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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 |
| 6808444 | Polishing fixture for fiber optic connectors A polishing fixture is provided for polishing the optic ends of a fiber optic cable terminated in a fiber optic connector. A holding plate has a receptacle for receiving the fiber optic connector, with at least a portion of each of a first side and a second side of ... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6497765 | Multi piece swivel chuck for holding conical shaped work An improved chuck for supporting elongated work pieces having conical end portions, such as single crystal ingots used to fabricate semiconductor wafers, while such. The chuck is typically used in a lathe for positioning and allowing rotation of the work ... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6458022 | Self-centering steady rest clamping device A device in the form of a self-centering steady rest for clamping or holding workpieces on a machine tool is provided. Three holding members are supported in a separate, intermediate member that is disposed in a housing and is displaceable therein, toward... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6083092 | Multi-piece lathe chuck for silicon ingots Improved chucks for supporting elongate objects having conical end portions, such as single crystal ingots of semiconductor material, while such objects are held and rotated, as in a lathe. A base portion of the chuck includes bores to accept fasteners to... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6012976 | Multi-piece lathe chuck for silicon ingots Improved chucks for supporting elongate objects having conical end portions, such as single crystal ingots of semiconductor material, while such objects are held and rotated, as in a lathe. A base portion of the chuck includes bores to accept fasteners to... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5556326 | Floating rotary drive device of a workpiece to be machined by grinding A floating rotary drive device sequentially holding a workpiece of a series of workpieces to be supported with slack while each workpiece is machined by grinding while the workpiece is rotated about a slack axis of rotation, comprising a motor having n ou... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5472330 | Apparatus for manufacturing a golf ball An apparatus for removing the burr from the seam of a golf ball made using a pair of semispherical molds each having dimple-forming projections on a connecting portion to shape resin into a golf ball having dimples on a seam corresponding to the connectin... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5381630 | Brake rotor grinding method and apparatus A resurfacing method and apparatus for brake disks or rotors and for flywheels utilizes "dead centers" to support the rotor, flywheel or the like, avoiding disk thickness variations which would result from support of the disk or flywheel on roller bearing... | 01/17/1995 |
| 4809466 | Method for the high-speed precision clamping of rotationally symmetrical workpieces and high-speed precision clamping device for implementing the method A method of clamping rotationally symmetrical workpieces for their circumferences to be ground, whereby the radial positioning, the clamping and the axial positioning of the workpiece are effected independently of one another, so that the positioning oper... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4769955 | Fixture for holding a hole-cutting tool having cutting edges to be ground This invention relates to a fixture for holding twist drills having cutting edges to be ground. A stand is mounted on a base plate, which is displaceable and/or rotatable. The stand carries a bracket, which carries gripping unit for gripping the drill to ... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4564991 | Tool for holding a blade for installation and removal thereof Disclosed is a tool for holding a lawnmower blade for installation and removal thereof. The tool comprises an elongate lever having a handle at one end, a blade engaging section about the other end, and a channel therebetween for accommodating the housing... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4543857 | Surgical instrument and method of making same A surgical instrument, with method and apparata for making same. A pair of coaxial tubular members include cooperating oval openings the formations of which are developed by the apparata and method. One apparatus comprises a fixture for supporting the inn... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4428160 | Centerless valve grinding There is provided a valve grinding apparatus for centerless grinding of valves. Two base rollers with parallel axes are driven, and a control roller is centered above the base rollers. The control roller can be raised and lowered and the direction of its ... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4170091 | Apparatus for resharpening cutting blades for gear cutting machine An improved apparatus for sharpening and resharpening cutting blades provides for very accurate positioning of a plurality of cutting blades relative to a single grinding plane for a grinding wheel. The apparatus includes means for positioning the cutting... | 10/09/1979 |
| 3971164 | Bowling ball resurfacing machine A machine for removing excess filling material and refinishing the surface to a true sphere after one or more of the finger holes in a bowling ball have been filled in. The machine frame carries a motor-driven sanding disc and a pair of ways. Slidable on ... | 07/27/1976 |
