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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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7520963 | Equipment for moving the roll of a paper machine Equipment for moving a roll in a paper machine has a movable cradle (13) for attachment to a roll (10). Two pairs of masses (16, 17) are supported rotatably on the cradle (13), in each of which there is an own drive shaft (18) for ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7169262 | Method and apparatus for forming a paper or tissue web A method and apparatus for transferring vibrational forces to a wire of a papermaking machine for forming a web on the wire and for dampening vibrations imparted to the papermaking machine. In some embodiments, the apparatus is a vibrational device including a vibra... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7101462 | Method and apparatus for forming a paper or tissue web A method and apparatus for transferring a vibrational force to the wire of a papermaking machine in order to re-align the fibers of the web forming on the wire or to clean press section felts. In some embodiments, the apparatus is a vibrational device including at l... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6780286 | Adjustable activity drainage box A process, and an apparatus, for improving sheet properties in the initial impingement zone of a paper making machine including a forming section, a forming fabric moving in the machine direction and a head box having a head box slice which delivers a stock jet onto... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6712941 | Forming board for papermaking machine with adjustable blades A forming board for a papermaking machine includes: a support; a transversely-extending lead blade attached to the support, the lead blade; a plurality of transversely-extending trailing blades; a mounting unit for each of the plurality of trailing blades, the mount... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6702925 | Method and apparatus for forming a paper or tissue web A method and apparatus for transferring a vibrational force to the wire of a papermaking machine in order to re-align the fibers of the web forming on the wire or to clean press section felts. In one preferred embodiment, the apparatus is a vibrational de... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6146502 | Paper making machine with a traveling deckle board A machine for adjustably placing a low dam moving along each lateral edge of a Fourdrinier fabric so as to contain the paper-making slurry on the fabric without leaking over the edges of the fabric while the moving fabric is subjected to sufficient suctio... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5966834 | Machine and method for producing a material web A machine and method for producing a material web, e.g., a paper or cardboard web. The machine includes a dryer group having a plurality of dryer cylinders and web guide rolls. A dryer (or guide) belt may guide the material web around the dryer cylinders ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5681430 | Activity induction in papermaking The apparatus of the present invention is a papermaking machine with a forming fabric in a looped configuration. The forming fabric carries paper stock through the papermaking process. The forming fabric passes over a liquid-filled cavity which is bounded... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5578170 | Method of forming a tissue paper web A tissue web (W), which has improved formation and improved tensile properties but no appreciable deterioration of retention and layer purity, if applicable, in comparison with tissue webs produced in conventional twin wire tissue formers, may be formed i... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5560808 | Hydraulically actuated breast roll shake The invention is directed to a roll shake connected to a roll in a paper-making machine, wherein the roll is movable in a direction generally parallel to an axis of the roll. A first hydraulic ram assembly, including a first cylinder and a first ram recip... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5306394 | Turbulence roll for a web former A turbulence roll for a web former. The roll generates high frequency small-scale vibration in the stock on the forming fabric whereby fluidization of the partially formed fiber mat and dispersion of fiber flocs in the stock is brought about. The turbulen... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5108545 | Method for making paper support Disclosed is a method for making a paper support for photographic paper by a Fourdrinier paper machine of the twin-wire type provided with a lower wire on which a wet web is formed and an endless upper wire facing said lower wire with the wet web between ... | 04/28/1992 |
| 4999086 | Dispersion roll in a fourdrinier machine In a Fourdrinier paper making machine a dispersion roll mounted between the headbox and the suction and dewatering means, underneath in contact with the Fourdrinier travelling fabric and extending laterally across the width of the fabric, and adapted to r... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4648943 | Vibrating forming shoe in a twin wire former A twin wire paper former incorporating a forming shoe having a curved solid forming surface across which the forming wires pass with one of the wires in direct contact therewith and the other sandwiching the stock from which the paper is to be formed ther... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4055460 | Paper machine shake The invention is to shake the upper run of a Fourdrinier forming fabric of a paper machine by imparting vibratory motion, in a direction transverse to the machine direction, to light-weight foil blades mounted at the dilute end of the Fourdrinier section.... | 10/25/1977 |
