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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 |
| 7942327 | Magnetic data processing apparatus and noise reduction method for such apparatus The magnetic data processing apparatus includes a magnetic head and a motor arranged to reduce noise due to leakage flux from the motor. The magnetic data processing apparatus may form a check processing apparatus 1 having an MICR head 2 and a transpor... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7806333 | Tracking RFID tags with overlapping antennas A system for tracking RFID tags with a reader device having a plurality of antennas. The antennas are positioned such that portions of at least two of the plurality of antennas physically overlap each other and are in approximately the same plane. A pair of overlapp... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7721963 | Method for generating a protective electromagnetic field for a card reading device The invention describes a device for a self-service terminal which contains a card reading device, for preventing the possibility of data on a card which is to be read by the card reading device 10 being spied-out by means of a spying-out apparatus which is i... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7429859 | Device for punctual measurement of a radiofrequency magnetic field with constant amplitude and frequency The invention concerns a device for measuring a radiofrequency magnetic field, characterised in that it comprises on a common support (10): a coil forming a primary reception antenna; a voltage-controlled oscillator, monitored so that its output frequency dep... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7377434 | Magnetic card processor with improved fraud resistance A card processor which can substantially reliably prevent magnetic data recorded in a magnetic card and can remarkably enhance security. In the card processor, two radiation sources radiate disturbing magnetic fields outside of an insertion slot. A disturbing magnet... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7343252 | Method, system and apparatus for passively monitoring the maintenance and distribution of fluid products to heavy work vehicles A method and apparatus for passively monitoring the distribution of fuel and lubrication fluids to track vehicles and other heavy duty work equipment, such as bulldozers, draglines, scrapers, loaders, etc. The system includes means for identifying and recording the ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338709 | Security yarn and production method therefor According to the present invention, there is provided a security thread whose existence is not clarified, which is prevented beforehand from being removed, which can be attached even to a form of a commodity heretofore regarded as difficult, and whose use purpose ra... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7290709 | Information card system A data distribution system (10) including an information card (12) to work with a reader (14, 72). The information card (12) includes visible indicia (20) on its front, stripe zones (34) and a ring zone (36) nominally... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289230 | Wireless substrate-like sensor A wireless substrate-like sensor is provided to facilitate alignment and calibration of semiconductor processing systems. The wireless substrate-like sensor includes an optical image acquisition system that acquires one or more images of targets placed within the se... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7222789 | Bar code reading device having image processing mode The invention relates to a bar code reading device of the type having an imaging assembly including a two dimensional image sensor and which may be moved between varying positions, orientations and angles relative to a substrate. In one embodiment a bar code reading... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7172507 | Card game monitoring system, card game table and monitoring method To reduce monitoring staff and reduce cost by automating monitoring, a card game monitoring system includes a wirelessly communicating, identifying information recording device embedded in a card for recording information for identifying itself; identifying informat... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7132825 | Detection device A device for detecting the displacement of an object comprising a ferromagnetic material, comprises a magnetic circuit generator provided with first and a second cores made of ferromagnetic material and an excitation coil and a measurement coil. The magnetic circuit... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7114653 | IC card and card reader An IC card according to the present invention is configured to be communicable with a card reader by receiving a high-frequency signal transmitted from the card reader through an antenna unit provided on an IC card body, rectifying the high-frequency signal to gener... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7113104 | Giant magnetoresistance based gyroscope A gyroscope (10) for determining rate of rotation includes a giant magnetoresistor (GMR) (14) attached to a mass (12) oscillating along a first axis. When the gyroscope (10) is rotated, the mass (12) also oscillates along a second ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7099070 | Multi-imager multi-source multi-use coded data source data input product Working with an information system operating an application—are an imager, a coded data source, and a computer-readable signal-bearing medium signal (FIG. 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32, 33, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 51, 52, 53,... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090130 | Method and apparatus for generating images of magnetic fields in at least two dimensions Apparatus and Methods for imaging magnetic fields and for using images of magnetic fields in the authentication of magnetic stripe cards or documents are disclosed. The systems described provide an increased tolerance for misalignments of magnetic reading heads. One... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7070101 | Loop antenna and contactless IC card read/write apparatus To provide a loop antenna capable of attenuating the distant electric field with the attenuation of the magnetic flux in the vicinity of an electromagnetic wave restrained, and a contactless IC card read/write apparatus. A loop antenna 10 has an electr... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7036731 | Reading method for data in card reader and card reader utilizing the same A reading method for data in a card reader including: (a) inserting a card provided with a magnetic stripe into a card insertion part, (b) reading data in the magnetic stripe with a data read section at least at a time of insertion or extraction of the card, (c) com... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7028897 | Adaptor for magnetic stripe card reader An adaptor allows a magnetic stripe card reader to receive information from other media such as wireless proximity chip cards while maintaining the ability to receive a magnetic stripe card. In accordance with one embodiment, the adaptor includes a simulacrum struct... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7031470 | Protection of data on media recording disks This invention discloses a secure recording medium having at least one of audio, video and software content, comprising a plurality of media recording disks (DVD's) with a disk security chip embedded in each the DVD, each the disk chip comprising a security key, whe... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7025265 | Information card system A data distribution system (10) including an information card (12) and a reader (14). The information card (12) includes visible indicia (20) on its front and stripe zones (34) and a ring zone (36) on its back. The zo... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7009386 | Non-contact position sensor utilizing multiple sensor elements A non-contact position sensor including a plurality of sensor elements configured in an array. Each of the sensor elements is configured to provide an output associated with each of a plurality of positions of a sensor control element relative to the position sensor... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6945460 | Imaged coded data source transducer product The product comprises an imager (21), a coded data source (11), and a variable property having a first use, with light emanating from the coded data source (11) representing the first use and specifying which portion of light detected (12... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6940277 | Giant magnetoresistance based nanopositioner encoder An encoder (10) for a nanopostioner (24) includes a strip of magnetic bits (18) for producing discrete magnetic fields and a giant magnetoresistor (GMR) (14) which changes in electrical resistance in response to changes in the magnetic fi... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6937011 | Detector for magnetizable material using amplitude and phase discrimination A detector for magnetizable materials operates remotely to determine a amplitude and phase modification of an exciting magnetic field caused by the magnetizable materials. These amplitude and phase measurements are used to create a phase-amplitude trajectory in phas... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6783070 | Scaneze check-in-check-out library workstation A device for the sensitization/desensitization of magnetic security strips/EAS markers, the device comprising an electromagnetic transducer that operates alternately on AC/DC power to provide a small zone of electromagnetic flux that will sensitize/desensitize such ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6637653 | Method of measuring coercive force of a magnetic card A method for judging coercive force of a magnetic card to judge coercive force of a magnetic card to be used. According to the method for judging coercive force of a magnetic card for reproducing or recording magnetic information formed on a low coercive ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6622913 | Security system for protecting various items and a method for reading a code pattern A reading head is presented for use in a security system for reading an intermittent code pattern, when the code pattern is displaced in a reading direction with respect to the reading head. The code pattern is formed of a plurality of spaced-apart magnet... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6598793 | Article recognition and verification A method for checking the authenticity of a security article of the type containing magnetic particles having a magnetic saturation field Hs being greater than 100 A/m. The method includes the following steps: (a) generating an alternating fiel... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6592034 | Tamper proof closures A tamper proof closure (1) has a plurality of magnetic strips (7) attached thereto which are arranged to be broken if the closure is opened. The broken magnetic strips have a different magnetic characteristic as compared to when they are intact and this c... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6257488 | Magnetic detector for security document Apparatus for detecting the presence of magnetic elongated particles in a substrate, the base material of the substrate having magnetic properties substantially differing from the corresponding magnetic properties of the elongated particles. The elongated... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6254002 | Antiforgery security system Security can be enhanced for any circular casino chip, betting chip or token by a magnetically readable system that may be applied to circular casino chip, betting chip or token. A circular casino chip, betting chip or token could be constructed and havin... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6164532 | Power transmission system, power transmission/communication system and reader and/or writer The present invention provides a power transmission/communication system for transmitting power from a reader and/or writer to an IC card by an electromagnetic wave and performing transmission or transmission and reception of a communication signal betwee... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6107913 | Scratchable conductive latex document scanner A sensor and a method for determining the state of conductive ink patterns applied to scratchable latex layers of instant-win tickets and other documents having scratchable latex layers affixed thereon. The device and method are based upon the generation ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6053406 | Antiforgery security system Security may be enhanced for any magnetically readable system that may be applied or built into items, such as apparel, credit cards, currency, identification cards, or other transactional items. These and similar items, with informational content that ca... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6050488 | Circuit for driving inductive sensors for reading and debiting prepaid cards A read/write head circuit that insures the equivalence between the driving signal frequency and the resonance of the tank made up of an inductive sensor in parallel with a capacitor. The invention makes use of a voltage controlled oscillator (38)--VCO--to... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6045042 | Non-contact IC card having multiple receivers with different signal detection threshholds for minimizing current consumption A non-contact IC card includes a CPU for processing data, a memory for storing a program for controlling the CPU, an antenna for transmitting data and receiving data manner, a plurality of receivers each having a different signal detection level for detec... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5992741 | Magnetic detection of security articles A method for detecting the presence of magnetic elongated particles in a substrate the base material of which has magnetic properties substantially differing from the corresponding magnetic properties of the elongated particles. The elongated particles ha... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5988500 | Antiforgery security system Elongated magnetic elements can be inserted into items to provide readable magnetic patterns which provide reproducible or unique signal patterns to identify or authenticate the items. Magnetic fibers may be distributed within items or magnetic strips to ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5949051 | Magnetic encoder using a displacement detecting circuit thereof A magnetic encoder that allows the power consumption to be reduced has a first member 1 magnetized at pitches λ and a second member 2 disposed so as to be relatively movable to the first member 1. The second member 2 has at least four MR devices Ma1, Mb1... | 09/07/1999 |
