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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 |
| 7146806 | Internal combustion engine cylinder and muffler assembly with catalytic converter A two cycle internal combustion engine cylinder having a piston chamber. The cylinder includes transfer ports; and an exhaust port divided into at least two sections. A first one of the sections has an aperture at the piston chamber with a top surface located closer... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146807 | Exhaust manifold heat shield A heat shield for an internal combustion engine used in a boat, or other application where engine compartment heat is unwanted, has a water cooled body positioned around, but spaced apart from, the exterior surfaces of the exhaust manifold of the engine. The concavi... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146808 | Hydraulic system having priority based flow control A hydraulic system has a source, a plurality of fluid actuators, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive an input indicative of which of the plurality of fluid actuators are a first and a second type of fluid actuator, to receive an input indicativ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146809 | Valve for a hydraulic drive apparatus An improved valve for use in a hydrostatic drive apparatus for a vehicle such as a zero turn vehicle. For each hydraulic drive system in the vehicle, a valve is located between the high and low pressure sides of the closed hydraulic circuit connecting the hydraulic ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146810 | Pump assembly A dual pump apparatus for use on a vehicle or industrial application having a housing in which a plurality of hydraulic pumps are mounted and driven by a prime mover. The prime mover is drivingly coupled to a main input shaft, which drives the hydraulic pumps. An au... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146811 | Hydrostatic continuously variable transmission In a hydrostatic continuously variable transmission, a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor are connected through a hydraulic closed circuit and the capacity of the hydraulic motor is varied to vary the speed continuously. The transmission has a valve spool in a spo... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146812 | Hydraulic brake apparatus A hydraulic brake apparatus includes a tandem brake master cylinder having a rod piston moving in response to a brake pedal, and a floating piston moving in response to the rod piston; a separation valve provided in a hydraulic brake circuit connecting the brake mas... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146813 | Power generation with a centrifugal compressor A machine designed as a centrifugal compressor is applied as an organic rankine cycle turbine by operating the machine in reverse. In order to accommodate the higher pressures when operating as a turbine, a suitable refrigerant is chosen such that the pressures and ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146814 | Micro-machine and a method of powering a micro-machine A rotatable micro-machine is comprised of a solvent reservoir, a porous evaporation region and a channel connecting the solvent reservoir to the evaporation region. The evaporation region may be constructed of capillary paths that enable a capillary action which pul... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146815 | Combustor A combustor heat shield panel is secured relative to a combustor shell so as to hold the panel exterior surface spaced apart from and facing the shell interior surface over major area of the panel exterior surface. A gap is formed between the heat shield exterior su... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146816 | Effusion momentum control A combustor liner for shielding an engine from heat generated in a combustion zone includes a sheet with a cool surface for intercepting a cooling air stream and a hot surface enclosing the combustion zone, the combustor liner further including an array of effusion ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146817 | Cold box storage apparatus for LNG tanks and methods for processing, transporting and/or storing LNG A cryogenic fluid storage/processing system which includes a cement box in which is positioned a multiplicity of tanks arranged parallel in one or more layers and surrounded by perlite insulation, and in which is positioned a pump for filling/emptying the tanks. A v... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146818 | Cooling bank control assembly for a beverage dispensing system A beverage dispensing system includes a cooling chamber filled with a bath of cooling fluid for cooling beverage fluids. A cooling unit, including an evaporator coil extending from the cooling unit into the cooling chamber, freezes the cooling fluid into a frozen co... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146819 | Method of monitoring refrigerant level The invention relates to a method of refrigerant level monitoring in a refrigerant circuit of an air-conditioning or heat-pump system having a compressor and a refrigerant which may, depending on the operating point, be operated in the supercritical range. The metho... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146820 | Ice maker for refrigerator An ice maker for a refrigerator/freezer having a control module for more reliably driving a rotatable ice ejector for removing ice bodies from a mold of the ice maker and for refilling mold cavities with water. The control module has an ice ejector drive with a driv... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146821 | Temperature-regulated storage and/or display module A system that utilizes a rigid support structure of various configurations and materials, with attached item support members designed to hold perishable items to which the module is adapted. A further system of temperature-regulated fluid is employed to flow across ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146822 | Centrifugal liquid pump with perimeter magnetic drive Embodiments of the invention provide a compact, seal-less, centrifugal liquid pump with a perimeter magnetic drive that is substantially smaller than a conventional centrifugal liquid pump having magnets attached directly to the impeller shaft. Because rotational fo... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146823 | Horizontal and vertical direct exchange heating/cooling system sub-surface tubing installation means A sub-surface geothermal direct exchange sub-surface tubing installation means, comprising situating certain specified tubing sizes for certain specified horizontal distances and for certain specified depths within each of a horizontally oriented trench and a vertic... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146824 | Valve plug and valve provided therewith A valve plug is threadedly engaged with a valve stem so as to be inserted from an open end of a passage for charging with and/or releasing from a compressed fluid, toward an inner part of the passage, thereby closing an inner smaller diameter portion. The valve plug... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146825 | Refrigerator Disclosed is a refrigerator comprising: a compressor installed in a machine chamber for compressing refrigerant of low temperature and low pressure into refrigerant of high temperature and high pressure; a condenser upright installed at one inner side of the machine... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146826 | Beverage cooling apparatus A beverage cooling apparatus includes a housing that has a bottom wall, a top wall and a peripheral wall. An opening extends through the peripheral wall. A cylindrical wall that is attached to and extends upwardly from the top wall forms a container. A cooling assem... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146827 | Mixed cut gemstone A mixed cut gemstone comprising a girdle, a crown above the girdle and a pavilion below the girdle. The crown has a girdle break, a table break and a table. The table break is cut with triangular shaped facets and the girdle break is cut with triangular and quadrila... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146828 | Glass molding die A molding die for molding glass thousand times is provided in the invention. The molding die includes a substrate, a first intermediate layer of Ni-containing Ir—Re alloy overlying the substrate, a second intermediate layer of metal-containing Ir—Re alloy overly... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146829 | Yarn clamp assembly of a knitting machine A yarn clamp assembly of a knitting machine uses a wrap knitting method to knit a fabric having a side of a loop surface or a cut pile surface, and the base yarn of the base fabric forms two fixing loops fixed onto the wool yarn of the loop or the wool yarn during r... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146830 | Error-proofing combination padlock An error-proofing combination padlock has a casing assembly, multiple dials, multiple sleeves, a shackle, a locking bolt and a spring. The dials are mounted rotatably inside the casing assembly. The sleeves are mounted rotatably and respectively inside the dials. Th... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146831 | Slide latch The present invention relates to a lockable latch for securing together a first panel to a second panel or keeper on a second panel or frame. The latch has a housing, a lockplug configured for a key, a lock collar and a return spring. When a user turns a key to rota... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146832 | Actuating device for doors or hatches of vehicles In an actuating device, the turret is installed in a carrier and removed from it by a setting movement. The setting movement comprises a plug-in phase and a shift phase during the installation procedure. Thus a shoulder on the turret arrives behind an opposing shoul... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146833 | Closing cylinder The description relates to a closing cylinder for closure devices comprising a cylindrical closing housing which can be received in a fixed manner in an opening formed by a handle, closure device or the like, a closing core (18) is rotatably mounted in this c... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146834 | Device for opening a locked door or drawer A device for opening a locked door or drawer, which device comprises; a) means for facilitating the insertion of a key into a lock; and b) means for rotating said key when inserted. ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146835 | Method and apparatus to reduce slot width in tubular members An apparatus and method are provided for reducing the width of a plurality of longitudinal slots or other openings spaced circumferentially around a slotted tubular member. The invention includes a seaming roller positioned to contact the outer surface of the slotte... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146836 | Piercing method for manufacturing of seamless pipe A piercing method for manufacturing a seamless pipe capable of suppressing the rotary forging effects and suppressing the redundant shear strain without excessive narrowing of the roll diameter is provided. This method is characterized by holding a feed angle β and... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146837 | Power crimping tool A tool for crimping work pieces to one another is disclosed. The tool is mounted on a power actuator having a reciprocating ram for effecting crimping. The tool includes a body engageable with the workpiece. A movable head is mounted on the body and receives the ram... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146838 | Method of and apparatus for forming tooth profile A punch fixed to a body assembly is inserted into a hole in a workpiece, and the workpiece is pressed by an upper die to press a splining segment of the punch into the hole in the workpiece, thereby forming spline slots in the inner circumferential surface of the ho... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146839 | Press tool A press tool for pressing a receiving part of a fitting onto a pipe is provided. The press tool includes two elastically-deformable press elements, each having a first end, a pressing region, assigned to the sealing section, having an inner shape that at least parti... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146841 | Gas sensor calibration system An apparatus is described for calibrating at least one sensor within a gas detector (22), which detector has a gas inlet in fluid communication with the or each sensor, the apparatus comprising a housing (10) that contains: a) a surface (24) for... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146842 | System for predetermining the operating threshold of a device surveying the radial deformation state of a tire A system for predetermining the operating threshold of a device surveying the radial deformation state of a tire comprises means capable of regulating the push due to the pressure of the tire on a closing mechanism and members capable of regulating the equilibrating... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146843 | Extreme low air pressure deadweight tester The present invention relates to Deadweight Pressure Testers used for the calibration of air pressure transducers. An air pressure transducer, which is to be calibrated, is set in parallel with the deadweight tester. Air is slowly pumped into the cylinder and the pr... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146844 | Apparatus and method for testing hydraulic pressure relief valves An apparatus for testing hydraulic pressure relief valves has a fixture body with an internal cavity sized to receive the valve completely within the fixture body. A closure may be secured to the body to seal the valve within the cavity. The apparatus further includ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146845 | Method for operating tests of vibration level switch sensors and corresponding vibration level switch A method for carrying out operating tests of vibration level switches for liquids or solid bulk material or mixtures thereof is provided, whereby a vibration resonator (1) of a level detection sensor is excited by an oscillation exciting feedback circuit to o... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146846 | Non-destructive testing of in-service wooden beams Wooden utility pole structures are nondestructively tested while in service, in particular utility pole cross-arms. A helicopter or boom truck brings an operator to the cross-arm. Manually striking the cross-arm using a hammer or other weight with an attached accele... | 12/12/2006 |
