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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 |
| 7347282 | Steerable soil penetration system A steerable soil penetration system having a steerable penetration head, which compacts and does not cut away the surrounding soil and which is connected to an elongate flexible tubing such that the orientation of the penetration head can be varied relative to the t... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341686 | Device for arresting the propagation of a buckle in a double-walled pipe Device for arresting the propagation of a buckle in a double walled pipe. The device comprising an outer pipe wall having a defined external diameter and placed around an inner pipe wall, defining an annular space between the said outer and inner walls; provi... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7322381 | Intake duct A duct main body is formed into a hollow tubular shape having in an interior thereof an intake passageway for introducing outside air into an internal combustion engine by connecting integrally a plurality of divided bodies such as a first divided body and a second ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7267141 | Method of on-site production of novel textile reinforced thermoplastic or thermoset pipes Novel thermoplastic pipes which can withstand extremely high internally generated and/or applied pressures for utilization within, primarily, high pressure underground liquid and gas transport systems are provided. Such pipes are improvements over standard metal (i.... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7223051 | Removable maintenance port with method for rehabilitating manhole A removably insertable apparatus for creating and accessing manholes and a method for rehabilitating manhole structures and the like, using the apparatus. The apparatus comprises two sections, both of which are load bearing composite materials such as reinforced fib... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7162783 | Forming elements from concrete pipe An apparatus for removing a forming element from a concrete pipe includes a support member and a removal device including first and second elements. The first element is attachable to the forming element and has a stop. The second element is supported by the support... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7156584 | Method for installing a high or medium power cable in the ground The invention concerns a method for setting medium or high power electric cables (2) in the ground, which consists in digging a trench (14) evacuating the materials derived from the trench (14) towards a treatment device, for example by crushing... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7059806 | Hole former for an invert A hole former for a manhole with an invert, which aligns the hole with the invert such that pipes are properly aligned and will not leak or cause damming when connected to the manhole. The hole former has an alignment member with a central aperture as a part of the ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6969216 | Pressurized bladder canister for installation of cured in place pipe A process for lining an existing pipeline or conduit with a flexible resin impregnated cured in place liner by pulling in the liner and inflating an eversion bladder with air and curing the liner with flow-through steam without loss of pressure is provided. The blad... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6965848 | Ducting system designer A method and means for automating the design of a ducting system for a fluid is proposed. Boundary data identifying boundary conditions of the ducting system, which boundary data comprises positional information in a three dimensional installation space and magnitud... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6953305 | Bundle of pipes and method for parallel arrangement of pipes according to a bore and swivel method A bundle of tubes or pipes is arranged without trenches according to a fluid-assisted drilling method. A bore channel is made in a first boring step and the bore channel is widened when the bore/flushing head is removed therefrom, the bundle of tubes being drawn int... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6926466 | Device and a method for rehabilitating conduits A polyurethane applicator (10) for spraying at high-pressures a liner on the inner circumferential wall of an existing conduit (C) to be rehabilitated. The applicator (10) includes a carriage (12) coaxially guided in the conduit (C) and an atomi... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6899842 | Method and installation for laying a cylindrical pipe on a support A process and plant for laying a pipe in a trench comprising placing a flattened tubular preform in the trench, the perform having a reinforcement surrounding an inner seal, the reinforcement being impregnated with a resin, and inflating the perform in the trench. | 05/31/2005 |
| 6893189 | Pipelayer A pipelayer is provided which is capable of effectively transporting pipes or the like and stably carrying out load hoisting operation on a slope. The pipelayer comprises: an undercarriage; an upper revolving superstructure mounted on the undercarriage so as to turn... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6779949 | Device for transferring a fluid between at least two floating supports For transferring a fluid between at least two floating supports or one floating and one fixed support, a rigid hollow transport line is immersed with a cable suspension system in the sea. A flexible connector links each end of the rigid transport line to one of the ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6739926 | Damping of conductor tubes A method of damping a conductor tube in a guide tube therefor comprises the steps of inserting a bag between the conductor and the jacket and filling the bag with a settable material to provide a resilient layer between the conductor and the guide tube. ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6644891 | Composition having low thermal resistivity and method for laying underground cables for carrying electrical energy A system for carrying electrical energy in connections in underground cables. In particular, it relates to a method of laying cables and a trench filler having a low thermal resistivity, used for laying underground cables for carrying electrical energy. M... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6565285 | Method and device for laying an underground duct made of a plastic material For laying synthetic underground piping (1) a ground channel (2) is first bored and the piping (1) is introduced into the ground channel (2). To facilitate laying an underground pipe length particularly effectively, the pipe length (1) comprising a harden... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6371691 | Method of introducing optical cable into a solid bed A process for introducing an optical cable, in the form of a microcable or minicable (1), in solid ground (17) with the aid of a laying unit (23). The microcable or minicable (1) used for this purpose comprises a homogeneous and pressurized-water-tight tu... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6349460 | Fiber installation method and apparatus An optical fiber cable (12) is installed within an enclosure (14) a duct by pushing the cable into the duct via a motorized pushing mechanism (38). As the optical fiber cable enters the enclosure, the image of interior of the enclosure is focused by a len... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6210074 | Material and method for lining pipes A material and method is provided for lining man-entry sized pipes and securing the lining to the pipe. The lining comprises a plurality of adjacent, unplasticized polyvinyl chloride panel segments circumferentially curved within the pipe, each including ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6196766 | Apparatus for movement along an underground passage and method using same An apparatus adapted for movement through a passage formed in the ground includes an elongate element and means for positioning a shroud around at least part of the elongate element for engagement against the periphery of the passage to provide a space th... | 03/06/2001 |
| 5971667 | Apparatus for movement along an underground passage and method using same Apparatus adapted for movement through a passage (16) formed in the ground, comprising an elongate element (13) and means for positioning a shroud (20) around at least part of the longitudinal periphery of the elongate element for engagement against the p... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5934831 | Method and device for producing a cable A method and device for on-site producing a cable at the location for placing the cable includes a mobile device supporting an arrangement for forming a protective sheath of the cable and an arrangement for inserting the optical fibers or electrical leads... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5930923 | Method for operation to excavate underdrain in the field ground and a device for operation to excavate underdrain A method of operation to effectively excavate an underdrain in the field ground having a long service life and ensuring that the underdrain will not be closed after a long period of time and a device for such operation. The method includes attaching a plu... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5904185 | Conduit for the circulation of fluid A conduit for the circulation of fluid under pressure comprising a tubular enclosure delimited by a thin wall and fixed on a rigid base slab of molded material. The upper part of the enclosure comprises, in cross-section, at least three thin wall segments... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5762450 | System and method for relining sewer pipe sections with inspection capability A system and process for relining conveyor lines like pipelines (1) with an internal inliner (2) and an external inliner (preliner 7), whereby the internal inliner (2) forms a stiffened internal pipe (30) after insertion into the external inliner (preline... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5634743 | Lining of pipelines and passageways The lining of pipelines and passageways is effected by everting a flexible lining tube containing curable synthetic resin into and along the pipeline or passageway. The resin is of the latent type and requires the application of energy to initiate the cur... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5490744 | Method and apparatus for inflating and curing a resin impregnated manhole liner An apparatus and method for inflating and curing a resin impregnated liner include a resin impregnated liner lowered into an underground structure so that a portion of the liner extends beyond the structure. The protruding portion of the liner is then sea... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5476343 | Offshore pipeline insulated with a cementitious coating An improved thermally insulated, impact and abrasion resistant pipeline and an impact resistant, flexible, cementitious material which maintains low thermal conductivity when submerged and which is suitable for insulating underwater pipelines, said materi... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5265981 | System and method for rehabilitating a manhole, and manhole rehabilitated thereby A liner assembly for a manhole comprises a multiple ply generally cylindrical tube. The outermost ply is adapted for being impregnated with material for rigidifying and bonding the outermost ply to a manhole. The innermost ply is adapted for being impregn... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5230842 | Interior pipeline coating process To rehabilitate an internally corroded underground pipeline, excavations are made at its opposite ends to which launching and receiving pipe structures are then secured. Various pig member sets, with appropriate treatment fluids carried thereby, are air-d... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5190705 | Method for lining large-diameter pipes A method of repairing an underground large-diameter pipe having an inner surface includes first supporting with props inside the pipe spaced inward from its inner surface a lining having a shape conforming to that of the inner surface and then injecting a... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5180254 | Fluid-conveying conduit A fluid-conveying conduit of large cross section for conveying fluid under high pressure, formed by assembling on a laying surface a plurality of prefabricated longitudinal elements placed in sequence and comprising, in transverse section, a lower base an... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5167468 | System for the robotic fabrication of pipelines and tunnels along unlimited three-dimensional curvilinear paths The present invention is a system for the robotic fabrication of a set of parallel pipelines or tunnels along a curvilinear path without limitation as to distance, direction and depth. A large diameter bore is made by a boring unit as the boring unit move... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5145282 | Continuous tubular structure forming and placing apparatus and method Mobile continuous tubular structure forming and placing apparatus includes a support portion, a row material supplying portion, a matrix forming portion, a tubular structure forming portion and a control portion. The raw material supplying portion include... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5061121 | Fluid-conveying conduit A fluid-conveying conduit of large cross section, formed by assembling on a laying surface a plurality of prefabricated longitudinal elements placed in sequence and comprising, in transverse section, a lower base and a vault having two lateral edges conne... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5040922 | Method for repairing an inaccessible sewage pipe leading away from a house using a remote-controlled apparatus operating in the main sewage pipe A device for repairing a main (1) can also be used to repair a leaking, corroded section of a branch pipe (2) which opens into the main. The device has a toothed rod (17) which can be extended approximately radially and rotated in the axis of the branch p... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4955755 | Device for the in situ repair of a pipe A device for the in situ repair of pipes (e.g. stormwater or sewerage) inaccessible from the inside, comprises a front module (1) and a rear module (2) each module being fitted with mobile arms (3, 5) and hydraulic displacement means (4, 6) connectable to... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4956032 | Method of grouting using a vacuum A method of filling an annular space between inner and outer coaxially arranged pipes while providing the option of maintaining fluid flow through the inner pipe includes optionally establishing fluid flow through the inner pipe; installing first and seco... | 09/11/1990 |
