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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 |
| 8075284 | Oil pump An oil pump includes a shaft bearing bore, a drive shaft supported by the shaft bearing bore, an annular space between an inner peripheral surface of the shaft bearing bore and an outer peripheral surface of the drive shaft, a communication passage portion formed on... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8057196 | Compressor assembly having counter rotating motor and compressor shafts A compressor assembly includes a compressor coupled to a motor via a belt drive. The belt drive provides a speed reduction between the motor and compressor and causes the compressor shaft to rotate in the direction opposite that of the motor shaft. The relative valu... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8011899 | Compact pump arrangement A compact water pump assembly has a shaft extending from a first end to a second end. An annular groove is located on the shaft. A housing member is located about the shaft and intermediate the first and second ends. An impeller is coupled to the second end of the s... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7866956 | Oil pump for motorcycle An oil pump system is provided for a motorcycle, and includes at least one oil pump, a water pump, a drive shaft, a support frame, a drive gear, and an oil collector lid. The oil pump is supported by a crankshaft case and is coupled to the drive shaft. The drive sha... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7396215 | Water pump A water pump comprises a pump body, a cylindrical supporting portion, a pulley, a shaft portion, an impeller, a seal member, a pulley cylinder portion, a wall portion, a through-hole formed, a cover covering the wall portion and the pulley cylinder portion of the pu... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7384247 | High-speed, belt-driven industrial blower A centrifugal blower is provided which incorporates a self-contained air cooling system. The blower includes a drive assembly connected to a drive motor and disposed within a housing having inlet and outlet apertures. A centrifugal compressor is connected to the dri... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7351170 | Hydraulic tensioner A hydraulic tensioner comprises a hollow plunger slidable in a plunger-accommodating hole in a housing, the plunger and housing forming a high pressure oil chamber. A check valve unit, which includes a check ball and a check ball retainer, allows oil to flow into th... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7338400 | Motor belt tensioning construction for an air handling unit A belt tensioning system for a motor and a belt-driven blower each secured inside an air handling unit. The blower rotatably carries a first shaft, a first sheave and a bladed arrangement being secured to the first shaft. A second sheave secured to a second shaft is... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7311499 | Impeller apparatus for water pump and water pump An impeller apparatus for a water pump includes a driven side rotation body having a shaft portion and a plane portion positioned outside of the shaft portion in a radial direction, the driven side rotation body being arranged coaxially to a drive side rotation body... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7278833 | Hybrid compressor A hybrid compressor includes a first compression mechanism, which is driven by a first drive source, a second compression mechanism, which is driven by a second drive source, and a communication path communicating between a suction chamber of the first compression m... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275735 | Fan drive for fluid cooler with evaporative heat exchanger A cooling tower and/or a fan drive system are provided which enhance cooling performance, are able to reduce lateral temperature gradients at least to some degree, provide for easy removal of debris and/or provide for easy fan adjustment. ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7261070 | Linear fluid engine A linear fluid engine includes a power transfer cylinder that is driven by combustion of fuel in a combustion cylinder to pressurize a power transferring fluid. Some of the power transferring fluid is used to power a subsequent compression stroke in the combustion c... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7236916 | Structure and method of correcting proximity effects in a tri-tone attenuated phase-shifting mask A structure and method are provided for correcting the optical proximity effects on a tri-tone attenuated phase-shifting mask. An attenuated rim, formed by an opaque region and an attenuated phase-shifting region, can be kept at a predetermined width across the mask... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7198473 | Integrated air compressor An air compressor unit having an enclosure with a base. A motor is rigidly mounted to the base, and the motor drives both an airend and an impeller. The airend is pivotally mounted with respect to the base. The airend is directly connected to a horizontal separator ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7174799 | Hydraulic tensioner In a hydraulic tensioner, a deairing valve unit comprising a synthetic resin ball guide, a check ball a biasing spring, a ball seat, and a retaining disc, is press-fit into a hollow plunger, and disposed adjacent the protruding end of the plunger. The ball and seat ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7159482 | Electric actuator An electric actuator comprises a gear mechanism which transmits the rotary driving force of a rotary driving source, and a ball spline mechanism which includes a ball spline shaft provided movably back and forth from a connecting block to the outside and which conve... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7131824 | Wheeled portable air compressor A portable air compressor (10) includes a motor (24) having an output shaft (76) and a compressor (18) having an input shaft (66). The compressor (18) further includes a lower mounting surface (64) and an upper coolin... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131404 | Combustion-type power tool having gas canister cooling arrangement A combustion-type power tool having a cooling arrangement for cooling a gas canister. The tool includes a housing having a gas canister accommodating section in which a gas canister is accommodated. An air passage is defined between the gas canister accommodating se... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131101 | Displacing edge segments on a fabrication layout based on proximity effects model amplitudes for correcting proximity effects Techniques for forming a mask fabrication layout for a physical integrated circuit design layout include correcting the fabrication layout for proximity effects using a proximity effects model. A proximity effects model is executed to produce an initial output. The ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7128061 | Supercharger A centrifugal supercharger is provided. One embodiment of the supercharger comprises a two-piece housing wherein a parting area is substantially aligned with a rotational axis of a drive- or impeller shaft. Another embodiment comprises a sleeve, or intermediate memb... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7114913 | Lubricant-cooled gas compressor In a lubricant-cooled gas compressor (10) the temperature of separated lubricant returned to the air-side (11) is monitored by a thermostatically controlled restrictor valve (22) which minimises the flow of returned lubricant when temperature is... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7114664 | Texture sprayer with removable engine-compressor module A texture sprayer is provided with a hopper feeding an air operated double diaphragm pump. The sprayer is provided with a removable power pack which includes a gas engine, an air pump, an air unloading regulator, an air cooler, an air QD and a mounting base with han... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7107974 | Apparatus and method for increasing the ratio of air to fuel of engine An apparatus and method for increasing the ratio of air to fuel of engine is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of providing air to fuel injection mechanism by fan; adjusting the speed of fan by the voltage generated by the generator a car so that the corresp... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7077773 | Drive assembly with dynamic tensioning device A drive assembly for a closed loop cable system in which a flexible driver member drives a door or the like back and forth has the flexible drive member wrapped around and driven by a drive pulley. The drive assembly includes a motor unit having a motor shaft that r... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7052421 | Belt tensioning system for use with a motorized mobile C-arm A drive system for an imaging device of the type having a curved arm. The drive system includes a carrier that engages and supports the curved arm such that the curved arm can be moved along the carrier. The drive system includes a belt extending through the carrier... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7047644 | Crankshaft damper and method of assembly A crankshaft damper and a method of crankshaft damper assembly using interlocking beads. A crankshaft damper having a hub portion and pulley ring and an elastomeric member disposed in an annular space between them is clamped in a tool after initial assembly. A tool ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7028677 | External drive supercharger An external drive supercharger is described. The external drive supercharger includes an impeller, a multibelt pulley adapted to a drive source, an impeller pulley drivingly coupled to the impeller, and an external drive belt having at least one rib coupled to the m... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7029244 | High-speed, belt-driven industrial blower A centrifugal blower is provided which incorporates a self-contained air cooling system. The blower includes a drive assembly connected to a drive motor and disposed within a housing having inlet and outlet apertures. A centrifugal compressor is connected to the dri... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7011500 | Rolling barrel fan A ventilation fan that functions as a wheel for movements. The generally cylindrical fan housing is pivotally coupled to a triangular handle. The handle may be manually grasped to roll the fan towards an operative position. The handle may be positioned in a temporar... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7008516 | Method and apparatus for desalinating and concentrating sea water, desalinated deep water and concentrated deep water According to a method of desalinating sea water, sea water sampled from deep sea is injected into a decompression chamber of a reduced pressure tank having a steam chamber, steam at an atmospheric pressure superheated to a boiling temperature or higher by high-frequ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7004730 | Integral shaft for use in mud pumps A shaft for use on in a mud pump having a shaft portion and a hub portion integrally formed with the shaft portion. The hub portion extends radially outwardly of the shaft portion. The shaft portion and the hub portion are machined from a single steel black. The hub... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7003757 | Dissection of edges with projection points in a fabrication layout for correcting proximity effects Techniques for fabricating a device include forming a fabrication layout, such as a mask layout, for a physical design layer, such as a design for an integrated circuit, and identifying evaluation points on an edge of a polygon corresponding to the design layer for ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6964559 | Two shaft vacuum pump with cantilevered rotors A vacuum pump (1) comprising a pump chamber casing (5) accommodating two co-operating rotors (2, 3) which are respectively arranged on a shaft (8, 9). A bearing/gear chamber (6) is disposed adjacent to the pump chamber casing (5... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6960066 | Water pump with a hollow shaft, seal, and drain opening therein A water pump includes a rotation member, a hollow shaft portion having an opening on one end and connected to the rotation member for unitary rotating with the rotation member, an impeller connected to the shaft portion for unitary rotating with the shaft portion, a... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6953101 | Industrial truck with a drive unit which is fastened to a neighboring frame segment of a vehicle frame An industrial truck, in particular a fork lift truck, is provided with a rear weight and an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine is fastened to the rear weight. The internal combustion engine is advantageously mounted so that it can oscillate a... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6945758 | Drive support and cover assembly for tubeaxial fan A tubeaxial fan (10) broadly including a cylinder (12), a propeller (14) rotatably supported in the cylinder (12), and a drive assembly (16) operable to rotate the propeller (14) is disclosed. The propeller (14) inclu... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6929322 | Vehicle seat air conditioning system A buffering member is connected between a cushion member and an air discharge duct of a blower unit to damp vibrations of the blower unit and thus to limit conduction of the vibrations from the blower unit to the cushion member. Resilient damper members are held bet... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6918104 | Dissection of printed edges from a fabrication layout for correcting proximity effects Techniques for fabricating a device include forming a fabrication layout, such as a mask layout, for a physical design layer, such as a design for an integrated circuit, and identifying evaluation points on an edge of a polygon corresponding to the design layer for ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6916161 | System, method, and apparatus for shielding sparks originating from a compressor in a marine air conditioner A system for shielding sparks generated by a compressor in a marine air conditioning system is disclosed. The components of the compressor clutch are modified and a cap encapsulates the components that can generate sparks. In particular, the outer edges of the hub a... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6897580 | Anti-vibrational holding device for an electric motor The invention relates to an apparatus for vibration-insulated mounting of an electric motor (20), in particular a blower motor, having a first housing part (10), which encloses at least one pole ring (22) and magnets (24) of the electric ... | 05/24/2005 |
