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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 |
| 7334970 | Fast change bit holder device A method and apparatus for forming apertures and inserting fasteners in a workpiece is disclosed. One embodiment relates generally to a bit holder device for forming apertures and inserting fasteners into a workpiece. This embodiment comprises a tool bit, a hex hold... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331738 | Drill adapter for a power screwdriver A drill adapter for a power screwdriver and including a locking device for releasably securing the drill adapter (28) on the support region (66) of the screwdriver (4) and having a push-on sleeve (30) supportable on the support region ( | 02/19/2008 |
| 7306238 | Collet and lock nut An assembly generally comprises a collet for receiving a cutting tool shank and a lock nut for creating a gripping force between the collet and the cutting tool shank. The collet has a nose and the lock nut has a front face that is substantially flush with the nose.... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7293944 | Power tool with tool bit holder operator A power tool having a body, a tool bit holder protruding from the tool body for holding and rotating a tool bit about an axis of rotation, and an operator for operating the bit holder. The operator includes an annular member rotationally engageable with the bit hold... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7261302 | Collet and lock nut assembly A collet and lock nut assembly includes a collet for receiving a cutting tool shank and a lock nut for creating a gripping force between the collet and the shank. The collet has a nose portion and a body portion separated by an annular groove. The lock nut has a plu... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7257900 | Canted saw blade A saw blade incorporates an integrated cant angle. The saw blade includes a cutting portion having a toothed edge and opposite edge. The toothed edge defines a cutting plane. A shank portion extends from the cutting portion and is laterally offset from the opposite ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7210212 | Bayonet collet pickup tool for agile fixturing A bayonet collet pickup tool includes a collet chuck having a collet portion including a bore disposed therein. A collet is held in the bore and is operable therein. A bayonet cap is mounted to an outer surface of the collet chuck proximate the bore. The bayonet cap... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7175184 | Collect tool holder and method of making same A tool holder for a tool with a recess having detent disposed therein for holding the tool axially, and having a sleeve telescoped over a collet which has flexible fingers and with the sleeve and the fingers having camming surfaces for effecting clamping onto the to... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7108464 | Switch assembly An apparatus for providing convenient control of a power tool electrical system. A switch assembly includes a first actuator and a second actuator, which is disposed remotely from the switch and first actuator. The second actuator is connected via a coupling device,... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6997709 | Dental hand instrument and tip of the instrument A dental hand instrument (10), comprising a handle (11) with parts (12a, 12b) at its ends. The end of each neck part is provided with a coupling element (15) designed for the connection of replaceable tips (20)... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6974287 | Tool clamping device A tool clamping device for a tool having a shaft which is accurate to size and which can be inserted into the receiving bore of a tool support, is provided with a clamping device which can be screwed on a screw thread of the tool support while the tool has a ring, w... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6932357 | Gear reducing collet nut assembly A gear reducing collet nut assembly is provided for holding a tool bit. The assembly includes an outer grip sleeve that can be rotated to actuate a clamping structure with a bore for holding a tool bit. More specifically, the assembly includes a planetary gear syste... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6923451 | Tool holder In order to provide a tool holder which greatly reduces frictional resistance between a locknut and a taper collet, and eliminates a twisting of the taper collet during tightening of the locknut, in a tool holder comprising a locknut 13 which pushes a taper c... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6913429 | Tooless bit retaining assembly A bit retaining assembly for retaining a bit in a rotary tool, in particular a router such as a hand-held router, a table-mounted router, a pocket cutter, a laminate trimmer, a rotary cutout tool, or the like employs a planetary gear system for multiplying the torqu... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6638290 | Connector assembly for a surgical tool A connector assembly for connecting a surgical saw blade to a housing of a surgical instrument. The connector assembly allows a surgeon to align, insert and lock the surgical blade in the collect of the surgical instrument without any special tools, and f... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6565100 | Hand gripping tool A hand tool comprising a core member extending along a longitudinal axis of the tool; at least two jaws moveable relative to the core member so as to be openable and closeable, but constrained in a forward direction substantially parallel with said longit... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6332734 | Method and apparatus for mounting a supply roll or recording media to a support shaft in an imaging system A method and apparatus for mounting a supply roll to a rotatable support shaft in an imaging system. The apparatus includes a first collet/collar assembly for accurately positioning the supply roll at a desired location on the support shaft, and a second ... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6302406 | Connector assembly for a surgical saw blade A connector assembly for connecting a surgical saw blade to a housing of a surgical instrument. The connector assembly allows a surgeon to align, insert and lock the surgical blade in the collet of the surgical instrument without any special tools, and fu... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6168170 | Chuck with jaw blade rotational stop A chuck is provided for use with a manual or powered driver, such as a drill. The chuck has a body member with angularly disposed passageways formed therethrough. A plurality of jaws are slidably positioned within the angularly disposed passageways. The j... | 01/02/2001 |
| 5913524 | Chuck with gripping mechanism stop A chuck for use with a manual or powered driver having a drive shaft is provided. A generally cylindrical body has a forward section and a rearward section, the rearward section adapted to mate with the drive shaft of the driver. A gripping mechanism is a... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5911421 | Sealed collet having improved radial flexibility for facilitating removal from a locknut A sealed collet having improved radial flexibility is provided for facilitating removal from a locknut of a chuck assembly. The sealed collet includes a collet body formed from a tubular configuration of elongated gripping fingers separated by elongated s... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5620188 | Router collet A router collet for removably attaching a rotary cutting tool to a router drive shaft is provided having a body, a split collet, a nut and a retainer for retaining the collet and nut together to permit free rotation while limiting axial movement therebetw... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5460388 | Endmill adapter with torque reducing locknut and collet interface A toolholder 1 of the type including a collet 5 integrally formed with a shank 3 is provided with an interface between a locknut 7 and collet 13 which substantially reduces the torque required to turn the locknut 7 into a position which radially collapses... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5439005 | Surgical instrument with telescoping sleeve A surgical instrument has a motor including a chuck for releasably receiving a dissecting tool for rotation about an axis of the surgical instrument. The dissecting tool has a cutting end and a shaft and the surgical instrument is provided with a base rel... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5368421 | Tool holder and a tool therefor The tool holder is arranged to receive a tapered tool shank. The collet has a shank engaging surface which, in use, lies substantially on the surface of a notional cone which tapers in the direction of withdrawal of the shank from the tool holder.... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5314198 | Collet chuck apparatus The center of a collet having a plurality of individual gripper members resiliently spaced apart in an annular array and operated on by a frustoconical surface can be adjusted by displacing some of the gripper members more than others of the gripper membe... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5301961 | Chuck for tool, workpiece, etc. A chuck for a tool, a workpiece and the like has a chuck body having an inner receptacle, a clamping device accommodated in the inner receptacle and having axially projecting spring regions, the clamping device having two ends which are axially supported ... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5193825 | Apparatus for adjusting the center of a collet The center of a collet having a plurality of individual gripper members resiliently spaced apart in an annular array and operated on by a frustoconical surface can be adjusted by displacing some of the gripper members more than others of the gripper membe... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5137288 | Side loading wire grip A wire gripping handle for attaching to and detaching from wires defines a first tubular member, and a second tubular member which receives the first tubular member in generally coaxial relation. Both tubular members define a longitudinal slot so that, wh... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5052496 | Apparatus for attaching power tool housing extensions An apparatus for rapid interchange of drive head units on a power tool motor unit is provided by forming a flared lip on the first of the two housings to be connected; capturing a coupling nut behind the flare with a split clamp ring; forming a bore on th... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5052250 | Starter plug A spark plug starter tool is provided and consists of a spark plug engaging member attached to distal end of an elongated flexible shaft affixed onto a dowel pin extending from a handle whereby turning of the handle will install and remove a spark plug wi... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5032043 | Spindle adapter for tool holder with tool adjustment control A tool holder and spindle adapter includes a quick change section for securing into a power spindle, a body having an axial bore mounting a positive drive and a collet holder shank to receive a tool holder collet and tool, with the tool extending into ope... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5020946 | Tool chuck coolant system A tool chuck assembly comprising a collet having a bore for supporting a tool, a collet holder having a portion circumscribing the collet, a tension nut cooperatively associated with the collet holder to mount and dismount a tool means defining a coolant ... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4989887 | Methods and apparatus for adjusting the center of a collet The center of a collet having a plurality of individual gripper members resiliently spaced apart in an annular array and operated on by a frustoconical surface can be adjusted by displacing some of the gripper members more than others of said gripper memb... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4955764 | Boring tool cooled from within made of a tool spiral and a clamping cylinder Described is a boring tool cooled from within made of a tool spiral and a clamping cylinder. The tool spiral is received in an interlocking way in a recess of the clamping cylinder and is supplied with coolant over its proximal end, which lies in the rece... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4941246 | Rasping device The improved rasping device can be either a rasp or file and includes an elongated blade with a plurality of rasping protrusions on the middle portion thereof and with an integral narrow tang extending rearwardly thereof along the longitudinal midline the... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4902177 | Rapid change tool cutter and driving system Improvements in tool holders in the field of machine tools; quick change connectors for replacing one tool holder with another in chucks mounted on rotary machine tool drive shafts and spindles; tool changing attachment permitting rapidly changing or swit... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4817972 | Collet chuck A collet chuck including a chuck body, a collet which is fitted into the chuck body thereof, a fastening nut for chucking a cutting tool which is screwed into the main body of the chuck when the fastening nut is attachably connected to the collet and the ... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4715089 | Telescoping pole crank assembly A telescoping pole crank assembly having a tubular pole crank which movably mounts an extension pole for setting the overall length of the pole crank assembly. The extension pole is held in its adjusted position by a locking collar structure including a c... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4699388 | Very high precision self-centering collet The self-centering collet makes it possible to obtain a very high precision which makes it possible to grip, for example, bits with a diameter less than 0.3 mm with extremely small tolerances thanks to two arrangements: the first, by depressing in the mid... | 10/13/1987 |
