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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 |
| 7963122 | Microprism and microrod lenses, method for the production thereof The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing optical glass elements, in particular optical prisms or optical rod lenses, using a drawing process. The geometry of the glass strand which is to be produced is controlled by means of cooling or heatin... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7357839 | SOI wafer and a method of producing the same The present invention provides an SOI wafer having at least an SOI layer, in which a plain orientation of the SOI layer is off-angled from {110} only in a direction to , and an off-angle is from 5 minutes to 2 degrees, and a method of producing an SOI wafer com... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7231786 | Process and device for manufacturing glass sheet The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing flat sheets of a glass-based material and to an apparatus therefor. The process comprises providing a glass preform, heating the glass preform in a furnace, forming a gob and a pre-sheet, removing the gob ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7213414 | Process for producing flat glass The present invention relates to improvement in a method of supplying a glass ribbon in a molten state to be supplied from a glass melting furnace to a flat glass forming apparatus, which can further improve the smoothness of a flat glass after formed. A glass ribbo... | 05/08/2007 |
| 6823694 | Method of manufacturing glass optical elements A method for manufacturing a glass optical element having at least one concave surface, including: softening a glass molding material by heating, molding the softened material with a first mold having a first molding surface and a second mold having a second molding... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6766661 | Method of manufacturing glass optical elements Provided is a method for manufacturing a glass optical element comprising steps of: molding a glass material softened with a molding device which comprises an upper mold having a molding surface and a lower mold having a molding surface so that optically functional ... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6701750 | Method and apparatus for molding a glass product On molding a glass product by pressing a glass gob by the use of a mold composed of upper and lower dies each of which has a molding surface, a molten glass is supplied as the glass gob onto the molding surface of the lower die. Cooling is carried out for... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6626010 | Method for floating glass lump, method for preparing glass lump and method for preparing molded glass, and apparatus used for the methods A method of floating glass gobs by means of a gas flow. A method of manufacturing glass gobs by floating a molten glass gob and simultaneously cooling it. A method of manufacturing glass spheres by floating a softened glass gob and simultaneously renderin... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6401491 | Final blow/finish cooling valve function monitor Apparatus for monitoring application of air through a dual-stage blowhead to blow mold a container includes a first solenoid valve for applying final blow air through the blowhead to a container in a mold and a second solenoid valve for applying finish co... | 06/11/2002 |
| 5958100 | Process of making a glass semiconductor package A process of making hermetically sealed glass semiconductor packages by injecting molding an electronic device within a body of molten thermoplastic glass which is solidified by cooling. The glass has a sealing temperature not over 350° C. and a CTE not ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5837026 | Method for producing a glass panel for a cathode ray tube Air is blowed before an annealing step to corner portions in an inner face portion of a glass panel which has been press-formed in a mold to cool that portions to be stronger than the other portion whereby a temperature difference between the corner porti... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5823011 | Apparatus for press molding glass bodies In the press-molding method for producing molded glass bodies, the molding plug remains in contact with the molded glass body in the mold after the molding process until the regions close to the surface have cooled to a temperature at which the molded bod... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5779752 | Thermobaric quenching The present invention pertains to an apparatus for forming glass. The apparatus comprises a mold for holding molten glass. Additionally, the apparatus comprises a mechanism for applying pressure to the molten glass in the mold. The apparatus comprises a c... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5683482 | Device and method for shaping rods, especially of glassy material A device for shaping rods, in particular, of a glassy material, by casting said material in a molten state in a mold, characterized by the fact that said mold comprises a) a cylindrical internal wall of a porous material and b) a means to inject a gas in ... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5656051 | Cooling method and mold arrangement for the manufacture of glass articles The invention relates to a cooling method and a mold arrangement for the manufacture of glass articles or similar materials. The mold arrangement of this type includes a plurality of cooling passageways distributed independently and longitudinally around ... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5626641 | Method of manufacturing a glass blank used for optical glass elements In manufacturing a glass material used for a re-heat press method of manufacturing high-precision optical glass components including a lens, prism or the like, a glass material can be manufactured which has no defect inside of or on the surface of the gla... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5601627 | Method for molding optical element There is disclosed a method for molding an optical element, by preparing an upper mold member and a lower mold member for press molding a glass material, heating the mold members together or individually to a predetermined temperature, deforming the glass... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5482526 | Method for forming a non-hygroscopic zinc-phosphate compound and a zinc-phosphate glass The instant invention describes a method for preparing a stable, anhydrous non-hygroscopic zinc phosphate compound which is suitable for use as a batch material in the preparation of zinc-phosphate glasses. This method comprises three basic steps: first, ... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5322541 | Method of producing glass blank A method of producing a glass blank, comprising the steps of: supplying a desired weight of molten glass material to a bearer heated to a temperature of not more than a softening point of the glass material; performing and cancelling, at a temperature of ... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5228894 | Press-forming method for optical element A method for press-forming a glass preform includes the steps of applying positioning pressure to an upper mold as the temperature of the upper mold and a lower mold increase to set values, maintaining a first temperature difference between the upper and ... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5173100 | Molding method for optical element A method of molding an optical element by pressing glass material uses a cavity composed of a pair of mold members and a side mold member. Either or both of the pair of mold members are rendered slidable along the axial direction of the optical element wi... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5151119 | Cooling of molded articles with a mixture of evaporated cryogen and dried air A method of forming glass containers, including the steps of drying a stream of air, passing the dried air into a vacuum-insulated mixing chamber, evaporating liquid cryogen in the mixing chamber, allowing the resulting cryogen vapor to mix with the air t... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5147436 | Method for forming flat glass-ceramic articles This invention contemplates a near net-shape method of making thin glass-ceramic articles possessing substantially uniform thickness and parallel opposing surfaces comprising the steps of: (a) heating the receiving and opposing molding surfaces of a mold ... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5073182 | Process for manufacturing glass objects including spraying a cryogen onto the glass surface A process for manufacturing glass objects such as bottles, in which a cold fluid containing a cryogen is sprayed around and/or under the bottles in the region of the transfer tongs and/or of the standby table in order to accelerate the cooling of the bott... | 12/17/1991 |
| 4969944 | Process to mold precision glass articles The present invention is directed to a four-step process for molding glass articles of high precision and excellent surface figure. A glass preform having an overall geometry closely approximating that of the desired final product is placed into a mold, t... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4906269 | Method of and apparatus for manufacturing a glass object A glass object having protrusions and/or recesses, for example a glass lid (1) with a handle (2), is produced in an IS machine by pressing molten glass from above in a mould with the cover of the mould, in a mould defined by said cover, by a shaping mould... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4854958 | Process to mold precision glass articles The present invention is directed to a four-step process for molding glass articles of high precision and excellent surface figure. A glass preform having an overall geometry closely approximating that of the desired final product is placed into a mold, t... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4840656 | Methods and apparatus for forming glass articles A system for forming hollow pressed glass articles utilizes a flow of cryogen that is mixed with air to provide a cooling gas that enables newly pressed articles to be removed from their molds after a thin skin of solidified glass has been formed on inter... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4729779 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing glass articles According to the invention, a cryogenic liquid as liquid oxygen is vaporized in a heat exchanger by air, which air is thus cooled and further used to blow bottles or the like manufactured at the end of the line where glass is melted and refined by burners... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4708730 | Apparatus for blow molding glass articles An apparatus for blow molding glass articles uses a mixture of cryogenic fluid and ambient air as a blowing fluid. The apparatus includes gas inlet means positioned to direct a flow of blowing fluid into the center of a blow mold, insulated manifold means... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4652292 | Methods for forming glass articles Methods for forming glass articles such as bottles and the like utilize pressurized flows of a cold blowing gas that is delivered from an insulated manifold into mold cavitites which are being used to mold glass articles. The cold blowing gas is a mixture... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4629488 | Cooling system for neck ring and parison mold A parison mold portion (20) of an individual glassware molding machine, of the type having a parison mold (22), a split neck ring (28), a neck ring holder (30), an upper receiver cap (40), and a parison plunger (116) , is provided with means for cooling t... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4612023 | Method of manufacturing stria-free, bubble-free and homogeneous quartz-glass plates A method of manufacturing practically stria-free, bubble-free, and homogeneous quartz-glass plates of any desired configuration and with a surface area that exceeds the cross-section of the full circular quartz-glass cylinder that is employed as a startin... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4582655 | Production of optical element with a varying refractive index An optical element, consisting essentially of an amorphous compound and having a varying refractive index, is prepared by introducing a melt of the material into a mold and cooling it in such a manner that the material gradually solidifies, while simultan... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4553999 | Methods and apparatus for blow molding glass articles Methods and apparatus for forming glass articles such as bottles and the like utilize flows of pressurized cold cryogen vapor that are introduced into mold cavities which are being used to mold glass articles. The cold cryogen vapor hastens cooling and so... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4548634 | Mold and method for producing molded glass articles A mold for producing a glass article having an opening and a protruding hollow portion, said mold comprising (A) a female mold comprised of a main female mold member and an auxiliary female mold member, the inside shapes of the depressed portions of the two ... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4548635 | Cooling articles of newly moulded glassware A newly-moulded article of glassware is positioned on a dead plate with a central opening of the dead plate beneath a central region of the bottom of the article and a plurality of grooves or openings extending from beyond the article to beneath the botto... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4525191 | Method of cooling a glass ware mould A method of cooling a blank mould which is used for making a parison in a glass container forming machine. The mould is provided with air passages which communicate with air passages in a baffle of the mould when the baffle is in position on the mould and... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4312660 | Acousto-optic device and method using tellurite glass composition An improved acousto-optic device and method featuring an acousto-optic element having an alkali metal oxide-tellurite glass composition comprising at least 92 wt % tellurium dioxide and one or more alkali metal oxides selected from the group consisting of... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4282022 | Method for making polarizing glasses through extrusion The present invention relates to the preparation of polarizing glasses from silver-containing glasses characterized by the presence of metallic silver particles therein and/or by being photochromic through the inclusion of silver halide particles therein ... | 08/04/1981 |
