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20090258042 | Encapsulated Active Materials Containing Adjunct Crosslinkers - It is an object of the present invention to provide a microcapsule product comprising an active material; said active material encapsulated by a polymeric material to provide a polymer encapsulated material wherein said polymeric material comprises an adjunct crosslinker. | 10-15-2009 |
20110020416 | Encapsulated Fragrance Materials and Methods for Making Same - The present invention is directed to novel capsules containing active materials and methods for making capsules with enhanced performance and stability. The capsules are well suited for use in personal care applications, laundry products and perfume and fragrance products. | 01-27-2011 |
20130122072 | DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR ACTIVE COMPONENTS AS PART OF AN EDIBLE COMPOSITION - A delivery system for inclusion in an edible composition is formulated to have at least one active component with an encapsulating material for delivering the active component upon consumption of the edible composition wherein the dispersion of active component particles, as measured by the average distance between active component particles in the delivery system divided by the average particle diameter of the active component particles, is from 0.5 to 20. | 05-16-2013 |
20130216649 | MOUTH-MOISTENING GUM COMPOSITIONS AND PRODUCTS CONTAINING THE SAME - A chewing gum composition is disclosed that imparts a mouth-moistening effect when orally consumed by an individual. Specifically, the chewing gum composition comprises a blend of components comprising spilanthol to reduce or eliminate the perception of mouth dryness in an individual. The chewing gum composition can further include such components as a sweetening composition, a food-grade acid composition, and a cooling agent composition. | 08-22-2013 |
20140004223 | MOUTH-MOISTENING GUM COMPOSITIONS AND PRODUCTS CONTAINING THE SAME | 01-02-2014 |
20140242214 | ENCAPSULATED SWEETNER COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF, AND CHEWING GUM COMPRISING SAME - Delayed release in chewing gum of a sweetener, is provided by encapsulating the sweetener in specific amounts of a poly(vinyl acetate), a filler, and a fatty acid salt. When incorporated into a chewing gum, the sweetener encapsulated in poly(vinyl acetate), filler, and fatty acid salt provides a more delayed release of a sweet flavor than a sweetener encapsulated in poly(vinyl acetate) alone. | 08-28-2014 |
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20090050161 | Combination Bite Block, Tongue Depressor/Retractor And Airway - A combination bite block, tongue depressor/retractor and airway for establishing and maintaining an open airway while preventing emergence clenching and the resulting dental and soft tissue damage associated with emergence clenching in procedures where anesthesia and/or sedation are used, or when the patient is not in control of their own airway, regardless of the cause. The inventive subject matter includes a tongue depressor/retractor component in both right and left conformations; and a bite block component. The bite block component is a wedge shaped, compressible component that is inserted between the upper and lower molars on either the right or left side of the mouth. The tongue depressor component is comprised by a flat portion of that is inserted into the side of the bite block, and an optional curved portion that retracts the tongue off of the posterior pharynx when in place. | 02-26-2009 |
20110209715 | Combination Bite Block, Tongue Depressor/Retractor And Airway - A combination bite block, tongue elevator/retractor and airway for establishing and maintaining an open airway while preventing emergence clenching and the resulting dental and soft tissue damage associated with emergence clenching in procedures where anesthesia and/or sedation are used, or when the patient is not in control of their own airway, regardless of the cause. The inventive subject matter includes a tongue elevator/retractor component in both right and left conformations; and a bite block component. The bite block component is a wedge shaped, compressible component that is inserted between the upper and lower molars on either the right or left side of the mouth. The tongue elevator component is comprised by a flat portion of that is inserted into the side of the bite block, and an optional curved portion that retracts the tongue off of the posterior pharynx when in place. | 09-01-2011 |
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20080289619 | Charbroiler - Charbroilers, such as conveyorized and batch charbroilers, are disclosed wherein a single pilot flame receives gas from a gas line and is operable to ignite a plurality of burners. The charbroiler may include a housing, a conveyor removable from the housing and a shielding member removably connectable to the housing or burner and positioned between the burner and food product. The shielding member may be coated with a ceramic material and may have a color relating to a property of at least one of the shielding member and the ceramic material. In addition, the charbroiler may include a first burner and a second burner having different heating capacities. The charbroiler may also include an upper burner and lower burner positioned respectively above and below the food product and each of the upper and lower burners includes a ceramic diaphragm. | 11-27-2008 |
20090223503 | SELF-CLEANING OVEN - A self-cleaning, gas-fired tunnel oven is provided. One embodiment of the oven provides a self-cleaning, gas-fired tunnel oven for cooking food products. The oven includes a control system that regulates oven temperature during a pyrolitic, self-cleaning procedure for incinerating contaminants that accumulate inside; a burner for cooking food products and incinerating contaminants; a modulating air and fuel control system arranged for proportionally delivering air and fuel to the burner; a plurality of convection air fingers for directing heated air toward the food products; a collapsible conveyor, capable of fitting into the oven when collapsed, for passing the food products through the oven; a plurality of blowers, each having a dedicated speed controller; a floating cooking chamber; and a vent system that maintains a negative pressure in the oven during the self-cleaning procedure. | 09-10-2009 |
20100058936 | RECIRCULATING END COVER PLATES FOR A CONVEYOR OVEN - A conveyor oven defines a heated cavity having an inlet opening and an outlet opening. A conveyor within the cavity extends between the openings. A cover plate is coupled to the oven to at least partially define one of the openings. The cover plate includes at least one air intake hole and at least one air return hole in fluid communication with one another through the first cover plate. Heated air in the cavity enters the cover plate through the at least one air intake hole adjacent the opening and exits the cover plate through the at least one air return hole at a location within the cavity that is spaced from the opening, thereby redirecting heated air that would otherwise escape the cavity from the opening back into the cavity. | 03-11-2010 |
20110048245 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CONVEYOR OVEN - A conveyor oven includes a controller configured to change the operation of a first set of burners and a second set of burners from a cooking mode to an energy saving mode based at least in part upon detection of the absence of food in the oven chamber. The first set of burners operating at a first intensity during the cooking mode and are off during the energy saving mode. The second set of burners operating at a first intensity during the cooking mode and being adjustable to a different intensity during the energy saving mode, where the second set of burners produce heat during the different intensity. | 03-03-2011 |
20110269085 | CONVEYOR OVEN APPARATUS AND METHOD - An oven with a sensor positioned to detect an event that will cause a decrease in the internal temperature of a tunnel. The oven includes a controller configured to increase the thermal output of a heating element in anticipation of the upcoming decrease in the internal temperature. In some embodiments, the oven is a conveyor over and the sensor is positioned to detect a food item approach the tunnel on a conveyor. In some embodiments, the amount of current provided to an electric heating element is increased by increasing the target temperature. In some embodiments, the amount of current provided to the electric heating element is increased by a predetermined offset. | 11-03-2011 |
20110283894 | CONVEYOR OVEN AND CONVEYOR BELT FOR CONVEYOR OVEN - A conveyor belt for use in a conveyor oven used to cook food products. The conveyor belt includes a plurality of spiral members each coupled to one another by a plurality of laterally extending cross supports and where the ratio of the portion of the surface area of the conveyor belt in contact with a food product (A | 11-24-2011 |
20130000628 | SELF-CLEANING OVEN - A conveyor oven having a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation is provided. The conveyor oven generally includes an oven chamber in which food is cooked, a conveyor moveable to convey the food through the oven chamber, a burner to generate heat for the oven chamber, the burner having a combustion airflow rate, at least one blower to circulate air within the oven chamber, and a controller. The blower operates at a first speed during the first mode of operation and at a second speed that is faster than the first speed during the second mode of operation. The controller is responsive to at least one of a burner output and an internal temperature of the oven chamber, and adjusts the combustion airflow rate based in part on at least one of the burner output and the internal temperature of the oven chamber. | 01-03-2013 |
20130186387 | SELF-CLEANING OVEN - A conveyor oven having a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation is provided. The conveyor oven generally includes an oven chamber in which food is cooked, a conveyor movable to convey the food through the oven chamber, a burner to generate heat for the oven chamber, at least one blower to circulate air within the oven chamber, and a controller. The burner has a combustion airflow rate, and operates at a first output during the first mode of operation and at a second output that is greater than the first output during the second mode of operation. The blower operates at a first speed during the first mode of operation and at a second speed that is faster than the first speed during the second mode of operation. The controller is responsive to at least one of a burner output and an internal temperature of the oven chamber, and increases the speed of the blower from the first speed during the first mode of operation to the second speed during the second mode of operation responsive to at least one of an increase of the burner output and an increase of the internal temperature of the oven chamber. | 07-25-2013 |
20140175079 | CONTROL OF COOKING APPLIANCE IN RESPONSE TO CONTROL-COMPARTMENT, COOLING FAN FAILURE - A control system for a control-compartment cooling fan of an oven. In one embodiment, the control system includes a sensor for sensing an operating condition of a motor of the cooling fan. The operating condition is selected from the group of a motor current and a motor RPM. A controller is communicatively connected to the sensor and is configured to receive the operating condition from the sensor, compare the operating condition to one or more predetermined tolerances and, when the operating condition exceed at least one of the one or more predetermined tolerances, generate an interrupt command. A heating control element is communicatively connected to the controller and configured to interrupt operation of a heating element in response to receiving the interrupt command. The control system may also include a user interface communicatively connected to the controller. | 06-26-2014 |
20140261371 | CONVEYOR OVEN WITH SPLIT FLOW SCROLL - A convection oven system. The convection oven system including a cooking chamber, a heat source for generating heated air to be provided to the cooking chamber, a centrifugal blower in airflow communication with the heat source, an air distribution housing in airflow communication with the centrifugal blower, the air distribution housing having a plurality of outlets, and at least one heat distribution finger in airflow communication with the plurality of outlets of the air distribution housing. The heated air generated by the heat source is forced by the centrifugal blower through the outlets of the air distribution housing into the at least one finger for distribution into the cooking chamber. | 09-18-2014 |
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20080265327 | Substrate Isolated Intergrated High Voltage Diode Integrated Within A Unit Cell - An asymmetric semiconductor device ( | 10-30-2008 |
20080303092 | Asymetrical Field-Effect Semiconductor Device with Sti Region - A high voltage asymmetric semiconductor device ( | 12-11-2008 |
20100127318 | BICMOS INTEGRATION OF MULTIPLE-TIMES-PROGRAMMABLE NON-VOLATILE MEMORIES - A BiCMOS substrate includes a bipolar area having a buried carrier layer, and a deep trench isolation (DTI) trench extending into the buried carrier layer to form a surface well implant above a buried well implant within the DTI trench, the buried well implant being the buried carrier layer portion within the DTI trench. A floating gate is disposed on the carrier well. Optionally, a high voltage control gate is formed of a stack of the buried well implant and the surface well implant within the DTI trench. Optionally, a poly layer formed of a bipolar process base poly layer is disposed on the floating gate. Optionally, a shallow well isolation region is formed on the substrate, a floating gate is disposed on the shallow well region, and an overlaying control gate, formed of a bipolar process base poly, is disposed above the floating gate. | 05-27-2010 |
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20110040189 | COLLAPSED MODE OPERABLE CMUT INCLUDING CONTOURED SUBSTRATE - A capacitive ultrasound transducer capable of operation in collapsed mode either with a reduced bias voltage, or with no bias voltage, is provided. The transducer includes a substrate that is contoured so that a middle region of the flexible membrane is collapsed against the substrate in the absence of a bias voltage. A non-collapsible gap may exists between the substrate and peripheral regions of the flexible membrane. The contour of the substrate may be such as to strain the flexible membrane past the point of collapse, or to mechanically interfere with the flexible membrane. The substrate may include a further membrane disposed beneath the flexible membrane, the further membrane being contoured so that the flexible membrane is collapsed against it. The substrate may a support disposed beneath the further membrane to deflect a corresponding portion of the further membrane upward toward the flexible membrane. The support may be a post. The transducer may be operated in collapse mode with an improved efficiency (k | 02-17-2011 |