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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 |
| 8161650 | Workcell for tire and wheel assembly including a tire inflating sub-station that utilizes a flexible flip seal An apparatus for assembling a tire and a wheel is disclosed. The apparatus includes a single-cell workstation including a device that retains a wheel, and a plurality of sub-stations. The device moves the wheel to each of the plurality of sub-stations, without relea... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7296351 | Method for servicing a tired-wheel A tired-wheel having a wheel-rim and a tire thereon is automatically serviced. The method includes loading the tired-wheel onto a motor-driven support mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation, centering the tired-wheel with respect to the axis of rotation, and... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7290838 | Vehicle wheel A vehicle wheel comprises a rim (172) and a disk section (171) separate from the rim. Since the disk section is separate from the rim, the freedom of designing the disk section is improved. The rim comprises an outer rim (178) and an inner rim (... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7284327 | Method of installing an inflating tube within a tire A valve stem puller which comprises a length of flexible elongated member which is connected at one end to a ring and at an opposite end to an externally threaded plug. The valve stem puller is to be utilized by inserting such through a fastener nut and then through... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7159772 | Apparatus and method for mounting an RF tag on a conveyor trolley A system for mounting an RF tag to a conveyor trolley wherein the tag is embedded in a block of material shaped to fit within an annular recess formed between the hub and outer rim of the trolley wheel. The shaped block is secured to the wheel. ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7076876 | Machine for presenting a tire with the axis horizontal A machine for presenting a tire with the axis horizontal, allowing access to the inside of the tire, which has a frame bearing an upright on which a support for the tire is mounted for vertical translation, the support ensuring on its own the holding and rotation of... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7069644 | Adjustable workpiece support assembly for conveyors An assembly for mating a tire with a wheel includes a conveyance device, which supports a device, i.e. first plate for supporting the wheel having spaced seats extending around a vertical axis. A tire support, i.e. second plate supports the tire having spaced beads ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6944948 | Device for sealing a lubricant reservoir and method for lubricating the internal cavity of a tire A method of lubricating a tire cavity and more particularly the interface zone between a safety support and the inside the cavity of a tire enables lubricant to be dispensed in the interface zone only when the mounted assembly comprising the support, the tire and a ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6805176 | Tire/wheel assembly and run-flat support member A tire/wheel assembly in which a run-flat support member 3 is inserted into a cavity of a pneumatic tire 2, the run-flat support member 3 including a circular shell 4 in which the outer circumferential side thereof is used as a support su... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6729006 | Process for demounting a tire on a rim having seats inclined towards the outside A process for demounting a tire P, and a tread-bearing support S internal thereto, from an integral mounting rim J, which comprises first and second rim seats, the two rim seats being inclined towards the outside and extended axially to the outside by projections of... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6619350 | Vehicle wheel with an emergency running support body and at least one lubricant container Vehicle wheel includes a rim and a pneumatic tire which includes a tread, two side walls, a carcass, reinforcing elements, and two tire beads with bead cores. An emergency running support body is supported on the rim which is arranged to support one of th... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6352092 | Vehicle wheel with a tubeless pneumatic tire and a one-piece rim having an emergency rolling surface and a process for mounting the tire on the rim A vehicle wheel with a one-piece rim and tubeless pneumatic tire comprises an emergency rolling surface on a radially exterior shell of the rim, an elastic bead, and a one-piece toroidal chamber at each axial front end of the rim. Each chamber includes a ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6324753 | Mounting assistance device A mounting assistance device with which a vibrating device can be efficiently mounted to a tire and wheel assembly. In the mounting assistance device, abutting portions are made to abut against sidewall portions of a tire and then an eccentric disc is pre... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6286195 | Method of assembling tire and wheel recording medium which records phase angle operating program at the time of assembling tire and wheel, and assembly tire and wheel unit An unbalance mass at the front side of a single wheel unit, an unbalance mass at the reverse side of the single wheel unit, a phase difference between the unbalance mass at the front side and the unbalance mass at the reverse side of the single wheel unit... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6249971 | Method and system for tire/wheel disturbance compensation The invention is directed to a method for introducing a compensating material into a tire/wheel assembly by providing at least one self-contained batch of a compensating material having a predetermined amount of such material and being selectively transfe... | 06/26/2001 |
| 5946797 | Apparatus and process for assisting the mounting of a tire-wheel assembly onto an axle An apparatus for assisting the mounting of a tire-wheel assembly onto an axle in a high precision without eccentrically arranging the assembly from the axle comprises a pair of opposite clasping members sandwiching the tire-wheel assembly from its side su... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5836366 | Method of fitting an assembly formed of a tire and of a tread strip support A method of fitting a tire and support ring on a one-piece wheel rim in wh the rim includes a first wheel rim seating surface and a second wheel rim seating surface, the first wheel rim seating surface tapering outwardly and having a small hump at the ax... | 11/17/1998 |
| 4879794 | Method of making shock absorbing wheels The present invention discloses a method of making a high strength, shock absorbing wheel generally comprising a two piece hub, preferably of molded construction a unitary solid wheel molded onto the hub of the wheel, and axle shaft bearings pressed into ... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4870736 | Method of assembling a molded hub and tire A wheel having a hub and a tire mounted on the hub in which the hub is molded with a central bearing surface for an axle and a circumferential rim for a tire, and the tire is molded with a circumferential tread having a side wall at one edge and a formed ... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4858297 | Manufacturing method for a non-inflatable deformable wheel A noninflatable wheel is manufactured by fabricating a subassembly including a radially deformable tread of constant peripheral length and formed of a pair of inner and outer superimposed bands joined by cementing or vulcanization, the inner band advantag... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4837911 | Method of assembling and transporting vehicle wheel assemblies in a sequential order The invention is concerned with a method of assembling vehicle wheels at a location remote from a vehicle assembly plant in a predetermined sequence for transport to the vehicle assembly plant for unloading in the same predetermined sequence. Seats of veh... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4815186 | Wheel manufacture for correction of rotational non-uniformity of a pneumatic tire and wheel assembly Apparatus and method for manufacturing a vehicle wheel rim and disc assembly with controlled lateral runout characteristics, as well as the resulting wheel and a pneumatic tire and wheel assembly having overall improved ride characteristics. The method an... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4592121 | Tire and wheel assembly An integral tire and rim assembly includes a flanged annulus having an uninterrupted, substantially constant diameter outer surface, a centrally disposed spider and a tire having inextensible beads of a diameter smaller than the diameter of the rim flange... | 06/03/1986 |
