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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 |
| 8075667 | Fuel storage tank pressure management system and method employing a carbon canister A carbon canister to adsorb hydrocarbons from a hydrocarbon air mixture in a UST system to prevent fugitive emissions due to overpressurization. The carbon canister has an inlet port at one end coupled to the UST system. An outlet port on the opposite end of the can... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7879135 | Configurations and methods for claus plant operation with variable sulfur content Contemplated plants include an acid gas enrichment unit in which acid gas unsuitable for feeding into a Claus plant from an upstream acid gas removal unit is separated into a concentrated hydrogen sulfide stream that is fed to the Claus plant and a carbon dioxide st... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7846237 | Cyclical swing adsorption processes The concentration of adsorbate in the feed gas to an on-stream bed of a cyclical swing adsorption process is monitored and the data processed to predict the time required to complete the on-stream mode of that bed and the purge flow rate and/or other regeneration mo... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7608131 | Three flow architecture and method for aircraft OBIGGS An air separation system and method wherein the outlet of a primary air separation module (one or more modules or bundles of fiber membranes) is split into two flow paths, a low flow path and a high flow path. The outlet of a secondary air separation module (one or ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7597742 | Process for treating a loaded solvent stream having a time-varying concentration of contaminant The invention provides a process for treating a loaded solvent stream having a time-varying contaminant concentration, the process comprising the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of hold-up tanks; (b) feeding the loaded solvent stream in dependence on its contami... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7407528 | Method for operating an air fractionization installation for obtaining oxygen on board an aircraft The method serves for operating an air fractionization installation for obtaining oxygen on board an aircraft, with at least two molecular sieve chambers. A part mass flow of the oxygen obtained in the respective adsorbing molecular sieve chamber is supplied for flu... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7393380 | Method of guaranteeing at least one characteristic of a fluid used for producing food products A method for guaranteeing at least one characteristic of a fluid used for producing food products. This method utilizes a system for piping and delivering the fluid, combined with means for producing the products, in order to use the fluid for producing the products... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7393381 | Removing siloxanes from a gas stream using a mineral based adsorption media A plurality of different layers of filter media are used to remove siloxanes from a gas stream. Based on an analysis of the specific gas stream to be filtered, a filter media having an average pore size enabling the preferential removal of a specific class of contam... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7332015 | Automatic dehydrating breather apparatus and method A dehydrator breather is provided that includes automatic purging of accumulated moisture by detecting absorbed moisture in the breather, and closing an intake air channel, while opening an exit moisture channel. Adjustment of a default time-based purging cycle is a... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7316731 | Adsorption of contaminants from gaseous stream and in situ regeneration of sorbent Contaminant is removed from a gaseous stream, especially an air stream bearing the contaminant, by adsorption on a sorbent which is a resiliently compressible, electrically conductive, activated carbon cloth material, leaving a gaseous stream liberated of the contam... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314506 | Fluid purification system with low temperature purifier A system and method for processing a matrix fluid to remove one or more impurities (such as moisture from a process gas). The purifier includes a pre-cooler that receives the matrix fluid and cools the matrix fluid to a second, lower temperature. A container is prov... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7300497 | Gas separating method A gas separation method is provided in which, when separating a first component and a second component from a mixed gas containing a plurality of components by using a pressure swing adsorption method, these components can be efficiently recovered and cost reduction... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297181 | Purification and transfilling of ammonia An ammonia purification system includes a hydrocarbon removal station that removes hydrocarbons from gaseous ammonia via adsorption, a moisture removal station that removes water from gaseous ammonia via adsorption, and a distillation station including a distillatio... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294172 | Helium recovery A gas recovery system comprising a source of gas having a preselected concentration of a desired component (9), at least one application (1) that adds impurities to said gas, and at least one an adsorption system (6) that purifies said gas to pr... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7275417 | Fueling system vapor recovery and containment performance monitor and method of operation thereof A method and apparatus for monitoring and determining fuel vapor recovery performance is disclosed. The dispensing of liquid fuel into a tank by a conventional gas pump nozzle naturally displaces a mixture of air and fuel ullage vapor in the tank. These displaced va... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7271830 | Motion detection in an image capturing device An image capturing device includes an electronic image sensor, a memory, and a processor. The memory includes a motion detect routine, a predetermined image interval, and at least one predetermined motion threshold. The processor conducts the capturing of images sep... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267195 | Exhaust device with or without dilution based on two controllable outputs An exhaust gas distribution device for the engine of a vehicle, wherein said device incorporates means to control the evacuation of the gases towards a classical exhaust system or else towards a specific exhaust system, said specific exhaust system incorporating mea... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264648 | Removing siloxanes from a gas using a segmented filtration system customized to the gas composition A plurality of different layers of filter media are used to remove siloxanes from a gas stream. Based on an analysis of the specific gas stream to be filtered, a filter media having an average pore size enabling the preferential removal of a specific class of contam... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264647 | Device for enriching air with oxygen in an aircraft, and a method for operating the device A device for enriching air with oxygen in an aircraft, and a method for operating the device provides product gas enrichment with oxygen with minimum requirements. An oxygen measurement apparatus analyzing the product gas flow as well as a throughput sensor are prov... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7255104 | Breathing gas supply system A breathing gas supply system for supplying breathable gas in an aircraft includes an oxygen enriching apparatus which is operable in at least two modes to provide product gas with varying oxygen concentrations. A first feed line feeds more highly enriched product g... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252700 | Mobile gas separator system and method for treating dirty gas at the well site of a stimulated gas well A method and mobile system for cleaning dirty gas from a newly stimulated gas well. The entire system is supported on a trailer or other mobile support so that it can be driven from well site to well site for short-term, post-stimulation use only. The system compris... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7246621 | Removal of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide from patient expired gas during anesthesia A method and system for the application of molecular sieves to the removal of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide from the patient expired gases during anesthesia. The system is especially useful in anesthesia using any of the halogenated ether inhalation anesthetic ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7214138 | Golf ball flight monitoring system A system is described for monitoring the swing path of a golf club head and for monitoring flight characteristics of a golf ball following impact. A processor utilizes data from spaced apart spaced sensor arrays in determining the club head speed and head angle of a... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207170 | Warm-up method and warm-up system for internal combustion engine A warm-up system is provided for an internal combustion engine equipped with a CO2 absorbing and releasing agent that absorbs CO2 at a temperature in a first temperature range and releases the CO2 at a temperature in a second tempera... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7179324 | Continuous feed three-bed pressure swing adsorption system A three-bed pressure swing adsorption system providing a constant continuous supply gas, preferably containing a hydrogen component, in a multi-step and preferably in a twelve-step, process cycle that can produce a purified gas product, preferably hydrogen, on a con... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175692 | Ejector to reduce permeate backpressure of air separation module An air separation system includes an ejector for controlling a pressure differential across an air separation module and a valve for controlling air flow through the ejector such that airflow through the ejector is discontinued when not required to maintain the desi... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7169210 | Control system for helium recovery The present invention relates to a gas recycling system that includes a) a source of gas having a predetermined purity; b) an application system that uses the gas and adds contaminants to the gas; c) an adsorption system for removing the contaminants from the gas to... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7160361 | Evaporative emission treatment device Disclosed herein an evaporative emission treatment device comprising: a housing; and an adsorption member disposed in the housing, the adsorption member comprising an adsorption component comprising an activated carbon textile made from a novoloid precursor. ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156900 | Adsorber station and the use thereof The invention relates to an adsorber station with a first adsorber (A) and a second adsorber (B). A first closed loop pipeline (1) is connected to the adsorbers (A, B) and is provided with product gas feed line valves (4A, 4B) and regeneration g... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152494 | Method of testing A method of testing a system including a plurality of modules, each of which in use, produces from an air supply, a product gas which is one of oxygen gas and oxygen enriched gas, the method including providing to an inlet to at least one of the modules, when the mo... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7153344 | Process for the preparation and recovery of carbon dioxide from waste gas or fumes produced by combustible oxidation A process for the separation and recovery of carbon dioxide from waste gases produced by combustible oxidation is described comprising the steps of feeding a flow of waste gas to a gas semipermeable material, separating a gaseous flow comprising high concentrated ca... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7152635 | Commercial aircraft on-board inerting system An inerting system (10) for an aircraft (12) includes one or more fuel tank circuits (15) associated with fuel tanks (16). An air source (17) supplies pressurized air. A heat exchanger (56) cools the pressurized air. An air ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7108739 | Efficiently regenerated particle trap for an internal combustion engine and method of operating same Particle traps are often used to reduce particulate emissions from internal combustion engines to acceptable levels. In order to maintain the particulate traps, they must be periodically regenerated in order to burn off the trapped particles. Strategies for efficien... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7108736 | Method of installing a molecular sieve bed gas-enriching system A method of installing a molecular sieve bed gas enrichment system in a vehicle such as an aircraft. A system controller, a product gas distribution conduit, a high pressure gas supply conduit which extends from a high pressure gas source, and a plurality of molecul... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7101415 | Methods for regenerating process gas purifier materials A continuous method of producing a process fluid gas from a feed stream that includes the process fluid and impurities. The method includes: (a) providing a first and second vessel, each vessel containing one or more regenerable purifier materials for removing at le... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097689 | Process and system for purifying gases A process and system for purifying an impure gas to produce a purified gas in a gas purification system and protecting the system from damage by a) passing a portion of a first gas stream into a reactor vessel, which exits as a second purified gas stream; b) combini... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7087101 | Method of controlling a gas adsorption apparatus A method of controlling a gas adsorption apparatus including a sieve bed containing molecular sieve bed material, the bed being cyclically operable in a charge mode to adsorb non-product gas from an air supply thereby to increase the concentration of a product gas i... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7073326 | Diesel particulate matter reduction system and a method thereof A diesel particulate matter reduction system includes a diesel particulate filter (DPF), an electric power supply device, a heater, an air blower, and a control unit. The DPF is configured to capture particulate matter of exhaust gas. The heater is configured to be ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7066985 | Portable gas fractionalization system A portable gas fractionalization apparatus that provides oxygen rich air to patients is provided. The apparatus is compact, lightweight, and low-noise. The components are assembled in a housing that is divided into two compartments. One compartment is maintained at ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063733 | Filter member A filter member which comprises one layer of deodorizing filter 1, which is composed of a reticulated filter substrate and a deodorizing agent adhering to the surface of its skeletons, and one or two layers of dust collecting filter 2a and 2 | 06/20/2006 |
