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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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Class 127/62 - Return of intermediate products


Subclass of Class 127 - Sugar, starch, and carbohydrates
Definition: Processes directed to the systematic treatment of sugar
No. of patents: 25
Last issue date: 12/11/2007


NumberTitleIssue Date
7306679Composition and sugar refining process
Disclosed is a lecithinated sugar composition wherein lecithin is present in the sugar composition at not more than about 200 parts per million. Also disclosed is a process for increasing the yield of raw sugar from a clarified sugar juice stream. Further disclosed ...
12/11/2007
7150794Process for the production of crystalline fructose of high purity utilizing fructose syrup having a low content of fructose made from sucrose and product obtained
Crystalline fructose, from sugar cane sucrose, having particles composed of microcrystals which exhibit a narrow size distribution with a mean diameter of 250 to 350 microns. A process comprising chemical conversion of sucrose by acid hydrolysis; chromatographic sep...
12/19/2006
7067013Method and plant for the production of refined sugar from a sugared juice
Method for producing refined sugar from sugared juice, such as raw juice from sugar cane or from sugar beet, containing sugar and impurities, which comprises the operations of: tangential filtration of the sugared juice in order to...
06/27/2006
5209856Process and device for continuous crystallization of a massecuite
A process and device for the crystallization of sugar syrup is described. Sugar syrup is cooked to provide a massecuite. Thereafter, the massecuite is subjected to at least one stage of continuous mixing under vacuum to promote crystallization of the mass...
05/11/1993
5076853Method and apparatus for the preparation of anhydrous crystalline dextrose
A mass constituted by glucose syrup and anhydrous dextrose crystals is led to pass through from top to bottom and with malaxation of crystallization zone 1 of axis preferably substantially vertical in which said mass is subject to a temperature gradient g...
12/31/1991
5015297Method and installation for the production of anhydrous crystalline fructose
Method for the production of anhydrous crystalline fructose in which the mass M subjected to crystallization traverses from top to bottom, continuously and with malaxation, a vessel 1 inside which it is subjected to a temperature gradient decreasing overa...
05/14/1991
5004507Aqueous-alcohol fructose crystallization
A process for crystallizing an aqueous fructose feed stream uses an alcohol mixture which may be crystallized in either a vacuum evaporator chamber or a cooled atmospheric pressure crystallizer. Various cooling cycles are described. When the atmospheric p...
04/02/1991
4938804Method for the crystallization of fructose
The invention relates to a method for the production of crystalline fructose. The method comprises the steps of adding ethanol to a concentrated fructose solution; evaporating the mixture to a degree of supersaturation of at least 1.02; and adding anhydro...
07/03/1990
4931101Method and installation for the preparation of anhydrous crystalline dextrose
A mass constituted by glucose syrup and anhydrous dextrose crystals is led to pass through from top to bottom and with malaxation a crystallization zone 1 of axis preferably substantially vertical in which said mass is subject to a temperature gradient gl...
06/05/1990
4900716Process for producing a compound oxide type superconducting material
The invention is an after-treatment of a compound oxide type superconducting material by oxygen plasma to improve the superconducting property of the material. The treatment by oxygen plasma is performed while the material is heated at 500° to 1,000° C....
02/13/1990
4848321Method for the program control of a pan
In the field of automatic boiling in a pan in which the consistency of massecuite is controlled in accordance with method steps, intermittent boiling is used as an effective way to improve the boiling time and quality of products with supplying of appropr...
07/18/1989
4816079Process for continuous crystallization of dextrose monohydrate
A process for continuous dextrose-monohydrate crystallization whereby an evaporated concentrated liquor is mixed with a recirculated dilute phase to form a feeding liquor. At least a portion of this feeding liquor is fed through the shearing zone of a hom...
03/28/1989
4518436Process for the production of graft crystals for use in seeding sugar boiling brines
The production of graft crystals for use in seeding sugar boiling brines is achieved by means of adding milled sugar of a grain size of 5-20 micrometer to a sugar solution with a supersaturation number of 1.12-1.20 and a volume of 1.8-2.2% of the final vo...
05/21/1985
4404038Process and installation for producing lactose crystals
To increase the percentage of crystallized lactose obtained from lactoserum substantially without noticeably increasing investment costs or energy consumption, the first phase of crystallization is effectuated in a continuous crystallization stage wherein...
09/13/1983
4371402Process for preparation of fructose-containing solid sugar
This invention is directed to a process for obtaining fructose-containing solid sugar from fructose-containing liquid sugar by the steps of dehydration, aging and solidification. In the step of dehydration, fructose-containing liquid sugar is brought in t...
02/01/1983
4339280Process of producing a seeding magma for seeding a solution of a crystallizable product
A seeding magma for seeding a solution of a crystallizable product is prepared from a suspension the crystals in a liquid phase. This suspension is delivered into a continuously rotating conical basket of a centrifugal drier. The basket has an upper outpu...
07/13/1982
4294624Drying co-mingled carbohydrate solution and recycled product by dielectric heating
A method of forming dried, solid particulate products from carbohydrate solutions, including complex carbohydrate solutions in the presence of recycled dried product using dielectric heating to supply heat of water vaporization....
10/13/1981
4216025Sugar crystallization process
Sugar is crystallized from aqueous solutions thereof by spraying a supersaturated sugar solution or syrup at elevated temperature into a high velocity air stream, at ambient temperature, whereby crystallization and drying occur rapidly and the sugar cryst...
08/05/1980
4199374Process of preparing crystalline fructose from high fructose corn syrup
A process of preparing free-flowing particles of fructose with or without dextrose, which process comprises: admixing a high fructose corn syrup with ethanol, the corn syrup and ethanol of defined moisture content, to form a clear homogeneous solution; se...
04/22/1980
4164429Process and installation for the production of selected crystallization seeds for use in a sugar refinery
Process, centrifuge and installation for producing crystallization seeds, as for the sugar industry. A suspension of crystals produced from the seeded solution is subjected to a scheme of centrifugal separations whereby seeds falling within a predetermine...
08/14/1979
4162926Method of drying complex sugar solutions
A method for forming dried, solid, particulate product from complex sugar solutions by drying the solution in a current of heated air and in the presence of separately introduced recycled dried solids which have undergone additional conditioning to have a...
07/31/1979
4162927Apparatus for crystallizing sugar solution and mother liquors continuously by evaporation
An apparatus for continuously crystallizing sugar, both by developing crystals from sugar solutions and by exhausting solutions of mother liquor from a massecuite, or cooked mass, by means of evaporation of said solutions over seed crystals, said apparatu...
07/31/1979
4155774Process for controlling the rate of growth of particulate masses
A vacuum pan is controlled by directly monitoring the total solids concentration of a boiling solution. A preferred type of process relates the change in concentration of sugar in a massecuite to the growth rate and increase in the number of crystals, and...
05/22/1979
4089701Process for solidifying molasses
Homogeneous, solidified molasses can be successfully obtained by concentrating under heat molasses, oils and fats and/or higher fatty acid esters at a temperature of between 110° and 175° C in the presence of alkali in such an amount as to regulate the ...
05/16/1978
3956009Method for drying fructose solutions
A process for preparing dried, solid, particulate fructose products from fructose solutions by drying the solution in a current of heated air and in the presence of separately introduced recycled dried product solids....
05/11/1976
 
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