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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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6688915 | Electric connector having conductive inner and outer shells securely fastened to each other An electric connector includes an insulating body, wherein connection parts to be connected with counterpart connectors are arranged in the height direction, a conductive outer wall shell put on the body and having an opening on the front side, and a cond... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6688496 | Dosing device for bulk materials The invention relates to a dosing device containing a supply container (8), a dosing container (30) and a discharge device (12). A separate vertical stirring section (22, 22A) is provided in each container, namely the supply container (8) and the dosing c... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6685616 | Method and apparatus for setting up at least one tool on a tool carrier in relation to format The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for setting up at least one holding arrangement for a workpiece in relation to format and/or for setting a tool on a tool carrier, selectable positions being provided in particular for the holding arrange... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6609831 | Method and arrangement for monitoring bearings rolling along a guide rail, especially bearings of a tenter chain of a tentering machine A method and apparatus continuously monitor the functional condition of the successive bearings of the tenter clips or claws of a tenter chain as the bearings roll along a contact surface of the endless guide rail of a tentering machine. A sensing arrange... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6609753 | Reclining passenger seat with adjustable cushioning properties A reclinable seat includes a seat bottom with a seat frame, and a backrest with a backrest frame pivotably connected to the seat bottom to be adjustable to an upright seating configuration and a reclined lying configuration. The seat bottom includes a sup... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6607166 | Inflatable flying body for the rescue descent of a person A person can safely descend from a burning high-rise building or the like using an inflatable flying body that has a hollow conical form in an inflated deployed condition, but is deflated and folded into a backpack form in a stowed condition. The flying b... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6601913 | Passenger chair with a convenience device A passenger chair or a group of passenger chairs, particularly in an aircraft cabin, is equipped with a convenience device that includes an open storage bail which can hold only flat articles but not waste material, and a waste container for holding waste... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601799 | Passenger aircraft cabin window construction An aircraft passenger cabin window construction is formed by a casing of modular elements that are easily assembled and permit using substantially larger inner window panes compared to the area size of outer window panes thereby avoiding forming a funnel ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601653 | Method and system for extinguishing fire in an enclosed space A system for suppressing fire in an enclosed space, e.g. an aircraft cabin or freight compartment, includes nitrogen tanks and/or generators to rapidly supply a limited quantity of nitrogen with-a high flow rate, and a membrane system to supply an essenti... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6595800 | Waterproof connector A waterproof connector includes a housing in which a terminal is to be held, having an opening on its terminal insertion side, a sealing member inserted in the opening of the housing, having a sealing part, which is provided on the outer circumference of ... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6595467 | Aircraft fuselage shell component with crack propagation resistance When stiffening members, such as stringers and frame members, are welded onto a skin sheet to form an aircraft fuselage shell, a crack originating in the skin sheet tends to propagate through the weld joints into the stiffening members. In order to preven... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6594889 | Method for processing leadframe A method of processing a leadframe involves steps of transporting a leadframe to load it into a lead processing unit including plural sets of processing presses; adjusting a press pitch of the processing presses according to a work pitch of workpieces on ... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6593824 | Process for reducing the decay and transient times of oscillating circuits A process for reducing the decay and build-up transient times of an intermittently operating oscillating circuit increases the data transmission rate of a transmission unit using such an oscillating circuit. In this process, the current and/or the voltage... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6592077 | Windows with a lens for an aircraft door A window for an aircraft door includes an outer pane, an inner pane, and a Fresnel lens element provided in the interspace formed between the inner and outer panes. The Fresnel lens element may be a self-supporting lens element pane positioned intermediat... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6591754 | Pyrotechnical ignition system with integrated ignition circuit A pyrotechnical ignition system with integrated ignition circuit for an occupant restraint system for motor vehicles includes electrical components for triggering or communication functions integrated therein, a capacitor arrangement, having a flat non-co... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6591587 | Process and apparatus for packaging flat articles Flat stacked articles 2, such as envelopes or packaging bags, and packaging blanks 5 are supplied to a packaging station 6, toward one another in offset parallel directions 4 and 15. Then, the stack 3 is moved into the packaging station 6 in an intake dir... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6591021 | Method and apparatus for correcting the gray levels of images of a digital infrared camera To correct the gray levels or pixel intensities of images provided by a digital infrared camera having a two-dimensional array of detector elements with non-sensitive areas therebetween, correction coefficients respectively allocated to the detector eleme... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6589348 | Method and apparatus for conveying electrically conductive paints between different voltage potentials An electrostatic paint atomizer connected to a discharge station at high voltage is supplied, via an isolating conveying line, with individual divided-off quantities of paint enclosed between two pigs from a loading station at the other end of the conveyi... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6589082 | Electric connector An electric connector is connected to an electric wire of a first article, and is to be fitted onto the first article and/or a second article. The contact of the electric connector shall directly contact a conductive part of the second article. To prevent... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6587486 | Laser beam source for a directional infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) weapon system A laser beam source and an operating method thereof is provided for a directional infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) weapon system for defensively countering guided missiles having infrared seeking heads, by directing an infrared laser beam at the guided mi... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6587188 | Method and sensor arrangement for measuring temperature and strain using an optical fiber embedded in a cover layer on a substrate In a sensor arrangement for sensing temperature and strain, an optical fiber with a Bragg grating therein is arranged on a substrate and embedded in a cover layer. The fiber is initially adhered onto an adhesive carrier, which then positions and applies t... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6583401 | Optoelectronic component with a conductor strip element A further miniaturization of known optoelectronic components with internal screening is not possible. In addition, inhomogeneities occur in the embedding material. Separate screening plates cause additional costs to arise during component assembly. The ta... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6578795 | Passenger orientation arrangement in a passenger cabin A seating space such as an aircraft passenger cabin has rows of seats along an aisle, identified by a row number and a seat location letter. A seat row indicator is arranged on the side flank of the seat back of each aisle seat, at the corner where the si... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6578616 | Roll changer for an apparatus for producing hygienic products A roll changer for splicing starting piece and end pieces of material webs to each other in an apparatus for producing hygienic products, includes carriers for web rolls, holding and guiding elements, severing elements and embossing rolls. The starting pi... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6577973 | Method and device for taking into account friction losses during the simulation of masses on stationary test benches To correct the loading moment due to the test bench related frictional losses in the simulation of masses on stationary test benches, a correction circuit (10) is connected to a weather detection device (13) which detects the air pressure (P), humidity (&... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6576368 | Positive active material for use in sealed alkaline storage batteries A positive active material for sealed alkaline storage batteries is obtainable by subjecting ଲ-nickel hydroxide, together with at least one additive selected from yttrium, gadolinium, erbium and ytterbium, and oxides, hydroxides, fluorides and chlor... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6576367 | Hydrogen storage alloy for use in alkaline storage batteries and method for production thereof A hydrogen storage alloy, for use in alkaline storage batteries, having a CaCu5 -type crystal structure and represented by the compositional formula MmNix Coy Mnz Ml-z (wherein M represents at least o... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6572700 | Semiconductor crystal, and method and apparatus of production thereof An apparatus and method of providing a large semiconductor crystal at a low cost are provided. The apparatus of producing a semiconductor crystal includes a reactor tube having an open end at least one end side, formed of any one material selected from th... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6572683 | Substance separation structure and method of preparing the same A substance separation structure comprises a base material including a porous material having a continuous hole with an opening of the hole formed on at least one surface, a porous layer, formed to fill up the opening, having a hole smaller than the hole ... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6569773 | Method for anisotropic plasma-chemical dry etching of silicon nitride layers using a gas mixture containing fluorine An etching gas mixture containing CHF3, SF6 and a non-oxidizing gas such as Ar is used as an etching gas mixture for the anisotropic plasma-chemical dry-etching of a silicon nitride layer differentially or selectively relative to a s... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6569074 | Apparatus for folding folded products such as mailing bags and envelopes In order to fold folded products having sealing flaps with or without mating flaps, such as packaging bags including envelopes with or without self-adhesive glue, the envelopes are moved against a stationary stop and the mating flaps and the sealing flaps... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6568853 | Guide device for relative movement between ram and column formed of splittable members A guide device includes a shaft member and a column. The column has a through hole formed therein and the shaft member penetrates the through hole of the column. A plurality of pockets are formed on an inner circumferential surface of the through hole of ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6568637 | Aircraft door An aircraft door has a trough substantially closed by an outer planking (21) except for a vent that vents the space enclosed by the trough and the planking to the atmosphere outside of the aircraft. The door also includes a door stiffening door framing th... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6564717 | Circuit arrangement for driving an occupant protection system gas generator whose ignition process can be influenced by a magnetic field The disclosure describes a circuit arrangement for driving an occupant protection system gas generator whose ignition process can be influenced by a magnetic field; this is based on a switching control principle, with the load coil generating the magnetic... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6563232 | Process for triggering passenger protection systems A passenger protection system is triggered directly at least when a second stage is reached among at least two different stages of an accident hazard an/or accident force, determined in accordance with sensor signals. Already when a first accident hazard ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6560088 | Method and circuit arrangement for reducing noise produced by electromagnetically actuated devices In an electromagnetically actuatable device, an electromagnet is driven with a controlled current progression so that the armature of the electromagnet can be actuated at the lowest possible current level while still achieving the most rapid overall incre... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6557270 | Sole design and structure for athletic shoe A shoe sole structure includes an outsole that extends from a heel region to a forefoot region of a shoe, and a midsole that is disposed above the outsole and extends from the heel region to a midfoot region of the shoe. A heel portion of the outsole incl... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6554906 | Wafer holder for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus and semiconductor manufacturing apparatus using the same A wafer holder is configured of a pair of ceramic base members and conductive layers each posed between the ceramic base members. The conductive layer has a body facing a wafer and an extension protruding from the body to the outside of a vacuum chamber f... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6548949 | Wedge base bulb The wedge base bulb includes a bulb body having a colored glass bulb and a press-sealed portion. Further, a tubular insulation collar is mounted to cover press-sealed portion. Bulb body is formed in a process in that a molding section of a glass tube incl... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6548787 | Ceramic heater A ceramic substrate for a ceramic heater includes aluminum nitride, silicon nitride or silicon carbide as the main component for increasing mechanical strength and improving thermal shock resistance, and a proper additive for controlling thermal conductiv... | 04/15/2003 |
