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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 |
| 7131617 | Modified spring system end cap for packaging fragile articles within shipping cartons Structures for a unitary spring system end cap include at least one rib formed on the outer wall of an end cap. The at least one rib can protrude from the outer wall, for example centered along the length of a spring system. Where a carton containing a product prote... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7063183 | Apparatus and methods of forming sound attenuating laminates having fiber and mass layers Apparatus and methods are provided forming a sound attenuating laminate that has a decoupler fiber layer and a mass layer in opposing relationship with each other. The decoupler fiber layer and mass layer of the laminate are heated to the selected temperature in sub... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7025923 | Methods for forming complex-shaped components in a heated polymeric film A thin-walled polymeric component that may have a selected complex shape, and a method of forming the component. The method includes heating a portion of a polymeric film to a selected malleable temperature, and forming a protrusion in the heated portion while it is... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7018190 | Resin multilayer molding method and multilayer molding device A resin multilayer molding method in which a skin material having a resin decorating layer on a surface and a core-material resin are integrally molded in a mold, comprising the steps of: presetting a relationship of a glass transition point (Tgs) of the resin decor... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6915560 | Apparatus for contracting, loading or crimping self-expanding and balloon expandable stent devices An apparatus for manipulating a medical device is formed of at least three coupled movable blades which are disposed about a reference circle to form an aperture whose size may be varied. The aperture capable of being sized to contain a medical device. Each blade is... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6868644 | Method and device for the molding of wood fiber board The invention relates to a method and device with which it is possible to arrange complicated shapes with considerable differences in height in wood fibre board, and in particular but not exclusively so-called MDF (Medium Density Fibreboard). The deformation of the ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6733714 | Method for forming high-impact, transparent, distortion-free polymeric material A method and apparatus are provided for forming a sheet of polymeric material, such as polycarbonate. A forming mold is provided having halves that engage for forming a heated sheet therebetween. Each of the halves defines an interior cavity having a peripheral edge... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6696007 | Mold and process for producing drumhead membranes A drumhead mold and process for making a plastic drumhead. The mold is structured to heat the drumhead collar area and maintain the battering surface cool to provide a drumhead with improved performance characteristics.... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6482525 | Method for producing thermoshaped substrates coated with a sol-gel lacquer What is described is a method for producing a thermally shaped substrate coated with a sol-gel coating material, in which the sol-gel coating material comprises one or more hydrolyzable silanes, which may have been hydrolyzed to form a precondensate, and,... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6368102 | High-temperature, non-catalytic, infrared heater A high-temperature, non-catalytic, infrared heater is formed within a housing having a bottom and at least one side lined with a refractory material. The burner includes a burner surface area and is positioned within the housing. A re-radiating surface is... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6136261 | Disk producing method and apparatus A photo film cassette includes a spool core (13) on which photo film is wound in a form of a roll. A cassette shell (3, 4) contains the spool core in rotatable fashion. In each of a pair of disks (16, 17), a bearing hole (16a, 17a) is formed. The disks ar... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5968444 | Method for pre-shaping of plastic films used in co-molding processes and improved paint film covered parts made thereby Methods for pre-shaping paint film laminates and co-molding processes using such laminates are disclosed. The methods comprise the steps of providing (e.g., forming or procuring) a plastic paint film laminate, softening the paint film laminate with heat s... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5951939 | Method for heating films for thermoforming A method of heating a film prior to thermoforming by the following steps. A thermoplastic flexible film having a painted surface and a thermoplastic backing sheet is placed within a frame. The frame and film are placed within a heater. The heater has firs... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5945137 | Disk producing apparatus for manufacturing a photo film cassette In manufacturing a photo film cassette, a disk producing apparatus includes a web supplier which conveys the web from a web roll to the web conveyor. The web conveyor includes two chains which convey the web in an intermittent fashion, and which include p... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5894007 | Differential pressure formed luggage with molded integrated frame The invention relates to hard sided luggage shells and other containers manufactured using vacuum forming or pressure forming of thermoplastics. A process for making shells and containers with integrally molded frames is disclosed, and products made by th... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5840243 | Method of forming blister pack packaging A method of forming blister pack packaging is provided including providing a thermoplastic material and placing the thermoplastic material between a pair of opposed male and female thermoforming dies, while cooling a portion of at least one of the dies. T... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5633022 | Differential temperature vacuum-forming tool The disclosure is directed to a differential temperature vacuum forming tool having differentially heated sections. In a specific application, vacuum formed plastic buttons with indicia thereon are produced without distortion of the print indicia. The vac... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5590454 | Method and apparatus for producing parts by layered subtractive machine tool techniques A method of forming a three-dimensional object (38) is provided using a combination of molding and machining. In its most basic form, the method of the present invention is achieved by depositing a first layer of mold material (40) onto a support surface ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5571473 | Process for thermoforming thermoplastic resin sheet A process for producing a formed article by heating a thermoplastic resin sheet and then thermoforming a part to be formed involves heating the part to be formed by placing in contact with a heating plate while at least a part of a non-formed part of the ... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5545370 | Process for producing thermoformed article employing selective cooling A process for producing a thermoformed article having a first portion with a first wall thickness, and a second portion with a second wall thickness, the first portion having a thicker wall thickness than the second portion, the process including selectiv... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5523046 | Method of using a female tool with movable plates to form a sheet of material into a flower pot or flower pot cover having outward fins An apparatus with pivoting blades and closable surfaces for forming a sheet of material into a flower pot or flower pot cover having fins. In an embodiment for forming outwardly extending fins, the apparatus includes a male mold and a plurality of plates ... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5472660 | Method for the manufacture of shaped products of biaxially oriented polymeric material Methods for the formation of biaxially oriented thermoplastic articles having flat surfaces or sharp contours, along with the articles themselves. Such methods relate to blow forming a sheet of unoriented thermoplastic material to form biaxially oriented ... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5397406 | Methods of designing embossing dies and making wood composite products Methods are provided for the design of backing dies utilized with front, decorative embossing dies for the simultaneous production and embossing of wood composite panels. The methods apply where more than one decorative pattern is embossed onto the wood c... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5374179 | Multi-temperature film die A heated film die for the fabrication of plastic containers such as bags, envelopes, balloons, bladders, etc.. The die is an integrated sectionalized structure having independent, adjacent, electrically heated, temperature regulated, die sections which ar... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5328655 | Method and apparatus for the manufacture of shaped products of biaxially oriented polymeric material Apparatus and methods for the formation of biaxially oriented thermoplastic articles having flat surfaces or sharp contours, and the articles so produced. Such apparatus and methods relate to the heat-shrinking of biaxially oriented intermediates onto mal... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5301415 | Method for fabrication of three-dimensional articles A method for forming a three-dimensional object by applying segments of complementary material and deposition material so as to form layers of material. Selected segments of material are then shaped after one or more segment is formed. In this manner, lay... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5290490 | Method and apparatus for differentially heating and thermoforming a polymer sheet A method and apparatus for thermoforming 3-dimensional articles of chosen wall thickness dimensions from a polar polymer sheet. The polymer sheet is dielectrically heated, the heating being controlled to impress a predetermined thermal pattern on the shee... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5286573 | Method and support structures for creation of objects by layer deposition An improved support structure is provided in a method for making objects by the incremental build-up of layers of a deposition material and adjacent support material. The improved support structure includes a first material and a second material placed as... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5283029 | Method of moulding a sheet including the use of heated barrier fluid A method of and apparatus for moulding preformed material with a forming mould (1), tool, membrane or bag, in which as the material (A) is being moulded or shaped, a temperature controlled fluid is introduced at a sufficient pressure to act as a barrier b... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5278442 | Electronic packages and smart structures formed by thermal spray deposition A smart structure or an electronic package is formed by thermal spraying utilizing a plurality of masks positioned and removed over a work surface in accordance with a predetermined sequence. The masks correspond to cross sections normal to a centerline t... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5238632 | Continuous feed thermoforming method and apparatus A method for the operation of a thermoforming machine in which successive sections of a thermoforming web are formed includes the steps of continuously feeding a thermoformable web of plastics material into the entry of the thermoforming machine from an e... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5223073 | Apparatus for forming cells in continuous strips, particularly for packaging suppositories and the like The apparatus includes advancement clamps which move two mutually facing films along an advancement direction on which the following are arranged in sequence: two welding half-molds, which by mutually welding the two films in preset regions define cells w... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5207371 | Method and apparatus for fabrication of three-dimensional metal articles by weld deposition In a method and apparatus for forming a three-dimensional object, successive layers of metal are welded together to build the object. After each layer is formed a complementary material is placed adjacent the layer. In this manner, layers of material form... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5203944 | Method for fabrication of three-dimensional articles by thermal spray deposition using masks as support structures A method for forming a three-dimensional article by thermal spraying utilizes a plurality of masks having a support layer with a removable liner thereon and a cut-away portion. The masks correspond to cross-sections normal to a centerline through the obje... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5198176 | Method for the manufacture of shaped products of biaxially oriented polymer material Apparatus and methods for the formation of biaxially oriented thermoplastic articles having flat surfaces or sharp contours, along with the articles themselves. Such apparatus and method relate to the heat-shrinking of biaxially oriented intermediates ont... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5167900 | Method of producing an easily openable multilayer plastic container A multilayer container with a flange for sealing with a lid, wherein the thickness of the inner surface layer at the inner edge of the flange is thinner than that in the sealing area, is produced by a method wherein a circular portion of a multilayer shee... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5158786 | Apparatus for deep drawing an open bowl An apparatus for deep drawing a bowl from a blank of deep-drawable plastic material is provided comprising deep drawing tools, and cooperating jaws including an outside heating jaw and a forward feed heating jaw. The deep drawing tools and cooperating jaw... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5126529 | Method and apparatus for fabrication of three-dimensional articles by thermal spray deposition A method and apparatus for forming a three-dimensional object by thermal spraying utilizes a plurality of masks positioned and removed over a work surface in accordance with a predetermined sequence. The masks correspond to cross sections normal to a cent... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5098633 | Backlit button by thermoformed cap process A method is provided for fabricating resin-filled components, which comprise a multi-element arrangement of a thermoformed plastic sheet with a "second-surface" screen-printed graphic, which formed sheet can receive a light-directing apparatus, and the mo... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5091231 | Retortable container A retortable container has a wall of at least two co-formed laminas. This wall is highly impermeable to fluids selected from the group consisting of oxygen and aromatic vapors. The wall includes a first load-carrying lamina of a first plastic material. Th... | 02/25/1992 |
