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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 |
| 5806455 | Trim adjusting device for planing hull Trim adjusting device for planing hull, also called "flap", the inclination of which is adjusted by control means placed inside the hull. The control means include at least a piston having a vertically moving rod. It is also described a planing hull modif... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806456 | Variable attact angle marine spade anchors Plow type anchors that include a fluke and an arcuate shank having a long leg portion and a short leg portion that attaches the long leg portion to the fluke are improved by being provided with a plurality of hitch members spaced apart longitudinally alon... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806457 | Submersible vehicle hull portion having integrally formed fluid tank A submarine hull has integrally defined fuel tankage tubes surrounding an ner skin, and a structural foam core in the interstitial annular space not occupied by the tubing. An outer skin completes the structure, both inner and outer skins are of composite... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806458 | Secure flying animal feeder A flying animal or bird feeder is described. The feeder includes first and second faces, each face having a raised periphery. The raised periphery preferably includes sleeves that wrap around peripheral rods. A hinge member permits the feeder to be placed... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806459 | Bird feed holder A bird feed holder for holding an elongated bird treat such as a millet spray in a horizontal position. The bird feed holder includes mounting elements for mounting the holder on a cage in such position that gripping members are horizontally aligned and s... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806460 | Nectar feeder access devices A device for use on various nectar-type bird feeders, that prevents insect contamination. The device presents an effective physical barrier to the entry of insects, but is easily penetrated by the bill of a feeding bird. The device can be constructed to f... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806461 | Catwalk litter box A litter box formed of an upper portion and a lower portion normally clamped together to define an enclosure in which kitty litter can be contained and foul odors confined. The lower portion is adapted to contain a quantity of kitty litter for receiving t... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806462 | Clumping animal litter An animal litter, particularly for cats, in which a gelatin solution is sprayed onto the granules and a dry adhesive is sprayed through the gelatin spray onto the granules. The gelatin solution provides enough dampening to adhere the adhesive particles to... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806463 | Aquarium sweeper apparatus and system An apparatus and system for cleaning an aquarium viewing surface involving a sweeping mechanism that includes a cleaning surface (such as a cleaning belt) and a drive mechanism that causes the sweeping mechanism to traverse the viewing surface on a regula... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806464 | Modular pet furniture One or more vertical columns constructed from a series of interconnected column segments support one or more platforms upon which a pet may rest. Tubular column segments are interconnected within mating sockets provided on the platforms as well as on late... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806465 | Pet toy An elongated arm is rotatably connected to a pivot shaft mounted between a base and a canopy. The elongated arm extends radially between the canopy and the base and extends beyond the perimeter of the base and the canopy. Attached to the free end of the a... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806466 | Pet training device A pet training device including at least one thigh strap with a coupling mechanism so that the thigh strap may be worn about an upper extent of a thigh of a user. Further provided is at least one training strap having at least one couple for providing a r... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806467 | Pet leash A pet leash which can be used in various applications such as for walking of a dog in a conventional manner, for walking a large pet such as a large dog by being supported on the user's shoulder, and for an anchoring of a pet within a vehicle. The pet: le... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806469 | Breakaway loop for lariats A releasable honda for lariat ropes has a heel with a throat through which the rope passes, with a tapered throat end forming a cavity for containing a knot in the rope; teeth and/or ridged projections inside the throat retain the rope in position. An axi... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806470 | Vaporizer for low temperature liquid A lower header 10 into which low temperature liquid is flowed and an upper header 16 are connected with each other via a plurality of outer heat exchange tubes 22. A plurality of inner heat exchange tube 24 are respectively provided in the corresponding o... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806471 | Structure of multi-step engine air intake volume control device A multi-step engine air intake volume control device having a first electromagnetic valve connected between an air input port and a manifold pipe in a positive crankcase ventilating system of a motor vehicle and controlled by a control circuit to let fres... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806472 | Method and means for removal of used oil and blending with fuel for disposal in an engine An electrically driven metering pump removes used oil in precise increments at a controllable rate of repetition from a safe operating level in the sump or reservoir of an engine, compressor, transmission or other power equipment; preferably in combinatio... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806473 | Engine injection system for multi-cylinder engine A number of embodiments of multi cylinder engines having direct cylinder injection wherein the fuel injector is positioned so as to be shrouded by the piston during at least a portion of its stroke. This permits the use of less expensive and lower pressur... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806474 | Self injection system A fuel injection system for an engine having a combustion chamber, the injection system having at least one fuel injector with a hydraulically operated actuator for amplifying the pressure of fuel injected from the injector into the combustion chamber, th... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806475 | Low friction rocker arm assembly A rocker arm assembly includes a stamped body comprising elongate, spaced plates with a pushrod engaging block at one end and a valve stem engaging roller at the other. A stud mounting block is located at about the midpoint of the body between the two end... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806476 | Valve mechanism in an internal combustion engine Valve mechanism in an internal combustion engine with a control device arranged to selectively open the engine exhaust valves during the intake stroke to permit intake of exhaust. The control device comprises a slide (13) displaceably mounted in a radial ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806477 | Quiet connector between rocker arm and valve stem A connector member for a valve train mechanism of an internal combustion engine and in which the connector member takes the form of a separate element shaped as a block that is inserted within the grooved bottom end of one arm of a crosshead or the arm of... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806478 | Valve actuator push rod having internal lash take-up spring and oil pump assembly A push rod is constructed with a self-contained lash take-up spring and auxiliary oil pumping assembly inserted at an end of the rod body and includes an end part slidably mounted relative to the rod body and a biasing spring that urges the end part axial... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806479 | Additional heating arrangement A cooling system of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle has a cooling circuit, including a coolant/air radiator for cooling the engine, and a heating circuit, including a coolant/air heat exchanger for heating the passenger compartment. The c... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806480 | Air intake system An air intake system for an internal combustion engine comprises an air pipe having at least one communication aperture in a pipe wall and opposite ends, and a resonator formed substantially coaxially about and spaced from an outer circumference of the ai... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806481 | Cylinder block with stepless plating coating and method for forming stepless plating coating A cylinder block, such as that for an internal combustion engine, having at least one cylinder bore formed by a cylinder wall continuously comprised of a piston-sliding surface and at an end of the cylinder bore a recessed surface, wherein the entire area... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806482 | In-cylinder injection internal combustion engine This invention relates to an in-cylinder injection internal combustion engine. A lower wall of a cylinder head, said lower wall defining an upper wall of a combustion chamber, is configured in the form of a pentroof composed of an intake-valve-side, tilte... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806483 | Combustion method for internal combustion engine A combustion method for an internal combustion engine which prevents the occurrence of engine knock and improves fuel consumption and economy, by spray injecting part of the fuel used in one cycle into a combustion chamber, performing preliminary combusti... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806484 | Induction control system for engine An induction system for a multi-valve internal combustion engine including a control valve arrangement for redirecting the flow into the combustion chamber through a relatively small displaced bypass passageway under certain running conditions so as to pr... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806486 | Automative engine idle speed control A system for controlling the idle speed of an automotive engine selects a desired initial idle speed based on a sensed value of at least one engine operating parameter and operates an idle speed module to maintain the engine's idle speed at the desired in... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806487 | Fuel injection pump unit with control and process for its calibration A fuel injection pump unit consists of a fuel injection pump (1), in which a quantity-determining member (6) is set by an actuator (13), its position being detected by a position sensor (15), and of a control unit (2) which calculates an injection quantit... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806488 | Electronic engine timing An electronic timing system for producing precise timing control signals to the fuel injectors and ignition coils of an internal combustion engine. The system includes a cylinder cycle marker circuit (16) for generating an engine cycle reference signal ba... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806489 | Method for returning to nominal advance when no pinging is detected The present invention relates to a method for returning to nominal advance. This method is put into practice in the context of a strategy of electronic control of an internal combustion engine when a phenomenon of pinging has been detected and a method of... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806490 | Fuel control system for a gaseous fuel internal combustion engine with improved fuel metering and mixing means A fuel management system for a gaseous fuel internal combustion engine is disclosed in which a mass air flow sensor as well as a mass gas flow sensor provide input signals to an electronic control unit (ECU) which then determines the air/fuel ratio. The E... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806491 | Air-cooled multi-cylinder engine An air-cooled multi-cylinder engine including two temperature sensors each attached to different cylinders. The temperature difference between the two cylinders is detected by the temperature sensors. The air-fuel ratio in each cylinder is made the stoich... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806492 | Fuel pump A fuel pump comprises a distributor member having a plunger reciprocable within a bore. A shoe and roller arrangement is associated with the plunger, the roller of which cooperates with a cam surface to move the plunger under the influence of the cam surf... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806493 | Distributor type fuel injection pump In an inner-cam system fuel injection pump, two balance ports that are offset symmetrically relative to a distribution port in a circumferential direction to form a Y-shape are formed at a rotor. The opening ends of the balance ports and the opening end o... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806494 | Hydraulically actuated fuel injection system with integrated actuation fluid rail and injectors A hydraulically actuated fuel injection system includes a plurality of hydraulically actuated fuel injectors mounted into an actuation fluid rail. The injector and rail combination are mounted to an engine. The rail is connected to a source of relatively ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806496 | Fuel injected engine A fuel injected engine accounts for differences in intake and exhaust path lengths between cylinders of a cylinder bank by adjusting the amount of fuel delivered to each cylinder depending upon the position of the cylinder within the bank and upon the ope... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806497 | Method of and apparatus for controlling fuel injection of internal combustion engine In a direct injection type gasoline engine for directly injecting fuel into each cylinder, fuel pressures supplied to each fuel injection valve are detected, and the fuel injection pulse width is detected according to the detected fuel pressures. Here, th... | 09/15/1998 |
