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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 |
| 7975850 | Apparatus and method for separating sand from a manure slurry A separation apparatus (A) separates particulates such as sand from a slurry of water/sand/manure. Particularly, passage (20) receives the slurry and injectors (40) assist the slurry over ramp (42) and aid in separating the sand and organic mate... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7648032 | Effective reductive bleaching of mineral slurries Disclosed herein are a method of reductively bleaching a mineral slurry comprising adding in the mineral slurry an effective amount of a formamidine sulfinic acid (FAS) and an effective amount of a borohydride to reductively bleach the mineral slurry, compositions c... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7380669 | Apparatus and method for sorting and recombining minerals into a desired mixture A method and apparatus is employed to create a mixture having a desired composition. A raw material is separated in a pair of density separators into constituent parts. Those parts are then recombined in a desired fashion using a pair of splitters to create an inter... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7355140 | Method of and apparatus for multi-stage sorting of glass cullets A method and system for sorting different colored objects, preferably glass cullets, into separate groups of same colored objects comprising a plurality of sorting devices for receiving an input feed of different colored objects and sorting the different colored obj... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351929 | Method of and apparatus for high speed, high quality, contaminant removal and color sorting of glass cullet A system for sorting a mixed stream of different colored cullet into separate groups of same colored cullet comprises a light emitting source for transmitting light, such as white light, through a cullet, and a camera having a plurality of pixels for receiving light... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7335847 | Method and apparatus for foreign-body separation from a material flow Method and apparatus for the separation of foreign bodies from a material flow, in particular a tobacco stream. Method is characterized in that at least a portion of the material from the material flow is conveyed into the area of a foreign-body detection device in ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335618 | Method for manufacturing hydrorefining catalyst, and metal recovery method A heavy oil is hydrorefined using a hydrorefining catalyst. A spent hydrorefining catalyst whose activity has decreased is heat treated (S1) and pulverized to obtained a regenerated powder (S2). This regenerated powder is fractionated according to its ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332090 | Process for the removal of mercury from solutions contaminated with mercury Mercury is removed from solutions contaminated with mercury by filtration through a carbon filter consisting of electrode graphite. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7128216 | Closed air circulation system The invention relates to a closed air circulation system for an apparatus used for sorting wood chips, containing chips in a variety of sizes and/or fines particles, in a wood chips processing chamber, in separate fractions by means of a gas flow, which is delivered... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7117995 | Concrete reclamation apparatus An apparatus which is useful in the separation of solids from a diluted, wet, concrete mixture has (a) a free-standing first container with a drain port and a top opening, (b) a strainer disposed within the first container, (c) a drain port shut-off valve, (d) a sec... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114842 | Controlling ready mixed concrete sludge water Method and system for concrete wash-out water re-use, wherein an apparatus such as a mixing truck (1) is washed out and sludge (2) water re-used. The invention comprises providing sensors (11), in a communication system connected with a control ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7100760 | Deicer mixing apparatus and method An apparatus for applying a liquid coating to a deicer composition, methods of applying a liquid coating to a deicer composition, and solid deicer compositions that have been coated using the apparatus or method of the invention are disclosed. The apparatus includes... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7008366 | Circumferentially driven continuous flow centrifuge A centrifuge (10) including a first rotatable mechanism (60) having a rotation axis with a fluid retentive housing (20) being coaxially mounted on the first rotatable mechanism for co-rotation therewith; a second rotatable mechanism (90) ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6953120 | Method of recovering metal and/or oxide thereof in a slurry and tailings obtained from said method A method of recovering metal and/or oxide thereof from a slurry is described. The method involves magnetically separating at least a portion of any magnetic impurities from the slurry and then leaching or dissolving at least a portion of any remaining magnetic impur... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6932210 | Self-cleaning oscillating conveyor for deburring, dedusting and the onward transport of small parts A self-cleaning oscillating conveyor includes a vertical tube and a conveyor channel that is helically wound upwardly around the vertical tube with a corresponding electromagnetic oscillating unit and a casing tube, which surrounds the exterior of the conveyor chann... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6929395 | Methods and apparatus for reclaiming components of concrete and other slurries A reclamation system for the recycling of components of fluid concrete (such as concrete fines) and for concrete plant wastewater includes a slurry batch supply vessel which meters process water to a concrete batch mixing plant for use in concrete production process... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6907995 | Chip screening method and plant A chip screening method and plant wherein the pin chips (9) are separated from the rest of the chips and dosed among chips that are to be led to a subsequent process (7) so that the share of the pin chips (9) relative to the total amount of chip... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6840382 | Integrally formed heavy media pulping column In a coal preparation plant which receives a raw coal feed and separates the raw coal feed into a clean coal feed and a refuse feed, an apparatus is provided for use therein. The apparatus mixes the sized raw coal feed particles with a slurry of media and water used... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6786941 | Methods of controlling the density and thermal properties of bulk materials Methods of controlling the bulk density, permeability, moisture retention and thermal properties of bulk materials are provided by selectively sizing the bulk material. Preferably, the bulk material is sized into successively smaller particle size fractions, with th... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6719144 | Method of separating oxide from dross, device for separating oxide from dross, and jet solder tank When a printed board is soldered by a dipping method, a great deal of dross is generated on a jet solder tank. The dross is a mixture of melted solder and oxide. A worker takes out the dross from the jet solder tank, and throws it away. Thus, a large amount of the s... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6715610 | Slurry treatment Drill cuttings slurries and the like are transported by high pressure pumping the slurry through an extended pipeline, if necessary after treatment of the slurry to render it suitable for high pressure pumping. Apparatus for pumping the slurry includes a tank for re... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6666335 | Multi-mineral/ash benefication process and apparatus There is provided a method and apparatus for segregating ponded coal combustion materials for use in various products, such as block sand products, concrete or mid-size sand products and fine ash products. After screening ponded coal combustion raw materi... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6470828 | Animal waste management system and method thereof An animal waste management system and method thereof is disclosed. The system is designed for use in high flush waste removal systems, but obviates the need for anaerobic lagoons when coupled to an advanced waste treatment facility. The system uses a cont... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6386372 | Process for recycling wooden pallets and installation for practicing such a process Wooden pallets are recycled by carrying out a first separation in a reception region (10) between pallets easily reparable and those which are not, in directing the separated items to conveyors: one conveyor (11) which brings them to a disassembly station... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6382423 | Selective reduction of naturally occurring radioactive material to be treated, and its treatment A method for processing a mass of solid fine particles including Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material ("NORM") is disclosed. In one embodiment, the material is sampled and classified into fractions based upon one or more selected criteria such as part... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6329436 | Process to recycle shredder residue A system and process for recycling shredder residue, in which separating any polyurethane foam materials are first separated. Then separate a fines fraction of less than about 1/4 inch leaving a plastics-rich fraction. Thereafter, the plastics rich fracti... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6299380 | Process for treating dredge detritus A process and machine for receiving and processing to a transportable and usable condition, water soaked waste dredge removed from watery bodies. The process includes the steps of separating oversize material from the watery bulk waste, grinding organic o... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6235107 | Method for separating mixture of finely divided minerals and product thereof A method for the treatment of a kaolin clay crude to separate by selective flocculation impurity particles contained in the crude from finely divided kaolinite particle contained in the crude, comprising: (a) forming said crude into a dispersed aqueous slurry ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6231767 | Treatment of phosphatic wastes A process for treating thickened phosphatic clay suspensions, waste clay and phosphogypsum produced in the processing of phosphate ore by water beneficiation and chemical processing, the thickened phosphatic clay suspension having a solid content of from ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6223904 | Continuous process for recovering raw materials from coated foils, device for carrying out this process and foil materials recovered thereby Continuous recovery of raw materials from coated films and apparatus for this purpose and film material recovered therewith. Large amounts of coated films can be fed to a continuous recycling process in which any pigments present in the coating and the su... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6186335 | Process for beneficiating kaolin clays A improved process for beneficiating kaolin clays to remove discoloring impurities is disclosed. The beneficiation of kaolin clay is improved by fractionating a kaolin clay starting material into a lower brightness first fraction having a majority of the ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6170667 | Apparatus and method for preparation of liquid/solid slurries An apparatus and method are disclosed for the continuous formation of slurry. The apparatus includes a hopper to receive particulate material; one or more transport/mixing assemblies that mix and transport the solid material and a carrier liquid; and a mi... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6156083 | Coal reclamation systems A method for recovering coal from a mixture containing fine particles of coal, the mixture including fine coal particles, water, and impurities, the method including feeding the mixture to a first liquid/solid separator that removes relatively large piece... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6152306 | Solid waste reduction Dumped solid waste is mixed with sand and fed through a shredder. Sorters sort aluminum glass and ferrous materials from the shredded waste, and an indirect fired dryer heats the remaining shredded waste. Dust in gases from the dryer is removed in a bag h... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6149012 | System and method for cleaning and recovering plastic from coated fiber polywaste A method for recovering densified plastic from mixed waste containing plastic and less than about 15 weight percent paper, and having a density ranging from about 2 to about 3 pounds per cubic foot, the method comprising the steps of shredding the mixed w... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6138833 | Placer gold mining method, placer gold mining boat used in this method, placer gold digging and separating method and system therefor, and placer gold separating method and system therefor A placer gold separating method includes subjecting placer gold-and gold ore-containing sand and gravel layers accumulated on the bottom of the water of a river and placer gold- and gold ore-containing sand and gravel layers formed deep in the ground to e... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6119866 | Process and device for separation of wanted materials from product mixes which contain floating/absorbent material and metals with a ferromagnetic content Process and device for separation of wanted materials from product mixes which contain floating/absorbent material and metals having a ferromagnetic content, particularly from ink cartridges by means of the following steps: coarsely comminuting the produc... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6085912 | Apparatus for sorting and recombining minerals background of the invention An apparatus for separating a mixture of mineral particles and recombining the mineral particles in an alterable, controlled fashion to create a plurality of products each having a predetermined, desired particle size distribution.... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6082548 | Mobile soil treatment apparatus and method An apparatus for treating contaminated soil is disclosed. The apparatus includes a reactor vessel for holding a volume of water which is subdivided into a first chamber and a second chamber. The chambers are in fluid communication and are partially separa... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6073709 | Selective apparatus and method for removing an undesirable cut from drilling fluid A skid mounted first and second stage centrifuges, each being provided with an input pump. Drilling mud is delivered to the first pump, the first stage and then into a tank for storing temporarily the liquids separated from the mud. The heavier weight com... | 06/13/2000 |
