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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 |
| 4279277 | Apparatus for manufacturing a dynamolelectric field member Apparatus for manufacturing dynamoelectric field windings having plural edge would coils formed from wire strapping includes a mandrel with a plurality of cores pieces. The mandrel is intermittently rotated about a first axis to present the core pieces to... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279278 | Apparatus for stringing electrical components having two aligned connecting wires into a belt Apparatus for stringing electrical components into a belt for convenience in handling, packing and despatch to customers, the components having two connecting wires extending in opposite directions and the belt comprising two runs of double adhesive tape ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279279 | Filling machine and method for low particulate chemicals A plurality of bottles (125) or other containers are delivered and aligned under a plurality of filler heads (110) each having a liquid feed channel (113) extending vertically downward to outwardly opening apertures (119) and also an inert gas feed channe... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279280 | Interchangeable dado shaft assembly for circular saws An auxiliary dado shaft to support a plurality of rotary saw blades in a laminated pack for cutting wide grooves and dados, is provided with a central bore for receiving a through bolt for simultaneous securement of the blades together and engagement of a... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279281 | Automatic branch cut-off device An automatic branch cutting device is disclosed comprising a frame which is capable of being divided into two halves, a branch cutting tool, an elevating means for ascending and descending a tree trunk, an ascending and descending transfer clutch, an engi... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279282 | Barrel hoop drivers A claw for use in a barrel hoop driver which allows the top hoop of a barrel to be driven beyond the barrel edge thereby allowing barrels for reuse to have their staves tightened without fitting new end hoops. The claw has spaced guide members controlling... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279283 | High perimeter tread element An improved pneumatic tire having a tread portion comprising of plurality of independent projections. Each independent projection has a configuration such that the perimeter of the projection is substantially greater than the diameter of a circle which ci... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279284 | Pneumatic rubber tire containing enhanced inner liner or inner tube Pneumatic rubber tire containing reinforcing steel elements therein characterized in that said tire has an adherent inner liner or an inner tube with its polymer portion comprised of a halobutyl rubber and/or copolymers of isobutylene and cyclopentadiene ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279285 | Apparatus and method for forming a tube article on a core In the formation of an elastomeric tube or the like on a toroidal core, elastomeric material is applied to the core generally along one side of the core, and force-applying means are utilized to press annular portions of the so-deposited elastomeric mater... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279286 | Pneumatic tires having ornamented sidewalls, and to their manufacture A pneumatic tire casing have at least one sidewall ornamental with patterns being made of an elastomer of a color different from that of the sidewall which covers the carcase of the tire, by compelling during moulding and vulcanization of the tire a thin ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279287 | Method of wheel manufacture for correcting rotational non-uniformity of a pneumatic tire and wheel assembly A pneumatic tire and wheel assembly wherein the wheel is manufactured with mounting holes offset from the geometric center to locate the low point of the first harmonic of radial runout adjacent a given angular location, such as the valve hole, so that, w... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279288 | Adjustable frame apparatus Storm window frame apparatus adjustable to fit various sizes of windows. The frame apparatus includes mitered right angle frame components that are hinged for easy assembly without tools. Frame members fit telescopiedly within each other for adjustability... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279289 | Process for preparation of fiber-reinforced magnesium alloy materials A process for producing fiber-reinforced magnesium alloy materials with improved mechanical properties which includes the steps of placing a shaped article of silicon carbide whiskers or silica type, alumina type or silica-alumina type fibers in a casting... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279290 | Device for detecting gates in an automatic pouring machine for casting A device for detecting a gate in an automatic pouring machine for casting which is located in the vicinity of a horizontal pouring line provided thereon with a plurality of adjacently placed molds intermittently conveyed in one direction and which has a p... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279291 | Subterranean heating and cooling system An underground conduit extends through the soil in two parallel stretches and connects at one end with a return duct and at the opposite end to the air intake of a heating and cooling unit. The return air duct may be closed off by a damper so that the ret... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279292 | Charge coupled device temperature gradient and moisture regulator A temperature and moisture regulator for such devices as integrated circuits and the like is disclosed as comprising an insulated mount for the device whose temperature and moisture is to be regulated, a first thermoelectric cooler in effective contact wi... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279293 | High temperature heat exchanger having porous tube sheet portions A high temperature tube and shell vertically positioned heat exchanger including a plurality of tube sheets dividing the interior of the shell into three consecutive chambers. Ceramic tubes are vertically hung from hemispherical seats in an upper tube she... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279294 | Heat pipe bag system Method and apparatus for utilizing the earth as a heat source and heat sink for heating and cooling buildings are disclosed. Flexible material such as hollow plastic or metal foil bags which can be buried in deep, narrow trenches are draped over and clamp... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279295 | Scraped-surface heat exchanger A scraped-surface heat exchanger comprises a stator surrounding a rotor, the stator having annular projections extending inwardly towards the axis of rotation of the rotor. Scrapers on the rotor scrape both blanks of each projection as the rotor rotates. ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279296 | Segmented ring header A segmented ring header is disposed between and welded to two pressure containment vessels. The segmented ring header comprises a first hemi-toroidal shell having a plurality of openings around its inner circumference shaped to mate with heat transfer tub... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279297 | Housing for ceramic heat recuperators and assembly Cross-flow ceramic recuperators are useful in industrial waste heat recovery in an assembly in which the ceramic recuperator is held by a metallic housing adapted for retrofitting to the metallic fittings of existing furnaces, ovens and preheaters. The ho... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279298 | Heat exchanger with condensate blow-off suppressor A heat exchanger having a flow of air therethrough adapted for use in refrigeration systems includes a heat exchange coil and a plurality of sheet-like fins. The coil is formed of a plurality of tubes having a cooling medium flowing therethrough. Each of ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279299 | Apparatus for installing condition-sensing means in subterranean earth formations The present invention is directed to an apparatus for installing strain gages or other sensors-transducers in wellbores penetrating subterranean earth formations. The subject apparatus comprises an assembly which is lowered into the wellbore, secured in p... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279300 | Treating fluid applicator An applicator for applying chemical treating fluid to equipment, such as pump-sucker rod equipment, being run into a well includes a housing capable of being mounted on a wellhead and having an opening to permit passage of the equipment therethrough. A se... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279301 | Method for improving the effective permeability of formations A method to increase the effective permeability of a subterranean hydrocarbon-bearing formation employing a deviated well-drilling scheme and a fracturing technique.... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279302 | Determining the locus of a processing zone in an oil shale retort by effluent off gas heating value A processing zone advances through a fragmented permeable mass of particles containing oil shale in an in situ oil shale retort in a subterranean formation containing oil shale. The retort has an effluent gas passing therefrom. The effluent gas has a heat... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279304 | Wire line tool release method A wire line well tool is connected to a fluid gun which is run into the hole along with the tool. Should the tool become stuck, the gun is actuated, e.g. electrically, to direct mud active fluid around the stuck tool and the inside of the well bore, to de... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279305 | Process for stimulating a well with a saline surfactant sulfate, alkanol and acid system The injectivity of an oil-containing reservoir is increased by injecting successive portions of a solution or slightly turbid dispersion of reservoir-tailored amounts of polyalkoxyalcohol sulfate surfactant and lower alkanol in highly saline aqueous liqui... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279306 | Well washing tool and method A well washing tool which may comprise: a tubular mandrel; first and second packer assemblies carried on the mandrel at opposite ends thereof; an outer tubular body surrounding the mandrel between the packer assemblies; an annular chamber between the mand... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279307 | Natural gas production from geopressured aquifers A method of natural gas production from wells drilled into geopressured aquifers containing methane saturated water, comprising using wells which permit initial flow of water with a complete absence of back pressure at the well head, and containing the fl... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279308 | Surface casing stabilizer and hanger and method of employing the same A two part, sectioned tapered cylindrical hanger and stabilizer threaded on its inner periphery which threads are broken circumferentially by longitudinally extending slots defining right angle edges which frictionally grip an enclosed metal well surface ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279309 | Sprinkler head with noncircular throat A fire-protection sprinkler head having a base from which fire-retardant fluid emerges in a stream, a deflector plate spaced from the base for deflecting the stream into a spray pattern, and a throat in the base with a noncircular cross section selected t... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279310 | Soil working machine A soil working machine has at least one, preferably two rotors, one of which is at a higher working level than the other to achieve a relatively large working depth. The rotors are driven through a drive gear transmission located about midway along the le... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279311 | High speed tiller with widely spaced discs The apparatus includes a pull-type frame carried by support wheels. The frame is vertically adjustable relative to the support wheels. A first gang of discs is mounted in a forward position on the frame. The discs are widely spaced relative to each other ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279312 | Dual tractor road grader with double arched center frame A double arch center frame employs a depending center arch to mount by a ball and socket connection the leading end of a draw bar and yoke assembly. Bell cranks pivotably mounted to yoke plates borne by the arched center frame intermediate of the center a... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279313 | Under water pile driver Apparatus for under water pile driving comprises a pile hammer and a drive unit connected by high pressure hoses to the hammer. The hammer is guided for relative vertical movement within an auxiliary guide frame on top of which the drive unit is permanent... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279314 | Ratchet wrench attachment A releasable energy storing attachment to be used in conjunction with a ratchet wrench which is to operate a nut of a conventional nut and bolt assembly. The stored energy is to effect either tightening or loosening of the nut, whichever is desired. The a... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279315 | Apparatus for extracting cores An apparatus for extracting cores comprises an outer tube, an inner tube which contains a core receiving space, and a striking device which comprises a hammer and an anvil for producing a periodic axial movement of the inner tube relative to the outer tub... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279316 | Earth boring bit with eccentric seal boss A rolling cone cutter earth boring bit is provided with a sealing system that results in the seal being squeezed uniformly around the seal circumference during drilling. The bearing pin seal surface is machined eccentrically to the bearing pin by an amoun... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4279317 | Magnetic coupling for a weighing balance assembly A magnetic coupling between the sample support shaft and the internal weighing mechanism of a weighing balance assembly is provided which permits transverse movement of the shaft when it or a sample supported by it are bumped or jarred. Generally, the int... | 07/21/1981 |
