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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 |
| 6971172 | Piezoelectric control valve adjustment method A method for adjusting piezoelectric valve components to create a precise interface between a piezoelectric actuator and a movable valve plunger is provided which includes the steps of conducting a coarse adjustment prior to assembly followed by a fine adjustment af... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6588102 | Method of assembling a fuel injector body An engine fuel injector body is assembled using a furnace brazing method to provide structural and hermetic internal joints at interior locations with minimum size and processing. The method of assembling an injector with such an internal hermetic and str... | 07/08/2003 |
| 5775356 | Method for assembling the control valve of a single-handle faucet Alignment between a valve stem and the water outlet of a control valve for a single-handle faucet is maintained by fitting a threaded end of the stem within a hole in an upper semispherical housing of the valve and securing the stem to the housing with a ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5430932 | Apparatus for installing a valve on or into an existing pipe An apparatus for installing and/or replacing a valve on an existing pipe which may be under fluid pressure. A first version of the apparatus includes a main housing having a pair of separable housing members together defining a first bore extending along ... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5139229 | Ball valve and method of assembly A ball valve (10) has a one-piece valve body (12) with a small diameter bore (16) and an opposed large diameter bore (18) in fluid communication with a valve chamber (14). An annular flange (40) projects within the large diameter bore (18) and a washer-ty... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5016349 | Method for manufacture or repair of a globe valve Method for the manufacture or repair of a globe valve. The valve housing (1) is assembled by welding out of two or more parts around a closing member (4) shaped as a part of the face of a globe and provided with a flow opening (3), and the shaft (5) of ro... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4801125 | Valve body comprising sheet metal hemispheres and method for making same A large manually operated leak-proof corrosion-proof low-cost shut-off or stop valve for handling high pressure refrigerant liquid and/or gases is disclosed. The valve comprises a valve body formed of two sheet metal hemispheres electron-welded to the per... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4667387 | Method for manufacturing valve covers of compressor A value cover of a compressor is manufactured by the following steps. First, a first metal plate, which has depressed portions for defining a muffling chamber and a connecting passage, is prepared. A second metal plate, which has depressed portions for de... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4590652 | Method for fabricating an air gap pipe An air gap pipe and a method for forming the same are provided. The air gap pipe includes a non-linear outer pipe and an inner pipe of identical configuration disposed concentrically within the outer pipe. The inner pipe is supported by resilient dimples ... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4349948 | Method for manufacturing metal casings for accessories and particularly gate valves A method of manufacturing metal casings, particularly gate valve casings, comprises, forming two casing shell half portions from a plate by holding the plate and forming a valve port in at least one of the plates with a forming tool, forming wall portions... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4150810 | Machine welded obturator The invention relates to machine welded obturators of generally spherical shape for equipping rotary plug valves. These obturators are composed of a central tube and an envelope formed by two hemispherical segments of pressed sheet metal which are truncat... | 04/24/1979 |
| 3961405 | Method of fabricating a butterfly valve The butterfly valve includes a body having a generally cylindrical bore defining a flow passage and a generally circular, stem-mounted disc member rotatably mounted within the bore for shutting off flow. The disc member is comprised of two identically arr... | 06/08/1976 |
