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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 |
| 7275294 | Magnetic parts holder A parts holding device that includes a holder with a row of spaced-apart cavities, within which parts may be disposed. A bar containing a plurality of spaced-apart permanent magnets is movably mounted to the holder and is disposed parallel to the row of the cavities... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7019259 | Laser welding system Disclosed herein is a laser welding system having a travel path to carry a first blank and a second blank. An upstream clamp assembly and a downstream clamp assembly are positioned on the travel path and each of the upstream and downstream clamp assemblies are movab... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6746063 | Device for separating, lifting and moving aluminium sheets or other non-ferromagnetic material Device for separating, lifting and transporting sheets of aluminium or other non-ferromagnetic material consisting of a spider attraction assembly provided with a series of blocks of magnets and with contact electrodes, which by way of the effects produced by Lorent... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6739826 | Slab transfer handling system A system for transferring a steel slab from a first roller table to a second roller table by lifting the top slab from a stack of slabs on the first table, and then transferring and lowering the slab onto the second table. Specifically, a gantry-type bridge trolley ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6558109 | Method and apparatus for separating wafers Wafers are separated individually from a stack by directing multiple jets of fluid between an outermost wafer in the stack and an adjacent wafer. The jets have sufficient pressure and are sufficiently spaced apart around the wafer stack to cause the outer... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6468025 | Blank separation method and apparatus It is known to utilize magnets to assist in separating individual blanks from a stack of blanks. The invention utilizes a pressurized fluid, for example pressurized air, to separate one blank from another. The pressurized air system is utilized in a combi... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6405857 | Transportation mechanism of magnetic handling for accessing compact disks A transportation mechanism of magnetic handling for accessing Compact Disks. The transportation mechanism includes a reciprocating device having a base, an electromagnetic head provided on the base, a control unit controlling the reciprocating device such... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6146086 | Magnetic fanning accumulator An apparatus for accumulating and separating laminations including a lamination storage area; a magnetic fanner arrangement for accumulating and magnetically separating the laminations; a transport mechanism; and a mechanical agitation mechanism. The tran... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5733101 | Apparatus for stacking and unstacking rectangular articles such as for instance griddles, proofing pans, crates, baking pans and the like An apparatus for stacking and unstacking substantially rectangular articles, such as, for instance, crates or baking pans for bread, the apparatus having at least one guide extending in the longitudinal direction of an article storage area, a lifting trol... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5676518 | Unstacking feeder An unstacking feeder capable of unstacking sheet materials efficiently from a sheet stack has a sheet stack transfer device (3) for transferring a sheet stack, which consists of a plurality of stacked sheet materials (1a), along a circulating transport co... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5632595 | Glass plate conveying apparatus A glass plate conveying apparatus has a movable robot arm, a first suction device for attracting glass plates which are stacked and rested against a support member, a second suction device for attracting guard sheets which are inserted between the stacked... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5582056 | Installation for cutting a knife material An installation for cutting a knife material which accurately cuts and produces an intermediate knife material to be supplied to a bending device for bending and forming a knife for working a sheet body. The installation is provided with a repository memb... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5340270 | Packing method and bar packer with hanging transfer A bars packer plant having hung transfer magnets for packing bar layers differentiated in number including a single linear system of rotating hung transfer magnets movable between a position above a supply line with bar layers to be picked up to a positio... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5306111 | Apparatus for withdrawing reels from a packing case From a packing case containing a plurality of reels in plural rows and lines and in plural stages with separators interposed between adjacent stages, the reels and separators are taken out one stage after another and transferred to different locations. Th... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5151001 | Apparatus for rotating top ends of cans In a rotating apparatus for top ends, a transport path for the top ends is defined along an outer periphery of a turntable which is rotatable intermittently. Top-end holding platforms are arranged on the outer periphery of the turntable in spaced relation... | 09/29/1992 |
| 4946341 | Apparatus for dispensing parts Apparatus for dispensing an individual part from a stack of a plurality of identical parts includes a magazine for receiving the stack of parts and an elevator movable in the magazine by an electrical motor for raising the stack for positioning an uppermo... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4824308 | Separating and lifting device for stacked-up flat elements A device for the separation, lifting and removal of complete flat elements includes an open structure, suited to receive in its lower central part a storage for the metal sheets and two lateral stands, each supporting at its lower end a set of rollers lea... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4815916 | Apparatus for raising a magnetizable object from a stack and for moving it away for further processing A plurality of magnetic elevator devices disposed along the sides of a vertical stack of magnetizable steel objects, such as sheets or rods, separates them and raises the uppermost one vertically. Sensing devices in a control system sense when the object ... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4786354 | Apparatus for manufacturing a seat An apparatus for manufacturing an automotive seat comprises a pair of upper and lower dies, the former die being adapted to mount thereupon a foam cushion member having a metallic frame embedded therein, and the latter die being adapted to mount an inside... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4775277 | Manufacturing system for the automatic processing of metallic work pieces The invention concerns itself with the automatic processing of metal sheets. These are placed onto pallets (6) in form of stacks (7) and are fed to a pallet storage (4) in form of a high multi-tier shelf coordinated to each production machine (1). Between... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4732522 | Installation for loading and unloading parts into and from a container An installation for handling parts between a container in which they are placed in layers and piles and a table which cooperates with a chute joining the installation to a service machine. The installation comprises a table mobile horizontally relative to... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4647268 | Part handling device A parts handling device is provided having a movable carrier on which is disposed a plurality of coil wound magnet poles. At least one of the poles is wound and with an A.C. source so that its current or voltage is subject to changes in response to induce... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4600349 | Apparatus for transporting and positioning sheet metal plates Apparatus for transporting sheet metal plates from a supply source and positioning the plates at a plate shearing table includes a carrier capable of horizontal transport. A device is secured to the carrier for effecting up and down and turning movement. ... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4465415 | Magnetic spreading device for a sheet metal stack of individual magnetizable laminations with a central hole For lifting the topmost, spread apart, magnetizable individual lamination with a central hole off a lamination stack stored without a mandrel and/or for transporting at least substacks of the lamination stack to a different location, a centering mandrel i... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4392766 | Automatic feeding apparatus Automatic feeding apparatus for transferring work pieces to a work station including a robot having a work arm pivoted about a point and movable through a segment of a sphere with vertical movement of the work arm scribing an arc relative to the pivot poi... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4358236 | De-palletizing/palletizing apparatus for cans and can-type containerizations Cans are unloaded from pallets, utilizing an overhead first magnet which attracts the can units and holds them against the intercepting underside of a rotationally moving belt so as to be transported thereby to a station where the cans as they pass out of... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4343583 | Continuous chain stacker/unstacker A stacker/unstacker for receptacles such as bread pans or baskets or the like includes a pair of laterally spaced-apart endless chains having receptacle carriers mounted therebetween for conveying receptacles between an infeed-outfeed conveyor and the top... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4303365 | Continuous chain stacker/unstacker A stacker/unstacker for receptacles such as bread pans or baskets or the like includes a pair of laterally spaced-apart endless chains having receptacle carriers mounted therebetween for conveying receptacles between an infeed-outfeed conveyor and the top... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4234281 | Automatic bread pan control system In a method and apparatus for automatic handling of bread pans adapted for use in a baking process, individual empty pans are received and stacked at a first station and automatically moved to a predetermined storage station. When individual pans are requ... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4197772 | Automatic feeding apparatus for punch press An auxiliary feeder apparatus for a punch press. The feeder picks up blank stock to be punched, transfers it to a work holding collet where the press punches a circular pattern of spaced holes or slots in the blank to form an electric motor lamination or ... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4136789 | Conveying, storage and sorting system for large metal sheets, particularly for use in shipbuilding A handling and storage system for large metal sheets in which a magnet vehicle equipped with magnetic grippers and a sheet collector conveys sheets to and from storage locations in passages between pairs of rails. A transfer vehicle that travels along a p... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4121865 | Pickup method and apparatus A multipurpose lifting device with variable holding power to both electromagnet and vacuum cup pickup structure to eliminate any physical damage either external or internal to the workpiece by distortion, with a permanent magnet feature to be used as a st... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4086798 | Loading mechanism for pulley splitter A loading mechanism for placing blanks to be split in a pulley splitting machine having at least one work station in which a blank is to be located. The loading mechanism has a magazine adapted to hold a plurality of blanks to be split. A linearly moveabl... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4047270 | Apparatus for separating objects This invention relates to an apparatus for separating objects, particularly for drawing-off individual heddles from a pack, comprising substantially U-shaped, pivotal, reciprocatable pipe means adapted to be mounted adjacent a pack of heddles and to conta... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4042124 | Pan unstacking and stacking system In a pan unstacking and stacking system, stacks of pans are vertically positioned by pairs of spaced, parallel lift chains and pan engaging members mounted thereon. The lift chains are driven by drive shafts and drive sprockets which engage the upper and ... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4024963 | Apparatus for transferring articles A rotary transfer member carries means for picking up a sheet-like article from the top of a supply stack supported within a hopper having an open top and an open bottom. An indexing mechanism includes means for intermittently rotating an output shaft in ... | 05/24/1977 |
| 3991888 | Pan unstacker A pan unstacker includes an elevator for lifting a stack of pans as it is depleted to position the top pan in a pick up position and a magnetic lift for engaging the lips of the top pan and raising the pan to a magnetic discharge conveyor. The unstacker i... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3987911 | Self-aligning apparatus for stacker-unstacker elevator A stacking-unstacking machine for bread pans and the like includes an elevator having pan support means thereon for carrying stacked pans to or away from a stacking-unstacking station, guide means being provided properly to align the pans for the stacking... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3968887 | Article pick-up and transfer apparatus An article handling apparatus including a vertically reciprocable carriage provided with magnetic means for removing a single article from a stack of articles and delivering such article to an overhead conveyor which advances such article in a path normal... | 07/13/1976 |
| 3955688 | Article handling apparatus The apparatus is primarily intended for use in loading and unloading retort baskets in a cannery where several layers of cans are required to be transported in these baskets according to the factory layout. A system of conveyor belts feeds the cans to or ... | 05/11/1976 |
