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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 |
| 7158130 | Method and apparatus for preventing residual image in liquid crystal display An adaptive method and apparatus prevents the formation of residual images in a liquid crystal display caused by a discharge of liquid crystal cells upon power-off. When an off-time of a ramp voltage is sensed, a white data signal may be generated. The white data si... | 01/02/2007 |
| 6956335 | Circuit arrangement A circuit arrangement for operating a lamp including a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit generates a second DC voltage from a first DC voltage and includes a transformer. The second circuit is coupled to the secondary winding of the transformer a... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6940496 | Display module driving system and digital to analog converter for driving display A display module driving system wherein digital pixel data for an image to be displayed is provided to a plurality of column drivers on a row by row basis in serial format over a plurality of dedicated bus lines rather than a single parallel bus line. Digital pixel ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6628252 | LED drive circuit An LED drive circuit includes a booster circuit having a first and second capacitors and using a n/m voltage type rectifying switching and a constant current circuit having a MOS transistor as an output transistor. The constant current circuit is connecte... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6570340 | Stirring of electrochemical cells for extended life A device and method for connecting multiple electrochemical cells to a powered device in a manner to allow disconnected cells to autoregenerate while the device is powered. Devices according to the present invention have two or more cells and methods of s... | 05/27/2003 |
| 5266869 | Discharge lamp lighting apparatus having output impedance which limits current flow therethrough after start of discharging A discharge lamp lighting apparatus comprises a transformer for stepping up an AC power source voltage from an AC power source to produce a high voltage as an output voltage required for lighting a discharge lamp. Particularly, the lighting apparatus furt... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5214353 | Flashlight with boost feature Connected in circuit between a regular two-cell battery and the light bulb in an otherwise ordinary flashlight is an auxiliary voltage source, such as a third battery cell of relatively small size. The bulb is normally powered directly from the regular tw... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5180950 | Power-factor-corrected electronic ballast In a power-factor-corrected electronic ballast, an AC/DC converter comprises a half-bridge electronic self-oscillating inverter powered from non-filtered full-wave-rectified 120 Volt/60 HZ power line voltage, and its resulting amplitude-modulated 30 kHz o... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5135725 | Ozone generator equipment and methods A current source inverter power supply for an ozone generator which results in improved efficiency and reliability in operation of such generators has an AC/DC converter coupled through a large inductance to a DC/AC inverter that, in turn, is coupled at i... | 08/04/1992 |
| 4612478 | Dimmer circuit for high intensity discharge lamp A lamp dimmer circuit for a high intensity discharge lamp includes an auto transformer, a power factor correction capacitor, a reactor ballast, a solid state phase control current module, a dimming control, a high frequency power supply, a coupling transf... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4604552 | Retrofit fluorescent lamp energy management/dimming system In a retrofit dimming installation for a fluorescent lighting system with a conventional ballast, filament power is maintained, even when the lamps are dimmed, by providing a high frequency component to the ballast voltage. The selected high frequency com... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4602193 | Method and apparatus for the stabilization of direct current arc lamps A system for stabilizing the arc in a DC arc lamp. An AC signal is superimposed on the DC power source of the lamp to cause small regular fluctuations in the arc. The small fluctuations prevent large fluctuations while the small regular fluctuations may b... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4591761 | Relaxation oscillator synchronizer for pulsed laser operation Pulse stability is provided to a pulsed gas filled electrical discharge device by an electrical circuit including first and second electrical energy storage means, with the energy stored in the first storage means being substantially greater than the ener... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4484107 | Discharge lamp lighting device and system In a discharge lamp lighting system comprising a DC or low frequency (LF) AC main source and a high frequency (HF) source, a high frequency component from the HF source and low frequency component from the main source are supplied in an overlapping manner... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4410495 | Ozonizer with sleeve electrodes An ozonizer formed of an interior electrode in the form of an electrically conducting tube arranged concentrically in an electrically insulating tube and spaced at a distance radially therefrom to form a discharge channel. The electrically insulating tube... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4410837 | Discharge lamp lighting device A device for lighting a discharge lamp such as a xenon short-arc lamp is provided. The device includes a starter comprising a starter energizing capacitor connected to the boost voltage charging capacitor, a thyristor, a high voltage pulse transformer, a ... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4385261 | Method and apparatus for the execution of gas discharge reactions A method and apparatus for producing gas discharge reactions in which a reaction gas is at least partially oxygenated after being taken through a discharge channel. In order to produce ozone by means of an electric discharge, the discharge channel has app... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4362971 | Power supply for arc discharge devices This application discloses circuits for use with arc discharge devices wherein a D.C. or A.C. high frequency, high voltage source is provided in conjunction with either a low frequency or D.C. voltage source. The high frequency, high voltage circuit is a ... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4327309 | Fluorescent lamp power supply with low voltage lamp polarity reversal A solid-state ballast circuit for starting and regulating a gaseous discharge lamp which is operated on direct current is arranged so as to permit the use of low voltage switching relays to effect polarity reversal of the lamp under load. A high voltage p... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4293797 | Inductive-capacitive cyclic charge-discharge ignition system An inductive-capacitive cyclic charge-discharge ignition system includes an ignition transformer primary winding in parallel with a capacitor and fed by an alternating current source providing a plural number of repetition cycles during each igniter firin... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4288723 | Inductive-capacitive cyclic charge-discharge ignition system An inductive-capacitive cyclic charge-discharge ignition system includes an ignition transformer primary winding in parallel with a capacitor and fed by an alternating current source providing a plural number of repetition cycles during each igniter firin... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4234893 | Image drift correction apparatus An image or pictorial scene generated by a raster scan is continuously maintained in proper alignment during normal operation of a visual display system by the use of photosensitive devices mounted to the display surface outside of the field of view. In t... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4160996 | Switchable high voltage generator for penetration-type color CRT A very high voltage generator switchable between n levels for supplying a capacitative receiver, such as the screen of a polychrome display tube, and comprising a high voltage DC power source suitable for delivering two extreme levels of voltage straddlin... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4144476 | Multiple double energy modulation ignition system Energy provided by two circuits each of which has inductive and capacitive components which provide initial conditions for the ignition firing cycle, makes possible high modulated power components of the system for delivery to a high voltage distributor. ... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4140946 | Transient modulation ignition system An ignition system makes use of the Kettering transient voltage induced into the primary winding of an ignition transformer and utilizes a circuit which provides several voltage transients which are intermodulated to provide extremely high energy levels a... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4140947 | Alternator energized ignition system An alternator energized ignition system is provided for producing a transient ringing waveform forced by high voltage output of the alternator. A configuration of this system also provides for feeding DC power to result in the conventional transient that ... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4139804 | Transient modulated ignition system An ignition system providing a transient waveform intermodulates with an AC waveform in an ignition transformer to provide higher voltage and current outputs for longer periods of time than conventional systems. A simple, reliable and inexpensive timing d... | 02/13/1979 |
