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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 |
| 7263867 | Preloaded shock absorbing bushing and cam follower A flexible bushing for a cam follower, comprising a substantially rigid inner sleeve including an inner cam follower engaging surface, a length of the inner sleeve being greater than a thickness of a ram into which the flexible bushing is inserted, a substantially r... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263757 | Electromagnetic trimming, flanging and hemming apparatus and method Electromagnetic (EMF) trimming, flanging and hemming steps are performed at a single workstation in a combined fixture designed to form a hemmed panel assembly, such as a vehicle closure panel. Two or more formed sheets, outer and inner panels, are positioned togeth... | 09/04/2007 |
| 6990898 | Mechanical pressing machine A mechanical pressing machine includes a slider mounted on an input shaft at a location below a cam, and a sliding block and a balance weight mounted at locations above the cam. A first cam follower rotatably carried on the slider abuts against a lower surface of th... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6907802 | Tool for detecting the release of energy A tool for actuating a workpiece includes a fixed member for contacting a contact surface of a workpiece and a movable member, which is supported by the fixed member for generally linear movement relative to the fixed member. The movable member is for contacting a s... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6622379 | Lift cam mechanism for electronic parts mounting apparatus An electronic parts-mounting apparatus including a rotating vertical shaft and at least one mounting head arranged around the vertical shaft has a lift cam mechanism that operates to lift and lower an associated one of the at least one mounting head as ea... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6240759 | Forging machine A forging machine (1) comprises at least two forging punches (3) acting against each other and longitudinally guided in a forging box (1), which forging punches each have separate mechanical lifting drives and preferably vertical position adjusting means.... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6061900 | Lift cam mechanism for electronic parts-mounting apparatus There is provided a lift cam mechanism for an electronic parts-mounting apparatus including a vertical shaft and at least one mounting head arranged around the vertical shaft. The lift cam mechanism operates to lift and lower an associated one of the at l... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5687645 | Mechanical pressing machine There is disclosed a mechanical pressing machine in which an unbalanced inertia force, produced during reciprocal movement of a slider, is canceled without producing deflection in the whole of the pressing machine, thereby enhancing dynamic precision. The... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5676006 | Preloaded-cam follower ram assembly for reshaping containers In machines for reshaping cylindrical metal bodies, wherein the machines include pairs of opposite, axially aligned ram assemblies, cams are provided for axially positioning tooling rams slidably supported by ram housings. The cams are provided having axi... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5647243 | Device for hemming elements of pressed sheet metal An operation for hemming two sheet metal elements is carried out by two subsequent bending operations respectively carried out by two hemming tools which come in operation in sequence and are driven by cams mounted on a rotating driving shaft.... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5546785 | Crank mechanism for can body maker apparatus An improved can body maker apparatus has a drive system for reciprocating a ram. The drive system includes a crank having a first half and a second half, both being adapted for rotational movement about a first axis in the can body maker apparatus. A brak... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5315926 | High efficiency, swash plate mechanical press A mechanical press includes a slider which is reciprocated, through connecting rods, by an oscillating plate oscillating around a driving shaft to obtain a press load. The press further includes a swash plate rotatable with the driving shaft. The oscillat... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5203191 | Versatile automatic metal strip working machine A wire working machine and system are described with a working platform on which a rotatable mount with individually controllable wire working tool actuators is provided. The rotatable mount surrounds a workzone in which wire is worked with the tool mount... | 04/20/1993 |
| 4924693 | RAM actuating mechanism in a press for terminating wires The present invention relates to a ram actuating mechanism in a press for terminating wires, or the like. The actuating mechanism imparts movement to the ram in two distinct portions. An air cylinder or other low pressure linear actuator is utilized to ef... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4398573 | Apparatus for the forming, shaping and cutting of contact leads of electronic components In an apparatus for forming, shaping and cutting of contact leads of electronic components which has means for grasping and holding a component in a predetermined position while the working tools are moved to the component to perform their duties, all too... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4208899 | Press for producing machine elements, especially balls, rivets and the like A press for producing machine elements, such as balls, rivets and the like, especially machine elements of relatively small dimensions, e.g. balls having a diameter of 1 mm, from wire sections, which includes a wire intake device, a device for shearing of... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4089204 | Deburring apparatus A generally cylindrical, vertically vibrating peening tool has an integral, small diameter, cylindrical pilot at its lower end, adjoining a larger upper body portion of said tool at an annular juncture area having an outwardly concave surface at all circu... | 05/16/1978 |
| 3991681 | Disc type press with hydrostatic bearings A disc type press having hydrostatic bearings in the ram driving mechanism and a device for varying the distance between the ram and table. This device is located in the press head and is provided with a separate drive. Upper slipper pads are mounted on t... | 11/16/1976 |
