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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 |
| 8132963 | Temperature compensation element for a connection unit The aim of the invention is to reduce the temperature gradient at the connection terminals of a connection unit to which lines can be joined. The inventive temperature compensation element is made of at least one first strip of thermally conducting material on which... | 03/13/2012 |
| 7234864 | Measurement of multi-channel cold junction temperature The cold junction temperature of the channels on a multi-channel terminal block are accurately determined for each terminal pair without affixing a thermistor to each terminal. One embodiment provides accurate cold junction measurement of a six channel device (12 te... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7180039 | Heater with burnout protection A heater is provided that has a temperature sensing control system which can be used for both temperature control and over-temperature protection against element burnout. The temperature control system is comprised of an inlet temperature sensing assembly positioned... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7004623 | Disposable sheath for data logger probe and method for measuring and recording temperature in a closed container A disposable sheath for a data logger probe comprises a mounting plate 12 and an elongated sheath 14 attached perpendicularly to the mounting plate for insertion through the wall or top cover and into the interior of a container, the mounting plate hav... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6293700 | Calibrated isothermal assembly for a thermocouple thermometer A calibrated isothermal assembly for a thermocouple thermometer is provided to obviate a calibration step after manufacture of the instrument. A compact isothermal block is fabricated on a specialized printed circuit board which includes a thick metal pla... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6158885 | Thermocouple-to-extension wire ambient temperature error correction device The invention relates to a device for correcting error in temperature readings caused by thermocouple-to-extension wire ambient temperature fluctuations. The device creates an isothermal mass which raises the temperature of terminals to higher than ambien... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6087631 | Soldering iron with temperature control cycles related to rectified voltage cycles A method of controlling the tip temperature of a soldering iron of the kind to which rectified commercial AC power is supplied. The tip temperature is controlled by setting a control cycle at N times the cycle of AC power and adjusting the number of suppl... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6072165 | Thin film metal/metal oxide thermocouple A thin film thermocouple having junctions (2, 7) of metal and semiconducting metal oxides such as tin oxide/silver, and used as surface temperature sensors in conjunction with thin film heating elements (1) to control temperature.... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6055489 | Temperature measurement and compensation scheme An integrated circuit includes: a comparator coupled in a configuration to compare two voltages. One of the two voltages includes a semiconductor junction voltage drop. The other of the two voltages includes a voltage signal, X Vt, where V... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6054678 | Heater-sensor complex A heater/sensor with an electric heating coil has an insulating pipe with a bore therein has nonheating wire threaded therethrough. The nonheating wire is attached to a first end of a heating wire which is wound about the periphery of the insulating pipe.... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6048095 | External connection mechanism of temperature-measuring type for printed circuit board An external connection mechanism of a printed-circuit board 1 has a U-shaped elastic metal piece 2 having two parallel legs adapted to receive one edge of a printed-circuit board 1 therebetween. An insulating terminal base 3 holds both the metal piece 2 a... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5741073 | Uniform temperature reference apparatus for use with modular terminal block A uniform temperature reference block for connection with the cold reference terminations of thermocouples inserted into a plurality of cavities in the block using a novel thermally conducting bridging bar having an electrically insulating covering and a ... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5340216 | Uniform temperature reference apparatus for use with modular screw-terminal block A uniform temperature reference block for connection with the cold reference wires of a plurality of thermocouples employing a corresponding plurality of screw terminal modular connectors each provided with an insulated termination cavity containing a ter... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5261747 | Switchable thermoelectric element and array A thermoelectric array, such as a thermocouple array, includes a pair of dissimilar conductors disposed adjacent to each other at a plurality of locations. A switch is provided which selectively electrically couples and decouples the conductors at each su... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5163755 | Temperature regulator A temperature regulator is provided which includes a temperature sensor, a temperature regulating unit, a cold junction temperature measuring device and a double-wall insulating partition. Temperatures measured by the temperature sensor are compensated wi... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5161893 | Temperature measurement Temperature measurement with thermocouples is made more accurate, and the cost of disposable thermocouples is reduced by locating the cold junction close to the hot junction, utilizing a thermistor in thermal communication with the cold junction in develo... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5142901 | Specific heat based moisture sensor A specific heat based moisture sensor comprises: a cylindrical member formed with two parallel axially-extending hollow portions; a heater provided on an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical member; a temperature sensor formed by leads passed ... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5046858 | Temperature reference junction for a multichannel temperature sensing system A multi-channel remote-temperature-sensing system has a reference temperature assembly for the reference junctions of a plurality of temperature sensors for determining temperatures at remote points. The assembly comprises an array of components each adap... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4900162 | Infrared thermometry system and method A biomedical thermometer for taking the temperature of a person at various body sites, including the ear, includes a radiation detector, a temperature detector for measuring the temperature of the radiation detector, and a heating and cooling unit for cha... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4718777 | Isothermal block for temperature measurement system using a thermocouple In a temperature measurement system using a thermocouple connected to a pair of circuit wires coupled to a voltmeter for providing an output reading, an isothermal block (48) formed of alumina ceramic contains a series of openings (58-66) in linear juxtap... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4673300 | Calibrated probe for temperature measuring A temperature probe using a first thermocouple junction at the end of a metal tip for measuring the temperature of an object is also provided with a second thermocouple junction on the metal tip at a predetermined distance from the first thermocouple for ... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4669049 | Temperature measuring instrument and adapter for same An adapter to permit a temperature measuring instrument ordinarily used with a thermistor temperature sensor to be used with a temperature probe of the thermocouple type. The adapter has an output for connection to the temperature measuring instrument and... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4639883 | Thermoelectric cooling system and method A temperature-controlled thermoelectric cooling system regulates the flow of electric current into the thermoelectric cooler in order to maintain a desired cold-side temperature without directly measuring the temperature of the device affixed to the cold ... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4603228 | Temperature controller A temperature controller comprises a temperature controller body having a positioning hollow raised portion and a plurality of pins, and a socket having a positioning recessed portion corresponding to the raised portion, a plurality of connection terminal... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4483632 | Isothermal panel assembly for terminating a plurality of thermocouple leads A panel assembly for terminating a plurality of thermocouple leads is disclosed. The panel assembly has sufficient mass that it can stabilize at the temperature of the surrounding air. All thermocouple termination posts are of a common metal such as coppe... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4475103 | Integrated-circuit thermocouple signal conditioner An integrated-circuit thermocouple signal conditioner having on a single chip an amplifier and a transistor circuit responsive to the chip temperature for developing a cold-junction compensation signal referred to 0° Celsius. The amplifier includes two m... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4423968 | Accurate hand-held digital readout thermometer A hand-held digital readout thermometer measures temperatures over the range -50° C. to +1100° C. with a maximum error less than 3° C. in that range. The thermometer includes a thermocouple, a temperature stable and temperature independent power supply... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4264802 | Thermocouple, multiple junction reference oven An improved oven (10) for maintaining the junctions of a plurality of reference thermocouples at a common and contant temperature. The oven (10) is characterized by a cylindrical body (12) defining a heat sink having an axially extended cylindrical cavity... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4262198 | Broadband optical radiation detector A method and apparatus for detecting optical radiation by optically monitoring temperature changes in a microvolume caused by absorption of optical radiation to be detected. More specifically, a thermal lens-forming material is provided which has first an... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4258569 | Self-regulated device for temperature stabilization of at least one connection point, and temperature-controlled plug-in connector for the use of said device The device makes use of a simple and inexpensive mechanism for temperature stabilization of one or a number of points of an electric circuit such as the free ends of the bimetallic conductors of a thermocouple, or a connector designed to receive one or a ... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4221923 | Temperature controller having cold junction compensation element positioned within a guidepin A temperature controller utilizing a thermocouple having hot and cold junctions including a housing, a control circuit unit mounted in the interior of the housing, a cold junction compensation element, and a plug having a projecting hollow guide-pin and a... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4197742 | Temperature monitoring arrangement for a moving component Arrangement for monitoring the temperature of a moving component: a stationary measuring device including an oscillator; a sensor on the moving component is moved past the measuring device; the sensor includes a coil that is outside the moving component a... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4175438 | Temperature measuring probe A temperature measuring probe which includes thermo-wires extending between bead-like temperature sensors and a coupling device which connects the probe to indicating or control equipment. A terminal member is provided at one end of the probe body with an... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4157663 | Automatic thermocouple reference junction compensator A system for automatic cold-junction referencing of thermocouples in temperature controllers wherein a differential amplifier is used to amplify the thermocouple signal prior to establishing the cold-junction compensation and measuring range. This permits... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4084437 | Thermocouple circuit A thermocouple circuit has dissimilar conductors joined to form a conventional temperature transducer located in a zone to be monitored or controlled. The opposite ends of these conductors are connected to similar metal leads in a capsule located in a sta... | 04/18/1978 |
