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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 |
| 6434949 | Method and treatment device for the cooling of highly heated metal components A method for cooling metal components highly heated in a chamber includes effecting a uniform cooling of an entire metal component. The metal component has regions each with a given mass, some of the regions having a larger mass than others of the regions... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434950 | Modular apparatus for cooling and freezing of a food product on a moving substrate An apparatus for the chilling or freezing of items, particularly food items includes an entrance module, an exit module and may include one or more intermediate modules. Each module includes a portion of a belt for conveying items and a motor driven impel... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434951 | Methods for heat-shocking fresh produce and for cooling such produce to a desired temperature, and moisture content The treatment of produce, especially processed produce, such as lettuce, broccoli and potatoes, wherein the produce is heat-shocked with water having an elevated temperature relative to the produce, to minimize discoloration of the produce from the proces... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434952 | Freezer head for pipe freezing devices A freezer head for pipe freezing devices has a casing having a first exterior side with one or more first exterior depressions for receiving a pipe section to be frozen. The casing has a second exterior side with one or more second exterior depressions. T... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434953 | Filling device for motor vehicle air-conditioning systems The invention relates to a filling device for motor vehicle air-conditioning systems which can be operated with harmless and natural refrigerants, in particular CO2. The filling device is to have a high safety standard, while at the same time b... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434954 | Air circulation system for a chamber An air circulation system mounted within a chamber is provided. The chamber receives a product to be tested or processed. The air circulation system comprises an enclosure defined within the chamber with at least one inlet formed in the enclosure for rece... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434955 | Electro-adsorption chiller: a miniaturized cooling cycle with applications from microelectronics to conventional air-conditioning A novel modular and miniature chiller is proposed that symbiotically combines absorption and thermoelectric cooling devices. The seemingly low efficiency of each cycle individually is overcome by an amalgamation with the other. This electro-adsorption chi... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434956 | Control valve and method for controlling an air-conditioning system An air-conditioning system has a refrigerant circuit. The circuit includes a condenser, a expansion valve, an evaporator and a variable displacement compressor. The system has a pressure difference detector. The pressure difference detector detects the pr... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434957 | Operation control method for air conditioning system and air conditioning system It is an object of the present invention to provide an operation control method of an air-conditioning apparatus and an air-conditioning apparatus that prevent a plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses from simultaneously restarting upon their automatic... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434958 | Ambient humidity compensation method for a vehicle climate control system The control settings of a vehicle climate control system are adjusted in accordance with a relative ambient humidity correction to compensate for variations in relative ambient humidity, and the correction is based on normally measured system operating pa... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434959 | Air conditioner In an air conditioner including a compressor, a four-way valve, an outdoor heat exchanger, a pressure-reducing mechanism, an indoor heat exchanger and an accumulator which are successively connected to one another to construct a loop-like refrigerant circ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434960 | Variable speed drive chiller system The compressor in a refrigeration system is controlled solely by a variable speed drive which controls the motor of the compressor by virtue of the varying of the frequency of the electricity provided to the motor. To minimize the initial cost and to mini... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434961 | Food preserving systems A refrigeration system for maintaining edible substances at a low temperature of the present invention includes a serving pan, an element for retaining or holding the serving pan, and a refrigeration tube and a glycol medium surrounding the pan is disclos... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434962 | Motor baffle An air conditioning unit having an indoor section and an outdoor section that are separated by a dividing wall. A fan motor is mounted in a support housing within the outdoor section. The housing has a front panel containing an opening for supporting the ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434963 | Air cooling/heating apparatus An air cooler has a casing containing two air flow paths through one of which cooled fresh air is supplied to a house, while the other receives stale air from the house. An efficient heat exchanger pre-cools the fresh air with the heat extracted from the ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434964 | Ice-making machine and ice-making method The object of the invention is to provide an ice-making machine having an eccentric driving means and features of reduced wear and tear due to the movement of rotating rods, the machine being composed so that a plurality of heat transfer pipes 3 and rotat... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434965 | Apparatus for freezing liquids into large blocks An apparatus for forming a large block of frozen liquid having vertically-disposed heat transfer tubes positioned within an open-bottom, walled mold, and elevator means to raise and lower a platform or a tray to seal with the mold as a bottom to receive a... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434966 | Self-contained liquid storage, delivery, and automatic fill apparatus and method A self-contained liquid storage, delivery, and automatic fill apparatus and method for a semi-frozen or chilled liquid beverage machine having a bowl to contain semi-frozen beverage. The apparatus includes a housing having at least one refrigerated storag... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434967 | Process for forming copper containing components providing water effluent with lowered copper concentrations A process for annealing copper or copper-containing components, such as copper tubing, and/or for selecting copper with an appropriate grain size, such that potable water in contact with the properly treated and/or selected copper, has substantially decre... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434968 | Cooling air arrangement for a heat exchanger of an aircraft air conditioning unit A cooling air arrangement for an aircraft air conditioning unit includes an air inlet, a heat exchanger, an outlet plenum, first and second air outlet channels branching from the plenum, and a fan arranged in the first outlet channel. During flight of the... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434969 | Positive pressure heat pump system and method A positive pressure heat pump system and method wherein a heat pump is housed within a cabinet having an outdoor blower section and a segregated indoor blower section. The heat pump condensing coil is positioned within the outdoor air blower section and a... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434970 | Plate A plate mainly used for serving sushi on a revolving conveyor in restaurants. The plate is provided with a central recess with an ice disc set inside and covered with a transparent cover that is prevented from falling off the plate accidentally, so that t... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434971 | Expansion valve An expansion valve 1 comprises a prism-shaped body 10, and a valve chamber 20 is formed within the body 10. Refrigerant supplied from a compressor flows into the valve chamber through a passage 22, passes between a valve means 42 and a valve seat 23, and ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434972 | Air conditioner with internal heat exchanger and method of making same The invention relates to an air conditioner with a refrigerant loop containing a compressor, an evaporator, an accumulator positioned on the low-pressure side between the evaporator and the compressor, and an internal heat exchanger with a high-pressure s... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434973 | Process and unit for the production of a fluid enriched in oxygen by cryogenic distillation A plant for the separation of air includes at least three columns, including an auxiliary column and two other columns, of which at least one is fed with air and of which that operating at the lowest pressure operates between 2 and 10 bar. A flow between ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434974 | Device for dividing laminated glass A device for dividing laminated glass (3) has two supports for laminated glass (3) which has been scratched (13, 14) on both sides and in a gap (4) between them two beams (5) which are made as suction beams. The beams (5) can be swivelled using drives (8)... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434975 | Method of making an optical fiber by placing different core tablets into a cladding tube An optical fiber having optical characteristics that systematically vary along its length is made by inserting a plurality of cylindrical tablets into a cladding glass tube and overcladding the tube with particles of cladding glass. Each tablet contains a... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434976 | Method for manufacturing glass product A manufacturing method for a glass product not having a rotatively symmetric body like an optical fiber fixing member but having a fine structure as of optical fiber engagement portions, to transfer the fine structure with a high precision without creatin... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434977 | Automatic laundry aid dispenser for washing machine A laundry aid dispenser for a washing machine allows simple introduction of laundry aids into cups whose volumes are visible to the user and held within the console of the washing machine. A vertically oriented valve and flush chamber arrangement allows f... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434978 | Ring roller for hide splitting process A ring roller, used in the hide splitting process as a hide transport device, is described that is continuously self cleaning and which provides a constant gap between outer rings of a ring roller. The ring roller is capable of directing pressurized water... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434979 | Vehicle clutch locking device A clutch lock for preventing starting or operation of a recreational vehicle. The clutch lock includes a clutch member, a locking mechanism, and a handle. The clutch member includes two legs, connected at one end, to form a U-shape. The clutch member is p... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434980 | Tire clamp for immobilizing a vehicle A tire clamp for immobilizing a vehicle including a fixed bar having a generally L-shaped configuration. The fixed bar is comprised of a horizontal segment and a vertical segment. The horizontal segment is comprised of an inner portion and an outer portio... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434981 | Combination lock A combination lock having a housing, a shackle, a dial, a pushbutton, and a lock assembly. The lock assembly is made of a group of rotating disks having windows that can be aligned to open the lock. When the dial is turned according to the combination of ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434982 | Lock for tractor trailer landing gear A lock for securing a lowered or non-lowered landing gear of a tractor trailer comprising two hinged interlocking halves secured by a keyed locking cylinder which has a pin intersecting apertures in flanges of the halves.... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434983 | Starting and locking/unlocking device for motor vehicle The present invention relates to a device (10) for starting and for locking/unlocking a motor vehicle, of the type comprising: a key (11) carrying at least one control for locking/unlocking the vehicle, a support (12) designed to accommodate the key in an appropria... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434984 | Drive device for locking and unlocking a lock with conditional opening A drive device for locking a conditionally opening lock, including a motor means (MT) comprising a drive element (36) having an axis of rotation (X1), a transmission arm (26) mounted about an axis of rotation (X2) distinct from the axis (X1), a locking bl... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434985 | Security grille locking system A locking assembly is provided for a pivotally openable window or door security grille (14, 82) of a building. To unlock the security grille (14, 82), a user operates an electric punch key pad (52) to cause a solenoid rod (168) to disengage a depression (... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434986 | Lock protection A secure container comprises an external wall including a door (56) and a lock (36) for securing the door (56). The lock (36) comprises a lock mechanism (47) located internally of the wall (56) and a plate (40) mounted between the wall (56) and the lock m... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434987 | Motorized security locking system A motorized security locking system which is intended to be placed on the door of a high security enclosure and whose operation is reliable and more compact. The motorized security locking system includes: a case (1); a sliding bolt (3) movable in transla... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434988 | Tool controlling apparatus A tool controlling apparatus includes a position controlling unit and a torque controlling unit for carrying out the conversion between the position control and the torque control of the tool for pushing the work, and the conversion of the torque in the t... | 08/20/2002 |
