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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 |
| 7318846 | Mixture formation means for a reformer of a fuel cell system or for a heater A mixture formation means for the reformer of a fuel cell system or for a heater. The fuel feed includes a pressure impulse injection means and the mixture formation area is a swirl chamber having a discharge nozzle connected to the pressure impulse injection device... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7279222 | Solid-state hydrogen storage systems Improved hydrogen storage materials are disclosed. A first material comprises a hydrogen storage nanomaterial that contains nanoparticles or nanoparticle clusters of a metal that is capable of combining with hydrogen to form a metal hydride. The nanomaterials may be... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7233079 | Renewable energy electric power generating system A renewable electric power system includes a high temperature superconducting wind turbine using high temperature superconducting yttrium-barium-copper oxide for the rotor and stator windings as well as a superconducting bearing. Power from the turbine is stored in ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 6902595 | Intake water separator A water separator is formed in two pieces, one of which is unitary (in one piece) with the intake air scoop, and the other of which is unitary (in one piece) with the air cleaner housing, or cowl therefore. An inlet scoop piece includes an enlarged rib defining an i... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6039774 | Pyrolytic conversion of organic feedstock and waste A self-sustaining system for converting organic waste feedstreams into usable solid and gas end products includes a plurality of interconnected retorts, an apparatus for flash pyrolyzing the feedstream to form intermediate gas and solid products, a source... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5445134 | Self-compensated and electrically heated reducer for compressed gas or L.P.G. A self-compensating and electrically heated reducer for compressed gas or l.p.g. comprising, a supporting body, a chamber formed inside the body; a diaphragm; an opening inlet between an entrance and the chamber; a closing mechanism for the opening inlet ... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5372617 | Hydrogen generation by hydrolysis of hydrides for undersea vehicle fuel cell energy systems A hydrogen generator for hydrolyzing hydrides substantially at stoichiometry to provide hydrogen on demand to a fuel cell is disclosed. The generator comprises a sealable, pressurizable, thermally insulated vessel into which a hydride in granular form is ... | 12/13/1994 |
| 4919105 | Device for improving mixture distribution in an intake tube of a combustion engine A device for improving a fuel-air mixture distribution in multi-cylinder internal combustion engines, in which a mixture forming device (carburetor, central injection unit) must supply more than one cylinder. By means of the device a quantitatively and qu... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4770151 | Anti-pollution attachment for internal combustion engines An apparatus for improving the combustion in the engine cylinders and simultaneously reducing the pollutants in the exhaust gases from the engine and directs a portion thereof into a mixing chamber where it comes into intimate contact with air/fuel mixtur... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4703741 | Gasoline combustion engine A novel system for introducing a combustible liquid fuel into a gasoline combustion engine to obtain substantially perfect combustion and thereby prevent pollution, which system comprises heating means for elevating the temperature of the liquid gasoline ... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4423716 | Fuel system for internal combustion engines A fuel system for an internal combustion engine of the piston type vaporizes liquid fuel such as gasoline and delivers the same through a series of intercommunicating control valves, two of which are responsive in operation to inlet manifold pressure in t... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4379443 | Intake manifold mounted air and fuel mixture heater An air and fuel mixture heater for disposition between the usual opposing and coaction mounting flange portions of a combustion engine intake manifold and associated carburetor base mounting flange, and which heater basic structure and operation may also ... | 04/12/1983 |
| 4365952 | Liquid gas burner A liquid fuel burner for burning liquid fuel in the form of a gaseous mixture with air. The liquid fuel burner has a porous member provided at least with a fuel receiving section for receiving the liquid fuel supplied to the burner and a fuel evaporation ... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4362143 | Exhaust gas suppressor An exhaust gas suppressor which suppresses the generation of harmful gases contained in exhaust gases from internal combustion engines, wherein secondary air is efficiently heated to high temperature by a coiled heater tube installed in the exhaust manifo... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4355622 | Air/fuel mixture heating device for internal combustion engine An air/fuel mixture heating device for an internal combustion engine comprises a riser portion located at a relatively high position in the riser space in an intake manifold and having air/fuel mixture heating means and a barrier formed on a circumference... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4302217 | Hydrogen supply system A system for supplying hydrogen to an apparatus which utilizes hydrogen contains a metal hydride hydrogen supply component and a microcavity hydrogen storage hydrogen supply component which in tandem supply hydrogen for the apparatus. The metal hydride hy... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4255121 | Gaseous fuel containing water, apparatus therefor This invention is directed to a gaseous fuel containing water produced by a process, wherein a mixture gas of water, fuel and air is swirled with intense friction between them, contacted with metallic elements to receive thermoelectrons and activated at a... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4150954 | Split gas generator A split gas generator, especially for an air-compressing internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, in which a catalyst supporting the split gas reaction is arranged in a container; the components of the split gas production flow through the catalyst ... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4142481 | Vaporific carburetor This invention relates to a vaporific carburetor for a gasoline engine, consisting of an evaporator tube assembly inclined to the horizon, an auxiliary fuel tank assembly at the upper end of the evaporator tube assembly, a mixer tube assembly at the lower... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4132207 | Vehicle fuel injection system A new and novel method and means for injecting a cold charge of fuel into an engine to significantly reduce all exhaust pollutants well below the limits required by law.... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4111219 | Industrial fuel blender and fuel blending method An industrial fuel blender having a vaporizer chamber adapted to be partially filled with a liquid fuel additive, heater means for heating liquid fuel additive in the vaporizer chamber, and a fuel blender housing. A base fuel conduit passes through the fu... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4108953 | Fuel vaporizing device A device for completely vaporizing the fuel delivered to an internal combustion engine so as to minimize the emission of air pollutants. The device includes a heat conducting tubular housing, a heat conducting screen within and coaxial with the housing wi... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4100905 | Fuel vaporizer A hollow intake manifold-type body is provided for mounting between the cylinder banks of a V-type engine and the hollow body defines a vertically oriented inlet passage, a horizontally enlarged lower chamber into whose upper central portion the lower end... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4050419 | Hot fuel gas generator A hot fuel gas generator for an internal combustion engine vaporizes gasoline and water in a heated pressure vessel and mixes the resulting superheated gaseous fuel with air in a metering valve which communicates with the internal combustion engine. A sin... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4023538 | Hot fuel gas generator A hot fuel gas generator for an internal combustion engine simultaneously vaporizes gasoline and water in a multi-chambered heated pressure vessel having built in regulators for controlling pressure and volume and delivers the resulting superheated steam ... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4020812 | Fuel atomizing unit A fuel atomizing unit interposable in a conduit feeding to a combustion chamber a relatively cold mixture of fuel droplets dispersed in air. The unit is constituted by an electrical heating element placed between a pair of spaced mesh screens to define a ... | 05/03/1977 |
| 3985112 | Methods and apparatus for improving fuel vaporization in internal combustion engines Methods and apparatus for improving fuel vaporization in internal combustion engines in which a high temperature fluid, preferably the engine exhaust gas, is supplied to flow through an internal passage of heater means disposed in the air-fuel flow path o... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3934987 | Blending apparatus An apparatus for providing from a liquid fuel fluid supply an aerated gaseous fuel fluid. The liquid fuel fluid is delivered into a supply of hot air and the resultant mixture is delivered through a heat exchanger to an outlet. In the heat exchanger, a li... | 01/27/1976 |
