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Crispy Chip Sandwich and Process of Producing a Sandwich Product
A food product comprising a multilayer cookie or snack having outer layers formed from a crispy type edible food product such as a potato chip or corn chip, etc. with an intermediate marshmallow layer being in contact with the inner surface of each crispy chip and one or more filler substances.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5680157 | Pointing device with differential optomechanical sensing A pointing device including a ball engaging one or more shaft encoders, each shaft encoder having an encoding wheel, including a monolithic photosensitive array for detecting light pulses representative of rotary movement of the ball. The photosensitive a... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5565890 | Cursor control device The present invention is related to a cursor control device which includes a ball housing for accommodating therein a ball, a grid wheel device driven by the ball for intermittently passing therethrough a light to control a movement of a cursor, a wheel s... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5559534 | Photoelectric sensor for an X-Y position device An improved photoelectric sensor for an X-Y input device, the input device including vertical and horizontal slotted discs at ends of respective vertical and horizontal shafts, the discs being situated adjacent but not touching one another, is made up of ... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5557440 | Noise-insensitive optoencoding techniques with compensation for device variations A method of detecting quadrature signals in a computer input device allows a microprocessor in the input device to perform comparator functions, thus eliminating the need for external comparator circuitry. At least one light-emitting element in the input ... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5541623 | Temperature compensated opto-electronic circuit and mouse using same A temperature compensated opto-electronic circuit structure including a emitter connected to one input of a comparator to provide a reference signal. A detector signal is applied to another input terminal of a comparator, and the output of the comparator ... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5446259 | Method for producing opto-electronic circuit using laser-trimming device A method for producing opto-electronic devices, such as opto-mechanical mouse devices, which includes adjusting a detector signal after a detector and emitter are connected to the remaining circuitry associated with the opto-electronic device. The method ... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5442377 | Continuous loop mouse A continuous loop multi-axis pointing position control device is provided permitting continuous rotation about an X-axis to provide generation of a first motion signal and a continuous rotation about a Y-axis to provide generation of a second motion signa... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5384460 | Encoder with a light emitting editing wheel An encoder with a light emitted editing wheel comprises an editing wheel defines a wheel body and a hole in its middle portion. The editing wheel is made from transparent material, such glass, acrylic etc. The editing wheel is mounted on a shaft member an... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5311209 | Assembled photomechanical mouse structure An assembled photomechanical mouse structure including a bottom casing, an upper cover associated with the bottom casing, a circuit board enclosed by the bottom casing and upper cover, a ball member, two slotted discs, an idle roller, and a photoelectrica... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5252968 | Apparatus and method for optical encoding and cursor control trackball An apparatus for optical encoding. An electrical input circuitry is provided for providing a pulsed electrical input signal. A light source circuitry is connected to the pulsed electrical input circuitry for utilizing the pulsed electrical input signal to... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5223709 | Spherical optical encoder for detecting the position and motion about three mutual orthogonal axes A position detecting apparatus in the form of a sphere movable about three mutually orthogonal axes and employing optical encoding such as gray scale encoding and detector so positioned that motion about any of the three orthogonal axes is detected by one... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5168268 | Optically transmissive armature for cursor control device An optically transmissive armature is presented for use with an optical encoder mechanism in a cursor control device. The armature includes a substantially planar rectangular base, a plurality of supports, and a plurality of optical wave guides. An encode... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5095303 | Six degree of freedom graphic object controller A six degrees of freedom interactive display controller device is disclosed, comprising a hand manipulable housing unit having an opening for the passage of a mouse ball, two motion detectors for detecting the movement of the mouse ball and converting tha... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5095302 | Three dimensional mouse via finger ring or cavity A cursor control/data input device for a computer display system which utilizes a conventional X-Y mouse provided with a third Z with axis data generating mechanism. The mouse may be used with any non-specific support surface and would have conventional X... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5029292 | Silicone/zirconium ball for use in a cursor control device A substantially spherical ball to be used in a cursor controlling mouse. The mouse ball is formed from a composition of silicone having zirconium dust dispersed uniformly throughout. The zirconium provides the added weight necessary to keep the ball rolli... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5027109 | Apparatus and method for minimizing undesired cursor movement in a computer controlled display system An apparatus and method of minimizing undesired cursor movement in a computer controlled display system are disclosed. A cursor control device capable of generating an electrical signal indicative of a position of the cursor control device is provided. At... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4891632 | Computer graphic drawing apparatus with coarse and fine controls An improved computer graphic drawing apparatus having a housing unit adapted for being held in hand during graphic drawing operations, a coarse adjusting device movably disposed in the housing unit, and an IC arrangement disposed in the housing unit and e... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4818978 | Position and image inputting unit A position and image inputting unit in accordance with the present invention is a unit in which both the position inputting function and the image inputting function are incorporated in a packing case. The unit may be used for inputting the position data,... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4801931 | Device for controlling the motion of a video-screen cursor A trackball for controlling the motion of a video-screen cursor comprises a control ball, said control ball being held on at least two rotatable rolling bodies, said rolling bodies each touching the control ball at at least two contact points. These rolli... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4788537 | Mouse interface assembly An assembly (10) for interfacing with a mouse (12) including a transducer (13) which controls movement of a cursor on a computer display is disclosed as including a base (14), a first member (16) having a peripheral surface (18) for interfacing with the m... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4623787 | Ball and transducer mounting arrangement for mouse A "mouse"-type position indicating control apparatus has a two-part housing comprising an apertured base and a cover which contains a ball, a portion of which projects through the aperture in the base to support and transport the housing along a support s... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4464652 | Cursor control device for use with display systems A cursor control device having particular application to a computer display system is disclosed. The cursor control includes a unitary frame, having a domed portion substantially surrounding and retaining a ball which is free to rotate. X-Y position indic... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4354102 | Cursor apparatus for interactive graphic display system Graphic data entry in an interactive graphic display system is achieved by means of an apparatus that provides automatic centering of a pointing laser beam on a hand held cursor. The graphic display system provides a means for displaying and comparing thr... | 10/12/1982 |
