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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 |
| 7440271 | Mounting apparatus for securing data storage device A mounting apparatus is provided for securing a data storage device. The data storage device has two opposite side walls. Each side wall forms a pair of posts. The mounting apparatus includes a chassis, a bracket mounted in the chassis for accommodating the data sto... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7199968 | Locking device for tape cassette housing of tape recorder A locking device for a tape cassette housing of a tape recorder comprises a locking recess and a locking protrusion respectively provided in sides of a tape cassette housing and a deck chassis and corresponding to each other, thereby fastening a tape cassette housin... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191971 | Reel clutch of a tape recorder Disclosed is a reel clutch of a tape recorder. A plate spring is positioned between a reel gear and a reel disc of a reel disc assembly which is mounted on a deck of a tape recorder, and a stopper reel is provided on the reel disc to restrain the engaging height of ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7180698 | Magnetic recording and reproduction apparatus A magnetic recording and reproduction apparatus according to the present invention includes a cylinder for recording information to and/or reproducing information from a magnetic tape; a chassis section having a first chassis surface having the cylinder provided the... | 02/20/2007 |
| 6935545 | Pinch-roller unit of a magnetic recording/reading apparatus A pinch roller unit of a magnetic recording/reading apparatus disposed on a main deck on which a head drum and a capstan are disposed to move in association with a sub-deck which is disposed to slide on the main deck. The pinch roller unit operates to bring a tape i... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6742641 | Rotational driving apparatus of magnetic tape device and magnetic tape device A rotational driving apparatus of a magnetic device, a clutch mechanism or a speed change clutch mechanism is provided selectively in a path for transmitting a rotation from a capstan motor to a feed reel or a take-up reel. The clutch mechanism decelerates the rotat... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6550711 | Magnetic tape apparatus A magnetic tape apparatus has an intermediate gear (19) meshed with an idler gear (22) which is releasably meshed with both a pay-off reel table (2) and a roll-up reel table (3), a drive gear (31) rotatably driven by a capstan motor (10), a driven gear (3... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6215612 | Magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus having a rotary head cylinder and a mechanism for passing a magnetic tape around the rotary head cylinder for a predetermined arc A magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus of the present invention, which records/reproduces information on/from a magnetic tape by passing the tape around a rotary head cylinder having a rotary head for a predetermined arc, includes: a capstan shaft; a... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6170774 | Device for driving reel supports The invention provides a reel support drive mechanism which has a frictional power transmission mechanism 2 disposed in a power transmission path extending from a motor toward two reel supports 7, 71. The transmission mechanism 2 comprises a felt plate 23... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6089488 | Lock mechanism for the clutch of a reel base A lock mechanism for the clutch of a reel base of a tape recorder, which comprises a fast forward gear to be simultaneously engageable with or disengageable from a pair of upper and lower reel gears of the reel base equipped with a clutch function in acco... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6045080 | Belt tension varying apparatus for portable audio logic deck An apparatus for varying the tension of a belt in a portable audio logic deck is provided. The belt tension varying apparatus includes a main base, a driving source installed in the main base, a pulley which transfers a driving force of the driving source... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6018442 | Recording and/or reproducing apparatus having rotary scanning drum supported by a bearing having contacting bearing surfaces which provide electrical grounding An apparatus having a read/write head for reading and/or writing information on an information carrier which may be in the form of a tape or disc. The head is mounted on a drum which is supported on a shaft which axially rotates the drum so as to move the... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5999358 | Recording and/or reproducing apparatus having tape travel direction control arrangement which prevents tape slippage and slack generation A system for providing stable tape-travel in a recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes a tape travel-direction switching mechanism and a tape tension regulating mechanism. The tape travel-direction switching mechanism forces a pendulum gear to eng... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5964425 | Deck mechanism of headphone stereo A deck mechanism of a headphone stereo which is capable of minimizing a tension working on a belt and of controlling a rotation torque transmitted to a reel in an FF or REW mode by transmitting a driving force of a driving motor by a power transmission ge... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5884858 | Reel table driving mechanism for a video cassette recorder A reel table driving mechanism for a video cassette recorder which can transmit drive forces of different torques to a supply reel table and a take-up reel table in accordance with operating modes thereof. The reel table driving mechanism has a first rota... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5690293 | Belt drive mechanism for a tape drive A tape drive has a belt drive mechanism to rotate a cartridge roller. The belt drive mechanism includes a motor rotating a wheel mounted on a separate shaft using a belt. The movement of the belt is directly transferred to the cartridge roller due to the ... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5668681 | Automatic-reverse tape player with a switchable rotational gear assembly An automatic-reverse tape player has a pair of capstans, a pair of flywheels cooperating respectively with the capstans, a pair of reel bases, a single capstan motor rotatable only in one direction, a rotation transmitting mechanism for transmitting rotat... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5663849 | Tape pinch roller actuation device An actuating device for a pinch roller in a tape recording and/or playing device has a capstan spindle driven by a mechanism supported on a chassis. A pinch lever supports the pinch roller. At least one drive lever is rotatably coupled to the pinch lever ... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5648880 | Video cassette player with rotary drum rotated by a capstan motor A video cassette player includes a main base, a head drum assembly including a rotary drum, a stationary drum, a rotating shaft and a driven gear pressed on and fixed to a lower end portion of the rotating shaft, a capstan motor provided with a capstan sh... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5438466 | Recording and/or reproducing apparatus tape having traveling reversal arrangement which attenuates tape slippage and slack generation A system for providing stable tape-travel in a recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes a tape travel-direction switching mechanism and a tape tension regulating mechanism. The tape travel-direction switching mechanism forces a pendulum gear to eng... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5272579 | Mechanism for loading tape cartridge into tape driving apparatus An apparatus for driving an information recording tape housed in a cartridge having a case accommodating a pair of spools rotatable around shafts, the information recording tape wound on the both spools, a drive roller, a rotation transmission mechanism t... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5248112 | Tape transport control system with a feedforward capstan drive to the reel motors A feedforward circuit applies a capstan drive current, or its equivalent, to the reel tension servo circuits whose associated reels are transporting the tape. The additional drive current to the reel drive motors increases the rotational velocity of the r... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5214551 | Mechanism for positioning a magnetic head and a pinch roller in a tape recorder without reliance on a solenoid A driving device of a tape recorder in which a sliding plate supporting a magnetic head and a pinch roller is arranged for movement relative to a base and the sliding plate is adapted to be driven to an operating position where the pinch roller comes into... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5029028 | Single-motor changing tape player A tape player which is reduced in number of parts to permit the space on a head base to be utilized effectively and easy to assemble. The tape player comprises a pinch roller shaft secured to a head base, and a torsion coil spring interposed between the h... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5003418 | Reel-driving clutch assembly for a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus A reel-driving clutch assembly for a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus comprises an intermediary gear and a belt pulley both having cylindrical extensions meshed each other through a recess and a slant surface provided with the intermediary and... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4964589 | Mode changing mechanism for a tape player A tape unloading mechanism which includes a frictional arrangment for adjusting torque of reel bases is configured to interrupt a frictional motion of the frictional arrangment in the tape unloading mode to ensure a reliable tape winding operation.... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4932605 | Switching device in a magnetic-tape apparatus of the auto-reverse type The invention relates to a switching device in a magnetic-tape apparatus of the auto-reverse type, comprising a pivotal drive mechanism which is pivotable between two turntables to drive a first turntable in a first position and a second turntable in a se... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4873592 | Pinch roller drive engagement mechanism for a communications monitor and logger The communications monitor and logger preferably uses reel-to-reel tape recorders to continuously record communications over multiple channels such as multiple telephone lines. Each tape recorder uses a pair of capstans and pinch rollers to move the tape ... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4870516 | Portable dictating machine A tape drive system for a dictating machine, particularly a portable dictating machine of a size suitable to be held in one hand. The dictating machine has a compartment which receives a tape cassette having a pair of reels, and a pair of driving spindles... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4837809 | Telephone answering device having immediate playback function A telephone answering device having an immediate playback function, wherein incoming messages from calling parties are successively recorded on an incoming message tape after sending of an outgoing message, and the recorded incoming messages can be succes... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4836465 | Magnetic tape transport system A compact magnetic tape transport system employing a novel interchangeable tape cartridge and tape drive unit is described. All modes of transport, including forward, fast forward, rewind and pause are accomplished by simply controlling the speed and dire... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4819891 | Mode changing mechanism in tape recorder A mode changing mechanism of a tape recorder used in an automatic telephone answer apparatus. In order to omit a solenoid, a pinch roller is driven to or away from a capstan shaft upon a mode changing by a mechanism including a gear arm, gears and cam, et... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4809101 | Automatic stopping mechanism for a tape feeding device An automatic stopping mechanism for a tape feeding device which can detect an end of a tape to operate while the tape feeding device is in any of reproducing, recording, fast feeding and rewinding modes. In any operation mode, a driving route from a motor... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4803585 | Tape recorder stop mechanism The improvement of a tape recorder mechanism which comprises a push-back angle plate located at the leading end of swivel arm, an intermediate gear installed on the swivel arm and engaged to the winding gear, a knockback slider installed between the opera... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4734806 | Cam plate for positioning head base and pinch roller in tape player A small-sized, multifunctioned micro cassette tape player has one motor and one solenoid and a drive plate connected to the solenoid for moving a head base and a pinch roller between engaged and retracted positions. The tape player has a cam mechanism whi... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4701816 | Capstan friction drive apparatus of tape recorder The invention relates to a friction drive apparatus of a tape recorder which has a capstan and a friction wheel which is brought into slidable contact with a flywheel on which the capstan is mounted, the friction wheel serving to transmit a rotational for... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4698706 | Reversible drive mechanism for a magnetic tape in a magnetic tape recorder A drive mechanism for a magnetic tape recorder which uses a single reversible electric motor that drives the magnetic tape in the recorder in the forward direction through a pinch roller-capstan drive assembly, and which automatically disengages the pinch... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4688742 | Strip media tensioning system A strip media tensioning system is set forth for imposing drag on a moving band such as a circulating endless belt for driving reel packs for delivery of magnetic tape therebetween. More particularly, an apparatus is set forth which includes a fixed shaft... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4674001 | Cam driven mode selection mechanism for tape recorder The mode selection mechanism in a magnetic tape recording and reproducing apparatus is adapted to move a mode plate and a forward/reverse changeover plate to given positions in response to a mode selecting manual operation and to thereafter move a power p... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4651250 | Operating lever apparatus An operating lever apparatus used in an electric appliance to operate in accordance with electric signals produced by signal generator, comprises a first base plate, a second base plate disposed parallel to the first base plate at a given distance therefr... | 03/17/1987 |
