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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 |
| 7894717 | Control circuit for self exciting DC/DC converter A switching transistor is connected to the primary coil of a transformer. A first resistor is provided such that one end thereof is connected to the switching transistor, and the other end thereof is grounded. A first voltage comparator compares a first detection vo... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7840131 | Photographic apparatus A photographic apparatus comprises a flash that flashes and a controller. The controller obtains information regarding state of charge of the flash when an operation for preparing a photographic operation is conducted before the photographic operation corresponding ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7522832 | Apparatus and method for strobe charging An apparatus and method for strobe charging is disclosed. The apparatus and method can dynamically adjust a charging current according to current power level of a battery, thereby stabilizing the operating voltage of the battery and thus using the battery power to t... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7359632 | Flash apparatus, image capture apparatus having a flash apparatus, and method of controlling a flash apparatus A flash apparatus or an image capture apparatus includes a charging unit, configured to boost a voltage of an electric source and a control unit, configured to calculate the sum of the light emission amount within a predetermined period of time. The control unit red... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7218205 | Variable candela strobe with constant trigger voltage A variable candela strobe unit couples a substantially constant trigger voltage to a trigger electrode of a gas discharge tube irrespective of the voltage provided across the tube which is specified by a selected candela output value. The trigger voltage is great en... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7205747 | System and method for monitoring a charging period in a battery charger An apparatus and method for disabling a charging counter circuitry within a battery charger is disclosed. The apparatus includes circuitry connected to a pin associated with the charging counter circuitry of the battery charger, said circuitry receiving a signal fro... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7187858 | Camera and method for operating a camera based upon available power in a supply In one aspect of the invention, a camera for use with a power supply is provided. The camera has a voltage detecting circuit adapted to detect a voltage level at the power source and to generate a voltage level signal. An image capture system is also provided and pe... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7154553 | Composite system capable of switching between separate power sources A composite system includes first and second devices, each operated using its own power source device as a driving source. The system comprises a signal line connecting loads of the first and second devices so that the first and second devices operate in cooperation... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7148658 | Photoflash capacitor charger and method thereof A method for charge control of a photoflash capacitor. The method includes detecting a voltage on the photoflash capacitor, asserting and then latching a recharge signal when the detected voltage is lower than a first reference voltage, de-asserting and then latchin... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7129669 | Motor controller, semiconductor integrated circuit, indicating instrument and method for controlling a motor A motor controller comprising, a detector configured to perform a difference processing for information relating to a counter electromotive force and an induced electromotive force generated by a stepping motor, and to generate a driving control signal based on a re... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7119502 | Flashing discharge tube-use power supply and control method therefor A voltage for light emission is applied to the positive electrode 11 and negative electrode 13 of a flash discharge tube 3 (xenon flash lamp) by a charge and discharge capacitor 17. When the voltage of the charge and discharge capacitor | 10/10/2006 |
| 7106378 | Electronic flash, electronic camera and light emitting head R, G and B LEDs are used as a light source of an electronic flash. Electric energy is supplied to a capacitor to the LEDs. A system controller controls light emitting amounts of the LEDs so that a color temperature of the electronic flash light becomes a color tempe... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7082263 | Lens-fitted photo film unit, flash device, and lens-fitted photo film system A flash device for a lens-fitted photo film unit pre-loaded with unexposed photo film is provided. A main capacitor stores charge. A flash emitter emits flash light. A flash circuit board charges the main capacitor, and drives the flash emitter by discharging the ma... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7049760 | Camera flash circuit using a piezoelectric transformer to trigger firing of the camera flash tube A camera flash circuit employing a piezoelectric transformer in the flash trigger circuit, the piezoelectric transformer having input terminals coupled to the main flash voltage storage capacitor and an output terminal coupled to the flash trigger terminal on the fl... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7043156 | Strobe light emitting apparatus and camera A strobe apparatus includes a xenon tube, which is a discharge tube, having a discharge light emitting portion and a light emitting portion terminal. Light is emitted from the xenon tube and is reflected in a predetermined direction by a reflection umbrella. A trans... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7034800 | Driving circuit and driving method for piezoelectric transformer, backlight apparatus, liquid crystal display apparatus, liquid crystal monitor, and liquid crystal TV A driving circuit for a piezoelectric transformer is provided, which is capable of driving a piezoelectric transformer at a high efficiency and with low distortion, and being miniaturized. At the commencement of lighting a cold-cathode fluorescent tube, a digital co... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7027729 | Strobe light emitting apparatus and camera A strobe apparatus includes a xenon tube, which is a discharge tube, having a discharge light emitting portion and a light emitting portion terminal. Light is emitted from the xenon tube and is reflected in a predetermined direction by a reflection umbrella. A trans... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7009854 | Inverter transformer and inverter circuit In the present invention, the safeguarding of the circuit and the step-up transformer can be devised without using the special high-cost components. Voltage supplied by the primary coil (21) of a step-up transformer (2) is switched by a transistor (TR)... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6980252 | Electronic camera and battery voltage controlling method employed therein for successively, rather than simultaneously, operating camera portions during conditions of low battery voltage An electronic camera free from failures of an internal circuit, such as a signal processing portion, caused by a drop in battery voltage when there remains a small amount of electric charge in the battery, includes a signal processing portion for signal-processing a... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6957017 | Capacitor strobe charging device utilizing current detection to determine malfunction, and strobe and camera using same A strobe device including a light-emitting tube, a main capacitor which accumulates energy and which supplies the energy to the light-emitting tube, a transformer circuit which includes primary and secondary coils in order to accumulate the energy of a power supply ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6941070 | Flash device and lens-fitted photo film unit with built-in flash device A charging circuit includes an oscillation transformer and an oscillation transistor. The oscillation transistor oscillates at a secondary current returned from a secondary coil in the charging circuit. The oscillation transistor increases/decreases a primary curren... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6871016 | Recyclable camera and method for assembling same In one aspect of the present invention, camera electrical system is provided for use in a family of recyclable cameras each camera having a set of desired electronic functions. The camera electrical system has a first electronic circuit for performing a first set of... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6856241 | Variable candela strobe A selectable candela strobe alarm unit includes an energy storage circuit to reliably discharge a gas filled output device. The circuit includes a primary energy storage capacitor and a secondary energy storage capacitor. The capacitors can be configured in series o... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6839510 | Lens-fitted photo film unit, flash device, and lens-fitted photo film system A flash device for a lens-fitted photo film unit pre-loaded with unexposed photo film is provided. A main capacitor stores charge. A flash emitter emits flash light. A flash circuit board charges the main capacitor, and drives the flash emitter by discharging the ma... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6828803 | Strobe charge apparatus This invention relates to a strobe charge apparatus for charging a capacitor using a flyback transformer. This invention provides a strobe charge apparatus which has a switching element that switches when a charge current that flows through a secondary coil b... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6826365 | Battery saving flash charger control A flash circuit for use in a camera, the flash charging circuit comprising a flash light discharge circuit having a light emitting element electrically connected to a flash capacitor; a flash triggering circuit connected to the flash light discharge circuit with the... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6813443 | Square wave modulated charging-control circuit for a flash unit of a camera A flash unit charging-control circuit for a camera includes a voltage converter connected to a flash unit capacitor, a square-wave oscillator for causing current supplied by the voltage converter from a power supply battery to the flash unit capacitor that relieves ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6785470 | Capacitor charging device utilizing current detection to determine malfunction, and strobe and camera using same A strobe charging device includes a light-emitting tube; a main capacitor for accumulating energy and for supplying the energy to the light-emitting tube; a transformer circuit which includes primary and secondary coils in order to accumulate the energy of a power s... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6735386 | Flash control circuit A strobe control apparatus comprises a strobe control circuit of a separately excited oscillating type, where the strobe control circuit includes a main capacitor that stores a charge for exciting a strobe, a switching device having an ON state and an OFF state, and... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6724989 | Camera strobe recharging integrated circuit A camera strobe recharging IC includes a one-shot unit, an R-S latch block unit, a PWM control unit, and a ready control unit. The one-shot unit provides square wave signals. The R-S latch block unit is electrically connected with the one-shot unit. The PWM control ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6714735 | Capacitor charging device for a flash A capacitor charging device for a flash, finishes charging the flash capacitor in a gradual manner. It has a flash capacitor, a voltage transforming circuit, a voltage mode pulse width modulation (PWM) control circuit and a charging control circuit. The charging con... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6701077 | Exposure control system and camera having same In a first aspect of the present invention, a camera exposure control system is provided. The camera exposure control system has a shutter movable during an exposure period through a path of travel between a first position and a second position and a dete... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6696799 | Diagnostic system for a strobe lamp and its operating circuit In order to diagnose a strobe lamp system in a manner to isolate failure (burn out) of the strobe lamp from failures in its operating circuits, particularly the DC-DC converter which provides operating voltage to the lamp, a microcontroller, which produce... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6636700 | Flash device, lens-fitted photo film unit, camera, light measuring device, and method of producing lens-fitted photo film unit A lens-fitted photo film unit is pre-loaded with photo film, and is a flash built-in type. A booster circuit boosts power source voltage to obtain high voltage. A main capacitor stores charge at the high voltage. A flash discharge tube is connected with t... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6633728 | Flash device, lens-fitted photo film unit, camera, and producing method for the same In a lens-fitted photo film unit, a flash device has a booster circuit including primary and secondary windings, the secondary winding generating high voltage when power source voltage is applied to the primary winding. A main capacitor is charged by the ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6600879 | Camera with electronic flash device A camera with an electronic flash device has a main capacitor mounted on a flash circuit board with striding over a circuit part. The main capacitor has a capacitor body and a pair of terminals protruding from a bottom face of the capacitor body. The term... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6584286 | Electronic flash device The present invention provides an electronic flash device, and in particular, an electronic flash device including forward and flyback type booster circuits. The two booster circuits are appropriately switched depending on the charged state of a capacitor... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6574430 | Camera electronic system and method of assembling same In one aspect of the present invention, camera electrical system is provided for use in a family of recyclable cameras each camera having a set of desired electronic functions. The camera electrical system has a first electronic circuit for performing a f... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6564015 | Electronic flash device In an electronic flash device, a driving circuit (12) drives a piezoelectric transformer (13) in response to an oscillation signal of a predetermined frequency, which is output from an oscillation circuit (11). A switch (14) is provided in series in a lin... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6539176 | Photometry device for camera In a photometry device, a pair of transistors having the same properties. The first transistor is connected at its base to the CdS photo sensor, and at its collector to a resistor. The second transistor is connected at its base to the resistor, and at its... | 03/25/2003 |
