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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 |
| 7265169 | Adhesive compositions and methods of using and making the same Adhesive compositions produced from abundant and renewable resources such as lignocellulosic materials, particularly decayed lignocellulosic materials or demethylated lignin. Other components present in particular examples of the adhesive compositions include relati... | 09/04/2007 |
| 6339116 | Methods of fabricating cross-linked biobased materials and structures fabricated therewith Biobased cross-linked compositions, methods of fabrication and structures, in particular biobased printed wiring boards using the compositions and methods of making the structures are described. Biobased materials such as lignin, crop oils, wood resins, t... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6211315 | Lewis acid-catalyzed polymerization of biological oils and resulting polymeric materials Biological oils, conjugated biological oils, and metathesized or cometathesized biological oils are polymerized or co-polymerized faith divinylbenzene, norboradiene and dicyclopentadiene using a BF3.OEt.sub.2 initiator to provide plastics from ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6043405 | Formulation for neutralization of formaldehyde and method of using and disposing of the same A method and treatment composition for neutralizing formaldehdye. The treatment composition contains polyethylenimine, urea and an acid having a pH of less than 6. Treatment of formaldehyde solutions with the treatment composition results in a suspension ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5990216 | Method for manufacturing grafted polyacrylamide flocculant of cationic/ampholytic ions The present invention discloses a process for manufacturing a grafted polyacrylamide flocculant of cationic/ampholytic ions, which is characterized by graft-copolymerizing starch or micro-crystalline cellulose as backbone with acrylamide, while using pota... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5863990 | Biodegradable polyacetal polymers and methods for their formation and use The present invention relates to biodegradable biocompatible polyacetals, methods for their preparation, and methods for treating mammals by administration of biodegradable biocompatible polyacetals. A method for forming the biodegradable biocompatible po... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5780568 | Starch derivatives grafted with aliphatic polyester, procedure for their production and their use The invention relates to a procedure, to a grafted starch derivative produced by this procedure and method of using it. In the procedure a starch or starch derivative is graft-copolymerized with a cyclic ester, producing a starch derivative grafted with a... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5616671 | Polysaccharides grafted with aliphatic polyesters derived from cyclic esters Novel synthetic pathways to derive aliphatic polyester-grafted polysaccharides from cyclic ester monomers, preferably, poly(&3xb5;-caprolactone) and starch. Different reaction schemes lead to compositions with various levels of grafting. The grafting reac... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5583193 | Polysaccharide graft-polymers and the use in papermaking thereof A process for preparing a modified polysaccharide graft copolymer complex which comprises the steps of: i. subjecting polysaccharide to graft copolymerization with a vinyl monomer; ii. treating the polysaccharide graft copolymer with: a. polyethylene glycol to... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5578691 | Polysaccharides grafted with aliphatic polyesters derived from cyclic esters Novel synthetic pathways to derive aliphatic polyester-grafted polysaccharides from cyclic ester monomers, preferably, poly(&3xb5;-caprolactone) and starch. Different reaction schemes lead to compositions with various levels of grafting. The grafting reac... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5578678 | Graft polymers of natural substances containing saccharide structures or derivatives thereof and ethylenically unsaturated compounds and their use Graft polymers are obtainable by free radical polymerization of (A) monomers or monomer mixtures of (a) from 10 to 100% by weight of open-chain N-vinylcarboxamides (b) from 0 to 90% by weight of other, carboxyl-free monoethylenically unsaturated monomers which are ... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5346937 | Modifying agents for thermosetting resins and thermosetting resins prepared using these agents The present invention relates to modifying agents for melamine-formaldehyde resins and highly reactive thermosetting resins which are prepared with this agent and consist of 1 mol of melamine, 1.5 to 3.5 mol of formaldehyde, 0.5 to 5% by weight of a polyh... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5296470 | Graft polysaccharides and their use as sequestering agents Graft polysaccharides comprising a polymer backbone consisting essentially of a polydextrose having an average-weight molecular mass of less than 10,000 and grafts grafted thereon derived from a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer. The graft p... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5247013 | Biocompatible polyester and production thereof A biocompatible polyester which has improved hydrolyzability obtained by bonding saccharide to the structure of a polymer consisting of a glycolic acid unit and/or a lactic acid unit, and a process for Preparing the biocompatible polyester are disclosed.... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5206325 | Thermoplastic graft copolymer and process for producing the same A thermoplastic resin is formed by imparting thermoplasticity to monosaccharide and/or polysaccharide units to form engineering resin that has excellent mechanical property attributes and excellent biodegradability. A thermoplastic graft copolymer is form... | 04/27/1993 |
| 4981520 | Oil reservoir permeability profile control with crosslinked welan gum biopolymers A composition capable of selectively plugging highly permeable zones in a subterranean formation. The composition forms a gel subsequent to its injection into the formation via an injection well. The composition comprises an aqueous solution of a welan gu... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4866151 | Polysaccharide graft polymers containing acetal groups and their conversion to aldehyde groups Polysaccharide graft polymers which comprise an acetal-containing or aldehyde-containing homopolymer or copolymer grafted to a polysaccharide base have been prepared. The monomer repeating units in the homopolymer are derived from one or more ethylenicall... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4861527 | High strength chitosan fibers and fabrics thereof High strength chitosan fibers from chitin and chitosan derivatives and the process for making these fibers are disclosed.... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4833238 | High strength fibers from chitin derivatives High tenacity chitin acetate/formate and chitosan acetate/formate fibers and the process for making such fibers are disclosed.... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4761184 | Formaldehyde binder A formaldehyde binder containing at least one organic hydroxy compound, at least one amide, and water. This binder is suitable for use in preparing boards from lignocellulosic materials using adhesive based on formaldehyde.... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4701500 | Metal ion binding product to inhibit bacterial growth for the immobilization and purification of biopolymers and the like Heavy metals can be fixed to solid carriers to which an -amino- or an -iminohydroxamate ligand has been covalently bound. The ligand can have the structural formula ##STR1## wherein R1 and R2 represent H or an alky... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4383089 | Process for the production of polyepoxy silicate resin Alkali metal aldehyde lignin-cellulose silicate polymers are reacted chemically with an epihalohydrin compound to produce a polyepoxy silicate resin; the polyepoxy silicate resin may be cured by a catalyst, e.g., an amine or Lewis acid, to produce a cured... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382136 | Process for the production of polyhydroxy lignin-cellulose silicate polymer An alkali metal broken-down plant silicate polymer is reacted with a Lewis acid and an epoxide compound to produce a polyhydroxy lignin-cellulose polymer which may be reacted with polyisocyanates to produce polyurethane silicate foam and be used for insul... | 05/03/1983 |
| 4376173 | Process for the production of polyepoxy silicate resins Alkali metal aldehyde lignin-cellulose silicate polymers are reacted chemically with an epihalohydrin compound to produce a polyepoxy silicate resin; the polyepoxy silicate resin may be cured by a catalyst, e.g., an amine or Lewis acid, to produce a cured... | 03/08/1983 |
| 4367326 | Process for the production of polyepoxy silicate resins Alkali metal aldehyde lignin-cellulose silicate polymers are reacted chemically with an epihalohydrin compound to produce a polyepoxy silicate resin; the polyepoxy silicate resin may be cured by a catalyst, e.g., an amine or Lewis acid, to produce a cured... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4339366 | Process for the production of polyester resins Polyester resins are produced by chemically reacting a broken-down alkali metal lignin-cellulose polymer, a substituted organic hydroxy compound and a polycarboxylic acid compound and/or a polycarboxylic acid anhydride. Polyester resins may be used as mol... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4226982 | Process to break down cellulose polymers and produce cellular solid or solid reaction products Small particles of cellulose-containing plants are mixed with an alkali metal hydroxide, such as lye flakes, in the ratio of about 2 parts by weight of the plant to 1 to 3 parts by weight of the alkali metal hydroxide, then heated to 150° C. to 220° C. ... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4135943 | Novel selective adsorbents Selective adsorbents are prepared by dispersing powdery adsorbents in a composition for forming a crosslinked high molecular weight polymer, then dispersing in fine droplets the dispersion in a vehicle and performing crosslinking reaction to form a crossl... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4063883 | Manufacture of flame-retardant regenerated cellulose fibres Manufacture of flame-retardant regenerated cellulose fibres by adding one or more flame-retardant phosphorus comounds to viscose, extruding the viscose-containing mixture thus obtained into a spinning bath, stretching and after treating the resulting fila... | 12/20/1977 |
