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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 |
| 7297301 | Process for transforming pre-used asphaltic roofing shingles into products A process for transforming pre-used asphaltic roofing shingles into products such as paving bricks, by removing foreign matter, using a comminutor that pulls shingles downwardly through a plurality of pairs of high-speed, counter-rotating, inter-meshing blades stack... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7255816 | Method of recycling bonded fibrous materials and synthetic fibers and fiber-like materials produced thereof A method of recycling bonded fibrous materials, the method includes the steps of: providing pieces of bonded fibrous materials, the pieces having sizes that are adapted for suspension in a liquid; suspending the discrete pieces of bonded fibrous materials in a liqui... | 08/14/2007 |
| 6986854 | Molded article laminated with fabric and method for reprocessing the same The present invention relates to a molded article laminated with fabric wherein a thermoplastic resin (A) has a fabric, made up of fibers of a highly heat resisting thermoplastic resin (B), adhered to the surface thereof, wherein the thermoplastic resin (A) of the m... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6855650 | Synthetic fiber filled erosion control blanket A durable erosion control blanket featuring a novel synthetic fiber filler is disclosed. The erosion control blanket of the present invention addresses the need for a particularly resilient erosion control blanket through the use of a post-consumer, crimped, polyest... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6682671 | Method of manufacturing fiber-reinforced structures incorporating recycled carpet fibers An initial process for preparing material to use in manufacturing fiber-reinforced structures. One embodiment envisions a method of manufacturing a cement board. The initial process includes providing an open mat of recycled carpet fibers in a container, ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6500373 | Manufacturing method of fused molded product mainly composed of various plastics Fibers obtained by opening waste plastics of different kinds and fibers obtained by opening wastepaper are mutually woven, and molded under heat and pressure. As a result, different kinds of waste plastics can be recycled without requiring separation or c... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6497956 | Structural recycled plastic lumber Plastic lumber having sufficient stiffness and strength to allow its use in structural and load-bearing applications. The plastic lumber is composed of a thermoplastic polymer, a thermosetting polymer cured with reinforcing fibers and, preferably, a coupl... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6361722 | Methods of producing carbon-carbon parts having filamentized composite fiber substrates A method of producing a carbon-carbon part having a filamentized composite fiber substrate is provided. A substrate having a plurality of discontinuous filamentized fibers and a binder that binds said filaments together to form a composite substrate is pr... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6306318 | Process for producing a molded product from recycled carpet waste A molded article such as a floor tile is made from recycled carpet waste which includes a polyvinyl chloride component in the backing material and fiber component having a melting point above the melting point of polyvinyl chloride. A mixture of the recyc... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6264879 | Reconstituted leather product and process A reconstituted leather product and process for making. The reconstituted leather product can be finished to have the look and feel of real leather and physical properties equivalent thereto. The process is essentially dry and involves reducing leather ma... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6241168 | Recycling of carpet scrap and compositions employing ultralow density polyethylene (ULDPE) Carpet scrap containing mixtures of polyesters and/or polyamides and polyolefins are compatiblized with ultralow density polyethylene (ULDPE) to make homogeneous thermoplastic blends having useful properties.... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6153293 | Extruded wood polymer composite and method of manufacture An extruded composite structural artificial lumber product is manufactured from wood fiber and polyethylene, including recycled polyethylene, by reducing the wood fiber and polyethylene each to a finely divided particles, mechanically mixing the wood fibe... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6017970 | Method for recycling discarded articles A method for recycling discarded articles comprising sorting the discarded articles into thermoplastic, thermosetting, and rubber articles, crushing the discarded articles to form thermosetting granules, thermoplastic granules, and rubber granules, and de... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6017475 | Process of transforming household garbage into useful material An apparatus, system, and batch or continuous flow method of thermodynamically reducing and converting household garbage into useful by-products capable of being recycled and reused or otherwise transformed into useful articles. The method of transforming... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5928588 | Porous filter structure and process for the manufacture thereof A process for the manufacture of porous structures comprises forming a dry mixture comprising a component providing primary separation capability, a component providing green strength reinforcement capability and, a component providing binding capability ... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5879601 | Method and apparatus for the manufacture of recycled fiber reinforced resin containing products A method of making a recycled fibre reinforced resin containing product comprising a quantity of fibre reinforced resin pieces mixed together with a quantity of granular aggregate material, and a binder, in which the fibre reinforced resin pieces and the ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5849152 | Process for the production of shaped bodies from biodegradable material and shaped body The invention relates to a process for the production of shaped bodies, in particular packaging shaped bodies, from biologically decomposable material using a viscous mass containing biologically decomposable fiber material, water and starch, which is bak... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5728741 | Process of recycling waste polymeric material and an article utilizing the same The present invention provides a process for recycling waste polymeric material comprising a mixture of waste polymeric material wherein the waste polymeric material includes from about 15 to 50 percent aliphatic polyamide material; granulating the choppe... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5714070 | Process for removing solvent and nitrocellulose residues from polyolefin shreds Processes are described for the removal of solvent and/or nitrocellulose residues from precleaned polyolefin, in particular from precleaned polyethylene recyclate shreds, whereby the polyolefin is either mixed with washing water, the solvent is expelled a... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5704104 | Method and machine for recycling discarded carpets A method and machine are disclosed for using a cold dry abrasion step for separating segments of discarded carpet into pile material (usually nylon) and backing layers (usually polypropylene) for recycling. A preferred method of abrasion uses dry ice pell... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5684052 | Textile coating and method of using the same The present invention provides an article of manufacture comprising a textile substrate and a coating being a polymer comprising a non-aromatic unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic ester monomer and an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer. An unsaturated mono-... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5679296 | Cushioned automotive interior trim part and process or making same An automotive interior trim part (10) is made by molding a substrate retainer layer (16), forming a skin layer (12) and forming an intermediate layer (14). The intermediate layer (14) is formed from a plurality of clusters of entangled high melt and low m... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5660770 | Recycling a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic A process which includes comminuting a first thermoplastic material, e.g. polypropylene, reinforced with short glass fiber (10-400 μm). 100 parts by weight of the comminuted material are mixed with 11-43 parts by weight of chips of a second thermoplastic... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5624616 | Method for co-refining dry urban wood chips and blends of dry urban wood chips and thermoplastic resins for the production of high quality fiberboard products A method for making lignocellulose fibers, which may be optionally coated with a suitable thermoplastic, wherein the starting materials may be chosen from a wide variety of generally non-recyclable contaminated wood, paper, and/or plastic products. A mixt... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5624619 | Moulded articles with leather-like surface properties for use in the automobile industry Subject matter of the present invention are molded articles with leather-like surface properties in the automobile industry as well as processes for the production thereof. These can be prepared in such a way that ground waste leather is added to thermopl... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5591384 | Method for molding parts A method is disclosed for molding parts. The system comprises a plasticator and press. The plasticator is capable of receiving a plurality of molding materials comprising a predetermined amount of at least thermoplastic polymers and long reinforcing fiber... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5569424 | Method and apparatus for recycling waste composite material A method and apparatus for recycling waste composite materials. The method includes prechopping cured waste composite materials into manageably sized strips, conditioning the prechopped strips into resin particulate and loose fibers having a length of app... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5565158 | Process for recycling multicomponent mixed polymer wastes A process of recycling a multicomponent mixed polymer waste material involves the steps of agglomerating the multicomponent mixed polymer waste material and spinning the agglomerate to form yarn, wherein the multicomponent mixed polymer waste material con... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5560797 | Methods of making floor tile and wall covering from extruded hot recycled vinyl thermoplastic membrane having discrete fibers randomly dispersed therein A method of continuously fabricating a cushiony recycled plastic floor tile or wall cover wherein a single-ply sheet, made up substantially of recycled membrane and a proportion of discrete fibers sufficient to create a cushion effect in the tile, is extr... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5516472 | Extruded synthetic wood composition and method for making same An apparatus and process for combining an organic fibrous material with a thermoplastic material forming a wood-imitating composite. The mixed material is extruded into a die system comprising a transition die, a stranding die and a molding die. The flow ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5503788 | Automobile shredder residue-synthetic plastic material composite, and method for preparing the same A method is provided for processing a mixture raw automobile shredder residue, and virgin and/or contaminated synthetic plastic material, e.g., raw post consumer plastic waste. By means of this method, automobile shredder residue produced by a conventiona... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5498667 | Thermoplastic composition and method for producing thermoplastic composition by melt blending carpet The present invention is directed to a process for forming a thermoplastic composition from carpet wherein a carpet sample are melt blended without separating the carpet into its component parts. The process of the present invention produces a thermoplast... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5492657 | Method for processing rubber products An apparatus and method for energy efficient recycling of reinforced rubber products, such as tires, conveyor belts, and the like, wherein the rubber is reinforced by cords or belts of steel, nylon, fabric and the like. The presence of the reinforcement m... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5439735 | Method for using scrap rubber; scrap synthetic and textile material to create particle board products with desirable thermal and acoustical insulation values A method for recycling rubber scrap to yield a final product of various thicknesses and various widths and lengths capable of consolidation into a variety of building product materials. Particle boards including scrap rubber, with or without synthetic and... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5401567 | Manufacture of shaped articles by compression molding a fibrous material with simultaneous adhesive bonding and the shaped articles There is described a process for manufacturing shaped articles in which a fibrous material is mixed with an adhesive and maintained in a mold under pressure until the adhesive has set, which comprises using as the fibrous material a mixture of an essentia... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5358680 | Process for manufacturing a composite product by moulding The process of manufacturing a thermoplastic organic material containing reinforcing fibers and optionally mineral materials and organic additives by combining the fibers and materials in an extruder, and introducing at least some of the organic material ... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5336455 | Method of adding shredded structural reinforced injected molded plastic to a preform A process for producing a motor vehicle bumper includes the steps of depositing chopped glass fibers (19) and a curable binder (24) to a center section (38) of a preform (11) that is retained on a preform screen (14) by a vacuum draw from a suction fan (1... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5320794 | Apparatus for and method of manufacture of a textured vinyl post A method of manufacture of a extruded vinyl product to provide a textured stake construction includes an extruder screw and a die having specific structural, and dimensional characteristics and temperature parameters. The extruder screw has a flight depth... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5308562 | Recycling process and apparatus for the production of polymer from thermoplastic polycondensate A process and apparatus for the production of a polymer of thermoplastic polycondensate in which the polymer is first treated in a screw extruder and then in a mixing tank. In the extruder the polycondensate is heated in a first zone to a temperature belo... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5240530 | Carpet and techniques for making and recycling same The disclosure relates to a carpet, a process for manufacturing a carpet and a method for recycling a carpet. The carpet of the present disclosure includes a primary backing having tufts of synthetic carpet fibers protruding from a top surface and, option... | 08/31/1993 |
