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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 |
| 8146674 | Apparatus for storing hazardous material Disclosed herein is an apparatus for storing hazardous material. The apparatus includes storage containers each of which stores a hazardous material storage box containing hazardous material. The hazardous material storage box is extracted from or retracted into the... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8087468 | Methods and apparatus for hazard control A hazard control system according to various aspects of the present invention is configured to deliver a control material in response to detection of a hazard. In one embodiment, the hazard control system comprises a pressure tube having an internal pressure and con... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7980317 | Smart monitor for fire hydrants Disclosed is a smart monitor for monitoring fire hydrants and comprising an electronic module associated with an operating nut and nut shaft. The electronic module is configured to monitor the fire hydrant operating nut to determine when the fire hydrant has ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7878258 | Portable, modular, active fire protection installation The invention relates to a fire protection installation (30) comprising a mist sprayer system with at least one nozzle (5, 10) through which extinguishing medium in the form of liquid is arranged to be sprayed out at high pressure, so that a mist is cr... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7658232 | Fire safety systems for buildings with overhead fans A fire safety system includes a sensor arrangement and control scheme for quickly sensing a fire, accurately identifying its location, and controlling a set of ceiling fans and overhead sprinklers to efficiently extinguish the fire. The fire safety system is particu... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7389824 | Fire extinguishing system An early suppression fast response fire protection system includes a sprinkler piping system with at least one sprinkler head assembly, a water supply system, and a check valve in fluid communication with the sprinkler piping system and the water supply system. An a... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7383892 | Preaction fire extinguishing system for ESFR cold storage applications An early suppression fast response fire protection system includes a sprinkler piping system with at least one sprinkler head assembly, a water supply system, and a check valve in fluid communication with the sprinkler piping system and the water supply system. An a... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7364329 | Adaptor with gimbal mounted sensor An adaptor (10) including a sensor (18), a gimbal housing (12) having a male connector (14) at one end and an female connector (16) at another end, wherein the male connector (14) is configured to connect with an electrical ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357192 | Automotive fire suppression system with binary fire suppression agent An onboard fire suppression system for an automotive vehicle includes a reservoir structured for mounting to a vehicle. A primary component of a binary fire suppression agent is contained within the reservoir. A secondary component of the binary fire suppression age... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353884 | Automotive fire suppression system with reservoir having an axially compliant initiator conductor conduit An onboard fire suppression system for an automotive vehicle includes at least one reservoir containing a fire suppressant agent, and a propellant device for evacuating the fire suppressant agent from the reservoir. The propellant device is located within the reserv... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353883 | Automotive fire suppression system with quick connect fire suppression agent distribution system An onboard fire suppression system for an automotive vehicle includes at least one reservoir containing a fire suppressant agent and a propellant, operatively associated with the reservoir, for expelling the fire suppressant agent from the reservoir. A distribution ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7337857 | Extinguishing or watering system and admixing system therefor including method associated therewith In order to refine an admixing system (100) for admixing at least one extinguishing agent additive (32) to at least one extinguishing agent (22), having at least one extinguishing agent additive pump (34p1, 34p2, 3... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336183 | Decommissioning an electronic data tag Rendering data stored within an electronic data tag unreadable. A receptacle receives an article with the data tag, detects the presence of the electronic data tag, and decommissions the electronic data tag. The receptacle further modifies a label on the article to ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333129 | Fire detection system A fire detection system for an enclosed area comprises: at least one infrared (IR) imager for generating infrared images of at least a portion of the enclosed area, for determining from the images that a fire is perceived present in the enclosed area, and for genera... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7316374 | Fasteners for attaching pipes to a support A fastener for a pipe is able to prevent an end of a stud to which the fastener is attached from puncturing a fuel tank or breaking other parts of a car body and causing the fuel tank to rupture when a collision occurs. The fastener comprises a fastener main body an... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7286704 | Imaging fire detector An imaging fire detector is used to detect a fire from a recorded image sequence. Either a video camera or an infrared camera is used as an imaging device. Characterizing parameters of a fire are either analyzed individually or in combination. In order to detect cha... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281544 | Devices and methods for controlling the release of a substance Valves for controlling the release of a substance, include a housing having an inlet for connection to a source of the substance, an outlet, and a passage extending therebetween. The passage is enclosed by a ceramic disc and means are provided to apply an electrical... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275533 | Pressure controller for a mechanical draft system Systems and method for controlling the flow of air through a mechanical draft system are disclosed herein. A pressure controller for controlling air pressure comprises an appliance controller configured to control the operation of a plurality of appliances, an intak... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275604 | Multi-zone firewall detection system A sprinkler system includes a control panel including a processor, a power supply source, and a memory including software instructions for automatically toggling the system between operating and non-operating modes. The control panel includes controls mated to the p... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7241218 | Fire/smoke damper control system A fire/smoke damper control system is provided for use in monitoring and controlling operation of one or more fire/smoke dampers in a building. The system includes a local damper controller associated with each fire/smoke damper for controlling the opening and closi... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237568 | Fire-control sprinkler riser systems A fire-control riser system that provides a multi-function unitary valve system including providing pressure test, pressure relief, and drain/test fluid flow capability for fire-control sprinkler systems. Furthermore, the fire-control riser system comprises an enclo... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239047 | Switch device incorporating capacitive oscillator A switch (10) comprises a face plate (16) and a single switch sensing oscillator (18) responsive to a switch activating presence. The oscillator (18) has a resistive component (36) connected to a sensing plate (38) which act... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7231988 | Fire protection device for domestic appliances A fire protection and extinguishing device for a water-conducting domestic appliance. When a malfunction occurs that in the appliance that could potentially result in a fire, the device protects the appliance from further damage, prevents the danger of a fire starti... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7222561 | Pyromechanical cutting element A pyromechanical cutting element has a housing (2) in which an electrical conductor (3) is arranged, a cutting plunger (5) with a cutting tool (8) to cut through the electrical conductor (3), and pyrotechnic charge (13) to d... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222821 | Method and apparatus for treating fuel to temporarily reduce its combustibility A method and apparatus are disclosed for treating fuel to temporarily reduce its combustibility, and thereafter restore its combustibility. As used in an aircraft, the method comprises the following steps: (a) treating aircraft eng... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7198111 | Automotive vehicle with fire suppression system An automotive vehicle includes a vehicle body and at least one reservoir containing a fire suppressant agent. A distribution system receives the fire suppression agent from the reservoir and conducts the agent to at least one location about the vehicle's body in res... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7188567 | Gas generation system A gas generator (24; 140) may be used in an inflatable member system (20) which includes an inflatable member (22) expandable from a stowed condition to a deployed condition. The generator may include a flexible container (30; 150) within the in... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188679 | Remote fire extinguisher station inspection An apparatus for remote inspection of fire extinguishers at one or a system of fire extinguisher stations includes, e.g., at each fire extinguisher station: a detector for lack of presence of a fire extinguisher in its installed position at the fire extinguisher sta... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185711 | Fire protection system A fire suppression system includes system piping and at least one sprinkler with the system piping for delivering fire suppressant to the sprinkler. The sprinkler has an outlet and a temperature sensitive trigger with temperature sensitive trigger opening the outlet... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184862 | Turret targeting system and method for a fire fighting vehicle A turret control system and method for a fire fighting vehicle is disclosed. The turret control system includes one or more control modules, such as an envelope control module, turret targeting module, a turret pan module, a turret deploy module, a turret store modu... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7172031 | Automatic, pyrotechic fire extinguisher A fire extinguisher for automotive vehicles, boats, and technical environments which is either automatically controlled, in case of fire, by the action of a thermosensitive cable or, in case of front impact, by the action of a percussion pin switch or manually by a ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7162332 | Turret deployment system and method for a fire fighting vehicle A turret control system and method for a fire fighting vehicle is disclosed. The turret control system includes one or more control modules, such as an envelope control module, turret targeting module, a turret pan module, a turret deploy module, a turret store modu... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7155347 | Pre-inerting method and apparatus for preventing large volume contained flammable fuels from exploding A method and apparatus employing a hydrofluorocarbon agent for preventing a large volume of contained flammable fuel from exploding are disclosed. Generally, a method of the present invention comprises detecting a hazardous condition proximate the contained flammabl... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7148453 | Control unit with thermal protection and an electrical heating device comprising the control unit An overheating protection system for a control unit includes an interrupter element, which, in its initial position defined with respect to a circuit board, electrically connects the opposite facing ends of at least one track on the circuit board, and an actuating e... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143834 | Sprinkler assembly A sprinkler assembly for controlling a fire situation includes at least one fluid conduit defining a flow passage including an inlet for receiving a fluid from a fluid source and at least one outlet for discharging the fluid, and a dispensing mechanism such as an op... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7130180 | Partitioned exciter system A partitioned exciter system for use with an igniter in an aircraft engine. The exciter has low-energy charging circuit and a high-energy discharge circuit that are remotely located from each other and that are connected by a low-energy coaxial cable. The charging c... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7127331 | Turret operator interface system and method for a fire fighting vehicle A turret control system includes one or more control modules, such as an envelope control module, turret targeting module, a turret pan module, a turret deploy module, a turret store module. The preferred turret control system also provides improved turret control f... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7124834 | Method and system for extinguishing a fire Method for extinguishing a fire in a space, especially in a tunnel or equivalent, in which method an extinguishing medium is sprayed in the space by means of spraying heads. In a first stage of the method, the flow and temperature of the hot gases produced by the fi... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7117950 | Fire suppression system A vehicular and marine fire suppression system for detecting and suppressing and quenching fires. The vehicular and marine fire suppression system including a first canister, a second canister and an actuation mechanism. The first canister houses a fire suppressing ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7100483 | Firing subsystem for use in a fast-acting safety system Cutting machines with high-speed safety systems, and firing subsystems used in high-speed safety systems, are disclosed. The cutting machines may include a detection system adapted to detect a dangerous condition between a cutting tool and a person. A reaction syste... | 09/05/2006 |
