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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 |
| 7591884 | Air cleaner with electrostatic flocked piles An air cleaner including an ionization unit and a dust collection unit is provided. A plurality of electrostatic flocked piles may be provided on the ionization unit, or on the dust collection unit, or on both the ionization unit and the dust collection unit. The el... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7408759 | Self-cleaning ionization system A module for generating ions in a flowing air stream includes a support structure having a central region adapted to pass a flowing air stream therethrough, and including a plurality of supports for positioning a filamentary ion-generating electrode in a polygonal c... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7368004 | Electric dust collector The electric dust collector has an oblong holding unit provided on the air channel of an air conditioner or the like; a high-voltage applying device provided at an end of the holding unit; a front-open contact protector of substantially inverted U-shape that contain... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364606 | Exhaust emission control device Provided are a hollow inner electrode constituted by an electrically conductive filter capable of capturing particulates, a cylindrical outer electrode circumferentially surrounding the electrode, a housing incorporated in a flow passage of exhaust and accommodating... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364605 | Photo-electronic air purifying disinfector A photo-electronic air purifying disinfector firstly filters out airborne impurities using a washable filter screen. It then utilizes an activated carbon filter to filter out airborne bacteria and germs. The bacteria and germs which are capable of passing through th... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7316729 | Air cleaner with improved airflow An air cleaner is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The air cleaner includes an air duct including an inlet end and an outlet end, a pre-filter positioned at the inlet end, an electrostatic precipitator positioned in the air duct downstream of th... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314113 | Acoustic absorbers for use with computer cabinet fans and other cooling systems Systems and methods for absorbing acoustic noise generated by computer cabinet cooling fans are described herein. In one embodiment, an acoustic absorber for use with a fan carried by a computer cabinet in a room includes a first acoustic panel spaced apart from a s... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311747 | Filter assembly with pleated media V-packs, and methods A generally cylindrical filter element incorporating nonsymmetrical or asymmetrical V-pleated media. The V-pleated media provides increased filter media per given filter volume, extended filter life, and a smaller filter for equivalent filter life. A smaller filter ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7291206 | Pre-ionizer for use with an electrostatic precipitator A pre-ionizer for use with an electrostatic precipitator is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The pre-ionizer includes two or more corona ground elements arranged in a substantially parallel orientation. A corona ground element of the two or more... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7280311 | Disk drive including a filter component with coarse and fine sections There is provided a disk drive including a disk drive base, a disk rotatably coupled to the disk drive base, and a spindle motor attached to the disk drive base and configured to support the disk for rotating the disk with respect to the disk drive base. The disk dr... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7279028 | Electrostatic filter An electrostatic filter having an improved dielectric is described. The dielectric constitutes a dielectric mat formed from high porosity non-woven fibers having pores that have a void fraction of at least 97%. The dielectric mat is sandwiched by a pair of porous el... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276106 | Electrode wire retaining member for an electrostatic precipitator An electrode wire retaining member for an electrostatic precipitator is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The electrode wire retaining member includes one or more flexible arm portions extending from the body and formed of an at least partially f... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270698 | Discharge device and air purifier The distance between a discharge electrode and a counter electrode of a discharge device is set to not more than 10 mm such that a streamer discharge is caused between the electrodes. The frequency of sound made by the streamer discharge is raised to 6 kHz or higher... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7265973 | Power adapter with fan assembly A power converter with a fan assembly cools down a temperature of the power converter. The power converter with a fan assembly includes a housing, a plate, and a second plate. The housing includes a fan assembly (which is integral to the housing) to draw in air. The... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258723 | Particulate filter assembly and associated method A particulate filter assembly includes an electrode assembly, a particulate filter positioned in an electrode gap defined between two electrodes of the electrode assembly, a power supply electrically coupled to the electrode assembly, and a controller for controllin... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258729 | Electronic bi-polar electrostatic air cleaner An electro-mechanical electrostatic air cleaner that combines a low air resistance dielectric fibrous filter material positioned between and electrically charged by two electrically resistant carbon coated screens. The screens are charged by a remotely mounted bi-po... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7241330 | Air cleaner electrostatic precipitator cell An electrostatic precipitator cell is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The electrostatic precipitator cell includes a connection rod including first and second ends, a length, a cross-sectional shape, and a lengthwise surface. The electrostatic ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7235120 | Electrostatic aerosol filtering apparatus A battery (16) drives an electric motor (17) which in turn drives a fan (18). A circuit board (20) controls the operation of the motor and fan to maintain the flow rate. Air is drawn through an inlet (22) and out through a vent ( | 06/26/2007 |
| 7216501 | Indoor unit for air conditioner The indoor unit for an air conditioner comprises a cross flow fan, an indoor heat exchanger, an auxiliary pipe, an indoor fan motor, a motor cover section, a front drain pan, a rear drain pan, and a communication passage. The communication passage is arranged adjace... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7212393 | Air ionization module and method An air ionizing module and method for generating ions of one and opposite polarities within a flowing stream of air or other gas includes a thin-filament electrode mounted within the flowing stream in regions thereof of maximum flow velocity. The thin-filament elect... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7211923 | Rotational motion based, electrostatic power source and methods thereof A power system includes a member with two or more sections and at least one pair of electrodes. Each of the two or more sections has a stored static charge. Each of the pair of electrodes is spaced from and on substantially opposing sides of the member from the othe... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7206182 | Negative ions generating circuit design with decreasing high frequency noise and apparatus thereof A negative ions generating circuit design with decreasing high frequency noise includes a power indication circuit, an oscillation circuit, an amplifying circuit and a radial frequency filtering circuit. The power indicating circuit, the oscillation circuit and the ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7198660 | Electrostatic device for ionic air emission Ionic emission electrostatic device (1) for depositing on the surface (sp) of a multitude of aerosol particles (p1, p2, . . . , pn) within a fluid (F), a quasi-homogeneous quantity of ions (iq). This electrostatic device (1) is... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7190579 | Data processing system with air purifying device An air purifying data processing system includes a chassis, a planar, a microprocessor and an air purifier. The air purifier produces purified air that is exhausted exterior to the chassis to improve the air quality in the vicinity of the chassis. The air purifier p... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7160363 | Electrostatic filter construction This publication discloses an electrostatic filter construction, which includes electrodes connected to a first electrical potential, second electrodes, which are electrically insulated from the first electrodes, and an insulating material acting as a particle filte... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156898 | Low pressure drop deep electrically enhanced filter A method and apparatus using deep pleated filters to provide efficient and safe electrically enhanced filtering (EEF), with ultra low pressure drop, higher efficiency of particulate removal and higher dirt holding capacity over the life of the filter. An EEF may be ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7153347 | Device and method for controlling air cleaning operation of air conditioner The present invention provides device and method for controlling air cleaning operation, in which an air conditioner with an air cleaner is made to clean air effectively proper to different pollutants. The device includes a memory having a plurality of operation mod... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147821 | Treatment process for a gaseous medium containing contaminating particles The invention relates to a method for treating a gaseous medium containing contaminating particles, such as microorganisms, bacteria, or viruses. The inventive method consists of generating an accelerated electron flux; the electron flux interacting with the gaseous... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7132010 | Air filtering system An air filtration system including a filter (4) for separation of particles and an ionizer (3) for ionization of the air. In use of the system, ionization of the air occurs before the air passes the filter (4). The filter (4) is made up o... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7122070 | Method of and apparatus for electrostatic fluid acceleration control of a fluid flow A device for handling a fluid includes a corona discharge device and an electric power supply. The corona discharge device includes at least one corona discharge electrode and at least one collector electrode positioned proximate each other so as to provide a total ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7112238 | Electronic air filter with resistive screen and electronic modular assembly A polarized media electronic air filter assembly has an electronics box mounted along one side by a slid-in fit into an open, receiving channel. Arcing between screens is reduced by using a relatively resistive material for at least one of the screens exposed to arc... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7112232 | Air cleaning apparatus An air cleaning apparatus includes a blowing unit and a filtering unit which are easily removed from and installed in a cabinet, allowing the air cleaning apparatus to be easily cleaned. The cabinet included in the air cleaning apparatus may be used as a table. The ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7097694 | High performance, high efficiency filter A high performance, high efficiency filter is provided by a multi-stage filter having combinations of tribologically different fibers, nanofibers, and layering. ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7094274 | Use of manganese compounds to improve the efficiency of and reduce back-corona discharge on electrostatic precipitators Manganese is added to a combustion fuel, combustion air, or the resulting combustion exhaust gas in order to improve the efficiency of an electrostatic precipitator in collecting the resulting fly ash. Further, manganese or other flame suppressant is added to a fuel... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090718 | Device for collecting charged particles with the aid of an ionizer for purposes of analysis A device is provided for collecting particles from a gas for subsequent analysis with a particle analyzer. The device includes an ionizer with at least one ion-emitting unit which emits ions and a collector for collecting particles charged by the ions. An electrical... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086740 | Injection-molded vent screens A projection device is provided, wherein the projection device includes a casing, a plurality of electronic components mounted within the casing, a vent in the casing disposed substantially adjacent to an electronic component, and an injection molded, electrically n... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7054130 | Apparatus and method for improving uniformity and charge decay time performance of an air ionizer blower An air ionizer blower includes a voltage source, an air inlet, an air outlet, an air mover, at least one electrode and a straightening vane. The air mover is configured to cause air to flow into the air inlet and out of the air outlet, thereby creating an air flow. ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7053565 | Electrostatic fluid accelerator for and a method of controlling fluid flow An electrostatic fluid acceleration and method of operation thereof includes at least two synchronously powered stages with final or rear-most electrodes of one stage maintained at substantially the same instantaneous voltage as the immediately adjacent initial or f... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7048383 | Theatrical fog particle protection system for image projection lighting devices An image projection lighting device is disclosed comprising a base housing, a yoke, and a lamp housing. The base housing may include or have located therein, a processing system and a communications port. The lamp housing may include or have located therein, a video... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7048787 | Air cleaner An air cleaner has an electron generator that includes a pointed head, a collector element and an electric circuit included in the electron generator for generating a negative potential on the pointed head and a positive potential on the collector element. The point... | 05/23/2006 |
