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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 |
| 7270498 | Flood vent The flood vent has an elongated box-shaped frame having a top end, a bottom end including a floor, and opposing sidewalls that define a fluid passageway. The frame has an open front and a track formed in the rear of the frame. A door is slidably mounted in the track... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7121042 | Door assembly for sealing a chamber A door assembly providing an airtight seal for a chamber. The door assembly includes a link assembly that allows a door to move inward toward a gasket sealing an opening into the chamber. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6467998 | Self-regulating weirs and fishways A self-regulating tilting weir comprises a tiltable weir gate over which the water flows, the weir gate being hinged at its lower edge (3) to the base of a support frame (1) and counterbalanced by floats (4) located upstream of the weir gate so that the l... | 10/22/2002 |
| 5967697 | Flood control gate safety device A flood gate structure incorporating a safety device thereon to prevent harm through crushing or trapping of animals, such as manatees by the flood gate when passing into its closed position. An object sensor, along with an override sensor assembly, are p... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5725326 | Movable dam The invention relates to a movable dam for a water-course. This dam comprises a chamber which, for example, is formed in a dike or alike and wherein a buoyant body is housed supporting a vertical retaining wall. At its top the chamber communicates with th... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5720575 | Water control and diversion headgate and method of manufacture A water control and diversion headgate for use in irrigation systems, simplifying the headgate construction, easing its operation and improving its overall efficiency. This headgate includes a corrugated pipe, sometimes provided with an internal liner and... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5141361 | Door seal for water slide gates A water tight seal for water slide gates, and more particularly to a seal which is made from an elastomer such as reinforced plastic. Said seal comprises a first portion and a second portion whereon slides the gate and a resilient means so as to clasp the... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5092708 | Barrier, in particular for damming a tidal waterway during storm tides The barrier proposed by the invention consists of gate elements or components which move on inclined planes, characterized by the fact that in the rest position on the edge of the waterway, preferably on the shore, the gate elements or components can be i... | 03/03/1992 |
| 4934868 | Water control structure and roller assembly therefor A water control structure for a flow channel comprises a structure-mounted roller assembly having a pair of elongate, generally U-shaped frame members including an upstream leg, a downstream leg and a connecting web therebetween, the frame members adapted... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4832527 | Vertically reciprocable gates for the control of a liquid media A vertically reciprocable gate assembly which includes a frame surrounding a port and a gate having a gate member connected by links to an actuating member which is slidably connected to the frame with the gate member between it and the frame. Unless the ... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4726709 | Sealing assemblies This invention is directed toward improved liquid sealing assemblies. The sealing assemblies are particularly useful in water control gates and in one embodiment have an elastomeric seal strip with a U-shaped cross-section defined by a web and a pair of a... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4484836 | Pneumatic spar sediment control curtain An apparatus for preventing intrusion of sediments into quiet water berthing areas which is particularly adapted for use in berthing areas of the type having spaced apart fixed structures extending downwardly to the floor of the water body and defining an... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4199274 | Flow measuring flume of adjustable capacity A flow measuring flume is described which is compact, cost-effective, self-cleaning and of adjustable capacity. This flume is applicable in the chemical water treatment of acid discharge streams from coal mining operations. It incorporates the self-cleani... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4151859 | Throttle shaft for the controlled discharge of dammed-up water The throttle shaft for the controlled discharge of dammed-up water, especially for the controlled flow of sewage and waste water to sewage-processing units, comprises a housing formed with an inlet and an outlet for a float-controlled throttle flap at the... | 05/01/1979 |
