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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 |
| 7926275 | Closed brayton cycle direct contact reactor/storage tank with chemical scrubber A closed cycle Brayton direct contact reactor/storage tank uses a chemical scrubber to assist in removing metal vapors from the working fluid. The direct contact reactor/storage tank operates by bubbling an inert gas through liquid metal fuel. The inert gas picks up... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926276 | Closed cycle Brayton propulsion system with direct heat transfer A liquid metal fueled Brayton cycle power system with a direct contact heat exchanger. In this invention, a compressor compresses the working gas. A regenerator preheats the compressed working gas and passes the working gas to a reactor/storage tank with liquid meta... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7726129 | Stirling cycle engine An intermediate duct (108) is connected between first and second positive displacement machines (104, 106). An inlet duct (107) is connected to the first positive displacement machine (104). An outlet duct (109) is connected to the... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7444818 | Batch fired heat reservoirs A power plant that burns a dirty fuel like coal to produce a hot gas stream, and directs the hot gas stream into a turbine to produce power. Located between the combustor and the turbine is at least two heat reservoirs that operate in parallel. When a first heat res... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7426832 | Universal thermodynamic gas turbine in a closed Carnot cycle A closed-cycle gas turbine power generator system with a combined cycle system with a neutral gaseous primary motive medium and a secondary phase change medium with a lower pressure sub-system having a counter-rotating compressor module in combination with a counter... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7340893 | Steam generator system A steam generator includes a submersible burner compartment with at least one burner subassembly and an associated submersible primary ignition means. The burner subassembly also has an associated infrared primary flame monitoring subassembly. The primary flame moni... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7304396 | Turbo-machine and method for operating the same A turbo-machine having a rotor, a stator, and a flow channel for an actuating fluid used to drive the rotor is disclosed. The turbo-machine has a magnet for producing a predeterminable magnetic field in the flow channel. The invention also relates to a method for op... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293414 | High performance method for throttling of closed gas turbine cycles A closed cycle recuperator microturbine and an open cycle heat generating system for supplying heat for driving the turbine includes a pair of valves fluidly connected to the compressor inlet and compressor outlet for bleeding air therefrom when the microturbine eng... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7185492 | Stirling engine having slidable piston The present invention is a rotary engine having a rotor and a slidable piston that are contained within a stator. ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7134270 | External combustion engine An external combustion engine comprising a body (8), at least one working chamber (18), combustion chamber (13), crankcase (21) and compression chamber (6), at least one working piston (20), compression piston (7) and... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7077623 | Fluid flow machine with integrated fluid circulation system A fluid-flow machine includes at least one rotor and a free number of stators flown by a fluid, with at least one blade thereof positioned on throat-confining surfaces provided with both a device for fluid removal from the flow path and a device for fluid supply int... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7013640 | Stirling engine assembly A seal between the head of a Stirling engine (1) and surrounding burner assembly (2). The seal comprises an annular trough (11) attached to one component and filled with a viscous liquid (14), and an annular blade attached to the other co... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7013639 | Heat differential power system Heat differential power systems and apparatus for powering liquid cooling systems and/or generating electrical power in a data processing system or a telecommunication system are presented. A number of embodiments are presented. In each embodiment a heat differentia... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6938421 | Indirectly heated gas turbine control system A system for the control of an indirectly heated gas turbine comprising a primary system of controlling the temperature of heated compressed gas entering the expander, and an independent secondary system which includes a safety valve for instantaneous release of hea... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6742337 | Waste heat recovery system A waste heat recovery system comprising ducting to which hot gas is communicated, means to supply lower temperature diluent gas to the ducting, to mix with the hot gas, and produce a reduced temperature mixed gas stream, a vaporizer in communication with the ducting... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6729136 | Liquid metal/liquid nitrogen power plant for powering a turbine or any use device A power plant for a use device wherein liquid nitrogen and a heated transfer fluid are alternately used to expand and contract a liquid metal like mercury to drive a piston, a crankshaft, and subsequent drive apparatus. A control device is timed with operation of th... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6629413 | Thermodynamic apparatus A closed cycle thermodynamic apparatus (10) is provided for powering a combustion machine. The apparatus (10) has a compressor (12) for compressing a working medium from a reservoir (14) at temperature T1. The temperature of the working medium increases d... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6629412 | Electricity-producing heating apparatus utilizing a turbine generator in a semi-closed brayton cycle The present invention provides apparatus and methods for producing both heat and electrical energy by burning fuels in a stove or boiler using a novel arrangement of a surface heat exchanger and microturbine-powered generator and novel surface heat exchan... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6585047 | System for heat exchange with earth loops A wellbore method which, in certain aspects, includes providing with a primary system a fluid with microorganisms, the primary system including introduction apparatus, with the introduction apparatus introducing the fluid with microorganisms into an earth... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6526754 | Combined cycle power plant A combined cycle power plant includes a gasifier for converting biomass material, low grade coal, etc., to combustible gases and producing heat, an internal combustion engine coupled to a generator for burning the combustible gases and driving said genera... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6497090 | Externally fired combined cycle gas turbine system An externally fired gas turbine system according to the present invention has a compressor for compressing ambient air and producing compressed air, an air heat exchanger for heating the compressed air to produce heated compressed air, a turbine for expan... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6422017 | Reheat regenerative rankine cycle Reheat of reheat regenerative steam power cycle increases its efficiency by increasing the average temperature of heat reception. In spite of such an increase in efficiency, reheating increases the irreversibility of feed water heaters by using superheate... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6415607 | High efficiency, air bottoming engine An air bottoming powertrain, suitable for use in automobiles includes an internal combustion engine, a compressor which receives gaseous working fluid and compresses it to an elevated pressure, a cooler for operating the compressor isothermally, an expand... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6256994 | Operation of an air separation process with a combustion engine for the production of atmospheric gas products and electric power The generation of electric power and the separation of a feed gas mixture containing oxygen and nitrogen are carried out by combusting an oxidant gas and fuel in a combustion engine to generate shaft work and a hot exhaust gas, utilizing the shaft work to... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6196000 | Power system with enhanced thermodynamic efficiency and pollution control An elevated pressure power plant or system is disclosed that provides for cleanly and efficiently oxidizing or combusting a fuel, such as a fossil fuel, as follows. The fuel and an oxidant are passed to a reaction chamber, and the fuel is oxidized in the ... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6178750 | Method and apparatus for converting thermal energy into work The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the conversion of low-grade heat into mechanical energy, in particular electricity. To this end a working medium is heated in a closed circulation system causing the working medium to expand. The expa... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6167706 | Externally fired combined cycle gas turbine An externally fired gas turbine system according to the present invention has a compressor for compressing ambient air and producing compressed air, an air heat exchanger for heating the compressed air to produce heated compressed air, a turbine for expan... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6155051 | Method of heating natural gas in a city gate station A method and system are described for heating natural gas in a station, such as a City Gate station. Natural gas from the field is generally transported via supply line at high pressure to the various distribution networks necessary for delivering the gas... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6035643 | Ambient temperature sensitive heat engine cycle A control system capable of responding to temperature sensors detecting changes in available external ambient cooling temperature, and adjusting turbine cycle thermodynamic medium exhaust pressure and temperature, as it completes its circulation path thro... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6012280 | Reciprocating engine A reciprocating engine (10) comprises separate cylinders (12 and 15) for air compression and expansion with heating of the compressed air taking place in a heat exchanger (17) or combustor (64) located between the cylinders (12 and 15). The flow of gas in... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5873250 | Non-polluting open Brayton cycle automotive power unit The present invention includes a open-Brayton-cycle automotive power-generation unit adapted to be energized by stored thermal energy. Thermal energy, absorbed from hot thermal-energy-storage material present in a working fluid heating vessel, heats a wor... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5799490 | Externally fired combined cycle gas turbine An externally fired gas turbine system according to the present invention has a compressor for compressing ambient air and producing compressed air, an air heat exchanger for heating the compressed air to produce heated compressed air, a turbine for expan... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5775414 | High temperature high pressure air-to-air heat exchangers and assemblies useful therein What is disclosed herein is high pressure, high temperature, heat exchanger segments, combinations of such segments to form novel high pressure, high temperature, heat exchangers, novel pan assemblies for use in such heat exchangers, and systems and indus... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5775107 | Solar powered electrical generating system A solar powered electrical generating system (10) comprising a continuous hydraulic circuit (12) carrying a liquid (14) therethrough. A boiler (16) is fluidly connected to a first side of the continuous hydraulic circuit (12). A facility (18) is for heati... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5768893 | Turbine with internal heating passages Surfaces of the static blades of a turbine are heated by means that a high temperature, high pressure working gas or heating gas passes through inner passages formed inside the static blades, so that the working gas which passes through interspaces define... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5704209 | Externally fired combined cycle gas turbine system An externally fired gas turbine system has a compressor for compressing ambient air and producing compressed air, an indirect-contact air heat exchanger for heating the compressed air to produce heated compressed air, an air turbine for expanding the heat... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5687570 | Externally fired combined cycle gas turbine system An externally fired gas turbine system according to the present invention has a compressor for compressing ambient air and producing compressed air, an air heat exchanger for heating the compressed air to produce heated compressed air, a turbine for expan... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5685154 | Pressure reducing system and method for using the same An energy recovery, pressure reducing system for reducing high pressure gas in a transmission pipeline to a low pressure gas in a consumer pipeline includes an expander system having at least one expander for expanding the high pressure gas and producing ... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5642620 | Hot gas motor and compressor unit The invention relates to a hot gas motor comprising a compressor with an inlet and an outlet, an expander with an inlet and an outlet. Herein the compressor outlet and the expander inlet are mutually connected by a connecting channel comprising a gas heat... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5634340 | Compressed gas energy storage system with cooling capability One aspect of the present invention relates to a process of cogeneration utilizing a compressed gas energy storage system which includes a gas storage area, a compression train for pressurizing a gas to be stored in the gas storage area, and an expansion ... | 06/03/1997 |
