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Mouthguard made at least partially from an edible candy
A mouthguard includes a U-shaped upper bite plate which removably fits over upper teeth of a person, with the entire upper bite plate being made from a soft, deformable and edible gummi candy.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5332379 | Extrusion head for sheathing elongated objects An extrusion head for sheathing elongate objects such as cables has a housing with an elongate bore in which there is a hollow mandrel through which is passed the object to be sheathed. At the discharge end of the mandrel there is a forming tool made up o... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5325754 | Apparatus for cutting profile strips formed of rubber mixtures Apparatus for cutting profile strips of rubber mixture produced by extrusion and/or calendering and transported to the cutting apparatus by a conveyor which is intermittently stopped for making a cut has a motor driven rotating knife which is moved transv... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5324459 | Process and apparatus for holding the temperature of the extrudant of a screw extruder constant A screw extruder having a cylinder, an extrusion head, a screw in the cylinder and a motor for driving the screw in rotation has insert members which extend into the cylinder to effect plastification and homogenization of the material being extruded. The ... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5318430 | Calender for the production of packing sheets and method of controlling the operation of apparatus for producing packing sheets A calender for producing packing sheets, in particular packing sheets reinforced with synthetic fiber, has a large diameter heated cylinder, on which a packing sheet is formed and vulcanized, rotatably supported by spaced calender stands and driven by a d... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5310314 | Directional control system for rotary wing aircraft A tip brake unit for installation in tip portions of rotor blades of rotary wing aircraft having a plurality of load-carrying rotors has a frame of a size and shape for installation in a tip portion of a rotor blade. An elongate tip brake member of channe... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5304053 | Apparatus for extrusion of plastic and/or rubber mixtures Apparatus for extruding plastic and/or rubber material has a screw extruder, which plasticizes the material and delivers it to a gear pump which develops sufficient pressure for extrusion of the material through an extrusion head. The apparatus is charact... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5267787 | Screw extruder with feed roller A screw extruder has a feed roller which is parallel to and spaced laterally from the screw, a hopper feeds the material to be extruded to the screw and feed roller and to the space between them. A knife scrapes material from the feed roller to keep it cl... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5257476 | Growing vegetation for the purpose of installing verdure on buildings Verdure is installed on buildings by stacking bags made of unwoven polyester fabric and filled with synthetic light-weight soil against the outer wall of the building, or against the outside of a window that is to be blocked out. The bags are stacked seve... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5239813 | Process and apparatus for sheathing cables formed of a plurality of conductors twisted together A cable made up of a plurality of conductors twisted together is drawn through the extrusion head of an extruder which applies a sheath of plastic or elastomeric material to the cable. From the extruder, the cable passes through a tube having a heated sec... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5228209 | Apparatus for drying out wood Apparatus for drying cut wood has a cylindrical vessel with end covers at least one of which can be opened. The interior of the vessel is divided by a horizontal partition into a drying chamber above the partition, in which the wood is placed, and a conde... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5225232 | Method of processing cod milt In a method of processing milt obtained from male cod fish, 5 Kg. of the milt is placed in a hot water bath equipped with automatic temperature control set at a temperature of 60 degrees C. to 80 degrees 1C. and heated for 8 to 10- seconds. The heated mil... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5224838 | Gear pump with groover sealing means A gear pump for pumping viscous material has a housing with an inlet and an outlet and a gear chamber between the inlet and the outlet. A pair of intermeshing gear wheels which are rotatably supported by bearings in the gear chamber of the housing have en... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5207623 | Ergometric device The ergometric device has an ergometric stationary bicycle exerciser, a hypoxic gas generator, a mask, and a flexible hose connecting the generator to the mask. The user of the device sits on the saddle of the exerciser, and produces his effort by inhalin... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5167894 | Apparatus comprising an extruder and a calender for producing sheets and/or foils from plastic or rubber mixtures Apparatus for producing sheets or foils of plastic or rubber mixtures includes a calender having two rollers rotatably supported by spaced calender stands with a gap between the rollers and an extruder having an extruder head with wide mouth for extruding... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5143742 | Process for producing a dairy product usable as a spread The invention relates to a process for the production of a food product, that in particular is usable as a bread spread, creamy food and/or a base material for the production of specialties, consisting predominantly of milk protein, oil and water. It is t... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5141248 | Rod with a reinforced capacity for buckling and its application in particular to a motor vehicle steering systems A rod with an increased capacity for buckling under length-wise load has a central portion bent in the form of an omega with a central bend joined to end portions by elbows. The cross-section of the central portion is formed, for example by plastic deform... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5141618 | Frame unit for an electrolyser of the filter press type and electrolysers of the filter-press type Frame unit for an electrolyser of the filter-press type, comprising a vertical metal sheeting (1), a peripheral frame made up of two vertical uprights (2, 3) and of two horizontal lengthwise members (4, 5) and a metal sheet (6) covering the sheeting (1) a... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5141619 | Electrolyser having electrodes coupled in electrical series along a common vertical wall Electrolyzer comprising at least two elementary electrolysis cells (1), coupled in electrical series along a common vertical wall (6) which comprises two vertical metal plates (10, 11), arranged on either side of a peripheral frame (12) so as to define a ... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5141681 | Process and apparatus for the production of a packing sheet on a calender A calender for producing packing sheets has a heated cylinder of large diameter and an unheated pressure cylinder of smaller diameter which is movable toward and away from the heated cylinder to vary the width of a gap between the cylinders. A plastic mix... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5135482 | Hydrodynamic device for the elimination of an organic deposit obstructing a vessel of a human body A device and method for removal of organic deposit obstructions in blood vessels by use of a supersonic microjet liquid flow for canalizing the organic deposit obstruction to be removed. The device has a bendable tube insertable into a blood vessel in whi... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5131323 | Packing sheet calender A packing sheet calender comprises a cooled cylinder of small diameter and a heated cylinder of large diameter. The heated cylinder comprises a cylindrical casing and end walls with integral stub shafts projecting centrally from the end walls. At least on... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5130008 | Frame unit for an electrolyser of the filter-press type and monopolar electrolyser of the filter-press type Frame unit for an electrolyser of the filter-press type, comprising a vertical frame (1) defining an electrolysis chamber (13), an electrode in the electrolysis chamber, comprising a pair of vertical metal sheets (6) arranged facing each other, horizontal... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5122049 | Extruder-calender combination An extruder has a screw rotatable in a housing and an extrusion head having an upper part bolted to the housing and a lower part hingedly connected to the housing for movement between a closed operative position and an open position. The upper part of the... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5107951 | Device for driving four wheels of car at all times There is disclosed a device for driving four wheels of a car at all times. In this device, a differential is provided between the left front wheel shaft and right rear wheel shaft and likewise a differential is also provided between the right front wheel ... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5106224 | Device for rapid coupling of a driveshaft and a driven shaft and its application, in particular, to a motor vehicle steering system The device for coupling a shaft provided with a rod (10) having a noncircular end (11) and a shaft provided with a yoke (20) having a U-shaped fork (21) capable of pivoting in a direction (25) perpendicular to their common axis (X--X) comprises a guide su... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5106286 | Device for providing a seal on a drive shaft of an extrusion machine A seal on a drive shaft of an extrusion machine having a housing, is provided by a sealing chamber through which the shaft, for example the drive shaft of the shear spindle, extends in entering the housing, and a sealing screw thread on a portion of the s... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5092145 | Keeper for a lock for the rotational blocking of a shaft and its use on motor vehicle steering column anti-theft devices The lock keeper intended to be mounted on the periphery (11) of a shaft (10) comprises discs (21), each pierced through with a central orifice (210) intended for receiving this shaft (10) in order to stack them on it, and is made integral in terms of rota... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5083693 | Apparatus for the control of installation for treatment of strand-form products produced in an extruder or calender The invention relates to apparatus for controlling equipment for treating rubber and or plastic strand-form products produced by an extruder and/or calender, such equipment having at least one conveyor. The apparatus has a feeler roll carried by at least ... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5061166 | Extruder head An extruder head for producing profiles of rubber and/or plastic mixtures has a stationay main part which has a forward face in which the discharge ends of at least two extruders, rigid with the stationary main part open. The stationary main part has a tr... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5057283 | Automatic apparatus for cleaning dentistry hand-pieces or turbines Automatic apparatus for cleaning dental handpieces and turbines is in the form of a housing having a compartment with hinged door. Standard motor noses project down from the top of the compartment to receive handpieces or turbines to be cleaned. Cleaning ... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5055244 | Process and apparatus for the production of thin wall tubes from rubber - and/or plastic mixtures Apparatus for producing, from rubber and/or plastic mixtures, thin wall tubes for bicycle and motorcycle tires includes an extruder followed by a belt conveyor for transporting the extruded tube blank from the extruder, a scale for weighing the tube blank... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5048411 | Calender, in particular for the production of packing sheets A calender, in particular for the production of packing sheets, comprises a heated cylinder of larger diameter and a cooled cylinder of smaller diameter. The larger diameter cylinder is rotatably supported in calender stands by bearings which are in fixed... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5049362 | Apparatus for treatment of objects with UHF-energy The invention relates to an apparatus for treating objects with UHF-engergy comprising an elongated treating chamber, which is provided with UHF traps at entrance and exit ends, through which a conveyor runs and on its upper side is provided with UHF ener... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5020925 | Prestressed rolling radial bearing and its application particularly to automobile suspensions This bearing comprises an external piece (10) with a cylindrical housing (11), a hollow insert sleeve (20) with a circular external wall (21) and a curvilinear triangular internal wall (22), an internal piece (30) with a circular external seating (31) and... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5017002 | Overhead projector An overhead projector comprises a hollow base comprising a writing plate and a reflective Fresnel lens below the writing plate and an air space below the Fresnel lens. A hollow support arm projecting up from one side of the base carries a projection head ... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5017001 | Front lens for sunglasses Individual lenses of subsidiary glasses, such as sun glasses, are attached to lenses of ordinary glasses by means of three fasteners, each in the shape of a square arch, made of synthetic resin and each provided, at about the middle of the arch, with an i... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5013072 | Articulated tube connection, in particular for the exhaust pipework of a motor vehicle The connection has two inserted tubes, one of which, the outer tube (6), is enlarged in order to form a casing (8) for housing two support pads (10) which are held tightly between the two tubes and a radial projection (12) of the inner tube. A gasket (14,... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5002337 | Stackable and linkable chairs A stackable chair has a leg frame on which a seat and back are mounted. The leg frame comprises two lengths of flat tubing of dumb-bell shaped cross section bent to provide contiguous parallel portions which extend centrally transversely of the seat, port... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4995567 | Spring-loaded barrel, in particular for a seat belt retractor The barrel, which consists, inter alia, of a casing (10) defining a chamber (100), of a coverplate (20) with an orifice (21), of a hub (30) and of a spiral spring (40), comprises a device (50) for temporarily immobilizing the hub (30) in this chamber (100... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4982981 | Mechanism for seat belt with a manually adjustable position The mechanism, which is intended to be associated with a solid structure (10), comprises, among others, a body (30) pierced with a slot (31) one of the sides (312) of which is provided with indents (32) in the shape of a curvilinear triangle (320), a stud... | 01/08/1991 |
