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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 |
| 8109682 | Printer for a plurality of layered sheets A printer according to an embodiment of the present invention is a printer which transports a recording medium, provided with a plurality of laminated sheets, along a predetermined transport path including a curved portion. The printer is provided with a dot head fo... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7708482 | Method for controlling the operation of a printer connected to an automatic sheet feeder or roll paper holder A printer has an ASF connection/disconnection sensor 18a as a sheet feeding device detector which detects if an ASF 60 is installed to the main printer unit 1, a roll paper holder connection sensor 38 as a roll paper holder detecto... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7435023 | Printing apparatus and printing method A printer 1 has transportation paths for conveying media in two directions, that of a first transportation path P1 and that of a second transportation path P2 (or third transportation path P3) perpendicular to the first transportation pat... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7419318 | Recording medium conveying device A recording medium conveying device comprising: a master roll holder to hold a master roll of a recording medium; a platen to support the recording medium supplied from the master roll holder in an image recording section; a conveyance roller positioned upstream of ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7366459 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus, comprising a case that accommodates an image forming unit; a sheet cassette that is capable of moving relative to the case; and a cover disposed above the sheet cassette, wherein the cover covers a side of the case in which the sheet cass... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362346 | Printer apparatus A printer apparatus is disclosed that includes a printer unit, a first chassis, and a second chassis that is arranged to open/close through rotation. The printer unit includes a thermal head, a first module having a motor, and a second module having a platen roller ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7349127 | Reading/recording apparatus, reading/recording control method, program for implementing the reading/recording control method, reading apparatus, reading control method, and program for implementing the reading control method There is provided a reading/recording apparatus which is miniaturized, by having a reading device and a recording device share a moving space on a shared conveying path used as both a conveying path for an original and a conveying path for a recording sheet, and whi... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7328224 | Apparatus and method for controlling user interface The user describes in advance conflict process rules, which indicate descriptions for avoiding conflicts that occur between setup data, in a conflict process rule description file (301). An inference engine (302) refers to this conflict process rule de... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7309179 | Media advancing device and method of displacing a medium A media advancing device for a hardcopy apparatus comprising: a platen having at least one slot and a top surface, whereby a medium advances on the top surface; and a plurality of openings connecting the top surface to at least one zone of negative pressure; and a r... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303187 | Image formation apparatus and paper feed control method therefor An image formation apparatus which has multiple paper feed units and performs plural types of processing including at least facsimile processing, comprising a paper feeding subject setting unit which sets availability of paper feeding of each of the paper feed units... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303345 | Pinion roller drive for recording apparatus An apparatus for recording an image onto a sheet medium (12) has an entrance drive roller (16) paired with a corresponding entrance pressure roller (18) to form an entrance nip (14) for transporting the sheet medium into an image recordin... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7290763 | Sheet feeding apparatus and image reading and recording apparatus provided with the same A first sheet feeding device and a second sheet feeding device for feeding sheets stacked on a first stacking portion and a second stacking portion, respectively, are driven by a driving force generated by a drive source. A controller controls the drive source so th... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7290764 | Modular guide apparatus for tab stock received in a feeder tray A tab guide is provided for aligning tab stock in a paper tray of a printer having a trail edge guide including a substantially planar sheet-engaging face and a stack height finger extending from the sheet engaging face in a process direction for engaging a top surf... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292820 | Integrated media input tray including electronics A removable media tray for an image forming apparatus includes a housing, an exit port in the housing, a primary media stack, and a multi-purpose tray (MPT) input. Within the tray are first and second pick mechanisms operative to select a media sheet from the primar... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7284753 | Printing device with manual paper feeding function A printing device with a manual paper feeding function includes a manual paper feeding unit, a first paper size input unit that inputs a paper size by an operation and a second paper size input unit that detects a paper size of fed paper and inputs the detected pape... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280235 | Print engine for double-sided printing A print engine for double-sided printing includes a chassis. A pair of substantially identical inkjet printhead assemblies is mounted on the chassis opposite each other. A pair of transfer rollers is mounted on the chassis and positioned with respect to the printhea... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278723 | Printing cartridge with a print roll incorporating an ink supply A printing cartridge includes a housing. A print roll is mounted in the housing to carry a roll of print media. The print roll includes a print roll former that contains an ink supply arrangement. The ink supply arrangement includes an elongate body in which one or ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277670 | Double-sided image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus has an image forming unit that forms an image on one side of a recording medium, and a return unit that returns the recording medium to the image forming unit so that an image can be formed on the other side. A control unit selects differe... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275883 | Method for stacking tickets in a printer Methods are provided for driving sheets through a transaction-based printer. A sheet drive forwards a sheet through a printing station to a cutting station where the sheet is severed from a spool by a cutter. Movement of a kicker element is coordinated with that of ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7258500 | Media processing apparatus and scanner unit The media processing apparatus has a first transportation path for guiding the check, a second transportation path and a third transportation path that diverge from the first transportation path, a front scanner that is rendered along the first transportation path f... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252285 | Method and apparatus for aligning a media sheet An alignment device for aligning a manually loaded media sheet to a printer feed path has at least one registration feature disposed to register the trailing edge of the media sheet to the feed path. By aligning the trailing edge, an orthogonal media sheet is loaded... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7244071 | Printer, and print medium cartridge used for the printer A tape printer (100) capable of, as necessary, installing, therein, a print medium cartridge for storing print medium of different lengths, wherein a cartridge storage area (120) is formed in the tape printer (100) by recessing inward the surfac... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245870 | Image forming apparatus with paper feed direction specifying means An image I/O apparatus has a paper feeding direction specifying control unit 125 which is constructed in a manner such that when a plurality of paper sizes exist mixedly in one image forming job, on the basis of paper mixture information which is set on a pri... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7228314 | Apparatus and method for controlling user interface The user describes in advance conflict process rules, which indicate descriptions for avoiding conflicts that occur between setup data, in a conflict process rule description file (301). An inference engine (302) refers to this conflict process rule de... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220070 | Printer having a continuous paper holder A printer having a main printer unit 1 an image recording unit 3 and a base unit 2. The image recording unit 3 includes a carriage 25 having an ink head for discharging ink to paper and a guide shaft 26 for slidably guiding ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218976 | User interface control apparatus and method An identifier which indicates a reason why a direct change is disabled upon application of a specific conflict resolution rule can be described in a conflict resolution rule description file (301). In case of a process executed when a UI is not displayed, a s... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7209254 | Printing system, order acceptance server, order acceptance system, method of accepting an order, method of order, and recording medium There is realized a printing system, an order-receiving server, an order-receiving system, an order-receiving method, an order-sending method, and a storage medium, capable of making it convenient for a person making an order upon ordering a printing-medium unit. A ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7192209 | Printing apparatus with sliding panels enabling extraction of medium from transport path At a printing unit which structures a printing apparatus, a portion of a transport path, which portion includes a rear portion of an upper guide path portion of a printing guide path, a sub-scanning guide path, a paper ejection buffer and a front portion of a branch... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7177962 | Multifunctional apparatus having facsimile and copying functions wherein both functions share the same conveying path when reading and printing data There is provide a reading/recording apparatus capable of ensuring that a reading device and a recording device do not collide when the apparatus is miniaturized to thereby protect the reading unit and the recording unit by having the reading device and the recordin... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7165904 | Printer and medium transportation assembly A printer with an image scanning sensor for reading image data in confined spaces comprising a case unit 11 with a roll paper compartment 30 for holding roll paper P, a front cover unit 12 for forming a slip transportation path 21 for con... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7152857 | Paper feed and output assembly, and image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus, which has sophisticated functions of feeding recording paper of various sizes selectively and of sorting printed paper, is reduced in size. The feed bin sorters, the output bin sorters, and the output tray are arranged in tiers. Pre-print... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7149002 | Scanner including calibration target A scanner includes a transparent scanning window; a housing, the housing including a first side supporting the scanning window and a second side opposite the first side; a scanning array movable in the housing relative to the scanning window along a scanning path, t... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7142790 | Image-forming apparatus In an image-forming apparatus, a recording sheet passes in a first feeding path when it is determined that the size of the recording sheet does not satisfy the condition for feeding the recording sheet in a second feeding path even in a case in which the second feed... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7140793 | Imaging apparatus having a carrier support and drive arrangement An imaging apparatus includes a mid-frame for supporting the sheet of print media. A unitary carrier support frame is positioned above the mid-frame. The unitary carrier support frame defines a first guide member and a second guide member, wherein a longitudinal ext... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7125181 | Portable printer device having a plurality of paper rolls A portable printer device is capable of holding a plurality of paper rolls. The portable printer device comprises a single printing portion which is provided for printing of each of the plurality of paper rolls. A paper roll hold device includes a plurality of paper... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7104712 | Roll sheet holder and tape printer A tape printer includes a holder support member at one side end in a roll sheet holder storage part in a direction substantially perpendicular to a feeding direction. In the holder support member, a mounting piece which is substantially rectangular in section and fo... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7096643 | Device for closing envelope flaps A mail-handling machine including a postage-metering or “franking” module including at least a print mechanism for printing a postage imprint on a mail item and a conveyor for conveying the mail item along a mail item conveyor path defined by top and bottom guid... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099032 | Printer control based on detection of envelope-sized print medium In performing a printing operation, upon designating the type of paper by inputting it, a paper type table is searched to determine whether the designated type of paper requires a special printing operation, such as reverse feeding and printing. If the above-mention... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7077515 | Media cartridge for inkjet printhead A media cartridge for an inkjet printhead that has a roll of media substrate wrapped around a tubular core that stores a supply of ink. The ink outlets are at the end of the core and the drive gear for the drive roller is adjacent the end of the core. Providing the ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7069578 | Settop cable television control device and method including bootloader software and code version table for maintaining and updating settop receiver operating system software A cable television settop receiver and method includes a software component and a frequency acquisition method for determining the ability of the operating system/control program in the settop receiver to operate the settop receiver. The software component, referred... | 06/27/2006 |
