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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 |
| 7208004 | Apparatus and method for gripping and manipulating a surgical needle The invention consists of a hand gripping portion 11, a tissue manipulating portion 13 and a needle retaining means 16. The needle retaining means is placed proximal or adjacent to the tissue manipulating portion. It comprises a needle imperviou... | 04/24/2007 |
| 6968799 | Safety device A safety device to prevent a passenger from becoming injured during a crash, severe weather conditions, or other event that could cause bodily harm. The safety device comprises a substantially fracture resistant spherical shell and at least one harnessed passenger s... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6920963 | Apparatus having vertically movable personnel cages for a spreader An apparatus for transporting people by a spreader having a vertically moveable head beam with a pair of horizontally extendable long bars includes a pair of personnel cages carried by a pair of cantilever beams extending from a housing. The personnel cages can be m... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6811368 | Roll-on / roll-off system and process for equipment transfer between ships or a ship and quay A process for equipment transfer between two moving transfer stations, such as ships, effected by moving a shuttle to a point adjacent to one transfer station, transferring a load onto the shuttle, moving the shuttle to a point adjacent to the other transfer station... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6659703 | Stabilized ship-borne access apparatus and control method for the same An apparatus for use on a vessel and for gaining access to a fixed structure such as a marine platform. As shown a supply vessel (1) has located on the deck (2) a mounting (3) which is connected by a gimbal arrangement (30) to a support arm (4) carrying a... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6309160 | Offshore personnel transfer system An Offshore Personnel Transfer System moving men and materials between an offshore platform, or any oil and gas facility such as semi-submersibles, jack-ups, and the like, and a workboat is disclosed. The system does NOT require any special equipment on t... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6175982 | Geared wheelchair ramp The Geared Wheelchair Ramp is a wheelchair lift system designed to be a substitute for conventional ramps used to allow accessibility between floor levels. The key of the invention is a gearing system that allows the occupant of a modified wheelchair to g... | 01/23/2001 |
| 5713710 | Transfer system A transfer apparatus for transferring objects from a first location to a second location includes a transfer device adapted to be coupled to a lifting device. The transfer device comprises an outer structure which defines an inner space in which an object... | 02/03/1998 |
| 4858775 | Personnel trolley and elevator platform for a cargo container handling gantry crane A personnel trolley and elevator platform for a cargo container handling gantry crane wherein the gantry is comprised of outreach boom and inboard girder portions having trolley rails mounted thereon, the personnel trolley being mounted on the rails betwe... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4739721 | Boat for vertical and horizontal transfer This invention relates to a boat designed as a self-hoisting unit for the vertical and horizontal transfer of persons and/or equipment from a ship to an offshore platform and vice versa. The boat carries a hollow mast forming a guide for a cable, the uppe... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4630542 | Nacelle The nacelle (3) is characterized in that it includes at least one cable (6) having a top end that leaves the nacelle upwardly and a bottom end that leaves the nacelle downwardly, and a mechanism (11) enabling the nacelle to move up and down the cable when... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4412598 | Personnel transfer apparatus and method A system is disclosed for safely transferring personnel to and from a sea launch from and to a tanker, a freighter, a bulk carrier, passenger ship or any other vessel or platform relatively larger than the launch or a boat. The system comprises a carrier,... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4395178 | Transfer system for use between platforms having relative motion between one another A carrier adapted to move between a movable vessel, such as a boat, and a stationary platform. The carrier has an extendable and retractable intermediate uphaul line adapted to be connected to a crane on the platform. It also has a downhaul line connected... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4369538 | Apparatus for transfer of persons and goods between structures offshore System for offshore transfer of persons and goods, preferably between a supply vessel and a stationary platform or a moored drilling/production platform or vessel, comprising a rigid gangway of which one end is pivotable on a vertical and a horizontal axi... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4180362 | System to transfer cargo or passengers between platforms while undergoing relative motion A carrier for cargo or personnel is transferred between an offshore platform and a landing platform on a vessel while subject, one with respect to the other, to vertical and lateral movements due to waves and wind within an envelope of motion. When the ca... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4111313 | Diving bell handling system and method A handling system for lowering and lifting a diving bell between the ocean surface and the deck of a vessel or a marine platform includes a horizontally extendible and retractable frame which mounts sheaves used for directing the hoist cable and umbilical... | 09/05/1978 |
