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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 |
| 4467475 | Upper body protector apparatus The upper body protector comprises a semirigid integral upper body shield having a chest plate portion, a back plate portion and shoulder plate portions, adapted to conformably embrace the chest, back and shoulders, respectively. A pair of shoulder flaps ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467476 | Bullet-proof garment A garment is fabricated from a flexible, bullet-resistent material and includes an upper section, a lower section, and a weight transfer region. The upper section shields the wearer's torso while the lower section shields the wearer's hip and thigh areas.... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467477 | Foldable wearing apparel Disclosed is an article of wearing apparel provided with cooperating and complementary attaching members to be secured to one another after the article of wearing apparel is formed into a compact unit.... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467478 | Human ligament replacement The ligament replacement is obtained by taking a tendon from an animal of appropriate size to function as the substitute for the particular human ligament to be replaced. This tendon is cut to an appropriate length and immersed in a fixing solution such a... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467479 | Method of surgically repairing an injured human joint and a prosthetic device therefor A method of surgically repairing an injured human joint such as a finger joint by means of a prosthetic device. The prosthetic device comprises a U-shaped sack partially filled with a pressure sensitive material. The prosthetic device is implanted between... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467480 | Toilet bowl water conditioner Means are provided to condition the water in a toilet bowl in the form of a receptacle suspended in the overflow pipe below the discharging end of the auxiliary water pipe which extends from the float operated water inlet valve. The receptacle contains a ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467481 | Hinge for toilet seat A toilet seat hinge, having a threaded bolt for insertion through the bolt hole of the porcelain bowl, is provided with a nut of resilient plastic material having a conical nose the forward diameter of which is smaller than the diameter of the bolt hole o... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467482 | Float valve assembly A float valve assembly for a water closet that has perfect seating control. The float valve can only move in an up and down direction and cannot move sideways. The float valve assembly has a float member that forms a valve which cooperates with a valve se... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467483 | Pneumatic wave generator A pneumatic wave generator for a surf pool, comprising a caisson divided into a plurality of wave generating chambers, and a ventilator space with a source of compressed air capable of alternately effecting aspiration and expiration above the water surfac... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467484 | Pneumatic cushion and manufacturing method therefor A pneumatic cushion fabricated from two sheets of expandable thin material are welded together at a circumferential portion thereof to define therebetween a expandable pneumatic chamber. The welded portion is separated from the pneumatic chamber by a subs... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467485 | Waterbed mattress with free floating baffle A waterbed mattress has an internal horizontally-extending baffle for reducing wave-like motion of the water in the mattress. The baffle comprises at least two horizontally-extending layers secured together, a first layer denser than water and a second la... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467486 | Headboard bracket The present invention relates to a bracket for securing a headboard to a base of a bed and adapted for accommodating mattresses of two different lengths. The bracket includes an elongated bar having a first angled section and a second angled section at a ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467487 | Shoe upper conforming machine Shoe upper conforming machine for use in side lasting shoe uppers using lasting rollers which operate progressively along opposite side portions of the shoe has a facility for varying the speed of relative movement between the shoe support and the side la... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467488 | Device for final cleaning of tubes An apparatus for inserting cleaning plugs into the ends of tubes to be cleaned including a tool, a handle on the tool capable of being held by an operator, a chamber having an open end capable of being aligned with the open end of the tube to be cleaned, ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467489 | Portable drill pipe cleaning apparatus A power brush for cleaning drill pipe is disclosed utilizing a rotary gun having a rotary power shaft, a handle for gripping the gun and approximately located trigger for actuating the shaft to rotate. A circular baffle plate is mounted securedly to the g... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467490 | Airfoil surface multistate precipitation removal tool A multistate aqueous precipitation removal tool designed to remove light ice, snow, slush, and liquid water from delicate aircraft airfoil surfaces, and to polish frost thereon without harming such surfaces. Materials of appropriate hardness and flexibili... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467491 | Reversible hair and clothing brush A combination hair and clothes brush which exposes only one brush for use at a time, the other brush being folded within the cavity of the body.... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467492 | Trowel type construction tool A trowel type construction tool comprises (a) a metal blade extending longitudinally and generally horizontally, (b) a longitudinally extending metallic rib attached to the upper side of the blade, (c) a metallic strut having (i) a lower portion integral with the r... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467493 | Latching arrangement for a floor care appliance with mounted accessory appliance The invention is provided in a floor care appliance with a rigid housing having a pocket for nesting an accessory appliance. A latch means maintains the accessory appliance within the pocket and is releasable to permit removal of the accessory appliance. ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467494 | Industrial vacuum cleaner An industrial vacuum cleaner for collecting fibers collecting lint and the like and using said fibers as a filtration medium for air being exhausted from the cleaning system. The apparatus includes a positive displacement pump which draws the lint-laden a... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467495 | Vacuum cleaner nozzle lift device A vacuum cleaner nozzle adjuster for adjustably positioning a nozzle opening relative to the surface being cleaned so as to accommodate surfaces of all textures in which an integral manually accessible thumb wheel, lifting cam and locking ratchet unitary ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467496 | Heavy duty polymeric spring member and combination of spring and castor construction A spring member comprises an annular polymeric structure 1 interrupted by gap 3 to define annular structure ends 4 provided with attachment adaptions, external at 8 and internal at 6. Thus wheel 12 journalled at 7 in extension 6 is resiliently mounted by ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467497 | Method and device for the production of thin slices of frozen meat suitable for roasting or grilling A method and a machine for the production from relatively thick flat pieces of frozen meat, for example roast beef, of thin slices suitable for roasting or grilling. The method is characterized by the fact that the flat meat pieces, before thawing above t... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467498 | Rotary viscera harvester An apparatus and method are disclosed for pulling out and separating the viscera from a fowl carcass during food processing. The apparatus includes a rotary carrier (B) on which are carried a plurality of gripping devices (A). A rotary axis (35) of the ro... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467499 | Stuffing method and apparatus A method and apparatus for stuffing food product into shirred casing having an important application in the stuffing of large muscle groups such as whole boned hams. A demountable stuffing horn carries its own supply of shirred casing compressed in place ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467500 | Bird opening method and apparatus A plurality of bird openers (36) are positioned in a circular array about a revolving carrousel framework (22) which is rotated by engagement with a moving overhead conveyor system. Each bird opener is moved vertically by a cam arrangement (35) as the car... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467501 | Apparatus for centrifugally extracting crabmeat from crabs An improved apparatus for centrifugally extracting crabmeat from crabs provides a frame which supports a driven rotary shaft mounted thereon. A first annular plate is mounted for rotation on the shaft and driven thereby. A plurality of closely spaced wire... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467502 | Fiber bale opener Textile fiber bale opener with rotary beater which extends in a radial direction while rotatingly sweeping over an annular area defined by concentric circles between which bales are disposed. Up/down means is provided to raise and lower the beater automat... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467503 | Enlaceable serviette The invention is an enlaceable serviette. An enlaceable serviette is a serviette which includes the means to enlace and secure a decorative pattern of folding. The basic enlaceable serviette includes only a napkin and a tie integrally attached to the napk... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467504 | Fastener kit for sheet materials A fastener kit for securing flexible sheet materials such as polyethelene film to a structure to provide greenhouse coverings, wind screens and the like. The kit comprises an elongate channel member securable to the structure as with screws, an elongate l... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467505 | Raising machine for producing suede tone finish with diamond-shape cross-section wires on the counter pile rollers Raising machine wire clothing with wires of substantially diamond-shape in cross section set thereon and a raising machine using such raising machine wire clothing. This raising machine wire clothing is suitable for raising-finish of short piles and high ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467506 | Apparatus for forming and advancing transverse yarn reaches A method is described for making a fiber-reinforced composite film sheet (fiber/film laminate) by continuously forming a first planar lap from a plurality of machine-direction (MD) fibers, continuously forming a second planar lap from a single fiber as tr... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467507 | Apparatus and method for producing commingled continuous variable texture yarn The present invention discloses a moving multicavity texturing apparatus for simultaneously texturing filaments which are commingled to form a yarn. The yarn readily knits producing a fabric which upon subsequent dyeing and shrinking produces a variable t... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467508 | Machine for cutting of armored or reinforced hoses The invention relates to a machine for cutting of armoured or reinforced hose (3) and particularly steel armoured hydraulic hose (3). The machine is characterized by, that a frame part (13) is firmed attached to a rotable center part (9). The frame part (... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467509 | Paint roller A paint roller is described for use with a replaceable paint-applying cover having a rigid hollow cylindrical core. The roller is designed to eliminate or minimize leakage of paint into the interior of the core which in conventional rollers tends to lead ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467510 | Method of conditioning a rotary valve seat A method of forming concavities in a cast iron valve seat to which lubricating oil may be applied to reduce the abrasion between the valve seat and a handle operated rotary valve that is slidably engagable with the valve seat. Pockets of graphite are form... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467511 | Method for the conformation of a metallic tube, particularly for a heat exchanger, and a heat exchanger provided with tubes thus conformed A method for conforming to a circular cross-section the end of a metallic tube of oblong cross-section for a heat exchanger, comprising two steps, one during which the end of the tube is subjected to a radial compression, and the other during which a punc... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467512 | Expander tool An expander tool such as for use in removing tubing from barbed fittings. The tool includes a pair of handle members having a pivotal connection therebetween. A pair of channel-shaped jaw members are operatively connected to the handle members for spreadi... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467513 | Drum brake conversion method and apparatus for a turret unwinding stand A method and apparatus are illustrated for converting a brake on a rotating turret arm 12 of a paper unwinding stand 10 from a disc brake unit to a drum brake unit which includes providing an adapter bracket 30 by means of which the turret arm 12 accommod... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467514 | Locating arrangement for building wiring installation A unique building wiring system is disclosed. When the building framework is completed and the studs and ceiling joists are exposed, the workman places a mark on the floor directly beneath where an electrical outlet box or the like is to be placed. The wo... | 08/28/1984 |
