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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 |
| 7329060 | Printing medium and printing method for photo printer A printing medium and a printing method thereof, for a photo printer using the printing medium, wherein the printing medium includes a printing region, and a first tab region and a second tab region extending from both tabs of the printing region in a lengthwise dir... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7269763 | Image reproducing apparatus with problem monitoring/reporting ability and method for monitoring and reporting problems occurring in connection with image forming and reproducing process An image reproducing apparatus (1) comprises an image forming part (150, 160) that carries out an image forming and reproducing process; a data storage (20) that stores possible problems occurring in connection with the image forming and reprodu... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7223031 | Print ribbon panel color identification A ribbon sensor includes a first and second emitter and a receiver. The first emitter is configured to transmit a yellow light signal and the second emitter is configured to transmit a blue light signal. The receiver is configured to produce an output signal in resp... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7214231 | Distal end for ligating band dispenser A supporting structure for a ligating band dispensing device adapted to be coupled to a distal end of an endoscope comprises a rigid substantially cylindrical, transparent outer support surface adapted to receive a plurality of ligating bands thereon, wherein the su... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7145464 | Data collection device In one aspect of the invention a data collection device is provided for use with a medium said medium being usable when exposed to electromagnetic radiation that is characteristic of such use. The data collection device has a sensor capable of sensing when the mediu... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6309118 | Ink ribbon An ink ribbon adapted to be used for a sublimation type thermal transfer printer, said ink ribbon comprises a ribbon-shaped substrate, ink layers formed on a surface of said substrate and containing dyes, sensor marks formed on said surface of said substr... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6250825 | Color ribbon for tipper apparatus and card-issuing system The present invention relates to a tipper apparatus for pigmenting the embossed section (raised characters for copying) of a card used to perform transactions by a customer at financial institutions or the like. The tipper apparatus comprises a card feede... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6152621 | Multicolor thermal transfer imaging process A multicolor thermal transfer ribbon having black ink and at least two other color inks besides black and white is used with a thermal transfer printer and a label in a method of labeling packages. Variable black ink indicia is imaged, using the thermal t... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6135658 | Thermal printer donor media with single track code containing multiple data fields and apparatus for detecting and reading the same Thermal printer donor media element (10) with a single track of code including sequential code segments (30). The present donor media element (10) includes sequential color patches (12, 14, 16) which form multiple color groups (18) located along the lengt... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6080993 | Detection of type of dye donor element in a thermal printing system The present invention provides a thermal printing system equipped with at least 3 light sources and 3 photodetectors positioned opposite thereto for detecting the type of dye donor element. One of said light source illuminates a dye frame whereas the othe... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6010259 | Donor ribbon and method of making same A donor ribbon and method capable of detecting donor ribbon type and aligning color patches relative to a print head. A dye donor ribbon having a predetermined width includes a plurality of donor color patches thereon. Separating adjacent ones of the patc... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6010258 | Display system, display method, ink ribbon, printer and image formation apparatus A display system wherein a photograph 110 on which an image is printed is prepared. The image data of the photograph 110 is read out by a scanner 111 to make an input. A personal computer 112 subjects the input image data to a video processing. A printer ... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5978005 | Thermal printer and method for detecting donor ribbon type and for aligning color patches relative to a print head Thermal printer and method for detecting donor ribbon type and for precise alignment of color patches relative to a thermal resistive print head. The printer includes a thermal resistive print head for thermally activating each donor color patch in a seri... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5466075 | Color thermal printer A color thermal printer using an ink sheet having a set of three or four colorants coated or printed so as to correspond to a print area with sensor marks arranged at boundaries between the colorants. In the color thermal printer, a plurality of sensors a... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5413425 | Printer ribbon distinguishing method and apparatus thereof A printer ribbon distinguishing method and apparatus therefor, distinguishes a color ribbon, a black ribbon with a clear patch and a black ribbon without a clear patch in a sublimating type color printer. The apparatus has a first sensor having a characte... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5344244 | Printer and ink ribbon cartridge having color block detection means A video printing apparatus including a thermal head and accommodating an ink ribbon cartridge having a plurality of color blocks. The apparatus has a subsidiary head which records an identification mark on the color blocks when used in a printing operatio... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5325115 | Ink ribbon for color printer An ink ribbon for a color printer is provided which comprises a plurality of full color image strip portions each provided for printing a full color image on one sheet of printing paper during printing operation, each full color image strip portion includ... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5280303 | High precision donor web positioning apparatus and method for a thermal printer A thermal printer has a donor web positioning system that uses a single sensor in conjunction with a capstan roller. The roller is driven by a stepper motor to precisely meter the donor web. The roller is positioned between the print drum and the take-up ... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5259680 | Thermal transfer printer and ink sheet cassette for use in same A thermal transfer printer which can use both an ink sheet provided with a positioning mark to indicate the top position of a set of three color ink patches necessary for producing one image, and an ink sheet provided with no such positioning mark, withou... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5251989 | Apparatus for making a multi-colored printing ribbon An apparatus for producing a multi-colored printing ribbon including a first printing station where one or more spaced transfer heads transfer a first color to selected portions of a web of base colored ribbon stock. A second printing station where one or... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5248209 | Color ink ribbon and serial color printer using the same A color ink ribbon has a plurality of color areas and a plurality of black areas alternatively arranged on the ribbon in longitudinal direction thereof and each having a length greater than the width of the ribbon. The color areas are each subdivided in w... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5185315 | Making encoded dye-donor films for thermal printers A method of making a dye-donor film is provided with printing code marking formed on clear areas interspersed between successive sets of dye patches formed on the film.... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5144331 | Drive control method for thermal transfer printer A drive control method for a thermal transfer printer adapted to carry out printing by melting a thermofusible ink of an ink ribbon and transferring the molten ink onto a printing paper. The ink ribbon is formed with a blank portion coated with no ink, wh... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5140341 | Method and apparatus for thermally printing large images with small dye-donor patches A thermal printer uses a relatively small dye-donor patches to produce images which are larger than the dye-donor patches. An image is formed by printing and merging of multiple sub-images. Each of the sub-images is smaller than one of the dye-donor patch... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5132701 | Method and apparatus for printing an image in multiple sub-images A thermal printer uses a relatively small dye-donor patches to produce images which are larger than the dye-donor patches. An image is formed by printing and merging of multiple sub-images. Each of the sub-images is smaller than one of the dye-donor patch... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5104247 | Recording control method, recording method, and recording apparatus for multicolor ink ribbon A multicolor ink ribbon recording control method using a multicolor ink ribbon sequentially having inks of at least two colors includes a discrimination structure, formed in an ink ribbon cassette, for discriminating in accordance with a loading state of ... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5078519 | Printer with two-stage skew adjustment Two-stage skew adjustment is achieved by first using only the drive force of the platen roller with the pinch roller and the capstan roller drive disrupted by a gap opening mechanism to effect a large skew adjustment. Then, the gap is closed and the plate... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5073053 | Color discrimination apparatus for color ink ribbon In the present invention, a long and narrow color ink ribbon in which ink supply portions are repeatedly formed with the same arrangement is formed, a ribbon carrying means which moves the color ink ribbon in its lengthwise direction is provided, position... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5037218 | Thermal transfer printer capable of using and detecting a plurality of multicolor ribbons A thermal transfer printer which can use both an ink sheet provided with a positioning mark to indicate the top position of a set of three color ink patches necessary for producing one image, and an ink sheet provided with no such positioning mark, withou... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5026182 | Rocking mechanism for a ribbon cassette In a ribbon cassette capable of being provided on a printing device including a rocking mechanism for rocking a ribbon cassette in a vertical direction, a protection portion provided on the ribbon cassette protects the ribbon cassette from being fit with ... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5017943 | Thermal transfer type color printer In a thermal transfer type color printer, an ink film on which plural color inks are sequentially painted in its longitudinal direction is sequentially transported forward between an ink film supply roll and winding roll, while a printing paper is repeate... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5014072 | Thermal printing apparatus A thermal printing apparatus is disclosed wherein a first printing operation is performed by transferring a thermo-melting ink of one primary color to a print medium and at least one subsequent printing operation may be performed by transferring a thermo-... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5009531 | Color ink ribbon and printer using this ribbon A color ink ribbon comprising a ribbon body on which a plurality of colors are sequentially aligned in a ribbon feeding direction, color recognition marks which sequentially represent next colors on the ribbon body by bar code information, and ribbon spee... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5009527 | Thermal transfer color printer with sheet retaining and guiding structure adjacent platen A thermal transfer color printer for printing color images on individual sheets of paper. One sheet of paper at a time is removed from a stack of paper stored in a cassette and this sheet is transported by a reversible platen roller in a first or forward ... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4925324 | Color ink ribbon for thermal printer In a color ink ribbon for use with a thermal printer, including a base, a plurality of ink layers having different colors formed on the base and arranged at intervals in a longitudinal direction of the base, and a plurality of markers for detecting the co... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4893951 | Ink ribbon positioning system for color printing apparatus A color ink ribbon positioning system for use with color printing apparatus that uses a color ink ribbon having a plurality of different colored ink regions formed at predetermined intervals on a ribbon base, in which only a single ink region marker block... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4890120 | Thermal transfer type printing device capable of selecting ink sheets A thermal transfer type printing device, for instance, a character printer having a thermal head for use in printer, copier, facsimile device, etc. and ink medium such as ink ribbon, ink sheet or the like. One of a plurality of ink sheets is selectively u... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4812063 | Bidirectional ink sheet driving mechanism in a thermal transfer printer The thermal transfer printer of the present invention rotates a take-up roll and supply roll for an ink sheet by means of a first friction ring, which transmits the forward directed rotation of a driving motor for carrying the ink sheet to a take-up roll ... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4771296 | Transfer ribbon feed arrangement A transfer ribbon feed arrangement for use in a transfer type recording apparatus which transfers onto a recording sheet by sequentially feeding the transfer ribbon includes a feed roller disposed on the feed side of the transfer ribbon for feeding the tr... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4735519 | Color ink ribbon A color ink ribbon in which one half of the width of the ribbon is utilized for the left-to-right (first) printing direction and the other half of the width is utilized for the right-to-left (second) printing direction, and in which the sequence of ink la... | 04/05/1988 |
