Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a resin molded article, resin including a foaming agent is injected into a cavity defined in a mold assembly. Then, a movable mold of the mold assembly is moved to partly expand the cavity so that the foaming is promoted at the part where the cavity is expanded. Therefore, a high foamed portion having voids therein and a low foamed portion having an expansion ratio less than that of the high foamed portion are integrally formed in the resin molded article.

Abstract: A portable kitchen is described and which includes a kitchen surface having a food preparation area and first and second sink areas defined by the kitchen surface; and a heat resistant surface which can be releasably mounted in a plurality of operable orientations relative to the kitchen surface.

Abstract: A selectively configurable household accessory holder capable of being customized through adding and removing a variety of containers to a base. The containers may hold any number of items. The household accessory holder may be configured by removably attaching a variety of containers to the base. The base has a connection means capable of mating with an attachment means on a container bottom. The base has a series of regularly spaced holes drilled in its top while a container has one or more pegs sized to fit into a hole. The container may be aligned on the base so that the peg sits in a hole and secures the container to the base. A user may remove a container by pulling it up so that the peg is removed from the hole. The base is sized such that multiple containers of any shape may be affixed thereto simultaneously.

Abstract: An organizer for holding dishes, pots, pans, flatware, and other kitchen ware or utensils situated over the sink. The organizer comprises of a frame which is situated over the sink and onto which dish racks, shelves, hooks, drawers, and bins to hold the aforementioned kitchen ware are either permanently or temporarily attached. The over the sink design frees up the kitchen counter space and allows direct liquid drainage into kitchen sink for drying wet utensils.

Abstract: A selectively configurable household accessory holder capable of being customized through adding and removing a variety of containers to a base. The containers may hold any number of items. The household accessory holder may be configured by removably attaching a variety of containers to the base. The base has a connection means capable of mating with an attachment means on a container bottom. The base has a series of regularly spaced holes drilled in its top while a container has one or more pegs sized to fit into a hole. The container may be aligned on the base so that the peg sits in a hole and secures the container to the base. A user may remove a container by pulling it up so that the peg is removed from the hole. The base is sized such that multiple containers of any shape may be affixed thereto simultaneously.

Abstract: A dialysis wall station is disclosed which presents a recessed solutions distribution area having a valve panel, an intermediate cantilevered connections panel and drain area. The drain area includes a back wall, an inclined floor that extends downwardly to a rear corner drain and a front lip. The wall station also includes a valve clamping block for securely mounting the solution valves to the wall station.

Abstract: A wall hydrant assembly with a faucet head mounted to an exterior wall of a building and connected to an outlet pipe that extends through the exterior wall to a solenoid valve located in an interior area. An inlet pipe is connected to a water supply at one end and the solenoid valve at the other. An actuating means is operatively connected to the solenoid valve for controlling the valve to allow and prevent water to flow from the water supply to the faucet head.

Abstract: An improved cart for a surgical console is disclosed. The cart includes a base, an internal frame coupled to the base, and an external housing substantially encasing the internal frame. The external housing comprises a single piece of molded plastic. The external housing prevents operating room fluid ingress into the internal frame. Therefore, the internal frame, its various portions, and the various electronic apparatus and consumables that are stored therein are protected from corrosion and damage.

Abstract: The freestanding multiple compartment container has at lest three compartments, a central compartment, an upper compartment, and a lower compartment. The upper and lower compartments are connected to the central compartment by means of L-shaped brackets that fit in corresponding openings in the central compartment. The compartments bottom walls can have holes therein to allow for drainage of water or a tray with holes therein to allow for drying of sponges and the like. The container is intended for use in the kitchen to hold items such as sponges, soap and steel wool pads, in the bathroom to hold toothbrushes, toothpaste and soap, and on a desk to hold pens, pencils, paper clips and the like.

Abstract: A cover assembly for use in a fuel dispensing cabinet includes an upper shroud member and a lower shroud member that are arranged at a side area of the cabinet chassis proximate the sump facility. The shroud members are provided in a shingle-type configuration in which the upper shroud member at its lower edge portion overlaps with the lower shroud member at its upper edge portion. A pair of elongate column channel members are configured at respective corner posts of the chassis and each includes a vertical channel portion that receives the side edge portions of the upper and lower shroud members. A fluid diversion assembly is arranged within the chassis end area adjacent the electronics compartment at the upper section of the cabinet.

Abstract: A washing machine outlet box includes a housing having a bottom wall containing a first valve mount for a first shutoff valve of a first water supply line and a valve mount insert that forms a second valve mount for a second shutoff valve of a second water supply line. The valve mount insert is selectively positionable in any one of several openings in the bottom wall to accommodate the second water supply line. A drain pipe is connected to one of the openings in which the valve mount insert is not selectively positioned. A test cap forms a seal for the drain pipe opening. In this manner, the washing machine outlet box can accommodate different plumbing arrangements.

Abstract: A washer box has a hollow housing with top and bottom walls and a front wall defining a window providing access to the housing interior. A pair of laterally spaced ports in the bottom wall are aligned in a first reference plane parallel to and spaced rearwardly from the front wall, and are configured and arranged to accommodate the connection of hot and cold water supply lines to valves located within the housing. A pair coaxially aligned alternatively useable drain openings in the top and bottom walls are located rearwardly of the first reference plane in a second reference plane extending perpendicular to the first reference plane and bisecting the distance between the laterally spaced ports.

Abstract: Improved outlet boxes are provided for installation in a wall to connect water supply lines and drain lines to the corresponding lines from an appliance. Molded plastic outlet boxes having dual drains; left-to-right reversibility; adaptability to multiple drain and inlet line configurations, including top, bottom and side inlets; inclined bottom walls with gutters and removable webs facilitating drainage; and rear walls with recesses accommodating flushable water supply line connections are disclosed. Dual drain connectors adapted to combine the flows from dual drain outlets into a single drain pipe and knock-outs with downwardly extending, elongated tabs are also disclosed.

Abstract: A rack for a switching cabinet which can be enclosed by side walls, at least one door and a cover and comprises a lower and upper frame which can be connected by frame profiles running vertically. The upper frame has vertical and horizontal struts running horizontally. The vertical and lateral struts include channels where water that runs off from the cover can be collected and drained. Water can then be drained off from the corner areas of the upper frame in a controlled manner if the outlet channels of adjacent vertical and horizontal struts are brought together and fed to a flume of the vertical frame piece.

Abstract: A manifold box adapted to contain manifolds for valves controlling the flow of potentially hazardous liquids. This is a rotationally cast sealed plastic box enclosing the valves to contain any leaks from the valves and allow any leaking liquid to drain from the box through a drain tube at the bottom of the box to prevent the liquid from leaking onto surfaces below or adjacent to the valves. Attachment engaging "tee-nuts" are cast in place within the walls of the box and fittings for tubing connections are spin welded to the walls of the box. The box has a front access opening sealingly closed by a hinged plastic cover panel. In one embodiment the box is rectangular and is designed with two adjacent sloping walls which permit drainage of liquid from the box into a drain tube regardless of whether the box is mounted vertically or horizontally. In another embodiment the box is square and has one sloping wall containing a drain connected to a drain pipe.

Abstract: A dispensing cabinet has a rear panel, left and right transverse side panels that define a front access opening for the cabinet and a bottom access opening for the cabinet. At least one door is provided to selectively close the front access opening but the bottom access opening remains open. A longitudinally extending rail is mounted on the rear panel and, in a preferred embodiment, extends horizontally to slidably support at least one dispenser in an operative position which is adjacent to the bottom access opening. The dispenser has a bottom opening for dispensing selected articles and these are accessible for use through the bottom access opening. Normally, the door covering the front access opening will be shut and the dispensers are hidden from view. The dispensers are removable from the rail so that selected dispensers may be used according to the nature of the dispensed articles which are required.

Abstract: A receptacle for receiving fluid such as water that is preferably placed within a cabinet supporting a sink. The receptacle is preferably positioned adjacent the bottom of the cabinet. The receptacle is preferably formed with flexible, flared sides and a frangible front portion to enable the receptacle to fit within a variety of differently sized cabinets. The receptacle can have a hole and funnel for alignment with a mating aperture in the cabinet above the toe-receiving recess of the cabinet. Thus, leaking water from the sink pipes can be directed through the aperture in the cabinet and onto the floor in front of the cabinet to bring the leak to the attention of the user of the sink.

Abstract: A storage cabinet for engine parts, tools and similar items includes a hollow cabinet member having a pair of opposing side walls, a rear wall, top and bottom walls and an open front face. Slidably received within the interior of the cabinet member and extendable from the front face are a plurality of drawers. Suspended within each drawer is a tray member having a plurality of recessed portions, each with identifying indicia adjacent thereto, for retaining a select item. Each recessed portion includes an aperture that drains to a bottom panel of the drawer. The bottom panel is angled downwardly toward a rear corner aperture through which fluid flows to a drain channel on the tray immediately therebelow. Accordingly, fluid eventually drains to the lowermost drawer and into a receptacle beneath the bottom wall of the cabinet member.

Abstract: A trim assembly for a dishwasher tub having a U-shaped front flange disposed about a front opening. The front flange has radiused upper corners to minimize material stretching during tub forming. The trim assembly connects to the front flange of the tub and includes a pair of corner trim member, a plurality of straight trim members and a pair of tub trim spacers wherein the trim assembly forms a continuous frame of trim disposed about the peripheral edge of the front flange. The straight trim members frictionally engage the straight edge portions of the tub front flange. The pair of corner trim members snap connect to the tub flange upper corners such that the tub front flange is provided with square upper corners. The pair of bottom trim spacers are disposed at the bottom edges of the side trim members and complete the trim assembly. The bottom trim spacers function to deflect wash liquid running off from the dishwasher door back into the tub and serves as structural spacers in the tub support assembly.

Abstract: A series of design features which render filing and similar cabinets resistant to water entry are described. The design features may either be incorporated at the time of manufacture or retro-fitted onto certain types of existing cabinets. The features comprise water deflectors mounted above drawers or compartments of filing cabinets, the water deflectors having a downwardly sloping front face for deflecting falling water away from the drawers or compartments and flanges fitted onto the sides and bottom of the drawers or compartments, thereby eliminating any gaps between the frame of the filing cabinet and the drawers or compartments of the filing cabinet, which will in turn prevent water entry into the filing cabinet.

Abstract: A device including racks for supporting dishes and utensils for gravity draining and air drying is provided. The device includes a back panel having a water catchment basin at the bottom thereof which is attached to a wall or other vertical support surface by way of grooved pins that pass through openings provided in the panel. A wire frame includes arcuate brackets which fit within the pin grooves to support the frame and to lock the frame and panel onto the pins. Racks to hold glassware, plates and other utensils are attached to the frame.

Abstract: A compact integrated system for film and print processing has chemical processing trays, sink, water filter and faucet, chemical storage, and drying screens integrated into a single multi-purpose unit. The processing trays are vertically stacked and rolled or slid in tray paths traversing the length of the sink. A print under development is directly transferred vertically between chemical processing trays across a print sponge with a print gripper. Each print is uniformly processed in a chemical processing tray by rolling or sliding the tray, ensuring uniform distribution of the processing chemical without manually agitating the print. The water rinse step of the print development process is accomplished in an oscillating wash bath wherein the water is continuously circulated over and between the prints being rinsed. Each of the processing chemical trays may be angled downward for emptying into a basin which can also provide a sink as well as safe recycling/disposal following print processing.

Abstract: A protective cover arrangement 10 for the lower portion 101 of the front face 102 and base portion 103 of a dialysis machine 100. The arrangement 10 includes a bottom cover unit 12 that includes a generally rectangular horizontal framework member 30 having a shallow collection receptacle 31 that covers the front end of the base portion 103 of the dialysis machine 100, and a raised wall panel 35 that is overlapped by the upper portion 104 of the front face 102 of the dialysis machine 100, a liquid collection reservoir 33 disposed on the back end of the base portion 103 of the dialysis machine 100, and at least one gutter 32 operatively associated with one side of the dialysis machine 100, wherein the at least one gutter 32 establishes fluid communication between the receptacle 31 and the reservoir 33.

Abstract: A holder for wet fold-up umbrellas and wet long umbrellas and for disposably collecting water dripping therefrom. The holder includes a canister, an insert, and a drawer. The canister rests on a horizontal surface. The insert is replaceably mounted in the canister and suspends the wet fold-up umbrellas and the wet long umbrellas in the canister. The drawer is slidably and replaceably mounted in the canister and disposably collects the water dripping from the wet fold-up umbrellas and the wet long umbrellas.

Abstract: A ventilated cabinet apparatus for the storing of volatile chemicals. This apparatus is a ventilated cabinet for the storing of volatile or poisonous chemicals utilizes a vacuum pump drawing air out of the back of the cabinet to disperse the volatile gases or poisonous gases. In addition, the ventilated cabinet has holes running from front to back within the walls of the cabinet to allow fresh outside air to flow through the cabinet. Thus, any volatile gas buildup from the chemicals in the apparatus will be dissipated.

Abstract: A food display guard or protector is disclosed which includes a support for securing the display guard in a display case. The support includes a vertical support tube and a support mechanism for adjustably mounting the vertical support tube. The guard also includes a generally horizontal support member extending from the vertical support tube which horizontal support member is adjustable in length.

Abstract: A compact drying device which requires little or no counter space. The drying device find a particular utility in apartments, mobile homes and all small kitchens with limited counterspace. The drying device may be attached to or hung from any wall or shelf, and the water dripping from the dishes and other utensils stored within or upon the device may be channeled to a drain using an extendable spout.

Abstract: A lightweight, structurally strong, corrosion resistant cabinet comprised of plastic and including a bottom sump for storing corrosive materials is provided. The cabinet has a removable bottom shelf beneath which the sump is located for receiving and holding corrosive materials released in the cabinet chamber. Top, bottom, back and side walls, cabinet door(s), and cabinet shelves each have a honeycomb core that is bonded on each opposed face to at least one overlying layer of fiberglass and resin. The cabinet is preferably comprised entirely of corrosion-resistant plastic.

Abstract: An outdoor unit for use in a separate type air conditioner which includes an outdoor unit and an indoor unit each having at least a compressor, a heat exchanger, and a expansion device, with one unit connected with the other by refrigerant-tubes so that they altogether form an air conditioning system. The outdoor unit comprises: a baseplate, a housing having a first air intake window (side air intake window) in one of its side walls, a second air intake window (rear air intake window) formed in the rear wall extending upright from the baseplate, and an air outlet window (front air outlet window) formed in the front wall; a partition board extending upright from the baseplate and portioning for the internal space of the housing into a fan compartment for accommodating the heat exchanger and a fan for supplying air to the heat exchanger; and a machinery compartment for accommodating the compressor.

Abstract: A generally planar mounting plate is formed to slidingly receive at least one mounting strap for supporting the plate between two adjacent wall studs. A mounting dish overlies a first side of the mounting plate. A valve, such as an angle stop valve or a gate valve, is secured to the mounting plate and mounting dish utilizing a cylindrical hollow adapter and a nut. The adapter has a female threaded forward end which is screwed over the male threaded shank of the valve. The adapter has a male threaded rearward end that extends through a hole in the base of the dish and a hole in an intermediate region of the mounting plate. A nut is screwed over the rearward end of the adapter to squeeze the mounting dish and the mounting plate between a shoulder of the adapter and the nut. A detachable outer cover is provided for frictionally engaging an internal wall of the dish for enclosing and protecting the valve during installation and finishing of the surrounding drywall.

Abstract: An improved substrate processing system. The system may be used for double sided scrubbing of a semiconductor substrate. The wet stations of the system has covers which prevent accumulated liquid from dripping outside of the station and which minimize dripping on the substrates. Transport tunnels are provided between modules to prevent leakage between the modules. A substrate transport mechanism which is moveable along a rail is provided with the stabilizer to provide for stable substrate transfer. The processing system has two brush stations which are placed within a single enclosure. The sensors located throughout the system, which sense the presence of a wafer, are fixedly mounted in a frame so that they are self-aligned to one another. In the sender station, two sensors are used, with the system requiring both sensors to sense the presence of a wafer to increase the reliability. In the dry station, the heating lamp is shielded from the substrate to reduce particulate contamination.

Abstract: A portable bar having a sink disposed therein having a base member having a central opening with a trough disposed peripherally around the opening. A cold plate is sealed against a side wall of the trough within the sink opening. The cold plate is formed of a heat transfer material such as a metal formed into at least one major surface and has a plurality of internal channels for circulation of fluid to be cooled. A peripheral flange surrounding the cold plate has a unique inwardly angled leading edge and an outwardly angled trailing edge for sealing to the trough of the sink.

Abstract: A portable knockdown display apparatus for displaying food and keeping the food fresh on ice during use of the apparatus. The apparatus includes a rack for holding food receptacles, a cover removably seated on the rack for protecting the food receptacles, a plurality of individual legs, and a container having a bottom and a plurality of sidewalls that define a cavity for retaining ice during use of the apparatus. The container has a plurality of attachment wells for releasably attaching the legs to the container so that the container is elevated to table height. During use of the apparatus, the container is capable of receiving the rack in its cavity to maintain the food receptacles in physical proximity to the ice. When knocked down into a portable formation, the container is capable of receiving the rack, the cover, and the legs in its cavity to facilitate ease of transportation and storage.

Abstract: A combined paper towel and hand soap dispenser for a public washroom includes a base that is adapted to be mounted to a surface in a public washroom, a paper towel dispensing mechanism, a hand soap dispensing mechanism, and a cover that is mounted to the base. The cover defines an interior space in which the paper towel dispensing mechanism and the hand soap dispensing mechanisms are positioned. The cover is mounted to the base so as to be movable between an open position for refilling the system with hygienic product and a closed, operative dispensing position. Water channeling structure is positioned between the base and the cover to channel water that may fall between the cover and the base away from the interior space. As a result, the dispensing mechanisms and any product therein will be prevented from getting wet during custodial cleaning.

Abstract: An electric rotary toothbrush having a flexible brush element which conforms to curvature of the teeth within the mouth. The flexible brush is supported at one end by attachment to the handle of the toothbrush, and at the other end by a wheel journaled to the shaft of the flexible brush. The wheel contacts and bears against the teeth or gums of the user. The wheel remains stationary while the brush rotates relative thereto. The toothbrush has a battery and reversible electric motor for rotating a shaft to which the brush is removably attached. The toothbrush is preferably provided with a cabinet for storing, sterilizing, and recharging the toothbrush.

Abstract: A liquid processing and sorting system for sequential chemical processes such as electroplating. Several trays are mounted in a stacked relationship in a housing, at least all but the lowest tray being individually movable between a use position and a storage position. Each tray is configured to hold a livid and includes a drain tube extending from a lower position of the tray and extending out of the housing through a slot running parallel to the line of tray movement so that each tray can be drained in either the use or storage position. The movable trays preferably slide along edge rails extending under tray edges parallel to the line of movement. The lowermost tray can be either fixed in the use position or may be movable as are the other trays. Preferably, an automatic system, such as hydraulic cylinders controlled by a switch, is provided to move a selected movable tray between the use and storage position as desired.

Abstract: A portable kitchen for storing and preparing food products comprising a main box having a table, a sink detachably connected to and covering the main box, and a front panel pivotally attached to the main box where the front panel opens to provide access to a compartment defined by the main box.

Abstract: An angle stop box includes a generally rectangular housing having a bottom wall and a pair of sidewalls connected to the bottom wall The bottom wall has a pair of holes extending therethrough. A pair of angle stop valves have their male shanks mounted in corresponding holes in the bottom wall of the housing. A drain fitting receptacle is formed in an upper part of the housing for coupling to a downstream end of a P-trap on a forward side of the drain fitting receptacle and for coupling to drain and vent pipes on a rear side of the drain fitting receptacle. The drain fitting receptacle includes a cylindrical sleeve for receiving a forward end of a pipe fitting, such as a ninety-degree elbow or a T-shaped fitting. The housing has a flange that extends around an entire periphery thereof for facilitating the attachment of the box to one or more studs by nailing therethrough.

Abstract: A sneeze guard having a guard assembly comprising an acrylic pane held within a channeled tubular frame, a pair of swept back support legs, and a spring-pin assembly for detachably mounting said guard assembly on said legs and for independently pivoting each of said legs with respect to said guard assembly to either an open or closed position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for securing an outlet hose and an inlet hose or an inlet valve to a rear wall baffle of a domestic appliance such as a washing machine, dishwasher and the like. The outlay on parts and assembly is considerably reduced in that there is provided in the rear wall baffle an opening into which a retaining portion may be resiliently engaged, and in that the retaining portion has two outwardly open resilient engagement openings, into which the outlet hose and the inlet hose or the inlet valve may be resiliently engaged and axially immovably secured before resilient engagement of the retaining portion in the opening in the rear wall baffle.

Abstract: A countertop for use in a fume hood or similar application including a substantially planar member which defines the countertop and a recess defined in the top surface of the countertop and which defines a reservoir for liquid spills. Within the recess there is provided a platform having a top surface that is disposed at a lower level than the level of the top surface of the countertop, but at a higher level than the bottom surface of the recess. A cupsink is provided on the platform. Preferably a safety zone demarcation identifier is provided which is mounted in a groove formed in the countertop. Both the countertop and the indentifier preferably are formed of an acrylic resin.

Abstract: An angle stop box includes a generally rectangular housing having a bottom wall and a pair of sidewalls connected to the bottom wall. The bottom wall has a pair of holes extending therethrough. A pair of angle stop valves have their male shanks mounted in corresponding holes in the bottom wall of the housing. A drain fitting receptacle is formed in an upper part of the housing for coupling to a downstream end of a P-trap on a forward side of the drain fitting receptacle and for coupling to drain and vent pipes on a rear side of the drain fitting receptacle. The drain fitting receptacle includes a cylindrical sleeve for receiving a forward end of a pipe fitting, such as a ninety-degree elbow or a T-shaped fitting. The housing has a flange that extends around an entire periphery thereof for facilitating the attachment of the box to one or more studs by nailing therethrough.

Abstract: A fume hood includes a base, sidewalls and a cover that define an enclosed work space, a work surface, at least one trough, and an access opening. The fume hood also includes a moveable sash for closing the opening and an air foil disposed proximate an edge portion of the opening to direct air flow through the opening and into the work space. This air foil includes a flat portion with a surface that normally lies flush with the work surface of the fume hood.

Abstract: A multipurpose household drying center which can provide versatile drying functions for a wide variety of clothings, fabric articles and other household goods. A blower and a heating chamber are disposed on the top portion of a cabinet to generate forced and heated air downward into a drying chamber in the cabinet below the heating chamber. There are horizontally disposed heat diffusion plates under the heating chamber and vertically disposed air ducts on the side walls of the cabinet to enable heated air to be evenly distributed and filled in the drying chamber for uniform drying of the goods held therein. A support stand having a horizontal and rectangular frame secured on the top ends of a pair of spaced and vertical telescopically structured tubes is disposed within the drying chamber. The rectangular frame is spaced from the top, bottom and side walls of the drying chamber.

Abstract: An enclosure containing valves, batteries and electronic circuitry controlling the operation of an automatically actuated faucet includes a dividing wall slanted from the horizontal and separating an upper compartment, containing the valves, from a lower compartment containing the control electronics. Water from leaks in the top compartment (or water that runs down a pipe into the top of the box) runs down the slanted dividing shelf and drains from the box without contacting the electronic components. All the associated plumbing fittings are adjacent a top surface of the box so as to ease installation of the controller.

Abstract: A transmitter transmitting a sensed process variable over a conductor includes a cylindrical housing having a terminal compartment and an electronics compartment separated by a bulkhead. The terminal compartment used for conductor connection is subject to moisture accumulation. An access channel fully intersects an internal surface of terminal compartment such that the access channel drains moisture from the terminal compartment across a range of mounting orientations. The transmitter includes a circuit in the electronics compartment for compensating a process variable and providing the compensated process variable via a feedthrough circuit assembly in the bulkhead, which in one embodiment, includes an encapsulated radio frequency interference filter, to terminals in the terminal compartment for coupling to a conductor that is connected to an external controller.

Abstract: A forwardly opening low profile washing machine outlet box configured so that it can be stamped as a unitary piece of sheet metal comprises a back wall having an upper vertical section and a lower downwardly extending forwardly sloping section, a forwardly extending peripheral wall integral with and extending forwardly from a peripheral edge of the back wall, first and second apertures in the upper wall section for mounting first and second valve shanks for receiving first and second water supply lines, and an enlarged aperture in said lower wall section for connecting to a drain line and for receiving a washing machine drain hose.

Abstract: A breadbox is usable as both a breadbox and a cutting board. The breadbox has a bottom portion (1), opposite side walls (2, 3), and a movable flap (5) which closes off a front opening of the breadbox. The flap has a cutting board surface and at least one shaft for pivotally coupling the flap (5) to the side walls so that the flap (5) is swivelable from a closed position where the flap closes the front opening of the breadbox (5) to an open position where the breadbox is open and the flap (5) is positioned substantially in a horizontal plane, such that the flap (5) has the cutting board surface exposed upwardly so as to be usable as the cutting board. The breadbox has a receptacle for crumbs which is disengageably attached to the front edge of the bottom of the breadbox.

Abstract: A movable cart comprising a base member having a generally rectangular shape supported on a plurality of swivel casters and having two sidewalls joined to a rear wall, and including channels disposed within the base member and/or the walls for accommodating one or more panels for dividing the cart into two or more compartments. The panels have a double flanged edge sized to fit into the channels of the base member and a single flange sized to fit into the channels of the walls. The panels are secured to the walls by means of a screw member which passes through the walls and is received into an internally threaded opening in the edge of the panels.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for keeping an implement such as an ice cream scoop clean during prolonged use, particularly in mobile vending situations. In the example a bowl is described, fitted inside a second bowl; the scoop is placed inside the first bowl, and this bowl is filled with water. A fresh water holding tank is provided above, and water is dripped slowly by means of a spigot into the first bowl, which overflows into the second. Media such as protein and sugar that potentially support bacterial growth is carried off in the overflow, adhering to fats and oils in the ice cream which float on water. This waste water is collected in a tank connected to the second bowl. No electricity or pressurized water is necessary with this system.