1. Headwear comprising:
a crown including a plurality of cloth sheets attached to one another; and
a headband attached to a lower peripheral edge of said crown, said headband made of two sheets of cloth excluding polyurethane yarn, wherein said plurality of cloth sheets are attached to one another by elastic connecting portions and spaced such that said elastic connecting portions are visible on an outer surface of the crown whether expanded or unexpanded, wherein said headband is made by arranging 400 bundles in warp-way and 2 bundles in weft-way, each bundle being consisted of 48 high elastic yarns and each yarn being 170D.
2. The headwear as set forth in claim 1, wherein at least one of said plurality of cloth sheets of said crown is made of a biaxially stretchable elastic fabric.
3. The headwear as set forth in claim 1, wherein said headband stretches 25% to 45% under a weight of 1.8 Kg after 10 seconds, and demonstrates 0.4% to 3% of residual rate within 30 seconds of weight removal.
4. The headwear as set forth in claim 1, wherein said headband stretches 25% to 45% under a weight of 1.8 Kg after 10 seconds, and demonstrates 0.4% to 3% of residual rate within 30 seconds of weight removal.
5. Headwear comprising:
a crown including a plurality of cloth sheets, at least two of which are joined by an elastic connecting portion; and
a headband attached to a lower peripheral edge of said crown, said headband made of two sheets of elastic cloth woven in two ply to have a tunnel shape and excluding polyurethane yarn, wherein said headband stretches 25% to 45% under a weight of 1.8 Kg after 10 seconds, and demonstrates 0.4% to 3% of residual rate within 30 seconds of weight removal, wherein said headband is made by arranging 400 bundles in warp-way and 2 bundles in weft-way, each bundle being consisted of 48 high elastic yarns and each yarn being 170D.
6. The headwear as set forth in claim 5, wherein said headband stretches 25% to 45% under a weight of 1.8 Kg after 10 seconds, and demonstrates 0.4% to 3% of residual rate within 30 seconds of weight removal.
7. The headwear as set forth in claim 6, wherein at least one of said plurality of cloth sheets of said crown is made of a biaxially stretchable elastic fabric.
8. The headwear as set forth in claim 5, wherein said elastic connecting portion is only visible on an outer surface of the crown when in an expanded state.
9. The headwear as set forth in claim 5, wherein said plurality of cloth sheets are spaced such that said elastic connecting portion is visible on an outer surface of the crown whether expanded or unexpanded.
10. A headband for a baseball-style cap made by arranging 400 bundles in warp-way and 2 bundles in weft-way, each bundle being consisted of 48 high elastic yarns and each yarn being 170D, said headband stretching 25% to 45% under a weight of 1.8 Kg after 10 seconds, demonstrating 0.4% to 3% of residual rate within 30 seconds of weight removal, and excluding polyurethane yarn.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A food preparation apparatus, comprising:
an enclosed food preparation chamber;
a carriage comprising a cup holder;
a motor that elevates the carriage and a cup within the cup holder into the preparation chamber from a starting position and returns the carriage and cup to the starting position; and
a cup sensing beam utilized to detect the presence of the cup within the cup holder, the apparatus configured to elevate the carriage and cup only if a cup is detected by the cup sensing beam.
2. The food preparation apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a receiver to detect the beam or interruption thereof, the receiver shielded, at least partially, from ambient light.
3. The food preparation apparatus of claim 2, wherein the receiver is located above the cup.
4. A food preparation apparatus, comprising:
a food preparation chamber;
a carriage comprising a cup holder;
a motor that elevates the carriage and a cup within the cup holder into the preparation chamber from a starting position and returns the carriage and cup to the starting position, the apparatus configured to maintain the carriage at the starting position outside of the chamber when awaiting a cup to be placed in the cup holder by a user of the apparatus; and
a system that senses the size of a cup that is placed within the cup holder by the user, the system comprising:
a position encoder, and one or more cup size sensors, wherein the cup size is determined by referencing the position of the motor to determine a corresponding position of the carriage, and wherein the carriage position is referenced in conjunction with the time when a cup size sensor is tripped to determine the cup size.
5. The food preparation apparatus of claim 4, wherein the system comprises a transmitting cup size sensor and a receiving cup size sensor, and wherein the presence of an upper portion of the cup is sensed when a beam travelling from the transmitting cup size sensor to the receiving cup size sensor is interrupted.
6. The food preparation apparatus of claim 4, wherein the apparatus is configured to select a blade boring time and a water quantity for food preparation based upon the determined cup size.
7. The food preparation apparatus of claim 6, wherein the apparatus is configured to select a blade boring speed based upon the determined cup size.
8. The food preparation apparatus of claim 4, wherein the apparatus is configured to receive a desired food consistency from a user and to select the blade boring time andor water quantity based upon the cup size and the desired food consistency.
9. The food preparation apparatus of claim 4, wherein the apparatus is configured to redundantly verify the position of the carriage as it translates up and down with one or more carriage position sensors.
10. The food preparation apparatus of claim 4, wherein the apparatus is configured to abort a product preparation cycle if the cup size does not match a predetermined authorized size.
11. The food preparation apparatus of claim 4, wherein the apparatus is configured to notify a user if the cup size does not match a predetermined authorized size.
12. The food preparation apparatus of claim 4, wherein the apparatus is configured to notify a remote computing device over a network connection if the cup size does not match a predetermined authorized size.
13. A food preparation apparatus, comprising:
a food preparation chamber;
a carriage comprising a cup holder;
a motor that elevates the carriage and a cup within the cup holder into the chamber from a starting position and returns the carriage and cup to the starting position;
a mechanism that opens the door of the chamber as the carriage is elevated and the cup is placed within the chamber and closes the door as the carriage is lowered to the starting position;
a microprocessor; and
a telecommunications transceiver, the apparatus configured to transmit information regarding operation of the apparatus to a remote entity via the telecommunications transceiver.
14. The food preparation apparatus of claim 13, wherein the telecommunications transceiver comprises a cellular modem.
15. The food preparation apparatus of claim 13, wherein the apparatus is configured to detect errors indicative of potential malfunction and report the errors to the remote entity.
16. The food preparation apparatus of claim 15, wherein the apparatus is configured to detect if a belt coupled to the carriage has slipped and to report it to the remote entity.
17. The food preparation apparatus of claim 15, wherein the apparatus is configured to detect if there is difficulty achieving a desired temperature or pressure and report it to the remote entity.
18. The food preparation apparatus of claim 15, wherein the apparatus is configured to detect if one or more performance parameters is not met.
19. The food preparation apparatus of claim 18, wherein one or more of the performance parameters indicates an excessively cold freezer is making product preparation more difficult and time consuming for the apparatus
20. The food preparation apparatus of claim 15, wherein the apparatus is configured to track the products made with the apparatus by type and sales volume and to report relevant information to the remote entity.
21. The food preparation apparatus of claim 20, wherein sales volume and sales type, when compared to prior sales history, is utilized to indicate a probable product type out-of-stock condition in a freezer of a retail location.
22. The food preparation apparatus of claim 20, wherein the food preparation apparatus is configured to allow the remote entity to disable the apparatus if certain product parameters or quantities are outside of expected or contracted ranges.
22. A food preparation apparatus, comprising:
a chamber comprising a door at a lower portion of the chamber, the door sealing the door to the chamber when the door is in a closed position;
a carriage comprising a cup holder;
a motor that elevates the carriage and a cup within the cup holder into the chamber from a starting position and returns the carriage and cup to the starting position; and
a flow meter coupled to a pump, the apparatus configured to measure an amount of liquid passed through the flow meter.
23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the apparatus is further configured to dispense a precise amount based upon the amount measured by the flow meter.
24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the apparatus is configured to measure and dispense a first amount into the cup when the cup in an elevated position, the first amount selected to vary based upon cup size.
25. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the apparatus is configured to measure and dispense a first amount into the cup when the cup in an elevated position, the first amount selected to vary based upon a selected consistency for a product within the cup.
26. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the apparatus is configured to measure and dispense a second amount sprayed by one or more rotary nozzles, the second amount sufficient to clean walls of the chamber.
27. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the apparatus is configured to measure and dispense a third amount sprayed by one or more scour nozzles, the third amount sufficient to remove food from a boring blade of the apparatus.
28. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the flow meter is utilized to identify a problem with the operation of the water delivery system, including an insufficient flow volume or flow rate.