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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 |
| 8096546 | Paper sheet pickup device A paper sheet pickup device includes a pickup belt configured to run along one of accumulated paper sheets, which is positioned at the most downstream side with respect to a direction of accumulation, and a negative pressure chamber provided inside the pickup belt. ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8025285 | Sheet take out apparatus and sheet processing apparatus According to one embodiment, a sheet take out apparatus includes a supply table on which sheets are stacked; a detecting portion configured to detect a state of a top surface of the stacked sheets; a cylindrical take out rotor which is rotatably provided so as to fa... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7641185 | Vacuum pick mechanisms A vacuum pick mechanism (100) for picking sheet media comprising control circuitry (126), a pump (110), a suction cup (106), a pick line (112) connecting the pump (110) to the suction cup (106), a pressure sensor (... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7537208 | Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet feeding unit configured to suction a stored sheet with a negative pressure to feed the suctioned sheet, a suction duct connected to the sheet feeding unit, a suction fan configured to generate a negative pressure in the suc... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7367444 | Device and method for optionally drawing in a cutout from a stack of several cutouts, or taking over a cutout from a separating cutting machine A device for optionally or selectively drawing in a cutout from a stack of several cutouts, or taking over a cutout from a separating cutting device, which separates the cutout from a material web, includes a vacuum guide roller in which the cutout coming from the s... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7328896 | Apparatus for separating a sheet of print media from a stack of sheets An apparatus (32) for separating a sheet of print media from a stack (30) of porous sheets includes a sheet conveyor for conveying a topmost sheet (30.1) of print media which has been separated from the stack (30) to a printing station ( | 02/12/2008 |
| 7316306 | Currency note feeding apparatus for currency note handling machine Disclosed is a currency note feeding apparatus for a currency note handling machine capable of stably feeding currency note by use of a single belt guiding upper and lower surfaces of the currency note, and driving upper and lower belts of the single belt by use of ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7258336 | Integrated vacuum slide feeder A sheet feeder assembly for acquiring and conveying a sheet comprises a plenum connectable to a vacuum source and having an opening facing the sheet to be conveyed, and a slide plate covering the opening. The slide plate has an acquisition surface facing the sheet t... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7222846 | Sheet take-out apparatus and method of taking out sheets A sheet take-out apparatus is disclosed that includes a sheet-feeding member on which sheets are placed. The apparatus includes an air spout unit to spout out air towards a right or left side of a front portion of the sheets with respect to a take-out direction of t... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7198264 | Sheet supplying device In a sheet supplying device for feeding a sheet from a sheet stack configured by stacking plural sets of sheets collated by page order, each of which corresponds to one volume, for each set of sheets, in a state where the sheets are superimposed on one another so as... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7168698 | Sheet sucking/removing method and sheet sucking/removing device In a sheet sucking/removing device, suction cups are controlled to a state of a first negative pressure which is a minimum pressure needed to suck and remove only one uppermost printing plate, and sucking/removing is carried out. Thereafter, the suction cups are con... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7118103 | Device for conveying sheets through a printing machine A device for conveying sheets through a printing machine, in particular through an ink jet printing apparatus, permits adaptation to different printing material thicknesses and ensures reliable transport. The conveying device has a conveyor belt which runs over defl... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7101031 | Property of air determination within image-forming device A method of one embodiment of the invention is disclosed that determines a property of air within an image-forming device based on a measured change in air temperature within the device, the power supplied to a heating element of the device, and an air flow generate... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7079804 | Image forming apparatus To ensure stable feed of transfer material when a paper back vacuuming feed mechanism is employed in the path from a transfer section to a fixing section in an image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus is such that the transfer section is arranged on the ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7059595 | Method and apparatus for controlling feeding of sheets A method and system for correcting the skew in mail-related items, which are caused to move by a driving mechanism in the mailing machine. The driving mechanism comprises at least two driving belts to drive the mail-related items by friction. A plurality of openings... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7007942 | Panel handling apparatus An apparatus and method for lifting, separating and transporting a top panel from a stack of panels through the application sequential suction forces. The apparatus and method uses a vacuum conveying system wherein a sequence of suction forces is exerted from one or... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6945924 | Method for conveying folded sheet elements A method and device for conveying folded sheet elements, whereby a sheet element, folded to have at least two superimposed portions connected along a fold, is fed along a given path by a movable gripping head, which engages and retains by suction a first of the two ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6918582 | Sheet feeder for a sheet handling machine A sheet feeder comprising a platform for stacking sheets and feed head assembly at the front of the platform for acquiring individual sheets from the stack and feeding separate sheets into a sheet handling machine. The feed head assembly is comprised of a vacuum ple... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6918581 | Paper sheet take-out apparatus A paper sheet take-out apparatus comprises a paper feed table on which paper sheets are placed as a stack, a take-out rotor which absorbs and takes out the uppermost paper sheet placed on the paper feed table, and a positioning mechanism which positions the uppermos... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6773006 | Pneumatic apparatus with removable vacuum shoe A rotatable pneumatic feeding head having a vacuum shoe with apertures for picking up an envelope from an envelope stack by negative air pressure. The feeding head has an outer cylinder with holes communicating with the apertures, and an inner cylinder with cutout r... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6702277 | Delivery device for the sections of a strip of film The invention relates to a delivery device for the sections of a strip of film that are fed in a direction of conveyance, especially in a bead welding machine, comprising a rotor (40) that is driven and rotated around an axis (40) lying parallel thereto o... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6575450 | Singulation mechanism An improved singulation mechanism is provided for flat articles having significant variations in size, thickness and weight, which mechanism utilizes at least two vacuum chambers positioned behind a moving perforated to feed the articles and selectively c... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6446955 | Method and apparatus for feeding envelopes A method and apparatus for feeding envelopes in an envelope insertion machine, wherein a rotatable pneumatic feeding head is used to pick up an envelope from an envelope stack by a negative air pressure. The pneumatic feeding head is also used to move the... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6443444 | Singulation mechanism A singulation mechanism is provided for use in a handling system for mail or other substantially flat articles, the mechanism having a singulation head with a drive mechanism which, in accordance with a first aspect of the invention, initially moves an ar... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6439565 | Method and apparatus for separating flexible, flat objects A method and apparatus for separating flexible flat objects from the top of a stack. The objects are lifted upward from the stack one at a time and separated therefrom by progressive adhesive action starting from the trailing end of the object in a transp... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6416049 | Singling apparatus for flat sheet material The present invention relates to an apparatus for singling flat material to be conveyed having a suction device, with openings in the suction device defining an area within which the suction device grasps the material to be singled. Known singling devices... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6254081 | Regulating vacuum hold of media in a printer A system for regulating the vacuum hold pressure in a printer based upon the physical characteristics of the print media that is directed through the printer. In one embodiment, the characteristic of a sheet of media is detected before or as the sheet rea... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6254090 | Vacuum control for vacuum holddown A mechanism for manifolding a vacuum force to separate surface sectors of a vacuum holddown uses subsurface ducting to apply the vacuum to separate subsurface vacuum plenums wherein each is fluidically coupled to a separate surface sectors. The plenum is ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6244586 | Method and apparatus for separating flexible, flat objects A method and apparatus for separating flexible flat objects from the top of a stack. The objects are lifted upward from the stack one at a time and separated therefrom by progressive adhesive action starting from the trailing end of the object in a transp... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6189883 | Hi-speed pneumatic sheet feeder A sheet feeder for feeding sheets from a sheet stack, having a feed deck for supporting the sheet stack and a pair of spaced apart parallel guide rails on the feed deck for receiving the sheet stack between the guide rails. A sheet feeding assembly is mou... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6186491 | Sheet feeding apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus includes a carrier portion, a suction belt, a servo motor, a blower, a solenoid valve, a pressure sensor, a position sensor, a belt hole sensor, and a controller. The carrier portion feeds a plurality of sheets of different sizes... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6068253 | Adjustable sheet separating device A leading edge of a leading blank in a series of overlapping envelope blanks is fed at a preselected speed into contact with a rotatably mounted backing roller. The backing roller is mounted in a frame and is selectively adjustable between a first positio... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6042102 | Apparatus for separating and transferring flat unit loads An apparatus for separating and transferring flat unit loads such as newspapers, periodicals and other publications is disclosed. The apparatus has a means for accepting a stack of unit loads and for offering the unit loads one-by-one at a fetching positi... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6015146 | Curl sensitive bottom vacuum corrugation feeder An arrangement for controlling feeding in a bottom vacuum corrugation feeder when sheets with curl are encountered includes a timer and a sensor for detecting the negative pressure level in a vacuum plenum of the vacuum feeder. The vacuum pressure sensor ... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5988626 | Apparatus for separating and carrying off the topmost sheet of a stack Apparatus for separating the topmost sheet from a stack of sheets with a suction belt conveyor disposed a short distance above the stack. The suction belt conveyor includes a suction box around which an endless suction belt is trained. In one corner the s... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5833231 | Apparatus for controlling the transfer of sheet layers For each displaceable closing member (19) for controlling and scaling sheet layers (2, 2'), the pneumatic control (17) has in a control surface (26) two control openings (23), between which is formed an additional sliding surface (40) for the graphite clo... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5797597 | Automatic document conveying device An automatic document conveying device comprises a document table on which documents are placed; a vacuum separating/feeding means for feeding the set documents placed on the document table; a set document stopper for positioning the front ends of the doc... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5707056 | Variable ratio feedhead plenum A vacuum corrugation feeder used to feed a wide variety of sheet sizes and stocks includes a variable ratio feedhead plenum. Included within vacuum plenum is an adjustable shutter apparatus that includes a foam roller mounted for rotation on shaft. A shut... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5704607 | Sheet feed and presenting assembly A sheet feed assembly for feeding sheets from a stack comprises a vacuum feed device which is movable to feed a sheet from the stack in the feed direction while the sheet is held on the feed device under vacuum. A sheet holding device is spaced from the v... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5620176 | Sheet discharging apparatus A device whereby sheets can be discharged one by one from the bottom of a stack of sheets provided in a holder having a base support and side supports wherein in the transverse direction of sheet transport the base support surface has a downward bent shap... | 04/15/1997 |
