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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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Class 404/130 - Shiftable or variable ballast


Subclass of Class 404 - Road structure, process, or apparatus
Definition: Roller device provided with either (a) means to vary the
No. of patents: 18
Last issue date: 06/02/2009


NumberTitleIssue Date
7540689Counterweight system
A counterweight system for maintain stability of a tractor and the ability to compress a support surface when desired includes a tractor. A frame is selectively hitched to the tractor. A counterweight is coupled to the frame. The counterweight has a weight to balanc...
06/02/2009
7497641Paving machine having adjustable ballast system and method
A paving machine includes a frame having a hopper, a screed and a conveyor to transfer paving material between the hopper and the screed. A ballast system of the paving machine includes an actuator configured to adjust a movable ballast such as a liquid ballast to s...
03/03/2009
7337862Mono-wheel vehicle with tilt mechanism
In accordance with the present invention a mono-wheel vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a housing with an inner circumference. A wheel is connected to the housing such that the wheel is able to rotate independently of the housing. The wheel has an outside po...
03/04/2008
7017679Device for the continuous adjustment of unbalance of steerable vibration plates
The invention relates to steerable vibration plates that are set vibrating by rotating unbalanced masses. By twisting the unbalanced masses relative to one another the resulting forces and their direction of action can be changed, thereby influencing the travel spee...
03/28/2006
6769838Variable vibratory mechanism
A vibratory mechanism includes first and second eccentric weights connected to a gearbox. The gearbox includes an inner shaft, an outer shaft and first and second planetary gear sets. The first and second planetary gear sets are connected to a motor that drives the ...
08/03/2004
6585450Speed controlled eccentric assembly
The eccentric assembly includes a tubular section, an eccentric weight, and a counterweight. The eccentric weight is mounted within the tubular section such that as a motor rotates the eccentric assembly, the eccentric weight generates vibrations that are...
07/01/2003
6551020Vibratory mechanism
A vibratory mechanism 26 is provided for a compacting work machine 10. The vibratory mechanism 26 includes a first/outer eccentric weight 50 and a second/inner eccentric weight 80. The second weight 80 has a cavity 88 with a movable mass 90 that when rota...
04/22/2003
6485227Concrete breaking apparatus
A concrete breaking apparatus includes a wheeled support assembly having an open end to accommodate the variable positioning of an impact roller therebetween and a closed end opposite the open end. A frame having opposing longitudinal arms connected near ...
11/26/2002
6007273Arrangement and method for cooling a bearing assembly
An arrangement for cooling a bearing assembly. The arrangement includes a drum assembly having (i) a drum member having an interior sidewall, (ii) a first bulkhead secured to the interior sidewall, (iii) a second bulkhead secured to the interior sidewall,...
12/28/1999
5993110Ballast system for compacting machines
A ballast system is provided for a compacting machine, which operate on their own weight (static weight) and is propelled on rollers or wheels. A plurality of identical, modular, ballast boxes are mounted to the median extension of the machine which is lo...
11/30/1999
5984572Vibratory generating mechanism and vibratory roller utilizing vibratory generating mechanism
To be able to start and stop vibration without resonating a vibratory body as well as to prevent a drawback of a conventional technology in which when a vibration generating shaft is rotated at a high speed, a torsional coil spring is worn by being brough...
11/16/1999
5398769Aerator
An aerator includes a frame supported on a pair of forward wheels and a pair of rearward wheels. An aerator head is mounted on a pivot frame on the forward end of the aerator frame, the pivot frame mounted to move the aerator head from a disengaged positi...
03/21/1995
4759659Variable vibrator system
A vibratory drum soil or asphalt compactor has a variable vibratory mechanism selectively operable to vary the vibrations imparted to the drum from a balanced mode to a maximum amplitude vibratory mode independently of the vibratory mechanism shaft rotati...
07/26/1988
4749305Eccentric-weight subassembly, and in combination with an earth compactor drum
The subassembly comprises a shaft having an eccentrically-weighted portion journalled in a tube which also has an eccentrically-weighted portion. The tube has an abutment therein which prevents full rotation of the tube relative to the shaft. With rotatio...
06/07/1988
4647247Method of compacting a material layer and a compacting machine for carrying out the method
Method and apparatus for compacting a layer of material using a compacting machine having at least one drum which is rolled over the layer; the material layer is acted on by gravitational force of the roller and an oscillating force. The latter is the res...
03/03/1987
4577995Mechanism for generating vibrations for a ground compacting machine
An improved mechanism for generating vibrations in the horizontal plane for a ground compacting machine is disclosed. At least a rotary shaft with an eccentric mass mounted for generating required vibrations is rotatably supported within the rolling wheel...
03/25/1986
4322094Tractor load
A weighting device is suspended beneath a tractor and between its wheels to improve the traction of the wheels and the stability of the tractor. The device has the general form of a flat, elongated element with a width substantially less than the spacing ...
03/30/1982
4018541Road roller for compacting pavements
A road roller comprises a ballast means made in the form of a chamber of gasproof material, said chamber having one side open and being provided with an end wall connected to a chassis of the road roller. The chamber communicates with a source of vacuum a...
04/19/1977
 
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