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Patent No. 5970981

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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Class 400/389 - With power assist for mechanism


Subclass of Class 400 - Typewriting machines
Definition: Subject matter wherein said additional means effects further
No. of patents: 6
Last issue date: 10/25/2005


NumberTitleIssue Date
6957581Acoustic detection of mechanically induced circuit damage
An apparatus and method thereof includes at least one acoustic transducer for receiving acoustic emissions produced during a semiconductor fabrication process. The acoustic transducer is mounted to various mechanical components of a semiconductor processing equipmen...
10/25/2005
4874265Impact mechanism for impact printer
An impact mechanism for use in an impact printer, to deliver a printing force to drive a character element against a platen by means of a print tip movable toward and away from the platen. A rockable bail bar having an axis of rotation substantially paral...
10/17/1989
4681469Quiet impact printer
An improved serial impact printer designed to substantially reduce impact noise generation during the printing operation. The printer includes a print tip exhibiting high effective mass relatively movable with respect to a deformable platen, with a print ...
07/21/1987
4678355Print tip contact sensor for quiet impact printer
An impacting element for an impact printer having a platen, selectable character elements and means for driving the impacting element to impart a printing force to a selected character element, to drive it against said platen for a contact period, the imp...
07/07/1987
4516939Finger control system
The invention is a method and apparatus for utilizing finger control switches connected to a binary code receiver for the purpose of driving a printer and/or a visual and/or audible readout device. The device is made up of a number of switches normally in...
05/14/1985
4201134Printing pressure damping mechanism for hand labeler
A printing pressure damping mechanism for a hand labeler: A printing platen is pivotally mounted on the frame of the hand labeler. The platen has a printing portion at one side of its center of pivotal motion. A hand lever pivotally connected to the frame...
05/06/1980
 
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