the further processing of stacked, preferably folded printing products A right parallelepipedal stack space (12) for receiving a stack of folded printing products (14) is arranged above a stack rest (1), which is formed by dividing rollers (2) driven in a circulating manner. The stack space (12) is slanted with one corner (1... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5050855 | Apparatus for extracting (pack) blanks from a blank magazine A process and an apparatus for the extraction of pack blanks (10) from a blank magazine (25). A special problem with high-performance packing machines is the extraction of blanks from the blank magazine (25) of the packing machine, especially thin cardboa... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5028044 | Rotary feeder for blanks In order to increase considerably the output of a rotary feeder (6) for removing individual blanks (1) from a stack (2), the invention proposes that the speed of the rotary movement of rotary suckers (7) is slowed down while they are being pressed against... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4776743 | Lead-frame separating apparatus A lead-frame separating apparatus includes an inclined stationary stocker placed with a plurality of rectangular sheet-type lead-frames in alignment, and a chuck unit capable of taking two positions consisting of a stand-by position above conveying rails ... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4685272 | Sheet separating device in a packaging machine In order to constitute means for reliably separating sheets positioned at the lowermost level in a magazine one by one, there are provided two stages of main and auxiliary side hooks which can be rocked in the direction for supporting the sheets and in th... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4658564 | Coupon inserter for cartons A device for placing articles such as coupons or the like in cartons being conveyed past a work station containing the device. The device includes an upright coupon or the like article supply hopper, a reciprocatory mechanism for inserting the articles in... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4637600 | Label separator This relates to a label separator which is operative to separate a foremost label from a stack of labels in advance of such label being picked by a picker so as to assure that only one label is picked at a time and that the other labels in a stack of labe... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4542895 | Separator plates for rotating feed segments of a sheet feeder According to the invention, separator plates bevelled at the front edges provided on the rotating feed segments of a sheet feeder, more particularly for envelope machines, which finally separate from the pile of blanks a blank for feeding, the front edg... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4540168 | Method and apparatus for removing sheets from a stack A method and apparatus for singly removing the bottom one of a sheet from a stack of sheets, and utilizing counter rotating discs or plates which sweep the bottom sheet toward its opposite edges and thus create a flat and smooth bottom surface for contact... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4537391 | Rotary collating and/or inserting machines and method of collating and/or inserting sheet material In a rotary collating and/or inserting machine where individual sheets are peeled from the bottom of a plurality of stacks of sheets arranged spaced around a circle on a table and are moved down through one or more radial slots in the table, the separatio... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4533133 | Method and apparatus for preventing insertion errors An insertion machine includes an insert supply station 10 located alongside a conveyor 30. Associated with the supply station 10 are a selector 16 for deflecting a lowermost piece of material 15 contained in a hopper 12; a separator foot 25 for segregatin... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4531724 | Method and apparatus for controlling sheets in a hopper Method and apparatus for controlling sheets in a hopper, whereby the stack of sheets is partially supported at various elevations along the stack so that only a portion of the weight of the stack bears downwardly on the sheet removal devices. The stack su... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4497482 | Feeding stacks of sheets A magazine (2) for stamps is provided with an escapement mechanism in the form of upper and lower gripping means (24, 26) which alternately support the stack of stamps, thereby allowing the stamps to be fed at a constant head to a withdrawal rotor (10). T... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4383683 | Apparatus for separating the bottom sheet of a stack or sheets An apparatus for separating the bottom sheet of a stack of sheets contained in a stationary magazine. A rotating disc supports substantially the entire bottom surface of a stack of sheets contained in a sheet stack magazine disposed above the disc, the co... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4178848 | Automatic plate supplying device for use in an offset printing machine An automatic plate supplying device for supplying plates to an offset printing machine is disclosed, which operates to sequentially supply original plates to an original plate conveying device adapted to feed original plates to a plate cylinder provided i... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4132398 | Apparatus for removing sheets from stacks Apparatus for alternately withdrawing lowermost sheets from stacks of sheets in two magazines has a frame which is reciprocable below the magazines along a horizontal path between two end positions and carries a main support, two auxiliary supports which ... | 01/02/1979 |
