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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 |
| 7370564 | Cutting device and transporting roller for webs of material The transporting roller, which serves for transporting a web of material which is wound up onto a winding shaft, is provided with a cutting device, which comprises a cutter and a cutter holder. The transporting roller has a groove, in which the cutter is guided. A c... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7231857 | Depaneling systems A depaneling system is disclosed for cutting a panel. The depaneling system comprises a tooling apparatus and a cutting apparatus. The tooling apparatus helps hold the panel in place with suction during cutting of said panel and collects dust particles generated by ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7090604 | Belt tensioning device An adjusting device provided on a transmission belt to adjust the tension of the transmission belt. The adjusting device includes a housing and a fastener fixed on the housing, the fastener engaging the transmission belt so that there is no relative displacement bet... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7059225 | Holder device for attaching a circular saw to a T square A holder device attaches a circular saw to a T square. The device includes a body having opposite left-hand and right-hand ends and opposite forward and rearward sides that extend between the ends. A passageway formed through the body interconnects the left-hand and... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7028597 | Perforating apparatus with fine setting In a perforating apparatus which has a holder to which a perforating blade can be fastened, the perforation is produced via the movement of a piston by the piston pressing against an air cushion, which in turn transmits this pressure to a perforating piston which pr... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6979153 | Deep-grooving insert having stepped cutting edge A deep-grooving chip-forming cutting insert includes a rear mounting portion, a front cutting portion, and a pair of side walls, each side wall extending along the front and rear portions. The front cutting portion includes a front end surface, a top surface, and a ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6948414 | Cutting subassembly The invention relates to a cutting subassembly for cutting off front and/or rear edge overhangs of panel-like workpieces. The cutting subassembly includes a saw unit which comprises a motor-driven saw blade which is mounted for displacement between a position above,... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6782784 | Paper cutting device A straight fixed cutter is mounted on a frame, a movable cutter carrier slidably supported on the frame to be moved along the fixed cutter. A movable cutter having a disc shape is rotatably mounted on the carrier, and contacted with the fixed cutter. A movable cutte... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6766721 | Just-in-time bulk rubber bale processor A bale processor for cutting or dicing a bale or slab of unvulcanized rubber produces small cubes or blocks of a predetermined size and uniform shape for continuous feeding at a predetermined rate into a mixing machine or blender. A bale or slab of feedstock rubber ... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6761098 | Apparatus for emptying reels of web material field An apparatus for emptying a reel on which a web of material is wound in layers. A frame supports the reel. A carriage is mounted on the frame for reciprocal movement longitudinally in a first direction and in a second direction opposite the first direction over the ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6681667 | Sheet cutter A sheet cutter for cutting a sheet by shearing. The sheet cutter has a fixed blade, a movable blade which is movable along the fixed blade, and a receiving element which receives a sheet piece which is cut off from the sheet. The receiving element is stru... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6644159 | Trimmer for strip and scrap cutter A trimming apparatus for metal strip has trimming heads on opposite sides of a turntable along each edge of the strip so that the trimming heads can be rotated into the trimming position or into the maintenance and blade-replacement positions. On each of ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6622602 | Device for slicing loaves and other bakery products A device (1) is provided for slicing loaves and similar bakery products. The device includes a stationary frame (2) including a support (4, 5) for supporting the loaves or bakery products. A blade carrier (10) holds a plurality of thin elongate cutting bl... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6487949 | Just-in-time bulk rubber bale processor A bale processor for cutting or dicing a bale or slab of unvulcanized rubber produces small cubes or blocks of a predetermined size and uniform shape for continuous feeding at a predetermined rate into a mixing machine or blender. A bale or slab of feedst... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6286403 | Cutting machine A cutting machine for cutting long lengths of sheet material, roll material, or web material into predetermined or discrete lengths comprises a frame having a stationary blade extending transversely of the frame and a carriage movable transversely of the ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6192778 | Cutting apparatus for separating packages from a line A cutting apparatus for separating packages from a line of interconnected packages. The technical problem is to simplify the cutting apparatus and shorten the set-up times and the work cycles. This problem is achieved with a lower knife (4) capable of bei... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6138545 | Wire driven cutter for carpet dispenser The cutting mechanism includes a cutter block mounting a knife blade arranged for movement along a slot in a cutting table. The cutter block is driven by a cable and a first drive pulley. The cable extends under and around the first drive pulley and a sec... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6109153 | Wire driven cutter for carpet dispenser The cutting mechanism includes a cutter block mounting a knife blade arranged for movement along a slot in a cutting table. The cutter block is driven by a cable and a first drive pulley. The cable extends under and around the first drive pulley and a sec... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6092450 | Rotary cutter for sheet material The rotary cutting blade is mounted on a cutting machine which dispenses and cuts sheet material. The cutting machine includes a frame for supporting a cutting table top and a dispenser for supporting a roll of floor covering material. The rotary disk sha... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6076446 | Reciprocating mechanism of a sheet material cutting device The present invention provides a carriage reciprocating mechanism permitting easy reversal of the traveling direction of a carriage without changing the rotating direction of a motor or the traveling direction of an endless belt, and without rotating of t... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6035756 | Egg case cutting apparatus for use in a refrigerator An egg case cutting apparatus for use in a refrigerator is disclosed. The apparatus is comprised of a pocket for accommodating the egg case, a guide rail disposed along a longitudinal direction of the pocket, a body being formed with a guide hole through ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5946995 | Method and apparatus for curve sawing or traverse edging with an active sawbox An edging and curve-sawing saw has a selectively skewable sawbox, skewable to a workpiece infeed path so as to receive workpieces translated longitudinally along the infeed path and into the sawbox. The sawbox rotatably supports a saw arbor. A plurality o... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5882128 | Self-adjusting wheel for directly positioning and holding media during a cutting operation in a printer A method and device for directly positioning and holding media against an output platen while a cutter traverses across a media path. A cutter assembly is mounted on an arm which periodically passes over the media, and includes a cutter blade and at least... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5832801 | Numerical controller cutter apparatus for cutting a glass plate Apparatus is provided for cutting a plate-like member, having a cutter head and a bridge frame for supporting the cutter head movably in the X-direction. The bridge frame is supported at opposite side ends thereof and is movable in the Y-direction on a ba... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5800113 | Device for separating series-connected plastic ampules An ampule dispenser having a carrier for transporting plastic ampules arranged side by side and series-connected together in a strip in a longitudinal direction, a guide plate provided over a delivery end of the carrier for holding down the strip of serie... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5603251 | Sheet material cutting device A screw shaft supporting structure capable of absorbing elongation of a screw shaft due to changes in environmental temperatures irrespective of the position of the rotary blade on said screw shaft is disclosed. In the sheet material cutting device, that ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5601007 | Media tabbing apparatus and method An apparatus for forming a tab portion on a thin laminated sheet having work stations for scoring the sheet on a forward edge along a line to form the tab portion. The tabbing station includes a shuttle member having a pair of spaced rollers, one with a c... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5582538 | Boiler tube cutting apparatus A portable tube cutting apparatus which facilitates smooth, even cuts through a boiler tube-wall includes a frame supporting a movable carriage, a motor driven cutting tool secured to the carriage, and an articulated support means which allows for rotatio... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5465639 | Method and apparatus for cutting a belt-shaped member An apparatus for cutting a belt-shaped member includes: a lower blade; a cutter; a holder for supporting the cutter; a carriage for revolving the holder about an axis of revolution intersecting an axis of rotation of the cutter by maintaining a very small... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5460071 | Power driven casing splitter apparatus A carriage having rotary cutter wheels is mounting for reciprocation on a frame adapted to be rigidly secured to a pipe casing which is desired to be split along a line parallel to its axis. A hydraulic motor is mounted to the frame at one end of the carr... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5431077 | Paper cutting device using a movable cutting wheel A paper cutting device provided in a facsimile machine, copier, printer, or the like for cutting paper discharged from a roll at a predetermined length. The paper cutting device includes a stationary cutter (2), a movable cutter (5) and movable carriage (... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5421185 | Apparatus for cutting sheet material into curved segments An apparatus and method are provided for cutting a sheet of material into a plurality of segments having curved edges. A sheet of material is placed on a frame having a horizontal support member. A clamping device secures the sheet and a first mechanism m... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5365812 | Automatic saw machine and method A saw apparatus for automatically sawing pieces of material at various predetermined lengths and angles includes a power saw mechanism, a rotatable saw mechanism mounting structure, a motor for rotating the mounting structure, a translational power saw mo... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5302228 | Apparatus and method for making V-groove insulation and tank wrap Disclosed is an apparatus and method of fabricating tank wrap of desired thickness having fibers oriented generally in the thickness direction from lengths of insulation material having fibers oriented generally in the length direction. The method compris... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5243891 | Method and apparatus for cutting building material An apparatus for allowing a craftsman to make uniform cuts in building material. The apparatus includes a hand-held electrically operated circular saw as well as a slide for guiding the building material in a first direction. First and second members are ... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243890 | Cutter assembly A cutter assembly for cutting sheets of relatively thin material is disclosed. The cutter assembly comprises a base member, a pair of support posts securely attached to the base member, and an elongated guide rail having a first end and a second end suppo... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5233894 | Apparatus and method for cutting fibrous and other paper type sheets The apparatus comprises a housing having a pair of opposed side walls closed at their upper edges by a panel spanning the side walls with the panel being slotted between the side walls and depressible at least in the areas of either side of the slotting. ... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5199221 | Tube cutting apparatus A portable tube cutting apparatus which facilitates smooth even cuts. The apparatus has a frame supporting a movable carriage, a motor driven cutting tool secured to the carriage, and vise-like fasteners for supporting the frame from a stationary object, ... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5134917 | Apparatus and method for making V-groove insulation and tank wrap Disclosed is an apparatus and method of fabricating tank wrap of desired thickness having fibers oriented generally in the thickness direction from lengths of insulation material having fibers oriented generally in the length direction. The method compris... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5033347 | Boiler tube cutting apparatus An apparatus for cutting boiler tubes comprising a movable carriage having a cutting means where the carriage and cutting means are supported on a lateral supporting beam secured adjacently to a bank of boiler tubes. The movable carriage means is stabiliz... | 07/23/1991 |
