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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 |
| 7390156 | Sheet metal fasteners with multiple spreadable shanks A sheet metal fastener for securing a covering member to a cementitious-like base or insulating material wherein the fastener includes at least two hollow shanks that depend from a common head and wherein each shank includes opposing generally U-shaped spreadable le... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7241095 | Dowel with locking features and method of using the same A hollow dowel pin adapted to secure together at least two mating components during the assembly thereof includes an elongate generally cylindrical main body portion, first and second mating edges, and at least one outwardly extending tab. The elongate generally cyl... | 07/10/2007 |
| 6991397 | Dowel fastener and joints including same An improved dowel fastener for compressive insertion within a recess, bore or aperture in each of two joint members of wood, metal, plastic or combinations thereof to frictionally retain one joint member to the other. The dowel fastener includes a flexible, resilien... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6918713 | Cylindrical pin A cylindrical pin (1) for connecting and/or guiding components (A, B), particularly in tool, fixture, and machine construction is provided. In order to make the cylindrical pin yieldable in a radial direction and thereby allow for compensation for its manufac... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6907647 | Eyelet for reinforcing the edge of a hole in a carrier strip and device for attaching an eyelet to a carrier strip The invention relates to a ringless eyelet (10′) comprising a plate (11) arranged on the display side (23) of the carrier strip (20), and a tube-shaped collar penetrating the hole in the carrier strip. The hem of the collar of the eyele... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6837659 | Fastener for joining honeycomb panels and method for using the same A method and fastener for distributing an anchoring material and securing abutting honeycombed panels in a generally perpendicular alignment. The fastener is provided with a pointed tip to penetrate into undrilled portion of the inner cellular structure of one of th... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6543977 | Concrete anchor bolt A concrete anchor bolt formed of an axially extending fixing member (1) having a first axially extending section (5) fixable in a tapped blind borehole (3) in a first solid body (4) secured by a temporarily fluid fixing agent (2) and an axially protruding... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6095737 | Sheet metal anchor nail fastener with locking staple An anchor nail for use with gypsum and other cementitious or composite materials used in roofing which includes a tapered tubular shank having openings therein through which ends of an insert wire staple are deflected to provide an anchoring for the nail ... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5375381 | Building kit A kit for the assembly of a building structure has a plurality of side walls, a floor, and a roof. The kit comprises a plurality of precut building members, each building member having end portions configured to abut adjacent building members to form a bu... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5282829 | Hollow body implants The present invention provides a surgical incision or wound closure implant device possessing an interior hollow core region while maintaining the mechanical beam characteristics of the overall structure. In the case of cored biodegradable implant devices... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5261760 | Precast curb section An improved curb section of precast concrete subdivided into modules by transverse grooves which give the appearance of shorter blocks and provide for fracturing the curb section at those locations. Each module of the curb section has a rearward T-shaped ... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5163798 | Base sheet fastener-plate assembly A fastener-plate assembly for use in anchoring covering sheets to a roof deck has a pre-assembled configuration. The assembled configuration is maintained by projections on an upper portion of the fastener shank. The projections engage against a received ... | 11/17/1992 |
| 4952096 | Dynamic earth anchor, and a sleeve therefor A dynamic earth anchor, which is forced from a tubular body, comprises a combination of a roof bolt and a tubular, deformable sleeve. The sleeve is insertable into a terrestrial borehole, at a closed end thereof, and then the bolt is inserted into the sle... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4890362 | Eyelet and method of attaching the same An eyelet having a seat and an eyelet body. The seat has a central hole formed of a tapered cylindrical portion extending and narrowing in the opposite direction of insertion, a curved annular crest extending in the inserting direction from the cylindrica... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4824314 | Composite fastener system and manufacturing method thereof A method of forming a lightweight threaded fastener element of bimaterial construction to high tolerance requirements, the element formed by the steps of shaping a metal shell to a preliminary configuration blank by extrusion, filling the extruded shell w... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4806064 | Compensating roll pin for heat sink mounting Disclosed is a compensating roll pin securing a heat sink to a circuit board. The roll pin comprises a deformable body of resilient material, such as annealed spring steel, formed into a generally cylindrical body having first and second end portions sepa... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4773804 | Self-securing lock bolt A lock bolt is disclosed for introduction into a through hole in a structural component. The lock bolt generally is a one piece tubular bolt member having a shank with two sections joined at a first end by a bridge and with a resilient locking member inte... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4696423 | High capacity shear fastener A hollow sheet metal steel fastener for joining wood and/or wood product assemblies subjected to high shear and bending stress loadings. The fastener comprises an elongated, equilateral triangular tubular shaft with continuous stiffening ribs along the ce... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4678385 | Fixing peg A fixing peg is provided comprising a body and a bearing washer for fixing an insulating panel. The body is tubular, with a support portion and an anchorage portion and is split over the whole of its length. In the anchorage portion two abutment tongues p... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4642008 | Expansion dowel An expansion dowel includes an axially elongated sleeve-shaped dowel body slit in the axial direction from the leading end. A spiral-shaped expansion body is located in the dowel body in the axially extending region of the slit. By axially displacing the ... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4637751 | Coupling device for agricultural implements A coupling device for enabling a coupling hook to be attached with a coupling pin of a heavy agricultural implement, wherein transverse bores extend through the coupling pin and through a slip-on sleeve and a catch ball on the coupling pin with an axial s... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4637135 | Method for mounting a connector to a substrate A manner of precisely mounting a surface mounting connector to a substrate is taught. Briefly stated, after soldering of the contacts of a connector to the substrate, a radially wound steel roll pin is positioned in the mounting holes of the connector hou... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4600345 | Impact fastener device An impact fastener especially adapted for holding batts of insulation to sheet metal is disclosed. A characterizing feature of the fastener resides in the provision of three stabilizing legs which are configured to engage the surface of the receiving meta... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4572021 | Motion transmission system An electron microscope stage is manually movable in three orthogonal axial directions and two orthogonal rotational directions by corresponding motion transmission systems. Four of the transmission systems employ telescopic rods and a connecting pin havin... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4484849 | Multiple piece bolt-type fastener A bolt is fabricated from an elongated threaded rod by severing the rod along a planar surface angularly oriented with respect to a longitudinal axial plane through the rod. A cup-shaped nut has three equicircumferentially spaced lateral locking openings ... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4396328 | Coupling pin A coupling pin for agricultural implement hitches and other mechanical couplings includes an elongated generally cylindrical body portion and a ring-like retainer portion integrally formed with the body portion. The coupling pin is formed from spring stee... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4354782 | Drive-in expansion fastener An expansion fastener, especially for walls formed of plaster or drywall, in which a metallic sleeve-like member having spreadable sides is provided with a point at one end and an outwardly extending flange at the other. The fastener can be driven into th... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4338736 | Retaining pin assembly for earthworking tool A retaining pin assembly (16) for securing a replaceable earthworking tool (14) to a support member (12) includes a spring type pin (36) and a coacting sleeve (40). The pin assembly (16) is insertable through generally aligned openings (30,22) in the tool... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4313696 | Friction rock stabilizer and method for insertion thereof in an earth structure bore The stabilizer, in a preferred embodiment thereof, comprises a generally tubular body which is axially slit, as in the prior art. According to one practice of the invention, the surfaces of the body immediately adjacent to the slit have ribs formed thereo... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4266460 | Multiple piece bolt-type fastener A bolt is fabricated from an elongated threaded rod by severing the rod along a planar surface angularly oriented with respect to a diametrical plane through the rod. A cup-shaped nut, having aligned openings in the sidewalls adjacent the outer base there... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4100954 | Dowel or anchoring means This invention relates to an anchoring arrangement comprising a two-component adhesive adapted to be received in a hole in a receiving material, said adhesive being hardenable after the intermixing of the two components and at least one component thereof ... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4064665 | Ice anchoring method and device An ice anchoring device, and particularly an ice hammer, having a relatively thin walled, partially open or fully closed channel, with opposed interior walls at at least a portion of the channel, and, preferably, parallel outer walls, which, when impacted... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4043247 | Wall fastener An anchor for facilitating the suspending of articles from walls or ceilings includes a tubular fastener-receiving member which penetrates the wall. The tubular member has an arcuate free end which causes a fastener, such as a nail inserted therethrough t... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4031802 | Hollow sheet metal nail A sheet metal nail of the type used to fasten a first or covering material to a lightweight base material in which a pair of interfitted channel shaped leg or shank members are pivotally connected to the nail head in a manner to spread outwardly into the ... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4029426 | Tubular fastening system A tubular fastening system for holding a plurality of members together with a predictable holding force, including a tubular eyelet of ductile but non-work hardening material pressed into a non-circular aperture formed in a rigid support plate. The predic... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4012913 | Friction rock stabilizers Friction rock stabilizers for anchoring a structure such as a roof or side wall of a mine shaft or other underground opening, comprising a generally annular body having longitudinally extending edge portions which overlap one another circumferentially of ... | 03/22/1977 |
| 3990803 | Fixing sleeves or bushings A fixing sleeve or bushing formed from a strip of resilient material which is rolled to form a longitudinal tube-like member, at least one of the longitudinal edges being rolled over and bent inwardly whereby the longitudinal edges abut and form a resilie... | 11/09/1976 |
