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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 |
| 8079538 | Cementitous composition and apparatus and method for manufacturing the same An apparatus for making a cementitious composition may comprise a grinding mill for producing a cementitious composition from clinker and gypsum and classifiers for separating the cementitious composition into various portions. A primary portion of the cementitious ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8056844 | Eggshell membrane separation method A method for processing unseparated egg shells is provided. The method includes placing the unseparated egg shells in a fluid tank containing a fluid mixture, applying cavitation to the fluid mixture to thereby assist in separating the egg shell membranes from the e... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7581689 | Device for processing excavated material In an arrangement for processing excavated materials including a material crushing device and a classifier to which the crushed material is supplied for screening, the classifier includes a leveling structure which provides for a desired orientation of the classifie... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7503515 | Methods and apparatus for mechanical treatment of materials such as catalysts Methods and apparatus for combinatorial (i.e., high-throughput) materials research, such as catalysis research, that involves parallel apparatus for simultaneously effecting mechanical treatments such as grinding, mixing, pressing, crushing, sieving, and/or fraction... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7370820 | Method and system for harvesting weighting agent fines A method for harvesting weighting agent fines includes milling weighting agent into a plurality of pieces, classifying the pieces based on size to extract those particles having a particle size less than an acceptable maximum diameter, reclassifying the pieces based... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7314002 | Densification system A densification system for shredding and densifying specification raw materials for use as an alternative fuel source. The densified specification raw materials formed by the inventive system are readily transportable to a fuel processing site where they may be used... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7252250 | Method and apparatus for extracting toner from toner cartridges The invention provides a method and apparatus for recycling toner cartridges. A shredder breaks up the toner cartridges into pieces, thereby releasing any toner from within the otherwise substantially sealed cartridges. The toner pieces along with any free toner pow... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7204439 | Apparatus and process for control of rotary breakers Efficient process control of a rotary breaker is dependent upon the rate at which aggregate material is delivered to the rotary breaker. An improved pre-screening apparatus provides enhanced control of the amount of undersized material allowed to bypass the rotary b... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7168642 | Glass bottle breaking apparatus Glass bottle breaking apparatus comprises a hopper (17) for receiving empty glass bottles (47) in bulk, at least a portion of the hopper (17) being formed as a grating including stop means (31), and a shaft (22) located outside of ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7156332 | Product containment apparatus Self contained filter backpurge systems useful for totally enclosed processing mills and for clean in place (CIP) processing material processing mills. ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152819 | High pressure media mill This invention discloses a high pressure media mill (HPMM) and processes for use thereof. ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7111802 | Apparatus for pressing and other mechanical treatment of materials such as catalysts Methods and apparatus for combinatorial (i.e., high-throughput) materials research, such as catalysis research, that involves parallel apparatus for simultaneously effecting mechanical treatments such as grinding, mixing, pressing, crushing, sieving, and/or fraction... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7083130 | Dry grinding system and dry grinding method The invention provides a dry grinding system including grinding means for dry-grinding a material to be ground; first classification means for classifying a ground product obtained through the grinding means, into fine powder having a relatively small average partic... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6988683 | Apparatus for crushing glass or ceramic material Apparatus (2) for crushing glass or ceramic material, which apparatus (2) comprises a rotor (4), rotor blades (6) on the rotor (4), at least one stationary blade (8) which cooperates in use with the rotor blades (6) a... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6953166 | Device and method for treating excavated material An apparatus suitable for treating mineral material, particularly excavated earth, has two rollers that rotate in opposite directions, on which a plurality of elements is disposed, the elements serving to transport and reduce the material in case its particle size i... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6948668 | Coffee grinder-dispenser A coffee grinder-dispenser comprising a base, a grinder located within the base, an electric motor for operating the grinder, and a hopper, or cup, for receiving the coffee beans to be ground. A funnel is secured to the base, to receive the ground coffee, or powder ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6749138 | Granulator A granulator for reducing the size of plastic particles to facilitate the removal of contaminants therefrom. The granulator includes an upper chamber and a lower chamber defined by an exit screen. The upper chamber includes a rotary shear and an air handling system ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6730250 | Method and apparatus for stabilizing material physical properties of recyclable bumpers A method for stabilizing material physical properties of recyclable bumpers including the steps of: separating coating from raw material obtained by cleaning, fracturing and drying recyclable bumpers to form a recycled matrix; mixing an additive with the recycled ma... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6634578 | Paper separation and singulation apparatus and method A mechanical system that separates bundles of paper and presents the separated paper on a conveyor in a single layer fashion, for further processing. The paper is accumulated in a hopper and fed into the mechanical separating mechanism in a batch mode. Wh... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6622950 | Slot configuration for a separator with slotted walls A separating or deboning machine, for separating soft material such as meat from hard material such as bone, includes a separating chamber through which a flighted auger extends. The separating chamber has a series of perforations in a side wall, through ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6619571 | Method for emptying fixed-bed reactors A method for the removal of a spent catalyst from a fixed-bed reactor is disclosed, wherein a suction hose, in which a high pressure hose comprising a high-pressure nozzle is integrated, is introduced into the reactor, the catalyst is then size-reduced by... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6581858 | Method and apparatus for crushing fluorescent lamps and separating components thereof Components of crushed fluorescent lamps are conveyed pneumatically from a lamp crusher housing to a cyclonic hopper and enter tangentially into the hopper adjacent its upper end. The components include heavy glass particles and caps which are allowed to d... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6575390 | Pretreatment apparatus for raw materials for production of reduced iron A pretreatment apparatus for raw materials for production of reduced iron pretreats the raw materials, comprising an iron material, such as iron ore, and other raw materials, such as coal and flux, by a dryer, classifiers, a roll press, and a vertical mil... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6391165 | Reclaiming metallic material from an article comprising a non-metallic friable substrate A system for reclaiming cadmium and tellurium from cadmium telluride solar cell. The system comprises a crushing apparatus for crushing cells into pieces, a first conveyor for transporting solar cells to the crushing apparatus, a barrel for receiving etch... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6338829 | Apparatus for breaking garbage bags An apparatus for breaking garbage bags comprises a bag breaking and a liquid waste processor. The breaker mechanism breaks the input garbage bags containing waste materials. The liquid waste processor includes a removable liquid waste absorbent sheet. Thi... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6196479 | Method and device for granulating and comminuting liquid slags In a method for granulating and comminuting liquid slags, especially metal-oxide-containing slags, coal, hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide (CO2) and/or coal/water mixtures or coal slurries are driven into the slag or the slag jet. The liquid slag is... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6145766 | Screw device for dewatering and defibrating ligno-cellulose material The invention relates to a device for dewatering and defibrating ligno-cellulose material using a screw. It is primarily characterized by a defibrating element (9) directly adjoining the body (2') of a first screw.... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6135374 | Food by-product processing apparatus Apparatus and improvements thereto are disclosed for processing food by-products. The apparatus in accordance with the invention includes a frame; an upstream and a first downstream pair of opposed rollers mounted for rotation within the frame, at least o... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6131741 | Method and device for the treatment of waste or residual waste To improve a method for the treatment of waste or residual waste (1), the waste or residual waste (1) is sorted into a fraction (16) with specifically light material and a fraction (18) with specifically heavy material first by sieving and then followed b... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6036124 | Apparatus for gasifying and liquefying styrofoam A system for gasifying styrofoam and liquefying the resulting gas to a liquid styrofoam. This system is particularly useful for disposition of the styrofoam onto which non-meltable substances adhere. The system includes a pulverizing mechanism for pulveri... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6032887 | Circuit grinding apparatus with high-pressure roll press and sifter A compact circuit grinding apparatus wherein two press rolls are housed in one housing, comprising of two stationary lateral end walls, between which is arranged a material conveyor ring, which is rotatably seated and can be set into rotation, for an inte... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5975441 | Apparatus for separating rocks from soil An apparatus for separating stones from stone-laden earthen material, particularly material that has been previously discarded from stone quarries, includes a hopper having a conveyor that feeds quantities of stone-laden earthen material unto a bed of spi... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5968997 | Continuous process for irradiating of polytetrafluorineethylene (PTFE) A system for continuously processing PTFE by irradiation and grinding includes a processing vessel having first and second horizontally adjacent agitators in first and second transversely adjacent vessel portions. The bottom of the vessel has a step betwe... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5894998 | Agitator mill An agitator mill for flowable mill charge grinding, has a fixed, outer, cylindrical grinding container, to which is coaxially fitted in spaced manner a cylindrical inner stator. A rotary driven, cup-shaped rotor is positioned coaxially to the grinding con... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5879551 | Device for dewatering suspensions A device for dewatering suspensions such as sludge or similar dewaterable goods contains several rollers and filtering webs that follow a sinuous path around the rollers. The width of at least one pressure gap, as well as the force which is applied on the... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5848754 | Method and apparatus for the recovery of packaging and its contents A method and apparatus serve to packaging material and its contents, specifically from packaging elements filled with soft material such as food packaging. The method allows a clean separation of the packaging and content materials so that, according to t... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5823450 | Ring roller mill The present invention relates to a ring roller mill which, among other things, can be used in connection with the manufacture of cement for grinding of mineral clinker materials, slags, and similar materials. The mill has a grinding ring 1 and a roller 2.... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5769338 | Pulverulent body processing apparatus and method of manufacturing a slit member to be used for the same There is provide an improved pulverulent body processing apparatus that is substantially free from abrasion and cleavage of the pulverizing medium to allow prolonged continuous operation and also free from small pieces of the slit member and the pulverizi... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5769333 | Method of and apparatus for recovering foaming gas of the foamed material A system including a method and an apparatus is disclosed for effectively separating a foamed heat-insulating material, such as insulated wall sections from used refrigeration equipment, into a foaming gas and a heat-insulating resin without any alteratio... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5765694 | Seed cotton module handler and trash separator An infeed conveyor feeds seed cotton modules successively to a feeder head having disperser drums which reduce the modules to clumps of cotton. Incorporated into the conveyor are fluted rollers and beater rollers which cooperate to agitate the bottom port... | 06/16/1998 |
