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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 |
| 7268991 | Electrical circuit protection system A system to protect electrical circuits from rapid changes of voltage associated with a fault in an electrical load comprises an inductor placed in series between a drive circuit and load. The inductor is designed to be inefficient or lossy when the inductor core is... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7015785 | Inverter transformer and core structure thereof An inverter transformer and a core structure thereof are described. The core structure of the inverter transformer has a first core and a second core. The first core has a plurality of fork elements, a connection element, and a bottom element. The fork elements are ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6384588 | Method and apparatus for asymmetrically inducing voltages in transformer secondary windings while avoiding saturation of the transformer core A method for magnetically inducing voltages in the secondary windings of a transformer without saturating its core. The method includes (a) applying to a first primary driven winding a first set of voltages, thereby generating (i) a first current in the f... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6348782 | Uninterruptible power supply systems, voltage regulators and operating methods employing controlled ferroresonant transformer circuits An uninterruptable power supply system for producing an AC voltage from at least one of a DC power source or an AC power source includes an input terminal configured to receive an AC voltage from an AC power source, and an inverter operative to produce an... | 02/19/2002 |
| 5770982 | Self isolating high frequency saturable reactor The present invention discloses a saturable reactor and a method for decoupling the interwinding capacitance from the frequency limitations of the reactor so that the equivalent electrical circuit of the saturable reactor comprises a variable inductor. Th... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5586019 | Voltage converter In the voltage converter, a current flowing through a primary coil of a voltage transformer is turned on/off by FETs, an AC voltage induced at a secondary coil of voltage transformer is rectified and applied to a choke coil including two coils, a saturabl... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5539300 | Power supply device A power supply for an electronic device such as the control circuitry of a thermostat. The power supply has a current transformer with a primary winding in series with the power line that is connected to the heating source, and a secondary winding coupled... | 07/23/1996 |
| 4544877 | Power conditioning system and apparatus Power conditioning apparatus particularly suited for computer facilities and including non-linear input chokes connectable with line power. These chokes are structured having a center leg configured to define a varying gap having a narrowest flux transfer... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4446405 | Television receiver ferroresonant load power supply To regulate a supply voltage for a television receiver load circuit, such as the ultor voltage for a high voltage circuit, the primary winding of a transformer is coupled to a source of alternating input voltage for developing an alternating polarity volt... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4429260 | Television receiver power supply ferroresonant load circuit provided with a redundant operating capability A self-regulating power supply for a television receiver includes a transformer with a primary winding coupled to a source of input voltage for developing an alternating polarity supply voltage across a secondary winding. The supply voltage is stepped up,... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4353014 | Television receiver ferroresonant load power supply with reduced saturable reactor circulating current The primary winding of a high leakage inductance transformer is coupled to a source of alternating input voltage to develop alternating polarity output voltages across tightly coupled secondary windings, including a high voltage winding of the transformer... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4345188 | Television receiver high frequency regulated power supply including a low voltage ferroresonant transformer coupled to a step-up high voltage transformer A source of high frequency alternating input voltage is coupled to the primary winding of a high frequency low voltage ferroresonant transformer of a television receiver power supply. A capacitor is coupled across the secondary output winding of the ferro... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4243931 | Current isolator A current isolator circuit generates an electrically isolated output current which is related to an input current. The current isolator includes a magnetically saturable transformer having a core and first, second, and third windings. The input current fl... | 01/06/1981 |
| 3935471 | Current limiting power supply A power supply for a control system in which a plurality of loads in the form of transducers, sensors and the like are employed. The loads are isolated from each other, the system being such that any load can be shorted without affecting operation of any ... | 01/27/1976 |
