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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 |
| 6341501 | Method of producing a spark plug In a spark plug in which a space between a center electrode at the top end side and a terminal electrode at a rear end side which are arranged to be opposite to each other in an axial hole of an insulator, the glass seal is effected at a temperature withi... | 01/29/2002 |
| 5547484 | Methods of making metallic glass foil laminate composites A process for the fabrication of a rapidly solidified foil laminate composite. An amorphous metallic glass foil is flux treated and coated with solder. Before solidification of the solder the foil is collected on a take-up spool which forms the composite ... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5509952 | Method for bonding a fiber to a sleeve for fiber optic packaging applications In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method of increasing the attachment bond strength between a first and second object comprising respective first and second materials. Each of the first and second materials has a respective first coeffic... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5198009 | Method of manufacturing glass beads for use in thermionic gas chromatographic detectors Alkali metal-containing glass beads for use as sources in thermionic detectors for gas chromatography are manufactured by a method which produces reproducible beads of preselected sizes. A glass tube of the desired composition is reduced to capillary size... | 03/30/1993 |
| 4915719 | Method of producing a hermetic glass to metal seal without metal oxidation A method for forming a hermetic compression glass to metal seal which leaves the metal free of oxide. A temporary assembly of a metal header having a glass bead in an aperture therethrough and an electrical feedthrough conductor passing through the glass ... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4648926 | Electrically-isolating coupler suitable for high pressure cryogenic gas flow A coupler for electrically-isolating two conductive sections of fluid-passing line includes two nonconductively-interconnected pieces of tubing for insertion in the line. The pieces of tubing each have a divergently-flared end, and the flared ends are ... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4601493 | Electrically-isolating coupler suitable for high pressure cryogenic gas flow A coupler for electrically-isolating two conductive sections of fluid-passing line includes two nonconductively-interconnected pieces of tubing for insertion in the line. The pieces of tubing each have a divergently-flared end, and the flared ends are ... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4545799 | Method of making direct seal between niobium and ceramics A high pressure arc lamp has a ceramic arc tube envelope. A niobium feedthrough positions electrodes within the tube. A ceramic insert at each end of the tube forms a direct high temperature hermetic seal with the niobium feedthrough and the ceramic tube ... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4521237 | Glass dose syringe A disposable, single-use, medication charged syringe is described wherein the syringe body is formed with a tubular glass barrel having a steel needle mounted on the barrel by means of a tubular glass bead. The beading and barrel are initially made from c... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4514207 | Method for making terminal assembly for heart pacemaker First and second members spaced from each other are hermetically sealed by fused insulating materials. The insulating materials are partially amorphous and partially crystalline. The insulating materials have substantially identical characteristics. Howev... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4512791 | Hermetically sealed insulating assembly First and second spaced members are hermetically sealed by a partially amorphous and partially crystalline insulating material. The insulating material is non-hygroscopic and is able to withstand forces of about 26,000 psi at about 700° F. It may provide... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4507522 | Terminal assembly A hollow sleeve is made from an electrically conductive material and is provided with an integral shelf having at least one hole extending through the shelf. A terminal pin extends through the hole in spaced relationship to the shelf. The terminal pin may... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4461926 | Hermetically sealed insulating assembly First and second spaced members are hermetically sealed by a partially amorphous and partially crystalline insulating material. The insulating material is non-hygroscopic and is able to withstand forces of about 26,000 psi at about 700° F. It may provide... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4456786 | Terminal assembly for heart pacemaker First and second members spaced from each other are hermetically sealed by fused insulating materials. The insulating materials are partially amorphous and partially crystalline. The insulating materials have substantially identical characteristics. Howev... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4436955 | Terminal assembly A terminal assembly includes a ferrule and a terminal pin disposed in spaced relationship to the ferrule. First layers made from a first ceramic insulating material are disposed in spaced relationship to each other in the space between the terminal pin an... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4425476 | Progressively fused ceramic seals between spaced members such as a terminal pin and a ferrule A ferrule is provided with an opening extending through the ferrule and a terminal pin is disposed in the opening in spaced relationship to the ferrule. A plurality of insulating members are disposed on the terminal pin in the opening in a stacked relatio... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4421947 | Polycrystalline insulating material seals between spaced members such as a terminal pin and a ferrule A material hermetically seals two members. One member may be titanium or a titanium alloy and the other member may be a noble metal such as platinum. The seal is resistant to acids and alkalis and is substantially impervious to shocks resulting from mecha... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4377404 | Hermetic glass-to-metal seal and method for making same This invention relates to a manufacturing method and a hermetic glass-to-metal seal suitable for a component in an electric circuit such as a liquid tantalum electrolytic capacitor. The method comprises the steps of fusing a raw material glass in order to... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4349692 | Glass hermetic seal An improved sealing glass composition for making compression glass electrical feedthroughs in semiconductor device packages is described wherein the improved sealing glass consists essentially of (by weight percent) 63-68% SiO2, 3-6% Al2 | 09/14/1982 |
| 4213557 | Method for producing a mass filter analyzer system and analyzer system produced according to the method A method for producing a highly precise and inherently stable analyzer system for a multipole mass filter, wherein a tube of material that is electrically poorly conductive and thermally softenable is put over a core which is precise in size, has a higher... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4055888 | Process for making reed switches Reed switches, contact sections of the reed of which bear with a predetermined positive force against inside surfaces of an elongated envelope, are made by forming combs, each including a header web and, integral with the web and projecting therefrom, a p... | 11/01/1977 |
| 3956808 | Method of manufacturing a tube assembly for electric lamps In a method of manufacturing a tube assembly for electric lamps in which a central supporting wire is supplied for the helical filament wire, according to the invention the supply of the supporting wire takes place via the exhaust tube.... | 05/18/1976 |
