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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 |
| 8167525 | Method and apparatus for unloading material from a container An unloader for unloading material from a container. In some embodiments, the unloader can include an unloader arm movable within the container, a first chain coupled to the unloader arm and movable to unload material from the container, and a second chain coupled t... | 05/01/2012 |
| 6017180 | Air assisted gravity sweep conveyor A device for removing residual deposits from storage vessels by moving the deposits radially inwardly to a central outlet in the floor of the vessel. The device includes a sweep arm pivotably connected about the central outlet at its inner end and extendi... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5301844 | Dry solids materials feeder with vibrating mechanism and a method of vibrating various component parts of the feeder A volumetric dry solids materials feeder comprises a supply hopper, a feed trough disposed below the hopper, and an auger disposed in the feed trough to feed out the material. The trough is anchored to a vibration base, on which is mounted a vibratory mec... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5112180 | Silo top unloader A silo unloader having a framework and concentric oppositely driven rings with oppositely acting plows to shift particulate material in a silo to a central discharge defined by vertically spaced plates. The rings are driven by compressible rollers such as... | 05/12/1992 |
| 4993632 | Manure spreaders A manure spreader that includes a generally V-shaped hollow body having a longitudinally positioned auger conveyor rotatively carried near its bottom which can be raised or lowered to break up manure that may bridge over the auger conveyor. The auger conv... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4466760 | Mobile material handler and a method for transferring bulk material The present invention relates to a mobile material handler useful for transferring dry, powdered, bulk material from a flat surface to a truck load-out bin, a silo, or another receptacle. More particularly, the invention relates to a mobile material handl... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4464984 | Plant for the preparation of fodder A plant for the preparation of fodder comprising a portion of solid foodstock in the form of grains or kernels and a portion of water. The plant includes a silo for the solid foodstock, a device for removing the solid foodstock from the silo, a conveying ... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4266901 | Storage bin having driven agitator A particle feeding hopper having an elongate agitator positively driven around the hopper's inner surface by a reciprocating ratchet mechanism. The mechanism drivingly engages a circular chain connected to the agitator.... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4243346 | Unloader for taking feed from a horizontal silo Crank-operated rods are mounted on two vertically spaced apart crankshafts, which are driven to rotate in the same sense. Working tools are carried by said rods on the side thereof which faces the body of silage and penetrate said body as they move downwa... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4242026 | Self-unloading ship with suspended reclaim scraper A material handling system for continuous reclaiming or unloading of bulk cargo from the "dead flow" regions of a ship hold. An unloading conveyor is positioned in underlying relation to the hold substantially centrally of the transverse dimension of the ... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4217996 | Material storage and feeding device A material feeding device for storing and feeding material and especially granulated material such as sawdust, wood chips, nut shells, or corn cobs at a controlled rate. The device includes a hopper which is preferably tapered toward its outlet end and a ... | 08/19/1980 |
