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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6953004 | Seasoning recovery and recycle Seasoning for use with snack chips can be recovered and recycled. A seasoning permeable conveyor transports snack chips through a seasoning application. The seasoning applicator deposits seasoning onto the snack chips. The conveyor allows the seasoning not adhered t... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6893673 | Method for controlling snack product blistering through the use of solid lipid particles An improved method for controlling blister formation in fabricated, expanded snack products by utilizing discrete, solid lipid particles. These lipids must be solid at room temperature with a melting point above 100° F. such that they remain discrete and solid when... | 05/17/2005 |
| D503256 | Snack food | 03/29/2005 |
| 6809446 | Yoke housing and motor A yoke housing accommodates an armature having a coil and has a tubular circumferential wall. The yoke housing includes a plurality of pieces, which form the yoke housing, and a fracture portion, which is located along a boundary between the pieces. The fracture por... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6800485 | Chemical spot test for lead in paint and other media A one-step chemical spot test for the qualitative determination of lead in lead-based paint and other media. This test is based upon the reaction of lead with sodium rhodizonate under strong acid conditions to develop an intense purple colored complex. The acid pref... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6797213 | Method and apparatus for producing a curly puff extrudate A method and apparatus for cutting a puff extrudate utilizing a blade that passes through the extrudate while the extrudate is in a viscous melt stage. The present invention utilizes a tube to facilitate production of a curly puff extrudate. A gap is provided in bet... | 09/28/2004 |
| D496142 | Snack food | 09/21/2004 |
| 6783787 | Apparatus and method for improving the dimensional quality of direct-expanded food products having complex shapes The present invention comprises an improved extruder die assembly and method for using same to improve the quality of dimensional design aspects of extruded, complexly shaped, direct expanded food products. The improved system includes an improved extruder die assem... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6770233 | Flapper assembly for producing a curly puff extrudate An improved method of applying a controlled pressure to the flapper in a curly puff production apparatus. The present invention uses a pneumatic system to apply a pressure to a flapper. The invention utilizes a rotary actuator that applies a near constant pressure t... | 08/03/2004 |
| D493271 | Snack food chip | 07/27/2004 |
| D492087 | Curly shaped puffed extrudate snack food | 06/29/2004 |
| 6746743 | Multi-layer flexible package with removable section A flexible container with a wall structure comprised of multi-layer, flexible thin films, including a first film layer that is affixed to the wall structure by a releasable adherence and that incorporates a removable promotional piece. The removable promotional piec... | 06/08/2004 |
| D490589 | Sinusoidal shaped puffed extrudate snack food | 06/01/2004 |
| D490709 | Snack food container cap | 06/01/2004 |
| 6729109 | Method and apparatus for making flat bottom bags A flat bottom bag or flexible package, and method for manufacturing same, constructed by modification to existing vertical form and fill packaging machines. The invention involves producing a flat bottom bag from a single sheet of packaging film by creating two vert... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6732010 | Method, system, and product for associating subcomponents with a particular storage library A system, method, and product are disclosed for associating subcomponents with a storage library. A unique identifier is stored in a particular storage library. Each subcomponent that is a part of the particular storage library is then associated with the particular... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6728770 | Method and apparatus for workload balancing along multiple communication paths to a plurality of devices An apparatus and method for workload balancing along multiple communication paths to a plurality of devices. The apparatus includes a controller that accumulates path usage information and a path balancing device that makes use of the accumulated path usage informat... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6722106 | Vertical stand-up pouch A vertical stand-up pouch or flexible package, and method for manufacturing same, constructed by modification to existing vertical form and fill packaging machines. The invention involves producing a vertical stand-up pouch from a single sheet of packaging film by c... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6722873 | Apparatus for producing a curly puff extrudate A process and apparatus for the production of a spiral or coil shaped puffed extrudate. A tube or other peripheral containment vessel is placed at the exit end of an extruder die. A force or resistance is then applied on the extrudate downstream of the glass transit... | 04/20/2004 |
| D487951 | Snack food | 04/06/2004 |
| D487606 | Snack food | 03/23/2004 |
| 6705413 | Drilling with casing A method and apparatus for drilling directional wellbores using a casing string as a drill stem is taught. A retrievable bit is mounted at an end of the casing string and either a mud motor with a bent housing and/or bent sub or a rotary steerable tool is used to di... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6682469 | Inside printing of flexible packages A flexible package, and method for manufacturing same, that provides for the presentation of graphics inside the package using existing converter and vertical form and fill packaging machine technology. The invention involves producing a slightly wider fi... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6679630 | Self-standing package and method for making the same A flexible self-standing package and method for making the same provides for a package that has its own support mechanism. Thereby, a package, such as a snack food package, can be displayed in an upright position without the need to be placed against anot... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6679034 | Vertical stand-up pouch quick change module A vertical stand-up pouch, flat bottom bag, or flexible package, and method for manufacturing same, constructed with a quick change module modification to existing vertical form and fill packaging machines. The invention involves producing a vertical stan... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6676066 | Spiral winder wrinkle remover A spiral winder wrinkle remover capable of wrapping a material of varying thickness into a structurally stable, smooth coil. As a material is supplied to the spiral winder, the collecting device, such as a spool, rotates and oscillates linearly along the ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6665999 | Seal jaw modules for reclose bag modification to vertical form, fill, and seal packaging system A self-aligning zipper seal module adapted for quick change-out in a sealing carriage. The zipper seal module allows for a quick modification of a sealing carriage in order to accommodate different package dimensions. The module is stored and is installed... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6663904 | Shelf-stable soft pretzel A method for making a shelf-stable soft pretzel without using a caustic bath. The method substitutes several processing steps for the caustic bath, in combination with other microbal spoilage hurdle strategies, resulting in a uniformly browned, topically ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6651887 | Reading and interpreting barcodes using low resolution line scan cameras A method is disclosed of decoding a code 39 barcode when distortion and noise are high, such as when a low-resolution line-scan camera is utilized. A window looks at five bars at a time to determine if they fit the requirements of a code 39 character, i.e... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6647538 | Apparatus and method for signal skew characterization utilizing clock division An on-chip apparatus and method for measuring signal skew between two on-chip signals are provided. The apparatus and method generate a pulse train which is at a first state during a time period between a clocking of a circuit component and a time at whic... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6644237 | Variable geometry seasoning tumbler The variable geometry seasoning tumbler is an adjustable tumbling device that allows for the uniform application of seasoning of snack food product such as potato chips, tortilla chips, corn chips, and the like. With the adjustable tumbling device, unifor... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6641306 | Package with protrusion pouch and method for making the same A flexible package and method for making the same provides for a package that has a pouch formed adjacent to a portion of a package. Thereby, the package, such as a snack food package, can be filled with one product in the main compartment of the package ... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6640474 | Trading card and display stand A trading card having an electroluminescent feature in combination with a display stand providing a power source. When the trading card is placed in the display stand, the power source from the display stand energizes the electroluminescent feature of the... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6638553 | System and method for monolayer alignment snack chip transfer The system and method for monolayer alignment snack chip transfer process a snack chip from a first to a second conveyor. By using a roll at the discharge of the toast oven conveyor that has a diameter that is substantially closer in size to the pickup ro... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6637906 | Electroluminescent flexible film for product packaging A flexible electroluminescent film, and packaging material and packages made therefrom, that incorporates electroluminescent material within the polymer packaging film layers to enable the film to be illuminated without an external light source. The film ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6619226 | Sifter seasoning applicator The seasoning applicator applies seasoning onto snack food products such as potato chips, corn chips, tortilla chips, and the like in a two-dimensional seasoning pattern. A two compartment sifting assembly has a first top layer having a screen where seaso... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6616392 | Input control for rotary sealing turret A method and apparatus for regulating the throughput of a rotary turret heat-sealing machine, without changing the rotational speed of the rotary turret. An indexing clutch is controlled to feed cans into the rotary turret such that only a predetermined n... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6610344 | Process for making a shaped snack chip The process for making a shaped snack chip uses various components to form a chip having depth such as a bowl-shaped tortilla chip. The chips are formed by sheeting into an initial flat shape. The chips are then passed along for shaping by a mold and plun... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6607772 | Method and apparatus for producing a braided puff extrudate A process and apparatus for the production of a braid shaped puffed extrudate. A tube or other peripheral containment vessel is placed at the exit end of an extruder die that produces two or more extrudate streams. A circular air stream is then introduced... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6600967 | Automated physical disk storage and management A data storage system for remote access to stored data. The innovative system uses a storage library to contain magnetic hard disks and automatically replaces the hard disks upon failure, without human intervention. Failed disks are removed from the libra... | 07/29/2003 |
