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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 |
| 8056530 | Direct injection spark ignition internal combustion engine and method for controlling same In a direct injection spark ignition internal combustion engine that performs an Atkinson cycle operation in which the time to close intake valves is retarded, the tumble flow in the engine cylinder is intensified by fuel injected from a fuel injection valve during ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7802554 | Direct injection spark ignition internal combustion engine and method for controlling same A direct injection spark ignition internal combustion engine includes a fuel injection valve and fuel injection control device that controls fuel injection such that a fuel is injected from an upper area of an engine cylinder toward a top face of a piston through th... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7597085 | Direct fuel injection-type spark ignition internal combustion engine When a homogeneous combustion is to be executed at a lean air-fuel ratio, a tumbling flow that whirls in the cylinder descending in the cylinder bore on the exhaust valve side and ascending in the cylinder bore on the intake valve side, is intensified by the fuel th... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7431012 | Diesel combustion system with re-entrant piston bowl A diesel combustion system with a re-entrant piston bowl utilizes momentum interaction with the bowl at multiple locations to cause recirculation of the partially burned fuel and combustion products in a toroidal flow so as to consume soot formed during an earlier p... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7395806 | Reciprocating internal-combustion engine with direct fuel injection by means of an injector arranged on the intake side A reciprocating internal-combustion engine having at least two gas intake ports (3) with gas intake valves (6), at least one gas exhaust port (4) with a gas exhaust valve (7) and at least one ignition device (14) per cylinder (1... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7387104 | Internal combustion engine with direct gasoline injection and controlled ignition An internal combustion engine with direct gasoline injection and controlled ignition, having at least one cylinder, a cylinder head, sealing the cylinder, a piston, arranged to run in the cylinder, a combustion chamber, defined by the piston and the cylinder head, a... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7383812 | Fuel injector A fuel injector is disclosed that includes a valve body with a plurality of nozzle holes for injecting fuel in a hollow spray from the fuel injector. The plurality of nozzle holes each include an outlet. The valve body also includes at least one air-introducing aper... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7357116 | Direct injection internal combustion engine A direct injection engine has a fuel injection valve that directs a spray of fuel to each side of a spark plug electrode. The fuel mixes with the air to define a region of relatively richer air-fuel mixture and a region of relatively leaner air-fuel mixture. The ele... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353797 | Combustion chamber for internal combustion engine A geometry for an IC combustion chamber is disclosed that increases the air-fuel mixing efficiency within the chamber. The piston head includes a squish surface portion for generating a squish jet, and a bowl portion that cooperatively with the cylinder head defines... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353813 | Spark ignition engine, controller for use in the engine, ignition coil for use in the engine An engine generating two or more ignition sparks by the same spark plug, which can avoid a torque reduction caused by misfire of main ignition, can start firing and burning at proper timing depending on operating conditions, and can reduce misfires. A novel controll... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347181 | Direct injection spark ignition engine A direct injection spark ignition engine comprises a cylinder, a piston, a fuel injector arranged at one side of a center axis of the cylinder for directly injecting fuel into the combustion chamber, and a smoothly continuous lowered recess formed on a top surface o... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341053 | Combustion chamber structure of an internal combustion engine A squish surface having the shape of a plane surface orthogonal to the axis of a piston is formed on the intake side of the piston top surface. A squish area is formed between the squish surface and a plane surface-shaped squish surface on the cylinder head side, an... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7318406 | Bowl-in-piston of a cylinder in a direct injection engine A piston in a direct injection spark ignition internal combustion engine is configured to reciprocate upward and downward within a combustion chamber along a reciprocating axis. The piston comprises an upper end which partly defines the combustion chamber; a bowl de... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318397 | High efficiency high power internal combustion engine operating in a high compression conversion exchange cycle A piston (10), a spring (15) operatively coupled to a piston, the spring being inside (21) or outside (41) the piston, and if the spring is inside the piston, the diameter of the spring is equal to 0.7 to 0.9, and if it is outside of the ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7258104 | Method and apparatus for controlling operation of dual mode HCCI engines An intake and exhaust system for a dual mode HCCI engine, which provides superior intake temperature control and homogeneity for engine operation in SI and HCCI modes, as well as during transition between SI and HCCI modes and vice-versa. The system includes adjuste... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7249585 | Swirl system intake manifold for an internal combustion engine An intake manifold with a swirl system for an internal combustion engine having a number of cylinders; the intake manifold has, for each cylinder, an intake conduit connecting the intake manifold to the cylinder and in turn having two parallel channels; the swirl sy... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7240645 | Internal combustion engine The invention concerns an internal-combustion engine, the engine comprising a first combustion chamber, a first piston displaceably guided in the first combustion chamber, the first piston facing the first combustion chamber with a first piston surface in a first di... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240661 | Fuel injection device for internal combustion engine The present invention provides a fuel injection device comprising an intake pipe having interior wall surfaces for providing air from an upstream side to a downstream side and a fuel injection port disposed in the intake pipe between the surfaces for providing fuel ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7219634 | Spark ignition engine control device For the purpose of improving the fuel efficiency by lean combustion and enhancing the fuel efficiency improvement effects by performing compression ignition efficiently in some cylinders, a multi-cylinder spark ignition engine is constructed such that exhaust gas, t... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7213564 | Direct injection combustion chamber geometry An obstruction is employed in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. The obstruction is located within the chamber to generate turbulence and break-up or disrupt the soot rich zone within a directly injected quantity of fuel that is burning. More spe... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210448 | Internal combustion engine producing low emissions An engine is provided which includes various precise configuration parameters, including dimensions, shape and/or relative positioning of the combustion chamber features, resulting in a combustion process minimizing NOx emissions and particulates. The combustion cha... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204225 | Internal combustion engine with auxiliary combustion chamber An internal combustion engine includes a main combustion chamber and a small auxiliary combustion chamber. The main chamber is formed by a cylinder, the undersurface of a cylinder head, and the crown of a piston. A main ignition unit is disposed in the cylinder head... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7165528 | Two-valve high squish flow I.C. engine An improved ignition-engine system for internal combustion engines comprising a compact combustion chamber in the cylinder head and two main squish zones (101a, 101b) for producing high flow and turbulence, and at least one minor squish z... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7121253 | Cylinder injection type internal combustion engine, control method for internal combustion engine, and fuel injection valve There is provided a cylinder injection type internal combustion engine capable of performing stratified charge operation at the time of a vehicle speed of 120 km/h and/or an engine rotational speed of 3200 rpm to enhance the fuel efficiency and/or to observe the emi... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117843 | Emission reduction in a diesel engine using an alternative combustion process and a low-pressure EGR loop A compression ignition engine (20) has a control system (26) for processing data, one or more combustion chambers (22), and fuel injectors (24) for injecting fuel into the combustion chambers. The control system controls fueling using a r... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7104247 | Direct fuel injection engine A direct fuel injection engine has a fuel injection valve that injects fuel toward a cavity formed in a top of a piston, and a spark plug that ignites the fuel-air mixture resulting from the fuel injection. The direct fuel injection engine is configured to strengthe... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7089909 | Choke valve provided with an integrated electromagnetic actuator for an intake manifold with a retracting tumble system A choke valve for an intake manifold with a retracting tumble system for an engine provided with a number of cylinders, the choke valve being adapted to vary the passage section of the air through an intake duct which connects each cylinder with the intake manifold ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086378 | Direct fuel injection internal combustion engine A direct fuel injection internal combustion engine includes a fuel injector arranged above a center portion of the piston and positioned higher than a combustion chamber upper surface of a cylinder head. The cylinder head includes a recess portion in which a tip of ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7077099 | Direct injection type internal combustion engine In a starting time in which an air motion is little, a means for heightening the motion is added, from the starting time a stratification combustion operation is enabled to carry out, and a discharge of an unburned fuel is minimized. From the starting time of an eng... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7066115 | Internal combustion engine/hydraulic motor/fluid pump provided with opposite pistons An internal combustion engine has a pair of opposed pistons held within an elliptical guide of the engine housing. The pistons reciprocate within a cylinder attached to a shaft. A combustion chamber is formed within the shaft and positioned to be between the pistons... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055490 | In-cylinder injection, spark ignited internal combustion engine An in-cylinder injection, spark ignited internal combustion engine including a fuel injection valve spraying fuel substantially in a sector having a relatively small thickness and spreading substantially vertically to implement homogenous combustion and stratified c... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7055491 | Piston-cylinder combination for a combustion engine A combustion engine with compression-initiated combustion comprises at least one cylinder in which a piston is movable axially between a lower dead center point and an upper dead center point, with a dead volume between the cylinder and the piston at the upper dead ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7051702 | Intake apparatus for internal combustion engine An intake apparatus for an internal combustion engine, including a partition extending in a longitudinal direction of an intake port so as to divide an inside region of the intake port into a first passage and a second passage, and a gas motion control valve dispose... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7047741 | Methods for low emission, controlled temperature combustion in engines which utilize late direct cylinder injection of fuel A method is provided for close control and adjustment of in-cylinder oxygen concentration levels together with boost adjustments to minimize harmful emissions during transients in engines which utilize late direct cylinder injection of fuel. EGR flow rates are adjus... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7028662 | Direct fuel injection engine A direct fuel injection engine is provided that an appropriate stratified fuel-air mixture is formed to conduct good stratified combustion over a wide range of loads. The engine has a fuel injection valve that is arranged at an upper surface of the combustion chambe... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021279 | Direct injection internal combustion engine with NOx-reduced emissions A direct injection internal combustion engine, especially an Otto engine, is provided with layered lean operation and internal exhaust-gas recirculation. An exhaust-gas aftertreatment for reducing Nox using an Nox storage catalyst is also provided. This combination ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7013863 | Cylinder injection type internal combustion engine, control method for internal combustion engine, and fuel injection valve There is provided a cylinder injection type internal combustion engine capable of performing stratified charge operation at the time of a vehicle speed of 120 km/h and/or an engine rotational speed of 3200 rpm to enhance the fuel efficiency and/or to observe the emi... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7011070 | Method of reducing particulates and enhancing burning rate within a combustion chamber A method and apparatus generate turbulence and impact on soot rich zone within a burning fuel jet within a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. A reservoir accumulates charge and projects the charge into a combustion chamber and into and around the b... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6971365 | Auto-ignition gasoline engine combustion chamber and method A combustion chamber for an internal combustion engine includes a closed end cylinder having an axis. A piston is reciprocable in the cylinder and includes a generally flat rim having an inner edge surrounding a recessed bowl into which the fuel is primarily injecte... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6966294 | Internal combustion engine producing low emissions An engine is provided which includes various precise configuration parameters, including dimensions, shape and/or relative positioning of the combustion chamber features, resulting in a combustion process minimizing NOx emissions and particulates. The combustion cha... | 11/22/2005 |
