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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 |
| 6056067 | Apparatus for clearing debris A method and apparatus for clearing debris is disclosed. More particularly, a method and apparatus for clearing manure and other material from under a feedlot fence row is disclosed. The apparatus is preferably mounted to a vehicle such as a skid loader. ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056068 | Weed removal tool A gardening device comprising a weed engaging portion having forwardly projecting portions with a gap therebetween, a foot portion adapted to receive pressure applied by a foot, a base support having an arcuate lower surface and a handle portion connectab... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056069 | Latch for an adjustable link assembly A latch for a link assembly is disclosed. The link assembly has (i) an internally threaded sleeve and (ii) an externally threaded rod positioned within the internally threaded sleeve so that the externally threaded rod is meshingly engaged with the intern... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056070 | Hydraulic ramming apparatus A hydraulic ramming apparatus including an apparatus body (14) having a cylinder bore (23) and a guide bore (24) that are successively formed to each other in the apparatus body (14). A piston (30) is slidably inserted into the cylinder bore (23) so as to... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056071 | Multi-activity offshore exploration and/or development drilling method and apparatus A multi-activity drillship, or the like, method and apparatus having a single derrick and multiple tubular activity stations within the derrick wherein primary drilling activity may be conducted from the derrick and simultaneously auxiliary drilling activ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056072 | Lubricating grease A heavy-duty lubricating grease is shown which includes a synthetic fluid base and a thickener system. The heavy-duty grease can be used in both rolling element and journal type rock bit bearings to drill in heavy-duty, high temperature applications, such... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056073 | Element of a rotating drill pipe string A rotating drill pipe string element (1) includes at least one portion (2a) of tubular shape whose external surface has at least one groove (8a, 8b, 8c, 8d, 8e) arranged in a helix having as an axis the axis (O) of the tubular portion (2a). The groove (8a... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056074 | Mower with non-contact drive system interlock Mower drive system interlocks and methods of interlocking mower drive systems with non-contact sensors are disclosed. The mowers may include two driven ground engaging means for supporting the mower above the ground; two drive systems for driving the driv... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056075 | Hood with integrated cooling duct A hood for closing an engine compartment of an automotive vehicle having at least one component in the compartment which it desired to subject to a flow of cooling air. The hood has an inner panel and an outer panel. The inner panel is shaped to form a ch... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056076 | Control system for an automotive vehicle having at least one electrically operated door lock An electrical control system for a vehicle having electrically operated locks provides at each door an emergency unit built into the respective lock and having a power storage unit continuously connected between the starter battery and the motor driver fo... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056077 | Small vehicle Several embodiments of small vehicles having a relatively narrow body frame assembly supporting front and rear wheels at its ends through suspension systems. A single seat is carried by an upwardly extending rearward portion of the body frame assembly. Th... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056078 | High performance fully-enclosed center-tracking vehicle A two-seat center-tracking motor vehicle with a narrow body completely enclosing the occupants designed for maximum compactness, energy efficiency, high performance in term of acceleration, speed and maneuverability, and maximum protection of the occupant... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056079 | Automotive seat weight sensing system A plurality of hydrostatic weight sensors, each incorporating a fluid and a pressure sensor for sensing the pressure thereof, are incorporated in a vehicle seat to sense occupant weight, position, and stature. In one aspect, a hydrostatic weight sensor is... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056080 | Engine mounts for racing karts The engine mount system for racing karts includes two separate spaced mounts, each of which is secured on two spaced support rails of the kart's chassis frame. Each of the mounts includes arcuate portions in a lower surface thereof which are configured to... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056081 | Mechanical front wheel drive axle for improved steering A steerable drive axle for improved steering is provided. The steerable drive axle includes a drive shaft housing and at least one axle shaft. A portion of the axle shaft is rotatably supported by a bearing in the drive shaft housing. The drive shaft hous... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056082 | Ergonomic banded ear plug An ergonomic banded ear plug device includes a band having a connecting section and two legs configured for extending under the chin or behind the back of the head of the wearer. Plug retaining members are at the end of each of the legs for retaining resi... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056083 | Loudspeakers in architectural form A high-fidelity stereophonic or multi-channel speaker system including speakers that mimic architectural columns or corbels. The speakers are enclosed by an acoustically transparent scrim with apertures in the acoustically transparent scrim arranged to si... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056084 | Exhaust silencer panel An improved silencer panel construction for use in the exhaust gas stream of power generation equipment is described. The silencer panel has an outer periphery of U-shaped channel. Perforated webbing is attached within the outer periphery to strengthen th... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056085 | Anchorage methods and apparatus An anchorage is interconnected between a support structure and a safety line. The anchorage accommodates passage of a slotted coupling device movably mounted on the safety line. The safety line may be secured to the anchorage without obtaining access to e... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056086 | Device for automatically stopping the fall of personnel working high above ground The device comprises, inside a case, a tightening cam (7) hinged about an axis (8) such that, unused, it does not engage a belaying rope (2) passing through the case and, when the device is subjected to a set acceleration downwards, it pivots towards the ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056087 | Method and apparatus for providing security to a self-service checkout terminal A method of providing security to a self-service checkout terminal having a bagwell and a light curtain device that generates a light curtain which is positioned over the bagwell includes the step of locating a grocery container in the bagwell. The method... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056088 | Elevator safety circuit monitor and control for drive and brake Monitoring equipment for an elevator drive control includes two modules, a safety circuit sensor system and a motor-switching and/or brake-switching circuit, wherein the monitoring of a safety circuit and the consequential actions resulting therefrom take... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056089 | Brake device The present invention relates to a brake device comprising a number of brake discs, brake pads and brake pad holders being arragned for mutual co-operation after axial operation by means of actuators for braking. The brake pads are being carried by the br... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056090 | Brake actuator A brake actuator comprises an electric motor, a conversion device for converting the rotational movement of the electric motor into a linear movement and a hydraulic transmission for transmitting the linear movement of the conversion device to an adjustin... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056091 | Brake shoe for a spot-type disc brake The present invention relates to a brake shoe for a spot-type disc brake, in particular floating-caliper brake, which includes a lining carrier plate that has on its front side a brake lining intended for application to a brake disc and, in addition, is p... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056092 | Torque converter with bridge coupling and vibration damper between bridge coupling and turbine hub A torque converter includes a converter housing and a turbine wheel arranged in the converter housing. The turbine wheel is rotatable relative to the housing around a rotational axis (A) and has a turbine wheel shell which carries a plurality of turbine b... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056093 | Torque converter with a turbine shell integrated with a torsional vibration damper A torque converter includes a converter housing and a turbine wheel arranged in the converter housing and rotatable relative thereto around a rotational axis. The turbine wheel has a turbine wheel shell which has a plurality of turbine blades and a turbin... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056094 | Hydraulic control device for automatic transmission A hydraulic control device controls hydraulic fluid for shifting an automatic transmission by a pressure control valve, and supplies operating hydraulic fluid diverted from the pressure control valve via a torque converter pressure passage to a lock up cl... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056095 | Vehicle having an automatically actuated clutch In a vehicle in whose drive train a manually shifted transmission with automated clutch actuation is located, in order to suppress improper actuations of the clutch, an inhibition time is applied to the signal activating an intended shifting function.... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056096 | Dynamic damper and flywheel assembly A coupling mechanism employing a dynamic damper 10 is disengageably coupled to an input shaft 9 of a transmission to suppress increasing the size in the coupling mechanism. A dynamic damper 10 can operate in a coupling mechanism 1, which is coupled a cran... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056097 | Viscous coupling The invention relates to a viscous coupling such as it used in the driveline of a motor vehicle, wherein, due to a relative rotational movement between the inner plates 80 and the outer plates 90, the viscous medium is made to flow towards the axis of rot... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056098 | Viscous fluid coupling and improved valve assembly therefor A fluid coupling device is disclosed of the type having an output coupling assembly (13) and an input coupling member (11). Control of the flow of viscous fluid between a reservoir chamber (35) and an operating chamber (33) is by rotation of a valve arm (... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056099 | Method of making recesses in metallic workpieces for use torque transmitting apparatus A selected portion of a surface of a metallic workpiece such as the end surface of a tubular workpiece, is provided with one or more recesses by resorting to a tool having a preferably pointed tip and being driven into the surface to displace the material... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056100 | Friction liner for a dry friction device, a method of making such a liner, and a clutch friction wheel having such a liner A friction liner, for a dry friction device such as a clutch friction wheel, or a disk brake for a motor vehicle gearbox, is of flat, annular general form. It comprises a flat annular body of friction material having a cylindrical inner surface and a cyli... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056101 | Overload control mechanism for cargo handling machine An overload control mechanism working as a safety mechanism for preventing a fall of cargo when a machine is overloaded during cargo handling operation. The overload control mechanism includes a driving gear, a tapered disk arranged on the inner circumfer... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056102 | Lockup damper, lockup mechanism and damper mechanism of torque converter A lockup damper included in a lockup mechanism 8 of a torque converter 1 includes a piston member 9, a driven member 10, coil springs 13 and seat members 40. The coil spring 13 is arranged between the piston member 9 and the driven member 10. The seat mem... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056103 | Dampening disk assembly A dampening disk assembly is provided to ease a control of a friction generated by two kinds of friction generating mechanisms in a separated hub type of clutch disk assembly. A second dampening mechanism 6 is a mechanism to generate a friction between a ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056104 | Coin sensing apparatus and method A coin discrimination apparatus and method is provided in which an oscillating electromagnetic field is generated on a single sensing core. The oscillating electromagnetic field is composed on one or more frequency components. The electromagnetic field in... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056105 | Device and method for discriminating a circular plate body such as a coin A device and method are set forth for determining the authenticity of a coin or token which includes a housing defining a passageway to pass the coin to be tested. Coils are disposed about the housing to generate magnetic flux lines at the passageway. Det... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056106 | Conveyor system for clinical test apparatus The conveyor system for clinical test apparatus includes a main transport conveyor and a plurality of auxiliary conveyors located alongside the main transport conveyor. The auxiliary conveyors define straight line paths of travel parallel to the straight ... | 05/02/2000 |
