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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 |
| 7945202 | Cleaning apparatus and image forming apparatus An cleaning apparatus includes: a first brush roll for removing toner from an image carrier; a second brush roll for removing the toner from the image carrier; a first recovery device for recovering the toner deposited on the first brush roll; a second recovery devi... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7929897 | Cleaning unit, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus using the same A cleaning apparatus for removing charged particles includes a cleaning brush and a recovery unit. The cleaning brush removes the charged particles from an object by attracting the charged particles having positive and negative polarity. The recovery unit for recove... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7848695 | Toner brush with superimposed brushes for an electro-photographic printer and printer with the toner brush A toner brush for a printer and a printer including the toner brush. The toner brush includes a substrate (e.g. a core cylinder) with a cleaning brush and a residual toner brush superimposed over one another. During printing the printer holds the residual toner brus... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7809321 | Cleaning device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus A cleaning brush configured to remove toner from a surface of a member of an image forming apparatus; wherein the cleaning brush includes a plurality of fibers having an inside part formed from a conductive material and a surface part formed by an insulating materia... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7796935 | Process cartridge and image forming apparatus including same A process cartridge includes a latent image carrier, a charging unit, a latent image forming unit, a developing unit, a transfer unit, a rotary brush contacting a curved surface of the latent image carrier to form a nip, and a brush housing including a first tip and... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7697880 | Process cartridge and image-forming device with brush holder member A process cartridge includes: an image bearing body; a brush member; a brush holder member; and a tension imparting portion. The image bearing body bears an image on its surface. The brush member removes deposits adhered to the surface of the image bearing body. The... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7689155 | Cleaning member for photosensitive drum A cleaning member is for use in contact with a photosensitive member in an electrophotographic process to remove a paper dust adhered to the photosensitive member. The cleaning member includes: a base fabric; and fibers electrostatically implanted on a surface of th... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7469121 | Soft contact portion flicker bar assembly and a toner image reproduction machine including same In order to prevent built up crusts on the flicker assembly from being detrimentally dislodged due to the cleaning fibers impacting the flicker bar assembly, there is provided a soft contact portion flicker bar assembly for mounting in a machine to contact and flick... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7418218 | Conductive backer brush for electrostatic brush cleaning of a belt without a ground layer A transfer cleaning station for an electrostatic marking system is provided. In this station, the upper surface of a movable transfer belt is cleaned by a rotating electrostatic cleaning brush (ESB). To improve cleaning performance and conserve space, a grounded con... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7389061 | Cleaning device and image forming apparatus having a cleaning brush and a collection roller that move in the same direction at a contact area therebetween A secondary cleaning device has a cleaning brush, collection roller, and controller. The cleaning brush is driven by a drive mechanism and thereby rotates in a state that brush fibers thereof are contacting with a secondary transfer belt to collect toner on the seco... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7376380 | Image forming apparatus, process cartridge, and toner An image forming apparatus includes units for electrostatically charging a surface of an image carrier, exposing the surface according to image data to write a latent image, supplying a toner to the latent image to form a visible image, and transferring the visible ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373101 | Method and apparatus for image forming and effectively applying lubricant to an image bearing member A lubricant supplying device including a molded lubricant having a Martens hardness of approximately 40 N/mm2 to approximately 70 N/mm2 measured with a test force of 50 mN and a load-applying period of 30 seconds, a rotative member including a ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369790 | Process cartridge including paper dust removal member An image forming device includes a paper dust removal unit that removes paper dust from a photosensitive member. The paper dust removal unit includes a brush-shaped member affixed to a plate by a two-sided tape. The brush-shaped member is peeled off from the plate s... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7359657 | Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively replacing a facing mechanism used in the image forming A process cartridge detachably attached to an image forming apparatus includes a first body member, a second body member including an engaging part, in which the second body member is engaged with the first body member by the engaging part and pivotably moves betwee... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349649 | Process cartridge, positioning mechanism therefor and electrophotographic image forming apparatus A process cartridge is capable of being carried on a movable guide, which is movable relative to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus and which is provided in the main assembly. The movable guide is movable from a receiving position towa... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346308 | Cleaning device, method for preparing the cleaning device, and image forming apparatus and process cartridge using the cleaning device A cleaning device including a cleaning brush configured to clean a surface of a moving member while contacting and facing the surface; and a cleaning blade which is located on a downstream side from the cleaning brush relative to a moving direction of the moving mem... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343133 | Cleaning brush and image forming apparatus A cleaning brush can prevent “image deletion” and “toner filming” attributable to uneven wear, a streak, an injury, etc. on an image bearing member caused by endurance, and a streak on the image bearing member or the like surface-roughened for the purposes o... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7316843 | Melt-spun synthetic fiber and process for producing the fiber A melt-spun synthetic fiber and process for producing the fiber are described, the fiber including a fiber-forming synthetic polymer and a siloxane-based polyamide with a repeating unit having the formula (I) whe... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315722 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method An image forming apparatus, including an electrophotographic photoreceptor including: an electroconductive substrate, a photosensitive layer overlying the electroconductive substrate, and a protective layer overlying the photosensitive layer and serving as an outerm... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313356 | Image forming apparatus A cleaning apparatus is used for cleaning the surface of a photoconductive body. Residual toner on a rotating photoconductive body is collected after transferring a toner image from the photoconductive body onto a print medium, the apparatus includes a first cleanin... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313347 | Cleaning device, process cartridge, image forming apparatus and toner A cleaning device, a process cartridge, an image forming apparatus, and toner to maintain improved cleaning performance for a long time. The cleaning device includes a cleaning blade, a lubricant applying part, and a toner removing part. The cleaning blade is dispos... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7272355 | Cleaning device for image forming apparatus A cleaning device is disposed substantially vertical above a photosensitive drum for the purpose of constructing a compact electrophotographic printer. The cleaning device includes a housing that accommodates an auxiliary toner conveying part and a sheet-like resili... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7257362 | Photoreceptor abrader for LCM A cleaning system for cleaning an imaging surface moving in a process direction, including: an abrading brush for uniformly abrading the imaging surface to remove laterally conductive deposits that lead to lateral charge migration therefrom, the abrading brush inclu... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251432 | System for collecting an unfixed developer with an airflow The invention provides a fixing unit including a fixing roller and a pressure roller pressed against the fixing roller inside a housing, for holding and conveying a sheet carrying an image formed by a developer between the fixing roller and the pressure roller thus ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7245848 | Method and apparatus for discharging a conductive brush cleaning assembly for a transfer roller An electrophotographic machine includes a dielectric member configured for carrying a toner image. A transfer roller engages the dielectric member and transfers the toner image to an image substrate. A transfer roller power supply biases and periodically reverse bia... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7236731 | Image forming apparatus for a color laser printer for transferring a higher transfer efficiency on a recording sheet on the upstream side of the imaging forming process An image forming apparatus includes developing devices, each of which contains a developing agent of a single color therein; a photosensitive member; a latent image forming device that forms a latent image on the photosensitive member, the latent image being develop... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233755 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus which reduces abrasion of a photosensitive drum caused by a rotary brush such as an charging brush for electrically charging the surface of a photosensitive drum or a cleaning brush for cleaning the surface of a photosensitive drum. The ro... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231164 | Developing unit, developing cartridge, and image forming apparatus A developing unit detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, includes a developing member for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an electrophotographic photosensitive member, a developer accommodating p... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7221890 | Image forming apparatus An apparatus having image forming units to form respective toner images of different colors on a toner-image receiving medium, each unit including an image carrier, a static-latent-image forming portion to form a static latent image on the image carrier, a developin... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221898 | Charged particles cleaning apparatus having a biased manifold A charged particles cleaning apparatus for cleaning and removing charged particles from a surface includes (a) a housing; (b) a surface scrubbing member mounted within the housing for contacting the surface and frictionally removing charged particles therefrom; (c) ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7215920 | Imaging forming apparatus An image forming apparatus which can quickly remove remaining toner even after it has been emergently stopped when it forms an image by the use of an intermediate transfer member. An image forming apparatus for primary-transferring a toner image formed on a photosen... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212779 | Electroconductive brush and copying device for electrophotography The purpose of the invention is to provide a conductive brush excelling in functionality and being useful as a cleaning brush in the color copier using the color toner of fine grain than before. The present invention is a conductive brush, which comprises a b... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7197264 | Image forming apparatus It is intended to provide an image forming apparatus capable of conducting charge adjustment of post-transfer residual toner appropriately by securing a contact area of a temporarily-collecting member and an electrode, without applying excessive deformation load to ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7177583 | Image forming apparatus and copier An image forming apparatus including a photoreceptor having an electroconductive substrate, a photosensitive layer overlying the electroconductive substrate, and a protection layer including an inorganic filler in an amount of from 3 to 25% by weight based on total ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7167662 | Conductive brush cleaner for a transfer roller An electrophotographic machine includes a dielectric member carrying a toner image. A biased transfer roller engages the dielectric member and transfers the toner image to an image substrate. A cleaning brush having a plurality of bristles, at least some of which ar... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7162177 | Back of the belt cleaner in an imaging system A rotating cleaning brush positioned to clean toner and debris from the back of an imaging belt. Additionally, a plurality of cleaning brushes assembled to clean the back of the imaging belt wherein charging a first and a second brush to approximately equal potentia... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7149465 | Cleaning unit, process cartridge, image forming apparatus, and toner A cleaning unit includes a cleaning blade that cleans toner on an image carrier and a brush-shaped roller that applies a lubricant of a molded lubricant on the image carrier. The brush-shaped roller is insulative, and delivers the toner cleaned by the cleaning blade... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7139503 | Cleaning apparatus with conductive member A cleaning apparatus includes a brush member to be brought into contact with a member to be cleaned to remove toner particles attached to the member. The brush member includes a conductive material. ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7127194 | Process cartridge, positioning mechanism therefor and electrophotographic image forming apparatus A process cartridge is capable of being carried on a movable guide, which is movable relative to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus and which is provided in the main assembly. The movable guide is movable from a receiving position towa... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7123854 | Printer contaminant abatement systems and methods Embodiments herein comprise a compact dust abatement apparatus that includes at least one manifold shaped to fit next to a belt or drum of a printing engine, at least one blower/fan positioned within the manifold, and at least one air duct connected to the manifold.... | 10/17/2006 |
