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...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7254969 | Ribbed washing machine basket A basket for a washing machine includes a body comprising an outer wall and at least one rib extending radially inward from said wall, said rib comprising at least a first portion having a first cross section and a second portion having a second cross section, said ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7168274 | Combination washer/dryer having common heat source The combination washer/dryer and method for operating a combination washer/dryer. The washer/dryer has a containment drum which receives wash water, and includes a perforated clothes drum which rotates within the containment drum. A heat plenum is provided in heat t... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7080463 | Food drying, mixing and serving apparatus A salad spinner and mixer may be made from two substantially identical transparent bowls that can be joined together at their rims to define a chamber; two substantially identical colanders that can be joined together at their rims and received within the chamber; a... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7039976 | Braking control system for a washing machine An inner tub of a washing machine is rapidly braked during a portion of a deceleration phase following an extraction phase of an overall spin cycle. A controller establishes the braking operation over a critical speed band or resonant frequency zone during which exc... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7010942 | Drum type washing machine A drum type washing machine includes a cabinet which defines an outer appearance of the washing machine, a water tub set inside the cabinet to contain wash water therein, a rotary tub having spin drying perforations and rotatably set in the water tub, and a water tu... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6866963 | Cathode active material and lithium battery employing the same A cathode active material and a lithium secondary battery employing the same are provided. In the cathode active material includes cyclic bis (2,5-bis-dithio-1,4-dimethoxybenzene) represented by formula 1: ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6615619 | Drum-type washing machine In a drum-type washing machine according to the present invention, a drum 5 is inclined so that the opening 5a of the drum 5 is angled slightly upward. In the extracting process, a balancing operation is performed where the drum 5 is rotated at a speed lo... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6564594 | Drum type washing machine A drum type washing machine includes an outer cabinet having a rear wall, a water tub elastically mounted in the cabinet and having a rear wall, a drum type rotating tub provided in the water tub so as to be rotatable about a horizontal axis, and an elect... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6260391 | Laundry centrifuge, in particular for an automated washing range Conventional laundry centrifuges are loaded with laundry in a upwardly slanted position, spin-dry in the same position and are then swiveled to an oblique downward angle to unload. The drum (16) of the centrifuge according to the invention receives the la... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6012306 | Combined laundry washing and drying machine A combined laundry washing/drying machine wherein the washing and drying means are mounted within a pivoting subassembly. In the washing mode the laundry is washed within a basket oriented vertically. In the drying mode, the pivoting subassembly is moved ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5442937 | Apparatus for determining a tilt angle of a tub in a convertible washing machine An apparatus for controlling a tilt angle of a tub in a convertible washing machine which converts between drum type washing and pulsator type washing. The convertible washing machine includes a tub shaft which rotates the tub, and a tilt angle motor for ... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5327603 | Combined pulsator and drum type washing machine This invention provides a combined washing machine in which pulsator type and drum type washing machine features are united such that they can be selectively utilized depending upon a desired washing condition, thereby executing optimal washing operation.... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5169231 | Apparatus for blending boiled rice and vinegar and preparing vinegared rice An apparatus for blending boiled rice and vinegar including a rotatable agitating vessel which is mounted so as to be positioned to face both upwards and sideways. A blower is provided to blow air into the vessel when it is facing sideways to further aid ... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5111673 | Washing-drying machine A washing-drying machine wherein a tub is mounted in a prism-shaped housing by a pair of tilting shafts in order to carry out the washing-rinsing-spinning steps with a tub substantially vertical and to carry out the warm-air drying step with a tub substan... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5074131 | Dryer and washing/drying machine A washing/drying machine capable of effecting washing and drying as a continuous process. Washing, rinsing, dehydrating and drying are performed while a rotary basket is retained in a vertical position. After the dehydration the rotary basket is inclined ... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5058401 | Washing, dehydrating and drying machine In the machine of this invention, a rotation-support member is provided in an outer tub for containing water so that the rotation-support member can rotate about a vertical axis. The rotation-support member supports a perforated inner tub rotatable about ... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5000015 | Washing and dehydrating machine In the machine of this invention, a rotation-support member is provided in an outer tub for containing water so that the rotation-support member can rotate about a vertical axis. The rotation-support member supports a perforated inner tub rotatable about ... | 03/19/1991 |
