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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 |
| 7292447 | Back plate assembly for a board A back plate assembly (100) for a board (200) comprises a back plate (110) abutting against a side of the board and a plurality of posts (120). Each post comprises at least one latching portion (1206) formed thereon. After the latc... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7237302 | Wrap around furniture guide A furniture glide is provided for mounting to a leg of a piece of furniture. The furniture glide having an inner surface for engaging a bottom of the leg of the piece of furniture and an outer surface for engaging a supporting surface. A first and second sidewalls p... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7131807 | Functional element, method for fixing it in a sheet metal part, assembling element and swaging assembly The invention concerns a functional element, in particular a bolt, consisting of a shank portion (14) and a head portion (16) designed to be assembled riveted with a plate element, in particular a sheet metal part. The invention is characterised in tha... | 11/07/2006 |
| 6994486 | Functional element and panel assembly A method for placing a functional element, especially a fastening element, in an especially liquid-tight and/or gastight manner, on a metal part. The inventive method is characterized in that a functional element provided with a hollow head segment is pressed agains... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6979151 | Timber pile connector A timber pile connector for splicing timber pilings together comprising a section of pipe having a continuous sidewall and a hollow bore, a pair of opposing slots through the sidewall, and a bar passing through the slots. A first end of the bar has a first cut there... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6877646 | Rivets and methods for their production and use There is provided self piercing rivet comprising a substantially planar metal body portion (160) having deformable tabs (161) symmetrically disposed about a slit (162) as per the first embodiment. The upper portion of the body portion (160 | 04/12/2005 |
| 6475030 | Heat sink fastener A heat sink fastener is applied to fasten a heat sink contacted with an electrical element mounted on a substrate. The heat sink fastener has a pillar integrally formed by an upper segment and a lower segment that further has an arrowhead hook, a coil spr... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6338601 | Punch rivet, riveted joints produced with it, riveting tool and method of producing a riveted joint A punch rivet (1) has a cutting edge (6) which is arranged on the end face of its rivet shank (2) and is formed in the cutting region by an outer face (5) extending parallel to the axis and a conical inner face (4) of the rivet shank (2). The outer face (... | 01/15/2002 |
| 5704752 | Zero insertion force rivet device The invention relates to a rivet device. The device is characterized in that it comprises a substantially cylindrical tubular body (10), an annular collar extending outwards from the first end of the body, and at least two locking elements (20, 22) formed... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5462454 | Solderless boardlock A boardlock for securely connecting an electrical device or connector to a printed circuit board without requiring post-soldering thereof, is shown comprising a pair of rigid arms joined at the lower end by a thinner bridge section. The boardlock is a fla... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5391156 | Flexible encoscopic surgical port A flexible endoscopic surgical port comprises a trocar tube or cannula made partially or entirely of flexible material which can be inserted into a body wall at an intercostal location to allow the insertion and manipulation of endoscopic surgical instrum... | 02/21/1995 |
| 4708553 | Large secondary head rivet A blind rivet having an easily settable secondary head with the rivet body having a plurality of longitudinally extending circumferentially spaced weakened areas terminating in spaced relation from the rivet flange and the open end of the rivet so that up... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4687398 | Composite rivet with collar reinforced with circumferential fibers A composite rivet comprising an axially compressible and radially expandable tubular plastic preform with a mandrel extending centrally thereof and a collar radially aligned with an annular recess in said mandrel for controlling radial deformation of the ... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4687397 | Composite rivet with strippable mandrel A composite rivet comprises an integral mandrel having a collar telescoped thereabout for controlling radial deformation of a head forming portion thereof.... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4687396 | One-piece composite rivet with deformable head portion and mandrel A composite rivet comprises an integral mandrel from which material is sheared to form a head on the blind side of a workpiece.... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4687395 | Composite rivet with deformable annular collar containing randomly chopped fibers A composite rivet comprises a preformed head portion, a shear portion, an integral mandrel extending from said shear portion having an annular recess therein, a deformable plastic locking ring radially aligned with and filling the recess in said mandrel, ... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4576535 | Nonresiliently deformable fastener A one-piece sheet metal fastener (10) for joining two or more panels (14, 16) having a combined axial thickness (18) within a given range and aligned apertures (22, 24) of a given diameter (24) is provided. The fastener comprises two sidewall portions (28... | 03/18/1986 |
