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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 |
| 7731457 | Machine tool with a plate with elastic properties for holding the cutter A machine tool designed to be fitted with a cutter which is retained by a central screw includes a plate which is removable in relation to the body of the tool. The plate possesses a cut-out for the positioning of a machining cutter with a central hole, this cut-out... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7371032 | Boring bar for internal turning A boring bar, such as for internal turning, includes a front pocket that is defined by a shelf-like surface and a ramp surface, an insert seat that is countersunk in the shelf surface and disposed asymmetrically in relation to a center axis, a chip flute that is cou... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7226250 | Tool and method for forming a lug hole A single tool that provides multiple machining operations for forming a lug hole through a vehicle wheel hub includes an end portion having a first diameter and a mid-portion having a second diameter that is greater than the first diameter. A spade drill bit is moun... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7198436 | Multi-blade router tool, edger with multi-blade router tool, and method of edging eyeglass lenses The present invention relates to a router tool for edging the peripheral edge of eyeglass lenses. The tool comprises a longitudinally extending body rotatable on the axis thereof. A first blade extends axially and radially from the body, and has a first cutting port... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7172373 | Deburring tool with quick change knife The invention relates to a deburring tool with a quick change knife, which is formed by at least two parts, namely a guide sleeve having a larger diameter and a center bore, and a base body that can be inserted in the center bore in an axial direction. The base body... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172374 | Backspot facing tool A backspot facing tool includes a shaft and a cutting element. The shaft has a first and second ends and a recess located near the first end. The shaft also includes an outer circumference and is centered on a first axis. The cutting element has an inner portion and... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7159319 | Tube cutter having retractable tool device A tube cutter includes a handle having a chamber to slideably receive a casing of a tool device, the casing includes an aperture and two side openings communicating with a U-shaped groove, a tool member includes a shank rotatably received in the aperture of the casi... | 01/09/2007 |
| 6993848 | Pipe preparation device A pipe preparation device is disclosed for chamfering pipe ends and placing witness marks thereon to provide a visible indication that the pipes are properly engaged with a coupling. The device includes a body having co-axially aligned receptacles at opposite ends, ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6942433 | Milling tool A milling tool has a cutting edge geometry with a main cutting edge, a cutting corner, optionally with a bordering planar cutting edge segment, and a secondary cutting edge. The tool is used for milling to achieve the smoothest level surface possible parallel to the... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6929427 | Cutting insert and milling cutter A milling cutter has a cutter body having insert pockets, with cutting inserts seated in the insert pockets. Each insert pocket has adjacent side and rear walls generally transverse to a base, the side wall being provided with two spaced apart generally flat and non... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6869257 | Method for deburring and tool for use therein A method for deburring and tool for use therein wherein workpiece-engaging portions of a cutter of the tool prevent the cutting of chamfers to hole edges of boreholes. The tool removes burrs from a drilling operation performed on a steering yoke. The yoke includes t... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6825630 | Machine tool, tool, and tool holder A longer life, low cost tool and tool holder enabling change of posture with respect to a spindle, having a high machining accuracy of a workpiece, and resistant to generation of vibration or heat, provided with a working tool for processing a workpiece, a motor hav... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6705921 | Method and apparatus for controlling cutting tool edge cut taper A tilt control assembly for controlling the tilt of a cutting tool head has a first eccentric support and a second support, with both of the first and second supports connected to the head along an axis of the head. To adjust the position of the head, the first ecce... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6394710 | Tool and method for processing perforations A tool having a base body is proposed, on which at least one cutter holder, preferably a rocker-type cutter holder, is mounted such that it can be adjusted transversely with respect to the axis of the tool. The cutter holder carries a cutter and rests via... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6092965 | Boring tool A boring tool, including a housing part (3), a fisture (35) for transmitting a rotational movement to a borer, the transmitting fixture (35) being supported in the housing part and having a central receiving region (36) for receiving the borer (4), two, s... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5957633 | Multiple function inserts for port cutting tool A cutting tool for forming complex ports within metal workpieces. The present invention provides a cylindrical body to one end of which are attached indexable cutting inserts. One set of inserts is provided at a reduced diameter portion of the shaft for f... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5927911 | Automatic fluid actuated spotfacing and counterboring tool A spotfacing and counterboring tool has therethrough an axial bore communicating at one end with a recess containing a pivotal cutter blade connected to an actuator which is reciprocable on the tool between a first limited position in which it moves the c... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5839860 | Intertially activated spotfacing and counterboring tool A cylindrical tool holder has at one end a shank section disposed to be chucked in the drive spindle of a drill press or the like, and has in its opposite end a recess in which a tool bit pivots between an operative position in which it projects radially ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5829925 | Coolant actuated rear-end countersinking tool The invention relates to a backspot facing tool for machining operations. At least one cutting fluid jet is used to actuate a cutter included in the tool, causing it to move from a retracted to a non-retracted position.... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5716171 | Deburring tool A deburring tool comprising a barrel having a blade slot integrally formed in its top end and a blade having an aperture disposed therethrough freely positioned within the blade slot. A blade axle aperture is disposed through the barrel and the blade slot... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5507606 | Back spotfacing tool Adjacent one end thereof the shank of a back spotfacing tool has therein a transverse slot, and a cutter mounting pin which extends between opposite sides of the slot parallel to the shank axis. A cutter has in one end thereof a U-shaped slot which is ins... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5439329 | Valve machining unit Methods and apparatus for on-site machining are disclosed. The internal portions of devices such as turbine valves must be machined in place, but present certain areas, such as the valve seat, that cannot be readily accessed from an external surface. The ... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5261767 | Boring bar tool A boring bar tool for use with a tip is disclosed which has a tool body. The tip is mounted to one side of a forward end of the nose of the tool body. A neck is formed at a proximal end of the nose, and a shank in the form of a shaft is formed at a proxim... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5156503 | Boring bar tool A boring bar tool for use with a tip is disclosed which has a tool body. The tip is mounted to one side of a forward end of the nose of the tool body. A neck is formed at a proximal end of the nose, and a shank in the form of a shaft is formed at a proxim... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5135338 | Deburring tool with tilt blade Described is a deburring tool with tilt blade for deburring bore edges whereby the tilt blade swings into the tool holder in a vertical direction when travelling through the bore. It features a locking device designed as bar spring which engages in a curv... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5090848 | Device for producing drilled holes with undercut The device for producing an undercut drilled hole includes a drilling machine, a drilling tool having a drilling head widening conically towards its front end; an adaptor connecting the drilling tool and the drilling machine so that the drilling tool rota... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5002546 | Curved bore drilling apparatus Curved bore drilling apparatus and methods having a remotely actuated, pivotal rocker arm and cantilevered, curved guide means which guide and advance a cutting means through a predetermined curved path to drill one or more curved bores within a solid mat... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4978258 | Cutting tool A cutting tool for forming undercuts in boreholes includes a cutting member pivotally and rotatably supported in a tubular drive shaft. The combination of the drive shaft and cutting tool provide a ball joint so that the cutting tool is pivotally supporte... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4975002 | Boring tool for coarse and fine machining There is disclosed a boring tool which exhibits a cutting head with several cutting plates arranged on the periphery of the cutting head. Each of the cutting plates are pressable with a fastening device against a shoulder of the cutting head. The distance... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4941466 | Curved bore drilling method and apparatus A curved bore hole drilling apparatus and method utilizing two power driven drill shafts equipped with flexible shaft sections on the distal ends thereof with each flexible shaft section having a cutting tip. A semicircular channel shaped drill guide loos... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4927301 | Adjustable boring bar cartridge An adjustable cartridge to be mounted in a boring bar, the cartridge including a anvil rotatably affixed to said boring bar, the anvil including a pocket into which a lay-down indexable insert is affixed. The anvil is secured in an axially oriented slot w... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4874046 | Groove cutter for concrete bores The invention relates to improvements in rotary groove-cutting tools of the type having a rotatable center shaft and two or more generally arcuate flyweight subassemblies mounted for rotational movement with the center shaft, each such subassembly when th... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4773801 | Manual pivot head Manually adjustable pivot head for a rotary boring bar having a spring steel mounting plate with two opposed arcuate slots terminating in yieldable webs extending between a rigidly mounted outer ring and deflectable central portion on which an annular fla... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4729699 | Device for performing spot-facings, in particular at the non-accessible end of through-holes The device comprises a body longitudinally provided with a stem which is suitable for being inserted into the hole of a part being machined. On the body an element is slideably coupled which has an element for attachment to the mandrel of the machine tool... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4710070 | Device in back spot facing tools A device in back spot facing tools of the kind comprising a spindle (11), at one front end portion (12) of which, at least one wing (14) is arranged in a recess (13) and pivotally mounted parallel with and eccentrically with respect to the spindle about a... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4690594 | Deburring apparatus Deburring apparatus for removing the burrs which are formed at the intersecting inner edges of at least two intersecting bores of a workpiece comprises; a frame having means for holding the workpiece; a cutter spindle borne rotatably in the frame; a cutte... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4647261 | Cutting device and method for the precision trimming of the edge of a cast lens A cutting device and method for the precision trimming of a selected portion of the peripheral edge of a cast lens secured on the external surface of a male mold independent of any eccentricity that may exist between the opening defined in the mold and th... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4631994 | Adjustable holder for a cutting tool A linearly and angularly adjustable holder for a cutting tool having primary and secondary cutting edges includes a basic element, a receptacle element for the cutting tool rotatably mounted on the basic element, and a setting element slidably mounted on ... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4606249 | Reaming tool for threading machines A reaming tool is mountable on the tooling carriage of a power driven threading machine for continuous motion displacement about two axes and between use and storage positions in which a reaming blade of the tool is respectively coaxial with a tubular wor... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4582457 | Adjustable boring bar An adjustable boring bar is disclosed having a hollow case with an integral shank and a tool supporting nose receivable in the case. An adjusting pin is mounted on the case and threadably received in the nose such that it can be pivoted between adjusted p... | 04/15/1986 |
