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Patent No. 5500234

Crispy Chip Sandwich and Process of Producing a Sandwich Product

A food product comprising a multilayer cookie or snack having outer layers formed from a crispy type edible food product such as a potato chip or corn chip, etc. with an intermediate marshmallow layer being in contact with the inner surface of each crispy chip and one or more filler substances.

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Assignee: Diablo Research Corporation


Location: Sunnyvale, CA
No. of patents: 17

NumberTitleIssue Date
6108614System and method for serial communication between a central unit and a plurality of remote units
A user-responsive system has a controller and a plurality of remotes. Each remote typically has a corresponding sensor and/or actuator. Applications for this system include, but are not limited to heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems, lighti...
08/22/2000
5962968Vessel shapes and coil forms for electrodeless discharge lamps
A discharge vessel for an electrodeless lamp having a pair of substantially parallel front and back walls. In one implementation, the front wall of the discharge vessel has a collimating structure, e.g a fresnel lens, for directing the light in a preferen...
10/05/1999
5905344Discharge lamps and methods for making discharge lamps
In some embodiments, a light bulb for an electrodeless discharge lamp has a protuberance such that the cold spot of the bulb is located in the protuberance. The protuberance is spaced from the induction coil of the lamp so as to be easily accessible. Henc...
05/18/1999
5880464Optical meter reader using a shadow
A meter reader for reading a meter by reading a shadow made by a meter pointer on the face of the meter. The meter reader includes a light source for shining a light toward the meter, a pulse control circuit for pulsing the light source, two light sensors...
03/09/1999
5798618Electrodeless discharge lamp with control amalgam in the plasma
An amalgam system for optimizing the mercury vapor pressure of an electrodeless discharge fluorescent lamp is disclosed. A coil network induces an electric discharge in a gas mixture contained in a sealed lamp vessel. An amalgam is supported in the discha...
08/25/1998
5734221Vessel shapes and coil forms for electrodeless discharge lamps
A discharge vessel for an electrodeless lamp having a pair of substantially parallel front and back walls. In one implementation, the front wall of the discharge vessel has a collimating structure, e.g a fresnel lens, for directing the light in a preferen...
03/31/1998
5734966Wireless communication system for adapting to frequency drift
A wireless communication system with one or more remote transceivers for transmitting a wireless data signal at an actual frequency that is different than the expected frequency and a base transceiver that can automatically adjust to receive the actual fr...
03/31/1998
5598069Amalgam system for electrodeless discharge lamp
An amalgam system for optimizing the mercury vapor pressure of an electrodeless discharge fluorescent lamp is disclosed. A coil network induces an electric discharge in a gas mixture contained in a sealed lamp vessel. An amalgam is supported in the discha...
01/28/1997
5581157Discharge lamps and methods for making discharge lamps
In some embodiments, a light bulb for an electrodeless discharge lamp has a protuberance such that the cold spot of the bulb is located in the protuberance. The protuberance is spaced from the induction coil of the lamp so as to be easily accessible. Henc...
12/03/1996
5561351Dimmer for electrodeless discharge lamp
An arrangement for adjusting the intensity of an electrodeless discharge lamp is described. In one embodiment the high-frequency signal delivered to the induction coil is interrupted during a predetermined portion of a full duty cycle. This function is pr...
10/01/1996
5541482Electrodeless discharge lamp including impedance matching and filter network
An impedance matching and filter network is disclosed. The network performs two preselected impedance transformations and provides a filtering function to attenuate harmonics of an electrical signal delivered at an input of the network. The network may ad...
07/30/1996
5525871Electrodeless discharge lamp containing push-pull class E amplifier and bifilar coil
A push-pull Class E amplifier is used to provide an efficient transfer of power to the induction coil in an electrodeless discharge lamp and to reduce the amount of radio frequency interference emitted by the lamp into the surrounding environment. A bifil...
06/11/1996
5397966Radio frequency interference reduction arrangements for electrodeless discharge lamps
A cost-efficient electrically conductive screen and shield for substantially shielding radio frequency electromagnetic radiation emitted beyond the discharge vessel and the electronic circuitry of an electrodeless discharge lamp is disclosed. The conducti...
03/14/1995
5387850Electrodeless discharge lamp containing push-pull class E amplifier
A push-pull Class E amplifier is used to provide an efficient transfer of power to the induction coil in an electrodeless discharge lamp and to minimize the amount of radio frequency interference emitted by the lamp into the surrounding environment....
02/07/1995
5349271Electrodeless discharge lamp with spiral induction coil
An electrodeless discharge lamp includes a discharge vessel containing an ionizable vapor, a generator for providing a high frequency signal, and an induction coil adjacent the discharge vessel and connected to the generator. The induction coil is shaped ...
09/20/1994
5306986Zero-voltage complementary switching high efficiency class D amplifier
A high-efficiency Class D amplifier is described. In one embodiment, the amplifier contains two transistors which are turned on and off in sequence, the output being taken from the common node between the transistors. The efficiency of the amplifier is su...
04/26/1994
5198644System for display of prices and related method
A price display system for a store includes spread spectrum radio broadcasting of UPC and price data from a transmitter in the store to a large number of receivers. Each receiver is connected to one or more LCD displays attached to the store shelves, and ...
03/30/1993
 
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