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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 |
| 7240465 | Transfer system of food products by means of pickers A transfer system for food products (P) having a product conveyor (11); a first support conveyor (13) suitable for moving supports (12) in equicurrent with the food products (P); a plurality of pickers (R1, R2, R3) situated ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7152756 | Dispensing systems and methods A dispensing system dispensing items includes a dispensing station and a first conveyor for transporting containers to the dispensing station. The dispensing station includes a dispenser for dispensing items to the containers, a mechanism for spacing the containers ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7104027 | Product packaging system A product packaging system for receiving a series of products from one or more product transport lines. The products are loaded into a series of carriers and transported through a downstream inserter unit. Inserter assemblies moving in timed relation with the moveme... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7076932 | Apparatus and method for wrapping Embodiments of the present invention provide for a wrapping apparatus and associated methods. The wrapping apparatus may include a first holder for holding first items to be wrapped. The wrap is placed on a rotating table when the rotating table is rotated into a fi... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6993889 | Product packaging system A product packaging system for receiving a series of products from one or more product transport lines. The products are loaded into a series of carriers and transported through a downstream inserter unit. Inserter assemblies moving in timed relation with the moveme... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6993884 | Dispensing systems and methods A dispensing system dispensing items includes a dispensing station and a first conveyor for transporting containers to the dispensing station. The dispensing station includes a dispenser for dispensing items to the containers, a mechanism for spacing the containers ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6925774 | Compact structure for automatically filling solid pharmaceutical product packages An automated solid pharmaceutical product packaging machine includes a plurality of temporary storage members for receiving a plurality of solid pharmaceutical products in a plurality of cavities. The use of the temporary storage cavities enables the machine to proc... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6892509 | Commissioning device with intermediate storage areas in the form of tiltable containers arranged on a shelf Tiltable containers (3) with a filling opening (4) are arranged horizontally in the longitudinal direction of a shelf. A lower conveyor (5), is associated with the tiltable containers (3) in the longitudinal direction of the shelf. One or... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6742552 | In-line and in-container flavor/additive dosing method and system for beverage manufacturing A method and system for producing a flavored beverage wherein the flavor is added in a separate step to a combination of the base ingredients of the beverage is provided. The flavor can be added to a container either before, during or after a thermally processed mas... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6568151 | Conveyor for use in contamination sensitive equipment The present invention relates to a disposable conveyor for use with an apparatus handling contamination-sensitive discrete items. The conveyor has at least one cavity, each cavity capable to carry at least one discrete item. The conveyor is adapted to be ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6526724 | Apparatus for packaging multiple packaging material Packaging method and apparatus using multiple packaging material are improved so that multiple packaging filled with goods and sealed may be separated easily to each goods filling section. The multiple packaging material (40, 50) has plural goods filling ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6434914 | Tag placement apparatus A tag placement apparatus useful for placing a tag or label into communication with a container. The tag placement apparatus includes at least one tagging head having a linear slot in which a cam portion of a tag placement arm assembly reciprocally travel... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6276115 | Method of cutting and packaging formed loin cuts A process for packaging selected traditional cuts of pork loin by cutting the whole pork loin at successive saw stations to form a predetermined number of traditional cuts and moving the formed traditional cuts to corresponding traditional cut locations. ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6122895 | Process and apparatus for introducing products into containers In a process and an apparatus for introducing individual products into containers for receiving a given number of individual products for filling the containers, by means of a picker line, the individual products and the containers are not advanced with a... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6067772 | Portioning apparatus A packing apparatus for packing bags in packaging containers, the apparatus comprising a conveying means for the packaging containers, an endless transportation means including receiving chambers in which respective groups of sheet bags are transported th... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5927052 | Method and device for flavoring tea and tea-like products A method for flavoring tea with a granular flavoring agent includes the step of removing from a reservoir a predetermined amount of granular flavoring agent. The predetermined amount of granular flavoring agent is placed as a small heap onto a moving endl... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5799468 | Filling blister-pack strips A blister-pack package is made by forming a strip with a plurality of fields of upwardly open pockets and filling the pockets with respective objects while leaving at least one pocket empty and then scanning the fields and determining an address of the em... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5727365 | Apparatus for packaging article groups A method for packaging flat or stacked article groups within a packaging unit such as a paperboard carton. The method comprises the steps of supplying a stream of packaging units, for example paperboard cartons, supplying at least one stream of articles, ... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5551207 | Apparatus utilizing CO2 snow for preparing layered food products An apparatus for preparing a layered food product has a station for introducing a first food component into a container and a station for introducing a second food component into the container on top of the first food component. The apparatus also has a u... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5531055 | Refill assembly and system for ink-jet printer cartridges An assembly for refilling a printer cartridge includes a base that receives the printer cartridge to be refilled. A lid is located on the base and includes separate stations that sequentially open a refill opening, provide a predetermined amount of air to... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5457934 | Ball dropping device Apparatus for dispensing agitator balls into aerosol cans being transported thereunder is disclosed. The apparatus includes a one or more rotary ball supply heads each receiving agitator balls at its inlet and conveying same to its outlet for dispensing i... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5426917 | Automated line and method for preparing premade food set-ups An apparatus and method for the automated and large scale preparation of layered stacks of one or more food items such as sandwich meats, hors d'oeuvre servings and the like ("set-ups"). The apparatus conveys a continuous web of paper through a plurality ... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5408804 | Method and apparatus for filling and closing a two-chamber plastic container A method for filling and closing off a two-chamber container with different filling materials includes two sealing steps for the closing-off procedure, the first chamber being filled with the first material under sterile conditions and closed off over a f... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5339607 | Apparatus and method for dispensing objects to a count and/or weight An apparatus for dispensing a predetermined count and/or weight of objects into a receptacle includes a conveyor, an object sensor, a controller, a trickle-feed conveyor, and a receptacle conveyor. The conveyor conveys the objects and has at least one gro... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5299409 | Automated line and method for preparing premade food set-ups An apparatus and method for the automated and large scale preparation of layered stacks of one or more food items such as sandwich meats, hors d'oeuvre servings and the like ("set-ups"). The apparatus conveys a continuous web of paper through a plurality ... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5121589 | Apparatus and process for the automated packing of lettuce A lettuce head holding tray is defined in which both the upper tray layer and the lower tray layer are packed side-by-side at packing stations. At a carton loading station, two side-by-side arrays of plungers each are used for packing of discrete layers o... | 06/16/1992 |
| 4959947 | Equipment for making and packing a multiple-constituent mixture An apparatus for the production and packaging of a compound mixture, in which extremely accurate and rapid weighing-out, proportioning and packaging of individual components are achieved, is provided. For this, filling stations (4 to 6) are equipped with ... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4934126 | Method of transporting and packaging unassembled components A container for the components of an unassembled ceiling fan includes a first casing of expanded polystyrene foam. The first casing includes at least one internal recess shaped to receive a first component of the ceiling fan to protect it from damage duri... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4881356 | Apparatus for assembling multi-part article An assembling apparatus which is capable of assembling a multi-part article having a base with a plurality of receptacles for receiving components, such as make-up trays, and a lid hinged to the base, comprises an assembly chassis, having an endless recta... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4751806 | Production apparatus comprising a step-wise driven conveyor device A production apparatus comprises a step-wise driven conveyor adapted to receive articles to be subjected to different operations. Along the conveyor operative devices are arranged for carrying out the different operations to which the articles are to be s... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4739606 | Conveyor means of system for in-line processing of envelopes and the like A system for in-line processing of envelopes and the like includes a first upstanding feed hopper for feeding primary envelopes through a first printing station operative to print predetermined indicia on the primary envelopes after which they are conveye... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4724656 | Automatic molten substance bagging system An automatic molten substance bagging system which can fill a molten substance such as asphalt latex into a bag in a short period of time fully automatically without operation by hand. A bag is first supplied into a carrying can on a circulating conveyor ... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4677808 | Assembly for assorted packings with different products The assembly comprises several transport bands for advancing the products to be disposed in the preformed containers for assorted packings to a distributing station, from where several band conveyors transport the products to different filling stations. E... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4630428 | Method and apparatus for placement of small articles, such as candies or chocolates in predetermined positions in a receiver Small articles, particularly chocolate and candies, are placed in predetermined positions in a receiver, such as deep-drawn compartmented boxes. The articles (1) are assigned coordinate positions (90) in the receiver, in X-Y coordinate system. The receive... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4627222 | System for in-line processing of envelopes and the like A system for in-line processing of envelopes and the like includes a first upstanding feed hopper for feeding primary rectangular envelopes through a first printer press operative to print predetermined indicia on the primary envelopes after which they ar... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4537017 | Machine for filling jars with pieces of vegetables or fruits, in particular quartered pickles A machine for filling jars with pieces of vegetables or fruits, in particular quartered pickles, is provided, in which a jar conveyor belt carries the jars incrementally past filling stations at which the pieces of the vegetables are fed into the jars. Th... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4517785 | Automatic confectionary-and-likes manufacturing equipment The equipment of the present invention is one used in preparation of confectionary, cakes and other sweets of western and oriental fashion as well as of the Japanese fashion. Regardless of whether the viscosity of the materials is high or low, they can be... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4385482 | Multiple station packaging machine and method for packaging A packaging machine and method for automatically packaging articles such as fruit one layer at a time into containers is provided. Means are provided for disposing the articles in a nested relationship at several supply positions. Means are also provided ... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4362235 | Apparatus for assembling arrays of cigarettes or the like Apparatus for assembling multi-layer arrays of cigarettes in a packing machine has a magazine with a reciprocable support having platforms at different levels and a group of cigarette-delivering downwardly extending ducts above each platform so that each ... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4354589 | Method and apparatus for grouping flat items in stacks A method and an apparatus for grouping flat items in stacks, particularly cookies which are advanced to a grouping device in at least three mutually parallel channels. The grouping device forms mixed groups of the items such that each group contains at le... | 10/19/1982 |
