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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 |
| 7721642 | Sliding member To provide a sliding member that exhibits excellent durability and is free of lead. A swash plate for a compressor as the sliding member of the invention contains a base material having on the surface thereof a sliding layer constituting at least a sliding surface, ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7536945 | Piston pin for a combustion engine and method for its manufacture A piston pin for connecting the small connecting rod eye of a connecting rod to a piston of a combustion engine and a method for manufacturing the piston pin. The piston has boss bores aligned with the small connecting rod eye for receiving the piston pin. The surfa... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7373873 | Low friction, high durability ringless piston and piston sleeve A cylinder liner and ringless piston adapted to be combined therewith in an internal combustion engine are provided that have superior wear resistance, superior scuffing resistance, and superior properties for abating friction loss between the inside surface of the ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7331274 | Sliding film, sliding member, composition for sliding film, sliding device, swash-plate type compressor, process for forming sliding film, and process for producing sliding member A sliding film includes a solid lubricant, a binder resin, and a low-melting-point material. The binder resin is for holding the solid lubricant on a surface of a substrate, and exhibits a glass transition temperature. The low-melting-point material exhibits a melti... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7313997 | Copper alloy piston shoe A swash plate type compressor is disclosed, wherein a shoe, having a first surface slidably disposed on a swash plate and a second surface received in a pocket formed in a piston, is formed from a copper alloy. ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7287459 | Piston for internal combustion engine A piston for an internal combustion engine, the piston having a skirt part, comprises: a resinous coating layer formed on a surface of the skirt part; and a plurality of concaves regularly arranged in the resinous coating layer. The concaves are non-coated regions i... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7281465 | Compressor piston ball pocket coating The invention is applied to a compressor assembly wherein a coating is applied to the pocket in the piston for sliding engagement with a shoe for reciprocating the piston. The coating is a composite of solid particles of a lubricant, suspended in an adhesive, bonded... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278348 | High-pressure pump for a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine A high-pressure pump having a drive shaft and at least one pump element including a pump piston driven in a reciprocating motion by the drive shaft. A ring on which the pump piston is braced via a support element is rotatably supported on a portion of the drive shaf... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7263925 | Hydraulic axial piston machine The invention concerns a hydraulic axial piston machine (1) with a cylinder body (3), at least one piston (9) to be axially displaceable in the cylinder body (3), said piston (9) resting on a swash plate (13) by way of a sli... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7241722 | Sliding component A sliding component has a metal base member and a coating layer. The metal base member has a sliding surface. The layer is made of silane-modified resin. The silane-modified resin is made from resin that is soluble in solvent and is equal to or higher in heat-resist... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7228786 | Engine piston-pin sliding structure An engine piston-pin sliding structure includes a piston pin slidably engaged into a pin boss of an engine piston and having a base and a hard carbon coating formed on the base so as to define a sliding surface slidable over a bearing surface of the pin boss and a l... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225725 | Bi-directional pneumatic motor A pneumatic motor for providing bi-directional linear motion including a motor housing having a cylinder bore and a piston mounted on a piston rod positioned in the cylinder bore. The ends of the piston rod extend beyond the ends of the cylinder bore. The cylinder b... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7156014 | Compressor A compressor has a swash plate and shoes. Surfaces of the swash plate slides on flat surfaces of the shoes. A sliding film is formed on each of the swash plate surfaces. The sliding films are formed of a polyamide-imide resin that contains at least solid lubricant. ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7134381 | Refrigerant compressor and friction control process therefor There is provided a refrigerant compressor including compressor parts having sliding portions slidable relative to each other and a refrigeration oil applied to the sliding portions of the compressor parts. At least one of the sliding portions of the compressor part... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7134382 | Paint composition and sliding part A paint composition including a surface-modified fluoro-resin powder and a dispersion medium for dispersing the fluoro-resin powder, with the dispersion medium containing a heat-resistant resin and a solvent for dissolving the heat-resistant resin. The paint composi... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7028601 | Abrasion preventive structure of reciprocating compressor In an abrasion preventive structure of a reciprocating compressor, by forming a coating layer made of Ni—P alloy material having high hardness onto the surface of a frame at which front (92) and rear (93) resonance springs are contacted or spring mou... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6953098 | Hydraulic drill string accumulator A hydraulic accumulator for use in a drill string having a fluid passage for supply of fluid to a hydraulic drill string tool is provided. The accumulator comprises a body provided with connecting means for connecting the accumulator to the drill string and an expan... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6829980 | Component having slide contact area of compressor Lubricating films are formed on end surfaces of a swash plate, respectively. The lubricating films make slide contact with shoes, respectively. The lubricating films are composed of a copper based material containing no lead, and solid lubricant other than lead is c... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6761106 | Swash plate for compressor A compressor includes pistons, each of which is coupled to a swash plate through a pair of shoes. The swash plate rotates integrally with a drive shaft. The shoes convert the rotation of the swash plate to the reciprocation of the piston. A lubricating coating made ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6718864 | Closed compressor In a closed compressor provided with a ball joint, there was needed a structure easy to assemble and capable of sufficiently supplying the lubricating oil to a ball joint section in order to ensure smooth sliding between a ball and a ball seat. The closed compressor... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6666128 | Swash plate in swash plate type compressor A swash plate type variable displacement compressor has a housing, a drive shaft, a swash plate and a piston. The housing includes a cylinder block, a front housing, and a rear housing. The drive shaft is rotatably supported by the housing. The swash plat... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6640690 | Swash plate type compressor and shoe for the same A shoe for use in a swash plate type compressor, interposed between a swash plate and a piston, has a base member and metal plating layer. The base member is made of aluminum alloy. The metal plating layer coats at least a part of surface of the base memb... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6584886 | Compressor A compressor performing a compression action and having a sliding location where one member slides with respect to another member, wherein the sliding portion is formed with sliding layers comprised of a binder comprised of polyetheretherketone and a soli... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6568918 | Lubrication coating for the sliding portion of a swashplate compressor A swash plate slides on a plurality of shoes. A lubrication coating is applied to the swash plate. The lubrication coating includes a non-graphite solid lubricant, a transfer adjusting agent, and a resin binder. The transfer adjusting agent adjusts the am... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6487958 | Method for forming a film on a constituent part in a compressor The object of the present invention is to form a film of a high quality on a constituent part in a compressor. The compressor has a swash plate as a constituent part to be filmed. The swash plate on which the film is to be formed is arranged on a seat of a ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6470788 | Apparatus for moving an operating element An apparatus for moving an operating element has a guide surface along which the operating element may be guided. A drive means provides a driving pulse exerted on the operating element for the movement of the operating element along the guide surface. A ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6457399 | Swash plate type compressor in which a swash plate has an axial end made of bronze-based metal In a swash plate type compressor having a swash plate rotated by a drive shaft, the swash plate is made by attaching a bronze-based metal plate to a base plate. The bronze-based metal plate forms an axial end of the swash plate, along which a shoe slides ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6425314 | Axial piston engine The invention relates to an axial piston engine having an inclined disc (13), sliding blocks (9, 10) provided with bearing sockets (25) and a retaining ring (18), the curved outer face of which is in contact with the inner face of the retaining ring (18).... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6393964 | Compressor having piston rotation restricting structure with lubricating inclined guide surface The compressor having pistons and a swash plate, the pistons including head portions reciprocatingly inserted in the cylinder bores and neck portions connected to the head portions. A piston rotation restricting structure includes a first rotation restric... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6378415 | Compressor The durability of a coating layer formed on the sliding surface between two members of a compressor, and the sliding contact between the two members, is kept excellent over a long period of time. In a peripheral portion 10d of a swash plate 10, a pair of ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6357340 | Piston compressor piston A coat layer formed on the outer perimeter side surface of a piston comprises a fluorocarbon resin and a binder as main components, and further contains 0.05-12% by volume of a wear resistance additive with a Mohs hardness of 2.0-5.0. This provides a pist... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6308615 | Compressor A compressor includes a piston and a shoe, which contact and slide on one another. The piston includes a sliding surface, on which a solid lubricant film is formed. The shoe includes a sliding surface that slides on the first sliding surface. A soft film ... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6283012 | Compressor piston and method for coating piston A compressor piston that smoothly slides in a cylinder bore and a coating method for manufacturing such pistons. Coating material is applied to a piston to form a coating layer. The principal components of the material include fluororesin and a binder. Th... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6217295 | Swash plate type compressor A swash plate (3, 18) and pistons (6, 17) included in a swash plate type compressor are made of an aluminum alloy as a base material. Rotation-preventive interfering surfaces (6d, 17d) of the pistons (6, 17) which interfere with another member to restrain... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6212997 | Reciprocating fluid pumps with chromium nitride coated components in contact with non-metallic packing and gasket materials for increased seal life Chromium nitride coating of machine components such as reciprocating pump plungers for continuous sliding contact with non-metallic packing and gasket materials greatly increases the performance life of fluid seals. In an air driven reciprocating constant... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6192784 | Swash plate compressor The invention is related to a swash plate compressor in which the wear resistance and the lubricating ability of the surfaces of the swash plate which are in contact with the shoes can be enhanced and maintained for a long period of time. In the swash pla... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6189434 | Single-headed piston type swash-plate-operated compressor and a method of producing a swash plate A single-headed piston type swash-plate-operated refrigerant compressor is provided with a swash plate mounted on a rotatable drive shaft and having front and rear opposite surfaces, single headed pistons arranged on the rear side of the swash plate to re... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6073538 | Reciprocating compressor A reciprocating compressor in which the piston is axially movable within a cylindrical cavity formed on an aluminium cylinder; the piston being provided with a sealing element made from composite plastics material, an oil-scraper element made from cast ir... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6024009 | Reciprocating pistons of piston-type compressor A piston-type compressor has seven cylinder bores formed in a cylinder block which is formed in a compressor housing. A piston is slidably disposed within each of the cylinder bores. Each of the pistons includes a cylindrical main body and an engaging por... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5941160 | Pistons for compressors and method and apparatus for coating the pistons A piston for a compressor. The piston has a lubricating coating that slidably contacts with an inner surface of the cylinder bore. The layer is formed on the surface of the piston. The layer is formed by transferring a liquid material to the surface of th... | 08/24/1999 |
