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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 |
| 7673498 | Sealing process inspection device In a first object the present invention provides a method for the inspection of the quality of the sealing of a packages and more specifically the method of the present invention allows the on-line inspection of the air-tightness of a package. Said method comprising... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7434462 | Liquid consumption status detecting method, liquid container, and ink cartridge A method of detecting a consumption status of liquid contained in a liquid container, comprising steps of: preparing a detection device having a piezoelectric element and attaching the detection device on a desired position of the liquid container so that at least a... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7363814 | Multi-axial angular velocity sensor An angular velocity sensor for detecting angular velocity about a Z-axis in an XYZ coordinate system has a substrate oscillator, a flexible member for connecting the oscillator to a casing, a device for oscillating the oscillator in an X-axis direction, and a detect... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360455 | Force detector and acceleration detector and method of manufacturing the same An electrode layer is formed on the upper surface of a first substrate, and a processing for partially removing the substrate is carried out in order to allow the substrate to have flexibility. To the lower surface of the first substrate, a second substrate is conne... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7325450 | Liquid consumption status detecting method, liquid container, and ink cartridge A method of detecting a consumption status of liquid contained in a liquid container, comprising steps of: preparing a detection device having a piezoelectric element and attaching the detection device on a desired position of the liquid container so that at least a... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324864 | Apparatus and method for measuring forces imparted on valve assemblies of metered dose delivery containers during manufacture thereof An axial force measurement apparatus (40) comprises a head member (42) adapted for receiving force imparted by an external force-applying source, and a transducer (44) such as a load cell for measuring the amount of force applied to the head mem... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320346 | Method of proof testing glass A method of proof testing glass containers is disclosed. The method involves applying pressure to a sealed container in two discrete stages as shown in FIG. 1. In the first stage, the pressure is increased to a peak over at a first rate. In the seco... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320254 | Hand-held torque measuring device An ergonomic wedge shaped torque tester with multiple push buttons to control the use and recording functions. The top of the device has a single on/off button, a display screen to display the results of the test, two push buttons for scrolling through the various s... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7316154 | Seals with integrated leak progression detection capability A multifunctional seal that in one embodiment includes on each contact surface multiple redundant seals, sensors and sensor circuitry between each seal, and a power source and embedded electronic components and circuitry within the central core region. The seal is c... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313944 | Method and apparatus for leak testing closed containers Leak testing a closed container with at least one flexible wall area is performed with the method and apparatus wherein a biasing arrangement compresses or expands the container under test. A biasing force is monitored with a force detector applicable to the wall of... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7308819 | Gas measuring method inside a sealed container A gas measuring method performs a gas measurement inside a sealed container provided with a pair of plates and an exhaust pipe having a breakable vacuum isolating member on at least one of the plates. The method includes the steps of connecting the sealed container ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7286957 | Biometric quality control process Systems and methods configured to guide and manage laboratory analytical process control operations. A Biometric quality control (QC) process application is configured to monitor bias and imprecision for each test, characterize patient population data distributions ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281412 | In-situ seal integrity monitoring A high-temperature seal having in-situ integrity monitoring capability includes a quantity of dielectric material sealing an interface between adjacent structures and an electrical transmission line embedded within the dielectric material. A signal injection port is... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278292 | Method of assessing the product shelf life in a package A method for the assessment of the product shelf life in a package, and a device for accelerating the permeation of a test gas into a package. To significantly reduce the test time and to accelerate the permeation of a test gas, and in order to supply realistic resu... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7267000 | Liquid consumption status detecting method, liquid container, and ink cartridge A method of detecting a consumption status of liquid contained in a liquid container, comprising steps of: preparing a detection device having a piezoelectric element and attaching the detection device on a desired position of the liquid container so that at least a... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7260981 | Method for leak testing and leak testing apparatus For leak testing closed containers (9) which are filled with a filling product containing at least one liquid component the container is introduced in a test cavity (1) which is evacuated at least down to vapor pressure of that liquid component. The pr... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7251986 | Sealed condition inspection device A sealed condition inspecting device comprising a support unit for supporting an element to be inspected for a sealed condition, a pair of electrodes in contact with the portion to be inspected of the element to be inspected and supported by the support unit, an ele... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7246522 | Methods and apparatus for multi-parameter acoustic signature inspection A multiparameter acoustic signature inspection device and method are described for non-invasive inspection of containers. Dual acoustic signatures discriminate between various fluids and materials for identification of the same. ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7240553 | Non-invasive detection and analysis of microorganisms in diary products packaged in paper or paperboard based laminated recipients using dry coupling elastic waves The invention relates to a method and a device for the early detection of the presence of micro-organisms in food, particularly in milk and derivatives thereof. One of the main advantages of the invention lies in the fact that the aforementioned detection method can... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7231945 | Method of proof testing glass A method of proof testing glass containers is disclosed. The method involves applying pressure to a sealed container in two discrete stages as shown in FIG. 1. In the first stage, the pressure is increased to a peak over at a first rate. In the second stage, ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231802 | Apparatus for detecting a physical quantity acting as an external force and method for testing and manufacturing the apparatus A sensor comprises a semiconductor pellet (10) including a working portion (11) adapted to undergo action of a force, a fixed portion (13) fixed on the sensor body, and a flexible portion (13) having flexibility formed therebetween, a wor... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7219561 | Force-detecting device Forces and moments are detected in a distinguishing manner by a simple structure. A supporting member (20) is positioned below a force receiving member (10), which receives forces to be detected, and between these components, four columnar force transm... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7174773 | Leak-testing technique for differential pressure sensor array A leak-testing technique and apparatus for differential pressure sensor arrays is provided. A reference pressure sensor array is provided, wherein a seal is disposed between the reference pressure sensor array and a target differential pressure sensor array. A probe... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168333 | Monitoring system for pressurized container A system and method of monitoring a pressurized container having an auxiliary device are provided. The system includes a sensor operable to provide a signal representative of at least one operating condition of the pressurized container. The system also includes a c... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7160590 | Packaging including a composite web comprising porous layer A multilayer web article, including a first layer of a porous material, e.g., Tyvek® film, and a second layer overlying and sealed to the first layer. The second layer is non-porous to passage of gas therethrough and includes a peelable film, e.g., of polyethylene,... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7152485 | Acceleration detector An electrode layer is formed on the upper surface of a first substrate, and a processing for partially removing the substrate is carried out in order to allow the substrate to have flexibility. To the lower surface of the first substrate, a second substrate is conne... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7149635 | Seal force monitor apparatus, system, and method for in-process determination of integrity of sealed containers A method, apparatus, and system for determining the integrity of a sealed container utilizing one or more force signals which are converted into absolute force units is disclosed, providing a method that uses quantitative parameters, and can be validated. The force ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143636 | Field device for determining and/or monitoring a process variable The invention relates to a field device (1) for determining and/or monitoring a physical and/or chemical process variable of a medium (5) in a container (6), including a first sealing stage (10) facing the process, at least one housing ( | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140235 | Leak detection system for a vehicle fuel tank A leak detection system for a vehicle fuel tank includes a sensor that is responsive to a pressure within the fuel tank and that generates a pressure signal based thereon. A control module initiates an engine-off natural vacuum (EONV) test and determines a pressure ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7121147 | Force detection device Forces and moments are detected in a distinguishing manner by a simple structure. A supporting member (20) is positioned below a force receiving member (10), which receives forces to be detected, and between these components, at least two columnar forc... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7114371 | Integration of atmospheric intrusion sensors in electronic component packages An apparatus for detecting an intrusion of an environmental substance into an environmentally sealed electronic components package. The electronic components package generally includes a plastic coated or plastic enclosed electronic component, that includes a printe... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7111497 | Leak detection apparatus for lined vessels and method of use A leak detection apparatus detects leaks or premature wearing in a lined fluid filled vessel. A leak detection apparatus comprises a current density meter, a power supply, and a probe. The probe is inserted into the fluid filled vessel. The power supply supplies an ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7107820 | Integrated gas supply and leak detection system The invention generally relates to a system and method for integrated gas delivery and leak detection to one or more applications. The system includes at least one application site, a process conduit extending from a process gas source site to the application site, ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107823 | Package seal inspecting apparatus, and method for inspecting package seals A package inspection apparatus is provided, and includes a conveyor for transporting a package, a pressure unit for applying a compressive force to the package, a tracer movable over the upper surface of the package for measuring package attributes along a dimension... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107928 | Selectively deformable container end closure The present invention describes a container end closure which utilizes a material that is adapted to provide a visible indicator when the internal pressure of the contents increase to a predetermined level. In one embodiment, an interruption in a reinforcing bead in... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107852 | Method of inspecting food stuffs and/or associated packaging A system to perform measurements on liquids, meat, viscous sugar or starch-based materials, and other foodstuffs using air-coupled ultrasound is provided. The technique uses ultrasonic transducers (advantageously capacitive transducers with polymer membranes), to ge... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7081815 | Radio frequency security system, method for a building facility or the like, and apparatus and methods for remotely monitoring the status of fire extinguishers A system for remotely monitoring the status of one or more fire extinguishers includes means for sensing at least one parameter of each of the fire extinguishers; means for selectively transmitting the sensed parameters along with information identifying the fire ex... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7061249 | Sealed condition inspecting device An object of the present invention is to provide a seal condition inspection apparatus capable of reliably inspecting seal condition. The seal condition inspection apparatus includes an electrically-variable-quantity detecting section for detecting an electrically v... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7059188 | Angular velocity sensor A flexible substrate (110) having flexibility and a fixed substrate (120) disposed so as to oppose it are supported at their peripheral portions by a sensor casing (140). An oscillator (130) is fixed on the lower surface of the flexible s... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7043966 | Quality control systems for detecting leaks of gaseous or liquid materials from closed containers A system for testing systems which are in turn used to test the leaktightness of a hollow body is suggested. Instead of the hollow body, a test body (2) is placed in the system which generates a defined pressure increase in a measuring chamber (4 | 05/16/2006 |
