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Microwave Oven With Removable Storage Cassette in Dashboard of Motor Vehicle
A microwave oven adapted for use within a motor vehicle dashboard area. The microwave oven has a removable storage cassette, and slidable platforms for securing and serving containers of beverages and foods.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5027597 | Apparatus for storing propellant in a satellite An arrangement for the supply of propellant for the propulsion systems of a satellite has a main fuel tank, a main oxidizer tank and an additional or auxiliary oxidizer tank. The auxiliary oxidizer tank becomes effective when the oxidizer in the main tank... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027598 | Assembly composed of a pneumatic booster, a master cylinder and a reservoir having vacuum supply passage incorporated within The assembly is composed of a vacuum pneumatic booster (1), a master cylinder (3) and a reservoir (5) of fluid under low pressure which feeds the master cylinder, and is intended to convert a force exerted on a control pedal into a fluid pressure supplyin... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027599 | Hydraulic braking system A hydraulic braking system includes a tandem master cylinder having a bore with an opening and a closed wall at opposite ends thereof which formed in a housing, a first piston slidably fitted in the bore so as to define a first pressure chamber and a firs... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027600 | Brake booster with recessed shell receiving master cylinder flange The invention relates to a braking device for a motor vehicle having a bulkhead (1) separating the passenger compartment (5) from the engine compartment (3). The device comprises a master cylinder (7) having a flange (13), via which it is fastened by mean... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027601 | Low boiling point medium recovery apparatus A binary cycle power recovery apparatus which comprises, in combination, a steam separator for separating steam from hot water, a hot water tank where hot water is produced by directly introducing the steam from the steam separator into water; a heating a... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027602 | Heat engine, refrigeration and heat pump cycles approximating the Carnot cycle and apparatus therefor A process and apparatus by means of which the premier vapor cycle, known as the Carnot cycle, can be approximated in practice, involve the application of novel energy-efficient, mixed phase, high volume-ratio fluid-handling machinery to a single-component... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027603 | Turbine engine with start injector Improved fuel atomization for turbine engines operating at low fuel flows and at high altitudes is accomplished in an engine having an annular combustor 26 by utilizing start fuel injectors 46 provided with discharge orifices 56 and planar impingement sur... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027604 | Hot gas overheat protection device for gas turbine engines A hot gas overheat protection device is provided for gas turbine engines and the like. An outer metal wall having cooling air supplied through cooling holes therethrough from the outside is shielded from hot gas flow by the provision of highly temperature... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027605 | Oil injection system for air conditioning equipment An apparatus for dispensing a measured amount of hydroscopic lubricant into an air conditioning system. The apparatus includes a container for the lubricant which has a key type coupling to a cylinder. The cylinder has a piston which may reciprocate there... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027606 | Rotary displacement compression heat transfer systems incorporating highly fluorinated refrigerant-synthetic oil lubricant compositions A rotary displacement compression heat transfer system and method for improving its efficiency includes a rotary displacement compressor for compressing a refrigerant, a condensor connected with the outlet of the compressor, an evaporator connected with t... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027608 | Method and apparatus for determining full load condition in a screw compressor The determination as to whether an operational compressor in a multiple-screw compressor water chiller is fully loaded is made by sending a relatively long duration test pulse to the load solenoid of the compressor. If the compressor is fully loaded, no m... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027609 | Engine control system An engine control system of an automotive engine cooperates with an engine driven air conditioning system which is restrictively driven when the engine operates in a predetermined operating condition. The engine control system includes a pressure sensor t... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027610 | Automatic ice making machine Disclosed is an automatic ice making machine having an ice making section with an evaporator connected to a freezing system, a water feed system, an ice releasing unit, and a temperature detector which detects the temperature of the water to be frozen cir... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027611 | Air conditioner for use in an automotive vehicle Disclosed is an air conditioner for use in an automotive vehicle. The air conditioner includes a timer circuit for deciding whether or not a given period of time has elapsed after an engine of the automotive vehicle has been started, an air quantity contr... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027612 | Refrigerating system having a compressor with an internally and externally controlled variable displacement mechanism A refrigerating system including a refrigerant circuit having a condenser, evaporator and wobble plate type compressor with a variable displacement mechanism. Two passages communicate between the crank chamber and the suction chamber in the cylinder block... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027613 | Floating ice rink An ice rink formed from a shallow container having flotation elements on its bottom. The container is filled with water to such an extent that when frozen, the resultant ice layer will be suitable for ice skating. The bottom of the container may be provid... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027614 | L-shaped one-package type air conditioner and a bracket for installing the same An L-shaped one-package type air conditioner comprising an air circuit unit which extends horizontally to be positioned indoors, and an outdoor unit which extends downwardly from the rear end portion of the air circuit unit is provided with an elongate me... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027615 | Refrigerator A refrigerator comprising a thermal insulation box, a plurality of storing boxes, a cooler, a horizontal passage and a partition plate, wherein the cold air coming from any one of the upper and lower internal spacings is communicated within the horizontal... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027616 | Air-cooled absorption type cooling and heating apparatus An air-cooled absorption air-conditioner comprising a high-temperature regenerator for heating diluted solution which has absorbed refrigerant, a separator for separating refrigerant vapor obtained by the high-temperature regenerator from the diluted solu... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027617 | Dual ring with protector A dual ring with protector comprises a pair of rings arranged to be worn together on one finger. One of the pair of rings has an integral protective channel which is adapted to receive the second ring of the pair. The second ring of the pair has ornamenta... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027618 | Knitted fabric A weft knitted double jersey fabric is knitted with a textured continuous filament synthetic yarn on a knitting machine having a gauge of 10 to 14 to give, in the relaxed state of the fabric, from 4 to 6 wales per cm and from 10.5 to 22 courses per cm. Th... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027619 | Knitting needle driving mechanism of knitting machine Disclosed is a knitting needle driving mechanism of a jacquard knitting machine for driving knitting needles by using piezo-electric elements in which a rear end portion of a piezo-electric body is movably supported in a groove of a supporting body or a h... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027620 | Diffuser with flexible bellows and internal actuator In a paper pulp treating vessel, such as a pulp thickener or diffuser, the screens are backflushed by reciprocating an internal piston utilizing an internally mounted hydraulic cylinder. The screens are supported by conduit arms having a central hub, and ... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027621 | Strap edger assembly A bench mounted and manually operated strap edger assembly structured to shape, parallel and reduce strap edges to a desired uniform width or thickness depending, at least to some extent upon the application for with the strap edger is intended. Each of t... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027622 | Locking device for rods extending from merchandizing displays A locking device for attaching to a rod extending from a merchandizing display. The locking device comprises a block having an elongate slot formed therein. The slot has end openings at the ends of the block and an elongate side opening along one side of ... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027623 | Combination lock having sensing means for dialing aid and anti-sensing means for security purpose A combination lock includes a lock body, having a hollow spindle laterally protruding outwardly, a locking bolt having a plurality of projections formed on the bolt insertably into the hollow spindle adapted for locking the lock, a plurality of dials norm... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027624 | Barrel lock with baffle washer and key therefor A barrel lock and a key for locking and unlocking the barrel lock. The lock has a hollow barrel with a spring loaded plunger that reciprocates within the bore of the barrel. A recess is provided in an axial blind bore formed in the rear end of the plunger... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027625 | Lock with catch, safety bolt and catch-locking slide A lock having a lock cylinder 22, a pusher nut 8, a catch 5 and a safety bolt 4, which can be actuated by the lock cylinder 22. The catch 5 is also retractable by means of the pusher nut. A catch locking slide 35 is displaceable from a release position to... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027626 | Lockable apparatus for shielding rotatable handles and like articles Apparatus for lockably covering a rotatable article, such as a doorknob, fuel can cap, and the like, so as to prevent the grasping of the rotatable article, the invention including an axially extending pin attachable to the rotatable article to extend axi... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027627 | Locking device for bolts and stud-nuts A locking device for preventing access to a bolt or stud-nut which secures an equipment to a base. The device comprises three parts: a rectangular tube body, a slide member and a lock body. In use, the bolt is put through a hole in the tube body and the e... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027628 | Lockable quick-release mechanism A lockable quick-release mechanism for preventing theft of a bicycle wheel or seat from a bicycle frame. The lockable quick-release mechanism includes a rotatable lever having an eccentric cam rotating within a piston head. As the eccentric cam rotates wi... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027629 | Control mechanism of electronic lock An electronic lock includes two covers respectively formed on an outside and inside of a door, a tumbler slidably moving in a tumbler hole formed in a central transmission shaft secured to an outside door knob and moving in a tumbler socket formed in a sl... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027630 | Door latch with lock and release for vending machines and the like A door latch comprises a post and collar gripping and release mechanism cooperatively mounted to the door and door frame of a vending machine, cabinet, or the like, to provide an initial latching function in the form of a frictional gripping of the post b... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027631 | Method and device for controlling the stroke of a press machine A method and device, for controlling a press machine, which creates an appropriate control pattern whereby high efficient processing is performed having low vibration and low noise and with operating efficiencies increased. This is accomplished based on t... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027632 | No-twist slit-rolling approach ("NTA") apparatus and method for manufacturing steel reinforcing rod A no-twist ("NTA") apparatus and method for manufacturing steel reinforcing bar which allows steel reinforcing bar to be manufactured with greater speed and precision than by conventional methods. The NTA method employs numerous stands, with the shafts of... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027633 | Box makers forms A method of bending rule to be used to cut a slot as part of a box makers form comprising locating the rule tangentially of a pair of rollers and driving a former between the rollers so that the rule pivots around the rollers as it is bent.... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027634 | Solutionizing taper quench A method and apparatus for conditioning an aluminum billet for extrusion from an extrusion press. The billet is first heated above the solutionizing temperature for the MgSi phases in the aluminum matrix, then the billet is cooled below the solutionizing ... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027635 | Channel hot-forming apparatus Apparatus for thermal sizing elongated, tubular channels of a square cross section includes a die having plural elongated die elements and an elongated mandrel having a frame mounting plural pairs of rollers distributed along its length on all four sides.... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027636 | Feeder mechanism for applicator die A feeder mechanism for use with an applicator die in which a supply of terminals is fed to the die in the form of a plurality of interconnected terminals and the die functions to crimpingly apply a terminal to an end of each of a plurality of leads succes... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027637 | Die cushion for applying pressure to a press machine via gas pressurized push rods A die cushion device includes a cylinder having a closed one end and the other end with a through-hole. A push rod is inserted into the cylinder through the through-hole and is freely movable in the axial direction of the cylinder. The interior of the cyl... | 07/02/1991 |
