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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 |
| 7341647 | Coke carbonization furnace cover for promoting increase in temperature of coal particles near the cover A coke oven door prevents the generation of poor-qualitycoke and yielding and adhesion of tar by promoting the temperature rise of coal particles charged near the coke oven door of a coke oven. The coke oven door comprises a heat-insulating box provided on the coke ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331298 | Coke oven rotary wedge door latch An oven door latch system for a coke oven door positionable within an oven door opening and method of sealing a coke oven. The door latch system includes a rotary member rotatively attachable to the oven door. The rotary member has a wedge-shaped, arcuate engagement... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7213814 | Seal assembly The subject invention discloses a sealing assembly that includes a first component and a second component moveable into and out of mating engagement to form a seal therebetween. The first component has a first sealing surface defining a groove and a sealing bead ext... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7169266 | Low headroom coke drum unheading device A coke drum head is hinged to a coke drum body using a compound joint such as a trammel pivot, and the head is moved between open and closed positions using an actuator. In moving between open and closed positions, the head traces out a non-circular path which reduc... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166197 | Coke oven door with wraparound gas channel and membrane A coke-oven door has an annular periphery normally juxtaposed with an annular door frame. A seal assembly for the door has at least two flexible, relatively displaceable, metallic, and annular membranes each having an annular inner periphery and an annular outer per... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7117640 | Radio frequency shielded and acoustically insulated door A door for a RF shielded and acoustically insulated room. The door includes a door panel and door frame adapted to electrically and pivotally contact the door panel. The door panel includes a noise absorbing material and a noise insulating gap disposed between outer... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7077618 | Device for lifting and removing oven doors of a cooking oven The invention relates to a device for lilting and removing oven doors of a coking oven that is comprised of a door removing head (1), which can be coupled to vertically extending oven doors of a horizontal chamber coking oven, of a drive device (3) for... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7067043 | Coke oven door with gas channel A coke oven has a coke-oven chamber adapted to hold a mass of coke, defining above the mass of coke a gas-collecting chamber, and having a door opening. A door closes the door opening. A peripheral gas channel extends around the opening between the door and coke-ove... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055160 | Bezel door for computer enclosure A computer is disclosed. The computer includes a housing having an opening. The computer also includes a door that is movably coupled to the housing via a linkage mechanism. The linkage mechanism allows the door to move between a closed position where the door is pl... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7033460 | Coke drum bottom throttling valve and system A coke drum bottom de-heading system having an internal shroud enclosure and a shroud end cap opened by a flange to a coke bottom de-heading valve capable of accepting the end of a gate valve upon actuation. Acting in coordination with the shroud enclosure to preven... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6916406 | Coke oven door A coke oven door comprises a generally rectangular outer frame, a generally rectangular inner frame positioned within the outer frame and a seal operably mounted to the inner frame and adapted for effecting sealing against a jamb of a coke oven. The outer frame is a... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6843889 | Coke drum bottom throttling valve and system A coke drum bottom de-heading system having an internal shroud enclosure and a shroud end cap opened by a flange to a coke bottom de-heading valve capable of accepting the end of a gate valve upon actuation. Acting in coordination with the shroud enclosure to preven... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6797122 | Coke oven and method of operating the same A coke oven and a method of operating the same, capable not only of achieving a uniform combustion temperature heightwise within a combustion chamber when a rich gas or a lean gas is burnt, but also of reducing NOx content in the waste gas, while eliminat... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6290494 | Method and apparatus for coal coking The invention provides a coke oven charging machine including a mobile frame and a coke oven feed device on the mobile frame. The coke oven feed device includes a movable, elongate charging plate having a first end and a second end, retractable side-walls... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6066237 | Safe and semi-automatic removal of heavy drum closures In a coke drum an outlet arrangement is provided which allows removal of the coke from the drum without endangering the health or safety of workers heading or unheading the coke drum. Instead of using a manually removable bottom flange for the drum, a sem... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6059932 | Coal bed vibration compactor for non-recovery coke oven A coal compaction system and method for a non-recovery coke oven having refractory roof, floor, side walls and end doors for coal charging and coke discharge provides an improved coal charging machine carrying a coal conveyor supported intermediate the en... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5941445 | Apparatus for refurbishing a coke oven doorjamb A method and apparatus for refurbishing eroded portions in coke oven doorjambs including refurbishing apparatus having a framework attached to the coke oven structure adjacent the doorjamb. The framework supports a carriage that is simultaneously moveable... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5928476 | Nonrecovery coke oven door A coke oven door for closing the open end of an elongated coking chamber of a nonrecovery coke oven, including process air vents extending through the door at a level above a coal charge to be coked, has a structural frame on its outer surface including a... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5837104 | Extenders for hot face refractory of coke oven pusher side door A pusher side coke oven door assembly comprises a door, a cold face refractory wall attached to the door, and a hot face refractory wall attached to and spaced from the cold face refractory wall to form therewith a hollow vent space for gases evolved from... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5833811 | High temperature refractory material applying apparatus for the wall of a coking chamber in a coke battery An apparatus for applying a high temperature refractory material to the wall surface of a coking chamber in a coke battery is equipped with: a moving carriage which is provided on the side of a coke pushing machine of the coking chamber and which is free ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5735917 | Method of promoting carbonization in the door region of a coke oven and oven door therefor A gas passage is formed on the inner surface of an oven door of a coke oven. Combustible gas which is generated during carbonization of coal in the coke oven is introduced into the passage, an oxygen-containing gas is introduced into the gas passage from ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5720855 | Coke oven door A coke oven door comprises a door frame, a plate mounted so as to be freely movable relative to the door frame within limits and a seal operatively mounted to the plate and positioned around the periphery of the frame for effecting sealing against the jam... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5705037 | Device for reducing the concentration of CO in the waste gas from coke oven batteries that are heated with lean gas In order to reduce the concentration of CO in the waste gas of coke oven batteries that are heated by lean gas, additional sealing is used for the brick-work of die regenerator separating walls of the coke oven battery, as well as a coke oven battery with... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5688376 | Method for the gas sealing manufacture of a door frame of a coke oven battery and such a door frame structure Method for the gas sealing manufacture of a door frame of a coke oven battery which battery comprises a refractory structure with an armor plate connected to it onto which the door frame is fitted characterized by the following steps: measuring the profil... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5683552 | Coke oven door liner assembly A coke oven door assembly has first abutting vertically aligned refractory cold face layers, second abutting vertically aligned refractory hot face layers spaced therefrom, and an integral one piece uppermost refractory section having a bottom, a horizont... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5670025 | Coke oven door with multi-latch sealing system A coke oven door for placement against a door jamb of a coke oven comprises a segmented door body and plurality of toggle mechanisms coupled to the door at the juncture of each segment. The toggle mechanisms include inner and outer toggle links pivotally ... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5658434 | Coke-oven door assembly A coke-oven door assembly has a rigid door, a mounting block adjacent the door, a door-plug backing plate fixed to the mounting block, and a membrane having a center portion between the backing and mounting blocks and a periphery juxtaposed with a coke-ov... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5603810 | Coke-oven door seal A coke-oven door seal and sealing system wherein the coke-oven door seal comprises a sealing arm in angular relation with a door jamb surface, said sealing arm being engagable with said door jamb surface at a knife edge, and said sealing arm protruding be... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5556515 | Coke oven door A coke oven door, which includes a metal frame, means for latching the door in a closed position, a sealing member extending around the perimeter of the frame having forward edges adapted to contact a sealing surface on a coking chamber door jamb for effe... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5500094 | Coke drum deheading device A vessel unheading device and method especially suited to handle shot coke produced in a delayed coker unit of a petroleum refining process. The device includes a car having mounted thereon one or more bottom head retracting support members which can be l... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5443696 | Coke oven door Coke oven doors and more particularly coke oven doors having a unique and novel spring arrangement for maintaining the knife edge of the sealing element in sealed relation to the face of the coke oven door jamb, an improved sealing arrangement at the leve... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5395485 | Reactor chamber door for large-scale coking reactors A large-scale coking reactor including a housing provided with a chamber and with outer and inner chamber frames, a displaceable outer door elastically compressed against the outer frame and formed with a respective elastic peripheral seal compressible ag... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5306396 | Leveling door A leveling door for sealing a leveling opening of a coke oven door has a leveling door body, a diaphragm sheet mounted on the leveling door body at its side facing a leveling opening so as to cover the leveling opening, the diaphragm sheet having an edge ... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5279713 | Door A door is equipped on its side facing the area to be closed off, with a sealing element disposed around the peripheral edges of the door, a door locking device to retain the door in a closed position, and possibly a thermal layer for insulating the door f... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5254222 | Sealing device The device includes a sealing element fixed to the door of a coke oven, the sealing element having an edge forming a junction with the frame of the door, and a channel disposed on the periphery of the sealing element. A sealing gas at a pressure higher th... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5238539 | Coke oven door A coke oven door has a mainframe, a diaphragm plate mounted on the mainframe, a seal mounted peripherally on the diaphragm plate, and plungers mounted peripherally on the mainframe for applying adjusting force to the seal. The seal is adapted for angular ... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5150543 | Door The door has a separate seal element and a hollow profile frame. The hollow profile frame has a number of tappets exending therefrom to press the seal element against a door frame. These tappets are applied individually to the seal element by pressure fro... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5034104 | Servicing and emptying apparatus for coke-oven battery A coking installation has a longitudinal succession of coking chambers having respective coke sides opening transversely above a bench level above ground level and an outer rail extending longitudinally along and adjacent the coke sides of the chambers. A... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4986032 | Door The door has a separate seal element and a hollow profile frame. The hollow profile frame has a number of tappets extending therefrom to press the seal element against a door frame. These tappets are applied individually to the seal element by pressure fr... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4952284 | Locking device for an oven door A locking device is for an oven door of an oven which extends horizontally and includes an interior defined by interior walls and a door opening which is surrounded by a door frame. The door frame includes an external sealing surface. The oven door includ... | 08/28/1990 |
