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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 |
| 7876192 | Thermal and/or magnetic overload trip A thermal and/or magnetic overload trip device for an electrical switching device having multiple poles includes a housing having a housing member configured to receive a plurality of functional elements and being at least partially closable. The overload trip devic... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7354292 | Low profile latching connector and pull tab for unlatching same A small, low-profile plug connector for use with electronic devices provides a latching member with a pair of hooks that engage mating holes in a guide frame, and which can be easily delatched from the guide frame or opposing connector or housing. The hooks lock the... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7345569 | Temperature sensitive protection device for circuits A protection device includes a bi-metallic plate electrically connected between the first and second terminals, and the bi-metallic plate is bent upward to separate two contact points when the protection device is overloaded to cut off the circuit. A contact plate h... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7345568 | Dual protection device for circuits A protection device includes a bi-metallic plate having a first end fixed to a first terminal and a second of the bi-metallic plate has a first contact point so as to contact a second contact point on a first end of a carrier. A contact plate has a first end in cont... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7071809 | Thermal fuse containing bimetallic sensing element A non-resetable, bimetallic thermal switch. The bimetallic thermal switch includes a bimetallic element, first and second electrical contacts, and a component for electrically connecting and disconnecting the first and second electrical contacts based on movement of... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7026906 | Circuit breaker A circuit breaker has a housing in which two conductive plates, a bimetallic strip and a swing plate with a U-shaped notch are retained, wherein a switch is mounted at the top of the housing. Each conductive plate has an end protruding from a bottom of the body. The... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6661329 | Adjustable thermal trip assembly for a circuit breaker The circuit breaker current/time characteristic value at which the bimetal in a thermal trip assembly actuates a trip mechanism is adjusted by an adjustable coupler that includes first and second pivoted members separately rotatable about a common pivot a... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6545584 | Circuit breaker with inertia device to prevent shockout A pair of spring mounted masses have sufficient inertia to remain stationary in response to a shock force applied to the housing of a trip assembly in a circuit breaker to block movement of the trip bar and thereby prevent a nuisance trip.... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6472971 | Circuit breaker A circuit breaker includes main circuit contact shoes disposed in a circuit breaker case and urged by a contact spring, a contact opening and closing mechanism located above the contact shoes and including an opening and closing lever, a toggle link, an o... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6342826 | Pressure and temperature responsive switch assembly A switch having closed and open positions moves from one position to the other in response to either an elevated temperature or an excessive pressure. A switch member of bimetal material or shape memory alloy operates in response to an elevated temperatur... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6160470 | Circuit breaker A circuit breaker includes an upper rail mounting device defined by a line terminal having a pair of spaced-apart jaws. A bimetal is adjusted by means of a calibration screw. An aperture is provided in an upper sidewall portion of a base of the circuit br... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6154115 | Overcurrent release device An overcurrent release device for protection switching devices, in particular automatic line circuit breakers or motor protective switches, with electromagnetic and thermoelectric release, includes a thermoconducting tubular supporting body onto which a c... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6104273 | Calibration assembly and process for use in a circuit protective device In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a calibration arrangement and process for use in a circuit protective device are presented. An exemplary calibration assembly for use in the calibration process of the present invention includes a split clamp a... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6091315 | Switch having a safety element A switch has a switching mechanism, which switches at a response temperature, for opening and closing a circuit that can be connected to external terminals of the switch. In this context, the switching mechanism has a movable contact, electrically connect... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5973585 | Overcurrent trip for circuit breakers An overcurrent trip (1) for circuit breakers or motor safety switches has a very short reaction time. The short reaction time is achieved by connecting a bimetal snap-action disk (8) to the heating device (7) in such a way that its central region is alway... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5933068 | Protective apparatus for an electrical installation having temperature-sensitive disconnection means A protective apparatus for an electrical installation, includes a device for connecting the protective apparatus to an electrical installation in parallel intermediate phase and zero and under no current and temperature-sensitive disconnection element for... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5844465 | Temperature compensated time-delay switch A time-delay switch responsive to a sensor 36 having a temperature compensation feature including bimetallic creep-type strip elements (10, 11). Additionally, the switch has an alarm function (A) with a manual reset button (9).... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5590010 | Heat responsive power interrupting device An electric device is provided as an interface between a permanent power source (e.g., an electric wall outlet) and an electrical appliance for interrupting electrical power to the appliance in the event the temperature of either the power cord plug of th... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5221914 | Thermally responsive switch A thermally responsive switch for protecting electric motors against overcurrent and overheating conditions includes a metallic receptacle having an elongated dome-shaped portion and an opening opposite to the dome-shaped portion, a metallic header plate ... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5049849 | Circuit breaker A circuit breaker has two thin flat terminals embedded in an electrically insulating housing exposing respective broad flat sides of the terminals in spaced side-by-side relation to each other in a housing chamber. The circuit breaker has a thermostat met... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5012495 | Switch and circuit breaker combination device An improved device for protecting an electrical load from a current overload combines an electrical switch and a re-settable circuit breaker in a single housing. The device avoids the use of gate plates, visually alerts an operator to the existence of a t... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4318070 | Spring biased actuator for a thermal delay valve or switch An actuator for use as part of an electrically heated thermal delay valve (FIG. 1) or switch (FIG. 2) includes a thermally responsive plate (12) the periphery of which is fixed and the central part of which forms a temperature-dependent control element. T... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4066870 | Flexible electric heating cable A flexible heating cable having a cold lead section and a heating section, in which a thermostat is disposed in the cold wires of the cold lead section and a light and a switch are disposed in a flexible translucent plastic pouch remotely located from the... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4045720 | Automatic resetting temperature controlled battery changing system An automatically resetting battery charging circuit in which the temperature of the battery is sensed by a temperature responsive switch to control the charging of the battery between a fast charging rate and a trickle charging rate. Two current paths are... | 08/30/1977 |
