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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 |
| 4406021 | Uniform cap with adjustable sweatband A uniform cap having an adjustable sweatband to provide an inner diameter of variable size for use with a fixed size frame. The ends of the sweatband are joined by a connector including four headed studs disposed at one end of the band which engage variou... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406022 | Prosthetic valve means for cardiovascular surgery Prosthetic valve means for use in heart surgery includes a retainer ring member designed to be attached to portions of a living heart. Leaflet means are supported for hinging movement in the retainer ring to simulate the movement of heart flaps in a human... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406023 | Stemmed femoral component for the human hip A stemmed femoral component for the human hip for which fixation is provided by bony ingrowth and which may be easily removed for replacement thereof by an osteotone. The two-piece component includes a stem which is elongated and has on its proximal end a... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406024 | Flushing controller for toilet A flushing controller for toilet comprises a variable flushing actuator, a pre-set flushing actuator, a fixing bush, a float-actuated control lever and a pivotting means for control lever so that the variable flushing actuator is operated to optionally op... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406025 | Bidet apparatus for use in connection with a conventional flush toilet A bidet attachment for use with a conventional flush toilet comprises a bidet tube having a bent handle portion at one end, an arcuate spray arm portion and attached spray nozzle at the opposite end, and an intermediate straight portion, together with a b... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406026 | Pool or spa sweep jet head attachments An improvement is provided for combination with a pool jet head receptacle attachable to pool wall structure, the receptacle having an open top, an open bottom, and an internal thread. The improvement comprises: (a) an attachment in the form of a body receivab... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406027 | Articulated framework for bed, relaxation seat or armchair Disclosed is an adjustable bed or chair apparatus having a backrest, seat, and legrest or kneerest, each of which is angularly adjustable relative to a support frame; and the legrest and backrest are lengthwise adjustable for respectively different leg an... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406028 | Method of detecting the release of dye from laundry during a washing operation in a washing machine and implementation of said method A method of detecting the release of dye from laundry in a washing machine despite the presence of dirt in the washing water. During a washing operation, a radiation flux including an infrared flux part ($c;I) and a visible flux part ($c;... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406029 | Machine for removing burrs from sheet metal or the like A deburring machine for plate- or sheet-like workpieces has a horizontal table on which a workpiece to be treated is supported during movement in parallelism with at least one of its elongated marginal portions. At least one set of coaxial cylindrical bru... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406030 | Pipeline spheres A sphere for use in the "pigging" of pipelines has a number of discrete areas of abrasive material (2) on its surface. The abrasive material may comprise a flexible backing provided with a multiplicity of upstanding spikes or fibres, mounted in shallow de... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406031 | Cleaning member for cleaning the interior of heat exchanger tubes Cleaning member for cleaning the interior of heat exchanger tubes by rotating, including a sponge rubber element being adapted to suit the diameter of the heat exchanger tube, and abrasive elements connected to the sponge rubber body, the abrasive element... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406032 | Toothbrush A toothbrush comprises a brushing head carried by a handle, but the conventional bristles are replaced by brushing means formed of elastically resilient material. The brushing surfaces are defined by turns of filamentary material located to form a head re... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406033 | Fastener for attachment of a continuous article to a support A multi-part fastener assembly for attachment of a carpet-like member to a support. The fastener is designed to minimize snagging and/or scraping-type of engagement with objects that come in contact therewith. The exposed fastener part is an annular membe... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406034 | Self-closing door hinge A self-closing door hinge for a curtain door mounted within a frame consisting of a channel having a double helical track and a roller on said helical track which is returned to a pre-selected position after movement in either direction by compression of ... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406035 | Hinge assembly strip A longitudinally extending hinge assembly strip of indeterminate length is formed of a series of hinges connected to one another. Each hinge includes first and second hinge plates pivotally coupled along adjoining longitudinal edges by a hinge joint which... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406036 | Apparatus for conveying animals to be stunned An apparatus is provided for conveying animals to be stunned. The apparatus comprises two sets of endless conveyor belts. Each set of belts defines a substantially V-shaped passageway. Animals are wedged between the V-shaped belts and conveyed into contac... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406037 | Device for cutting slaughtered poultry in separate pieces A device for cutting slaughtered poultry in separate pieces. A bird is held by at least one radial processing device which is movable on a frame by a driving device which is provided with a processing arm, at the side facing the frame being provided with ... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406038 | Stretch head A stretch head for a stretching mechanism includes a plurality of needle rods which move along a generally planar working path and a return path. Linear motor means are operable to move the needle rods along the planar working path along material to be wa... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406039 | Device for cleaning the rolls of draft rolling mills of textile machines A device for cleaning the rolls of draft rolling mills of textile machines includes a support bar arranged parallel to the axis of the roll, and a cleaning fillet of resiliently deformable material carried by the support bar and having a longitudinal lip ... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406040 | Illumination devices This invention is related to illumination devices and more particularly to flashlights and flashlight holding implements. A flashlight holding implement and flashlight is attached to a hat brim and enables the user to direct and adjust the angular positio... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406041 | Anti-telescoping cable clamp assembly for wire bundles An anti-telescoping cable clamp assembly for mounting and securing wire bundles. A strip of resilient material is coiled about a wire bundle inside a cable clamp assembly associated with an electrical connector. The strip of resilient material has first a... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406042 | Tubing clip A tubing clip is disclosed herein which comprises a body member forming a pair of channels through which a flexible tube may be passed, each of which is provided with a means for narrowing said channel at one end which narrows the channel sufficiently to ... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406043 | Belt buckle construction A belt buckle construction is disclosed which has a keeper with a frame and tongue pivotably disposed on the outer end thereof for interengagement with the longitudinally perforated end of a flexible belt strap. The keeper also includes a rearwardly openi... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406044 | Lock for safety belts Lock for safety belts with a belt lock and an insertion tab which can be detented with a detent edge at a latch which can be moved in the belt lock transversely to the direction of insertion. The latch can be shifted by a pressure organ by hand from the d... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406045 | Warning reflector A warning reflector construction is provided comprising a transparent plate having a rear surface opposite a light-entrance surface. The rear surface comprises torus surfaces arranged side-by-side and supporting an outermost reflective layer. The optical ... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406046 | Process for the production of a sodium-filled valve A process for the production of a sodium-filled valve in which the sodium is introduced into a hollow valve stem through a filling bore of relatively large diameter and which is sealed through a plug and/or usual welding. Subsequent to the closing off of ... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406047 | Instrument and procedure for replacing nuclear reactor jet pump holddown beams A method and tool (40) for replacing jet pump holddown beams (17) in a nuclear reactor is disclosed. The tool (40) has an inner frame (41) and an outer frame (28). Each frame defines two spaced plates (33 and 30, respectively). Each inner and outer plate ... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406048 | Method of assembling ladder construction This invention relates to a method of forming a step to stile joint in a ladder which does not utilize mechanical fastenings such as rivets and the like. According to this invention, the step is provided with integral hollow sections extending therealong ... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406049 | Very high density cells comprising a ROM and method of manufacturing same The subject invention conserves memory real estate by employing ROM cells which are FETs or non-FETs depending upon the programming. Each cell comprises a gate, a source and drain region and provision for connections to bit and word lines. Programming is ... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406050 | Method for fabricating lead halide sensitized infrared photodiodes A process for preparing an infrared sensitive photodiode comprising the ss of (1) forming by vacuum deposition an epitaxial layer of a semiconductor alloy material which is PbS, PbSe, PbTe, PbSx Se1-x, PbSx Te1-x | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406051 | Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a step, after forming a polycrystalline silicon layer, of doping oxygen and/or nitrogen by ion implantation in a predetermined portion of the polycrystalline silicon layer and converting the prede... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406052 | Non-epitaxial static induction transistor processing A method for fabricating a static induction transistor starting with a high resistivity substrate on which a gate-source structure is formed. The gate-source structure is covered by a supporting layer and the wafer is etched to desired thickness. Ions are... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406053 | Process for manufacturing a semiconductor device having a non-porous passivation layer A process for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises the step of annealing a porous passivation layer which is deposited on the surface of the device and which covers metallization layers fabricated thereon, by irradiating a laser beam on the pass... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406054 | Method of mounting and packaging elongate silicon devices on a ceramic base Mounting silicon devices on a ceramic substrate creates considerable problems when the device has a geometry, such as being very long relative to its width, due to flatness and thermal mismatches. In the present invention a thin silicon substrate is inter... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406055 | Power insertable polyamide-imide coated magnet wire A magnet wire having a polyamide-imide outer coating is described which is capable of power insertion into coil slots in a locking wire size range by virtue of a specific lubricant outer coating. The external lubricant comprises a mixture of paraffin wax ... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406056 | Method of making a cellulose-free transformer coil A coil structure for cellulose-free transformer coils characterized by at least three helically wound layers disposed in a reversal pattern with wedge-shaped resinous insulators between each layer.... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406057 | Method of making lead-acid battery element stack An element stack and a method of making same is provided in which assembling a relatively large number of relatively small electrode plates into an element stack is facilitated by positioning a first set of electrode plates onto a strip of separator mater... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406058 | Conduit coupling holding apparatus Disclosed is an apparatus and method for holding a conduit coupling in place during the process of transporting and attaching the coupling to a length of conduit which substantially eliminates problems with cross threading, coupling and conduit damage, le... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406059 | Method for making a piezoelectric transducer A mechanical and electrical connection for a piezoelectric member of polyic material such as polyvinylidene fluoride, and method for forming such a connection. To form the connection, the piezoelectric member is first masked to prevent a preselected port... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4406060 | Anode cover assembly having internal support member A resilient boot 10 used to cover the axial juncture between a cable 40 and an anode 30 is supported in a rolled and stretched condition on a hollow support member 20 which has a flange 28 to removably retain the tubular section 16 of the boot 10 in roll ... | 09/27/1983 |
