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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 |
| 8164061 | Method and apparatus for a universal infrared analyzer A universal infrared analyzer that includes a tunable optical filter capable of being tuned to one of a selectable set of wavelengths of radiation by a controller accessing a database of a plurality of function specific settings and function specific signatures. The... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8158952 | Scintillation detector and method of assembling and testing A method of assembling a scintillation detector including placing a scintillator crystal in a casing, and forming a sealed casing having a controlled atmosphere different than ambient atmosphere, wherein the controlled atmosphere includes an inert gas and a trace ga... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8153959 | Measurement of undisturbed radon ground surface flux using a passive radon surface flux monitor A passive radon surface flux monitor has a dome with an open base having a radial flange and a top opening where an electret can be threaded. Attached to and extending below the open base of the dome is a metal collar that supports the dome when placed on the ground... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8148690 | Method and apparatus for on-line web property measurement Web measurement system monitors properties of a web during manufacture without chopping measuring radiation during web measurement. A single chop is performed at each sheet edge or every nth sheet edge to measure edge temperature and edge thermal radiatio... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8129692 | Method for monitoring fouling in a cooling tower Fouling in the fill portion of a cooling tower is monitored by transmitting radiation through a cooling tower, detecting the amount of radiation that has penetrated the cooling tower, and calculating the density of the fill portion of the cooling tower based on the ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8124939 | Radiation detector A radiation detector detects radiation. The radiation detector includes a plurality of Faraday cups. Each Faraday cup being provided with a cover. Each cover comprising a window arrangement through which the radiation may pass into the Faraday cup. The window arrang... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8119990 | System and method of X-ray detection with a sensor A system and method for automatic detection of x-rays at an x-ray sensor. A source emits x-ray radiation towards an x-ray sensor, and the x-ray sensor automatically detects the x-ray radiation. The x-ray sensor automatically detects x-ray radiation by evaluating a t... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8110806 | Solid-state photomultiplier having improved timing resolution A solid-state photomultiplier is provided for use in imaging detectors. The solid-state photomultiplier includes a plurality of microcells configured to detect impinging photons. Each of the plurality of microcells further includes a photodiode coupled to a common e... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110816 | Fluorescence detection system A fluorescence detection system capable of detecting fluorescence with a high sensitivity even if a sample generating fluorescence is small in amount includes a light source emitting excitation light, a probe arranged in opposition to a sample unit, an optical multi... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8106360 | Microscopic infrared analysis by X-ray or electron radiation An infrared (IR) emission spectroscopy and microscopy apparatus with X-ray excitation or electron excitation and an improved process for extending spatial relation of infrared (IR) microscopy and performing microscopic infrared (IR) analysis by X-ray or electron rad... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8097862 | Fluorescence detecting method and fluorescence detecting apparatus Fluorescence detection utilizes surface plasmon. The intensity of scattered light, which is substantially proportionate to the intensity of an electric field enhancing field generated on a metal film, is employed, to normalize and correct the intensity of fluorescen... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8097850 | Infrared sensor To improve thermal insulation, a thermal infrared sensing element is carried on a sensor mount of a porous material and is spaced upwardly from a substrate by means of anchor studs projecting on the substrate. The sensor mount is formed with a pair of coplanar beams... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8089047 | Metal-organic scintillator crystals for X-ray, gamma ray, and neutron detection New metal-organic materials are useful as scintillators and have the chemical formula LX3(CH3OH)4 where L is Y, Sc, or a lanthanide element, and X is a halogen element. An example of the scintillator materials is CeCl3(CH | 01/03/2012 |
| 8084747 | Composite dielectric fins in enhanced area boron coated neutron detectors A neutron detector that includes a hollow member extending along and circumscribing an axis. The hollow member has an interior surface and bounds a volume. The detector also includes an anode extending within the volume. The detector also includes a cathode that inc... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8080801 | Inorganic scintillating mixture and a sensor assembly for charged particle dosimetry An inorganic scintillating mixture includes at least a first and a second component, each having a characteristic behavior in response to the irradiation with charged particles, such as protons and heavy ions, showing a typical Bragg peak with respect to a relative ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8080806 | Electron tube An electron tube of the present invention includes: a vacuum vessel including a face plate portion made of synthetic silica and having a surface on which a photoelectric surface is provided, a stem portion arranged facing the photoelectric surface and made of synthe... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8076648 | Partial discharge measuring apparatus using UV sensor array and method thereof Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for measuring partial discharge using a UV sensor array. The apparatus includes a UV sensor array including plural sensors detecting UV rays from an analyzing target of a power facility at a location separated a predetermin... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8071952 | Radiographic image detection device There is provided a radiographic image detection device including: a radiation detection portion that includes an irradiation surface at which radiation is irradiated and is provided, at a plurality of locations on side faces, with attachment portions at which a han... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8063376 | Large bore PET and hybrid PET/CT scanners and radiation therapy planning using same An imaging system comprises: a ring of positron emission tomography (PET) detectors; a PET housing at least partially surrounding the ring of PET detectors and defining a patient aperture of at least 80 cm; a coincidence detection processor or circuitry configured t... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8053728 | Gas sensor with an especially explosion-proof housing A gas sensor with a housing (1, 11) has an optical signal transmission to the environment of the gas sensor (10). At least one light-emitting diode (3) is arranged in the housing (1, 11) on the inner side of a disk (4) that is tran... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8053736 | Detector response modeling A detector response correction arrangement and method is proposed for online determination of correction factors for arbitrary positions from arbitrary incident fluence distributions. As modern radiotherapy utilizes more of the available degrees of freedom of radiat... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8053738 | Radiographic image detection device and radiographic image detection system A radiographic image detection device includes a radiation detector and a handle portion. The radiation detector detects radiation that has passed through a subject and has been irradiated thereon, and outputs image information expressing a radiographic image corres... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8044366 | Method for the determination of the neutron multiplicity counter dead time parameter A method is provided for simplifying the calibration of neutron multiplicity counters. The method includes multiplicity counter dead time correction algorithms that preclude the need for extended calibration steps with known radiation sources. The algorithms include... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8044354 | Method for classifying resins types in carbon fiber reinforced plastic materials using IR spectroscopy In one embodiment, a method of classifying a polymer containing surface is provided including collecting one or more spectra of infrared energy reflected from the surface over a spectrum of wavelengths; performing multivariate processing at one or more wavelengths; ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8017914 | Method and system for scatter correction A method and apparatus are provided for correcting primary and secondary emission data. The method includes obtaining an emission data set having primary and secondary emission data representative of primary and secondary emission particles emitting from a region of... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8013306 | Single crystal scintillator material and method for producing the same A single crystal scintillator material according to the present invention includes a single crystal portion that is represented by the compositional formula (CexLu1-x)BO3 in which the mole fraction x of Ce satisfies 0.0001≦x≦0.05... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8003945 | Intrinsically safe NDIR gas sensor in a can An NDIR gas sensor is housed within a mechanical housing made up of a can and a header housing. The header housing body contains a tunnel waveguide sample chamber. The header housing also has a top surface with a pair of windows formed in it and a signal detector, a... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7999233 | System for inspection of stacked cargo containers The present invention relates to a system for inspection of stacked cargo containers. One embodiment of the invention generally comprises a plurality of stacked cargo containers arranged in rows or tiers, each container having a top, a bottom a first side, a second ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7339161 | Shielded pads for detecting subsurface radiation phenomena Apparatus and method for detecting subsurface radiation phenomena. An elongated support member, adapted for disposal within a wellbore traversing a subsurface formation, includes a recess along its longitudinal axis. A pad is linked to the support member. The pad is... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335905 | Radiation image information reading apparatus with radiation conversion panel, and method of correcting sensitivity of radiation conversion panel Corrective image data obtained by reading a stimulable phosphor sheet which is uniformly irradiated with a radiation are masked, and added and averaged into reference data. The ratio between the reference data and the corrective image data is generated as sensitivit... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332720 | Cold shield for cryogenic camera A cold shield of a cryogenic camera. The cold shield reflects external thermal radiation away from the cryogenic camera, so as to shield the cryogenic camera in a cryogenic temperature such that no internal thermal radiation will be generated. The cryogenic camera h... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332726 | Plasma panel based ionizing radiation detector A radiation detector is formed from a plasma panel that includes a front substrate, and a back substrate that forms a generally parallel gap with the front substrate. X (column) and Y (row) electrodes are coupled by gas discharge events to define one or more pixels.... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332727 | Method and device for generating ultra-high pressure A pressure source material is loaded into a space having constraint device 1, which is formed partly by optically transparent material 1a, 1b, and is disrupted under volume constraint. Light energy is externally supplied to the pre... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7312455 | Method and system for scatter correction in a positron emission tomography system Methods and systems for providing scatter correction in a positron emission tomography (PET) system are provided. The method includes determining a look-up table of scatter sinograms during a PET acquisition scan period. The method further includes scatter correctin... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309867 | Methods and apparatus for characterization of tissue samples The invention provides methods for determining the probability that a given region of a tissue sample contains tissue of a given category, such as CIN 1 (cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, grade 1), CIN 2/3 (cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grades 2 and/or 3), no... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7307257 | Method and apparatus for on-line measurement of polymer properties The invention is a method and apparatus for on-line measurement of polymer properties such as moisture content, ethylene content, Epoxidized Soy Bean Oil (ESBO) content, calcium stearate content and ethylidene norbornene (ENB) content. ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7304311 | Whole printing medium evaluation method and device A method and device for evaluating a printing medium for use in a printing process, in which a set of spectral data is generated from a sample of the printing medium, and the set of spectral data is analysed. The analysis of the set of spectral data comprises detect... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304303 | Searching for lost item An item that might be lost is provided with a badge featuring an array of glass beads. In seeking to retrieve such a lost item, an atmospheric-penetrating beam of laser is directed into the search area, and the signals from a reflectometer are monitored. The item ha... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301152 | Lightweight planar detector for objects contaminated with particle radiation A scintillation detector for measuring radioactive particle radiation includes at least one planar detector element made from a scintillator material. Each detector element is provided with a light guide which is placed on at least one planar side of the element, th... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301148 | Methods and systems for remote detection of gases Novel systems and methods for remotely detecting at least one constituent of a gas via infrared detection are provided. A system includes at least one extended source of broadband infrared radiation and a spectrally sensitive receiver positioned remotely from the so... | 11/27/2007 |
