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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 |
| 8181755 | Dual spring rate damper A damper has a piston having an axis, an outer surface, and opposing ends. Elastomeric seals are in sealing contact with the outer surface of the piston, the seals being coaxial with the piston and limiting movement of the piston to a path along the axis of the pist... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8167100 | Damping device A damping device comprises an axle, a housing, a unidirectional member, and a damping oil. The unidirectional member in cross section is formed like a T-shape, and a top portion thereof is formed as an arc to cooperate with the housing's inner wall. Where the unidir... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8136645 | Rotary damper A rotary damper is provided and includes: a housing; an annular ring member that is provided in the housing, and is made of elastomer or flexible rubber; a shaft body that is accommodated in a rotatable manner in the housing; and a sliding portion that is provided i... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8096393 | Breakdown preventive device of rotary damper In the breakdown preventive mechanism of a rotary damper, when the upper rotor is rotated in one direction, a communication path is formed between the valve body and the lower rotor, and the pressure in the pressure chamber is formed between the lower rotor and the ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8079450 | Viscous strand damper assembly A damper assembly includes a fixed rack gear, a rotary gear damper having a gear engaged with the rack gear, and a tether movable with the damper along the rack gear and connected to the movable object to be controlled by the damper. A biasing element normally urges... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7950507 | Damping mechanism for folding seats in chairs The invention relates to a damping mechanism for folding seats in chairs, having an application in seats (1) incorporated in an articulated assembly by means of shafts (2), with springs (4) which act in the sense that they tilt the seat towards ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7798297 | Handheld apparatus and motion dampener for the same An apparatus having in a mutually rotatable configuration, a first fluid shear member connectable to a first moveable body part of a handheld device and a second fluid shear member connectable to a second moveable body part of the handheld device. The first and seco... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7798296 | Damper device and manufacturing method for damper device A damper device having a casing with a cylindrical inner circumferential surface, a shaft body located in the cylindrical space of the casing and supported in a freely turnable manner, a cover which seals the casing, and viscous fluid stored in a sealed space formed... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7753181 | Damper having silicone impregnated and silicone containing components A damper for damping movement of an object is formed from silicone impregnated or silicone containing components. The damper includes a housing having walls defining a well and a rotor positioned in the housing within the well. The rotor is positioned to define a sp... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7631735 | Mounting system for rotary damper A mounting system for a rotary damper includes a base mount, a damper mount member, a damper arm, and a frame bracket including a spherical bearing. The base mount and frame bracket are designed to be mounted on a motorcycle and the damper mount member is rotatably ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7604100 | Rotary damper A rotary damper includes a driven-to-rotate member having integrally a driven-to-rotate part for coupling to a drive member and a first inner cylindrical wall, the first inner cylindrical wall including a locking part at a bottom end of the first inner cylindrical w... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7575108 | Damper A damper includes a cylindrical housing, a rotor rotatably disposed in the housing and having a cylindrical shaft portion and a wing portion radially outwardly extending from the shaft portion, a control valve member disposed between the housing and the shaft portio... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7510062 | Rotary damper A rotary damper includes a housing and a rotor rotatable in the housing. A clutch is movable toward and away from the housing when said rotor is rotated in first and second directions. ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7428952 | Damper device A damper device used in a range of electronic apparatuses. The damper device allows a diverse opening and closing operations by means of a simple structure. A stationary plate and a movable plate resiliently contact, due to the action of a spring, over different con... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7424939 | Rotary damper A rotary damper includes a driven-to-rotate member with a driven-to-rotate part for coupling to a drive member, a fixed support member for holding the driven-to-rotate member so as to rotate freely, a receiving part formed between the fixed support member and the dr... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7416063 | One-way damper and electronic devices using the one-way damper A one-way damper includes a cylindrical housing, a viscous fluid contained within the housing, a rotor rotatably disposed in the housing, and a valve body. The rotor has a center part for forming a rotational center, and a control wall extending radially outwardly f... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7416062 | Torsional magnetorheological device A magnetorheological device comprising a housing having a divider within the housing is disclosed and claimed. A rotary impeller having two paddles is rotatably mounted within the housing. The rotary impeller sealingly engages the divider and the paddles in combinat... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7390004 | Steering damper device In a steering damper device, a rotary damper includes a damper case, a rotary shaft rotatably supported on the case, and an actuation lever connected to the rotary shaft; the damper case is mounted to a steering side member; and a tip end of the actuation lever is c... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7384104 | Oscillating disc cutter with speed controlling bearings An oscillating disc cutter including a cutting disc and a drive mechanism. The drive mechanism includes a drive shaft to effect eccentric oscillation of the cutting disc and a radial bearing disposed to permit relative rotation between the drive shaft and the cuttin... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7364023 | Device for slowing the movement of a drawer or similar movable member, having releasable locking means A device (15) for slowing the movement of a drawer (2) urged by unidirectional thrust means (4), including a casing (17) fixable to a structure (S) and defining a chamber (18) filled with a viscous fluid, and a rotor (31). T... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360773 | Self-steering axle suspension system having a rotary stabilizer A self-steering axle suspension system utilizing a rotary damper coaxially aligned with and acting directly about the king pin centerline on one side of the vehicle is disclosed. When used as such, the rotary damper constitutes a rotary stabilizer. The rotary stabil... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357231 | Door damper and electronic appliances having the same A door damper. The door damper includes a rotational shaft rotatably coupled to a door, a rotating resistance unit to generate rotating resistance to the rotational shaft, and a latching device latched to the rotational shaft and the door so as to allow the door and... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357230 | Damper and automobile seat having the damper A damper (1) has silicone-based unvulcanized rubber (4) interposed between a housing (2) and a shaft (3) which are disposed in such a manner as to be relatively rotatable about an axis (A) in (R) directions with respect to each other, and... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353923 | Damper device A damper device includes a housing; a viscous fluid filled inside the housing; a rotor rotatably disposed inside the housing; and a sealing member for preventing the viscous fluid from leaking through the rotor and the housing. A rotational wing with a viscous-fluid... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350629 | Floating damper A floating damper assembly operates between first and second associated components. A damper is adjustably mounted in the first component and includes a damper gear engaged with a gear on the second component. The second component defines a guide surface and the dam... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352843 | Combined mobile container inspection system with low target A combined mobile container inspection system, comprising: a radiation source; a chassis; a rotatable deck provided at an end of the upper surface of said chassis and rotatable with respect to said chassis, provided with a parallelogram bracket formed by a hingedly-... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343646 | Damper and door handle having the same A door handle includes a damper wherein a difference in torque changed according to a rotational direction becomes large. A rotor and a valve are completely separated and only the rotor rotates, so that it is possible to significantly reduce torque applied to the ro... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7322450 | Rotating damper An adequate rotation angle is ensured and any member is not damaged due to fluid resistance even with use of highly viscous fluid. A rotating shaft (2) is provided inside a casing (1) having first divider walls (5) provided on its inner peripher... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7303056 | Magnetorheological device and system and method for using the same A controllable magnetorheological (MR) damper having first, second and third portions is disclosed. The first and second portions have a translational degree of freedom therebetween, and the third portion has a rotational degree of freedom with respect to the first ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7278522 | Controllable motion damper A controllable motion damper with a damping piston separating two damping chambers from each other in a damping cylinder. A damping valve is disposed in a connecting channel of the two damping chambers with the transmissivity of the damping valve for a damping fluid... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275626 | Damper device A damper device includes a check valve operated to apply braking force to a rotary shaft having wing portions when rotated in a cylinder in one direction and, when the rotary shaft is rotated in the opposite direction, the check valve is not operated. Movement restr... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7264096 | Rotary damper A rotary damper includes a driven rotary member having a driven rotary part for engaging a driving member, and a stationary support member for rotatably supporting the driven rotary member. A housing is disposed between the stationary support member and the driven r... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258211 | Rotary damper A rotary damper having an oil chamber within a housing which is divided into two by a vane, and generates a damping force by passing operating oil between the two oil chambers when the vane oscillates, has a shaft supporting the vane to allow oscillation in relation... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257862 | Decelerating device for insertion between two relatively rotating members, in particular a drum and an oscillating door for loading the drum in a top-loaded washing machine A decelerating device includes a bushing and a pin carried coaxially by the bushing. A first end of the pin is housed inside the bushing and a second end of the pin, opposite to the first end, projects axially in cantilever fashion from the bushing. Inside the bushi... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258356 | Vehicle steering damper apparatus, and vehicle incorporating same A steering damper apparatus for a two-wheeled vehicle includes a steering damper housing with a lower end portion fixed to the motorcycle's main frame. A first torque arm has a first end fixed to a pivotally movable shaft, and a second end which is connected, via a ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7243398 | Pivot-action damper A pivot-action damper which for example dampens the impact effect of the closing movement of doors, furniture doors or flaps displays excellent braking force or damping force, even over small angular regions as a result of an outer cylindrical body which encompasses... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240398 | Opening and closing damping apparatus An annular groove part with a predetermined depth is formed in a rotation body, and a wall surface of the annular groove part is sealed by a second protrusion elongated annular part formed in an inner circumference of a rotor attached to the annular groove part, and... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240941 | Vehicle storage assembly with adjustable door A vehicle storage assembly includes a storage compartment having an opening to permit access to the compartment. A door adjacent the opening is moveable between a closed position that covers the opening and an open position that permits access to the compartment thr... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7231867 | Rotary damper A rotary damper for damping oscillation of a motorcycle front tire includes a vane swingably mounted inside the rotary damper between left and right oil chambers, passages placing the oil chambers in fluid communication with one another, front chambers in communicat... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7225905 | Magnetorheological fluid damper A magnetorheological damper device is provided having an increased shear interface area per unit volume of device, which enhances the stroking force of the damper. The damper generally includes a thrust shaft comprising an external threaded surface in threaded commu... | 06/05/2007 |
