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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 |
| 7393096 | Inkjet printer with cutting mechanism control An inkjet printer includes a conveyance belt including a groove, a conveyance mechanism, a cutting mechanism, a control unit, and a judgment unit. After the cutting mechanism cuts the printing medium, the judgment unit judges whether or not a cut position of the pri... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7143688 | Binding device Binding apparatus for binding wire around pulp bales are disclosed including a wire magazine, a wire feeder for feeding and stretching the wire, a guide for guiding the wire from the feeder around the pulp bale, a wire cutter and twister for cutting the wire and twi... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7100864 | Turning bar A turning bar is used to turn a web of material. The turning bar includes an outer jacket that is provided with holes on at least one section of its circumference. An inner chamber of the turning bar is provided with compressed air. A piston is arranged in the inner... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7066091 | Methods and apparatus for controlling impurity levels in an enclosed printing press environment Methods and apparatus for controlling impurity levels in an enclosed printing press environment are disclosed. A disclosed system controls impurity levels by using variable speed fans to control the intake of air into the enclosed environment and the exhausting of a... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7033015 | Inkjet printer An inkjet printer includes a conveyance belt including a groove, a conveyance mechanism, a cutting mechanism, a control unit, and a judgment unit. After the cutting mechanism cuts the printing medium, The judgment unit judges whether or not a cut position of the pri... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6752915 | Web conveying apparatus, and apparatus and method for electrodeposition using web conveying apparatus The present invention provides a web conveying apparatus for conveying a web while holding the web and applying tension to the web, wherein the conveying apparatus has a plurality of rollers with which the web contacts to be conveyed, and at least one roller of the ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6598529 | Method and device for detecting faults during transport of a web A method for detecting faults during transport of a web in a web-fed printing machine, wherein web speed is determined by contact-free measurement, in accordance with the Doppler principle, includes the steps of: by applying microwaves, determining a firs... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6499641 | Rope system A rope system includes an endless rope, a measuring device and a rope cutter. The endless rope is configured to travel through a machine, while the endless rope is under tension. The measuring device is used to measure the tension in the endless rope. The... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6058836 | Apparatus for preventing a web from winding about a printing cylinder on break An offset perfecting press is disclosed wherein a web is printed on both sides while traveling between a pair of blanket cylinders. In the event of a web break downstream of the blanket cylinders, the web is conventionally cut off immediately upstream of ... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5767963 | Method and apparatus of detecting a yarn lap on a rotating roll The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for detecting a yarn wind on a rotating roll partially looped by the yarn and associated with a yarn processing apparatus, and which includes a light source for directing to the monitoring range of the ro... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5691908 | Method for actuator identification during the transverse profile control of a continuous material web A number of identified actuators are adjusted by identical absolute values which have an effect on a web end only within a noise level. A series of transverse profile measurements are then carried out, from which in each case a previously determined mean ... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5574529 | Method of inspecting a negative film in a photographic processing apparatus A method of inspecting a negative film in a photographic processing apparatus includes the steps of using a detector to detect location data (i.e., preforations) arranged at equal intervals on the negative film, electrically comparing the detected locatio... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5511713 | Lateral static guide for a web loop of variable width A construction for guiding and holding an image recording material such as a photographic paper, including a pair of guide plates, a feed screw, and a control unit. The guide plates are disposed so as to oppose each other and are spaced apart from each ot... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5485945 | Opening apparatus having an alignment system for producing a continuous metal strip from a split-tube Twin metal billets are fed to dual circumferential grooves formed in a rotating wheel. The billets are advanced first to a wedge-shaped gap which deforms the billets and are then advanced to a die. The die has a die opening with a circumferentially discon... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5438349 | Thermal printer label gap sensor and method for controlling same An apparatus and method for sensing gaps between labels adhered to a backing material in longitudinally spaced-apart positions as the backing material travels along the print path of a thermal printer. An array of light-emitting diodes oriented transverse... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5379659 | Method for setting a sensor in a web movement control device A method of adjusting the working point of a web movement control device beyond the measuring range of the sensor is disclosed.... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5061946 | Microprocessor controlled thermal printer A microprocessor controlled thermal printer particularly usable in a hand-held labeler for printing labels on a composite web detects indices on the web and utilizes the detected indices to position the labels relative to the print head. The printer utili... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5061947 | Microprocessor controlled thermal printer A microprocessor controller thermal printer particularly usable in a hand-held labeler for printing labels on a composite web detects indices on the web and automatically adjusts the distance that the web is advanced based on a measurement of the distance... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4938404 | Apparatus and method for ultrasonic control of web A turning guide for a running web and which guide has a curved guide surface with air slots therein and pressurized air supplied from a blower is delivered through a plenum to the guide to form a cushion of pressurized air which floatingly supports the we... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4938619 | Arrangement for position indication of an edge of sheet-shaped data carrier An arrangement for position indication of an edge of a sheet, which is transported between a lower and an upper guide plate of a printing apparatus, can be simplified and improved with respect to its indication accuracy in that an elastic tape is provided... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4928198 | High voltage electrode device A high voltage electrode device including a plurality of individual electrodes having end portions projecting beyond an insulating surface and arranged to form at least one group or electrically connected electrodes and apparatus for energizing and deener... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4924266 | Printer for continuous form In a printer for printing information onto a continuous form, at least one of opposite side edges of the continuous form is detected by a side-edge detecting arrangement. It is judged that a traveling abnormality of the continuous form occurs, when a dete... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4875610 | Method of and system for driving magnetic tape A unidirectional traveling-surface-wave by ultrasonic oscillation is generated on a surface of an oscillator, and a magnetic tape is run in the direction opposite to the traveling direction of the surface wave by pressing the surface of the oscillator aga... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4573619 | Tape guide mechanism for dynamic tracking control A tape guide mechanism includes an edge-guide element extending radially from a central axis. A tape guide roller, rotatable about the central axis, is arranged for urging an advancing magnetic tape laterally in the direction of the edge-guide element, to... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4488670 | Continuous form feeder A continuous forms feeder in which the restacking of the continuous forms is facilitated. Panels of the continuous forms are sequentially fed at a predetermined linear speed from a stack in a supply station through a work station, such as a print or expos... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4485982 | Web tracking system A web tracking system for a continuous web of material which is transported from a supply to a takeup means along a predetermined path via one or more processing stations and comprises aligned tracking indica along at least one edge of the web. Means are ... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4455549 | Indication device A device for indicating the triggering of a signal transducer in, for example, thread surveillance and monitoring systems. In one device according to the present invention, the signal transducers are, on the one hand, coupled in series by means of lines b... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4334764 | Sheet feeding apparatus Apparatus for automatically feeding sheet material such as fan fold paper to a photocopier in which the apparatus may be movable towards and away from the window of the photocopier either by disconnecting the apparatus completely from the photocopier by m... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4276547 | Film thickness detection system A film flaw detection system has capacitive sensing members for sensing capacitance changes in correspondence with irregular film variations. The sensing members take two forms. One form senses variation in film thickness by using the film as a dielectric... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4272688 | Strip break detector system A strip break detection system is disclosed for a process line in which strip material is being payed out from a payoff reel to a rewind reel. The system is digital, and is based on the concept that for normal mill operation, with continuous strip being p... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4209119 | Tape drive control apparatus A tape drive control apparatus in which a tape is wound on a capstan rotating at a constant speed and driven by the friction between the capstan and the tape without using a pinch roller. The tape is moved apart from the capstan upon the fast mode such as... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4187132 | Method for transversely cutting and hemming a web of fabric A web of towel material having pile sections separated by narrow transverse strips of unpiled or plain cloth is fed onto an input table 4 of a cutting and hemming machine beneath a row of individually controlled drive rollers 5. When a plain transverse st... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4120239 | Strapping machine A strapping machine and method for applying flexible, heat sealable straps around objects in which the supply coil of strap and the feed rollers for a strap accumulating compartment are driven by a common rotatable drive for synchronous feeding. A strap f... | 10/17/1978 |
