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Microwave Oven With Removable Storage Cassette in Dashboard of Motor Vehicle
A microwave oven adapted for use within a motor vehicle dashboard area. The microwave oven has a removable storage cassette, and slidable platforms for securing and serving containers of beverages and foods.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7663979 | Timepiece including a dial made of semiconductor material An electronic timepiece (10) includes a case (12) which is fitted with a dial (28) and which contains an electronic control circuit (22) driving a display device (24), of the type wherein the dial (28) includes a main body (... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7619948 | Timepiece dial and timepiece A timepiece dial which is transmissive to electromagnetic waves (radio waves, light) and is superior in terms of aesthetic appearance and durability, and to provide a timepiece equipped with this timepiece dial. The timepiece dial of the present invention has a glas... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7420884 | Timepiece dial and processes for manufacturing this dial The surface of metallic appearance of the timepiece dial has a visible morphology corresponding to that of mother-of-pearl. According to the process for manufacturing this dial, a mother-of-pearl sheet is subjected to a sandblasting operation, to give its surface fi... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7372781 | Watch comprising a solar time display A watch having a civil time display (12, 16), a solar time display (13, 18) and a mechanism for correction (24, 34, 36) of these displays. The correction mechanism is arranged in such a way as to allow the relative desynchronization of the civil... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7362662 | Color timepiece A timepiece includes a display face having a color time field with a first axis representing a first unit of time and a second axis representing a second unit of time, wherein a colored section fills the color time field as time elapses and wherein a current color d... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357569 | Crown lock structure and timepiece having crown lock structure A crown lock structure for a timepiece has a crown having an inner surface provided with a threaded section and a connecting assembly for removably connecting the crown to a case of the timepiece. The connecting assembly comprises a tubular member for integral conne... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7337542 | Method for manufacturing hour-symbols and installation for implementing the same The method consists, from a profile having a section corresponding either to the envelope of the base of the symbol or to that of its section, in first of all machining the feet, transferring the preformed profile in a clamp, gripping the symbol by the feet, cutting... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333401 | Timepiece dial and timepiece A timepiece dial having a base member made primarily of polycarbonate, a silicon compound layer made primarily of a silicon oxide compound, and a zinc sulfide compound layer made primarily of a zinc sulfide compound and rendered on the opposite side of the silicon c... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7311396 | Barcode marking method and apparatus for electro-luminescence display device The invention relates to a barcode marking method and apparatus for an electro-luminescence display device. According to the barcode marking method and apparatus for an electro-luminescence display device of the present invention includes, an information barcode is ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7300202 | Clock having a playing function A clock includes a main body having a lower space and provided with a protruding post extended into the lower space, a face plate mounted on the main body and formed with a plurality of holes, a tumbler mounted in the lower space of the main body and rested on the p... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7267480 | Scrapbook clock The present invention is a method and apparatus for decorating the dial of a clock with photos, papers, or other embellishments so as to create a decorative personalized memory for the person's home or office through the creation of a specific customized timepiece i... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7242641 | Timepiece dial and production method therefor A dial for a watch has a transmissive substrate (11) and a series of projections and recesses (11a, 11b). A nontransmissive film (12) is formed in each of the recesses with a metallic film. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7180830 | Novelty timepiece The present invention is directed to a novelty item and kit comprising timepiece housing, timepiece face, timepiece hand element and images depicting a combination of morphed and non-morphed images. ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7120093 | Oval shaped timepieces and stem arrangement for watches A watch frame comprising a dial face having a circumferential boundary surrounding the dial face. A single series of hours indicia are arranged along and following the circumferential boundary and surrounding an interior region of the dial face. A first and second t... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7091964 | Electronic device with bezel feature for receiving input An electronic device includes a bezel feature, a connector and a processor. The bezel feature is provided on the front panel and interfaces with the processor. The bezel feature includes a circumferential track provided on the front panel and is formed by a contact-... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7068434 | Sheeting with composite image that floats Microlens sheetings with composite images are disclosed, in which the composite image floats above or below the sheeting, or both. The composite image may be two-dimensional or three-dimensional. Methods for providing such an imaged sheeting, including by the applic... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7035171 | Timepiece provided with interchangeable dial A timepiece has a portion of its case body capable of being removed from the rest of the case body. The removable portion bears an interchangeable dial plate. The device is configured in such a manner that the dial plate never serves as a stopping abutment when it i... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7029152 | Vehicular lighting arrangement with infinity effect A vehicular lighting housing utilizes a combination of a two-way mirror, a strip of LEDs, a one-way mirror spaced from the two-way mirror, and a cover glass such that when the LEDs are illuminated, light reflects back and forth between the two-way mirror and the one... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6982931 | Timepiece A watch face uses liquid crystal displays along with a reflective polarizer to produce backgrounds with selective appearances. Therein, the watch employs a polarizer to produce polarized light that is passed downward to a liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal d... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6967903 | Control method for executing functions in a diary watch The control method allows execution of various functions in an electronic diary watch, which includes, in a case closed by a crystal, a time-keeping circuit and/or a watch movement powered by an energy source, and a dial on which the time is displayed in a digital a... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6965478 | Microlens arrays Systems and methods for providing a light controlling structure, generally referred to as a microlens or microlens array. For example, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a light controlling structure may be employed to provide a display scree... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6950239 | Method for making micro-lens array A method for manufacturing a light controlling structure, generally referred to as a microlens or microlens array. The method including providing a bundle of optically transparent members; cutting the bundle of optically transparent members to form at least one shee... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6807129 | Clock A clock includes a support hanger, a hand-moving mechanism attached to the support hanger, a number of time indicators suspended from the support hanger, and hands attached to the hand-moving mechanism to point at the time indicators by action of the hand-moving mec... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6754139 | Animated timepiece A timepiece includes a plurality of coaxially mounted disks which are driven with different periods, at least some of the disks having a time indicator area which is visible through one or more transmissive areas on one or more disks which lie over it. In a preferre... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6697303 | Dial for timepiece, manufacturing method thereof and timepiece With a dial for a timepiece comprising a decoration member 21 having a plurality of through holes 22 formed vertically on a luminescent member 10, the cross-sectional area of lower-side holes 24 of the decoration member 21 is formed to be larger than that... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6538959 | Display plate for timepieces and method for fabricating the same An indicating plate for a timepiece is provided which is so structured as to prevent viewing of the solar cell and other items arranged thereunder through the indicating plate, which permits the same design expression as realized by the conventional metal... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6512721 | Luminous Dial for timepiece A dial for timepiece is provided which includes a decoration member having a through hole, and a luminescent member disposed under the decoration member. A first surface processed layer is provided on an upper surface of the decoration member, and a secon... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6452872 | Device for the oriented illumination of a surface by a microprism guide Solid optical guide (10) with microprisms (20) of refractive index n, for uniformly illuminating a surface (4) in grazing incidence at an angle θ1 in which a plane angle δ of the cross-section develops with respect to the surface (4) a substa... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6404704 | Dial including brilliants, appliques or other applied elements and method for securing such elements thereto The invention concerns a dial (1), in particular for a timepiece, including a plate having at least one recess defining a housing (6) in which a decorative element (8) or suchlike is secured, characterised in that the housing (6) includes a bottom (14) fo... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6295251 | Timepiece dial plate and timepiece dial plate manufacturing method A timepiece dial plate comprises an upper plate (1) provided with holes (2, 4) and positioning legs (3) projecting from its lower surface so as to position the upper plate (1) relative to a movement; and a lower plate (11) provided on its upper surface wi... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6266297 | Luminescent device and watch with luminescent device An analog hand mechanism having hands in a watch case, and a plate-like luminescent device in the watch case, to illuminate the analog hand mechanism. A metallic layer or a metallic ink layer, for giving a feeling of metallic gloss by receiving illuminati... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6262947 | Timepiece with a changeable dial face A timepiece includes a rotatable bezel mounted on the housing. A storage area inside the housing contains a plurality of folded or crumpled sector elements. The sector elements each have an apex which is attached to a curved spring-like wire and a base wh... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6229766 | Dial formed of a solar cell in particular for a timepiece The invention concerns a dial, in particular for a timepiece, formed of a solar cell including a substrate, at least one plurality of superposed layers defining at least one n-i-p or p-i-n element and a conductive layer forming a first electrode arranged ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6208593 | Luminous body for a watch A luminous body mounted in a watch below hands and a protective crystal and controlled by a switch to produce light, the luminous body including an insulative layer sandwiched in between a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer, electrolumin... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6208592 | Clock with novelty hands A clock with novelty hands that exhibit a different configuration at each time change when viewed from a same elevation, and by memorizing the different configurations, a viewer can tell time without having to consult its clock face. The clock includes a ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6118735 | Clock with replacement dial plate A clock includes a housing with a receiving space and a slit extending along a portion of a surrounding wall thereof in a plane. A clock mechanism is fixed on a central area of the receiving space, and has a spindle with an axis normal to the plane. An el... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6113726 | Method of moulding and applying marks on a surface A method by which an elastomer is applied to a model (1) with relief marks to be reproduced. The purpose of the elastomer once set is to form a mold membrane (14) and incorporate within its own material the shape of the marks on the model. The mold membra... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6021099 | Solar-cell watch dial and process for producing the same A solar-cell watch dial to be disposed on or above a solar cell housed in a watch, the solar-cell watch dial comprising an alumina of the formula Al2 O3 whose purity is at least 99.90% and exhibiting a light transmission ranging from... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5995456 | Dynamically changing liquid crystal display timekeeping apparatus A dynamically changing, multi-color liquid crystal display for electronic watches or other design apparel items is provided. The liquid crystal displays incorporated within the watch or designer apparel item can be adapted to provide various colored image... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5966344 | Watch containing light transmitting metallic dial A light transmitting metallic dial 50 is disposed above a cell 2 such as an EL device, a solar battery, or the like and the light transmitting type metallic dial 50 is secured by engaging an aligning portion 50b formed on the light transmitting type metal... | 10/12/1999 |
