[jQuery] How to reduce this code by chain them up?

[Liming]

Hello,

I have a div ( id="rightheader")  and inside there is a table. The
following code replace all content of the table with empty space and
then remove the table header.

var $templateTable = $("div#rightheader").clone();
$("tbody > tr > td > div ", $templateTable).html("&nbsp");
$("thead",$templateTable).remove();

I feel it might be unnecessary, but I can't figure out how to chain up
the statements.

I tried

var $templateTable = $("div#rightheader")
                                 .clone()
                                .("tbody > tr > td > div ").html("&nbsp")
                                .("thead").remove();

Got an error

then tried

        var $templateTable = $("div#rightheader")
                                                                 .clone()
                                                                 .find("tbody > 
tr > td > div ").html("&nbsp")
                                                                 
.find("thead").remove();

but that just doesn't produce anything.

Sorry, I'm a real beginner on JQuery, any pointer is greatly
appreciate it.

Thanks