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Patent No. 6060700

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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Patents Published on 12/23/2003


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6666156Seed flap for controlling seed placement
A seed flap for a disc opener associates with an air seeder operable to place seed and fertilizer into a furrow formed in the ground by the disc opener. The seed flap is formed from a non-flexible material, such as an abrasion resistant steel, and pivotal...
12/23/2003
6666157Flatbed sewing machine conversion for sewing the rim of a molded sole to an upper
A basic flatbed sewing machine is converted to provide an elevated sewing surface at a sewing station which is configured to receive the rim of a molded sole for sewing attachment with an upper. The top feed of the machine performs in conjunction with the...
12/23/2003
6666158Looper thread take-up apparatus externally added to outer end of lower driving shaft of a sewing machine
A looper thread take-up apparatus externally added to outer end of lower driving shaft of a sewing machine. A thread guide structure and a looper thread tension adjustment structure are mounted on outer face of the housing of the sewing machine and are ad...
12/23/2003
6666159Water sport towing apparatus
A method for improving the performance of a wakeboard performer being towed by a vessel having a bow, stern, opposing gunnels and an operator station comprises fitting a skeletal towing frame to the vessel with first, second and third spaced supports atta...
12/23/2003
6666160High aspect dynamic lift boat hull
An unventilated, stepped hydroplaning boat hull has at least one midship step. Two separated wetted planing surfaces are thereby established--a forward surface just forward of the step and an aft surface just forward of an aft edge of the hull. The angles...
12/23/2003
6666161Deluxe float in place raft
A raft which has an anchoring system which holds the raft in position in a swimming pool, and which also has a securing portion for holding an anchor....
12/23/2003
6666162Aluminum hull boat with extruded running surface
An aluminum hull boat includes a running pad formed through an extrusion process. The running pad includes a lower planing element at least a portion of which is in contact with the water when the boat is at planing speed, and opposed sidewalls which atta...
12/23/2003
6666163Adjustable boat top
This invention includes an adjustable boat top, that can be lowered in order to permit the boat to travel under bridges and other obstructions that might otherwise preclude the passage or movement of the boat. The boat top is lowered as the boat top slide...
12/23/2003
6666164Automatic coating method and apparatus
When replacing a paint cartridge (25) on the coating apparatus (11), a replenished paint cartridge of a next paint color is picked up from one of paint replenisher units (55a to 55n) by one gripper member (101) of a cartridge gripper (100). In the next pl...
12/23/2003
6666165Curtain coating apparatus and curtain coating process
A curtain coating apparatus for applying a coating solution to a continuously moving web, which comprises an air jet injector for injecting air in the upstream direction of a web, provided at a position upstream of a contact point of a curtain film with t...
12/23/2003
6666166Spraybooth scrubber noise reflector
A spray application system includes an enclosed spraybooth area in which airborne particles are generated and a scrubber system is located below the enclosed spraybooth area. The scrubber system includes an inlet receiving water and air from the sprayboot...
12/23/2003
6666167Dry particulate food dispenser
A dry particulate food dispenser provides food to pets in response to a scratching action upon a scratching surface. The scratching action operates an adjustable valve located inside a food hopper and limits the amount of food dropped into a supporting bo...
12/23/2003
6666168Waterfall aquarium cleansing system
A waterfall aquarium cleansing system provides a tank that includes a base, a pair of first sides, a pair of second sides, the first and second sides having a height all defining a main chamber. A filter is provided that is in fluid communication with the...
12/23/2003
6666169Neck extending method and headgate therefore
A headgate apparatus comprises a pair of vertically oriented shoulder bars separated by a space that is wide enough to accommodate the neck and narrow enough to prevent passage of the shoulders therebetween. A pair of vertically oriented head bars is moun...
12/23/2003
6666170Animal ear tag
An animal ear tag including a female opening through which a head of a stem of a coupling member can pass to effect a coupling action when installing the tag on an animal, the female opening being formed as part of a separate enclosed boss component of ha...
12/23/2003
6666171Holding harness with urine collecting device
A holding harness with a urine collecting device for horses, as well as a urine collecting device suitable for the holding harness and a special head part for such a urine collecting device, which is advantageously suitable for collecting urine from pregn...
12/23/2003
6666172Energy system
A low-pressure energy system is provided that includes a combustion chamber immersed in water within an insulated container. Low-pressure air flow is introduced into one end of the combustion chamber. Fuel, sparks and water are also introduced to the comb...
12/23/2003
6666173Hot gas liquid heater
A hot gas water heater has a housing, and at least a pair of concentric coils in the housing through which liquid to be heated is sequentially passed. Each coil has a helical tube with adjacent turns connected by a web member such that the tube and web me...
12/23/2003
6666174Elevating base for gas-fired water heater
A base for rendering a gas-fired water heater, having a lower combustion chamber, explosion-proof, is described. The base has elevating supports which are provided with securement means in an upper portion thereof for securing same to a bottom end of a ga...
12/23/2003
6666175Closed loop radiator water system for an internal combustion engine
A closed loop cooling water system for an internal combustion engine includes a radiator, an inlet line connecting the radiator to the internal combustion engine, a cooling water pump disposed in the inlet line, the cooling water pump having a suction sid...
12/23/2003
6666176Engine cooling system
A flow control valve is located in a coolant circuit that extends through an engine. The flow control valve is operated in accordance with a control mode selected from a full closing control mode, a full opening control mode, and a feedback control mode. ...
12/23/2003
6666177Method for operating an internal combustion engine comprising at least one working piston
A method for operating an internal combustion engine with at least one working piston with a variable compression ratio, which can be changed as a function of an operating state of the internal combustion engine, the method including the steps of: detecti...
12/23/2003
6666178Valve deactivation with an electro-hydraulic actuator
An electro-hydraulic actuator assembly having a plurality of hydraulic pressure operated pistons controlled by a single solenoid operated shut-off and vent valve. Eaton hydraulic piston has an exteriorly extending arm attached thereto for contacting a rel...
12/23/2003
6666179Camshaft for the operation of valves of an internal-combustion engine
A camshaft includes a device for hydraulic adjustment of a relative rotating position of the camshaft for the purpose of influencing valve timing. The device has a drive wheel, a cell wheel, and an impeller. The impeller is disposed by way of vanes within...
12/23/2003
6666180Valve timing control device
A valve timing control device according to the present invention has a between-sealing-faces clearance defined between a frontal end of each shoe of a first rotor and an outer periphery of a boss section of a second rotor corresponding to the frontal end ...
12/23/2003
6666181Hydraulic detent for a variable camshaft timing device
A phaser which includes a housing and a rotor disposed to rotate relative to each other is provided. The housing has at least one cavity disposed to be divided by a vane rigidly attached to the rotor. The vane divides the cavity into a first chamber and a...
12/23/2003
6666182Intake device for an internal combustion engine
An intake device for an internal combustion engine including a mounting flange (10) for mounting to a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine and a plurality of intake manifolds (11-14) which open into a common collecting chamber. The mounting flan...
12/23/2003
6666183V-type internal combustion engine
To provide a V-type internal combustion engine capable of forming a breather path having a sufficiently large flow path area without enlarging a cylinder block. A 5-cylinder V-type internal combustion engine includes a breather apparatus, a crankshaft hav...
12/23/2003
6666184Multi-position, operator-carried, four-cycle engine
A power tool having a rotary implement driven by a four-cycle engine. The engine crankcase is through a passageway which extends through a camshaft to a valve chamber. The rotating shaft member inhibits the escape of lubricating oil when the engine is run...
12/23/2003
6666185Distributed ignition method and apparatus for a combustion engine
A method and apparatus for injecting pilot fuel in a combustion engine. The method and apparatus includes determining a load of the engine, determining a desired injection timing of the pilot fuel and a desired quantity of pilot fuel to be injected as a f...
12/23/2003
6666186Spark ignited internal combustion engine with at least one cylinder
The invention relates to a spark ignited internal combustion engine with at least one cylinder that accommodates a reciprocating piston, with a cylinder head that receives at least one ignition device per cylinder and in which are formed one exhaust and t...
12/23/2003
6666187Device for adjustably limiting the engine speed of a hand tool
The invention relates to a device for adjustably limiting the maximum speed of an engine powered hand tool controlled by a power-regulating device (11) located in the handle of the tool. The device makes it possible to optimise the speed of the engine for...
12/23/2003
6666188Fuel high pressure accumulator for fuel injection system of internal combustion engines
In a fuel high pressure accumulator for fuel injection devices an intersecting region between a storage chamber and a connection opening of a connection pipe, as well as a region of an outer wall which is opposite to the connecting region are designed to ...
12/23/2003
6666189Fuel feed device of engine
A fuel supply apparatus for an engine according to the present invention comprises: a plurality of injectors 13 for injecting a fuel to an intake manifold of an engine; a delivery rail 20, to which the plurality of injectors 13 are attached, for distribut...
12/23/2003
6666190Integrated fuel delivery and electrical connection for electronic fuel injectors
An integrated fuel delivery and electrical connection system including an electrical bus, a fuel delivery tube and a plurality of fuel injectors is provided. The electrical bus may include openings for insertion and connection of fuel injectors, and posit...
12/23/2003
6666191Control apparatus for internal combustion engine
Provided is a control apparatus for a fuel priority type internal combustion engine, including a means of directly or indirectly detecting a variation in air density, for correcting a maximum value of the desired fuel volume on a basis of a result of the ...
12/23/2003
6666192Fluid control valve and system
Disclosed herein is a fluid control valve comprising a valve seat, and a nozzle proximate the valve seat. The nozzle includes a convergent section and a divergent section formed by a semi-circular profile. Also disclosed herein is a system for controlled ...
12/23/2003
6666193On-off valve for a gas injection system, particularly of methane, for internal combustion engines
On-off valve intended to be arranged at the outlet of the gas accumulation reservoir in an electronic gas injection system for an internal combustion engine, presenting a valve member made of metallic material, co-operating with a valve seat made in a bod...
12/23/2003
6666194Method and device for controlling a mechanical supercharger of an internal combustion engine
A method and a device for controlling a mechanical supercharger of a combustion engine, coupling a mechanical supercharger to the internal combustion engine during the starting phase, even before the appearance of the first fuel injections into the combus...
12/23/2003
6666195Method for producing a sequence of high-voltage ignition sparks and high-voltage ignition device
A method of generating a sequence of high-voltage ignition sparks is described, wherein an ignition energy storage device is charged up to a specifiable charge state. By a discharge of the ignition energy storage device, a spark is generated on an ignitio...
12/23/2003
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