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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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| 7430880 | Pull roll assembly for drawing a glass sheet A pull roll assembly is described herein that is used to draw a glass sheet. The pull roll assembly includes a first roll assembly, a second roll assembly and a device (e.g., differential drive, sensor(s)). The device enables one to control the first and/or second r... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7386999 | Defect control in the making of sheet glass by the fusion process A molten glass delivery system for use in producing sheet glass by a fusion process is provided. The delivery system includes a first conduit (9) which surrounds a portion of a second conduit (19) with a free surface (21) of molten glass (31 | 06/17/2008 |
| 7225927 | Cup holder having frusto-conical cavities A cupholder for holding containers is provided with a number of container-holding cavities. Each of the container-holding cavities includes pairs of gripping flanges that extend inwardly toward centers of the cavities. The flanges include gripping points that extend... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7207193 | Method of fabricating low-warp flat glass A method of fabricating a glass sheet comprises modifying the thermal stress in the glass such that it is a tensile stress or substantially zero stress in a particular temperature zone of the glass, with that zone selected such that the glass sheet is formed substan... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7155935 | Sheet glass forming apparatus One embodiment of the present invention is an improved sheet glass forming apparatus. In another embodiment, a precise thermal control system redistributes the flow of molten glass at the weirs to counteract the degradation of the sheet forming apparatus which inevi... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7032412 | Methods of manufacturing glass sheets with reduced blisters Methods of manufacturing glass sheets with manufacturing systems that including platinum-containing components are provided. The method includes providing a barrier coating to reduce the hydrogen permeability of the platinum-containing components which reduces the p... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6997017 | Overflow downdraw glass forming method and apparatus The forming apparatus of the present invention preferably includes an orifice on top of the trough. The uniquely shaped orifice substitutes for the weirs as the controlling entity for glass thickness. The orifice is designed such that as it deforms, it maintains a l... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6993936 | System and method for suppressing the formation of oxygen inclusions and surface blisters in glass sheets and the resulting glass sheets A system and method for suppressing the formation of gaseous inclusions in glass sheets and the resulting glass sheets are described herein. The system includes a melting, fining, delivery, mixing or forming vessel that has a refractory metal component (e.g., platin... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6990834 | Overflow downdraw glass forming method and apparatus The present invention alters the flow path at the inlet of the sheet glass forming apparatus to improve quality. The bottom of the downcomer pipe is preferably shaped to alter the character of the vortex flow in the quiescent flow zone between the pipes. In another ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6895782 | Overflow downdrawn glass forming method and apparatus The present invention alters the flow path at the inlet of the sheet glass forming apparatus to improve quality. The bottom of the downcomer pipe is preferably shaped to alter the character of the vortex flow in the quiescent flow zone between the pipes. In another ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6889526 | Overflow downdrawn glass forming method and apparatus One embodiment of the present invention is an improved sheet glass forming apparatus. In another embodiment, a precise thermal control system redistributes the flow of molten glass at the weirs to counteract the degradation of the sheet forming apparatus which inevi... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6748765 | Overflow downdraw glass forming method and apparatus The disclosure teaches design features that can be used alone or in combination to facilitate faster, more uniform flow of glass through the apparatus and allows the thickness of the sheet to be adjusted. An overflow device is provided at the far end of the trough a... | 06/15/2004 |
| 5858046 | Method of making an internally channeled glass article The present invention is directed to a method for forming glass articles containing internal enclosed channels. The method comprises the following steps: (a) delivering and depositing a first or channel-forming ribbon of molten glass to a surface of a mol... | 01/12/1999 |
| 4797001 | Substrate bias generator for use in dynamic random access memory The invention relates to a substrate bias generator for use in dynamic random access memory, and in which either a plurality of transistors for rectification are disposed between a coupling capacitor and a substrate potential electrode or a threshold volt... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4430664 | Glass-moulded type semiconductor device A glass-moulded type semiconductor device comprising semiconductor arrangement composed of at least one semiconductor pellet having at least one P-N junction, edges of which are exposed to peripheral surfaces of the semiconductor pellet, a pair of electro... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4058387 | Simultaneously baking and sealing a faceplate assembly A sealing glass composition comprises a PbO-containing glass frit, two particulate refractory fillers having controlled particle size distributions, and optionally at least one additive to prevent the chemical reduction of the PbO when the frit is fired i... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4032337 | Method and apparatus for pressurizing hot-isostatic pressure vessels A method and apparatus for the rapid, high-capacity pressurization of hot-isostatic pressing vessels, specifically of the type adapted for the hot-isostatic pressing of alloy shapes from powder metallurgy alloy charges. This is achieved by pressurizing wi... | 06/28/1977 |
