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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 |
| 8014239 | Optical tape system Disclosed herein are aspects of optical tape technology, tape manufacturing, and tape usage. Methods and systems of tape technology disclose optical tape media including: configurations, formulations, markings, and structure; optical tape manufacturing methods, syst... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8004938 | Optical tape test system Disclosed herein are aspects of optical tape technology, tape manufacturing, and tape usage. Methods and systems of tape technology disclose optical tape media including: configurations, formulations, markings, and structure; optical tape manufacturing methods, syst... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7334733 | Data access device using rotational head to access data stored in data strips and data arc segments or data circles This invention discloses a data card that has a plurality of data arcs and also a linear data track, e.g., a magnetic or optical data strip, disposed on a flat data storage medium. The data card may be employed as a credit card or ID card with conventional magnetic ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7290709 | Information card system A data distribution system (10) including an information card (12) to work with a reader (14, 72). The information card (12) includes visible indicia (20) on its front, stripe zones (34) and a ring zone (36) nominally... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292516 | Sensor optimized for phase detection in page-based optical data storage A system for phase detection in page-based optical data storage involves a number of features that may be used individually or in combination to provide optimizations and to facilitate the heterodyne detection of the modulated readout signal beam. In one aspect, ali... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7209413 | Optical scanning device An optical scanning device for scanning an information layer of an optical record carrier and including a rotary aim (2; 102; 202; 302; 402; 502) which is arranged to swing about a rotation axis (CR) to alter an angular position of the rotary arm about the ro... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7185814 | Layer structure and method of manufacture for optical memory strip (OMS) This invention discloses an optical memory strip and a data card that has at least an optical memory strip as a cutoff piece bonding and attaching to the data card for storing data accessible with an optical read/write head. The data card can further includes at lea... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7088662 | Optical disc drive and method for controlling the same An optical disc drive according to the present invention can read and write data from/on an optical disc 100 including record tracks to write data thereon and guide tracks for guiding a light beam 40. The drive includes: an optical pickup 101 wi... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7024061 | Optical scanning device An optical scanning device (21) is for scanning with a radiation beam a substantially circular track of an information layer (22). The device includes: (i) a radiation source (26) for providing the radiation beam (34), (ii) a lens system ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7009913 | Sequence controller A transmitter simultaneously notifies a start of providing identification codes to controlled devices using a first identification code provision start signal. A delay unit transmits a second identification code provision start signal to only the controlled device a... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6970401 | Fringing field focus motor and mechanism for optical disk drive A system for controlling a distance between an optical head and the surface of a rotating optical disk comprising: an actuator arm having a first and second surface, the first surface facing the optical disk, the second surface facing away from the optical disk; an ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6898028 | Optical device and optical reproducing apparatus An optical reproducing apparatus in which reproduction of information is carried out by using an optical record carrier. In order to compensate a radial tilt between the surface of the record carrier and the objective lens, the objective lens is tilted. In the optic... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6597397 | Digital still camera with optical tape A digital still camera for receiving a optical tape cassette having optical tape including an image sensor for capturing an image; focusing an image of a subject onto the image sensor which in response thereto captures such image; a structure for receivin... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6278682 | Optical system for optical disc drive Disclosed is an optical disc drive for reading/writing data from/on an optical disc. The disc drive is provided with a laser source, an objective lens system, a deflection mirror between the laser source and the objective lens system. An incident angle of... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6075759 | Optical information recording and reproducing apparatus An optical record medium has an information record surface on which a plurality of circular arc tracks are arranged such that centers of the circular arc tracks are arranged in a straight line direction. An apparatus for optically recording and reproducin... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5825740 | Device for scanning information tracks on a record carrier A device for electromagnetically scanning information tracks on a record carrier, such as an optical tape, via a scanning beam is described. On this tape, information tracks are arranged substantially parallel and substantially transverse to a transport d... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5815328 | Lens actuator and optical disk apparatus A lens actuator in an optical disk apparatus, wherein a rotation drive unit rotates a lens holder including a plurality of objective lenses which have different optical characteristics from each other, and which are disposed on a circumference whose cente... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5748600 | Rotational optical head for optical recording medium A pickup apparatus of an optical card has an improved data transfer efficiency and miniaturization and thin shape of the apparatus can be realized. The length of a line segment connecting a center of an objective lens provided in a rotational optical unit... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5673245 | Rotary optical system for guiding and converging divided light beams to a tape recording medium An optical pickup device includes: a stationary optical system for emitting a light beam and for producing a tracking error signal; and a rotary optical system rotatable around a rotary axis. The rotary optical system includes: a dividing unit for dividin... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5633851 | A scanning device producing a first and a second scanning spot which move in different directions and an apparatus containing that device which uses the first spot for reading and/or recording and the second spot to monitor such reading and/or recording A scanning device for repeatedly scanning a scanning surface of a record carrier (e.g., a tape) by means of a first and a second scanning spot produced by respective scanning beams. The scanning spots perform synchronous movements along a first and a seco... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5631893 | Multi-head device for optical disk and recording/reproducing system for multiple users utilizing the same A recording/reproducing system for multiple users is disclosed which includes a plurality of channels connected to multiple users, a data processing portion for processing a signal of input/output information of an optical disk, and an optical head portio... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5617391 | Optical recording and reproducing system An optical recording and reproducing system has an optical recording and reproducing head driving arrangement including an optical pick-up and has an optical recording medium provided between the recording heads. The optical recording and reproducing head... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5559766 | Rotary drum tape recording apparatus with controlling optical recording tracks using stored results of scanning of reference tracks An optical recording method and an optical recording apparatus enable recording information on recording tracks substantially corresponding to ideal reference tracks, on an optical recording medium without preformatted tracks. The optical recording medium... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5528578 | Digital information recording by burning conductive spots with electrical pulses in an insulating layer or a recording medium A method and apparatus for recording and playing back of a permanent digital information on a recording medium consisting of an insulating and a conductive layers of material, by creating spots of increased conductivity in the insulating layer.... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5524105 | Helical optical tape read/write system using at least one laser array An optical tape is helically passed over a cylindrical outer surface of a drum at a first speed to effect a substantial circumferential wrap thereof. A first write/read head with a writing laser array generates light beams that are directed along a first ... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5513163 | Optical tape recording/reproducing apparatus An optical tape reading/recording apparatus comprises a transparent hollow drum and a pinch roller for guiding a running optical tape, the optical tape retained between the drum and the pinch roller and a scanning device for scanning the optical tape clos... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5465243 | Optical recorder and reader of data on light sensitive media The optical tape recorder of the present invention is capable of archiving data at rates in excess of 400 megabits per second by concurrently writing or reading a plurality data tracks in each data trace. A read-write module outputs an illumination beam c... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5440533 | Optical head unit having disk-shaped rotor with generally planar and common mounting surface for optical elements An optical head unit includes a motor having a stator and a rotor which is mounted rotatably on the stator, at least the rotor having a generally disk-shaped (i.e., circular or polygonal) configuration, and an optical system mounted on a common, main surf... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5422872 | Telecentric rotary actuator in an optical recording system A telecentric rotary actuary in an optical storage system. A laser generates a laser beam which is focused by an objective lens onto an optical disk in order to write data to and read data from the optical disk. In performing a seek, a galvo rotates a mir... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5396142 | Positioning apparatus An actuator able to move along a track. The actuator has an elastic coupling member that surrounds the track. The coupling member has a regularly grooved internal surface. There are pairs of piezo electric transducers surround the coupling member. These t... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5343458 | Method of storing digital video, audio and control information on an an optical storage medium The present invention relates to video recording and playback techniques and devices which create relative movement between a laser and an optical medium such as a flexible optical tape to permit the recording of different bandwidth signals. Further, the ... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5295122 | Flying head of a magneto-optical recording apparatus Disclosed is a flying head of a magneto-optical recording apparatus, in which a thin film magnetic head is provided separately from an air slider and stuck to a side wall of a light path aperture portion, the portion of the wall surface to which the thin ... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5287341 | Rotating optical head apparatus A rotating intermediate drum having mounted thereon optical head is made smaller than stationary upper and lower drums in diameter and spiral grooves are formed on the rotating intermediate drum on its surfaces opposing the stationary upper and lower drum... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5272689 | Optical head system with transparent contact member An optical head device for projecting a light beam on a recording medium to record data thereon or reproduce the recorded data comprises an optical system for forming a beam spot of a specified diameter on the surface of the recording medium, and a transp... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5239528 | Optical head control circuit for optical tape recording/reproducing apparatus A control circuit for controlling the position of a head in an optical tape recording/reproducing device having a rotary optical head controls the position of the head at the instant that it faces the tape based upon a desired head position derived from a... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5224088 | High resolution optical scanner A simple high resolution optical scanner consists of high numerical aperture lens mounted at the end of a flexible cantilever. The lens scans along a curved line as the cantilever bends. In order for the optical path to track the lens position, a mirror i... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5216534 | Read-write head for an optical tape recorder The present invention provides a read-write head for an optical tape recorder comprised of a synchronized scanning transmissive polygon and rotating lens wheel. The transmissive polygon is a multi-sided piece of transparent optical quality material for di... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5199020 | Optical head using an optical scanner An optical head for optical storage, having an optical scanner for scanning a laser beam in a recording region, an objective lens of large aperture for collecting all scanned laser beams, and a method for detecting and correcting the focus error and track... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5155720 | Servo control circuit for image rotator A servo control circuit for an image rotator used in an optical tape recording apparatus that employs a rotary tape drum. Pairs of pulse generators and frequency generators are provided on the image rotator and on the tape drum, respectively. Initially, t... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5140566 | Optical data recording and playback system Apparatus is disclosed for providing an optical system which drives beam collecting lens by piezo device, for focusing the beam which moves according to the rotation of reflection mirror for using beam scanning that scans the laser beam on the surface of ... | 08/18/1992 |
